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The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03
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Man is by nature uomad: nor docs
he lose that character by civilization. Iu
primitive ages he wandered with his kind
IN hordes, from pasture land. or iu canoe.
from isle 90 isle. This condition afsoeis-
ty still exists ON the stcppes Of Asia
pr with the Indians of the West
As men gradually settled iu cities
they still continued the Unborn pr1
peusity for travelling for mutual rrl.
lection and society i'm caravans The
open hospitality which one or two we're
wont 10 find iu every tent was necessarily
inadequate 90 entertain several score 81
hundreds, and the caravausary, or chuitry
or khan, The same thing substantially.
under different names, was built for tho
accommodation of travellers, uHuriiug
shelter, but generally no more, the guest
being expected to carry with him beI-
ding and provisions. Men still travel
IN caravans, but generally not ou cqmcls.
the steamship, the railway train, convey
muiutudes from town 60 town. from land
70 land, a ccasclcss throng. infinitely
greater than ever weudcd across the Asi-
attic wilds, or fills the numerous and well
constructed inns which Marco Polo tells
Us were 50 common in Cathay. Inns
have kept pace with the increasing im-
Provements in locomotion, and have gmd-
ually been sublvidcd with the growing
wants Of society into various departments
from the alehouse or p0s1da suited t0 the
uneasy husband, who only wishes TO wan
der a few rods from home to the maguiG-
cent hotel, in itself miniature CITY, ac.
commodatlng thousands, and ministcrug
TO most OF the physical needs Of the pam-
pered scion Of these laFr ages.
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Recent POmPeiam Discoveries.

That comparatively so little of the
treasures Of the Pom peiani is found is
easily explained by the fact that the in
habitants who had escaped and thieves,
broke into the houses, especially between
the earthquake and the eruption, and
carried off all articles Of value. Most of
the houses have indications of these Wis
its in the modern mason work which
closes a hole. | am not aware that what
are called the "water castles" have been
sufficiently noted, perhaps for the rea-
son that most have been carelessly de
stroyed. One, however, has lately been
discovered, and propped up and bound
round with iron. They were buildings
for supplying the neighboring houses
with water. The top was large rdScd
to which water was carried up by leaden
pipes, a great number of which still lie
under the level of the ground. By
pipes the water was again distributed
from house to house from the Uascd.
The Sarno, which supplied it, still runs
underneath Pompeii, and its impurity
is evident from the deposits which have
been formed on the walls of the castle
its continued dropping has covered them
with kind of stalactite. Further ex-
animation shows that these deposits cor
respond exactly with the stone with
which a great part of Pompeii was built.
The stone was brought from Sarno, on
the river of the same name, which thus
supplied the inha with building
material and drinking water. The spot
on which excavations are actually car
ried on now is called the bathing estab-
lishment. 1t is an immense hall, and is
still half full of pumice-ston but in
the very center of the mass, after many
feet of soil had been removed, there
were found, last month, four human
skeletons, one of a woman, and by them
were the following precious objects,
which they were evidently carrying off
gold, two necklaces, consisting of 94
pieces, representing ivy-leaves, two ear
rings, a chain with an emerald In sill
yer, two casseroles, large looking glass,
three vases, ladle, six large spoons,
sixteen smaller spoons, two forms for
making pastry, like scallop shells; all
are well preserved and highly decorated.
They have been sent to. the museum,
but are not exhibited to the public
The Athen@um.
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EVER BELIEVE NE AFFECTION
ATELY YOURS"

Ever believe you true? ? Dear friend,
Your words so precious are that
CaR but repeat them Ger aad Or,
Ana Kiss the paper where they lie.
How shall thank you for this pledge,
This sweet assurance. which DESTROYS
lhe doubt that you my love repaid.
And changes all my fears to joys?
Ever believe You true? / eriIlt
hold You TO his written gagel
ms shall console me, now you're gone:
Still next my heart I'll bear the page;
3y day and night where'er | 90,
1t shall my priced companion be;
And if a thought would 'gainst YOU rise,
This from all blame shall set you free.
All. need | say, believe me true?
on know how tender, yet how strong,
ms hearts emotions are. how half
OF all its throbs to you belong;
How faln'twouid burst its prison-walls
10 nesting beat against your own;
How joyous twas when you were near,
How sadly yearning now, alone.
Ay, till the weary life is done,
Though we again may never meet,
Let's not forget the bygoue days
That like a dream passed, swift and
sweet;
Still let thy knowledge of my love
Thy faith in humankind renew;
Let that great love still for me plead,
And, TO the last, believe me truel
Chambers Journal.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03

