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Year: 1877

Every day the bull trains, mule teams,
and stages roll into the Black Hills with
their loads of fresh fish," as the veter-
ans call the new arrivals from the East.
These fresh fish" rush for hotels, board
ing houses, and saloont, get meal or a
lunch, and are presently seen walking up
and down the streets Of the frontier city
or collecting on the corners to hear the
latest news from the diggings and the
prospects of striking job.


The other day when a wagon load OF
bull-heads was dumped out in Custar
City, as wagon loads had been dumped
out every day before since grass started,
the first man to welcome them to the
infant city was a chap five feet Highland
weighing accordingly. There was blood
stain on his left cheek, scar on his
right, and he had fierce eyesa voice like
a roaring lion, and bad limp in one of
his legs. He was whiting out ten-pin
with big bowie-knife as the wagon
drove up, and pushing the knife down
the back of his neck, he lifted upa Henry
rifle, ran his eve over the crowd and
called out, in an awful voice:


as there anybody in that crowd look
ing for Terror No 1? Kase if there is,
Year: 1877

All the planets move in what are called
ellipses or ovals, differing not greatly
from a circle. Comets OF short known
periods and those Of long conjectural
periods move in very elongated ovals,
whose longer diameter Is many times as
great a. their shorter. Those which
have been known not TO reappear move
either in parabola, which is ellipse or
oval infinitely elongated, or in an hyper
bola, curve something resembling in
form an area Of circle whose center is
infinitely distant. In the former case
they may really move in ellipses OF enor-
nous elongation, and may, therefore, de-
scribe regular orbit round the sun in
hundreds Of centuries.
Year: 1877

According to the most recent re,
searches, certain microscopic organized
or living bodies constitute in all proba-
bility the specific poison or ccntagien
which causes the spreading Of epidemics;
When ever there Is fresh outbreak Of
an epidemic in q locality, the first case is
sure to be In connection with like case
in some other locality. This fact, the
result Of extensive experience, goes Tar
to demonstrate that contagion can only
be produced by self-multiplication ana
not by any chance of coincidence.
Year: 1877

A German pbysiologipt states that the
heating of the earth by the sun causes
magnetic currents from the equator to
each pole. Such being the case, persons
who suffer from sleeplcssness should pay
attention to their positions at night, and
lie in the direction of these currents.
Restlessness and want Of sleep result
from lying across them. The head TO the
north is the best position-to the west
the worst. Physicians in charge OF hos
pitals attend TO the directions In which
the beds are placed and with the best TO
suits.
Year: 1877

Nollht vernon NcIuDnChn.


Sister Nancy Reed was n faithful and
conscientious member of the Wesleyan
(NIethodisD Church in Brown township,
Ohio, and, wishing to all the good she
could in her generation, she concluded
to join the Good TempIars, a sort of re-
ligious, temperance organization, which
has II membership probably in every
county in the State. Brother James
Baron preferred charges against Nancy
Reed for belonging to secret society,
without the authority of the church; but
instead of ordering trial, according to
the custom of the church, it seems the
matter was referred to the Judiciary
Committee, which body decided that
Sister Reed must leave the Good Ten
plars within thirty days, or else with
draw from the church. 1t seems that
Elder G. M. Smith was member of
this committee, and took an active part
in the expulsion of Sister Reed.


The Rev. Mr.. Norrick, the pastor of
the church, did not like these hasty and
tyrannical proceedings, and did not
hesitate to say so. He declared that
Sister Reed was entitled to at leasta fair
church trial, and he denounced the hasty
and inconsiderate act of the Judiciary
Committee. This led to personal
quarrel between the Rev. Norrick and
Elder Smith, in which language was
more emphatic than polite and Christian
and finally Elder Smith, losing control
of his temper, proceeded to


Prove his doctrine orthodox,


By apostolic blows and knocks,


and, influenced by the spirit of evil,
which is the devil, he raised a chair,
with which he struck Brother Norrick a
terrible blow almost breaking one Of his
arms. Brother Norrick at once filed an
affidavit before Justice Leonard and
had Brother Smith arrested, who in
stead of making defense, pleaded
guilty to charge of assault and battery
and was fined accordingly.
Year: 1877

