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Year: 1874

An indication of the popular desire to OBJ
serve our National Centennial in q fitting
manner is found in the numerous schemes
which are brought forward for that purpose.
A correspondent calls attention to one of
these in to-day's TRIBUNE, and mentions that
it has met with practical beginning in the
offer of statue of Daniel Webster for Cen
trail Park.
Year: 1874

was active in the intrigue, which he hoped
would finally cause the accession of the Count
de Chambord to the French throne. His con-
duct was not only inconsistent, but it was op,
posed to the interests of his own country anu
of constitutional government. 1t is, therefore
a fortunate circumstance that he mas oecn
Obliged to retire from position where ne did
80 much harm,
Year: 1874

There is much talk at this moment in France of
the canonzation of Joan of Arc. As the Church was
the authority which burned her. it is only fair that
it should make the honorable amends. Mr.. Lowell
speaks IN one OF his great poems of the hooting mob
which returns the day after martyrdom To CLEAN
up the scattered ashes into hstorys golden urn" II
would be new sensation at least to see an infali-
BILE Church literally assuming the same part Since
Sedan. 1t doubtless appears superhuman to drive out
an invader, and it has long been childish custom
OF nations to compliment the saints at the expense
OF themselves. But many of the French seem in
earnest about this project of promoting the soldier
maid of Domr6my to santship, and general execra-
tion is felt for q cod-booded journalist who sug
gested that putting her III the canon ght possibly
improve tAe artillery,
Year: 1874

The alarming maturity Of the chi2 Of the period
is justly exciting the attention of the philosopher
and the lamentation of the prophets. The sayants
in swaddlng clothes, and the unbreeched moralists
who lisp in axioms, have long enough been the
subject Of kindly satire. But a more portentous
baby still appears on the horizon the blas6 infant
without curiosity or appetite. We know fine boy
who has never recovered from the shock OF being
requested to discuss the Hindoo theology with an
urchin of eight whom he was requested to enter
tain; but even this monstrosity is not so bad as
that of babe who refuses to laugh at Punch, or
bite at carames. But this new genre really exists
Only the other day, in Madson-square, one baby
said to another, Has you been to the Circus ~
and received the sad reply, No. I once saw a
now"
Year: 1874

Congress- is reported to be in disturbed
state of mind on account of the currency
question. 1t is high time. The country has
been disturbed about it for long time. 1t
has got out that the President will veto the
nondescript bill that passed the Senate last
week 1t is difficult to see how anybody who
read the Presidents late veto message could
expect any other action. But how to save
some of the bones of the new Senate bill and
the life of the Republican party also. is the
problem which vexes the soul of the average
Republican Congressman. He has heard that
the West is not demanding more currency
with anything like the hunger which has been
charged to that account. 1t may be added
right here that the whole country is not so
much interested in the life OF any party what
ever, as in an intelligent and safe adjustment
of the currency question.
Year: 1874

Among other notable pulpit discourses,
printed on the fourth page of THE TRIBUNE,
is an address to the Alumni of the Yale Divin-
ity School. This address, delivered by ex-
President Hopkins of Williams College, is
characterized by the subtle thought and keen
ANALYSIS which are the distinguishing traits of
this eminent scholars mind. OF the other ser
mons, two or three will be noticed as coming
very close to the immediate daily interests of
men.


The letter from Berlin, which Is puDiished
on our third page this morning, gives an ac
eoupt of the troubles which, as we have been
Informed by telegraph, resulted in the WITH
drawal of Count Won Arnim from the German
diulomatic service. Whatever may have been
the direct cause of this result, there is still
older affair which undoubtedly contributed TO
his fall. At the time of the defeat of NJ
Thiers and the appointment OF Marshal Mac
Mahon " DO his successor Count Won Arnim
Year: 1874

Mr.. Richard B. Irwin has been the scape-
goat in the Pacific Mail corruption at Wash
ington. He declines to occupy that position
any longer and in q letter elsewhere printed
gives visible signs of capacity to project
the load on other people. The positive
manner in which Mr. Irwin dispOses of the
story that large part of the corruption fund
charged on the books of the Company to his
agency was really invested on his OWE ac-
count in Philadelphia real estate, is only
equaled by the calmness with which
he refers to the investments that were
made with the full knowledge and approval
of the Company in gentlemen of talent and
Experience" in Washington. So far as the
Philadelphia story is concerned, Dir. Irwin GER
tainly makes q clear case, and the disposition
of the missing 100000 remains as great a
mystery as ever, save so far as the concluding
paragraphs of his letter reveal it.
Year: 1874

