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Year: 1875

About noon on Wednesday last Andrew
Smith, 4 teamster, started trom Mark l..


Brunts ranch on the St Charles. ID 90 t.


the Ccdars, near the Bull Corral. tDr Il


load Of posts lie took with him Joseph


Green, about thirteen years Old. On their
arrival at the point designated they estab-
liShed a camp. made Il fire, and lett chem
bedding and extra clothing. They then
started with their team tOr the place
where the posts were lying, intending to
| load up aud return to the camp that night.
| They loaded up the wagon and had tray
| eled some distance toward their camp,
when some portion OF the wagon broke
down, and Smith, leaving the boy i'm
charge Of the team, started for camp to
get a rope with which to tie up the mules,
He arrived ut the camp, found the rope.
tied the mules, and he and the boy tried


to find their way to camp, following the
trail in the snow previously made by
Smith. They went short distance


toward camp, when the wind began to
blow with such power that the trail Wa
soon obliterated, and the two unfortunatc-
discovered TO their horror that they We're
lost on the prairie


After wandering for some time in the
darkness, it being intensely cold. and


Smith having left his coat at camp, they
| found their way into the cedars. Here


Smith gathered splinters and brush and
tried to make Il fire, but the wind blew


them out his benumbed hands being
powerless to defend the flames. Again
| they resumed their wanderings until the
boy, overcome by the extreme droWsiness


which always precedes death by freezing.
declared he would 90 no further Smith
IT, took him on his back and carried


him, he thinks, for about three hours,


when he found him to be dead The boy


was then laid under cedar tree, and the


place marked as we'll as possible. Thi-


was near daybreak on Thursday morning


Smith wandered about nearly all day on
Thursday, and when night came succeeded


in finding his way to the house of a Mex


lean, living on the Hueriano, where he


was kindly taken in. On Friday he
started to find his team and the body ot
young Green. After searching all day
both were found, the boys face bearing


evidences of an almost painless death, and


the mules nearly ready to die from SIaEHi-


ton and cold When the mules We're
| found they had almost eaten up the wood
rack of the wagon.
Year: 1875

The details of the tragic suicide OF the
Young man who Jumped from the dome OF
the Capitol in Washington, on Wednes-
day, as briefly announced by telegraph,
make a terrible story. The galleries and
corridors We're unusually crowded with
people, who We're stupeed with horror
when they learned the cause ofthe excite
ment The name of the suicide was
Thomas McMahon a young mechanic who
resided in Washington. He lett his home
in the morning evidently depressed u
want Of work, and went to pawn shop
where he pawned q vest for seventy-tive
cents Thence he went to the Capitol and
asked for food and money, but being un-
successful he ascended the dome and de
scended to his death.


1t was u bold and swift leap into instant
death, and to those who were without the
eastern front of the Capitol or standing at
the windows Of the House Hall it appear
ed as if large lndia-rubber ball had been
pitched from the top of the dome and had
gone bounding and rolling down over the
curved iron ridges OF its surface, clearing
the second coIoanaded gallery in its de-
scent and falling 100 feet below to the
very edge OF the apex of the roof OF the
eastern front, where it was recognized as
the limb and mangled form OF a lifeless
man. Where his head struck, the copper
was indenled several inches. A large
crowd of people viewed the remains dur
ING the afternoon and witnessed their re-
moval, The face was unrecognizable, and
every bone in the body above the knees
appeared TO have been broken into spln-
tcrS.
Year: 1875

What of my Loved in the land of the Leal
Star of the midnight give answer to me.
Do they weep for the sorrows we earth-mortals


feel


And smile when our hearts are all burdened


with glee?
Are the sorrows forgot that o'erburdened them


here,
In the joy that the turmoil forever is DER?
Are the skies ever cloudless, the waves ever


clear,
That roll by the sands of the Beautiful Shore?
haye thought IN my dreams that I wandered


to them,
have felt the warm clasp Of their love-


thrilling hands,
As together we walked DER the sapphires that


gem
With lustre resplendent the gold-fretted sands.
The hearts were all loyal, the friends We're all


true,
That found by the mystical heavenly stream.
o, would that never wakened to rue
That my vision was only the sport OF dream.
am thirsting to taste of the waters of bliss;
The kiss of my loved ones Pm longing to feel;
when shall | walk from the shadows of this,
To the land of the faithful, the land of the


Ieal?
Year: 1875

membered only his many uncouth acts OF
devotion, and the heroic manner of his
death, in a supposed effort to save her
from the flames.


