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The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
NOTES OF The DAY.

st. Louis Globe Democrat: "Senator
Morton has dismissed his doctors, and is,
therefore, in no immediate danger Of
needing the services Of an undertaken"
Fortunately the old residents of Bur-
lington,, Vt. remember that II ayes father
was very obstinate man ia his MOTTO MS
of honesty. There have been some re-
cent changes in the family.
That naughty Hd,Ckeye: "a scientific
authority states that "a single female
house-hy will produce in one season 20,-
OS0, 800 seggs.' Great guns! What must
the married ones do"
The Hartford Courant beat all its con-
| temporaries last week by a neat stroke
of enterprise. 1t republished from its
| own files of 1777 complete account OF
the battle of Bennington.
Henry watterson says the Democratic
party never will be disbanded till it has
paid the debt of deep damnation it owes
the Republican party. This debt has
been running for fifteen years.
The Cincinnati Enquirer thinks "John
Sherman spoke by authority in one thing
only. His speech was all his own, ex-
| cept that part which disclaimed having
b had anything to do with the nomination
of West, and this he said Hayes told him
to say"
The case is thus briefly put by the
! Nashville american. "The Chicago
Times gives sixteen reasons why the
| United States should annex the northern
province of Mexico. The would be con-
elusive if II were not for one reason the
other way--thou shalt not steal"
With force which is quite alarming
the Cincinnati Commercial observes that
Judge West, by his tenderness in speak
ing of the Presidents recognition of the
facts in the South, throws away the
strong point of the campaign. And the
dollar of the daddies gone too. Alas!
| Alas!
Says the Nashville american: "The
CINCINNATI Gazette is satisfied with
Judge " est's speech, and the democrats
are. How delightful the harmony in
that state? The republicans do every
thing to please the democrats, and the
democrats are grateful, and so they
live happily together"
The Cincinnati Gazette on its white
elephant: "But what we desire to say
| in answer to the Enquirer is that
Mr sherman is no violent
contractionist. and that the danger lie
| in his premises and not in his objective
| point" The bearing of this lies In the
| application, so to speak.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
Hard on PiItsburg.

Pittsburg proposes to have an inc ustri-
al exposition the 4th of next month and
has invited President Hayes to open it,.
The Philadelphia Ledger is curious to
know what Pittsburg wants to exhibit
and suggests that as an evidence of the
work that has been done so successful
lv IN her midst "she might have gather
I'd together all the cargoes of grain and
flour, and carloads of provisions and of
sewing machines, dry goods and trunks,
that her mob so industrioUsly took pos
esSion of a month ago; but some of them
have been already on exhibition at her
notice stations, much reduced and injur-
I'd hut sufficiently numerous to show
the large extent of Pittsburg industry
and supremacy in the riot line." A
Greater attraction stlll, according to the
Ledger, would be an exhibition of her
oblieations and her disposition to settle
them. together with the methods propos-
ed for paying her Indebtedness to the
people whose property her mob destroy
ed or Numbered. This is rather hard on
Pittsburg Bat the Ledger evidently is
sore because it is the purpose OF Pitts
burg. backed by those Whose property
was destroyed, to get the State LeglSla-
ture to "foot the bills" and increase the
the unusual levy upon the whole body
of taxpayers to replace the sum to be
drawn from the treasury,
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
How the sane, va S,u,L

Recently Dan Creeden, of Hockessin,
was before Squire Frazer, on mum Der
of charges of selling liquor without a
States license, but as several witnesses
had "sloped," he was only held on one
of the charges. By persistent work on
the part of Constable Crossan, of Mill
Creek HID =, the other witnesses were
finally secured, and Wednesday morn,
ing, at 10 O'Clock, was fixed for Dams
second hearing. But on Tuesday morn.
ing he came into the office, with sor-
rowful mein and grief stricken counten-
ance, and silently handed the Squire
telegram, which informed Dan that his
sister, in Philadelphia, was dying, and if
he wished to see her alive he must come
Immediately. He said his cold woman"
was already on her way to the depot, and
earnestly requested the Squire to post
pone his hearing. The. telegram, to all
appearance, was genuine, and so the
Squire granted Dams request, but it has
since TRANSFERRED that the whole affair
was trick of Creeden's to stave off his
hearing, and smuggle the witnesses out
of the State again.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
From The Philadelphia Press. 'r,'+
THE WAGES OF SERVANT GIRLS

