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Year: 1879

pose. A more important result, however,
consists in the fact that the destruction of
our public forests by depredations, though
such cases still occur, has been greatly re-
duced in extent; and it is probable that If
the present policy is vigorously pursued,
and sufficient provision to that end is made
by Congress, such trespasses, at least those
on large scale, can be entirely suppressed,
except in the Territories where timber for
the daily requirements of the population
can not under the present state Of the law,
be otherwise obtained. |, therefore, earn
estly invite the attention of Congress to
the recommendation made by the Secre-
tary of the Interior that a law be
enacted enabling the Government to
sell timber from the public lands with
out conveying the fee, where such lands
are principally valuable for the timber
thereon, such sales TO be so regulated as to
conform to domestic wants and business re-
quirements, while at the same time guard
ing against a sweeping destruction of the
forests. The enactment of such law ap-
pears to become a more pressing necessity
every day.
Year: 1879

As Christmas Day comes this year upol
Thursday We desire to be early in the fel,
with the following quotation from an an
cient Ms. in the British Museum:
If Xmas day on Thursday be,


A windy winter We shall see;
Windy weather in each week,


And hard tempests, strong and thick:
The summer shall be good and dry,


Corn and beasts shall multiply;
That year is good for lands to till.


Kings and princes shall die by skill;
If child born that day shall be,


1t shall happen right well for he;
Of deeds he shall be good and stable,


Wise of speech and reasonable.
whose that day goes thieying about,


He shall be punished without doubt,
And if sickness that day betide,


1t shall quickly from thee glide
Year: 1879

From the Drawer of Harper's for Decem-


her.


This touching story was told by East
man johnson to our correspondent IN
Nantucket: On a narrow island near
the New England coast, where primi-
tive customs still obtain, where the
crier goes about the streets by day and
the watchman by night, where they
dispose of surplus meat by auction, and
the merry maiden and the tar go iunket-
ing together in an ancient calash, lives
an old lady, Auntie B. The same
roof has sheltered three generations of
her family, and it would require little
less than an earthquake to dislodge her
from her seat by the old-fashioned fire.
place. There she sits picture of peace
and contentment.


Haven't you single regret in your
whole life ?" we asked her once. She
dropped her knitting, and a dreamy
look crept over her placid eyes


eyes" she said at length, 81 have.
Ten years ago, when my dear dead sis
tor was alive, man with hand-organ
came to this island by the steamer.
Oh he could play beautifully. He
came near our street, and my sister
says to me, Let us go down to the
corner and see him play Well, do you
know, didn't 60, after all, but she said
it was just splendid, and 1 suppose
shall regret not hearing that hand-or-
gan to my dying day"


And the dear old soul dropped tear
on the half-heeled stocking.
Year: 1879

At a trial of criminal case, the
prisoner entered plea of ''not guilty"
when one of the jurymen put on his
hat and started for the door. The
Judge called him back and informed
him that he could not leave until the
case was tried. 'eTried ?" queried the
juror "Why, he acknowledges that he
is not guilty !A
Year: 1879

A prominent Attorney, while fishing
a day or two since, pointed out to his
companions a sign-board, remarking
The fellow who put that up is liar. "
"WhyT asked his companion. BE
cause that sign reads No fishing in
this brook, and l caught the best trout
in my basket directly under that
board"
Year: 1879

why Lieutenant Particle Left Creedmoor.


