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oroo' . - - deiwastkow wallirWWW I mromsothiateszimasaimmotronimezw2... iHE MADISONIAN. SATI! 'WAY. NOVENIItIt 11. II471. .MME1111.11111:ill TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year In advan^e' Cix Months 4 4 Three Months \ ADVERTISING RATES. TuE 111§IONIAN, as an advertising ete ,littitz, is equal to any paper in Montana. i•• ' I.' .44 ZO 111 I nc h ..... ... $3 Vill $7 $8 $10415 - $20$25 2 Inches 5 8 1 9' 10 121 20 301 40 3 Inches 7 9 11 12 151 2.5 37 55 4 Inches 8 11 12: 14 171 30 45 70 0 Inches 10 121 15! 1S 24 38 05 90 I:.; lnehes . 18 2-11 30! 34 40 55 90 140 15 Inches 10 401 50! 55 65 75 l502 The above scale of prices is for orainacV sin- gle -teatime, display advertising. solia and thuular adltertiselikentS will be charged at the heah rate ftFr space occupied. LOCAL NOTICES, Fifteen cents per line for ffrst, and ten cents eel: line for each aiblitionni i nser ti on . CARDS, One-llalf inch, $2 for one insertion ; $3 for two insertions; SS per quarter; $16 per year. The foregoing schedule of prices will s.1-4 be strictly adhered to. Nil u elvertisements counted in Nonpar e il measure. Jon 1 7 '11.INTITSTG, Of every description, executed in the best find neatest style. and on reasonable terms. NEWSPAPER DECISIONS. 1. Any one who takes a paper regularly from the Posn•ffice—whether directed to his name or ain)ther's, or whether he has subscribed or not -is responsible for the payment. 2. If a person orders his paper discontinued, he must pay all arrearages, or the publisher Inav continue to send it until payment is made, and eollket the whole amount, whether the pa- per is taken from the office or not. 3. The courts have decided that refusing to take the newspapers or periodicals from the rosrotlice, or removing and leaving them un- called for, is prima facia evidence of intention- al frateL PROFESSIONAL. G. F. COWAN. ittorney and Counselor at Law. Radersberg,. Montana Territory. HENRI - F. 1111.1,11MS, Atly & Counselor at Law, VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. OFFICE over the Post Officer. 1. E. CALLAWAY, Attorney a,nd Coun- selor at 1tw. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. OFFICE, adj.•itting the office of the Secre- tary of the Territorv K. W. TOOLE. .1. K. TOOL. TOOLE &TOOLE. Attorneys at 11 - _Aaw. HELENA, MONTANA. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. lona T. sill0;Eit. T. J. LOWERY. SHOBER St LOWERY, Attorneys and coun- selors at LAa - w. HELENA, M. T. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. SAMUEL WORD, Attorney at I AaAV. VIRGINIA CITY. N. T. JAMES G. SPR ATT, Attorney a lad Conn- selov at Law. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. Will practice in all the C 4 Mil J of Moll:all:L. R W H L. Attorney at Law, GALLATIN CITY, M. T. W. F. SANDERS Attorney :1l(1 Coun- selor at l_Aaw. HELENA, M. T. Will practice in all Courts of Record in Montana. C. W. TURNER, TA A WY i'_; 4 II, VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. OFFICE: Adjoining Colonel Callaway's. WM. F. KIRKWOOD, Attorney at Law, VIRGINIA CITY. Can be found at Judge - - ;pratt's office or Pro- bate Court Rooms. Will practice in all the Courts of the Territory. GEORGE CALLAWAY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M NTANA. OFFICE, at the Law Office ofJ. E. Calla- way, EzAt , until further notice. I. C. SMITH, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. Office at the Old Le Beau Rawl, Wallace Street where he can be foll frit night or day E. T. YAGER, M. D., Physician and. Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. Will practice in all branches. Office one door above the City Drug Store. H. B. BARKLEY, M. D. Physician & Surgeon RADERSBURG, M. T. AF•7 had twenty-one years' experience in in his profession—four years of that time L surgeon in the Confederate army. lie is pre - a pred to perform all kinds of surgery. IN FEMALE COMPLAINTS, his expe- rience is not surpassed by any physician in the 1 erritorY TO THOSE WHO HAVE VENEREAL COMIMAINTS.—Cronorrhea, if called upon w!tinn rive days after the first appearance,. .he will cure in seventy-two hours. In Syphilis, he will cure in live days. his treatment is different zeal in this Territory. He is frnm any !13s. prepared. Jul i'leansini; Ex t ract ing , and Filling 'teeth. O. C. S. EL LIS i iii i it t . e n r t e, , s i t A in zairtaiehael's store at Silver Stair, Montana,can f ,, tcift at all times, day awl night, at said t• -tore, when not absent on professional busi- nez,s. O.B.WiliTFORD, M.D., Physician ai a Surgeon, DLL t; 1,01)t..E. MONTANA ZoliT., VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1874. A YARD OF LOVE -RIBBON. 'Twas an exquisite moment, Long dwelt on and treasured, When that yard of love -ribbon With Mary I measured. Her breath was so sweet, And her cheeks like the roses! Her lips like twin posies! Ah, me! and ah, me! She, though sky and so modest, Her blue eyes half hidden, Put her two little hands Into mine all unbidden. The delicate touch Of her warm, clasping fingers In memory lingers! Ah, me! and ah, me! Oh! a yard of love-ribbon, Cut off with two kisses. 