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Year: 1875

A MOVEMENT is now on foot to endow
little julia, the child Of StonewalllJ y sck-
sou, and it is in such hands as will
doubtless make il q success worthy of
the name and fame Of tie great man
whom two worlds united to honor.
Year: 1875

READ in smother column about the
Bethel, our nobl est charity, and then
put year hand deep down into your
pocket and subscribe literally TO its sup.
port. You cannot possibly do better.
Year: 1875

THERE are some Cotton Merchants who in
their young days must have ridden the mule
to mill with corn in one end of the sack and
rocks or sand IN the other Those merchants
say this NEW THING
Year: 1875

A LITTLE HERo. Two children
still and stark on q snowy slope


tho girl wrapped round in the coat
Of the boy, and both young faces
fixed by frost in the calm repose oil
death was the picture represented
TO the eyes Of wearied searchers near
Mount Ayr, Iowa, the other day.
The Winters cold has taken many b
life, but none Of the unfortunates
were found in 80 touching an atti-
tude as this. IL was not in tho heat
Of conflict that the boy died; there
was no shrieling fife nor rattling
drum 10 stir his thickoning blood,
nor comrades eyes 10 mark his heroic
fall; nothing TO roEse his young en-
thusiasm. But the little coat folded
carefully about tho girlish form, and
his own naked breast, told Of the
quiet courage and self sacrifice with
which lie had met the pitless blast
that blew as cold on him as her.
Year: 1875

To the amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand are to be distributed on the 27th February by the Public Library of Kentucky upon the occasion of their Fifth and and Last Concert.
Year: 1875

FooD FOR YoUNa CHIcKENs.-They
want no food for many hours after they
are hatched, as they are then digesting
the yolk of the egg, which constitutes
their first food, and acquiring strength
to run about. When they begin to peck
they should be fed with soft food and
very small grain. Unquestionably, the
best soft food is an egg beaten up with
tablespoonful of milk, and heated in
the oven or by the side of a fire until it
sets into soft custard. Chickens fed
on this make wonderful progress If they
are to make large fowls, they must be
fed soon after daylight; if, as is too
often the case, they are left hungry for
three hours in the morning they are al
ways stunted in growth. They must be
fed the first thing, and while they are
young, every two or three hours during
the day.
Year: 1875

In memory of Rosa j. Smith. who went Home


May 81, 1874.
She has been one year with the angel throng
In the glorious city that knows no care
One year has her harp been tuned to a song
Sweeter by far than her childhood's prayer
She sits to-day on the shining strand
That borders the River of peaceful flow;
She gathers the fruit of the trees that stand
By the waters which none but the ransomed


know.
One year in Heaven and our home the while
Has missed the echo of darling feet
Which never again shall our ears beguile
Till we hear theirstep ON the Golden street.
One year in Heaven and the scenes she sees
The songs she doth sing and thejOys doth know,
Not the poets pen or the dreamer's spell
Can reveal to the aching hearts below.
One thing alone we do surely know
That the Home above is so strangely fair.
That the light which lightens it. shines so pure
So peaceful and blessed beyond compare.
That none who go starward come back again
To whisper word of the untold bliss
To lay on our forehead so racked with pain
The touch of the fingers we daily miss,
But one. the Beloved, the Dearest. the Best.
Comes ever to mourners who trust in Him.
To tell of a Home of Eternal Rest
Where loved ones wait for our entering in
We will lay our hands in His own anew;
HI will carry and our sorrow sore,
Till zoe too know, not year of bliss.
But untold glory, foreyermore.


