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who arc pretty extensively mortgagc.i 10 their

who arc pretty extensively mortgaRct 10 their
"unclca,'
snggc.tton to l-po,tcrs.-Rome whs not
billed In day.
Went of With Gea IN tlts car-Thc man who
attended the tlog-show.
"Uh. mammal" Aokl little one, ~ cat 50
mucl. II spula my appetite"
The sweet singer ot Michigan, according to
tho NrnpAie, oils her hair witt, pocsn-ail.
The sur,st wav to interest tho [mlian IN agrl-
culture Is 10 show him taat whisky Is made out
0f corn.
1Ionor tells you not IL hit man when he's
down. and Discretion warns yon n,tanst hitting
him when he isn't down.
Tho cra of the tion anil The lamb has comc In
bulgaria. Thu Turks and RUsAtans lain snefl
other. and tilt correspondents do the ly!n'.
Weary person on evening Visit: "Aw. n, Inst
out Of d si'k fc.l," Terrible hoy: "say, Mr..
johnson, what atls ger bell"
An nstuto Frrnshman reasons M fo1iows:
"TlilnVs equal iu the same things are equal 70
each ntfler. An tttiot il human being. y
tnnn In a human being; ergo, man Is an
il!ot.n
"My dear bov," said a mother 10 her son, As
tc handed aruuntl ILLS plate for n,nre turkey,
"thFs Ia tho fourth time you've beer, l'rlpes." "
II know. mother" replied the tuy: "bs,t that
turkey pcykel 1t sme ot'cc. and want to get
The Germans are using cork IA a stut1lng for
llcd.cr,ser'cts, instead of down. And now wtlet,
the Tcnonle husband reels Into bed inter re-
turning from lotlge-Inct Ting, anl Ei@ wife hitA
LII on her elbow ntnl hulfs tho baIsi'y night nr
cconsnicuo'sly, thc old gentleman tnervly PUTS
hin l1cad Into tlp pillow and remarks: "pctn
chnmMgnecorg eoiferlets. vas shmcil awluul
sltrUIlE tuntghts, aia'h itfs
, 1877-12-06
He WANTS THEIR NAMES.


1ALRsBuita, ILL.,, t)cc. l.-Wiil ytu please pub
lIsh the nNmrs u thu meHll'crs of congrsss-b1th
ot Tho senasu and 1louse-who wcfo 10 fnE t1atfu.
mental. Ia tho hants Of tho great bDndholdeEs In
procuring tho decentralization Of silver by the ncts
1T lh7:i and 1874. that tloy dare not plead n sx.
cnsc that they knew nut v hut they .dlif Also 4
HIT Of thoso Western members who do cnarnyDF
thus to cxcu*o themselves, thereby confrssn3
tlsclr utter unhtnrss fur sl.v stt'ons thuy !tld.
people. and thu PeultentlaFy for lift; while thu
hrst cluss deserve the Eaa!ows, A. being In !arEs
measure tbs anlho1a aud cuntsvers Of the misery
which spreads like psll 2vet thu land and dnoMs
to paupeEs' graves seUres OF thonsaRds. And, In
addition. p?cass give tho nanra Of shs present.
members of Congress who voted for tbose tct* and
nav Tctasu Or neglect 10 vnls for their rcpeal-
of The peope. until tho people .hat bo aroused TO-
ct0ne 1t hand. but II justice tutra tho universe thu
wrongs Ut tho whita faco will k ascnGca, aud thsu
woe tu tho4u BY whum tbs wrongs cAtlr:
las the sycs and noes weFe not called ar re-
corded on The bills which drmoucttzed silver 1t.
1879 and 1874, 1t Ia impossible to compfy With
tbs sequcst OF "a Furmcr." There arc very
few Ut the House members Of 1873 now in Con-
cress. Ths only Western members who voted
against the Bland bill rcGonetlztn2 sllvcE wero
G3rtggs and slc0owali, Of Michigan, anu Cole, Of
Missouri. Thu south was nearly equally
"soitd" for silver, There is believed to bc
votes enough fur relegallzlng silver dollars Ia
pass tho blil over thu PEcsilent's veto II he
should undertake 10 defeat tt.-Ep.
, 1877-12-06
KOuMlSs.

