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Year: 1878

HE CONSTITUTIONAL CoNvKx1IoN, whether
intended 60 or not, seems to have been so ar
ranged as to give the republicans "sure
thing on majority. To start on, we have
three members elected from the territory at
large. Now it 50 happens that in a period Of
sixteen yesn the republicans have carried the
territory, with two exceptions; and when de-
feased it was owing to divisions in their ranks.
In the matter Of electing delegates to the con-
stitutional convention, there can be no division,
and SO if this is made party question, the re-
publicans will have the three delegates at large.
Next the territory is divided into three judicial
districts, and totdese districts We have assigned
corresponding number Of delegates to the
convention. The returns of elections for the
past ten years give the second and third Judi
ci.l districts to the republicans, with about
oGual chances for carrying the first district. In
any estimate the republicans can safely count
upon carrying two of the judicial districts.
This secures for that party 1--WE out of the fif-
teen members Of the convention. We have
nine council districts in the territory, and each
district is allowed to elect delegate to the
convention. One election with another, the
republicans have FIVE of the nine members of
the council, and it is not to be supposed that
they will be less powerful when it comes to
electing members of the constitutional conyen-
ton Concedins the republicans five council
districts, they viii have ten members of the
constitutional convention, or two-thirds of the
whole number. We give these figures for the
purpose of showing that the democrats have
nothing to gain by making the choice of dele
gates a party question. Indeed, in framing
the organic law that is to govern the new state,
We think it would be well to drop party and go
for the wisest and best men, Properly party
questions should have 10 weight whatever in
the deliberations of convention called for the
purpose Of framing constitution that is to
govern a whole people, and We trust that any
movement of the kind will be frowned down.
When the constitution is framed and Wash,
ington is admitted as a state in the union, it
will then be time enough to divide upon party
questions. But for the present it Will require
the united efforts of men of all parties to Sc
cure admission, and hence we deprecate the
proposition to make the question of electin
delegates turn upon party issues. In this ter
ritOry We have score or two of small bore
politicians who always think that they can
carry the territory, and are Just as uniform dis
appinted. This class will dissent from our posi-
tiOn, and insist on dividing upon party lines
If the majority so decide, we shall fall into
line and work for success, but as matter of
jud'ment we question the wisdom of any such
policy.
Year: 1878

BOARD OT EDUCATION.-The new school law
proviies FOR board of education to consist of
the territorial school superintendent and one
suitable person from. each judicial district, to
be appointed by the governor and confirmed
By the legislative council We are not aware
that the council bad an opportunity to confirm,
no appointments having been made, hence ws
have no beard of education as contemplated by
the school law.
Year: 1878

Nothing but ultimate ruin stares that farmer
in the face who does not pay personal attention
to all the most minute details of his farm.
There are thousand small leaks about the man
agement of an ordinary farm, that if not close
ly attended to will surely bring the most hard
working farmer to ruin and bankruptcy. Nine
tenths of sinking farmers can attribute their
present distress to no other cause that lack of
close attention to the small details of the farm
a closer supervision of machinery and tools, the
stock and their feed, place for everything and
terested in attending to these details as the
boss Such course will in few months or
year or two at most, enable many farmers who
are now on the down-grade, to again begin to
ascend. If heroically persevered in, it will
surely make headway against what now looks
SO hopeless. A fear of sunburnt hands and
face, dirty clothes and boots and desire to
have reputation that he does not work on the
farm, has been fruitful source of loss to MANY
farmers. A course of this kind sonce entered
on will be hard to depart from-Farm and
Eireeidp
Year: 1878

A correspondent of the Scientific Farmer,
upon the question of feeding largely of bran to
dairy cows gives the following:


