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Year: 1879

BOYS AND TOBACCO. Physicians
are we'll agreed that the use of to-
bacco by growing boys is fnll of
danger. Recent Investigations
especially in France-have demon
strated that a whole train of nerv-
ous diseases are to be traced to
this practice. IF you want to stop
growing, if you want to have a set
of nerves that are like those of an
invalid old lady, if you wish to
grow feeble and thin, if you wish
to look saIlow and punny-I do not
know any better way than to smoke
tobacco. 1t will make a drain on
your nervous system which will be
sure to tell after awhile. Let us
hope that if n thousand boys read
this, some of them will be saved
from forming a filthy habit which
most men regret.
Year: 1879

The bill of the Northern Pacific
Road this session OF Congress is a
very simple one. 1t proposes that
"three years time from the passage
of this act is hereby given to the
Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany for The completion of its main
line and branch"
Year: 1879

not get his pay from the parties
receiving and using his books, and under
legal obligation to pay for them on their re-
ceipt, and he asks the State to do the duty
of these delinquent counties to borrow and
advance him cash, which they ought to pay,
but which no coaxing or dunning on his
part can secure from them.


Before the legislature decides to advance
money to pay the debts of these delinquent
counties, it may be we'll to inquire how loug
the State will have to wait for money from
such delinquents with which to pay the loan
contracted in their behalf. Some of them
have been delinquent about year, and it is
question whether payment will ever be vol
UNFAIRLY made. large majority of county
officers are opposed to the law, out
of patience with it's complex ma
chinery, and disgusted with it's demands.
It would certainly amuse county officers to
hear that our legislature had obsequiously
required the State to borrow money and
pay debts to Mr.. Merrill which they are ne
glecting to pay, in direct violation of our
compulsory and stringent text book law.
Year: 1879




A regular meeting of the bridge commits
sion was held yesterday forenoon.


A communication was submitted f1om
Messrs Filteau and Bounet, asking for an
immediate settlement of the balance due for
work accomplished on their contract: con-
Guiding with the statement that unless action
was taken payment of the amount would be
enforced by law.


The communication was laid on the table
without action.


The chair called for the report of County
Attorney Rogers regarding the sale of 100
feet of condemned property. The secretary
stated that the sale had been advertised
since when no action had been taken respect.
ing its actual disposal. Mr.. Dawson said
that if Mr.. Rogers couldn't attend to the
business of the commission they would have
to employ some one who could.


MIR. Cochran explained that the apparent
neglect was probably due to the illness of
Mr.. Rogers, which explanation appeared to
be satisfactory.


The chair called upon the secretary for in
formation concerning unapproved bonds,
the reply being that those which had already
been submitted were apparently satisfactory.
There being no business to transact, the COM
mission adjourned.
Year: 1879

SAYS Washington special to the Chicago
Tribune: ''There are indications that the
Democrats are forming combination
to prevent the passage of the resolution au-
thorizing the investigation of the cipher dis
patches" If this be the case, the Democrats
of the House might as we'll understand that
they are taking too much upon themselves.
1t is not the Republicans who are most in
terested in ascertaining the truth about
these dispatches, but the Democrats. It is
the sincere desire of the great mass of the
Democratic party to get at the truth of this
matter, to the end that they may know
whether any man in the party has attempted
to forestall the will of the people by bribery,
or has attempted to rectify wrongs by that
means. If such there be, as charged, the
people want to know the fact, that they may
act accordingly. The Democratic party has
no need for men who use disreputable
means to accomplish any object, whether
right or wrong.
Year: 1879




A resolution has been quietly introduced
into the House authorizing the State to bor-
row money for the so-called Text Book
Fund, the amount to be $4,000, if so much
shall at any time be due Mr.. Merrill for
books.


The reasons for this measure should be
understood. Section Z, of the book law OF
1877, requires counties to transmit to the
State Treasury the amount of the cost of all
books sent to the county, when notice is re-
ceived from the superintendent Of Public
Instruction that books have been sent. If
counties complied with this requirement, but
few days would elapse between the
shipment of books and the receipt of
the pay for them. Mr.. Merrill would get
his cash promptly and be able to do business
on cash basis. The State textbook fund
would always have as much money in it as
would be due for books sold.


