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Year: 1877

1t is with no slight degree OF
pleasure that We note the signal fail
ure of the recent attempt, in the
Legislature, to repeal the law, pro-
hibiting the sale of Intoxicating Ii
quors to minors. During the past
two years quite = number of whisky
sellers have come to grief, either
through carelessness or wanton vi.
ciousness, for violations Of this law,
hence the effort in favor of its repeal


Under the present tendency of
boys Of all ages to ape the reckless
and dissipated habits Of older per.
sons, too much cannot be said in favor
of the law as it stands. Whisky sci


ers know that for every boy who &C
quires even the slightest taste for
strong drink, another victim is added
to ther lists, the chances of securing
which are increased immeasurably
above those that would exist were
that boy compelled to abstain from
their beverages until manhood lent
him mature judgment and good ha.
bits. Of course saloon keepers are
not all anxious to invsigle young
sters, Be it said to their credit
many of them would scorn such
base conduct. But the law, as i,
stands, provides for the safety of all
and the protection of parents who
otherwise might be unable to prevent
their children from being hurried or
the downward grade which com.
mences in the saloon.
Year: 1877

In acknowledging the receipt o.
another box of fruit this week from
Col. May, of Orcas Island, it remains
only for us to say that the specimens
of apples and pears arc certainl y
among the finest we have ever seen.
In point Of size and flavor they are
first class.
Year: 1877

| Some mountaineer Of the Pacific coast
tells San Francisco paper strange story


Of custom Of the "Owassoes' or Rabbit


Indians. 1t is that of hibernating their
! babies. The narrator had often heard the


story but never believer it, which was
creditable to his sense. He went to see
| for himsf, and saw it with his eves-which
! Is rather hard on the eyes, or else discredit-
able to his character for truth and vera
city. lie goes on to say that the RABBIT
Indians, at the approach Of winter, on ac-
count of a scarcity Of food, sink their chill
dren in the bottom of the lake on the bor-


ders Of which they live. and resurrect them
again III the spring. That they put them


in birch bark "mokocks," like on egg shell.


sealed up air-tight with gum, bury them


beneath the ice for the winter, shake and


wake them up again in the spring, and find
all alive and well, except about two per


cent. OF deaths-not more than would ma
turally have occurred had the children been


running around loose. But be it said to
the credit Of this investigation mountaineer,
that he did not 90 among the Rabbits in
time to see the children sunk in the lake
for the winter, nor did he wait to see them
brought up alive ank kicking in the spring.


He was present at the wedding feast of the
Lady Louisa Na-ga-nups daughter to one


Boyle, broth Of boy from Galway. The
marriage feast lasted week. He saw some
unseated "mokocks' and asked if the story
ofputting their children to sleep for the
winter were true. They assured him it
was, ard stated that there were three or
four hundred of their young people now
under the water since November, and the,
expected they would almost all to be safe
and well about the middle of May, when
they would be able to supply them with
food. This was the evidence, aud the
mountalneer came away satisfied that the
Rabbits would not lie about few little
young ones. Beside, he saw no children
around, and the solemn word of the In
dians accounted for their absence. The
medicine men confined the story of the
custom, but our white doctors may well be
permitted to doubt it, and excused if they
do.-,St. LouiS Repubhcon
Year: 1877

In Il few days, or weeks at most, the
earth all around US will respond to the in
iluenccs Of spring-time. 1t will soon be
| upon US, for ne is relentless, and waits
not upon mans wishes or desires.


Are we ready for the advent of these in
fuerces aud the activities which are their
concomitants in the cultivation of the soil a?
Have the seeds that are to 90 into the
ground been procured Has the proper
care and judgment been exercised i'll their
selection Let it not be forgotten that
upon good seed very much Of the profits OF
the crop depends. BY all means let us OBJ
tain the best seed of the best tested kinds
that can be had They may cost some
thing more than poorer sorts, but it is
economy, nevertheless, to secure them.


