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Year: 1873

BEAR SHOOTING ExTRAoRDINARY.-
A Portuguese living at Texas Bar, near
the mouth OF Indian Creek, was aroused
from his peaceful slumbers on the night
OF the 18th, by a commotion among his
porkers. He went out and found his dog
barking at the foot Of pine tree, and on
looking up discovered something sitting
among the branches, about fifty feet from
the ground. He had no arms but shot
gun, which was loaded at the time with
fine shot. With that however he blazed
away in tho dark, and had the satisfac-
tion Of seeing his game come tumbling
to the ground, when it proved to be a
black bear weighing three hundred
pounds. 1t is hardly probable he was
mortally hurt by the shot, it is more like
ly that the pain he felt on being "pepper-
ed" by the fine shot made him loose his
hold and the fall from such height kill
ed him. The Portuguese cut piece from
the bear and offered it to his dog, which
smelt of it and walked away, whereupon
the man concluded the carcass unfit for
eating, for he "would eat nothing that
his dog wouldn't" Others, however,
were not quite so fastidious, and Nieman,
having bought the bear for S., took off
the hide and about one hundred pounds
of fat, and distributed sthe bear-steaks
among his Douglas City friends.
Year: 1873

RoUGH TR1P.-Last Monday morning
there was great deal of snow on Indian
Creek and Waldorf, Bowie and Siegfried
started for Weaver in sleigh. When
they got to Reading Creek, however, the
snow was not so plenty, and finding it
impossible to make headway over slush
and mud, they were compelled to unhitch
the team and walk to Douglas City where
they procured wagon and came on to
town, arriving here about supper-time.
Year: 1873

The STORM,-It has continued to rain
or snow more or less each day since our
last issue, and is raining as we go to
press. The rainfall since our last report
is 2.43 inches. and in full for the season,
8. 20 inches more than double than for
the corresponding time last year.
Year: 1873

CHRISTMAS GooDs.-We had intended
to give each of our advertisers u compli-
mentary Christmas notice this week. A
great crowd of other matter, however,
has prevented US from doing so, and we
have only room to say that if you wish
to buy anything on Christmas Day or
or any other day, peruse the advertise
ments in the JOURNAL, remember that
the men who advertise are the most lib
erl dealers, and then go and patronize
them.
Year: 1873

MORE ABOUT THAT ANIMILE. 1.-THE
specimen ofthe genus Mephttts Ameyi
cana, alluded to in last weeks JOURNAL,
did not receive at our hands all the news
paper glory to which he is entitled. The
same night he made a raid on a hen
house which set the chickens squawking,
and brought out the proprietor and one
of his men with a shot gun and candle.
The whereabouts of the marauder and
his intended prey were soon discovered,
and while the hired man "threw little
light on the subject, the proprietor blaz-
ed away and killed-not the skunk, but
fine hen he was dragging away. while the
varmint" took himself off in safety
The hen was taken to the house and laid
on bench, to be dressed for the table
next day. But when morning came she
was non est, second visit on the part of
the skunk having been attended with bet
ter success.
Year: 1873

NEARLY REPAIRED.-Mr. McGillivray
informs us that his suspension pipe across
Trinity river, the falling of which we
noted last week, will be in condition to
carry water in a very few days, the wood
work being already replaced. The acci-
dent seems to have been caused by leak
in the pipe, the water from which froze,
and the weight of the accumulated ice
forced the cable from its anchorage.
Year: 1873

RICH QUARTz.-John Seigfried, of In
dian Creek, was in town last Monday and
showed us some pieces of quartz in which
considerable free-gold was visible. He
says that himself and James Morris found
the quartz during recent prospecting
trip in the mountains of that section, but
storm coming on they were compelled to
leave for home before ascertaining the
extent of their discovery. They will re-
turn in the Spring. Should ledge of
that kind of rock be found, it will csr-
tainly be the biggest thing in the State.
Year: 1873

B. LOwenstein, at the corner of Main
and Jefferson streets, was as much an
attraction in the line of elegance and
beauty as the procession was for gro
tesqueness. This great dry goods house
is the center of attraction for the ladies
Of the city. During the past twenty
days the run was great upon that class
Of goods that enters into the composition
of elegant costumes and magnificent
dresses for the grand ball Of the Mem.
phi at the theater. We direct the at
tention of our fifty thousand readers thii
morning to the great advertisement o.
B. LIowenstein, TO be found conspicuous
ly spread upon our pages.
Year: 1873

