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Year: 1879

RATs.-We clean our premises of
these detestable vermin by making a
whitewash yellow with copperas, and
covering the stones and rafters of the
cellar with q thick coat of it. In every
crevice where rat might tread we put
crystals of the copperas, and scattered


the same in the corners of the floor
The result was a perfect stampede of
rats and mice. Since that time not
football of either rats or mice has been
heard about the house. Every spring
coat of the yellow wash is given to the
cellar, as a purifier, as well as a rat ex-
terminator, and no typhoid, dysentery,
or fever attacks the family. Many per-
sons deliberately attract all the rats in
the neighborhood by leaving fruits aud
vegetables uncovered in the cellar; and
sometimes even the soap scraps are left
open for their regalement. Cover up
everything eatable in the cellar and
pantry, and you will soon starve them
out. These precautions, Joined to the
service of good cat, will prove as good
rat eXterminator as the chemist can
provide. We never would allow rats to
be poisoned in our dwelling; they are
so liable to die between the walls, and
produce much annoyance.-Erchange.
Year: 1879

The shadows of the mountain falls athwart the
lowly plain,
And the shadow of the cloudlet hangs above
the mountains head
And the highest hearts and lowest wear the
shadow Of some pain,
And the smile is scarcely fitted ere the an
guished tear is shed.
For no eyes have there been ever without a
weary tear.
And those lips cannot be human which never
heaved sigh;
For without the dreary winter therehas never
been year,
And the tempests hide their terrors in the
calmest summer sky.
So this dreary life is passing-and We move
amid its maze,
And we grope along together, half in dark
ness, half in light;
And our hearts are often hardened by the mys-
teries of our ways,
Which are never all in shadow and never
wholly bright.
And our dim eyes ask beacon and our weary
feet a guide,
And our hearts of all life's mysteries seek the
meaning and the key;
And cross CLEANS DER our pathway, on 1t
hangs the orucified,
And He answers all our yearnings by the


Thisper: "Follow Me-"
Year: 1879

NEW WAY TO Cook CHICKENs.-Cut
the chicken up, put it in pan and COW
er it over with water; let it stew as usu-
al, and when done make thickening of
cream and flour, adding piece of but
ter and pepper and salt. Have made
and bake pair of short cakes, made as
for pie crusts, but roll thin and cut in
small squares. This is much better than
chicken pie, and more simple to make:
The crusts should be laid on a dish and
the chicken gravy poured over while
both are hot.
Year: 1879

oIn the general excitement goods at old prices
customers may assured that large force will do their best
supply be waited these short days The increase
Of clerks quite noticeable but at times in the day it far
from AMPLE Please take kindly disappointment in not being
served again We have lately gotten hold of lots
of Dress Goods that ORDERS and sold
sacrifice As very desirable quote in Ladies' Dress
Goods:
Year: 1879

The business men of our village have had
surveyed and have now force Of men at
work on a road which il almost on All air
line to the Red Eye river. Frrom the point
it crosses this river to the Shell the road can
be opened at but little cost or trouble. The
cost to the citizens so far is less than 800
including survey and labor in opening the
road for some time to come. BY reference
to tie Official proceedings of the county Com
missoners in another column it will he seen
that the county have been put to the expense
of $227 aI'eady on the survey alone of Il road
from Verndale to tie Shell, and another bill
is yet to i,a:ntetwed on the Same tliYg he
expense of this survey would open the road
from this place to the Shell including survey
cutting out, corderoying, and covering cor
deroy, and made it one of tile best roads in
the country. Comments arc unnecessary,
yet can be made if desired.
Year: 1879

From n correspondent


We would like to know if any one can tell
us what happened to the Elder last Friday
town. SAINT sent down by him for a sack
Of flour and he got it, and SO did the sack
get it. The sack Was great deal more ho-
ly than righteous, but not much Of the Il our
wasted. The Elder reached home about
bed time. Now We do not think that he
took in any Of Vanzants ocnzine while in
town, for he amt that kind Of hairpin: v
will be easy on the Elder this time, as it is
his first ottense. But if lie gets OIL another
highlonesome we will have to bring him up
before the postofic- to give an account 0
himself


