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Year: 1879

The public arc notified that the support being insufficient, I have withdrawn the sprinkling cart, and will be obliged to go in other husi- ness with my seam unless better pat ronage is given me. will call on 1he business men Friday, and if those ,who do not subscribe will do so, I can continue. The-e is a large stretch If lana on the main street that has been daily watered, for which I receive no pay, there being no builings on said property. Three cents per foot fer the whole distance watered would he sufficient pay to justfy me in continuing.

 H ROGERS.
Year: 1879

We call attention of our readers to the adv. of the soda factory in this is, sue. They are prepared to manu- t-acture the best of soda and sasapa rilla at cheap rates and warrant no ddst>9rious substances are used. For c good pleasant drink and one that will lave no bad effect, there is no better Give them a call and get a dozen or so.
Year: 1879

As soon as the heated term is over. considerable building is going on in this place. During the past week, several contracts have been signed for the erection of brick residences, and business places. Next year, our town will be double the size it now iis. and with more substantial build iEge.
Year: 1879

New York. July 12.-At no time
since boat rowing became popular in
this country has there been an acquatic
celebration to equal the one just closed
on Saratoga lake. From the south and
west came young gentlemen to measure
ashen blades with the leading scullers
of the Atlantic for national supremacy.
Year: 1879

Cincinnati, July 12.--Advices from
different points in the interior and
eastern portion of the state indicate
that the storm last evening was a very
severe one and in many instances the
effects will be disastrous. The damage
to crops will be very great. At DeGraff
a number of houses were blown down
and the whole country covered with
water. The crops are leveled to the
urnuD6
Year: 1879

IT "the records of this county show
that eight out OF every ten convictions
in the criminal court are republicans"
some other cause must be found for it
than the inefficiency of the officers. The


prosecuting attorney and sheriff are as
efficient and Jealous as any similar Of
ficers anywhere. and never stop to ask
. criminals politics. Maybe more re-
publicans than democrats in this county
belong to the criminal classes. We do
Rst here make the assertion. but this is
che natural inference to be drawn from
the statement. which we do not make,
that "eight ont of every ten convictions
in tho criminal court are republicans"
Year: 1879

Jefferson City correspondent Kansas
City Mail :-'The first volume OF the
coming revision of the statutes may be
IN print about the first day Of November.
1t will not be bound. however, or ready
for delivery. This volume will contain
all of the most important laws, and may
be sent out in sheets by the secretary OF
state, so that each county will receive a
few copies."
Year: 1879

From the st. Louis Republican.


Senator Thurman has just received, in
the supreme courts affirmation of the
cc'nstItutionality OF the Thurman Pacific
railroad act "A triumph which must blunt
the pang of his defeat in Ohio. That act,
framed, reported and urged to passage
IN the senate by the Ohio senator, is one
OF great Importance to the country, since
it provided the only machinery that
could he provided for compelling the
Union and Central Pacific roads to pay
their debt to the government. 1t pro-
vides that they shall pay over to the
government a certain percentage Of
their earnings, amounting to about 49,
OOO, 900 year, to be invested as sink
ing fund tor the extinguishmcnt of their
Indebtedness to the government. This
indebtedness, at its present rate OF in
crease, will, by the time it falls due,
amount to nearly $40, 100000, and If
the present law could be evaded they
would probably never pay the debt. The
law compels them to pay it by small an
nual installments out OF their earnings.
They resisted it on the ground that it
was an unconstitutional interference
with their chartered rights, and three of
the supreme justices take this view OF
it; but the decision of the court, as de-
livered by tho chief,justice, is in favor
OF the law, and It will, therefore, stand
and have to be obeyed. 1t relieves the
government of the danger of having to
pay 500, 100000 which the roads alone
ought to pay and are amply able to pay. If
MIR. Thurman had done nothing, during
his service in the senate, but devise this
measure. it alone would be sufficient to
entitle him to the public gratitude.
Year: 1879

