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BARBOUR COUNTY INDEX.
21. L. SHERPT, Publisher.
MEDICINE LODGE.
KANSAS.
THE CENTER OF POPULATION.
Tracing Its Course Westward 81nce
the First United 8tates Census.
Vrw Tork Tntmne.
A volume recently issued from Ihe
census office, embracing a portion of
the statistics gathered at the enumera
tion of 1880, contains, among many
valuable maps illustrating the distribu
tlon, density, and character of popula
tion, a diagram which shows how the
center of population has shifted from
decade to decade since 1700, in its
steady march westward. What statis
ticians understand by the term center
of population, it may be well to explain,
is the point at which equilibrium would
bo reached wero the country taken as
a plane surface without weight, but
capable of sustaining weight, and the
inhabitants distributed over it in num
ber and position as they are found at
the period under consideration, each
inhabitant being supposed to be of
equal weight, and consequently to ex
ert pressure on the pivotal point in
direct proportion to his distance there
from. The first census of the United
States, taken in 1790, showed the center
of population to be on the eastern shore
of Maryland, about twenty-two miles
from Baltimore, and near the thirty
ninth parallel of latitude. From that
point it has moved westward at the
average rate of about fifty-one miles
in a decade, never deviating as much
as a degree to north or south of the
thirty-ninth parallel. By 1800 it was
moved forty-one miles, and was found
at a point eighteen miles west of Balti
more. In 1810 it was near the Potomac
in Virginia, at a place forty miles
northwest of Washington, having
traveled thirty-six miles during the
preceding decade. Its progress in the
following ten years was fifty miles, and
in 1820 it was in the valley of Virginia,
sixteen miles north of Woodstock.
The census of 1830 discovered that
the center of population, previously a
little north of the thirty-ninth parallel,
had passed that line and was a trifle
to the south of it, at a point in the Al
legheny mountains nineteen miles west
of Moorefleld, Va., the progress west
ward since 1820 being thirty-nine miles.
This was the most decided southward
movement it has made in any decade,
and is explained by the acquisition of
Florida and the settlement of Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
In the ensuing decade the center re
crossed the thirty-ninth parallel, moved
flfty-flve miles westward, and was
found at a point sixteen miles south of
Clarksburg, Va. Southern Michigan
and Wisconsin and northern Indiana
and Illinois had begun to fill up,
and their population turned the
balance to tho northward. In
1850 it was still in Virginia
but close to the Ohio river, having
moved fifty-five miles and being at a
point twenty-three miles southeast of
Parkersburg. Again it was south of
the thirty-ninth parallel, but only a
distance of about a mile, the deflection
being explained, by the annexation of
Texas. By 1800 it had reached a point
twenty miles south of Chillicothe, O.,
and a little north of the thirty-ninth
parallel, having made the greatest pro
gress ever made in a decade, the dist
ance from the last point being eighty-
one miles. This remarkable move
ment was caused by the settlement of
the Pacific coast twelve persons in
San Francisco, by reason of their
pivotal point, counterbalancing forty
persons in Boston. The next step was
forty-two miles westward, and about
twelve northward, which brought the
center into Highland county, Ohio,
about forty-eight miles cast by north
of Cincinnati. It is believed that the
apparent northern movement during
this decade was caused by a defective
enumeration of the colored population
of the southern states at the census of
1870. In lbbU the center was near
the village of Taylorsville, Ky., about
eight miles west by south of Cincin
nati, , the westward progress being
fifty-eight miles and the deflection to
the south about eight The census of
1890 will probably discover it in Jen
nings county, in southeastern Indiana.
If there is no great change in the
rate of western movement of popula
tion, the central point, still traveling,
as it doubtless will, on a line closely
corresponding to the thirty-ninth
parallel of latitude, will not cross the
Mississippi river until 1950, when it
will be found not far from the mouth
of the Missouri. It is not Improbable,
however, that it will never reach that
stream, but will remain nearly staton
ary somewhere in southern Illinois.
