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Year: 1879

The summer Institute for Iowa
county will be held at DodgeyiIle,
commencing Monday, August 18th
and continuing two weeks. The
Institute held at Mineral Point was
the largest and one of the most sat
islactory institutes held in the State
during that year, That fact was
owing to the heartiness with which
the teachers Of the county took hold
of the work, and the skill of Prof.
Mct'regor, under whose direction
the work was carried on. We arc
fortunate in having secured the SER
vices of Prof. McGregor again for tho
coming Institute and as it is the
only Institute which that eminent
Institute worker will conduct during
this summer, the teachers Of the
county will doubtless show their ap-
probation OF the favor thus bestow-
ed upon them by the Board OF Nor
mal Regents by an attendance even
larger than we had at Mineral Point
last year.


Wisconsin bas become justly re-
powned throughout the United States
for the thorough system to which
Normal Institute work has been pc-
duced. Some Of our more expert
enced Inititute workers are con-
stantly in receipt OF calls from ad-
joining, and even distant states, 70
do Institute work for them. A large
proportion Of the Institute conduct
ors Of the state are Normal teachers
or Normal graduates The Institute,
therefore, is designedIy a miniature
Normal school, extending over al
most the entire curriculum Of the
Normal schools, aud all comprised
within the short space OF two weeks.
1t has proved IN the past Of incaIcu'
liable assistance To our common
school teachers. School superin-
tendents throughout the state bear
uniform testimony to the vast i'm
provement in the conduct OF our
common schools, since the interest
of the teachers has been so largely
enlisted in Normal Institute work.
| Teachers who have never bad Nor
mai School teaching find the lnsti-
| tute Of immense benefit to them, by
relieving them to a great measure
| from the disadvantage they would
otherwise be under while competing
with teachers trained within their
schools Those so fortunate as to
have received some Normal training
will yet find two weeks at the Insti-
tute Of great benefit to them, as
well as in making new acquisition to
| the stock of their knowledge alii
experience. We are confident that
no one can be present at a we'll con
| Quoted Institute, even for day, and
attend carefully to its exercises,
without learning something new
which will prove Of value to him in
| his work as teacher.


therefore appeal to the teachers
of the county To attend the coming
Institute, one and all, as well for
their own benefit as for the good of
the schools of the county. The peo
Iple Of Dodgeyile will no doubt spare
10 effort to afford such entertain
meut aud accommodation for teach.
ers as viii confirm their already we'll
merited reputation for hospitality.


~ A JoNES. 10. Suuc.
Year: 1879

A LITTLE daughter Of Frank Sex
ton, of Helena, had her face horribly
mangled by a savage dog recently.
Several stitches had to be taken to
close the wound, and the little girl
will doubtless always carry q large
scar on her cheek.-Ireua Star.
Year: 1879

City marshal had one little fracas
to attend to Saturday. Mute Day
went swimming in the flowing bowl
and became so boistrous as to need
attention. We agree in the assertion
of many, that the pGtries who hand
out the trouble-making beverage to
this unfortunate lad should be fined
heavily.
Year: 1879

SWEENEY, proprietor Of the lewd
establishment on the Mississippi,
gust above Dunleith, was arrested
and taken to Lancaster on the charge
of selling liquor without license and
fined SO. If he wants to sell whisky
without a license he ought to go to
PlatteviIle, according to the Witness
Year: 1879

OATS WITH Wharf.-The experiment
has been tried in Iosa of sowing in the fall
upon one acre Of land, two bushels of wheat
mixed with one bushel Of oats. The oats
shot up rapidly, and were Of course killed
down by the frost. But they furnished
warm covering for the earth, and when the
snow fell among the thick stalks and leaves
they kept it from blowing away. The COW
ering prevented the winser-killing of wheat
and the rotting out leaves and stalks afford
ed rich top-dressiDg for the crop the fol-
lowing spring. The result was an abundant
yield of wheat, while land precisely similar
alongside of it, and treated in the same mar.
ner, with the exception OF emitting the oats
was utterly worthless.
Year: 1879

