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Year: 1874

On last Sunday night short time after
the family had retired to their rooms the
son of our townsman James Klbbey felt
something struggling between his head
and the pillow, and feeling for the object
put his hand upon something which he
supposed to be tarantula and gave it
sling, when the horrible and venemOus
creature ran down over his arm and body
towards his feet. He gave the alarm, when
Mr.. Kibbey lighted a candle and wentintO
the room and examined the bed and bed
clothes. but failed to find anything. where
upon the boy lay down and slept until
morning. On cleaning up the room next
day Mrs. Kibbey found ensconced under
the boys pillow large tarantula. which,
the moment he was uncovered, arose to
his full height and made battle. when she
despatched it with the broom. The wonder
is that the terrible looking spider did not
bite the boy, as they usually make battle
at everything that comes within reach OF
their poisonous fangs. - Mercede (CaL.)
ATOlLS
Year: 1874

To the ethnOlOgist the study of the pc
Culiarities of different races is matter OF
absorbing interest, and, at times, very
singular tancies are discovered by those
who examine into these matters. As an
illustration we quote the following from
the notes of an chronological explorer
among the groups of islands known as the
NicObars, about $50 miles south Of the
Andamans. Speaking OF the customs OF
the inhabitants, the writer says: lone OF
the most noticeable of these, and one
which seriously affects the trade OF the Is
land. is the passion for old hats which, with
out exception, pervades the whole frame
work of society. No one is exempt from
it. Young and old, chief and subject alike,
endeavor to Outvie each other in the singu-
larity of shape no less than in the number
of old hats they can acquire during then
lifetime. On fine morning at the NlcO-
bars It's no unusual thing to see the surface
of the ocean, in the vicinity of the island,
dotted over with canoes, i'll each OF which
the noble savage, with nothing on but the
conventional slip of cloth, and tall white
hat with a black band, may be watched
standing up and catching fish for his daily
meal. Secondhand hats are most in re-
quest, new hats being looked upon with
suspicion and disfavOr. This curious pas
sion is so well known that traders from
Calcutta make annual excursions 10 the
NicObars with cargOes of old hats, which
they barter for cOcOa-nuts, the only pro
duet of these islands a good tall white hat
with a black band fetching from tifty-tive
to sixty-five good cOcOa-nuts. Intense
excitement pervades the island while the
trade is going on, and fancy prices are Of
ten asked and received. When the hats or
the cocoa-nuts have at length come to an
end. the trader lands a cask or so of rum,
and the population in their hats get drunk
without intermissiOn until the rum also
comes to an end. 1t is curious that in far
away regions so profitable market should
be found for cast-off specimens of one Of
the most disagreeable symbols Of eiYiliza-
tiOn-Auqllst ScTibnsr'S.
Year: 1874

The idea prevailed in old times that
women were only fit to attend to domestic
affairs, such as cooking, sewing, and at
tending to the children. Under higher
state of culture the women have developed
a capacity for scientific investigation and
discovery that proves them equal in men
tai capacity to the lords of creation.


just now, when tobacco plants are scarce
and hard to procure, and when, for want
of a season to set out plants, the few that
were in the beds have run to what is known
as ''long shank plants" a distinguished
lady of Ballard county has made discOv-
cry that mnst prove of great utility. She
cut OFF about an inch of the main bud of
one Of these plants and set it out, when TO
her delight the bud took root and produced
a beautiful plant. We have one Of these
plants in our Office, where it can be seen,
with seven fine leaves on it. The man
root is about an inch and half long. and
shows at the end where it was broken OIL
from the original plant.


Mrs. Oscar Turner is the lady who made
this discovery, which may prove OF great
value to tobacco grOwers.-Padaeah Ken
tltcEidn
Year: 1874

