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, 1877-09-21
The Value of Pluck,

1t is this pluck, this bulldog tenacity
of purpose and stubbornness of persever.
ance, that wins the battles of life,
whether fought in the field, in the mart,
or in the forum. ut is the half.a-neCk
nearer that shows the blood and wins the
race; the one march more that wins the
campaign; five minutes more of un.
yielding courage that wins the fight -
History abounds with instances of doubt.
ful battles or unexpected reverses trans.
formed by one mans stubbornness in to
eleventh hour triumphs. 1t is opinion
as De Maistre truly says, chat wins bat.
ties, and it is opinion that loses them
The battle of Marengo went against the
French during the first half of the day.
and they were expecting an order to re.
treat, when, Dessaix, consulted by Napo.
leon, looked at his watch, and said: "The
battle is completely lost, but it is only
two o'clock, and we shall have time to
gain another" He then made his ia
nous cavalry charge, and won the field.
Blucher, the famous Prussian general.
was by no means lucky leader. He
was beaten in nine battles out of ten;
but in a marvellously brief time he had
rallied his routed army, and was as formi-
dable as ever. He had his disappoint-
ments, but turned them, as the oyster
does the sand which annoyes it, into II
pearl.
Washington lost more battles than he
won, but he organized victory out of de-
feat, and triumphed in the end. 1t was
because they appreciated this quality of
pluck, that, when the battle of Canine
was lost, and Hannibal was measuring
by bushels the rings of Roman knights
who had perished in the strife, the SEN
ate of Rome voted thanks to the defeated
general, Consul Terreutins Varro, for not
having despaired Of the republic. In
the vocabulary of such men there is no
such word as "fail." lmpossibilities,
so-called, they laugh to scorn. "Impossi-
ble" exclaimed Mirabeau ON u certain
occasion, stalk not to me of that block
head of work." "Impossible! !" echoed
the elder Pitt, afterwards Lord Chatham,
in reply to colleague in Office who told
him that certain thing could lot be
done: 81 trample upon impossibilities!"
Before such men mountains dwindle into
mole-hills, and obstacles that seem un-
conqueraGe are not only triumphed over,
but converted into helps and instruments
of success, by their overwhelming will.
, 1877-09-21

MOUND RELICS IN ILLINoIs.-At a late
meeting of the Philadelphia Academy Of
Sciences, Mr.. John Ford described a
group of eight burial mounds opened by
him near Coup's Creek, Macoupin County,
Ill. Each of the graves was lined with
stone slabs, and after the bodies were
placed in position within, earth had been
packed around him so as to fill the enclos-
ure. All the skeletons found in these
graves faced the east. In one OF the
graves four skeletons were found, seated
in two pairs, the knees of one pair press
ing against the backs Of the other The
arms were crossed. In the right hand OF
each individual thus inferred large ma
rine she'll (Bueeiniuns perUersuH, Linn
had been so placed that the small end OF
the shell rested 10 the hand, and the large
end in the hollow above the left hip.
Within each shell were found what ap'
peared TO be the bones Of child whose
skull had been crushed before burial, the
skull protruding beyond thO aperture OF
the she'll. II Is thought that these in
fants were sacrificed TO the dead. In
most of the graves the left side OF the
skulls Of the adults appeared also to have
been crushed by some blunt weapon
american Architect.
, 1877-09-21
\ BEAUTIFUL When the

A BEAUTIFUL When the
summer If youth is slowly wasting away
On the night fall Of age, and the shadow
of the path becomes deeper, and life
wears to its close, it is pleasant to look
through the vista Of time upon the sor-
rows and feliciiies Of our early years. If
we have had home to shelter, and hearts
to rejoice with us, and friends have been
gathered round our freside, the rough
places of wayfaring will have been worn
aud smoothed away 10 the twilight OF
life, and many dark spots We have passed
through will grow brighter and more
beautiful. Happy, indeed, are those whose
intercourse Nth the world has not
changed the tone of their holier feeling,
or broken those musical chords of the
heart hose vibration are 81 melodious,
81 ieuder, and SO touching in the evening
of their lives.
, 1877-09-21

Port Townsend, Jefferson County, w. T.
ALLEN WEIR. ...... Editor and Proprietor
NV Home.