The American Stockman says 1t il admit
ted by the most intelligent and prominent
men engaged in the cattle traffic Of Texas
and the Far West. that the business is un-
dergoing steady change. There is no
doub, that for years to come cattle driving
will continue as it is now conducted on the
prairies Of the more western States and ter
ritories, but the more fsrseeing OF those who
have followed the business and noticed the
drift Of things which effect it, discover that
1t is only question Of time when the meth
DDS which have long characterized it will,
Of necessity, give place to Others. The traf-
&c will adjust itself to the changing condi-
ton Of the country where it has been carried
on under the old regime. The annual drive
Of cattle from Texas is about 175, 900 head,
and there is no question of the ability Of the
State to keep up large supply. There are
still vast tracts Of grazing lands in southern
and southwestern Texas, that furnish the ia
cilities for herding and raising cattle on a
vast scale; but at the rate which has marked
the influx of settlers into the State during
the past few years, the time is not very tar
in the future when it will become necessary
to reduce the size OF herds, or compel the
purchase and fencing OF immense tracts of
land, and the employment Of an army Of
employees to herd and manage the cattle.
The transition, indeed, is now going on. II
commenced when clear-sigh.ed men began
to improve the quality of their stock, by in.
fu.ing into their herds fresh blood of i'm
proved breeds. A change in quality is rap
idly taking place. With this important step
of breeding up the cattle and obtaining larger
returns from a smaller number, one OF the
most important factors is discovered in the
solution Of the problem. Numbers of the
prominent cattle men of the west have an
ticipated the change and have been, and are
still preparing for it, improving their cattle
and fencing up their pastures.


We can produce cheap meats for the mar.
keis OF the world, notwithstanding obstacles
thst may be thrown in the way. The pres
ent prices of beef are remunerative, and the
same thing is true of mutton and pork. Il
is certain that with our advantages We can
produce meat products required in the mar
keis of the world, at prices which are remu-
nerative aud at the same time are below
competition.


Notwithstanding the restrictions sought to
be put on the expectation Of cattle to Great
Britain, there were more exported during
the first six months OF the present year than
for the same period in 1878, and we may
reasonably expect that there will be no de-
crease for the balance OF the year. Having
demonstrated beyond question the ieasabili-
ty OF this important industry, there is no
good reason why it may not be largely in
creased. The improvement Of our cattle is
one means OF doing go.
Year: 1879

side of the house. Entering the door you find yourself in brick paved yes tloule, with an empty chamber where a spring of water is flowing into a ba- sln on the left, and the living rooms on the right. These consist of a study just large enough for one person to sit down,a dining and sleeping room with the bed built into the wall in the fash. ion of a ships berth. A small table, two chairs and cupboard complete the furnishing. Food is passed to the occupant through a hole in the wall. all being prepared in a common kitch- en and brought to the hermits once a day. They never eat meat, and their portion Of fish on all, except fast days, consists of six ounces of fresh and four of salt fish.-lEx.
Year: 1879

AN Alsatian exile who permitted fil ial devotion to get the better of dis cretion, came to a violent death recent ly in his native province. Having crossed the new German frontier on a clandestine visit to his parents he was surprised by a gendearme, pursued and finally killed. The people were thrown into a state of wild excitement and threatened to lynch the assassin, but the insurrection did not reach fOrmid- able proportions.
Year: 1879

We are in receipt of a copy of tho Journal of the last Legislature of this Territory. As a specimen of printer. work it is as good as could be desired and does credit to the Miner office from which it emenated. The only criticism we have to make upon it i: the time at which it appears. The session closed February II, ten months ago, less one week, and it is some body's fault that the journal was not published earlier.
Year: 1879

The ancient custom of throwing an old
slipper after the bride as she leaves her
home is still in many places believed to
bring luck to the happy couple. But it
may be questioned whether the old shoe
was thrown for luck only. 1t is stated in
tho Holy Writ that ''thc receiving of shoe
was an evidence and symbol of rejecting or
rcsigning it. The latter is evinccd in Deu-
teronomy, 26th chapter, where the ceremony
of widow rejecting her husbands brother
In marriage is by loosing his shoe from Off
his foot! And in Ruth we are told that


'sit was tho custom in Israel concerning
changing, that a man pluckcd off his shoe
and delivered 1t to his ncighbor." Hence
the throwing of a shoe after bride was
symbol of rcnunciation of dominion and
authority over her by father or guardian,
and the receipt of the shoe by the BRIDE
groom, even If accidental, was an omen
that the authority was transferred to him.
Year: 1879

A mother one day lost one of her child
ron, q child Of two years, and after long
and anxious search found him In the kitch-
en- closet, In a huge iron pot, fast asleep.


