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FEARFUL STRUGGLE WITH Il SNAKE
(Kansas City Mail)

Sam johnson, of this city, formerly Deputy
constable, has had the care of an immense
snake of the boa-constrictor species. This
animal was left in Johnson's charge by the
proprietor of a side-show. The snake ad been
SICK, and fearing that it would die if it was
carried about from place to place, it's owner
maze an arrangement with johnson to take
care OF it until such time as it should be sent
t Sr. Two or three nights ago, when the wea
T nSr turned 80 suddenly and severely cold,
S oOnnson found that the boa was benumned and
o PptpSSieSHtly half dead. With q strange disre-
srai,o VI oonSe quences, he took the haIf-frozen
1or1e rom rom it's box and placed it in his own
sa+.,I oeu from which he had risen. He then
sbo.,IS TO bed, intending, when the snake
SoS,Iit. revive from its chilled and benumbed
IN ;u.S 10 replace it in it's box, johnson
I lnEo oeep sleep. From his sound slumber
StionS awakened by horrible eense of suffo
If in 1 tSo bis chest. He swoke to find him
bcb b .ns terrible coils of the boa constructor
nte nna az oo oeen warmed TO life. The unfortu-
n dan, oou9nrehended in an instant his fear
broS o great drops of sweat started to
spair bo %, OF his peril. With the energy of
d with jEnasped the snake with both hands,
] at last in ost superhuman strength succeed
Is body d., unooIling its hateful folds from
pOx, and safeigg ged the struggliug boa to it's
o"'eIy secured it in fts old quarters.
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Adding this to tue vote ALREADY sho,U, Cor
lllden, NO have as the total popular vote of
ne country received by nim ,252, l72. Itap
hesrly $50 172 white men that he bs" Sr %
oAbly three quarters of million more " hits
votes than Governor Hayes; that he has over
& wy OOO votes in the States which fnrnished
Hon, and about 1000 900 votes In the States
which were in rebellion.
In none OF the Northern Hayes States are the
in Wisconsin they are 1913 to 100, in PennsyI-
vania 366 to 364, in Ohio (the home of Governor
Hayes) they are 324 TO $50, in California as to
7S; even in Illinois they are 25S to 277.
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| INcoMBUsTIBLE STAGE SCENERY-Mr. Bouci-
cGult has added another claim to the gratitude
of bis fellow-creatures in addition to that they
still owe him as author and actor. Scarcely
has the deep sympatby with sufferers and sur-
viving relatives whom the ravages of the ter
rife fire at the Brooklyn Theatre had con-
sumed and beresved than, without any more
ado, or mystery, effort to make money by
his information, he gratuitously informs every
one how stage scenery, wood, canvas. and ali,
may be made iusensibls to the attack of fire.
and gave experimental proof of it in Wallack's
Theatre. The process is uot, as we believe, Mr.
Boucicault's invention, but he may now claim
to have fist brought it into use where his play
of Tine Shaugrsun' is being represented The
process is exceedingly simple, and consists in
celebrating the articles with n solution of
tnDgstate of soda. Printing them with siIicate
of soda appears to have completely the effect
of placing them in 80 satisfactory salamauder
state that body of flame rs thick as q mans
body turned upon them reduced them, indeed,
to a fine ash, but was quite incapable of
making them fare up. SO now there will be a |
great demand for tuugstate and silioate of
soda, aud the dealers therein may be expected |
to raise the price in order to make the means /
of saving human lives 90 costly as possible to l
the theatre leasoes and propFietor5,--M. 7. |
Tablet
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President Grant apeeks of these States as if
tney had gone for Hayes by unauimons vote
but we hnd in these Union States 74S O23 men
who voted for TIlden.
In the niDe States which were carried BIZ
Iilden, and which contributed volunteers TO
the Union army, bis popular yn,., il "a f,lIovrs
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THE 'LOYAL" STATES
louisville Courier Journal.

