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, 1878-02-22
A Strong Presentiment.

Without exactly admitting that pre-
sentiments are always verified, 1t is use
less to deny that they are frequently the
shadows cast before the coming events.
A story bearing on this subject is told
of literary man of some note. He had
occasion to remain in strange city fora
few days, and engaged apartments ina
quiet street. On the evening when he
took possession, he was struck with some
thing that appeared to him mysterious in
the manner of the maid-servant, who
looked Ikea man disguised, and he felt
q very unpleasant emotion. This feeling
was strengthened by a similar deport-
ment in the mistress of the house, who
soon after entered his room, and asked
him if he wanted anything before he re-
tired to rest. Dsiking her manner, he
soon dismissed her, and went to bed, but
the disagreeable impression made on his
mind by the maid and mistress kept him
long awake; at length, however, he fell
asleep. During his sleep he dreamed
that the corpse Of gentleman who had
been murdered was deposited in the cell
lar of the house. This dream, co-operat-
ing with the unfavorable, or rather re.
pulsive, countenances aud demeanor OF
the two women, was quite sufficient to
destroy all hope Of sleep for the remain
der of the night. He rose at daylight,
therefore, and proposed to quit the house
To his surprise, as he was leaving it he
met the mistress in the entry, dressed as
if she had never gone to bed. She seemed
to be much agitated, and inquired his
reason for wishing to go out so early IN
the morning. He hesitated moment
with increased alarm, and then told her
that he expected to meet friend. he
was suffered to 60 out of the house, ana
when revived by the open air he felt, as
he afterward declared, as if relieved from
impending destruction. He stated thar
in a few hours after he returned with
friend, to whom he had told his dream,
and the impression made on him oy the
maid and mistress; he, however, only
laughed at him for his superstitious ter
rors, but on entering the house they
found that it was deserted, and calling
in gentleman who was accidentally pas
sing, they all descended to the cellar,
and actually found corpse in the state
which the gentleman's dream had repre-
sented.
, 1878-02-22
Their, Training

BOYS in the public schools ni France,
in the beginning uf the century, when
Thi,r. was . boy, were encouraged O.
read the Nosi,ogr lie doyuurri IT. con-
tenn. ct Napu.c,su'. yrudigiuas victories
aud triumpbRl marChv. and counter
marches over Europe. llr tui.nard the
"Guute ATmrr over the Atlas which
iay 600 biz d,es, BnI explained 'H OBJ.
CIa,sipl.uNs -tAf,gIDal AMI geographical
points. and the obstacle, ailUH thr rfn-
querrr uv,rcAme. Tho Bs.s,a % 9 Ea-
pirs was read aloud boy pruir,.H-. o. 'Heif
pupils 10 the LyCcc.. Il vas written In
taWdfy, dcClAmAtory sty.c tuT the iguu-
rant multitude, which furnished nN ma
,ctlal Tor B n1paT,,, armies, aut iaCls
were too often made tn give place TOR
hlgh-fuwn eVthets Thicr, amused him
self 10y taking bulletin uf victory for
theme, and expanding 1t into foil nc
count of thg battle, which be read aloud
at recreation IN the courtyard, and car.
ried it home To his friends on the Sunday
following. His grandmother carefully
stored up these juvenile compositions,
suggested by the bOmba,tc poverty Of
the official newsmsn's style. \ sketch Of
the Bridge Of Lodi--a retrospective study
is as full of action as one of Horace
Vernets battle-pieces. These early writ
ings, some few of which still exist, were
permeated with the military spirit of the
time in which they were written. Theirs
genius was awakened by the increasing
din of war, and by the boutres on the
Provence mountains, which blazed forth
the news of land victories to hostile fleets
standing ont to sea. In youthful essay
he maintained, with an argumentative
skill which must have astonished his pre-
ceptors, that France, to avoid being the
weakest, should be the strongest of Euro
pean powers.-AacmtIlan's Magazine.
, 1878-02-22