When DR.. Lyman Beecher was pastor in


Boston, he had many conversions at his
church, especially of young men. One who
had been anxious for some time, and had at
tended several inquiry meetings, being asked
on one of these occasions how he was getting
on, replied that he was in the dark, and had
received no light DR.. Beecher having
learned the nature of the young mans bust
ness, said TO him, d" Do you think you can be
a rum-seller and get to heaven God will
never bless you in such business. You
must renounce it, or you can never become
a Christian. For your souls sake, abandon
it. You must quit it or go to hell" These
words went to his heart He attended one
or two more inquiry meetings, and was no
more seeking to become u Christian. 1t was
a turning point with him. He concluded
not to give up rum-seling. Some time after
this, a pious relative wished to see him on
the Sabbath, and called at his residence, but
he was absent. A friend of his went to his
store, and hearing some one inside, knocked
several times at the door and obtained adj
mittance, only to find him busily engaged,
on the Lords day, in drawing liquors and
arranging for their sale during the week.
He apologized for being thus occupied, by
saying, " he had so much on his mind he
could find no other time to attend to it,"
He was absorbed in his chosen business,
seemingly forgetful of God and eternity.
lie was an energetic man, and in his nefar-
GUS traffic accumulated a large property.
Some who were well acquainted with him,
and were inquirers at the same time, became
devoted followers of the Saviour, and by
their ability did much to promote the cause
of Christ. They frequently tried to impress
on him the Importance of something better
than worldly goods of treasure in heaven
of a life consecrated to God, but without eff
feet. In the latter part of his life he was in
"A state of unrest, and keenly felt his want
of preparation for heaven. lie acknowledged
that his life was a failure. He expressed a
decided conviction that those, however poor,
who were serving God, We're richer than he
with all his wealth and that it was of the
highest Importance to begin life by beconl-
ing Christians. His last illness was of short
duration he was not aware of the nearness
of death till few hours before he breathed
his last. When his speech had failed him,
his countenance showed great mental dis
tress, even anguish and despair. He passed
away, and gave no sign of true repentance
or faith in Christ Young man, it may now
be turning point in your history Re-
member some opportunities occur but once
mistake then is a mistake for life and for
eternity, Hear the voice of the blessed Saw
iour: "Seek first the kingdom of God
and his righteousness" Say not, to-mor-
row | will do so, but make the required sac
rifice at once, and devote your heart, your
influence, your life, to Christ, Seek him
while he may be found "-Zion's Heraid.
Year: 1877

know two little girls, aged seven and
four, who, quite unconsciously, have made
the acquaintance of some of the writings OF
our best poets, and find great delight in
them, and are learning to appreciate good
things in perfectly natural, child-like way.
The oldest was very nervous, excitable
child; it was almost impossible to quiet her
to sleep, and she was very wakeful at night.
When she was about three years old her
mother began reading to her at bedtime
some of those pretty little pieces of poetry
for children, such as are found in so many
collections, like Hymns and Rhymes for
Home and School, "Our Baby" and the
like, and found the rhythm so soothing to
the child's restless nerves, that she commit
ted several to memory to use when the book
was not at hand. She kept the little book
or newspaper scrap in her work basket, and
when she was holding the baby or could do
nothing else, she learned stanza or two.
She soon had quite collection at her
tongues end, and now it is part of the bed
time routine for mamma to repeat one or
two. The little rollicking four-yeai old, a
perfect embodiment of animal life and spir-
its, generally calls for Tennl sons "Sweet
and low, wind of the western sea-" while
the older one is charmed by Mary Howitt's
pretty ballad of Mabel on Midsummer Eve :"
sweet, pure, good English all of it.
watched the older child, as she stood at the
window beside her mother one wild Novem-
Der morning, looking at the dead leaves
whirling in the wind, while the mother re-
cited to her Bryant's lines, The melan-
choly days are come" 1t was almost as
good as the poem to see the child's gray
eyes kindle with appreciation as she eagerly
drank i'll the words. One can see the inhu-
ence of this culture in the little songs they
make up for their dollies-a jingle and jar
gon, of course, but interspersed with remem-
bered lines from their "little verses" aud
having withal good deal of rythm and
movement about them. Their ear has been
educated to a certain standard of apprecia-
ton, just as German children, who grow up in
an atmosphere of good music, find delight in
harmonies which are hardly understood by
our less cultivated American ears. OF course
you must carefully select beforehand to suit
the childrens minds, and must explain sim
lies and allusions.-From Letters to a
TouD1 Mother" Scribner for March,
Year: 1877

