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Year: 1876

NEW YORK, september b.-Bsmarck dis
patches say: When Captain johnson took
charge Of Standing Rock Agency, after the
suspension of the agent by General Car
lin, he had q council with the chiefs and
leading men, in all numbering about 100.
The council was q stormy one, and loud and
impatient talk was INDUCED in on the part
of the Indians. and each strong expression
made against the whites or in defiance of
the troops, was received with loud grunts
of approval and show, how" the Indian
expression of unqualified Endorsement.


chief of the Blackfeet, who has ever been


considered friendly to the whites.
Captain johnson, in q short addre ss, in


formed the Indians that the Great Father


had appointed him their agent to look after
them and take care of them. He hoped


they would get along we'll together. He


would see that they received all that the


Great Father sent them. but that he should


issue rati0ns or goods only to those Indians
actually at the agency to receive them, and


that in order to do SO correctly he should in
q few days send some one to their camp to
count them. They would be required to give
up all the Indians that came in from the
hostiles who must give up their arms and be-


corQe prisoners. He desired that all those
Indians on the west side of the river
should move up near the post, where they
COulu UC 1OOAON oAVOA' 0Aooo


insinuated that the agent had been in the


habit of letting them go about as far as


they pleased, but now they were obliged to


give up and be treated as slaves, and in


tlmated pretty plainly that they should
continue doing as they had in the past
that is, as they pleased.


Whether they will continue to assume
this attitude the future will decide. There
is sufficient force to quell any outbreak the
Indians may make, with prospect of three
additional companies soon. The only
trouble would arise from lack Of mounted
force.


Three companies Of the Eleventh In
fantry are now en- route to the agency,
making the garrison nine companies in all
One great cause of the trouble at Stand
ing Rock is the fact that the Indians have
been short of supplies every winter and ap.
preparations were go delayed this summer
that they became absolutely destitute, and
an Indian to be good must have full
stomach.


Secretary Chandler has concluded not to
appoint A. Gust, vice Burke suspended at
Standing Rock Agency, but allow the mill
tary to remain in charge.
Year: 1876

One of the most interesting phases
of Congressional sightseeing occurs
when little children come in on the
floor of the House TO visit their digni-
fled papss. Half frightened and shy,
the little mites are led by the door
keepers. They scarcely look up til!
the dear, familiar face is in sight,
then with bound and a laugh, whose
gladness is fully answered by the
fathers smile, the child nestles close
ly in papa's chair, as if it were a
throne, and papa looks Sd proud of his
darling that all the gentlemen about
him catch the pleasure. There's Re-
gan, of Texas, q great burly, ponder
Gus fellow, looking as If nothing
could ever move him. Smiles are so
rare on that sober face that when
they do come they don't seem at
home one bit, but his little boy comes
In clim bs all over him, takes all sorts
and the grim facs relaxesf the busy
brain stops considering party prob
lens, and the father plays with his
child as if Congress were of no possi-
BILE consequences. Once in q great
while little girl stays in, making a
bit of brightness among the black
coasts on the floor. 1 don't believe
children were ever half ss pretty be-
fore as they are now, and when one
of these darlings in her picturesque
dress does appear, every man with
any little ones at home claims q bit
of the child's attentiOn.-PldiH Deal
pT
Year: 1876

The Philadelphia Ledger says
"The mother that rocks and sings her
child to sleep is uneOnsciOusly Illus
trsting a scientific principle. The
heart and the system OF circulation
are popularity thought never to rest.
But science shows that under usual
and fair conditions their rest is per-
petnal. In other words, their rhyth-
mic or measured motion in health,
the organs Of circulation rest between
each puIse-that it is to say, eight
hours out of the twenty-four as has
been calculated by computing the
pauses between the beats of the pulse.
The monotOnous rhythm Of s
simple cradle song, ank the gen.
tie motion of the rOcking-chair
or cradle are in harmony with
the rhythm of the heart, and, the
brain being disengsged, sleep follows.
The brain may be said to he the part
of the animal economy which sleeps
ent rely. During healthy sleep the
brain is to a great degree blOo5less,
aud this IL shown indirectly by the
greater circulation of the blood in the
skin and extremities during sleep.
Healthy digestion, after fairly full
but not excessive meal promotes sleep,
by the calling off of the blood from
the brain to the stomach. A curious
but familiar illustration of the accord
between the heart movements and
external measured sounds or motions,
is shown when the nurse
stops 'hummiug' and the trouble
some baby wakes straight up and pro-
vokingly opens its staring eyes. The
concert is interrupted and the sleepy
accord of the heart with the successive
cadenees of the lullaby is broken.
This is why the cessation Of usual
sounds will wake an adult sleeper. 1t
is even stated that soldiers who have
fallen asleep during eannonade have
wakened when the noise suddenly
ceased ~
Year: 1876

