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Year: 1879

Our business is run in the old-fashioned way. We
do not shuttle q customer about from one salesman
to another to buy paper of pins from one salesman,


yard of calico and spool of thread from another,
thereby taking up hours In purchasing few goods
that can, by our way Of doing. be purchased in as
many minutes. keep none but 6rst-class salesmen,
who are we'll posted in every line of goods. The
same salesman goes the entire stock with the custo
Year: 1879

A lady teacher was explaining to a
class in United States History the gov
ernment Of the country. The scholars
were usually very enthusiastic, but this
topic had no practical interest for the
girls, and they seemed languid, while
the boys were foil Of questions. When
they were thorough satisfied as to the
euOrmity Of the crimes, or the degree of
insanity or idiocy which might imperiI
their future vote, and their reasons for
valuing the right had been fully ELECTED,
the teacher asked, quietly:


"Why should not women vote ?n


a thoughtful silence was broken by
the question:


"T'hen they would have to pay taxes,
would they not ~


"They pay taxes now" was the quick
reply. ''lhere is not a woman in town
whose property is not taxed, just as il it
belonged TO a man."


well! it is not fair ~ shouted the
brightest boy, and all the others nodded
assent most vigorously.


The lesson went on, leaving that idea
TO bold its place in the busy young
brains. They bad clearly understood
that the boys reasons for wanting to
vote were quite as important TO the
girls, and the unanimous verdict, at is
not fair =" will prove to be a seed which
shall yet spring up and bear fruit.


Are all our teachers mindful Of their
responsibility in this matter? The right
is so self-evident that very few words
are needed to make il clear to those who
will soon be, and TO those who ought to
be taking part in the government Of our
country.
Year: 1879

II is easy in the world to live after the
worlds opiniOni it is easy in solitude to
live after your own; but the great man
Is he who, in the crowd, keeps with ner-
ieet sweetness the independence of soli-
Year: 1879

Nothing sets so wide mark "hetween
the vulgar and the noble seed" as the
respect and reverential love Of woman
kind. a man who is always sneering
at women is generally a coarse profIi-
gate, or a coarse bigOt, no matter which.
Year: 1879

A Mount Vernon, Monroe county
correspondent of the Monroe Demo-
cTdt, writes as follows:


We had wind and rain storm on
the 24th, accompanied with vivid
lightning, and we are sorry tt chroni-
Gle the death of Mrs. James Brannon,
who was killed by lightning. She
was getting dinner, and was over the
fire when struck and was thrown back
in the fioor a lifeless corpse. She
never breathed after being struck SO
far as Is known. The lightning
seemed to come down the chimney.
A moment before she was killed she
picked up her baby which was sitting
near the fire and set it back short
distance aud returned to the fire to
look after her dinner and was killed.
The rest of the family were in the
house but no one was hurt"
Year: 1879

. In the most respectful manner DO 3-
sihle and with the best of motives, we
will advise persons visiting East Ten


nessee during the heated term,
whether from Memphis or elsewhere.
that it is impossible to secure first.cla J
board for eight dollars per month. If
you succeed in getting board at that
price, you must not get the kind of
fare you get at the Maxwell House or
the Peabody Hotel. a,ss
Year: 1879

mines and in the almost miraculous trans.
formation of the Dakota desert into an i'm.
mense and exhaustless grain field, dotted with
pleasant villages and happy American homes.
Gathering inspiration from what has already
been achieved, Mr.. Billings has resolved that
the continued construction of his road shall
know no cessation. Mr.. Billings jocosely
observed that when our people came to know
him better they would like him, an observa-
ton which brief and pleasant interview in
duces our informant to stoutly affirm. Mr.
Samuel Wilkeson, long the Secretary of the
company, has become its indispensable ad-
junct, and the revolving years sit on him
with such gentle grace that quarter of Gen.
tury does not seem to have dimmed his
eye or bent his form even if they have tinged
his hair with gray. The unfailing habit of
cheerfulness which is his by heritage, as well
as education, has been his invaluable aid in
all the delays which have characterized and
overtaken the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company in which he has taken q loyal
pride. He recalls as pleasant memory his
visit to Helena years ago and eagerly en-
quires after the friends whose acquaintance
he then made. They will be glad to welcome
him on his contemplated return.
Year: 1879

SMALLPOX Blackbufn's Helena organ has
two articles this morning which are charac-
teristic. In one of them Grant is damned
and in the other Sterling Price is deifed. II
is not intended as joke either. Who was
Sterling Price anyhow? Verify the husks
which the swine did eat were savory morsel
compared with the political viands now set
before the Montana Democracy. If intellec-
tual starvation is their destiny they can stand
it as well as any crowd we know, but it is a
refinement of cruelty to mock them with such
vapid nonsense.
Year: 1879

We published recently dispatch from Fl.


