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Year: 1873

Do not send abroad for help if you
have work TO do when it can be done in
your own town. Encourage your own
honest, industrious, faithful mechanics.
They need all the work they can get
BY such course you keep money at
home, assist the worthy. and have as
good work performed. 1T is the way to
make your town prosper-to support
your own schools, churches, and press.
Where there is disposition to send a
hundred miles for an article that, TO say
the least, could be manufactured as well
at your own door, there will always be
little or no business donein that place.
The churches will be thinly attended
and all business extremely dull Wher-
ever mechanics are the best employed,
prosperity is seen, the social virtues
predominant, and kindly brotherly feel
ing is experienced, which is the source
of unspeakable happiness-Ptqua Dem
Ocydf
Year: 1873

EyAn English judge is reported to
have said recently that jury should
never number less than twelve, as it
generally occurred that on tue jury there
was some one who had peculiar knowl-
edge of the kind of question to be
tried But what is wanted in a jury is
an equality OF: this sort OF knowledge
and when this is missing it is not the
eleven who are ill,informed hut the one
who is well informed who makes up the
verdict The true course, it seems to
US, certainly the better one, would he to
have juries of experts Git to investigate
particular cases, and ID a position 10
.compare each others experiences.
Year: 1873

DR.. Franklin once made the folio owing
offer to a young man:


"Make full estimate OF all you owe
and of all that is owing to you. Re.
duce the same to note. AS fast as
you can collect, pay over to those you
owe, if you cannot collect, renew your
note every year. and get the best secu-
rity you can Go to business diligent
ly; be Industrious; waste no idle mo-
ments; be faithful in your duty toward
God, by regular and hearty prayer.
morning and evening; attend to church
and meeting regularly every Sunday,
and do unto all men as you would they
should do unto you. If you are too
needy in circumstances to give to the
poor. do whatever else may be in your
power for them cheerfnlly, but il you
can, always help the poor, worthy and
unfortunate. Pursue this course dill
gently end sincerely for seven years,
and if you are not happy, comfortable
and independent in your circumstances,
come to me and | will pay your debts.
Year: 1873

Clothes moths,so destructive to wool
ems and furs, may he found at this sea,
son of the year living in little woolen
sacks Of their own manufscture,and mo
wing from place to place dragging their
qdeer little houses with them.


A gentleman going to Texas asked o
friend for letter Of introduction. The
friend opened drawer, took out a large
and handsome spring hladed dagger
knife and six-chamhered revolver and
gave them TO him.
Year: 1873

We occasionally see good thing in the
Eastern press from travelling correspond
ent "out west The following from the
line of the Union Pacific willtfo to repub-
lish:


Not long since prominent revivalist
choose Cheyenne as one of his numerous
fields of battle with Satan; and was quite
successful in making conveats. Among the
brands plucked from the burning was noted
gambler, one of the peculiar and characteris-
tic blossoms of this fresh and original town.
No sooner did this man of sin feel the infu-
ence of grace in his heart than he felt impell-
ed to urge upon his late comardes in wicked
ness the necessity of their reformation. Said
he: "Feller sinners, was the biggest sinner
in the deck. l run the course of evil from
soda to hook. But the Lord has saved me.
Why will you copper your souls to loose
forever? Now is your time to make your
game Understand me, boys, if you refuse
to accept salvation now, it amt me you're
throwin' off on its Christ you're buck
in agn-you hear me-" 1t is to be hoped
that his fervid oratory bore good fruit The
story may not be true, but IT was told me by
one who swore to it. and /, for one, do not
doubt IT,
Year: 1873

In the rogues' gallery in the New Orleans


Police Department, says the st. Louis Mss-


souri, Republican, there is the picture OF


''Mollie Waterman and her dog" Mollie


was no thief. She was never known to steal


anything in her life, and yet she was classed


among thieves because her dog had habit


of stealing Mollie would 20 into a store
and examine goods, jewelry, laces, etc., and


the dog was always at her side She had q
way of telling the dog just what she wanted
out of store, and then she went out, and
the dog hung around. When the shopmans 8
back was turned the dog never failed to lay
his teeth on the very article that Mollie want
ed. He punctually brought it to his mistress
at her rooms. Sometimes the dog took little
things that he thought Mollie might want,
without any hint from her. Noliie and her
dog. had a perfect understanding, worked
together for several years, and were very
dear friends, as events proved. One day the
dog was caught stealing. Mollie flew to his
rescue. She exonerated the dog and actually
accused herself of being the thief The
police took her at her word. She said she
was willing to do all the suffering, and pay
the penalty, but begged her jailers to spare
the dog. The jailers mad the photograph of
Mollie Waterman and the dog taken and
hung up among the rogues. They then told
her that the dog had to die without Judge or
jury She prayed the inexorable police to
take her life, but spare the dogs. They
would not listen to her appeal, and, killing
the dog before her eyes, they flung his bleed
ing carcass into her cell and locked her up.
The next morning Mollie Waterman was
found dead in her cell with the dog in her
arms. There was an instance of devotion.
That picture is worthy of better place than
a police Office rogues' gallery. Mr.. Bergh
ought to look after it.
Year: 1873