A majority of the western roads
hav acceded to the request OF the
general ticket and passenger agents Of
the trunk lines, that they would
make their round-trip tickets to the
Centennial valid for sixty days.
Year: 1876

Special dispatch to the BALTIC. Gazette.


WASHINGTON, December At is un-
der advisement whether or not it would
not be proper at this time to revive the
ancient custom Of making an answer to
the Presidents message. From 170S
down to 1920 it was the invariable prac-
tice of the House of Representative to
answer the Presidents message, and a Sc
lect committee, was always appointed for
this purpose. As it is not probable that
the House will formally present to the
Senate articles of impeachment against
President Grant, it is urged that by reviv-
ing the custom of answering the message
an opportunity will be afforded to place
on record the deliberate judgement of the
people representatives upon the repeat
ed violations of the constitution and the
laws, of which President Grant has been
guilty, and thus transmit his name to
history with fitting and everlasting oblo-
Quv,
Year: 1876

The wonderful results and immense
sale of HALE's COUGH CORDIAL the
past season, ought to convince the most
skeptical; still we are going to con-
tinue the same liberal offer that we have
made heretofore, viz: Any person suf-
fering with cough, cold or sore throat
who will call at F. A. Poole's, Hawley
& Kellogg's or any other Drug Store
and purchase a bottle Of HALE's COUGH
CORDIAL, use one-half of it, and if they
then conclude tha; it is doing them no
good, they can return the balance and
receive back their money. Who would
not test this medicine on such liberal
terms? No medicine ever sold in this
vicinity that produced such wonderful
results. All we ask is that you will
try it. oms
Year: 1876

About this time look out for Colds,
the change Of weather when it comes, is
likely to be sudden and there will be
much unhealthy exposures. Colds have
an unusual tendency this season to re-
suit in pneumonia OF Inflammation of the
lungs, disease that carries off great
many who but for slight cold might
yet have enjoyed life and good health for
many yeare. Wet feet, going from a
warm room into the chilly air, laying off
wrappings after brisk walk, in room
insufdciently heated, sleeping in damp
cold bed are among the most common
methods of exposure. Now that the
worlds great Cough remedy, DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Coughs and Colds, is
to be had at Poole's Drug Store, the most
stubborn and severe cases Of Coughs and
Colds, Asthma and Bronchitis, dry hack
ing coughs, tickling in the throat anil
all chronic or lingering diseases of the
throat and lungs can be speedily and
permanently cured. Thousands of
hopless cases can now bear testimony Of
its wonderful cures. Go to your drug
gist and get a trial bottle free of cost,
or regular sized bottle for one dollar.
Year: 1876

steam which operates IN engine in the
farthest corner Of one Of the barns and
two hundred and forty feet distant from
the boiler. +.<5


From this boiler house trenches have
been dug deep enough to be q protection
against frost, and in these are wooden
boxes in which are iron pipes packed in
saw.dust and wood-ashes. Through
these pipes the steam and hot and cold
water are conveyed to where they are
needed, and, what is singular, there is
no perceptible loss of power in the
steam by condensation, Notwithstanding
the long distance it has to be traced be-
fore its force is exerted. The engine is
one of Messrs. Densmore Bros, and oc-
cupies about as much room as an acorn
stove. It is now used to operate feed
mill in which Mr.. Howe grinds all the
feed he uses and all his neighbors want,
to cut straw and corn-stalks and to run
a circular saw with which he saws his
wood, and he proposes to use it hereaf-
ter 70 thresh his grain and do other
work for which it can be made availa-
ble.


