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Year: 1874

Chubb is an unfortunate man. He is bald,
and he uses some s'renovator'' every night
before going to bed, for the purpose Of max
ing his hair grow. He forgot it on Wednes-
day until after he was in bed, and then he
rose, and as he knew just where the bottle
was, he thought it was tardly worth while
to strike a light. He groped around in the
closet until he found the bottle, and pouring
out some of the stuffinto his hand he rubbed
his scalp well with it; and doing this sec
ond time he put the bottle back and went to
bed. During the night the baby got to crying
and Mrs. Chubb rose and lit the gas; as soon
as she did so she glanced at Chubb and began
to scream. He woke and tried to rise, but
found his head held firmly to the bolster.
Then Mrs. Chubb screamed louder than ever.
Chubb, in serious alarm, jumped out Of led,
carrying the bolster with him in his arms.
As he came opposite the mirror he perceived
that his head was perfectly black, and upon
making an examination he found that he
found that he had rubbed his scalp with his
wife's shoe varnish. 1t was dry and hard,
and immovably fixed to the bolster-case. He
has not been out of the house since. He
soaks his head three times day in warm
water and has still patches of black distrib-
uted all over it, like oases in the desert. But
this doesn't worry Mrs. Ohubb as much as
the condition of the bolster-case. That is
ruined. 1t had to be cut away to give Chubb
froodorn
Year: 1874

YESTERDAY was q sultry, close day, es.
pecially in the afternoon, and the state Of
the atmoshere presaged the thunder and


lightning storm, accompanied with heavy
rain, that visited us last evening. II the
storm was general above we may look
for q considerable swell in the river
within the next twenty.tour hours. We
expect to hear OF no little damage to the
corn, especially on the hill sides, where
the wash must have been very considera.
bic. There were one or two very start
ling peals Of thunder in this immediate
locality.
Year: 1874

IT seems strange that 0 man Of Mr..


FAu1KNER's advanced years should d want
to 70 TO Congress bad enough to enter


into o fight for It as an Independent can.


didato. Having achieved wealth and po.
sItion, we should suppose that, in the
evening Of his days, he would avoid the
unhealthy and unsatisfactory excitement
Of politics rather than court It. He must
be familiar with the littleness Of Con.
gresslonGl life in general, and also
with the probability that even II
elected he will not become q
commanding member Of the
House. BE never was such even in his
palmy days, Mr.. FAULKNER Is a politi-
clan and not q statesman! he is shrewd
but mot great BE Is not one Of the men
who grapple with great issues when they
arise and help to determine them. He is
ono Of those who wait to see the DRIFT Of
public sentiment and then follow 1t. That
game will do for a man who simply lives
to be reelected, but not for q statesman.
With oil his faults, however, we prefer
Mr. FAULKNER TO MARTIN. AS o mem.
Der oi the Judiciary or some other i'm.
portant Committee, requiring experience
snd familiarity with legislation, he
would be Of more service than either
BoTELER or MARTIN. So far as their
rebellious antecedents are concerned there
is nothing to choose between the three.
FAULKNER and BoTELER as independents
and MARTIN as the Democratic nominee
will make a lively contestIt is one Of the
wholesome features Of the times to see in.
dependent Democratic candidates in the
held. .,F-Ea nr..
Year: 1874

WE understand that the account of
stock just taken over at the Etna Mill
shows q gratifying result for the last six
months operations, The company are SO
well pleased with what they have done
that there is talk OF putting on double
tnrr .e n .a
Year: 1874

At meeting of the Elgin Grange, Jan.
18th, 1874, the following resolutions were
passed without a dissenting vote:


Resolved, That we favor the passage of q
law by the present Legislature of the state,
empowering towns to elect town collectors
for the collection of all taxes in the several
towns in this state.


Resolved, That whereas, several of the
older states have found it expedient to
make each Chairman of town Supervisors a
County Commissioner, we therefore ear
nestly request our Legislature to abolish
our present system Of County Commission
ers, and adopt system Of county govern
ment similar to that of the state of Wiscon-
sin.


