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Year: 1878

Miss. Iupper's school has opened un
der the most favorable auspices, both a.
to attendance and satisfaction given.


Centennial twp, on Saturday was ar
attractive place for people from both
sides of the river. The vote upon the
proposition Of Railroad taxation resulted
in no taxation.


Judge Chapman Of Beloit, Wis If
now the guest of his daughter Mrs. Mead
His faith IN this country is manifested in
divers investments and Is still looking fol
more.


The wind on Saturday blew more
than great and little guns combined
Dust, and all movable material that nature
had laying around loose commenced aeri
ala scensions and ears, mouth and noses re
ceived unusual amount Of deposits.


DR.. Hovt will hold Episcopal service
on the I'd and 4th Sunday of each month
at the Court House in Canton, at u pas,
10 in the forenoon, and at the Beloit
School House at2 o'clock in the afternoon


Of said Sundays


An exhibition will be given soon by
the Bclolt School; the proceeds will be
devoted to the purchase Of a bell for the
School House, the need Of which has long
been felt. The colloqaoy of the nations, "
by the ladies Of the Normal class in cor.
rect costume, will be the main feature OF
the programme.


The grader is throwing the dirt lively
on the line through Dan Carpenters farm
below town, and men are at work along
the grade between Beloit and Fairvinw
if the weather keeps favorable for the next
two weeks the light grade will be com.
plcted on the entire line leaving only the
heavy grade which can be worked after
frost comes.


During an absence of nearly three
weeks from the Bcloit side. marks of i'm
provement have occurred. The Reynolds
House is being enlarged to a capacity
double that Of its original size. The Car
penter block formerly used for Billiard
Hall and printing office has been repaired
and rented to Woerz & Co., one portion Of
which will be occupied for furniture
store The mammoth warehouse Of Hell.
gerson has been talked OF being remodel
ed into hotel, but the party interested
has concluded to build anew on NJ ain ST.,
nearer the bridge. The business men
have got over the dumps and seem in the
best of splits. New goods are arriving at
Rowley's and soon his stock will be the
largest and best he ever carried in Beloit
Fosdck's clothing house is crammed
with ready made clothing so much 50 that
barely room is left to pass between the
side counters and the central, one all piled
with clothing Of al prices, from the
cheapest to as costly a suit as any person
in thse parts would wish to invest in
Mike Nelson has made large additions to
his hardware stock and if goods continue
to arrive as during the past week his store
will have to be enlarged to receive them.
Coultcr's drug store is receiving access
ions to his we'll selected stock, articles that
are kept at such establishments. latter
shall has also f0rcsecn the approach Of
lively times and is adding to his stock of
Harness and material. Carpenters mill
is crowded with work, and the best of
feeling prevails ever the speedy prospect
Of the railroad to Bclolt.
Year: 1878

The conduct Of the British Envoy to
Afghanistsn in retiring from the Khyber
Pass at the command of the Ameer's Off
Ger is in striking contrast with the do
ing of Give WELLESLEY, and the other
soldiers of fortune who built up by their
conquests the empire of British India.
Had Maharajah or Nizam of those days
resisted the advance of an English force,
he would have speedily found his capital
blown up and his followers slaughtered or
dispersed.
Year: 1878

SPURGEoy, on one occasion, as he
preached to an outdoor audience, larger
than St. Paul ever gathered around him,
was describing how easily and quickly the
descent of sinner is made into perdition
In order to illustrate his words, as he
s,ood on an elevated platform which was
reached by stairs protected by balus-
trade, he sat down astride the rail and
Shot like an arrow to the bottom saying,
MY brethren, thus suddenly and with
ease does sinner go into hell" Then
walking up slowly and laboriously, with
much effort and straining, to the top, he
turned upon the people and added,
while thus painfully and with great
toll does the Christian climb the golden
stairs to heaven"


Senator Bayard, of Delaware is to de-
liver an address to the patrons of the State
Fair at Pimlico on Thursday. Senator
Bayard is not Baltimorean, neither i.
he native OF Maryland, and for thil
reason his coming here to speak words of
wisdom to our people may seem quite
presumtuous to some ofour local contem.
poraries. However, Mr.. Bayard is ma
tive OF An adjoining state and we have ex
cellent authority tor the statement tina
if he had not been born in Delaware h
would have preferred Maryland as a plac
of nativity over any other state in TIN
Union. This being the case and Senate
Bayard being man of great intellectual
power and broad views-and, moreover
a man whom Marylanders delight t
honor--it Is to be hoped that as man
people as can gather within tn. range q
his voice will be on hand at Pimlico t.
morrow TO hear him.-Bdtt. Guzette..7
Year: 1878