The engine, boiler, steam-pump,
shafting, piping, and all the appurte.
nances are from the shop Of Messrs:
Densmore Bros, of this city, and were
put up under the superintendent of
their foreman, Mr.. J. L. Hastings.
The cost of the entire outfit was only
few hundred dollars, and will be saved
probably by Mr.. Howe in single sea-
son; and the utility, convenience and
economy Of the apparatus is 50 obvious
that we shall be surprised if the use Of
these engines does not soon become gen.
eral with all large farmers. Mr.. Howe
informs us that he consumes only about
one and quarter cords of wood a week
when running the engine and any ordina-
rily intelligent man can soon learn to
manage the machinery. The distance
of the boiler from the engine obviates
entirely all danger from fire, and with
ordinary care an explosion can hardly
occur. At least there will be no more
liability to accident from such machine
ry, than what may be apprehended
from the use of teams and such ma
chimes as are in general use on farms in
this country. We understand that
Messrs. Densmore Bros. already have
orders for several other similar appar-
atus which they expect to put up the
coming season.
Year: 1876

The following articles from the Albert
Lea standard shows the esteem with
which Rev. Thos. McClary's lecture on
Henry Wilson, was received in that vii
lage. He is looked to deliver the same
lecture here during the winter, and we
wish our citizen to know what to ex-
pect:-Those who were 80 fortunate as
to hear the lecture last Friday evening,
by Rev. Thos. McClary on Henry Will
son, had a rare treat. Very little was
said about the times in which Mr.. Will
son lived, or the work he performed.


These with the lecturer seemed but
secondary consideration, but the mission
Of man with the world; the possibilities
within him for great and noble achieve
ments in life, and his destiny, were SUBJ
jects that seemed to have taken posses
sion of the speakers mind and heart,
and were magnifed in such a manner
as to cause them to appear to his audi
itors in a light, and of an Importance,
they probably had not previously attain
ed to. The audience was unreasonably
small considering the size of the place.


1t may be that considerable allowance
for this should be made on account of
incompleteness of the notice. and also
from the consideration that it was New
Years eve and that large portion,
and particularly the younger members
of our people, had already entered into
other engagements for that particular
evening. 1tmust be said to our discred-
it that not only in this, but in many
other instances we have manifested,
lack of interest in lectures and such
profitable entertainment, not at all
fattering to our intellectual taste and
training. No person could listen to
the lecture above referred to, without
benefit and pleasure. Since the lecture
we have heard person who was present
remark, that had he known what it was
to be, he would have spent five dollars
cheerfully, to get the young men in the
place to attend. Such lectures are not
mere entertainment, they are efficient
agencies in moulding manhood in the
right direction, and we cannot afford to
be Indifferent to them when they are
offered to Waterille Echo.
Year: 1876

It is now nearly three weeks ago since
we paid visit to the farm of Abram
Howe, Jr., in Burnside township, about
four miles from this city. Mr.. Howe
cultivates about four hundred acres of
land, and his farmhouse and out.build.
ings are model improvements. The
dwelling is not as large as we expected
to find, but it is very conveniently ar
ranged and comfortably furnished
throughout. There are two large barns,
one Of which has wing extending near
ly across the space between, leaving
only a roadway between the end of the
wing and the side of the other barn,
thus nearly enclosing on three sides the
space between the two main buildings.
The lower stories of these barns are d.
vided into stables for horses and cattle
and, as the walls of this story are of
stone, they make exceedingly comforta-
ble shelter for the stock even in the
coldest weather, and are cool and pleas
ant in the summer.


The upper parts Of the barns are used
to store forage for the stock and shelter
the farm machinery. One room being
set apart for a work shop, where we
found work bench and set of tools,
ready for use in case Of repairs being
needed, or any carpenter or wheel
wright work that an ordinarily ingen-
lous man could do being required. The
granary is also located in one end of
one Of the barns. In the rear of one
barn, far enough distant for its odor to
be innoxious to the cattle, is two-sto-
~ pig-stye with an enclosed yard behind
it. The lower part is all that the pigs
are permitted to occupy, but that is
fitted up in a style which they, no doubt,
regard as luxurious. Atleast it is clean
and warm, and provided with doors
through which their hogships have
egress to the yard in the rear.