Resolved, That, whereas, it has been
customary and lawful for the owners of
cattle lin Wabasha county to let the same
run at large, and as we think to the great
inconvenience of the farming community.
Therefore


Resolved, That we urge upon our present
Legislature the necessity of passing strin-
gent Law, obliging the owners Of cattle in
this county to restrain the same = ! !


And it was further resolved that COPY
of. these resolutions be forwarded to tie
Representative Of this Representative Dis
.trict, with the request that the. same be
presented to the Legislature g the state s.,


o. T. DICKERMAN. Secretary.
Year: 1874




$ Oh to be made up Of light -hy-
drogen, coal naptha, or gasoline, sub
stances which everybody knows will
not explode If kept in the frigid zone
away from the fire. But the doctors
say it will emit an explosive gas at a
temperature as low as 280 Fahrenheit.
This oil was splendid for kindling fires,
and had become very popular for that
purpose, but it is rather too much Of a
success. We will add that We have in
our possession circular signed by some
Of the most prominent citizens Of Vino
ma, recommending this oil in the
strongest terms. This is another illus
tration Of how little reliance there is to
be placed in recommends, and how ready
people are to recommend those things of
which they have no practical knowl-
edge. If it had been the duty Of some
practical chemist to have examined this
oil before it was permitted to be offered
for sale two lives at least might have
been saved and we might add similar
words of many articles for domestic use,
hawked through the country or offered
for sale in our drug or other stores.
Why does it not come within the prov
ince Of the Legislature, through the
Board Of Health, or in some other way,
as matter Of protection to the lives Of
the citizens Of the State, to provide for
an examination of all compounds offered
for domestic or medicinal purposes,
which may result in injury?
Year: 1874

If there Is one thing in which the
Argovian takes particular pride, and in
which he particularly excels, it is in
the care of his cattle. They are ele-
plants in size, and their glossy hides
betoken some peculiar art on the part
of their masters. Not particle of dust
or straw is allowed to cling to them,
and they are combed and washed as
only horses are elsewhere, not with a
curry comb, but with old cards, which,
being finer and softer, are more agreea-
BILE to the animal, and improve the
fineness of the hair. This receives an
additional lustre by being rubbed with
old flannel. They actually shine /; and
the gentle creatures have an evident
consciousness of their beauty, for they
are careful not to soil their ashy gray
and chestnut robes by lying in the mud
when allowed to take walk. Animals
can acquire, if they have not by nature,
fine sensibility, and when they
have once experienced the pleasant SEN
sation of cleanliness, learn to take care
of themselves. Not only do they exer-
else this care for the person of the ami
NAL, but are at the pains of removing
every feather and other unpalatable
substance from their food; and the
water-troughs where they drink are
kept as clean as if human beings re-
sorted to them. If anybody doubts the
efficacy of these means, let him come
and see not only low large but how in
telligent these dumb creatures look I;
how they watch every motion of those
who talk to them, and listen to all they
say. What an affectionate moan they
will utter to welcome the mixers, who
are always men, as they say, "Women
tickle the COW, and never take all the
milk from the udders, so that she gives
less and less." 1t is said of them that
an Argovian will send for the doctor for
his COW great deal quicker than for
his wife; but we did not see any evil
dence that he was not sufficiently atten-
tive to both.
Year: 1874

Save her husband, she really cared
for no created being. She was good
enough to her children, and even fond
enough of them but she would chop
them all up into little pieces to please
him. In her intercourse with all around
her, she was perfectly kind, gracious,
and natural but friends may die,
daughters may depart, she will be as
perfectly kind and gracious to the next
set. If the king want her, she will
smile upon him, be she ever so sad /;
and walk with him, be she ever so weary;
and laugh at his brutal jokes, be she
in ever so much pain of body or heart.
Carolines devotion to her husband is a
prodigy to read of. What charm had
the little manp What was there IN
those wonderful letters of thirty pages
long. which he wrote to her when he
was absent, and to his mistresses at
Hanover, when he was in London with
his wife? Why did Caroline, the most
lovely and accomplished princess OF
Germany, take little red-faced, staring
princeling for husband, and refuse an
emperorP Why, to her last hour, dld
she love him SOP She killed herset
because she loved him so. She had the
gout, and would plunge her feet in cold
water in order to walk with him. With
the film of death over her eyes, writh-
ing in intolerable pain, she yet had
livid smile and q gentle word for her
Year: 1874

An exchange thus descants upon print
ing Office bores, hitting the mark so
fairly on the head, we cannot fail to ap-
preciate, indorse and copy. Here are
a few of the innumerable questions
which printers are called upon to an
swer:


Do you print both sides of the paper
at once?


