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Year: 1874

The overseers of the poor of this city have an
Unusual number of applications to furnish help for
persons outside of Augusta, who claim that they
pelong here. They have recently paid paupc'
bill of 5000 to the town of Lisbon, one to Windsor
Ind quite large bill to town in the eastern Sec
ion Of the State.
Year: 1874

A writer on the geological Gardens
in London writes ga pretty, winding
path through the shrubbery at the left
of the terrace brings us down a slope to
the place where the pair of white bears
live. They have beautiful stone
house. covered with Towering vines,
and in front pond with tagged path
round it, on which, as We approach, the
hinge creatures are pacing up and down,
waiting for dinner, growing savagely
every now and then at the visitors who
stand in tantalizing nearEess, just out
of their reach. Their whole domain
house, garden, and ponds not only
fenced in but rooted over with the
strongest iron bars. Once, they say, it
was only fenced but, though the top
of the fence was made of pointed spikes
turned inward, one of the bears got
ont early one morning and nearly killed
a blacksmith who happened to cross his
path; and after they were rooted in.
The white bear and his wife once had
two little ones, soft. pinky creatures,
but the unnatural mother actually
killed her own children, much to every
body's disappointment. The mother
bears ur is purer, softer white tnan
the fathers, whose hair looks rather
yellowish when he stands close to his
great SNOWFALL of wife, and she seems
to be generally in fit of sulks, while
he tramps about in a chronic state OF
active fury. They suffer terribly from
the heat of an English summer, and
great blocks of ice are constantly kept
in the pond to make the water cool
enough for their bath "
Year: 1874

OF students who begin a term with
high aims, how many year after year
fail to fulfill them, not from want OF
opportunity, but from want of resoiu-
ton The poet Cowper was once con-
sulted by his friend, Mr.. Unwin, about
some mans character. "All / know,
he wrote, "about him is, that / saw
him once clap his two hands upon a
rail. meaning to leap over it; but he
did not think the attempt a safe one,
and so took them off again." This
story typifies the career OF not a few
who pror lised something better. Let
me counsel you to keep your hand upon
the rail, even if you fail to clear it at
the first leap, or, at all events, only to
remove it in order to try humber
height. You are often exhorted to
aim high that you may secure lower


'tWho aimeth at the sky,


Shoots higher much than he that means a
tree"


But am not sure that it is not wiser
TO select for the immediate mark, how
ever ambitious your ultimate hopes mey
be, something fairly within your power,
and pertinaciously to strive until you
| hit it.
Year: 1874

We learn from correspondent OF the
Chicago Tribune that not more than
two thirds of the men who try stock
raising on the plains succeed. With
one It is bad luck another's stock is
stolen another is lazy; another drinks;
and fifth CANDLES off not only the
profits. but sometimes the whole herd.
A man, to raise stock, must be not only
sober. but industrious and, when the
storm comes, he mnst be brave, and
keep his cattle together, and feed them,
even at the risk of his life. In time OF
peril or danger, the herder must never
let go his grip if he does, the herd is
ruined, and the labor of years lost.
Year: 1874

The eastern women who are burned
alive with their deceased husbands Of
ten utter shrieks that would pierce the
hearers to the soul, and to prevent
a compassion which would endanger
The reign of superstition, the priests,
with drums and cymbals, drown the
Year: 1874

A cholera conference is to meet in


Vienna in the course of the autumn to
discuss the best methods of preventing
the propagation of the disease. Pro
fessor Pettenkofer, who has carefully
watched the progress Of cholera in
Year: 1874

QuicksTEfs w. voLLUM.