"Who would have thought that he cared
much for me ." she said. ''Poor fellow
poor fellow -


"4es, dear Lu," her husband responded,
you see that even such as he may love so
that life is disregarded in trying to render
service to the object of that love. Poor
fellow, indeed; but his death shall not be
in vain, for | will learn from his example
to devote my life to you, as long as life
shall last, and it would indeed be to my
shame should my love pDye less unseltsh
than the love of tool,'
Year: 1875

EASY MODE OF SHARPENING EDGE
Tools. The simplest mode of sharpen
ing razor Oh other edge tool, is to place
the blade for about half an hour in water
containing one twentieth of its weight OF
sulphuric or muriatic acid. Upon taking
the razor out, wipe it off lightly on q piece
of soft rag, and in a few hours afterware
''set' it on a strop. The acid supplies the
place OF milestone, by corroding the
entire surface uniformly, so that nothing
but good polish is afterwards needed
This process never Injuries good razors,
while poor ones are improved by it.
Year: 1875

A Canadian woodcutter recently discov-
cred a polished stone tomahawk imbedded
in the wood of an oak tree. 1t is supposed
to have been accidentally left in the side
of the oak when the latter was a sapling,
and the increasing fiber of the tree finally
covered the weapon. Judging from the
rings counted on the tree, the tomahawk
must have been stuck in its old position
more than hundred years ago.
Year: 1875

somewhat checked since Republican
rule began. The street morals are much
better; they are more sharply defined
and more rigidly enforced. There are
now eight thousand policemen in this
usually very orderly metropolis; and
this gentry, with their immaculate black
uniforms, their constant and unobtrusive
eivility, are to be seen on every corner,
always in couples. Although Paris is
in state of siege, soldiers on duty are
by no means numerous; one rarely sees
them anywhere save at the public insti-
tutions. Now and then GeGeral with
brilliant staff, or regiment or two on
parade, recall to mind the fact that Paris
is no longer the capital, and only ranks
as a garrison town.
Year: 1875

1t comes as natural to a certain class
Of men to cheat the Indian as it does to
eat or sleep, or perform any common
act. 1t is looked upon as one Of the
privileges of the white man. Such men
are the inevitable outgrowth of the nefa.
rious system pursued towards the Indian
for many years. Where we are to find a
remedy is hard to tell.-Baltimore Ga.
zeffp
Year: 1875

With this number terminates the sub.
scriptions of a large number Of our
readers. We hope to have them all re-
new for another year. Those who do
not must not feel hurt at finding their
paper stopped. It would give us pleas
ure, if we were rich enough to afferd it,
to carry them along from year to year,
but we have not the means to do so, and
we should simply break down in the ef-
tort. The Western Times, with about
a 900 due on its books from subscribers,
was forced to suspend for want of money
to pay its weekly bills to compositors
and paper makers. We do not want to
be forced into the same condition. So,
good friends, renew at once; and if you
cant pay for year pay for three months.
We will give you the worth of your
money in the best Reform newspaper
in the State Of Minnesota.
Year: 1875

in tho streets. When they met in private
soon afterwards the forsaken one took
her william companion severely to task
for the treatment she had received ;
whereupon the other replied: ''My
dear, I love you still; but havn't got
reputation enough for both Of u.s."


So Tommy, mend your ways or dis
guise yourself. We havn't got reputa-
ton enough to cover the sins of man
who. will ask the people Of Minnesota to
spend in the support of Normal Schools
twen;y-four times as much as the State
of New York.
Year: 1875

The altitude OF the Stevens mine on
Mount Mcclellan is u, SOC feet. At
the depth of trout so to 200 feet the
creviee matter, consisting of silica,
c2icite and ore, together with the sur
rounding wall rock, is a solid frozen
mass. Mcclellan is one of the high
est eastern spurs of the snowy range ;
it has the form of a horseshoe, with q
bold escaTpment of feltsphatic rock
nearly 1000 feet high which in some
places is nearly perpendicular. Moth
ing unusnal occurred until distance
OF some 50 or 80 feet had been made ;
then the frozen territory was reached
AID it has continued for over 200 feet
There are no Indications Of a thaw,
summer or winter. The whole frOz-
en- territory is surrounded by hard,
massive rock, and the lode itself Is As
hard aud massive as the rock.


