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Year: 1877

A FEW days ago Binghampton IN;
Wy butcher saw a man take quarter oi
mutton from hook outside the shop and
ouietly walk away with it. The butcher
followed the thief to a wretched tene.
ment. and after some hesitation pushed
omen the door. The whole family were
eating the mutton raw. The thief sale
that he was unable to get work, and wa
compelled to take whatever came in hi
way in order to keep the family from
starving to death. The butcher had n
heart to arrest the fellow.
Year: 1877

The night Is come. Like to the day
Depart not thou, great God, away.
Let not my sins, black as the night,
Eclipse the luster OF thy light.
Keep still In my horizon, for TO me
The sun makes not the day, but thee.
Thou whose nature can not sleep, .
On my temples sentry keep;
Guard me 'gainst those watchful Toes
Whose eyes are open while mine close.
Let no dreams my head infest
But such as jacobs temples blest.
While do rest my soul entrance;
Make my soul holy trance,
That may, by rest being wrought,
Awake into some holy thought,
And with as active vigor ran
NV course as does the nimble sun.
Sleep is a death. Oh, make me try
By sleeping what 1t is to die,
And as gently lay my head
On my grave, as now my bed.
Howe'er rest, great God, with thee
Awake again at least let me-.
And thus assured, behold l lie
Securely, or to wake or die.
These are my drowsy days In vain
do now sleep to wake again;
Oh, come that hour when shall never
Slaa,, aoatp hut wake forever.
Year: 1877

wells, in general use, are on the out
skirts, and comparatively safe from pol
luton.


With regard to the great line of
travel, 0he Columbia River) Vancou-
yer is situated about half way between
the busy manufacturing region of Puget
Sound and the Agricultural aud cattle
raising plains east of the Cascade
range of mountains; forming, while the
Territory maintains its present bounda-
ries, a very convenient meeting place
for the people of all sections of the
Territory. Geographically, if for no
other reason, this place should be the
Capital of the Territory. Olympia, on
the head waters Of Puget Sound, the
present capital city, has small capitol
building, for this reason, chiefly that
place will doubtless continue to be the
capital, while the country maintains its
Territorial organization. 1t will thus
be seen that while the town already
possesses many agreeable features, it is
not altogether without expectations in
the future.


Another leading advantage of the
town is, that it is the principal point in
one of the largest and best counties in
the Territory. A county with great
diversity of soil and spontaneous pro-
duction. Its dairy, farm, orchard and
timber productions already occupy an
important place IN the Portland and
San Francisco trade.


The immediate vicinity of Vancou-
YER affords good opportunity for men
with little capital to so into the fruit
raising business. The soil is well
adapted for this purpose, and there are
nursuries here, where trees of the best
qnaiity, and of every variety known to
the latitude, can be had at low figures.


Such are the leading advantages of
Vancouver. The man who comes here
and brings his family to locate will not
be disappointed in what this article re-
veals.
Year: 1877

The best possible thing for person
to do when they feel weak and lack Of
physical strength, is to go to bed ana
sleep fora week if they can. This is the
only recuperation of brain power, the
only actual recuperaiion of brain force,
because, during sleep the brain is in
a state of rest, in a suitable condition to
receive and appropriate particles of
nutriment from the blood, which take
the place of those which have been con-
sumed by previous labor. The supply
of consumed brain substance can only
be restored from the nutrtive particles
in the blood, which were obtained from
the food eaten previously, and the brain
is so constituted that it can best receive
and appropriate to itself these rutrtive
PARTICLES when the body is in a state of
sleep. Mere stimulants supply nothing
in themselves, but only goad the brain
and force it to greater consumption of
substance, until that substance is so
exhausted that there is not power
enough lett to receive supply, Just as
men are so near death by thirst from
drinking whiskey that there is not pow
er enough left to swallow. And what
is true of men is true also of children.
Sometimes a child dIoops and seems
languid for days, going to school un-
willingly and dropping to sleep over
lessons. At such times, instead of
chiding and spurrng the little fellow on
to excriion, take the child from school,
give it vacation and sleep for ten days
if he wants it. True, the teacher will
not tell you so, he or she have under
taken to bring the pupil to certain
point in his education, but parents must
act independently of teachers, never
mind whether your little girl or hoy
stands first on the roll of honor or not,
be careful that no honors are gained at
the expense of vigor and health, often
weeks rest from school will save a
child a months sickness, and the teach
er, who, after reading this article, will
not abandon from his or her school, the
practice of giving honors and rewards,
is simply wrapped in the damp sheet of
error. But h6i Seris tibi metiS.