There is no breed of animals in which
there are not differences in the value of diff
ferent animals-none in which some animals
unfit for use as breeding animals cannot be
found. The fact that an animal has pedi-
gree showing that it lis "pure breed" does
not prove it is a good animal. Breeders owe
it to their future reputation, if not to the
public, to tweed out" inferior animals from
their herbs or f1ocks-sending them to the
butchers shops rather than selling them for
breeding purposes. Purchasers should exer-
else common sense enough to look for indi-
vidual excellence as well as pedigree. This
is no argument against pedigrees or pure
breeding. Pedigrees are valuable. Of two
animals of equal individual excellence, the
one known to be descended from ancestors
also noted for individual excellence, and the
other with nothing known of its ancestry
the first is decidedly the more valuable for
breeding. A good pedigree will outweigh
some defects, for the offspring may resemble
the better ancestors; but no pedigree is good
enough to make. it advisable to breed from
an animal worthless in himself Canada
Farmer.
Year: 1873

The Lancaster Penn.) Erpress relates the
following in giving an account OF an attempt
ed escape by an insane man: In the insane
department of the Lancaster County Hospi-
tai there is confined man named John
Eichburne. He is not dangerous, but is not
safe to be let at large. A short time since
he managed to scale the yard wall, fourteen
feet in height, but was shortly afterwards
assistants in making tour of the yard, dis
covered hid under a pile of stones in cor
ner, singular looking ball, which he'took j
was found that this ball was made up of a
rope, something thicker than broom twine,
and that the material used in making it were
the leaves of peach trees, with which the
ward is studded, the bark Of the small limbs
and some grass. The rope when unwound
is nearly 800 feet in length when in ball it
is as large as twenty -four-pound round
shot. 1t is so tough that the strongest hands
cannot tear it apart. The man must have
been working on it for several weeks, his
object being to escape from the institution
by its aid
Year: 1873

l am sorry we are not represented in tele-


graphic apparatus, as we have several things


in America that would be worth seeing. The


French telegraphic department is the best in


the Exhibition, and some of the inventions


are exceedingly interesting. There is a ma


chine that prints an autographic dispatch,


not chemically, like the other autographic


instruments, but on white paper with printers


ink. It cannot be described in writing, and


so will not attempt to say how it is made,


except that there is synchronOus action of


two rollers; one may be in New York and


the other in San Francisco, or in any two


other places connected by telegraph wire.


A written message, sheet of music, the
portrait of burglar, anything that can be
drawn with pen--not with a pencil-may


be telegraphed from one end of the world to
the other and reproduced with printers ink
on white paper, like that whereon the patron
of the Masl reads this letter. Then they
have machine by which four operators can
work over single wire at once in one direc-
ton, just as one operator does with us, and
by putting on four operators the other way,
you can make the capacity of one wire equal
to that of eight by the old system. We are
now using in America a system by which
wire may be operated both ways simultane-
ously. The French machine is exactly four
times ahead of US. They have also, an electro
manet that works over one hundred miles of
wire, and they will tell, within half yard or
SO, exactly where a pneumatic tube has be-
come obstructed. Suppose you have tube
between New York and Harlem, and wad
of paper, a rat, or something of that sort,
gets into it; you don't know exactly where
to look for the obstruction, and it is a serious
matter to go and dig up from one end until
you find it-possibly not one hundred yards
from the other. This machine tells you ex-
actly where to 60, though it will not tell you
whether it is rat or wad 'of paper that
stops the tube.
Year: 1873

The Directors of the Dublin Qreland)
Tramway Company have become suspicious
OF their conductors, and have been trying to
was given strip of tickets, and he was to
give one ticket to each passenger, who was
then to tear it up. The conductors receipts
were to correspond with his ticket strips.
But people hated the company worse than
the conductor. and would not tear up the
tickets; the conductor would use them over
again, and thus his income was kept up.
But now the remedy is reached. Every
ticket is numbered, but the number is printed
on it; and at the end of each month the
company has grand lottery with 800 prizes,
ranging from ten pounds to one shilling.
Each ticket has chance in the drawing.
Nobody throws away his ticket now; every
passenger is too busy looking after his own
interests. Persons of nobility travel incog-
nito in the cars for the sake OF chance in
the lottery, and the affairs of the company
are unprecedentedy prosperous. The plan
is soon to be initiated in England.
Year: 1873