Madame Bullock, on the Poplar
street pike, did an immense business
yesterday. Five hundred msskers went
out there and refreshed themselves with
the richness and fatness of the land al
her hOspitable table. She keeps the
best visnds for her patrons and the
choicest fluid comforts; hence the rev.
ellers Of Mardi Gras do not fail to go out
there and lunch literally.
Year: 1873

Here we have some one hundred and
sixty acres in garden culture, yielding
an aggregate of twenty thousand five
hundred and fifty dollars, or an aver
age Of over one hundred and twenty
eight dollars per acre. Most Of those
who supply this fsetory sell their earlier
products In the ety market, tn the
prices have fallen to pear those paid by
IRE AsesEy.
Year: 1873

India shawls are all the rage-at least among
tho fortunate few who can afford them. The
more green there is in an India, and the lighter
it is, say those who profess to know, the mora
valuable is the article.
Year: 1873




Production stopped-The Currency
Question.


PrrTsBURG. Nov. TO- 1873.
The numerous establishments OF this great man
ufacturng centre feel the pressure OF the financial
embarrassments OF the country, but not 30 much
as some other places east OF the mountains. The
larger are kept going and with a comparatively
small reduction or hands, though both the time
and wages OF labor have been reduced. Some OF
the smaller have stopped, though many remain In
operation. While all are affected, more or less,
the ability TO continue work and the amount done
depend great deal upon the nature OF the INDUS
try, as well as upon the realized capital
and strength OF the manufacturing nrms.
Those that produce articles OF necessity
and general demand are less cramped
ana more hopeful than those who manufacture
articles OF luxury that be dispensed with for
time. Pittsburs. having such varied ,udustrtes
Year: 1873




have heard OF case Of q mill owner in this
valley who had $4,000 In bank In waterbury at
the time the panic broke out. It was all the ready
cash he had laid aside for the payment OF his
hands. Pay day had arrived, the bank was burst,
and there was nothing to give the help after their
month OF toll The owner told his w0rkpeople how
matters stood, and said 1t would be necessary to
close the mill for there was no money They knew
him to be good man and they said they would
manage with notes endorsed by him for their
groceries, rent &C., and keep the mill going until
better times. sThey would 'scratch along some.
how,n and they did, and the bank recovered and
the money was restored, and the help were paid
and the mill promises to pull through the winter
safely.


The Turner, Seymour 4 Judd Company, engaged
In the manufacture OF light metallic goods, runs
three days in the week and employs I3o hands. The
Coe Brass Manufacturing Company running
full time and VIII be Likely to keep on as they have
large Russian order to fill They employ about
100 hands. The Excelsior Needle Works are run
ming rull time with 60 hands. The Union Hardware
Company. manufacturing beer coolers and skates,
have been running with full force but will be COM
PEELED to shut down, as they make class or goods
for which payment Is seldom made until on or
after the 1st OF January. Money being the main
consideration and little OF 1t being available the
works viii very likely have to stop.
Year: 1873

NUVs IL


In one OF my communications ! referred TO the
fact that the principal hotels were comparatively
empty. and that their halls were almost deserted
BY the class OF "drummersr and buyers who at this
season OF the year are accustomed to come on and
purchase their goods. At the time the statement
was made your correspondent mad at his command
collateral evidence enough to prove It; but the
fact was 80 patent to all who CHANGED to enter the
lobbes OF the leading notels here that such action
upon my part seemed at that time 10 be entirely
unnecessary. Since then, however, 1t has pleased
certain parties to contradict this remark and insist
that had no other motive than to place Philadel.
pnia In an unfavorabIe light before the people at
largo, one Of the local journals ForneS's PROSE-
Year: 1873

Considerable is written nowadays
about false economy in various ways.
My observation lea to the conclusion
that one important item is almost en-
tirely overlooked, and that thousands
of dollars are lost each year by the
reless vintering of farm horses. For
instance, farmer A. owns a fine span of
horses he is not much of a horseman,
but in the summer he works them, and
keeps man who takes good care o
them. In the fall, after work is over,
the horses are put into the stable and
fed ali the hay they viii eat Cbe the
same good or bad , or left perhaps a
week or two weeks at time, with little
or no exercise, and when they are dri-
ven, are let go at the top Of their speed.
Fast driving, with stomachs full of un-
digested hay, is the very worst of treat
ment. The result is that, in a year or
two, the horses have the heaves badly,
are spoiled for market, and are unable
to do the usual amount of service on
the farm or road; and this alone causes
a loss each year 50 long as the team is
used.