Lieutenant J. NJ T. Particle, upon the defeat
of the District team in the interstate contest
at Creedmoor has been charged, because he
left the ranges and came home before the
match, says that the reason for his sudden
departure from Creedmoor was the receipt OF
a telegram announcing the serious illness of q
member of his family. lie was not then Il
member of the team. as the members had not
been selected, the riflemen being at the time
engaged in shooting for positions. He was far
from being dissatisfied with the scores he had
made during the Notwithstanding, as at the
time he left he had the highest score made at
800 yards. The telegraph message was brought
to him at the ranges, and lie left Immediately
for home, and in such hurry that he left his
| gun and equipments in Now York
Year: 1879

A meeting Of the board of directors Of the
German Orphan Asylum Society was held at
Dr. John Walters office on Il street, near
Tenth. Reports from various committees were
read all tending to show that the project Is
meeting with gratifying success 1t was fur
ther stated that house would be routed aud
Year: 1879

ready for occupancy in the course Of n week,
which should be merely temporary or until q
building site could be selected. A mass-meot-
directors will be chosen In addition to those
elected by the society, whose object Is a
worthy one and not to be confined TO any
Year: 1879

The "lIard Times Committee" appointed over from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in search of evidences of the depression of labor and business. They have found that the trade of the country has been established on a sound healthy basis.
Year: 1879

meet the just expectations of those who to bear
mcety of its cost and of the public at large.


The engineers privately employed by the Mayor to
look into the Riverside Drive matter have it is said
in their possession most damaging facts against the
Commissioners. and that much light has been
thrown upon the alleged fraudulent bills by the re-
port they have made to the Mayor about the work
on the drive.


Mayor Cooper is now in possession OF all these
facts, and further evidence will be placed before him
in few days. The Mayor intends to make good
use of all the information he has the subject
of the alleged neglect Of duty the part OF the
members of the Board.
Year: 1879

[FroP the Evening Express. August 6.l


We also heartily second the suggestion Of the Sun.
which has the approval of the HERALD. that Samuel
j. Tilden nominate himself for Governor this fall,
instead of pushing his claims through the person
of Lucus Robinson. He is accused Of stealthiness.
of 'stll hunt methods of doing in secret and in
direct and underhand ways what it vastly easier
manler and better to undertake in q frank aud open
manner. Let him withdraw Robinson and announce
himself candidate for Governor without delay, and
people every uld know what to depend upon.
and could act accordingly. Let Tilden announce
himself as candidate for Governor. and then every
body will know exactly where he stands aud what to
do. II he get the Democratic Convention to
cept him he will have gained strong point toward
his denomination next year; il he can get himself
elected Governor he will have reason to hope for
Presidential honors. But should he be defeated in
the Convention at the polls he will be relieved of
all further political anxiety.
Year: 1879

From the Albany IN. ~ Times-dem.l


Some foolish Tilden- Robinson organs demand to
know whether in the event Of Robinsons nomina-
ton the Tammany democracy propose to support
him or not. intimating that should they contem-
plate 'bolt" they ought not to be allowed to take
their seats in the Convention. Will these organs
please inform the democracy Of the State what
they have to nterrogate that sod old and ever
reliable democratic phalAnx to whether it will up
hold band of political tricksters and make such
support condition precedent of admission to
democratic convention? A purely democratic con-
venon can take 40 exception to any members thereof
giving notice that they will not support the enemy
of the party. If the Bigeows. Godwins and their
adjuncts get control of our Convention then Robin
son, Tiden and other boilers may continue for u
time to lead our party. but hat democrat not lost
to self-respect will follow?
Year: 1879

I have in my yard two Plymouth Granite monn- lnents one 21 feet neigh and the other IT feet neigh Polished dies four and five feet bases Come and see the bargains that you can get for cash
Year: 1879

'Mrs. Huntington is better, much
BETTER" said the lady whom Miss Hunt
ington addressed as "aunt y and Julia
for that was the name other who had
put to such trial the courage of Will
liam Argensen-advanced toward him,
and laying both hands in his, she burst
into tears.


He took both hands and pressed them
to his lips. 1t was all the reward he
asked, all she sought to give.


One year later, and in one of the
most elegant residences in Boston there
was wedding-the groom was William
Argensen, the bride Julia Huntington.
The night of horror had become the
parent of love stronger than death
more enduring than life, and before that
love the naughty pride of Julia's moth
er had melted away like snow before
the sunshine. The noble young noun
taineer, for the sake of that love, left
the hills and valleys he loved, and in a
celebrated university his mind, already
rich in the royal gifts of Natures God,
became refined in the flames of heaven
sent knowledge. -.....


