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Year: 1879

The English Queen, in an exhortation
to English ladies on the importance Of
a knowledge Of housekeeping, speaks Of
Americans, saying mo one can deny
that, as rule, they are pleasant TO the
eyes, and certainly do not unusually sin
in the way of neglecting their personal
adornments or in taking their full share
in the pleasures and daintiness Of this
life yet, when the necessity arises, we
have the warrant Of those who have
travelled and lived in America for be-
Loving that they can hold their own as
useful members of the household Of
which they are also the ornaments
Eachaage.
Year: 1879

We find question raised as to the
wholesomeness Of pork, some parties de-
claiming against it as an article of food,
etc. What piece Of folly it is at this
late day to raise such an issuel Pork
eaters, comprised of about nine-tenths
of the civilized population of the world,
will scout at such nonsense. For all
persons of active habits pork is just as
wholesome as anything else, and far
more sustaining. 1t is true that if too
much of it is eaten at time, in other
words, If people will make "hogs" oi
themselves, they viii have to snffer for
it as for an overdose of other "fodder.
To discard pork would be to discard
one Of the main items going into ouI
''vital statistics" What would become
Of the army and navy Of cur merchant
marine; of, in word, the great mass q
our population, II pork were to b
thrown overboard7 The idea il abauri


the fact would be : just cause for /
sumptuary revolution.
Year: 1879

room, the basket over his head and his
shirt around his neck.


The scene that followed can be more
easily imagined than described. With
Simultaneous yell and screech that
nearly lifted the roof off the top Of the
house, the terrified girls shot out Of the
room as If they had been propelled from
. cannCn--some making their exit
through the doors and others disappear
ing like shadows through the windows,
leaving Uncle Dick master of the field,
and II was an hour or two ere they
fully realized what had happened.


Dick was not a whit less frightened
than the girls. lie had the courage,
however, 10 bolt the doors and hold the
fort until he completed his toilet. He
vows that this episode, in which be was
made TO play the leading role, has made
an ending Of candy ,pullings IN that set
Element for many years 10 como.
Year: 1879

THERE are two lady lawyers in Lon
don who have large legal business
through the lawyers, and yet are not
allowed to plead in court. There is q
vigorousefEort being made to allow them
all the privileges men lawyers are enti
tied to.
Year: 1879

One day last summer we rode so miles
in railway car, seated behind four
men who were playing with those awful
things of the devil-cards. They play
ed euchre until they were tired of it.
They played alittle seven-up, pedro and
occasionally trifle of poker. We never
heard dispute. Their bursts of mer-
riment occasionally at some unexpected
play repeatedly drew our eyes from our
book. They never quarreled and never
called names once.


When we got out at the station we
sat at our window and watched a party
of young men and maidens play GRO
quet. In Is minutes we saw two per-
sons cheat successfully. We heard the
one player who did not cheat accused
of cheating five times. We heard four
distinct bitter quarrels. We heard
beautiful young girl tell two lies and a
meek-looking young man three, and
finally we saw the young girl throw her
mallet against the fence so hard that it
frightened horse; the other young girl
pounded her mallet so hard on the
ground that it knocked the buds off an
apple tree. They both banged into the
house at different doors and the two
young men looked sheepish and went
off after a drink. Now, why is thisp
Isn't croquet good, moral gameP-
Toronto GOSsiper,
Year: 1879

