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Year: 1875

and curse me. l could not move without
placing my feet on dead bodies, aud when
| would step on a dead baby it would
open its eyes and cry; then the dead
mother would raise up and pronounce q
her child And devils would surround
me, and, with horrid oaths. curse me for
disturbing the dead. l would trembls
and beg and try to find some place to put
my feet. but the dead were in heaps. and
covered all the ground so that I could
neither walk nor stand without putting
my feet on dead body. l would stop
and pant for breath. and then l could
feel corpse under my feet. and il would
raise up. throw i,s arms about me. sad
curse me for trsmpling on il. It vas in
this way that put in that whole night
Year: 1875

Let it not be imagined that the life of a
good Christian must necessarially be a
life of melancholy and gloominess; for he
only resigns some pleasures to enjoy 9TH
ers infinitely greater.
Year: 1875

Don't trust a man unless you can see
his face. A Kentucky farmer went TO
dinner leaving the hired man in the barn
singing MY soul yearns 10 be free" and
in less than half an hour the man and .
$500 mule were missing.
Year: 1875

We know of nothing which will create
such disturbance in = town as run.
away horse.


Let horse get loose and start out to go
it IN his own h ,nk, and nine.tenths Of the
men, and all the boys and dogs, and a few
women, will quit business to run out int"
the street and see how he manages.


In view Of the fact that runaways are
very common occurrences, every ybod,
ought to know how to stop a runaway
horse.


In the first place scream at him with all
your might. NJ matter whether you
scream "whoa!" or "hi!' or ''ho!' one in
terjectiun is as eff1cncinus rs another
Swing your hat at him. Flourish, your
cane in his face. Shake your coattails a,
him. Throw clubs at him if you can &C.,
them, if not, bricks will do.


Set the dogs ON him. Head him off and
let him turn down some cross street. The
turning will bring things to u crisis soon.
er, aud everybody knows there is nothing
SO hard to- bear as suspense.


Keep screaming. Be- sure and not slack
up on that. Jump in front Of him and
shake your fists at him to let him know
that man is his master, and then jump one
side when he comes along, for fear you
mig"t scare him it you got him by the
Bit.


When lie has smashed things, and is
stopped, it viii take from dozen to fit
teen men to hold him, and feel OF his legs,
and screw up his IN 'uth with the bit. and
pull him hard by the head to show him
how aboninably he has behaved, and ev-
cry one IF these fifteen men ought to tell
what he would do will, "that horse" if il;
were only his.-Kate Thorn, in New York
Weekly.
Year: 1875

Pay as you 60.


Never TOOL in business matters.


Do not kick every one in your path.
Learn to think and act for yourself


Keep ahead rather than behind the
times.


Don't stop to tell stories in business
hours.


Have order, system, regularity and also
pronnptness.


Do not mcddle with business you know
nothing of


Use your own brains rather than those
Of others.


A man of honor respects his word as he
does his bond.


No man can get rich by sitting around
stores und saloons.


II you have a place of business, he
found there when wanted.


More miles can be made in one day by
going steadily than by stopping.


Help others when you can, but never
give y hat you cannot aft 'rd because 1t is
fashionable.


Learn 10 say No. No necessity Of snap
ping it out dog fashion, but say it firmly
and respectfully.
Year: 1875

A grocer on the Ohio River had to
make al assignment because some villain
stole eighteen p.urds of sugar and a
whole cheese from his stock. You can
get AN idea from this how sensitive capt.
tai sometimes ia
Year: 1875

"Pella Railroad. Under this
heading we publish communica-
ton from three gentlemen of excel
lent reputation in Pella, intended by
them as an answer to our article up
on the subject last week. We have
no rejoinder to make, except to say
that they do not deny the fact and
the main point in our article, that If
they earnestly wished the building
OF road they would select time
for action when we could assist
them, instead Of always APP
preaching US ut time when we have
prospect of securing road from an
other direction, and when our ener-
gies are all engaged to that end.