There are large areas of conntry in the
far west unfit for habitation, save
where deposits of the precious metals
are found, and other considerable areas
where grazing, which supports but
scanty population, will always be the
chief industry. The increase of popu
lation in the trans-mlssis3lppi region
may not, therefore, much more than
counterbalance tho increase in the
older settled portion of the country
after the close of the present century,
In estimating the changes and progress
of tho future we must not forget that,
marvelous as is the growth of the
now west, it Is only a little more rapid
than that of the great middle region
between the Hudson and the Missis
sippi. The state of New York, it mus
bo remembered, added 700,000 to her
population between 18 0 and 1880,
Pennsylvania 400,000, and Ohio 532,
000. The Increase In each of these old
states would make a western Btato as
populous as Nebraska.
ThoGummU cf the Earth.
reroiar Bcteoca MoniWj. -
Adolphus Schlaintweit, the irnmor
tal though unprcnounccioie explorer c
Central Asia, calls tho highlands
of Pamir "die Welt-Zinnt the
roof ef the world. On the
rrvui from Puniaub to Tarkand
four passes have to be crossed that are 1
higher than 17.5UU xeet, anu ior uia-
tinea of 280 miles the halting ground
is not below the height of Pike s Peak.
On the eastern plateau of the Beloor-
Tatrh there is a shelter house near a
cliff from whose summit the main
chain of the Himalayas, with all its
giant peaks and immeasurable ice
fields, is in full view from the high
land nf Trw to the sources of the
Indng. while in the west the head wa
ters of the Oxus and Jaxartes can be
traced to the borders of Cabool, where
the peaks of the Hindoo-Koosh lift
their crests of everlasting snow. In
soring the echo of the avalanches re
sembles the boom of continuous thun
der, and in midwinter, when the storm
wind sweeps the table-land, whirling
pillars of snow scud along the ridges,
and often seem to dance together like
specters in their fluttering winding
sheets. Our "Land of the Sky," in the
southern Alleehenies. must be a mere
piazza compared with that roof of the
earth.
Memories of Youth.
StenbcQ republican.
The fair anon whose graceful chirog
raphy indicates culture and refinement
several hundred degrees above zero, and
also assures the Republican that she is
not to be trifled with, asks us if we do
not "revere the tender memories of
youth?"
We do not by a two-thirds majority.
We despise 'em, and consider the sum
total as a jeb lot of damaged goods
utterly devoid of the least attraction.
The Old Oaken Bucket" racket is too
thin for these oleomargarine days. The
man who wrote it had hot and cold
water in every room in the house, and
never spent whole wasn-aays puiiing
the moss-covered bucket up from the
bottom of a fifty-foot well. "The Old
Ann Chair" never afforded us a seat
near the chimney corner. Some old
tad without a tooth in his head, and
shaking with palsy at the rate of fifty
strokes to the minute, always occupied
that. A milk-stool in the northeast
corner of the kitchen, fartherest from
he fire was our principal roost in the
days of baffling infancy. We hope to
still remain fartherest from the fire in
the great hereafter.
"I remember, 1 remember
The house where I was bora,
The, little window where the sun
Came peeping in at morn,"
is of no practical use to us. When the
blamed old mortgage was foreclosed on
it, we gracefully unloaded our stock
and retired from the market We
board at a hotel, and "the house where
we were born" has served its great and
glorious purpose, and may go to
decay for all we care. If we could
contract toe sningies tor live dollars a
piece as valuable relics, we might wish
to remember it. But the demand
seems, just at the present writing, lim
ited.
"O. don't you remember tho school 'us, Ben
toucmng bed-rock, we ao nave a
vague recollection or tnat, uut we
don't remember even that for fun.
Not at all. Only from tho very sheer
est of sheer necessity. No, we don't
remember it simply for recreation.
We would forget all about it for ten
cents on the dollar. 'Twas a tough
place. We could spin you yarns about
that ancient edifice which would make
each individual bang on your head
stand on end and warp and twist all
out of place your peace by day and
dreams by night. 'Twas a terror. We
never learned anything there; the
greater portion of the evil habits
which will dog our footsteps to a dis
honorable grave were contracted with
in its four dreary and strikingly illus
trated walls ; the s cool-maim and the
big boys used to lick us; the kids stole
our baked apples ana sausages: and
the big girls jilted us one by one when
we arrived at that callow stage of
ove-Bick lunacy which, it is to be
ionajy nopea, iair iaay, you ana we
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have passed safely through. O. ves
we remember the "school 'us."
