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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29
THE NEW YORK TIMES
FOR 1875

FOR 1878.
A Political, Literary, and General Neaos-
paper,
Devoted to the Reform in Municipal, State, and
General Government. ARIEL.
H. g. A II r g LIE z n r 9
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29

Acting "lke charm means ruin to the stom
ach. As sure and safe RENE iy for colds, cough.
and sore lungs, take Forest Tar" 1t never fa'
o do good and never does harm. mar2l-tSwlm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29

The democratic press of this State is
about as noted for its falschoods, bombast
and sensation as the party is for its weak
ness at the polls. Whipped in every bat
tie for the last twenty-five years, the party
organs have come up regularly every year
and achieved victory just before cleo
tion--on paper This year they are pub
fishing and sending out their usual sensa
tional grist of falsehoods, more ridiculous
and nonsensical II possible than in other
years. to be followed by the usual demo-
cratic victory just before election on pa
per. and rousing republican victory in
fact at the polls. They don't appear to
take into account that the republicans of
Maine are republicans from conviction.
and are not controlled by the weak and
base motives which the democratic press
attributes to them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29
fOLIIIE4I.

The Massachusetts, senate passed to be engross
ed the resolve giving suffrage to women.
General Kruger will act as provisional governor
OF South Carolina during the absence of Messrs
Chamberlain and Hampton at Washington.
The late election in Wilmington, n. c., resulted
in the choice Of four Republican Aldermen, four
Democrats and two Independents. This is Dem
ociatic loss.
One of the consequences of the Florida election
has been the removal of MIR. Humphreys, one of
the Republican electors, from his post as agent of
the Southern Express Company at Pensacola.
Governor Robinson of New York ha. vetoed the
bill for the appointment of a superintendent of
public works, because the senate rejected the gov
errors nomination of General Mcclellan to Il Of
position.
The Democratic Governor of Missouri calls for
loan Of S25O,OOO. A Democratic Legislature
appropriated 81 10000 for expenses and then
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29
-
GefiIeme Renueslrd

All persons indebted to Mrs. NJ. p. Webster will
please call and settle their account; any bills
against her will he settled on presentation.
maI26-tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29
New ADVERTISEMENTS

Nr FANCY CARDS IL styles with name 10 cts
20 Post paid. j. d. Hustled, Nassau. Rens Co.,
NY mar2giw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29

Governor Chamberlain has arrived in
Washington in response to the Presidents
letter Of invitation. Wade Hampton is
expected to arrive there to-day. In his
letter accepting the invitation of the Presi-
dent, Hampton repeats that all impedi-
ments to peace in the State may be remov-
ed by the withdrawal of the troops, and
promises if they ale Withdrawn that all
people of both races shall be equally pro-
tected. The President will need some
thing more than the promise Of this leader
of the murderous rifle clubs to insure the
safety of republican voters in South Caro-
lima il his attempt to seize the State gov
eminent succeeds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29

provided for the expenditure of Sl,750,ooo They
appropriated S25o0Oo less than was needed so that
they might raise the cry of economy and reform.
1t is authoritstively stated that an exchange of
positions on the part of Secretary McCrary and
Attorney-General Devens has never been con-
templated by them.
An impartial President, according to the Demo-
cratic conception, is one who, in regard to the
Southern question and every other question, does
exactly what Democrats demand Of him, does it
precisely in the method prescribed by Democrats
and at Just the moment when Democrats decree
that it shall be done Tribune
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29
BLUE GIL ASS.