Here is the very heart of the state
rights doctrine: Resolved. That the


maintenance inviolate of the rights Of
the states, and especially the right of
each state to order and control its own
domestic institutions according to its
own judgment exclusively, is essential
to that balance of powers on which the
perfection and endurance of our public
fabric depend; and we denounce the
lawless invasion by armed force OF the
soil of any state or territory. no matter
under what pretext. as among the
gravest OF crimes" This resolution, in
it's last sentence, goes even beyond the
demands OF "southern brigadiers."
Who wrote it? Who indorsed il? Not
traitors and rebels. but the national re.
publican convention which nominated
Still, republicans of to-day
use estate rights" as scare crow to
frighten their scattered voters back into
place.
Year: 1879

The claims presented to congress from
the south are presented by sworn loyal
SITS; and they are not allowed by a
democratic congress to any alarming
extent. Conkling says he would as soon
have CockrelPs opinion on claim as
his own.
Year: 1879

Cruel despotism and horrible barbar-
ity on the part of the government are
Strengthening Nihilism In Russia every
day. There IS but one sensible course
it is to liberalize and popularize the
government. We are too far along in
this age of the world for the knout and
Siberia as punishments for political
opinions sake,
Year: 1879

1t seems to our limited vision that it
would look very much better for demo-
Gratis to endeavor to harnonize the DEM
ocrscy OF the entire country than to be
eternslly setting the democrats of the
west and east by the ears. Tho demo-
cratic party cannot succeed without
the east. and there would be no dsmoe-
racy without the south and west. Nsi-
ther part of the country should dictate
to the other, but If there are differences
let them be resonciled rather than be
widened into irreparable breashes.
Year: 1879

BRAZIL is still in the throeS of a horri-
Die famine and pestilence. The northern
provinces are being decimated ut fearful
rate. The disease which has been raging
is combination Of yellow fever and
small pox. but it is now feared the pesti-
lence will take the form of the black
plague. The plague could hardly be
counted worse scourge than the pest
which has SO long been raging.
Year: 1879

The amuSemcnts of the day to conclude
with the National Game of BASE BALL
played between the picked nine Of the
up. O." club of Port Townsend, and the
picked nine Of the soldiers at Fort Town
SeLd.
Year: 1879

My boy, do you know the boy love?
t. fancy see him now;
His forehead bare in the sweet spring air,
With the wind of hope in his waving hair,


The sunrise on his brow.
He is something near your height. maybe.


And just about your years;
Timid as you but his will is strong,
And his love OF right and his hate Of wrong


Are mightier than his fears.
He has the courage of simple truth,


The trials that he must bear.
The peril the ghost that frights him most,
He faces boldly, and like ghost


1t vanishes in air.
As wild fowl take. by river and lake,


The sunshine and the rain,
With cheerful constant hardihood
He meets the bad luck and the good,


The pleasure and the pain.
Come friends in need9 With heart and deed


lie gives himself to them,
lie has the grace which reverence lends
Reverence, the GROWING flower that bends


The upright lily-stem.

Though deep and strong his sense of wrong
. Fiery his blood and young,
His spirit is gentle, his heart is great,
He is swift to pardon and slow to hate;


And master of his tongue.
Fond of his sportsP No merrier lads


Sweet laughter ever rangI
But he is so generous and so frank
His widest wit or maddest prank


Can never cause pang.
His own sweet case all things that please.
~ He loves like any hoy;
But fosters prudent fortitude;
Nor will he squander fortune good


TO buy ieeting joy.
Face brown fair? little care,


Whatever the hue may be,
Or whether his eyes are dark or light;
II his tongue be true and his honor bright,


He is still the boy for me.
Where does he dwell? cannot tell;


Nor do I know his name
Or poor or rich? don't mind which;
Or learning Latin. or digging ditch;


love him all the same.
With high, brave heart perform your part,


Be noble and kind as he,
Then. some fair morning when you pass,
Fresh from glad dreams, before your glass,


His likeness you may see.
You are puzzled! What you think there is not


A boy like him-surmse
That he is only bright ideal?
But you have power to make him real,


And clothe him to our eyes,
You have rightly guessed: in each pure breast


Is his abding-place.
Then let your own true life portray
His beauty, and blossom day by day