a 10 nas nv a"Won,n,ss .A ,i,so ,,,acv ono,hcr
e,huAuo' De.. r', INV .a"y .'i'.9 a" -. ~
good thing, Is 10 DANCER OF iatal injury NJ the
hands Of Its friends. The most 1ulso'ne and In
t1Iscrtrfnato pratse has bec,, bestowed ,pon II.
T. In. hoo,, .hc fa.hton IN n,1vocato IL as III.
- W." wy" W.. Ill., .,,," a,a.. Il !. ,n.t
sovereign panaeea' ."he o."o kIoe' ,~ ,,! !a13
now ali thu rage. IL It ucat!Dct, Ike plue R!asa'
tu IL fade and fade until It's memory shall bo
Euar1led on|y by the iIruiit anii loss account of
natcr(atnilas ietlgert It il certain that. II the
tutulicIouk champions Of kulliu[ss arr nll0wed
flill swny, tlIls valuable nutrinlent must soon
fnii intt, ttsrepite prupprt.nncd to Its present
uonularity Nhen the tur 7upui raarN loudly
hit rnt,aeca has been discovered. tho sa,lo
voice soon Ert1u,btcs tho lnputar dscontent
that pt1yele cannot even rot 10 abandoned wholly
tu tl,o ours, TGink pf tho misguided kcribbler
M Tic national beverage!
Let us SEQ what kounlias 10 ''good for" Let
IA o,lestion wherein it Ia tho king OF foods.
Let il. do it full iusttce aud establish It OIL ftA
ycrIta!,le throne. whcrc uonp mny dispute its
soycFcIguty. Could wa do this. wa s,oulti rem.
der kolulse aud it4 American founder service
compared with which thv eyuucsccnt atlulatiol
% now 70 Generally bestowed upon Il would bo Is
nothing,
Eycry onn who reads the pQpefs knows that
konu,isa has, for runturics, been tho exclusive
t,nncFty Of ccrtaiu purts nf Tartary aud OF
Kudsia i1roucr. Every ono docs not Know that
hr,f rus mn, il, ali Atneric, has nHasessed lin
, 1877-12-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Hflp 1togk fkruf3

An exceedingly remarkable surgical opera
tlon has recently been completed at st. Cath
criuo's Hospital, Williamsburg. On FEtJay.
Aug. 8, 1876, while Dora Conrad, Of No. $40
Mangln street, was attending Jenny In Water
bury's tug factory, In bushwtck. her hair, which
wm hanging loose, caught III one Of tho spin
dies, and III an Instant the lialr and scalp ou ono
aide Of her beau were torn out. 1t w. done 20
tuok her to 1T. CathcFtue's Hospital on Bush
wick avenue, where tho dL~tpts said they could
not do anything for her. Two uays alter. tbs
physician IN ears ssia -" Sa save hss anu
new scatp by tEausplantationt"
The operation Vi trunsp(antatlon OF skin u an
exceedingly delicate one, aud has been but
ease oi open wounds. Tho Rhastly injury In
fictcd on al!ss Conrad not Gully tore o1 the
scalp, but 1cstEoyc4 portion ot thu pertos-
teum. No hopes HeFo at lrsl entertained fur
naturally god con.titution enabled granalat!on
to begin aud tlash commenced to form. Taking
advantage Of this tls doetor took Two pieces
FROM Dura's own arm, aul, cutting tileui III
ANAL pieces, grated them On lhe lTrlostcum,
about quarter Of an Inch apart. atlA IN row
atOut quarter Ut III Inch from the line ol tue
lower cdge of the wound, holding them in po-
sItiun with sn,all s,rips Of plaster: In few
little gratis tu each uthef aud tue sound skin.
which gradually increased until they brt1ked
over the spare between them, anu new skin WA
thus produced.
This operation YVES carefully repeated during
| tho sryen muutha the girl lay in the hospital,
| The gratis for the purpose being freely furniah
| Ell by Slater pulorusa frosn her arMs. Sister
Joanna, another VI the faithful nu1ses in the In"
stItutipp alao furnished naterlal for gralts dur
inw ibc operation. The Uoetor was 10 skillful
In bls u,auipulations that every piece Of skll,
| grated took root, and tho entrc skull was
again covered with . tirm. tealthy, but hairless
.nn}t, trt,prn ara. an<,ta barrett Uf feetpHs they
arc tho&. connecting directly with the skull, the
pcl4oateum having been destroyed Just there.
| There Was Danger Of the upper table Of the
skull dying IN these places, but, fortunately, the
| oil dressing prevented thas-
The case cxri&cs uauch tntefest among the sur
riral prufaaSiou,
, 1877-12-06
TIE HORSE AND HIS RIDER.
xrtA fnEk kHx