Tomorrow afternoon at Schuetzen Park the
champion Qnicksteps will play game of base
ball for the State championship with the Volum
club of New Castle. The Yollum team Is n
strong one--next TO the Quickstep the strongest
in the State and an interesting and exciting CON
test may be looked for.
Year: 1874

On Sunday afternoons large Bible
class is held in the rooms of the
Young Mems association. Quite a
sensation was produced the other
day, such as seldom attends such a
gathering. "A young man appeared
in the company and attracted con-
siderable attention. He was well
dressed and evidently well educated.
He said he had resided in the holy
Land. He talked fainiliarly about
Gethsemane, Jerusalem, and Zion.
He knew the customs of the east
was especially familiar with the
Oriental languages. He was quite
ready to talk, and as he came from
Sabbath to Sabbath he made the SEES
sions entertaining. His appear
ance was looked for with especial'in-
terest. The other Sunday the Bible
class was followed by a prayer
meeting. Iu the midst Of the SER
vice two policemen appeared in
search of the Oriental scholar.
How the men in blue tracked their
victim to the prayer meeting is one.
Of the mysteries Of the detective ser.
vice. The officers bore tho young
man away. lie proved to be a noted
hotel thief. He had recently stolen
a large amount Of valuable property.


The very clothes he had on were
stolen. He had pass keys and other
facilities for gaining access to rooms.
That he was learned and travelled,
there was no doubt. His purpose
in attending the Bible class was,
to form the acquaintance of members
allay suspicion, and reap a harvest
of watches and pocketbooks. The
moral is simple one. 1t is not
safe in New York to confde in every
stranger who talks glibly and
piously.
Year: 1874

The performance of educated
fieas is at present attracting much
attention in Berlin. At a recent
exhibition, one of the most accom-
plished of the insects, obeying q
sudden impulse OF his nature, sprang
from the table and took refuge on
the person Of an lllustrious lady.
The exhibitor was in despair, as
the truant was his best performer,
and said he would be ruined unless
it could be recovered. The lady
good-naturedly retired to an adjoin-
ing room, and, after a few minutes
absence, returned with the flea be-
tween her thumb and re-finger.-
The exhibitor took it eagerly, gave
one look at it, and then, with visi-
BILE embarrassment, said, "Your
Highness will pardon me, but this
is not the right fiea."
Year: 1874

The streets of Yokohama are wide
and straight. Each house is built
of wood, without an atom Of paint,
and is a real toy house, genuine
Liliputian Swiss chalet, built with
a taste, built with a nicely, and
neatness which are admirable. TIE
The Japanese are wonderful work
ers in wood, and it is pleasure to
see the roofs, so light and yet SO
strong, supported by walls which
are made, like the side scenes in
theatre, Of thin strips of wood, over
which are pasted thin sheets Of cot
tony, transparent paper. In the
evenings, when the lanterns dispense
their soft light round the inside of
these white buildings, the spectator
seems to be looking at a mag
ic lantern. During the day time
the sides of these houses are slipped
out, as side scenes are, and the
house becomes only 3 roof resting
on the four light corner pests, the
whole interior being open to the air.
Every part Of the house is exposed
to view, and everything done in it
can be seen, while behind it appear
the charming vcrdure, the cascades
and the diminutiye plantations of
the little gardens situated in the
rear.


The great luxury Of the Japanese
consists in their mats made of plait-
ed straw. They are perfectly rec
tangular shape, about three inches
thick, and soft to the touch. They
arc never stepped on with shoes,
since the Japanese 60 about their
houses barefooted. Of furniture
they have next to nothing; : small
furnace in one corner, ! closet made
Year: 1874

Foreign immigration brings to
this country in its tram many ro-
nance of sentiment or sorrow, vary.
ing from the pretty pastoral Of
village courtship, interrupted for
years by the yeoman lovers battle
for fortune in distant America, to the
stern drama of the tugitive's recap
turc by relentless justice, after life
times disguise and miserable wan
derings across the seas. In the city
of Cincinnati, a few days ago,
wealthy gentleman, in his seventeen
year, was married to a widow only
one year younger; and the event in
vited none Of the quizzical humor
generally occasioned by the matri-
monial essays of old age, because
it was the mellow climax Of ro-
nance begun in the fitness of youth.
Fifty years before, the bride and
groom of that marriage were lovers
in q German village near the Rhine.
Poverty pressed hard upon the young
man, and, after many vows of etern-
al fidelity between himself and his
sweetheart, he crossed the ocean to
conquer a future of higher possibil-
tiles in the Great Republic. 1t is
not told by what vicissitudes the
hearts of the twain were cstranged,
but when, after several years of sue
cessful fortune in the West, the emf
grant took to himself wife, it was
not the village girl and when the
latter subsequently came to this
country. herself, and was welded, no
tinge of the romance was in the act.
Yet that old romnnce was not yet
dead. Widower and widow, the
two met once more beside the Amer
lean Rhine the former rich man,
though hoary with the SHOWS of
threcscore and ten, the latter old
enough to be the grandmother of her
first loves maiden self. And, thus
meeting, it was to part no more for
tho old romance could not be wrong
ed of it's dues even 1t the eleventh
hour, and the drama Of youth be-
came the sacrament Of ege.
Year: 1874