G. 4. Il.
Year: 1877

could End bread the next day. The
old squire had been dead two years,
and before he died he had been tempt
ed Into a speculation that bad ruined
him, and his wife and daughter had
come to the city to earn their bread.
There the mothers health had bro
ken down and Phemie was forced to
leave her position in "a school 10 nurse
her. Private pupils bad fallen off and
the last dollar was spent. And now
Phemie turned the paper she had bOr-
rowed in her hand, and among the
long columns OF advertisements saw
one for necktie makers.


Perhaps / could get work at that
to do at home she said. L will try.
lam able to do anything with my
needle


An hour after, the poor young lady
found herself climbing the stairs of
large building in the business portion
of N5w York, in search Of the estab-
lishment to which the advertisement
directed her.


We don't give work OUT was the
reply to her question, and we want
experienced hands,


She was turning away with the lit
tie hope in ber breast chilled, when
gentleman who had been standing at
some distance advanced and addressed
her.


L must be mistaken he said. This
is not Miss Hilton, Of"


1t is she said looking in vain for
familiar feature in the bearded face be-
fore her. But you have the advan-
tage Of me-


Naturally. You are not likely to re-
member Edward Burr, whom your
father helped so kindly years ago.
But for your encouragement, howev-
er, and his liberal aid, my life would
not have been what it is now. can
never, never forget either of you


You have prospered then? am
glad. And this is your place? Per-
haps, then, yOu will not refuse to give
me work to do at home, now that we
are so poor. And then came the sto-
ry.


Once more Phemie saw the tears
stand in Edwards eyes as she told it.
and the promise that work should be
given was accompanied by request
to call. Edward was gentleman at
heart, and Phemie never guessed that
other necktie makers would have
opened their eyes in amazement at the
enormous price she received for un-
skilful performance.


And over her work the girl often
sat smiling now and the mother
grew well again and one brown beard
ed face was often seen In their parlOr.
and it was always welcome and ere
many months went by, that hap
pened which every intelligent young
lady reader has expected from the first
Phemie married Edward Burr, and
in their elegant home the good old
squire's widow spent her last days in
happiness and comfort.
Year: 1877

For the purpose of getting better
seeding of clover, 1 waited last spring
until the ground was settled, and
then narrowed field previous to SOW
ing the aeed. The lnt wss then roll
ed, and two bushels of plaster sowed
to the acre. As a result of this man
agement a better stand of clover was
obtained than was grown in several
years past by sowing very early. as is
commonly practiced. The wheat on
this field was thin and poor
but narrowing the ground seemed to
give it start, and yield of twenty
one bushels per acre was harvested.


The practice of stirring the ground
around the growing winter wheat
plants, as soon as the ground is dry
enough in the spring, looked 80 much
like a common-sense plan, that an
other field of very strong and promis-
ing wheat was narrowed lengthwise
of the drill marks and then rolled
Many small weeds were destroyed in
this way, and the only fault l could
find with this crop was that the straw
was badly lodged. When the wheat
was about foot high, three bushels
of salt per acre was sown on one-half
of this ground, hoping to stiffen the
straw and keep it from falling, but it
was too late in the season, and it did
but little good. The yield on this
field mine acres) was 270 bushels. 1t
is my opinion that the Clawson wheat
(which was the kind sowI on this
lott will produce more grain, when il
is beaten down by storms, than any |
other variety have ever sown.


In this vicinity we can usually raise
winter wheat without the use of salt,
but it is poor policy to sow spring
wheat ION lano that is well adapted |
for the cultivation of winter wheat
and CORN, except the ground is liber-
ally salted to hold moisture in the
time of drouth, when the berry of the
crop is filling, which is the hottest
part of the summer.