With something of his grace.
Year: 1879

We present our readers this week with
the detailed statement Of our state treas
urer, enumerating the various sources
from which our yearly revenue Is derived
and the various channels through which
1T is distributed. A careful study of
this document discloses the fact that in
order to defray the expenses of the state
for the coming year the treasurer has on
hand, after paying the claims properly
chargeable to last years account, the
meager sum of scarcely thirty-fve thous-
and dollars. To be sure, this sum may
be increased by the early payment Of
the tax for next year and, by using
s"ss 1nSvn10 rO.s ssss----1-------L s----'-.-----
penses, instead of appropriating it where
it belongs, he may possibly bridge over,
and not be obliged to borrow very
large sum of money during the current
year. But this is all wrong. A state
cannot be run without necessary and un.
avoidable expense, and this penny-wise
and pound-foolish practice of auticipat-
ing our revenues is not creditable to the
state. The main object of our represen.
tatives seems to be, to be able to 60 home
and inform their constituents that they
have reduced the state tax, and in this
they glory abundantly, not taking into
consideration that by SO doing thy are
involving the state, and really working
against its best interests.


The plain fact is that the amount of
cash on hand will be entirely expended
by the lst day of Sept. and the state
will be not only virtual but an actual
borrower for the coming eleven months
to pay its necessary expenses. This was
| plainly told the committee of ways and
means at the last session of the legisla-
ture, but they entirely disregarded the
warning. and this is the result. A re.
deeming feature of this situation, how
ever, may be found in the fact that the
credit of the state is second to that of
no other in the Union, and money in any
necessary quantity can be readily pro-
cured at the very lowest rate of interest.


Another pleasing fact is that our
bonded war debt with a trihing excep-
thion, not yet presented for payment) is
extinguished. 1t is paid, not refunded,
or its obligation renea0ed. We doubt if
any other state in the Union can show
go good and oreditable financial record.
The following is the treasurer's state
| ment:
Year: 1879




KingwoOd Journal.


In 1869 Elihu Gregg burned down our
Courthouse, which was then occupied,
in part, by a family OF human beings.
He had a fair and an impartial trial. He
was ably defended. His guilt was es-
tablished beyond all question. \ jury
Of his countrymen found him guilty,
because the evidenCewasC conclusive. The
law fixed his punishment. He must
either he hung or imprisoned for life,
as he might elect. He made his choice.
He chose death. Aeiore the execution
of the sentence, he made his escape
from the Jail. After he escaped he
made threats that he would burn more
of the town of Kingwood. He fingered
around within days ride OF the place
ior months. He is again in our hands.
Some good people say, "Oh, it's pity 4;
he's old now; why not let him go?'
These people do not stop To think that
he is Just as guilty now as he ever was
guilty OF one Ot the mcaneSt of crimes.
They do not stop to think that their SEN
timental plea for Gregg is saying this TO
every house-burner who may here
after be convicted in Preston county:
"lt YOU STAY in Jail now until the day
fixed Tor the execution of your sem
tence, we will certainly punish you (;
but il YOU are cunning enough to get
out. and wander around ior ten years,
YOU will be hero-a sort of martyr
and We won't punish YOU then. Your
escaping from prison will make you
aguiltleSs man. There may be good
deal OF gush about such stuff, but there
is little sense in it, and no justice.
Years spent in eludng justice can never
make guilty man guiltless.
Year: 1879

Gated TO the government and to the
country, and in proper respect TO his
memory / hereby order that the several
Executive Departments be closed to
public business, and their flags and
those Of their dependencies throughout
the country be displayed at hall mast on
the day OF his funeral.


Signed. K. b. HAYES.
Year: 1879

NEW YORK, August -, 1879.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HEnALD:--


Allow to correct misstatemcnt In your issue
of FRIDAY in regard TO the proposed swimming match
between Officers Quigloy aud Farrell, of the
Eighteenth precinct The match In not us you state
for Of money, but is merely contest to decide
the relative merits Of the two non and the loser in
order to make the match Interesting to their friends
will give dinner to the section to which they are
attached Officer CHARLES DOOLEY


Eighteonth Precinct, Referee
Year: 1879

AMATEUR ASSOCIATION.