F. E. TowNsLEY.
Year: 1875

1t is possible that some one who reads
the title of this article may find himself
guilty of failing to pronounce ca like sh
in shun. | find that my lady friend,
who is very precise in her language,
will persist in accenting etiquette on the
first, instead of on the last syllable. My
good minister, who has the greatest ad-
version to anything wrong, was greatly
surprised when | mildly suggested to
him that aspirant should be accented on
the penult, while my musical niece NOR
titled me the other evening by pronounc-
ing finale in two syllables. / heard my
geological friend, the other day, explain
ing the sabsidences Of the earth's crust,
but he should have accented the second
instead of the first syllable. The same
mistake happened, the other day, to my
friend, the President of the Reform
Society, who spoke of the vagaries of
certain people, by accenting the first in
stead of the second syllable He also
announced that / would deliver an ad-
dress that evening but | knew it was
not polite to tell him to accent the last
syllable. My boy says that he left
school at recess, aceenting the first syl-
lable,a he was 10th to believe that what
ever the meaning of the word, it should
be accented on the final syllable. Then
my friend, the president of the Debating
Club, who is great student of Cushing's
Manuel, tells us that a motion to ad-
journ takes the precedence by accenting
the first, instead of the second syllable.
My other lady friend says that she lives
in house having cupato. She should
consult the dictionary for that word.
But | will close by remarking that my
legal friend, who is very scholarly, al
ways accent coadjuaor ON the second, in
stead of the third, where the accent
rightfully belongs.-Ne,O England Jourm-
al Of Education.
Year: 1875

The discovery of frozen ground at a
considerable depth in Colorado silver
mine affords new problem for good
gists. The mine is located high up on
Mcclellan mountain, at an altitude of
over 10000 feet. The miners were tun-
nelling into the side of the mountain,
and had attained the distance of about
ninety feet without encountering any
unusual obstacles, when they were aston
ished to find the ground before them
solidly frozen. Through this frozen area
they have already tunnelled to the dis
lance of more than two hundred feet,
and it is probable that the frost extends
much farther. There appears to be no
crevice or channel through which the
frost would enter from above, and it is
altogether impossible that the cold of
our present winters could have penetrat-
ed to such depth. How, then, did the
frost get there, is the puzzle. One solu-
tion that has been suggested is that it
was frozen during the intense cold of the
glacial period. The fact that numerous
evidences of glacial action are found ON
the mountain and in the vicinity, gives
some plausibility to the theory.
Year: 1875

tai be Proud.
The authorship of the following poem
has been attributed to Mr.. Lincoln. 1t
was written by a Scotchman named
Knox, who gave great promise as a poet
but who became victim to coDsump-
ton at an early age. Mr. Lincoln, with
whom the poem was great favorite
often said he wished he knew the au-
thor, but had never been able to ascer-
tain it.


oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Like swift heeting meteor, a fast flying cloud,
A fash of the lightning. break of the wave
II passeth from life to his rest in the grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,
Be scattered around and together be laid
And the young men and old and the low and the
Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie.
The infant and mother attended and loved;
The mother that infants affection who proved;
The husband that infants affection had blessed
Each. all. are away to their dwellings of Rest.
The hand of the king that the seepter hath borne
The brow of the priest that the mitre hath worn
The eye of the sage and the death of the brave
Are hidden and lost in he depths of the grave
The peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap;
The heIdsman, who cLmed with his goats up the


steep;





Have faded away like the grass that we tread.
So the multitude goes, like the flower or the weed
That withers away TO let others succeed
SO the mutitudes come, even those we behold
70 repeat every tale that has often been told.
For are the same as our fathers have been
We see the sights that our fathers have seen
W c drink the same stream and view the same sun.
And run in the same course our fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking our fathers would


FFk


From the death we are shrinking our fathers would


shrink;


To the lives we clnging they also would cling
But it speeds from us all, like bird on the wing,
They loved, but the story we cannot unfold;
They seorned, but the heart of the naughty ia cold
They grieved. but no vail from their sumber will


come;


They joyed, but the tongue of their gladness is


dumb,


They died, aye! they died we things that are now,
That walk on the turf that lies over their brow,
And make in their dwellins transient abode
Meet the things that they meet on their pilgrimage


road


Yes hope and dependency. pleasure and pain
Wemlngle together in sunshine aad rain.
And the smI 9 and the tear, the song and the drge
Still follow each other, like surge upon surge.
,Tis the wink of eye It's the draught of breath
From the blossom of health TO the paleness Of


death


From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud.
oh why should the spirit OF mortal be proud?
Year: 1875

little kindly encouragement, a little
praise, might have stimulated her to
constant exertion.


Many wife becomes careless of her
appearance because of her husbands !
indifference. Now in the simple matter
OF dress-not so simple, either how of
ten men think it beneath their notice to
approve the choice of their companions.
We once remarked to a gentleman that
his wife displayed admirable taste in her
attire, and what do you think was the
answerY With sigh we record it !,
g" Has she ? Well, | should hardly know
whether she has on wash gown or a
satin dress We involuntarialy dis
liked him, and thought the expression
upon the countenance of his partner
spoke volumes.


