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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-23
NAILS.

j. w. Pennsl was to-day arrested ST.
New Alexsndris, this county, by Special
p. q. Agent Capt. O. Z Henry, on a
charge OF tampering with the mails. He
was taken to Cleveland for hearing be.
fore U. S. Commissioner White.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-23
FATAL ACCIDENT.

Owen Fuller, q colored man well
known in this city, fell from window
IN the fourth story of Mr.. w. L. Stones
boarding house, in Pittsburgh. last night,
and wss instantly killed. As he had
been drinking during the day, it is sup
posed that while near the window he lost
his balance and fell out. Fuller was at
one time bead waiter at Mosgroye's
United States Hotel IN this city.
ARRESTED FOR TAMPERING WITH Tue
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-23
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Collin Kembsh died this morning
at the residence Of his granddaughter,
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-02-15
Cured by Dog Liver Oil.

A jolly old German. while suffering
frem . pulmonary attack. sent for .
physician In . short time the doctor
called on him. prescribed two bottles of
cod liver oil. received his fee Of s.. and
vas told by the German. who disliked
the size Of his bill. that he need not
come back again. The German. who
had not beard the doctors prescription
very we'll. supposed that he could get
the oil and treat himself The doctor
saw no more of the patient for some
time; but Que day riding past the resi-
dence Of the German. he was pleased
to see him out in the garden digging
LASTLY. The case seemed such . proof
OF the virtue ef the cod liver oil that
he atoppsd to make more particulsr in
quiriss about it.
"You seem TO bs getting very we'll, ,"
said he, addressing the German.
"Yaw, l ish WE'LL" responded the
formerly sick man.
You took as much oil as l told you"
queried the doctor.
20 yah. I have used many as four
gallons of de fog liver oil!''
The what!" said the astOnished
doctor
"De dog liver dot you say shall
take. have killed every little dog
l could catch. and do dog liver have
cured me. It ish . good medicine. dot
dog liver oil,''
The doctor had nothing to say, but
rode quickly away.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-02-15

SIsTERLY DEvoTIoN.-There 10 q
young lady living in Saratoga who has
visited the grave of her sister every
morning for three years. A more
touching sight We have seldom seen in
this incoDstant and forgetful world
(says the New Yo:k Mirror, than this
devout maiden kneeling to place
flowers on the green coverlet Of . sis
ter's marrow bed" and to repeat her
morning prayers where none but God
can hear them. There is . fansticism
of the affections which time cannot but
reverence; and the scene We have al
luded to make the love Of woman holy.
even to those whose skepticism has be.
come chronic.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-02-15

FIFTEEN years ago q workman OF
Marssilles lost his only child. . baby
boy, ami to have some relic of the little
one, cut off the left hand OF the corpse.
which he preserved in alcohol. Now
at last be has again been made .
father. and the infant il . bouncing
hoy-but il lacks the left hand.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-02-15

THE Catholic Times says that on the
death of General Lsmericiere. the CON-
mand of the Pspal army was rendered
by Plus the Ninth. through Archbishop
Hughes, to General Shields.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-02-15

REV. Henry Lummis. . Msthodist
and Elder Miles Grant, an Adventist
have arranged for . debate 1t Worces
ter, Mass. this month, on the 'Uncon
scious State of the Dead Grant taking
the affirmative. The debate will extenC
through eight evenings.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-02-15

MARY-"Thsre's such rude gentle
man dining upstairs to-day" Cook
why, what dye mesns He amt q
bin saying nothing to you" Mary
NO. bless yer; but missus was talking
about the Akkademy, and if he didn't
tell her as he could see she painted!
And 90 she do every night; but he
needn't said 50 afore peoples"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18