But the fact is, many counties paw no at
tention to the demand of the law in section
Z. Money due Mr.. Merrill is not forwarded.
sometimes for the reason that the county
has no funds to be advanced for such pur
pose, and often because the district have no
funds in the county treasury out of which
the county can reimburse itself. The reso-
luton in question is a proposition in ac-
cordance with the modesty of the State text
book scheme from the first, asking the
State to borrow money, aud to advance it to
;-,4o,
get his pay at once for books which
the law requires counties to paw
for, but for which they decline or
neglect to make payment. Mr.. Merrill can
Year: 1879

SECRETARY SHERMAN has come to the con-
clusion that the law forbidding the issue of
bills of a smaller denomination than five
dollars by national banks after resumption
does not preclude him from returning to the
banks such bills presented at the treasury
for redemption as are not too ragged for Cir
culation. Perhaps this construction of the
law would not stand the test of judicial de-
cision, but it is dictated in the interest of the
business public. The lack of small bills is
now great inconvenience to the business
interest of the business public will not re-
ceive great condem nation.
Year: 1879

We are informed by gentleman of this
city who left Lincoln, Nebraska, on wednes-
day last, that an appropriation bill for a
large amount was then before the Nebraska
legislature and would speedily pass. The
Governor had taken strong grounds in favor
of liberal expenditure for immigration
purposes, and the legislature seemed dis
posed to initiate the example of their neigh
Dor, Kansas, and with her strike out boldly
for the great tide soon to set in from Europe
and the Eastern portion of this country to-
ward the fertile and illimitable prairies Of
the great West.
Year: 1879

IT would be surprise to the people of
Wisconsin as we'll as to the people of the
whole country if E. G. Ryan, present chief
Justice of the State, should be elected to the
United States Senate through split in the
Republican party. But in after years the
people of the State and of the whole country
would be able to point with pride to the fact
that for six years the Badger State was rep
statesman.
Year: 1879

WE give this morning Mr.. Hodges report
of the swindling brass kettle. While it COW
ers the same ground already travelled by the
GLOBE, it presents in complete shape an
array of facts that when grouped become
fairly startling. It is document which the
Chamber of Commerce and the Legislature
cannot ignore, and must lead to the aboli-
tion of the swindling device.
Year: 1879




Justice of the Peace
In this instance Mr.. Mcpherson followed
out the suggestions I made in certain cir
cular (styled "incendiary'' by the Pioneer
Press) which as chairman of the commit
tee I addressed to the farmers of Minnesota,
and in SO doing thoroughly exploded the
claims of the Miiler's association that they
we're paying all they could afford to, and
even more than any other buyers could pay.
Then again his load of forty two bushels as
measured by the half bushel, and which
only graded 5719, actually weighed out 45
bushels and 26 pounds. The unfairness OF
measuring bushel of wheat in a two quart
measure is here strikingly illustrated. In
this instance the facts prove the half bushel
measure to be more honest and more accu-
rate than the swindling brass kettle.


And the very remarkable fact that by grind
Year: 1879

not be believed; that he could not pos
sibly tell the truth, and hence he
wants . committee TO keep him from
telling lies. We have mere confidence
in him than he has in himself, which
is fully set forth in the sffer We have
made. 1t will be noticed that We have
not made the demand to visit and count
the edition Of the "Every Evening"
We care nothing about that. The con'
troversy is on the claim Of the RErUa-
LIcAN that it prints an average edition
Of 5000 copies and the Every Even


ing" says hat.footedly that we lie. we


have proposed to establish that claim


by the evidence of the man who says


we lie, and we have offered him every
facility that could bs offered for him tt


come forward and see for himself thai


We do not lie. He declines the invita-


tion for he begins to fear now that al
examination even by himself would
show that he was the liar. The "Ever,
Evening" has never claimed to have


circulation Of 5000, and it will not dsr'


do it, though it is not bit too good t.
do 10 if it was not for fear Of an inves


litigation. Whenever that paper claim
that much Of a circulation and de-


mands an investigation 1t shal


be gratihed but for the present tn
iquestion is, has the REPUBLICAN 5ooo
Though we would much rather the /
X. had accepted our invitation, wewi


not object to his disinterested commi
tee arrangement, and We do not cal
much who compose the committee
, they are practical honest men, and
/ the editor of the E. Z. desires he ma
t appoint all the members of the comml
4 tee. As our first proposition which "
| considered a fair one has been declined
D then let us have the committee. An
+ way at all to satisfy the editor of IL