'What a measure of joy! What a heaven of blisses! The forfeit once paid, And sweet Mary then seated, - Could it have been repeated! Ah, me! and ah, me! Long, long years since that moment - Long years she's been wedded, Yet the dew of our kiss On my lips seems embedded. Her breath was so sweet, And her cheeks like the roses! Her lips like twin posies! Ah, me! and ah, me! THE WASTE OF WAR. [From Dickens' Household Worda.] Give me the gold that war has cost, Before this peace -expanding day— The wasted skill, the labor lost. The mental treasure thrown away— And I will buy each rood Of soil In every yet discovered land, Where hunters roam, where peasants toil, Where many -peopled cities stand. l'll clothe each shivering wretch on earth In needful, nay, in brave attire; Vesture befitting banquet mirth, Which kings might envy and admire. In every vale, on every plain, A school shall glad the gazer's sight. Where every poor man's child may gain Pure knowledge, free as air and light. In every crowded town shall rise Halls academic, amply graced, Where ignorance may soon be wise, And coarseness learn both art and taste. To every province shall belong Collegiate structures, and not few, Fill'd with a truth -exploring throng, And teachers of the good and true. A temple to attract and teach Shall lift its spire on every hill, Where pious men shall feel and preach Peace, mercy, tolerance, good -will; Music of bells on Sabbath days Round the whole earth shall gladly rise, And the great Christian sung of praise Stream sweetly upward to the skies! 104* LOVE'S A FTERNOON—A SONG. 1;1 .11AB.1 1> \Nay nay, you need not spcak, love, Of graces that have flown; 'Twere vain, I think, to seek, love, For more than now you own. You say your glance was brighter In the hopeful days of spring— That your weary step was lighter Ere the early birds took wing. \It may be, love, it may be, But we do not waste a tear On spring violets when the ruby Of the rich June rose Is here; And richer than June roses Is the golden harvest -field, Where the later stun discloses But a part of what's concealed. \You tell me you were fairer In the days from trouble free, What time sad lines were rarer On your thoughtful face to see— That your lip knew quicker thrilling To the touch born of the South, As it came with mute appealing To lay tribute on your mouth. \Well grant it is the truth, love, That fondness makes me blind, While 1 question if your youth, love, Showed charms I fail to find; Yet never dill the morning, In all its conscious pride, Wear half the bright adorning Of the glorious sunset-titte. \You say the sweetest juices Of your heart have all been spilled; By its lees, then, for life -uses, Is my own supremely filled. What if purple bloom and yellow Have gone out in wasted wine, Still, we know the fruit most mellow Is that longest on the vine.\ ONLY A lEAR AGO. BY WILL. HENRY (;NE. Only a year ago! So short, and yet so long! Its memory soft as the Summer wind, Or a wave of the angel's song. Only a year ago! And yet what changes have been! How many stars have been lost to view, And, oh! how many seen! A head of golden hair - An eye supremely blue - A good, and noble, and brave heart, And Christian -like and true; That was a year ago! To -day -ashes and dust! It tells how much the heart will bear - How much it can and must. And thus we might be hanging Sweet pictures in memory's hall; And let a flood of sunbeams Over our idols fall— Just as we did a year ago! Where are they all to -day? Ask of the wave, as it thunders by, What it did with yesterday's spray. USE OE SILENCE. A pity that so few people understand the full effect of well-timed silence! How eloquent it is in reality! Acquiescence, contradiction, difference, disdain, embar- rassment, and awe may all be expressed by saving nothing. It may be necessary to illustrated this apparent paradox by a few examples. Do you seek an assur- ance of your lady -love's affection? The fair one confirms her lover's fondest hopes by complaint and an assenting si- lence. Should you hear az assertion which you may deem fidse, made by some one of whose veracity politeness may . withhold you front openly declar lug your doubt, you denote a dillerence of opinion by remaining silent. Are you receiving a reprimand from a superior. You mark your respeet-lay attentive silence. Are you compelled to listen to the frivolous conversation of a terrible fop? You signify your opinion of him by treating his loquacity with contempt- uous silence. Again, bow much domes- tic strife might have been prevented, how often might the quarrel which by mutual aggravation has, perhaps, termi- nated in bloodshed, had it been checked in the commencement by a judicious si- lence: Those persons only who have ex- perienced them are aware of the benefi- cial effects of that forbearance, which to the exasperating threat, the malicious sneer, or the unjustly imputation culpa- bility, shall never answer a word. A soft answer turns away wroth; but sot e- thnes ening humanity cannot give this soft answer in moments of irritation; in such cases, there stands the fortress of silence, with doors wide open, as refuge for the tired spirit until calmer moments come. Think of this seriously, you who glory in having \the last word.