There was a large crowd present last Saturday to
witness the several games Tor the silver ball and the
amateur championship. This contest Is between
clubs of men who play for the love of the game and
for outdoor exercise. The rules require each club
to play with each other contesting club until of
them shall have two from the other. Then ut
the end of the the club will be crowned with
the laurel wreath which sh all have the most OF
sach SERIES Following is given the result to tho
present time:- ,ar rrt sfrtt.-..
Year: 1879

AN ACT to appropriate money for the payment Of
expenses of the present Legislature.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State Of Mn


nesota:


Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated out
Of any money in the State treasury belonging to tho
general revenue fund not otherwise appropriated
the sum of three thousand dollars for payment Of
the expenses of the legislature.


Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be In force
from and after it's pBsage.


Approved March Z, 1879.
Year: 1879

1t is not by frctting or worrying or ply
ing the fan that we can keep cool, but by
taking up our work, doing it bravcly and
chccrfuliy, with as little fuss as possible.
Take time by the forelock' and rise early,
getting as much done as possible before the
heat of the day. Never do any work
directly after dinner if it cannot be done
in the forenoon let it 60 until the next day;
you will live just as long and the family be
as comfortable. 1t is Il mistake to keep
the house close 40 cell all day, lest the
suns rays should enter it. Pure air must
be allowed to circulate through the house,
and this is of importance in keeping the
body cool. Throw open the windows and
blinds very early in the. morning and keep
them so until the dew has dried off; then
close them tightly and the rooms will re-
main quite comfortable until evening, when
the blinds can once again be thrown open
to admit the cool evening breeze. Drink
ing large draughts of ice water when the
body is heated or parlaking too freely of
food or ices, should be carefully avoided.
Bathing when heated or in excessive per-
splration is good cause for illness but an
ammonia or salt water bath once day,
but not directly after meal, is not only a
luxury but positive necessity. Also We
should he careful in the food we eat very
little meat is desirable, but fish, lamb,
chickens and all white tlcshcd fowls are in
season also, all kinds of vegetables and
fruit. Berries as well rs stoned fruits can
be eaten in moderation. Much is said
against the unhcalthfulncss of cucumbcrs
and watcrmelons; the first can be eaten
without discomfort if allowed to remain a
few minutes in salt and water, then poured
OF and vinegar put in its place. Water
melons can bc eaten if fresh and thoroughly
ripe. Iced tea and coffee are very tlcsir-
able; as they act as tonics upon the system.
Only enough should be cooked to DO
eaten the same day, for even if put in IN
ice box it will taste stale. All animal food
should be eaten of sparingly, but milk and
fruit, bread and vegetables, ice cream,
(Which can be bought at small COST iced
fruit, oat meal, hard boiled eggs, served in
vinegar and salt-thcy have lately been
pronounced by medical authority more di-
gcstible than soft boiled cggs---ham sand
wlchcs, dried and canned meats, jellics,
fresh crackers, dried fish all of these are
very good for summer meals, or for picnic
lunches
Year: 1879

The three prime rules to be observed are
sound and various food, warmth and cleanli.
ness There is nothing that fattening fowl
grow, so fastidious about as his water. II
water any way foul be offered him he will not
drink it, but sulk with his food and pine and
you all the while wondering the reason why


Keep them separate, allowing to each bird
as much space as you can spare, spread the
ground with sharp, sandy gravel, and take
care that they are not disturbed In addition
to their regular diet of good corn make then,
a cake of ground oats or beans, brown sugar
milk and mutton suet. Let the cake lie til
it is stale, then crumble it, and give each birt
a gill-measureful morning and evening. NJ
entire grain should be given to fowls during
the time they are fattening; indeed, the secre


Of success lies in supplying them with nutri


tious food without stint, and in such a form
that their digestive mills shall find no diff


Guilty in grinding it. ..... ........
Year: 1879

Pumpkins adapted to culinary purposes
can bepreserved not only all winter, but up
to the following summer, which is perhaps
longer than may be desired But for winter
pumpkin pie is not excelled for delicious
ness by any other, If the cook knows as well
how to make them as every one should.
Some persons use it also as sauce, and 1t is
very good sauce if properly prepared
When we were in the habit Of preserving the
pumpkin we selected the yankee Squash" +"
as it was called, but other good kinds will no
doubt answer as well. These we placed on a
scaffolding put up in the cellar, allowing
them to lie side by side, but only in a single
layer We used them as needed through the
winter, and found that from dozen to a
dozen and a half were ample to supply the
family as long as we cared for them. On two
occasions we kept one or two over to discover
how long they would keep, and we found
them in good condition in August, but that
was about the end of their time.
Year: 1879

