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Year: 1874

SOME years ago Fanny Fern attracted
the Mortified attention Of strictly convcn-
tional ideas by writing letter TO Lester
Wallack, insisting upon the right of wo-
man TO attend places Of amusement with
out the escort Of men. But now it has
become not Mt all unusual to meet ladies
Of the utmost respectability at public
places unattended except by others OF
their own sex. At Miss Cushman's read
ings at New York fully three-fflhs OF
the audience we're ladies, large portion
Of whom came without the protection Of
men. So great a change in public senti-
ment is worth noticing as one Of the re-
suits Of the agitation Of the woman ques-
ton during the last ten year.
Year: 1874

How THEY DO IN CHEYENNE.-In
Cheyenne, when anything happens, the
people consider that religious duty calls
npon them to hold q meeting and pass
resolutions upon it; and so strong has
this habit become that some citizens Of
that place, whenever breakfast bell
rings, call meeting Of the family, elect
officers, and resolve to go down stairs and
eat the meal. The other day woman
fell into Crow Creek and sunk. A large
crowd Of men were on the bank Mt the
time, and they instantly proceeded TO
organize n meeting for the purpose of de-
vising ways and means for rescuing the
woman.


After spirited debate, NJ. A. Arnold
was elected chairman, and on taking the
chair, Mr.. Arnold not only thanked
the meeting very warmly for the com
piment offered to him, but he made a
long speech, in which he discussed the
tariff, the coal product of 1873, and the
hluDulnu NlhliuSs n Sclito VI Ic0Olutiplli
were then offered, and after n prolonged
discussion and the acceptance Of several
amendments they were passed. They
embraced protest against the depth oi
Crow creek regrets that all women were
not taught to swim, and a resolve 10 res
cue the particular woman who had fallen
overheard. A committee Of one was ap;
pointed TO dive for her. He dived and
brought the woman TO the surface by the
hair. jus: then it occurred to him that
he had not been ordered to bring her tc
the shore, so he let her sink again, and
swan TO the bank to report progress and
ask for further instructions. Action was
taken on the report, and after an exciting
discussion, he was directed to land The
woman Immediately.


He dived again and dragged her out
None of the women in Cheyenne car
hold their breath more than an hour at O
time, so, when this one was recovered
she was dead. The meeting resolved
that it was sorry, but it is vastly NOR
important that things should be done de
Gently and in order and according to rule
than that the life Of woman should b,
fsaved.
Year: 1874

ONE of the editors Of n certain paper.
soon after beginning to learn the printing
business, went to court a preachers
daughter. The next time he attended
meeting he was taken down by hearing
the minister announce in his text: my
daughter is grievously tormented with
devil ~
Year: 1874

THE Pekin Gazette is the oldest jour
nal in the world. 1t is printed on a large
sheet of yellow silk, with the same char
actcrs and on the same kind Of stuff as it
did n thousand years ago. The only
change is in the writers.
Year: 1874

Burlcigh writes from New York 30 the
Boston J1UrHal. zone Of our city pass
tors is Il most excellent singer lie has "a
sympathetic voice. lie frequently sup
plements his sermon with a song, AMI
the music is quite as efficient as the APP
peal, He visited n mGdhOu>e the otner
day, and was shown n cell in which II
madman was confined. lie was one 81
the most furious sort. He had 10 be chain
ed 10 the floor to keep him from dashing
his brains against the sides of his cell.
Ii was as much as ones life was worth
10 approach him. He tore his clothes into
ribbons, and his he'd was Il mass of rags
As the minister looked through the graf
ing the prisoner made for him. and with
such violence rs 10 jerk himself bach on
10 the floor. He rose foaming with rage
I'll kill you I'll beat your brains out.


Clear out Instead of moving, tbe
preacher began TO sing The hymn he Sc
lcctcd was Our Home in Heaven First
The mailman listened then he stretched
himself out 10 the full length Of his
chain. First one arm relaxed and then
the other Tears moistened his eyes -
Then he cGiicd upon his bed Of rags az
quiet as II child. And when The hymn
was eudC lie looked up saying, More,
more The preacher sang I'LL his strength
gave way, and when he left the mailman
seemed hushcd in slumbcr. The keeper
said he had no doubt but it would have
been perfectly safe for the minister 10
have gone and sat down by his side IN
the cell. it Was tie old case Of saul and
David -
Year: 1874

home home cultiyation,It and 1.-The :adep.
ton Of that variety which q heightened
and thorough trial proves unquestiona- :
bly, the best. 49,


Another: plan of making the Grange
Immediately beneficial has been adopt.
ed in some Of the Eastern Oranges. A
black board is always kept in readiness
at their meeting on which are entered
by the members as they come in, stock
and other property for sale or exchange,
stock strayed or stolen, and such other
information as they desire to bring be-
fore the members.