The Blade does US injustice by ac-
cusing us Of trying to convince our
readers that the effort of Pella citi-
zens to secure q railroad from PelIa
to Knoxville is only trick to defeat
the hopes Of the Knoxville people of
getting road from another direction.
We distinctly said We could not
think our PelIa friends would lend
themselves TO project to defeat our
efforts to secure a road; and we in
plain and unmistakable language
gave them credit for honorable
motives" in the matter. But this
part of our article the Blade forbore
to copy. Be just with US, gentle
men, if you are not jealous, and do
not make yourselves liable to the
charge you make against us.
Year: 1875

clan, we do indeed smell danger in
the issue of the past week. The
churches In the South once made re-
beiii0n possible there, and they are
not idle now. If they foment revolt
yonder. we are certainly pardonable
for resisting it here. Face the issue,
forward correct sentiment on the SUBJ
ject, and perchance the danger will
take warning and stink back into its
den. We Were caught mapping the
last time let US be wide awake this
time.n
Year: 1875

The political skies of Europe are
not entirely cloudless. Rumors Of a
war, in which Germany will take
the first step, and which will engage
most Of the great powers, are current
on the continent.
Year: 1875

IN the confession the prize offered
to the best drilled military company,
there were present a company from
Highland and the Guards from Min
eral Point. Both companies made
q good appearance, and were so
nearly equal in the exercises, that
the Judges could not award the
prize 90 either, to the exclusion Of
the other. 1t was therefore divided,
and twenty-five dollars awarded TO
each. The Guards generously voted
the whole prize to the Highland
Company, and both returned wen
satisfied.
Year: 1875

The Mary Breyer Comedy Troupe
remained in our city throughout the
entire week and maintained large
audience till the last. The playing
was, throughout, good and gave
general satisfaction. The members
of the troupe deserve credit for their
highly moral character, and in the
transaction of business in every re-
spect they exhibit spirit of the
highest honor.
Year: 1875

number of articles was large and


displayed much fine work. Last in


the south end of the hall were the
collections of flowers of Mr.. Toay
and W. Suthers, the latter number
ing in varieties more than one hun
dred, and being one of the brightest
ornaments in the floral hall. In the
above department there was all the
articles present that tho hall would
accommodate, and probably more
than in that limited space could be
shown to a good advantage. Those
who contributed to this department
deserve special credit since the arti-
cles were largely admired, and also
since the value Of the premiums
offered, must have been of little in
dncement compared to the trouble
attending the exhibition Of the ar
ticles. Good order prevailed during
the whole week and the great wonder
is that SO few accidents occurred.
Year: 1875

CARTWRIGHT q JAMES have Just
relitted their jewelry store and re-
eeived large stock of gold jewelry
and plated ware Of the finest QUALITY,
also watches and clocks Of every
variety, and from the best factollfs s
IN the world. All are respectfully
invited to call and examine their
stock.
Year: 1875

The question Of the continuation of
State grants to the Established Chucrh
is under serious discussion in the Prus.
sian Paliament. The people of the
United States have demonstrated be-
yond all reasonable doubt that the
support of churhes by the taxation of
private propesty Is as needless as it is
unjust. In all the States OF Europe re-
ligious freedom is at length tolerated.


In each one, however, some one form
of Divine worship is estsblishe | by
law and supported either by the income
from church property, or by general
taxation, or by both. The accumula
ton Of church. property exempt from
taxstion in many Of them Is an inn
mense evil, as it imposes increased
burdens from the support of civil gov>
ernment on the owners and occupants
Of the residue Of private property
This incubus has become so great as
to occasionally result in revolusions.
and the sequestration of the estates of
the Church. But in the absence of
this source of ecclesiastical revenues,
the support Of any one form Of religious
worship from the public, treasury Is so
grossly unjust to all dissenters and
non>professors of religion as to be re-
gardcd in this country as an unendura
BILE enormity. Its injustice is no less
in the States of Europe. Non-com.
formists, even in England. the freest
country OH the other side of the Atlan>
tic, after paying by voluntary contri-
buttons for the support of their own
churches, are compelled to pay taxes
for the support of the Established
Church,


It is to be seen whether the sense of
justice is strong cnodgh IN the Prus-
sian Parliament to break up this
abomination, Could Bismarck conduct
this reform to successful issue his
name would be illustrious all along the
coming ages to the end Of time.