\ illoo-11—•••111. AN ATTEMPTED ELOPEMENT—EX- CITING TIMES IN WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA. The Winchester Times publishes the following account of a recent attempted elopement in that town: \An affitir which has created more in- terest ill our community than anything we remember for several years was tlw attempted elopement, at one o'clock Sun- day morning, of the step -daughter of a well-known Main street merchant with a young gentleman who does a good man- ufacturing business on Piccadilly street. The young lady is said to be under four- teen years ofage, but is well -grown, and exceedingly handsome and accomplished for her age. The gentleman although quite young, is a widower. The acquaint\ ance commenced durine - the Catholic Fair in September, but being diatailtcful to the lady's parents, a clandestine cor- respondence was carried on. The letters however, fell into the bands of the par- ents, who thus became acquainted with the plans of the parties, and took means to frustrate their intentions. According- ly, as the bell of the court house struck 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, the lady emerged from her residence through the private door, prepared for ffight, and was promptly - met by her lover and a number of chosen friends, who were pre- pared to resist any attempt to detain them. No sooner hail they reached the street than the friends of the opposite party appeared in strong force from va- rious hiding places in the neighborhood, where they had been concealed in an- ticipation ot the event. The eloping par- ty was quickly overtaken, a brief conflict occurred, in which several shots were exchanged, the gentleman and two of his friends were captured by the police and lodged in jail, and the lady was con- ducted to her home. On Monday morn- ing the street in front of the Justice's office was tilled with a curious crowd, who were anxious to learn how the af- fair would terminate. The parties being all well known and having large 'amity (amnections, and the tact that the gentle- nete obtained his first wife in a similar inanner only a few years ago, increased the interest felt. Various opinions were expressed, youth and hot blood general- ly taking the lovers' side, while cooler heads deprecated the affithe The police and others concerned in executing the warrant for the arrest of the parties, were themselves placed under arrest on Mon- day, but were subsequently dismissed without trial. The Justices determined to bail the parties, and the case will now come before the Grand Jury, when inter- esting developments are promised, which we will then feel at liberty to publish, Emineut counsel have been engaged on both sides.\ Here are a few facts dedicated to Con- gressional salary -grabbers Of the thir- ty-six members of the House, in the For- ty-second Congress, who refitieled back pay. nine have been elected to the next Congress. Of 207 members, who pocketed back pay and laughed at the thirty-six only one hes been elected to the next Congress. And there is still a great deal of \blood on the face of the moon.\ A good judge says blue-eyed women can be trusted. Children born with auburn locks are generally redheaditary. The Harvard stt idents chose only ro- bust young men for boat crews. There is a difference between being in a tight place and being tight in a place. The good of it man's life cannot be meaatired by the number of his wife's re- lation:. nor by the length of his funeral proceszion. us.4-0—ssa SMALL COURTESIES. A lady of our acquaintance (says a writer in Blackwood) used often to as- sert that a gentleman, then sleeping - with his fathers, had been the politest man of his generation, and, as a reason for this opinion, always told the following story: Ott returning once from school for the holidays, she had been pet under his I charge for the journey. They stopped for the night at a Cornish inn. Slipper was ordered, and soon there appeared a dain- ty dish of woodcocks. Her cavalier led her to the board with the air of a Grand- ison; and then proceeded to place all the legs of the birds on her plate. At first, with her school -girl prejudices in favor of wings and in disfavor of legs and drumsticks!, she felt rather angered at having, as site supposed, utility - fang and least delicate parts imposed upon her; but in after years, when gastronomic light had beamed on her, and the expe- rience of many suppers brought the true appreciation, she did full justice to the memory of the man who could sacrifice such moreeau as woodcocks' to the crude appetite of a girl; who could thus show his innate deference for womanhood, even in such budding form. In these small courtesies we must confess we have ever found the most gallant nation un- der the sun very deficient. In the ab- stract of politeness the Gaul is great; he is grand. We have seen him dash off his hat at a group of ladies every time they passed him with a frantic entlmsiasin, which made us tremble fin- the brim. We have seen him wave it at their shadow, or the very poodle -dog which followed at their heels. Yet, alas! when these same dainties appeared on the table d% hate, how blind! how insensible was lie to their presence! how closely (lid he hug his well-chosen seat, though they were seatless! how zealously did he pick for himself the tit -bits and the dainties, without regard or thought for their del- icate palates! A t D'S COMMANDMENTS. 1. I ani thy husband, whom thou didst vow to love, honor, and obey; for saved thee from old maidism and the terror of single blessedness. II. Thou shalt not look upon any other man, to love or admire him; for 1, thy husband, am a jealous husband, who will visit the sin of the wife • upon her followers; therefore keep thou faith- fully to thy marriage vows. III. Thou shalt not backbite thy hus- band, nor speak lightly of him ; neither shalt thou expose his faults to thy neigh- bor, lest he should hear of it, and punish thy perthlity by the privation of sundry items, such as bonnets, dresses, etc. IV. Thou shalt purchase cigars tor thy husbaud rather than ribbons for thy- self. V. Thou shalt not go to the opera or evening parties without thy husband ; neither shalt thou dance too frequently with thy \ cousin,\ or thy 6- husband's friend.