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Year: 1876

A mule near Marysville, Cal, is probably


the only animal of its kind in the country with
a bank account. Its owner is q sheep herder


near Gridley's Station. For some time he has
been depositing In the bank the sum of IS
month to the credit of his dog and mule, so
that In case of his sudden death they would
have something to live upon. The other day


the dog died, and the mule is now full heir to
the estate.
Year: 1876

He says: at would seem that a mother who
wilfuily abandoned her offspring should be as
amenable to the law as the street-brawl homi-
eide; unfortunately no provision exists to
bring such class c. perpetrators to justice.
Vacant lots and sewers are generally the re.
positories for these murdered little ones, and
in view of its alarming frequency most earn
estly recommend that fund be set apart for
rewards in their detection, such fund to be
distributed by the coroner, superintendent of
police or such other officer as it may be
deemed wise to select. The Board of Health
now employs medical sanitary superintend-
ent, whose returns no doubt would swell the
number of these cases. The salary Of this
officer is 81 800 per year, his principal duty
being to inquire into the causes of death OF
those who were not attended by a physician
and to give certificates accordingly. There
may be no suspicion of crime in the great
majority of such cases, but the practice is
necessarily imperfect and conflicting, no pos
mortem examination being ever made, and, Of
course, the cause of death to great extent 1:
purely coniectural."
Year: 1876

The civil sheriff of the parish Of Orleans
will sell this day 1T twelve O'Clock, at his
usual auction stand, some choice building
sites on lower Canal street, within short
distance of Claiborne street. This sale offers
fine opportunity to parties desiring to
locate on that beautiful avenue. Parties
may make profitable investment in the
purchase of this property. That street is
MOI the grand thoroughfare, and property
is enhancing in value. All public improve
ments, such for instance as the new rail-
road to the lake, will readily increase the
value ofthese lote, and its proximity to the
centre Of the city is attractive to business
men. The ground is high, and very wide
banquets made. At the same time the
sheriff sells fine lots on Benville and Gus
tomhouse streets, in the same neighbor-
hood. For particulars see advertisements
in another column.
Year: 1876

Belknap's crime shows only too plainly
that the process of publication has not
gone far enough; that the demand of the
party for honest men as its representatives
is not yet sufficiently appreciated-is not,
indeed, sufficiently strong. Honest Repub-
licans are deeply stupg by the disgrace
which has come upon the administration
put and kept in power by their votes. They
are indignant as we'll as ashamed, and
they will fall far short OF their
duty to themselves and to the coun-
try, if they do not give practical ex-
have too long submitted, s'for the sake Of
the party" to the domination Of men who
have nothing but their control of party
machinery to commend them. These men
have held the reputation Of the party very
lightly. They have assumed that they
would continue to enjoy power. no matter
how readily they subjected to suspicion
and insult the great mass Of those from
whom their power was derived. The latter
have q right to require that whoever reap
the fruits of their confidence shall show
themselves really entitled to it, and that
their representatives in public lite shall
both be and appear worthy. We have
tolerated too lax standard If official con-
duct. Knowing, a. we have, that tne
standard of our opponents in politics mas
been on the whole lower than our own,
that they have shown little capacity to
make any genuine reforms in the admins
tration Of the government. we nave oeen
cOntented with neutral or comparative
merit, OF this too easy tolerance there
should now be an end. Republicans should
every where insist that in the conduct Of
the great campaign on which we are enter
ing, only their best men shall be put for
ward. On this point they can not be too
earnest. In proportion as they make ex-
cellence of character the test of their &C
ton in every step Of the canvass, and in
proportion as they abide by that test, cost


what it may, they will save the party from
the consequences Of the Belknap scandal


What is much more important, they will by
this course save the country from its rope


tition in the future.-Ne,c York Times.
Year: 1876

Governor Kellogg, with party Of visitors
from Chicago and the East, left last eve
ming by the Morgan railroad for Morgan
City and the Teche. A steamer has been
placed at the disposal of the party, and they
will return to the city on Monday by way of
the river
Year: 1876