Compulsory worship Of Almighty
God is not piety. The compulsory
support Of worship by one class of
citizens for the benefit Of another class,
however good, is form Of injustice
without solitary reason for its sup.
port. But compelling people TO pay
taxes for the support of form Of wor-
ship which they do not attend and
conscientiously believe to be iuviola
ton OF Gods laws. is a moral mon-
strosity as indefensible as the old Span.
ish inquisition. 1t is amazing that ii
could have continued 1875 years after
the inculcation of religious freedom
by the Saviour of the world, as it still
exists in the most enlightened Chris
tian nations. Its insidious encroach-


ment on our free institution in the


form of an application for the support


Of ecclesiastical schools, by public
tax, ought to attract the serious atten


ton of the American people.
Year: 1875

What a blessing to a household is n
merry, cheerful woman-one wosc spirits
are not ments, or whose milk of human
kindness does not sour in the sunshine of
prosperity. Such woman in the dark
est hours brightens tie house like a little
piece Of Sunshiny weather. The magnet.
ism Of her smiles and the electrical bright
ness of her looks and mvtrments infect
every one. TIE children 60 to school
with sense Of something great 10 be
achieved; her husband goes into the
world in a conqueror's spirit. No matter
how people annoy and worry him all day,
far of her presence shines, and he whispers
to himself, "At home | shall fud rest"
So day by day She literally rencws his
strength and energy, and if you know a
men with beaming face, q kind heart,
and prosperous business, in nine cases
out Of ten you will find he has a wife OF
this kind.
Year: 1875

say of him that be never fails to have a
newspaper two or three Of them
When he thinks they have come about
long enough for the publisher to want pay
be sends hack with stop it, Or he takes
up his quarters and leaves for parts uu.
known. He does not want to pay, and
he don't mean to. Get it il YOU can.


Reader, in which of the above classes
are you found?
Year: 1875

She is modest, but not bashful,
Free and easy, but not bold,
Like an apple, ripe and mellow,
Not too young, and not too old;
Half inviting. half repulsive,


Now advancing, and now shy.
There is mischief in her dimple,
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature.


And is skilled in all her arts;
She has taken her diploma,


AS the mistress of all hearts;
She can tell the very moment


When to sigh and when to smile;
o, a maid is sometimes charming,
But the widow all the while.
Are you sad? how very serious


viii her handsome face becomes;
Are you angrJ ? she is wretched,
Lonely friendless, fearful, dumb ;
Are you mirthful2 how her laughter,
Silver sounding. will ring out;
She can lure and catch and play you,
As the angler does the trout.
Ye old bachelors Of forty.


Who have grown so bold and wise,
Young Americans of twenty,


With the lOve-loOks in your eyes
You may practice all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall,
But know a little widow


Who could win and tool you all
Year: 1875

i, r. Mounts, secretary of Lockhar
grange, West Virginia. is the author of
the following adyide, which we copy from
the Farmers Friend:


Within the last year or two we can
number a half dozen of our farmer &C.
quantanccs who have been lured to fnan-
cial destruction by the glamour Of spec
ulation. Going back ten years. and care
fully looking up the history of the men
we know who have left the farm to en-
gage in trade, we find that one in ten has
succeeded. A recent ease has come to
our knowledge that is full Of instruction
to those who are tempted to leave the farm


BY his own exertions alone, this farm.
er had accumulated handsome compc
tcnee; and at the age of fifty could lsok
with pride over his broad acres Of rich
land, his fine hcards. 1ocks' and comfort
able buildings. He was out of debt, and
had handsome surplus is the bank.


Two years ago, in an evil hour, he was
induced to invest in = dry goods store.


Last fall his farm and stock were sold
for debt, and he is reduced to the ncces-
sity of day labor to support his large and
yet dependant family, All accumulation
of over twenty years hard toi-many of
them years of privation and the closest
economy-swept away in few months
by this demon speculation And this is
not solitary case. Every reader can
count similar enes in his list OF acquaint-
ances. They all teach one great lesson
-- stick to your legitimate business in
which you have succeeded. "Let well e.
nough alone A man who has liAed all
his life on farm stands but little chance
to compete successfully with the men who
have been educated and trained for spec
ulative pursuits, The two occupations
are extrcmes-honest toll at one end, and
the tricks Of trade at the other. If you
have a good farm keep it improve it a.
dorm it, be proud of it and when you arc
done with it hand it down to your chill
drcn-the best inheritancc(with 4 good
education that you could leave them.