EVERY Evening" that We have bee
It telling the truth about our circulatlo
A and at the same time satisfy him th
# he has been doing all the lying. Nan


the Committee.
Year: 1879

and boil in three quarts until the soap thoroughly dissolved


sranng through nothing remains add to the solution


three gallons Of cold water stir by for several minutes mix
cool Though will look like nothing while
chemical reaction will take place and in twenty hours time will


forty fifty pounds magnificent and white so costing less
pound and good the aduleratd compounds called
sold ten cents pound How long would it take for
used the become anything but eapsuds" " Any
that be done with she has used See
done with Dobl ms Electric.
Year: 1879

There are many persons who start II
business and expect to trudge along and
become successful without advertising.
Such persons though having both eyes
open are certainly not clear sighted.
1t requires but look around to see
that those who are most successful in
business generally are those who ad-
vertise the most, and who advertise ju-
diciously. To attempt to build up a
successful trade by the old-time passive
plan is almost out Of the question now,
for the people have become accustomed
to look into the newspapers for infor.
nation as to the places where goods
can be obtained OF the best quality and
the cheapest. Although it does not by
any means follow that those who do not
advertise refrain because they have
nothing special to offer in the way Of
bargains, yet suck is the inference
drawn by many purchasers. Adver-
tisement writing has become fine art.
Many of the advertisements of the day
furnish pleasant reading, especially
when the prices Of goods are annexed,
and those prices are low. Such are the
observations Of the Philadelphia "Stsr,'
which goes on to say that the most sue
cessful dealers now are those who per.
sistently keep themselves before the
people. "if," they argue, Zone adver-
tissmsnt helps business somewhat,
great many will help it still more, hence
We will keep it up during the seseon. u
That there is philosophy in that kind
Of reasoning seems clear. 1t is = fact
that in all our cities the most success
ful merchants, the men whose names
are most identified with these cities, are
the men who advertise inoessantly and
largely in the popular paper Of the day
and by the way it has been ascertained
that there is no cheaper mode of advsr.
tising, nor one that brings in . greater
remuneration than advertising in the
home papers for retail trade and in
papers all oyer the country for whole
sale trade.
Year: 1879




The Liberals axe aware that international obligations
must be- -pscicd ar long as the circumstances under
which they were ma tc ieuaiD unchanged aud We have
from the beginning that one of the wOrsi cOuse
queuces Of OT mi,cn GUS and MISGUIDED foreign pol
icy tat lis DO nOt cease Immediately
with the tenure of the power o lts au nOrs We know
that the engagements rnucDt have entered into
must be respected. ana DEFY any one 10 put his hand
statement by ANY responsible leader OF the Lb
eTal parry the contrary. We asked what our pol
lev Will be- l. l. Impossible 10 desc ibe Its details the
p0lcy OF the future under circumstances OF when
can nothing cerinn ami OF which we can only
make forecast England's policy should nor be
itatiOn OF the policy OF any other power Nor does IL
follow that the policy OF England ought to be OF
selfish and timd isolation. believe the resources Of
Eng and to be great aud her naval power great
That alliance ought 10 be used for the purpose OF form
ing and joining combination Of the States OF Eu-
rope framed for the purpose OF preserving the peace
and Independence OF Europe depressing the aggressive
ambition OF any pOweri protecting the weak against
the strong the free against the oppressor. This the
policy which has ways been. IN the main. adopted BY
the Liberal party. 1t is the policy believe, that Will
now be adopted by the Liberal party. 1t has not been
the policy OF the present gOvernuenL


The Times says editorialyi


Lord Harrington cannot be congratulated upon his
speech. Neither IN its general character In IFS
tails equal 10 tue occasion or 10 what might be
pected Of the leader of great party at critical
ment in the political history OF the country Lords
Harrington and Salisbury differ respecting certain broad
facts, and the country Will not be on the sldo vi the
I il,oral leader.
Year: 1879

CHICAGO, April 1t is very fine weather
for the election, being cool and pleasant
very large vote s being polled, and there is
nueual interest for municipal contest. The
partisans of both Wright and Harrison for
mayor are contidant, but owing to good
weather the prospects of the former are in
the ascendant
Year: 1879