"Why, I've been In the business ever since
An remember" Robert stlckney, the rider Of
Jour hoFses at The Great London Circus, ssid
les. even before can remember. for when
Nas on}y - year old the great Edwin Forrest
carried me on the stsGe when be wss playing
fold My father. &. Z. stiekney, was the hsst
man In tho world who ever set foot oves four
hoFses In the ring; 10 you sec came OF riding
stoek.
Ny appearance In Hb{la can hardly BE- said
TO be the commencement Of my career ~ q
rides. but date that from tho time When, In my
eth year, III the old. theatre. at Eighth and
Walnut ssseets, Philadelphia, made 10y debut
bcfnse tlc publlc IN tho character OF ZAs Co.1r-
, 1877-12-06

from a small beginning of htans, devcloped !ntn
bullion. When the pot bad risen to $40 Mur-
ply R"t iulutstisc.
hf'posrn 4 man has two klnrsl"
"ffrsri ltanrl."
" Suptusc 1t, has two more; Ia that iollhlcf'
Austin exu'lc' considerable ncrs,lrattot, nr.l
REMARKED, "'fhuh1er1 throw up my hau'l.
y0l arc lt1 fool to have told mt. You might
have won all lIaI.7'
Murphy rakctl In the pot, laid down bis hand,
and stnrte'l home.
Austin ptckc'' up the rclinquiA,el cards. ran
them through atIu exclaimed: 1.-TWO stxcs! by
niI that's laUly,H
, 1877-12-06
BEtcHER IS FOR GOLD.

RlRbtt Mr, Neecher, stand for gold,
EoF royalty 1t has served you;
The .sshincrs OF your t!rUsus fold,
Fur cuplous crying nerscd yon;-
Tommy, tho Tear. man, coached you well,
Eysrts forbade disaster;
The GencTal-is b. lying still
For your Well, guild u u,aster!
Right! Nr. Beecbas. worship go1dt
1t waA that kind Of money
SAsel yUn WhSu 70 neatly rolled
In Elizabeth an h1uSy!
Gold tlck1sd wall the tcnAl press
10 ktte your pnt.up story,
And C0Haucd that couAuululAte A&As
The king Of cuekolds. ''Dosy." .--
G. B. CAn1FK.
, 1877-12-06

