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Pat saw a lady passing along,
and espied two stripes depending
from under the lady's cloak. Not
knowing that these were styled
sashes, and in the right place, he
exclaimed: "Faith, ma'am, your
gaIlusses are nntied.'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-19

Mrs. John IIeffner, Reading.
Penn, has just become the mother
of her forty filth chHd. and not IL
pane of blue glass in the house Il.
ther.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-19

last year this pilot ran into brig
and it may take. 81, 600 to pay
damages. Discharge him. Now
look sharp or you will have to go
too. l won't have the safety Of
boats and the reputation of the
line injured, or will turn out ev-
cry mothers son of you as sure as
my name is Vanderbiltr / give it
to you pretty much as Vanderbilt
said it, only there was much more
pith in il" asaeaB
"Pithl what do you mean by
pith, grandfather" one of US asked.
"Well, I'm talking about
things which happened as much
as fifty years ago. In altertimes,
when She Commodore had attain
ed rank and station, be didn't in.
dulge as often, perhaps, as in his
younger days, and he was less CIV
en- to ripping it out"
"He swore some then, grand
father?"
"Swore! Well, he was. emphatic,
quite so. Thatevening wegotsafe-
ly enough to Brunswicks where
Vanderbilt kept hotel. 1t was
not much of a house, nor was it
we'll kept. A man may have all
the cardinal virtues, and be rail.
way king and SO on, but | insist
that that hotel at Brunswick was
q second-class concern, even in
those days, though Vanderbilt did
Keep it / know it well enough,
for / told the Commodore so once
at Saratoga, and he owned it. At
the supper table | took corner a.
way off from the rest of the trav
elers, and who should sit opposite
to me but Vanderbilt himself. !
hadn't forgotten, you may be sure,
about the drunken pilot, and
thought of the collision with our
brig. Imade up my mind I would
talk to Vanderbilt at once while
the matter was fresh on my mind.
| hadt TO cali him by name two
or three times before he answered
me, which did not like.
sWhatisit, t, sir? he asked grufly
at last. EwR 81 -
This is awful tough beefstake,'
said.
Well, then, don't eat it, was
the reply.
Mr. Vanderbilt, said l, if you
hadn't taken the wheel in hand
we would have run ato the oyster
smack fr -,qev \Afr.u
| Quite likely
Drunken pilot
Il don't admit it,
'You must, because you said 80
YOURSELF
Then | was a - fool \
You even made reference to
that very pilot in connection with
a collision last Spring
There was thick fog then. |
have looked into the matter, and
there was no one to blame. Are
you a lawyer
No, / am not, but part owner
of the brig your boat ran into. If
you employ incapable people, which
| can prove by your own words,
you will be sure to lose your case.
l can bring every passenger,,here to
affirm your statement. l have
three or four acquaintances among
them '.''- Z re
stYou haven't said a word to
them2 You amt a lawyerf Now,
you show me plainly whoy are.
/ Come into my Office, and we will
talk it over, The coach and the
passengers may have to wait ten
minutes
/ went into a sanded Office,
when Vanderbilt gave me cigar,
/ showed him some letters on my
person, which answered for an
Identification. He was polite E.
nough now. The damage done
US by the collision cost the boat
$500. Now, what will it cost you
to repair the brig3' 1e
Il have not the exact amoant.
We have laid our damage at $2,.
{. OOO, a.i
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-19

Our New York Letter.

