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Year: 1878

y singular practice of fishing is
found amongst the Chouos Indians.
They train dogs to aid them in fishing
and the dog helps them in much the
same way as the shepherds dog helps
the shepherd.


The net is held by two men standing
in the water, and the dogs, swimming
out far and diving after the fish, drive
them back towards it. They enjoy
their work just as good horse, though
hard pressed, seems to enjoy the hunt,
and every time they raise their heads
from the water they tell their pleasure
by barking.


The FuegianS, one of the most rniSer-
able and degraded races on earth, train
their dogs III similar manner to assist
them in catching birds. They have
wonderful contrivance for killing the
sharks which abound off their coasts.
a log of wood shaped so as TO appear
something like a canoe is set atiOat,
with a rope and large moose hanging
from one end Of it.


Before long, shark attacks the sup
posed canoe, swimming after it, and is
caught III the moose hanging from the
stern 1t closes Oh him SO that he can
not eXtricate himself, and the weight of
the log keeps him swimming slowly
without being able to sink. Then the
Fuegians i'll their canoes, generally
steered by women, approach 1T their
leisure and finish the shark with their
spears
Year: 1878

A correspondent of the American
Poultry Yard describes his method oil
preparing table refuse for fowls as tol-
lows:


First, proper feeding pail is an ao-
solute necessity TO successfully prepare
the refuse of the table and the kitchen,
TO make it proper food for fowls. Get
hardwood pail, or ask your grocer Tor
a hardwood butter firkin shaped like
pail. Cut a board to fit into the chime
firmly on the whole bottom OF the pall,
and thick enough TO project an eighth
Of an inch or more beyond the ends OF
the slaves, 50 that the pail may rest


firmly on the bottom instead Of Oh the
ends of the StaVeS. FaSten it in place


by Il few nails driven through the
stayes into this false bottom. which


may be of pine, as it is only to keep


from bursting out the bottom OF the


pail by chopping in it. If you cannot
get hardwood pail, put another false


bottom of hard wood inside of pine


pail, nicely fitted and secured like the


under one. Grind the edge of a com.


mon spade sharp, and you have an adj
mirable chopping knife, and will be
surprised to see how quickly you can
chop fine all scraps and waste of every
kind, cooked or raw vegetables, chick


Ell bones and everything except beef,
pork Or mutton bones; these save by
| themselves, and put into stock soup
kettle, with all pieces of raw meat, on


cheap meat from the market, and keep


1t ou the kitchen stove as much of the
day as you can induce your "better
half to let it remain. After boiling
several days some of these large bones
will chop up fine with the other waste,
and can be used as fast as they become
soft. Chop up the waste each morning,


adding meal and shorts enough for
breakfast for the flock, sCald the whole


with the soup from the stock kettle,
adding once each week one of the fol-
| lowing articles, for each twenty-five


hens; One spoonful pepper, six onions,
| One-half pint charcoal, one spoonful


pure ginger, and two spoonfuls sui
| phur, etc. The above will produce
| breakfast that will make your poultry
| house and its occupants as lively and
| musical as IrSt-claSs opera house, and


its effect upon the egg-basket will be
visible TO the naked eye, and may gain
! for your soup kettle, more time on the
! litch Ell stove.
Year: 1878

Much has been written and salu Oh
this question as to what should pe
done-a word now as to what should
not be done.


The home should not be made un-
happy. A cheerful and tidy home, IKE
the top root to a tree, strikes deeper
than all beside to hold the man stem
firm and steady. Domestic surliheSS,
perveI seness and negligence hlnqefS
the cause Of temperance more than any
one thing beside. Peace at home Is
more efrectual than prayers abroad.
A small white flag Of truce to CIVIL war
in the household is OF more value than
/ Haunting the red ribbon outside OF the
/ house. The unuttered pledge never 10
vex anl annoy in doors, IS worth more
than the signature of a pledge before
! the public. The bird whose nest Is hlL-
ed with thorns and brierS is most APP


to desert the nest and leave 1t to rum
Year: 1878

Look to your cellar; clear out all de-
caying vegetables, for the bad air will
find its way INTO the rooms above and
poison your wife and children, who
may pine away and die. Do not. in
such cases, lay it to some mysterious
Providence. When the air is dry out
side and near freezing or few de-
grees below, open the Windews and
cool and purify the air. Keep the
Windows closed Oh damp and warm
and on very cold days. Pick up the
rubbish; sweep up the litter; white
wash the walls and ceiling,
Year: 1878