How 1Oug does it tske to make news
paper?


Suppose you write everything you
print, don't you?


Why are those boxes of different
sizes, and how do you know where to
find certain letter?


Can't you print picture of anything
you want to should think you could.
Why can't you? (After printing some
horse-bills for a man not long ago, he
found fault with them because the
"cut was not just like his horse. On
another occasion gentleman came to
us with the information that he had left
his horse in front of the office and want
ed picture Of it taken and some bills
printed.)


If you print one hundred bills for SO,
I suppose you will let me have four for
twelve cents


should think it would be fun to be
an editor,-you don't do anything but
sit down and read newspapers and
stories all day


Do you throw your type away after
you have printed upon it once Z?


You don't care if I take a handful of
this type, do you?


1t can't be very hard to set type all
day-is it now?


Can't I help you print something?


1 wish you would print my name for
me it wouldn't be much trouble to
print off just one name.


What is this for? what do you do
with that? what makes that look so
funny what are you going to do now?
what for? why =? what makes you keep
so still you don't care if fellow just
talks, do you?
By the time man goes through with
this list of questions, his company be-
comes SO monotonous that he cannot
fail to perceive its effects upon the lis
teners, and he walks off with the i'm
preston that we have treated him un-
kindly and impolitely.


AL the above is to the point, and
when the questioner takes the hint and
lnavos of his own accord. we feel serene.


But then, when, as occurred with us
the other day, a man comes in with a
32-page pamphlet with the backs torn
off, and insists on us printing him q
copy of that same, backs and title-page
included, for ten cents, because that is
all the original copy cost him, we feel
disposed to explain to him the quickest
method of getting down stairs, free of
charge.
Year: 1874

GOLD FIsH.-Referring to the state
ment now going the rounds, that Seth
Green proposes to stock Irondequoit
Bay, Lake Erie, with gold fish, which
he says are good eating, the German
tom Telegraph observes "We should
say that the gold fish will not be re-
garded as edible by anybody who can
get any other fish. They have an un-
natural sweetish taste, not unlike the
smelt, but lacking the flavor of the
smelt, and rendering them quite in
sipid. We have not tasted one for
thirty years, but that taste was sufi-
cient NOT To desire another since that
Year: 1874




l.
Little familiar gate
Gate of the home by the way;
Hour for which daily to wait,
Hour at the close of the day.
Hand in hand close pressed,
Arm never trusted in vainl
Hearts in each other at rest,
Home, all home again!
Gate through which all must pass,
Gate at the end of the way;
Men call it Gate of Brass;
A prison-gate, they say
They think it can only divide,
Pitiless, heavy, and strong;
But we who have looked inside
Know they have named it wrong,
Know it not strong, but weak,
Its bars all shattered and slight;
Mere bars of shadow, that streak
And prove the inner light;
Gate where all bonds shall break,
All severed hearts unite.


III.
Terrible, Beautiful Gate
Gate Of the Temple Of God
Well through the day we may wait
Till it open for us our abode.
Hands in hands close prest,
Hearts past all parting and pain.
In God and each other at rest
Home, all Home again!
Beautiful Gate of Life!
Gate at the end of the Way
Well worth Days toll and strife,
For that hour at the close of the day!
By the author Of "The Schonberg- Cot
Family"
Year: 1874

There is said to be single arsenic
mine in Cornwall, the monthly product
of which is sufficient to destroy the lives
of five hundred millions of human be-
ings; while, if the amount of white
arsenic contained in the adjacent store
houses we're judicially administered,
this globe of ours would be completely
Year: 1874