From the Abingdon Standard

From the Abingdon Standard.
Glade Springs, in this county, was on
Monday thronged by Virginia farmers
from all parts of the surrounding country, !,
to witness the balloon ascension Ac-
cordng to announcement, the travelling
show of Prof. III. Hoffman made its ap
Pearance and prepared for exhibition
! Their large iron furnace was put to work
and the balloon hoisted over it BY means
OF two poles on either side forty feet high.
The balloon was infamed by means Of
wood and kerosene oil, with a small
quantity Of gasoline added. Mr. Hainur,
the aeronaut, said, 81 want more gas this
| time. Two pints more Of oil were put
IN, and when exhausted, the damper to
the furnace was shut down then he
jumped into his position, and like an ar
row the great air ship shot upward, car
rying its human freight dangling at its
end 1t had ascended some 300 feet,
and while the actor was performing on a
horizontal bar, hanging by his feet with
head down, waving his handkerchief to
the nervous audience below, the patched
and dilapidated cavass split from bottom
to top with a report that was heard miles
away. No sooner had the gas escaped
than the balloon collapsed and came
shooting down as swiftly as it had darted
up. The aronaut saw his situation, and
quick as lightning regained his hand
hold, and began to man@uvre to dodge
telegraph wire and post toward which he
was falling. This he succeeded in doing
striking the ground with terrible force,
which bounced him up to be caught and
pressed down by the balloon. All of
this was the work of a moment. The
crowd was literally paralyzed, women
sickening and fainting, and men unable
in their horror to move. The compan-
ions of the unfortunate man stood riveted
to the ground, and not until some citizens
undertook to move the canvass did they
stir. The man was found to be alive
and conscious, but dreadfully bruised and
maDgled. He was calm and cool, and
described his feelings as, descending, he
saw and felt death staring him in the
face. He was taken to the hotel, where
both Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson did all in
their power to relieve his suffering. At
III O'Clock P. NJ. he paid the penalty of
death for his recklessness. His name is
Frank Hainur, from Warren, Ohio.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03
THE Sun DANCE.
How Indian Youths Save Them
selves from Becoming s.SquaNVs."

Cor. New Haven Register.l
But few OF the readers of the Regis
ter have had a chance to see Indian life
and manners as they exist in the Far
West 10 day. At Camp Robinson, Spot
ted Tail Agency, and at various other
points embraced in the command of Gen.
L. P Bradley, Of your city, may be seen
many of the peculiar features Of savage
life, the ''sun dance" and other religious
ceremonies observed by the remnants Of
what were formerly famous tribes. About
half of Gen. Bradley's wards are the
wild fellows from the North who have
always been at war with the whites until
this year, and they have as yet all their
old wild customs and tastes. Some of
them are strikingly handsome men, even
in their uncouth dress. Touch the
Cloud" "White Thunder" " Spotted
TAIL" "Washington, |'Black Coal"
and "Y elbow Bear" are models of ply
sical beauty in face and form, and great
number of the young men are very hand
some; they would attract attention in any
company and in any dress. Your cor
respondent went out in Crazy Horses WI
lage last month to see the "sun dance"
performed. This is religious affair,
and the ceremonies consist of various
tortures, such as cutting gashes in the
the arms and breasts and dancing under
the hot sun till the victims are exhausted
or faint under the trial. They are pre-
pared for these pleasant exercises by
three days of rigid fasting, not being al
lowed to taste food or drink for that time.
The chief actors in the dance were pre-
pared for it by having knife run through
the thick muscles of the breast, and
strong wooden skewer inserted. To this
was tied strong buckskin rope about
fifty feet long, the ropes being all fast
ened to a pole set in Il e center of the
dancing ground. At a given signal all
the dancers go at it, and more honest or
vigorous dancing you never saw. Those
tied to the pole have to tear out the skew
ers fastened in their breasts, and this is
Of course the greatest trial of all, and it
can only be done by throwing the whole
weight of the body on the pole until the
flesh gives way. One Of the victims
tainted dead away before he could free
himself from the rope, and some of his
friends Immediately tore it out to save
him from disgrace, the Indian law being
rigid that any one who fails to bear the
trial of having the rope torn out is for
ever after a squaw and not a warrior.
During these performances the Indian
drums are beaten furiOusly, and loud
whistles are blown to keep up the cour-
age of the dancers, while the mothers,
sisters and sweathearts of the sufferers
stand near and sing their praises in plain
tiff songs. The Indians treated their
visitors politely and even Hospitality. We
took coffee with them, and ate fried cake,
declining the stewed dog which was Of
tered with them We were much inter
ested in the "sun dance" as it is seldom
a white man has had chance to see one,
because many of the prominent men en-
gagged in it were known by reputation as
dangerous enemies of the white men only
a little time since. They were the very
fellows who annihilated Clusters com
mand, year ago.
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| wo Dollars a Year.