81 think it must be jolly thing to be
young widow" | heard this remark the
other day in a group of laughing girls.
think l remember saying such thing
myself in my girlish times. DO you
know, girls, what it is to be a widow! It
is to be ten times more open to criticism
than any demoiselle possibly could be. 1t
is to have men gaze as you pass, first at
your black dress, and then at your wild
Ow'S cap, until your sensitive nerves quiy-
er under the intlictiOn. Itis to have one
ill-natured person say, II wonder how
long she will wait before she marries
again ~ and another answers Until she
gets good chance, IsuppOse." 1t IS now
and then to meet the glance of real sympa-
thy, generally from the poorest and most
humble women you mee5, and feel your
ewes fill at a token so rare, that is so un-
looked for. 1t is to have your dear fash
iOnable friends console you after the fol-
lowing fashion: ''Oh, well it iSa dread
ful loss. We know you feel it, dear"
And in the next breath. ''G on will be sure
to marry again, and your widows cap Is
very becoming to you" But 1t Is more
than this to be widow. 1t is to miss the
strong arm you have learned to lean upon,
the true faith which you knew could never
fail YOU, though all the world might for
sake YOU. 1t is to miss the dear voice that
uttered your name with tenderness that
none other could give it. 1t is to hear no
more the well-knOwn fOOtStep that you
flew to meet. TO see no more the t;fe
that to your adoring eyes seemed as the face
of the angels of God. To feel no more the
twining arms that folded you so lovingly;
the dear eyes, that looking into your own,
said plainly, whatever it seemed to others,
yours was the fairest face earth held for
him. 1t is to fight with a mighty sorrow
as a man fights with the waves that over
whelm him, and to hold it at arms length
for awhile, only to have-in the hours of
loneliness and weakness-the storm roll
over you, while-peOr storm-driven dove
YOU see no haven.
Year: 1874

Cops Western Land O,oner for July con-
tains the following: "There are remain
ing in the General Land Office undelivered
more than 100000 patents for agricultural
land. Of this number about 5000 are
from Illinois, and nearly as many from
Indiana and Missouri. Among them are
patents signed by Monroe, and by and for
every other President up to Lincoln's
time. The cause for this accumulation of
patents is in the fact that many land-own-
ers believe the duplicate Receivers receipt
is sufficient evidence of title to their land
1t ought not to be so regarded. Entries
are being constantly Cancelled by the Gen.
eral Land Office for informality, and if the
address of an indebted applicant is not
known at the local Office, as too often is the
case, he, or the party to whom he has sold
his land, will some day be much astonished
to find another person holding a Govern
ment patent for his property"
Year: 1874

smell, if possible. If already located near
the house, and it is impossible to move
them, plant a screen of pine trees between
the barn and house, to prevent unseemly
sights and still more unseemly smells.
In any event, the stables should be kept
sweet, and the barnyard should not be
one great slough of despOnd and breeder
of disease. 1t was fashionable, few
years since, to recommend a coneave BARN.
yard, so as to save the liquids and manu-
facture more manure. This is all well
enough, but cattle do not thrive in filth.
They want a comfortable place to stand
and lie down, Just rs much as other folks.
Even that much-abused animal, the hog,
is Iaturally neat, and becomes filthy only
through poor domestic training.


This leads us to say that the hog-pen is
another breeder of disease around the
premises of many farmers. During the
dog-days we have smelled hOg-pens, at
the distance of ten or dozen rods, that
were enough TO make a dog run mad.
Keep the hog-pen well Uttered with refuse
straw, or weeds, or SOdS, and the profit
will be increased, as well as the comfort
and health of the family. The sugges-
tiOns with reference TO the location of the
barn will apply with equal force to the
HOg- pell. lHuetu, iHOtlSil Tic ldIIci Il
Oftener placed near the house than is the
barn, there is greater reason for keeping it
at arms length for the hog voids much
urine, and his excrements ferment rapidly
and with an abOminable OdOr. A gentle
man who is so unfortunate as to have his
barn and hOg-pen near his house, was re-
Gently showing us about his buildings,
and pointing to his hOg-pen, said: This
is the greatest nuisance on these prem
ises. | have sOdded the pens and l have
lined them, and they will smell badly"
We could see no remedy in his case eX-
cept to move the buildings, and especially
the hog-pens, to a remote distance.


We would like to say a word about the
swill-barrel, which we sometimes see at
the kitchen door, sending out a sour eff1u-
via, but we have said as much about these
nauseous matters as can be digested at
one time.-Nelo York Times.
Year: 1874

