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Year: 1878

A woman put herself in the hands
of Boston dentist to have her teeth
reorganized. He found them in a
very bad plight and asked her why
she had allowed them to become so
decaysd without coming to him or
some other dentist. She replied that
she had not had time. "But," he in
sisted, lit would not have taken long,
and you could have come in almost
any time" She saw that he was bent
on an explanation, and she fired this
at him like . cannon ball "Well, !
guess If you had had baby every
year for the last ten years you would
think II WAS about enough to tend
to-" He acknowledged that he
should.
Year: 1878

A one-cent revenue stamp is about all the
value there is to the large packs of horse and
cattle powders now sold. If you want a
strictly pure article get Sheridan's. They arc
Immensely valuable.
Year: 1878

dyne Lininent to family cannot be estimated
in dollars and cents. It is both for internal
and external use and will prevent and cure
diphtheria and all dangerous throat and lung
troubles.
Year: 1878

Whatever may have been the true in
wardness Of Senator CONKLINd toward
President HAYES and his administration
since the rcins of the Government were con-
signed TO his care, the record shows that the
Senator has preserved reticcnt and dig
nitied bearing toward the Executive. True,
he has not held intimate personal or politi-
cal relations with the Executive Mansion,
and how could he without surrender of his
self-respect under all circumstances. The
President gave early public notice to all
Senators aud Representatives that the
health Of position and the public welfare
required their non-intcrference in matters
of appointment to Office. After that, the
Senator or Representative who approached
the scat Of Federal power, did so in some
degree at the sacrifice Of his self-respect and
the pride of position under an appearance
of fovcr-Oiliciousness 1t Is a matter Of his
tory, we think, that Senator CoNKLING has
never thrown his shadow upon the threshold
of the Executive Mansion since President
HAYES became its occupant Whether the
declarations or the acts of the President
were the most instrumental in shaping the
course of the Senator, it may, perhaps, never
be known to any beyond himself


The constitution of the Cabinet was not
calculated TO placats any feeling Of aversion
OF prejudice that might have been engcn-
dered by the singular attitude assumed by
the Executive toward the legislative branch
of the Government. SO far as the recognition
of Senator CONKLING's own State was con-
ccrned in the formation Of the Cabinet, his
preferences or wishes or opinions were in
no degree consulted, respected, or cared for
apparently. At all events, the selection
made, against which we have no word TO
utter per Sc, was not in the interests Of
friendship Or comfort 80 far as the Senator
was concerned Whether pleased or dis
pleased with it, no public declaration has
indicated the true inwardness" of New
York's sole Republican representative in
Year: 1878

IT requires very little effort oven at this
late day to discover who 1t was that made
secure the success won by the Republican
party in 1916. 1t was President GRANT.
A less determined man than he, one who
would have yielded to the blarney of Con-
citation, and who could not have COM
manded by his iron will and patriotic in
tegrity of purpose the respect of all the peo-
pie, would have permitted the inauguration
of TILDEN. His firm hand at the helm held
the political ship steadily on her course dur
ing the partisan storms that prevailed be-
tween November of that year and the in
auguration of HAYES. 1t is of such stuff
as he is built that Presidents should be
made,
Year: 1878

THE Democrats cry out against the un-
fortunate ignorance of the black voters OF
the country, and then close the doors of the
public schools at the capital of the nation
against pupils of any color. Consistency is
not now, any more than ever before, o DEM
ocratic jewel.
Year: 1878

grabbing rings which are plotting to
gain foothold in the territory, and il


is time for the two Houses to take some


action-by withdrawing the question
from the jurisdiction of committees. or
otherwise, that will put an end to the


burdensome annoyance. There is not in


the archives of the government a docu-
ment more sacredly binding the faith
of the nation than that which guaran-
tees 10 the Indians the peaceful. undis


