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Year: 1879

The tediousness of college life was greatly
relieved on Thursday morning by an exciting
cane rush Early in the day Freshman wa,
seen fourishing a cane with az much uncon-
Germ as a reverend Senior. This was entire
~ contrary to college etiquette, and signifi-
cant winks among the Soph's showed that Il
storm was brewing. Immediately after
prayers was the time appointed for action.
The classes retire from the chapel in the
der of Seniority. As the Soph's came out,
they filed into lines upon each side of the
walk awaiting the illustrious hero of 50.
Soon the unsuspcctng chicftain appeared un-
dlunted. One of the heaviest men of 81
ma lie the attack. Both classes then pitched
in and scene ensued which would take an
experienced Bohemian" to describe. The
battle was not conducted at all on scientific
principles. As the contestants warmed up,
society pins hats, rubbers, books and Fresh
men could be seen on the fly. Very little
anger was displayed. but a desperate earn
estness characterized all Forty stalwart
Young men were arrayed against some fifty
equally brave Freshmen. Long and dire
was the fierce contest. Many a noble broth.
er ''bit the DUST" but still they fought. This
terrible clash, together with the yells of tri-
umph and defeat was indeed a blood-curd-
linz sight to the numerous spectators.
Neither party would ''give in," but finally
fortune turned in favor of 81, and the van
auished Freshmen retired from the field,
having learned that it was unwise to step
upon the dignity Of upper class men. But
a word in regard to the cane which was an
object of dispute Though strong and
valuable one it was shattered in the first
onset. At the close Of the fray the pieces
were all carefully collected and distributed
among the members of 81. These viii ever
he kept as relies more precious than gold.
Doubtless a portion will he sent to the
State House to be encased among the re-
turned battle flags. The Freshmen had an
Indignation meeting at noon. Whether they
organized themselves into blood and thun-
der brigade or not is unknown, but it is
understood that they voted unanimously u
swing out with canes the next day. On the
other hand the Sophomores have notified
each member of 80, that as long as they
conduct themselves As gentlemen. in honor
of their brave resistance. they will be per
mitted to retain their canes


All are busy ''cramming" for examination
which occurs Saturday, Monday and Tues
day, after which we have an exceedingly
long vacation--one week.
Year: 1879

WAsmINcToN, April %. Sec'y Sherman
appeared before the Coinage committee of
the House and gave his views relative to the
conversion of trade dollars into bullion. The
value of trade dollars. he said, was greater
than like amount Of bullion, hence it was
not possible to purchase coin for the purpose
of melting it into bullion. He considered
the act of 1873. demonetizing silver. a grave
blunder. In reply to question. he said that
small notes would be exchanged for fractional
coins at at any time. The bullion value of
tho trade 1ollar was SIC
Year: 1879

On Monday morning as George Sny-
der, the ice man, was delivering ice at
the drug store of Van Duzen Bros, on
Wall Street, he took a cake of ice
weighing 200 pounds, and as the amount
to be delivered there was only 100
pounds. cut it in two. About the CEN
ter of the cake was discovered young
black bass, which on being cut out of
the ice was found frozen as stiff as Il
stone. The ice had been harvested in
January, and for eight months the fish
must have been in the ice in a frozen
state. Seward Van Duzen, one of the
clerks in the store, thought to himself
that he would try an experiment in re-
viving the fish. He put him in sprin-
king pot, in which was cistern water of
the ordinary temperature. For about
half an hour the fish showed no signs of
life at all. After that time had elapsed
he was noticed to begin to move his tail.
He was transferred to glass globe, and
shortly afterward was swimming around
as though he had not been locked in the
cold embrace of cake of ice for the
greater part of year. Pieces OF cracker
were thrown into the water, and the fish
ate them. The globe containing the
fish now adorns one of Van Duzen Bros.
counters, and large number of people
visited the store on Monday TO take a
look at what is really curiosity in the
way of reviving animal life.-Rondom
IN. y. Courier.
Year: 1879