But what hollow mockery is that old
fraud or a songi
"Woodman, spare that tree."
Who ever saw a woodman who wood
not chuck the ax into the woodshed
a 1 1 m
ana spare wnoie corns or trees ir you
only suggested the idea of knocking
oil worn and gomg to town?
But, really, Isadore there, we have
given your fair identity dead away
we are no tender-foot, but sternly prac
tical from the grass roots down to pay
dirt.
Provisions of the Land Bill,
The 5 per cent land bill, as it passed
tyo senate, provides that lands entered
by military scrip or bounty land war
rants, In the states of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Missis
sippi, Florida, Oregon, Nevada and Col
orado, including Virginia military and
United b tales military land warrants,
located in Ohio, shall be construed to
come within the provision of the law
for the payment of a per centum of the
proceeds of the public lands disposed
of within their borders; the lands to
acre, and payments to be made in cash.
it is aiso provided tnat tne money
remaining on tne books or the treasu
ry to the credit of any public lands in
wo ouawvo uuua iuo ui. xoou, wuicu
distributed the treasury surplus, shall
not be charged as an offset against any
Ail HM A A. M TUP - I
part of the amount coming to the state
under the bill.
The bill prohibits states from pay
ing any part of the money received by
them .to agents or attorneys ior serv
icc3 in cecuring the passage of an act or
in connection with the claim of states,
unices such payments are authorized
by stato laws 'pureed after tho data of
the act
Winter Feed for Cows.
Tba Wester Ho estead.
By next winter a large number of
creameries will be in operation in the
statCf ana many farmers will engage in
me Dusmess ot suppj yuig mem with
milk or cream. The most satisfactory
plan for both parties is to sell the cream
at so much an inch, the creamery sup
plying the cans, and the farmer keep
ing the skim milk for feeding, for
which purpose it is worth twice as
much as the sour milk of the old open
setting system.
With the change in methods, it be
comes a question of no little import
ance what shall be the winter feed for
cows? The amount of cream deter
mines the profit It is generally con
sidered that corn, or -corn meal, ranks
first in the list of cream producers.
This is true to a certain extent, but
where high feeding is practiced to get
the largest product possible, there is
great danger of fever and a general
disturbance of the system, causing
swelling, caking, garget, and other
troubles with the udder. To avoid
this, some fresh juicy feed is needed,
and nothing fills the bill so well as su
gar beets, mangolds or Swede turnips.
They serve to keep the animal healthy,
the digestive powers vigorous and act
ive, and while they do not contain a
large amount of nutriment in them
selves, the good effects of feeding them
are much greater than with the same
value of concentrated food. That is,
the same value of meal and roots mix
ed will give better results than meal
aione. a neaitny cow may stand a
diet of clear corn for a while, but is
not nearly as likely to come out well in
the long run, and is more liable to
break down when fed high.
ijarrots are trouDiesome to grow
A a
here, and their value has been over
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ratea. sugar Dee 13 or mangolds are
equally good, and easily grown. The
work can be nearly all done with the
cultivator, and if the crop does well
the produet is enormous 600 to 1000
bushels are often grown to the acre.
One advantage is they are easily trans
planted, and a full stand insured if
the seed fails to come well. A patch
should be grown thick for the purpose.
The mangolds are easier dug, but not
quite as nutritious as the sugar beet.
But we think the principal value is not
in the quantity of nutriment they con
tain, so much as in the promotion of
health and vigor, and the ability to di
gest and assimilate the richer grain ra
tions and convert them into milk and
cream.
There is another gain of considera
ble importance and that is in the col
or of the butter. Itmav be that the
"improved butter colors" so generally
used to give that golden hue which
everybody likes to see, do no harm
but the natural color is certainly pref
erable, and with . it comes a flavor the
artificial cannot impart. Plenty of
roots will almost take the place of
grass In giving color to butter.
We feel sure that whoever tries i
patch on good, clean, rich land will no
regret it
Sittings.
Texas SifUncs.
In Little Rock, Ark., the sinful peo
ple put punched nickels in the contri
bution box, but the minister kicked
about it. We can't see any sense there
is in that The punched nickels are
the holiest there are.