L maintain, that if more shorts are fed than
is necessary to counteract the heating quality
and condensed richness of the corn meal it de-
teriorates the butter. During last March saw
this illustrated, being called upon in Boston to
examine some butter from one of the finest
dairies in the state, and which was troubling
the dealer who sold it. He said it was mega
lively good: nothing could be said against it,
yet mighty little could be said in its favor. 1t
seemed to lack that fine, nutty flavor so neces-
sary to fresh butter that commands over 30
cents per pound. L said at once upon tasting
meal" He answered, "Just what / Thought,
but didn't dare say so until it was confirmed. 4"
In less than ten days the butter from that
dairy was improved.
Year: 1878




make his Luws.
Lo, to the nose Of musing Memory come
Savor and strength of old and outlived days
Watts of the odoriferous porgy-ehum-
Speaking whereof that man shall win much praise
Who to the Legislature boldly says
Make we brief end of business bothersome,
Short shrift to strife of dction, bid be still
Porgy, the strong, wrong, long song of the fishery
bill.
Poor piteous porgy, crushed, with horrid hum
OF mad machine that mashes, slashes, preys;
Thy sad remains are widely scattered-some
For fertilizers on sown fields of maize;
While thy lorn brethren mourn thee in the bays
Thou, lately left of life, art now become
The spoil OF toll, an oil to soil and spill
Porgy, the strong, wrong, long song of the fishery


bill
bitter bud of battle burst to bloom
As Venus risen from the wave, that plays.
seed of strife and warning wearisome,
OF speech unmeasured, action.t that DELAYS;
Unlovely and unsavory in his ways,
Not washen into fairness by the foam,
Notlike crushed flowers that perfume them that kill,
Porgy the strong, wrong, long song of the fishery


bill.
Are not enough the never-ending sum
OF troubles, taken in their passing days
That swim by shoals In life's sad sea and come
About us-that our mind turns on its ways
Back to the shore where dead debates have place?
Untragrant ancient heaps of porgy-chum
Whence wisdom's oil long since we did distil--
Porgy, the strong, wrong, long song of the fishery


bill.
Though in the April, waterbrooks be dumb,
And to our ears no word the springtime says,
Up from the south the sapient swallows come,
Their time of exile all fulfilled of days;
The autumn bough the red ripe apple weighs;
On winter boughs the snow hangs burdensome
All seasons shareth Death with one thing still
Porgy the strong, wrong long song of the fishery


bill.
Yea to an end one day shall all things come
An end OF night and final day OF days,
An end of death and life, mems mouths made dumb
As fishes, quenching of the last lights rays
And when above the sun the dark has clomb
Chaos shall come again. re.echoing still,
Porgy, the strong, wrong, long song Of the fishery


bill!
But, Mr.. Speaker, grow tiresome
With over-speech-and men may rise to kill
The too-extended orator, that makes numb
Their ears with wearing words of tedium-
Porgy, the strong, wrong, long song OF the fishery


bill
Year: 1878

Fully appreciating the very liberal patronage which
ment of our office, would solicit continuance of
the same, and will spare pains to make such pat
ronagd deserved. We guarantee satisfaction in ev-
cry respect.
Year: 1878

TO enforce by appropriate legislation the will
Of the people In reference to the disabled sol
diers of the late war. A motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill to suspend the
operation of the sinking-Fund act for five
years was reiected-122 to ll2-not two-thirds
In the affirmative, Adjourned.
Year: 1878

The testimony of E. l.. Weber be-
fore the Potter committee yesterday
was calculated to add to the disgust
felt by the country for the whole
crowd of the Louisiana witnesses.
His ritten statement had all the in
dications of having been prepared
for him, and when questioned on
points in it, his confusion of manner
showed that he had nothing to do
with It's inception. His break down
on cross-exanination was pitiable,
and especially when confronted with
the letter he wrote to st. Louis di-
rectly after the assassination of his
brother, d. A. Weber, in which he
stated the whole affair exactly to the
contrary of his present testimony.
Altogether this witness seems to be
both the biggest and the clumsiest
liar of the whole disgraceful lot
Washington star.
Year: 1878

~ I>N''N'S'tSC eNCVt VUUC.


How is it possible to say anything
against the liquor traffic without
speaking against those engaged in it?
We do not embrace the gambler and
tell him he is good fellow, he is all
right, and we are simply down on
his business or occupation. No, we
condemn him as a wicked and de-
testable person, and the law Furnishes
him for his business. So with any
any other unholy business, and it
should be so with liquor selling, and
those engaged in the business.