New YORK, April 1.-The Graphic to-day
publishes an interview with John Swinton
relative to the statement made that mail
matter from this country to American Off
cals and others in Germany WAS inspected
before delivery by the government Swinton
says the statement Is true, and that out Of
twenty letters sent as dscoys only three were
permitted to reach their destination It is
understood the matter will be brought to the
notice Of the State Department at Washing
Year: 1879

There was considerable talk on Carondelet
street yesterday over the decision OF the United
States Supreme Court in the Jackson Railroad
case and the premium bonds declined some
what and the roads securities went up. One OF
the principal topics Of conversation on the
street was the lotterv Injunction andtaere " ra
q number Of bets off -rad and AIKEN regarding
the final result Of The case. Tate il alte g-ther.
it WAS abont as dull dey az the flags have seen
for some tine past. ana bulls and bars had
some respite from the excitement OF the mar
ket.
Year: 1879

These sounds are taken as favora-
bic tokens that the incantatlons
have been successful, and that a
copious fall of rain will follow.
Then the robe is removed, and
the men and boys leap into
the pit, and each one brings forth
a snake. which he holds in his
mouth. Sometimes a man will


emerge with two or three small
snakes in his mouth. AS each
man ernerges from the pit with
his month full Of snakes he runs
at full speed down the almost
perpendicular side of the mesa
until he comes to the plain, and
there gently releases his captives
who at .once:takes to the grss and
quickly disappear. After the pit
has been emptied the men exam
inc the wounds on their arms,
breast and faces, anu if blood has
been drawn, they know that the
fangs of a rattler have entered
their flesh. and they lose no time
in applying the antidote.


The wounds inflicted by the
rattlesnake are very painful. The
rattler when provoked, is the
most savage of all serpents, and
will continue to strike and lacer-
ate an enemy as long as he is
within reach. Sometimes an old
snake with full grown iangs will
fasten upon the cheek or arm Of
an Indian and hold on until the
fangs are torn from his jaws.
Mr.. Mateer witnessed one of
these snake dances of the MOquIS
recently, and was horrifed at
the sight. He saw the blood
streaming from the arms and
breasts of the Indians, who bore
the pain with stole Indifference.
and seemed to take pleasure in the
infiction. They believed that
the more savage the snake became
and the deeper the wound, in
ficted, the more eopious would
be the shower. On the occasion
of the last snake dance the Indi-
ans if one of the villages refused


TO participate. For some reason
they believed the rain would
come down without the dance,
and while the other villages were
engaged in the ceremony, they
sat idly in their houses listening
to the noise and smiling at the


unnecessary trouble their neigh


bors were taking. Subsequently


they had good cause to repent,
for when the RAIN came sweeping
down from the mountains, II


poured copious flood upon the
snake -worshiping villages and


their fields, and passed around


the hereto village and their


parched corn-felds, leaving them
as dry as a powder-horn. The
result was that six of the seven


villages raised abundant crops,
and the other had to call on the
| Agent for government rations.


Mr.. Mateer was formerly q
resident of this city, and appears
| 20 be a truthful man, He was
spectator of the strange snake
dance, but witnessed it from a


safe distance, sitting on a wall
overlooking the scene.
Year: 1879

mouth. Sometimes man will


emerge with two or three small
snakes in his mouth. AS each


man ernerges from the pit with
his month full Of snakes he runs
At full speed down the almost
Year: 1879

These sounds are taken as favora-
bic tokens that the incantatlons
have been successful, and that a
copious fall of rain will follow.
Then the robe is removed, and
the men and boys leap into
the pit, and each one brings forth
a snake. which he holds in his
Year: 1879

This curious weapon, peculiar to the
native Australian, has often proved a
puzzler to men of science. 1t is piece
of carved wood, nearly in the form of a
crescent, from thirty to forty inches
long, pointed on both ends, and the cor
ner quite sharp. The mode of using is
quite as singular as the weapon. Ask a
black to throw it SO as to fall at his
feet, and away it goes fun forty yards
before him, skimming along the surface
at three or four feet from the ground,
when it will suddenly rise in the air
forty or sixty feet, describing curve,
and finally drop at the feet of the
thrower. During its course it revolves
with great rapidity, as on pivot, with
whizzing noise. 1t is wonderful SO
barbarons people should have invent
ed so singular weapon, which sets
laws of progression at defiance. 1t is
very dangerous for European to try
to project it at any object, as it may re-
turn and strike himself. In a natives
hand it is formidable weapon, striking
without the protector being seen; like
the Irishmans gun, shooting round q
corner equally as well as straightfor-
ward. osGu t rt
Year: 1879