The Indians are murdering the white
settlers again. It is a little late, but
the work of planting a crop of dead In
dians should begin at once. They
snouid be well drilled, with bullet holes,
before being put into the ground.
If you see a man gomg about with
out any clue, arrest him at once. He
Is the party who sent an infernal ma-
9 A - -K-W . .
came to vanaeronc a. newspaper
says there is no clue to the sender.
Whenever you find a sender who has
no clue to him. telephone for the po
lice.
Those boys who robbed the train on
the Texas-Pacific were badly trained
when they were young. We merely
start this paragraph to give the rest of
the boys a chance to say something
about misplaced switch," the bovs not
"being on the right track," etc.
An exchange says, "Good nature and
fun should prevail during meals,1
which means, we suppose, should lest
as well as digest, and when they poke
the dishes they should also poke fun at
each other. At the same time, those
who laugh while eating are apt to be
josea.
A western Texas editor writes: "We
sell our hides for ten cents a pound to
the northern tanner, who tan them and
mane a big profit, by sendincr thpm
back to us as leather." It is none o
our business, of course, but we would
like to know how many hides tha
editor has got and if he has onlv two.
whether he sends them both at once to
the northern tanner, or whether he
keeps one on hand, so to speak, while
the other Is off getting tanned. Why
aon c ne put some personalities in his
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paper? Then he could get his hides
tanned at home, without any delay or
inconvenience.
Satisfying the Majesty of the Law,
Texas Sifdngv
A justice of the peace out in Crmhv
county found a man guilty of shooting
fined him lib. "Why, Jedge," said
the doomed man. "I haven't got no
f 4 b; leant pay no sich fine." "The
state of Texas puts me In this office to
I Af m At m
una out a Yt dj vo max6 men pay
their fines. You will cut cedar poles
until you have cut enough to satisfy
the majesty of the law." replied the
justice. "But Jedge, what use has the
state of Texas got for cedar poles?
xne state oi xexas nasn c got no use
for cedar poles. . Irs this court who
needs them cedar poles to build
fence, intake the poles and settle
with the state of Texas for themj
And the poor devil Is cutting cedar
poles f cr the state of Texas.
HOUSEHOLD HOTES.
To Cuke Wabts Sava the Scien
tific American: Take five cents' worth
of muriate of ammonia and wet a crys
tal in water and apply several times
during the day. This is a safe and sure
cure..
Lettuce Salad. Cut up a head
of lettuce very fine, then make a dress
ing of one cup vinegar, half teaspoon-
fui mustara, one or sugar, add a little
salt or pepper if liked. Place slices of
hard boiled eggs over the top.
Coffee and Ego fob Sick Persons.
A medical exchange savs that life
can be sustained by the following when
nothing else can be taken? aVa a
strong cup of coffee, adding boiling
milk as usual, only sweetening rather
more; take an egg, beat yolk and white
together thoroughly; boil the coffee,
milk and sugar together and pour it
over the beaten egg in the cup you are
going to serve it in.
Cream Pie and Orange Dessert.
Cut the oranges in thin slices and
sprinkle sugar over them; let them
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aumu lur iwo or tnree nours; serve
on ordinary fruit plates. The pie is
made with a bottom crust onlv. and
tnat not thick, out light and flaky.
Take one coffee-cup of thick, sweet
cream, half a cup of pulverized sugar.
a tablespoonful of flour, one egg; flavor
wun lemon extract; bake until you
are sure tne crust is brown and hard,
so that it will not absorb the custard.
Chapped Hands. Says the Indiana
jjarmer: bcrape beeswax lightly into
a small, wide-mouthed bottle until it is
nearly fall; put in a small piece of
mutton tallow, and fill with olive oil;
set the bottle far back on the stove,
ana as soon as tne wax is melted re
move it This will be found very nice
for chapped or roughened hands. It
is healing if used on small sores, and
is good for sunburn. The ointment is
much pleasanter to use, if a few drops
of some essential oil are added to give
it a pleasant odor.
The War in Africa.