In consequence of the small amount OF
money at present in the State treasury
there will be no apportionment of the school
fund for the quarter ending the first Mon
day In March, 1876. As less than $lo,Ooo
has accrued tho apportionment is made
impracticable.
Year: 1876

coming extinct. In the train OF viciou:


habits is the disreputable practice of carry.


ing concealed weapons. The juries of the


country and virtuous public sentiment
should Danish this habit from the land as
they have driven dueing and the bowie
knife beyond the borders of civilization.
The venerable Judge added that lin writing
q 'out women We should always use pen
made of quill plucked from an angels
wing, dipped in the hues of the rainbow.
upon rose-tinted psper sprlnkled with the
oust from the wings of the beautiful but
terhy. l am constrained, nevertheless,
TO advert to present extravagance in dress
Six yards of calico in ancient times made a
dress that copied nature and displayed the
confines of form and beautiful figure of
lovely woman. Now it takes twenty, and,
If silks are used, forty yards. They carry
on their backs from ten to fifteen yards,
puckered, pinned and cruppered so tight
that they cannot step more than six inches
at time. The other day / Was at the de-
pot and two beautiful, girls endeayored to
raise their feet high enough to get upon
the steps which lead into the cars After re-
peated efforts and as many failures, saw
the dilemma in which they were placed
and stepped up and lifted them into the
car. This kind OF caparlsoning may meet
with the favor of the gentlemen of the pis.
tol and of whisky, but not of those who
are attached to the ancient customs, morals
and manners of the country"
Year: 1876

In his brief address at the dedication Of
the new chapel at the Insane Hospital, the
other evening, Governor Connor touched
the KEY note of the economy by which the
legislature should be guided IN regard to
the institutions of the State. There Is.
said he. "a repugnance TO taxation, and
1--WE are often referred to the happy time
"in the past when taxes were light. Bat
"when we look al their condition, we de-
.cide that it would have been better had
they taxed themselves more, We should
see to it that we fulfil our whole duty as
"a State" Ii is better. truer economy,
tax ourselves little more for benevolent,
charitable, educational and reformatory
purposes, than to withhold needed appro-
priations and cripple the State in its vita!
interests.
Year: 1876

judges of probate to regulate the fees of appras-
ers Printed under rule.


Mr. WARREN, from the Committee on Educa-
ton, on sundry petitions, reported bill an act to
establish and maintain State n ormal School at
North Bridgton, in the county of Cumberland.


The report was accepted and the bill read twice.


Mr.. TALBOT moved the indefinite postponement
Of the BILL and that the question be taken by yeas
and nays.


Mr.. CHASE of Bridgton, thought this was a
summary manner of disposing of a matter that had
taken SO much attention of the committee, and in
which many people are interested. He hoped
the House would give the friends Of education a
chance to be heard, and he moved that it be post
poned until Wednesday.


Mr.. NEALLEY stated, in behalf of the commit
tee, that the report was by no means unanimous
one. The minority did not think it best to make
a minority report, but concluded to let the bill
take the usual course in the House.


Mr.. WARREN said that although the committee
did not unanimously concur in the necessity of
Normal Schools in the State, they did agree to re-
port to the House the bill in consideration of the
vast number of petitioners. In the committee he
thought three had voted in the minority, but they
were willing that the bill should come to the
House and be discussed on its merits.


Mr.. ANDERSON spoke of the large number Of
people interested in the bill, and while he con-
fessed that he was somewhat skeptical az to the
general advantage of many educational projects,
he was in favor of postponcment in the present
matter to give the friends of the measure fair
hearing.


Mr. TALBOT had no objection to the delay, but
he wished it to be understood that when the mat
ter came up his motion should be first in order


On motion OF Mr.. POWERS the bill was laid on
the table, and Wednesday next at 10 O'Clock as
gned for its further consideration.


Mr.. NEAILEY announced the attendance of
George IL. Thayer member elect, and was charged
with the outy Of conducting him to the Governor
where he was qualified to enter upon the discharge
of his official duties.


Subsequently Mr.. THAYER appeared in the
House and took his seat.