A public meeting. convened under the
auspices of the Women's Educational
Union, was held at the Eyre Arms, st.
Johns Wood, London, recently, for the
purpose of promoting the establishment of
girls public day school in that district.
Prof. Huxley, who occupied the chair in
the absence of Lord Aberdare, introduced
the subject by referring to the three courses
open to a man who desired to educate his
daughters. First, there was the boarding
school, but there were few thoroughly
good ones, and those were exceedingly eX-
pensive {; and the ordinary boarding
was the last he should select. The next
alternative was home-educatiOn, which had
great deal to recommend it, but it was a
costly process, and, moreover, deprived
girls of the healthy influences of coming
in contact with other young minds and
teachers. The day school was the third
and best course, combining, as it did, both
the advantages of thorough school and
home teachings. and the object of the
Women's Educational Union was to estab-
lish such schools, not as they are, but as
they ought TO be in all the great suburban
districts of London. No object, he con-
'ceived, could be calculGted to exert more
beneficial influence upon the welfare of the
community than that. The company in
association with the Union had already
founded schools at Noting Hill and
Chelsea, which were exceedingly flourish
ing, and considered to be great boon to
the residents of those Heighborhoods. 1t
was now proposed to establish another
for the district of st. Johns Wood, where
the education to be given would be equal
to that provided for boys at University
College School. 1t was said girls were
physically, morally, and Intellectually un-
equal. as a rule, to such an education, and,
though he did not believe in the equality
of woman and man, he yet disputed this
position. Experience proved that success
in every station of life was less the result
of intellectual and moral strength than the
exercise of patience, industry and temper,
qualities very much dependent upon
healthy organisms. Taking, then, the
broad average, the central point of moral
and intellectual capacity was rather higher
in the male than the female group, but
though man was higher in that respect
than woman, he would not 90 so far as to
say that the lowest of the woman group
was lower than the lowest of the man
group. Both, however, stood on an equal
ity in the matter of patience, industry and
temper, and as the capacity for education
rested upon these qualities, he could dis
cover no reason why bringing up the edu-
catiOnal standard of girls to the same level
of boys should be calculated to endanger
the physical welfare. He should, there
fore, conclude by moving, THAT this
meeting considers the provision for the
higher education of girls is inadequate and
unsatisfactory, and that measures should
be taken for effectin0 an Improvement -
Year: 1874

The following simple remedy, to be ap-
piled TO the wound inflicted by rabid dog,
is said to have been used with great sue
cess in Leipsic, and to some extent in this
country Wash the bite thoroughly with
warm vinegar, and then pour on it few
drops of muriatic aci6.n III
Year: 1874




Especially Reported for the CommeIciall


NEWARK, Aug. 7.
We were misinformed in regard to the change
in No. ii school. There is to be but one teach
er this year. and Miss Lizzie Wilson having
passed the best examination was very properly
promoted to the position of principal.


News from our Bay party is not encouraging.
From last accounts they did not reach Lewes un-
til yesterday, and as yet have not succeeded well
in their fishing operations. We hope that they
may have more prosperous time the rest OF
their trip.


Quite an excitement was created yesterday, by
the Circus company of Geo. Bailey. The teams
came struggling through town to their rendez-
vous, in Riddles field. The people, old and young
white and black tuaned out in force to see the
sights. Toward evening, the elephant was taken
to the creek to get water. A very large crowd
was on hand to see him drink and it was very
interesting sight.
Year: 1874

The Governors arrival in town yesterday was
not generally known, and 1t may be that he was
right glad It, for had the politicians been aware
of 1t he would have had a very sorry time dur
ing his brief stay in the city. Many OF them
under the impression that he would call upon the
Mayor when he would come, have been, as 1t were.
lying In wait for him for the past two days, and
strict watch had been kept for him by the more
anxious on the arrival Of every Albany t.ain at the
Grand Central Depot 1t so happened that he
came down by the boat, which arrived IN this city
early yesterday morning. and at once drove to the
residence OF his sonn-aw, in West Twenty first
street, thus escaping the calls and opportunities
of the patriots, who would have pounced upon him
had he stopped at MOTEL. A HERALD commissioner
called upon him during the day. just bel fore he left
o short talk with HIM concerning hs action in the
Gardner-Charllck case. lJ was quite early when
the HERALD representative made his call, but the
Governor had apparently risen with the lark and,
ing over his correspondence. He received his
visitor with his usual urDanity. During the con-
versation which ensucd, which was cure ON In
formal one, the case OF Gardner and Charlick was
touched upon, and the reporter remarked


Notwithstanding your notification to the Mayor
that there were two vacancies In the Police Board,
Governor, there are q lew people who contend that
tne Mayor has the right to reappoint Gardner and
Charlick or accept the resignatlons."