Every French ruler who has run
down the road TO ruin, and they arc
not fow who have done so, has had
q woman on one side and priest on
the other both. pushing him and ask
ing him what he was afraid of when
he WINGED at the sight Of sleeps, hais-
ting below with 40 ugly look. Read
the history of luckless Louis XVI.
The poor man saw dangers thicken
around him he tried to coniure
tn em he pointed them out to HE
pretty wife, Marie Antoinette. and
to her good friend, Mme. De Lam.
bake, but both those ladies were OF
opinion that storm-clouds always
blow over it you take no notice of
them. They had never herd of fork
ed lighsnings and thunderbolts, but
had . good deal to say about Ajax,
who, armed with simple buckler,
dared the elements to come on
Ajax must have been a lady's man.
So suppemeIy good an opinion of
himself ss he evinced could only
have been developed by long course
of feminine adulation, interpreted
with occasional naggiogs when he
ventured to doubt whether be could
withstand Jove's thunder all by him.
self. For these fascinating creatures
queens, emPresses or she presidents
ALI nag until they mako a mans
soul weary and if. as was the case
with Marie Antoinette, they can get
members of the church. militant to
help them, their courageous spirit
knows no obstacles. Marie Anton.
cite had redlegged cardinals round
her, who brought encouraging let
ters from the Pope, and these being
laid before the timid King at break
fast time convinced him that he
could only hope to nave providence
on his side if he struck combative
attitude. We know how all this end
ed, and we know how it Jared with
another French mo march in our own
times for listening to an attractive
lady now at Ohislehurst. Napoleon
III had his.doubts about fighting the
Prussians, but the Empress Eugsnie
had none. When Marshal Lebeus,
the War Minister, came to tell the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18
The Kind of Money they Want.

The Atlantic Telegraph prints a
sample If the money OF tho future,
according TO the doctrines nf tho
Greenbuck party. On tho face Of
the note is the following:
$1,000. Just tho thing for all who
were born tired. THIS is Ma
TIONAL ABSOLUTE MONEY.
until worn out. ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS. Issued at the capital.
PomeroyvilIe. Tramps who do not
feel like work will maks their month
ly acquisitions on the Cas- county
distributing agent. NO MORE
WORK. No more gold. No more
silver. BURN THE BONDS. This
money is issued in lieu of all Of them
and is irredeemabIe.
Brick PoMERoY.
Chairman National Greanback
Party.
?. s. Organizo Greenback clubs,
arm yourselves with daggers and re-
volvers. buy pow Ter, and shot, ban.
ners, badges. frrbrands and equip
age of BRICK PoMERoY,
Your Great Father,
N Ii Il am no Shylock.
Eternal damnation 10 any man
who refuses To take this bill at par
and in full satisfaction of any debt
corn, cattle, hogs, wheat or any
other produce at gold prices.
MOTHER WEAVER.
Fool friend and Aid de- Camp.
A full legal tender for everything.
All genuine bills printed on soft, thin
papcr-cheap.
crrtify and believe this to be
money. &C. l.. Mccarthy, Distribu-
ting Agent for Oass county.
| know this to be money-Tom
Ewing, Dan Voorhees,, J.B. Weaver.
On tho back of the bill this appears:
IN PoMERoY WE TRUST.
Resolved. that so much of the nine
teenth worse of the third chapter of
Genesis "a is obtained in the follow
ingzggs words: sIn the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread till thou return
unto the ground be and the same is
hereby repealed.
This money will be received for
our pamphlets. 'Hot Drops Silent
Sermon and all. Also for our Green
back banner and badge. Address
enclosing amount,
Brick PoMERoY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18
VOL. Sc, NO. 10.
CLASS POEM - PLATTEVILLE
NORMAL SCHOOL ALUMNI
BIZ Mss EDITH GoonR1cn.