ILoulkNlIIe Courior Journal.
In his most recent utterauces President
Grant has endeavored to make it appear that
If there should be resistance to his design of
naming and installing his successor, it Will be
but the breaking out of the old rebellion. He
8Puts his suggestion in this shape: Governor
Hayes represents the party that carried in the
late election all but four of the States that
FURNISHED means for the impression of the
bellion, and Governor Tilden carried all but
three of those which sought to destroy the
the composition of the army which he once
commanded, or he has here attempted 10 mis-
lead the public Governor TtIdeu carried nine
States which furnished meaus for the suppress
sion of the rebellion. Ho much these nine
States furnished for that pur pose may be seen
from the folio wing table of the nun Der of VOL
unteers each furnished Ito the Union army on
the call of President Lincoln. The fgurea are
taken from tho report of the Provost Marshal
General of The United States army, made at
the close of She war:
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or the etn aa gold is the sweet repose
Better tbpn VI VI ioll when their labors close.
And the bsi Eo 20 ls the poor man's sleep,
Where SnSeplna araught 90 tho DOWN ia ''P
His sin,rial1 y ptiloWe HE schinr heaa
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According to the report of the Provost Mar
shal General the total number of men furnished
In response to tho Gala of President Lincoln
YVES 1850 500. Tt appears, therefore, that the
States carried By Tiideu, among those which
furnished means for The suppression of the re-
bellion, supplied about twofifths of the army
of the Union. These nine States constitute
one-third of the number of States which fur
.nished means for the purpose referred to, and
therefore Finished more soldiers proportion
ately to the number than did the Union States
carried by Hayes.
Let us now look at Tilden's popular vote in
the States which adhered to tie Union cause
and which were carried by Hayes in the recent
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premiums for the year ending pr - 1876 $3.50
Sses paio within the year III AS IS
IL u rived for unterminated risks, April 80,
........................... 5000 20
Net Fronts for the year. 81, Coz 30
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Adding the Tlden vote in these nine state,
TO tt o Democratic vote in the Union States
carried Wy Hayes, have an aggregate of
3. 1852 3O1 mGn the States which fuFnjshed
IN cans for the suppression of the rebellion who
voted for Iildep, who believe he is 81. cted and
who seem determined to see Eim mao puratcd
Turning NOW to the States to which Presi.
dent Grant refers as having been in rebellion
We ind the following exhibit of the Damocra.
tic vote:
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INSURANCE.
FACTORS AND TRADERS
INSURANCE COMPANY,
81 ----.-.-..-. Carondslet Street.
INSURANCE.


N y ,s rxed lor uhtermnated risks April 80 -,
| Net Prsnts for the wear "a" COR ~
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| -
ASSETS, April 30, 1876. 3ss 655 40
|
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RIVER ana Marine Risks ut current rates Of premium
| 4. PALFRkY, Presdont'
JOHN ChAFFE' Vice Iresidenti
Aho"As r, mALhHh' secretary
w 1o, 1 80
John Noble r Lytt INon
John Chahe II SnowdeD.
John warren Josen , Mc,E,,ov
* ) Brokner Is whoelock
A n w rieaIahaeF' Hyrus Bussey,
John 1 Adau-s r F irsc5eIman
IsIac cheTok. VIC Black.
a 81 ~ ~ nln'e'eS ShaLles Chahe,
sSIn Gun S' Vim 11srtH mIIu'ey'
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SANDS OF GOLD.