Toe miners being unable to excav-
ate the frozen material with picks or
drills, found that the only way was
To kindle q large wood fire at night
against the back end OF the tunnel,
and in the morning take out the dis
integrated ore. This has been the
mode Of mining for more than two
years. The tunnel is over 290 feet
deep, and there is no dimInutiOn OF
the frost. There is, so far as can be
seen, no opening or channel through
which the frost could possibly have
reached such q depth from the surface.
There are other mines in the same
vicinity in like frozen state. The
theory is that the rock was laid down
in glacial times, when there was cold
enough to freeze the very earth IS
heart. In that case the mine is an
ice house whose stores have remained
unthawed for the last $4,000 years
The phenomenon is not uncommon
or inexplicable when openings can
be found through which q current OF
air can pass but cases which, like
the Brandon frozen well and the
Stevens mine, show no way for air
currents, are still referred to, iInbed-
ded 10 ieebergs and the glacial period.
Alma (COl.) NelOs.
Year: 1875

The Chicago Tribune looks upon the
business situation Of the country IS
richer to-day, in Its freedom from debt,
than it was in the fabulous expeeta-
tions which exploded in 1878. Pro-
duetioD-the annual addition TO the
aggregate wealth of the natiOn-has
gone on steadily, and to-day there Is
more real, substantial wealth in the
country than there was when the
bonds OF the Northern Pacific Rail-
road were counted among the assets.
So long as this production goes on, so
long az credit rests upon substance
and not upon wind and water, 30 long
as men live within their incomes and
do not consume as much IS they pro-
duee, their prosperity will continue,
and storms like that Of 1873 will not
be pOssiOie.n
Year: 1875

We see that Attorney General Lit
tie has announced an opinion on the
new jury law of last winter, present.
ing the following conclusions First,
in q case tried by q Justice of the
Peace, where either party recover as
much as one hundred dollars, exclu-
sive of costs, an appeal Will lie, but
not otherwise; second, in a case tried
by jury, where either party claims
more than one hundred dollars, with
out regard 10 the amount recovered,
an appeal will lie, but where the
claim Of neither exceeds one hundred
dollars, there Is no appeal.
Year: 1875

The Virginia City (Neyada) Enterprise
says:


Yesterday while the gale was a. its
height curious accident tccurred On
Union street A nohby-looking Chinaman
was walking behind a young lady, dressed
IN the extreme agony OF fashion, when a
gust of wind blew the Celesiial's tail for
ward and wrapp d the end of il around
The lady's neck. Being frightened she
grabbed the queue to snatch ii away. bu,
she pulled in the wrong direction. The
Chinam.n II also made a grab to recover his
properly, bat he also out Of luck. as he
got hold Of one Of those ling curlG which
are usually seen hanging down iron, water
falls, as well as Of his queue, and v h..n he
took pu!! al it the whole IF the latly's
hair. hat and all came off. The laly's
head had no hair on it, only little tha,
was gathered into y small knot that stood
erect, like TIE scalp lock Of Piute brave
If ever you saw a Chinaman astonished al
what he had done 1t was that one.
Year: 1875

AN Iowa woman ends her views On
female suffrage with You may look
q, this matter in whatever light you will,
but simmer il down and /, is but y quar-.
rel with the almighty that We are not all
men"
Year: 1875

The chief thing that distinguishes the
house of the farmer from that of a person
living in a city or town. is the absence Of
any walks about the house. Sometimes
there Is firm sod, but ordinarily this Is
rut up by the wheels of wagons and the
feet of cattle. till it is in the best possible
condition TO form mud. After every rain.
stepping out of the house means stepping
into mud ana mire. Stepping into the
house means taking along with you as
much clay. black earth. aud manure, as
can be taken on the shoes. OF course, no
feet can be comfortable. no house can be
tidy, nader such circumstances. In cold
weather we have 40 mud. but we do have
4 very uneven surface to travel over, and
often snow to wade through.


When we consider how much can be
saved IN the way of comfort and tidiness
by the Use OF walks, il is wonderful that
80 many farm premises are without them.
There should be walk leading from the
house TO the street. another from the house
to the stable. and still another to the well.
the carriage house and each of the other
farm buildings. They would insure dry
feet. clean iloors, beside adding to general
health and comfort. The saving in the
course Of the year, in the matter OF clean
ug boots. shoes. and floors. would more
than pay for making the walks.