Ittrnft frse 1Ffst.
The propeller Maine, Of tho Northern Transit
Company, called nt this port Friday bound
down on her way from Chicago to OgdensbhrE,
and among tho through passengers was Mrs. W.
]. Reilly aud IlGtty. her T-yeAr.old daughter,
who wcre uotng u their homo IN Albany, N. \.
While tho boat was moorcd ut tho Northern
Transit Company's whnrf nt thu foot OF Third
street, the littlc girl engaged n play spell
with d Dsko." Jarga Newfoundland dog, whois
a ixture Ut tllc wharf and Oh well knowii III tho
vicinity Us any of the many bouts which ,call
there. They, were having glorious
towusl Tic stern OF tile boat mud with
l,pr head partly turned to Look at tho ,iog
she raul hcadlong OF thu wharf into tue water,
"Deko" stopped an instant Us though shocked.
then sprans into the watcr near to Wncru @ @ Tue
ciuak and about ten feet from tho wharf. lnk-
INK ore OF her shoulders III h!s huEe mouth tho
noble dog supported licr until a small boat put
out md she was rescued from her perilous post.
tlou. ..
"Dokon thus added another event to m at-
ready cvcntlul life, he be!n. most remarkable
dog. Marvellous stories alc told of Ills sasaStty.
Two years ago he was ~ inMaic' 2 toIt o. night
on duty the night the notorious :? ?ont,gcr Broth
crs rt,btIcl that Institution. lie hal q light
with Charles Younger at tic time, mud to tas
day carries q. broken tat!, caused by bullet
Detroit, "Dcko" lins learned tlle sound ut va
rious propeller whistles, uni instantly. when q
Northern Transit boat signals, The dog Jumps,
and, II In the utllce, harks fuEin,,sly to bo let
clerks have ali Eot,e to tllclr homes, "Dekn"
starts for the Cass House, wf.cr0 onu OF The
clerks boards, ani before tho hUat touches the
wharf has some uns who can talk on hana TO rc.
ssWu ssys: II Iii sDeEo; could only talk 10 could
rui, tho ot]lco ut night without helph Aa soo!l
, 1877-12-06
A GREAT MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM.

IN the Editor NJ 7hf 3TitHrt.
CHirAH1. Dec. F.-tt0w many hnllaFs In green.
nckA did II inkc when 5,I b<,1,tla rerr t.tbp1 by
the ihtird State. t;Drfrnhltntp hny 81. 0(U t.-u
bond! Win guild at IL h1S many ilars III gnl
did 1t take ~ bly, - UW s1c!l hsfud! FlcAse
ewer In to.naoFfow's paper. aud obi!xe
FISASfE,
THIS profound mathematical problem VIC pro.
pose TO send down to Unuglas University for so
lullo,,, and sllall nwait the answer with !u1pa-
tlent curlustts.-ED.
, 1877-12-06

In Of st. Petersburg. in those days rode with
a pad-dtti nnttl was 10 year. t'ls!, when ! he
Enh 10 tO bareback acts md ever since have
always discarded the pati''
'.ls there much difference between pad rid
Ing amt bareback riding, TINT Is u to Its dill
"Any bareback r!i]er can ride with the pad,
hut not every pad rider can rifle bareback. ]
begun bareback riding carly, but lad the al
vnLtagc of my fathers advice anil of watching
1nr j 1e and rs aa 1a ntGs Ioy
tutttnrsc acts and finally was able to rlt!c tue
four lIrscs with little efTnrt rs or,e. III course
] have bccn oil through The vastults branches u!
tumlng a. purt ot my riding education, ior II
couldn't tumble AMI turn Rnfncrsatlfte well on
thc ground ctnlsln't 10 It on the horn. Asto
the ordinary jumping through the hammers NM.
all that sort of work. tt'nts the platt1 haing ~
the ri'icr. Jumping through the banners willie
In tic act Of evolving or revolving so'ner'a.'f,
doesn't all, to lie difficulty III thu task, though
people think So One Of the difficult things
about Il fs that got. must regulate The sGluElsy
Of your sorlcr.au1t by tho spced nf your l"rsc,
AMI that is why IN even, stea'lY.Rotng Horse Is
treasure to my r'ief. -
"You ask me II L can take amy horse md
teach him h!s part Of tho ring, huslncss: Ger
tainty, fur horses are exceedingly Intelligent,
more so than many men. a. any OH casa'fy o!
artillery officer will tell yon. OF co,lrtc. Hotrc
horses arc more eaa!ly taught tl'at others. a,d
The easier he ii to teach. HIT lorse that sftes
| IL worthless to us. When We tnnkca tli1tt9p VIC
| must find the horse under us, a'il! must Know
| where our fect are Eo!nC 10 be whch He come
was IN mid DIR, wl,lic throwing somersauEt, a
cannon was fired near the building. The l'arsc
was taken By surprise, shlctl OF fnToiunar'ly.
and when ought to hare come rtghs ~, ZIP ap
on my back on The tan, md hurt myself Eoni
deal. Yes. tho horse Is very Intelligent, nn'l II
he can only understand what you want HIN to
10, 10 viii generally try to dot to the best Of
, 1877-12-06