They are very happy now in their
gorgeous home-that fair young wife
and her noble husband and often do
they bless the fortune that caused them
to pass that night Oh the Winnipisseo-
gee.
Year: 1879

A man may have an income of five
thousand dollars year; but if he
spends it all he is poor. The way to
become rich is to live within your in
come. Extravaganza is far too general.
What if your clothes are not so fine as
your neighbor's, or if your house is not
as costly or furnished as elegantly as
that of some of your friends Is it not
better to do the best you can with what
you have until you can afford to pur-
chase better than to get deeply in debt,
just to crafty an extravagant whim 2
1t is fact that many families are rem
dered homeless by extravagant pur-
chases- and all because they wish to
keep up appearances and show off as
much as some. neighbor. Such notions
are ruinous. Many young couple, at
ter they marry, are not courageous
enough to live within their income, so
they get lot of nice furniture to fur
nish their house, which is often rented
at a high figure, and then two or three
servants are often thought necessary.
Then there are the balls and parties to
be given, and many other expenses to
be met, and unless the young husband
has a "gOod" situation ia a sssaTinps
bank" or insurance company so as to
replenish his purse, after short time
they are forced to retire to a humber
life. Now let us ask you, would it not
have been far better for the young
couple to have taken small cottage, or
better yet, a little farm, and furnished
their house as their means would allow.
and as they could afford it get better
articlesT Pay as you go along, and en-
JOY what you pay for-that is the mot
to to live by.
Year: 1879

Now, motherly hen, the day is done,
You're calling your chickens, one by one;
Under your wings you gather them tight,
For well you know the darksome night
Is full of those unseen birds of prey,
That would take your little ones away.


You're happy, ken,


o, little brown hen,
You're sure not a chick tonight will stray.
But why so uneasy, calling yeti
Oh there's one black chick you don't forget;
It's coming now meath the garden gate,
What is the reason it's always latel
But you fold it softly to your breast
Give it as warm place as the rest.


And not cross word


In the coop is heardi
You know the way that's wisest and best.
o, mOtherly hen, cuddle them well
To you have something sad to tell
Not very long ere there'n come time
When they'll not sleep meath these wings of thine
Soon out in the world, a grown-up brood
They'll scatter about to search for food


They're with you tonight


So cuddle them tight,
And let no hawk in your home intrude
A mother watches the western sky,
And thinks of those days long since gone by,
When she called home and folded to rest
Her own little ones in the old home nest.
And her empty arms she opens wide
In her warm embrace each child to hide.


They're scattered to-day


In the world away
And cannot come to her loving side.
Father above. in thy throne oflight,
Watch over thy children dear, tonight.
The darkness falls and the birds of prey
VIII hover about their unseen way.
Meath mothers loving wings no more
They're folded as in days of yore


Father let them be,


Safely kept by thee.
Till all life's darksome nights are DER.


Selected
Year: 1879

p The latest expedient for Kidding
a house Of rats is furnished by writer


In the Scientific american, who says
"We clean our premises of these de-
testable Yermin by making whitewash
yellow with cOpperas and covering the
stones and rafters in the cellar with
thick coat of it. In every crevice
where rat might tread we put the
crystals OF the cOpperas, and scatter the
same in the corners of the floor. The
result was perfect stampede of rats
and mice. Since that time not a foot
fall of either rats or mice has been
heard about the house. Every spring
a coat of the same yellow wash is
given to the cellar as purifier as well
as rat exterminator, and no typhoid,
dysentery or fever attacks the family"
Year: 1879