If the dent is not too deep ii may be
removed in The following manner: Wet
tbe mart with water; then take five or
six folds of brown paper, well soaked,
and lay upon the dented place; and
unon this hold hot flat-iron til all the
moisture is eyapQrated. Should tins
not entirely remove the dent, repeat
the process once or twice. 1t will re-
ouire but one or two applications to
raise the dented spot level with the
surface. Or. if the dent be very small,
merely soak it with warm water, ana
applv a red-hot poker very near the
surface; keep it constantly Wet and III
\ few minutes the dent will disappear.
Year: 1878

Spur wheels have thin teeth pcrpen-
dicular to their axis; beyel wheels have
their teeth at an angle with the axis;
crown wheels are those which have
their teeth at aright angle with their
axis; while mitre wheels are those
which have their teeth at an angle of
II degrees with their axis. Spur gear
signifies wheels acting upon each other
in the same place, bevel gear wheels
acting upon each other at an angle.
Year: 1878

By the Lake Vineyard Land and Water
Association, the best Orange and Semi
Tropical Fruit Land in the state. Water
right goes with the land Apply to the
office Of Baaudry, No 81 New High st
ap,stt F.-W. WOOD. secretary.
Year: 1878

New YORK, Aug. 2O.-Wm Riley the man
who was sent to quarantine from this city,
suffering with yellow fever, died last evening.
Donahue, his companion, has, been at his busi-
ness every day since his arrival here, and he
has thus far shown no symptoms Of fever.
Another death from yellow fever occurred at
quarantine yesterday. The victim was a
young man who had been removed from one
Of the Southern steamers arriving from q
Southern port. There are no more cases OF
yellow fever at the quarantine hospital, and
no cases reported in this city.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-There is In the sub
This amount is three times as large as any
that ever before accumulated In those vaults.
One cause is the unusually large payments
which have been made in gold for currency
obligations, and the other is the purchase OF
large amounts Of silver certificates for gold,
scores of which are shipped East to be used
in payment Of customs duties
Year: 1878

New YORK, Aug 2O-The Grand Lodge Of
the independent Order of Odd Fellows OF the
State Of New York met this morning; The
committee on credentials reported 1853 lodges
nominate grand officers for the year. At the
afternoon session Grand Master Dilkes
read his annual report of the condition and
standing Of the order.
Year: 1878

is here Investigating the affairs Of the First
National Bank The excitement has entirely
subsided, and the prospect is that the banks
capital will be good, and that it will resume
business,
Year: 1878

George Friesbach, about II
years of age, was accidentally
shot, while hunting, near VOL
cano, New. His dog at once
started off to make the mishap
known at home. Reaching his
destination, he began to whine
and run back and forth through
the house to attract attention.
on gaining which he instantly
started off in direct line, as
though desiring to lead the way
somewhere. Thereat some men
set out with the dog as their
guide, and the dog manifested
unmistakable symptoms Of joy.
he led the way straight to the
wounded boy, and the boy was
saved.
Year: 1878

II you ask a boy to break up
u piece of hump coal so as to
keep himself from freezing, he
regards his lot us one of excep-
tional hardship but let him find
an old torpedo lying around
loose lie will hammer at it with
a stone until the prespiration
stands i'll great drops upon his
forehead Or an explosion relieves
him from his self-appointed task.
Year: 1878

Yesterday morning a Confederate bat
tie flag was found floating from the top
of the large derrick at the monument
Some one had climbed np the ropes in
the darkness of the night and fixed
it at its perilous height, and there,
flashing in the morning sun, was the
starry cross that fifteen years ago was
the emblem Of nations hopes. Many
heart leaped at the sight, and many
an eye grew dim as memory rushed
back through the intervening years to
the comrades whose ringing laugh and
joyous shout had frightened tho camp,
and whose forms we're foremost in the
field, who now sleep beneath the shad-
ows of the pines from the Potomac to
the Rio Grande, from the mountains to
the sea.