The Empress Augustus birthday is
soon TO be celebrated, Is usual, At
Baden-Baden. in the midst of the strict
est family seclusion. This celebration
always consists of either an excursion
to one of the surrounding villages in the
Black Forest, or a little fete given at the
Villa Messmer, the plain house which
the German Imperial pair rent every
season. Their life at Baden-Baden is as
simple as possible; without any exclu-
siveness they freely mingle among the
many guests attracted thither from all
parts of the world, and are fond of the
society of artists.
Year: 1879

The following, from the Minneapolis de-
partment of tie Pioneer Press, is tounda-
ton sufficient for an interesting novel. AS
there is much conjecture as 10 who the par
ties were, and as resident of our village
figures in the mystery, we give brief ac
count of the affair:


Early in the month of October o lady liv-
ing on Sixteenth avenue south, in large,
roomy house, received visit from two
ladies', evidently persons of refinement and
education, in response TO an advertisement
which had been inserted in one OF the daily
papers, and which set forth the fact that
rooms were to rent in the above mentioned
house. The visitors, who gave their names
as Mrs. Brown and daughter bore visible
evidence, botn in manper and speach, OF
the fact that they had seen better. days than
their present costumes indicated, were at
once, in consequence of the strong resem-
blance they bore to each other, recognized
as mother and daughter The elder lady,
whose hair thickly sprinkled with grey
was evidently about fifty years of age, and
the daughter, whose countenance was strik-
ipgly handsome, had not seen one half of
that number of years. They informed the
lady of the house in response to numerous
questions, that they had been residing in
PennsylvanIa, but for reasons (Which they
did not diyulge) had come to Minneapolis to
reside. To add to the mystery surrounding
the affair the two females seemed to be en-
tirely cut off from tho rest of the world
| After few days residence in their chilly
rooms, whose bare walls and carpetless
floor told CT the abject poverty which


cursed the occupants, the lady of the house
took pity on them and supplied such com
forts from her store rs she could spare
A straw bed for the mother and daughter
1 and several articles of bed clothing wer,
given them and were thankfully received
! Previous to this their only covering q


night had been such articles of wearing ap
parel as could be gathered togather, ant
Year: 1879

A man named Frank Smith, q resident
of the town of Buckman, Morrison County,
while out hunting deer, was accidently shot.
An examination of the grounds where the
accident occurred, by Coroner and Jury, led
to the conclusion that the unfortunate fel.
low met al untimely death by the acciden-
tai discharge of his rife.
Year: 1879

A sad and terrible case Of drowning is
narrated by correspondent Of the Fergus
Falls Advocate, from Pelican Rapids. The
two young men drowned were Charlie and
Jesse Ackerman. The eldest started for
heme, and ip crossing the lake on tie ice,
broke through, and his call was q call for
help, which lis brother mistook for help
to kill deer; and as he came to the edge
of the lake, seeing his brother in danger,
started to cross on the ice to help him, and
he broke through and was drowned too.
Year: 1879

The beautiful weather during the past
two weeks, leads to the hope that the win
ter of 1916 may prove as fine, warm, and
pleasant as the TWO preceding, The major
ity of the new settlers are but lily prepared
to face Il long and severely cold winter.
New and poorly constructed houses, and
no trees as weather brakes, together with
scarcity of fuel, will in the event of a
very stormy and intensely cold season
cause much suffering and distress.
Year: 1879

