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Year: 1879

This morning about s O'Clock az a
reporter of the REPUBLICAN was vending
his footsteps along Third street in
search Of news, at the corner Of Third
and Pine he was surprised to hear vol
ces crying "stop thief. Looking Around
he saw officer Boster running after
boy. After short chase, the officer
caught the lad in the foundry lot on
Third street near Lombard. On inves-
tigating the case the reporter was told
til at the lad had entered Mr.. Barnes
saloon, (cOrner of Fourth and Pine
Streets and stole therefrom the money
drawer. No one was in the saloon at
the time when the boy stole the money
drawer but a lad happened to sac him
turn down the street with his plunder,
and following him saw him 60 on an
oyster boat, at the foot of Church street.
Officer Boster being near at hand,
caught the boy and ex Coroner Rose be-
ing near by with carriage, the OIL
Ger with his prisoner got into 1t and the
party drove to Mr.. Barnes hotel. Ex-
Coroner Rose got out OF the vehicle first,
the boy next, and as soon as his bare
feet touched the ground he made a
dash for liberty, but the officer was
swifter on his feet than the boy, and
soon captured him again. The prisoner
was taken to the hall and arrived just
in time to be given hearing. lie was
held in 5000 bail for his appearance at
Court.
Year: 1879

A few days ago lady came from
Reading to this city. She was young
and handsome. A young law student
saw her, and all at once he felt Won
derful inclination to WOO and win.
After suffering intensely from the
wicked darts OF Cupid he resolved to
call upon the lady. The youthful chin
was divested Of its youthful down.
The hair was nicely parted in the mid
die and securely pasted down over each
temple.


The linen kerchief was made rank
with cologne and essence OF verbena.--
The hands were encased in kid, and he
fourished the tiuiest ivory headed
cane, as he boldly marched to the resi-.
dence of her who alone had the power
to calm the iluttering Of an excited
heart. The residence is reached, but
instead Of the angelic smile with which
he expected to be greeted his "hebe"
was IN the widest state of excitement.


lie was troubled and be was shocked
as between hysterical sobs he was in
formed that there was man up in the
bed roo,u. Oh horror of horrors ex-
claimed our gallant Knight. I'll kill,
no won't I'll MAIN him, oh no l won't
I'll see who it ii. With q penknife in
his pocket, a pistol in one hand and
club in the other he advanced cautious
ly up stairs and into the room in
which the distardly wretch had estab-
lished his headquarters. Onward he
marched.


The door is reached and opened wide
enough to allow the pistol to be pre-
sented. lie listened for noise but it
came not, he waited for an attack with
beating heart but it was not made.
Gradually the door was opened wider
when 10! and behold there lay the
wounded man but he moved.


1t was made of old clothes, which it
was said the lady's brother had fixed
up. The student hardly knows whether
it was or wasn't, and he doesn't love so
much now.
Year: 1879

Last evening about $50 thunder
storm passed over this city. 1t did not
last long and the business men on
Market and King streets were glad that
it did not, as conai lerable quantity Of
hail fell breaking several pan4S of
glass in different sections of the city.
The hail, 10 doubt, has done consider
able damage TO the crops, and we pre-
sumo the peach crop has suffered also.
At 1890 there was another storm,
though the damage done was slight.
A house over Third street bridge was
struck by lighting, and we are informed
that the pier at New Castle was also
str uck.
Year: 1879

Senator Ben. Hill, of Georgia, is so
mad at Senator Blaine that he refuses
to speak to him. He has been very
bitter against Blaine ever since lie gave
him setting down week or two ago.
Year: 1879

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT In Au-
gustin Daly's great play Of "Under
the Glaslight" Laura Courtland ut
tcrs these beautiful sentiments:


"Lct the woman you look upon be
wise or vain, beautiful or homely,
rich or poor she really has but one
thing she can really give on refuse
her heart. Her beauty, her wit, her
accomplishments, she may sell to you
but her love is the treasure without
money and without price. She only
asks in return that when yOu look
upon her your eyes shall speak u mute
devotion that when you address Ilcl
your voice shall be gentle, loving and
kind /; that you shall not dcspise liel
because she cannot understand, all al
once, your vigorous thoughts and
ambitious plans, for when misfortune
and evil have defeated your greatest
purposes-her love remains to con.
sole you. You look unto the trees fol
strength and grandeur; do not de.
spise the flowers because their fra
GRANGE is all they have to give--hu'
it is the only earthly thing which God
permits us to carry beyond the grave
Year: 1879