Manhattan-A Genuine Cente-
narian-Older than Uncle Sam
AmuseInents : The Children S
Carniyal-TelephOne Concerts.
To the Editor Of the Observer il:
New YORK, April 6, 1877.
How any correspondent can
be expected to write a letter
worth reading after such a spell
as we. have just been through
is more than / can understand.
Talk about your equinoctialsl
This must have beer old Equi~
nOx himself. When it hasn't
rained it has showed: and when
it hasn't 'tdone eitherit has hailed; !;
and all the rest of the time it's
been colder than the upper end
of the North pole and blown
great gums. Verify, as Mark
Twain puts it, we have had
weather enough to go all around,
and some left over to give to
the poor. I ask you, therefore,
as man and a Christian, how
| could be expected to go hunt
ing round during such a time
for items respecting events
which would be absolutely a.
shamed to happen during such
weather? But as my neces-
sity knows no law save that
of filling my appointed column
at the appointed time, and as l
have already spread my excus-
eS over as much space as | dare
give them, [ will proceed to bu-
siness, giving you fair warning,
however, that if / can't find G.
nough genuine facts to ill out
my letter, | shall not scruple to
manufacture as many as may
be necessary to make up the
deficit. l
The whole city press is out
this week with a genuine sem
sation, a tale Of adventure and
escape by land and sea as thrill
ing and romantic as the widest
fiction, with the additional
charms Of being founded on
fact, and relating to one of the
most prominent characters now
before the. public. This is the
story Of Tweed himself from
before his escape in December,
1915, to the present time, made
up from his private diary and
his personal narrative. The |
mysteries of this flight and ab-
which were Il ninefold |
''nine days wonder" at the time
of their occurrence are now ex-
planned for the first time. How
the fugitive laid his plans, how
he finally .eluded his captors,
how and were he lay in conceal
ment, and all subsequent cir
cumstances are here given with
graphic power. In view Of the
present renewed interest in the
hero of this story, and his old
confederates, its publication is
creating an unusual excitement.
1t is a serious question wheth-
er the majority Of mankind
would choose, even if they had
he option, to live on this earth
IS long as Captain Frederic
Lahrbush, who died in this city
IN Tuesday last at the age of
I'll years, Life must grow
FeariSome long before the close
If such a mortal existence. Still
t is very interesting to US of
ater growth to look upon such
! link between the ages as was
his old gentleman, whose face
md form were until quite lately
lot unfamiliar on our streets.
Think of talking with a man
yhe was born before your own
;reat grandfather; who learned
# the breaking out Of the A
nerican Revolution as a piece
# current news; who was born
It about the same time as the (
irst Napoleon, watched his
Whole career, from obscurity to
he highest power ever attained
" man, and shook hands with
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-19

A tie yote-when both parties
vote yes and the preacher ties the
knot.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-08-30

There is great change from the aus
terity of former times regarding the
proper diet for human beings during the
summer months. 1t is.enow generally
recognized that food during this period
of lassitude should be nourishing in the
highest degree, and, second, should be-
c0mpesedin some measure of the fruits
and vegetables of the season. 1t has !,
been discovered that the body needs not.
only a substantial a1iment of bread and
meat, but.alsd thaS It needs food which
is sonnet ines characterized as SO them
Watery things - It is -the-season of the.
year when water is most felt to, be
blessing, to cool the air, to sustain veg
citation, lave the body and to partake of.
The great cooling process Of -evapora-
ton all depends upon q good supply OF
fluids in the body, and &c watery things
go to supply that need. Thegre dan
ger of vegetables and fruits is that de-
cay may faint them, Or too great age
render them tough and insoluble, in
which case they become a poisonous OBJ
struction to the digestive system, rather
than food. ~ u - - i.3 2 "a
Complaints Of digestion in summer
arise from two causes. The person has
been exposedito draft of air, which
has closed the pores of the skin and
turned all the waste matter of the body
/ Qarge portions Of which normally es-
cape in unconscious ;pefspiratien) back
into the central sewer ref the system, or
|. else the bowels have become clogged
with excess of food ar with something
bin decay or indigestible. In either case,
the digestive system Immediately de-
iiluges itself with secretions in order to
wash away the ofaading matter. This
diarrhea, as, it is called, so far from be-
| ling checked, should often be encour-
aged until the occasion forit is reniov-
I ed. !, Due attention to, the simple modes
4 of treatment suggested by this explana-
ton might, save long periods of Is'run-
ming down." which adults suffer at this
season, and the lives of many children
who annually die. Our medical socie-
ties could not do aIbetter thing than to
print upon a card plain directions for
the care and treatment of children so
attacked, fori distribution among the
poorer classes, Perhaps it is, unnecessa-
4 ry. so long as they have the city physi-
clan to,cal upons;r,G s5as tGp
Some Of our contemporaries raise a
1 clamor against iee-watef, but we rarely
hear of any injury from its use. OF
course, it. should be drunk with moder-
alton, but aswallow or two is all most
men care to drink at once. Like hot
tea, the extremity of temperature is a
sufficient guard against immoderate
draftsI There isIa! greatly increasing
Consumption Of milk, we think, and
bread and milk is quite q fashionable
evening meal II Milk however, doesn't
agree with every body, and, with
quite young children, is most 'treach-
erous diet.--Sprindfetd R'publicGn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-08-30