TO NO kind of begging are people SO
averse as to begging pardon, /. e., when there
is any serious ground for doing so. When
there is none, this phrase is as soon taken in
vain as other momentous words are upon
light ocoasions.-H
Year: 1877

What a lovely thing is human soul !
Men walk abroad and exchange greetings
with their fellows, and utter light, careless
words, and all the while apart and deep
down within them is world of thought aud
feeling, of hopes aud fears, hidden away
from every mortal eye-kuown only TO God
They themselves are conscious that their
words and actions are often but very i'm
perfect exponents OF this inner life, aud that
by far the larger proportion of their thoughts
and longings and aspirations never find ex-
pression-never come to the surface at all.
Not more truly do the up-heaved rocks give
but slight indication of the mighty forces at
work beneath them than does the outward
life of the work that is going on in every
human soul. We are prone to be harsh and
superficial in our judgments of each other.
We say Of some, how light, how giddy, how
reckless they are, and know not that God
may see beneath the gay exterior anxious
thought and earnest aspirations. And herein
lies great hope. Because your loved one
was taken, it may be suddenly, away, and
left behind no positive sign that he was a
Christian, it does not necessarily follow that
he was not. | say necessarily, for ordinarily
the tree is known by its fruit but in view
of the experience of every one of us, NAV
we not believe that the All-searching Eye
sometimes discerns in souls the beginnings
of good which untoward circumstances or
other causes have not permitted to develop
as yet, but which may yet yield rich fruition
in the paradise of God. Doubtless, as has
been said, if ever we reach heaven we shall
meet many whom we never expected to see
there.
Year: 1877

A writer In the Berks and Schuyl-
kill Journal says: Many dairymen
sell their calves, and buy COWS when
wanted. but that is not a good prac-
lice. as l claim that cows can be raised
cheaper than they can he bought-that
is. really good cows, Which have a
large flow of milk, and are breed, or
grade, valuable for beef. Dairymen
should breed from stock that is extra
valuable for milk. Such cows are OBJ
tanned by degrees they may be grades
or pure bloods but when o obtained. 1t
is very unwise to sell the calves OF
such cows to the batchers, because in
few years one runs out of such good
stock, if he sells his calves, and then he
is compelled to take cows Of an infer
ior grade, as first-class cows are sell
dom offered for sale. 1t dpes not fol-
low that when good cows are obtained
their calves will always make equally
good mixers but like generally pro-
duces like, and farmers can keep up
the good qualities of their dairy STOCK
better by raising than by purchasing
their cows. For milk. and also for
beef. a short-horn and Ayrshire grade,
or short horn grade crossed on Ayr
shire cows make very valuable dairy
stock, An old and feeble cow should
never be bred, If her calves are to be
raised, as disease is hereditary. In
regard TO the points OF good COW, in
order to perpetuate healthy constitu>
tion in her offspring, annex the fol.s
lowing from the journal Of the Royal
agricultural society Of England "The
head small muzzcl fine and tapering
nostrils large and open the eyes full
and lustrous the ears small and not
too thick the head well set on the
neck the distance between the ears
and the angle of the jaw short, but
the width behind the ears c0nsidera>
bly, Ono dairy COW should have short
thick neck;) the chest wide and deep;
the gIrth, taken Immediately behind
the shoulder, should correspond with
the length from behind the ears to the
rise OF the tail the carcass of barrel
shape fora thin, tlat-ribbed animal eats
largely. thriyes badly, and is usually
liable 10 diarrhoea there should be
but little space between the promi-
nence of the hip and the last RIB the
quarter large; the measurement from
the prominence of thehaunch backward
TO the rise cf the tail and downward
TO the hook as great as possible the
lower part of the haunch thick and
broad d; the hide thick, plant small
ness of bone is a sure indication OF
early maturity and apti tude for fat
teniBg."
Year: 1877

