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Hnnrnr strreL r0rnFr ut Drarhosn. EpKaRemenf oi
D. II. TArkins. Jack CAdc." Afternoon md evening.
, 1877-12-22

To Gen. ToDLRuxa, the old hero Of Hchaato-
pol. bclougs largo share Ut credit for the fall
Of Pleyua- Nov tnat tic stronghold y taken,
he haa been transferred to the comnaud Of tho
army Of tue Czarowitch, and will bring hlA rc-
morselcss Siege guus to bear upon tho fosttcsses
Of tho Quadrilateral.
, 1877-12-22

The New Orleans Tin,es, IN recent article.
combuts tho theory that cut-offs will better
protect the Mississippi iow~Iands from overflow
tl,nn tho proposed ctnbankmcnt scheme, wlltrh
Will cost eli tho way from 90, ,0oo.0 900 to $loo,-
no0,0 600. 1t contends that tho diversion OF tho
water through tho crcva*scs that aro broken
open leads 10 deposit OF sediment that con-
vcrts these ofrahoots Into marshes and fncrcssts
the danger OF overflow by flllng up the bed of
this river, and II cites sotnc instances rs follows;
lonnet Carre produced phoaltng In the he'd nf thu
tFcr bcfnw the hrrAk Of nineteen feet IN tFte wcrts
The eArnetJ Of the rrRnar channel 10 carry the FOOD
Nhs thna greatly reduced and Tic danger Of orcrfpw
remains Al Imminent ~ before Tho great rivcr re.
lech thesn '*ouflrts" its constant endtayor IA ia
heal Them up. The "jnMp" anl "Cnbtts Gap,"
a'ote the hesd Of tho pa.acs plain rrno's OF tha
hsht 10th hcsc ontscts hrcnks through tic n,t
ufA1 banka thf0uRt which The water finds thc tea
letel twenty 10 thirty miles abnro the mouth hut n
soon Aa tho water Teaches ehe icsel IT. curFrnt
hlaceens spreas out IN thin Iaycf and drurs tnor.
oua quantities Ut sedtncut Ttt.ss7dly fosms thoss
uton which 9Eaea and willow bptng up. Thcsc Shouts
speedily inrrrAse hn hreak np Inc channel Of TIM out
LET. until finally 10 closed by the operation Of natural
swt. In fe01t Of CHbltt Gar w1lcfr. for years aso
waa the aalt waser of the hay, thctc arc nav hundreds
Of acres Of graas and willow swamp. Both tho jump
anil CuhiIs GAP havs nasscl their maxlmun and sre nav
healing W. Thut ths river tt1clf protcsts AgalnIs
"nutfeta" Anh ctoacs them up,
1t must bc kept in mind, however, tlst tho
outlets lave always been permitted 10 taka
their natural course, and that little or no means
has hcco taken to maintain their usefulness as
outlets. Engineering skill caused tho C!ll.ugo
River To run up hill; 80 engineering skill mar
be better directed to putting tho natural out
lcks into Tho shape OF canals than to undertake
the cmbankmcut Of 1,25Q miles Of river. TAc
Times Is not accurate In denying that this
scheme contcmp1atcs m cmbankmcnt from tho
hcadwaters nj st. Pail tn Tim ffutf 0f Nryfro
, 1877-12-22

Madison street. between Slate aud Dearborn.
t'BtdonIt." Afternoon and evening.
, 1877-12-22