4 man life annually from secret and chronic diseases,
caused this old and reliable institution to be established
first in Philadelphia Penn, in 1850, and afterwards in San
Francisco CAL in 1854 private dispensary in order to


afford the afflicted the best medical and surgical treatment
the above and all other affections and complaints
Consultations at the institute or by letter, FREE.
Year: 1878

The ship yards in New York and Brooklyn
continue quite slack. In Boston trade is mod
crate, though most Of the work being done is
repair work. In Chester. Pa, and Wilmington
DEL business is steady, but rather slack
Year: 1878

That the seat Of government shall be estab-
dshed at the city Of Baton Rouge or at the
city Of New Orleans, as the majority of the
voters OF the State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
IN their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge;i those voting to locate the capi-
sal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, tsFor State Capital, New Orleans"
one.l
Year: 1878

THE DISTRICT SITUATION.-The bill for a
District government collapsed in the House
Monday, but not on account of its main fea-
lures. The vote on the different sections
proved that the main features mad the ap-
proyal of the House, but the limitation on
office. holding to property holders scared many
from lis support. 1t is very herd to agree on
a good bill, for what suits one will not sat
another. The leaders of the House of both
paItleS know that we ought not to have uni
versal suffrage in this District-knOw that it
is dangerous to trust to it i'm city where
there are SO many thousands of ignorant ne
grOeS. But to vote to limit suffrage here will
be used on the stump against any man who
shall vote for it, and so the District has 10
suffer TO save members of Congress from con-
demnatiOn at home. The very best thing
here, and in all our large towns, will be suf-
frage limited by The ownership of property
enough to give the voter real interest i'm
economical legislation-but I am aware that
the principle will never be adopted in this
country. The suffrage will be extended to
women. rather than curtaled in regard to
man.


Congress will not adjourn without doing
something for this District 1t will assume
half the expenses and make some provision
for the 365 bonds, as it should. Doubtless
there is more or less of speculation connected
with the District legislation in Congress-
there are large interests inVolyed-but this
cannot defeat legislation. We shall have to
wait till dOomsday for aid if Congress waits
till everything is as pure as one could wiSh.-
r. Fan." in SpriTafetd Republican.
Year: 1878

THE ATTACK ON CONGRESSMAN ELLSWORTH.
special dispatch to the New York Times from
Detroit, April 10, says: Representative Els
worth is slowly recovering from his recent as
sault. The attack upon him was entirely with
out warrant and seems to have been made by
a man whom business and domestic troubles
had rendered utterly unreasonable i'm his
1lht
Year: 1878

THE CANADIAN CATTLE MARKET for the
past week has been excited and active i'm CON
sequence OF the imperial government placing
canada In the same position as Scotland and
ireland with respect TO the same cattle and
Tie and 200 sheep were shipped from Toronto
last week, and a large number were selected
fOr Shipment per next outgoing Steamship.
Year: 1878

The captain walking on the JUnd one day
recognized his former passenger, Fred, and
called to the dog Fred snufTed at him de-
liberately, dropped his head, and appeared
for few moments to mediate profoundly
But suddenly he showed the widest delight
leaped up at the captain and licked his hands,
barking and smiling then started down the
street at full speed, and at last returned to
take his old place at the heels of his new mas
ter. The captain, we have said was n phil
osopher he accepted the adoption us II de-
cree of fate to which he bowed submissively


One evening, not long after this the cap
tain was attacked by II party of drunken
Japanese officers. Fred sprang Mt the throat
of one Of the assailants and would have
stranged him, if another Of the Japanese had
not cut him down with stroke of his sword
The captain escaped with a slight wound and
took refuge in the club, from whence he
soon sailed forth with party Of friends to
give chase to his foes and try to save his dog
But his brave friend and defender was dead
He was buried in the yard of the clubhouse
of Yokohama, where stone with the inscrip-
ton Fred, 1868" still marks the place
where poor Sandy's faithful companion lies
-BhcktrOOds M0gdziRe.
Year: 1878