dive me a home-T ask no more,
II more this world can give;
Without home, at best, it is
But half Of life to live.
Give me home-a happy home,
A free home let 1t be,
For to be happy it must know
The blessings OF the free.
Let lord or master cross tnot,
For tyrant come to awe,
Our hearts to duty solely bound,
To heaven and to the law.
Give me ahome-beneath its roof
Let order never fail;
Let discord thence be banished far,
And harmony prevail;
The interest Of each single breast,
The welfare Of the whole,
At joy each to congratulate, =
Atsorrow to console.
Whatever breis may rage without,
Let peace have reign within;
Each morn and eve religions rites
To end and to begin.
Give me ahOme-if business calls
Ny pesence far away,
II unexpected cares arise, agJ
To there prolong my stay;
A home OF smiles--ah, give me smiles,
Responsive from the heart,
That never yet deceit has known
By shame been forced to start;
Yes, i can face misfortune's breath,
And bear life's heavy woes,
With hope of happy home at last,
Its treasures, its repose. ases er
w. PoLYBLANK PARKER.
, 1877-09-21

The dependence Of the cities and manu-
featuring districts upon the food-prOduc-
ing districts is more immediate than most
persons would suppose. Three or four
days blockade sent up the price Of food,
and In some places along the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad the pinch Of famine
necessitated relief committees. In ten
days those committees would have been
without resources. Society Is now so
constituted that a blockade Of commerce
is equivalent to the stoppage Of the cir
culatiOn Of the blood in animal life.--IH-
terror.
, 1877-09-21

THE PUNCH WRITER'S. - London
Society says the writers for Punch were
mostly fond of children. 1t was Thack-
eray's delight to "tip" boys. When Sid
ney Blanchard was little fellow, on
one of his school holidays Thackeray
gave him dinner at the Garrick, took
him to the theatre In the evening, and
enjoyed himself immensely In the delight
of the boy. Leech was never happier
than in bis pictures Of children and their
childish humor. Du Msurier is never
more at home than when he is delineat-
lug some quaint joke in which the chill
drrn are the acturs. Tom Hood WAS one
If the most simple and gen,le-minded of
poets. Men who love children are In.
variably good fellows, and in their own
homes or round the Punch table, Mark
lemon, Jcrold, Horace Mayhew, Leeeh,
ThAckeray, Tom Hood, John TeDniel,
acre simply party Of grown up boys,
full Of freedom and unconventional geni-
atty of youth. In their troubles and In
their pleasures they were happy family.
, 1877-09-21
No selfish man or woman was ever yet

No selfish man or woman vas ever yet
completely htppy. They may cheat
ihemselve, in : belief that they are,
fF thought aud conscience are lost 10 the
mad whirl and rush Of life. But IL is a
mere delusive happiness which di'ap-
pears at the moment We think TO clutch
Il: and like the willy ignis-fatuus, leads
Us an endless dance over bog And monr,
to escape us at lAst. Then, weary and
spent, we lie down; and perchAnce thai
must terrible experience, the Iem"rse oi q
wnsIel and misappied life, comes in
and takes possession of uS forever.-Ar'
0osy.
, 1877-09-21

IT was very muddy weather when Pres,
ideut Hayes visited Rhode Island ana
when he vent away, he carried about
three f,urths of the State on has ooo'sI
and had to sit down in Connecticut ana
let his feet hanE over the line, while inc
desp,,iled inhabitants scrAped on ihen
estates. The islanders don't want MN
TO come back Again.-HGDksys.
, 1877-09-21

TUX Catholic Bishop Of Cleveland pro-
hibils night pic.nies, all kinds Of round
dancing. night dancing, dancing In halls
or bathrooms for the purpose Of raising
m.ny for church purposes or public
charities, and the sale Of beer or iD.oKi-
eating liquors at church pic-nies, festi-
vSls, etc.
, 1877-09-21

AS gentlemen was riding along an
obscure road in Alabama, be heard some
children screaming, In cabin in field,
and riding thither he found that a wild.
cat had attacked an old negIess, who was
nghting desperately for her life. He drew
a revolver and shot the catamount, which
was full grown.
, 1877-09-21

No need to go West 10 fght thclndiAn
nature.
, 1877-09-21

SAY little and do much.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
The Strike at Easton.