A correspondent of the Springfield Re- publican writes from Tunis as follows Yesterday I saw a Mohammedan funeral passing through the streets. My atten- tion was first attracted to it by hearing murmur of many voices approaching from the distance. The sound was un- 1 like anything I ever heard before. Soon there appeared two or three hundred Arab men, crowding through the mar row streets, all joining in singing, or chanting, a song for the dead. In the midst of them several Arabs bore upon their shoulders bier, like crib. The bottom of it was covered over with a Turkish or Tunisian rug, on which was stretched the body of the dead Arab, envcloped in what appeared to be Per sian shawl. 1 would have followed after the procession, but was told that none but a Mohammedan was allowed to wit ness the burial ceremony. Oldresidents of Tunis tell me that the final act of de- posting the body in mother earth is a most strange and novel procedure. The Arabs have superstition that as soon as the new-made grave is ready for it's occupant, the evil spirits at once take possession of it. To drive them out, they resort to all manner of strange de- vices. The most efficacious, and the one usually resorted to, is based upon the be- lief of satan's fondness for gold, and that 'money is the root of all evil" As soon as the body is placed by the side of the grave the medicine man or saint exercises satan, and signifies by signs that his satanic majesty with all his imps are in the grave below. The near est relative of the deceased, who is pre- pared for the eme1 gency, takes from his pocket handful of small gold, silver or copper coins, according to his wealth, l which he throws in the distance IS far as possible as if he was sowing grain The evil spirits are believed to scramble after it, and while picking it up the body is hustled into the ground as quickly as possible, and the stones and earth are placed over it, before the cloyen-footed money-hunters can return.
Year: 1879

Every now and then a paragraph goes the rounds to the effect that some ecceS- tric individual will give so many huE- dred dollars for million cancelled pos tage stamps. Several persons have suc- ceeded in collecting the million, and in some instances $500 or $500 were paid for their collection. Those who inno gently aid in making these collections little think that in most cases they are helping to defraud the government. Ad- vanced as scientific knowledge is at the present day, there has as yet been dis covered no preparation for canceling postage stamps that will not wash off. It is estimated that the government loses $l 100000 every year by the use of washed stamps in the postoffice alone. The loss through washed revenue stamps is also great A million cancelled three cent stamps when washed are worth $3O, ,O0O. This being the case, it is easily seen that the man who invents an un- cancelable ink will make his fortune. Hundreds ofinks and devices have been tried, but it is curious to note that the most complete canceling apparatus yet known is the remote country postmaster with his pen and ink. Some time ago a man travelled from St. Louis to Wash

 ington with bottle of his ink, being un-

 willing to risk his secret by allowing the stuff to go out of his hands and perhaps be analysed. He reached the depart

 ment, and proudly cancelled a stamp in I the presence of the authorities, who

 took it and quickly washed it clean with

 soapy water His ingenuity in trying different s.antidotes for his ink had not led him to the use of the simplest means procurable. Hundreds of chem 1 ical combinations have been tried by the I different inventors. Acids of all kinds

 have been combined with the inks in

 common use, and for all of them some

 other combination has been found that will remove all traces and leave the I stamp clean as it was. Inks have been offered which eat away the paper it is put on, so strong are the acids, but .l while there is no doubt of their efficiency 1 the objections to their use are obvious. The chemist of the Patent Office for a tl long time found chemical means o1 fwashing out everybody else's ink, and I then presented an invention of his own

 which he could not wash out. It was l given to Smithsonian Institution

 chemist and he shortly found out how to wash it clean. After this the de

 partment ceased to expect that an in

 delible ink would be found. -Detroi

 Free Press.

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Year: 1879

Self-sacrifice is the only power that can plant or build.

 Earnestness of purpose can spring only from strong convictions.

 There can be no true thankfulness where there is no benevolence. No indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness.

 Human life defined by line is as un- comfortable as would be the human | figure defined by a wire.

 The object of all ambition should be ! to be happy at home. If we are not happy there, we cannot be happy else where.

 Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal, and he may properly be charg. ed with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.

 All skill ought to be exerted for uni versal good; every man has owed mucf to others and ought to repay the kind ness that he has received.

 Mortality is an event by which wis man can never be surprised; we know that death is always near, and it should therefore, always be expected.

 Pride is seldom delicate; it will pleas itself with very mean advantages; an envy feels not its own happiness, bu when it may be compared with tn misery of others. , Great works are performed, not , strength, but by perseverance; he ths 3 shall walk with vigor three hours a day f will pass in seven years a space equal { the circumference of the globe.
Year: 1879

We could hardly have been more astonished than when. during the past year, one of their own chiefs, through the columns Of our lead ing national revlew, made statement of thelr causes of complaint.