turbed possession of this territory. II
was given 10 the various tribes i'm ex-
change for their rights and reservations
I'm the states, and in most cases the chief
consideration that persuaded these
tribes To migrate was the assurance that
they would'be free in their new home
from molestation by white men. To
violate these pledges in the smallest de
gree would be infamous. The civilized
Indians in the territory are giving the
government no trouble THERE'S no con-
ceivable reason for meddling with their
local government, except that hereby
way may bc opened for the seizure of
the Indians homes by constituencies
land sharks. How far the plotting for
this purpose has been carried, may be
guessed from the fact that there is rcso-
luton now pending in the Senate call
ing for information about bonds issued
by certain railroads, upon the security
of conditional land grants in the Indian
territory! 1t appears from this that the
land-grabbers have actually presumed
upon their ability TO obtain from Con-
gress an act violating the faith of the
nation and treaty stipulations, 80 far as
TO issue bonds predicted upon the
Plundcr they expect to acquire. The
history of some legislation of not very
ancient date justifies the suspicion that
some Of these bonds will be, if they have
not already been, distributed among Con-
gressmen for the purpose of purchasing
their votes. There will be little danger
OF doing serious injustice in accepting
the belief that every member of either
House who deliberately votes for any
scheme designed to disturb the Indians
in their possessions, or to render disturb
ance possible, is influenced by motives
that would disgrace him if publicly
known. The Indians ask to be let alone,
and there is scarcely n conceivable
honest reason for refusing their request.
Year: 1878

There is something very dampening
10 the appetite in the aspect Of thick
bread and butter rolled in bit Of coarse
brown paper, with a cookie or two stick
ing 10 the parcel, and an apple covered
with crumbs at the bottom Of the pan
Such "a luncheon often will prevent q
delicate child from eating at all. A
little care spent in preparatiOn-in cut
ting the bread trinity and neatly, pack
ing the cake IN white paper, and the
whole In a fresh napkin, i'm choosing n
pretty basket 10 take the place Of the
tin pail--is not pains thrown away.


Some children are born fastidious,
and with distastc for food. They re-.
quire TO be tempted 10 eat at all
tempted, not by unwholesome goodies,
but by taking trouble To- make simple
things dainty and attractive to them


We have heard grown woman, whose
iastidiousncss had survived her child
hood describe with a shudder the eject
which her dinner-basket at school had
upon her. The very sight Of 10 TOOK
away AT her appetite and she went
through the afternoon faint and fasting
rather than meddle with its contents
BY all means bake the custard in :
pretty cupY and do what is pOssibl,
I 10 give the luncheon an appeUzing ap
I pearance 70 the little people, who de
/ pend upon 10 for the working force o
their long school-day.- Scribner
Year: 1878

Agents representing the civilized tribes
OF the Indian territory are now in
Washington, protesting against the vari-
GUS schemes pending in Congress for the
creation Of q territorial government over
them These tribes have been put to
heavy expense at every session Of Con
gress for the past eight or ten years in
sending persons to represent their in.
terests and expose and defeat the land
Year: 1878

Dear hearts, you we're waiting year ago


For the glory % be revealed;
You we're wondering deeply with hated hreath
Whist treasure the DAYS concessled
on, would II bc this. or would II be that,
Would Il be girl OF boy7
Would IL look Ike father or mother most.
And what should you do for joy7
And then one day when the time was full.
And the spring was coming fast,
The trembling veil Of the BODY was rent
And you saw your baby at last.
Was It or not what you had dreamed


II was, ard yet II was not;
But oh, II was better thousand times


Than ever you wished or thought
And now dear hearts, you are waiting again.
While the spriug is coming fast;
for the baby that WAS a future dream


ls nov dream of the past
A dream Of sunshine, aud all That's sweet:
Oi al that Is pure and bright;
Of eyes that were blue the sky hy day
And as soft as the stars by night.
You are waiting again for tho frllness Of time,
And the glory TO he revealed;
You are wondering deeply with aching hearts
what treasure Is now concealed.
Or, viii she be this, or will she be that7
And what will there be in her face
That will tell you sure that she Is your own
"nen you meet In the heavenly placer
As a was before II will be again,


Fashion your dream rs you will:
When the veil is rent, and the glory is seen,
~ VIII more than your hope fulhil.
Year: 1878

Milan Brass and String Band, un.
der the able leadership of Prof. John
S. Gladney, is fast becoming one Of
the best in the state. Our citizens
are under obligations to the gentlemen
composing the band for many pleas
ant days and nights when they kindly
volunteered to play for us. Every
entertainment gotten up here calls on
the band for music, and they always
respond willingly. Now, we think
our people ought to show their appre-
ciation of good music in a substantial
way. The band is in need of drums,
and ought to have new horns Let
us all rally and offer them a ceunpli-
mentary benefit at Clark's Hall at an
early day, and give them a rousing
full house. What do you say? We
hope by next week to announce that
stepsare being taken in this direction.
Year: 1878

