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Valley BiMEid :! ii ... - ' ' ' "" "' ' " "' " I " Osage A. ri l KHlKIN A RONS, ll: III. IMn-.H. TUSCUM1UA, MO., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER i, 1880. ' .VOL.MI.-NO. H. ! J ... ' . . 1 , , l i El TUR IMOKEN Jl.i US. Tor hrik'n tr upni the r.mt f ch (In 'ItiBt leulu noil the tlpUiil, a'vr whose tniwa At oveninif lie- h'imo'tiliirfiiti(r e-iwf " In t"nn ri''i'i ii"l ie h iiml.'r by. A litll' inuliliMt. lib a ImwivIiSm ejo. Ami !"' k hstil feot, tunned tin- ilt farm. . tliHI.O lHne thi liw hnl, Ihst mill would puuso n hnwHi' I'Imhi llto nwi-nt irrnnt (Muii'lSnu nnkl-.ii(h. A.iw, nil t ('llRtlifol: IIk litri kit gui',l ftwn: fc'n (InkliiK N'lln cnim smin Hint d'or tho hi): l'pmi the tonelv t1oo I he sun and tnm fee ii vtliitiir I. m ili lull irrnH thiti iiii.I Iimkti; And nieivlil 1 hrura vivo ILntl thu whip-poop ni , .. , ' ; '"- F)tsi hi n ivrt nhiveti broken tioin. h. JJaecn, ih iluiH:r' .Unajme. 'KUtTV.MNE. Iwrir Mrk f IS Arsrnnaut. .'I'brlr Huf frltiv 4'rlM fli I'lnl-IMenrvr 4f Oeft-MMit, llnl Trlrr Mrrrr-Clil lry. Whilk the real Argonauts of ims wore wandering among thu hills nnd gulches that tlauk luo western lopo of the Sierra Nevada, armed with pan. poiili unit butcher-knife, ti-Mi.inj; the scope nud capabilities cf tlx gold Mines, the now of the discovery win speeding on it - way to tlio Eastern Stntos by two routes simultaneously. It reached the frontier o( Mtjtsiniri and Iowa by tho Mormon scout und roving trappers about tln same time ttmt vos m'U sailing round Capo Horn took It to Now York niul Boston; which wim in the lute autumn of 18 IS. Tim lint ro- O repeatedly confirmed nrni in upon, threw the whole country into the wildest excitement. Ill the City o( New York mill tlio extreme Western State tho fever was hottest, Tho year 1H4 w.h iu Homo other re spects tho most remarkable year of t hit 1reont century. It found Franco a tepublic, with n Itonupnrlo I'rcsidcnt by popular flection, All litirnuiiiy nu in urmo'l revolt ny:inst kiuj;crn(t. Hunjjnry w In rotM-llioii iijruiiwt. thu AiiHtriuti Kmpfrtir. There wn revolt in Louilmrdy nain't the Aurlriau yoke; In Naples onil l'Hlernid n?itini thu Kitijj of the two Sieillet. '1 no oplo forv(l thu rulers of TiHenny, MuUcnu itml I'arm.i to prant t 'onxtilutioiH. Thero wu mnk revolution in Ireuiml uiulor the lenil of Smith O'Brien, Mitchell ami Me:i;her. The (.-hurtiHt wor rioujly movinjr In Knpluml for universal nullriij;!'. l'lereo war rttifeil in Northern ItuTy between tho Italmns And AiiNtrin; hihI thu yenr opened with Htorni cloutli, oei:il niul politevO, visl all over tho DM World. Cholera, thnt frightful contribulion of Ah'ih U moilem Kuropo, more torriblu than the, ancient plnuo, was rivjjin on tho con tinent mid ndvntieiiifr toward Aineiien, whero the terrors it inspired iu lx.'l'J-:! wore iiixin to bo redoublod in rnml Imrrout of dcnthnnddoolatiou through out tho cities nnd town of the Mnii fippl V'Blley, nnd nil nlonjrtho thorough faros (m vet hardly explored), to tho hhores of tho I'aoitir. Tho extreme woxlern limit of tho white settlements in IB 13 was tho State of Mltxouri, Iowa nudthoTorritory of Minnesota, licyotid that thoro lav a tfrrtt inroynitn known us "MuMourl Territory" and tho " In dian Territory" south of It. ltotweon the linos of Iowa and Missouri nnd tlio llocky Mountains thero worn not, all told, over tlvo hundred whites. What few thero wero iuuludud nilsslonarios nnionfj the Dulawares and Shawnee, Wynndottes, rotlowattoiuius, Senocas, t)sajs, and Indian njjonts with their as ulstants ami servants at tho various agencies. Tho I'nwtioca wero Mill a formidable trihn. The wigwam of tho Sioux and tho huutinir camps of tho Comanchcs lined tho J'latte, Arkansas, Missouri and their Iributar at roams for hundreds of miles In what U now the richest and most prodiietivoafrricultural region of - Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Dakota, with Its population of more than two millions. Tho pontile of tho froutier Slates were iu that happiest of nil earthly rondilioua without wealth, without poverty a community of small fanners und