In the meantime has any one seen any
thing Of Mr.. Wright's log chain. He says
it was a long chain and no grab hook on it.
But we think, according to his story, that
some one tut grab hook on it. He has al
so had painful Of nails, hammer and a
brass mounted pipe come up missing. Any
one informing the Elder Of the whereabouts
Of his personal property viii! probably be
literally rewarded. .. -
Year: 1879

Mr.. Ep1roR: There seems to he yre;u-
dice, amongst us farmers, against exchang-
ing our wheat for -four, shorts and bran.
And ilr fav or Of having our own wheat Ground
into the same articles. Eat it seems to me
that the exchange plan has many advantages
over the old system. 1st, we can so to mill
with one trip III place Of Two and sometimes
three as in the old plan; quite all item to
those living from to 20 miles from the mill.
and avoid the waiting even if by good luck
we get our grist home with us; which wait
ing sometimes lasts until way in the night.


I'd, we may expect a more uniform and
better grade of -four than by tn: old method
of grinding few bushels of one kind OF
wheat and then few bushels of another;
some dry, some damp, some clean and some
dirty and musty. 1t keeps a miller chang
ing all the time and before he has the mill
fairly regulated OH one grist he is on to
another


Sd, If ,nillers would only stick to the
grades the Wadena mill company set out for
Nos. l and 2, and not any lower grade we
make no guess work but may expect good
flour, and shall not follow someone elses
damp, musty, dark -four from poor wheat
that preceded you. And l have noticed
that those people with poor wheat seem to
bring small grists and come often. Now who
vii! most likely he against the Exchange
plan. lit, Those with wheat that will grade
with Nos. and 2 and hence prefer the old
plan of exchange Of poor for good. I'd, those
who think their wheat little better than
others and SO want their own wheat ground.
But even they do not want -four from musty
damp or smutty wheat that was ground for
n'ighbor just before them. Sd, the ex-
tremely fortunate man that always gets a
great turn ont of good flour and runs from
one mill to another, ifthere is dozen, hop
ing to get more than his own at others ex-
pense, be his wheat what it may, and who
tells the miller what the last mill done for
him and how many are sure to follow him
Now since the mill company Of Wadena
have started on SO good and wise plan, and
made the terms so liberal let us cheerfi,l!y
fall in with the pl.: N best for all farmers aud
Year: 1879

From our own Correspondent.


This begins to look like winter. yet there
is not snow enough to make sleighing, and
just enough to spoil wheeling.


Swamps are frozen up, and now is a good
time to set out fence poles and have them
ready to haul when there is more SNOW


Our school house is getting along tic. ly;
will be ready to hold meetings in next Sum
day if the weather is not too cold. ~ =


Will some one who is experienced please
tell us, through your paper, the most con-
venlent way to seat school room; that is
give plan how to get the most seating into
the least space. and he to the greatest ad-
vantage to teacher and scholar.
Our mail has finally ''arove'' and will run
on time hereafter.


We have new sensation in town. It is
/: young lady just come to live among us.
She has taken up her residence ct w. p.
Gould's and weighs ten and half pounds.
All hands doing we'll.


Dances seem to he in order, one every
week. 1t is good thing for Graham; keep
it up.


Our school will commence the first Mon-
day in January, Homer Crocker, teacher.
With a bran new school house and the best
teacher in the county why should We hot
have tip top school.


Rev. Mr.. 1nmau will preach a dedication
sermon in the new school house, next Sun
day the 18th. Rev. Woodcott breaches here
once in two weeks. zs


Most Of the hunters have left in disgust,
not because there was no game, but because
there was too much brush and no snow /
wonder ii they don't wish they had not been
in such hurry. s.. =
Year: 1879

Select dozen Of the freshest largest and most
highly favored oysters, such az you would for
fry. Have small pan about one inch deep with
handle to 1t. Open into this pan your dozen
oyster also the juice Of the same and the juice
OF dozen others. In this dish you are to put no
water and no milk, only oyster juice, pure and
simple. Add one ounce Of Chester county gilt
edged butter, a little Of The best tiOr there arc
grades and adulterstion even here) Of black pep
per and pinch Of salt, Sprinkle on the top a
small quantity of cracker dust Place on quick
are. When the oysters begin to swell they are
done To cook to this stage will require about
five minutes Do not turn out these oyst rs into
any other dish, but eat directly from the pan and
while they are stesmipg hot Yum Yum Times.
Year: 1879