\ VI. Thou shalt not. listen to flattery. nor accept giits or trinkets from any man save thy husband. VII. Thou shalt not rifle thy hus- band's pockets for money when he is asleep; neither shalt thou read any letters thou mayest find therein, for it is his bus- iness to look after his own affairs, and thine to let his alone. Thoui shalt from thy huaband. IX. Thou shalt make no sentation of the state of tlty purse or thy wardrobe. X. Remember to rise early in the morning and be prepared with becoming good humor to welcome thy husband at the breakfast table. XL Look for no jewelry from thy husband on the anniversary of thy wed- ding, for it is written: \ Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.\ XI[. Do not encourge a frequency of calls from thy spiritual adviser, nor lend a too willing ear to his words of love; they are seductive in their sweetness, and dangerous in their tendency. Remem- the fate of \Elizabeth \ and spare thy husband much cursing. XIII. Thou shalt not insist that thy mother shall come to live with thee; for the mothelein-law is a pest to the bus- band,and is often the cause of his becom- ing prematurely bald. SOCIAL PECULIAR Firms IN WY- OMING. TRAVELING ON FOOT. Nothing to me is more plea:sing than tiaveling on foot. We are free and joy- otts. No breaking down of wheels. no contingencies attendant on carrhtges. We set out; stop when it suits us; break- fast at a farm or under a tree; walk on, and dream while walking, for traveling cradles reverei, reverie veils fatigue, and the beauty of the country hides the length of the road. We are not travel- ing -we wander. Then we stop under the shade of a tree, by the side of a little rivulet. whose rippling waters harmo- nize with the songs of the birds that load the branches over our heads. I saw with compassion a diligence pass before me, enveloped ill dust, and containing tired, screwed -up, and fatigued passen- gers. Strange that those poor creatures, who are often persons of mind, should willirgly consent to be shut up in a place where the harmony of the country sounds only in noise, the sun arlietl?g to theta in clouds, and the roads in w liirl- winds of dust. They are not aware Of the flowers that are found in thickets, of the pearls that are picked up among peb- bles, of the liouris that the fertile imagi- nation discovers in landscapes-untsa pe- destris. Everything comes to the foot passenger. Adventurers are ever passing belkire his eyes. -Victor Hugo. The watchmakers of .Switzerland are all on time. conceal nothing fuse repro - pantry, thy BILJLINGSIANA. Iglioranee is the Wet -nurse of prejudice. Wit without sense is a razor without a handle. Half the discomfort of life is the result of getting tired of ourselves. Benevolence is the cream on the milk of human kindness. People of good sense are those wi. , ose opinions agree with ours. Face all things; even adversity is polite to a man's face. Passion always lowers a great man, but sometimes elevates a little one. Style is everything; for a sinner, and a little of it will not hurt a saint. Men nowadays are divided into slow Christians and wide-awake sinners. There are people who expect to escape ieii because of the crowd going there. Most people are like eggs -too full of themselats to hold anything* else. Time is inoeey, and many people pay their debts wits it. No man can b a healthy jester unless he has been nurd at the breast of wis- doin. We have made jtatice a luxury of civi- lization. It is easier to be a harmless dove than it decent serpent. Humor must fall out of a man's mouth like music out of a bobalink. Some men marry to get rid of them- selves, and find that the game is one that two can play at, and neither win. It is little trouble to a graven image to be patient even in fly -t Old age increases us in wisdom -and in rlietunatism. A mule is a bad pun on a horse. Health is a loan at call. Wheat is a serial. I am glad of it. Manner is a great deal more attractive than matter, especially in a monkey. Adversity to a man is like training to a pugilist, it reduces him to his lighting weight. Pleasure is like treacle. Too much of it spoils the taste for everything. Necessity is the mother of invention. but Paticat Right is the Father. a - Beware of the nem with half-shut eyes. He's not dreaming. Man was built after all other things had been made and pronounced good. If not, he ivould have insisted on givintr his orders its to the rest of the job. Mice fatten slow in church. They can't live on religion, any more than ministers can. Fashion cheats the eccentric with the clap -trap of freedom, and makes them serve in the habiliments of the harlequin. There are fitrmers so full of seienee nen illeY won't set a gate -post till they have had the earth under the gate -post analiz- ed. When lambs vet through being lambs they bccome sheep. This takes the sen- timent out of thou. Monkeys IleVer grow any older in ex- pression. A young monkey looks (!xact- ly like his grandpapa melted up and bort) ag,itin. Fart Laramie Letter to the Cin. Commercial. The shooters were a queer lot. Some arrant cowards, others not. Some brave under peculiar circumstances, such as a street tight or a promiscuous shooting. and sneaking when 'tother follow had the \deep or when tackled by any- thing out of their particular line. I asked Dave Reed. \ How did you happen to to kill -` Heenan ? ' \ Why, I tired a little Derringer from my pants pocket.