---klA--
TIE TRInCHx and tho infsF. Oefdn, In citing tina
fact that tho subs.4zty sre7 ha..es and auartr. now
pas 1t bAF value. to pforu thk& by making AnY kind Of
silver coins (fu weight silver uottarsl tegaI.icndcr
their saluo IL thereby necessarily largely enhanced for
get that t!S fractional pas4e par
totthons being tgaf'sn"sr at ait. iIuw our con-.
tcnpoFartcs tarsnontze this fact win their tAsory2-
EttntnG Joarndi.
Whas object has the Journal IN trtane with
It's readers In this wayi Why docs 1t thus per-
afst In it, attempts to deceive thcma Instead
OF making the statement Ut which Tho aboYc cx-
tract Is sample, why datl II not 1ioto tho Inv
on the subjcctl On Tll4rsday it declared Tint
tho minor eotns-nfckets mud toppers-werp mt
lcga1.tcnders, but wcru illegal coins, aud II 1uatlo
this false assertion with the statute right under
its nose declaring them to DO lcgal.tcnicrsl 1t
mukcs Il siInllar Insertion now TT regard to tho
fractional paper currency, and dishonesty cot,-
ccals tho law ln rrGarl thereto. This Is what
the 1nw says nbout tho fractional notes. Ko-
vfscd Statutes, page 7i0, Sec. 0574.
The Notcs Vt thu fractional currency /. !. shall
he exchanged by tho AssaAnt TtcuAurIcs and dcsvnat.
cd deposores for United staes notes IN sums nut Ic.a
than three doltarst and shall be receivable for postage
md fctcnuo stans, aal fof all dues to tIte Unttcd
atatcs, except cuaon,s, in suHs nvn dol!ar
and shall c rcdscmcl presentation It tho Treasury
Of TIC uaitea States In such tans 4nd usatr such
regulations ~ tho Secretary Of tho Treasury shall
prescrihe.
Most pcople will be apt to call thta pretty
good lcgal-tcndcr. Tho fracttonats arc cx-
changeaO'o on demand for grccnbacks; rccclya-
bic at par for postage and revenue stamps, and
for all dues to tho United States IN su,na not
over aso dollars, and rcticcmablc at tue Treas
ury Of tho United States In rs larga sums % thu
Secretary Of tho Treasury may proyldc, which
permits thousands OF dollars to bc presented at a
time. Notes OF this kind arc equivalent to LEGAL.
tender, because thor aro excangcabls for icral-
tender on presentation, and are lcCal-tcndcr for
tho various important purposes specified Tho
Iour,.ai has allowed itself to DRIFT Into wrong
position on the silver question, and Is footlshJy
tryiug to tlcfcnd It by crooked, untruthfut as-
sertlous and spurious arguments, Tao sooner
It l,arks s,uaro out OF its inuefcustblc attitude
tho fewer .llscraccful peryersous 1t will bo
OBLIGED Il, resprk to: hut nethnna thls wci1.In-
s.sa ,-,.. - T.. ~. ,,
Awfn..-ustnp la nwn ftt,urc of snaach
'"'''S' A0'e -.-ee- ~ --.. .@ y. ~. y. see"~"'
Th. vork NJ .ubstttut,nr xuh.tdtorv .,,vcr
coin tor frortlonal notr. W.. co,nncn,oJ r.,
Anr,. 1s7d. II viii hc rep,cmherc., lint 1,on.
rrr.s ,lxcd thu yotmmn of frnctional ,,olisr. ot
ssn onlfN,. Tn mottnr m thl. .no, t1,o froc.
tlonui currency known to hs IN e.istcnce mist
In co,,n,ra When hi, inv ro. po..c,I. n wos
a1su.neo 1''at t"e1c "oaia " *Ao'ooo"o III
I'M
, 1877-12-22


This lsin addition 10 the $30, OK, 73i which hal
been paid out to that date. Including old SUBJ
sIdtary colns, there must now be In circulation
n least 81 o'o 900, and every doliar Of II has
purchaslng poWor OF " cents In gold. although
ouly worth ~ bullion Is cents. Tht& Is = polnk
which tho gold bulls canaot get over, through,
OF around.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17

AT the recent spiritualist conven-
ton at Northlield, Mr.. Greenleaf OF
Boston, who was one of the leading
speakers, had made the declaration
that Peter was found by the Saviour
drunk in a boat. j. N. johnson,
Esq, arose and asked the speaker
where such history could be found,
as he did not remember seeing it III
the Bible, etc. This was during the
forenoon service, and notice was given
that IN answer would be given in the
afternoon, As announced the M.
swer came, and it was that there was
"no written history" to that effect,
but he had learned it from reliable
medium in Providence, r. l., who
had an interview with Peter in "spirit
land" and who owned up that he was
drunk at the time and place mention
ed.-St. Albans Messenger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17
Had Been There.

