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Year: 1876

been imbued with a desire to ell
tighten the Helena Congress upon
the extent to which civilization
has advanced i'll this Territory.
No better illustration Of its back
ward state can BE found than is
contained IN the fact that Jefferson
bad elected Brooke to the House
of Representatives. Mr. Ford's.
gentlemanly reply meets with gen
eral appropriations Instead of ans
Wering Mr.. Brooke in the manner
which his remarks justified, Mr.
Ford Hospitality invited the gentle
man to the Sun River country,
that he might look upon q stock
growing community and improve
his knowledge Of the pastoral in.
interests Of the Territory


We endorse the Invitation Of our
Representative, and extend it to
the different stoekmen OF Montana.
Prejudice and local jealousy have
heretofore been instrumental ii
keeping back from the i nbIic the





numerous advantages which this
section contains for stock growers.
Time, however, is changing this,
and even those who have engaged
IN opposing by any and all means
the progress Of this locality are now
among its most steadfast support
ers, The principal objection raised
against this section, as against the
practicability Of grazing large
herds Of stock, is danger from
Indians. Of this cry We can with |
safety say, and refer to the owners
ofstock to voueh for the statement,
that within the past three years
stock, ranging in this vicinity, have
been as free from destruction By
Indians as the cattle. that have
ranged in any other portion Of
Montana And as far as their wan
dering off with buffalo is concern.
ed, that is the emanation Of the
Jefferson BOBBY
Year: 1876

LIVELY LAwYER.-The French journal
Figaro says that an American lawyer
who had been retained to defend des-
perate character on charge of murder
has just taken out an insurance policy
on the life of his client; and that this
showed such confidence ON the part of
the company in the ability of the law
yer to secure an acquittal that the Office
of the latter has ever since been over
crowded with clients.
Year: 1876

The man Nth the red nose ceased to
smile, aud, asking the Sheriff for q
quarter to pay for his lodging that
night, he left the Office and mingled
with the throng of would>bs Deputy
Sheriff. on the outside.
Year: 1876

Il 1t is related that New Hamp.
shire minister recently portrayed the
history of Jonah after the following
style: seem to see Jonah passing
along the road to Nineveh; I seem to see
him enter the ticket-office. buy ticket
and pay for it; I seem to see him walk
upon the vessel; seem to see them lift
their anchor. and the stately ship moves
grandly c1t upon the broad Atlantic.
Year: 1876




IDoN'T ADVERTISE. fellow. we
have written at the top of this article,
we generally find in our daily rounds
seated on barrel or counter drumming
his heels against the side. lounging on
the counter half asleep, idling in the
doorway or playing checkers in tho back
room to while the time away. Oh, how
sad he looks when you mention bust
ness. Sometimes he stands up. and
What figure! His head looks like the
bushy end of New Foundland pups
tail. His jaws resemble two clab boards
filled with spikes. His reck. unwashed.
looks like a two-year-old stove-pipe,
ard his legs are like unto ramrod in
gunny sack. No business. No hopes.
There is no money in the country.
My friends have deserted me and l am
almost discouraged" Then he will!
spur up and talk finance and tell all
about what he saw in the paper he bor-
rowed from his neighbor until We have
hopes of his insanity. But when we
say advertise. he loses every vestige of
manhood and is living skeleton again.
Now, while this is only pen pic'uie. it
is drawn from actual fact as may be
seen in this and every other business
community. You may ask the mer-
camille traveller or the wholesale dealer,
and they will both tell the same story =
no business with those firms that don't
advertise. On the contrary, enter the
store of him who let's the people know
of his existence and what he is doing in
the world through the press, and you
always see well-dressed, cheerful and
successful man. Of course he exper-
fences the natural rise and decline of
the business season, but you always
hear him say: 81 have no reason to
complain" or business is brisk"
Take peep at the business houses of
even this small city, and see how near
We have come to the truth.-Albany
Democrat.
Year: 1876

The APoPLECTIC STRoKE.-A middle
aged physician once said to the


writer, LAS l was walking down the
street after dinner, felt shock in the
in the back of my neck, as if some one
had struck me; l have not felt well
since. I fear I shall die. just as all my
ancestors have, of paralysis. What
shall I do?" The answer was: Di-
minish the tension on the blood-vessels.
and there need be no fear of tearing
them in weak place Now this ex-
presses in plain terms the exact cause
of apoplexy in the majority OF in
stances; and it is one. too. which every
one has it in his power to prevent.