This sense of things tempers men to
men, and to their circumstances. 1t
limits the avaricous desires of men
who seek to grasp the world. 1t takes
away the domineering influence from
time and change. Men live as if they
were of universal and illimitablc ener-
gy; but no man carries it, it is cOntin-
ually changing or modifying more or
less. We are never the same for two
days in succession. There is enough
of sameness to maintain consecutive
life; but life itself, more narrowly
viewed, is perpctually changing in its
aspects. The things we desire, we
desire till we get them, and when we
get them they turn to ashcs-and am
bition mere than almostanything else.
In the very strife 10y which we reach
out we loose; and no men are less
what they were when they began their
race and their conflict than the men
who seek power, position, amplitude,
that they may rule life; but high or
low, men are ruled by life; and only
to very limited extent do men ever
become sovereigns ofthe affairs around
about them. We do that which we
propose; the will searches out and
selects here and there a few things
for accomplishment; but we stand in
the very gulf stream of time; and we
are acted upon by imumerable inhu-
ences-ten thousand times ten thous-
and of them-tllat are working at the
flesh, at the nerve, at the bone, al
thought, at emotion, at the will, that
are working within and without, and
that are perpetually changing us
These changes of life will direct men
to a better view of themselves as they
have passed out Of the material stage
and into the spiritual condition in the
higher cline.
Year: 1879

Max Adcler reports the following
only too brief remarks managerie
manager made while he was Max's
seat mate on train: ''l've got the
finest elephant out Of Asia! Perfectly
amiably and goodlumored. Hekilled
his keeper two years ago, but that
was the mans own fault. The keeper
was green and not perfectly familiar
with elephants, and appearedto to have
an idea that both ends of the animal
were exactly alike; so he would per-
sist in trying to lead the elephant
around by the tail, and act rs if it
was ~ matter of indifference whether
the animal picked up his hay with his
trunk or his tail. So one day when
the man was trying to persuade the
eleghant to drink by holding the end
of hls tail in q bucket Of water, the
elephant put out his hind leg, and
kicked him into immortal chaos !!
people, you know, never do get sense.
There's no money in the business any
more, though. The losses are too
heavy. l had % boa-constrictor that
stood me $4OO, and he did well enough
for u while. But one day he gotloosc,
and when we found him he was STAN
ding on his head out by the railroad,
with his tail in the air. | tried to
coax him to come down, but he re-
maincd perfectly quiet, and when |
came to examine him found that he
lad swallowed the top of u telegraph
pole, and he had eat his way down
until his nose touched the ground. He
was dead. What killed him | don't
know. 1t may have been electric
shock, or it may have been dyspepsia.
Howsomever, he was q corpse, and
there were $4,000 gone.


"rhe monkey seems to amuse the
people most. like a monkey myself
Do YOU know / believe it's u positive
loss to human beings that they
havn't got tails like monkeys. Why,
u monkey can take hold Of any thing
with his tail, just like you can with
your hand. It's really q third hand
Now, s'posin' you had such u tail , II
you had to hang on to the platform OF
a crowded horse-car with your hands
you could hold your umbrella with
your tail. If you were walking up
and down the room at night with the
baby, you could carry him in your
arms and give him y spoonful of para
goric with your tail. If you wanted
to take your family out for al airing
you could grab a child with each hand
and pull your baby-coach with YOU
tail. tell you, sir, it's q dead loss
to you that you're not built like 6
monkey. Freehold, is it :? All! must
get ont here. Come round aud see
my show, won't you? Good morning.


And Mr.. Pottls disappeared through
the doorway of the car.
Year: 1879

Johnny says his mother makes d
great cry if his sister goes ont without
her shade hat. She don't want her to
get freckled, but she doesn,1 seem to
care q bit how much his father tans
him.
Year: 1879

Here is something from an exchange from the barfooted boy: Every little while we read in the papers of some one who has stuck 0 rusty nail in bis foot,

 or knee, or hand, or some other portion

 of his body, and that lockiaw resulted therefrom, of which the patient dled.