Some colored men yesterday led a
mule in from Macomb County and Of,
fered him tol sale, and colored resi-
dent of Croghan street found that he
could exchange his horse, pay a little
cash, and get good bargain. How
ever, beinga stranger to mules, he
wanted this one looked over before
the trade was confirmed, and he went
down to the Central Market and
sought the wisdom of Brother Gard
ner.
"Sartin, sartin--l'll 90 right up wild
you," replied the old philosopher. 81
hez looked over more'n a thousand
nevis in my day, an it pleases me to
member dat ebbery single one O
them came 10 the SAME bad end | pre-.
dicted."
The walked up Randolph street till
the mule was found, and Mr.. Gardner
asked:
"Now, den, am 'xpected to tell all
about dis animul ?"
They said he was, and he went on !:
"Wall, now, in de fust place we
want to secure vacant lot. Den we
want three log chaius, two hundred
feet o inch rope, new halter, pair
O. hobbies, four stout stakes, sledge.
hammer and bout ten good men.
Well trow his lawdsbip down, wind
de ropes an chains aroun' him, tie his
head to de ground, have de ten men
sit down on his heels, an if | doan
tell you how many men he's killed, an
how many wogins he's smashed up,
den won't charge a cent
They refused to enter into any such
proceedings, and the old man stood
back and blandly replied:
"All right, no use wastin' any mo-
literature bout it. / hez been right
dar, you see. Iknow all bout nevis
till ye can't rest, an when somebody
sees me toolin' aroun' one which amt
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17
The Kind of Religion we Want.

We want a religion that soltens the
step, and tunes the voice to melody,
and fills the eye with sunshine, and
checks the impatient exclamation and
harsh rebuke Il religion that is po.
lite, deferential TO superlors, courteous
to interiors and considerate to friends
a religion that goes into the family,
anG keeps the husband from being
cross when dinner j, late, and keeps
the wife from tretting when the hus-
band tracks the newly washed floor
with his muddy boots, and makes the
husband mindful of the scraper and
door mat keeps the mother patient
when the baby is cross, and amuses
the children as well as instructs them
cares for the servants besides paying
them promptly, projects the honey
moon into the harvest-moon, and
makes the happy home like the East
ern fig tree, bearing in its bosom at
once the beauty of the tender blossoms
and the glory OF the rirened fruit.
We want a religion that shall inter-
pose between the ruts and the gullies
and the rocks ofthe highway OF life
and the sensitive souls that are travel.
ING over them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17

"A good word is an easy obliga-
ton but not to speak i'll requires on
ly our silence, which costs us nothing.
-TTilletson.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17

