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Year: 1879

The Apaches, who have given us so
much trouble - though not near 80
much, probably. as we have given them
still claim to number from eight thou
sand to ten thousand. When the Span
iards, in their search for gold in the high
lands Of what is now New Mexico, first
met these Indians they found them
proud and independent, though harm
less and even kindly. Wronged and
outraged, the Apaches at last retaliated,
and the Spaniards were never able to
conquer them. To this day they hurl
defiance at all government and civiliza-
ton. They are the Bedouins of this
continent, and are all mounted on small
ponies capable of great endurance.
These savages, fierce and untamed as
they are, do not scalp their enemies.
They are fond of smoking and of cards,
and when idle have a strange monoto-
nous chant In battle they keep their
ponies in motion, and are themselves al
ways changing position. They seem to
be Monotheists, and Montezeuma, or the
spirit of God, is blended in their mind
with some sort of religious aspiration.
They have superstitious regard for the
eagle and owl, and will not kill or eat
the bear or the hog. Rattlesnakes they
dread, imagine them to be evil spirits.
They never cultivate the soil, live prin-
cipally by pluDder, and are in the main
Informed, emaciated, and miserable in
appearance.
Year: 1879

AS a practical issue to the yellow
fever investigation set ON foot by Mrs.
Elizabeth Thompson, that lady is
devoting much attention and giving
countenance and encouragement to a
project for proving the effects of
artifcially-produced frost in limiting
the spread of the disease. She has
taken up and earnestly supports the
proposition of Professor John Gamgee,
of London, to provide refrigerating
and ventilating ship to be propelled by
steam and filled with powerful refriger-
ating and ventilating apparatus, to be
stationed at New Orleans and moved
thence from point to point as required,
and test the effects Of the low tempera-
ture in extinguishing the germs of fever
on board of infected ships and other
localities. 1t is urged that Surgeon
General Woodwork should have means
of proving once for all, whether frost
kills or only scotches the deadly virus,
and to that end Congress is to be
asked to make the necessary appropria-
tions
Year: 1879

The Boston Transcript has the follow
ing: One cause of the sort of apathetic
indifference and lack of industry which
up to twenty-years ago were to be found
among considerable proportion of the
population of Ireland, south and west,
was the quality of their food. The
subject was discussed by DR.. Lyon Play
fair some years ago in his work entitled
"The Food of Man in Relation to his
Useful Work" The harmony of animal
life requires mixed food, and the habits
and character of population must depend
on the manner in which this mixture is
habitually made. The Irish peasant
who can only do labor worth seven or
eight shillings week on potato diet
could earn double or treble when well
fed. On the diet to which he was
formerly accustomed, idleness was often
times physical necessity rather than a
moral delinquency. If the potato had
become the diet of Scotland the same
defects might have characterized the
Scotch peasants, but, fortunately fol
them, their ancestors took to oatmeal.
Year: 1879

EVERYBODY chews gum. The habit
is not one whose attendant features
render it disgusting. 1t does not, like
tobacco, intrude its filthy saliva upon
decent humanity. Its habitual use does
not, like that of streng drink, destroy
the body and soul, and pauperize its
victims by thousands. On the contrary,
it sweetens the breath, imparts clean
ness to the teeth, and by increasing the
flow of the saliva materially assists
digestion. May the spread of its
glorious principles 20 on from poll to
poll, until the whole world is united in
one loving gum-chewing humanity j.
J RockLand Courier
Year: 1879

The New England journal Of Ed1oa-
ton says; " No body of women in Amer
lea has now such an opportunity TO do
any good thing in public as the women
teachers to educate and lead the people
in this new campaign for the children.
IL they will only realize the fact, come
out from the seclusion of their present
life and reasonably improve the off-hours
with the parents and the people in gen.
eral, they can wake up the country in an
educational revival The American
schoolmistress, in city and country, has
two whole days of every school week, ten
waking hours of every day, and vaca


tion period from one to two months in
duration, outside the schoolroom. Long
Year: 1879