How THEY KEEP PARIS CLEAN. When Full
ton, of the Baltimore American, was in Paris,
he used to get up early in the morning and
ride about the city ON the top of a street car,
in order TO see how they kept Paris SO clean.
He writes "The housekeepers bring out all
their rubbish and pile it up in the streets
one pile TO every three or four houses. 1t is
no sooner emptied than the rag-pickers, who
swarm the streets with their bags and baskets
and hand-carts pounce upon it and gather
up all the fragments of paper, rags or metal
TO be found in the piles. They are so nu-
merous that there is scramble on every
street, and they move from pile TO pile as if
their lives depended on their activity. They
seem to take away one-third the rubbish.
Servants are everywhere to be seen with
broom aud bucket in hand cleaning of the
fronts. The streets are being sprinkled with
hose, and an army of men and women with
birch brooms are sweeping the streets. On
the boulevards, horse brushing machines are
in motion, and the garbage carts are remov-
ing the piles thrown out by the housekeep-
Year: 1878


Listen to the water-mill:


Through the live-long day,
How the clicking Of the wheel


Wears the weary hours away.
Banguidly the autumn wind


Stirs the withered leaves;
On the field the reapers sing,


Binding up the sheayes;
And a proverb haunts my mind,
Aud as a spell is cast:
The mill will never grind


With the water that is past"
Summer winds revive no more
Lesves strewn over earth and main;
And the sickle n'er eau reap


The gathered grain again;
Aud the ripping stream flows on.
Tranquil, deep and still,
Never gliding back again


To the water-mill.
Truly speaks the proverb old,


with meaning vast:
"The mill will never grind


With the water that is past"
oh, the wasted hours Of life


That have swiftly drifted by!
Oh, the good we might have done,
Gone and lost without a sigh!
Love, that we might once have saved
by a single kindly word
Thoughts conceived but ne'er expressed,
Perishing unpenned, unhesr
Take the proyerb to thy soul
Take and clasp it fast
The mill will never grind


with the water that is past"
o, love thy God and fellow man,
Thyself consider last,
For come IL will when thou must scan
Dark errors Of the past;
And when the flight Of life is o'cr,
And parth rerpdea from viasr
And heaven in all its glory shines,
Midst pure, and good, and true,
Then you will see moro truly
The proverb deep and vast:
"The mill will never grind


With the water that is past"
"Take the lesson to thyself,
Loving heart and true:
Golden years are fieeting by,
Youth is passing too;
Learn to make the most Of life;
Lose no happy day;
Time will ne'er return sweet Joys
Neglected-thrown away.
Leave no tender word unsiid,
But love while love shall last:
THE mill will never grind


With the water that is past"
Work while yet the sun doth shine,
Man Of strength and will;
Never does the streamlet glide
Useless by the mill.
Wait not till to-morrow's sun
Beams brightly on the way;
All that thou canst call thine own
Lies in the phrase "To-dAyl'
Power, intellect and blooming health
May nOt-will not-alwAys last:
"The mill will never grind


With the water that is past
Year: 1878

ers. Water is turned on in all the cutters, and
women with brooms are engaged in washing
them down. Men with hose are watering
around all Of the roots of all the hundreds Of
thousands Of trees on the bouevards, and
taking up the gratings so as TO loosen tho
earth around them. All, OF nearly all this
work is done by the city authorities. and by
nine o'clock the city is as clean as broom and
brush and water can make IT,"
Year: 1878

The lessons taught by the disagree
ments Ito use the mildest possible term
over the wills of Stewart, Vanderbilt and
others, with whose names the world has
rung, on account of their accumulated
millions, is forcible one. Toiling-. for
years with but single purpose, they
piled up gold to an almost fabulous
amount-and fdied. Then, and almost
before their remains were coffined, the
chickering's and the jealousy and the
quarreling began, as to how the wealth
should be divided, and who should have
the lions share. Like mushrooms, after
a night of rain, claimants sprang up and
rightful (or wrongful) heirs considered
themselves defrauded. The want of jus
tice in the division was keenly felt;
brothers and sisters and friends were
separated, and the most intense bitter
ness inaugurated. The law, with its veX-
atious delays, was summoned to adjust
the difficulty, thousands therein squand-
cred that should have been put to better
uses, the diving wishes of the testator
utterly disregarded, and the man who
had passed through life as a sane person,
proven to have been either insane or an
idiot