ABOUT SQUAws.-A pretty Indian
squaw does Dot exist among the Sioux
they are all fat, short, stumpy, and un-
graceful in movement. The tall, slender
Alfaratas and Juanitas are purely Great
ures of romance, and far removed from
these fat squaws with their faces painted
in vermillion hues, and their short skirts
and homely moccasins. The beaded en-
broidery on moccasins and blankets are
for the braves only, and It's surprising to
notice the tasteful designs in which some
of their pieces are ornamented. The
squaws never greet us in as friendly a
manner as the braves, and their stare is
quite different from the benign smiles and
"how" of the men. When they meet a
lady driving, they make remarks that
must be sarcastic, from the way in which
they are enjoyed, and when lady on
horseback presents herself, their laughter
is immoderate. AS they ride with foot
in each stirrup, side sande causes them
to stare, jeer and shout with laughter
sc. Louis Globe Democrat.
, 1878-02-22
Fable.

There was once 40 industrious and
hard orking member of the stomach
family, Who flf thirty years had occu.
pied the lovcr i,Dr 90 the premise. ~
Mutilns, the dA.hing young broker, Where
De held a Ijfc lease.
Brains, the agen, II MufFins. lived IN
this garret Sium,Ch and Brain. b.J
lNggcd through liir, - ftr. tie best m
ur0gbh irs tii. Mufins, their landlord. %,
rich and ct drunk, and thereafter k@pt
drunk, such things being incidental 10
the stock brokers' life, And cunsfiiutiuy
part of the wear and tear.
From this period eternal war existed
between these two ancient families. OF
d morning Brains, in a state ~ acute
suffering, would call on the stomach ,o
give him a little rest. "NOt bit ofit.r
replies stomach, II stood up under a
perfect douche of cocktails and cham.
pagne for your amusement, until two
o'clock in the morning. You got ali
the fun aud did all the work. 1, wasn't
a fair division of the spoils. but am
going to see that the consequences are
served out in the proper quantities"
So Mufiins tossed in his bed with a
raging headache till ten o'clock, and
then arose and dressed. Stomach had
resumed something of his good nature by
this time, and so the boss yentured on n
glass of Leidesdorf street bitters. Il
electrified things on the lower floor, YOU
can beieve,and burnt hole in Stomachs
coat, aud so escaped. The usual remon-
STRANGE was sent up to Brains.
Look you, Mr. Brains, wish you to
say to your principal, that when he took
these premises, thirty odd years ago,
there was an implied contract on his
part, to keep them in repair, but if he is
determined to burn them up, and to die
like 'maudlin Clarence in his Mamesey
butt very well; only let it be Malmesey
and not the hell broth which is dispensed
from the saloons in the vicinity of the
Stock Exchange"
"D-n the fellow" said Mullins, when
he heard the complaint, "I'll teach him
to interfere with my business. l mean
to have a good time while stay, and I'll
drink all pay for"
And 80 all the afternoon and evening
he spent in filling his system from garret
to cellar. 1t was too late when he tum-
bled into bed and tried to sleep, but sleep
came not Along the nerves the intelli-
gence was flashed up to the Brain that
the Stomach would not permitany sleep.
Desperate at this news, Mullins paced
the floor till near morning, when Brains
suggested that he should squelch this
low.bred striker with dose Of chloral
hydrate.
"Goodl ~ said Mullins. "a bright idea
that, friend Brains. Well see whether
this corporation is to be run by the
officers or the employees"
Snow, then," sang out Brains, stand
from under, there" And the chloral
went rushing down. Mullins got his
sleep, but it was his last, and the Stomach
got his revenge; the chloral had doused
the glim.
The popularity of this fable is that it
is true.-AyonGut
, 1878-02-22
Remembrance,

