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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-01
Ra,.le.naLe. Killed bs a Cat.

A cat that kills rattlesnakes is owned by Chas.
BAKER. granger who 10 rtoIMung dcsert land on The
Cha. opposite Mohawk The cat watches them until the
uncni and start to glide on then jumps and catches Tho M
BY the back NJ the neck chewing the vertehre iii tie
snakes dead. and with his CLAWS tan loose any
coils that NAV be thrown around has body lie las A.
ready Killed several
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Madrid Newspaper. on Grant.

We have oftentmes asked ourselves the ques-
ton NhN L. THIS tors .ncr Grant hun1sd wherever lac
spprar- iu Euroref That he may have di,uusuisned
himself IN ms country ANA achieved great deeds
we are willing 20 admit. hut what claims 10 recognition
lac have thl- slie of the AuHnuc We iail tu
cci,e. II "a Judge him uecorlA 90 his behavior
here. lie was prominently hunored BY our august
monarch and his ministers beyond precedent iu his
tory aud yet he has been very neg Sent not 10 say
guilty of a gross br, ach o good breeding aud etiquette
Tn having tailed 20 VlY his RESPECTS and cnngraunu
90 the KING Immediately after his luck, escape from
the hands of an ASSASSIN, because. tursuo'h, the
railroad tickets hal been bought Tor Lisbon and the loss
the could not. his mcrceuary uuud. be Tor
moment en rHined Had he been de nd, from royal
hluoti he would not have hc-itiird.
our stat ,luan. cN Minister StvclA I'm acroWnanving
him t0 the station, amt charging himself With messages
OF coneHtulauonsiur The King. eNnccd n sad ack VI
tact, d, should have lett him 90 depart uuAteu4ed.
Ifun he Ninti0 Pd,noa
II seems that Gen Grant was guilty or excess IN the
banquet given him ~ Premier tauuVas del Castillo NJ
his fpsdcnctt much that hu pres ntVd much to
bee ameut,d tce HtrN hours later IA the interior
uf the Minister'S hoN at the Royal Theatre such ca.
hhiuon WAS thc only thng wanting 60 stamp hlm un.
worthy VI all the cnlhuos shuwcred upon nam.
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~ NAV received from advertising and the
9EbWINr department the rest Of the total,
80 tl7l6. But tor the curse Of that press We
w. nt worth 81 OO0. 900 to-day"
ma Nu'l WINS TINT sewing machine which YOU
MY, ~ nfgo feature OF iurnishingW
r "Ilk nuy Tho National machine. made In
eys'l l'ui, ana uiterWHrd when their price
- I''7Nl ! got the Grover * Baker. The
90 MI got NE latter wits ms ! understand II.
sh.,' ilhs llke his: The Domestic Sewing Ma
m, o rilhlWhY bought out the Grover n BakoT
lhii u, hnh Eut Hn immense number OF the
ill., "h'hlu'- On their hands. Then Ibolieye
Hnntnii X company were In some sort ef
fnst. Wv nm 'uliy. and put out those machines
in-,a0 Of money SO that they pnssed nj n very
,.ittl .e INTO the hands OF other parties from
r." we procured them. We have done n
-, Nhount OF business Ia our co6peratlNe
~ l"mrh' not less than $40 600 worth al
ali. f.Al our ana a good many sewing ma
Ss,s o. eiili 30 furnish. but within thirty
llen'' Wnth We ,1"l going again, hope 10 send
r.. 81" w. We have placed in the hands Of
lerb ABUNDANT assets 10 cover all
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

AN AUTOMATIC OKaAN.-Tho latest
attempt to elicit music wholly by mo.
chahism seems to be the "Needham Mu-
sical Cabinet, of which We find enthusi-
astc description in Eastern exchanges.
We are told that ANY child that has the
ability to work tho pedal Of sewing
machine can produce all the music, with
tho aid of tho instrument in question,
that can be rendered by the most skilled
ofpre tessional performers. The nstru-
mont is called tho 'Needhsm Musical
Cabinet, and when il is closed resembles
an ordinary parlor organ. The register
consists Of reed action and bellows similar
to tho ordinary organ, but somewhat
smaller. The register consists of39 reeds,
but has no finger board. Rolls Of per-
forated paper, about lS inches wide, pro-
perly placed In position, suffice to shut off
all the notes except those which are to bs
sounded, hence any tune can bs played
and in all its parts. Whel a piece is
played ii must OF necessity be rerolled up
on the cylinder from which 1t has been
played before it is ready for repetition.
The mechanism Of the instrument 10 such
that tho york Of rerolling can be accent
plshed while another piece Is being rem
dered. 1t is marvel OF simplicity, and
1t may be doubted whethor human hands
can be trained to equal it in pIoducing
combinations Of harmony.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17
Weaverville, August II, 1878,