THE village council will meet next Monday evening, when the question of the strip of hpdd on tue plaza claimed by the Catholic church society, will come up and it is expected will be disposed of.
Year: 1874

THE land in front of Tucson is under stood to have been cultivated about 100 years, and hence this community must have about that age-a greater age than that of the United States government. The climate here is adapted to the growth of all or ne3fly all kinds of fruits-there having been/no frost here stnce last Win ter-'and ytJwe are now paying from eight to ten cents apiece for an inferior apple or get none at all. At MeSilla and Las Cru ces in the Rio Grande valley, there was frost October 29, and those places have al- most superabundance of grapes, peach es, pears, apples and other fruits. There is no doubt but these several kinds of fruits can be grown in our valley so as to be sold at fifty cents to one dollar per bushel, and the producers make mulch more money than they now do from any thing they grow. With care, an orchard bearing many hundreds of bushels of fruit could be grown here in from three 10 four years, and the wonder now is wheth- CT any body will do it? or the people go along another century with but little fruit at very high prices?
Year: 1874

THE ALTA opposes the flooding of the Colorado Desert of California with water from the ocean. We only fear that papers opposition is unnecessary, for it is but barely possible the project can be ac complished. Those engaged in the scheme only now ask that survey be made to demonstrate the possibility or impossibility of it. Having spent some days and nights on that desert, we still believe that If it were covered with salt water and the deeper the better, some thing would be gained to the surrounding country, and nothing of consequence lost to California or to the "back country" of San Diego.
Year: 1874

TOM. RoDDICK came into town this week from Orc BlsHco mining district. He has been to work on claim on the Ostrich lode, an4is enthusiastic over the developments The ledge is ten feet in thickness where he is working and hun dreds of tons of ore now exposed. There are now fifteen men at work on tbe Os- trich lode and more are expected to be very soon. The ore is gold bearing and not difficult to work. Some half dozen arrastrars are now ready to crush.
Year: 1874

TEE BALL, TO NIoHr.-To- night, at the
thirty fourth annual ball OF the Washington
S. +. L, Company takes place at the Masonic
Temple. The arrangements for the success of
this ball are complete, and their is every rea-
delightful evening. The Hall will be hand
somely decorated, and the committee of ar
rangements will do their part in a manner
which cannot fail to make this the premium
ball of the season.
Year: 1874

LARGE ATTENDANcE.-The Council chamber,
last night, was crowded with members OF the dif-
ferent tire companies, who were drawn there by
the announcement that the Paid Fire Department
would be discussed. They appeared greatly IN
terested in the discussion and paid close attention
until when the fire in Pickles foundry was dis
covered the sound hose carriage bells was heard


This startled them, and in thirty seconds after the
City Hall bell pealed its first tap, there was not
fireman In the room. As prompt as ever, they
-prang quietly to their duty, and spent the greater
part OF the night lighting The devouring flames.
Year: 1874

Most men and womon must keep
in the traces, and keep pulling the
year round. All the more, there.
fore, it is their duty to take things
easier as the hot weather comes on.
Take longer rest at noon. Put on
less steam when you are at work.
Snatch. Sunday now and then
from the middle Of the week p
You can't? You can. People find
time to be sick and to die. They
can just as easily find time to rest
aud keep we'll. All does not de>
pend on flushing that dress or fenc-
ing that field on putting up +" so
much fruit or catching 50 many
customers. Better that the chiI>
dren should wear old clothes than
that their mothers should be laid
aside by fever. Bitter that the
corn crop tea little lighter than
that their shonIl be no one to har>
vest it. Put up the store-shuttcrs
earlier at night; prepare palmer
meals in the kitchen. Take a noon.
day nap yourself, and give your en-
ployes chance to 60 fishing Of IN
afternoon now and then. That on
ly is duty which the Lord lays upon
us, and he is not SO hard Il master
rs we sometimes suppose.
Year: 1874

1t was Unlimited in a former
article addressed to the boys, that
the girls might expect something
especially for them.