A Lively RUSAwAY.-This morning two
horses attached to carriage, standing near
Ninth and Shipley streets, became frightened
and started down Shipley street at rapid
pace. Several vehicles along the sides of the
Street, narrowly escaped collision with the
runaway team, which grazed them more than
once. 1r front of the Water Witch engine
house, the steamer was standing out and a
collision between the team and the apparatus,
was only prevented by one of the members of
the Company, who sprang at the frightened
animals. with his arms appraised, and succeed
ed in making them veer to the other side of
the street. Below Fifth. some roOfers were at
work, and right through their fire went the
flying team, scatteringa barrel of cement
The runaway came to an abrupt ending, at
Fourth street, where the horses ran up on the
pavement, and brought the pole of the carri-
age against the front of Bakers liquor store.
One of the wheels also became fastened be-
tween two posts on the corner. The animals
were then secured, and it was discovered that
beyond slight breaking OF the harness no
damage had been sustained.
Year: 1874

A Coon AcT.-Oficer Cropper is doing good
work in keeping passage way open at the n. r.
corner of Water and French streets. This used
to bo the favorite location OF loungers, to the
great annoyance Of persons going TO and coming
from the depot. Persons now stopping here, in
the middle OF the pavement made to move on.
Year: 1874

Since this paper was started the
growth Of our subscription list has
been most fattering, having grown in
less than year to what other papers
have struggled eight or ten years to
reach, yet we have all along felt
cramped for room to make all the de-
partments of the paper as complete as
we would desire, and acting on the
principle that the only way to success
is to have the best, we have decided to
enlarge it, beginning with our next
issue, to l2 page paper. This will
make the ADVANCE the largest, and we
hope TO make it the best and most COM
plete, newspaper in the State.


The enlargement will enable us to
give I or pages Of strictly Agricultu~
raj matter, besides giving a complete
summary Of all news. We shall also
resume our Family Circle Department
and open a department to be wholly
devoted to our lady readers. We pro-
pose to make it paper in every way
suited to general circulation through
out Minnesota, Wisconsin and Northern
1nwa
Year: 1874

mans wife for? But now when he is
in danger Of losing little money his
sharp lawyers find some technical de-
feet in the jurisdiction of the court that
granted the divorce. Would | it not
have been as well for this false and
spurious prophet 10 have found the de-
feet before he married another mans
wife. So long as it was merely ques-
ton of whether he was or was not mar
rying another mans wife he employed
no lawyers to look up the matter, but
now, when there is little filthy lucre
at stake, he employs the best legal
talent to sift the matter through and
through, to find if possible some flaw
upon which he can repudiate his solemn
marriage with this woman. The true
character Of this old lecherous, lying
impostor and vagabond exposes itself
in this sworn answer to Mrs. Young's
complaint.


But whether there was legal divorce
or not, we cannot see how that will
help the old villains case, or
enable him to abandon the wo-
man who married him in good faith
and after his unholy passions are satis-
fed to thrust her away from HIM and
cast her of like a soiled garment. The
only questions for the court to deter
mine are was he married to the COM
plainant, and has he since


that marriage been guilty
of inhuman treatment toward her, and
abandoned her, as she states in the
complaint. 1t has nothing to do with
the questions Of his or her former mar
riage or divorce. If Mr.. Dee vas to
bring an action to set aside the divorce
he could urge the objections to that d.
vorce which Brigham now makes, but
Brigham cannot insist upon them
in this action. His mouth is closed on
that subject. He took her for letter
or for worse. The court cannot 60
back Of his marriage to this woman.
At least no fair and upright court would
do so, but what this Utah court will
do is another question.


This is an action in which
the whole people Of the
United States is interested. This
bold, audacious pretender and impos-
tor has defed the laws of his country.
and outraged every sentiment Of public
decency, long enough. We are all in
terested in compelling this heathenish
old outlaw to submit to the law. Let
there be brought to bear a public scn-
timent that will compel this court to
try the cause according to law, and de-
eide it impartially under the law.