II am willing that Issue should be made II they
want to make such an issue,u he replied


"As understand it your notification Implies that
the cohvlcton OF the two Commissioners involved
violation OF their oaths OF ONCE ~


III never had doubt on that point"


"Inen you believe that they could not resign un-
der the circumstances Of the case Yr


'As ther CONVICTION deprived them Of their
Year: 1874

From the CuIstldH Ouioh'l


Living as we do in world so mysterious as 10
bafie all our researches and SO full OF temptation
trial and perpexity as TO iofce upon US as every
turn sense OF our weakness, how consoling Is the
faith that in COD we have a friend and helper, who
loves us with infinite tenderness and on whom we
may implicitly rely in every emergency! Inc Gou
who is revealed TO us in the face OF Jesus CHRIST,
sponsiye TO our every need. and bids US come
bolcly MIN in hours OF darkness aud dlsappoint-
ment and lean upon him for support. Blesseu ~
are sweeping over MIN, Is able to hnd the nand OF
God and calmly to rest in His infinite strength.
His peace Is like river, and JOY Is with hiin an
Year: 1874

From the Cincinnati Commercially


II Mr.. Beecher has done nothing that can not
be honorably explained, why should he wish him
self dead and out OF his msery9 Really If Messrs.
Burlelgh and Carpenter and Tracy and the rest OF
them speak by the card. there must be parcel OF
ounces making fuss about nothing
Year: 1874

Pools were sold at Johnson's last night on the
Jersey Derby to be run tomorrow al Monmouth
Park The following are few Of the pools, show
ing the estimation in which the various stables are
Year: 1874

Of the town or the chief fiscal ocer Of the city the
OF the act The attention Of trustees and other
required TO made in the months OF February and sep


tenber in each year Actions the enforcement any
pre- scribed In the first ve sections Of the
act are TO be broug hi in the of the Of
the town, or CHIEF fiscal officer OF the city,. but
to be under the direction of the trustees or Board 0f
Education OF the district city The law has made no
provision for town funds tor tine payment ofexpeuses
incurred under the provisions o the sixth section le
would undoubtedly be lawful for the electors Of each
town. at the regular meeting TO vote tax for this
purpose: Where such is not voed advise trustees
to supply text books indgentpupis as Tar as posi-


bie under the provisions OF section title y o. the
Code o. rubic Instruction. In cities there Is usually


fund at the disposal OF Board OF Education for the
q TEX boks to ndssn DSp Sx
Il aan q: earliest h.sa,. Jana
usry psx. Expehsss incurred under this sectiSa
VIII De town cnarge. ! am OF the opinion tnat tns
meeting provided tor in section must be Joint meet


ing OF the trustees OF all the districts In the town am
also OF the opinion nat the regulations adopted At sucn
meeting must nave the approvsi of majority OF all the
school district trustees OF the before they can 90
into effect Those who were instrumental In procuring
the passage OF the Compulsory Education act believe
that great good will result from its and strict en-
forcement 1t Is at any rate law Of state and Is
certainly entitled to fair trla that each and
trial and that you report 70 me any deieeis which you
obedient servant. NEIL GILAoUR superintendent
Year: 1874

Dor was going to have for dinner,


by looking down his chimney. We
repeat, Duluth is fraud SO after
tea we go aboard the City of Du-
lnth, which has just returned from
the excursion, engage our state
rooms and prepare to leave the Ze-
NTH City with few regrets. We re-
tire at an early hour and are soon
locked in the arms of Morpheus,
while the work Of freighting the
boat with wheat and flour continues.
Year: 1874

From the Green Bay Gazette.


Mr.. Williams opinion may, or
may not, be good law, but it would
be manifest injustice to the settlers
along the line of that road, who
have been waiting many years for
the fulfillment of their hopes, for the
Government now to step IN, and, by
declaring the grant forfeited and
reverted to the United States, to de-
stroy the only hope they have ever
had or will have Of opening up their
section to railway transportation.
We do not believe Congress will
take this small and mean advantage
Of the settlers, but that, on the con
trary, it will give a generous con-
structlon to the act, Mr.. Attorney
General Williams to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Year: 1874

upon the market, either for the pur-
pose of buying them up or preyen-
ting the building of the roads in
ald OF which. they were originally
granted If this were not SO the
renewal of the grant would not
have been so persistently fought
whenever it has been proposed in
Congress, and there would have
been no decision in the case of the
Attorney General.