The Patrons Of Goodhue County
have made the Grange practical by dis.
cussing the cost Of raising wheat, aid
other questions, and there are thous-
and ways in which each meeting may
be made not only time Of interest and
pleasure, hut also Of profit.


The Grange is the outgrowth of ne
cessity and should be made necessity
to each member.
Year: 1874

Mrs. Duncan Murray. who lives near
the Yellow Bank, Lac-qui-parle county,
came into Lac-qui.parle on Wednesday
last to enter complaint against two Of
her neighbors for assault and battery.
It appears from her story that her
father, an old man about eighty years
of age, and her son, a lad Of ten years,
went in search Of their cattle and
found them in neighbours yard. The
old man went to the house to pay for
whatever damage they might have
done, and was met by two rufians,
who knocked him down and abused
him in shameful manner. The boy,
who was on horseback, had got the
cattle out of the yard and had started
to drive them home. when he was seen
by one of the fellows. who ran after
him, pulled him roughly from the horse
and led the horse back to the stable.
The old man and boy were finally al
lowed to depart, and on reaching home
related their story. Then Mrs. Murray
and her oldest son went to get tho
horse. but were met by the same ruff


fans and most numerically beaten.
The sheriff Of the county started We'd
nesday to arrest the assailants.
Year: 1874

1fthere is any one thing more than
another which the patrons have agitat-
ed, it is that Of doing away with the
whole credit system, and now we notice
that Eureka Grange, 345, Iowa, have
pledged themselves by resolution not
to go inI debt for goods unless, necessity
compelled to do so. This is one step
in advance Of merely talking of the
evils of credit, and now if they live up
to their resolution the whole thing will
be remcdied SO far as they are concern
ed. The way for all other Oranges to
get out Of the difficulty is to pass SINH
lar resolutions and then to live up to
them, but the trouble is, that it is so
much easier to talk and resolve, than it
is to refrain from buying what We see
and want, and then trusting to the
chances Of the future for the means to
Fay.


If we could only remember that every
debt We make is a mortgage, to the
amount Of the debt, on all that We have
of both property and honor, it might be
. little check upon US, since the &C.
knowledged fact that We have to pay
nearly double price for articles On


time, has not proved sufficient.
Year: 1874

In our columns to-day we print tie
full text of the report of the committee
appointed by the State Senate last win.
ter to investigate the accounts of the
late State Auditor, Charles McIlrath,
and the ex-rreasurer. We consider
the document of sufficient Importance
to bear reading through and therefore
We shall give no synopsis. The names
Of the members Of the Committee at
tacaed to the report are a sufficient
guarantee that there is no cxaggeration
in the matter.
Year: 1874

SdAKlNG THE GRANGE USEFUL.


The American people are intensely
practical, and all those who come to
this country from foreign parts soon
become imbued with the same utili-
tartan spirit. This is probably result
of the condition of the country as we'll
IS Of the people.


The country is new aud much Of it
unsubdued, presenting the very great
est incentive to ambition and calling
out all the forces that kind nature af-
fords and that wise inventive skill
can combine, and yet leaving untold
work to be done. The people are gen.
orally in moderate circumstances, de-
pendent upon their wits and their labor
Cor the necessaries and comforts of life.
With this condition of things, it is not
to be wondered at that the people seek
that which is useful. Since utility is
necessary to success, it is well to make
= virtue Of necessity, and make the
Grange intensely practical. This
is being done in general
Way by combining for the building of
mills and manufactures and for other
purposes


By these combinations and enterpris-
Is the wealth of the country is being
increased and . general good accom-
plished, but these enterprises do very lit
tie toward keeping mp the desired inter-
est in the individual Oranges.