The annual production of rice in the
Carolinas and Louisiana averages eighty
million pounds. But this is a small
amount when compared with the pro-
duction in the great eastern countries
where a large part of population of
eight hundred million people use rice
production in these Oriental countries,
where it reached last year total of
twenty-five billion pounds, according to
estimates furnished by parties claiming
10 be well informed. This is three thous-
and times more than is produced in the
United States, and is about ten times
the weight of the largest crop of wheat
produced in the United States.
Year: 1879

A CORRESPONDENT mentions a source
Of danger in the use of kerosene lamps
which seems to have been generally over
looked, namely, allowing lamps to stand
near hot stoves, or mantelpieces, and in
other places where they become heated
sufficiently to convert the oil into gas.
Not unfrequently persons engaged in
cooking or other work about the stove
will stand the lamp on an adjacent man
telpiece, or even on the top of raised
oven; or when ironing will set the lamp
near the stand on which the heated
iron rests. Itisneedless to enlarge upon
the risky character of such practices.
Year: 1879

ri. ACCORDING to the state auditor the
state tax this year will be but one
and a half mills-a decrease of one
and three 'tenths mills from last year.
This is all very nice, but when the
state board Of equalization doubles
and trebles the valuation as returned


by the various county boards we fail
to see where the decrease of one. and
three tenths mills comes in.
Year: 1879

Strangers to Princeton are often good
deal alarmed at The loud and somewhat
astounding explosions that occur frequent
ly in the upper part of town anu think
that the Indians have broken loose and
are massaereing the people. It is hard to
make them believe it is simply a man in,
dulging in a little laughter, until they are
brought face to face with the big, genial,
whoiesouled Charley Rines, and hear him
explode" once This explains why sew.
eral strangers have come away from
Princeton raving maniacs. The fact was
was never explained to thcm.-Ek Rivc
Star.
Year: 1879

Cap. Cole was in town Saturday;
he reports having found Dan Galley
out on the prairie, west of St. Cloud.
and ''set' him on the right road to his
destination. Dan had been paying too
much attention to that state map
which he carried along with him and.
Of course, got lost.
Year: 1879

Our old friend J. l.. Cater and
Sheriff Howard are two Of the most
enthusiastic Gilman men in this upper
country. If Gilman does not carry
Mile Lacs county by a good majority
it will not because of any lack of ef.
fort on the part Of the two above
mentioned gentlemen.
Year: 1879

E Why did not the Isanti County


Press publish that circular of Attorn.
ey.General Wilson's in reference to
eligibility Of woman to hold school
offices, several weeks sooner. But
then the opinion in question is not
recognized as law anyhow. W
Year: 1879

John Jameson's new blacksmith
shop will soon be completed. Prime,
ton and the surrounding country are
increasing in population yearly and
we think there will be business enough
for all the shops-especially during
the winter season, '5~
Year: 1879

Mississippi. New Orleans has allow
ed herself to be amused and blinded
by the excitement Of politics. Her
people have been and ale still drawn
to speculate as to who will hold this
or that official position, instead Of
looking energetically towards that
commercial supremacy that should he
hers, if she would but strive to obtain
it. So long as political headquarters
are here, will these vital interests be
sacrificed, and the onward march OF
our entire people will he arrested,
and what ought to be the general
prosperity will be flittered away.


We believe that all intelligent and
calm thinkers now see, that much Of
the distress that the last fifteen years
has been brought about by the fact
that the location of the Capital in this
city. More anon.
Year: 1879

1t is to be hoped that those who
have this matter in charge will not
suffer it to be ignored. The question
of removing the capital to Baton
sRouge is one whose intrinsic impor-
tance entities it to the most careful
consideration. There are SO many
and such grave reasons why the
change should be made, thate we
hardly dare to begin cnumerating
them; but it may be sufficient to
mention the salient and Oft-repeated
points that Baton Rouge is the most
practicable centre in the State, that
it is healthy, supplied with all the
conyeniences and facilities necessary
and that the establishment of the State
CAPITAL there will remove the two
specially susceptible branches OF gov