This is simply a gross fallacy tenn
perance advocates have been forced
to adopt because Of the power and
influence of these destroyers of hu-
manity. 1t is simply an apology to
the devil for working against him,
and am sorry to admit there are
many self-styled Christians in this
and doubtless other communities who
render an apology to the devil every
time they encroach on his territory.
They studiously refrain from saying
anything about Mr.. Devil that can
possibly be construc personal. They
They fear they will ''loose their
Christian influence" land their sala.
ries more likely.) The devil nor his
employees, the rum-sellers, neither
one cares how much we pray, and
gush. and sing, but let some man
who has gotten out of their clutches
talk plain" to their victims and
they at once cry out "let us alone"
God help us, if we must not serve
our Master only so as to please this
host of devils. For my part when
served the devil 1 did it openly and
fearlessly, and to my great sorrow
now l have gone over on the other
side and ! propose to work boldly,
fearlessly, determinedly and eter-
nally against him. l intend to "talk
plain" to call persons and things by
their right names.
Year: 1878

tents'of wickedness, running a ruin.
Gus opposition to the other. The
devll's tabernacles and tents are self.
supporting nay, they pay large
profits to the men who establish
them; while the Lords tabernacles
are kept at large cost to the promo
ters Of them. Consequently, they
are soon abandoned and are silent, or
are turned over to secular purposes ;
while the DEVILS tabernacles grow
more numerous and stronger day by
day and year by year.


II look on and wonder how it is
that the intelligent men who are
striving to dc good in their day and
generation do not see that they are
working at an immense disadyau-
tage side by side with these churches,
colleges, schools of the deyil=the
grog-shops. They don't see it. They
don't know it. With their money
and personal endeayor they strive.
in their way to promote religious
work; but with the mightier infiu-
ence OF their vote they keep up and
perpetuate these establishments, the
only influence of which is to drive
out from the people everything good
and to substitute for it everything
that is bad"
Year: 1878

FREE MASONRY VS.. TEMPER
ANCE.-The Masonic fraternity of
Michigan has made it an offense
punishable by expulsion for any
member of the orde.: in that State to
engage in the manufacture or sale of
intoxicants. The handwriting upon
the wall plainly reads, "that the
traffic in rum sooner or later must
cease in this country" Why is it
that men of accredited intelligence
who claim to be leaders of parties,
cannot see the steady, perhaps slow,
but sure progress of the temperance
cause.
Year: 1878

This Liniment has proved itself to be
one of the best remedies ever used for
Burns and Scalds. Its quickness in allie
waiting pain when applied, gives it great
superiority over all other preparations
Year: 1878

Time and money have been wasted in
futile endeavors to obtain some embroca-
tion that would prove a cure for this
excruciating disease; but all have failed
except kELLER's ROMAN LINIMENT, and
that has been successful in almost every
instance where it has been employed.
whether such has been of the inflammatory
or chronic type. In Lumbago and Sciatica
it affords instant relief.
Year: 1878

The New York San, in comment,
ing upon the last nights session Of
the late Congress, truly says: III
rush of whisky to the head is one OF
the most dangerous Affections to
which political parties are liable"
Year: 1878

[ have made an ascent in Giffard's
balloon, and am 50 pleased with the
trip that L should like to stay up for
several days.


The outer and larger circle of people
collected around the railing surround
ing the balloon are those who are ad-
mitted into the yard at franc head
to gaze on the balloon and its ascents.
The few within are those who pay 81
each for the privilege of ascending about
1880 feet over Paris.


An eyetight and severely crack
fastened board fence has been put up in
the court Immediately adjoining the
ruins of the Tuileries, which prevents
any thing, save the globe of the balloon,
from being seen without. Entering this
yard you quickly realize that stationary
ballooning is an expensive business.
All about are steam-engines, an immense
windlass, large gas-fxtures, coils of
rope, several smaller windlasses, check
takers, ticket sellers and band of
music.