The following comes from a very
gracefully written sketch Of the
great American prima donna, from


the pen Of Lucy Hamilton Hooper !:


A singular and mournful little ro-


nance is connected with the earlier


portion of the great singers career.
During the last great battles, the
chaplain of one of the MassacIlu-
sets regiments was engaged in rem
dering the last services to the dying,
when he came across young lieu
tenant, lying by the roadside, and
evidently desperately wounded. The
chaplain proposed to summon medi-
cal aid, but the Young man declined
the offer, saying that he was dying
and he preferred to be left to pass
away without further sufferings AZ
ter doing what he could to make the
sufferer more comfortable in his last
moments, the chaplain asked the dy-
ing man if he wished to send any


nessarss to hissrclativss or friends.
!" No, lie had neither-fe was alone
in the world" Was there no one, !"
persisted the chaplain, ito whom he
would like to send a word Of fare
well?" The young officer hesitated.
I" Yes" he answered, "there is one
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, she
does not know me, nor have ever
met or seen her off the stage. But
she is the one, the only woman that
l ever loved. saw her in opera
repeatedly when l was last in Bos-
ton, and the effect she produced on
me was instantaneous and ineffac-
able. And l should die happier did
l know that she would one day learn
that l had once existed, and that L
had loved her." A few brief lines
were penciled by the failing hand on
on a leaf Of the chaplain's note book,
a single dark curl was severed from
the locks already growing damp
with the dews of death, word or
two of thanks were family spoken,
and then the dim eyes closed, and
tie brief romance and the young
soldier ended together. In due
course Of time the letter and the
lock of hair were placed in Miss
Kellogg's hands /; and if the spirit
of the sender, at the moment of re-
ceiving them, was lowering near, he
had at least the joy of knowing,
that, though unknown to his fair
he had not died unwept
by her.
Year: 1874

it will be adopted; but whether
adopted or not, the cause Of woman
suffrage must gain nightly from
the discussion Of the subject in
every part Of the state; for there
is no possibility OF framing even .
plausible argument against this re-
form, without denying the funda-
mental principles of Republican
government and avowing doctrines
that involve the exclusion from the
polls Of large bodies of men whose
right to vote is now acknowledged.
Nay more: Any man may be safe
ly challenged to give one sound
reason why he should himself be
permitted to vote that will not be
equally good if urged in behalf Of
his wife, his mother, or his daughter.


Christian Union.
Year: 1874

Shooting Niagara" is to be sup
erseded by "Tunneling Niagara.
A bill has been introduced into the
New York Legislature forming a
company with q million and q half
capital to build bridge, or tunnel,
from the city of Buffalo to or near
Fort Erie, on the other side of the
Niagara river. The Buffalo Cour-
Ter says of it:


"The design Of the projectors of
this company, we are given to un.
derstand, has in view primarily the
tunnel expedient, and there can be
no doubt that such a work, if in the
limits of the practicable, has nu-
merous important advantages as
compared with bridge. Some
twenty years ago the scheme was
ably advocated by Mr.. Wallace, the
engineer, who satisfied himtelf by
careful surveys, that tunnel could
be constructed from q point on this
side Uf the river at or near Jersey
street. His estimate of the cost Of
the undertaking at that time was
81 100000, sum which would
probably need to be doubled or
trebled to-day.