THEY had been three months married.
The boy from the store fetched in this
little note: Dear Wife-Send me a
pocket-handkerehief. !. Johns'' She
went slowly to the drawer to get the de-
sired article, and while looking for it
She, came across the following note,
dated two weeks after the wedding !:
g Sunhghtoffmy Son1 zYoii will have
to send me a handkerchief. Your be-
witching eyes so turned my head this
morning that ! forgot to take one with
me, for which / shall kiss the sweet
face of my own a thousand times when
I come home. In two hours and twenty
minutes it will be u o'clock, and then !
Gan come to my beautiful rose. I long
to fly to YOU, A thousand kisses send
TO thee, MY fairy wife. Yours tender1y,
John.''I She sighed, gayeIthe; boy the
handkerchief, and sighed again.-Dan.
5urgi News.s ! = A10%a9t}'7f i'5sss -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-08-30
Why Old Uncle Lewis Married.

His old, patched, yellow-jaundiced
pants were held up by cotton ''galluses'
over his time-bent shoulders, and he
paused, leaning on gnarled and twist
ed stick, as he lifted his hat respectfully.
;, s.Dere ain 't,no Squire bout yere, is
dere?" he asked, and then turned to
simple-looking mulatto girl who fol-
lowed him. Sit down, on the do'-sill,
Mary, am rest yerself'' 3's4E3lfI 9-l@
"Well, yes, y replied Constable John,,
"there's a Squire here. What do you
wantP'SEFj.& .ciI.s IfE3iAi l4-t9i
"Boss, yer needn't laugh-we wants
somebody 20 marry us. Yer see, Boss,
II nose it looks kinder like diggin' up de
May flows and a-settin' 'em out in de
winter, agm, but / thinks Pm a-doiii' my
laGoiing to marry i itlhih this girl, old manpn
asked the Squire, as he came up.
Il Yes, sor; l is, eff you'll do it. She
is orphan. Her old forder and me
done hoed our rows togedder in dem
July days agone. She hes fits, an
dere, ain nobody but dis ole Lewis
ter look after her. / Ijes' has tooken her
ter my ole house, an Il watches obef
her. Foxes ispowerful ready ter talk,
Squire, an ter stop der tongues made,
up my nlina ter marry de gal. Yoa'sel'
.willin', ain yer, Mary?''rs ~ct@ fgio
II But Mary was asleep against the door.
=, .Well, = continued the old man. wipsi
ing the perspiration off with his check
cred shirt-sleeve; q she sha'n't fall in de
| fire wild dem. fits while Use got de pow'r
Ito pull her out. !"
The old man then gave his name
Lewis Kemp, and the girls Mary Nc
Ghee, and Constable John took 90 cents
and procured license. After the cere-
money by Squire Egnew Constable John
said: Tf srrd "a
aHaven't you got 80 for the Squire,
Lewis?n .fsss.I-e+ +ff9Efa F 5a94 ef
He looked troubled. !" Fore God, dat
haIf-dollar's all I'se got in dis yer world,
fboss; but, sho's dere's D. God in heaben,
lI'll bring yor SO. TO long"
Then he shook hands an around, and
j hobbled outf withs the newly made wife
following after.-MenaDhis Avalancl.e.
/ A MORMON society has been discover
ed on Sand Mountain, Ala, between
Marshall and De Kalb Counties.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-08-30

4. a RAMBLING AMBL1lNstG9 old portrait-paintef
named Cooper, always seem with a rus;
ty sachel under his arm, has been found
dead near Martinsville, KY, and the
bundle when opened was found to con-
tain S65, 600 in Government bonds.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-08-30

GEN. MAHoNE, one Of the leading
candidates for Governor of Virginia, is
said to weigh but l02 pounds.
National Republican., 1877-02-22