This.cOuid ln sumo degree b0 avoided,
by building q shed with yard for ex-
ereise, and by feeding food of sufficient
strength to keep the muscles in full
strength. Some say that winterine
horses in the field on hay alone, win
cause falling away Of muscles and
strength difficult to regain. No doubt.
being chilled by standing in a cold barn
is very injurious TO horses. - Country
GeslfLe,,1nr
Year: 1873




The New York Sun contains the fol-
lowing excellent and timely sugges-
tions


Once the helpless innOcents we're
made to suffer untold misery of the ex-
perience of their mothers, who clad
their darlings in the dainty Geld linen
shirts and overskirts with linen bands :
next CANA the low-necked dresses, pret-
ty but thoroughly unhealthy, leaving as
they did the sensitive neck and arms of
the little ones exposed. Tt is difficult
to convince oneself that vanity is the
root of that terror of mothers, the collie,
and that proper warmth viii do more
toward relieving the child, and in truth,
keeping it entirely free from the terri
BILE pain than all the soothing syrups
and paregoric that can be be bought
Little knit flannel shirts are far better
than linen, for they are warm to the


lelicate skin. The bands of the fan
mel shirts should be of thin fine flannel.
Linen or cotton bands should be used
in other skirts and the slips or robes
should all have long sleeves and be high
in the neck. Fresh air never injuries q
child if its body is properly projected.
Again if our friends are at all credu-
lous, let them try the following exper-
pertinent. IF the little one is much
troubled with the colics, and has not
been accustomed to narcotics, let the
mother put flannel next to its skin, and
keep its hands, arms and feet warm for
a few days, or if the babe has been un-
healthy, and flannel that has been worn
next to the body is removed, tho exper
iment will cause the unsat isfactory re
suit of pain to the child, and anxiety to
the mother. While we advocate warmth,
we do not approve of too much cover
ing. A sleeping child requires much
less than an adult; if too many blan-
kets are over it, the head is covered with
beads of perspiration, and the child
will become weak and half-sick; use
just enough, and the babe Will wake up
laughing and happy. With simple food,
air, exercise, and warmth, there is no
reason why our little ones may not be
we'll without the use of medicine.
Year: 1873




o ye fathers and mothers who have
sons and daughters growing mp around
you, do You ever think of your respon-
sibiIty in this regard, your responsible
" for keeping alive the home sentiment
in the hearts of your children2 ? With
in the limits of your means, remember
that the obligation rests on you to make
their home the pleasantest place upon
this rolling earth to make the word


''home" for them the synonym for


Happiness. I would not have yon
import the vices of the outside world
into your homes for any purpose but
would have You go to the utmost verge
of what is moral, to provide at home
those things which entice young and
growing persons away from home. Let
me assure you that you had better spend
your money in doing this than in osten-
tation or luxury, and far, far better
spend it thus, than to amass a fortune
for your children to squander in the
future. And not only as regards amuse-
ments, but also comfort and refinement,
for children have keen appreciation of
these things; this is much the best
policy. Don't send your boy to school
in ill-fttting garments, collar all awry
and chafn his neck, buttons missing,
and shoes down at the heel. Don't
make warehouse or clothes-press of
his bedroom. Don't feed him on sour
bread, and tough meat, and burnt
coffee. Don't let noise and dissension
and misrule spoil the hours he spends
at home. Don't do any of these things
if you can possible avoid it F; especially
don't do them for the purpose of laying
up money for his future use. The rich
est legacy you can leave him is life
long, inextinguishable and fragrant re-
collection of his home, when time and
death have forever dissolved the en-
chantment. Give him that, and he viii,
in the strength of it, make his own way
in the world; but let his recollections
of home be repulsive, and the fortune
you may leave him viii be a poor COM
pension for the loss of that tenderness of
heart and purity of life which not only
a pleasant home, but the memory of
one, would nave secured. Remember
this, too, that, while he will never feel
grateful for your money when once you
are under ground, he will go to your
green grave and bless your very ashes
for that sanctuary of quiet, comfort and
refinement into which you may, if you
possess the means, transform your home.
Year: 1873