He had been left in charge of servcnt,


who had fulfilled her duties by taking the
child to the kitchen and then going of to
gossip. A Mrs. D. of Darlington, af-
ter a similar experience, found her missing
Child In q bread-trough, swectly sleeping on
the dough-: The trough was a very large
one, used for mixing bread for the ship
yard mon, and when full Of dough usually
stood on a low settce near the fire, that the
bread might rise the, quicker. Il! The child
during the absencelof his elders from the
Kitchen, crept In and made hiplself tcomL
Portable. But moro amusing than this was
the case of a lady who lost her baby, and
after disturbing the whole community, and
crying herself nearly blind found baby safe
in tho cradle, with clothes theaped in so
disorderly q manner as to have defied pre-
'yious search Vi N u t q, h
Year: 1879




Look around at the baggage Of these
people. A basket OF tins and crockery,
a bale or two of bedding, often bed
stead with the Stats tied mp with n rope
perhaps chest For lunch they eat
corn cake, and drink from o pail OF
river water. The old man falls asleep,
sitting on his box, his gray head and
wrinkled face buried in bis hard hands.


The children cry aud he awakes from
his nap.


The white men who come and tell
them that Kansas means want aud mis-
ery to them are not believed. They
reason that the whites do not want
them to 90 away, and, therefore, must
be lying about the earthly paradise Of
their daily hope and nightly vision


The boat makes landing. An ath-
lectic young black man runs down tho
gangplank. The negroes on the levee
cry out, "Good by, Sam, "lIope you'll
have luck in Kansas" A sweet heart
on the levee looks sadly at Sam as the
boat swiftly backs out into tho stream.


Such scenes might be pictured al in
finitum.-Bosion Herald.
Year: 1879

"The anchor is up and the propeller is
slowly revolving, giving the Jeanette just
feel that we are off Mt last. The friendly waving
of hats and handkerchefs from the wharves,
the shipping and even from the distant
points of vantage in San Francisco
tell us that the good people of the city as well
as the men of the sea are giving us hearty
send off, although we cannot hear the cheers.
Our captain and first lieutenant are ON the
bridge The word is given, 'All hands give
three cheers.'
Year: 1879

Jeanette and boat was slowly lowered into
the water.


The hour Of parting lad arrived The saddest
of words were to be said. Husband and wife
were to bid farewell to one another, and 1t was
no ordinary adieu. Most women would have
faltered at the last moment Mrs. DeLong,
with fortitude that was fairly heroic,
took each Of the officers by tho hand and
babe them "Goodby' with cheering word for
all. spectator would have supposed she had
little more than ordinary interest in the fare
we'll, yet in the good ship she vas about leaving
Year: 1879

sailed away to a region of unknown danger he
who was more than life to her. There were few
dry eyes upon the quarter deck of the Jean
nette. Here, after handing her upon the deck
of the little yacht, the husband took the wife
affectionately in his arms. Their lips met.
who leaving all behind, was on his way
back alone. AS the cutter passed the several
yachts and tugs those ON board greeted the
commander with vocifcrous cheers.


The last words from the expedition were from
Mr.. Collins. who said to our CORES pondcnt.
Year: 1879

1t may not be generally known that
salt is an excellent prescrver of timber
from dry rot. The props and galleries
Of tho great salt mines in Poland and
Hungary are found to endure for ages
without any apparent decay. Wooden
piles driven into salt marshes last far
longer than those driven into fresh
water mud; and experiments have
been made which show that dry rot
may even be checked after it has begun
by immersion Of the infected wood in
salt water. In many countries the
custom prevails of soaking logs ia the
sea before saving them up, especially
logs of hard timber, such as oak, elm
and ash, with a view to render the
wood more durable.
Year: 1879