compelled to accept the verdict, He took occa.
sion to say that he did not believe, with other
gentlemen, that the people Of oregon had elected
Tor an Ineligible olecior wasih same as voting
Ms' Tfs1ywEsssiEspotN. T., argued that the in,
vlihte the election or the act OF the ofiic,r when
acting in On etncIsl capacity. ,
tlon Of MT. Towssrsp that the election Of a
frsudulent oiiicer did not yltiate an election,
The resolution TO count the vote Of Nevada was
then and n further resolution was passed direct
ing tho Ciork q the House to inform the
senate that the House was prepared TO meet
Hol3S Soc nSs's Ss Senate appeared SuiIsSSr snS nr II
ThnRN cslied the Joint Convention to order.
After Joint Convention
The SPEAKER announced the commencement
, oi a new v, Leyisiature, and, after prayers, tho
Mr.. sAYLER, Of Ohio, presented the report of
the recent investigation In South Carolina, and It
Mr.. TuSRER, Of Va, introduced a bill to
remove the political disabilities Of Robert S.
M SsA Ohio reported back tho District
tax bill, and moved that the House now concur In
the Senate amenome ents, and ask a Committee Of
The House then went into Committee Of the
Whole on the sunday Civil Appropriation bill, Mr..
Mr.. TOwNEsND,o of Pa, moved an amendment
to appropriate t2OOo for compiling history Of
tho Postofiee department, bnt it was ruled ous
A paragraph in The bill making an approprIa.
tion to purchase the stereotyped plates oi the
Of order made by MIR. CoNoER, that It was new
Er' PIPER, oroal, moved to reduce the appro.
priation for transporting criminals from tho Dis
trict Of Columbia to the Aiabany penitentiary,
from 5000 to t4,ooo
MI; HOLMAN said tha. $500 was recon.
Mr; ;ULYMER, Of Pa, said that IT was manIfes.
District courts, and he therefore thought that
MI. WILSON, Y Iowa, though. the sum should
ished. He thought there would be many convc-
tions here during the next year, because Of the
drels here to testify before the committees Of Don.
Mr., PIrrR's amendment was adopted.
An appropriation Of t33,000 was made to I'm.
prove the ventilation q the House, the work to
be done under the direction Of the Architect Of
Pending further consideration the Committee
rose, and the House at ia5 took recess till 7'3)
this evening.
Evening Session.
Tho House re-assembled at T:oo p. m, and I'm.
MT. SEhFSRb, Siii of COL, moved to Increase tho
said that the sum proposed ts5o, ,6ioj was entirely
Inadequate to the work. In the course OF his re:
marks he denounced the system q economy that
and characterized 1t as a sort Of peanut states
manship.
Mr.. PIPER, OF Cal., also denounced what he
characterizee, as the picayune policy Of the Ap.
propriation Committee. He had no doubt that
the Chairman Of the Committee, Mr.. HOLMAN.
had fund Of information, but In IN aking this ap.
preparation his gigantic intellect had not properly
yrapplsd with the subject.
On the question Of fixing the amount at $4,000
no quorum voted, aud the roll was accordingly
called, when quorum appeared. 1t appeared,
subsequently, that there was quorum, and
after there had been two or three roll calls, tho
House OF 930 took n recess until 10 o'clock to-day
National Republican., 1877-02-22
An Extra session Of Congress.

The work Of the present Congress has
been almost exclusively devoted TO Pres
ident making. The entire session has
been Enthusiastically and notoriously politi-
cal. The business OF the count has made
legislation lag. Not quite two weeks are left
In which to complete and pass important ap-
propriation bills and attend to other business
Of actual moment. This time Is altogether
too short for careful confederation OF the
bills which are to appropriate millions Of dol
lars from the public Teasury for the fiscal
year. The best thing Congress can do Is to
provide for a meeting of the Forty -hfth Con-
gress as early after the Inauguration of Presi-
dent as will be practicable, for the purpose OF
securing appropriate legislation. A move
ment is already being made to effect this re-
ault
National Republican., 1877-02-22
The Truth VIII Out.