Get your medicines put up at Devine & How
ards, in Blde Glass Bottles. mario teodtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29

Nichols having issued a proclamation
TO the people OF Louisiana asking them 10
pay taxes to his government, both to
evince their confidence in it and TO give it
mutual support. Governor Packard issues
counter proclamation which casts that of
his competitor far into the shade. We
publish the latter as document of inter-
est 10 all who desire 10 keep well informed
In regard TO the political strife in Louis
lana.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29

Terrible to weak Lungs Is this inclement sea-
son. Are you hoarse- toImented with cold
convulsed with hard cough-annoyed with a
sore throat-troubed with difficulty OF breathing
II So lose not an hour in procuring liales Honey
of Horehound and Tar, the sole and sovereign
remedy for such complaints. Sold by all drug
gists.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one IN mute.
mar2ltSwlm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29
Assessors Notice.
To THE TAXPArERs OF THE CITY OF AUGUSTA

v on ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to bring in
true and perfect lists of your polls. and all
your estates, both Real and Personal of which you
were possessed on the first day of April 1871 not by
law exempt from taxation. For the purpose OF re.
ceivnE said lists and ADM nisterng the oath there
to, authorized. the undersigned, Assessors of said
city, VIII be IN session NJ the A ldermafi's Room
in Granite Block, on each Saturday before the 18th
day OF My next from . 10 IL o clock A. NJ, and
from TO O'Clock r. Nj, ana also on all stormy
days before that time.
Failing to bring in such lists you " i'll thereby he
barred OF any right to make application to the
County Commissioners for an abatement of any
tax which may be assessed against you.
Blanks for returns may be HAD of us on applica.
ton, or Hing at the City Ire ,surei's Once.
J. S. TURNER, ! Assesso S
GUY TURNr of
THuS. LIrTLE,> Augusts.
Ap.il2 Isl. mar.7.tSwr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29

Edwin b. Longiellow In the iii IN of Longfellow a.
Ward, wi continue to carry on the business oil an
Eating and Lodging House, at the old stand. All
parties indebttd to said II m are her, by reauested
to make immediate payment TO said Ward, who
Will pay all Indebtedness of the firm.
". Il. LONGtELLOW,
JAMES WARD.
Augusta, Me-, March 20, III.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-29

Reports that Secretaries Eyarts and Schurz are
TO retire from the Cabinet and be appointed re-
speetively Ministers to England and Germany are
authoritstively pronounced by those gentlemen to
Q without foundation.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-20
law the Texas Cow.Boy Lives.

A letter from San antonio, Texas, to
the New Orleans Democrat, says: One
OF the distinctive features OF Western
Texas is the cowboy, so.called. Hereto,
fore there have been bnt few inclosed
pastures. The cattle and horses have
ranged at will over the prairies, and
when q nortller prevails they become
widely scattered. When the spring OF
the year returns, then dozen or more OF
ihe Young men of neighborhood mount
their mustangs, taking each spare,
horse, the company having severa
sumpter horses, and scour the prairies
for many miles, some times fifty or SIXTY
one direction. These excursions last
about ten days or two weeks. They
biyouac at night, COX their own meals,
seldom enter house, drink quantities OF
black coffee. generally without sugar,
XIII yearling when they need meat, and
are truly rough and ready riderssie This
kind of I;fe seems to have an inexpreesi-
ble charm for the young men. 1t is sn
exciting scene to see them In fuh chase,
with their lariats whiriing over their
heads, their mustangs as much excited
by the race as themselves. From this
school comes the noted Texas ranger,
and it would be hard to find q better
tanning for cavalry soldier.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-20
The Husbands Happy New Year.

The HuSband'S Happy New lear.
Bright and fresh, if a trife too frosty
For scent were we after the hare
The morning is splendidly bracing,
The country delightful, though bare.
The sky is turquoise in color,
The sun, while it dazzles the eyes,
Warns the skaters, but six solid inches
The ice on the brook-water lies;
The wood in the distance is purple,
With barely leaf, green or sere;
1t is surely day of good omen
That brings in Happy New Year.
What, darling, astir, and so early?
Your hands, both your hands, within mine;
Your face is as fresh as the morning,
Your eyes with its happiness shine;
The sun turns your hair to its color,
There's nothing in Nature SO bright;
Forgive if my words seem to Astter,
They only express my delight.
Ny heart like bubble is floating,
So buoyant, and yet so sincere,
As, with all its intenest deyoton,
wish you Happy New Year!
All that happiness means desire you,
All that Heaven bestows on its own,
May it be without bounds, or its limits
Be set by your wishes alone;
Life is chequer'd, but then the pure metal
Is lghten'd, you know, by alloy,
And life sometimes gives BY its sorrow
The zest that We find in its Joy.
But there, am growing didactic
And wrongly OBTAINING you here,
Hand in hand, while only intended
To wish you Happy New Year!
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-20
A Lady's Long Trance.