BY MISS EDITH GOODRICH
Read June 2Tth at the Meeting Of The ALUMNI Asso-
citation.
The years are born, thev wax, they wane.
Grow old and die at dead of night;
Each new year brings us in its train
Both good and i'll, both dark and bright:
Each old year leaves US in its wake
Sad memories of bitter lose
Yet still from what it leaves we take
Bright bits of gold. rendered from dross.
As each year brings its fragrant June,
To crown our dear old Mother Earth.
And bright flowers bloom, sweet birds atsune
To celebrate fair Summers BIRTH
Our Alma Mater calls us home,
Back to these walls so dear of yore,
And bids us, whereso'er we roam,
To come obedient as before.
Why should we turn our wandering feet
To tread the well remembered ways?
Why do we come again to greet
Classmates and friends of other DAYS
Why does the swallow in the South
Feel restless longings in her breast I?
And pause not cen to cool her mouth
AS back she flies to last years nest?
Old friends, old homes, old haunts, old times
Who does not love them best of all?
And so we come with speech and rhyme
To meet once more in this old hall
Alumni, friends and classmates dear,
Greet one another while we NAV,
Lest, ere time brings another year,
Some one Of us may pass away.
As one has gone who with Us came,
And shared our mirth a twelve-month past
What comrade then that spoke her name,
Dreamed that farewell should be the last ?
For US, who have the memory dear,
Of kindly voice and pleasant ways
For her, Life's problem 5 all made clear,
Wishing and prayer are turned to praise
Again, ere yet we say goodbye,
Wen clasp the hand and speak good cheer,
And if we live, or if we die
Before our meeting time next year.
May each fulfill the appointed task,
May each be good and wise and true,
May each the Heavenly guidance ask,
May one and all right aims pursue.
For Lite now wears a sterner look
Than when upon the platform here
(The while within our shoes we shook,)
We spoke our maiden speeches clear,
And as with work we fill our hands,
VI. Us through sun ring were made pure,
One truth from all assent demands,
Our duty is the one thing sure"
Then, friends, goodbye, for Duty calls,
Calls you, calls me, to follow her,
With brave, true hearts, what e'er befalls,
with neither falt'ring nor demur;
| We go, we go, but first well gaze
Into each others eyes and say,
With all who tread Life's better ways,
"a kindly greeting go Away"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18
WHOLE NO. 1910.

imperial pair ,"rv frankly, as his
duty Commanded ,has he did not
think the F.ehcR army was resdv.
Napoleon nervously twisted his mus.
!aoht; bui he valiant Empress flush
ed mp aad asked whe her, forsooth, a
marshal ii Frence was not ashamed
of himself far doubling the might Of
his own soldiers? The marshal
s'alked out red in the face. and up
on reaching The ante chamber asked
for pen and sheet of paper and
wrote ont his resignation but at
this juncture the Emperor supervep.
ed with soothing words and point
ed out that ladies must be humored.
The marshal hesitated, but at last
gave in, because it is tho nature of a
Frencbman to let ladies have their
own way. So 10 numor Madame
M army OF Frenchmen marched ov
er the border, and soon had to march
back again faster than they went.
Are these Lessons written in letters
of flame on the walls OF the Elysee
Not they. There is lady in that
palace at this moment who would
have liked To see certain moder n
Bayard emulate the feats OF Ajax,
Louis XVI. and Napoleon III.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18
Sunshine in London, e ngland.

By an ingenious instrument, the
Royal Observatory, Greenwich. has
been able to register the exact num-
Der of hours Of sunshine during last
year. In the twelve months ending
February 10th, the sun was above
the horizon at London 1854 hours !;
the amount of sunshine during this
time was only 1851 hours, that is,
the Londoners have had only 80 per
cent. Of the sunshine they were en-.
titled to, according to the astrono-
mers. The winter months received
very little-January only So hours,
February only 40 hours, December
only q hours in January and Feb
ruary there were IA days each in
which there was no sunshine, and in
December Is days. Although No.
vember had only s hours of sunshine,
there were only seven days when it
did not have some. June, July and
August had only one day each when
no sunshine was permitted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18

lie, who has only single year terrn
receives $4,000 per annum. Never.
theless, Switzerland i well governed
There is no knowing what is the
salary or income of Abdul Hamid,
Sultan of Turkey. born September.
1843. The civil list of Abdul Az
who was almost his Immediate nred :
ecessor, varied from $4,557 $50 in
1868 to So, 351 030 in 1875. but it has
been calculated on good authority
that in the latter years of his reign
which closed 10 May. 1876. Abdul
Aziz spent S22,500,000 a year. It is
not near that amount just now.
Lord Ly.ton receives ELS ,00c a
year salary and fl2,000 tor iallow-
ances,' as Viceroy of India. The
Duke of Marlbor ugh gets 100000
a year as Lord Lieutenant 81 Ireland
and the Earl Of Dntfsrin has Gl0,O0O
salary as Viceroy of Canada.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18
A Mammoth Bridge.