This floor as well as the ground of
the yard has a considerable inclination,
and the filth is thus carried off constant
ly. The upper story Of the pen is used
to store the feed for the porkers, and
has convenience for boiling 1t and pass
ing it down to them. At the time of
our visit this apartment was occupied
chiefly by the hogs themselves, q num-
Der of which had been killed in the pen
below and hoisted up here to be cleaned.
And the water tank, used ordinarily
for boiling their feed, was now appro-
priated to scalding the hogs themselves,
preparatory to scraping of the hair and
bristles. In the area between the barns
is small building containing steam
boxes for boiling the feed for the cattle,
for Mr.. Howe seems to believe in cook
ing the food Of all his stock, and has
made ample pre- parations to do 90 with
the least trouble.


Decending the hill'in the rear Of the
barns, at the distance Of one hundred
feet from the nearest corner Of these
buildings, we came to little frame
building with tall iron smoke stack,
not much larger than a stove-pipe. In
this is a large steam boiler, and beneath
it is well in which steam pump is
inserted. Here is the source of supply
for the cold and hot water used in the
barns and pig-pen to water the stock
aud boil their food, and, also, Of the
Year: 1876

The SALT IN OoEAN.-Superf1cial OBJ
servers formerly assumed that the salt
ness Of the ocean was due to the beds
of rock-salt washed by its waters; but
q little examination will prove that this
is putting the effect for the cause, since
the beds of salt themselves, wherever
found, give sufficient evidence that they
are but the deposits of ancient oceans
or isolated bodies of sea water that have
dried up. The modern scientific theory
refers the salt in the ocean to the chem
ical changes which have taken place be-
tween the elements that constitute the
earth's crust in former geological per-
iods. The sea water also contains gold
and silver. Gold exists in nearly one
grain to ton of water, and is held in
solution bY iodide Of calcium. Silver
will deposit itself on the coppering of
ships until it is actually found profita-
BILE to melt up the copper from old ships
and extract the more valuable metal. It
is estimated that the entire body Of sea
water holds more than 1900, 900 tons of
pure silver.-Nslo York Journal Of Com.
Year: 1876

To borrow the style of the almanacs of the last generation we might say "About this time look out for Geaths caused by eating mushrooms" There is crop of these casualties every year, and they may be put down in the cate gory of regularly recurring events. It is a very dangerous indulgence to eat mushrooms gathered in the fields; so dangerous that it may we'll be doubted whether the qualification of the palate is worth the peril. There are several hundred varie ties of mushrooms. Some few of these are edible, but by far the larger number are poisonous, and these are chased together under the common name of toadstools. There are plenty of people everywhere who believe they know the difference between toadstools or poisonous mushrooms and edible mushrooms; but those who have made a thorough study of these fungi declare that none of the common and popular tests are to be depended upon, and that there is no general test that is absolutely certain. They even hold that mush- rooms of an edible variety may be ger minated in conditions which will render them poisonous. Mushrooms raised in the beds of cultivator from the spawn of mushrooms known to be edible are the only ones that it is entirely safe to eat 79s #.';--.i 7. .- -H
Year: 1876

A characteristic incident connected with the famine in the north of China reaches the Shanghai Courier from Pekin. It seems that the scarcity of food has been greatly felt in many of the outlying country villages, and the dearth was all the keener from the fact that the people were nrared for by 8 single mandarin, the only authorities in the neighborhood being soldiers. Soan old gentleman, a scholar and man of much repute, bestirred himself, and in spite of much Encouragement from his friends he went round to all the we'll to- do gentry with beautifully written pe- tition praying for assistance. The old man pleaded the cause ot the sufferers so well that he succeeded in scrs ping to- gether not less than 3. 900 taels of silver; but alas it was 0 drop in the bucket, and was not sufficient to feed a tenth of those who needed succor. Howe yer, he managed to open an establishment for providing the villagers with "congce," ;" on the soup kitchen principle, though the amount that each man received was barely large enough to hold body and soul together. At length one morning 8 mysterious placard was found affixed to the door of the congee house, urging the heads of the district, if they wanted more assistance, to apply to two power full mandarins, who were unnamed, con nected with the imperial government. Twenty thousand taels, said the anony- nous author of the proclamation, is re- quired to do any good; and the only way in which that sum is likely to be pro cured is by appealing to these high off eers. For some time nobody seemed willing to go upon so venturesome an errand. At last, however, one of the Pekin officials known as ''Yu-shin "-