The lesson, in view of these facts, is
so plain that he who runs may read. 1t
is to do good, to confer benefits while
living and in ones power to do-not to
leave it until after death. In this some
"a very few-have shown wisdom, but
the great majority have sought only TO
pile up wealth that, at the best, can only
purchase for them q coffin and monu-
ment. and create discord and murderous
feelings when gone. To avoid this, there
is but one way, and truly noble, gener-
ous and discerning man will be the al
moner of his own bounty; will judic-
iOuslv distribute his property while he
can himself regulate and see to it; will
So bestow that it will cause his name to
he spoken by those who live after him
with blessings; will remember in his
benefaetions the world at large-not
few who will squander or hoard.


Perhaps, and the thought is one that
forces itself upon every rejecting mind,
there may be a curse attached to the
possession of great riches. 1t is rarely,
if ever, gathered without being wrung
from the poor, and there may be retrlbu-
tive Justice in the shame and litigation
and misery that follows the reading OF
a will Certainly these things are the
general result of the masslng and the
giving away of large sums of money, and
there is more of compensation and adj
iustment in the affairs of this world than
we are willing to believe. At all events,
the lesson of the curse attending dead
mems money is an impressive one. and
there is wisdom in the avoiding what mas
been so repeatedly taught, and learning
to give while yet it is within our power
to restrain human passions and keep in
tact fraternal love.
Year: 1878

The prevention of disease and promo
ton of health has become a popular
study in the science of medicine. The
practitioner once turned his attention
solely to the restoration of health, and
the Journals which treated upon the sub
ject were read only by the scientific few,
while the masses were ignorant Of all
the laws pertaining to the physical and
moral well doing.
To-day we, as generation, are paying
dearly for the ignorance of our progenl-
tors, who had not thought IN regard to
| diet, but ate anything and everything
placed before them-pjrkles greened IN
copper and brass, and containing the
most deadly poison, always ldisl graced
their tables, and in place OF fruit IN It's
natural state las we now have by the
canning process), one was tempted with
preserves, very truly named 'sWeetmeats.'
That they were death to the stomach,
especially of children, and life to the
worm, that curse of infancy, there can
be no question. And then followed the
1rre for the pests in the form of pink
rDot and other infamous vermifuges, and
the inevitable result a. weakened and
diseased condition Of the stomach and
bowels, paving the way for dyspepsia in
middle Hfe; hence our first study should
be of the digestive organs and how to
prevent disease.


When healthful and properly mastica-
ted food is taken into the stomach, the
pure portion is at once absorbed by the
blood; the heart, brain and lungs feed,
and the entire physical structure or ma
chinery takes new vigor, and life Is not
burden, a dreary passage to the longed--
for grave, but period of enjoyment and
usefulness.


Let all who value health reject acids,
pepper. mustard and their kindred, and
all spices save in minute quantities; hot,
fermented bread, biscuit and 'griddle'
cakes except at the morning or noon
day meal. At night they should be
utterly discarded, and in all cases their
visits Should be far between. Avoid all
spirituous liquors as satanic stimulants
to the appetite. They serve but to in
flame the organs, vitiate the taste, cause
an abnormal longing for food-at one
time an unnatural craving, and again
total destruction Of appetite.


Choose food the best adapted to your
| needs, varying it as much as possible.
The Grahamites are usually but a weak
ly set, and undoubtedly injure their
stomachs by compelling it to assist in
the riding one hobby quite as much as
your pickle-eating, ale-imbibing gour-
mands. Oat meal and Graham eating
once ddy is correct, as those who have
tried it win acknowledge, but to compel
our stomachs to subsist entirely upon 1t
is against reason.


Meat and vegetables, properly cooked,
ara ol,v,vs orafef1llv received and bene-
fetal to a healthy stomach. To the dis
eased, the best advice that can be given
is to faithfully study what they can di-
gest, and partake Of that even in mOder-
ate quantities.
Year: 1878

Every one can do something to add TO
the social life at the table, says DR.. Hol-
brook. If one cannot talk. he can listen
or ask questions and draw out others
who can talk. Good listeners are as
necessary as good takers Never argue
at the table; but tell pleasant stories,
relate or read anecdotes and look out
for the good of all Sometimes a single
anecdote from a paper starts q converse
ton that lasts during the meal time.