Bobby Casey, the faithful and intrepid
mail-carrier of Montana, carried what
is known as the horseback mail, but
which is, in fact, conveyed in n two
wheeled vehicle like sulky from Sun
River to the Twenty-eight Mile Spring.
On the 27th ult. he started from the
former place. There was binding
snow-storm at the time, and the track
across the prairie was obliterated. As
he did not reach the end of his drive at
the appointed time it was assumed that
he had lost his way; and this theory
proved to be well founded. There were
not wanting brave men both at Helena
and Sun River to undertake the search
for the missing man; but their efforts
were in vain. On the Sd instant Will
liam Rowe reached Benton, and was in
formed of the affair. The weather was
fearfully cold, but that fact did not de-
ter him from the attempt that humanity
dictated. Mounted on a horse, he set
forth, and in due time found a dim
track where it seemed probable that





ing this his labors were rewarded on
the 9th inst. by finding the driver about
20 miles north of Twenty-eight Mile
Spring. Casey was sitting in his cart,
which the horse was drawing slowly
and painfully along. The mail carrier
was in doze, and Mr.. Rowe shouted
to him once or twice before he was
aroused to consciousness. 1t was then
found that his right foot and leg were
frozen nearly to the knee, and that his
left foot was also frozen. It's believed
that he will not suffer the loss of either


His story was soon told; and with his
recollection of his experience, and what
Mr.. Rowe learned in his search, the tale
is wonderful beyond fiction. The driv-
er had been wandering over that track
less prairie for ten days and ten nights,
without food or shelter, and in a tenn
peraturc never above zero. All this
time he had moved in an almost perfect
circle, and had picketed his horse and
camped every night in almost the same
spot. More remarkable still, he had
daily passed within mile and half of
the Twenty-eight Mile House, which
was his destination. All this time amid
sufferings that would have crushed an
ordinary man. Bob Casey had only one
thought, that he must stay with the mail
and get it through, whatever befell him.
And he did; not a single package was
lost. Starving, half frozen, and dazed
by exposure and privation, his duty was
still uppermost in his mind. During all
these terrible days and nights the only
thing that passed his lips was tobacco
and snow. He had with him a goodly
supply of the former article at the start
but as day wore into night, and night
into day ne began boarding it with as
much avidity as ever did a miser his
gold. -Nontana Independent.
Year: 1879

AN excited old man came in yester-
day to inform us that he had seen six
women sit a whole hour in social con-
versation without once referring to what
they wore.-Turner's Falls Reporter.
Year: 1879

Dog and Goat 7ur.-Owners OF dogs
and goats who fail TO procure licenses for
the same before next Monday will be sub
lect to fine. The City Auditor is now
prepared to furnish the required licenses.
His office is in the Council chamber, corner
Of Tenth and Hull streets.
Year: 1879

Again the New York Times speaks
good words for the Northern Pacific
railroad. 1t discusses the southern
plan to subsidizs southern railways and
spend unlimited millions to satisfy
southern demands, and denounces a. a
trick to obtain votes from the north
west the provision embodied in it Of
extending the charter Of the Northern
Pacific, without, however, offering any
money for the enterprise. All the
money is assigned to the south. The
author of this job is Chalmers, Of Mis-
sissippi
Year: 1879

At Taunton Lake. July 4th, certain elderly gentleman, residing in the north- ern pat of the town, was extremely anxious to witness the miniature explo- sion of Hell Gate; but believing that at the explosion all must Ego up higher" determined to start out In aivance of the others. sometimes going backwards and sometimes sideways, fully convinced that the lake and people would be blown out Of existence; as the gentleman has not been heard of since. perhaps he Is still '.going higher"
Year: 1879

Correspondence Boston Transcript


Pompeian red on cream ground is the
prettiest kind of ware, they tell me. Some
of the crown Derby comes in those colors,
and you can find it in cheaper styles. There
is revival Of the old Broseley pattern,
which looks like q gooseberry bush in winter,
being dne tracery of delicate twigs and
thorns, and you can buy this in red or blue
on white ground, and there are some new
Limoges cups and sauoers. which cl0is0ane
finish. They are triangular, with their three
sides diferenct both in color and design,
and the saucers are divided into three sections
to match the cups. There are lovely dessert
plates in the same ware, but circular. They
represent half dozen plates, each one
decorated with its own special design, and
partly hidden by the next. Then there are
some new lily candlesticks, with the lily pad
forming the base and the stems twisting and
turning themselves to make the most grace
fnl of handles; the candle stands in one lily
chalioe that holds itself erect. There is .
Minton vase absolutely perfect in outline
and almost transparent, that is painted with
wonderful crimson and golden orchids, and
has bro1ze Medusa heads for handle and q
Year: 1879

breckenridge Free Press.