The New York Sun. Independent
says: Grant is not out of the field
Until the Republican convention has
met and nominated candidate for
President. and until that candidate has
written his letter of acceptance, he
will not be out OF the field lie has
biIleted himself upon the people for
the remainder of his life He would
accept any nomination that promised
to elect him II he believed that the
Democratic party stood a good chance
to carry the election, he. a Republican n
now. would accept the Democratic
nomination ia 1880 aud undertaking
" as he, Democrat. aecep'ed the Re
publican nomination in 1868 9th
or candidates for the Republican nomi
nation will do we'll to bear this in
mind And the people wi do we'll TO
bear this in mind
Year: 1879

Rice growers along the banks Of the


Mississippi have often had to put up
with small crops for the lack of irriga-
ton bg the river. This year pumps
have been largely used when the water
was too lew fer the neccsssry overflow
Year: 1879

Walter Il. Goodale Killed by a Fall.


Walter E. Goodsle, aged Is, son Of
Thomas Goodale, the contractor, who is
building brick tenement on the corner of
Eighth street and Sixth avenue south, for
Fletcher Il Loring, fell from the roof of the
building and died in few moments after.
Young Goodale was engaged in
shingling the incline roof and to keep
his position had nailed q block on the roof
on which he was braced. While he was
busily engaged in his work the block gave
way and he slid down the roof and off the
building to the ground, distance of fifty
feet. He struck the sidewalk head first,
fracturing his skull and breaking his back.
The body was taken to his parents resi-
dence, 1919 Fifth street south, East division,
where the funeral services will be held this
afternoon at O'clock.
Year: 1879

lSoott County Advocate.]


Simply speaking, Staoy's schooner at
tachment fills the kittle lighter than it would
otherwise be filed, and frequently causes
the farmer to loose grade on his wheat.
No genius is displayed on it's invention, and
it is crammed upon the buyer BY sheer force
Of mobilize public sentiment, by the SO
called inventor, who could under no circum-
stances have induced q second look from the
public at his oontrivanoe. 6taoy's sole ob-
ject was to make money out Of the measure,
of which he is not the root and branch, and
at the same time chip in for little political
capital and cheap newspaper notoriety, of
which he il particularly fond, and some
time since we advised the grading of Stacy's
caracity to be done through his filler.
Year: 1879

Mr.. Stacy appears to have. induced q
couple of his neighbors to send us an en-
dorsement of his filler, which we publish az
9 matter of fair play. The evidence, how
ever, aocumulates that the filler opens a
bigger door for fraud than the kettle itself.
Men may be led to think that the device is
q fair one, as these correspondents appear to
have been, but the wheat buyers are in high
glee over the filler because it uniformly
cheats the farmer out of grade. The fol
lowing is the letter:
Year: 1879

Once in every year the treasury of Lon
don honors draft to the amount of $3.50
in payment for certain wooden goods that
have been presented by the city to the
highest officers of the Crown. From q
list in the Cham berlin's office, it appears
that there are ,thirteen gentlemen who re-
spectivcly receive this complimentary gift
Of "four and one-half yards of the finest
black cloth that the country can produce" "
For this singular custom there IS now no
reason or authority beyond dSwhat may be
derived from precedent. It was thought
to be right and proper in the days of Ed
ward T., and therefore it may not be dis
continued in the reign of Victoria. An
tiquarian research has traced it back to
1e72, and it may antedate even tthat re-
mote Ieriod for all that is definitely
known to the contrary. Originally de-
signed to foster feeble manufacturing
interest, it is continued at a time when
that interest is exporting the finest fabrics
to colonies and dependent states in lands
whose existence was not dreamed of in
King Edwards time. The gift long since
lost all significance as a protective meas
ure to incipient enterprise, but, like q
thousand and one English matters of rou-
tine, the custom remains, simply and on
ly because it is custom.
Year: 1879

A fence made from the ratings of a
sco|diDg wife.


A plate of butter from the cream of a
joke.


The small coins in ''the change of the
moon"


The original brush used in painting
the signs of the times.


The latest contract with the trade
winds.


The chair in which the sun sets.
A buckle to fasten on laughing stock.
The animal that drew the inference.
An egg from the nest of thieves.
A bucket of water from ''All's WE'LL"
Soap with which man was washed
overheard.