Mckinney stating that gold quartz mines had


lately been discovered in the Big Horn


mountains Is miles northwest of that Post.


Fort Mckinney occupied the site of the old


Fort Phil Kearney, which was built to pro-


tect travel to Montana by the Bozeman route


and was abandoned at the demand of the
| Sioux. Since the Sioux have transferred their
| allegiance to Victoria the route has been re-


opened. The news of the finding of gold


quartz is not at all surprising. 1t would be


much more surprising if it were not found.


There has been great deal of hurried pros


pecting done in the Big Horn mountains and


many parties have come to grief in their en-
| deavors to reach the fabulous mines whose
riches have been for generation the theme
of campfire recital and discussion. There
are some reasons why we should regret at
this time to see rush of gold seekers into
the mountains where this discovery is re-
ported to have been made The site is in
Montana and within the Crow reservation,
or so very near that prospectors would soon
be trespassing, and we shall have another
war on our hands which would seriously
threaten the peace of southeastern Montana
and retard the settlement of the Yellowstone
valley. We already have an Indian war on
our hands that would give plenty of business
to an army these times as large as the one we
have. To provoke another would be mad.
ness, certainly till the one we have is nearer
its termination. 1t may we'll be considered
as only a question of time that the Crow
reservation is invaded and broken up But
time is of the first importance. If this matter
can be STAYED off for two or three years till
the North Pacific is we'll advanced into the
Yellowstone valley, till the Ute war is dis
posed of and our army has been properly
augmented, it can be more quickly controlled
and with much less loss of life. Even the
distant prospect of such an inroad and its
consequences ought to furnish sufficient rea-
son to retain the troops at Fort Ellis and even
to increase their members. The Crows once
reused to hostility the settlements along the
Yellowstone and in Gallatin county will suf-
fer, and the National Park will be virtually
closed to visitors.
Year: 1879

The largest amount of gold that ever
crossed the Atlantic in one bunch was landed
in New York last week per steamer Canada.
Five million dollars was the sum, in twenty
franc pieces 1t will all be converted into
half-eagles, which will certainly be more
pleasant to the eye and agreeable to the touch
than the snide daddy dollars.
Year: 1879

Now BLAINE and Chandler and Hale and
Burrows and others of the stalwart force
flushed with the glorious victory they have
contributed so much to win in Ohio, will
pounce down upon New York and assist to
the Radical cleanup in the Empire State.
Year: 1879

The Republicans have carried every North
ern State in which an election this year has
been held. The column, to which next month
will be added the State of New York, stands
at present in this form:
Year: 1879

Health officer Townshend yesterday ad-
dressed letter to II. Clay Jones, the con E
tractor for removing garbage, calling his attcn-
tion to the fact that the collection of garbage
is not being performed in accordance with the
terms of the contract. He states that he was
led to look ovor many faults, owing to the fact
that the contractor was working under many
disadvantages from lack Of experience. "a
recent investigation" DIR. Townshend says,
"into tho working of the service under
your charge proves that nothing in
substance has been done to encourage
continuance Of this belief" The vehicles
used are not Of the uniform kind required, the
barrels have not close covers, and the general
appearance of everything connected with the
service is such as to reflect only discredit
thereon. Therefore" the letter concludes,
lit becomes my duty to inform you that unless
l see within ten days convincing evidences
that the work will in future be performed
strictly in accordance with the terms Of your
contract, shall consider it incumbent upon me
to report tho facts TO tho District Commits
sioners, and relieve myself from further re-
sponsibility for your neglect"
Year: 1879

Tho Thomas statue will be unveiled on tho
10Th of next month. Preparations are being
made for decorating the circle around the
statue worry handsomely. General Grant will
be present at tho ceremonies, \ choir Of 100
voices will be in attendance. Seats will be
arranged for over 5000 people. The comm it.
tee on hall have selected the skating rink in
which TO hold the business meetings Of the
Year: 1879

National Associated Press TO the Star.