IT is fact, thought by many worthy OF
remark, that ofall the weekly publications
in this Territory the ARGUS is the largest
and contains by odds the greatest amount
of reading matter. A gentleman of some
prominence, residing about the upper part
of the Sound, recently remarked that no
other paper on the Sound was any better
received by the people. During the past
three months it has nearly doubled its for
mer circulation. This has been interpre-
ted to mean that the people are getting
what they have paid tor-news.
Year: 1877

SPIRITUALIsM--A noted spiritualist-
Mr.. w. F. Peck-has been creating a SEN
sation in town during the past week. This
gentleman has held seances here, at which
phenomena were presented, whether il
lusions or not, completely turning stten-
dants wild with excitement. All day on
Sunday last, crowds Of men might have
been seen on our street corners, discussing
pro and con-principally pro-the merits
and claims of the subject Of this item. On
Sunday evening lecture was delivered by
Mr.. Peck, upon which we can pass no
comment, not having attended on account
of other and more important business.
Without entering upon any discussion,
or investigation Of this subject it might
be well enough to offer thought or two
before dismissing it. First then, what is
the OBJECT Of these meetings? Is it to
work out any great or glorious public
good, making efforts, however laborious,
commendable? Is it not rather to crafty
an idle, vain curiosity on the one hand,
and to obtain notoriety, or pecuniary
gain, OH the other? Even though it be to
satisfy on the part Of the public, spirit
of honest inquiry and yearning after the
hidden and infinite, will it not work out a
destruction OF public and private peace
rather than any substantial and lasting
benefits? Whenever anyone will demon
strate satisfactorily that people are to be
made purer, nObler men and women on
account Of dabbling in these affairs; when
it can be shown that good results Of any
kind are to be produced, then, and not till
then will we engage heart and hand in
the work. 1t is true that professional il
lusionists have engaged in New York and
elsewhere to perform all the feats and pro-
duce all the phenomena shown by any me-
diums. 1t is true also that they have sue
ceeded in demonstrating that all this CAN
be done by sleight of hand; but still we
care not a fig for that. The only question
Of Importance is, how are you going to
BENEFIT people by spirit meetings? Un-
Gil this question is settled everyone can
certainly find more profitable employment
than that offered.
Year: 1877

A GENTLEMAN gets pretty near the point
when he says: II should very much dis
like to think that my father, il dead, must
needs come at the beck and call Of every
wandering fellow, for four bits"
Year: 1877

THE farmers in and about La Conner
W. T., would be pleased to have good
practical blacksmith settle among them.
Such man we are told, with a reas-
enable outfit OF tools and material could
do well there.
Year: 1877

taught from Surgeons pulpit in
the nineteenth century is no more
horrible than that Of the Vishnu
Parana, which makes a hell Of every
crime, from the killing of a COW to
insulting priest. If the heather
doctrine Of hell is not a revelation,
neither is that of the Christian
church.
Year: 1877

One of the most remarkable ap-
pearances which has been seen on
the planet Saturn since the time of
Herschel, was noticed by Professor
Hall of the United States Naval
Observatory on December Z. A
spot so bright that it could be seen
with small telescopes suddenly
showed itself near the equator Of
the planet. 1t gradually spread out
along the equator, so as finally to
present the appearance of strip
extending over some ninety degrees.
The brightest part was not in the
middle Of the strip, but near one
end, as if the shining material had
spread itself out in one direction
only. The discovery was at once
communicated to several American
astronomers, and the spot was
observed at Albany, Hartford, Vas
sar college, and elsewhere. 1t was
watched during most of month,
when the planet approached near
to the sun, and the band became SO
faint that no further accurate OBJ
servations could be made on it. 1t
does not appear to have been seen
in Europe at all, as the astronomi-
cal journals which have come TO
hand are entirely silent on the sub
ject. The spot was utilized by
Professor Hall to determine the
time Of rotation Of Saturn, which
no one but Herschel had hitherto
done. The result was about ten
hours and fifteen minutes, hardly a
minute different from Herschels
estimate.
Year: 1877