traders. Thoro wore then no larpo towns. St. Louis was a plaeo of M.OOl). Chicago whs of leas Importance than Sacramento or Omaha now, and Kan k City ooutalnod n fow log huts and some 800 population. Tho National census, completed a year later, pavo Iowa loss than l.'OO.OOO and Minnesota but 8.IHH) whiUi inhabitants. Twenty miles out from Council Uluil's nnd forty from Independence brought tho hunter to the butlalo range. Huyond that to ward the setting sun htretched a limit less pralrlo far on and on into what was then supposed to be a ' deaort," nnd so marked on tlio maps, but what is now proved to be a Tory fertile part of tho continent, sloping gradually upward toward the ltlank lld.s and the llocky ran;e, where it Ik watered by innumer able clear, cold streams from the heighw of evtrlastlnjr snow. Through 'this unexplored wilderness lay the routes (for thero wore several) of the . Ki"nd army of California pioneers that aHsciubled ulfu the banks of the Mis souri from cany In' March to) late In May,T f 1UW.- Tliry r, represented all classes, all Slates ,. and Nations, all trades, callings and professions; but i not all ages. Out of every hundred It would have been hard to pick one man over f irty: nnd to cverv live hiindiud men there was hardly' ono woman. There were young fellows of twenty, flesh from college, younjj lawyor's, young doctors, )oung preachers, yonng fanners, young invalids. Some were in wayoiis by pairs, trio, quartets; sonio mounted on mules, ponies or horses, with sn extra, animal to pack the necc.ssnrv provisions ; ami some few wore bohl and hardy enough to un dertake the adventure afoot, trusting to thoriile for their supplies. Duo of these latter, an Irishman, carrying a pck" henryi enough have kilted a mule iu a fort night, was picked up on tho Platte four hundred and lifty miles out from St.. Jo, and brought through In a train as far as Thou sand Spring Valley, whero he was evpclled fur misconduct. He worked his way on font to Sacramento, and, after accumulating ?.'i,ikhi in the mines, returned to a Western city, where ho became mi Alderman and a capitalist, with millions at his command. He was Inst seen on the road near the sink of the Humboldt, cuttinr the throat of a mired hore and feeding himself upon choice bits of the carcass. The pas sage from the Missouri to the Sacra mento occupied from one hundred to one hundred nnd thirty days. Uencr a'ly the provision was made for but ninety days, and this mistake caused a scarcity of supplier. The cholera fol lowed the trad, n plague pursues tho pilgrims lu Mecca, and the graves of its victims wero thicker than mile-stones on the highway. There was no time for a waste of symoathv ou the dead or tenderness on the dying. They were buried in haste, without stone or epi taph to mark the spot, and hunger or fear of the prsiiteneti hurried the sur vivors of the train with all possible speed. The nggregnto of the grand army has been various! v estimated at from ."in.'sH) to Htt.OIK). The latter num ber is perhaps neircst the murk. The lirsl arrivals wore n early as July. Tho main bixl y came in from the lOtlito the Xjth of August. They all headed for Sutter's fort (Sacramento). Hut dur ing the winter nnd spring preceding their coimii the discoveries in Kl Do rado County had extouded from Colo mo along the American, Weber Creek, Matbenas Creek nnd llangtowu Creek, as far eastward as Wcnvertown (now as much a lott place as Itabylon or Nin eveh) nnd llaugtuwn, now known as l'laecrvilli). These towns or camps are directly on the line of route from Car sou Valley to Sacramento, nnd thoii Mtnds of the grand nrtuy stopped and tried their fortunes there. In the spring of 18,'iO the County of Kl Dorado contained a greater population than San i'ranci.ico or Sacramento, nine tenths of it being engaged at placer mining. There was no organized civil Govern ment on the American plan till tho l:ith of November, lMt't. when Tcler II. Hurnett. was elected Governor and John McDougall Lieutenant-Governor. Among tho Argonauts chivalrous re spect for woman was carried to the ut most extremity, and often to the ludi crous; as a single instance will