A large proportion Of the American
people are to-day dying from the ef,
fects Of Dyspepsia or disordered liver.
The result Of these diseases upon the
masses OF intelligent and valuable peo-
pie Is NEST alarming, making life act
ually burden instead of a pleasant
existence of enjoyment and usefulness
as it ought to be There is ne good
reason for this, if you will only throw
aside prejudice and skepticism, take
the advice of druggists and your
friends, and try one bottle of Green's
August Flower. Your speedy relief
is certain. Millions of bottles of this
medicine have been given away to try
Its virtues, with satisfactory results in
every case. You can buy sample
bottle for 10 cents to try. Three
doses will relieve the worst case. Pos
itively sold by all Druggists ON the
Western Continent. For sale by w.
H. Coley, Milan. Tenn
Year: 1878




The Teachers Institute for this
county will meet at Hollow Rock Oh
the 18th and 18th of July, at which
time and place we hope to meet as
many teachers and friends of educa-
ton as can conveniently attend.


He had children living within
twelve miles of this place, and he
was going to live with them, and end
his days in peace. Two years ago he
moved with his family from East Ten
nessee to this county, and having set
tied his children comfortably, took
his wife, who was a consumptive, and
went west with her for her health.
After roaming about for one year
over Texas and Arkansas, they turn
ed their faces homeward, the old lady
feeling that her lease upon life was
growing short, and wanting to breathe
her last among those she loved and
was beloved by. 1--WE got along
very WE'LL" said the old man in q
husky tone, "until we reached Milan,
there my wife grew suddenly worse,
and we were Obliged to step. She
fingered few days, and then died,
and l saw strange hands pile the cold
clay above the pulseless form of she
who had shared my joys and sorrows
for these forty years. 1t took all the
the money | had, except enough to
pay my way to Mckenzie, to give her
a decent burial" A charitable citi,
zen gave the old man supper, lodging
and breakfast, and the next morning
be walked off in a different direction
from which he said his children lived
let us hope the old man with his
'ad, sad story was not an impostor.
Year: 1878

We take this opportunity of mott.
flying our customers that we have sold
our entire stock of groceries to Haynes
u Rhodes, who are young men of
good business qualities, and in every
respect worthy your liberal patronage.


HALE q VANHOOK.
Year: 1878

We have the best and incest lot of
Mems Hats and Furnishing Goods we
ever had. We will have a clerk to
wait on nice gentlemen for a week or
two. We hope they will come in and
see our splendid bargains.
Year: 1878

We find in an exchange an inter
esting letter, showing the extent to
which labor-saving machinery is de-
priving workingmen of the opportu-
nifty to make living by a daily toll.
This touches one of the most solemn
problems Of our age:


Signs of better times are said by
men Of keen optics to be visible, but
to the ordinary comprehension they
are very dim. And when good times
begin to dawn it is painfully appar-
ent that they bring only partial relief
Year: 1878

We have heretofore recorded form
time to time the marvellous growth
of the country along the Main Line
OF the st. Paul & Pacific railroad from
Kandiyohi county westward; and
now, it seems, the same great tor.
reEt Of immigration is sweeping over
the lands of the company in the val
ley of the Red River. We learn that
the flood has reached almost to the
line of British America. We find the
following interesting letter in Il re-
cent number Of the Red Wing Repub-
lican from Frank Ives, a well-known
citizen of Goodhue county:


COoKsToN, May 18th, 1877.


&Problbly few towns i'll the great
Northwest have ever passed through
amore intense land excitement than
CrOokston during the last ten days.
1t has been we'll known for some
weeks that all railroad lands hereto
fore applied for would be susceptible
of re-entry on the morning of May
5th, if the former applicant did not
appear and commence breaking. Thou
sand of acres were held by single in
dividuals, some claiming as many as
ten sections. TO begin breaking on
each section on Il certain day was
not within the power of many of the
claimants. consequently this morning
found great many fine sections of
rich prairie without an occupant. All
night last night could he heard the
notes of preparation and the mutter-
ings Of discomfort. that the night
passed 50 slowly away. Breaking
teams almost inr vulnerable were tied
to the trees and fences throughout
the town, while near by stood the
tent of the owner, and the wagon
holding the breaking plow, and the
necessary forage and .'chuck" for an
unlimited residence on the prairie.
Few if any slept, and the camps were
in commotion long before daylight,
and the mornings sun shown on them
far out on the vast expanse that will.
ere two years shall pass away. groan
under its burden of golden wheat.