1t was evident that he had no suspic
ions concerning the character or pur-
poses of his interlocutor
Our hostess, / observed, had adapt
ed similar system of questions, di-
rected to my wife. But she was not
so successful as was the peddler, for
my wife evaded her with adroit an
swers.
When, at q rather late hour in the
night, | observed that we wodld like
to retire, tho landlord was called out
by the woman for consultation. He,
however, soon returned, bearing n
small lamp in his hand, Conducting
us to a bedroom, he set the lamp on
stand, observing thai, as the lamp was
the only one they had, he would have
to call for it after we had retired and
would do SO IN fifteen minutes. When
alone, our first act was to examine
the apartment. 1t was a small room
--S by 10 feet-and the only articles
of furniture, besides the bedstead,
were one chair, stand, and an old
book case containing few dusty old
volumes. The room had but one win
dow.
AS | was in the act OF examining
some of the volumes, or, rather, noting
the titles upon their backs, observed
that the bookcase seemed to yield
from the slight pressure Of my arm.
"Here, now, is II contrivance," | men
tally exclaimed. I redoubled the
pressure, and the case-whch seemed
to turn upon pivot-swung partly
round, developing u passage
way to the adjoining room. | looked
through, and, detecting the presence
of no person, determined to extend my
Investigations My wife, who, by the
way, had been an intelligent witness
OF my discovery, accompanied me.
The room appeared to be without
windows, and destitute of furniture.
Upon the floor was an old musket,
two rusty sabres, and old bell-muzzled
pistol, and one or two other weapons.
"Now, here is discovery which may
profit us y said.
1t was now very evident to my mind
first, that we had fallen into a rob-
ber's den second, that the bedroom
which had been given us had been
prepared and fitted so as to aid the
evil purposes of the rogues who lived,
quite probably, by robbing, and, per-
haps, by numbering those who came
beneath their root. This idea seemed
to be fully supported and corroborat-
ed by the book. case, a contrivance by
which person, or persons, might
easily enter after the occupants of the
room had fallen asleep. Those old
weapons were also, seemingly, strong
confirmation of my theory.
CTo be concluded next week.)
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17
Pi m le s :!
+. G. / l. B L Il Il

will mail (Free) the recipe for preparing
Il simple VEGETABRE BALM that will remove
TAN, FRECKLEs, PIMPLES, and BLoTcH-
Es, leaving the skin soft, clear and beautiful |;
also instructions for producing a luxuriant
growth of hair on n bald head or smooth face.
Address Ben. Vandslf & Co.. Box 5l2l Nos
Wooster st., NY
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17
Dem GIOries in de M0rnin'. Z"

In Middle Georgia it often occurs, after q
rainy season. that the morning -glories spring
up by the thousand, in fields and gardens, rs
if by magic, in few hours These vines
among others, are the pest Of the farmer, and
the negroes have peculiar spite at them
which you may sometimes hear expressed in
the following rhythmical and proverbal form
Dem glories in de mornin' am troubles al
de day."
Now de rain am come at last,
An de loug drouf time is past
An dc grass am comm fast,
In de shower;
An de mornin' glory brier,
An dc pusly's CROWN higher
Eb'ry honr.
You won't hab long to play,
For dem glories in de mornin'
Bring troubles all de day.
Oh, de cabbage laugh to-day,
An de squashes sing and play,
An dem taters grow away
Out de row:
But dc cuckleburrs am springin'
An de deblls seed am bringin'
Work and wo'.
Chorus-Oh, darkies, etc.
Now, darkies, shores you born,
Massa Ruben's early horn
Will call you in dar corn
Wild de plow;
For de rag weeds am a loomin',
An dem May pops am boomin'--
Tell you how!
Chorous-Oh, darkios, etc.
On de rain crow calls de rain,
For de white folks good and gain,
But de darkes work in pain,
Mo- and mo-,
For de coffee weed am smillin'
An dat cotton field am spilin'
For de hoe.
Chorus-Oh, darkies, etc.
Tank de Lor', He knows de best,
For de parchin crop am blest,
In de shower;
But dat mornin' glory brier,
An dat pusleys GROWN higher
Ebry hour!
Chorus-Oh, darkies. etc.
Central Georgia Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17
From the London Truth
English and American Taste in
Dress.