"For the living are brave and noble,


The dead were bravest Of all"


1t had nothing of political signi6i>
cance, it was rather as though one had
suddenly come face to face with the
portrait ola long dead and dearly be-
loved friend, and the yearning Of the
heart was


"Oh for the touch Of vanished hand,


And the sound Of voice that is still"


About ten o'clock this morning some
of our citizens thought that the act Of
an individual might be tortured into
an act of political import, and it was
decided that it should be removed, and
one of the workmcn climbed up and
brought it down.-Augusta Evening
Ne,es of July 5M.
Year: 1878

On Saturday evening April 27th,
Maffit- Bartholemew's pantomime
company, will give a performance at
the Grand Opera House In this city.
The pantomime to be given Is Flick
and Flock the same that was perform
ed here by the above company SOM Q
time ago to a crowded house. NO
doubt they will be greeted on their
second visit with repetition OF the
first.
Year: 1878

For the past few days the people of this
particular locality have been at fever
heat. The reports i'll circulation were of
the most alarming character, and while
nobody had been murdered, Yet every
body soon expected to he. Moses was on
the war path; and the mere mention of
this savage nublcman name is sufficient
to drive the upper country i'll Il state bor-
dering on insanity. The Indian experts
were out IN full force, and the amount of
valuable Information III circulation as
to what Moses would and would not do
was somethin. astonishing Every other
man had theory, and no two theories
agreed They weic Of one opinion how
ever; for each man was convinced that
his neiyhbor WAS totally unreliable and
not worthy of the slightest attention.
.'For reliable information come to me;
have lived anon. Indians for twenty five
years and am thoroughly posted This
WAS the remark of man who did not APP
pear 10 be over thirty Years Of age. As
he arrived Oh this coast about six months
ago il is TO be presumed that his knowl-
edge of the Indian was acquired mainly
through the medium of the dime novel "
Confidential communications We're the or
der of the day, and the quantity of mill
tary knowledge possl ssed by men Of the
| most inferior intellectual abilities would
have put even General Howard to blush.
The country WAS indeed III danger-of be-
ing talked to death While some of this
was amusing, most of it, however, was
disgusting; for ut best there Is nothing
particularly pleasant III the lille words of
an e.otistIcal ass. In the opinion of these
men-an opinion that Is frcel Y expressed
the movements of the military are all
wrong The wise acres have no faith in
General Howard, and when his name is
mentioned they shake their heads. Even
the officers at the Post lack the confidence
of these gentleman. The army III their
opiliiun Is Il nuisance. andS00ner abolished
the better The STATESMAN suggests
that all Indian sharps who make their
headquarters at Walla Walla be furnished
with safe escort To Moses country, and
when once there be turned over to that
savage, to be dealt with lbs he deems most
expedient for the welfare of mankind.
Their fate would be a pleasant one to
contemplate: for their is something grand
about the death of man who gives UP
his life that others may live If General
Forsythe is clothed with sufficient power