The scheme,as at present revived,
we suppose would naturally fall
into line with the crosstown railway
project, and it would certainly add
immensely to the Importance and
facilities Of Buffalo as a railroad
center. Had it been carried into
execution when first broached by
Mr.. Wallace, the Suspension bridge
would never have been built and
Buffalo would have had a very diff.
ferent business history. AS it is,
the recent construction of Canada
Southern and the need of direct &C.
cess to Buffalo on the part of the
Great Western of Canada create
pressing demand for more facilities
of transit than the International
bridge can furnish. 1t does not
seem improbable that one or both
of these roads, and perhaps others
with them, might be induced to
take hold OF the tunnel project and
bring to it the necessary capital.
The incorporators named in the bill
comprise many Of our substantial
citizens and some prominent rail-
road men.
Year: 1874

who cannot get along without it. Con gross should remedy this matter without needless delay. The excuse that land would be monopolizeG, is insufficient, for it could be provided that one person should not be permitted to purchase above a certain number of acres, and that none be sold except to actual residents of the land district within which the land lies. Enough safeguards can easily be ln- corporated in law for the purpose sug- gested. As applied to agricultural and mineral lands, existing laws and regula- tions are ample for the public prosperity, but as to timber land, they are not. The settlers of Arizona must have timber and Congress has provided no practicable and legal way of getting it. It being neces- sity, legal way to get it should be pro vided without delay. Representatives from all the mountain States and Terri tories should unite in procuring the neces- sary legislation.
Year: 1874

FIRE.-At Yesler's mill at noon to-
Gay, (Monday), there came very near
being large confagration. Some part
of the machinery gave out, and in let
ting off steam spark was blown into
and ignited some dry saw dust which
had settled upon rafter near the smoke
stack. and before the fire could be ex-
tinguished large hole was burned in
the roof.
Year: 1874

County FAIR.-We are informed by
Mr.. Moss, of Snohomlsh. who is now
in this City attending the term of Court,
that the citizens of Snohomish County
contemplate holding County Fair at
Snohomish City on or about the first of
October. Their plan is to secure good
representation at the FAIR of the Vests
ern Washington Industrial Association
by means OF this exhibition. The best
objects on exhibition there will be sent
to the Territorial Fair. Regular Com-
mittees will be formed for the selection
of those articles, but no premiums will
be given and no admission fee charged.
Residents of this county are cordially
invited to send articles for exhibition to
this fair and to attend. This would be
a good time for an excursion TO Snoho-
mish. Many of our citizens would like
to take trip to that town, and if some
of our enterprising young men would
take hold it could be easily put through.
We think the Zephyr could be chartered
at a reasonable rate. e.
The little town of Snohomish has
library with several hundred volumes,
a scientific collection that is constantly
increasing, and lyceum, before which
there is lecture on scientific subjects
every week, by residents of their own
town, and now they contemplate form
ing County Agricultural Association,
with head quarters there. That's en-
ksrprise for you!
Year: 1874

The improved processes of making
paper from wood, straw, and various
grasses, as practiced in France, now
enable the manufacturers TO recover
So per cent, of the caustic alkali,
used in the reduction of the raw ma
terial into pulp. This is very impOr-
tant economy. In order 10 convert
wood into pulp strong solution OF
the alkali is necessary. One pound
of carbonate of soda is required TO
produce four pounds of pulp. By
sleeping the wood or straw in the al
kali solution the resinous or other
gummy matters are separated from
the fibres of the material, and become
mixed with the solution. To regain
the soda for reuse is now the objec:
of the manufacturer. This is done
by evapOrating the water by heat
then charring the resulting mass
which Yields carbonate of soda, then
converting the latter INTO causuc
soda.


The evaporation is effected by
passing the products of combustion
from the FIRE which heats the alkaline
solution through the liquid which is
to be evaporated. For this purpose
the liquid is thrown up in the form
of thin spray by paddle wheels /;


l2t pounds of the solution, it is sta.
ted, are evaporated for each pound Of
coal consumed. The carbonate Of
soda Is then subjected 10 a long con-
tinued washing in a peculiar appa.
ratus until it was fit for burning, and
at least s. per. cent of the original
quantity Of the alkali Is recovered.
The former methods only permitted
the recovery of from 80 to 60 per
cent of the alkali.
Year: 1874

Man AND WIFE.-A bill has pass


ed the Illinois Legislature so far ex-


tending the business rights of married


woman as TO make them entirely ipde-


pendent of their husbands in al mat


ters. There seems to be but a sin


gle matter in which the male part


ner in the matrimonial alliance has


been given either authority or respon-
sibility, and that is in prohibiting


his wife from forming a business
partnership without his consent. A
husband is relieved from any liability
for his wifes debts; his and her busi-
ness transaction are entirely distinct,
and outsiders trading with man or
his wife does so entirely on the stand
ing and responsibility Of the person
with whom he deals. The wife and
husbands earnings are the distinct
property of each, and business rela-
tions NAV exist between husband and
wife just as between any other peo-
pie. 1t strikes us the law, after all,
hiss left matters in a rather conplica-
ted shape. 1t does not make any
provision for the rights of each In
the joint earnings Of the Two.