explain. In the spring and summer of lHOOsomo two hundred miners, nearly all Ameri cans, were working ou one of the many " dry creeks" in the foot hills, forty five to fifty miles to tho eastward of the SaeraTiienio valley. Thoy wero "do ing well," that is, those who worked faithfully ten or eleven hours a dav wero making from .lt to ? '-'(), out of which they had to pay evpeuses say three to four dollars a day- for wear nnd tear of tools, clothes, board, medi cines, etc. : every minor in those times washing his own shirts and undercloth ing, which were of gray, blue or red flannel. They lived iu eaiiins by groups of twos, threes, fours and lives. One day a cart, to which a single old cow was haruesscd, drove up to the trading post in the neighborhood. A sloiiehy looking " Pike" was the driver. In the curious erafl sat a very plain-looking and sadly-dejeetud woman, holding in her lap an infant child. In less than fifteen minutes a crowd of tifty or sixty voung men collected about the cart. Most of them had not seen a woman for six months. Kagor Inquiries wero showered upon tho strangers. - "What are you going to do?" ' Whero are you from?" "Will you not stop hcreP If you will we will build you a house, furnish it, set you up with a supply of grub, and all come and board at your house." The offur wns gladly aceeptod, with stioh rude thanks as honest ignorance can master. In less than six mouths after this event "Tike," lils wife and baity departed from that camp on a stago and six, and In line style, with a purse of fti,(MK). They returned to tho Western Stales, and were never again heard of by their benefactors. The slightest insult to a woman was resented ou tho spot with out regard to her character, education or conditiou. The man who cheated a woman in his board or wash bill was troated as a thief sud driven out of camp as a pariah. There are unrecord ed deeds of mercy and charity done in those early days, tho simple truth of which would shame all drauinilo etlort. Mr. and Mrs were among the early arrivabi by the Panama ronte They had opKirtimito' of ihiing well at San Francisco and Stockton; but the husband bad started lur "the mines," and, like thousands i : others, he could not be sallshed short Of S"elll2 them. He possessed the instincts, . education and mnnnors of a I'vntlenmn. I'lio wife, a dellcata. wam-hoarted, intelli gent nnd very motherly, littlu Now Kn gland woman, was In ad resjvocls lit to be the friendand nontpanion of such a man. They brought t txjir ouly child a girl of live or six vi.irs, n beautiful ns a fawn, and the of tho family elrcle, whlelv'was. wui eu'nrsrd by bHarders. Mr. was physically uu- nblo to work in the mines. Mrs. cheerfully supported him lu his Illness (l'anarna fever), hoping for his ulti mate recovery, which never came. Within a month or six weeks after his arrival ho died, nnd tho Argonauts kindly nml tenderly laid him nway In Ins eternal rest. Tho brave hearted wife attended to her duties as usual, until one morning lit tle Kiln's (lushed cheek and languid ex pression indicated that she, too, was wantrd on tho other side of the river. Night and day the mother hung over tho fading form of her darling, alter nately hoping, fearing, despairing. And night and day the Argonauts gathered about to cheer, comfort, assist and encourage. At last the supreme hour came, and the sweet little flower that had delighted and humanized the rough natures of so many homeless, childless and wifeless men closed its leaves mid failed away into a memory. With little Klla's death the light bf life perished from tho eyes ami heart of the mother. Her utter loneliness and melancholy was sadder than death itself. Sho was left in destitute circumstances. The miners divined asmueh.nnd in less than a fortnight after tho burial of the child the wiilttwed mother wns staricd on her way back to her New Kngland homo with $1,(X)0 nnd a through ticket iu tier purse. This is but one instance of thousands. The demands upon benevolence were fre quent and always pressing, but the Ar gonauts, though their avarice must bo conceded, albeit among the meanest of passions, brought hearts with