The strop used to sharpen the waters
edge.


A portion of the yeast used in raising
The wind.


The saucer belonging to the cup of
sorrow.


Hinges and lock from the trunk of an
elephant.


A feather from the wings of flying
report.
Year: 1879

English tradesmen have the most pecu-
liar way of only keeping one or two of the
component parts of divisible object, if
the rest of it happens not to exactly be-
long to their line of business, and so you
have to keep trotting around to a dozen
stores sometimes to find a thing that in
America you would have been sure to be
able to purchase en- bloc. The other day
an American gentleman started out from
the Langham to purchase scrap-book,
and mucilage bottle. He bought the
scrap book, but found this stationer did
not keep mucilage, and was directed to
another for that; and after buying the
mucilage he was surprised to find that the
bottle had no brush, nor did this mer-
chant keep brushes, and to obtain brush
he was obliged to go to a third vender. To
this individual he expressed surprise az
this odd way of doing business, and saiG,


'Now, in America, I should have found
all these things In the first store I went
into" "Indeed2" replied the shopkeep-
er. "They must have very large capital
then" "No,' answered the gentleman; !;
"but they have a singular knack of keep
ing things that people want" To buy
eight shillings' worth of things he had
spent twelve shillings for cab hire.
Year: 1879

This is about the season of the wear
when mich cows require more than or
dlnary attention: If not properly cared
for, now that the pastures are getting
short, they will begin to shrink in their
milk, and something in the line Of pre-
pared feed must be given, them to increase
or at least, to keep up the desired flow of
milk. High feeding is not necessary so
early IN the season, but moderate al
lowance of some kind OF good feed,
While the COWS are yet allowed to run on
short pastures, is required to keep them
from drying up to too great degree.
Hay nicely cured IS good in its place,
but it fed alone, even lavishly, the result
in milk and butter will not be core
spondingly increased. It will be found
paying investment to feed COWS moder
ately with roots and cabbages even, as
they will pay better in this way than in
most others. Stops variously prepared,
with meal, bran and shorts, are eagerly
devoured by COWS, greatly to their own
satisfaction and to the decided advan-
tage OF the owner. Properly supplied
with food suited to the season, COWS will
continue to give liberal supplies of milk
many weeks longer than they otherwise
would do, without any detrimert to their
productiveness the ensuing season. There
is no necessity for COW to go dry three
or four months, and with proper attention
to feeding, the period of non production
may be considerably abridged.


But in any case, whether giving milk
or not, COWS should not be allowed to get
poor or weak as the season for their com.
ing in approaches. They should be kept
In good condition, not fattened as though
in preparation for the butcher, that when
the maternal period arrives, they may be
able to stand up without propping.
Cared for as they should be during the
winter they will come out in the spring
in good heart and ready for service dur
ing the dairy season. If not cared for
properly, now that winter is approaching,
they will at once begin to dry up, and
entirely fail in their milk months before
their calving season arrives. Feed judi
ciously-beginning early-shelter we'll,
use the card freely. and there can be no
question but that COWS thus treated will
do well and pay back with interest for
the expense and care bestowed upon them.
Cor, Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1879

Probably the largest and highest rock
in the known world is in South Dome of
Yosemite. Standing at the fork OF the
upper valley, 1t rears itself, solid rocky
loaf, 5000 feet above the ground. A
more powerful hand than that of Titan
has cut away the eastern half, leaving a
sheer precipice over mile in height No
man ever trod the top of this dome until
last year. Former visitors gazed in won
der at the spikes driven into the rock by
hardy spirits, who had repeatedly endeav-
ored to scale it. The shreds Of ropes dang
ling in the wind told the story of their
Year: 1879

In the middle of the last century we
find the Jews in Jermany in the most op-
pressed condition; if it was no longer
lawful to slay and plumber them in
mgjorem Del gzoriam, yet they were on the
other hand subjected 'by State and Jus.
tice" to every conceivable restriction; al
most every calling in life was cut off
from them; in many towns they were for
hidden to dwell at all, in others they
were permitted to dwell only in Inn
tied numbers; even at the present day
the question of the Jewish quarters is not
everywhere settled. In one place they
were forbidden to live in corner houses.
Year: 1879