The other day, at Hamburg, l was
standing near the spring, talking to
an American girl, who looked like
picture, so harmoniously did all the
coIors in which she was arrayed,
match, and so perfectly did she seem
to make one with her clothes, like a
bird in its feathers. "How do you
manage it ?" / asked. "The root of
it all is. she answered, "that we each
study our own style. We never wear
q dress as ii comes from the dress
maker, we cut and drape it ourselves.
We know what colors match, and we
care not to produce discords. Nature
has not made us all perfect. If We
have too long neck we reduce it by
tying piece OF lace round it. If we
are short-necked We don't dress it
high II we have long faces we do
not wear tall peaked hat, but If we
have round faces we do. Most Of US
have small feet, but if our feet are
large we don't utterly neglect our
shoes and our stockings.
Then we never forget smaller de-
tails. We know where to put bow,
aud we don't have too many of them.
If our toreheads are high we don't
draw our hair back, and if they are
low we don't drag our hair over our
eyebrows. We don't wear outlandish
jewelry because We happen to have it.
Indeed, we very seldom wear any Jew
elry at all, because it looks vulgar.
When we are tall we wear a quantity
OF petticoats when we are short we
hardly wear any. Our petticoats,
too, have their fullness in the back,
so our figures are always we'll draped /;
while the petticoats Of the English
girls have their tullness in the front,
and this is why their dresses seldom
hang well.
"Now, look at that lady," and she
pointed to an English woman to
whom nature had not been unkind,
but who resembled 4 handsome gi-
rafe,--so tall, so awkward and gaw
ky did she seem. ''She's got no petit
coats on 80 speak Of" continued the
American. "She makes her face long
er than it is by wearing that hat, and
she makes her cheeks hollow by wear
ing long earrings. Her dress is a
straight piece of cloth tied back, and
she has no over dress. 10 save the.
edges she has looped it up over her
petticoat, which is much too sholt.
As the dress is purple she must needs
wear red stockings, and as she IS flat
footed, she makes her feet still worse
by her low heels. Her neck is ugly,
for it is long and thin, and the skin all
crinkIy, as she shows it at its ugliest
by having an open cut dress. Her
arms amt much, and her wrists bony
and qnte horr,d. As her sleeves are
too short, her gloves have only two
buttons. Round each OF her wrists
she has tied a bit of ribbon, with the
ends floating, and between tie rib
bons and her gloves there Is very
disastrous interval OF red skin. Then
why has she tied that queer bow at
the back of her neck, which makes her
look from behind as if her head had
been put on the wrong way?'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17

Wonder Who They're FOr.'

Ny mas been working very hard,
And also very sly,
And keeps her sewing out of sight
Whenever | am nigh.
asked her once what made her stop
Her work when l came in
She said she only stopped to get
a needle, thread or pin.
The bureau drawer next to mine
Is locked both night and day,
And when ma wants to open it
She sends me of to play.
stole peep one afternoon,
Although ii was not right;
But, oh the little things | saw
Were such pretty sight
The cutest, incest little clothes
just big enough for doll;
But thon know they're not for her
She needs them not at all.
know they're not for ma nor pa,
Nor me nor brother "Hor,"
For we can't wear such little clothes
l wonder who they're for.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17
WHOLE NO. 1884

fastened right down to clay bank
den he may pint me OFT on de street
an say (: Oar goes man who's been
movin' aroun' on top d,i yearth fifty,
five years widout learnin muffin. DE
trOit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17

Every barber in Denmark must
pass an examination in surgery. In
this country they are allowed to be-
gin practice at once - Worcester
Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17

Brigham Young receives word
of praise from the United Presbyterian
because he gave his daughters as
much property proportlonally as his
sons or wives. "Some more Christian
fathers would do we'll to initiate this
course.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-17

of the acts of cowardice, the
meancst is that which leads one to
abandon good cause because it is
weak and join bad cause because it
is strong.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-09-14