If walks are made OF brick, stone. OF
gravel, laid nearly level with the surface
of the ground, they should be at least four
feet wide. SO As to allow of planting flow-
erS along the sides OF them. and still have
sufficient room to walk without having
dresses touch the plants. Ii the walks are
made of either of these materials pains
should be taken to secure the prevention
Of the growth OF grass and weeds. This
may generally be accomplished by re-
moving the earth below the roots of the
grass aud putting on a thick coating of
leached ashes or refuse lime. with sand or
gravel well pounded down.


In most respects, however. the best.
cheapest, and most convenient walks may
be made of common pine plank. II planks
are used for walk. ii need not be over
three feet wide. Good supports may be
made of two by four scantling set on edge.
A walk of this kind will cost but little. and
will last for years without repairs. Being
elevated from the ground. it is always
quite dry, while it is very convenient to
clean the snow from in winter Chicago
Times.
Year: 1875

Within the last year or two, We can
number a hall dozen OF our farmer ac-
quaiutdnceS who have been lured to finan-
cial destruction by the glamour of specula-
tIon. And going back ten years, carefully
looking up the history of the men we
krow, who have left the farm to engage
ia trade we find that not one in ten has
succeeded \ recent case has come 10 our
knowledge that is full of instruction TO
those who are tempted to leave the farm.
BY his own eNertions aloiie this farmer
had accumulated handsome competence,
a.d at the age OF fifty could look with
pride over bis broad acres OF rich land his
fine herds and flockS. and comfortable
buildings. He was out OF debt and had a
handsome surplus in 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. he is
reduced to the necessity of day labor TO
support his large and vet dependent fami-
lr. All the accumulations of over thirty
years of hard toii-many of them years OF
priyatlon. hardship. and the closest econo-
my-Swept away in a few months by this
demon, speculation. And this is not a
solitary ease. Every reader can count
similar ones in his own li-t OF acquaint-
ances. They all teach one great lesson
stick to your legitimate business, the busi-
Le>s in which you have succeeded. Lei
well enough alone" \ man who has lived
al his life on a farm stands but little
chance 70 compete successfully with the
men who have been educated and trained
fer speculative pursuits. The two occu-
pations are eXtremes-honest toll at one
end. and the tricks of trade at the other
Ii you have good farm, keep it. improve
il, adorn it. be proud OF it, and when you
are done with it, hand it down to your
children: the best Inheritance. with good
uame and education. that you could leave
them Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1875

VINEGAR PIE.-One tea-cup molasses,
IL cup vinegar, egg, small piece of but
ter; boil the molasses, vinegar and butter,
then stir in the egg, add flour TO thickcn.
put in the crust and bake.


CANDY.-Two cupiuls of sugar. two
large tablespooDfuls OF vinegar and half a
cupful of water. Boil together and add
vanilla or lemon tor flavor. 1t must be
worked before it is very cold.
SAUsAGE.-Good sausage can be made
better by mixing, thoroughly, one tea. cup
OF Indian meal TO four pounds of sausage.
Mix only enough to last four or five days
at 4 time, as it might sour


WHITE ROLLS should be mixed and set
TO rise the evening before, and made into
rolls half an hour before baking in the
morning. A pint OF warm milk fresh from
the COW. with salt. and half cup of
yeast stirred up quite stiff with flour, and
nodded until it springs under the touch OF
the fingers. makes most delicious, light.
short roll


PLAIN PARsNIPs.-The sugar or hollow
crown is the sweetest for table use. They
are generally used in the winter or spring.
but are eatable as soon as sufficiently
grown. Boil them until tender in water
in which a little salt has been thrown.
split them and serve with drawn butter !;
or, if boiled, with corn beef or pork, serve
whole without dressing.


BATTER PUDDING.-One quart of milk.
seven eggs, fourteen tablespoonfuls of
flour. apples or peaches. salt. Beat the
yelks and whites OF the eggs separately.
and until they are as light as possible
Add them to the milk, then stir in the -four
and uncooked apples or peaches cut in
small pieces, and boil. If the pudding is
to be baked, leave out the fruit, and put
the mixture in heated and buttered cups.
Bake about twenty minutes in a quick
oven. To be eaten hot with rich wine
sauce


To MAKE fEAsT.-Take a small hand
ful of hops and boil in three pints of wa
ter for few minutes. Then strain of the
hops and throw them away. Take four
Sood-sized potatoes. wash, peel and crate
them; add to them one cup of sugar. one
tablespoonful of ginger, one of salt. two
of -four. Stir it well, aud put it into
kettle with the water in which the hons
were boiled and let it boil three minutes.
then pour it into a warm stone pot, and
let it stand until lukewarm, when add one
cup yeast, and keep it little warm until
sufficiently raised, then set in a cool place,
and it is ready for use.