Many farmers, in anticipation of the
work soon to commence, have put their
farming implements in complete order,
which will be required, but there are those
perhaps who have neglected them, or have
not had time to attend to them. The
sooner 1t Is done now the better and ifany
new ones are to be purchased, select those
best adapted to the purposes for which they
are to be used, that have them in readiness
There are none Of Us that are exempt from
talIlngs, and one great trouble with many
farmers is the fault of negligence The
delays, veXati)ns and losses that occur
from this source are greater than we are
apt to imagine, and the disasters that fol
low are often far more costly than we are
willing to admit. A day or two sometimes
makes vast difference in the outcome of Il
crop.


When we Glitch on" to the plow our
teams should be in a condition to do the
work required of them, and therefore a
generous supply Of nutritious, strengthen
ing food Is now necessary, with enough
exercise to enable them to digest and as
simulate 1t. 1t does not pay to under-feed
animals under any circumstances, and it is
supreme folly to expect horse that has been
poorly fed TO DO 4 reasonable amount Of hard
work in the spring The horse requires
more concentrated food than other live
stock, for more hard work is required Of
him, still a variety of food is advisable, for
his diet may be too heating. The work of
the first month Of spring is especially try
ing upon horses. If they are not well cared
for in advance, they will hardly be able to
stand the work required of them.
Year: 1877

The gum used is imported directly from
Africa, South America, and Central
America, that from Central America be-
ing the best, while the African gum is the
poorest. The raw gum, which is nearly
white, is ground several times between
immense futed iron rollers, after which it
passes through the composition room, which
process is secret, but when it comes out
the gum has the black appearance Of com
mon rubber. The next process is that of
passing the rubber between chilled iron
cylinders, Of many tons weight, which are
kept very hot and very smooth. a part
Of the rubber intended for ''uppers," is
here spread upon and fastened to long
sheets Of cloth. The heels and taps are
stamped cut OF sheets Of gum Of the re-
quired thickness The rubber cloth is now
carried to the cutters room, where it is
cut out and sent to the bootmakers. The
boots are made by men, the shoes or
ordinary rubbers by girls, while the over
shoes are made by either. One man will
make twelve or fourteen pairs Of boots a
day, and receive twenty cents a pair. An
active girl will make from twenty-five to
thirty pairs of rubbers. After the boot
maker is through they are placed in an
oven, where for twelve hours they are sub
Jected to a temperature Of 300 degrees
They are then ready for boxing and ship
ping. ln one factory about four thousand
pairs Of boots, rubbcrs, and overshoes are
turned out daily.
Year: 1877

Come, listen while to me, my lad,
Come, listen to me for a spell.


Let the terrible drum


For moment be dumb,
For your uncle is going to tell


What befell
\ youth that loved liquor too well.
clever young man was he, my lad,
And with beauty uncommonly blessed.
Ere with brandy and wine
He began to decline,
And behaved like person possessed;


| protest
The temperance plan is the best.
One evening he went to tavern, my lad,
lie went to a tavern one night.
And drinking too much
Rum, brandy and SUCH
The chap got exceedingly tight"


And was quite
What your aunt wonld entitle a "fright."
The fellow fell into a snooze, my lad,
lis a horrible slumber he takes
He trem6les with fear,
And acts very queer;
My eyes how he shivers and shakes


When he wakes,
And raves about horrid great snakes!
This warming to you and TO me, my lad,
\ particular caution to all
Though no one can see
The viper bat he
To hear the poor lunatic bawl,


Glow they crawl
All over the floor and the wall 7"
Next morning he took to his bed, my lad,
Next morning he took to his bed
And he never got up
To dine or TO sup,
Though properly physicked and bled;


And | read
Next day the poor fellow was dead.
You've heard Of the snake in the grass, n
or the viper concealed in the grass;
But now you may know,
Mans deadiest foe
Is snake Of different class;


Alas!
IT'S the viper that Turks in the glass
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the New York Her
aid gives a simple receipt for restoring or
rather strengthening the hair, 50 that it
will grow more rapidly:


Steep handful of sage in pint of wa
ter, When cold strain it, adding one tea
spoonful of salt, one gill of bay rum or
other spirits Bottle and cork closely. If
a very dark shade is desirable put few
rusty nails into the bottle or into the sage
while it is stepping This not only pro-
notes the growth of the hair, preventing it
from coming out, but restores the color
My hair was coming out at fearful rate
after a severe illness this compound ar
rested that and restored the color also.
Year: 1877