HEAVEN help the man whe imagines he
can dodge enemies by trying to please every
body If such an individual ever succeeded,
we should be glad of it-no that one should
be going through the world trying to find the
beams to knock and thump against, disput-
Ing every mans opinion, fighting and elbow
ing and crowding all who differ from him.
hatagain, is another extreme Other people
have their opinion, SO have you; don't fall
into the error of supposing that they will re-
Sp@you more for turning your coat every
!dayto match theirs. Wear your own colors
lnspite of wind and weather, storm and sun
Mlne. 1t costs the irresolute and vacilla-
llhg ten times the trouble to wind and twist
ana shuttle than honest, manly independence
10 stand its ground.
Year: 1873

FORWARD and loquacious Youth BY Jove,
you know, upon my word, now-if were to
see ghost, l should be chattering idiot
for the rest of my life! Ingenious Maiden
(dreamily, Have you seen ghost?
Year: 1873

=. TEE latest remedy for the social evil and


IN q Western city Chat pests policeman at
tne door OF such establishments, requiring
every visitor to give his name and address.
Inc visitors are said to be very much disgust
go with the arrangement, and fail to repeat
Year: 1873

In consequence of the scarcity of water
in Superior City. and the great depth which
it is necessary to sink to obtain any, it has
become matter of inquiry why artesian
boring las not been tried. In many places,
less adysntageously situated, howing
streams of water Lave been readily obtain
ed, as at Chicago, Illinois, and Stockton;
California, each situated in an open, level
contiguous to a large body of water. At
San Jose few miles south Of the bay of
San Francisco, in q dry valley destitute Of
water, except a single spring, the exper-
iment vas tried aud water obtained at from
800 to 400 feet; and now the wells are so
numerous, that after supplying all that IS
necessary for home use, irrigatlng gardens,
nurseries, and orchards, the overplus at
fords 4 stream sufficient for driving Touring
mills and for manufacturing purposes.
The general contour OF the country here,
surrounded as it is by high rocky ridges,
with large supply of water pouring over

these, from all directions towards the bay,
affords strong indications, that the under
ground supply is inexhaustible and may be
readily obtained at a moderate depth. The
red impermeable clay everything this plateau
on which the city stands, has not been pen
etrated beyond 70 or so feet, and therefore
can only afford moderate supply Of sur
face water at the best; but if the gravel or
stratified rock below could be reached, a
bountiful supply would doubtless come to
the surface.


Then why not make the experment--the
cost would not be great and the result
might be Invaluable. Let the work be in
trusted to an expert; bis experience would
enable him to select the most feasible spot
to commence operations, and the work be
done in way to insure success, at least, IN
It's mechanical execution. Then wait the
result HUDoR.
Year: 1873

grain elevators in Superior or permit private parties
do and if private parties shall so erect elevators
the line of the railroad the company agrees to de-


liver to the elevators all the grain which may be con-
SIGNED to them G. w. CASS President


was agreed between the representatives from Da.
luth the president of the North Pacific and myself,
that an appropriation should be asked for from Con
cress in the river and harbor bill in the following
terms making the reservation that the should
meet the approval of the Wisconsin delegation IN
Congress


For the dredging out of the bay of Superior from
the natural the docks at Superior and Du-
uth and preserving each entrance for the purposes oil
Commerce, $l50,00o."


The Duluth committee and myself Immediately pro-
ceeded to Washington to lay the subject before the
Wisconsin and Minnesota delegations. | invited a
meeting of the entire Wisconsin delegation, at which,
all bnt member present to whom subn1it-
ted the proposed settlement, al of whom expressed
their decided approval of it. The Minnesota delega
ton in Congress with the Duluth representatives, were
then invited meet the Wisconsin delegation, and
did so with the exception of the members of the
House. and it was then agreed that the bay of Supe
ror should be improved indicated II the language
to 90 into the river and harbor bill as before named.


This adjustment contemplates the removal of The
dixie or so much as is desirable in the interests of
commerce, and the same viii be removed as soon as
the appropriation is available The cana will remain
open, but General Humphrey, Chief of the Engineer
Department, gave assurance that in the event that
time should demonstrate that the canal working
injury to the natural entrance, he would tight
dixie to be placed the canal that should arrest
any diversion of water through that outlet. should
add that this method of settlement met with the cor
dial approval of the Engineer Department.


The result Of it will give to Wisconsin what she
could not have obtained by litigation, viz railroad
Superior and the dredging out of the harbor 1t
also secures the removal of the dixie. In word, it
gives Superior all that she has any right to and all
that is necessary to her development.


In making this adjustment, did not expect that all
persons would be satisfied as | am well aware that
there are who think that any adjustment that left
Wisconsin.