A fine old Highlander told me last
year how the year before he had gone
back to the glen he had left half cent.
ury ago, where no man knew him or re-
membered him. "But," said he, ~ heard
of woman alive, up the glen, whom |
had thought well of when lassie, and
she of me, in shy way; still, you see,
we had no troth between us to make
things sure, and SO the strain of time
and distance broke the thread. set
tied down hereway; and the memory of
il was all dead, until heard her name.
Then l said, 4 will go up the glen and
see her. / wondered whether she also
had lost all track of me; for it was
rather sad, ye see, to be left out in the
cold In this way. She came to the door
a white haired woman, so altered it was
hard to mind her at all. She looked at
me in wondering way, gave one sharp
cry, and said, John, is that you after alll'
/ asked her, after while, how she knew
me; and she answered, The heart never
forgets, John; don't you mind wha,
good friends we werel saw the laddie
and heard him speak when saw your
face and heard your voice." Memory
flashing out into remembrance had made
all old things new for her, as she sat in
the near neigbborhood of that inheri.
tance in life where there is no marrying
or giving in marriage, but where meT
and women shall be as the angels Of
God.--R0ttrt CClIger.
, 1878-02-22

WATCHING A RIFLE BALLS FLIGHT.-
The Rochester Herald says: Three gen
tlemen, members of the Amateur Rifle
Club, yesterday afternoon were in the
town of Brighton, target-shooting. The
distance was 200 yards; all three were
shooting Creedmoor rifles. From the
firing. point to the target the ground
gradually ascended, 80 that small tele-
scope, but good one, firmly fixed in
true bounds on tree, at a distance of
perhaps thirty feet, made fine point for
observation. One of the shooters, while
looking through glass to mark shot
of one of his panions, exclaimed that
he saw the bali as it sped on its mission.
The announcement was receivedswith in
credulity; but one of the other shooters
went to the glass, and he also saw the
ball almost as it left the gun, and through
its whole flight, nearly the whole line of
its trajectory, until it struck the target.
So interesting and beautiful was the sight
that every shot was watched by one or
the other of the gentlemen; and it is an
actual fact that the point at which the
ball would strike the target could be seen
before the ball struck. 1t was even in
sisted upon that the rotary motion of the
ball could be observed.
, 1878-02-22

AN unregenerate heather lately played
it upon the ladies of three counties in
Western Pennsylvania in q way they de-
spise. II appears that some months ago,
the ladies we're visited by slight, grace
full, and unassuming young woman, who
announced that she was the agent of q
"Women's Dress Reform Benevolent
Association" and that she desired to
call their attention to new invention of
immense hygienic value. The new in.
vention consisted of the application of
the six-button glove principle to hosi-
cry. The cheapness of the article induced
liberal purchases, the agent booking all
the orders and invariably producing a
tape-llne, with which she measured the
customers understandings and noted
down the proportion thereof. Finally at
the last town she visited she went and
got drunk, whipped a barkeeper and was
arrested, acknowledging herself to be a
man "out on lark, with no stockings
to sell and no Philanthropic Association
behind him. Then there was Mysteries
and demand for sal volatile all over
these three counties.
, 1878-02-22

"MR. SECRETARY OF WAR;" said the
President, slipping rainwater from aglass,
upon the bottom of which bit of lemon
peel had been rubbed, ~ learn that bands
of marauding Mexicans and Indians are
making things lively for our people along
the Rio Grande." II fancy it is all right,
your Excellency," replied the Secretary,
crossing his feet the other way, and
spreading a silk handkerchief over his
head for another nap; II have ordered a
sousdron of cavalry and two rapscalions
of infantry down in that direction, Then
there is old Sam Houston and Uncle Davy
Crockett, each right bower of strength
in himself" "But, my noble Roman,
they are dead,n "Dead2" echoed the great
War Minister, leaping to his feet, "Dead9
Do you mean it9 Well, by Jove, if Sher-
man won't send me the reports of casu-
alties how am l to know things3 What
ho! without, there2 Ride after the troops
en- rOuts to Texas and turn 'em end for
end. l tell you what it is, Mr. Presi-
dent, country where they get away with
such men as old Sam Houston and Uncle
Davy Crockett is no safe place for reg
lars" And this excited man seized the
Turco.R Russian war map and pointed out
the perils that beset our southern border
from incursions of the wild Bulgsrians.--
ATlondut.
, 1878-02-22
on Rough Point.