The following bills and resolves were passed to
be engrossed, under a suspension of the rules:


An act to amend chap. 10 of the special laws
of 1875; act granting further me to the Noi tn
ern Aroostook railroad company to make and file
Year: 1876

FETICHIsM IN TIE SoUTH.--While
some OF the negroes of the South have
advanced in civilization many of them,
being free from the religious influence
of their old homes, have drifted into re-
voting and barberous fetichism. Free
dom seems to have revived instincts for
the habits of heathens. At Nicksburg
they worship balls of cloth and feathers.
In several of the states they have sprink-
iings of earth upon fire, or they all con-
tribute bit OF dust to tub of water
and then worship it. There is also a
prevalent idea that one person may make
another Ill by casting upon him ''the evil
eye." If one negro has grudge against
another he looks evilly at him or he pla
ces dead hen upon his fence, with the
bill toward his victim door. If the victim
becomes i'll the charm has worked. This
barbarism is more widely prevalent than
we of the north suppose, and perhaps we
do not fully realize why the white man
does not wished to be ruled by The wit
less black
Year: 1876

Your MoTRER-IN-LAw.- Reid,
of the Menasha Press, beautifully says ::


''Treat your mother-in-law as you
would your own mother Don't let her
feel that she is stranger in her sons
house. You ought to love her for the
good husband she has given you. Don't
be jealous of the affiectionate attention
he shows her; remember how well she
has earned it. Your husbands heart
would be poor contracted one if he
could not find room for wife and mother.


Help him love and cherish her. Think
OF the vacant chairs around her hearth
sto-e-of the voices she misses, that
used to make melody in her heart. 1t
will be little while, and when her task
is accomplished, when her work is over,
and the shriveled hands are folded
meekly upon that bosom on which your
husband has wept out childish sorrows,
comforted by those now silent lips, it
will be the sweetest JOY Of your heart if
you can say, She was to me as Naomi
I was to her as Ruth. This advice viii
apply with equal force to the husband"
Year: 1876

IT you love others, they will love you.
If you speak kindly OF them, they viii
speak kindly of you. Love is usually
repaid with love in this world, and hat
red with hatred. Would you hear
sweet and pleasing echo, speak sweetly
and pleasantly.
Year: 1876

Oh !! I pity my neighbor over the way,
Who has nothing to do but yawn all day;
No little hands to tumble her hair,
No little" nuisance" to vex her with care,
No little Torment to worry and tease;
Nothing to do but consult her own ease.
Poor rich neighbor, I'm sorry for you
Sorry because YOU have nothing to do
Sorry. because, the days go by,


HoUGTc restless and weary, you know not W nv;
And once in awhile / can see the trace
OF many tear on your fair proud face.
/ am only q laboTer's wife,


Doing my part in the tread-mill of life,
Joe, my husband, is off all day,
Fighting the giants of want" away.
Baby and are busy too,


But we've plenty of time to be sorry for you.
Babys nuisance, plague and q Joy;
But then, you see, he's my own sweet boy;
L We time for groan or a sigh,
No time to idle as the days go by;
My arms are full as the day is long,
Full as my heart with its happy song.
Poor rich neighbor over the way,


Watching my baby and me at play,
What of your wealth if your heart is bare,
'Ts TO love and be loved that makes life so fair.
So, neighbor mine, can tell you true,
Indeed I'd rather be than you.
Year: 1876

looms up conspicuous figure in the
studies Of this interesting valley. Away
from the surrounding rocks, it stands
prominently before you; the placid wa
ters of the Illinois flow at its foot; but
it will for many years continue to carry
the deeply cut scars which through its
long battle with the lake current it bore
30 nobly and which for centuries it has
treasured up for our study. On a
marsh above Buffalo Rock stands
beautiful specimen of a water worn
rock, far above the present level of the
stream. The soft character of these
rocks would seem to indicate that but
a few centuries have passed since this
great current flowed and coursed
through this valley, for even the storms
of the PAST century have made great
havoc upon their faces, and in time Will
wear away every trace Of this great out
let. It is well known fact that
throughout the extent of this valley, at
no great depth, are vast basins and sub
terranean streams of pure water in all
respects corresponding in its general
characters tics to the water of Lake
Superior, containing the same common
ingredients in solution, save where, in
its passage to the surface, it may have
passed through the coal measures and
become impregnated with sulphurated
hydrogen. Or when, coming, as it
does, from its source charged with car
Donate of lime or magnesium, or, again,
by infltration through thin
seem of bog-ore or iron pyrites, it
springs forth bitter with impregnations
of iron or its sulphates. But where it
finds its way through the surface through
the sandstone and supernatant strata of
gravel, it becomes shorn of its chemical
properties and bursts forth II its virgin
purity from the hidden recesses. The
unlimited outpouring of this crystal wa
ter is too well-known here to require
comment.
Year: 1876