While wages with every other class
have fallen those of servants stand as in
prosperous times, but there is now an
apparent determination to bring them
down. The servant girl has actually no
thing to buy but her clothes. She seldom
has anyone dependent upon her for sup
port; she lives well. and is housed com
fortably. She is continually receiving
presents of money and clothes, and, as a
rule, has passed through NO preparations
whatever to fit her for her work. Fol-
lowing is one among many communica
tions from housekeepers which have ap-
peared, and well states the case: 81 wish
TO add my mite as a housekeeper and a
sufferer, and agitate still further in re-
gard to the eXorbitance of servants
| wages. l for one am going to set III ex-
ample of reducing the wages of both my
servants when the present month expires.
There is no class Of working people that
fare as we'll as servants in private fami-
lies. Their homes are as comfortable as
their mistresses', and where lady keeps
well-order4d ed and managed house their
accommodations are as nice and neat as
possible. My servants have as commo-
dious room as myself, carpsted and
Well furnished, and warmed in winter;
no stint of foot, and of the same quality
as | have on my own table; tea, coffee,
sugar, &c, at their command, lock
and key attached to nothing Do they
appreciate 1t? Not a bit. That, l be-
lieve, is pecularity of the institution
The more privileges l bestow the more
they take the advantage. All these lux
nries they have beside their wages, with
which they can buy double the amount
they were able to buy three or four years
ago. Compare their SITUATIONS with poor
sewing girls and others employed in va
riovs shops and stores in the city, and
notice the result. These girls are obliged
TO accept the cheapest boarding-houses,
put up with the smallest aud poorest of
accommodations, often-times in dirty,
crowded tenement houses, in order to
make their little earnings buy the ne
cessaries of life, and to keep body and
soul together. Clerks and and all others
living with salaries have been in many
instances greatly reduced, and with these
staguant business times every one is
obliged to curtail expenses in various
ways. So say to keep this subject be-
fore the public of adjusting servants
wages to a proper consistency with the
times and with the wages of other labor
arsO
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
Read the Following.

WEST FAIRLEE, VT, Jan. II, 1917
Dea Slr-For seven or eight years pa st
have been in poor health, and for the past
year or more very feeble. My health con-
tinued to decline, and my flesh and strength
wasted away, until was unable to work,
or even go up stairs without great exhaus-
tion. Isuffered from frequent and distress
ing attacks of palpitation of the heart, my
food distressed me, causing acidity and
pain in the stomach and l suffered from
extreme nervousness, constipation, and de-
bility OF the system generally, my blood
being thin and poor and sluggish in circu-
lation, and was for years suffering all the
tortures of a confirmed dyspeptic About
six months since / concluded would try a
bottle of fPERUVIAN SYRUP, and receiv-
ed 30 much benefit from it that purchased
five bottles more, and have continued the
use of the SYRUP until quite recently. 1t
has restored my health to such an extent
that 1eel myself as good as new. NV di
gestion is good and my weight has increas-
ed In the past four months from 100 TO 1873
pounds; my strength has returned, and my
general h~alth is thus wonderfully i'm provH
ed, and 1 can truly say 1 owe 1t all 10 the
u>e of your PERUVIAN SYRUP. / earn
estly recon- mend all sufferers from d yspep-
sia and debility to give II trial, hoping
will do them as much good as 1t has me.
Yours very truly, MRS, s., b. BEMIS
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23

jays report upon the New York GUS
tom-house shows that there il a good
deal of crookedness there that needs re-
forming The suggestions as to the num-
Der of odicials required to do all the work
of the customhouse must cause some re-
movals of strikers who have grown fat
in their comfortable stalls. But the re-
port does not confine itself to bringing
TO light the fact that ten men do ohe
work of four; it shows that there are
names of persons on the paysroll whose
sole duty consists IN signing the receipt
for their pay. This report is only a
formal statement of what has long been
well known.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23