owning principally to the shameful con-
duct Of friend for whom lie had be-
come surety and in an svil hour he
had forged check for considerable
amount, intending, as such unhappy
men always intend, to replsce the mo-
ney. He failed in doing this, and be-
ing conscious that his fraud must inevi-
tably be discovered. he fed from Eng
land, taking with him his motherless
child. Whether in a fit OF despair he
had thrown himself from the cliffs, or
whether he had simply missed his foot
ing, it is impossible to say. Father and
son rest in one grave In church-yard on
that mountain height; and on every an
niversary of that awful tragedy the
good peasants place wreaths of immOr-
telles upon the simple white cross that
marks the nameless tomb.-E EagliSh
Elrch0gl0e.
Year: 1873




Don't be afraid of having little fun in
the family. Amerry disposition is God
send home. There's the case Of q man no
Nelson street, for instance. Saturday
he went into the kitchen ahead of his
wife, aud seeing two huckleberry pies
standing on the table, he hastily con
cealed them in the ice chest, which stood
open in the back hall. Then he weni
down town chuekling to himself, and
ten minutes later the ice cart drove up.
and the ice man brought in flfty-pound
cake and started for the ice chest, fol-
lowed closely by the fond wife expatia-
ting upon the "muss." He put the
cake upon the edge of the chest and
gave it a push ever, and when It came
down on these two steaming pies, q
huckleberry geiser followed, and the ice
man, with eyes and face full of the dis
charge, tumbled completely over the
woman, and disappeared out Of the
door. The wife recovered her balance
as speedily as possible, and catching up
a broom went after the ice man, but be
escaped her; then she came back and
looked into the ice chest, and down at
the Oil-cloth, and up at the ceiling, and
around on the walls. The men at the
store who were let into the joke by. the
facetious Nelson street man are anxious
ly wondering how it turned out.
Year: 1873

No one has yet been able to analyze
or demonstrate the essential action of
perfume. Gas can be weighed, but not
scents the smallest known creatures,
the very monads of life, can be caught
by microscopic lens and made to de-
liver up the secrets of their organiza-
ton but what It is that emanates from
the pouch of the musk-deer, that fills a
whole space for years and years with its
penetrating odor, an Odor which an
1limitable number of extraneous sub
stances can carry on without diminish
ing it In size and weight. and what it is
that the warm summer air brings to us
from the flowers, no man yet has been
able to determine. So fine, 80 subtle,
so imponderable, it has eluded both our
most delicate We lights and measures and
our strongest lenses. If we could come
to the essence of each odor, we should
have made an enormous stride forward,
both in hygiene and in chemistry and
none would profit more than the medi-
cal profession if it could be as conclu-
sively demonstrated that such an odor
proceeded from such and such cause,
as we already know of sulphur, sulphu
rated hydrogen, ammonia, and the like.
As it is, no one knows anything and if
the art of the Derfumers forms one Of
the chief delights of our civilized
senses, the cause by which he works is
a mystery solved by none.
Year: 1873

TEE BEsr VESrILATIoS.-A furnace
in the cellar may be good TO take the
chill from the house, and to heat it's
halls and passages but it ought not to
supersede the fireplace in parlor and
chamber, at once the ventilsior OF the
room aud its center Of cheer and Joy.
No apparatus of ventilation has yet
been devised equal to the old-fashioned
chimney. Even when no fire Is made in
the aperture, this avenue to the open
air draws its currents and keeps the
atmosphere pure. Where there is no
open fireplace, no free hue, there will
be q sense Of asphyxia in those stormy
nights when the windows must be fas-
tened close. Every room IN the house
which is used to sit In or sleep in ought
to have sufficient opening into the
chimney. larger than the ori6ce Of a
stove-pipe. No matter If the heated
air escapes by it; It is hetter 70 ios'
half of the heated air than 70 be breath
rng stagnant aiE thas Is already de.
prived Of its oxygen. In the spring and
autumn the fireplace, with wood on the
andirons, gives all the heat that viii be
needed, and gives il more gracefully
than the blasts from any 81 registers. =
Herald of Heath.
Year: 1873