A boy 10 years old, son Of A. Johnson, living
three fourths of mile from the Wild Rice riy-
or, just south of Fort Abercrombie reservation.
was sent on Friday morning last by his father
to the river to water his horses. The boy rode
on one and led the other by his side. While
the horses were drinking he thoughtlessly tied
the halter Of the horse he was leading around
his own neck, and when starting from the river
on his return to the stable he was ierked oH
the horse he was riding and the frightened AMI
NAL ran all the way to thestable, dragging the
unfortunate boy the entire distance. When
released by the horrifed father his son hnd
Year: 1879

Nkw YORK. Nov. "a movement is on foot
to consolidate the Union and Kansas Pacific
railroads under one organization, intended to
be the concluding step in the combination
scheme which began with the buying mp of the
Wabash line The business of the Union Pa
cifc is increasing rapidly and the prospects arc
brilliant. A large portion of the stock is now
held by persons entirely independent of other
alliances, and the proposed consolidation can
easily be defeated if found to prove detnmen-
tai to the interests of the Union Pacific.
Year: 1879

The scheme of surface railroad
through Broadway, New York, appears
ill substantial shape in the board of alder
men oft city. The corporators nam
ed are men or prominence and wealth.
1t contemplates double track road ON
Broadway from Fourteenth street 10
Bowling Green, running on TO South
Ferry, with small cars, seating not more
than fourteen passengers the fare to be
. cents, and 8 per cent. of the receipts to
be paid into the city treasury.
Year: 1879

Some two years ago a physician in
town was called to visit patient living
out of the village. He drove out, and
as he was hitching his horse the door
opened and a young woman with a
child in her arms came out. They
greeted each other, and she said, Z" o,
you are the doctor come to see grand
mother. She's pretty sick. You'll find
her in the house." He went in and
found a woman about forty, who said,
{" You will find grandmother in that
way" In the room to which he was
directed he found an aged, white-haired
lady lying on the bed. She was quite
deaf, and did not notice his approach
until he sat down and began to feel her
pulse. She turned and said, 90, you
are the doctor. am not sick. 1t is
mother you want to see. You will find
her in the next room" So into the
next room he passed, and at last was
in the presence of his patient whose
daughter, granddaughter, great-grand-
daughter and Observation-Disclosures
er he had encountered. He found her
SO reduced by disease and old age-she
was ninety-seven years old-that he saw
no chance of her living more than a
week. He told the family so, but at
their request he left medicines and di-
rections. Some three weeks after he
was driving by and saw an old ady
picking up chips. He pulled up his
horse, intending to ask when his pa
tient had died, when she looked up and
said: 80, you are the doctor who came
to see me when was so sick" She
is still living as clipper an old lady
of ninety-nine as YOU will often see."-
Windsor w. argus.
Year: 1879

The superstition in regard to mad
stones is well-rooted in the popular i'm
agination, and has the right to be. It
is very ancient. Pliny gives its history,
for it was old even in his day, and it
has hardly shown any diminution
since. The men recently bitten by a
dog supposed to be rabid in this city
have been anxious to get at q mad
stone. One of them has gone to India
for the purpose, and others would be
glad to do so if they had the means.
Now, it is as capable Of demonstration
as anything can be that no stone.
mad" or otherwise, can have power
to heal in genuine case OF rabies.
Poison cannot be extracted from the
system by such simple means. But it
NAV well be that belief in the efficacy
of the remedy accomplishes the cure.
The imagination often plays an impor-
tant part in causing or preventing dis
ease, as DIR. William Hammond has
lately shown; and there is no reason in
the nature of things why. an imaginary
case of hydrophobia should not be re-
lieved by the application of imaginary
remedies. 1t is an odd fact that stones
taken from the stomachs of deer, are
supposed to be especially powerful in
extracting poisons, and were so in an
cient times, though it is difficult to
conceive why this beast in preference
to any other, should be opposed to
poison.-N. Y. Herald.
Year: 1879