Now we do like TO see a husband
notice such things, even to particularly.
We like to hear him give his opinion as
to whether such and such thing is be-
coming to his wife. We are pleased to
see father interested in the little pur-
chases of his children one who never
says with frown, "Oh, go away; /
don't care for such things suit your
selves"


And in household concerns the hus-
band should express his appreciation of
neatness and order he should be CRATE
ful for any little effort that may have
been put forth to add to his comfort or
pleasure he should commend the good
graces of his wife, and at fitting times
make mention of them. Indeed, not one
alone, but both should reciprocate the
good offices of the other. We never es-
teemed woman the less ON hearing her
say; q have good husband :" we new
er thought man wanting dignity who
spoke of his wife as being dear to him,
or quoted her amiability or industry as
worthy of example before others. Who
does not esteem the unaffected praise of
a husband or wife above that of all
others No motive but love induces
either t.
Year: 1875

Nothing can be more injurious to your
peace of mind than to have too many
confdants. You live in abject slavery
every day, as you are constantly fearing
that some one of your numerous conf
dants will reveal a secret you would not
have anybody know for all the world.
We know in many cases, it does the
heart good to open its door to seeming
sympathetic visitor but, alas there is
much more seeming than reality in this
world of ours.


You will sit down and tell some one
of your acquaintance all your troubles,
real and imaginary, and say to them,
" Now, you are the only one in whom
| have confded, and | trust you will not
speak of this to any one else" Well,
they promise to respect your confidence,
and at the time, perhaps, they are in
earnest, but by-and-by some one steps in
and an irresistible desire takes posses
sion of them to retail all they know of
your history, and little is added ON to
the facts, to make it interesting you
know, to your friends, not meaning any
real harm to you, probably, by SO doing
but it does good to talk it over with that
somebody else whom you warned them
against.


They, in their turn, tell this friend
not to say word about it, which is one
of the hardest things to do. Yet they
promise; but are sure to break that
promise as soon as they get favorable
opportunity Thus your cherished Sc
erets are know to the community at large
while you go ON in blissful ignorance,
thinking that your friend, Miss Jones,
alone know anything about your heart
sorrows. Friend if you have a secret
to keep. keep it yourself You are the
safest person with whom to trust it.
Year: 1875

We are requested by the special committee on
visitation Of the sick Of the Young Mems Chris
tIan Association OF this city, to call attention to
the fact that they will be glad to be notified of
the fact Of the sickness Of any young men in the
city who need attention. The special work of
this committee is to care for young men who
may be sick away from the comforts of home, and
need companions and attendance. This commit
tee will be glad to do whatever may be In their
power to visit and provide for the necessities of
sick young men in our midst 1t is not pecuniary
aid that is always needed, but the lonely homes
and the need Of friendship and small attentions is
oitentimes felt as keenly as absolute destitution
We, therefore, most heartily give place to this
statement,
Year: 1875

There appears to be no doubt that
paper barrels are to come into extern
sive use as substitute for those Of
wood. 1t is manifest that, their form
being that of a uniform cylinder there
must be saving Of fifteen per cent


in stOwage, a large gain, obviously, in
slowing a vessel, and also in the cost
of storage in warehouses; and they
are said to have successfully withstood
all trials as to their liability to burst,
having been cxperimented with in
this way to the extent of four thou
sand pounds inside pressure. The
paper is made waterproof, impervious
to air or moisture, and is thus not lia-
BILE to absorb the odors or favors Pc
culiar to other articles when stored
together in vessel; and, being about
air-tight, they are especially desirable
as protection against the insects and
vermin which abound in warm cli-
mates, and against loss of flour, and
sugar, SC. in handling. They are
more manageable, too, than the wood
en- barrel, as they roll at true angle,
while the wooden barrel, from its con-
vex shape. is likely to roll in any 6i-
rection. The paper from which the
barrel is made is manufactured from
wheat straw ; the hoops are only add
ed for protection in rolling, SO that
if they become loose, or are even
knocked off. the barrel is in no degree
impaired. ..S+5s.
Year: 1875