No man in the world can do meaner
thing tnan the man who does it cons
scientlouslv. A man who is 80 fearfully
good that he feels it a duty to condemn
everybody who does not think inst as
he does and glibly quotes Scripture to
back up his position Is harder to get on
with than a man who has a chrome
rheumatism aud is out of sorts all.the
time. In St. Louis the other day
some of the Biptists united with the
Hebrews in a joint servica. The Jew
was not hurt bp shaking hands with a
Christian. and the Christian was not
deeply injured by sitting at the side of
an honest jew. 1t was too good an op
portunIty, however. to be lost. and DR.
Yeamau took the whole of the New
Testament and threw it at the heads of
the offenders. While declaring they
had forfeited their right to he called
Christians he forgot that love of ones
neighbor is the second corner stone of
Christianity. This lighting over q worl
until the thing it means is forgotten,
quarrelling over a nut shell till the
maat becomes rancid. is custom
more honored in the breach than in
the observance. II the church has no
better work to do than to sit aud snarl
at every pilgrim who deesn't wear it's
own colors. no higher mission than to
growl when some man passes by our
scat and goes into another, then we
have mistaken it's aim The best way
in which to make men believe in Chris
tanity is to show that it grows better
fruit than any other tIee. Sour apples.
by whatever uame called, are still only
sour apples.
Year: 1879

"I will plough my field to morrow,
said Jeanne t; Il must not lose any
time, as the season is. advancing; aud
if I neglect to cultivate my field l viii
have no wheat, and as consequence
no bread"


To morrow arrived Jeannot was NJ
by daylight and:was about going out to
get his plough, when one of his friends
came to invite him to family festival.
Jeannot hesitated at first; but on re
tiecting little he said: IA day sooner
ar later makes no difference for n
business, while day of pleasure onc9
lost is always lost He went to the
festival of his friend.


The next day he was obliged to rest
himself, because he had eaten little
too much, and drank a little too much,
aud had a headache, ITO morrow !
will make up for this" said he t.
himself.


Tomorrow came; it rained. Jean
not, to his great grief, WAS unable g.
go out all day.


: Tha following day it was f1s. AMI
Jeannot felt himself full of courage;
bit unfortunately his horse was sick
in his turn. Jeaunot cursed the poor
beast.


The following day was holiday. and
he could not, of course, work. A new
week commenced, aud in a week =
geat deal of work may be done.


He began by going to fair in tha
he had never failed 10
attend it; it was the finest fair held
within ten miles. He went afterward.
to the christening of child of one OF
his nearest relatious; aud afterwards
to a burial; in short, he had so many
things to occupy him, that when he be-
began plough his field the season of
sowing was past; thus he han nothing
to reap.


When you have anything to do, do
it at once; for if you are master OF the
present, you are not so of the future.
aud he who always puts off his business
till to- morrow runs great risk OF never
being able to flush anything.
Year: 1879

Such Bother to Get Them Ready
"If they could ouly dress themselves
should not mind; but what with get
ting the last Of them fairly of, aud
picking up after they are gone, it seems
to take the best part of the day right
out.


Exactly. But what if the shoes had
been blacked the night before, and the
bath. room had been made good use of
Saturday, rather than Sunday? What
it, when the clothes of the week we're
laid off they had been placed carefully
to one side. and the Sunday ones laid
iu their stead? What if the lesson
books had been hunted up and placed
By the Sunday caps, ready the night be-
fore? What If cold meat had taken the
place of the breakfast chicken, and the
time gained given to hair brushing and
necktic tying, rather than attention co
those things later?


but they get themselves 80 dirty if
dressed 30 early"


"Teach them for one day in seven TO
keep out of dirt.


."Fheir father don't like to have it all
OuSJtt anu COlltuOtlOu tOdLuTuay ulRuU
he has, out of the week"


The Lord don't like it all hustle and
commotion Sunday, it's all the day he
has, out of the week,


But if the children are to be kept
dressed up all day. what are we to do
with thoseswho are too small to read
themselves"


You are TO read to them, talk to
them, and let them talk to you. You
are to set their little minds to thinking
about the Thousand and one things they
have little inclination for when about
their play. The bus sky above them
aud green fields near them, and God,
in his great FAtherhood, around and
about them. Yon are to garnlsh this,
the best day OF the week. with the
smiles you have, the kintlest words and
most loving acts, aud TO encourages such
things in your children. More than
any other day of the week You are to
make the Sabbath truly useful and
peaceful and enjoyable, so that your
children in after years shall look back
upon the Sabbath of their childhood as
travellers look back upon the green
oasis they have passed in the sandy
desert. Keep that day as free as is
possible from the hurry and hustle
which belong, by right. to the week;
aud then hardly noticeable will be the
preparations needed in order that your
children shall 60 forth prepared, both
in mind and body, for the Sunday
School.
Year: 1879