\ e But what was the cause of it?\ \ Well, you see, he thought he was chief, and I know'd he wasn't; and one day I was drinking at the Star Sample Rooms, and he came up to me. and I seed business in his eye; I fooled him. You see I had my hands in my pants pockets. I didn't have no six-shooter slung to nw. He wanted to know if he couldn't get away with any son of a—who had tow hair. I've got light hair you see. I al- lowed he might if he had the drop. He allowed I was a liar; and I just shoved my pocket easy against his belly and turned loose. Some of the boys talked a little rough about it, but they know'd Heenan meant to call me that day ; he said so; the only difference was I bad the best hand. The authorities!\ And Mr. Da- vie's chuckle implied anythileg but a pro- found respect for the powers that were in that burg. \ Oh-! Do you suppose them fellows dare touch me when I had SUCil it clear case of defence:\ So it was. Such eases, and worse, are counted by scores. eay and feebleness of old age, and that atrangeonysterious passing away which is the (loom of every mortal. The au- tumn leaf ia gorgeoua in color, but it lacks the balmy scent and dewy fresh- -- essof hopeful spring; and life is rich adequate to their speedy restoration to . flitting hues on the trees, and its inst.- when a desperate drOrt Was made on prosperity under good government ; hut both sides to bring out their full strength ling heaps on the tr.:round, typify the de - at the October contest. The falling away at the election in this present month is by no means equally distribu- ted between the two parties. The Re- publican VOW falls off 44,000, while the Democracy falls off ooly 13,000. The re - it* he threatened when he gets out of lish • Besides \° State was desolated and bright in its meridian splendor; deep suit this year is not less suggestive *hen State prison to lay the village of Cort- and depopulated like Virginia by the war, • are the hues of maturity, and noble is the compared Nvith the contest for Governor land in ashes. One of his acts before go- and the loss of men alore is still pain- beauty of success; but . who would not last year. The vote then was unusually ing to prison was to bin•n it S3,000 mort- fully felt there. Then there has been a give it all for the tender sweetness and light. The Democrats 110W gain on their vote for &lien their candidate for Gover- promise of life's morning hours? amm-o-sie Says the Columbus (Miss.) index: Som•—•—•• 1 6 • A LIGHT SENTENCE. NO. 1. THE VINTAGE IN EUROPE. The London Tines publishes a letter dated at Epernay. September 28th, say- ing that -the important province of the Larne has this year produce:1 a wine which will gain and long maintain one of the highest reputations. Besides tast- ing the grape -juice in nearly all the lead- ing villages. 1 have asked the opinions of every one with whom 1 came in contact - proprietors, speculators. managers, and buyers of shipping -houses and the rip/. owns. and all were unanimous that one would have to go back to the wines of previous generations to get an equal. My own opinion is that it will much resem- ble the '46 or '37. or mthee, perhaps, a wine standing between the T5 and '68.\ From Opotto. under date of 18th of September, it is stAted:, \The vintage in the Lower Corgo began yesterday, and is likely to bring about halt' of aut avertere vintage. The grapes of the Up- per Douro, being - very imperfect in size and ripeness, will require great trouble and much care in selecting on being gathered. Great care may produce some good wine, but the general run will prob- ably consist of good common port, simi- lar to last year's vintage. The yield there will not be over half of a regular crop. Prices are likely to be the same as last year; but as there is no great de- mand, many wines will remain in lann- er's hands for sale next spring. We have only had some 40 days rain she.° the 10th of November, 1873, up to date. This is sufficient to account for the ill - success.\ MANNERS. Menners are more important than mon - CV. A boy who is polite and pleaaaat in his manners will always have friends., and will not make enemies. Goo(I be- havior is essential to prosperity. A boy feels well when be does veil. If you wish to make everybody pleasant about you, 311(1 gain frienda wherever von go, cultivate good manners. Many boys have pleasant manners in company and ugly manners for home. We visitcd a small railroad town not long- since, and were met at the depot by a little boy of about eleven or twelve years, who entertained and eared for us, in the absence otitis father, with as much polite attention and thoTrlithil care ziS the most cultivated gentleman could have done. We said to his mother before we left her home; \Von are Ina arty blessed in yottr son; he is so attentive and °bug -here' -Yes.\ she said, - I can al \vziyallepend on Chancy when his father is absent. He is a great hrlp and comfort to me.