A blood.vessel of the brain, from
causes which will presently be men
toned, has lost some of its elastic
strength; food is abundant, digestion
good; blood is made in abundance. but
little is worked off by exercise; the ten
sion on every artery and vein is at a
maximum rate; the even circuitous flow
is temporarily impeded at some point.
throwing dangerous pressure on an
other; the vessel which has lost its
elastic strength give way, blood is
poured out, clot is formed, which. by
its pressure on the brain, produces corr
plete Inconsistencies. This is the
apoplectic stroke. 1t will be perceived
that there are two leading conditions
upon which the production of the stroke
depends: a lessened strength in the
vessel, and an Increased tension on it,
Year: 1876

VIM. Horne, veterinary surgeon, writes
to the Country Genileman:-My expert.
ence with sawdust is that it is the best
bedding to be had for horses or cattle; il
is better than straw in many respects.
1t is a much better absorbent than any
kind of straw, and upon general princi.
piles, it is much cleaner. For a paving
horse it is better inasmuch as he dis.
places the bedding only where the foot
touches the floor of the stall, while
straw, being long, is displaced generally
by the act of paving. 1t is a better
manure than straw-strOnger, more
readily assimilated or mixed, and lasts
much longer in the ground. l have
been for some time using planning chips,
which are much coarser than any kind
of sawdust. l find them very good ill.,
deed easier to manage and cheaper than
straw. One very important item in
favor OF sawdust is noticed where one
has 8 foul feeder, glutton, one which
eats up all the bedding within reach, and
any other filth he can get hold Of /
am top dressing my clover with this
chip manure as it comes from the stable.
OF course, the dryer the sawdust, the
more moisture it will absorb.
Year: 1876

The object of farming is profit. What
ever does not conduce to this is of no
account; and the art of agriculture re.
solves itself into the one question, what
will pay best? The experience of sin.
gle individual upon single farm is not
sufficient to settle the principles fprac.
tice. There are no two farms precisely
alike, and what would be good system
to practice upon one. might be exceed
ingly bad upon another; therefore we
cannot take the experience of single
individual upon a single farm, but the
safe guide is the united experience of all
who have been intelligent observers.
Year: 1876

This plant is coming into notice very
rapidly, and as it thrives we'll in the lat
itude of Missouri and Kansas, We have
thought it proper to give an account of
its habits and uses-particularly as the
Agricultural Department at Washington
has ordered large amount for seed. The
botanic name is Cyperus Esculenta. 1t is
called by fhe French such:e comcsticle, or
rush nut.


The chufa is perennial plant, grow
jig in the form of rush, about three
feet high. The fruit is in the form of
tubers, about the size of an ordinary
bean. Although belonging to the same
genius as the we'll known "wild nut
grass" it does not spread as that pest of
the Southern fields.


In taste the tubers resemble q chest
nut or cocoanut, and may be eaten either
raw or cooked, and after soaking over
night in water may be eaten as sauce.
The anaiysis shows them to be highly
nutritious. In Spain it is beaten into
paste mixed with water aud after
standing for some time used as sum-
mer drink and is very agreeable to the
taste, not unlike an emulsion of almonds.


Tests have been made of them in this
country, and on land that will produce
twenty bushels of corn one hadred bush
els of chufas can be easily produced.
And they are double the value of corn,
as they require neither digging nor
storing, and do not rot in the ground,
being uninjured by frost or cold. Hogs
will dig them as they want them, and
fowls will soon learn to scratch them
out as they grow near the surface.
Poultry fattened upon them excel in
delicacy of favor-One enthusiastic feed
er preferring them to the canvass-back
duck.