MONTREAL, Oct. ga reeial meeting oil
the Board Of Trade was held last evening to
further consider the proposition OF the
Board OF Trade at Minneapolis for an An
Line Railroad between that city and Mon.
treal.. 1t was arranged to send denuta
ton to the Government to urge the scheme
upon their attention, and if possible, have
them adopt the line as part of the Pacific
Railroad. The matter was finally left in
the hands of the counsel OF the Board, tc
take such steps as he may deem expe
dient, PEI
Year: 1879

The kidneys'are natures sluice-way to
wash ont the debris of our constantly
changing bodies If they do not work
properly the trouble is felt everywhere.
Then be wise and as soon as you see signs
Of disorder get package of Kidney " ort
and take it faithfully. 1t will clean the
sluice-way of sand, gravel or slime, and
purify the whole system.
Year: 1879

Frank Millcr's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced by the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade OF


these goods is always standard and their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one OF the Oldest in the country and
has the largest trade in It's line diff
Year: 1879

No use Of having the chils, no use of
headache or any of the ills that come from
a disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie Of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
a new person. Try it aud be satisfied.
Year: 1879

The election is over--the political
battles have been fought and won.
Democracy has swept over the State
and L. A. Witt is the Governor Of
Louisiana. While all the Democratic
journals in the State have done their
duty, we must make special mention
or the New Orleans Democrat, the
CAplroLIAN of Baton Rouge and the
Vindicator of Natcliitocl,es. III New
Orleans the Republicans and Indepen-
dents or Factionists combined and
this called forexta exertions on the
part of the Democrat to elect the reg
ularly nominated Legislative ticket.


In Baton Rouge there was an 1nde-
pendent movement gotten up by dis
affected Democrats and supported by
Republicans, which the CApIToLIAN
disputed inch BY inch. Jastremski
deserves the thanks Of the party for
his indefatigable exertions to secure
the vote of East Baton Rouge for the
State Legislative ticket.


In the parish Of Natchitoches there
was q Greenback party and the Re-
publicans gave encouragement to it.
Cosgrovc ofthe Vindicator kept up a
hot fire from first to last and if the
Greenbackers are not anDillilated
they have received stunning blow
from which they will not recover,
Burke, Jastremski and Cosgrove will
be remembered for their services in
this contest and we feel assured that
Year: 1879

A Lady who had quarreled with
her baldheaded lover said, in dis
missing him, "What is delightful
about you, my friend, is that | have
not the trouble Of sending you back
any locks of hair"
Year: 1879

In the heathery turf you will often
find plant chiefly remarkable for its
peculiar roots; from the main stem
down to the minutest fibre. you will
find them all abruptly terminate, as if
shorn OF bitten of, and the qnaint su-
perstition of the country people alleges
that once Oh time it was q plant of
singular potency for healing all sorts OF
maladies, aud therefore the great enemy
of man in his malignity Bit of the roots,
in which Is virtues resided. The plant
with this odd history IL very good
emblem of many well-mcaning bat little
efiecting people. The efficacy of every
good work lies in its completion, and
all, their good works terminate abruptly
and are left OIL. The devil illustrates
their efficacy by cutting of their ends;
their Improbable history Is made up of
plans and projects, schemes of useful
ness that were never gone about, and
magnificent undertakings that were
never carried forward.-(James Ham
ilton, ID. ID.
Year: 1879

Now Lydia Crane was not naturally
inclined to be querulous or selfish she
had been duly converted in the progress
of revival in Lyndon, and joined the
church during Parson Beach's lifetime.
She read her bible daily; said her
prayers, and was a punctual attendant
on all the means of grace. She was the
head aud front of the church sewing So
ciety, aud secretary of the Foreign Mis-
sion Circle, yet in the living of her life
she had become at the age of thirty five,
fretful, self-centered, opinionated, and
domineering, but perfectly certain that
she was an exemplary Christian. Char
ity, sympathy, tenderness, do not grow
in such O solitude as hers; it is not good
for man or woman TO be alone; and if
10 be a Christian Is to wear the image
of Christ, as the gospel seems to imply,
there was very little obvious likeness
in Miss Lydia to the Master whose name
she wore.