The Des Moines Iowa) Register Of a
recent issue, says :. Yesterday evening
there stopped at the Given House Mr..
and Mrs. Shade, of Guthrie county. &C.
companied by some attendants. They
are escorting to Mount Pleasant Mrs.
Shadle, who has been in an almost con-
tinual trance ever since last June. Some
time last March, without any premoni-
tory symptoms, the lady became insane,
wild at first, and finally violent. She
was visiting q sister near her own resi-
dence. Soon after her arrival there she
began to talk strangely, and few days
later was raving with insanity, and at times
very violent. On the 18th of June Mrs.
Shade had spasm, from which she
passed off into a comatose state, which
continued witheut intermission until
October 1, when she awakened and con-
versed, although inooherently. The
next day she again fell asleep and has
not since been awake. She is fed by
forcing her mouth open and placing the
food inside. Her respiration is regular,
but little more frequent than that OF
most people of her age, which is twenty.
nine. She has one child, boy of four
wears. The first evidence of wakefulness
she has exhibited since the Cd Of October
was the day before yesterday, when she
was carried from her home to a vehicle
to be transferred to the cars. The
little boy climbed into the wagon
and placing his arms about his
mothers neck, kissed her. Tears i'm
mediately rolled from the closed eyes,
but they remained closed; and there was
no other sign of waking. She is to be
taken to the asylum for the insane at
Fort Madison.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-20
Mome.Mad Christmas Gifts.
A WALL LErTER-HoIDER.

This is something which quite, a
little boy could make. Cut out three
pieces of thin weod, foot long by Six
inches wide smooth anG sand-paper
two of them, bore a hole in each corner
and in the middle of one side, and
fasten them together with Tue wire,
cord, ribbon, or the small brass pins
which are used for holding manuscripts.
The pieces should be held little apart.
Cut one end of the third piece into
some ornamental shape, glue it firmly to
the back of one of the others, and sus-
pend it from the wall by q hole bored
in the TOP. It will be found O useful
thing to hold letters or pamphlets. A
clever boy could make this much hand
somer BY cutting pattern over the
front, or an initial, or monogram, or
name in the middle. The wood should
be oiled er shellaced.
SHOE CASES.
These cases are meant to take the
place of paper when shoes are to be
wrapped up in trunk. They are made
of brown crash, bound with red worsted
braid. One end is pointed so as to turn
over and button down, or the top has
strings over the braid to tie the mouth
up. There should be three or four made
at a time, as each case holds but one
pair of shoes and you will find that
mamma or your unmarried aunts VIII
like them very much.
A NEW KIND OF CHR1sTMAs-PIR
Nothing can be droller than to hang
up ones stockings, and nothing prettler
or more full of meaning than Christ
mas tree. But for some Of you who may
like to make a novelty in these time
honored ways, we will just mention that
it is good fun to make Christmas
pie in an enormous tin dish-pan, with
make. believe crust of yellow cartridge
paper, ornamented with twirls and
hourishes of the same, held down with
pins, and have it served on Christmas
Eve, full of pretty things and sugar
plums, Jokes and jolly little rhymes
fastened to the parcels. The cutting
should be done beforehand, and hidden
by the twirls Of paper but the carver
can pretend to use his knife and fork,
and spooning out the packages will IN
sure q merry time for all at the table.
And one more suggestion. Little articles
wrapped in white paper, can be put
inside cakes, baked and iced, and thus
furnish another amusing surprise for
the "pie" or the Christmas tree.-'2.
Nicholas Magazine.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-20
The Valley Of the Jordan.