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 2.-The Rus
sian Government has sent 10 its Ambas-
sadors abroad dispatch saying: :. Be-
sides the several cases Of Turkish bar
barities already published, the troops,
on occupying the batteries in Schipka
Pass. found there heap Of heads be-
longing 10 Russian soldiers, whose mutt
lated lf,dies were discovered in the
neighborhood Correspondents with
the Russian army say that in the early
struggles in Schipka Pass not one
wounded Russian who fell in places
temporarily occupied by Turkish troops
WAS found alive. Twenty or thirty Of
these unfortunate men had been de-
capitated. and several of the bodies
were found with their feet, hands. ears,
nose and other parts cut off, and breast
slashed with yatagans. The heads had
been carried into the Turkish camp,
where they had been found BY the Rus
sian troops after occupying the works.
The contraction of muscles and torsion
If members showed that horrible tor
lures of mutilation had been inflicted
while the victims were alive. One body.
decapitated and otherwise mutilaicd.
was extended on a litter, where IL had
been placed when wounded. and not far
from il the bodies Of two litter-carriers.
also decapi,ated. each Of whom bore the
badge of the Red Cross
CoxsrASTiNoPLg Sept. 2.--Thc
Turkish Minister Of Foreign Affairs has
addressed dispatch 70 diplomatic
agents Of the Porte abroad saying
\. Every day brings 10 light great num-
bers Of Mussulman women and children
belonging to the district Of kazanlik
who escaped the massacre. Two hun
dred and fifty Niussulman women and
children were barc-f0oted and in the
most despicahle condition A number
of women and children could not be re-
covered. having been massacred by Bull
garians. Twelvcthousan Mussulmans
men. women and children, fell into the
hands Of the Russians and Bulgarians
and 1000 were rescued BY the Imperial
troops. Measures have been taken &
deliver the rest, but news was received
that every Mussulman who remained Al
Kazanlik had fallen victim Of the Bull
garians; women and children were
made prisoners and taken to the Bal
kans."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-09-14
ITEMS or INTEREST.


--Bicrstadt is among the canyons Of
Colorado, probably with view 70 an
other picture.
Miss Kate Field will appear in Lon
don next season i'm a new play written
expressly for her use.
Miss Carlotta Patti, sister 10 AIDE
lima Patti. Is hopelessly i'll with com
plication Of maladies arising from the
diseased hip-joint which caused her
lameness.
The leading actress in the new Ger
man Theater at Milwaukee, Wis, Miss
Muhlbach, is daughter Of Louisa
Muhlbach, the well known German
novelist.
Miss Jenny Bancroft, recent grad
uate Of Syracuse University, has be-
come dean Of the Woman's College Of
the Northwestern University.
Colonel Richard Realf, John
Browns Secretary Of State, is arrang-
ing for the publication Of book Of
verse in the autumn. He used to write
poetry for the atlantic Monthly.
The volume of memoirs Of Daniel
Webster left by the late Peter Harvey,
Of Boston, will be published in the fall.
Mr.. Harvey signed the preface a few
days before his death.
Thomas Ball, the sculptor, is al
work i'm Florence upon the model Of the
proposed statue Of Charles sumner, 10
be erected in Boston. The model will
be shipped to the United States this fall
Prof. james Curley, Of Georgetown
College, Georgetown, ID. c., is 81 years
old, and has been connected with the
institution for half century. For the
last 40 years he has kept a meteorologi-
cal record similar 70 that used by the
National Government.
The author Of the old song, s.Lis-
ten 70 the Mocking-bird, which has
been sung and whistled and played and
strummed and drummed and banged
and clattered all over the world, with
all possible variations, was not s.Alice
Hawthorne. as the title page ANNOUNCE
ed, but Mr.. Septimus Winner Of Phila-
delphia, who took bis mothers name rs
nom de plume.
Mr.. James Taylor Innes has in the
fifth supplement Of the Popular Science
Monthly an article entitled "The Trial
Of Jesus Christ" which is expected to
make genuine literary sensation. He
reviews the trial from legal stand
point, subjects the evidence to search
ing REORGANIZATION and proves that,
judged by what students know of the
old Hebrew law, 1t was illegal from be-
Cunning to end.