After several years trial with salt
for the destruction of worms, think
we may bring death to the door of
these pests, and at the same time in
crease the products of our grain and
grass crops by sowing salt.-COuatry
Gentleman.
Year: 1877

The Presidents mail Is something
surprising. Usually the letters for the
Executive Mansion are carried from
the Post Office by messenger on
horseback. an orderly who waits at
the Presidents door to do his errands,
but since the 4th of March, it has
been necessary tc send it Gown In a
wagon specially detailed from the
Post Office Department for the pur-
pose.
Year: 1877

As will be seen by reference to our
advertising columns Baby, the most
successful comedy of the season. viii be
performed 10 this city next week Tuesday,
evening. 1t has met with cordial recep
ton everywhere and will DO doubt attract a
crowded house here. The following from
an exchange tells its own story:


At the end of the first act Baby" was
voted strong success; at the end of the
second, there was no doubt about it. and
when the curtain vas rung down at the
end of the third act. and the audience
turned to the serious consideration of get
ting home it was the opinion of everybody
that Baby would live as long as the
arrangements of the Park Theatre will
permit. EUening Telegram. July II.
Year: 1877

1t was expected that evidence would
be taken last Saturday in the case Of
the charges preferred by Delegate Fem
against Monteith before Inspector Wat.
kins. But Fem was unable to reach
Lewiston from Mt. Idaho till Saturday
night, meantime Watkins called several
parties before him and asked them
some questions relative to these charges.
What were elected we were not in
formed. One party called said that
from Watkins expressions he thought
he Watkins was disposed to thoroughly
investigate these charges. Fem was
here Monday and made arrangements to
get some of his witness IS but the excit-
ing times and the consequent absence of
several witnesses embarrassed him much


He however succeeded in producing
some few witnesses who were ready to
give their testimony on Tuesday. The
nature of the evidence given we know
net as we were unable to be present to
hear it given. Whether or not the
charge of peculation will be fully sus-
tanned is not yet apparent. 1t is
thought that other charges will be sus.
tanned by the evidence given, and among
them large portion Of the Nez Perces
have complained of their dislike of his
administration, that he has treated one
class with much favor and almost wholly
neglected others, that he had oiscrimi-
mated in favor Of the Protestant Indians
to the prejudice Of the Catholic portion
of them, that he has sought to use his
authority as Agent to make proselytes
to the Protestant faith to the great dis
satisfaction of the Indians. We know
not that these charges have been fully
sustained but we learn that evidence
tending to support them has been given.
We presume Inspector Watkins will
hardly deem it advisable to pass lightly
over this matter because Of the excite
meut of the Indian war and he must
know that large amount of evidence
in existence is not easily comcatable ow-
ing to absence Of witnesses who are en-
gagged in the war, and hence he will
have to use great forbearance and pa
tience before he gets at the whole truth.
Year: 1877

KAMA, July 90 1877.


EDITOR TELLER The whole com.
mand is now really across the River a
forward, onward and upward movement
will be in order tomorrow toward the
Lo Lo. Col. Sanford with four other
companies come in last evening, also
Rube Robbins with his Shoshonc and
Bannock scouts, all young and as fiend-
ish and cruel looking as any Apache.
The dead body of a white man was
found by squaws yesterday at the mouth
of Cottonwood near the late battlefield,
he is supposed to be an Elk City miner
who was seen by the Kamias going up
the river previous to the fight Of the
18th and 18th. \ big old Indian bad
ly wounded was brought in yesterday.
He was fixed for in the brush at
Clear Greek by the Idaho Vols. Can't
you non .belligerents below start SAM.
tary Fund or something and send us
out something nice to eat occasionally !!
if you will we will pray for you as long
as you keep up the lick and | will keep
you posted on everything going on at
the front. Isign myself


POTIPHAR
because | am going after Joseph.
Year: 1877

THE MoTIyE.--If we do not succeed
in getting some sort Of u contract before
long We shall begin to think that an
honest man has no business in this
world, and that the Indian war is de-
cided failure in this part of the Terri,
tory Idahoaa.


In the above Boyakin evidently
means Kelly.
Year: 1877

lessened for the first three years in
order to allow the State to reduce
her scrip Indebtedness, and to
avail herself of the prospective IN
crease Of taxable property. Setting
over the decrease of interest against
the excess of new bonds over the
old undisputed debt, there would
be a saving to the State of S3l ,46l 81.


But in order to determine Wheth-
er the plan works an HtfiR6te bene-
fit to the State, the question of in
terest must be considered.