THE toilet Of japanese damsel is mat
ter Of no light considerations and to be in
good time for the fair she must be up and
dressing ing before the sun rises from be-
hind the great sacred mountain, Fuii The
long coarse tresses of raven black hair
must be washed, combed and creased till
the head shines like u knob of polished
black mable; the cheeks must be rouged
to the proper tint; the throat, neck and
bosom powdered, carefully leaving, how
ever, on the nape of the neck three lines,
of the original brown skin of the owner
in accordance with the rules of japanese
cosmetic art the eyebrows must be care
fully rounded and touched with black,
the lips reddened with cherry paste, with
patch Of gliding in the centre
Year: 1877

A gentleman who knows all about it, y
and has tried the experiment with entire
success, recommends the following remedy
for bunions and corns from which so many
suffer, daily: Obtain at the druggists FIVE
or six cents worth Of saltpetre put into a
bottle with sufficient olive oil to nearly dis
solve it shake up well and rub the in-
famed parts night and morning, and more
frequently if painful. This is well tried
remedy
Year: 1877

BLACK ROACH TRAP-Fill an
earthen or tin wash basin three
parts tull of water sweetened
with molasses, wetting the edge
with the same wrap cloth
around it in such "A way that the
reaches can easily crawl NJ IAN
ironing blanket answers the pur.
pose well set it On the kitchen
hoor on retiring, and the result
VIII be satisfactory. This may
work for water bugs as well.
Year: 1877

A TRAMP who arrived here a few
days ago from the West gives his ex.
perience in deadheading it over the
Union Paci0c from Cheyenne to Green
River, on the Jarrett & Palmer train,
by climbing upon the roof of a coach.
He says that from Cheyenne to Sher-
man he rather enjoyed the ride, but
that between Sherman and Green Riv-
er his expeience was one never to be
forgotten. The rapid movement of
the train and the rocking Of the coach
forced him to wind his arms and legs
around d stove pipe and hang on for
dear life. His hat flew off early in the
ordeal, and after the train left this city
he was discovered by the engineer. who
began throwing heavy sh over of Gin
ders; but so rapid was the movement
OF the train that the heaviest ones on
.ly cut through his clothes like bullets
while the lighter sparks passed above
hbove him. His coat-tails tapped so
hard that he realized that he must
part with them, but he dared not
loosen q hand to tnck them under him
and they. were soon torn off to blow
away. although he managed to keep
his face&behind the pipe nearly all the
time, heswas frequently struck in the
face by flying cinders, SO that when he
reached Green River his face and neck
were badly cut and scratched. So
great was the poor tramp's fear Of be-


ing thrown off and killed. that this,
added to the terrible strain of hanging
to the pipe by main strength for so
long distance, and the intense suffer-
ing from the wounds inflicted by the
cinders, caused his hair to turn gray,
and when he climbed down at Green
River he looked like mnn who had
seen fifty instead Of twenty-five sum.
mers.-C Cheyenne Leader.
Year: 1877

TINS thing Of being great friend
to a fellow when he stands in no es-
pecial need Of your friendship but
when you want favors, and then when
a fellow gets into tight place and
he needs you substantial aid and SYM
pathy you 'go back" on him; is
what we would call queer friendship.
Omit the ..r'' in friend and make it
read .tier.d and you will have the true
conception Of such 4 Judas Iscariot.
Year: 1877

N Electro-Cialvanic Battery, combined with the
n celebrated Medicated Porous Plaster, forming
the grandest curative agent in the world of medi-
cine and utterly surprising all other Pasters here
fofere in use. They accomplish more in one week
than the old Plasters in a whole year. They do not
nnlliafe. they CLINE.
Year: 1877

RUST ON CELERY.-There are two
causes of rust. Celery likes a cool,
moist situation, and if a triAe shaded
all the better. If it is planted in an
open situation, exposed to the sun, it
sometimes burns, and this causes rust.
This, however, is not the most frequent
cause. Celery should neither be hoed
nor earthed up when moistened with
dew or rain, nor when the ground is
moist. It should be done when air
and soil and plant are dry, otherwise
rust is sure to be the result. IF the
soil is permitted between the leaf
stalks or in the heart of the plant at
earthing up, rust or rot, or both, is the
compensation.