Many went out on the 18th, and
still more on the IA, each wishing to
be on hand on the eventful morning
to secure 4 section of land. A party
went to Snake River yesterday. in.
tent on taking some very excellent
land bordering on that stream. and
this morning four persons were on
one section at the same time. each
making the sod fly at a ruinous rate
to horse flesh. No words were in
dulged in, but each kept on with his
breaking until one fellow more
thoughtful than the rest detached one
of his three horses from the plow.
and in two and one-haif hours was in
Crook ston, and made his location by
telegraph. Nothing has yet been
heard of the great army that moved
out this morning. but undoubtedly
tomorrow will bring some tidings of
them.


May l6th--.his morning brought
trouble to the minds of many expect.
ants. AS far rs heard from. no less
than u dozen sections have been
squatted upon by two or more per-
sons, each breaking with all his
might. Some have come into town
and made the necessary attidavits for
contest, and the man who holds the
first filing will probably win. As vet
l heard Of no fighting, but the fash.
ing eye and close set teeth. show a de-
termination in all to fight it out as
the law directs.
Year: 1878

very curious incident has happened
in Tuscarora-a town situated in one of
the Western States, though it is not nee
essary to specify which There was a
young lady who last Fall married Mr..
Orlando Valentine, and thereby filled all
the other Tuscarora young ladies with
envy. Mr.. Valentine was not supposed
to be rich. but he was thought to be ex-
tremely handsome. In fact, prior to his
marriage it was frequently remarked of
him by the unmarried ladies of Tuscaro-
ra that he was just too nice for anything.
Last week the parents of Mrs. Valentine
were astonished by the return of their
daughter to the parental roof and her
announcement that Mr.. Valentine, who
had suddenly disappeared, was a wretch
of the deepest anline dye. Further in
ouirv as to the precise nature of Mr.


Valentines iniquity disclosed the start


ling fact that instead OF being a nice
Young man, he was a wicked, dcceitful


horrid woman, who had committed some
terrible crime in Colorado, and had worn
feminine garments and married wife in
order to successfully conceal her identity.


The deceived wife's story was an in ter
esting and pathetic one. She had been
married long time before she discovered
the true character of her alleged hus-
band, but her suspicious that all was not
right, and that there was mystery con
nected with the pretended Mr. Valen


tine, were early awakened She noticed
that as the honeymoon waned Mr.. Val
entine continued to treat her with unva-
rying politeness and affection. She was
| a young woman, but she was, neverthe
less, intelligent enough to know that this
was unusual, Her husband found nc
fault with the length of time that she
required in order to dress herself for
church or for an afternoons drive, and
never once remarked that he wished she
would not be all day in getting hersel


ready. He always packed her trunk fol
her, and the way in which he folded he
dresses and avoided packing boots anC


ink bottles in the immediate neighbor


hood of collars and laces was so unllk,


the average husband that she could no


avoid feeling that there was somethin


radically wrong about the supposed man


When the pair returned from their wee


ding trip, and began to keep house tc


gether, things constantly occurred whic
Year: 1878

Symptoms of Diseased Liver.


DAIN in the right side, under the edge


L OF the ribs, increases on pressure;


sometimes the pain is in the left side


the patient is rarely able to lie on the


left side; sometimes the pain is felt


under the shoulder blade, and it fire.


quently extends to the top of the shoul-


der, and is sometimes mistaken for
rheumatism in the arm. The stomach
IS affected with loss of appetite and
sickness; the bowels in general are
Costive, sometimes alternative with lax;
the head is troubled with pain, accom-
panied with dull, heavy sensation in
the back part. There is generally a
considerable loss Of memory, accom-
panied with a painful sensation Of hav-
ing left undone So thing which ought
to have been done. y slight, dry cough
is sometimes an attendant The patient
complains Of WEAKNESS and debility; he
is easily startled, his feet are cold or
burning, and he complains of prickly
sensation of the skin; his spirits are
low; and although he is satisfied that
exercise would be beneficial to him,
yet he can scarcely summon up forti-
tude enough to try it. In fact, he dis
trusts every remedy. Several of the
above symptoms attend the disease, but
cases have occurred where few Of them
existed, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
Year: 1878

will tell you the tale of the tertibe fire ,,uo
1t springs from the earth-it is dreadful ana are