ANCIENT TMEPIECEs.-Bo were
used to measare time, from which water.
drop by drop, was discharged through a
small aperture. Such bowls were called
water Checks. 1t was then observed how
much water from such bowl or eask
from sunrise till the shortest shadow,
trickled down into another bowl placed
beneath and this time, being the half
of the whole sola day, WAS divided into
six hours. Consequently they took a
sixth Of the water which had trickled
down, poured it into the upper bowl, and
this discharged one hour had expired
But afterwards more convenient. ar
rangement was made they observed how
high the water at each hour rose in the
lower bowl, marking these points, and
counted them, thus finding out how
many hours were till sunrise.
With the Chinese, the water clock or
clepsydra, are very old. They used "
round vessel filed with water, with n
hole in the bottom, which was placed
upon another vessel. When the water
in the upper vessel passes down INTO the
lower vessel it subsided by degrees, an
nouncng thereby the pnrt of time olaps-
60. The Bahylonians arc said to have
used such instruments ; from them the
Greeks OF Asia Minor, got them, at the
time of King Cyrus, about the year $50
before Christ. The Romans did not get
tho first water clock before Christ. But,
thoagh the hours of the clepsydras did
not vary in length, they stih counted
from the morning. When the clock
with us strikes seven, the ancients count
e one when the clock with US strikes
twelve. the ancients counted six and So
on. This method of counting the hour
was, according to the New Testament,
also customary in Palestine Mt the time
of Christ. The water clocks had the ad .
vantage that they could he used in the
in the night and the Romans used them
to divide their night watches, which
were relieved four times, both summer
and winter. Contormably to these four
night watches were counted, not only in
Romo, but wherever Roman garrison
was stationed consequently, also, in
Palestine, after she had become q Roman
province.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17
NUMBER 33.

and bring him home," said Mr.. Dean,
speaking to his wife.
As Sumner spoke he left the room.
"Ah, Bertha" said lizze in half
playful tone, II thought you were to put
a stop to ths?"
Berthn's eyes filed with tears, as she
said: "He did promise me, but he has
deceived me. And just smell the filthy
tobacco smoke. wish l had never
trusted him.
"Did you ever trust him ?" said Lizzie
in meaning tons fully trust to his
manly honor and love- ?"
"Why, what do you mean, Lizzie ?"
81 mean to ask you if you ever trusted
Henry MS loving wife should trust fond
husband ? Did you ever give him to
know that you had the fullest confidence
in his honor ?"
Certainly have, '!roturned Bertha.
"Thsn," said Lizzie, "Henry has also
deceived me, for always thought him
really kind hearted man.
"But you soe how kind he is," uttered
the afflicted wife. "lIe promised me, be-
fore we were married, that he would cut
the club and quit smoking"
"Did Henry make these promises FREQ
ly ?"
"Hs made thom."
"Ah, that may DO but they were fSrc-
ed, were they not ?"
Bertha was silent.
"Then, when no fell back after narri-
age, you were petulant, and, perhaps, ac-
cused him OF dsceving you ? Let me
tell you the experiment triod before |
was marred-yau remember | promised
to try ono." And Lizzie related what
tho reader already knows. "And ever
since my marriage | havo pursued tho
same course. My husband knows Iplace
entire confidence iE him-and seek only to
mako him happy the consequences is, no
anticipates mo in works OF love and good
will. All, Bertha, you know not what
jewel you may be crushing in the heart OF
your husband. Trust him, Berths.-
Make him feel that you honor and respect
him. HArk here they come. For
Honry's sake, for your own sake, try my
experiment"
AT that moment tho two husbands en-
tered the apartment. Horny Wilder
looked at his wife and found hcr in tears.
A bitter curl gathered about his lips, but
the pro.enee Of his friends aroused him to
sense OF propriety, and he asked "Are
you not we'll, Bertha ?" The fair wife
returned hor husbands look, and placing
her arm about his mack, sho imprinted u
trembling kiss upon his lips. Henry
Wilder was puzzled but it was the hap
pest puzzle that ever fell to his thoughts.
The evening passed on and Bertha grow
bright aud sparkling in her wit, while hor
husband seemed almUst bending beneath
the weight Of new found joy.
Months rolled on and Bertha was q
happy wife she had found in Henry =
truly noble and kind husband. The lon
gor sho lived the more reason had she to
blsss the time when she FIRST tried Lizzie
Dale's Experiment"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