A Philadelphia lady, now dead,
WHOSE accuracy of statement in any
other instance we should never have
doubted, told us the following story,
which seems too marvellous for belief:
Her mother was in the habit--as were
many ladies of that city in old times =
of making her own purchases of mar
keting. One morning an old gentle
man Of her acquaintance, similarly en-
gagged in buying, found that he had one
chicken too many for his basket, and
insisted upon transferring the fowl to
hers. When she brought home her
marketing and deposited it in the
kitchen, taking up the fowl, she handed
it to the cook, with the remark: Il
wish hal another chicken; it takes at
least two to make dinner" There
upon the family dog, which had been
stretched upon the window7sill, jumped
out of the window as If something had
attracted him. The dog stayed away
about half an hour, and came back with
chicken in his mouth, laid the burden
down, and retreated to his usual seat ON
the window-sill. The chicken was yet
warm, though dead; the dog had seized
it by the throat. It was not known
whose poultry yard had suffered. The
lady who told the story ate a piece OF
the chicken. Science Netcs.
Year: 1879

laughter, asif it was the climax Of good
Jokes, winding up his confession with
the received axiom, @All fair in a horse
swap and that he expected his neigh
Dor to trade on his otcn j,,dome,t y
as he himself had done. OF course the
cheat didn't get into the courts; IL was
too novel and too acute, "too good" for
that; but the victimized pocketed his
loss, relying upon getting even with
the successful trickster some day in the
future, or, at least, making himself
square off of somebody else.
Year: 1879

Queen Victoria was noted in early
years for her punctuality, and was apt
to be inpatient with those who were
negligent as to time. She administered
once courteous but severe reproof to
the Duchess of Sunderland, who, as
the Mistress of Robes, was obliged to
be near the Queen on public occasions
The Duchess was little careless in
matters requiring promptness.


One day, when public ceremony
was appointed for given hour, the
Queen and her ladies had gathered in
the palace, and the Duchess alone was
missing. The Queen grew inpatient
and as the hour appointed passed she
was about to enter her carriage without
her first lady. The Duchess suddenly
appeared, breathless with haste, and
stammered an excuse.


my dear Duchess" said the Queen,
Il think you must have bad watch"


Unloosing from her neck the chain Of
magnificent watch, she fastened it
round the neck of the Duchess. The
reproof, though conveyed in an elegant
present, was overwhelming. Theproud
Duchess colored, bit her lip and dropped
a hot tear. The next day she resigned
her office.


The resignation was not accepted, and
from that time the Duchess was never
known to be a second late in keeping an
engagement.
Year: 1879

INDEFINITELY PesTPoNED.-In view
Of bad weather, prevalent dull times and
the fact that every body is now at work
il Has been decided not TO give any
School Ball on Washington's Birthday
as had been previously announced. This
conclusion will doubtless give general
satisfsctien, as our people have already
contributed very literally to the School
Building Fund and are not prepared to
give much more at this time. II needed
they will gladly contribute again at a
latar date
Year: 1879

TIE ST0RM.-Since our last issue this
section has been favored with series Of
very nice showers, the rainfall during
the week aggregating 4.64 inches. The
total for the season foots up to date 1905
inches. At present t. m iners everywhere
in y c county are sluicing with full heads
Of fwater, bat the small quantity of snow
in the mountains will not keep the sup
plyup for very long. More storm may
belooked for and it is yet possible to get
In Two or three mcnths' sluicing.
Year: 1879

CoUNTY PoLITICs have not yet been
stirred, though expectant candidates are
bocomng anxious. Should the Convel-
tion determine to make the next term Of
County Officers one year, and the New
Constitution be adopted, the election will
doubtless be very tame affair. How
ever, it probably will make little differ


ence what the Convention now does, as
it has already dono enough to defeat itself.