The Jordan Valley, from Lake Tiber-
las to the Dead Sea, is about seventy
miles in length. Three miles is its
average breadth, although it widens at
places into plai3 ten miles broad. These
plains are beautiful GASES, which fact
will remove the impression, now popular,
that the whole region is sterile desert.
There are many streams running out OF
the mountains on either side, and in
every case, where the river leaves the
foot of the hills, there is ruined village.
There is little difficulty in picking out
among these many of the localities men
toned in the Bible. Along the course
of the Jordan We find ruins Of many of
the bridges built by the Romans. One
of these, Just below Lake Tiberias, con-
sists of ten huge arches, and must have
been handsome structure. By irriga-
ton the valley of the Jordan, embracing
200 square miles, may be made as fertile
as the Nile, and will support half mil.
lion of people. The expense would be
triAing, and anything that grows in the
hot-beds of the world can be produced in
the Jordan Valley. The valley and ad-
Joining ones have numerous hot sulphur
springs. Some miles east OF the Jordan,
just below Lake Tiberias, is o small
basin containing q large hot spring and
some ruins which indicate that it was at
one time popular resort. There are
remains of large theater and many
houses that must have been magnificent
in their day. The whole country Is filed
with ruins.
There are popular traditions that
Sodom, Gomorrah and other wicked
cities of the plain are submerged. The
belief is erroneous, and the Dead Sea
has never exceeded its borders. These
cities must have existed at the northern
end of this body of water. Every Link
in the chain of evidence leads to this be-
lief. On the plain at the northern end
of the sea are some rebuilt cities, exactly
corresponding in number and position
to the cities Of the plain that were des-
troyed by the great confagration men,
toned in the Bible. At one place are
three cities, above ground, in "layers."
First are the mud houses of the Arabs
next under these is city built by the
Romans still under that is Hebrew
city, and still lower down. where men
have turned up the earth thirty or forty
deep, there are the ruins of still another
age.
In ancient times, there cannot be the
slightest doubt, this land was densely
populated by wealthy people. The
ruins which dot the country and the
fact that the Romans thought it worthy
of conquest prove the assertion. There
are to Be seen still, among other things.
the re INFANTS of more than five hundred
miles built by the Romans. The work
manship was superb, and even at this
day the drives are frequently we'll pre-
served. These, too, go to show the
former importance of the country, which
demanded such q costly means OF In
ternal intercourse. The valley is inter.
sected with irrigating canals, built by
the ancients, showing that they had
more intelligence than any that have
lived there since.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-20
That Colorado Stone Man.

"A Denver assayer gives this account
of the origin of the Colorado stone man
with tail: In August, 1875, five of us
were prospecting In the vicinity of
Pueblo. In coming upon sandstone
quarry, ono of the party observed sort
of likeness of man drawn upon the
rock. The incident occasioned deal of
talk about ancient creations, and the
idea Of getting up o second Cardiff
giant was then favorably discussed.
The party agreed to undertake the task,
and stonecutter named Saunders. who
had been working in the vicinity and
known to be q clever hand at modelling,
was at once sought out and an agree
ment made for the figure. While the
plan was in progress one OF the party,
in a Joking way, said the thing ought to
have a tail, as in ancient times men had
tails six or seven inches long. It was
decided amongst the party that the figure
should be known as petriied Aztec
Indian, and they would resurrect him
after six months and impose him on the
public as such. The stonecutter, not
seeing the joke, set to work and made
the figure, with tail appended. The
price paid the artisan was $135, and after
he had completed the figure twas buried.
The "Muldoon was made out of sand
stone and dried by the cabin fire, which
partly accounts for the little moles on
the surface. After the burial-two feet
from the surface of the ground-the
party went on their way to await the
resurrection. A few of the prospectors
had got wind of the proceedings and
were keeping an eye on the party, and
so they dispersed in different directions.
Finally they became scattered, some in
New York and the remainder in different
portions of the country. I had for
gotten nearly about the matter when
the discovery was chronicled in the
papers.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-20
Pnloried and Flogged. ]