We sat AZ tviIiGhtuIGh the sea,
The fog hung gray and V.rrd,
Through the tb.yk tim Uurann,N
The broken moon appeared.
W. heard the hillow. crack and plunge.
We saw nor waves or ships,
Earth sucked the yaPors like sponge,
The salt spray wet our lips,
Closer the voof Of white mist drew,
Before, behind, beside,
How could that phantom moon break
through,
Above that shrouded tidet
The roaring waters filled the ear,
A white blank foiled the sight
Close. gathering shadows near, more near,
Brought the blind, awful night
o friends who pass unseen, unknown!
o dashing, troubled sea!
Still stand We on rock alone,
Walled round by mystery.
, 1878-02-22

Boston TAxEs.-The Boston tax list
for the present year shows shrinkage of
the appraised value of estates of about
ten per cent, as a rule. The largest prop
erty is that of the Boston and Albany
Railroad, which pays taxes on $6,520, 900,
and the wealthiest local corporation is
the gaslight company, $3,226,0OO. Other
heavy taxpayers are the BostonWater Pow
er Company, $2,512,000; the Fifty Asso-
ciates, So, 133,00O; Jordan, Marsh & Co.,
$1,000 900; and the New York Mutual
Life Insurance Company, $l,048,000.
Among the heaviest individual taxpayers
are William F. Weld, who is assessed on
$3, 3,246,0O0; Joshua NJ. Sears, SO, ,157, 900;
Moses Williams, $2,275,OO0; John L.
Gardner, $l,324,OO0; Nathaniel Thayer,
81, $40, 900; William T. Andrews, 81 ,047,-
900. The estate of the late Augustus
Hemenway is rated at $1,097, 900, and
that of Gardner Brewer $l,086,000. OF
the men notable for something besides
money, Charles Francis Adams is assessed
on S737, 900; Henry l.. Pierce, $411 900
Robert g. Winthrop, $lS5,000; and Will
liam CASTOR, $1l1,O00.
, 1878-02-22

TURNING AWAY FROM WRATH.-She
lives at Ottawa, Canada, and this is how
she managed it: She thought it would
be just as we'll to commence house keep
ing right away, and begin the new year
with training up husband in the way
he should go; but her father thought diff.
ferently. So sne invited all her friends
to the wedding at certain church at a
given hour. OF course there was big
crowd, including the angry father, who
was prepared to forbid the banns with a
shotgun. Meanwhile, the young lady
and her adored William went to another
church and were quietly married, and as
they left the sacred editice she remarked
that where there was Will there was
way.-DetrOH Free Press.
, 1878-02-22
Gen. Custer's Death.

Sitting Bull, in talk with a news.
paper correspondent, gave graphic &C.
count of his battle with Gen. Custer, and
of the manner in which the brave "Long
Hair, so called by the Indians on account
of his long locks, met his death. The
chief said
"Those men who came with the "Long
Hair" were as good men as ever fought.
When they rode up their horses were
tired, and they were tired. When they
got off their horses they could not stand
firmly on their feet, they swayed to and
fro, so my young men have told me, like
limbs Of expresses in great wind. Some
of them staggered under the weight of
their guns, but they began"to fight at
once.
"Our young men rained lead across the
river, and drove the white braves back,
and then they rushed across themselves,
and then they found that they had gooo
deal to do. The trouble was with the
soldiers, they we're SO exhausted, and their
horses bothered them so much they could
not take a good aim.
'Some OF their horses broke away from
them, and LETT them to stand, and drop
and die. All the men fell back, fighting
and dropping. They could not fire fast
enough, though they kept in pretty good
order. They would fall back across a
coulie and make fresh stand beyond on
higher ground.
''There were great many brave men
in that fight, and from time to time while
it was going on, they were shot down
like pigs They could not help them
selves. One by one the officers fell.
When the last fight took place, where the
last stand was made, the Long Hair
stood like sheaf of corn with all the ears
falling around him."
"Not woundedp
"No."
"How many stood by hima"
"a few"
"When did he fall?"
''He killed a man. When he fell he
laughed"
"You mean he cried outl"
"No, he laughed. He had fred his
last shot,"
'From q carbine2"
"No--a pistol"
"Did he stand up after he first felll"
"He rose upon his hands and tried an
other shot, but his pistol would not go
off,"
"Was any one else standing up when
he fell downw
"One man was kneeling, that was all.
But he died before the Long Hair"
, 1878-02-22