In the dark


Wintry sky,


See the spark


Upward fly;


See it grow


In its frame


See it glow


Into flame!
See it burning and blazing;
See it spring into life
With a vigor amazing


How it longs for the strife
Hear the noise and the rattle
How it swells, how it grows,
Like the crash of q battle,


Like the clash of the foes!
See it rushing and rising and roaring,
See it trying to touch a tall star;
1t seems in the sky to be soaring
Like flag of fierce flame from atar:
See it turning and burning and braying,-
See it streaming and cleaning and req!
All! the smoke in the air now is waving
Like a winding-sheet of dull lead
Hear it laugh with wild glee at each futile en-
To quench or to quell its exuberant force;
1t is flaming and free and fantastic forever;
1t delights and exults with no panS OF re-
morse,
With no pain, with but passlon-mad nassioh-
With it's pennon of scarlet, the bloodiest hue,
With its cleaning streams and It's roaring
1t dares to do all things that flame dares to do
How it darts, how it dances and dashes,
AS though it had taken for aim,
To reduce all the world into ashes
And TO fling ali the stars into flame!
1t is glittering and glowing and glaring-
And raging it rings its own knell;
1t is showing its wonderful daring
1t is turning the sky into hell!
How 1t lazily fingers


With its swell and its fall;
With its fiery fingers


Weirdly waving pail;
With its horrible hiSses,
Like the wind in q storm;
With its blistering kisses,
On face and on form!


OF its flashes


Bereft,


Only ashes


Are left;


Till it's cries


Tell its DOOM


And it dies


In the gloom.
have told you the tale of the terrible fire.
II has sung its last song to its luminous Tyre
It has sung its last song it has breathed its last
Year: 1878

rOlt IltL1 lIOAs


WASHINGTON, Aug, 15.-The mails
from New Orleans, owing to the rigid
quarantine established by neighboring
cities, have reached here very irregularly
for the last week or ten days, being al
ways from twenty-four to forty-eight
hours behind time. When received there
is no haste by any one to open either let
tiers on papers, although some medical
authorities assert that the yellow fever
cannot be communicated in such man
ner. Passengers from New Orleans come
here freely and move around in all pub
lie places. Aguest of one of the prnci-
pal hotels who arrived last night left New
Orleans only week ago and came from
house in which there were three cases
of fever. While there is no disposition
here to create unnecessary alarm, ii ere is
a feeling among the authorities, both
local and national, that it may be proper
to institute some measures of precaution,
as persous fleeing from the infected To-
callties appear to be first attracted to
Washington as an abiding. place of re-
fuge.


High medical officers ofthe army who
have been giving close attention to the
matter consider that there is danger of
excessive mortality in those places where
the fever is now raging, in consequence
of the peculiar climatic conditions which
ju2t now prevail. While there is no an
ticipation of spread of the disease in
this direction, it is considered that the
authorities of all the Atlantic cities can
not be too careful in the enforcement of
comprehensive sanitary regulations. In
reply to applications from the authorities
of Memphis and Grenada, the Secretary
of War has ordered the distribution of
tents and camp equipage for the use of
the sufferers and their attendants,
Year: 1878

MR. EDITOR =


The democratic nomination for
Councilman from the Third Ward
takes place tomorrow, the 1Tth inst.
please allow me through your valuable
paper, TO urge the voters to nominate
MIR. W. S. Holden as he is the best man
at the present time we can nominate.
l believe him TO be educated and better
posted in the laws of our city than any
of the four candidates named. Good
men seem to be scare or are bac kward
in running, and as we have four on the
list none of whom are good let us take
the lest evil and nominate w. S. Hol-
den 10 morrow.


VOTER oF.THE THIRD WARD.
Year: 1878

Last evening John Bush, was before
the Mayor, on the charge of stealing
eighteen pistols and quantity of pocket
cutlery the property of Llndley & Kemp.
He was held in the sum 900 bail for
his appearance at Court.