EAsToN. July 27.-The employees of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad at this end
of the road struck at 8 o'clock last night.
1t is estimated that there were over 800
people gathered at the depot to witness
the stopping of the first train which leaves
here at $40 p. M. Among the crowd was
the notorious lilden Jack, who was noisy
and unruly. The committee at once or
dered him to leave the place. He at first
hesitated, but when he saw the Vigilance
Committee making preparations to
bounce him, he took leg bail and got.
The chairman of the committee Informed
the conductor of the train that they were
willing and desired that the mail and ex-
press car should lun a, usual. 7 he reply
was that he had orders that if the pass
singer car could not run they could not
take the mail car.
The engineer then run his locomotive
to the round house. The committee of
strikers at once telrgraphed to the POST
master General that they had not stop
pod the mail Car, but that the officials of
the road had refused to run it.
All trains that were out were allowed
to be run to the end of their route.
rrain No 4, due here ut A. N, came in
on time this morning, and was the list
train over the route this morning.
Llrge crowds of railroad men gathered
on the streets, and discussed the ques-
ton why the strike was made and when
it was to end. The committee say that
their demand on the company was just
one, and they will not give in until the
company accedes to their demands,
which are restoration Of their pay be-
fore the last 10 per cent. reduction, and
the employment of wIpers. The pay of
the engineers, fremen, and brakemen
before the ten per cent. reduction was:
Engineer, per day, 50 so, 1925, and So;
firemen $3.50; freight brakemen, So Is;
coal, Sl80, They also want to be paid
for all extra time made over eleven
hours in each day. All of the engines
come in about the round house, which
holds 25 and is filed; the others are left
standing in the yards. and are Kept fired
up. The committee has posted up the
same notice as did the committee of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, agree
ing to assist the local authorities in pro-
tecting the property of the citizens and
the com pany, and warning all unknown
persons not to trespass upon the prop
erty of the com pany. d. .s4.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
THE ISSUE BEHIND THE RIOTS.

The railroad men have asserted, as a
right, that to settle dispute with their
employers as to wages they are justified
in practically taking possession of the
property of those employers, and refus-
ing to allow it to be used. They even
seem to think that they are worthy of
public commentator fin thus violating
the law, they abstain from wanton vio-
lence, arson and murder, but they do not
hesitate to threaten violence arson and
murder if they are interfered with in
their unlawful actions. On one railroad
in Ohio, it is reported that the men have
absolutely taken the road into their own
hands, and on such trains as they con-
sent to run they collect the fares them~
selves, and think themselves highly
virtuous because they pay over the pro-
oeeds to the officials of the company.
What is especially deplorable in the
situation is that by contrast with mob
violence, considerable portion of the
public seems to be regarding this as =
legitimate mode of warfare, and the teie-
graphic reports of these proceedings in
the newspapers directly or indirectly
give credit to the men who are thus
striking at the very foundations of social
order, and who, for their own individual
purposes, are reckless of the distress
and suffering which they inflict on their
fellow workmen everywhere, paraly zing
industry, and throwing out of employs
ment thrice their own number of indus
trious and lawabiding citizens.-Ledger.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28

American emigrants to New South Wales,
b the ship N. b ,ynton, which sailed from
New York, February 3 | arrived at Sydney,
May %, TO find winter IN that quarter of
the globe just setting in. A letter received
from one of the emgrants represents that
living is exceedingly cheap i'll New S nth
Wales, but not much demand Tor labor !;
and that "the squabbles between wol king
people aud the capitalists are here New
South Walss) III iull bloom, and capital, is
iu conseq uence, not as easily employed as
the true, interest Of both capital aud lab lr
would demand" The wliier of the above
Is a working man, who deliberately lett IA
good situation IN this city, to make his
home in New South Wales, and who went
there with little money, and no expecta-
ton of making fortune except through
hard work, in a new country. He thinks,
like most people who leave The busy cas-
tern States Tor u foreign county, that the
people he has settled with are "sow," but
this is only fist impression, and does not
seem to be justified by the history OF the
colony. He reports that many of his COM
paDions on the voyage are already disg gusted
and wish to RI turn to New York, in spite OF
the hard times. Judging from the reports
in.Sydney papers some of the work people
there are no less ANXIOUS to have them re-
turn, OF, AZ IeaSt, desire tue government To
abandon its policy OF encouraging emigra>
tion. The money used for this purpose is
derived from the sale OF public lands. and
Colonial Pai iliament has recently appropria-
ted 100000 to be so used. The Iaborers
already there protest that immigration is
tor tle bnefit of the ricn, and has a ten~
dency to bring down the rate OF wages, but
to this tue government replies that their
policy adds directly to the wealth of the
country by op4niDg up new lands, and that
AS they have inau9urated a system for
building public works out of the proceeds
OF the sale Of those lands and have Lnus dis
turbed the labor market, it is proper for
them TO spend portion Of that money in
encouraging immigration. The Govern
ment proposes to spend this year seven aud
half million dollars for car, yng on differs
ent public works, and believes that 1T will
assist the profitable expend ture of thai,
money TO spend half a million dollars in
importing men to do the work. In New
SIuth Wales, as here, it is not unusual TO
have comp ANTS from the country CT a
want Of wo zers and complaints from the
chef CITY OF a want of work, and it is from
the city that complaints come on the subject
of immigration schemes.-Ledger
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
INNOCENT PERSONS" AT RIOTS.