Dili Emmons- The latter was equal
- the OCCASION however, for he repli-
''Well, SO long rs I've got Barbara.
| don't mind having yours, and then
he added quickly: II say. Dan. Won and
l are two fellows of remarkable good
% Barbara difficulty about her step
mother future as we'll as her own was
removed for her entirely, and, curiously
enough, Dan Grover spent the remain
der Of his natural life in the unbroken
assurance that neither he nor his admir-
able wife had ever known but one love.
-Harper's Bazar.
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Race Between ~ Pigeon and n
Locomotive.

The French police the other day wish
ed to forward as quickly as possible an
important document from Dover to Lon
don. distance of seventy-six and one
half miles as the crow flies. 1t was de-
termined to make trial of speed between
a carrier pigeon and the Continental Mail
Express. The police secured "Bel-
gian voyager" and the railroad company
selected their fastest engine. The pig
con and the train were started at the
same moment. The bird Immediately
rose to a great altitude, for minute or
two circled about, and then took a straight
course for London. By the time the
train was at fall speed, going at the rate
of so miles per hour-a mile for every
minute. The delay of the bird had given
the train officials confidence in their own
success. But high above them, swept on
by the west wind, and guided by its won
derful instinct, the little messenger kept
its course, and when the train reached
Cannon street, London, the pigeon had
been twere twenty minutes time al
lowance of eighteen miles.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03
Petty Sayings.
Ideas are pitiless. s.-Lamartine.

Ideas are pitiless.
Kindness gives birth to kindness. =
Sophocles.
1t is lost at dice what ancient honor
won.-Shakspeare.
Wine has drowned more than the sea.
-PuDlius Syrus.
By woman we first were taught the
wheedling arts.-Gay.
Nothing routs US but the vilIainy OF
our fears.-Shakspeare.
Faithfulness and sincerity are the high
est things--Confucius.
From the lowest depth there is a path
to the loftiest height.-Carlyle.
You have greatly ventured, but all
must do so who would greatly win.-By-
ron.
We may despise the world, but we
can not do without it.-Baron Wessen-
berg.
A willing heart adds feather to the
heel, and makes the clown a winged
Mercury.-Joanna Baillie.
knowledge is proud that he has learn
ed SO much! Wisdom is humble that he
knows no more--CowPer.
The manner of q vulgar man has free
dom without ease, and the manner of q
gentleman has ease without freedom
Chesterfield.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03
Odd. and Ends

FIsH are never found mapping, though
rocked Gin the cradle Of the deep
ACroRs, like Arabs previous 10 taking
the road, invariably prepare their dates.
IsS'r it funny that the inventor Of the
telephone married a deaf and dumb la-
dy?
81 Lo, the poor Indian, whose untutor-
ed mind"
Makes him at present very hard to find.
AN auctioneer is ready 10 do the bid
ding of any man. For him a nod "a na
good as a wink.
THOSE who are out Of work will ba
gratiied to know that there is plenty of
snow to shovel in Idaho.
A TEXAS editor heads one Of hia a.
partments, "Ansers 30 Correspondent =
What goose be must be.
"FvE come to stay, as the oor.st.r,-
ker announced, when he advsrtfsna fr-
arrival in q country villaFo,
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03
Cupid Brings Down Some Old
GESm
From the Memphis Appeal. ]

From the Memphis Appeal
If the decrepit old couple had come in
to leave their measures for their coffins it
would not have seemed so strange, but
they were there instead to be married.
The old man counted his years by scores,
and ran them up to four score and five,
while the old woman beside him was
scarce ten years his Junior. The bride
groom bore himself with dignity; the
bride, in quiet modesty, leaned upon his
arm. His old black head was bald to
the center, and around the shining ebony
fringe of snowy wool clustered. I'm
der the heavy chin another fringe of
white stood guard over his tall collar
He stood erect and grave. 1t was a
picture of the old regime.
esquire, we is here ter be married,
sab" he said.
"Your names?"
"They's on this yer" pulling license
from his pocket. ''Es yer will see, sab;
they is Liza Douglass for this lady an
Brster Spriver for me, sab. [ hopes
dem papers is right"
Perfectly" said the Squire. "A
rather aged couple, eh, uncle?"
ewes turned many row in de fieP of
life. sab; but we's not done fur yit I
kin foller de plow or handle de hoe jes
de same as de younger degen@ashun,
sab. An fur dis yer lady, de Lord
help yer, sab, she's as young and spry as
de chillen what katches de spring chicken
fur dinner. We's good fur many's and
msnY's day, sah."
Esquire Egnew tied the old hands fast
together, and said kind word of con-
graduation.
"Thank you, sab, said the old man.
The little old woman In her neat while
dress courtesied, and the pair walked
down the steps, got into their old spring
wagon and drove slowly off.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03
ROCK OF AGES.