On the one hand, we practically
receive, by way of loan, So, l55 81, ,
and have its use and torhearance
during the thirty years for which
the contract runs,-or, more accu-
rately speaking, the use and for
bearance Of the sums named below,
as they accrue by the net saving at
the date of each successive semi
annual payment of interest during
the period Of reduction, viz:
Year: 1877

Why win most Of our newspapers per-
sst in ignoring the state Of feeling in
Russia? That is really the most active
force in the present crisis, the force which
will have most to do with the final settle
ment. 1t is pity that none ofour news
papers have sent correspondents to travel
through Russia, and keep us informed
of the vast cummoton by which that
land, IN spite of It's sparse population and


irregular means of communication, is
now ngitated from end to end. Travellers
who have been in the country within the
last few months have written letters to
describe what they saw-prnyer in the
chOrches for suffering kinsman south Of
the Danube, bu2nrs and subscriptions tor
their benefit, enlistment nt recruits for
their mid. Bu these have been rare voic-
es, and their effect has been dispersed and
lost. AT present our Chief index to the
state of feeling in Russia, the only one OF
the manifestations that figure prominent
ly in the newspapers, is the constant flow
of Russian volunteers into Servia. or
that we hear daily from our purveyors OF
news. But the blind supporters OF the
Government, keeping up their old tradi'
tions, refusing to see that the Russia of
1876, is not the Russia of twenty years
ago, will acknowledge no significance in
this phenomenon, except that it affords
evidence If the subtle mecAira'ions of
the Russian Court They will not admit
that it points to uncomfortable popular
enthusiasm, the same kind of enthusiasm
that sent hundreds of English volunteers
in tue sixteenth century to help tine Prot
esrants in the Netherlands. They are
convinced that the Government of the
Car could stop the arled immigration
il it chose.-LopdOa Examiner.
Year: 1877

The swaggerer and braggart never
works. He talks loudly of what he can
do and has done. and tries to impose
upon his neighbors by boastful manner
But he amounts to nothing after all.
How much of his silly swagger and swash
is to be seen on all sides Nature, some
how, made special provision, however,
for keeping her favorites quiet and COD
cealed. The great thought is the or one
that comes to It's birth in silence. Inc
large man knows too well that the mo
ment he stopped to brag he would lose lose
his real advantage. "Never mind about
these trifes," says nature to him
will do far better by you If you will come
70 me.n And in thus going he sees how
lofty is humility, how modesty helps e
nut ali obstructions out of the way, anc
how tranquil that reserve which eoe'
with genuine power recruits his strength
continually. On the other hand, pre-
tension and humbug 90 but 30 far at tn


farthest. They are sure to be found out
Let q windbag alone long enough, an
it will collapse at last, no one cares whe


or how,
Year: 1877

We don't wish to say much about IL,
hut even q skirmish with an editor must
he written up. After reading our arti-
Gle last week DIR. Bentley came and
interviewed us. He brought lew
friends along to see him eat us up, with
his hands tied behind him. He did not
like the reading ofour last article, and we
don't blame him, for there were few
savings in it which were a little severe.
But he locked arms with us, and we
waltzed around the room with him to
the tune of high words, and to the In
finite delight Of the spectators. his
hands were not tied very tight, either
There were numerous chairs and other
furniture in the room which were speed
ily demolished and put out OF the way
The Doctor got frantic and kicked over
two gallon Jug of ink, which OF course
we didn't like, because it was new ink
and beside it spoiled the looks OF th'
floor. We took the Doctor for spong'
and sopped the ink up as quickly as poss,,
BILE. That's what made the Doctor mad
He then showed us over a chair and w


rolled around for awhile, and then W


began to feel like fight, and we don
doubt but what we would have had


ouarrel very soon, hut the Doctor cor
cIuded he didn't care whether we too


back what we had said or not, and 8
there was not any prospect of our takin
it back right of, he concluded to gu


lust as we had got ready to begin. Ate
the whole affair was over We felt sorr


that it had begun, but as it was none


our insti igating we could not helpit.
Year: 1877

An eminent French Psychologist holds
that the numerical proportion of giants
in each generation Is the same, and that
taking a hundred Of the tallest men OF
snv Generation they will present just
the same varieties of stature as the
hundred tallest men of the preceding
one.
Year: 1877