The reprint of Blackwood's Magazine
for August has been received from the
Leo pard Scott Publishing Co., Al Barclay
Street, New York.
Besides the serial stories, "Mine is
Thine" and "Pauhne," which are each
continued at considerable length, there
Is an article on Victor Hugo, embodying
rapid review of the "Legende des
Siecles," which is declared to be ma
gnificent poem, and short criticism upon
his NOVELS. beginning with "Notre
Dame" Admitti ng that he is great
poet, the writer pronounces that he ls
more likely to live in his novels than in
his poems.
The pleasant, gossiping "Wanderer's
Letters" are continued, and this number
gives a sketch of the career of NJ urat as
King of Naples.
"The Storm in the East-No. III"
condenses the war news up to the 20th t
July, and gives a better conception of
the progress of the campaign than can
be gathered from the hasty perusal of the
fragmentary bulletins In the daily papers,
which not unfrequently contradict the
assertions of the day before.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23

The Democratic State Convention met
yesterday in Harrisburg. W. S. Stem
ger, of Franklin, was chosen perma-
nent chairman. Resolutions were adopt
President Hayes "a high crime ago'nst
free government, which has not be
condoned and will not be forgo ,eA;"
opposing special enactments in favor of
corporations, and further land grants
and subsidies; and reafirming the finan-
cial plank of the last National Demo
cratic Convention. John Turnkey, of
Venango county, was nominated for JUS
tice of the Supreme Court; w. P. Schel,
of Bedford, for Auditor General, and A.
G. Noyes, of Clinton, for State Trersur-
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
A PEACH AND MELON EXHI-
DI1'InN

The managers of the permanent exhi-
bition at Philadelphia have made arrange
ments for special display ofpeaches and
melons to take place at the height of the
season, from September to 6, inclusive,
in which each of the principal eastern
peach districts of Maryland, Delaware,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York
are expected to take part and furnish n
representative displays of individual ana
collective exhibits. Each exhibitor is 10
furnish one ordinary basket of each va,
riety of peaches grown by him, delivered
at the stations at such date that it may
reach Philadelphia by the morning OF the
4th OF September. The company viii
pay all transportation charges, and all
expenses of placing and exhibiting. LID
eral premiums are to be offered.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
MIR. TILDEN's TOUR.
Ills Visit 90 Lon dom He Devotes Him
self TO Rapid rrausIt.


Mr.. l.. J. Jennings, in his last letter
from London to the New York World,
thus speaks of Mr.. Tilden's visit to the
Eugllsh metropolis
"W hat may, perhaps, interest many of
your readers to hear that Mr.. Tlden has
been looking very closely into the work.
Ing of the underground railroad in Lon
don, and spent some hours in making a
thorough examination of its construction,
mode of working, etc. ] asked HIM W hat
were his opinions as 10 the practical
bility ofany similar scheme in New York.
He said:-I should think such road as
this would scarcely answer in New York,
for 1t would be too expensive. Recollect
that we should have TO contend against
water and rock the greater part of the
way. But the great want of our time in
New York is quick communication be-
tween the upper and lower parts of the
island, and lhe difficulties in the way
must be surmounted.' you don't seem
to think that an underground railroad
would do there?" Il am not prepared to
say that he answered. Il am going to
study out the problem with care, and
shall try to find some solution to it,"
81 must say that this made me feel
more confident of your having an under
ground railroad, or some other cheap and
quick method of rapid transit In New
York, than have ever been before; for |
know, and all New Workers know, that
Mr.. Tilden is, above all things; prac-
tical man, and seldom drops a thing
when he has once taken it up until he has
done what he wants with it. could not
help also thinking how much wiser it
was to set about providing rapid transit
for the people of your gre e,t city. l was
nearly writing our city, for have not
spent nearly ten years OF my life there?-
that TO set down and fret and moan over
disappointment in an election. In fact
| very much admired the spirit which the
Governor displayed OF course, he is
fully OF opinion that he was elected, and
so are many others-on the matter, how
ever, started out by saying would not
speak in the letter, nor will [. Let us
stick TO our bargain. But evidently the
Governor does not intend to let his dsap-
pointment worry him into an untimely
grave. Congratulated him on looking
so well and hearty. people said the af-
fair would kill me- he remarked with a
dry look. 'Do you think look like it?"
you look to me- said |, 'as if you inten-
ded to settle that rapid-transit ques-
tions yet, and then see one or two more
elections l asked him what he thought
about the recent strikers and riots in the
United States. He seemed To be of opin-
ion that all trouble was past and that the
chief orignators of the disorder were
foreigners. The depressed state of trade
in America has evidently engaged much
of the Governors thoughts and attention
and | would not wonder if he had some
thing worth hearing to say upon that
when he returns TO his home, which will
be in October next"
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
PERUVIAN SYRUP
PERUVIAN SYRUP
From a Merchant.
NORTH sEARsMoNr, Sept. Q, is