Speaking without thinking is shoot
ing without taking aim,
Stones and idle words are things
not to be thrown atrandom.
Lawyers are the virtures that hover
over perishing fortunes.
Habit uniformly and constantly
strengthens all our active exertions.
BY an agreeable anil respectful de-
pertinent a good reputation is gained.
The more We help others to bear
their burdens the lighter our own will
be.
1t 10 more wise to prevent quarrel
beforehand than to revenge it after
wards.
A good name win wear out bad
name may be turned but anickname
lasts forever. ad
II you would not have affection to
visit you twice, listen at once to what
it teaches. 'F
They who wish to build up the
structure of happiness must lay vir-
| tue as the foundation stone. y
When fish is wounded, other fish
fall upon and devour him. There's
some human nature in fishes.
Acknowledging we have been in
the wrong is only showing that we
are wiser to-day than yesterday. .
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goetry.
HAYES IN uADES.

HAYES IN HADES.
The fraudulent Chief Magistrate sat
weeping bitter tears,
For Chic, Democratic, raised q train
of fdreadful fears,
And he wondered if the people were
his vassals or his peers.
And while he was thus deploring the
current of affairs,
Cursing Matthew's delusions and
John Sherman's glittering snares.
Lo! the Prince of Darkness entered
ana took him unawares.
In the language of philosophy, and
philosophy must know,
The dreaded Prince of Darkness In q
gentlemanly foe,
And he spoke to Hayes in accents
melodious and low.
Saving, "Come, my gallant comrade.
to the regions down below,
There I'll show you where hereafter
you'll be pretty sure to 60"
And, thoue h Hayes was quite rclue
tant, he did not dare say no.
Then the Devil led his eomrade to re
gions rather warm,
Saving, ..Here's Q confagrstion tha
may work grand reform
As at the Patent Ofice-if foliowes
by Storm"
But as they went on further tn
mercury arose;
There was shade and GOODNESS NO
where, and great grew Hayes
woes,
As the fierv caloric popped the corn
upon his toes.
Yet the heat kept on increasing, an
the flames ran up his shins,
And he clasped his hands togethe
and thought OF oil his sins;
And loudly laughed the Devil, as h
only laughs who wins.
Hayes smete his branded forehead
| and jurked his fraudulent heel
And tripped the light fantastic i
| amazing jigs and ecls,
And the Devil slyly asked him, "Ho
do YOU think ii fce.s?"
Then Hayes walked Of a sudden al
rubbed his fraudulent eyes.
Like one who lately swallowed su
per of mince pies,
With q fabulous, monstrous numt'
of Ohio election lies.
.rn take" quoth Hayes, "son
Bourbon for my suffering stoI
ach's sake;
Thus advised the good apostle, al
the pledge l will not break;
Now I'm fairly out of trouble!' B
he made great mistake.
In the roaring halls of Congress, tn
wretched Hayes shall get
From the flames Of indignation he
ter scorching yet,
Till ms thoughts turn back to Had
with sensations of regret.
New York Su
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gAistella,.eoas.
A VERY NARROW ESCAPE.
A BACKwOODs STORY.

A BACKwOODS STORY.
81 tell you it's an awful thing to go
through" said Tom Mopson--"a
mans last night on earth when he
knows he's got to be hung in the
morning."
s'Why, were you ever in that hx !'
inqsired one of the listeners.
sIf you'd like to hear it, said
Tom, "I'll tell you the story"
BY general invitation he proceeded
first replacing his quid with fresh
one.
sIt's now more'n thirty years."
said Tom, "since / took a notioa TO
90 and settle, in the kackwoods."
seThere wasn't another cabin with
IN five miles O. mine, which made 1t q
little lone whiles; but it's q COED
thing to be out o. reach O. bad COM
pany, and / always liked an inde'
pendent life--so, on the whole, got
along quite comfortable.
"One night as was putin out
the light after sayin' my prayers afore
goin' to bed, there came a quick KNOCK
at the door.
81 hurried to open it, when mar
staggered in. His look was wild ano
This face pale.
sHelp! help!'' he gasped; "Pn
afraid I've got nay death wound!"
81 caught him in my arms, and hal
carried him to bed.
sits here" he said, when 1 lai'
him down, placing his hand on hi
breast.
"ouick as could, / tore open hi
clothes and close by the spot where
could see his heart beatin was aroun
red mark, with a slow stream {
blood tricklin' from it. I'd seen bu
let wounds afore, and know'd at one
what was the matter.
81 feel I'm dyin" said the strang'
!, after layin' awhile with his eye
= shut. -
81 hope not, says lid 60 for
but there's none nigher'n Il
miles.
ri "T'wouldnFt be no use," says u
Il aNo doctor could get at where {
1 trouble is. I'm film mp with blo'
i inside, and it'll soon choke me-"
II 81 know'd what he meant.
was shot in the chest, and was bies
ing inwardly.
ssThese's one thing 4 want You
do" says he, on your word Of hor
I. to dying nlan." ~
ssWAat Is IT." says /.
sswill You give your word 20
it?" says hes.
II win, 2 says I, f'ifit's anyth
an honest man may do"
/ i
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WHAT WOULD DO.