We do not ask that the court shall
give Mrs. Young all she demands, OF
even one-half, or one quarter, but that
it shall grant her a divorce if she
proves what she alleges, and allow her
a reasonable amount of alimony-in
other words, that it shall give Mr..
Brigham to understand that he is not
running this country.
Year: 1874

VIZ have frequently spoken of the
character and qualifications of the men
we should send to the legislature. We
have always insisted that they should
be men Of large experience, ability, and
the most unflinching integrity. Now
the Goodhuc County Republican says
that thirty minutes would be too long 4
term for such men as we would have
elected. We have no doubt the Re-
publican is sincere in making this state.
ment. Politicians are never in favor of
electing good and true men, because
they cannot handle and control such
men. The politician is always in favor
Of men Of his own stripe who will read
lily enter into his schemes, and be led
and governed by him. The noble,
high-minded, honorable man will never
be selected for responsible official posi-
tions by the politicians. So much
greater is the necessity that the people
should see to it that no other class Of
men get their votes.
Year: 1874

The notorious Colonel Mosby PRESENTS
with scorn'' the imputation upon his
dignity, manhood and honor in the
charge that he dare not meet Payne
upon the field of honor. The fact is, if
we may believe the Colonel, he is fair
ly pining with anxiety to fight Payne


with pistols, advancing with each
fire. but he does not give distances.


We should scarcely have any objections
to duel of this kind ourselves provid-


ed We could say how far off the other
fellow should be. Now if Cooper or
any other circus chap wants any thing
out Of us on those terms let him come
round. No dodging OF skulking now
Cooper. Ifyou don't like pistols,make
it rifles, bludgeons, six barr i shot guns
or any thing else you please. 49,.
Year: 1874

Here is what the Rural World
says the Grangers have done in
Iowa They have broken the power
aud combinationsof the pork-packers.
They started out the past fall as they
did the fall before, to buy pork at
about three dollars expecting again


to get double the price when they


sold as they did last year. But the
GraEyers we're too sharp for them
this time. They said rather than
sell at these low figures we will pack
our own pork SO all over the west
the Grangers combined, determined
to pack unless they could get what
Year: 1874

After he was confined in Jail he
confessed. that he, was the identical
Bennehotf robber, but averred that
had he boen armed he would not
have been taken. Said it was the
first time he had been taken una
wares. He gave o brief account of
his wanderings since the robbery. He
first went to Pittsburg, thence down
the river to New Orleans and thence
to Cuba; thence to Mexico, from
which country he wentto Texas. He
had been in the cattle business three
years. He intended to sell his herd
and return to Texas. He had been
cornered before, but had escaped
through the free use Of money He
said he had always intended to re-
pay Bennehoff, ,)but he had been un-
fortunate and had not been able to
do so. One hundred thousand dol
lars was offered for his capture, and
it is supposed that Cook and his as
sistant Will get the reward. loa
Year: 1874

A MANURE SpREADER. Procure n
long pole, about ten feet long and
six inches in diameter, and secure a
tongue to the middle so as to form o
large 7. The tongue may be bolted
or secured by mortise and tenon.
After the tongue is made fast, SGT it
up in u perpendicular position and
bore two-inch holes through the
head-piece one foot apart. Now fill
the holes with strong spreading
brush, letting the brush extend be-
hind the cross-head from four to six
feet. The more brush one can fasten
in the holes the better. After the
manure is spread with forks hitch a
team to the tongue, place board on
the brush behind tho cross-head, and
let the driver stand on tho board aa
the spreader is driven across the
field back and forth like q harrow,
and the brush will then spread and
grind the manure into the ground
and pulyerize the Jumps more per
fectly than could be done by hand.
A man and horse team can spread m
acre per hour Of any kind { manure.
Such spreader win be found useful
in preparing land for seeding after il
has been narrowed, as it will crush
the Jumps, fill up the dead furrowf
onJ Leave fba GALA l.lya a f,avdau haI


In lieu Of a large pole, heavy slat
or narrow plank may DO employed
for the spreador. The spreadel
should be driven at q right angle K
the first course, whenever al thu
branches are not ground fine ant
spread evenly. Winter is the tru'
time 10 make such labor-saying mo.
chimes, 80 as TO have them ready fol
use whom one has manure 10 spread
Year: 1874

heart. And so laughing, he turned to leave
her, when the sharp report of pistol was
heard, and his merriment ended in sudden
cry of pain, as he fell forward on his face.