Since the proclamations of the Cover
nor of Maryland and the President of the
United States, there can be no ''innocent
persons" at riots, and those people who
get shot therein die as outlaws, however
pure in heart they may consider them
selves. At the moment of the outbreak
of first riot, there may be innocent per-
sons by, but even these cannot linger as
spectators without making themselves
alders and abettors of all that is done.
But since the executive proclamations
have been made, all assemblages of riot
Gus tendencies are liable to be dispersed
by the strong arm. "ILnocent persons"
present are just as much rioters as any
others. They might as well join in the
lawless work as look on at it;ior by look
ing at it. they are swelling the ranks of
the mob and giving it countenance and
assistance. 1t is possible that some truly
innocent persons were shot on Baltimore
street on Friday night week ago, for
many people there did not know that
there had been disorder until they heard
the firing. But that excuse cannot be
urged Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28

SALES OF PRoPSRTY.-On Tuesday
OHIO s. Lee, Esq, trustee, sold at private
sale farm containing As acres OF land,
situated in Hartford county, Md, bound
ing on the Susquehanna river, to John I.
BicknelI, for S3O.S7a, Also II acres OF
land, adjoining the ABOVE, to Isaac Morris
for $705.37s.
On MouIay Geo. A. Cairnes, auction
eer, sold for Messers. John IL. Price, j.
7. c. Hopkins and 5. A. Williams, trus-
tees, the large brick steam mill at Havre
de Grace to Mrssrs. Arthur Vosbury and
jesse Hilles, for $1,000.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
MURDERED BY THE STRIKERS.
From the Reading Eagle,
A DAY OF FUNERALS.

DAY of FUNERALS
Revs. Fritch, Davis and Jaeger preach
ed sermons at the funeral of the late John
Body, of Cumru, in his 77th year, buried
at Sinking Springs Church this morning.
About eighty carriages were in the cor
tege. Deceased was dressed in shroud
and the remains were laid in an elegant
casket. Undertaken E. s. Miller of this
city had charge. Mrs. Bausher furnished
the shroud.
The members of the Grand Army of
the Republic and Reading Rifles Drum
Corps attended the funeral, this morn
ing, of the late Milton Trace, who
was killed by the military, Mon
day night, at Seventh and Penn
street. Rev. Mosser preached the funeral
sermon at the house, No. 634 Minor st.
Interinent al Charles Evans Cemetery.
using the 9th street cars.
The remains of tie late Lewis G.. Hotf-
man, in the 23d year of his age, will be
buried this afternoon at d o'clock, at the
Aulenbach Cemetery. His body will be
conveyed from his late residence, 107
Chestnut street, to the U. b. Church,
9th street near Penn, where the pastor
will conduct tine services. Hoffman was
shot by the military Monday night.
The remains Of Howard Cramp, in his
10Th year, who was shot by the military,
were buried at the Charles Evans Gene.
terry, this morning, at III o'clock. Ser
vices at the res dence Of the parents, No.
324 South Ninth street. Rev. DIR.
Bausman, officiated at the funeral of Mr..
Cramp, and the sermon is highly spoken
of.
A large Lumber of sorrowing relatives
and friends followed the remains of Jas
j. Fisher to their last resting place in the
Aulenbach Cemetery. Deceased leaves
widow with children. the oldest
of whom IS IL years and the youngest 2
years.
The funeral of the late Daniel Mach
trich was largely attended The body
was dressed in white shroud, and ell
closed in black-cloth covered casket,
silver mounted.
The remains of the late Josiah NJ.
Eisenhower who fell dead Sunday night,
were buried this morning at the Charles
Evans Cemetery. Services were by Rev.
DR.. Schmuker, of the st. James Lutheran
Church, 5th and Chestnut streets. Repre-
sentatives of Mt. Penn Lodge of Odd
Fellows and a lodge of Good Fellows
were in attendance. Deceased was in
his 29th year and lived at 202 South 5th
street.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28