London is about to attempt a
bridge that equals in boldness of en-
gineering that of New York and
Brooklyn. The board Of works have
approved plan for throwing a steel
bridge across the Thames about hall
mile east Of London Bridge, where
relief for the crowded traffic is impe-
riously demanded. The recent i'm.
proved process in the manufacture Of
steel, by which its strength is twice
that of iron, and its cost greatly re-
duced, enables the construction of the
proposed bridge. One bold span Of
eight hundred and fifty feet will car.
~ the proposed highway across the
river from the Irongate stairs to
Horsely down. Of course the APP,
proaches extend further inland. The
bridge Is designed in the form of all
immense span, and is composed OF
two parallel girders, the arch spring.
ing from the foot Of that which ap-
pears to be a fianking tower on each
side Of the river. The roadway
passes almost in level line very
near the top of these towers, and in
tersects the arch at short distance
FROM the shore, the greater part of
the roadway being suspended from
the parallel Orders between which it
poses. The bridge will have clear
Roadway of sixty.eight feet above
high water mark and permit the pas
sage of e-fourths of the shipping
of the Thames, and Of the remaining
one-fourth by lowering top.sails. The
bridge will be six feet wider than the
London bridge, and cost million and
a quarter sterling. Among arched
bridges, the largest 1re the steel
bridge over Doura, with span Of
FIVE hundred and twenty-five feet, and
the steel bridge at st. Louis with a
central span of fye hundred and
twenty feet This new tower bridge
will be the longest arched bridge in
existence. The suspension bridge of
steel wire between New York and
Brooklyn has span of sixteen hun
dred feet; and there is to be one
over the Firth Of Forth with two
spans of sixteen hundred feet each.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18
Art and Religion.


Bear u witness 20 poets and act
ors, ye painters and souiptors, ye
singers and players upos instruments
That your arts have not saved tho
most of you from becoming petty
and selfish men and women. You
are jealous of ono another. You are
greedy OF praise and OF the gold
it brings. You know that there is
nothing in your art that enlarges
and llberalizes You. that restrains
you from Drunkenness and vices that
shall not be named. that gives you
sobricty and solidity of character,
that enlarges your social sy mpathios
and that naturally loads you into or
PLANTATIONS for helping others out
side OF your own circle. Bear us
witness, thst you are not the men
and women who are relied on for
performing the duties Of society. If
all were like you'll all were con-
trolled by the ideas that dominate
you, Iii all shirked tho duties of ao-
ciaI and civil lie like you'll all
were MS much nnfitted by their ideas
and their cmploymeDts as you are
for carrying the great burdens of so-
cie,y, what do you suppose would
become of the country, and what
would become Of tho world2
Now. is there anything in art that
can take tho place Of religion. if so
we would like 10 see it,, Is there any,
thing in culture that can take the
place of religion, il has hot yet re-
vealed itself Culture is conferred in
self. Self is the god and SELF is the
model of all culture. Why should it
not ultimate 10 selishnoss. Culture
assumes that what is present in
man needs only to be developed and
barmonized to lift character to its
lightest point, and life to its highest
issues. II carries no idea OF self.sur-
render, which is the Grst fact in prac-
tical religion of any valuable sort,
and tho first fact iii all good develops
ment. Greece and Rome had plenty
of culture, and are still our teachers
10 art, but the beauty that looked
upon them from every bill and gate
ana temple could not save them from
their vices. By and by culture viii
learn how powerless it is to mako =
man that shall be worth the makipg,
and what poor instruments science
and art are for uprooting the selfish
ness that rules the world. 1t is
slowly learning this and men who
have bowed low TO her, have been
touched with that divine discomfort
which nothing but religion can allay.
DR.. j. G. Holland, iScribner for July.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18

"a successful business man SAYS
there were two things which be
learned when he was eighteen, which
were afterwards of great use to him,
namely, "Never to lose anything, and
never to forget anything" An old
lawyer sent him with an important
paper, with certain instructions
what to do with it. "But," inquired
the young man, suppose l lose it,
what shall | do then? The answer
was, with the utmost emphasis, You
must not lose u" 81 don't mean to"
SAID the young man, s'but suppose /
should happen tot" 4 shall make
no provision for any such occurrence
and you must not lose it T. This
put new train of thought in the
young mans mind and he found that
if he was determined to do q thing
he could do it. He made such pro.
vison against every contingency,
that he never lost anything. He
found this equally true about forget
ting. Ii certain matter of impor-
lance was to be remem bered, he pin.
ned it down in his mind, fastened il
there and made il stay"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18
Payment for Slaves Demanded.