-


crnment from the loose and corrupt
ing influences of a large city like
New Orleans. 1t is no time to open
the question of whether and to what
extent these influences have ever
been felt since the transfer of the capi-
tai to this city. TO do that would be
to give pain to many worthy persons
whose sensibilities we have no desire
to harrow. Let us rather consider
the matter in a present and prospec'
tive sense altogether, so far as con
Germs this feature of the argument
1t is enough for our purpose to have
it conceded that Baton BOuge is in al
essential respects the most desirable
locality for the State Capital-at leas


the most desirable one that is practic
Year: 1879

A young friend doesn't know which
to do, get married Or, 50 West and and
fight the Indians. He is dreadfully
afraid if he does not he'll be sorry
afterward that he didn't be the other.
He will probably get his hair lifted up
if lie does either. .ll1!sa is fp5
Year: 1879

We are out solid against the North,
said Senator Hill !; we are only solid
against the Republican party. That
is distinction with a big difference.
The Nerh and the Republican party
are not by any means identical.
Year: 1879

Trajectory one, but nd other express
sion at the present presents itself
that conveys so we'll what we wish
to say. During the late war between
the States there were great numbers
of gentlemen who were always on
hand to urge other men to enter the
service of their country, but they
were careful to remain out of danger.
These are the men whOms we call
patriotic towards. These men were
to be found III all of the States both
north and south. In the north they


were full Of blood thirsty speeches
against the south, but found Canada q
pleasant country .about the time a
draft was to be made, and their GLASS
in the south were their equals in
bloody threats against the north,
bit managed to pay visit to their
friends in Cuba or some other friendly
country. These patriotic towards
were bold to make money, provided
the soldiers would protect them.
They did not want the war to end
while they could make money out
of it. After the war was over, these
men began to look out for office and 1t
is painful to be compelled to confess
that many of them, by the use Of their
money, found easy place from which
they have added wealth to their
already large bank accounts. These
are the men who are constantly
talking about the danger Of a solid
south and solid north. They are
ready to have another fight provided
their neiglbors will go to the front and
allow them to remain at home as they
did in the last war. 1t isa fact worthy
of notice that the men who did the
fighting in the last war are not the
men who are alarmed when either OF
the political parties meets with defeat.
The boys in blue and the boys in gray
are not calling for more blood. They
are not towards, and they accept the
war az final between the north and
south and ask that old issues be
forgotten. These soldiers are men
willing to live as brothers and stand
as one man against all foes to the
Union of the States, and to uphold
and defend the old flag. 1t is perhaps
not generally known, but it is true
nevertheless, that the members OF
Congress who served in either army


are not the men who are constantly


talking about the injustice OF the


north and Of the south. Men who


have been on the battlefield are not
,. specially anxious to bring on another


war, nor are they unwilling to trust
' each other. If the patriotic towards
would learn to remain silent there


would be no danger of one section
domineering over any other section
We do not hear such men as Genera
, Joseph E. Johnston Of the Confed
crate army and General Sherman o


the Union army threatening eacl
other, nor do they distrust each other


but YEA can hear the cry of tn


patriotic coward from all quarter


saying that one section is trying t.


get the advantage of the other. BRAY
men never fear to trust brave men
We never receive letters from the me-
= = who wore the gray. These men be


lieve that the war isover and ask tina
the whole people shall bec'ne natlo
of loyal citizens. Those who hav


suffered are satisfied. Let lis hav
eace.-Citi.cn- Soldier. .t ..5
Year: 1879

The Board of Health will hold
special meeting this evening. The
meeting is called for the purpose of
taking some detiuite action in regard to
abating the nuisance created by the
bone boiling establishment of A. d.
Vandeyer, at Sixth and Terrace avenue.
Year: 1879

Ben II .rris, colored man, was before
the Mayor last night for being drunk aud
disorderly in Greedy street. Ben went
in swimming in the Brandywine ear y
in the morning, and raised riot in the
street in the afternoon. A fine of so
cents was imposed.
Year: 1879

his head. One small section was set apart
for his exclusive use, yet even now the
whites are flocking towards it, and are
elbowing the red man out. When driven
from the Indian territory, as they will be
soon, where will they go? A great deal has
been said in this country during the past
half century about the rights of the negro.
What philanthropist can be found who will
espouse the cause of the Indian? Is not he
a man and brother as we'll as the negro?