 The facts as presented, compel us seriously to inquire if the system which has been and now is followed in relation to this people is at all worthy of our government. We have mo- where seen sharper arraignment of our exist ing policy than that made by the Hon. J. D. Cox, of Ohio, former Secretary of the Inte- rior, in an article in last months International Review. Gov. Cox is known as an able law yer, and discreet and practical statesman The high positions of official trust which he has held, and the business experience which he has had, secure hlm from the charge of hav- ing no knowledge of practical affairs.

 Bishop Whlpple may be patronized or scoffed at because he is a clergyman, and Chief Joseph may be hootcd into silence because he is an Indian; but such an objection will hard ly be against the views of man who, like Gen. Cox, has not only achieved distinction in military and civil life, but has himself had this great matter in charge as chief of the very Department now administered by Secretary Schurz. The extent and accuracy of his in- formation could only have been attained by the most careful and painstaking effort.

 The Indiansare considered the original propri- etors of the soil; asenttled to rights guaranteed them by our most solemn obligations as the weaker parties to contract with the stronger, keenly sensitive to injustice and quick to retaliation. Instances are gwen of the wrongs which have been pcrpetrated by settlers the frontier that cannot fail to shock the feelings of civilized community The means which have been taken in some instances to drive the Indians from their reservations would do credit to the sanctimonious craft of a Cortez or Pizzaro. It is quite beyond our comprehension how such systematic fraud and injustice has been so long and so quietly &C., quiesed in by our government. We believe it to be, however, sign of the most hopeful promise that such men as Gov Cox. and Sec retary Schurz are giving this matter such care full and earnest consideration We trust we are near the beginning of better things and that this disgrace will soon be plotted from the pages of our history. RABsTo.
Year: 1879

It has doubtless not been forgotten that Sec retary Schurz, to whose department the h. dian Bureau is annexed, was some time since invited by the Chief of one of the tribes on 8 reservation to visit their encampment, and learn from a personal inspection the manner in which the affairs of the government were administered there. The invitation was promptly accepted, and the 30th of August fixed as the time agreeable to the Secretary to honor this hospitality. Gen. Schurz is now absent from Washington on that proposed visit.

 We shall look with much interest for the re- suit of Secretary Schurz' observations there. We believe that he has given us sufficient req son heretofore to believe that whatever mat ter he attempts to consider will be dealt with in thorough and statesmanlike manner. He has already been before the public on the sub- ject of the management of the Indian affairs, and the way in which he then treated the question showed how keenly alive he was to it's importance and we have no doubt that the impressions which he will receive from this interview will be of great advantage to- wards the settlement of this vexed question. Indeed the thorough examination of the h. dian side of the Indian question seems to be l the first step to the correct solution of the problem. The Indian himself seems to have been strangely left out of sight in any arrange ment of terms between them and us.

 Bishop Whipple, whose labors in behalf of this people entitle hlm to speak authoritatively, has caused DO littlesurprise by the presentations of fact which he has from time to time made, not only concerning the people themselves, but concerningour treatment of them. There have been others, also, who have brought out much interesting and surprising evidence on this ! subject. ,s.F3aoag et 53s
Year: 1879

It seems that the iron factories of the coun- try are specially busy. A short time ago the government, being in need of material for the completion of the Navy Department Building, sent out circulars to the large iron manufac- turies asking for proposals. Those in charge of tEe building were surprised to hear from 8 majority of the firms addressed that their pri- vate orders were already so numerous that it would be impossible for them to supply the desIred material within the time mentioned. Such thing has not happened for many years, and in fact it is very doubtful whether it has ever occurred before.
Year: 1879

It is now stated that the French govern ment will offer substitute for the Ferry Education bill, such as will be more satisfac- tory to the conservative Republicans now op- posed to it.
Year: 1879