If were . 10y again ! would have
no dealing with tobacco in any form
J MY friend Pipes tells me he is such a
martyr to cigar boxes that his hfe is
la burden. The habit of smok-
ling has become such a tyrant that he
/ carries C tobacco bowsprit at his
damp, discolored lips every hour O
] the day, and he begs me to warn al
/ the boys of my acquaintance, ant
!. say to them emphaticaily. "Don'
. learn to smoker' He tells me tina
from long habit Of smoking he Is com
PEELED to forego much that is pleasan
In existence.
Poor Pipesl he is z sad warming 3
those who are learning to use the I'm
t mannerly weed.
4 wOAAN's DRIVING. 3:
4 ssNo woman should drive who car
mot distinguish shy from SYM
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ETIQUETTE.

'sThe slight and agreeable varia-
tions in the usages of well-bred peo-
ple may be compared to the different
parts of melody. Etiquette pre-
vents the agony of uncertainty and
soothes the pains of bashfainess. 1t
is like well, built up around us, to
protect us from disagreeable people,
who refuse to take the trouble to be
/ civil ,, E4%
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toms of blind staggers no woman rr
should drive who can't fasten a tie
strap; neither should one drive who !,
lets the reins go tiippety-fap on the
horses back.
For. the credit of womankind, know
what You are about when you attempt
the slightest feat of horsemanship.
Be brave and calm; take up common
sense with your reins, and resolution
with your whip, and never for a mo-
ment allow mere animal to make
you forget your human superiority"
LITTLE TRUTH. G
$50 you've come down to attend
the adversary meetings." said the old
lady, as she surveyed the two valises
and the basket and the owner Of them,
a gentleman in black, with a ghostly-
looking neck-cloth. 4
"Ahv' said he, "the adversary we
meet, we subdue with the weapons of
the spirit
'tThat's jnst what dear Deacon
S-said when he captured the
crazy Ingep, says he: I'n subdue
him with the sword of the spirit He
was such a queer man! These meet
ings are excellent for converting
heathens and saving the lost, and ! do
hope they will try and save a few
more, of their, own that need teaching.
There is great many that want
looking after more than the heathens
do, and we must look after our own
first, or be worse than infidels.
And the good old lady resumed her
knitting.
f"3 ir q. THIS WORLD. 1a2 r, i'i,3 .5'I
s'It is many things to its many
dwellers, this world is. 1t home
it is a worship; it is a place of amuse-
. nent; it is school, with trouble and
pain for teachers for the devout, it
!, is church to worship in; and for
, those that have eyes to see, it is the
wisdom, and the glory, and the love
. of God"
LAY, thou art welcome, heavens de-
licious breath! --.s ---~
When woods begin to wear the
crimson leaf, Z
r And suns grow meek, and the
f meek suns grow brief,
K And the year smiles, as it draws near
q its death; fute
Wind of the sunny South! oh, still
delay aaa. -aaHHf-5,a .
y In the gay woods, and in the gol
Il den air,
y Like to a good old age, released
T. from care, i 9a
Journeyihg, in long serenity, away
< In such bright, late quiet woult
r. that
Might wear out life like thee, mi,
bowers and brooks.
Anu, ueareF ySt, tne suHsihuc "
kind looks, ,e a..
And music of kind voices ever nigh
And when my last sand wrinkles il
," the glass, ##3G
Pass silently from men, as thou dos
pass"
), ODD THOUGHTS.
"To some minds, education is like
the notion of dress-somethine
which should be literally trimmed
4 which should have its rough edge
bound, its basting-threads pulled, s.
l. as to give no hint of process, ant
then worn and displayed to the bes
advantage - ~,
"Human beings, like the ground
must be plonghed and narrowed be
- fore they are in receptive condltio,
before it is any good to sow see
in them." -aa+
ID ''IIe who boasts that his heart ha
remained whole, confesses that h
has only q prosaie, out-of-the-way
a. corner heart"
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.No woman should drive who can
not distinguish q shy from symp-
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1877-10-25