II you destse rosy checks aud a complexion
fasr and free from plmtsler, hlotthcs. uni cru,,-
tions, purify your hfouI BY taking Dr. piurrc's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t has no equal for
this t,urst1se. Sold bv druggists,
, 1877-12-06

Why Austin Threw Up Ills Hand.
Hus kraactsco ArpoAauk.
William Austin, OF the CAfoaietf, attempted 10
teach Putrick Murphy, of the I'osf, how to play
poker, Murphy learned rspidly, and the stakes.
, 1877-12-06
(lt|ItsS,'

QUIt'S.
"MoneysJllables."-1. o. U.
pleyua ii being shlken before taken.
"Auts have their alaVe4." Writea naturalist.
Yea, and va know some young men sbout town
, 1877-12-06


IJrANTEn~AGEtTs III CAfI. AND iyyEST1.
" gate the tntrs u Dur tltslnetA and |! ynu
nnt rec sIr we"k IN It wc ~iti mi ask shi - lake
"ls The hnlI'lA1a ARA fa'i R1rnnthtrK. =" make NJ
d.lay but ra rtyn - s.r an "1'tt an4 {n tI!" e.:
Mshrtn publishes "itisrsf Journal Of Ia7hloGa. 1tJ
lianltpsi.at
N'AxrEn-MEN srEktSc ENrt.nrME<T ~
:pyrspnst!{ tnHly q 81 rs: *i ';"tni. !s,c
N'ASIln-MES .St wuMt:.-A; MsEsr
tn yrat. nus y.s sst ':!r b" Ts.y rt.h G"tcSrr
flDtrr ~ 1A!..as :!s s!a::1 y ,ssi {, tr:.Ag, N,
irts, with etat'lt, III pAitr-. ~ kE.. thlrhxo
N'ASrEr' : G,,AM':l:Ei,i ~. rAEr!Es
" travelling with grtrrr!~* and hard tayc ttatr an
opportunity II Mtnx N,fi"rail, T. Thrift tncnt,. ~
atiyug gt"'DAEriI Mill 1S> ", WAsisl,,gtnn-st
yYrASrEu-MES stEklSn F:a'rlTAHLH htsi.
VI nr.s s",I pair nj frs CHI. .41., fFar-+
ec. 1l'ss terms Itrn. Catalogue FIRE t. nt AHrr
'ran ..u'rIty .u.. f-s state.
N*aNTED-A nstr Tn WOI.b tS sTATln*fE1
" rtnrr. Must WRITE Yrtd haAd and Rlsr y.H+l
rfatiuiR. ls E4tl 10 i3n.ll. tFtr. ri r
ri. ttIreta, stst7x akc and wng~4 drftre,t. y A.
TF!h1ac ulfrr.
1TA*1tn-I.ivE MES AsD LAI,LF:. Y, Stil.
" thFtstMls <r1!. rtlr inns. nr .t1"* notc1t?".
je.e!ry, .sc.4ee It: i."Ml.s sr::Gi..: SILL" ~
Y. LISLN!iInN. I. and !: Jatx..,:a...
, 1877-12-06

HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
/ : CHANCE TO bcY Useful ARTICLE
HOLIDAY vNE1EET.
DAlilAi<* in FURNITURE. .
Having hr recent esfrhkr, a. le 10 eur .tock sons
trntlun ut ruEehsarrs ~ tlta prlr"s n1Met:
t,atlI,. hair at FL ~ 4f. n. II -. u. 50,
fanry rAalrs q Is. o.: t!n t!h 81
, Fltrnt r,cktrs- Slh &tA 80 4l+
Fay r3Asta. $In fih. t3l 40.
lannErs. ELI. $lA saa s!3
Ilrc1snE. 1seA. 81. FIN fa3.
Obj 11ECES At LUM Fls!t'Es x..v.
A Rood sofa, ei1. SIS t-I
A r4E king chair, Etf& fIl. tta.
4 marble. .stp aRriDset Washstind. f17.
a waFcR. wtE- spflny mattress, $7.a2.
A walnut bufr6tl. Alth gia-A sI3.
Al arm chair. upholstered. =.
walnut crntte.taatf. $&.tt
walnut bes*teal. ri ~. *ln 9ie,
NENUilEflS 1F t.SEfEL ARTICLES
10 NrY FUik l!Nl.iIlAf PRESENTS.
X T. HtltTlS, IN SrAIE.sr.
1. + M!HriX. Il! sTATTE.sT:
77AsiI rAip pui. LAlIHE on SMALL LOTs or
turcs.ci. h''. x.ltss II. Il aui u vsn lInsrn.ss.
1,uNS1TrHE nX Ti,tE THE UNION FutsSlTuKE
l. Company, stf WRIT s(atitsor.st.. te B1l kinds Ct
bntssh,.l xoots rionaAly pay'nratss low prscss;
~n6Y y
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-24
The Boston & Maine Strike.

The strike on the Boston & Maine Rail-
road seems TO have practically ended by the
complete victory of the road-a result which
will be hailed with pleasure and satisfaction
by all conservative and law-abiding citizens.
The attempt'on the part of any body OF men
to dictate the terms on which an individual
or corporation shall do its business or employ
its help is tyranny of the worst kind. The
tyranny of capital over labor is rarely as ag-
gressive and violent as that of labor over cap
ital when it gets the opportunity. The law
of supply and demand will suitably regulate
all these matters and when it is arbitrarily
intertered with from either side wrong is
done and the natural movement of business
is impeded.
In this particular case if the engineers
were not treated decently by the officials over
them, they had the right to appeal to the
President and Directors OF the road for pro-
lection. If this appeal proved ineffective they
had the right to withdraw from the service of
the company. So far they would have the
sympathy of all disinterested and fair minded
persons-a sympathy which they justly lose
the moment they 60 step beyond the vindi-
cation of their own rights and seek to infict
injury on the property of the company. No
one can justify their abandonment of the en-
gines between stations, the prevention of
other engineers from taking their places, the
damaging of engines or other property, their
buying off of men employed by the company,
or any other acts done for the purpose of CO.
ercing the company to action which it did
not wish to take. In short the road belongs
to the company and not to the engineers.
The latter have an undoubted right to refuse
to serve the road but they have no right to
interfere otherwise with its management.
A still greater outrage is the threat that
the strike might extend to roads that sympa-
thize with the Boston & Maine. If there be
an organization sufficiently powerful and un-
scrupulous to carry into effect the suggestion
of stopping all the roads running out of
Boston," the sooner it is met and beaten the
better. The public will readily consent to
suffer temporary inconvenience rather than
live under perpetual menace of the inter-
ruption Of railway communication at the will
OF some manager of trade union. 1t is a
good time now while business is depressed
and many men out of employ to select and
instruct new set of engineers throughout
New England if the present engineers are
mad enough to force the issue. This is not,
however, likely to occur and things will
probably soon settle into their normal con-
dition.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-24