The Baltimore San says; at is calcu-
lated to make the reader rub his eyes to
find the Southern papers denouncing
what they call the 'pr esent reat rebel
lion at the North, Bnd advocating the
strengthening OF the powers of the Fed
eral Government by increasing the reg
ular army to enable it to deal with such
outbreaks. The Richmond Dispatch
contrasts with satisfaction the order
and the respect for law which has all
ways been shown by the artisans and
mechanics in Richmond, and in Virginia
generally, with the lawlessness and out
rage that attend nearly all the strikes
at the North, and especially that which
is still Incomplete The Richmond En-,
quirer upon the same subject says that
1t mas opposed the Administration of
President Hayes continuously, but will
Yield him a most heaI ty support at this
time in dealing with the current trou-
bles. Says that paper Let the Presi-
dent issue his call, and promptly the
gray will stand shoulder to shoulder
with the blue, an impenetrable bulwark
against which mob violence and Com
munism will lsh in vain
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28
TREES KILLED BY SALT.

The current number of the Lancaster
Farmer republishes paragraph original
ly printed in the Intellgencer, which
stated that the maple trees in front of
the residences of Alderman Amweg and
Mrs. Hawthorne had been presumably
Killed by salt waterthrown into thegutter
from neighboring ice cream saloon.
Commenting on the statement the scien-
tific editor of the Farmer, who had ex-
amined the trees, mi assured himself
that they had not been allied by insects,
says: 1t cannot always be even conjec-
tured what the real causes of such phe-
nomena are; because it would involve a
thorough and careful analysis of the soil
an operation that could only be satisfac-
torily performed by a chemical export,
even if laboratory and implements
were accessible.
But when no such laboratory exists,
except in a few of the most simple and
obvious cases, all must be left, more or
less, TO mere conjecture Such labora-
tory, with a competent person to manip-
ulate it, ought to be the object of every
county agricultural organization in the
State. The condition of agriculture, EN-
bracing horticulture, Horticulture and
sylviculIure, is becoming such in our
country, through the increase Of its pop
ulation and the draughts made upon the
land-and hence its depletion-that farm-
ing, fruit-growing and forestry will have
to be pursued more scientifically than it
has been In times past ami gone when
the soil was virgin and the population
sparse. Salt is very essential lngredi-
lent to the soil. if applied "when and
where" it is needed, and in the requisite
quantity. Like every other ingredient,
however, wherever it happens to exist in
excess, it is essentially hurtful; and, from
external appearances the damage to AL
derman Amweg's trees, is the effect of
too much salt without much doubt. and
this is rendered doubly probable, from
the fact of its being the discharge of an
ice cream freezer, as it is likely to have
been continued in its application, and
hence the trees, with all their previous
vigor of growth, were eventually COM
PEELED to succumb-illustrating that a
given quantity may be 'Smeat" to tree
or plant, but in excess of that it is "pois-
on" On one occasion we emptied the
contents of pork barrel, containing
strong brine and perhaps quart or two
of salt at the bottom, on a small grass
plot; soon after which snow fell upon
it and after the snow had melted away in
the spring the salt had disappeared. The
following summer no grass came up
where the brine and salt had been emp
tied, and for one or two years thereafter
the spot was conspcuously visible by the
absence or feeble growth of the grass,
but it subsequently, recovered and grew
as vigorously, if not more so, than it had
grown before.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-28

The nomination Iur Governor in Vir-
gi MA turns pretty largely on the question
of what to do with the State debt. The
debt is over SAC, ,000, 900, being the largest
State debt in the country, and what is
worse, it is growing larger every year
by the accumulation of unpaid interest.
the Legislature having taken the ground
that the people are too poor to pay an
interest tax. The republicans in the
the Gubernatonal contest is hrtween
Demo rats alone with General Malone.
a prominent ex- Confederate and railroad
manager, as the mos energetic and de-
mo nstrativs urges, with regard to the
debt, compromise of it on terms to be
proposed by the Legislature, AMI this
seems to be the scheme most acceptable
to the people aud most likely to be alop-
ted.-St. Louis Republican.