CAur1oS TO CoRxEk LoAFEns.-Tt
is said BY good-natnred contempo-
rary, that young men who hang
arounp the corners Of our streets.
very often hang in different manaer
when they grow up.
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4" SIT is many things to its many
this world is. tits home;
it is worship; it is a place of amuse-
nent; it is a school, with trouble and
pain for teachers; for the devout, it
is q church to worship in; and for
those that have eyes to see, it is the
wisdom, and the glory, and the love
of God"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1877-10-25

lissMy son." said an indulgent faith
er to the only representative of him.
self, ssyou should always think three
times before you speak. One day,
as the father and son were standing
at the fire, the formers coat tail
caught fire without his noticing It
The son thought he would think 9
little and said:
ssFather, think. -
tsWell, what, my son?"
ssBut, father, / Ithlnk.'
"What do You thinkl"
o"Why, father, ! think your Goa
Itsips on fre," cried he, getting ou
of the room, for fear OF feeling N
fathers cane.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1877-10-25

Dialogue in a horse-car, written
down verbatim by hearer. First
womarl-''Now don't you tell one
word of it, viii you? ! promised
never to mention it, Second wo-
man--''No, indeed!' First woman
'.Youlknow Sarah can't keep any
thing to herself, but have the genius
for keeping things qaieti'' etc., etc.
tll in way to be heard by every:
zone in the car.
New-York tribune., 1877-08-09

course, the letter was denied, aud the newspaper
suppressed for having circulated false news"
The editor appealed, condemned by dcianit
two days ago. and has cxled himself till the 363
are returned to the Assembly.
But now. as TO the letter itself need not tel
You that VI. Thicrs (who alone could hayo done so)
gave no letter Of the Nlarshaps into any strangers
hand, neither did any OF those around him ; but
letter of Marshal MacMah0n's 80 ". Ihiers was COM
mtted to memory by one OF tbGso who had occasion
to read it ify times, and repeated verbatim 10 tho
editor OF The EGdcl. Consequently con-
dcmnation 10y defaul; was inevitable. Bat this is
not the only letter of this kind. Marshal 3lachahen
not only wrote his expressions of gratitude to NJ
ThIers more tham once bat til the inqaitons con
spirscy of May '73, and the temporary victory of
the Brosie-Buio; mtIigues he was forever eNprt>s-
ing his gratitude verbally. forever repeating
loudly: Il owe everything to VI. Ihier';
when ne restored me 10 command over
the Paris army, was only beaten soldier" Ihon-
sands Of witnesses can testify to those identical
words, repeated over and over Ill the night of ibe
24'h of May, 1873. Nay more. wen Oh that nighi
the Presidency was proposed 10 Marshal MacAahon,
his first reply 10 refuse and to DO 50 in the terms
quote above. Bus the plain, simple honesty Of
gentleman levcn though he may be minus what
is called intelligence quickly goes to the wall under
the skilled labor of jesuits and Ultramoutane
priests, and certain Abb6 fordini. has 50 cntau-
gled the cobwcbs which wrap ronnd the weak brains
of The poor Marshal, that there is never straight
thread left among them all. The above mentioned
eccl-siasiic is little known publicly, but in the in
tImacy o the Eys6c, he is ali-peryadmg, and in his
hands mental rectituac undergoes such procesS Of
" "cXplaiuing" and being commented on that it alp
pears in the end downright betrayal Of everything
moral and molly
Fancy an irrccaimaby foolish and ignorant
schooboy being taught by the Heathen Chinee, and
you may form some notion of what, upon a blank
Ike the mind OF MacNIahon, may be eugrayen by
Abhr ToDdiii.
New-York tribune., 1877-08-09