BRICK TEA.-A correspondent writing
from Hankon, in China, says: There is
very large trade in brick tea, which is
prepared here for the Russian market,
and is shipped hence by the way Of
Tientsin and Pekin. Nearly half of the
foreign merchants here are Russians, and
they have several factories for the prepa.
ration of the bricks. This morning
visited one of the establishments and
witnessed the process. The dry tea is
weighed out into portions for single
bricks, and each portion is wrapped in a
cloth and placed over steam boiler
When it is thoroughly steamed it is
poured into mold and placed beneath a
machine which presses it into the re-
quired shape. Some of the machines are
worked by hand and others by steam; both
kinds are rapid and efficient, and it did
not appear that the steam had much ad.
vantage. Five men working hand-ma.
chine and receiving twenty cents each
per day, were able to press six bricks q
minute. The steam press worked only O
little faster, and the cost of fuel must be
nearly equal to that of muscle.
, 1878-02-22

A MAN in Nebraska has patented a
new, powerful, double-acting salve, which
shows power never before exhibited by
salves of any kind. The inventor acci-
deDtally cut off the tail of tame wolf,
and Immediately applying some of the
salve to the stump a new tail grew out.
Then, picking up the old tail, he applied
some salVe to the raw end of that, and a
wolf grew out; but he was wild wolf,
and had to be shot.
, 1878-02-22

To TAKE RUST OUT OF STEEL.--Plac
the article in a bowl containing kerosene
oil, or wrap the steel up in soft cloth
well saturated with kerosene; let it re-
main twenty-four hours or longer, then
scour the rusty spots with brick.dust, II
badly rusted, use salt with hot vinegar
after securing rinse every particle OF
brickdust or salt off with boiling hot wa.
ter; dry thoroughly, then polish off with
O clean flannel cloth and little sweet oil
, 1878-02-22

STATISTICS show that more persons
commit suicide in summer than in win
ter. This is easily explained. In summer,
parlor windows are thrown open, and the
dulcet notes clawed from pianos by learn
ers are borne out upon the silent air and
strike thousands Of human ears, filling
the heart with misery and things, and
destroying all desire to live.
, 1878-02-22

AN enormous lode of copper, lead, gold
and silver, twenty feet in width and ex-
tending for miles, has recently been dis
covered in Milan, New Hampshire. The
lode crosses the Grand Trunk Railroad
100 miles west of Portland.
, 1878-02-22

sUsAN-"Why, Nellie, have you been
visiting in that old-fashioned dressi"
Nellie-"Yes, my dear, but then I've
been visiting old-fashioned people,"
, 1878-02-22

PRUDENCE through the ground OF mp-
cry cuts river of patience, where inc
mind swims in boats of tranquility along
the stream of life, until she arrives at the
haven of death, where all streams meet
, 1878-02-22

DocToRs never allow ducks on their
premises--they make such personal re-
marks.
, 1878-02-22

IT is blessed thing to live in q land
of plenty if one has plenty of land
and money enough to pay his taxes.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-07