Judge Dundy's decision is timely
The emergency has arisen, and the
sooner the legal status of the In
dian is determined the better. He has
some rights, certainly, that the white people
are in duty bound to respect. If the decis-
ion in question shall lead to final adjudi-
cation of the matter, it will be of the utmost
importance, for the question will ere long
assume such proportions as to admit of NO
lodging.
Year: 1879

Il Governor Arrested as a Horse. Thief.


Charlottesville, Va, Chronicle.
3 It is related that while Thomas Mann Ran
dolph was Governor of Virginia he was once
arrested within few hundred yards of his
home in this county, and carried prisoner
to his own house. The story is to the fol.
lowing effect: The Governor was on visit
to his home, and finding that the fencing on
his plantation was pulled down and burned
by wagoners passing along from the valley
to Richmond, he determined to detect and
punish them. One evening he observed
q party 60 into camp on the roadside,
and after dark he strolled down to
point where he could conveniently
watch them. He staid out all night, but the
wagoners made no depredations on his
fences. In the early morning, however,
when they were about to kindle their fires to
prepare breakfast, they started out to gather
up what fuel they might find for that pur-
pose, when they spied man sitting on the
fence short distance ahead.


Now, it appears that short time before
Gov. Randolph had issued his proclamation,
Offering reward for the capture of an es-
capped horse thief, and the wagoners, who had
seen the description of the convict, thought
they discovered close resemblance between
the man on the fence and the escaped felon.
So thoroughly satisfied were they that they
would receive the reward for his arrest that
they approached and announced that he was
their prisoner. One of them proposed, as
he cracked bis wagon whip, to give him a
thrashing and let him 60, but his companion
protested that it was proper to ascertain GER
tainly whether he was the guilty party before
inf1icting the punishment, and proposed to
take him to the residence of Gov. Ran
dolph, near by, and get his advice. Accord
ingly, they marched their prisoner up to the
house, and knocking at the front door, a
servant made his appearance, of whom they
| inquired:


"Is your master at home?'


Tho negro opened his eyes in astonish-
ment at the inquiry, and replied, pointing to
the Governor:
s'That's master ~


1t is said that the governor then promptly
confirmed the statement of the servant, and
Joined heartily in the laugh that followed
He then told the man who had proposed to
whip him without the opportunity of de-
| fense to remain outside and he would send
him morning dram, at the same time un.
buttoning his coat, exposing a pair of horse
pistols, and he remarked that he should Ger
tainly have used them had an attempt beer
made to carry the threat of castigation into
execution. The other WAGNER he invited k


Join him in hot breakfast.
Year: 1879

Now that the outlook for the farmers is
cheerful and there is prospect they will
have something to sell, it is important that
they should consider how they are going to
sell it. The wheat buyers of the State have
resolved that they will not buy of any man
who asks to have his wheat measured in g
ing. 10 meet this the farmers must be pre-
pared to act together.
Year: 1879

SHERMAN claims to have saved by his re-
funding of the national debt total of over
thirteen and half millions of dollars in in
terest annually. He claims the credit of it
all, and will use it to boost himself into the
Presidential office. Of course the people
who subscribed for tho new loan don't de-
serve any credit.
Year: 1879

ger.


Atlanta Constitution.


We met General Toombs at the Kimball
House last night, and he tackled us on the
question of concealed weapons.


sWhat in the hi are you all making such
fuss about carrying concealed weapons
for?" said the General.


"Well, General, it is to keep people from
killing one another he replied.


eyes," says he, sit will have just the op-
posite effect. Everybody is expected to lay
aside his pistol, and the first thing you know
some d-n coward, who regards neither law
nor honor, will shoot you in the back. It is
all wrong, sir! man ought to carry arms
when he thinks his life is in danger. It is
not wrong for him to do 90, and 30 far as I
am concerned, will do it whenever want
to defend myself.