We are in a position to say not only
that there is no case of yellow fever in
the city, but also that there are no sus-
picious cases. No cases have been re-
ported to the Board of Health, and within
the last twenty=four hours We have taken
occasion to make q thorough inquiry at
every source Of information to discover
it there were rumOrs OF any cases. We
have discovered no rumors Of cases. II
there were cases it could not be other
wise than that we should hear of them.
We are getting we'll along in the summer,
and the signs are all extremely favorable
for acontinued healthy season. The city
is in a better sanitary condition than,
prehaps, it has ever been while the mean
temperature, thus far, has been lower
than for many years. The death rate
for the last week was very low for this
season of the year. and among the
causes of death there were very few
feyers of any kind. Under the circum-
stances, we desire to say to the towns
along the lines Of railroad and the river,
that there ought to be no occasion for
uneasiness if, the later in the season, q
few sporadic cases of yellow fever should
occur in this city: Every summer there
are a few cases Of fever here, but they
create no uneasiness and have never
interrupted travel or business. Ii any
cases should occur, the facts relating to
them will be promptly published. When
there are evidences of an epidemic it
will he plenty sooneen0ugll to establish
o,1arantine. People who left the city in
former wears when there were sporadic
eases here did not carry the disease with
fhem and infect other communities, and
there is no reason for thinking that it is
nossible to do so this % any other year.
We ask. therefore, that in the event We
hayegfew sporadic cases here the towns
along the lines Of travel will act calmly
and iud;ciansly, and not inaugurate rig
orors quarantine regulations unless the
situation justifes them.
Year: 1879

Little Billy was told: "Never ask for
anything at the table. Little boys
should wait until they are served" The
other day little Billy WAS forgotten in
the distribution and was not served at
all What could he aoe Presently after
he asked: Mamma, when little boys
starve to death do they go to heayen?"
Year: 1879

W. A. London, i'll Rural Messenger.


/ find that lime wood ashes and old
iron put around the roots of declining
fruit trees has very beneficial effect.
These fertilizers restore the tree to a
healthy condition, and also greatly
improve the fruitin quality and quantity
| made the application on Il Winesap p
and Never Fall; about half a bushel OF
mixed lime and ashes to each, and dug
it in with hoe some six feet around
the trunk, and put the old iron lmme-
diately around the base of each.


The trees put forth with renewed
yigor, bloomed abundantly, and yielded
good crop of fruit. excellent wash
for trees may be made thus Heat an
ounce of sal soda to redness in an iron
pot, and dissolve it in one gallon of
water, and while warm apply it to the
trunk. After one application the moss
and old bark will drop off and the trunk
will be quite smooth. The wash has
highly recuperative properties, making
old trees bear anew.


have tried soft soap as a wash with
good results, and also a coating Of lime
III the spring season, which is fine
specific for old trees. The question is
often asked, is it best to mature trees in
the fall or spring? I have found the
the summer season to be a good time !;
have much faith in mulching, especially
young trees, for several reasons after
they are planted. Apple trees are said
to have two gro&ths during the season.
the secondary growth takes place after
midsummer; hence it is that top
dressing of good manure, and also coarse
litter, facilitates the late growth, and
often produces very marked results in
the habit and formation of the tree.


The good effect that mulching has to
young trees is that it wards off the in
tense heat of the sun from the tender
roots, and also has tendency to hold
moisture. A good top dressing of stable
manure in the fall around young trees,
with good many corn cobs cast over
the surface of the soil, give satisfactory
results.
Year: 1879

District Court 9th Judicial District.
The State of Minnesota to all persons companies or
corporations who have claim any estate right title
interest in claim lien upon any of the several
pieces parcels Of land in the list hereto attached des
cribed


The list of taxes and penalties real estate for the
County, delinquent for the years 1875 and 1917 remain
ing delinquent the 1st day of June I879 has been
filed in the office of the Clerk Of the District Court of the
County Of Redwood OF which that hereto attached
copy Therefore you and each of hereby rcqur
after the last publication of this notice. your in
writing setting forth any objection defense you may
any piece parcel of land described in said list n
to- on which you have claim any estate right title
interest, claim or lien


And in default thereof, Judgment will be entered
against such piece parcel of land for the said
list appearing against it, and for all penalties interest
and costs.


w. H. HAWK.