Yet she was thoroughly honest wo-
man, anxious above all things to do
right; ready TO give to every "object"
that impelled the long-handled contrl-
button boxes, with deacOns at the other
end, through every slip on every other
Sunday, though she had not even kind
word tor the beggar at her door; for
begging implied "shiftlessness" and
that was unpardonable.-TS Sunday AT
ternOon.
Year: 1879

The sanctity of creed or liturgy be-
gins after fallible men have adopted it.
In the process of construction il may be
sufficiently criticised and condemned.
A committee of seven bishops labored
for week in New York trying to adapt
our American Episcopal liturgy 20 the
use of tho Church Of Jesus In Mexico,
10 which they were giving tho Episco-
pate. They found great diiiiculty in
doing it, until at last they gave up the
attempt, and recommended an old Span
ish liturgy, called the Mozarabic. As
this liturgy was satisfactory in its form
for the administration of the sacraments,
intoxicating there Is no false doctrine.
they adopted it as better adapted than
an Anglican one for an Old Catholic
movement.-[ Independent.
Year: 1879

There is curious tendency in human
nature to crave sorrow In hidden aud
unconscious way, that does not need or
find words, but betrays itself In actions.
IL Is like the physical longing for salt
pure joy and peace are savorless with
out this pungent flavor of tears; there
is no relief TO sculpture without shad-
ow, no delight TO the eye like dawn.
aud yet dawn implies darkness, newt
ably. ifif.- -
Year: 1879

An exchange gives the following ac-
count of how they eat in Sweden: The
habit of lunching in the very presence of
dinner, or going to II side table and eat
ing your fill Of anchovies, raw herrings,
smoked beef and cold eel pie while
dinner is on the very table, still prevails,
and is hardly conducive to health. 1t is
said that the habit of taking "a sup as
the Swedes call it, arose from the scarcity
of delicacias. 1t was hard to get enough
of any one nice thing to make a meal of
so you were first delicately inuendoed off
to the brandy table, as it is called, and
then allowed to sit down to dinner.
The practice is universal in Sweden.
Private houses, hotels and boarding
houses all feed you on preliminary
scraps, and woe be to you ifyou inno-
Gently turn away from the proffered
luncheon! You fare like an ascetic and
feed yourself on odors. The ordinary
routine of dining seems in Sweden to be
in wild confusion. Soup sometimes ends
instead of beginning the dinner. Iced
soups and cold fish are dainties to the
Scandinavian palate. Much of the soup
is nauseOusly sweet, favored with
cherries, raspberries and gOosebeTries,
often with macaroOn cakes and spikes of
cinnamon floating wildly about in it.
This is eaten as a sort of dessert, and is
cold and often beautifully clear. Every
thing is blue, green, yellow and black.
Strange combinations of ice cream heap
ed over delicious apple tarts or strange
dishes of berry juice, boiled down and
mixed with farina, sugar and almonds,
then cooled, nodded and turned out
into basins of cream, to be eaten with
crushed sugar and wine, appear at the
end of the dinner. The Swedes share
with the Danes and Arabs a passionate
fondness for sweetmeats. Everything is
slightly sweet; even green peas are
sugared, as well as the innumerable tea
and coffee cakes, so that long before the
unhappy tourist has finished his tour he
is a hopeless dyspeptic or raging
Swedophobe.
Year: 1879

What cannot be required is not to be
regretted.


Attention to small things is the econ
omy of virtue.


Truth is often wounded, but never
slain outright.


The scales of justice are for the weight
of the transgressor.


Men may bend to virtue, but virtue
cannot bend to men.


Witticisms are never agreeable which
are injurious to others.


Flattery is like your shadow it makes
you neither larger nor smaller.


A needy man, who gives costly dinners,
pays large sums to be laughed at.


From the ordinary manner of spending
the time we may judge of any mans
genius.


Strength of mind depends upon So
briefly, for this keeps reason unclouded
by passion.