The confusion that now took place was in
describable. Gertrude sprang through the
open window out upon the balcony, with
shrek after shrek of CONSERVATION and alarm /;
for the bullet that had found lodgment in her
husbands breast had whizzed past her own
head, through the laurel boughs, and she had
seen the steady white hand holding the silver
pistol in its deadly aim. Mrs. Vaughn Fes-
senden had disappeared into the crowded ball
room again, and left Irving Mcdonald lying
prone upon the floor, with red wound in his
breast


Gertrude's cries brought nearly every guest
in the house to her side, and among them, old
Mrs. Mcdonald, senior, who said, with great
calmness and forethought-


"The erpose of this affair will cause great
scandal and excitement, and impose silence
Upon you ALL Remove Irving to my apart
ment I can tend to him better than any
surgeon you can find in this country-havlng
studied surgery in Paris, years ago. If find
that I overrate my ability, doubt not l will
summon medical aid quickly enough. Carry
him carefully" she added, turning from the
awe-stricken guests, and addressing the meni-
ais who were lightly and tenderly raising
him; II will follow you"


"But who did it? Who could have been
so cruel-so treacherous?" cried several guests,
in breath.


"It was her husband-Mrs.-"


But before Gertrude could finish her SEN
tence, old Mrs. Mcdonald caught her savage
ly by the arm, and hoarsely whispered in her
ear


GAS you value your life, not another sylla-
BILE! Go to your own rooms


"Never-never," cried Gertrude, breaking
away from her mother-in-law. 81 Twill go with
irving" and she followed the retreating SER
wants, who bore their bleeding and speechless
master away from the awe-stricken, wonder
ing crowd.


An hour afterward, the house was gloomy
and silent. Not voice was heard not foot
step echoed along the galleries; not light
was to be seen, save the shaded uight-lamp in
the sickroom Of the host, who still lay speech
less and pallid, with the red wound in his
breast, which his mother and his young and
beautiful wife, all through the night, watched
beside him, giving him soothing drinks and
bathing the wound with fresh water, until the
day light came.
Year: 1874

AN INDIAN LEGEND.-The new Indian
agency between Grand River and Fort Rice,
called Standing Rock, derives its name from
large boulder standing out alone upon. the
prairie about three miles from the river.
There is strange Indian superstition connect
ed with this rock, and the Sioux City (Iowa)
Journal thus tells it: ..


1--WE made visit to it short time ago in
company with Major Palmer, the agent at
that agency, who told US the legend Of the
reds regarding it. Many years ago power
full band of Indians made that section their
stamping grounds. The chief of the band
deserted his old wife for a young squaw. This
so grieved the old Queen that she went back
from the river and sat upon the ground and
mourned for several days. Upon the ninth
day of her grief she turned into this large
boulder. The Indians at that agency all be-
lieve this story to this day, and worship the
boulder as God The rock has been deco
rated with ribbons, pieces of red flannel, and
every high colored piece of cloth they have
been able to get hold of since time out of
mind. These decorations are replaced as
often as they become decayed or blown away
by the winds. At the time ofour visit it was
trimmed in the most gorgeous trappings imag.
inable Every portion of it was covered
with either ribbons, or rags or paint. With
in few inches of the sacred stone is pail OF
water, which is never allowed to become emp.
ty for it is the belief of these ignorant people
that the old Queen of their ancestors fire.
quently assumes the form of squaw and
drinks the water. In former years she drank
much more than at present, they say, but this
is easily explained. Then there was more
game there, which, in wandering to the pail,
drank the water. To disturb this bucket or
any portion of the trimmings of the petriied
squaw is considered great ofense against the
Great Spirit"
Year: 1874

The HEART.-The Boston Journal Of
Chemistry, in speaking of the heart, gives the
following facts: The average weight of this
little mechanism is little over half pound,
or to be exact, $3.50 ounces. The work done
by the human heart in given time exceeds
that done by the muscles in boat race in the
proportion of about 20 to Is; but this work
is unceasing during life, while that of the
muscles in a boat race can be continued for
only few minutes. Helmbolt showed that
the heart exerts force enough to raise its own
weight 2O,250 feet in an hour. An active
climber can accomplish only 5000 feet in
nine hours (?), or one-twentieth Of the work
done by the heart, while the best locomotive
can only raise its own weight 2,700 feet in the
same time.
Year: 1874