\ She said this as it' it did lieu' good to acknowledge the cleverness of hr e so The best manners cost so little, and are worth so much, that every boy eat have them. According to time report of the Regis- trar General, Iii the space allotted to General Abstracts of Agricultural Statis- tics, it appears that of the 20.325,G93 acres which comprise the area of Ireland, there are 5,2-17,S39 acres under crops. There are 10,472,261 acres ofgrasa land. 12,187 aeres of, fallow, and of wooded land 322,885 acres. The space covered by bogs and waste land is 4,230,621 acres. In the live stock department we find that there are 525,770 horses; cattle, meaning bullocks and cows, 4,118,113; sheep, 4,- 427,613, alid pigs, 1,075,153. The total value of live stock is estimated at $186,- 189,435. A curious thing in this report is the statement in relation to the loss from the prevalence of weeds. This loss, the Registrar General says, foots up the large sum of F315,000,000 annually. All agricultural products have decreased in quantity (Im•ing the past year. The i_litirch papers make a great fuss about the indictment of Ricks and Can- non of lascivious cohabitation. It is no- torious that both of these man live with several women beside their lawful wives, and raise families of children by them, and both of them have stated publicly, Olt oath, that they are not married to these women. Presuming that they have not perjured themeelves, will the papers of the Church ofJestis Christ of Latter-day Saints be kind enough to tell us wherein the Grand Jury has goue so very far wrong, in what they have done? . [From the Syracuse Standard.] 'The trial of Nicholas Gifford, of the town of Spafford, for the murder of his wife, recently closed at Cortland by a sentence of the prisoner to two y - ears in the State Prison. Although the parties lived in Onondaga county, the (lead body of Mrs. G. was found in Cortland county. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Good- rich. The evidence shows that the par- ties had been married some thirty years. and had not lived Itappily tog•etlter. They had had fifteen children din•ing that tittle. Mr. (;illord hated his children and abused thein most unmercifully. Ilk habit was, before the little ones had reached their teens, to get rid of them. The bones of one of the little ones were dug up at the foot of a tree; how it died, none know. On the stand, Giftbrd was compelled to tell how he got rid of some of his family. Two babies, one nine amid the °titer eleven years old, he took from home one cold whiter morning, and driving some miles from home, deliberately abandoned ti win on the road, telling them they nmst shift for themselves, as he had cared for them as long as he should. He then had prop- erty valued at $3,000. In regard to the death of Mrs. Gifibrd the testimony of the little boy shows that Gifford and his wife had some difficulty on the evening previous to the finding of her body, and after the boy had retired for the night he heard his motherand father quarreling - in an adjoining room. The theory of the prosecution was that Gil- tbrd gave Ids wife a severe beadier and then drove her from home, and the nig - lit being a cold tempestuous January night and a terrible storm raging - at the time, she w a s frozen to death before any neigh- bor could be reached. On the morning ot the 16th of last January. Mrs. Gitlin - it was found in the door-y:ii - d of a neighbor who resides some three -fourths of a mile from the Gifford place, frozen to death. The defence did not attempt to deny that the brute often flogged his wife, and even went so far as to clnim he bad a per- fect right to chastise her in that way oc- casionally. They also claimed that Mrs. G. was subject to mental aberration and wandered from home. The jury, when they retired, were very much divided in opinion. Some were fin- murder in the second degree, \011ie two thought the prisoner had committed no crime; they were out till midnielit. when they finally agreed on It verdict of manslaughter in the fourth degree. The brute was sent for two years, but that (lid not satisfy gage wIdell he held; his reason was if he (lied in State prison the new:gage might benefit his children. And such a brute • gets two years in the State pris:on foi causing the death of his Wife! the Republicans ale ear in a much W0rSe SUNLIGHT FOR TUE • 1011...-0-....ny% A BE tl rs FE 'I, stAT:MEN F. THE MADISONIAN, PUBLISHED EVERY SA TFRDAt I Virginia City. -AT- .. - Montana. THOMAS DEYARMONI Editor and Proprietor. Papers ordered to ailY• e (Id ress can be changed to another address alt he option of the subscriber. Rein ittani-e by - draft. clicelt. money - order or registered letter may bc sent at our risk. THE MADISONIAN aerated to the advocacy 'if the principles: (Atilt Daihoratie party and to general and local news. DAM: Ells' OF NITRO-GLYCERINE: ,Nytro-glyeerine is a thick colorlesseoil, and appears to be ae harmless, to look at: as lard oil or petroleum. People are so accustomed to the handling of oils of all kinds that it is almost impossible to make them realize the danger that lurks even in the smallest:quantity ofnitro-glycerine. It explodes when gently struck, and is ten elute: more powerful HS an explosive; wei:Plat fur weight, than gunpowder. The other evening, in Jersey City, a gen- tleman and hely were taking a moon- light strool on the lwights, in the vicinity o f one o r t h e s h e e ts o t t h e new D e l aware and Lackawanna railway tumid. The . man saw on the gromel the glimmer of a small tin tube, picked it up, and slap- ped it from one hand to the other, whelp a terrific explosion ensued. His eyes were destroyed, his flesh lacerated, his limbs broken. while his lady companion dreadfully injured. It was a discarded nitrolycerine tube, such as are used in blasting, and is supposed to have hive thrown away by workmen at the ttionel