This is one reason why we dislike
celery Of a branching habit, the work
of earthing well is SO difficult. A
dWartish plant of straight, compact
growth, is the safest and best.


While on this subject we will say,
never let celery become so dry as to
wilt, either while growing, or when
taken up for consumption or storing.
It will never recover from such treat
ment, but always remain tough and
hollow. Keep celery growing rapidly,
and when taken up for pitting do not
allow it to show the least sign of wilt
ing nor keep it exposed to light for a
long time. Ifyou wish to know that
really good celery is, have few dozen
plants under special care. Give them
a good soaking of manure water every
two Or three days. Do not earth them
up until the plants are at least eigh-
teen inches in height. Then bank up
to the shortest leaf-where it is attach
ed to the leaf stalk. After the heart
has grown to the height of the outside
leaves, bank up again, so that you will
have about two feet Of the plant earth
ed up. In few weeks after the last
banking the celery will be fit for use.
Year: 1877




PULVERIzING MANURE.-A farmer
in an adjoining town was narrowing
his barley stubble the other day before
plowing. asked him why he did 50,
and he said it was to break the clods
of manure as spread from the heaps.


The idea is an excellent one, and
worthy Of adoption wherever possible.
A large clod Of manure has enough of
material to fertilize ten or twenty or
more wheat plants, but if left unbroken
it will probably be reached by only
one or two. The "patchy" appearance
Of wheat which has been recently
manured is well known, and it results
from the unequal distribution of the
manure. The grain is uneven, some
places ripening earlier than others,
and hence it cannot be harvested with
out loss. A more serious matter is the
waste Of the manure ITSELF To be
sure. it is all in the field and will be
available sometime, but that is not
what the good farmer wants. It Is
said that it is better to have nimble
sixpence than slow shilling, but in
most farming operations it is getting
nimbIe shilling or a tardy sixpence.
liza lot Of Iumpy maHuTe - Broken
into pieces one-fourth as large as be-
fore, it's direct value is increased four
fold. Before the crops have extracted
the fertility Of the dressing Of manure,
the farmer is or should be ready to
supply them with more. [ have no
doubt that the simple act of narrowing
that manure more than doubled its
value for next years wheat and clover,
and the narrowing did not cost fifty
cents per acre.


Where winter grain is top dressed,
the manure is usually dragged about
in cultivating until it touches nearly |
all the surface soil. What is left on
the surface has its fertilizing element
washed into the soil as evenly as pos
sible. This is one reason why top
is generally reckoned the best
method, unless the manure is mixed
with long straw which viii clog the
drills in sowing.
Year: 1877

The man who does nothing don't
amount to much. It makes but little
difference whether he is millionaire
or q pauper. He is only stagnant
pool, without energy enough to start
ripple. He diffuses moral miasma
over everything around him. Do
something; don't stand on the corner
gaping with your hands in your pOck-
cts, like an idiot. The world was
made to work in, and if you fill your
hearts with good angels, the bad spirits
will keep ont, because there is no room
for them.
Year: 1877

Last night Jinks gave a boy an old
pistol and summer coat to tie billy
goat to the door.bell of theresidence of
n,s mother in-law. The boy ''persuad-
ed' ten feet Of rope and that goat up
to the front door, tied one end Of the
rope to the bell-pull, gave it jerk and
then 'lit OUT The bell rung at
fearful rate, and the goat was wrestling
that door bell aid rope in frightful
way trying to get loose. Presently the
front door opened torn looking like
the ghost Of Hamlet holding a candle in
its hand, stood there. The goat took
running jump, head on, for the figure,
and struck it so hard that the form and
goat went clear inside the hall after a


lighted candle and a pair of specs that
started about the same time for the back
room. The fight between J'nks' moth
sr-in-law and that goat was terrible, but
II short duration. He got his horns fast
m her bu tie, pulled the old woman out
IN the front yard, and Was backing out
Of the gate with her, when policeman
cut the goat loose. got stood upon his
.,ead. and the old lady craw'ed into the
nouse.-Louisoille Courier .0urnal.
Year: 1877