A correspondent of The London
News, at Bonny, in Africa, writes: It
Is reported from New Calabar that
great battle has. taken place between
the natives and the followers of Oko
Jumbo, the latter having gone up to
New Calabar for the purpose of pro
voking a conflict The slaughter is
said to have been fearful, at least
thousand men having fallen on both
sides. The Bonny men went up to
New Calabar with their war canoes.
having in them empty casks, which
were to counterfeit casks of palm oil
for trading purposes. At the bottom
of the boats, however, were lying Bon
ny warriors to the strength of 4,800
men. These landed at different parts
or tne Deacn, duc tne casKs were very
prominently displayed. Immediately
on gaining the shore there was quarrel
Ing amongst the men, and the new ar
rivals swung their oars about their
heads in a very threatening manner.
Thinking that there was some disturb
ance, most or the men in command of
the fort hurried down to the beach.
The ruse had thus the desired effect
and the Bonny men marched up the
hill to capture the stronghold. A
powerful chief, called Warraboo, was
in charge of one of the storming com
panies, and as soon as he rounded the
bend of the hill he saw a large force
ascending on the opposit side. This
was the other company of Bonny men.
Warraboo, mistaking them for the ene
my, opened fire upon them with i
Gatling gun, while his followers also
tired tneir musRets. Toe tire was
most deadly, and was kept up for some
time until the supposed enemy rushed
pell-mell down the hill. At the bottom
the retreating army was met by the
New Calabar men, and escape being
thus cut off a desperate fight took
place. It was estimated that in add!
tion to those killed by the New Cala
bar men the number of slain through
the blunder of Warraboo was at least five
hundred. Notwithstanding this loss,
the.Bonny men succeeded in capturing
the fort, and were in possession of it a
tho latest accounts. There was much
excitement in New Calabar, and un
easiness was felt for the English trad
ers and other British subjects, as there
was no consul or other British official
to watch over English interests. The
New Calabar men were numerically
strong, and if they were reinforced
by the followers of Ja Ja, as it was
i earea would be tne case, tne war
must resolve itself into wholesale car
nage. It was expected that when the
news reached the (English authorities
one or two gunboats would be ordered
down to the scene of hostilities as noth
ing snort oi some demonstration or
this kind would have the effect of stop
ping the war. Trade In both Bonny
and New Calabar Is entirely at a stand
still. In Bonny outposts are stationed
all along the beach, and no person is
allowed to land after dark. The penal
ty for an Infringement of these restric
tions is death. One native landing
from a vessel was asked to give the
password, and, being unable to comply.
was shot dead Instantly by one of the
sentries. Up to the latest accounts no
British representative had arrived, and
further fighting was believed to be
imminent
Mr. Gail B. Johnson, business man
ager of the Houston (Texas) Post, has
used St Jacobs Oil with the greatest
benefit for rheumatism, says the Gal
ves ton (Texas Netcs.
The board of excise, of Rochester, 2?
Yn has so far granted 270 licenses for
5,912.78. It has refused but. five appli
cants, and has 199 yet to consider.
You Must Try It.
Do not despair even If you have suffered
for years from weak kidneys and torpid
bowels. Kidney-Won has cored hundreds
of cases of frora five to thirty years stand
ing. Thl3 remedy is prepared both dry
tad liquid, see adv.
An Obstinate Lion Vanquished.
Pittsburgh Commercial. x " ;
AT free lion show was enjoyed by a
arge crowd on Fifth avenue, yester
day afternoon, the occasion being the
transfer of Frank Frayne's lion f iora
the open cage in which he had been
paraded through the streets into a
small one in which he was to be taken
into the opera-house. The oneration
was hardly one suitable for the public
streets; but it was enjoyed very much
oy tne crowd, nevertheless. The lion
did not wish to go into the small cage,
and simply signified his desire by lay
ing down and refusing to stir. Mr.
Frayne was sent for, and when he
came entered the caiM and. whip in
hand, ordered the monarch of animals
Into the small box. But the roval
beast quietly sat himself down in the
arthest corner and refused to stir.