A good thing is told by DIR. Thomp-
son Of father hearing the voice of his
child. back OF him, as he was picking
his way carefully along the mountain
side. "Take safe path, papa, Tn
coming after you" All! If fathers
would only, while climbing the rugged
hill of life. notice that as they walk. so
their children coming on after them
will walk, how much more careful
would they be concerning the path
taken.
Year: 1879

A plant can't grow without light.
neither can child. You may toll and
economize and starve yourself for your
children, but If you withhold the suns
light of smiling couutenance, which
is the light Of home. your children
will be like plants grown in cellar.
Year: 1879

Ir is reported that the Postofiice
Department has ordered a new post
age stamp 10 be used on letters which
are dropped into the Office unstamp-
cd. The custom heretofore has been
when such letter was posted it was
held by the postmaster, who wrote
to the individual addressed that he
had the letter in the Office for him,
which would be forwarded upon pay
ment of the postage. The prop csed
new stamp, we are told, is to be but
on the letter not prepaid and sent tc
the postmaster at the office of its
destination, who is charged with the
amount due, ana to collect the same
on the delivery Of the letter.
Year: 1879

A CHINsE couple were married by a
Sacramento Justice, who informed them
that according to section 100000 of
the Code, it was necessary that the bride
should be Immediately kissed, either by
her husband or somebody else. The
bridegroom said it was contrary to Chi
nese propriety fora husband to kiss his
wife before folks, but if the Justice
would exclude the Chinese spectators
he would obey the law in the presence
OF. the Americans, whom he regarded
as of no account. His suggestion was
followed, and he kissed his wife.
Year: 1879

A writer in the New York "Tribune"
takes a great deal OF trouble to prove
that the nomination of Ewing by the
Ohio Democracy was arranged by Pen
Gleton with an intent to kill Thurman's s
chances for the Presidency and to make
Pendleton's nomination in 1884 an
easy matter. This theory seems a little
strained. 1t is rather early for fixing
things for the next Presidency but one;
and while Pendleton would probably
like to have that chance or any other
that he can get, he is hardly likely to
be fighting very desperately for it yet.
Ewing's candidacy is in Tilden's inter-
est, and Ewing will make his fight with
Tilden's money. If Uncle Samuel goes
to the White House in 1881, he will be
able to lay his hand, at short notice,
upon man who will be the favorite
candidate in 1884, and that man will
be Tilden himself.
Year: 1879

A horrible accident befel Richard A.
Jones, a young man employed at the rod
mill at JohNstown, on Friday. He was
employed in guiding the red hot wire
rods from one set of rolls to another.
At the time of the accident one end Of
the wire became twisted, and, being
hurled about by the rapid revolutions
OF the rolls into which the other end
had been inserted, it was wrapped tight
ly about the young mans body, draw
ing him to his hand and knees. As
soon as the alarm could be given the
wire was cut in two with an axe. One
arm had been severed below the elbow,
and the body was only held together
by the back bone. The entrails were
cut in small pieces and spilled about
the floor. Death was instantaneous.
Year: 1879

1t is said that nine of the jurymen
who are trying Colonel Buford for mur-
der, out in Kentucky, are unable to
read or write. Their selection was
probably the result of the rule which
requires that juryman shall have
formed no opinion of the case that he
is to determine. Such an arrangement
is very comfortable for murderers, bat
it can hardly be regarded as in tue
highest degree contributive to the safety
OF society.
Year: 1879

NEW YORK BOUND TO PAY HER SHARE pop THE
BIG RRIDGE:-1n the supreme court of New
YORK Yesterday the matter of compelling Comm


troller Kelly to pay New York citys appropria-
thild OF S. GOo, goo, again came up on an apDeaI
from Judge Barretts decision refusing to grant
TWO wrlts OF reremptory mandamus to compel
Davis now decides that legal right exists On
the part or the trustees and a legal duty on the
part OF the comptroller in this matter, and thai
t a manoamus directing the comptroller to issue
Oonds ana pay over the money should he
granted ~>ON oe
Year: 1879

1T HAS FEN DECIDED by the Third Assistant
Postmaster General that the authority to trans
nit tain mail free of postage, is equivalent:
10 prepayment and entities such matter to all
tie advantages offered to mail upon which
postage has been prepaid. The postmaster at
washington has consequently been instructed
to receive for registry upon payment OF the
registry fees any books or documents that may
be emitted to go free OF postage under the
1rapking privilege.