How TO DO UP SHIRT BosoMs-


Take two tablespoonfnls of best starch.


add very little water to it, rub and


STIR with spoon into thick paste
carefully breaking all the Jumps aud


particles. Add pint of boiling water.


stirring it at the same time; boil half


hour, stirring it occasionally to keep
from burning. Add a piece of starch
iff0t ii mana ffs6 ar6D1esaoonfdir r66r


gum arabic solution (made by pouring


boiling water upon gum arabic and
standing until clear and transparency,
or . piece of clean mutton tallow half
the size Of nutmeg and q teaspoon
fal Of salt will do, but it is not as good.
Strain the starch through strainer or
q piece of thin muslin. Have the
shirts turned wrong side out; dip the
h,soms carefully into the starch and
squeeze out, repeating the operation
until the bOsOms are thoroughly: and
evenly saturated with starch; proceed
to dry. Three hours before ironing dip
the bosOms in clean water; wiring out
and roll up tightly. First iron the back
by folding it lengthwise through tho
center; next iron the wrist bands and
both sides Of the sleeves; then tho
collar band; now place the bosom
board under the bosom, and with u
dampened napkin rub the bosom from
the top towards the bottom, smoothly
and arranging each plait neatly. With
q smooth, moderately hot flat-iron, be-
gin at the top and iron downwarls,
continuing the operation until the
bosom is perfectly dry and shining.
Remove the bosom board, and iron the
front Of the shirt. If the irons become
rough or smoky, lay little fine salt
on q fiat surface and rub them we'll;
it will prevent them from sticking to
anything starched, and make t6em
smOoth.-Hearth end Home.
Year: 1874

After the passage of the civil rights
bill, and after Stewards Sixteenth
Amendment to enforce mixed schools
at the point of Federal bayonets and
Gatlin guns if necessary-what next?
John Browns soul keeps marching
on. The Radical party could not stop
there. However anxious it might be
the negroes with their S00,000-vote
power would prod it onward. The cry
would be still for more. Give them At,
inch, and they will demarE.a an ell.
What more can they demand,
asks the simple Southern reader;
but the answer is simpler. The blacks
|'1Il next demand, not merely division
Of the offices In the gift of the Radical
party, but a practical monopoly of
them in ali those States where they
constitute nine-tenths of the party.
The spirit of unrest will not cease till
every Federal official in the Southern
States is colored. Then would the
New England Gospel of Hate be ae-
complished-the negroes ruling their
former masters. The civil rights bill
itself, proves that there still fingers in
the Massachusetts, mind a craving
to punish and humiliate the
South even further than it has
been. Else why strike downthe school
system, to the detriment of the negro,
leaving its possible resurrection to the
tardy contingencies of a constitutional
amendment? We have already had in
timations of the negroes demand for
for Office. Our white Republicans
know they are but drop in the black
bucket of Southern Radicalism. They
know also that the party managers
will not hesitate to sacrifice them rath-
er than lose the colored vote. Herein
lies the secret animus that inspires the
white Radicals of the South against
civil rights, from Brownlow down or
up. Hinc ille lachTyme.
Year: 1874




A prominent Walnut street commission
merchant, and a very intelligent gentleman,
who has recently returned from trip
through some of the Southern States, gives
the result of his observations to reporter
of the Commercial. The principal part OF
the time away from home was spent in the
Virginias, CaIOlinas, Alabama and Georgia,
and in the four last named States particu-
lar attention was paid TO the prospects OF
the cotton crop, which, our informant says,
is very backward. In those States there IS
a considerably less acreage planted than
last year. On numerous plantations the
cotton is not vet up, but where it is above
ground the stand is pretty good,
considering the UnfayoTable Ttaih-
or. 1t is the general impression
among well informed persons that the
whole yield for this years planting Will,
under ordinary circumstances, be about
three and a quarter million bales-three-
quarter Of 4 million bales less than the yield
from last years planting is calculated to be.
But the yield for this sprinT's planting viii
depend much on the maturing weather In
the fall. the seed having been got into the
ground nearly month later than the usual
time.


The planters, as a class, are very hard up
for money, and experiences much difnenty
in negotiating leans on future crops.