FRICAssEE OF COLD ROAST BEEF.-Cut
the beef into very thin slices, season it
with little pepper and salt, shred bunch
of parsley very small, cut an onion into
pieces, and put all together into a stew
pan with piece of butter and three
quarters of pint of good broth. Let all
simmer slowly, then stir in the yelks of
two well-beaten eggs, a teaspoonful Of
vinegar. or the juice of half lemon. and
a wine-glass of port wine. Stir it briskly
over the fire, and turn the fricassee into a
hot dish. If the favor of shaloeis liked,
the dish can be previously rubbed with
one.
Year: 1875

A PoULTRY-HoUsE HINT. = Another
great point to bear in mind is that fowls
do not like to step down into house be-
fore they fly up to their perches. The floor
of the house should be somewhat above,
ana not lower than the ground outside.
Just outside the fowl-houss there should
be either pitching or gravel, otherwise the
birds soon tread holes and cause puddles
that would convey filth into the interior
London Agricultural Gazette.
Year: 1875

MILK IN THUNDER SToRMs.-it is lit
tie early to anticipate thunder storms of
any great severity, but it will be interest
ing for dairymen to know how to guard
their milk from souring when the thunder
storms do come. Experiments recently
tried in Sweden are said to prove that the
effects of thunder storms can be avoided
or counteracted by artificial heat in the
dairy, the plan being simply to start fire
in the room where the milk is kept as soon
as thunder storm is seen approaching
This is done even in hot weather. The
theory is that during the approach of such
storms the atmosphere becomes loaded
with moisture. and the damp. heavy air
resting on the milk produces acidity and
spoils it. Tie heat from fire counteracts ;
this influence and keeps the milk from
sourng. Manifestly the heat should not
be too great or too loag continu ed FIX.


TRY Ir.-Some of our younger readers
may like 10 try the experiment OF making
a hanging garden of sponge. 1t is pret-
~ novelty. Take white sponge of large
size, and sow it full of rice, hemp, grass,
and other seeds; then place Il in shallow
dish, in which little water is constantly
kept. and as the sponge will absorb the
moisture. the seeds will begin TO sProut
before many days. When this has fairly
taken place, the sponge may be suspended
by means of cords in the window where a
little sunshine will enter. 1t will thus be-
be refreshed with water daily 50 as To be
kept moist.
Year: 1875

sS-No trouble show goods. Call and ex..
anime our stock Any article in our line desired
not found in our store will be furnished upon
second call, or at shortest possible notice


ss- OUR AlM-To accommodate and satisfy
customers. 3slf
Year: 1875

THE VExATIoUs FLY.-Iow a man in bed will fight the flies these fine warm mornings! First they get him on the feet-he dozes-he kicks. Soon he covers up those extremities. They make explorations down his arms and play tag on the back of his hands. He dog es still-he Hops his arms from side to side. No use the tOrmcntors are off only to return the next second. Sufficiently awakened to realize the cause of disquet, he pulls the sheet up tight to his neck and drops off again. Now they perambulate his cheeks, they tickle the corner of his eye, boldly mount his nose and race down the sides they try to force an entrance to his mouth; they even play base ball in his ear. He dozes still-he slaps frequently and frantically, he turns, he twists, and eventually pulls the clothes over his head. Now it waxes warm. A foot slips out ofthe cover and is speedily attackted by the greedy little pests, and so on. It varies with mans temperament and his physical ability to withstand slow suffocation.

 How long he submits to this torment, and the man is forced to get up at an unreasonable hour. Reader you know how it is your self
Year: 1875

A NUMBER of Mormon recruits arrived in New York from Europe recently. There was quite number of comedy women in the party, and upon being questioned in regard to their prospects in Utah they one and all replied enthusiastically that they expected to find nice home there and:to be we'll pro- vided for throughout the remainder of their lives. One bright-eyed and rosy checked girl said that she had left her lover at home in London, and that he had offered to do ev- cry thing in the world for her if she would only stay, but she refused to listen to hin, preferring rather the system of polygamy which had been so eloquently expended to her by the Mormon missionaries abroad