There is no less grandeur in supporting
great evils than in performing great
deeds.-LiUy
Year: 1879

They were two forlorn chickens that
landed at the foot of the garden, where the
river ran, fast wedged in a cake of ice, with
hardly any feathers, and with both feet
frozen. Marcia took them in and wrapped
their poor claws in oil and wool, and fed
them in a basket, and gave them the air on
fine days by walking abroad with the basket
on her arm, till, as she went by, the neigh
bors were wont to speak of her as the poul-
try show,


But Marcia was sublimely Indifferent to
neighbors considering that they existed
only for the purpose of borrowing" and
being much more fond of dumb animals
than of humanity, going about half the
time followed by her pets-a bird in her
hair, parrot on her finger, cats purring
round her feet and dogs bounding in her
path. She heartily agreed with somebody
who says dog is a perpetual baby in the
house, never growing up, never telling tales.
OF course her brothers and her superior
elder sisters, and all her cousins and their
confidential friends, thought Marcia's last
fancy was the worst of all. "Those ridicu-
lous chickens % was becoming a family
watchword. But their condition on that
cake of ice, as they hoated farther and
farther away from the barnyard that was
home, had rather touched poor Marcia's
heart, and she would have given them her
own breakfast, and have gone without
every day herself, rather than not have fed
them. Although the means at home were
limited, still they were not 80 much 80
that the chickens needed TO go unfed but
the fact of Msrcia's temper getting fired
early IN the affair, although she said moth
ing, determined her to make those chickens
pay for what they had; and when, one day,
oh -, L.
! and laid them in triumph on her mothers
lap, she fek that she had said great deal.


But, those eggs bestowed, she allowed her
mother no more Great ideas had entered
her head. She came home one day from a
long walk with black Spanish hen in her
arms, for which she had contracted debt
to be paid in her Houdin eggs. When,
some six weeks afterward, a dozen curious
little gallinaceOus specimens were running
about the yard, Marcia watched them with
intense curiosity, and for weeks, if not
months, to come seemed to be holding her
breath. Not an egg of her Houdin hens,
however, did she allow to be taken for pud-
ding or cake; one basketful of them went
to buying a pair of young brown Leghorns,
another basketful was found to have pur-
chasing power equal to securing a pair of
white bantams, and then the Houdin hen
whose inclinations had been seriously tam
pered with, insisted upon raising a family
of her own. But Marcia felt very we'll
equipped, and she added only some patience
to her stock in trade just then. At four
months old her brown Leghorn pullet laId
an egg, and on that same day she brought
one of her twelve chickens into the house in
a rapture-it was black chicken with a
huge white top-knot


My fortunes madep said Marcia
"There are no fowl like these in all this
part of the country. It's black Poland
read about them in the library book"


declare, Marcia" moaned her mother,
9 believe you're insane about these miser-
able birds. You have no time or thought
Year: 1879

Up and away like the dew of the morning,
That scars from the earth to its home in the


sun,
So let me steal away, gently and lovingly,
Only remembered by what have done.
My name, and my place. and my tomb all Tor


gotten,


The brief race of time well and patiently run,
SO let me pass away, peacefully, silently,
Only remembered by what have done.
Gladly away from this toll would hasten,
Up to the crown that for me has been won
Unthought of by man in rewards or in praises,
Only remembered by what have done.
Up and away, like the odors OF sunset
That sweeten the twilight as evening comes


on;
SO be my liie-a thing felt but not noticed
And but remembered by what have done.
Yes, like the fragrance that wanders in fresh


ness


When the flowers that it came from are


closed up and gone,
So would he to this worlds weary dwellers
Only remembered by what have done.
need not be missed, if my lite has been bearing
(As its summer and autumn move esilently on)
The bloom, and the fruit and the seed OF its


season;


shall still be remembered by what have


done.
Needs there the praise of the love-written re-
cord,


The name, and the epitaph graved on the


stone
The things we have lived for-let them be our


story


We ourselves but remembered by what we


have done.
need not be missed if another succeed me
To reap down the fields which in spring


have sown,
lie who plowed and who sowed is not missed


by the reaper,
He is only remembered by what he has done.
Not myself, but the truth that in lie l have
spoken,


Not myself, but the seed that in life l have


sown,
Shall pass on to agss--all about me forgotten
Save the truth l have. spoken, the things


have done.
So let my living be-so be my dying;
So let my name lie, unblazoned, unknown.
Unpraised end unmissed, l shall still be re-


membered;


Yes, but remembered by what have done.


-HOrdiio Bonar.