Before his nomination, the bogus Reformer
was secuted and criticised BY the leading news
papers Of his own party. The World and E5-
press In New York, and the Enquirer Of Cincin-
natl, were specially outspsken In protesting
against ThDEy as the Democratic standard
bearer. What these editors said there Is just
Us true now and will bear repeating. Take
these specimens for to day:
ICincinnati Enquirer tDom.) Juno s, 1s7o.l
There are few facts concerning SAN TILDEN
which, We trust will sink into the minds Of West
ern and Southern Democrats.
He is q bypocrite, . political swindlcr, has long
been public plunderer, and s really tho only dis.
reputable candidate prominently named on the
He did what he could to defeat the Democratic
party Of Ohio in 1875, expanding his money and
end, knowing that Ohio's victory was his defeat,
and loving TILDKs more than the Democratic
party. He has earned the ennity Of the West
He sought this high once by methods so unprs-
cedentedly shameless and disreputable that II
cTsS an e him.
upon the American people to elect him If nomi
Upon the foremost question Of the hour he is n
most pitless foe Of the interests Of the West and
South. He is the interruptions oppressor Of the
sectisns Of the country. No Republlcan adminIs.
tration could be more hostile to them than would
Should Gods providence, seeming sstrapged,"
permit his nomination, by whom and Whist would
he be nominatedf By the servlle consclenceless
tools that money can purchase; by the most COR
Tupt influences that ever entered into a Presl.
dental nomination; by the system on which oil
other quack medicines arc sold advert sng-aud
even respectable medical associations read out Of
the profession the doctors" that will advertise.
II would seem that the Democratic party should
have as high respect for tho good name Of the
party and the government as the vendors Of pills
have for their craft. 1t could not be that man
educated a. II T. mounninS In hysScr!sy in ini9a!ty
even though his millions could elect him, would
give US the most corrupt administration tho ooun
try hasever known. Neither imperial dgnties nor
the gloom Of solitude" said TAcITus, "could save
TIBKRIUs from himself" And TiLpKN could not
rise above himself or above the sources Of his
power.
The American people will certainly breathe
freer when they learn that Mr.. TnpEN is
going to lose the opportunity Of falling to rise
above the sources Of his power.
National Republican., 1877-02-22
Senator Kelly a, an ObIec,or.

Senator JAMES X. KELLY, of Oregon, Is
q pronounced culprit, and for the Democratic
party to select him as their principal objoctor
in the Oregon case was an insult to the Com.
mission. He endorsed 4 telegram to PELToS
which read about as follows: "You must de-
posit sl0, 900 In Wall street to purchase Re-
publican elector." PsLToS replied about as fol-
lows: Gan right, and fyou make the purchase
and secure the vote, Uncle will pay more after
he is inaugrated." GRovER proved to be vt-
ten. He issued a acerti6cate to man who had
been defeated by over eleven hundred votes,
and thus attempted to thwsrt the will of the
people expressed at the ballot-box. KELLY
himself acknowledges that he advanced q
portion Of the money which was TO be used In
bribing q Republican elector. But they failed
as they failed In South Carolina and Louisiana
to make the Infamous bargain. The CRoNIN
certificate being issued, the Republicans filled
the vacancy in the College BY the forms Of
law, and thus defeated the Governors trick.
There Is therefore no case for the Democracy In
Oregon, and they go before the Tribunal sim
ply as a matter Of form, and not with the ex-
pectation of advancing their interests, or Sc
curing their case. But why they should per-
nit Senator KELLY, who has added infamy TO
the Affair by the ylllaiuous part he has played
In II, to appear as their counsel before the
Tribunal, is a mystery. If they desire to pile
disgrace upon disgrace, and link infamy with
audacity, they have taken the proper course.
II they had desired to lend to their case an air
Of respectability, they would have left Senator
KELLY out In the cold where, 10 justice to CON-
mon decency and q sense Of honor, he belongs.
National Republican., 1877-02-22
BROTHER KELLY AND DEACON TRUM-
HULL,

DULL.
The Senate's subcommittee talk with
Governor PALMER on the visiting states
mems visit to the New Orleans dance, house
Is full OF interesting points. He informed
the gentlemen of the committee that Mr..
TRuNBuLL went there as an artist TO study
a peculiar phase Of Southern society, and
that the Hon. W. d. KELLY went there in
the spirit In which the entertainment was
given, and cut the double shuttle, throwing
most of the other dancers in the shade.
What a contrast is here, fellow countrymenl
While Deacon TRrMBuLL, with his gold
specs, stood stiffly in the corner. with
his hands folded behind him, and an
expression of solemnity on his
face, which would have done honor to
Elder PALMER himself, Brother KELLY
was wrestling with charming two hun
drcd pound quadroon Ia the wiry surgcs
of the Boston, fairly out.dsncing the dance
itselfin his zeal TO win admiration from
the dusky chsrmer who was his comrade.
in.arms. This contrast only shows the
difference In human nature everywhere.
Brother KELLY has all the life and vigor OF
boy, as is evidenced by his lively
display at this ball, while Deacon TRuM.
BULL seems to have lost the elasticity of
youth and passed into that quiet eddy Of
life where meditation aud quiet reflection
are most acceptable. II 1t was absolutely
necessary to have the ball, and as neces.
sary for the eminent visiting statesmen TO
attend II, we are glad Brother KELLY was
there, as he lent little Republican re.
spectability to the festive occasion.