THE bill giving permanent fund
to the State University in lieu of special
appropriations, as heretofore, provides
for an annuaL state tax of one-tenth of
mill on dollar of the assessed valuation
of the property Of the State
Year: 1876

swell that crossed over these shadows.
The eye wanders in the instance as the
long Endulating lines disappear towards
the horizon. AS fer as the eye can reach
there stretch in lines of geometrical
precision ridges and alternate depres-
sions extending over the shallow plateau.
Each line is marked by stunted
growth of cedars Or shrubs, and each
depression, like q miniature canal, is
filed with water. The position of these
mountains of sand, and their still i'm
pressive dimensions, tell q fearful tale
OF lavishly expended force; of gales
which once rent the very earth and scat
tered its solid matter into heaps; of
waves which swept this old lake in ter
rife grandeur, pfling up monuments
for the future, and spending their force
far inland, only to fall in the valley be-
low. History bears no ;e3ord of the
time when


THIS PLATEAU WAS SUBMERGED,


and when the region of the Calumet,
Kankaisee, Desplaines, Mazon and Yer
million WAS the delta Of the Mississippi,
carrying the waters of the great basin
beyond into the general receptacle be-
low. But here are the truthful indica-
tions and the additional fact that as the
mountain waves dashed along, tLey fol
lowed this shallow plateau like ground
swell and left track which to-day
marks its way with indisputable charact-
ers. AS we pass along the old channel
into the valley of the Illinois, casual
examination of the rocks and bluffs
along its margin, reveals the presence
Of we'll ll-marked, and in many cases
deeply-worn, w'ater-lines upon their
faces, marking with scientific precision
the course of the old current. In many
cases where these rocks were soft and ca
silly disintegrated deep caverns have been
cut and worn far into their interior, at
the same time preserving the parallel
line of the current throughout the en-
tire length of the penetration. Here
and there a solitary rock stands isolat-
ed in the center of field or over on
yonder marsh, far away from the bluff,
often having an inverted conform shape,
worn away at its base and standing ap-
parently poised upon some more tena-
cious bedrock which has resisted the
grinding force of the lake current.
Nowhere along this valley are there in
dications more striking than
Year: 1876

The Editor of The Coso Mining

 News, January 6, says:

 While in San Francisco an agent of

 MT. Fryer, who has gained and is daily

 gaining wonderful reputation as the

 inventor of the "Fryer PcOcess," and which has been proved beyond doubt to be great success, made a proposi- tiOn to Us for the erection of his works here in Darwin which is certainly worthy of the most favorable consider atiOn. He guarantees to extract all metals precious or otherwise from our ores, whether gold, silver, lead or cop per, at an expense of about four dollars per ton. Of course there are certain prerequisites to the transaction, and miners and others interested can as- certain the facts by calling upon us; suffice it to say that no money IS re- quired, as the agent will put up the works at his own expense and make certain guarantees which ought to sat isiy the most incredulnus or most ava riciOus. They are just the works for thls country, where wood and water IS scarce, and since the miner can lose nothing by the venture, we sincerely hope that allat SIr. f..terest themselves opporluniry of trying hls process upon our ores. We took good deal of pains to make inquiries in regard to the Fry CT Process, and au seem to concedeI that there is no question of doubt but that it is a perfect success. We were assured that at Grass Valley, in Neva- da county, the works have proved more successful than was anticipated. Ores have been worked there at an eXpenSeI of three dollars per ton. The agent of Mir Fryer, after statement from us of the cost Of wood, merchandise and other articles here, expressed the opin- ion that he thought our ores could be- worked for about four dollars per ton. We need furnaces, mills or works of the Fryer kInd to bring our country out and we sincerely believe that hel can revolutioniZe the mOdus operandi heretofore in vogue in the working off ores

 We know nothing about the Fryer process of extracting metals, only that it has received considerable attention from the press. We certainly have noI prejudice in the matter and If it is a good thing and success, it can't be too good to suit us. We publish the above in order that it may come to the attention of our miners.
Year: 1876

We were very much pained upon

 seeing a statement in an exchange, the

 other day, that Walker, the Vinegar Bitters man, had got into trouble with

 his wife and divorce was in prospect.