 f the emperor's eyes and ears made 1t his duty to find out from whom the

 proclamation emanated. His researches

 broughts him in contact with the two

 minister's who had been referred to, and

 to his Vunbounded astonishment, he nc

 sooner mentioned his business than they

 each presented him with 10000 taels

 saying at the same time that as they had

 provided the money, he was to see tha

 it was we'll dispensed and take all trouble off their hands. It also transpired tha

 they themselves, and no other, were thu

 authors of the proclamation.
Year: 1876

A PRoPHEoI.-Wade Hampton made strange prophecy, says the Herald, when he said that the whites will eventually control the colored votes in solid South, thereby governing the nation, and that there will arise party in the North having for it's object the disfrauchise ment of the colored man and the weakening of Southern power.
Year: 1876

The report that the Lieutenant General.
the gallant "Little Phil" is about to take
command of the operations against the hos
tile Indians in person has not been verified
beyond the Generals own statement that he
is in daily communication with Terry and
has given Crook and Terry orders to Coop
crate. We confess to good deal of regret
that General Sheridan will not direct the
campaign from nearer point than Chicago.
General Crook seems to have determined on
moving against the Indians as soon as the
Fifth cavalry arrive, and has sent
word to Terry where to find him.
This would imply more sensibly planned
advance than the last, and may result in
that decisive blow" which General Crook has
promised to strike. II is our best desire that
it may be So With the forces now in the
field once united we would feel assured
that no overwhelming disaster like the
Custer massacre could overtake our arms ;
but we can hardly be so sure that that per-
feet defeat of the hostile Indians which is
so imperatively necessary for the future of
our frontier can be achieved. We still call
on the government to send forward more
troops. Undertaking the Indians and ex-
pectng miracles from our soldiers is not the
way to end this war satisfactorily or prevent
other wars hereafter.
Year: 1876

The BELBNAP IMPEAcHMENT.-We may
soon hope to arrive at the end of this mis-
erable trial, the summing up having fairly
commenced. Yesterday Manager jerks, for
the prosecution, and Judge Black, for the
defence, made speeches. Mr.. jerks summed
up the offence tersely in stating that this
Secretary of War took money to influence his
official action that it did influence his action,
and he was therefore guilty. With such .
plain case before him it is not to be won.
dered that Judge Black in reply was weal
although he was witty. His reference to the
presents received by President Grant was a
strange resort to help his client. and will
hardly be received by republicans with
favor Instead of suggesting that Belknap'a
bribes were harmless presents Judge Blacl
makes strong case to show that Grants
presents were in effect bribes. If the point
of his argument is that everybody did it.
he makes but more emphatic the necessity
of stamping with the seal of condemnation
the system which, he argues, began with
presents in Grant and ended with bribes in
Belknap.
Year: 1876

VENEZUELA is determined on o silver
coinage Of her own, and an order has been
issued prohibiting the introduction of for
eign silver under pain of confscation. This
is strange way of encouraging commerce.
If it gives the Venezuelans q circulating
medium whose intrinsic and face values are
the same it will do good by simplifying ex-
change among the people; but how foreign
buyers are to be forced into providing them
selves with Venezuelan coin before making
purchases is not so clear
Year: 1876

TILpEN's LETTER. 1t is now believed that
the letter Of Governor Tilden accepting the
nomination for the Presidency will be ready
about the 1st of October. There are good
reasons for this delay. The Governor must
give the subject mature reflection. He de-
sires to wait and see how the greenback men
behave in the West. He would like to wait
and have Congress adjourn. 1t is important
that he should know how Maine votes, and
in fact all about the canvass. The issues are
SO grave that the Governor may not finish it
until November.