ANNALS oB BABY. By One of its Slaves New
York: G. W. Carleton & Co. Portand Bailey
& Noyes.
A very loving and; appreciative eulogy of
The Baby-universal and representative. 1t is
very delicate and refined in its tone-sometimes
little Quixotic, over-sweet and gushing-but
'creditable alike to the heart and head" Of its
writer, clearly a woman and devout baby
"orsnipper. Why the publishers consider it a
companion piece to "Heleu's Babies is diff. +.
cult TO say, for in these Annals one misses all
the delicious contrasts OF the angelic and mis-
chievous natures of those typical children. In
fact the Baby of these Annals is like a cberub
ofpictorial art-celestial but incomplete with
out feet to stand upon terra frma. However,
the book has very elevated and sweet, tone
and will touch many responsive feeling in
the hearts of women wherever 1t is read.
SIR ROGER DE CovERLY. With an Introductory
Essay by John Habberton. New York: G. P.
futnam's Sons. Portland: Loring Short s. Har-
mon.
This little volume contains the papers which
appeared originally in the Spectator, relating
to the good knight Sir Roger de Coverly. It
forms one of series of six, which are to COM
prise representative numbers from the Specta-
tor, Taller, Guardian, Rambler &c., g., under
the skilful editorship of Mr. Habberton. A
very graceful and appreciative essay from his
pen forms the Introduction to the present vol
ume, which is a most convenient and suitable
one, as collecting papers which although united
by their theme, were separated by other articles
In the serial in which they were first pub
ished.
The CHILDHOOD OF THE ENGLISH NATION. By
Ella s. Armitage. New York: G, P. Putnam's
Sons Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon.
This is simple, practical and well-desgned
work, intended as an introduction and incite-
ment to the study of English history. 1t is
written in clear and pleasant style, and con-
tains details which histories larger and more
ambitious in their proportions would not give.
Although so agreeable in its manner of teach
ing history, it is dignified and compact and
will be found source of profit and pleasure to
young readers, or to those who, not caring to
devote overmuch study to the matter, wish to
understand the conditions and circumstances of
our early English forefathers,
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-24

IT has been repeatedly urged, especially
since the beginning of the difficulties be-
tween the Sublime Porte and some of his
Provinces, that Palestine should be pur-
chased to become Jewish settlement. Mr.
Roberts, who lately wrote on Prophecy and
the Eastern Question, endeavored to show
that Holy Writ foretold the crisis in the
East, the fall of Turkey. war between Eng
land and Russia, the restoration of Palestine
to the Jews under British protectorate, and
ultimately the appearance of Christ and the
establishment Of the Millennium. From Mr..
Gladstone to whom this pamphlet was sent,
its author received brief note promising to
"read it with great interest, for have been
struck with the apparent ground for the be-
lief that the state of the East may be treated
of in that field where you have been labor
ing" Though this is rather vague and care
fully non.committal, it has been largely ac-
cepted in England as somewhat favoring the
idea, which has gained strength of late, that
Palestine may once again be the home of the
children of Israel,
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-24

The recent victory of American i'm
plements in Russia has some picturesque
features. When Mr.. Kolyszko returned
from the Philadelphia Exhibition and told
what he had seen the English dealers in
Russia became alarmed, and began news
paper campaign against American imple-
ments. They especially attacked our ploughs
and said that English ploughs would be used
throughout the whole continent of America,
were it not for cur tariff. Mr.. Kolyszko chal-
lenged them to trial, and the day and place
were appointed. The English went to the
spot day ahead of time and ploughed a
piece of soft ground. Mr.. Kolyszko arrived
next day with American ploughs and ex-
perts. He found that what was left him was
land of the worst nature, covered with shrubs
and very uneven. Knowing what American
ploughs are, however, he went to work at
once and showed the English and Russians
what they had not seen before. With these
ploughs he cut the earth and matted roots
with the greatest ease, very much to the sur
prise of all spectators, who decided the vic.
tory Of American ploughs complete.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-24

A REMARKABLE Illustration of the man.
ner in which nations territory often in
creases is presented in the instance of Russia.
In the year 1906 the Tsardom of Muscoyy
covered an area of about 1884, 900 square
miles. This had expanded in 1857 into the
Russian Empire, containing 1856, 5,0Oo square
miles, Since 1867, when the Gar sold the
whole of his territory in North America to
the United States, there has been consider
able increase of territory by conquest in Asia.
During the last hundred years the population
of Russia has been nearly quadrupled. Agri-
culture and aggression have built up Russia
into great empire.