The routine of the farmers work
has got to threshing buckwheat, and
people are talking about pancskes.-
Everybody knows that buckwheat
pancakes (when7 properly made and
nicely baked) are delicious food, but
the wholesomeness of said diet is not
generally known. 1t is a well attest
ed fact that the uso of buckwheat pan.
cakes makes some people itch; hence
it is believed that said diet Is not de-
sirable. "a s7eis faZs aa5 -


What are the facts in this case !?
When the liver is torpid (Which is
quite general in Michigan, owing to
miasmsl affections). some tonic is nee.
essary to carry off and expel the sur
plus bile which has accumulated in
the system hence, we hear and read
of blood purifiers, both liquid and
globe form, and some people prefer to
take the nauceous quack medicine
rather than eat nice pancakes, which
give tone to the stomach, action to the
liver, and general health to the person
by cleansing the vitals,u moving in
ward disease to the cuticle then when
people scratch they SAY hard words
against nice buckwheat pancakes,
which are both nutritious food and
palatable Medicine Western Run ale
Year: 1875


ad A new weather prophet has arisen
in Wisconsin, by the name Of Heney
Kneger. He has been in the West 81
years. He says the weather of the
coming winter will be as follows:
After the next new moon the weather
will be the most beautiful Indian
SUMNER. At the beginning Of Win
ter there will be few cold days, but
the greater part of the month and tho
first three weeks in December will be
mild. About the Goth of December
there will be slight coating of ice on
the, rivers. Between Christmas and
New Years there will bs . fall Of
snow. The whole of January, except
few cold days, will be pleasant In
dian Summer There will be more
rain than snow and little or no sleigh
ing this Winter. February will bring
a few cold days, but March will be
warm and cloudy. s!aAprill will be
changeable, but May will be so dry
that the gardener will, be obliged to
use the watering can. The prophet
recommends ice dealers to lay in q
stock of ice at the first .opportunity,or
they will be obliged TO ship their sup
ply from Alaska.
Year: 1875

Boys do not be q burden to your
parentp. compelling them to support
you. Do something-no matter what
so that it is honest. Look around,
and obtain employment then off with
your coat and determine to work your
way up. The ladder Of prosperity is
within the reach of every one inclined
to use it.


Perhaps your father is rich, and
therefore you think there is no need
for you to work. What q senseless
excuse! Your father may be rich
now, but next year, or next month,
some bad investment may absorb his
riches and leave him in a condition
worse than peverty-in debt. There
are hundreds of probable misfortunes
that may reduce his means; illness
may lay him low, and his business,
lacking his supervision, may go to
ruin. Then you, his son, not having
been taught the necessity OF labor, are
unskilled in the use Of hands or brain,
and can do nothing but fret and worry
Your condition is worse than that Of
the most humble workman in your
fathers establishment for his expert
ence will recommend him to another
situation. Besides, poverty to you,
who have never known the want Of
anything, becomes doubly aggravating,
Brought up in luxury and idleness,
plain food is nauseous to your dainty
palate, and common garments seem
the livery Of shame. You shun a
meeting with the associates of your
better days, and they pass you with a
chilling nod, as much as to say, "Y ou
are poor now, and of course cannot
presume to reckon US among your ac-
quaintances." 'SA' a'"


Boys, strive to be Independent.
Learn to be nseful in the world-t0 be
able to 'paddle your own canoe" as
the saying is. Then, if trouble comes
to your father, he will have at least
one friend to assist him in regaining
his former prosperous condition-an
affectionate, Industrious, and energetic
son. go 5i'5 ''5< ~ 5ii
Year: 1875

fE-..+


A tall and slim appearing female,
wearing spectacles and carrying blue
cotton umbrella under her right arm,
little end foremost, SO we are inform
ed, called at the election precinct just
before election, not great many
miles from here, and demanded that
she be registered as q voter. When
politely informed that she didn't be-
long to the voting sex, she quietly
reached across the counter and took
the town clerk by the ear and the
chairman of the board by his beard,
and for about two and half min
utes she played their heads very
much as she would play an accorde-
on, all the while chanting to the music
she produced, somewhat as follows:
Eye won't will We. Perhaps ye think
I'm an unprotected female. I'm from
Wyoming, am, l helped run that
Legislature, did" About this time
the clerk made her understand that
he hadn't the least objection to her
registering her name, and she did it,
too, without any further unnecessary
talk.-FdirbauH Dem.
Year: 1875

Lister to the Water MEl,


Thro' the live long day.
How the clicking Of the wheel


Wears the weary hours away,
Languidly the autumn wind


stire the withered leaves;
On th > field the reapers sing


Building up the sheaves.
And a proverb haun,s my mind.