A comely young maiden, fresh from
the shores of Old England, arrived in
this city on her way West to join her
brother, who lives in small town in
Ohio. When she arrived here she con-
cluded to stop over one train and visit
her cousin, who is employed at the
coke ovens on Mount Washington,
After the greetings were exchanged she
went to the depot and found that she
had missed the train. As she was
stranger in the city she determined to
return to her Cousins boarding
and await the next train. She again
assembled the mountain, and while on
her way she passed around the corner
of stable and stumbled against a stall
wart puddler, who is likewise German,
and bears the name of Latherbaugh,
and who was coming from the oppo-
site direction. He apologized for the
accident, and being struck with the
English maiden's appearance, stopped
for a moment. Then q conversation
was had, which ended by Latherbaugh
accompanying her to her cousins
house. In half an hour after they had
reached the boarding-house they were
betrothed. The happy German imme-
diately started out in quest of minis
ter, and in a few moments the silken
knot of matrimony was tightly tied
PtttSbaIrQ Gazette.
Year: 1879

and again, as did we all. do think l,
for one, was really thankful to God
that night.


At last we got to bed again-sooner
than we should, suppose; but the cold
drove US there. But sleep did not come
to me soon. Wonder and joy kept me
awake. Was there really a Santa Claus,
thenP /, boy fourteen years old, could
hardly help believing it. We had not a
neighbor, that l could think of, who
was rich enough to give US such q
bountiful Christmas present.


Father came early next day, bringing
money that he had earned, and more
letter from grandma, enclosing a
check for q hundred dollars. She said
it was her Christmas present, and an
other like it should come in the spring,
to help build that house. She had had
windfall, and we should enjoy our
share of it at once. 1t was a joyful
Christmas. Mother was right, rs she
generally is. Our crops were good this
year, and our Christmas of the follow
ing year did not find us in a dug-out.


Mother found out afterward that it
was really Mother Cripsey herself, and
nobody else, that put those things down
our chimney Christmas Eve. She never
would have done such thing for any
body but mother, though, l am sure.
She thinks there is nobody like our
mother. And 1 guess think so, too.
joy Allison, in N. Y. Independent.
Year: 1879

The presence of trichin@ in pork
can be readily detected with micro
scope, and people who like that article
of diet would do well to insist on q care
full inspection of it before allowing it to
appear on the table. In Berlin every
pig killed must be examined with the
microscope before it is sold, or penal
ty will be inflicted.
Year: 1879

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS.
The earth is so bleak and deserted,
So cold the winds blow,
That no bud or no blossom will venture
To peep from below;
But, longing for springtime, they nestle
Deep under the snow.
And now. in this dreary December,
Our glad hearts are fain
To see if earth comes not to help us;
We seek all in vain;
Not the tiniest blossom is coming
Till spring brenthes again.
Where love takes let love give, and SO doubt not;
Love counts but the will.
And the heart has its flowers of devotion,
No winters can chill;
They who cared for good will that first Christ


mas


Will care for it still.
Year: 1879

there are no traces of these near the surface The city occupied a tract of country extend ing over many acres, but the principal quarter appears to have been situated on neck of land between the river and the sea.

 We crossed the he'd of the stream, which was quite dry except near it's mouth, and tray | elled over considerable range of artificial

 mounds covered with short fine grass afford | ing pasturage to herds of good looking cattle. l At frequent intervals are wells used by tine

 Arabs for irigating their fields. 1 examined several of these, and feel convinced that they or reservoirs such as are to be seen in remark able preservation at Carthage.