shalt. Shortly before his departure for India. the lamented Heber preachef.1 a sermon. Vi hich Contained this beautiful sentiment: \Life bears us on like the atream of a mighty river. Our boat elides down the narrow channel-thrOugh the play ful murniming of the little brook aunt the winding - of its grassy borders. The trees shed their blossoms over our young heads, net dowers on the brink seem to offer themselves to our young hands; we are happy in liepe, and grasp eagerly at the beauties around us -but the stream hurries on. and still our bands are emp• iv. Our course Ili youth and manhood is along a Nvilder flood. and objects more striking and megnilicent. We are ank mated at the moving picture of enjoy - meat and industry passing tu4, we are excited at home short-lived disappoint- ment. The stream bears its on, and our joys and griefs are alike left behind us. We niay be shipwrecked, we cannot be delayed; AVIletiler rotigil or sillOotil., the river hastens to its home, till the rear of the ocean is in our ears, and the tossing of the WaN'es iS beneath our feet, and the land lessens from our eyes, and the thaels are lilted around us. and we take (Mr leave of earth and its inhabitants, 'tail of our further voyaee there is no witness, save the tenuity :Hid eternal.\ [Salt T.atte Tribune.] Dr. Win. If. Hammond, in diseu=sinp - the sanitary influence of light, observes that the ellecta of deficient light upon the inmates of hospital NVar4IS chambers have frequently come under Ids special notice; that most physicians know how carefully the attendant , upon the sick endeavor to exclude every may of light from the apartment, and even some members of the profession are singular- ly assiduous in this respect butt that the practice, except in some cases of actual disorder of the brain and other parts of the nervous system, is perniteous, admits of no question. During the late civil war, Dr. Hammond visited it camp and hospital in West Virginia. in consequence of information received that the sickness and mortality there prevailing were 'mac- countably great, and lw made a minute examination into all the circumstances connected with the situation of the camp, the food of time men, etc. Among other peculiarities, he ibund the sick crows led into a small room, from which the light was excluded by l•limk of India -rubber cloth. The patients were as eilectually bleached as is celery by the earth being heaped up around it; pale, bloodless, ghost -like looking forms, they seemed to be scarcely mortal. Convalescence was. under such circumstances, according to Dr. Hammond, almost, impossible, and his belief was that many of the men had died, NO10, hail they been sulijected to the operation of the simplest law's of na- ture would have recovered. IV)115 I it'.(. 7n 'AS T4) 00 Ti - 1111 f tl4it ti)Et .t. Pi N sr.rav.t. 74 TS IN E LAST CEN TtRY: There is no more impartant branch of \preventive medicine,\ thnn cooking. Bad cool:her may cause a ilwindliwr of time race. ruination of time temper and de- terioration or the morals. Good cooking on the ot her i lmand, is aceompani(d by national prosperity and domestic bliss. Sz) say the promoters of the National doubtedly rigitt in time netiu and are de- Trainin“; School of cookery, w i n) asa serving of all imaginable sheees\- Now cooking is 'ioth att art and a science. For its progress as an art we are not greatly eoncerned, although our profes- sion w udd undoubtedly euffer in pocket should the -art cookery go out of lash - ton. --Eyeant\ dishes are generally white sepulchres, and the ibrerunnere or blue pill,s and other disagreeable correc- tives- We lifilie that: the sehtml vihl husY itself mainlyiii imparting a knowledge of the seientilic principles of cookin:r, and Vill Leach tlieireOOkS that tlw quali- ty par excellence whieh all food should have is e-holesomeness. The bulk or the English pet q de iive in big eitieseu iul ii we were asketl to the mos1 predom- inating characteristic ()four turhaDe pip -- illation, we should say -dyspepsia.\ '1' 11 “'!'e win) speiid their IlaYs ill dark chandiers, or eoliStliting r4)01115, anti keep I lwir noses everlasting'!\ \Pill their respective grindstones, seldom hnow that good dig,estion which should wait on appetite. Hitherto their din- ners have not been sh mliliihiy pre- pared as to demand the least possible el- tOrt from a jaded stomach; but let us hope that the national dis:r:ace of juidi- gu-tuhuhity will no longer ditn the bright- ness oe our hospitality, :11111 mmitinher o r patent nici li c i ncs w hi c h ane so ld, i ., ;() lar:cely in this country as eids to diees- tion will undergo a rapid diminution. The people ot Virginia have been se- verely criticised in some quarters f.u . failing to pay the inter( st on their public debt. It IS urged that they have not been subjected to a carpet -bag rule, and hid theretore is no excuse for tliia delinquen- cy. The ti•uth is that time financial. con- dition of Virginia is exeeptional. I ler debt \'as contracted before the War, while the other Southern Status owed , comparatively little then. The agricul- tural resources of the cotton States are THE LIFE OF MAN. At tlw beginning of the last century wa- ges hi Philadelphia were said to be three times what they were in Eitel:eel. Slaves convicts. awl apprentices from the moth. , Cl' country supplied in a great measure I e market for unskilled labor. and de- graded it. In 1761 there were seventy thousand slaves in South Carolina. of an average value of 