We earnestly pray that he have the above
suggestion carried out.
Year: 1878

4 telegram III yesterdays STATESMAN
from Walluia contained news of an alarm.
ing character. If it be true, as stated,
that Moses at the head of his warriors
has taken the war path, the situation
assumes formidable aspect, and the near
future is fraught with impending disaster
An Indian war at this time viii result in
incalcuable injury to the country, the
bli.htins effects of which VIII remain for
years, and the era of prosperity now
about 10 dawn upon us will beind, imitely
postponed. The evils that follow cannot
be masnited- they viii hang about
lis Ike pestilential vapour, poisoning and
destroying the seeds of that brilliant
career which at this time appears So near
at hand We want peace. But it must
not be had at the expense Of the White
man his interests are paramount to the
insolent claims Of the Indians. Aperma-
nent peace can be only secured III one
way. The Indians must be made to feel
the strong arm Of the government they
must be taught the white man has SOME
rights that even an Indian ought to be
compelled to respect The history of the
settlement. of the United States is the
record OF continuous Indian wars. The
whites and heir red brethren hal never
lived together III peace and concord.
Between them there has been All " irre-
pressibie conflict" " With the one it has
been murder, and with the other extirmi-
nation. What has taken place In other
communities will surely be repeated here
1t is a settled fact that the Indian and the
white man cannot both occupy the saline
country One must 90; and from the
days of Plymouth Rock to the present
the red man has been compelled to retreat.
Realizing this, the government has been
direect i'll its duty III not having settled
the problem before. Sooner or later 1t
must he disposed Of. and experience has
demonstrated that there is but one way !;
and that, extirmination- All other means
have failed, and it is too late to renew
the Worn ont experiments of a century
ago, when Penn sought to molify his red
brethren with cheap article of calico,
couple with a desire to lmpart religious
instruction. When war Is iIauguraied,
let force sufficient be sent into the field
So that at the end of the campaign there
will be no more occasion for future
alarms Let the blow when struck be
decisive and one blow should he all that
is Necessary General Howard should de
mand an increased force and obtaining it,
place the entire army under his command
Immediately into the field He should be
prepared for every emergency, and So dis
tribute his forces that the enemy cannot
escape The Indians must be whipped
into subjection andwe believe this is the
accepted time.
Year: 1878

WANTED.-Several hundred gentlemen
who imagine they have 4 peculiar talent
for the newspaper business can find I'M
mediate and lucrative employment at this
office. Those with scrap books preferred.
Should any, however. be So unfortunate
As not t" possess one Of these almost in
dispensible articles, knowledge of the
art of handling a pair of shears will be
considered as an equivalent. As all
their writings will be submitted to a
board Of learned men for revision and
correction, no previous schooling in either
srammer or or;hography is necessary.
All that is demanded Of the applicants, is
that they be possessed Of thorough be-
lief that no newspaper can be made suc-
cess without their assistance. We think
that Walla Walla, at this time, can SUP
ply the demand But So much talent di-
verted from the pleasant and agreeable
occupation of street corner loating NAV
detract somewhat from the appearance of
our public streets. The public good,
however, demands the sacrifice.
Year: 1878

BUTLER "NEw" DEMOCRATIC PATTY
This telegram, evidently the work of some
bohemian, appeared in the New York
Tribune of the tn inst: The friends Of
General Butler credit him with the inten-
tion OF organizn. new democratic party,
which shall be made the especial champion
of human rights The friends of Butler
say he has Il very strong hold upon a large
class of people III t!.is country, and that he
can, If he choose make the democracy
great trouble III the near future. This is
demonstrated, IN the opinion Of those who
believe i'll the ascendency Of his star, by
the enorniouS vote he received in Massa-
chnsetts last month and the difficulty the
old parties hal Ill beatin. him in that


campaign There is no telling but what
Butler may Yet place himself at the head
of the democracy of the country as he
took lead III the old Bay State last Sep
trmber he may capture the democratic
National Convention III 1880 aS he did at
Worcester, and may become the candidate
"f the ma!contents Intlationists and repu-
dlatlonists He can hardly hope , carry
the South, but there Is no tellin. what the
South may do or what candidates it may
not take np III It's struggle to ct into pos
session ot the National Administration.
Year: 1878

WILL NOT SUccEED.-A telegram u
the STATESMAN from Washington conveys
the gratifying intelligence that the bill to
reduce the army is not likely to become
law. As we have already remarked, the
peoplc of Walla Walla are vitally affected
by this proposed change, and the news OF
its probable defeat should be the occasion
for rejoicing.
Year: 1878

Nor DEAD AFTER ALA few years
ago The Dalles was considered dead
town. Property there Was almost worth
less, and the owners were willing to sell
at any price. Business men were COLL
PEELED to remove To other places, and the
town had the appearance of veritable
deserted village" But now every thing
is changed, and The Dalles of to-day is
the liveliest place in Oregon Businessis
represented as being good, and signs of
improvement and advancement are to be
seen on every hand The town has made
such progress that it finds it easy work to
support two newspapers; and when the
cost of such luXuries are taken into con
sideration We can form some idea of what
rapid strides cur friends have made dur
ing the past few Years. There is a bril-
liant future III store for The Dalles, and
the day is not far distant when it will be
the second place III Importance in the
State.
Year: 1878