Mir. Roscoe Conkling has succeeded in fore ing the nomination of Cornell for Governor of New York. He made it personal matter; the custom house is no longer a political en- zine; the postmasters are no longer subject to dictation from Washington; consequently we have another administration defeat" to re- cord, simply because the government will not use the power of its patronage to punish its personal enemies It is not little curious to note the talk of the political press on thls sub- ject. Conkling is admired for the vigor with which he manages the machine" in his own personal interest and to the manifest disadvan- tage of his party. On the contrary the Ad- ministration is ridiculed for not using the very means for victory which the platform on which Mir Hayes was elected, pledged him notto use. Such is the morality of politics
Year: 1879

\ bill is pending in the French Assembly for sale of the crown jewels, valued at from three to four million dollars Of the propriety of selling these gewgaws of royalty there can be little doubt. France ought to have no further use for them. The only question is one of business. In these hard times they might not sell for their real value It is not very many hundred years since princes were in the habit of ''spouting" their personal prop erty of this description. Napoleon appears to have been the last French sovereign to do this.
Year: 1879

The latest stOry of the party who apologize for the murder of Dixon-that the murdered man WAS seeking the life of the murderer-is coagrsdicsei by Mrs Dixon. She ayers that, the day before his assassination, Dixon had sent word to Barksdale to assure him of the falsity of the charge that he had threatened

 his life The trial of the Chiselm murderers has begun, and we shall soon know what sort of justice may F expected from Mississippi
Year: 1879

The correspondent of THE Times ,
at Paris says "a majority of the Bon
apartists are understood to concur with
NJ. Rouher in acknowledging Prince
Jerome Bonaparte as chief OF the Napo-
leonic dynasty. They argue that the
will of the late Prince Imperial, which
asks the x-Empress Eugene to co
operateNith Prince Victor, was written
on the assumption that the testator
would survive Prince Jerome Bona
parte. This reasoning, however, is
considered transparent excuse for the
nonobservance Of the impracticable will
of the Prince Imperial. NJ. Rouher's
retirement from active politics is evil
IDENTIFY owing to feeling that he and
Prince Jerome could not act together,
and the latter could not be set aside
What, between Prince Jerome Bona
parties possible adherence to the
Republic and the impossibility of
the clerical section of the BOnapar-
fists choosing leader without either
action against the wishes Of the Prince
Imperial's will or provoking distinct
disavowa from Prince Victor, the
Bonapartsts are in one of the most
perplexing positions ever occupied by
any party
Year: 1879

Complaint is being made to us of the
apparently partial spirit which is con-
trolling the actions of the butcher In
vestigating Committee. This partiality
or one-sided action, is evidenced in the
published statement to the effect
that the Committee had adjourned
over until Monday the 7th inst, for
the purpose of giving the friends of Mr..
butcher time to collect and offer rebut-
ting evidence. 1t is thought that this
action comes with very bad grace af-
ter members of the same committee had
done all in their power to bring before
them such evidence as would prove de-
rogatory to the evidence and prejudicial
to the interests Of George NJ. butcher.
Having done this against the accused
it is but right and proper that the same
efforts should be made in his favor. C.
Year: 1879

On last Monday afternoon a number
of the prominent men of this city went
out TO the farm of EX sheriff Armstrong
for the purpose Of assisting that gentle
man in getting his hay under cover.
Among the pitchers were some Of our
high officials, some merchants, contrac-
tors and builders and some retired gen.
tlemen. After short time was spent
looking at the hay without much effort
to put it away, they gathered in group
i'll field under some trees, and here
the time was spent in speech making,
joke cracking, and feasting. From this
the conclusion is drawn that if the corn
huskers do no more work than this par
ty they had better stay at home, as
the refreshments cost more than the
work amounts to.
Year: 1879

The funeral OF Mr. Samuel A. Baylis
Jr., member OF the Friendship fire
company took place yesterday afternoon
from his late residence at No. 20 La
mo tie street. There was general
turn out OF friends.


The foreman Of one of our large shops,
who is u widOwrr. should refresh his
memory, and by doing so he would not
be so liable to forget the name of the
lady whom he was to call upon. In
refreshing his memory it would be ne.
cessary for him to sit ou the fire. plug
and wait until his lady came to the
door.


1t is rumored that the Baldwin To-
comotiv- works are considering the ad-
visibility of their removing to the city
of Npw Castle.