The circular car is entered by long
gangway plank, rolled on pair OF
Year: 1878

| got that over in French Corral. 7 was


heepln saloon there in '65, and done


a big business. There was a fellow
lived next door to me named Mullioan
Patsy Mulligan, or Mike Mulliean.
don't remember which. Well. he was


pretty good fellow when he was
sober, but perfect terror when in
liquor, and he had the name of being
the toughast fighter in the Corral. |


was always civil to him when | met him
and when he came into the saloon.
which he did pretty frequent. | amt
| ashamed to say that | was afraid of
MuliIgan, for | wasn't Il fighter then
any MORN l am now, and if | had a
good chance I'd rather run than fight
any time. But when I'm cornered-
cornered close up-why then I'll sail in
as any other man would, and when do
night | fight to win, you bet your life
Well, one morning when | was settin'
my bar to rights in comes Mulligan.
He weighed about three times as much
as | did, and the moment he come in |
see he'd been on it all night, and wasn't
feelin' in good humor. The first thing
he done was to kick over three or four
chairs and spit mouthful of tobacco on
the billiard table. didn't say nothin',
for he was good customer and I didn't
want no trouble But when he I'D and
with one good solid kick brought down
the cue-rack | thought he'd gone far
enough, and | says to him, 'Mulligan,
won't you have something to drink?' Il
don't care if | do says he, walkin' up
to the bar. There was only two of us
in the saloon, and it was too early for
any body much to be on the streets.
What'll you havep' says L. Gimme
cocktail, says he, 'amd be - lively
about it, too l thought that seein' it
was my treat that this was pretty fresh,
but / didn't say nuthin', for [ didn't
want no trouble. / built him big
drink, and then, boys, what dye you
think the big husky did? Why he Just
took the whisky bottle out of my hand
and takin' up the quid o. tobacco he'd
laid down on the counter he begun
crammin' it with his finger down the
neck of the bottle. Then | got mad and
made grab for my whisky and the
brute struck me over the eye with it,
maxim that scar. Then we went at it.
| hit him with 4 walrus tusk that hung
by the bar mirror and he begun gather
in up the glasses, but bust him on the.
head with decater That floored him
and | just jumped over the counter and
was givin' him the heel in the face when
constable Flanagan rushed in and
dragged me off. Both of us were laid
up for - knows how long, but we
never had no more trouble"


i" When was young feller over in
Missouri" began d toothless old man,
I" had one of the dearndest scrapes
you ever hearn tell on. There was a
feller that"


At that moment tremendous row on
the street caused general rush of the
sanguinary citizens to the door. A fight
between two printers was in progress,
and they stood round and enjoyed it IN
til one Of the typos sat down arock and
positively refused to fight any more.
Then the citizens went back into the
warm saloon, and told one another what
desperate characters they were when
they once got started.
Year: 1878

proper training whel the cow is Young and
continuation OF kindness toward her will
ooV'ate the cause for whipping. Not only
Ks Whipping injurious to the cow and her
milk, but they that practice it can hardly
give that attention to cleanliness so neces-
SaFy Ia the milking and handling OF milk for
butter. On the subject of cleanliness in the
making or butter a very estimable and we'll
informed Farmers wife" said: 1.-The art
OF making good butter lies not in any one
or two steps of the process, but in care and
cleanliness throughout the whole-in hand
ling the milk aud cream before churnine, as
well as the butter afterwards. And this
care should commence at milking, for if this
is carelessly done and the filth OF the corral
allowed to impregnate the milk, it will
surely affect the cream and butter." To be
perfectly clean not only should whipping
and chasing the cows be avoided in the cor
ral when milking, but the hands and uten-
siis should be clean. A very good plan is
to clean the cows teats and brush the dust
FROM the cow before beginning to milk.
Much can be done in aid of cleanliness by
keeping the corrals and barns clean, and in
having a fresh grass pasture for the cows
during the night. If possible barn with
hard floor divided into stalls should be had
for the cows While milking. Such a build
ing is especially useful in the. summer
months when the flies are bad and will be
found useful during the coolest winter days.
In many locations i'll Montana water may be |
brought through a ditch to such a position
that with the use ct small hose the barn
and corral may be easily kept clean, thus
aiding in the cleanliness while
milking and were [ selecting q location the
of water for this purpose would
especially be looked to.