Take strong rope, aud fasten It to a
beam overhead; to the lower end of the
rope attached to stick three feet long,
convenient TO grasp with the hands


The rope should be fastened 10 the
centre of the stick, which should hang
six or eight inches above the head
Let person grasp with the hands two
or three feet apart, and swing very
moderately Ht first, perhaps only bear
the weight, if very weak, and gradu-
ally increase, as the muscles gain
strength from the exercise, until IL may
be used from three TO five times daily.
The connection with the arms with the
body, with the exception of he clavicle
with the breast bone, being a muscular
attachment TO the ribs, the effect of
this exercise is to elevate the ribs and
enlarge the chest; and as nature allows
no vacuum, the lungs expand to fill the
cavity, increasing the volume OF air, the
natural purifier of bloCd, and prevent
ing the congestion or deposit of tuber-
culous matter. We have prescribed
the above for all cases OF hemUrrhage o.
the lungs, and threatened consumption,
for thirty-fve years, and have been
able to increase the measure of the
chest from tie TO four inches within
a few months, and with gOod results
But especially as q preventative we
would recommend this exercise. Let
those who love 70 live cultivate well
formed capacious chest. The student,
the merchant, the sedentsry, the young
Of both sexes, aye, ell, should have a
swing on which TO stretch themselves
daily. We are certain that IL this were
TO be pracsiced by the rising generation
in dress allowing free and full devei-
opment Of the body, many would be
saved from consumption. Independ-
emily Of its beneficial results, the ex-
ercise is an exceedingly pleasant one,
and as the apparatus costs very little,
there need be no difficulty about any
one enjoying it who wishes to.-BiO
LaefDis
Year: 1873

TIE tea drinkers Of London have dis
covered that the leaves Of their favorite
drinks are largely aduliersted with iron
fIIines. which are put IN not 50 much
for the purpose Of improving The blood
Of the buyer as Of increasing the weight
Of The artiele.
Year: 1873

The monthly public debt statement
shows no greater reduction, on account
of the purchase by the government of
the thirteen and one-half milliondo
lars worth of ffive-twenty boRds though
that reduction has in fact been made,
SO far as the accounts of the treasury
now show. However, the transaction
is simply an exchange of assets for liza
bilities, but these bonds cannot again
be issued, and the interest on them
is stopped. It is only after they
have been examined and destroyed that
they viii enter into the monthly state
ment as a reduction of the debt.
Year: 1873

The Farm and Preside Journal thus
summarizes the results of some expe-
riments in feeding pigs:


During the warm weather two and
one-half pounds of extra food produ-
ced one pound live weight. This would
be a most extraordinary result, if ap-
piled to all the food taken by the pigs ;
but they had all the good grass they
could eat, and this food supplied the
vast of the system, the animal heat,
and kept the pig growing moderately,
and this extra food was used solely to
Law on flesh. Here is the secret Of
high feeding. The extra food diges-
ted all goes to profit. whereas the food
that supplies animal waste produces no
gain in the flesh, and if no more is fed
than to supply waste in the young ami
NAL, the food is all thrown away. Full
feeding is the only profitable feedilg,
and this leads to early maturity and
early profit. The most profitable feed
ing of pigs is before they are ten months
old. No profit results in keeping pigs to
eighteen months and two years old, ex-
cept for breeding purposes and be
sides, these eighteen to twenty-four
months hogs do not generally average
more than $50 to 400 pounds, live
weight, and $50 pounds may be reached
in ten or twelve months. Many mil
lions of dollars worth of grain is
thrown away every year by half feeding
or feeding principally in cold instead
of warm weather.
Year: 1873

OBITuARy.-Miles L. Blodgett, of Falls Village, whose death was announced in last weeks NEWS, carries sorrow to all the community, such as is seldom felt by the death of one so young. There was a nobleness of character, which distinguished him, both in health and sickness No Ro- man ever did his duty more manfully while in health, or gave an example of more unflinching fortitude under pain. x.