them which on occasion could glow witli all tho warmth of a California summer i sun. J It has gone abroad with the brand of I popular indorsement that there is for i literature in the annuls and traditions jot early life in this State nothing worth ! contributing but hmuor of the broadesl I and lowest type. This is a grave mis ; judgment of tho ease; and no man fa ! miliar with tho inner lifo of those times j will assent to it. There was, to bo ; sure, a humorous nnd u ridiculous. mocking side to it; but by comparison with the serious, earnest, dramatic side, it is as tho laughing rill to the mighty river. Kvory camp, bar, ravine, which has materially helped to swell the vol ume of gold produce: I here since Jan uary 19, IS 18, has been the scene of a tragedy, and no oonsiderablo civilized State has ever, In so short a time, yielded as large a harvest of blighted hopes, broken hearts, crushed ambi tious and family ties severed ns this. Our humor, like that of the "Fool." in King Lear, in tho main derives its in spiration from calamity, and has a touch of tho grim mockery of a grin ning skeleton. Tho "North American 1'io-lSiter," who is tho hero of Mark Twain's inimitable "Jumping Frog"' story, if tho truth bo told of him, had A history as sad as tho cry of a wounded curlew. Han t'raturUco (Wf. , Jaoqpes Okkknbaoh. the opera bouflo eomxsor who died recently at l'aris, was born of Juivish parent at Cologne, Germany, on the Wist of June, IM'J, and was therefore sixty-one years old. The bright aud sparkling music of his operas Is familiarto luversof amuse ments in every city of this country and Europe, his best known works perhaps lielng, " I m Grnndii Duchess," "l.n Hello Heleno" and " Harbe Won." His latest nnd last work, "LaFillo du Tambour Major," met with great suc cess In London nnd l'aris, and is now being played in New York at two thea ters in French and iu English. A Trici. lias just been fought at Mou litis, F'ranoo, between Messrs. Hndre and Doaudoux, nnd itt the tii t pass the latter ran on to his adversary s sword and fell dea 1 at the feet of tho Prefect of the town, who was quietly looking on at the sport, but, according to tho toporter, was unable to prevent tho suicide being accomplished. . i -' Tat Burns Monument Trustees, of Ayr, Scotlsnd, have completed tho pur ehaso of the cotuige iu which Uobcrt lturna was born. The building has hitherto been used as a public house. It Is to bo convened Into a museum. In which rellcsof the poet wilt bo gathered together. The price of tho house aud ground wns f.'O.OOO. A company of Chinese bought a placor mlue at French Gulch, Shasta County, Csl., this year, fortU.000, an.' have taken out enough to pay for it already. . l'EUSO.NAI. AMI.ITEKittt. I HOME, FAIIH AM) ilAUDKN. j J Miss BitAtHiOM's now novel Isentitlod ' Jusl as I Am." - Ktiol. Hioi;3ii rox has been making studies In Oxford, England, for a novel of university life. Tiik number of volumes in the Na tional Library of Paris Is 2,078. tHtil, and In tho British .Museum only l,Hj.t)(h). GttoitiiE Macihin ami's next novel Is to be called "Mary Marston," nnd it will illustrate certain interesting phases of modern English life. Thr population of wh it Is known ns the ieiiHiiii oountry is now as large as tho entire white population ot Colorado whou tho Denver-Pacitic was built. EvtrttEss Elizabeth of Austria, styled "the first Amazon of the world," is about to receive, it is said, tlio titlo of hotiorary Colonel of a regiment of Russians Uhlans. Emma Atuiorr told a Chicago re porter so he says that she is one of the strongest and healthiest women ever Ixirn, and never has any pain from her head to her toes. ll.vitrt.Kr C.vMiMiKt.t., the American playwright, called on Mr. Carlylo in Scotland, and is said to have found the lultcr distinguished gentleman engaged in killing a tat with a poker. PuoK. Tvniam, is announce I to de liver an aldres.s before the Glasgow Sunday Society, whose object is to secure the opening of museums, art galleries, libraries and gardens on the tirstd yv of the week. Prof. Tyndall is the President of the Institution. Eusiia Ui.tss, Ji! who lately died at Hartford, Conn., made