NEW YORK, Dec lS--President Bah
cock presided at a meeting to-day of the di-
rectors of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
He reported that after several conferences
with the Union and Central Pacific railroads
basis for new contract with them Tor one
year had been agreed upon. The directors
agreed to and signed the new contract The
meeting was secret and the directors refuse
to make public the basis of settlement. They
admit, however, that it is much more favor
to the Pacific Mail than the old contrnct
Year: 1878




SIMPLE METHOD FOR TANNING LAMB
SKIN WITH THE Wool oN.-Make a
strong soap-suds, using hot water; when
it is cold, wash the SKIN in it, carefully
squeezing it between the hands to get
the dirt out of the wool; then wash the
soap out with clean cold water; next,
dissolve alum and salt, of each half
pound, in little hot water, which put
into a tub of cold water sufficient to
cover the skin, and let it soak in it over
night or twelve hours; now hang the
skin over pole to drain; when well
drained, spread or stretch carefully on
board to dry. 1t need not be tackled
if drawn out several times with the
hand while drying. When yet little
damp, sprinkle pulverized saltpetre and
alum Gan ounce each mixed together) on
the flesh side. rubbing it in we'll. 1t is
now to hang in the shade for two OF
three days, the flesh side in until per-
fectly dry. When entirely dry, scrape
the flesh side with a blunt knife to re-
move any scraps of flesh. Trim off all
projecting points, and rub the flesh side
with pumace or rotten stone, and with
the hands. Prepared in this way, it is
white and beautiful, suitable for door
mat, and also nice for the feet in 9
sleigh or wagon in cold weather.
Year: 1878

long tears, only because of this fa-
ther and son were set foot to foot with
the fiery breath of anger that would
never cool again between them; and
husband and his young wife, each
straining at the heated leash, which in
the beginning had been the golden bond
age of God blessed love, sat mourn
fully by the grave where all their love
and all their JOY lay buried, and all
because of this. I have seen faith.
transformed to mean doubt, joy give
place to grim despair, and charity take
on itself the features of black malevol-
ence, because of the small words Of scan
dal, and the magic mutterings of gossip.
Great crimes work wrongs and deeper
tragedies of human life spring from the
larger passions; but woefuI and most
mournful are the uncatalogued tragedies
that issue from gossip and detraction
most nnournful the shipWreck often made
of noble natures and lovely lives by the
bitter winds and dead salt waters of
SANDER. So easy to say, yet so hard
to disprove-throwing on the innocent
all the burden and the strain of demon
strating their innocence, and Furnishing
them as guilty if unable to pluck out
the stings they cannot see, and to silence
words they never hear-gossip and SIAN
der are the deadliest and cruelest weap-
ons man has ever forged for his brothers
heart.
Year: 1878

THE HABITS OF A MAN OF BUSINESS.
His conduct should be regulated by a
sacred regard for the principles Of JUS
tice.


He is strict in keeping his engage
ments.


He does nothing hastily or carelessly.


He employs nobody to do that which
he can readily do for himself


He does not unwisely reveal his de-
signs or his business.


He is clear and explicit in his bar
gains.


He leaves nothing to memory which
would be more safely committed tc
writing.


He preserves all important letters re
ceived, filing them with precision anc
care.
He keeps copies also of the essentia
portions of his own correspondence.


He keeps memorandum-book in hi
pocket for current matters.


He will not become security with
out prudent consideration of the circum
stances.
Year: 1878

An elderly. prim, spectacled spinster
recently took passenger train at Ches-
ter station, on the Grand River Valley
Railroad. The car was nearly filled.
The first sitting she glanced at was
more than half occupied by a young man
who had expectorated tobacco juice with
in his territory until the bottom Of the
car was puddle. The spinster lectur-
ed him severely on the evils of habit SO
injurious and filthy, and hoped there
after he would abandon it. The young
man made no reply. Two seats in front
was seat partly occupied by young
man who was gazing from the window
The spinster, resting his bundles upon
the seat arm, peered down upon the fiool
to detect possible traces of the weed
after which, in strident tones, she said
81 say, young man, do you use tobacco z


mo-" was the quiet reply; "but
can get you chew in minute. II yo'
want one" ."-Harper's Magazine to
February.