AS soon as the milk is drawn from the
cow it should be placed in an apartment
where it cannot be reached by the wind and
lust. LII moving it to the dairy room vlgi-
ant care should be taken as to cleanliness.
Dur best butter and cheese makers never
allow the same suit to be worn in the corral
md dairy room. They usually have the
milk delivered to the door where they receive
md strain it, putting it in clean vessels,
lever allowing any filth of the corral to
come inside OF the house. They also avoid
he use of tobacco while in the dairy.


WILL.
Year: 1878

Since the present site Of the National
Observatory has been condemned, and Con-
gress is looking about for a new location,
we desire 10 call the attention Of our Repre-
sentatives TO the superior advantages offer
ed TO such an institution, by Fort Leaven-
worth. The government owns here large
reservation of beautiful land, situated in
the midst of a fine, fertile, open country,
which is nearly eight hundred teet above
the sea level, is unusually free from fogs,
where the air is dry and healthful, and
where, the records of the signal service
show, there are fewer cloudy days, taking
one year with another, than in any other
section of the country east OF the
Rocky Mountains. The location
is central - being almost in
the exact geographical centre OF the
United States, the cost of maintaining the
institution would be fully twenty-five per
cent. less than in Washington, while it Of
fers the maximum of the two great consid-
erations, health, andclear sky. The Govern
ment owns all the necessary land,
and much Of the work upon the
buildings could be done by mill
tary prisoners, SO thai the actual cost of
fitting up the establishment here would be
comparatively trifing. If Congress desires
to find the best place in the United states
for the location Of the National Observatory
and where it can be established and main-
tanned the most economically, let 1t send
committee to look at the Fort Leavenworth
! reservation.
Year: 1878

4


Often and often We hear merchant say
that he does not want to advertise In
newspaper, that he proposes to spend his
money in circulars. Such men, as gener-
al thing, do very SIN III business, and the
reason is plain; money invested in that
manner does not pay. We have, during
the past month, sent out through the mails,
about ten thousand circulars, and vat the
same time inserted small advertisement
in every country paper in the state TAX
ing an interest in the subject Of advertising,
we have carefully watched every return,
and find that where ten men assert that
they saw our advertisement in their local
paper, only one or two says he received our
circular. This, We believe, Is the expert
ence of every prominent and successful ad-
vertiser in the country. The shrewd man
of business, the one who places his cash
where it will do the most good,
recognizes the superior claims of the
columns of newspaper, over a circular or
hand bill. Old advertisers like DIR. Rad
way, of New York, men whose names are
household words in every family, never
think OF circulars; on the contrary they con-
tract for certain number of papers, and
you always are confronted with their ad-
vertisement. 1t is the first sight that
greets You in the morning, when
reading your local daily, and the
last at night while perusing
your magazine. Experience has taught us,
and it has impaired the same lesson to all
business men, that newspaper advertising
pays, and We have this to say for the coun-
try press of Kansas, that while it may be
sneered at by many, and ridiculed by some,
that it has the merit of being an excellent
advertising medium. When we have money
to expend for advertising in the future it
will be invested in the columns of our Kan
sas exchange.
Year: 1878

The letter of Senator Plumb, of this state,
to the Springfield, Ohio, Republican, pub
lished in our issue of yesterday morning, is
an able, timely and well written paper, and
one that will result in much good not only
to Kansas but to such citizens of the East
ern and Middle states as may be led by it
to find homes and independence in the
West The Senator is not only wide awake
to the interests of Kansas. but shows that
he comprehends and appreciates the magni-
tude of the great question which has now
assumed national mportance-"What shall
we do with our unemployed poor?'
Year: 1878

In spite of the superior virtue of New
England people and the care with which
the laws governing the Massachusetts, saw
ings bank system were drawn and the show
Of vigilance with which they are executed,
Institutions of that kind seem to fail in the
bay state with as much facility as they do
in the west where the people are all '.repu-
diators" and when the laws are supposed
to have been made expressly for the pro,ec-
tiOn of theft under the pretense Of bank
Year: 1878

AT the marriage of the young King Al
phonso, the Duke de Montpensier, after the
ceremonial, refused to allow his daughter
to kiss his hand, the Queen Of Spain being
supposed to be elevated beyond all natural
reverences, and that elevation being ex-
pressed in the visible ceremonial of refusal.