1t meets the requirements Of the
few cases where the wife is engag ed
in business on her own account, but
fails to make provision for the great
majority of instances where the wife
is the helpmate of the husband work
ing at home and in reality partner,
having a joint interest in the accumu-
lations of the firm. The Illinois law
makes wife personally liable tor
her own debts without giving her
any interest in the accumulations of
the firm in which she is a member.
Evidently the law in this respect Is
not just, either to the wife or the
third person dealing with her. Ii
ther some provision should be made
for securing 10 her the proceeds Of
their labor or the property of the'hus-
band that receives the benefit of it
should be responsible for her debts.
The Illinois law it seems to us is ell
ther step too far. or 1t should go
farther, and recognize a man and
wife as joint partners in business,
and draw some kind of a distinction
debts of the firm and the in
iividual debts of the partners.
Year: 1874

LIVE LIKE LOVERS. Married peo-
pie should treat each other like lovers
all their lives-then they would be
happy. BickeriDg and quarreling
would soon break of love affairs /;
consequently lovers indulge in such
only to a very limited extent But
some people-men and women both
when they have once got married
think they may do justas they please,
and it will make no difference. They
make a great mistake. 1t causes all
the difference in the world. Women
should grow more devoted and men
more fond after marriage, if they
have the slightest idea OF being hap
py as wives and husbands. 1t Is
losing sight of this fundamental
truth which leads TO hundreds of di.
vorces. Yet many q man will scold
his wife who would never think Of
breathing harsh word TO his sweet
hear; and many a wife will be gium
and morose on their husbands return
who had only smiles and words Of
cheer for him when he was her suit
or. How many such people expect
to be happy?
Year: 1874

WHAT CANE OF CASTING A SHOE
The practice which prevails at we'd
dings Of throwing old shoes after the
carriage which bears away the bride
and bridegroom is, no doubt, from
its antiquity, deservingof veneration,
but it may be carried too far, and, it
is at times not only inconvenient, but
dangerous. At wedding which
took place recently at bennington,
England, q serious accident occurred,
and the lives of three persons were
nearly sacrificed by the observance
of the time-honored custom, 1t
seems that, as the bride and BRIDE
groom were taking their departure
after the wedding-breakfast, volley
of old shoes was discharged at them,
with the addition of quantity Of
rice. This evidence of fkindly feeling
however highly steemed by the new
ly-married couple, was, unfortunately
misunderstood by the horse attached to
the vehicle in which they were seated,
who showed his disapproval by bolt
ing The consequences were not
such as can be said to have added
much to the happiness of the occa-
sion. The driver was thrown from
his box, and the carriage passed over
him, The carriage itself came into
collision with cab, was capsized
and smashed to pieces. The BRIDE
groom was pitched out of the win
dow, receiving a scalp wound and now
lies in precarious condition. The
bride was, Of course, terribly shaken,
but happily escaped further injury.
The moral of which is, either hitch
to the wedding-carriage horses that
won't scare worth cent, or cast no
old shoes after the bridal party.
Year: 1874

DREAss. If man dreams that the
devil is after him, it is a sign TINT he
had better settle his subscription bill.


II he dreams ofan earthquake, md
n turmoil generally, it is a sign that
he is going to be married.


If he (being a married man)
dreams Of some fearful mysterious
danger, it is a sign that his mother
in-law is coming to spend a few days
with her darling daughter.


II he dreams that his head is in
danger, and That his hair falls out,
it is II sign that he will have q quar-
rel with his wife.


II be dreams of speaking familiar
~ to a ghost with horns and tail, it is
a sign that he had better reduce his
liquor bill.


If he dreams Of making fool Of
himself, it is true sign it is so.