1t is generally expected that the
daughters of farmers will help their
mothers. IF they do not, there are
at least two reasons which may be
given-one is thai the mothers
prefer to do the work themselves,
and let the girls do nothing, and the
other, that the latter are unwilling
to 60 into the kitchen or dairy.
Now, there is wrong in both if it is
true. as ebove stated. There is
nothing more conducive to health,
than the ordinary house-work upon
a farm. say ordinary, because
anything that involves heavy lift
ing should never be required of a
woman. The art of making good
bread is rare accomplishment, and
requires as much good sense aud
duplication as the ability to play
the guitar or piano forte.


Again, after the house>work is
done for the day, much can be done
by the eirls towards cultivating
flowers in the door-yard. In a
village or city, the lots are often so
small that no room is afforded Tor
flowers OG the farm there is al
ways room enough, and no excuse
can be offered why they should not
be cuItiu, ed. There is not only
the satisfact on Of seeing the benuti-
full mounds and borders, but the care
requisite in training them has
tendency to cultivate to correct
taste in everything else. If the
front-yard looks nicely, the house
will be apt to present the same ap>
pearance. Flowers outside will
stimulate taste for pictures inside
the house. There is nothing which
proudtes so favorable an impression
on a passer by, as to see flowers
growing in front Of a farm farm house: E:
house can be nude to resemble
city residence better than to devote
= space 10 the cultivation of flowers
aud ornamental shrubs. Again,
there is no better way for the girls
to render th,. farm home attractive
to their brothers, than to secure


their concurrence in the cultivation
of flower garden. A taste for
flower garden. A taste for flowers,
will te ID TO render the boys more
gentle. and filter companions for


their sisters. They will be less dis


posed to wander off upon the hills


with gun sin han,i, if the young ladies
will seek to render their home at


t>active.


Much might be added to the fore


going remarks, bu: this article is


already too long for these columns.
The subject be resumed in fu-
ture number, and these cursory
remarks will be closed by quoting
the saying of some writer in ad>
dressing girls: Love your father
and help your mother.
Year: 1874

A squaw sat down on the curb in
front OF the post>otiice in Austin,
New, and, unrolling a bundle Of
calico, commenced the manufacture
of dress. In less than all hour
the dress was finished, and putting
it on over her old clothes, the squaw
pulled out pin here, peg there,
and united q string in another
place, made one step, and, presto !!
the old clothes lay in the gutter.
Gathering up the rags just shed, the
noble daughter of the forest cast
one look Of triumph on the specta-
tors and skipped gracefully off in
the direction of the Indian camp.
A prominent citizen who was an
interested witness of the transac.
ton mildly remarked that he would
give $50 If Mrs. P. c. could shed
herself Like that.
Year: 1874

BURNED TO DEATH By HER MorRBR.-The
coroner's jury in New York yesterday returned
came 10 her death from shock and exhaustion
following burns when she was placed on stove
by her mother, and they believe the mother
was sensible at the time she did the deed The
accused was committed 20 the Tombs.
Year: 1874

THs INTRE-eCEANIo CANAL COMMISSION,
consisting OF Brig.-Gep. Humphreys, chief of
engineer corps, U. s. A., Professor Pierce and
Commodore Daniel Ammen, U. 8. N, will meet
at the Navy Department In this city on Morday
next. An impression prevails among MANY
persons Interested in the construction Of an
inter oceanic canal TO connect the waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; that at this meet
ing the whole question will be settled, and
selection made OF the most feasible route. This
impression is erroneous. The commission at Its
meeting on Monday, will simply hesr the views
OF the volunteer commissioners who visited And
inspected the routes across Nicaragua and
Dsfien last winter, and receive for future con-
hdeTatien the report OF Major Mcfarland, who
was appointed to make an Official examination
OF The two routes named above. The official
decision as to which is the most feasible route
Will not be made until some time next spring
after the return of party that will leave here
early in January to make nnal survey of the
Napipi route across the Isthmus of Darien. The
President takes great personal interest in the
great canal project and Is anxious 10 have the
question Of location settled as early as practical
Bile In order that measures may be taken to in
augurate the week. As the case now stands the
government OF the United States OF Columbia
Is far shesd Of that OF Nicaragua in offerino
Inducements for cutting the canal throu gh the
Isthmus or Darien.