When Mr. Frayne attempted to drive
him he showed no disposition to fight
in fact there was not an ounce
of fight or bite in him. His
temper, so far as shown on
this occasion, was more of the
character usually attributed to . that
other typical animal, the mule, than to
the king of beasts. Finally Mr. Frayne,
still standing in the cage, got a rope,
made a noose in the end of it, and,
throwing that over the lion's head, had
him incontinently dragged into the
small cage, the beast struggling and
hanging back in the most undignified
and unroyal manner, like a donkey with
a lion's skin over him. Mr. Frayne in
the meantime plying his whip on his
recalcitrant hind-quarters, just as he
would have done with a balky mule.
The crowd cheered at the triumph of
mind over matter achieved when the
big specimen or the feline race was
dragged into the cage, but it may be
questioned whether the thrill was not
pretty Veil taken out of the entrance
into the lion s den m tne regular per
formance for all who took in the show
yesterday afternoon.
Guiteau's Last Letter.
Guiteau thus writes to the Wash
ington Star: "I tell the American
people and its officials from the execu
tive down to the court in Washington,
who are reviewing my case, that I tel
the truth and lie not when I say l am
God's man in the matter of President
Garfield's removal, and that if a hair
of my head is harmed, the Almighty
will make the offlciais that do it pay
well for it .
"If I were outside I would lecture
under the auspices of some bureau on
religious subjects. One of my subjects
would be Paul the Apostle and kin
dred topics.
"If my time has come to leave this
world, I am willing, but I want the
officials that murder me on the gallows
to understand the Issue of Almighty
God, and it will be a long time before
he lets up on them and this nation.
The devils that crucified the despised
Galilean thought they were doing God
service, but that did not release them
from liability. They and their nation
incurred the wrath of the Almighty
by that act, and he got even with them
at the destruction of Jerusalem.
"He will get even with this nation,
and with the officers if I am murdered
on the gallows.
"I want unconditional pardon or
nothing, and I want the executive to
so understand it I have set forth my
views fully on this in my book. 'The
Truth and the Removal.'
"If the honorable jurists representing
the Washington court in banc decide
this case according to law there is only
one decision they can make, and that
is they have no jurisdiction. If they
decide contrary to law the matter will
rest with President Arthur, and they
will have incurred the wrath of the
Almighty God."
Beauty on Its Knees
A Judge Con-
vinced,
San Francisco Chronicle.
Elizabeth Byrnes recently brought
suit in the justices' court against Ed
gar Wanek and his wife, who preside
over tne rortunes or a barber snor.
The complaint was to the effect that
defendants palmed off a switch of an
inferior quality on her last March.
when, for a consideration, they agreed
to work over the combings of her hair
in such an artistic manner as to render
her lovely in the eyes of all forever
more. "What kind of hair is human hair,
and what kind is not human hair?"
queried Justice Connelly.
"Well, If he would only let me talk I
could tell you all about it" said the
fair plaintiff.
"I wish to examine you alone," in
terposed tne lawyer. "jnow, answer
my question: Is not that a better
switch than you could have got any-
wnere eise in tne city ior tne same
money?"
-"111 just show you, judge, but I
won't let him see," said she, with a be
witching smile.
Kneeling down before the court she
laid aside her hat and gracefully draped
her head with the switch.
"Now, can't you see for yourself,
judge, it doesn't match my hair at
all?"
His honor moved back a little, looked
over his spectacles around the room.
then at the defendant then at the love
ly plaintiff kneeling before him, and
stammered out:
"M-y-e-e-s, I see. The court ren
ders judgment in favor of plaintiff for
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Language Cannot Describe It,
Mr. Robert Gould, book-keeper for
Walker & Maxcy, who are lumber
dealers, recently said to our representa
tive: "About one year ago "I was
taken with the genuine sciatica. I
employed the best physicians, but they
could only relieve me for the moment
Finally I used St Jacobs Oil and It
effected a complete cms." Kennebec
Reporter, Gardiner, Me.
AMERICAN ABORIGINES.
Some Traits Developed In Domestic
Indian Life.
Cfcicae Times.