NORTH SEARSMONT, Sept. ., 1870.
Dear Sir-It gives me very great pleasure
to inform you of the benefit received from
the use of PERUVIAN SYRUP in my
own family My wife, for the past ten
years, has been in feeble health-very
much debllitated generally. Last Spring
she concluded to Try a bottle of PERU
WAN SYRUP, and was so well pleased
with the result, continued its use until three
or four bottles had been used, and she is
now in better health than at any time for
ten years, and has increased in weight from
III pounds To 126k. have employed ply
sicians, and used q great variety of pa ent
medicines, to the extent of hundreds of dol
lars, and know she received more benefit
from the P PERUVIAN SYRUP than all the
rest together.
My sales of the Syrup are very large
and constantly increasing, and do not hes
itate to recommend and even warrant it to
give satisfaction. If you desire you are at
liberty to use this communication as you
see fit, as it gives me pleasure to recon-
mend SO good an article to suffering hu-
manity. Yours trnly,
PEASE
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
A PENSION FRAUD.

u. WASHINGTON, d. c. Aug. %.
The 'tNational Republican, of this
morning, publishes communication n
from I. p. Kane, special agent of the
Pension Bureau, charging ex-Commis-
sioner of Pension e. Baber with receiv-
ing bribe for passing the fir iudulent
claim of Mrs. Emily d. Slaug hter, Of
Baltimore, widow of Albert G.. Slaugh-
ter, late of the navy. ..gH0u1 .is-,rH =
It does not appear that MS. s.. was a
party to the fraud. The claim was work
up by Sam'l A. Pugh, who has been indict-
ed by the grand jury of Baltimore County,
for receiving Illegal pension fees, The
amount of The claim secured was 81 ,725.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
Growth OF HUMAN HAIR AFTER

GROWTH OF HUMAN HAIR AFTER
DEATH.-Dr. Caldwell, of Tow wa, states that
in 1862 he was present at the exhumaton n
of body which had been buried two
years before. The. coffin had sprung
open at the joints, and the hair protrud-
cd through the openings On opening
the coffin the hair of the head was found
to measure eighteen inches, the whis-
kers eight inches, and the hair on the
breast five or six inches The man had
been shaved before being buried. In
1917 similar circumstance occurred in
Mercer county, Pa. In digging grave
the workmen came upon the skeleton of
man that had been buried ten years.
The hair was as firm as during life, and
had growp to the length of eleven or
twelve inches.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
The Nepotic Order.
The Great Necessity for IL i'm the
South,

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune sends this:-
"The circular of Mr.. Raum, Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, limiting the
number of relatives to be employed by
collectors In Internal Revenue Districts,
was sent TO the different collectors dis
tricts to-day. The purpose of the circular
is undoubtedly to put check upon ne
potsm and to prevent collectors from. alb
sorbing all the more important salaries
In the districts in their own families. The
reports from the several sections of the
country have shown that with few excep-
tions there was little need for any such
circular in the. North, but that in the
Southern States nepotism had been car
ried to very great extent. There are
only two districts in New York where
there are abuses of the sort. Indeed,
some of the Southern Republican politi-
clans who are here assert that the order
is aimed directly at their section, andthat
back oft is a desire toremove Republi-
cans f'0tn Office. The order will be like
ly to have, in one respect, different eff
feet from what has been intended. Hith /,
erlo feeling of delicacY has prevented
collectors in many districts from placing
their sons or immediate relatives in the
subordinate places within their districts
which command the best salaries; but by
this circular it is made rule that Col
lectors may do this, and, moreover, that
there may be groups of persons retained
in Office who are related to each other by
blood or marriage, although not related
to the Collector. Some of the officials
here think that the first rule, which per-
mits Collectors to have one relative in
office, will be put in force in great
many districts where delicacy has hither-
to prevented the appointment of relatives
and that nepotism of this sort will be the
rule and not the exception"
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
The DardanelIes.