Clerk of District Court in


said County of Redwood.


Subdivision Sec. No. Amt


OF Sec. Lot of Taxes
Year: 1879

MOVEMENT TO SECURE NEW BUILDING FOR


THE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.


Amovement has for some time been on foot for
ehe removal of the hall of the Board of Education
to some more central location than that at present
occupied OH the corner of Grand and Elm streets.
It II said that many of the Commissioners have be-
como favorably interested in IL. The advocates of
this move argue that the present building is damp
and entirely too small for the increased business of
the department.


In o conversation had by reporter with Presi.
dent Wood that gentleman stated that the present
hall is far below the school centre of pupils aud in
the neighberhood Of it associations that will do
the young teachers who must come to headq quarters
no rood Several Commissioners, he said. feel that
the hall should be further up town. where teachers
can transact their business with more comfort and
satisfaction. He stated that some years ago he
proposed that the Grand street building should be
sold and q central place Obtained. The
building Of the College or the City OF New
York, he thought, would be q splendid place IL the
sale Of the Grand street house would realize SUM
cient sum to buy IL. Some members he said. have
in view the present Union League Club House,
which will be vacant in about two years. IL had
been suggested that ii might possibly be purchased
or leased on advantageous terms. III either OF these
buildings can be had some officials in favor OF
having reception rooms, parors, library and other
facilities that will contribute to the comfort OF
teachers who have business TO transact at the de-
partment, and who now, owing to the insufficiency
Of room, forced TO huddle in small and l-venti
lated room.


Still another innovation is urged by some. II is
proposed to hold the meetings of the Board at eight
instead of four y. M, the latter hour In valuable
% Commissioners engaged In business.
Year: 1879

This Latin sentiment, which means,


the end or result proves the act, as fre-


quently quoted by Washington. We


think that its application to some of the


common acts or habits of men would be


condemnatory Take, tor instance, the


habit of using tobacco. Certainly the
effects inevitably experienced by the


persistent user do not indicate its posses
sion of a beneficial property Sickness,
disease, follow its unnatural stimulation
and its subtle poisoning These unfit


the man for the performance of the labor
and service which society righttully ex-
poets from him, and ultimately he sinks
into the ranks of the great army of
wretched incapables that burden society
and obstruct the activity of the temper.
ate and industrious.


The young man in the beginning of his
cigar practice, sees in it only an aid to
pleasant companionship and physical en-
ioymeDt he fouts the idea of moral or
physical injury. Point to the wretch
whose highest aim is to count one in the
circle that haunts yon filthy dram shop,
and tell the youth that not many years
ago he who is now a sot only smoked a
cigar or two day, and looked forward to
a bright, successful future, and he will
fippantly reply, Pm made of different
stuff from that" 1t is for the sake of
good fellowship that the young man
smokes; but ere long he is found in pri-
vate pnfhng the cigar for its own sake as
qualification of appetite. But the law
OF abnormal stimulation does not stop
here. In time the cigar is insufficient
wine. brandy. whisky, gin, are resorted
to perhaps, in turn, TO allay the excite
ment of deranged nervous system
How easy the transition from tobacco to
alcohol. The young man finds them as
sociated at the gilded bar of the hotel, in
the saloon, and good fellowship is as
ready in its proffrr to treat in drink as
in a smoke. Some men. to be sure, have
drinkers but they are usually OF the tao
turn, moody sort who find sufficient
companionship in their old pipes Peo-
Pile generally don't like them, so that
they are lett to themselves, and as they
persist in their tobacco, they grow more
crusty and grum, the accumulating ills
fo-trred by their habits strengthening
their bitterness OF temper. Such men are
to be pitied. because OF their isolation
and approaching wretchedness While
they are able to work, their temper is
usually excused on account of steadiness
and competence as workmen; but when
or paralysis suspends their
industry, "A cloud OF wretchedness settles
down upon them. and they whom chart
ty or ties Of family call to their help. do
not receive much grateful consideration.