All that we have of wealth all that we
have OF art all that we have of culture, is
the result of labor. Therefore no man
should be afraid Of work, or neglect to
teach his children how to work, even if
he has to employ some one else to do it.
Year: 1875




= Breathes there 4 man with soul so
dead who never to himself hath said
Twill my local paper take both for
my own and family sake If such there
be let him repent and and have the pa
per to him sent and if he d pass hap
py Winter he in advance should ray
the Printer


- The boy who was kicked out of time
by gun said he fired and fell back in
good order.


- He was smoking cigar on car
where there were ladies. A lady took
out her purse, got ten cents, and handed
it to the smoker. "Whats this for ?"
said he. "It's to buy you good cigar
when you smoke in the presence of la
dies" He threw the cigar out of the
window, the scrip in the lads lap jerked
the strap, and jumped out


"A committee at fair in Norwalk,
Conn was fooled into critically testing
native wine that had been taken from one
eask and put into twelve bottles with va
ried labels. They were divided in opin-
ion as to which was the best.


Thirteen generals left Atlanta on
one train the other day without seeming
to diminish the number in town.


A medical man, discoursing on sleep
makes this remark &" One man may do
with little less sleep than another; but,
ms general rule, If you want clerk, a
lieutenant. a lawyer, a physician, leg
islator, q Judge, President or pastor,
do not trust your interests to any man
who does not take on the average eight
good solid hours Of sleep out of every
twenty. four. Whatever may be his rea
son for it, ifhe does not give himself that
he will snap some time just when you wan,
him to be strong"


pleasant.


- You need not tell all the truth, ,iunless
to those who have right to know it all
Blu, let all you tell be the truth.
Year: 1875

A GRATEFUL ELEPHANT A troup of
elephants were accustomed to pass q
green stall on their way to water. The
woman who kept the stall took a fancy
to one of the elephants and frcquentlG
RECALLED hea favorite with refused greens
aud fruits, which producer correspond
ing attachment on the part Of the elephant
towaed the woman.


One day the troup of elephants unfortu-
nately overturned the poor woman stall,
and in her haste to preserve the goods,
she forgot her little son, who was in dan
ger Of being tramped to death. The IA
vorite elephant perceived the child's dan
gea, and taking him up gently with his
trunk, carefully placed him on the roof of
shed close at hand.
Year: 1875

DURING the week ending last
night, eight furnaces have been in
operation at The various smelling
works. ona less than the usual
number, owing to the shutting
down of one at the Eureka Con
solidated Works for the purpose
of repairing. 1t will be at work
again this week. During the time
the following amounts of bullion
have been produced and shipped:
Year: 1875

LIE ON Your RIGHT SIDE.-The
health journals all direct their read
ers to lie on their right side while
asleep, but Heyman Bros. get up q
class of spring beds, that are so per-
fectly elegant and easy that it don't
make any difference in what position


you LIE!


you are at perfect ease. Heyman
Bros. also keep a complete stock OF
all other kinds OF house furniture for
sale at the lowest living prices.
They are at the corner OF b and Tay-
lor streets, Virginia City. Give
thom q trial.
Year: 1875

Messrs. Rambusch & Mertz, propretors of
the Dodge County Abstract and Real Estate
Agency at Juneau, have issued paper, the
Advertiser, to better advertise the business
and real estate left in their hands to sell.
It is printed in both German and English.
In speaking ofabstracts it says:


We call the particular attention of the
public to the fact that correct and complete
Abstracts of Title to Real Estate in Dodge
County can only be had from our Office. It
is absolutely money thrown away to order
them from any other place, as the abstacts
SO furnished have in a great many cases
proved both incomplete and incorrect,
thereby only entailing loss of time and
money to parties ordering them.