 And we think when our readers come

 to look the matter over, they likewise

 will be psined, through pure sympathy

 with and gratitude to Mir. Walker.

 What do we owe to this benefactor of

 the human race? Vinegar Bitters {.

 The very name imparts a pleasurable sensation. We have tasted of all sorts of things in our Rfe, from ipecac to mustang lInament, and while there has

 been d wavering, (call it wcak though you will in our mind, at times, as to whether Vinegar Bltters or the superior grades of eye water were superior in flavor, still our better taste has always, eventually, decided in favor of vinegar bitters. Take away our early cocktail remove the beverage which soothes but doesn't intoxicate, lock up the ginI and tansy, cut off the allowance of sheep wash, but don't meddle with ourI vinegar bitters. And entertaining such an anArpriatinp OF fhis sadnnt;-a ,,o lion, it is but natural that we should bel esined, when trouble befalls its great llscoverer. There was only one thing we ever feared in this beverage, and that was the strong hold it gained on the appetite, leading to danger from over indulgence. We have seen strong men, on their frequent occasions of in diligence in this delightful tipple, 1uiver with regret that they had lived so long before it was invented, or that they could not get all they wanted off It. We sincerely hope, that Mir. Walk CTS earthly afflictions will only stimu late him to make a future grade of vinegar bitters, which, by its divine afflatus, will electrify a cornfeld scare crow, and, by its flavor, become na- tional drink.
Year: 1876

THE BALL Al, LEE's.-A large crowd went from town last night to attend the ball at Lees American ranch. We had set our heart on going but, as the cruel fates would have it, had to stay;at home and work on an election job until after eleven o'clock, and then it was too late. Those who went are en- thusiastic in praise of the entertainment. We shall go out soon as the election is over and examine the new house which we have not ses,Esinceit was ,finished. It is Ope of the finest stations in the Territory and we understa nil the building is finished up in superb styler f,f. -s4.--. = ,k rs:i
Year: 1876

''DOn't you ike to be called Mr.. Holmes
If it will please you better, 1 will call you
Harry, as did years ago; but then you must
take me out walking and sing to me as you
did then; and call me Hetty just the same as
you did when we were little and you must
think more of me than of anybody else, just
as you did then; and" In the twinkling
of an eye her heart seemed. ito swell in her
throat, she suddenly realized what she was
saying, and in an instant she turned deathly
pale, swOOned aud tainted away in her chair.


Her hands were as cold as ice, her lips
bloodless, and hor face rs whito as snow. 1t
was a faint in reality. It was some time boz
fore water revived her, but when she awoko
she was in stronger arms than her father's or
mothers. She was held there, too, in spite
of her feeble efforts to get away.


Harry Holmes that night understood
Hetty better than ever. before. They were
married, aud another such brilliant wed>
ding was never celebrated in all that valley.


After they had been absent on their we'd
ding tour for several days, the loving little
wife said to her husband: Harry, don't
believe we ever would have got married had
it not been for my thoughtcss tongue. L
made the first love to you, and that's how it
all came about, didn't it.


Her only consolation now is that they are
very happy, that it was leap year, md that
none of the neighbOrs knew anything about
Year: 1876

To KEEF SWINE HEALTHY-Give hogs
plenty of pure water TO drink, and keep
within their reach equal parts of wood ashes,
common salt and -four of sulphur, and you
need not fear hog cholera, nor any other dis
ease
Year: 1876

Been in general use for twenty years. Everywhere
proved the most SAFE, SIMPLE, ECONOMICAL
and EFFICIENT medicines known. They are just
what people want, saving time and money avert
ng sickness and suffering. Each single specific the
well tried prescription of an eminent physician.