 If every person was aware of perfect remedy for all such wounds, and would apply it, then all such reports must cease. But, although we can give the remedy, we cannot enforce its applica- tion. Some will not employ it because they think it too simple; others will have no faith in it when they read 1t; while others think such @ wound of small account, and not worth tusslng over, until it is too late to do any good. Yet all such wounds can be healed With out the fatal consequences which follow them. The remedy is simple, almost always on hand, and can be applied py any one, and, what is better, 1t is in- fallible. It is simply to smoke the wound that is inhamed with burning wool or woolen cloth. Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool will take the pain out of the worst wound, repeated two oi three times, it will allay the worst c-sus of inflammation arising from a wound

 People may sheer at "the old mans remedy" as much as they please, but when they are afflicted just let them try it. It has saved many lives and muct pain, and is worthy of being printed II letters of gold and put in every house
Year: 1879

As many desire remedy to extermi- nate ants, I will tell you that piece of camphor will sometimes be effectual, or Scotch snuff sprinkled over the infested places, or an old meat bone laid down will cause them to crowd upon it, when they can be burned up.

 A remedy for feas is to place hand full of tobacco stems in the place where the dogs or horses sleep, or leaf or two of the same weed will rid setting hen of the pests. This is good use to put tobacco to.

 Some one, have forgotten who, asks how to exterminate worms from the cabbage heads. This has been going the rounds of the press and seems to be effectual For every hundred heads of cabbage take quarter of pound of black pepper and put in a box large enough to sift out we'll. Get into the patch before the dew is off and pepper the cabbage we'll. Two or three times will be sufficient. The worms go through the leaves and die.

 Any one can make their own mucilage. There are various recipes. The most simple appears to be this. Take suff- cient dextrine Cor British gum, as some call it, ) and add sufficient hot water tc obtain syrupy liquid, then add 8 few drops of oil of cloves and cool for use.

 To take mildew out of linen moisten the mildewed spot with clear water, then rub over it thick coating of castile soap. Scrape chalk with the soap, mix. ing and rubbing with the end of the finger. Then wash it of. Sometimes one coating sufices, but generally sev. eral are required.

 For taking out scorch this is an easy way: If shirt-bosom, or any other article, has been scorched in ironing lay it where bright sun will fall direct ly on it. It will take it entirely out.

 To clean straw bonnets First brusl them with soap and water, then with { solution of oxalic acid. d.-Household.
Year: 1879

For a year or more no bullion has been sent from Deadwood to the rail road in the regular passenger coaches, but special treasure coach in charge of guard of eight messengers is dis patched twice month. This coach has been especially fitted up for the pur- pose. The sides are closed to above the heads of those inside, and are made bull let-proof by lining of sheet-iron. The doors are pierced by portholes, which may be opened from the inside. The treasure-box is placed on the floor in the middle of the coach, and two messen- gers occupy the front seat and two more the back. These men never close their eyes or lay down their guns from the time they leave Deadwood until they reach Sidney. They are also we'll sup piled with navy revolvers and carry a few extra carbines. Two other messen- gers ride at 8 distance ahead of the coach and two behind, so that it would be almost impossible for even large gang of road agents to kill or disable all the guards in the first attack. After that they would fight at great disadvan- tage. These men carry out about $200, 900 worth of gold bullion at the begin ming of every month, and about $1O0, 900 soon after the 18th. They bring back large sums in greenbacks. The messengers have been selected in differ ent parts of the West for their known courage and trustworthiness. There is scarcely one of them who has not in h1s time been in more than one desperate fight with road agents or Indians on the old overland route, and nearly all bear the scars of wounds received in such en- counters. If the treasure-coach is ever attacked they will fight as long as one them remains alive. For this responsi- ble, dangerous and fatiguing service they each receive salary of $76 month and board.