Van Amburgh could handle his lions
and tigers with impunity, No animal
will fail to respond to kindness and uni
form good treatment And especially
will the noble horse respect and coniide
in and faithfully serve master who
deals gently and kindly with him, We
have ourselves taken a spirited Morgan
mare which had been rudely handled and
became unmanageablc through harsh
treatment, and, by appealing to her in,
telligence and respecting her needs, in
three weeks time made her entirely safe
and reliable for wife and children, and all
would treat her kind y and handle her
gently, and we have, after five years
seen the same mare resume her sld VI
cious habits when again under the con
troll of one who rcsorted to arbitary OF
brutal treatment. Always appeal to the
better instincts of the horse, the mule
the OK, the COW, as we'll as the dog and
other domestic animals and they vii
never become vicious or unmanageable
-S.9Di. VrODjcn
Year: 1877

professor Riley predicts that we are
to have an unprecedented crop of grass
hoppers during the coming season. He
read paper before the Academy of Sci
ence Of Omaha few days since, express
ing this belief. The soil in large p0r-


ton OF Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado, Ne.
braska; Idaho, and sixteen counties in the
State OF Missouri was so thickly planted,
he said, with locust eggs that man


coald scarcely take step anywhere with.
out tramping upon whole nests of eggs


He was receiving eggs from every one OF
the sixteen Missouri counties, four coun.
ties in the extreme northwest corner of
the State, and twelve counties in the south
west portion Of the State, almost daily,
and was therefore being kept constantly
informed as to the condition of these eggs
in all the counties. A great many of the
eggs hatched in his office within a week
after their arrival here, and from this the
Professor inferred that q weeks warm
weather next spring would be sufficient
to hatch them all out, providing they
were not killed beforehand by the weather.
The only kind of weather that would he
at all likely to kill them was changing
weather, alternating suddenly between
very mild and very cold weather. Al.
though the crop hatched next summer
throughout the west will he much larger
than the crop ot 1875; these devastations
will certainly be much less, for the reason
that the farmers are tins time prepared
for the locusts, or graSshoppers, as they
arc sailed. The ten thousand pamphlets
Year: 1877

Moore and the Jam Company are settled
in manner honorable to all.


Captain Hill is able to 60 up or down
the north or south forks Of the Skaglt
the lower half OF the north fork AT
less than half tidc-with his steamer, the
FaHHy LAKE..
Year: 1877

A silver dollar represents u days
work of the laborer. It is given to q
boy. He has no idea Of what IL has
cost or Of what 1t Is worth. He would
be as likely to give dollar as q dime
for q top or any other toy. But II the
boy has learned to earn the dimes and
dollars by the sweat of his face, he
knows the difference. Hard work Is
to him measure Of values that can
never be rubbed out Of his mind. Let
him learn by experience that q hun
dred dollars represents hundred
weary days labor, and II seems a great
sum Of money; q thousand dollars is a
fortune, and ten thousand is almost in
conceivable, Il r II is fur more than he
ever expects to possess. When he has
earned dollar, he thinks twice before
he spends 1t. He wants to invest II SO
as to get the full value of day'e work
for 1t. 1t Is great wrong to society
and to boy to bring him up to mans
estate without this knowledge. A for
tune at twenty-one without Il is almost
inevitably thrown away. With II and
q little capital to start on, he will make
his own fortune better than any one
can make 1t for him. Hunts Mcr-
chants Magazine.
Year: 1877

all Is well mixed together and the eggs
are done, not hard. Pepper and salt
II more Is needed, and send TO table
hot. This will be found q pleasant
dish for breakfast.


A person who was recently called
Into court for the purpose of proving
the correctness Of q surgeons bill, was
asked by the lawyer whether "the
doctor did not make several visits after
the patient was out of danger.o "No,"
replied the witness, 1 considered the
patient In danger SO long as the doctor
continued his visits"


According to an article In Black
wood for April on the reconstruction
OF the French army, France Is now
able to defend herself against Ger
many, but is not yet strong enough to
attack her.