The chufa affects a light sandy soil,
and may be planted any time in this
latitude from corn planting in May to
June or July. The plan recommended
is to plant in hills two feet apart each
way, ten to twelve tubers in a hill, and
the tubers placed four to six inches
apart. No cultivation is needed except
to keep them clear of weeds. They
blossom in September, and the flowers
may be pinched off to increase the size
of the tubers. They mature in October
when they may be dug and stored, if
desired for general feed, or if for hogs
they may then be turned into the field
to fatten themselves. Not only is the
chufa fattening food for hogs, and
much relished, but it may be ground
and excellent oil expressed and the cake
fed to cows, increasing both the flow and
richness of the milk. Will not some of
our Kansas and Missouri farmers try i:
Rurul World.
Year: 1876

After great snow storm, a little fel.
low began to shovel path through a
large snow bank before his grandmother
door. He had nothing but small shov.
ell to work with.


"How do you expect to get through
that drift" asked man passing along.


"By keeping at it," said the boy
cheerfully; "that's howv'


That is the secret of mastering almost
every difficulty under the sun. If a
hard task is before you, stick to it, and
little by little it will grow smaller, until
it is done.


Ifa hard lesson is to be learned do
not spend a moment in fretting; do not
lose breath in saying, II can't" or 81 do
not see how;'' but 60 at it aud keep at
it-steady. That is the only way to
conquer it.
Year: 1876

The various sections of "An Act pro-
yiding for the assessment and taxation
of dogs and the protection Of sheep and
goats:


SECTION 1. Every person OF person.
owning, keeping or having under his o.
her charge or control, male or female
dog or dogs, within this State, shall. and
are hereby required to procure license
for keeping the same, for all dogs, both
male and female, he or she may own,
keep or have under his or her charge OF
control, on which the following license
tax shall be levied and collected, as 9th.
ler taxes are collected, for the use and
benefit of the common schools of the
county in which said male or female
dogs are kept or owned, to.wit: Fol-
each male dog, one dollar, for eaeh
female dog two dollars.


SEC. 2. That the license tax provided
for in the preceding section shall be a
perpetual lien on all property, real and
personal, which the owner or owners,
keeper, or keepers of such male or female
dog or dogs may have at the time of said
assessment or at any time subsequent.
and if not paid when the same becomes
due, shall be collected by distress and
sale, at the same time and in the same
manner that other delinquent taxes are
collected, together with the same penalty.


SEC. 3. That every person or persons
owning, harboring or keeping any male
or female dogs, shall be liable to the
party or parties injured in double the
amount of damages done by such dog or
dogs, to be collected by suit; and il
shall be lawful for any person to kill or
cause to be killed any dog or dogs run
ming at large which have not been listed
for said license tax, or upon which said
license tax has not been paid, or any dog
or dogs, whether listed for taxation or
not which he or she may find roaming at
large on his or her premises without the
presence of the owner or keeper of such
dog or dogs; and it shall further be law
ful for any person at any time to kill or
cause to be killed any dog or dogs which
may be, or may have been, found killing
worrying or injuring any cattle, sheep,
lambs, goats or kids.


SEC. 4. That any owner or owners,
person or persons, having any male or
female dog or dogs, in charge or under
their control, who shall neglect or refuse
to procure license for keeping the same
as provided in section one of this act, or
in any manner attempt to or evade said
license tax as hereinbefore provided,
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined in sum not less than FIVE nor
more than twenty-five dollars, and shall
be imprisoned until both said fine and
the costs of prosecution are paid.


SEC. 5. The license provided in the
sction of this act shall be issued by the
county clerk on the presentation to him
of a receipt from the county treasurer.


SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publica-
tiOn once in the Daily Commonwealth.