Te make out correct abstracts requires
not only the utmost care, but also expert
ence of many years, and can not be learned
by person in a few days or months. Il
also requires some knowledge of law, IN
order to know just what it is necessary to
show by the abstract, and this can only be
possessed by persons who have made the
subject study.
Year: 1875

Among the fine display of articles at the
Central Wisconsin Exposition last week. the
exhibition Of millinery goods made by Mrs.
NJ. E. Parker, was conspicuous. In their
arrangement, exquisite taste and good judg-
ment were displayed, and they were the ad-
miraton of all who saw them Those
beautiful hats, decorated in the height of
fashion, and those superb bonnets, trimmed
IN such fascinating manner, aroused a
spirit Of coyeteousness within many lady.
We would do injustice to the subject were
we to neglect to speak of the choice plume
Of all colors and styles, and the splendid
artiicials Of every conceivable variety
which festooned the show case. These rare
and charming goods were but the counter
part of large and extensive stock of tn e
same kind which may be found at the milli-
merry store of Mrs. Parker on the east end oil
Main street bridge, Sd door west of the bank
Of Watertown, where the most fastidous of
the fair sex can always find something
suited to her taste.
Year: 1875

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Prof. O.. S. Fowler's Great Work on
Sexual Sciences which is the result of forty
years study on.the natural laws governing
the mutual relation of the sexes-is one OF
the most remarkable and useful volumes Of
the day, and one which Should find its way
into the hands of every truth loving man
and woman. Young men who value their
domestic happiness, should not fail to read
his remarks on the subject of selecting
wife, as the information it contains is be-
yond value. 1t will confer blessing upon
all who read it, and should be read by all
who have arrived at the years OF discretion.
Inc book appeals to every class, and to peo-
pie of all ages, aud we hope it will be read
by every man and woman in our broad land.
We are decidedly of Prof Fowler opinion,
that we know too little about our physical
constitutions, especially in the days Of
youth, when knowledge would preserve its
possessors from fatal errors of conduct which
only ignorance could cause them to fall into
Il is the duty OF parents to give their chill
dren this knowledge, and to parents there
fore, we heartily commend the reading of
Prof. Fowler's book. Mr. N. Hardy is agent
for the work, and we commend him to the
courtesy and patronage OF the citizens, to
whom the work will prove in the highest
degree valuable and instructive.
Year: 1875

THE WoILD WITHOUT SUNDAY
Think how the abstraction of Sunday
would enslave the working classes with
which we are identified. Think of la
Dor going on in one eternal monotonous
and eternal rack; fingers forever strain
ing. The brow forever dropping. the
loins forever aching, and the weary
brain forever scheming. Think of the
beauty it would efface, the merry heart
edness it would extinguish. the strength
it would tame the giant, the resources
of nature it would crush, the sickness it
would bring, ofprojects it would wreck,
the groan it would extort, the lives it
would immediate, the cherries graves it
would prematurely dig. See them toll
ing and fretting, grinding, hewing, wea-
wing and spinning, sowing and reaping,
raising and building, digging and plant
ing, striving and struggling,in the gar
den aud the field, in the granary and in
the barr, in the factory, in the mill, in
tue warehouse and in the shop, in the
mountain, in the ditch, on the roadside
and in the country, out at sea and on
the shore, in day of brightness and of
gloom. What a picture this would
represent il We had no Sabbath.
Year: 1875

Ex-PREsIDENT JoHNsoS's ESTATE
The Knoxville (Tenn.) Chronicle learns
from those conversant with ex-Presl-
dent Johnson's private affairs that it is
not known as yet that he made will
previous to his death, or rather that any
such document is now in existence.
1t is believed that he wrote more than
one, but it does not appear that any
one of them is in force. 1t is known
that he incurred heavy loss from the
failure of Jay Cooke, and it is possible
that this change in his estate made it
necessary that he should change any
will be had made previous to that time,
and it is probable that he never made a
will afterwards, owing 10 the uncertain
ty as to what his actual losses would be.
Those who have the custody Of his
property and papers know nothing Of
the existence of an insurance policy on
Mr.. Johnson's life, and they do not be-
lieve that he had any such policy. Mr.
Johnson's estate is not large, but suf-
fcient to keep his surviving family
above want
Year: 1875

The Mennonitcs who have settled m
the Northwestern States say that it is an
error to call the insect which has been des-
olating the country grasshopper. They
recognized it as the locust of their own
Southern Russia as soon rs they laid their
ewes upon it.
Year: 1875

They must have pleasant'way ofget-
ting along in Illinois Husband and wife
are no longer one; since under recent
act they may sue each. other. According
ly Chicago husband has brought suit
against his wife to compel her to fulfill a
contract with him.
Year: 1875

grace which is now come upon it Il may
have been mistaken judgement and high party
feeling which has carried the Executive thus
far, but he hoped the American people would
let him understand that his hand must be
taken from the throat of Loisiana.