"Rock OF Ages, cleft for me-"
Thoughtiessly the IN alden sung:
Fell the ords unconseiously
From her girlish gleeful tongue.
Sang as little children sing;
Sang as sing the birds in June:
Feil the words like light leaves down
On the current of the tune
Rock OF Ages, cleft for me-
Let me hide myself in thee
Let me hide myself in Thee"
Felt her sOui no need TO hide;
Sweet the song as song could be,
Aud she had no thought beside
All the words unheedingly
Fell from lips untouched by care,
Dreaming not they each might be
On some other lips prayer
'Rock of Ages. cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me-
Twas woman sung them now,
Sung them slow and YEARLY
Wan hand on her aching brow.
Rose the song as storm tossed bird
Beats with weary wing the air;
Every note with sorrow stirred,
Every syllable IA prayer
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee"
Rock of Ages, cleft for me-"
Lips grown aged sung the hymn,
Trustingly aud tenderly;
Voice grown weak and eyes grown dim
Let me hide myself in Thee
Trembling though the voice and low,
Ran the sweet strain peace fully,
Like river in its flow.
Sung as only they can sing
Who life's thorny paths have pressed;
Sung as only they can sing
Who behold the promised rest
= Rock Of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee"
Rock of Ages, cleft for me-
sung above a COfffn-lid;
Underneath, all restfuily,
All lifc's joys and sorrows hid.
NCyermore, . storm tossed soul!
Nevermore from wind or tide;
Nevermore from pillows roll
Wilt thou ever need to hide,
Could the sightless, sunken eyes,
Closed beneath the soft gray hair;
Could the mute and stiffened lips
Move again in pleading prayer,
Still, aye still, the words would be,
Let me hide myself in Thee"
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03

Wine maketh the hand quivering, the
eye watery, the night quiet, lewd dreams,
a sinking breath in the morning, and an
utter forgetfulness in all things.-Pliny.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03

Discretion and hardy valor are the
twins of honor, and, nursed together,
make conqueror; divided, but talker.
Beaumont and Fletcher.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03

However dull woman NAV be, she
will understand all there is in love how
ever intelligent man may be, he viii
never know but half of it-Madame
Fee.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03

There are some persons on whom their
faults sit well, and others who are made
ungraceful by their good qualities. s.-Ro-
chefOucauld.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03

IF q man empties his purse into his
head, no man can take it away from him.
An investment in knowledge always pay
the best interest. Franklin.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03

He that dose base thing in zeal for
his friend burns the golden thread that
ties their hearts together. Tay-
lor.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03

Honor is like an island, rugged and
without landing place: we can never
more re enter when we are once outside
Of it.-Bolleau.
The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03

Fear is the white-lipped sire of sub
terfuge and treachery.-Mrs. Sigourney.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-09
The following are the quotations
Hsv York Produce Market