The strange question rs to which one OF two
william Arr.,ucncs 4. 7. stewart intended to make no
recpion, % legacy Of 5000, WAS before Judge Van
Rrunt In supreme Court Chambers Yesterday, on m nor
notion Each Armstrong was m the employment ~ Mr..
stewart when the Will made. The Armstrong who
las not obtane the money and IS Tie plant.h M TINS
case claims certain special relations 20 Mr. stewart aud
claims that he was no; discharged. but left Mr stewarts
st,r. with good recommendations rom his employer.
Io also asserts thai the other william Armstrong was
DISCHARGED by Nr stewart rne Armstrong who has re-
ivel the niarey sand by the executors % dr. Stew
art - b., undoubtedly tno rut man. aS hc "as h place
of trust who's Alr. SiFaart died.
TIE ca 90 came zap merely motion 10 have the SUIT
,.r, on tht galcnlar, but this opposed by Air.
L, couns, for y stewards executors. Oh tLe - una
, ius clso was not set on the trla calendar. judge
Van Brl,ut ncid that such mOion cuui Only Dc nj
dressed properly judge al Circuit, AID therefore dis
tlt. .alt
New-York tribune., 1877-08-09
the GARBAGE CONTEST.

NEW-YOEK POLICE COMMISSIONERS DEFEATED.
In the new suit against the Police Depart
m'ut of Brooklyn and Cornelius Fer-mson, shore IN
spector Of tie Hirbur Counties. 90 prevent tuo do'ca
dtnts from interfering with the disposition oi street
,wc,pings by tine Police Commissioners ol this city,
Judge Donohue yesterday dissolved tnc temporary M
junction against the defendants The question has
tSo branches One is o. fact, the Police Commissioners
OF this City declaring tha, they allow no matter
which can be offensive 20 tie mhiYni, ol tle lower
bay be- piac "a uu th'r sc1W, ami no mn tei at ai
10 hp thrown from their S"oWs so taf DO cah nc GuN'l
on tc coasts of inr bly. Tie defendants assert t o-
pos te on aday.ts similar O those introduced last year
r.r o., Iesti0 ~ law, and relate. 20 tbe conr-
ave rights o.! fae NcW-lork City officials, the Kings
County officials and the Shore inspel0 under tLc law
creating iIc i-i-lanrd "li'e.
las. wear Judg. D0uohuc decided that DE would not
interfere tho then presented The nc" cas'
1T forth more strongly On" alleged uucru.it itiohtiy
oI tn act under which tho dcrnd1nts cam thrt ftht
10 suucryis, tr srbW oi the New York Police Drft-
mont. .ut judge DDUo uc holds That he Ni!"t Interfere
uy Injunction with p.Juc officers m tlt discharge OBJ.
,bc function. II tscv exceed Their functions a".i"l5
m lir against them ind yttuais Tor any injury thty
may ito. He therefore yacates tnc preliminary !hunc-
ton. , ,.. -
rsrrs r. Mclean appeared Tor the plantn; Wnches-
t.i lSftt0u for the defendants.