410 each. The annual value of a tvorking slave was thoindit to be about £10. Thirty slaves; superins tended by an overseer. were a suitable number for a rice din itumtloii, rai-intr four and a half barrels apiece, besides their own provisions, consisting eldefly : ot Indian eorn. Rico, which was intria: duced about 1700. was exported in 1747 to the amount of titty-iive thousand bar- rels, and in 1760 to the amounh of a hue - tired thousand barrels. If indigo was raised a slave eould produce one hundred and sixty pounds, worth two or three shiliners a pound, from two acres, in ad- dition to his ow:i food. Ilk whiten.; were available for :awni! , - lumber. IL NV:is regarded at that tittle - a very lucky cirettnistance\ that an antipathy existed between Indians and negroes, as slaves were -very dangerons domesties, 4 lit 1.7-13 Massachusetts bad twenty-seVeti humired slaves over fifteen years of age. about a thousand of them living in Bos- ton. When emaneipation took plaetf there at thc close of the Revolution, tile numlwr of shaves was 4,376. As eerly :ea 1760 a decisien of the courts declared 4hat a person [Mill iii MILSSattlitSetts could not be kept in slavery. Crimes committed by bondinen were severely punished. About the middle of the cen- tury a ingress \vas burned tbr murder awl arson near Boston, :mil a negro at Phiiadelpha l'or a similar crime. The whipping p°st. and the stocks were com- mon instruments of punishment thr the freedman as well as the slave.-- The Gala xy. How graphically the varied aspects of the leaf picture the various sea-zona of 111:111 . S lire! The tell(H12.1'i , . , ; Of . 1:S lnid- din . ir and blooming in spring., when that rich !rolden green glints on it that comes only mwe a year. represents the bright beauty and innocence of ' , .. - outh. when every sunrise brings its fresh glint hopes, and every night its holy, trustfitl calm. The dark greenness and lush vigor of the summer season portray the strength and self-relianee of manhood; while its .1I.I.R/IIAGE SERVICES. It is a little silt:411hr to reflect upon, that there should not be in existence a luny: appropriate tilarriag,e service for the use of citizen time Church or the world.: The El'i''coPal serviee• one In\\t ed by churchly associatiolia and most full of exeelleticie-z, has yet (.. , regtotis faults.. Bad taste. bad grammar, and lee:jury may have their places, but :t marringe :service \you'd not seem to be flu: place for them. -I take thee to my wedded (or Immi , ,band)-10 have mill It) no nwhwardness for whicip only bnig inculcated n o verenee emild ltil 50 Imilleh l'imetinieai respect ag 110t to mar a matrimonial eestacy,. \'fill death hi' do part.\ is a dislocation in which the most devout churchwoman lutist feel a pang - l'he inquiry: \%Vito giveth liii \Yuman to he married to this man?\ is, II) say the least of it, amt anachrotmisni. 'I pronounce you man and wife, - 11:1- vors sonieNvhat of the tenement:mm..4= patois. as of :t couple heneefin - th to say, e my men is aeroae to -day,'' or man is getting dinfier;\•With all my worldly kr,00ds [ th ee en d ow, t. is a fiction SO Sttlioe1141(i11S aS to be more amusing' than impressi‘ - e. \1)0 you promise to (oHy him apd Si''( himr The womaii ; „h e e n erv iii we h ave th e spectaele of a priest at !he altar offiging the !nest solemn and blindly vows to a Woluali who 11;1- not the least intention of keeping it; who %yin not keep it, if she 31111 who \.\ 111 1101 to keg) it, w h e th er slit l la s or not. The church service was writ ten in a by -gone age, tor hy-!rone type of' society. Its real beau- ties cannot save it intact to the future. l'he mart - here to be svill demand :1 pledge ea- which this is neither speech nor lan- guage. -Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in Wo- man's Journal. There la signitleance and instruction in the full returns of the recent State election in Ohio. The total vote east for the State ticket is 57,000 less than was cast for the State ticket in October, 1872. But that was the Presidential year, what was, unfortunately, Virginia's chief resource, slaves. vanished as one of the ef- fects of time \var. and the Stal,e's main re- liance hereafter must be in mining and manuthetures. Wealth producing enter- prises which it will require time to eatab- disputed question between Virginia and 1Vest Virginia as to the share which each State should rightfully assume of the old • • 1 nv • nor, 24,000, while the Republicans gain on their vote for Noyes only 8.000. When we draw these contrasts in the light of the vote east for Cougressmen. pl ght. And all this goes to prove that the terrihle overthrow of the Itepubli- i State fairs in (lie ve been a corn- : ._ \\ , 7, ........ „ii:i the la I that a large body of Repubfient,s can party m Ohio is very much due to pat - alive thilures, owing party to the de - are di -gusted, and will not vote tor It War Republican candidates. debt; but time has nevei been a . . position manifested to repudiate legiti- few Sundays ago, a negro woman at a debt is held abroad, and an arrangement baptizing near the ferry,. exhibited her mate obligations. A large part of the has been recentiv eireeted with the for- Radical proclivities during - the excite- ment always attending such occasions strueti,u of crops by grasshoppers, but 1 eign bondholders which :seems to be sat- I'Y shoutilig th ink .‘a ,a \:wee • .: • 7 more to the loss of confidence turf men. iefactory to them, dear l'aiolte; Jesus, how I love you\