AS one entranced will sometimes gaze afar
Into the deep blue night,
AT the sweet radiance of some special star
That shines supremely bright;
His look concentrated-ail the rest unrecked
Their glowing courses run
Though by ten myriad gems the heavens are


decked,


10 him there is but one.
SO look up into glorious face,
Into a calm, kind eye,
Radiant with queenly nobleness and grace,
Clear AS cloudless Sky.
Not brisht-as brooks that DER the shadows


roll,
=; But oh! so pure and deep,
With fathomlcss serenity of soul
Like ocean in sleep.
There might be faces fifty times as fair,
on, dear.loved lady mine!
But though there were I'd neither know nor
I'm blind to all but thine.
Year: 1879

In England the question of properly dis.


posing Of "snrplus women" begins to be dis.
cussed. The London journals call atten.


ton to the fact that this surplus now
amounts to a million women. They ac-
count for the condition of things on the
ground that emigration drains the Kingdom
OF its male population. Up TO the age OF
10, boys and girls are about even In num-
Der. In France, where the people are more
contented and stay at home, the population
of the sexes is nearly equal. In England
the women left behind by the emigration of
the men are often distressed for the means
Of subsistence. To remedy this condition
of things, it is proposed to train the surplus
women to professional industrial work


To do this prejudice must first be
overcome. 1t must first be made
"highly respectable" for women to work for
wages. In this country We all know how
hard it was to force good society" to tol-
crate the woman who supported herself BY
teaching in the public schools. At last,
after long and bitter struggle, that one
door is open to women and they may enter
there without sacrificing the. social stand
ing. At present, in England a. in some
parts OF this country, the social status of
family "may be measured by the degree
Of care with which the daughters are pre-
served from the suspicion of becoming
dependent upon themselves" From this
it happens that the daughters of families
whose means do not justify such bringing
up are thrown helpless upon the world.
Year: 1879

The recent report Of the Superintendent
of Schools in New York reveals the fact
that the facilities provided for free primary
instruction in that city are greatly made
quaie to the existing demand. The average
attendance of pupils for 1873 was 1906.
OF this total sixty three per cent. belonged
to the primary departments and thirty
seven per cent. to the grammer schools,
while only 1914 belonged TO the higher
grades. The Superintendent acknowledges
that it was possible to accommodate the
pupils in attendance only by violating the
sanitary rules of the Board the number
of seats in well-ventilated class rooms
being come FIVE thousand less than
the average attendance. 1t is
humiliating that such a condition OF
affairs should exist as a main feature of our
boasted system of free schools. The New
York Sun, in discussing the situation,
points out that the City College costs more
than dozen primary schools, its purpose
being TO educate young men who can afford
to pay their mathematical and classical
training. The school tax paid by the peo-
pie of New York is more than enough to
provide seat in the schools for every child
in the city who seeks free elementary in
struction. The Sun favors the policy that
We have SO frequently advocated in regard
to our Leavenworth schools, that is, the
policy of abolishing all high schools, and
appropriating the public school fund to the
teaching of the practical and useful
branches.
Year: 1879

The following item is from the Globe


Democrat of the 18th 1t gives an idea OF
the condition OF affairs in the Illinois Leg
islature, which, with few immaterial
changes, would fit Topeka just about as


veil as Springfield. We do not know that
our Legislature has as yet appointed any
committees, at the direction OF railroad
companies, but everything indicates that it


is ready to do so-or TO do any other little


Jobs Of this character for the accommoda-
tion of parties prepared to pay. The Globe
Democrat says:


The Pullman monopoly has had little
committee appointed 10 go from the legisla-
tive halls at Springfield, Ill, to Chicago TO
have a chat with the principal officers OF
the company, and then return TO say that
the sleeping car fares should not be re-
duced in response to the popular demand
and the property Of the monopoly should
again be exempted from taxation. One


member of the committee in question is
said to have recently appeared as the at
torney for the Pullman Company, and it
is claimed that other members
are fixed in the belief that the State has no
right TO interfere with the prices fixed by
the Pullmans A corporation that is max


irg money so fast as this need not have
much fear of hostile Legislation. team al
WAYS succeed in convincing a certain num-


ber of legislators that it ought 10 be let


alone. The people of Illinois will watch
the members of the Legislature closely in


this matter They know that 81 for a


berth for one night is enough, and they


want to see the Pullman Company brought
10 time