Approved March 4, 1876.
Year: 1876

1t is as unnecessary for a child to
die of scarlet fever as it is that it should
be blind with cataract. Let US see: At
any time before the body has finished its
intellectual struggles we are able to helpit
not by wonderful medicines but by the
knowledge of anatomy and the applica-
ton of common sense. We consult the
sympathetic nerve and do what it COM
mand US to do. We must give this
child salt when it wants it; We must
git acid when it has fever-not vinegar
but lemonjuice, because the first coag-
ulates albumen and the latter does not,
on account of the surplus of oxygen
which it contains. To initiate the sooth-
ing mucous in the intestines, which is
now wanting, and to give some respira-
tory food at the same time, we add some
gum arabic. To restore and relieve the
injured nerve We apply moist warmth.
in practice we can fulfill all this with
the following manipulations: Undress
the child and bring it to bed at the very
first sign of sickness. Give it, if it has
already fever, nothing but warm, sourish
lemonade with some gum arabic in it.
Then cover its abdomen with some dry
flannel. Take a well-folded bel sheet
and put it in boiling hot water; wiring
1t out dry by means of dry towels and
put this over the flannel on the child's
abdomen. Then cover the whole ard
wait. The hot cloths will probably re-
quire repeated heat. According to the
severity of the case and its stage of prog
ress perspiration will commence in the
the child in from ten minutes to two
hours. The child then is saved: it soon
falls asleep. Soon after the child awakes
it shows slight symptoms ofrcturning in
clination for food; help its bowels if
necessary with injections of oil, soap and
water, and its I, covery will be as steady
as the growth of a greenhouse plant if
we'll treated. OF course if the child
was already dying nothing could save il,
or if it has effusions in the lining Of the
heart or brain it is much better that it
shonld die. But if the above is applied
in due time, under the eyes and direc-
tion of a competent physician, l will
guarantee that not one in hundred
will ever die of scarlet fever. l know
this will startle some of my readers, es-
pecially those, who have lost children
already, but shall 60 still further.
maintain that a child win never get
scarlet fever if properly treated. If a
child has correctly mixed blood it will
not catch the disorder if put in bed with
sick child. This is still more startling
but nothing is easier of proof Good
HEATH.
Year: 1876

The soil is the farmers bank. II b,
would keep his accounts good and have
his drafts honored, be must take care
that his farming operations do not i'm
poverish his land, 70, that will inevitably
impoverish him.


There are those sccounted good farmer:
because in the main, they are reasonably
successful in their management, yet who
nevertheless blindly pursue methods thai
are futile in accomplishing desired re-
suits. There is much working in the
dark, and sometimes a great waste ol
labor. There are some things that are
hard to be unlearned after they have been
long practiced with apparently beneficial
effects, but which really had little agen-
cy in producing those effects.


A hundred yesrs and more ago Jethro
Tull believed and taught that by sufli.
cient culture the soil would produce
crops year after year, without manure.
His theory brought disaster upon him
ultimately, but there was a great lesson
in his experience which farmers failed to
apply, to-wit: the value of tillage in aer.
ating the soil. Cultivation, frequent
stirring, admits the air, and when it is
recollected that vegetable and mineral
manures are useless until decomposed
into their original elements, and that
decomposition can only go on by the
direct agency of the atmosphere, the i'm
portance OF tire knowledge is at once
recognized. Organic matter possesses
highly fertilizing properties, but these
lie dormant and useless until decompOsed
and rendered fit for plant food, by 9ration
of the soil to which this matter has been
applied. Pulverize the soil and keep it
mellow, for then it can breathe freely, SO
to speak, and the more productive it will
be rendered. Herein lies the benefit of
repeated stirring-of fall plowing, which
insures additional pulverization by the
action of frost, insuring finer tilth. And
hence, too, the beneficial effects of drain
ing the soil, carrying off stagnant water,
and permitting the air to take its place.


We must not lose sight of the fact that
with properly erating the soil, the con-
stituents removed from i. must be re-
turned, and that in ihe use of manures
it is well to consider not only what is
desired for an immediate crop, but also
the condition in which the soil will be
left for succeeding crops. Judicious
culture and proper rotation will insure a
good crop, and at the same time the land
will not deteriorate in fertility Western
Rural.
Year: 1876

CEMENT FOR BROKEN CHINA.-Make
a thick solution Of gum arabic in water,
then stir in plaster OF Paris until the
mixture becomes sticky paste Apply
With brsfh to the br"ken edges. stick
them Together, and in three days the
article !csnnot be broken in the same
ldacs-
Year: 1876