Every member of Zach Grange should
feel that his particular Grange is q prac-
tical benefit to him.a benefit, too, great
er than he could, by the same outlay Of
time and money in any other way, ob-
tain. This is being done by some
Oranges and can be done by ill.
We have lately read that Tecu:mseh
Grange, which is situated in one Of the
finest wheat growing districts Of south.
ern Michigan, proposes to utilize the
machinery Of the Grange for the com. n
parison :, Of sal, samples Of seed wheat Of
Year: 1874

System i'm Farm Labor.


We sympathize with those men who
are deficient in that very essential
thing ''order;;'' some men are born with
out one principle of system in their
constitution, and they never find out
anything about it, for it seems to be
one Of the things hidden from them,
and we often think thai we belong to
that particular class of mortals. This
lack of order is SO great, sometimes, as
to be considered nothing less than an
actual mental defect. 1t is often the
result of Observation-Disclosures and oftener
of negligence. Order is something, the
value of which, one may fully cecog-
nize and yet find it very difficult to at
tain. For such We have fellow feel
ing. Yet we believe that this defect
may be overcome, as may nearly all
others, by recognizing its bad results
and by constant effort. All that is
wanted is little forethought and plan
ming, and if the memory fails to retain
what we want, then write it down. We
do not believe there is enough
of this planning, as general
rule on the farm. We have known per-
sons constitutionally slow, who couldn't
hep it. Being constitutionally tired is
disease that affects some people and
they do not help it. Yet very few
thorough-going, industrious people
would admit that the parties were not
to blame in both these cases. We ques-
ton whether or not, as humiliating as
it may be for many to admit, this con-
stitutional disorder and slip.shod way of
doing things, should not be placed on
the same footing as ]aziness. As bear
ing on this subject and showing the bad
results on the farm of this doing things
at loose ends, we quote the following
from an exchange:


'The amount of muscle that car
be saved by little brain labor is won.
derful. And yet the science of doing
everything in proper season and place,
in fact properly, is something that ag-
ricultural papers or books cannot teach.
Experience, calculation and forethought
are the mentors. A month before
piece Of machinery is to be used, a
glance at it will show where it is defec..
tive. A rainy day, spare hour,
chance to take it to town to be repaired
without going on purpose. These pre-
sent themselves to the intelligent far
mer, aud when the harvest is ripe or
the corn ready for the cultivator, there
will be no delay for the mending
Of damaged machinery. There is no
such weak laziness or wicked waste
of time and opportunity as the man
practices who never has time to do any.
thing properly. He goes to town with
errands, and comes home with only one
finished; he had no time for the others.
He plows for fifty acres of corn, but has
no time to get in but forty. He plows
with dull plow. and chops with dull
axe, for lack Of time to sharpen them.
All these are the result of lack Of fore
thought and system. A neglect to use
the brain that God has given them to
shape and direct, and save the muscle.
An OK will do the work, but he can not
plan it. The horse is powerful, but he
is controlled by his master, and his
power utilized. Mans labor is but
brute strength, and the strong brain
force that is brought to bear upon it,
the more surely every stroke tells, and
the more grand will be the results
Western Farm.
Year: 1874




An ingenious Minnesota youth is to be
credited with a novelty in the way Of duck
hunting lie lives at Il beautiful spot known
aS Rice Lake, from the wild rice growing
ON it. margin as thick as wheat in a field
Ducks love this rice, and when they have
partakcn of 4 sufficient quantity their flesh
becomes Of 4 natUrc to tempt the palate of
al anc'oIfc Bat the Rice Lake ducks,
either from experience, or an instinct which
may he said 10 be wisdom intensified do not
like human company, and when they see
hunter approaching generally hasten out of
gunshot range. Dick, the youth before
ailadcd TO, was particularly fond of ducks,
and looked with contempt upon the futile
efforts Of hi, sire to provide the table with
this delicacy lie determined to haze some
ducks for dinner if it took all the morning
to accomplish the task Proceeding to the
cornfeld he selected large pumpkin, cut a
hole in one end, removed its internal ar
rangementS, carried it down to the shore.
diyested himself Of his clothes, placed the
JhII ONti l!CttNt ttilt N'''iSt III
the rice In short time the fat and tender
pioneer of a flock of duck, approached, and
imagining the vegetable to be free from
guile, encouraged the others to follow.
They We're partaking Of their matutinal
meal, when a>tonshmcnt struck them at the
sight Of the pioneer suddenly diying--not
that there is anything astonishing in duck
diying-but this one dove feet foremost and
neglected to come up. y committee Of one
was appointed 10 investigate, and approach.
ing the pumpkin, suddenly made back
ward dive and was gone. This was enough
for the others. They fled in dismay, and
hcncclorth numbered as among their deadli-
est tcrrors the ingredient of New England
pies.
Year: 1874