COUNTRY PRODUCE.
WHOLESALE agOUERY MARREi

BACON, per lb-Short clear, 8 3-i@iOc;
shoulders, 63-4@7c; Breakfast, 10 l.2Gllc; dry
salt, 1901 3-4c 49,
BUTTER per lb-Wostern, 3O@35c; country
BAKING POWDERS-Various brands, Ia
ID cans, per doz 81 25@l 90; H. do do, ~ o0g
20; do do, "a 25Gi 30.
ChEESE-W estern. % Id, 10 to 10 l-2c.
CANDLES Star, Is 10 SIS, l5gl6c.
COFFEE-Java, per 10, $3.50; III ,, cholce,
22@22 l2c prime, 2l@2l l-lc; common 10
C0NCENTRATED LYE--VarIous brands,
A doz. Id caus, per case, u 25@5 %.
FIaH-Mackeral, per Dbl. $40 0O@sll W; XIII
81 OOgSl % white FISH, kit, 95gsl 20.
HERRINGS-Dried, per oox, 40g5Oc
FISH Dried Goldfish, per b, 3.t97c. a.,
LARD-In fierce, 3-4@lOc; 70 Id pals, 100
10 l-2c; and 10 Id in tins, IL S'4@l2c.
MS-Per Id, fancy brands l4E@ioIac;
MoLI. = sSEs-Fancy Loui'iana, per gal,
6Ogr5c; Choice, 55G6Oc; Prime 5O@ooc; FAIR
45g50c. - -,o
SUGAR - Granulated, per 10, II 2-dgi55c,
" fee, A, per ID, 10 l-i@lO l-2c; Choice
| Louisiana, 9a9 20; Prime, i-4@S lac; ordi-
nary to Fair, S(GS l.4c Common, 3-i@S
S0DA-Case; bi.carb. English, 69b l-2c'
SfARCH-Various brands, per Id, 4A95c
SOAP -olive, 594@6c; fancy soaps, per box
| q 5O46 20. oo,z,oz. o,,tc
river, in bbls, 81 4592 60; table, per SACK, L.
GTEA-Grnpowder 5Oa75c; imperial, 500
$50. Japun. I0agOc, Uolong, 4OG75c.
| VINEGAR-Cider,2 5@3Oc; white wlhe' on
| ap-h
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TOBACCO MAnHET.

PLuH ViIglnis bright nna
! pounds hlBgli dO do nne ANA extra Twist, 900
iOe 40 10 cara bHn twihl, bhet7On, DO mo-
alum u aua l2.ln lwlsii iAAbOr 40 q mmOu 4.
~ lWlhh lpWplpi 90 mahogany navy, 30, NJ
~, io90li louisville navy, bright lpahog'
any bl9hoi dud0 mahogany, ioegllo, do do
mahogany u class lhls 90, 10 40 dark ma
h9eahy hRoOoi do 40 nnu Dlaok, .lgllo,
FINE Lul-ynoloe, lUslJii mu4lum, 100
npoi lhlli iOahlot oumluun, UOasbAu,
hMuklNu VII. mia slnuAlng, ~ and y
N9ulp huhluoky, ipW1Opi common " good
ap9 lOoi fancy, ~ 10 uuuilly, VI lDgl 90, Hon
lhut ~ Imported, Per 10, III u,
DOMtAllu uluAHS-hnyana, s6O9l00i
hued hnd Havana, iOetsO, do do scrap lliler,
aa9ipi CONNECTICUT seed, Agb, ordinary
lnYlhi cAtfnOA aud hlAth, llWld,
ufuR I'D CIGARS, price per 1000, keg
lel ray, slbOi LondIuH, sliO, bfeVah, sllOi Con-
chnH, sliJi Flor DO lrlnHaao, gll0, Londruh Nc
u.rle, eADi Opera brand, pllOi Operas, plOi
opera Roma gaJi Roma Victoria, $500 lionTn'
doc cigarettes, w.
NuFF-Mhooaboy s5atSSci ltappo French
u scotch ANA DundyioOl, b)ge1ci common
Doc,
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Tho Mania for Omcp.

Inarshall Herald: The Dallas HERALD
y Wednesday contains a thoughtful,
rsi,N.consldered editorial on the Office
tNing mania, which now constitutes
standing reproach to the American
gDUp!e, IN which the writer portrays
'u dlsgraceful spectacle it. presents,
,uu me decentralization and corruption
W ", which it leads. There is another
t,"' scarcely less than this, to which
~ ~ uoes not allude: the vast number
Incompetent men who eagerly rush
@a"ard to grasp positions to which
~ey are not fitted by education,
Laapellennce and information. OF the
or nIupeGs of men thinking themselves
tanned tanned Tor seat in congress, how few
n Uem have made the political history
,n, ne country study; that know
ra;.!aing about the structure of our
a n system, and the relative powers
T. 'ue federal and state governments
G, S large majority of these aspirants
enn ,allie, the issues that divided this
knou'Iy Tor nearly a century are unN
MN n%. They are not even politicians
Of I enlightened and patriotic sense
ua' term, much less statesmen
Wy Of the aspirants for Legislative