A family table ought to be bright and
cheerful, sort Of domestic altar, where
every one casts down his or her offering,
great or small. of pleasantness ana
peace; where, for at least brlef space
in the dav an annoyances are laid aside,
all stormy tempers hushed, all quarrels
healed; every one being glad and con-
tent to sit down at the same board and i
eat the same bread and sait, making IL
wbatber II were a rich repast or a dinner
# herbs, equally joyful, almost sscra'
mental meal.
Year: 1878

The Grand Duchess of Baden, only
daughter of the Emperor Of Germany,
is rearing her child, girl, as though she
was expected to earn her own living in
after life. The child's companions are
instructed not to recognize her rank in
any way.
Year: 1878

Has already been of inesti- mable benefit to Arizona. It has reduced the cost of transportation very mate rially, and lessened the time of receiving goods at least one half, besides add ing greatly to the comfort and facility of travelling. With this record in the past, the prospect of a speedy extension of the same into the Territory is very encouraging for the future, as it will add very much to the prosperity and wealth of the whole coun- try.
Year: 1878

SAYS the Trinidad Enterprise The New Mexico and Southern Pacific Railway company, which is the New Mexican name of the Atchison, Topc- ka and Santa Fe, will be prepared to let contracts for an additional one hundred and fifty miles of grading in about thirty days.
Year: 1878

The following record Will show tho changes IN tho
Temperature tor the past twenty.iour hours 10
parison with tho corresponding date OF year. as
indicated by tho thermometer ut Hudnuts pharmacy,
I n IA linn
Year: 1878

OUR WILDLY Island friends by no means
forgot to observe the Fourth by demon
STATIONS indicative of patriotic commu,
nifty. A few of the young men, who at
tended from this place, spoke very enthuS-
iastically of their enjoyment. A picnic
during the day. an oration by lawyer
Burke, of Seattle and grand ball in the
evening were among the entertaining fea-
tures of the occasion, besides numerous
sports common to such occasions. The
above refers to Coupeville. We under
stool that Oak Harbor was to celebrate,
hut have not heard from there yet.
Year: 1878

without Delay or loss OF time. They are
now At, work and have already run some
thing over 100000 feet to Priest Point.
They will have the whole l5 100000 feet
OF logs All out ofrhe Slough in little
over an other month.
Year: 1878

= The Masonic Ball will be the leading
event of the holiday scsson. As usual
in all festivities held under the auspices
OF this venerable order. no pains will
be spared to render their Christmas Ball
one Of the most enjoyable occqsions of
the kind ever held IN this town. The
great improvements recently made in
Athcneum Hall, excellent music and the
lavish preparations of the Mosons cnn
hardly fail to furnish \ good time to all
WHO attend such gatherings,
Year: 1878

1t is The solemn thought, connected
with middle life. that life's last bust
ness is begun in earnest and it is then
midway between the cradle and the
grave. that a man begins TO marvel
that he let the days of youth slip by
SO half enjoyed. 1t is the pensive au-
tumn feeling, 1t is the sensation OF
half sadness that we experience when
the longest day of the year is passed,
and every day that follows is shorter.
and the night fainter, and the feebler
shadows tell that Nature is Fastening
with gigantic footsteps 10 her winter
grave. So does man look back upon
his youth. When The first gray hairs
become visible, when the unwelcome
truth fastens itself upon the mind that
man is no longer going up hill, but
down, and that the sun is always
wes.ering, he looks back on things be-
hind. When we were children we
thought as children. But now there
lies lies before US manhood, with its
earnest work, and then old age, and
then the grave, and then home. There
is second youth for man, better and
holier than the frst, if he will look on
and not look back.
Year: 1878

During the past week or two 8
school of pike have located under the
Sacramento and Yoio Bridge, and
they can be seen near the surface os
the water. They average about q foot
in length, and are so numerous that
there is hardly square foot of water
but contains couple of them. They
remain in the shadow of the structure
and lay with their heads up stream.
Every small fish that comes down the
river is Instantly goSbled up. So
complete does the blockade appear 10
be that it is very improbable that any
of the young fish that are on their
way down the river run the gauntlet
and live. 1t has been suggested that
Commissioner Redding have few
charges of giant powder exploded
among the piratical fellows, so that the
fish that are hatched above may pass
unharmed to the seal sacramento
Recorder Union.