a fortune by dis covering the fun of Mark Twain's "In nocents Abroad" while the work was in manuscript. Twain had tried in vain to secure a publisher, and was nlxnit to throw the matter aside in despair when a journalist friend sent him to Miss, who was tho President of a subscription bock company. Lfcv Lvkcom writes to the Marble head (Mass.) ,l..w, ii;i:r that her poem, "Hannah Hinding shoes," Lad no real foundation In fa 't; that sho knew many Hannahs in ISnverly but none in Mar bleheml, and thai the poem was sug gested by tho glimpse of a woman sit ting at a window binding shoes, which shu had on a di ivo through Swampscott, Marblchcad and Salem. An autobiography of Lady Hulwer has lately appeared In London, which, if it bo not suppressed. Is likely to make a sensation. It is a long story of al leged abuses on the part of the late und the present Lord LMlon, and abound in tho most violent language. It is said to contain a very gross and unladvlike attack on the Queen, and to bo various ly imnroner and not to be endured. Itnt. all this, of course, will make everybody want to read il. iir.MOKIH'S. Tub man who will convince a tin smith ihnt two joint of stove pipe of exactly tho same si.e won't go together ns easy as grease has a medal awaiting him in this locality. Exrhiiwjc Anothku poet comes forward and says: "And I hear the hiss of a scorch ing kiss." - lieats nil what a man can hear if he is only mean eno'.igh to listen. AVm' iltren litijislrr. Ani right in the middle of an impor tant campaign, women nre unpatriio enough to Insist thai the country shall remain unsaved while a st ive is put up in the silting room. Locitort linioH. U.IOItNSON B.IAKIiNSOX, the' Swedil.ll novelist, is in t lie country. His name is pronounced ll-ycrnstviiirneli l-orn-sohn, so it will bo seen that it Is as eas ily pronounced asapcllod. ilnton I'u.it. Now that the coming frosts will soon ripen the nut crop every newspa per should warn its readers against eat ing chestnuts in the dark. It is not only unwise, but it Is cruelty to bisects. VlUliuliitj'hia Chrvnirte- ilentltl. A it ttv can put its rosy little toe in its mouth more easily than its father can, but whon it comes to putting the whole foot in il, the man of years and expitrienee can discount the baby half a hundred and then run out. Hmvkryc. Onk of our landlords writes his own bills of fare, in order to save a printer's bill. The lastotieanuounet!: "CoiVoy, supo, rosto bufo, frido liamni, boylud and bakl perlators, frido could pndden, mlns pyes, minting chops, veele cul verts, hasch and crusilicd chickens." Tyrone ('.) V'tinr. Tlirv can Instantaneously photograph an express train going nt sixty miles an hour, so that it looks, smoke and all, a if it wero taken at a Bland-still. And yet they can't, or won't, photograph a man sitting lu a chair without screwing las head round in a vise like a movable doll, and keeping liim looking at a smudge on the wall till his lio drop and his eyos water, and the pleasant little speech ho mount to think about, just to hold tho expression, goes maun dering through bis head like the ghost of a homeless echo. Every "photog raphor'a studio" must bo at least twen ty year behind time. Why is it? liotton Poit. Tub too common practice of cover-' ing lawns with tnauuro in the nutnmn. making them look like barn-yard In " most ease, does more harm than good. Toaorrrw the akin if rough, rub clarified lioney vigorously into tho parts alfeeted, each lime after washing, nnd allow it to remain for at least an hour. Then rub oil with cold cream. Inpian PiiniHNO. Slir , live spoon fuls of Indian meal into three pints of boiling milk, add little salt, four well beaten eggs, one cup sugnr, tenspoon ful of ginger. .Hake three hours; ono bourjiefore taking out add ono pint of milk w ithout stirring.