And spell il cast,
.The Mill will never grind
With the water that is past"
Autumn winds revive no more;


Leaves. strewn o'er earth and main
And the sickle ne'er can reap
The gathered grain again.
But the ripping stream flows on,
Tranquil. deep and still,
Never gliding back again


To the Water Mil.
Truly speaks the proverb old,
With q meaning vast,
The mill will never run again,
With the water that is past,
Take the Lesson to thyself,


Loving heart and true;
Golden years are neeting by
Youth is passing too.
Learn to make the most of life,
Lose no happy day,
Time will ne'er return.


Sweet joys neglected-thrown away,
Leave no tender word unssid,


But love while love shal. last; so.
The min will never grind


With the water that is past.
Work while yet the run doth shine,
Man of strength and will
Never does the streamlet glide
Useless by the Mill
Wait not uutil to-morr"w's sun
Beams brightly on the way:
All that thou can'st call thine own,
Lies in the phrase. to-day
Power. intellect and blooming health,
viii not--cannot-alwaye last;
The mill will never grind


With the water that is past.
Oh! the wasted hours OF life.


hat have swi tly drifted by;
Oh the good We might have done
Gone, lost without sigh.
Love that We once might have saved
By single kindly word;
Thoughts conceived but ne'er expressed,
Perishing. unpenned, unheard,
Take lesson to thy soul
Take. and hold ii fast
The mill will never grind agsin
With the water that is past
Love thy God and fellow man
Thyself consider last
For come it will. when those must scan
Dark errors of the past.
But when this fight of life is DER,
And earth rec-des from view.
And Heaven in all its glory shine.
Midst the pure, the good. the true
Then YOU will see more clearly,
The proverb deep and vast
The mill will never grind
With the water that lie past
Year: 1875

GRAIN. The schooner scow
Perry is now alongside Busby's S
mill, discharging her load OF
grain from Stacy's place, on the
Swinomish slough. Mr.. Busby's
mill is now grinding -four and
feed, and is turning out a first
class quality of both. 1t is one
of the best of the numerous man
ufacturies that have lately start
ed here and that are so rapidly
building up our town.
Year: 1875

HOTEL RoBBER ARRESTED. -
Some six weeks since, a gentle
man stopped one night at the
Occidental Hotel in this city and
on his departure left s24O under
the pillow of his room. On dis
covery ofhis loss, he telegraphed
back for it, but on examination
of his room it was found-to be
missing. A Chinaman employed
in making beds was suspected of
having appropriated it and strict
watch has BEEN kept on his
movements, and last night he
was arrested on a warrant from


Justice Smith. In his posses
sion was found $3.50 in gold and


500 in silver. He was taken to
jail to await examination. His
preliminary examination this
morning before Justice Smith
resulted in his being committed
to jail in default ofS1,000 bonds.
Year: 1875

ZEPHYR. = Captain Wright
went over to Portland to get a
new shaft for the Zephyr, but
was unable to procure one. The
old shaft was therefore taken to
Bullene's machine shop in this
city and welded in a tirst-class
manner, making it stronger than
ever. The Zephyr will be in
running order again before the
end of the week. After few
more jobs of this kind have been
done here, our people will begin
to understand that we have as
good machinists as there are in
Portland.
Year: 1875

FREIGHT.-As an evidence of
the constantly increasing growth
of our town we will mention the
fact that there has been one
third more freight landed on the
wharves of this town in the last
three months than ever before
during the same length of time.


Freight from San Francisco is
now So per ton by sailing ves-
sells and only So so by steamers.
Year: 1875

APOLOGY. = There has been
some account published of a
slight difficulty between Mr..
Hodgden and myself. I wish to
state that l was the party in er-
ror, as l mistook him for anoth-
er person. I sincerely regret
the mistake I fell into and would
not have anything of the kind
occur for a hundred times the
amount in dispute. A. HYDE.
Year: 1875

FIGHT. There was a little
personal discussion on the street
last evening over small sum OF
Of money, which eliminated in a
fight. Neither party got badly
injured, as they were soon sep
arated.