"My life is worth more than all the senti-
ment you can put into such question as
that. consider the right of self defense
irrevocable, and when | have the right of
self-defense can use anything I can get or
find that will be available. hear some
fools talking about abolishing pistols, put
ting them under restriction like you do
poisoners. hold that man has the right
to use poison to defend himself. Suppose
man had vial of vitriol in his hand, and
was attacked by some Que in such a manner
as to excite the fears of a reasonable man
that he would kill him, don't you think he
would be justified in using his vitriol by
throwing it into his assailant's eyes? The
truth is, the way TO protect human life is to
let every man who is the aggressor know
that the man he attacks is able te defend
himself, and it will prevent difficulties. They
say nobody but q coward will carry weapons.
That's q lie. know plenty of men who
carry them, and know they are not towards.
1t is generally the towards who want you to
lay them aside, so as to give them an advan-
tage over you.''
| ''You think, then, general, that q man
ought to have right to carry pistol any
way he wants to?''


"Certainly do; and it is better for al
parties. A man sends you word that he il
going to whip you. He is larger man
than you are. Are you to sit down and qui-
etly wait for him to do it? The bible doesn'
teach any such doctrine as that. Suppose
this man comes up on you and finds just be
fore he gets to you that you have deringe1
in your pocket. Nine chances to one hs
will come up smiling with proposition to
bury the hatchet l haven't any confidence
/ in these men who send you word ahead o
fight anyhow. Ny plan has always beer
!. to take them at their word and be ready fol
! them. They would generally find that ou
, and come up smiling"
| The general turned to go mp to his room
and, as he walked up stairs, he added tina
he had more to say on this subject and wonl,
give his views in full on it. "You know"
said, laughingly, ~ am not afraid to 80
what think on that or any other subjec,
the newspapers with their little shirt-ta ful
3 of type to the contrary, Notwithstanding.
Year: 1879

Count SoHouvALoFF is to resume his old
Office as chief of the secret police of Russia.
In this position he will be alberto WELD an
immense power, for he will be responsible to
no one but the czar, and even that function
ary will naturally be in ignorance of many
of his acts. He will be the most arbitrary
despot in all of Europe, but it is to be hoped
that he will not abuse the power placed in
h,s hands,
Year: 1879

IT is again proposed to reduce the salary
of the President one-half. There is little
probability that such bill will pass, and
indeed it makes but little odds whether it
passes or not. When we get man in the
Office who is fit for the place, he will deserve
all he is now receiving.
Year: 1879

The Bangor Commercial reports the discovery of a wonderful bay, ten years old, son of Colonel Fuller. formerly Postmaster at Bangor. Here are a few of bis remarkable fea1s He can, in an average of five seconds, cell the day of the week upon which any particular date in any year of thls century fell. Be never forgets a date. Among other things he can tell instantly when each President was born, when inauga- rated, who long he served and When he died. Hs can tell where he him self was and what dosng on any specified day of the last two years. He knows all about the Bible, even to the number of verses in each chap ter of several of the books; he can give the substance. of any verse in any chapter of any book ; tell just where any event is described and where any Scripture name is mentioned. He is equally at home with the hymn books, being able to tell on what page any hymn in the Moody and Sankey and other collections Is to be found. One evening somebody told aim that twice two was four and that Was multiplication. He did not know it before, but the next morning at the breakfast table be repeated the whole table. Fractions and tke addition, multiplication and division of them are his pastime, and the big dictionary furnishes him with light reading for many-hOurs of bis leis- nre.
Year: 1879

Last evening about S.15 o'clock, as
officer Gutchmer was standing at the
corner of Fourth and Market streets, he
noticed man staggering down toward
the railroad at the time freight train
was passing, but the intoxicated indi-
vidual did not pay any attention to the
train but staggered on. The officer saw
the danger and started on run after
the man, and fortunately that he did,
as he just caught him in time to prevent
him from falling under the train. As
the officer took hold of him he inquired
in an angry tone, what he intended do
ing with him. Being informed by the
officer that he was going to lock him up,
the man turned around and hit the
officer a very heavy blow on the left
cheek. Upon reaching Fifth and Market
streets the prisoner endeavored to
escape, and in doing so bit one of the
officers little fingers very badly. The
officer however, landed him safely in
the cells and this morning the Mayor re-
quired him to pay 81 and costs.
Year: 1879

There WAS partial clean up at the Yuma Mill last Saturday. The taiiihgs washed from the blankets were not cleaned and from assay are supposed to contain about sl,000. We are told this partial clean up gave n result of about Sie per ton. which, considering the very sInall expense of mining and working, IS very satisfactory.