nor daring to attempt to go down, as they
could never have climbed up the smooth
surface again, they dipped in the tips Of
their long tails. drew them up loaded with
the rich cream and licked them. An ar
rangement of the basins, such that the rats
could not get upon the edges Of them, put
an end to all further deprcdations OF this
kind. Imagine the sensations Of the people
whose customary bowls Of milk had been
taken from these basins on learning the
secret of the creams disappearance Mach
less narrowing is the experience OF Il family
which had fancy for rearing ducks, but
could not well do 50 on account OF rats,
which Systematically got hold of and carried
away the young dGcklingS, even from e.osc
to their mother. With a view to circumycnt
the rats, the maternal duck and her young
were housed for the night under a coop
which admitted Of no opening for the fnrti'c
intruders. The rats We're not to be 50 easily
cheated Of their prey. On discovering that
the mothcr-dack and her family were closely
shryulcd from intrusion, they devised Il
pretty plan Of engineering, which was emf
nently successful In the course of single
night they had excavatcd tunnel, going
below the outer edge Of the coop to the ill.,
tcior, and thus very neatly, without pro-
ducing any alarm, stole every duekIins
from under the guardianship of the mother
Both Of these anecdotes seem to prove that
rats are gifted with more than an ordinary
share Of instinct.
Year: 1874

Tn through the snow little 1owe.
Most tenderly peeps forth,
Too weak it seenls to face the wind
That sweeps down from the North.
II is the crocus. On its face,


Brighter than golden sheen,
And pure as any light e'cr shed,
The sweetest smile is seen.
The few leaves on the bare, brown limbs
OF trees no whisper give,
No voiceful evidence of life


To show that still they live.
The dull March sky is cold and gray,
And cold the earth below,
Yet warm with life is that flowers heart
Imprisoned in the SNOW.
No look of love the crocus sees


Responsive to his own,
And there in codness and neglect
Its life is passel alone.
So often in this world Of ours,


Amid its sin and shame,
Where hearts are cold, and love is dead, q,
And quenchcd is honor's flame
We sec bright, sweet face, which sheds
A warm and loving light
The only star in all the sky


OF sorrow cherries, night.
Year: 1874

The Detroit man who "kncw exactly
what 10 do at a fire. when he saw little
flames creeping around the chimney of a
house he was passing by, dashed into the
house, shouted fire - overturned bureau.
and then bid one of the family 20 and sound
the alarm. lie then snatched up IL table,
ran into the yard, sent another boy to sound
the alarm, ran in and began 10 pull q bed to
pieces, and ordered the women TO throw
everything out-ot-doors. Having got the
bed>tead down, and ordered third boy to
sound the tre-alarn, he carefully carried
out Il door-mat and a woodbox The next
thing was to throw lookins-glass out the
window and pull the bahy's crib to pieces.
Another man had put out the fire, and came
up in time TO prevent him from throwing
the piano i-rvn into the cellar
Year: 1874

[From the Seymour Und Times


We have been on both sides of the cur
rency question-one day seeing our way
as clear as mud in one direction, and the
next day seeing it equally clear in the
other. Just where we now stand is
somewhat mixed, Sometimes we take a
quick glance at the thing and then feel
like the late Horace Greeley, as it were,
and are sure that "the way to resume is to
resume )" but If we suffer reflection to
work, doubts will cloud this simple
theory. Having no clear conception of
the subject we generally write from the
promptings of the moment; and having
no fixed principles on finances, only to get
all the money we can and keep it, our
readers may look for ahy kind OF doc
trine, or for different kinds. We are not
quite sure that we are alone in our
financial muddle. In fact it looks as if
several Of our statesmen have been tarred
with the same stick. II we understand
ourselves just now we are in favor of the
initiation bill just passed, and shall cheer
fully pocket our part of the swag if any
comes this way; although last week We
were honestly opposed to initiation. We
shall endeavor. to be honest in our views,
whatever they may be and the rather,
as honesty is thought to be the best of
policy.
Year: 1874

finally be owned as His most precious
Jewels. The man who furnishes this
woman with liquor is, if he knows any,
thing about her, worse than a demon.
He is not only furnishing temptation
to her customers, most Of whom are boys,
but he is leading her to certain destruc.
ton, and hurrying her forward to suffer
the penalty OF the law. For although
she is scarcely accountable for what she
is doing, yet the community cannot suffer
the evil that is being caused through her:
This work is no "humbug." From all
parts'of our beautiful State, from Illinois,
Kentucky, Indiana, and every State in the
Union, from ocean to ocean, is coming up
the cry from the hearts of women, we
will never give up the contest till the foes
have all surrendered and the victory is,
won. Deborah is fully awake" The
day of the Lord is at hand, and "Behold
the people in the midst OF thee are 100.
men"
Year: 1874