-- ...... To makk nice biscuit, sift two ten- spoonfuls of cream tartar and ono of saleratus through tho sievo with tho Hour (twice it you use a coarse sieve), then add one small lublospoonful whito sugar, a mustard spoonful salt, and mix thoroughly aud quick with one pint of thin cream; mold rather stiff, nnd eat out and bake rjiiick. to t'LAtttKV r.vr. t'ul into small pieces fat of either beef or mutton. Put into a saucepan and cover the pieces : with cold water. Stir until the water boils, skim carefully and allow to boil, until the water has all been discharged ut vapor the fat will thou bo of tho color of salad oil strain, and It will keep any length of tinio. Cakb to an Katkn Waum roH Tic. Mix two tcuspooufuls of baking pow der in one pound of tine Hour. Hub In a quarter of a pound of butter, lard, or clariticd dripping, mix In a quarter oft pound granulated sugnr, a tea- - spoonful of ground caraway seed, grated lemou peel, or any other flavoring. When ready to bake, stir iu as quickly as possible two well-bestun eggs mixed with a gill and a half of milk', or, if convenient, cream. Put into a well- 'I buttered tin, and bake in a hot oven. SnoKiso HoittiK. Tho 1-ondon Live Slink lliuHte says: If thu farriers or hlacksmlthsnra anxious to do something useful at a Hluall expense, let them publish an illuslrnted broadside fit for banging in blacksmith shops, telling smiths and their masters what not to do. "Don't carve the frog; don't open the heels; don't rasp the outside of the. hoof; don't cut the hoot to til the shoe. Inn, after shortening the toe, if needed, til the shoe to the foot," aud so on, as common sense dictates. To Makk. Vinkuail 1. Hoil either corn, wheat, barley or rve, about ono pint of the grain to a gallon of water, strain, nud to the tiquor thus obtained add sirup or sugar until pleasantly sweet. Let stand in A warm place, nnd you will soon have good viuegnr. Tho stronger end sweeter the liquor tho stronger will bo tlio vinegnr nuu mo longer in making. 2. Pack in a jar tho skins aud cores of apples made in pre paring pies nnd sauce, tnd cover with tioiljtig water. When another lot is made, add tliem and more hot water till thu jar is full. In warm weather set the jar in the sun, carefully covered witli a eloth; iu cool weat her in a warm place in the house. Tho apples do not , rot nl all. In six or eight .weeks the water is turned into excellent vinegar and of an amber color. No yeast, nor spirits, nor acids, nor sugar, nor mo lasses are needed -nothing whatever but the skins and cores aud yater, Gatmkiithk Lkavks. Foretd. leaves nro excellent to supply tho stable-yards, nud whore straw is senrett also tho cow stables and hog pens. They can be most conveniently gathered Just after fulling, when there is noma weight iu them, or nftor tho first snow and before the wintry blasts have scattered them. They then lay compactly, and beinjj moist or heavy can be handled with greater facility. A cart with a few standards stuck In tho side will hold fc considerable quantity; and ' tho best thing to gather them or load them with Is a woodeu hand-rake; a wooden four tinod straw-fork is also very handy when the leaves are moist. Leaves ab sorb largo quantities of the liquid ma nuro and are an excollent foi tili.er In the spring. Thoy can bo gathered too when other labor about tho farm is slack. ilermantown Telegraph. Kekpin Onions. -A Minnesota writer says, In tho New York bun, that ho makes as deep a pit as ho can with the plow for onions and cabbages in a dry. sheltered place near the housn, scraping out all the loose dirt with a hoe. and putting in some chaff or straw ' from the straw stack, and tramping down well. Then he hauls tho onions 1 from where thoy grew aud piles them In carefully "on this, and puts more chatT ou top and covers up with a foot of dirt from each side, and, packs il smooth with the spade, whoie they can remain a part or nil of tho winter, or until wauled. They were quoted at f Lift last winter nnd spring In Minne apolis. If they freeze it wif" make no dillereneo; they will eomo out all right when tli fixsil leaves the ground. ( nb bages may be pulled up on a dry day and packed In the other end of tho pit,' roots up, sud also covered with straw nnd dirt, when they or the onion cun bu taken out us wniited. Tho collar is ono of the worst places to keep onion or cabbages in, a tt 1 almost always too damp or warm. hurat Mw lorker. " : ' i t ' i 1 ; k n I'.'" ' f lit III 1 1. - n . ' 4 v . it y