The Berlin editors have a hard time
of it generally, and are compelled to be
very choice in their language. Emperor
William recently prosecuted the editor
of one of the papers there for defamation
of character for calling the triple alliance
ga superannuated phenomenon" The
Emperor was of the triple aforesaid, and
the luckless wight was sent to prison for
tbr ree months.
Year: 1877

s'ROCK OF AGES.
Rock of Ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From thy side healing flood,
Be of sin the double cure
Save from wrath and make me pure.
should my tears forever flow,
Should my zeal no languor know.
This for sin could not atone,
Those must save, and those alone.
In my hands no price bring,
Simply to thy cross cling.
While draw this f1eeting breath,
When mine eyelids close in death,
When rise to worlds unknown,
And behold Thee on Thy throne
Rock of Ages, cleft for me-
eft me hide I1vSaIf in Thaa
Year: 1877

Brother, to thy grave we come
TO lay thee IN thy quiet home;
Hearts with silent grief opprest,
Bear thee to thy home of rest.
Voices from the signing breeze,
From the woods and leafy trees
And the fading Autumn leaf,
VIII remind us of our grief.
Though in the Grand Lodge above,
We remember thee in love,
Yet our Lodge has lost thee here
'Tis for this we shed the tear.
In the earth we lay thee low,
Yet upon thy grave shall grow
EvergreenS, like these we bring,
As our last, sad Offering.
Year: 1877

Correspondence Detroit Free Press.


Then visit. Of course, with the
crowds who have collected at the
same hour of high noon on the
same spot for centuries, before the
great Astronomical clock in the
south transcpt of the Cathedral,
which shows the course Of the
stars. and a perpetual almanac,
and tho movable church feasts in
perpetuity, and the geoccntric op-
position and conjunction of the
sun and moon. We saw the char
lot driven by the appropriate &C.
MUS of The day, and the boy turn
the hour glass, and the old man
advance with trembling steps to
strike the fourth quarter with his
crutch and then to,ter away, while
death rang out the hour with a
thigh bone, (the first quarter is
struck by a child, the second by a
youth, the third by an armed man.
and then witnessed the procession
of the Apostles defling out and
making revcrcntial obcisance be-
fore the Savior, who blesses each
one with npIiIted hand as he pass
es, while the great cock, pcrched
on a pinnacle in the corner, flaps
his brass wings, throws back his
gilded head, aud thrice crows, un.
til the arches of the lofty roof ring
again with his shrill clarion.
Year: 1877

The General Term of the Kings County Supreme
Court has decided in important case appealed
thereto affirming judgment in behalf of the plaintiff in
the suit of August Miller against John McKssson and
Daniel Robbins. Tho plaintiff. German. was watch.
in 1873 employed by defendants at their chemical
factory, Williamsburg He told when engaged
that there was Siberian bloodhound Of immense
size and uncomfortable fer0city used watch
DOG the premises and that tho dog would always b.
kept fastened; that tho engineer, one Godfrey, wag
the only who could manage Tho animal The per.
son who sold the hound to defendants had repre-
sented it every bad dog who would bite every
body" The dog was not It was alleged, safely SO.
cured. About dawn on tho morning Of September p,
1873, the watchman crossing the yard in
order let hands in to 20 to their
daily work, when the bloodhound suddenly sprang
upon him from behind, throwing him down and mang
ling him In shocking manner. His injuries are seri-
Gus and permanent Tho jury gave him verdict tor
81 900 Appeal taken from the Judgment, and the
Court ruled that tho defendants had right to keep
ferocious animal on their premises liable to injure
their employees. without having special contract that
the employees were TO take the risk.
Year: 1877

WAsHINGTON, November -. - The
Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections this morning closed the evil
deuce in the KelioSg-Spotiord case, and
DECIDED to make up their report after
hearing one-halt hours further argument
from each side. These arguments will
take pac, this afternoon Immediately
after the adjournment of the Senate.
The vote 10 committee this morning,
though not on the main question, was in
diCalive that the final vote in committee
Will be SIX to three in favor of seating
Iop,,
Year: 1877

The Pacific railroad officials have sub
milted to the Senate judiciary Commit
tee u proposition in writing to the effect
that, should the government not accept
the proposition heretofore submitted by
the railroad companies, they would leave
all matte 5 in dispute to conference OF
live emne It citizens to be appointed two
Dy the gov ernmeut and Two by the com
panies, and these four to select the fifth.
Year: 1877

THE balance OF trade continues largely
in favor OF this country. One million
bushels of wheat were shipped from New
York alone, last week, and it will be paid
tor-not in silver, but in gold.