The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph and
Messenger calls for the repeal of the
Fourteenth Amendment, that the
Southern people may extort paw
ment for their liberated slaves. 1t
says: s.Those slaves were not can
non and bayonets and armed foes ia
the late so-called rebellion, and in no
sense 'contraband.' They were our
property, solemnly and specifically
recognized as such. and duly recog-
nized and guaranteed by that con.
stitution and Union which our ad-
versaries alleged they took up arms
to maintain intact and defend. More
over, they took no part in that
fratricidal struggle, save when forced
to join the ranks of the invader, end
wage war against their best friends
and benefactors. On the banditti
principle that might makes right
and to the victois belong tho spoiIs'
only, therefore, can this robbery of
an impoverished people be justified.
We can not but indulge the hope
that when we have helped to ex-
tinguish the public debt, and time
has healed the gaping wounds of the
past, when reason and brotherly love
shall have gained the asoendency
over prejudice and hate, even though
it shall be the next generation, q
brave and honorable people of the
same blood and lineage will see to it
that the value of our property in
slaves shall be returned to those from
whom it was wrongfulIy wrested.
1t will do no harm to keep this ques.
ton before the people, that they may
preserve the records and proper
memoranda of their former slaves, 10
the event that o returning sense Of
justice on the part of the federal
government may compensate them,
at least in part. for the loss OF this
portion of their rightful property"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18
One Thing and Another.

"There is a skeleton in every
horse," is the way the little boy read
it.
More than $4,000 pounds of oleo-
margarine are used il New York
weekly.
X. ID. Mason says that in twelve
miles ride be did not see ten farmers
who were not throwing their manure
out to leach.
Did Kimball ever try to raise any
thing next door to the man who owns
hens ?-Danbuy Ne,os.
A COW with snugly. laid hips, mar
row Pumps, thick thigh, we'll round
ed in outline, without reference to
length of neck, is never a good milk
er.
AS far as possible, we should aim
to raise corn on land naturally rich
enough to produce fair crop without
manure. If we have a piece of low,
rough land that needs nothing but
draining and cultivation to make it
rich, there is the place for corn.
Drain this land and get big crop of
corn from it, and use the corn and
slower to feed out and make manure
for the poorer, upland portions of the
farm.
Washington Hall, farmer of
Brewer, Maine, is reported in the
"Farmer" of that state to have raised
the past season, from five acres of
land, 207 bushels Of wheat. The soil
was clay loan, an old, run-out now
ing, plowed in the fall of 1876 FIVE
inches deep, narrowed in the spring,
manured with green manure Ia good
fair dressing), narrowed again, and
sown late in June with wheat of the
Lost Nation variety. This, you will
observe, is forty one bushels per
acre. The late sowing of this wheat
will be noticed. 1t is popularity of
the variety to give large crops even
when sown late, which particularly
fits it for growing on a clay soil.
The seed of broom born, which has
hitherto been considered useless ex-
cept for planting aud an inferior arti.
Gle of food for cattle, has been discov-
cred to be valuable as breadstuff.
1t was first used as substitute for
wheat in 1870 and 1871, but like
many other good things, was lost
sight of, and its manufacture was
never carried to success, and never
became even partially known until
about three years ago. The yield of
flour is about one half in place of two
thirds from wheat. The bran is also
as valuable as wheat bran, as food for
animals. The -four cannot be told
from wheat flour, and the bread cake,
ETC., is delicate, inviting and deli
cious, and easily digested. The yield
of broomcorn seed is also enormous, a
single spear often producing pint OF
seed, and, the yield has reached
500 bushels to the acre, while it il
safe to estimate the average at loo
| bushels.