With these persons do not sympathize; my desire
has been effect settlement that should be honora-
BILE to both states.


If with her great natural advantages the same facil
tiles of railroads and better harbor Superior cannot
cope with her rival it will be the fault Of her own
citizens c. C. WASHBURN.
Year: 1873

New ! ork, Jan. IS, Is IS. J


The Northern Pacific Railroad Company will agree
to build branch from the main line of the Lake Su-
perior and Mississippi Railroad in Duluth across Rces
Point and Connors Point and along the shore of the
BAY of Superior to the Nemadji river-the line to be
located with view to economy of construction and
connecting with wharves and docks in said bay, with
such necessary station houses may be needfu for
the business OF the town of Superor-the road to be
completed within eight months from the time when
deed shall be delivered this company for the right
of way and all the station grounds and wharf frontage
needed for the present and future business OF the Nor
thern Pacific Railroad. The right of way herein men
toned is from Connors Point TO the Nemadjl river,
including the right construct a bridge across the
channel between Connor's Point and Rices Point


In conducting the business OF the road, the North
ern Pacific Railroad agrees to place Duluth and Supe
ror on such equal footing viii leave the CONNER
ca world to elect for itself where it viii do business
without any discrimination in favor of either place.
delivering passengers ana ireiSht bosA al superior ana
Duluth.


And the railroad company further agree to erect
Year: 1873

The Methodist Episcopal church OF Superior1


Whereas of the Circuit Court aforesaid hold
in and for the County of Douglas aforesaid the second Nom
December 1872 judgment and decree rendered
the entitled favor Of the plaintiff and against the
defendant considered and auGged among other
things that the pa nt fom the defendant the Of
1913 a. damages and that the said be and constitute
upon Third upon the build
standing and being and directing the sheriff Of
Douglas County sell the said public SALE and
copy the said udSmen aud decree has
been placed hands for xecuon Now therefore by vrtne
Of the premises Notice hereby given that Monday the 9th
day Of February A. d. 1873 the hour O'Clock the
forenoon Of the office Of the Clerk Of the Circuit Court
Douglas County. the Court house the Superior
in said County viii offer for sale public veudue, and then
there will sell highest bidder fer cash the following
parcels of land situate said Douglas County and known
lots bundled and ftyseven (257 and hundred and
259 Third Street Superior
said surveyed and plated and the plat thereof recorded
in Of the Register Of Deeds Douglas County together
with the church building and all other improvements thereon
standing and being satisfy the recovered e
whereas said building partly
upon both OF said lots and the said lots properly sold
separately both lots with the said building and
provements, viii be offered and sold together


LARS LENR00T, Sheriff


By SEIR Snow, Under Sheriff
u, n sz--zS Atty p, Plsiuttf jsal1febH
Year: 1873

season must yindicate this route, when the
facilities here shall be made available upon
the harbor and bay front of Superior, and
the capital and energy Of Superior shall
come into the field of competition.


But it is not from the grain region trav-
ersed by the Chicago and Milwaukee roads
that our grain houses will be filed; the
Northern Pacific Railway is to be ready for
traffic from here to the Missouri in a few
days this will stimulate the opening of an
area efquadruple the present wheat acres
of Misalesota; five years hence the bulk
here sTa.l sand as high as Lake Miehigan's
nor.
Year: 1873

Cast q momentary glance over the
surface of this broad continent. You
will see at once that it is the most mag
nifcent theatre upon which human
power has ever had an opportunity to
exert itself Remember that upon it
forty millions of beings are already
placed, and that the future will doubt
less contribute its annual millions in an
ever-increasing ratio. You will also note
that, hocking in from abroad, come the
Celt, the Teuton, the African, the Az
tee, and the native of far Cathay all
rushing in to form parts of one huge
conglomerate mass of restless humanity,
upon whose fiat depends the realization
of the highest hopes ever yet formed of
approaching the image of utopian
commonwealth. Surely never in any
preceding record of human history has
there been fairer opening for the full
development of the noblest aspirations
for good, which the Divine Being has
been pleased to implant in the bosom
of his creatures. Here is ample space
and verge enough for the most far-see-
ing statesman, the most persuasive ora
tor, the most profound philosopher, the
most exalted philanthropist. Here is
field the like of which Aristotle or Pla-
to never trod. Here afe problems on
which Cicero never could have specula-
ted, or Bacon exercised his wonderful
sagacity. Answer me, if you can,
pray you, shall it indeed be that this
marvellous scene will be occupied by
actors worthy of their place, who will
strain their utmost powers to rise to
every great emergency, and do for their
fellow-men all that mortal power has
been able to effect, since the forfeiture
of paradise 90 r. adams.