Probably the Oldest timber in the


world which has been subjected to the
use of man is that which is found in the
ancient temples of Egypt. Il is found
in connection with stoae-work which is
known to be at least 4, 700 years o Id
This wood, and the only wood used in
the cons ruction of the temple, is IN the
form of ties, holding the end of one stone
TO another in lis uppe- surface. When
two blocks were laid in place, then it ap-
pears that an excavation about az inch
deep was made in each block, into which
an hourgIass shaped tie was driven. 1t
is, therefore, very difficult to force any
s.one from its position. The ties appear
to have been the tamaris< wood, of which
the ark was constructed, sacred tree in
ancient Egypt, and now very rarely
found in the valley OF the Nile. Those
dovetailed ties are just as sound now as
on the day of their insertion. Although
fuel is extremely scarce in that country,
these bits of wood are not large enough
to make it an object with the Arabs to
heave off layer after layer of heavy stone
for so small prize. Had they been of
bronze, half the old temples would have
been destroyed years ago, so precious
would they have beensssr various pur-
poses
Year: 1874




The latest feature attracting attention
in the Frigid Zone isa Greenland coal
mine. 1t is nearly hundred miles
from Godhaven, and on the northeast
side of the island of Disco, in the weight
or strait. The vein of coal is about so
inches in thickness, running longitudinal
ly into the mountain few feet back from
the beach and about a hundred feet
above the level. A party that went in
pursuit of the Polaris sufferers visited
this mine and examined it. They found
on the top of the vein of coal three
strata, two of sand, with one of clay be-
tween the two, forming total thickness
of fifteen feet, which sand and clay had
to be removed before the coal could be
taken out. They found veins of ice run
ming through the sand as far down as the
coal, and the vein of coal increased in
thickness and good quality as it descend
ed, containing large per centage of Bit
umen, and a light sprinkling of rosin.
The first day the party mined and took
out and carried to the beach ready Tor
embarkation, about fifteen tons of gas
coal. If they.had remained they would
have taken out one hundred tons of coal
within five days. 1t is thus proven that
the mineral treasures of Greenland are
not always confined to kryolite, and in
deed there may be many valuable mines
of various kinds here, the mining of
which in the bosom of the earth would
be free from the terrible severity of the
cold. Doubtless further explorations
and mining operations hereafter will
render Greenland a habitable country
for mining population. With good
coal available there are ample supplies


life will be shorn of much of the terror
hitherto incident to the climate.
Year: 1874

1t is not only fcr ire s:cl man, br:
the sick mans friends, tat he decor
comes. His presence is often as good
for them as for the patient, and they
long for him yet more eagerly How we
have all watched after him.! What an
emotion the thrill of his carriage wheels
in the street, and at length at the door,
has made us feel How we hang upon
his word, and what a comfort we get
from a smile or two il we can vouch-
safe that sunshine to tighten! Who hasn't
seen the mother prying into his face, to
know if there is hope for the sick infant
that cannot speak, and that lies yonder,
its little frame battling with fever? All,
how she looks into his eyes! What
thanks If there is light there; what g~ief
and pain if he casts them down and dare
not say "hope" Or it is the dear faith
e. thai is stricken. The terrified wife
looks on, while the physician fees his
patients wrist, smothering her agonies,
as the children have been called upo to
stay their play and their talk! Over the
patient in the fever, the wife expectant,
the children unconcious, the doctor
stands as if he were Fate, the dispenser
of lie and death; he must let the pa
tient off this time, the woman prays so
for his respite! One can fancy how aw-
full the responsibility must be to con-
scientious man; how cruel the feeling
that he has given the wrong remedy, Or
that it might have been possible to do
better; how harassing the sympathy with
survivors, if the case is unfortunate
how great The delight or victory!