Mr. EDITOR We cannot many of us visit
the Centennial. at Philadelphia, even If we
would: but we need not fear making too
much of our country IS centennial, If what we
do for her welfare in the future, join with our
thanksgiving for the past. But what Is good
In the past, we should make better In the fu


ture; this is true Ia all things in respect to
our county and Our comfy history; and the
object of this writing is to suggest one plan
OF improvement: 1t involves simply an indi-
vdual act, but one grand in its results. and
extending its benilicent shade perhaps over
second Centennial. Thi. simple act is plant


ing tree in 1876 shade or fruit tree. a
memorial tree if you please to call 1t so A
little thoughttulness would suggesta variety
OF modes of planting, whether in groups or
in rows; whether In the yard or field or bv
the wayside; as, also, whether ornamental,
shade evergreen or fruit. If we do not enjoy
the result ourselves. our children or grand
children will. And in conclusion, we would
suggest that our resilence-streets in Van
Bnren would be greatly benefited by the
planting of shade trees, of which, on most
Of the streets. there is great lack Then let
us plant Centennial trees. "A.
Year: 1876

Not within the memory Of the " Oldest
inhabitant," has there been in this c6un
try such snow storm and with such
cold piercing winds as that we had Oh
Sunday last Commencing in the morn
ing early, it showed all the day, inees
sently and on through the night slightly.
1t cannot he possible that any part of the
peach crop has weathered the storm-un-
til this last cold blast, hopes were enter
tanned that portion of the crop would
come out all right, but this last cold,
freezing snow has dispelled every vestage
of hope for any thing in the peach line.
Year: 1876

Found on the line of the railroad between
Van Buren and Lees Creek. Sunday, a lady S
brcast-pin. Tile owner can get the same by
paying for this advertisement and proving
property. Nv
Year: 1876

Services in this church were continued
every night during the past week with great
spiritual interest, and several persons were
converted. Rev. B. Peyton Brown preached
yesterday to quite large audience, notwith-
standing the inclement appearance of the
weather, taking for his text the 23d verse of
the 9th chapter of Mark-"Jesus said unto
him. if thou can'st believe, all things are pos
sible to him that believeth." He commenced
his discourse by description of the scene of
the TRANSPORTATION, returning from which and
heholding the multitude, Christ asked the
Scribes, what question ye with them, and
Immediately the circumstances occurred which
gave rise to the text. The point made in the
sermon was the exercise of faith upon the
part of man is the condition of saving power
on the part of God. In the material world
God is a God of power, of wisdom, of inteili-
gence. But in his dealings with man as a
free agent he requires obedience, submission
to his law. He does nc. deai with rational
creatures as he does wish the material world.
As condition of mans restoration he re-
uuires faith. He can creSte world indie
pendent of our faith. Bot when spplied to
the condition of oar moral nature faith Is





favor. This is principle that underlies the
moral governn1ezt of God. He never saves q
moral agent Independent of faith. No case
can be found m the Biblewhere this is not tree.
In this connection he cited o Number of pas
ssges of Scripture TO sustain the point. Feith
Is not only the condition, but it is the measure
of success m saving men. 'fAccording to your
faith be It unto YOU" This faith is more
than Intellectual knowledge 1t is commu-
MON and fellowship with God and his son
Jesus CHRIST. An explicit reliance upon the
promises and a willingness to trust Gods
work and work for his cause. Mr.. Brown
gave many illustrations of the effects of faith,
not only in the matter of spiritual success,
but in the accomplishment of objects of secu-
lar pursuits, and closed with an earnest ap-
peal TO the members of mis- church to work
for the salvation of men in the progress Of
these revival services at the old Foundry
church, and by an humble reliance in the
promise of God, trust. n faith that he wiz
answer their rl-ayers.
Year: 1876

formally inaugurate their club rooms at Nos.
4GS and 465 Pennsylvania avenue tomorrow
evening. This organization is composed Of
leading young men in the city who know how
to enjoy a leisure hour. During the coming
season the club will give number Of social


and musical soirees. ..r-.- be-
Year: 1876

to Brad Adams and buy one of his S4.50
ro1nd-trip tickets to Phfladelphia over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Cold weather is
approaching and the Centennial will soon
close, so buy at once if only to 60 over, as you
can sell your return ticket there for 81.