We repeat what we have often
sad IN connection with the proposed
renewal OF this grant, and that is
that simple justice requires such re-
newai; and as the bill renewing the
grant passed one house at the last
session Of Congress, and came near
passing the other This looks very
muchlIke endeayoring to forestall the
action of Congress. La view of the
judicial decision above-mentioned
and the action OF Congress, it
would have looked better if the
Attorney General had excused him
self from rendering a decision OH
the matter.


From the Hudson Wis. Star & Times


WHAT DOES IT MEAN?-AY IMPORTANT DoCU-


NENr OUT OF SEASON


Much TO Jhe surprise not only of
the public generally, but ofour Sen
ators aud Representatives in Con
eress ana State officers ana the
North Wis. e. r. company the At
torney General has filed an opinion
in reference to the status Of the St.
CroiN Land grant:


We have no idea Of the influences
that have caused the rendering Of
this opinion at this time. There is
certainly no ADEQUATE reason for if
The u. 5. District Court has ALREADY =
decided just the reverse of what the
Atty General holds, and the case
is now pending, and will soon be
reached III the United States Su-
preme Court. There is a bill in
Congress that has passed one house
unanimously, and IS ready to be put
on It's final passage IN the other
house, renewing the grant to the
State OF W 'SconSin; the Legislature
OF TINS state has conferred the
grant upon the North Wis. Hallway
Company, AMI that company is now
at work rapidly constructing the
road Tor The benefit Of which the
grant was originally made.


1t is difficult to see how under
these circumstances the Atty Gen
eral IS called upon to give any opln-
ION upon the SUBJECT. 1t does not
appear that ne has been called up
on by the Secretary OF t'e Interior
or any other proper authority to do
SO.


We are Glad to know that prompt
measures have been Instituted to
prevent the Secretary ofthe Interior
from putting the lands in market.
Sen. Carpenter is now in Wash
ington for that purpose, and Gov
Taylor has volunteed TO 90 if re-
quested. The Governor is taking
an active interest in the matter. ana
suggested getting a protest against
putting the lands in market, from
the entire Conoressional delegation
Of the State.


We ara SIRE the Secretary of tn.
Interior will not commit SO GREAT an
ontraoe as 10 mt the lands in opes.
lion in tha market The nplli.. in
terests are directly adverse TO suoh
. course of action and the nponIa
of the North vest ara aI,nnst =, unit
Year: 1874

HOW WISCONSIN CAME TO BE


CALLED THE BADGER STATE.


From the Jefferson County Union


We doubt ifthere are many Of the
readers Of the Union who know how
Wisconsin came to be called the
Badger State The name was first
proposed by Philo White Of Mil
waukee, in convention held in that
city (then a smalI village) in June
1886. The convention was called
for the purpose of giving the state
a distinctive name after the same
fashion as Michigan is called the
Wolverine, and Ohio the Buckeye
State. We gather the above fact
from Isaac Atwood, Of Mills, who
was a member of the convention.
Year: 1874

Oneota is soon passed, and we
find ourselves, shortly after, in
the Zenith City First engag-
ing quarters at the Clark House
we start out for LOOK about town,
as we have couple Of hours
to spare before supper. The city
has population estimated all the
way from $500 to t 800 inhabitants,
bat there is abundant evidence that
at one time those figures would not
Year: 1874

The best way to put an end to
the third term discussion, in the
opinion of the Boston Advertiser,
is to refuse to discuss it as pos
sibility under any circumstances.
1t says there is not shred of res>
pectable evidence in favor of the
assertion that the President disires
a denomination, and adds : "It is
certainly to be hoped that no such
disease affects the ambition Of the
occupant of the White House, for
if it does, he will be likely to have
an experience of unpleasant mortiti>
cation by and by. The American
people sometimes consent to unpre~
cedenteG things but there must be
unprecedented reasons for doing so.
The idea that they will sanction an
attempt in the present condition of
the country to continue the same
administration through three terms
is preposterous. No matter what
the Presidents merits, and no
matter what ofiice~holders may be
willing to do, the people will veto
any such aspiration. The scheme
could not be forced through a party
convention without disrupting it
and if it were consummated iii con
vention, a way would be found t.
stamp the act with popular condem
nation" The Petersburg NewI
thinks this is all very good talk, bu
says there are more things Occurr
ing in the present day than were
ever dreamed of in the experience
or:philosophy Of the past.