The reported closing by Turkey of the
Dardanelles to all foreign fleets is inter
preted as an expression of her confidence
to defend Constantinople without out
side aid. At the same time it was always
maintained by the Turkish government
that no foreign vessel of war should be
permitted at any time to pass the OAR
danelles. England recognized this prin-
ciple in 1909, and in the Egyptian war of
1928 the British and French fleets were
not permitted to enter the strait. In 1941
the five great powers of Europe recogniz-
ed the principle, and it was reaffirmed by
the treaty of Paris in 1856. In 1870, how.
ever, this clause of the treaty of Paris
was abrogated, and restrictions on the
navigatioDs of the strait ceased TO exist.
The Dardanelles, called also the Strait
of Gallipoli, is narrow channel connect
Ing the sea of Marmora with the Aegean
sea, and forming part of the boundary
between Europe and Asia. The strait is
about forty miles long, and the width
varies from one to four miles. 1t is
strongly fortified on both sides by forts
and batteries, which are intended to
command the access to Constantinople
In ITO, however, they were passed with
out serious injury by a Russian squadron
under Admiral Elphinstone, and in 1901
by an American frigate under Commo-
modore Bainbridge. At one point the
strait is only eight hundred yards across
and may be closed by chains. A rapid
current runs from the sea of Marmora
southwestward. All the forts are defen-
ded by guns of the largest calibre and oI
the most modern construction, and when
effectively manned ought to be able tt
defend Constantinople, unless there are
iron-clads which can successfully run the
gauntlet.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23

Governor Pennington, of DakotaWrltes
to the Commissioner Of Agriculture, un-
der date of the 18th, that the small grain
is all harvested in that Territory, the
Weld being from 20 to 50 bushels per
acre. There are no grasshoppers, ana
the corn crop, which is the most promls.
ing ever know, is considered safe. Wheat
has opened at 75 cents per bushel, anu
there are "mIlions of bushels for the
Eastern markets" The Governor adds
that "people in the East who want homes
for the purpose of making living by the
cultivation of the soil can find no better
country than Southern Dakota, and, In
fact. the whole Territory; and all the
land not already entered is absolutely
free to actual settlers.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23
HAUNTED BY HIS VICTIM


In Philadelphia on Friday night. an
Englishman giving the name of John
Henderson made his appearance at a
police station, and stated to the sergent
that he had committed murder, and re-
quested to be taken into custody. He
said that he belonged to Troop E. Eigh-
teenth Hussars, of her Majesy the Queen
of England. In January last he was in
company with Sergent Wheeler, of the
same troop, at Colgate, England. They
had both been drinking together, when he
discoveIe that Wheeler had more mon
ey than he possessed himself, and he de-
lermined to have it. He then obtained
carbine and struck his companion q
heavy blow on the head, killing him al
most instantly. In rifing the pockets of
the murdered man Henderson said he
found f16, which he took, and then drag
ged the body to cesspool and threw it
| in. He then deserted and took pass
age to America, where he arrived several
months ago, landing in New York.
Recently he came to Philadelphia, but
here as in other places he could find no
peace of mind, and was continually being
haunted by the form of his victim. The
English vice consul at Philadelphia, when
informed of the afflir, stated that a Ser
geat Wheeler, of Troop e. had been
found in cesspool, but not for some time
after the man had disappeared and re-
ward of f5 offered for the capture of
each. 1t was believed that the deceased
had committed suicide. The conscience
stricken murderer was committed to pris-
on for further hearing on the 3d of Sep
| famhar
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23

LEcTURE.-H. g. Conrad, of Will
mington lectured to the colored peo
pie of Smyrna last Thursday evening
ON education. He had an attentive
audience and gave gord practical
talk. he is the Actuary of the S )ciety
for the Moral Improvement OF the
Colored Pe7ple aud has the disburse
ment of the colored school fund ex
Ofticio.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-23

The merchants ofthe country will take
notice that the Treasury Department in
tends to stop the some ewhatprevalen nthabit {
of circulating business cards and adver-
tisement, modelled after the national cur
rency. 1t has been found that, in some
instances, poor people have been delud-
ed into ia ing them for genuine curren-
cy. The statute against the use OF them
will hereafter be enforced.