 Only one treasure coach has ever been captured between the Black Hills and the railroad, and that, which contain ed only $25, 1000, was guarded by only two messengers. A telegraph operator was also passenger. This coach left Dead wood about year ago, and the agents, expecting it, captured one of the relay stations in the night, bound and gagged the stock tender, and awaited it's arrival As the coach drove up the telegraph operator first got out and was shot down. One of the messengers followed hin and received bullet through his wrist He succeeded in getting behind cor ner of the building, and shot one of the robbers, wounding him so that he sub sequently died. The other messenger made what resistance he could, and ther surrendered. The road agents took the treasure, but two of them were after. ward captured, and SIS, 900 worth of the bullion was recovered.
Year: 1879

SCHOOL DISTRICT No 3l.-The ayerare
attendance in the public school in district
81 was for several weeks past, Il scholars
IN the higher department, and 55 scholars
IN the primary department, thus conclu-
slveiy showing that the school room is
sufficient for all attending scholars, except
perhaps for three months during the win
ter; and when il is considered that dar-
ing that time many scholars are permitted
to attend the school who do not belong to
the district at all, and that the directors
have the power when the school is very
crowded to exclude all children under six
years of age, it must be apparent that the
school house is large enough even during
ihe period when the attendance is largest,
to accommodate all the scholars in attend
ance. Nonresident scholars should not
be allowed to visit the school if it oper-
ates detrimental and predjudieial to the
scholars proper.
Year: 1879

DISPATCHES annouEcF that 300 IONS Of
railroad ron are to he lad down for the
North Pacific T. t. iii Eastern Washing
ton 1t Is proposed "a commenee build
ing eastward from the head of ravigation
on the Columbia, which Will he near
Wallula. We are inclined to believe the
dispatch is correct; bIt We really do not
feel like going into hystericai editorials
over it. This thing or something very
much like it has occurred So often that
work must actually he commenced and
We see it, before W. I'll CIR space with
any more gush on he subject We have
drlfted into The habit of ''coppering7 all
these statements. Nevertheless, We hope
twill all come tilc. At any rate, work
cannot commence much before next Sep
tember, for the rails are only ordered
purchased, and must he shipped around
the Horn. For our part, We think it
only dodge to make the people believe
the company really mean business, and
get our united support Tor another at
tempt on this extra congress for an ey-
tension of time
Year: 1879

THE HARD WINTER. have heard
so much Of the immense loss of cattle the
past winter that it is with a feeling of re-
lief We chronicle the fact that Mr.. Kirk
man has had men out in the White Bluff
country for the past three weeks hunting
cattle, AIS! during that time they solemnly
assert that they did not see a single dead
carcass, moreover the cattle brought in
for market are in very good condition, as
can be seen at his market Our lower
country exchanges having paraded the
Immense" losses our stock men sus-
tanned, we now ask them as matter of
Justice to this upper country to make
note of this also.
Year: 1879

SOME STATISTICS OF NEWSPAPER MAKING.
We are compelled this morning to again
prin: quintuple sheet of the Herald to meet
the demand of advertisers, who occupy
sixty-eight columns of our space. Apart
from the great amount of extra labor re-
quired to set the immense quantity of type


equired by this increase OF size, the single
item OF stereotyping reaches extraordinary
dimensions. As fourteen plates are made of
each page of the Herald our issue of to-day
calls for two hundred and eighty plates each
OF these plates weighs fifty pounds, so the full
set weighs about fourteen Thousand pounds,
or seven tons of metal from which TO pint
this single edition In round numbers about
three millions of pieces of type have been
picked up, one at time. by compositors to
prepare the pages for the stereotypers, and
more than one hundred and fifty men are re-
qaired to set the type. make the plates and
print the paper. These figures will give our
readers some idea, though only an imperfect
one, OF the amount of 0ork necessary to the
printing OF single copy OF the Heram--
Neer York Herald
Year: 1879

That mysterious disease, the diphtheria.
which has so long baftied medical skill
AMI made lively trade in short cofFins-
there Is larger profit on short cofins
than long ones-is now in a fair way of
being stamped out A doctor, whose
name has unfortunately escaped our
memory, writes that he has discovered
its cause in a microscopic fungus that
grows on the skin Of the apple To es-
cape the diphtheria, You have only to
pare your apple, and give the parings to
the children.
Year: 1879

THE Boston Plot tells Eir Blaine that
ihongh he should advocate a Thousand
ami Chinese bills he can't be next presi.
dent, We hope ne will advocate all that
are introduced, Just the same. If he is
willing 10 sacrifice the presidency for our
good, We shall not be behind him in self
abnegation we viii cheerfuly sacrifice
him for the good of the country.
Year: 1879

THE only difference between the people
Of This great northwest and the Northern
Pacific r. Il. Co lies in the fact that
while We require an extension of railroads,
they want au extension of time.
Year: 1879