Old clothes pass into the hands of two distinct dealers, and by them are turned to valuable use. These dealers are the men who buy old clothes, and the men who pick them out of the street. There are about one hundred old clothes dealers in the city who have shops, and who send men out to collect old gar ments. Many of these sell the old clothing for small advance to one or two large concerns. In one of the large shops men and women work early and late for the trifing pay they receive for the stitch, stitch, stitch, by which they put in some kind of shape the old clothes that their master has bought up the day before. These clothes, after being purchased by the "boss," are as- sorted and secured, and are then cut and sewed into shape, and made to re- semble new garments. They are then packed into boxes and sent to an agent at the west, who disposes of them to the best advantage. the advantage generally being the realization of about seventy per cent. on the original cost. The other dealer, he who picks up scattered rags, takes them to large warehouse, where busy men assort, weigh and price them. The buyer of these rags has them carefully assorted and washed,

 when they are packed in bales and shipped to the different factors, who

 buy them for the purpose of making

 them into paper.
Year: 1877

Sitting cross-legged on the floor was conjurer. He had a large white sheet spread on the floor, and on this he per formed all his tricks; and although the room was we'll lighted with lamps, he had, at his own request a lighted candle on the floor by his side. He amused us for long time with various tricks more or less clever, but the best of all was the ring trick. He asked to be supplied with a rupee and a ring, saying he would make them dance; we agreed to his request, and I gave him one of my rings. He first held the rupee in his hand for about two seconds only, waved it over his head and around the lighted candle, and threw it about two yards or more in front of him on the sheet; he then took the ring, waved that also, and pretended to listen to something it said. He then announced that it was his fate (kismet) to keep the rupee the ring would bring it to him. He put the ring in front of him on the sheet, and, taking up his little tom-tom, began to play and sing his weird music; presently the ring began to move, then got up and began to dance in time to the music, and finally walked and danced right across the sheet, caught hold of the rupee, and brought it back in triumph, and amid much applause, to the conjurer. Al the movements of the ring reminded one of a diminutive crab. All who were present were intent on finding ou

 how the tricks were done, but the clev erness of this one baffled all.
Year: 1877

Quite an original m ethod of taking 8 fort is described in Bt0ckavood's Maga- zine. In 1596, a large Russian army be- seiged the Turkish fort of Azof, which was situated on a plain, strongly fOrti- fled, and had a small but we'll -disci

 plined garrison. No common ap- breaches could be made to it, and the Turkish cannon swept the level with iron hail. In this case the engineering skill, of the Russians was bafaed, but General Patrick Gordon, the right-hand man of Peter the Great, and the only one for whose death it IS said he ever shed tear, being determined to take the place at any cost, proposed to bury it with earth by gradual approaches. He had large army the soil of the plain was light and deep, and he set twelve thousand men to work with spades, throwing up 8 high circumval- lation of earth wall before them in ad

 vance. The men were kept in gangs, working day and night, the earth being thrown from one to another like the steps of a stair, the top gang taking the lowest place every half hour in success slon. In five weeks the huge earth wall was carried forward nearly one mile, until It rose to and above the highest ramparts, and the earth began to roll over them. This caused the Turkish governor to hang out the white flag, and give in. Had he not done so, General Gordon would have buried the fortress.
Year: 1877

The college professor, as rule, is bound up in his speciality. He has bnt one side to him and that is always turned toward the college. He has no side turned toward the world. He teaches within the walls what he has learned, and betrays no fructification of thought and life in production. He gets into his rut, which grows deeper and deeper with the passing years until, at last his head sinks below the surface, and he loses sight of the world and the world of him. Now, the difference in

 their influence upon student, between such man as this and one who writes successfully, or breaches successfully, -or speaks successfully,-o investi- gates successfully in new fields, must be, in the nature of things, very great. To the professor who has met the worlds life in any way, and won a place in the worlds thought and regard, and become an outside power and inf1u- ence, the students turn as naturally for instruction and inspiration as a flower turns toward the sun. Even a single professor, in an academic institu- tion, who shows by attractive produc- tion that his learning has really fructi- fled his mind, will have more influence in determining the college life, and that which goes out from it, than all the rest of the faculty put together. The stud- ents know that they are to meet and, if possible, to master life. There is not a bright one among them who does not know that his learning will avail him little if it does not give him practical power; so that every exhibition of that power among those who teach him him, leads and inspires him.-Scribners