 The debris is not extensive on the right bank of the river, but the surrounding hills are covered with detached ru1ns for many miles away.

 Near ttfe sea shore, about mile from the post, are the remains of stadium and thea atre, both much ruined.

 In 1919, Captain Smyth, of the British Navy, visited Lepis Magma, while surveying the coast of Africa. He was able to trace many of the ruins much more clearly than can now be done, and he male plan of the city in which are located most of the principal edifi- cies, and the lines of the walks The Captain spent several months in his explorations, and it is said that he persuaded the then Boy of Tripsi to cede the ruins to Great Britain. It It is claimed by the present authorities that the transfer was illegal as it never received the sanction of the Porte. However this may De, Capt. Smyth took to England many specimens from the ruins. and would have taken more, probably, had he possessed the facilities. To gain this imperfect idea of the great city we had walked many miles at a brisk pact, and the sun had set behind the ruined arch on the hill as we pushed our boat from the sands of the cotton, and returned to the Gettysburg.
Year: 1879

hunter to bag 30 or 40 day. Two of our night hunters shot five swan out of flock, the other day, and we dined on swan for 8 variety.

 The times are still improving. Clearing House reports in Chicago show a weekly gain over corresponding weeks last year, of from a million to million and half, gain of fully ten per cent. for the first three months of this year over last

 The election in Chicago is disappointment to Republicans. The defeat is owing in part to the Temperance element that operated against the Republican candidate, there as elsewhere. A.B
Year: 1879

THE COLORADO BONANZA. The question is often asked, Is the mineral wealth of Leadville really as great as had been claimed, or are the stories told about it wild and exaggerated !? After a careful examination of the district feel justified in saying that the silver depeslt is so extraordinary and the ground is so easily worked that the value of the diggings can hardly be exaggerated. Certain mines per haps, have been forced up to price beyond their actual worth, or are talked about in a general way as capable of producing untold millions. This, of course, is wrong. 1 feel safe in saying that there is no mine in the camp, occupying only a single claim, which ought to sell for $1 1000, ,000. There are cer- tain mines, it is true, which include two, three or more claims, and are therefore valu- able in proportion to the territory they occupy. The Little Pittsburgh is consolidation of four separate claims. and the Iron covers six consecutive claims of ten acres each. The majority of the paying mines, however, are on single locations. Mines, being merchant able property, are generally in the market and can be bought at reasonable figures. A frst-class one in this camp can usuall be pur- chased for $150 000 Many are bonded as soon as ore is struck in them. In fact, the common method of disposing of the Leadville mines is by bonding them to eastern or western capital ists

 It would, perhaps, be proper to define the word 'bonding" for the benefit of those read CTS who have never dabbled in mining stocks Suppose A and B to be the original prespec- tors or discoverers of a mine. They have sunk their shaft with their own efforts, and have found mineral. By working with their simple machinery and putting in their own time and labor they may succeed in taking out enough ore to pay their expenses and to gradu- ally branch out and increase their facilities. But it is necessarily slow work for them, and, not being ambitious or far-seeing men, they were willing to sell out the mine to capitalists
Year: 1879

The complexion of persons whose digestion
is out of order, who are bilious, or who lack
is by regulating the bodily organs and pro-
noting digestion and assimilation, that the
parchment hue indicative of Ill health, is
banishcd from the cheeks. To rectify the
fault Of sallow. complexion, use Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, al invigorant and Alternative
which removes those obstacles to renewed
strength, physical comfort and personal at
tractiveness--an imperfect digestion and Sc
creation, and a disordered, condition Of the
bowels Persistence in the use of this inesti-
mable corrective and tonic will assurcdly re-
suit in renewed physical regularity and vigor,
will tend to increase bodily substance, and
cause the glow and clear color of health to re-
turn to the sallOw, wasted cheek.