Among the many amiable traits
which distinguish the character of the
American Indians, those of conjugal
affection and fidelity are not the least
remarkable. When a couple is newly
married, the husband, without saying a
siDgle word upon the subject, takes
considerable pains to please his wife.
and by repeated proofs of his skill and
abilities in the art of hunting, to make
her sensible that she can be happy with
him, and that she will not want while
they live together. At daybreak he
will be off with his gun, and., often at
breakfast time returns home with a
deer, turkey or some other game. He
endeavors to make it appear that it Is
In his power to bring provisions home
whenever he pleases; and his wife,
proud of having such a good hunter
for a husband, does her utmost to serve
him and make herself agreeable. The
more a man does for bis wife's com
fort, the more he is esteemed, par
ticularly by the women, who will say:
"This man surely loves his wife."
'In the year 1762," says Mr. Hecker-
welder, in his interesting account of
the American Indians, "I was witness
to a remarkable Instance of the dis
position of Indians to indulge their
wives. There was a famine In the
land, and,. a sick Indian woman ex
pressed a great desire for a mess of
Indian corn. Her hubband having
heard that a trader of Lower Sandusky,
Ohio, had a little, set off on horseback
for that place, one hundred miles dis
tant and returned with as much corn
as filled his hat crown, for which he
gave his horse in exchange, and came
home on foot bringing his saddle back
with him. It very seldom happens
that an Indian condescends to quarrel
with his wife, or abuse her, though
she has given him just cause.
In such a case the man, without re
plying or saying a single word, will
take his gun and go into the woods,
and remain there a week, or perhaps a
fortnight, living on the meat he has
killed, before he returns home agaiD,
well knowing he cannot inflict a great
er punishment on his wife for her con
duct to him than by absenting himself
for awhile, for she is not only kept in
suspense, uncertain whether he will
return again, but is soon reported as a
bad and quarrelsome woman; for, as
on these occasions, an Indian does not
tell his wife on what day or time he
will return, which he never fails to do
when on good terms, she is at once put
to shame by her neighbors, who, soon
suspecting something, do not fail to
put such questions as she cannot an
swer. When at length he does return, she
endeavors tp let him see by her atten
tions that she has repented, though
neithet speak to each other a single
word on the subject of what has passed ;
and as his children, if he has any, will,
on his return, hang about him and
soothe him with their caresses, he iff.
on their account ready to forgive, or
at least not to say anything unpleasant
to their mother. If these traits in the
conduct of the untutored. Indians in
domestic life put the manners of more
civilized nations to the blush, how
much more severe is the reproach to
social life contained in the following
account:
"In the year 1771," says the author
already named, "while I was residing
on the Big Beaver, I passed by the
door of an Indian who was a trader,,
and had a quantity of goods in his
house; He was going with his wife to
Pittsburg, and they were shutting up
the house.
"As no person remained in during,
their absence, this shutting was no
thing more than putting a large hominy
pounding block outside the door to keep
it closed. As I was looking at the
man with attention while he was so
employed, he addressed me in these
words:
"See, my friend, this is an Indian
lock that I am putting on my door.
"Well enough,' I answered; 'but I.
see you leave much property in the
house; are you not afraid those articles
will be stolen while you are gone?"
"'Stolen I By whom?'
" 'By the Indians, to be sure.'
"No, no,' he replied; Indian
would do such a thing;, and unless a
white man or white people should hap
pen this way, I shall find all safe on my
return. "
The Profitable Pig.
The pig has apparently been indis
pensable to the poor man from the
earliest times. In Europe the pig may
be said to have been the poor man's
friend, for many a family has been
able to get enough to eat only by the
aid its flesh afforded. It Is the same
thereto-day as it has been for years
the cottager's pig-pen contains what is
to tide over the wants of winter. In
our country the pig is the reliance of
many of our farmers. The means of
gaining a living are more abundant
here, so that the owning of a pig or
two by laboring men or mechanics is. .
not called for, hence their raising is al
most wholly in the country districts on
the farms. There are vast numbers
raised in the west . and it has fre
quently been prophesied that pork
raising would be overdone, and when
so many are engaged in it, it seems,
strange that it is not But while there'
Is a great fluctuation In prices, the
time has never been for any length of
time In the we3t when it paid better to
market corn than to feed it to well
bred hogs.
Sacramento Record-Union : Fruitgrow
ers of this section say that there is no
dependence to ba placed In any other than
Chinese labor in picking berries or gath
ering any ether kind of harvest. A largo
orchardlst near this city says: "When,
the Chinese go the fruit interest dies."