J. w. Fingal, Ont, writes how he has sue
ceeded in having apples every year by chang
ing the bearing year of one of the two trees.
They had both been laden with fruit every
alternate year for ten years Last year they
were both covered with blossoms, and being
desirous to change the bearing year of one Of
them, he with his son resolved to pick off the
blossoms They commenced at seven o'clock
in the morning and completed their work by
eleven. The result OF this experiment is that
this year he is well rewarded for his labor;
the tree from which he picked the blossoms is
so heavily laden that the branches are well
nigh breaking with the load, while the tree
that bore last year has on not more than q
dozen apples. BY this means he expects to
have one tree bearing we'll every year, giving
him sufficient for his family's use. If shak-
ing or knocking off the young fruit would
have the same effect, it would be much
easier and quicker way Of preventing the.tree
bearing for the season; but of this he has nc
experience He would advise those whose
orchards are bearing fruit alternately to try
| the experiment next year.
Year: 1879

is one that yields its owner a good profit
through the whole season. But he must
supply the cows with what they need in order
for them to be able to keep up their product


When their butter gets light in color he must
make it "gilt edged" by using Wells, Rich.
ardson & Co.'S Perfected Butter Color. j;
gives the golden color of June and adds five
cents per pound to the value of th6 butter.
Year: 1879

By this method every sick person can get
a package of the dry vegetable compound
Kidney-Wort, and prepare for themselves
six quarts of medicine. 1t is a specific cure
for Kidney diseases, Liver Complain, Con-
stipation and Piles, and great tonic for
Females.


"A contest between rattlesnake aud q
SOW and pig lately occurred in Montgom.
cry county Georgia. The snake first bit
the pig then the old SOW attacked the
snake and in her turn was bitten. She sue
ceeded in killing the snake, but when Mr..
Bridges, the owner of the farm, reached the
spot he found the reptile and the animals
side by side dead. This would seem to con.
tradict the opinion that the hog is proof
| against the bite of a rattlesnake.
Year: 1879

When your system gets out OF tune and
you feel completely played out, it is pretty
certain that you need medicine to act on
both the Kidneys and liver for these i'm.
portant organs work together in freeing the
system of its waste, and keeping up the tone.
Then take Kidney Wort, for this is just
what it does, for it is both diuretic aud
carthartic.


The architect who can come within five
hundred dollars of the cost of thousand
dollar house should enter the lecture field
and explain how he does 1t.
Year: 1879

Down the quiet country road, before you reach the
Where the birch tree first awakened TO the mornings


low breath, swings,
ohtimes sit in silence the small moss-covered


bridge,
Near the little shady nook where the backbird sings
There the spreading trees meet DER me- and hear no


harsh voice calling,
Whilst his sweetness to my fancys dream a sacred


feeling brings,
As II mnges with the rpplinq Of the brook DER peb-
In the little shady nook where the blaclbrd sings.
There the ivy climbs the highest Of the lofty trees be-


side me,
And the buebell like carpet in the early summer


springs;
In the thorn need but Chamber an the snowy bloom


would hide me
In the little shady nook where the blackbird sings
There the trout his supper seeking in the sunny


beam is leapng,
And the pool is brought to life again in many glisen-


ing rings,
When the day seems growing fainter ard the shad.


ows onward creeping
In the little shady nook where the blackbird sings
There the swallows dart like spirits underneath the


narrow arches,
And the air a sweecned perfume like the almond


round me hngs,
And dream Of holy quiet as l watch the fcathpry
In the little shady nook where the blackbird sings
Oh, II could only tell you what unbroken heartfelt


pleasure
Ever waits me in this spot to which nv thought 60


fondly clings,
You would follow me, nor wonder tis my only pleas


ant leisure,
By the little shady nook where the blackbIrd sings