A recent dispatch from Wilmington
Del, SAYS !: This morning, at o few
minutes past ten o'clock, in cold, driz-
zlinp easterly rain storm, the frst OF
the culprits to be fogged as o punish
ment for felony in this county at New
castle was marched into the jail yard,
attended by the warden and sherIff.
Mounting a rickety old ladder, two
prisoners we're promptly pilloFied. For
an hour they stood there inahe lace oi
the few spectators who ensconced them
selves in corners of the jail yard 20 De
sheltered from, the rain which pelted
pittilessly upon the victims Of the Pill
iory. At the expiration Of an hourthey
were released. One fetired.l II bug ;,
The other, William Barry, bsFdened
criminal. by the way, who boosted that
he had been in thirty-si dinerens 1ahs
in the country, was strapped TO the
whipping post, stripped hare 70 the
waist. and received qnite q severe hog
eing. He felt the punishment severely,
and looked imploringly at the sheriff as
the lash descended twenty times on his
bare back. : 4ilr. :.
A lad named Mcclure, evidently OF
delicate organization, was next stripped
and tied to the post. He was very an1.
ious and frightened. The sheriff dealt
mercifully with him, and the twenty
lashes didaot much MGR than well red
o'T The nI next e1 was Monk Austin, who was
:.tna - y,effv larceny and al
though he shivered and was much affect
ed by the cold rain on his naked skin.
he bore his punishment with nepchal-
ance. an A young fellow named Kieay,
the companion Of Austin, stepped up to
the post, threw his cost of jauntily and
received his twenty lashes with 1ndl1er-
ence. as4, =, s,3,Ia,.ti
convicted for larceny, the other two for
felonious assault. They each received
the usual twenty lashes and wriggled and
roared under the infictiou, ,,.,.,f
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-20
Journalistic Ingenuity.

Everybody knows that newspapers
keep biographies Of most living celebri.
ties ready in type, so that when one OF
them happens to die his career is in the
hands of the public an hour or so after
his Inst gasp. The other day, however,
the sudden death of NJ. Theirs caught
an Italian journal mapping, and this is
how it's editor filled up the void till the
literary notice of the dead man VAS
written "The sorrow with which we
are SO suddenly overwhelmed entirely
prevents as from saying anything about
this ilIuarious statesman; but when
our tears cease to flow tomorrow we
shall give an account Of his life, "
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-20
Stories Of Children.

A pair of twins about q month old
were dropped on street corner In Obi
cago one morning recently, and the
mother, being in haste, did not return
for the basket. A policeman took the
little fellows to the Foundlings' Home,
where they received the names of Lin
scott Rutherford Hayes and Martin
Burchard Hayes.
Four little boys in Sacramento, Gal. ,
have built little cabin close to the old
chain-gang yard, and there they live by
themselves, scorning the homes which
their fathers offer them. They have no
stove, but do their scanty cooking on a
brick fireplace, while plentiful supply
of blankets keeps them comfortable at
night, They earn few pennies by rum
ming on errands and doing odd jobs.
A lad returned from school in War-
rensburg, New York, one noon not long
ago, to tell his mother that he was going
to drown himself in Schroon River.
She screamed as he set out as fast as he
could run, but before she could overtake
him he threw himself into the water and
was drowned.
A bright little urchin ran away from
the Soldiers Orphan Home, at Normal
Illinois, the other day, and went to Chi,
cago, as he said, to see some big ships.
He walked the greater part Of the way,
occasionally stealing ride on freight
train. When he was rescued by tue
police his face was dis6gured by
scratches, which he had received in en-
counters with farmers boys and, as he
said, "with crowd of fellers on the
river. The young tramp was cent
back to school.
A three year.old in Orange, New Jer.
sey, when bis grandfather says grace at
table, explains in patronizing aside to
the company, "1t's gmndpa's little