NEW YORK, Aug. 8.
FLouR--Receipts of ll,452 bushels. Market
Sales OF 14Goo bushels. No. at
g. 5o@4 IS; superfne western and state at
- 1905 90; common to good extra western
western and state at 60 1906 25; common to
choice white wheat western extra at 50 80
G ,s 5sss Common to good extra e1I[s obo
at - 1907 49, common to choice extra st.
Louis at t5 SOa9 50 patent Minnesota extra
good toprime at 81 1909 rs; choice to double
wHEAT-Recelpts of 1850 bushels. Market
for spot dull, much lower and unsettled; fu-
turts l92c lower and fairly active. Sales OF
10000 bushels. Ungraded spring at 81 4sa
5Oh; new red and amber western at 81 45Sl SO:
extra new white state at 81 5oa1 81.
rive at 69970c; state to arrive at S56S6c.
BARLKY-Market nominal.
CoRN.-Receipts OF s6,bsT bushels. Market
for spot, steamer and No. steady and in fair
demand; low grades quiet and easier; futures
H@xe lower and moderately active. Sales or
2s2,vvo bushels. Hot and warm western mixed
at t485S; ungraded western mixed at 5Sk
@eoAc; steamer mixed at 59@5eEc New York
No. at 60a6OHc, the latter for strictly prime.
oATs;.-Receipts Of 2a,s95 bushels. Market
Sales of $1,000 bushels, Mixed west.
srn and state at 26K@@5oc; white western and
state including unme. charitable at s5H@67c;
NewYork No. 2 at 92c; do. white at 4os42c; No.
Q Milwaukee so called at SOC; mixed state at
4e@4sc; white state at oo@57c; new mixed
lcAdo dI otC ullOdls ooC uOCh.
HAY.-Market steady. Sales OF new and old
at 6o@75 for shipping.
H0Ps-Quiet. Sales OF eastern at G@9c
western at 6a9c New Yeorh at G@l2c; Cali.
fornia nominal at s912c.
CoFFEE.-Rio in moderate demand; car
goes at l6x @2o2tc gold; job lots at 161t ta2lAc
gold
SuGAR-Dull, heavy and nominal; sHss,.c
for fair TO good refining; &C for prime; reiined
quiet at l01sc for standard A 1l@1lxc for
GGrr,a9JDnlated: Gr,9JDn Ike for powdered: 1lllc for
NoLAssEs-Dull at 4o@57c for Porto
Rico; <oCa55c for New Orleans.
RICE-Steady. Sales at 5&@7c for Louisiana ;
6STc for Carolinas.
PKTRoLEUh-Market dnil and heavy. Sales
OF crudeat 71Ic; refined at l4c.
TkLLOw-market steady. Sales OF SO, 900
pounds prime at SJS@s 3-l6.
EaaB.-Heavy. Sales OF state and Pennsyl-
vania at lTc; 14@16Hc for western.
PoRK.-Market dull. Sales OF new mess at
S14 0o@l4 10.
4 hBBBP-Quiet.
LARD-Market lower. Sales old prime steam
at 30 90; new prime steam at 50 05a9 10.
BUTTKR-Market steady. Sales at l0@22c for
western 13924c forstate.
CHKKsE-Market heavy. Sales at bal0c
for common TO prime.
LNsEED-Market quiet at 20a20k gold.
WHIsKY-Quoteda at 81 l2al l2H.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-09
Sitting Bulls Voice Still for War.

ASHlNUTONJ AuR. o.
The secretary of state has forwarded to
the secretary of the interior a letter dated
the Gath ult., from James w. Taylor,
United States consul at Winnipeg, giving
an account of the hostile Sioux under Sit
ting Bull, who recently took refuge in
British possessions. Taylor says they are
at present near Wood Mountain, and that
he estimates their number at 5000, 1000
of whom are warriors. Other parties, he
says, who have seen them, estimate the
total number of souls at 1000, and warriors
at 1900. The Indians make no secret of
their intention to renew the campaign in
the Yellowstone Valley, and seem deter
mined to get ammunition, even resorting to
threats to obtain it. On the 2Si of June,
near Sitting Bulls encampment, a war
party of 27 Sioux robbed some traders of
three kegs of powder and one bag Of bull
let's. Besides Sitting Bulls band there Is
an equal number OF Sioux refugees from the
Minnesota massacre of 1852, and over
whom Sitting Bull seems to exercise much
influence
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-09
The Eastern War.

sERVIA AND GREECE ON THR WAR PATE.
VIENNA, Aug. 8.
1t is reported that Russia has succeeded
in inducing Servia and Greece to stimuli
taneously declare var against Turkey.
THE ozAR ATTENDING TO MATTERS.
PARIS, Aug. 8.
The Journal des Debats announces that
the czar has just recrossed the Danube.
This may be true without having any bear
ing on military matters, as Prince Gorts-
cbakoff and the staff are at Bucharest.
RUSSIAN REINFoRoEMRNIs.
BUCHAREST, Aug. 8.
The Russian troops around Plevna have
been reinforced and now number 10000.
The Roumanian army, numbering $4,000,
which is now passing to Nikopolis, will
form the extreme right OF the force.
TURKS REPULsED.
LONDON, Aug. 8.
Five thousand Turkish cavalry attacked
the Russians between Lascar, a village near
Plevns, and the river Rusica The Rus
slams, who occupied the fortified line, and
who now outnumber the Turks, repulsed
them without difficulty, but made no effort
to follow, as Grand Duke Nicholas does not
wish to waste the energy of his troops in
partial engagements.
WAR NOTES.
1t is stated that large numbers of Rus
sian troops are crossing the Danube on
pontoons to the neighborhood of Tur-
tukai. High winds and heavy rain have
swollen the river and made the nttopapt to
throw bridge across hazardous.
Two monitors taken at Nikopolis are
now ready for action. 1t is believed they
will be directed against the Turkish mon
itor at Rustchuk, which is damaged and
short of coal.
The Russians have been repulsed twice
at Jasla, south of Rasgrad. The battle
was bloody on both sides.