1T is said that Whiteaker, the Oregon
representative, paid the railroad company
TWO dollars for each mile travelled by the
special train If he employed it the en-
tire distance, it cost him the neat little
sum OF 5000 for his trip.
Year: 1879

phia


PEILDELPEIA, March -, 1S79
To FhHip RE-, WaHa WaHa:


We have closed purchase to-day Of twenty
FIVE hundred tons rails. to be shipped at once
to Pen dorc;liie division. ria Columbia river.
y competent engineer leaves soon to definitely
establish line, preparatory 10 letting the
work {. 4. WRIGHT, President.
We can see nothing IN this 20 cause Us
to change the opinions We have expressed
III another column (writtcn previous to
Air. Ritz return) regarding the future of
this company. We live in an age when
We mast delve to the very bottom Of
things and d mand deeds instead of
words. We all know that the company
require an extension of time on their
land grant, and IN order to attain this. at
the commencement OF every session of
congress large splurse is made in order
to convince the country that they mean
business. At the beginning of the last
session, the excitement was the same
Then they paraded before the country
the work that .rds to be performed over
IN the Yellowstone country. We have
the interests of oar portion Of this GREAT
northwest to look after, and for the life
ct us We cannot see what benefit these
spasmodle attempts to renew our lost cor
tldence in the promises of the company do
us 30 far, 1t has had bad effect and
trusting to them in the past, the country
took a stride forward and lost by it.
ihe very uncertain state of affairs has
tendency to prevent our enterprising citi-
zens from going ahead until things reach
satisfactory basis. If we knew exactly
what was going to be done, We could Law
onr lines for business enterprise as it is.
cur whole community are working in the
dark, and every sensible man will renuire
action, and pte'sty Of it, before they again
place confidence in the promises of the
North Pacific Railroad Company.
Year: 1879




EDIroRSrArESaAN-Had | written this
letter a few days ago, | would have told
You that the glorious spring had at last
burst forth, as evidenced by the warm sun
shine. pretty girls on the promenades,
robbins and bluebirds hopping around on
the lawns, and the more frequent appea.-
ance of ham and eggs at the breakfast
table. These were all harolneers Of
spring, and presented pleasing contrast
to the furious wind storm which prevailed
during the front end of the month, aud
which blew all the hair off the iron dogs
on the front steps-0r would, II this was
good town for iron dogs. But Our iron
dog days have hot yet come. is said
before, or was just going to say, our sun
shine was only transient, and lasted only
long enough to give some OF the young
men the spring fever, and caHse them to
announce their determination To strike
out for the upper country and make their
ever lasting fortunes, after which an
nouncement they generally settle back
into the old Webfoot sleep And now
the gentle dewdrops are descending
words to that effect But although there
is considerable water III this shower, it is
only clearing-up shower, and cannot
possibly last over three months So it is
hardly fair for you hunchgras rangers 10
call this valley duck pond. We esti-
mate every fnll-grown shower to be worth
2 million dollars SO that if a fellow could
rig up tank and catch the whole Of II,
he would necessarily be millionaire.
Year: 1879

The Hon. Philip Ritz returned home
from his Washington trip on Wednesday


We are glad 10 state that he is looking
extremely well, and is as enthusiastic as
ever respecting The prospects of the North
Pacific road. On the day of his arrival,
he received the following dispatch from
the president Of the company at Ph;ladel-
Year: 1879

A regular ''cow-killer' was prophesied,
as it generally is-the prophets this time


basing their calculations on the large
amount of poetry sent to the newspaper
Offices last fall, which stuff the devils say
burned beautifully We haven't heard
of anybody freezing to death III this vicin-
ity, and an nrdinary-sized lamp has been
sufficient to heat The room fellow has to
put up twelve or fifteen dollars a month
for. In writing fer upper country read
ers. of course We will have to mention
stock. Well, stock has wintered very
well, the stables being warm and oats
tolerably cheap Very little stock have
died but there are several head hitched
up TO street cars and express wagons that
look as though they might die before
the next carrot crop ripens. The trail
indicates that these animals are fed on
post hay and bran, principally the former
The street car folks are evidently going
to furnish pack train for the next cam
paign- They have a few mule frames
started, but they are rather poor frames
to build on.