The rnost remarkable railroad accident
on record happened not long ago on the
Northwestern road between London and
Liverpool. A man and his wife were
travelling in compartment alone, when,
the train going at the rate OF sixty miles
an hour, an iron rail projecting from a
car on side track cut into the carriage
and took the head Of the woman clear off
anb rolled i: into the husbands lap. lie
subsequently sued the company for dam
ages, and created great surprise in court
by giving his age at thirty ak wears, al
though his hair was snowy white. 1t
had been turned from jet black by the
horror OF that event.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

LAW AGAINST FLIRTING.-B Burke, in
his History of Virginia, says: II find
that the Governor WAS obliged soon alter
to issue n proclamation forbidding wo-
men to contract themselves to several
men at one time; for women being yet
scarce and much in quest, this ofiense
had become very common, whereby
great disquiet arose between parties, and
no small trouble to the Government. 1t
was therefore ordered; That every min
lister should give notice in his church that
what woman sJever should use any word
or speech rendering to contract of mai
riage to several persons OF one time, al
though not preciso and legal, yet so as
might entange or breed scruple in their
conscieEces, should for such ofiense, either
undergo corporal correction or be pun
ished by fine or otherwise, according to
the quality Of the person so offended.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

ORIGIN OF INDIAN NAMBsThe Sioux
Indians name their papooses after events
transpiring a. the time Of their birth.
AS illustrative Of this peculiar trait, Red
Cloud 10 known TO have taken tina. name
from the fact that the western sky was
oyer-spread with red clouds at the mo
ment Of the birth while the bringing of
captive horse with spotted tail gave the
now great chic: the singu lar cognomeR
of Spotted Tail. Sitting Blu II received
his name because buffalo was, by y
lucky shot, thrown upon its launches in
plain sight Of his mothers topee at tho
nata hour, while the cavoTtings ofa hae-
tious pony furnished n name OF tho re-
doubtable Crazy Horse.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

BoHN In l764.-James James, or
Double Jimmy" us he is very fami-
iarly called, lives on a farm twelye miles
south OF Weatherford, Parker county,
Texas, with his daughter, Mrs. Nancy
Wheat, 99 years ofsge. This old gentle
man was born near the Red House, in
Prince William county, Virginia. May
10, 1894. His father resided on planta
tion near the Potomac, adjoining Law
renee Washington's. Mr.. james has
seen Washington often at his fathers
house. He nnd the brothers were in the
war Of 1872. Mr.. James was II jack OF
all trades" as he says he learned to be a
carpenter, bricklayer, stonenason. black
smith, painter and tinsmith. During his
long life he has never been one month ia
bed with sickness. Mr.. James was mar
ried IN Virginia soon after attaining his
majority, and raised family of ten boys
and FIVE girls. Leaving his padye State
some years after the war, he settled IN
Roam county, Tennessee. From that
place he moved to Lauderdale county,
Alabama, thence to White county, Al
kansas, aud in 1918 came to Dallas coun-
ty. Texas, in his s4lh year. He conlin-
ued his residence there 1otil 1872, when,
in his I0sth year, he selected, as ne says
Parker county to spend his Old days in,
In his lO9lh year he cultivated an acre
patch Of watermelons in Parker county
and ruised the finest brought TO mar Set.
He realized $l25 from the crop MI.
James talks very we'll and bis hearing Is
pretty eoud. Galveston Heacs.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

A FEW days ago woman's garments
we're found by soms young men on bank
OF secluded stream near Dayton, Ohio,
neatly arranged in pile. Tho owner
ro. being visible, tho dea OF suicide @t
once suggested itself, and this theory was
strengthened by tho discovery in pock
ct of the dress Of tender and touching
loyo letter addressed to my darling" "
The clothes were taken and delivered TO
the police, The next day young lady
of Dayton, appeared at the police head
quarters aud claimed the garments, eI-
plaiaing that she was bathing in the
stream little distance from the point
where they were discovered, and that ste
could not conveniently appear to prevent
heir removal. The clothes were return
cd
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

THE SAGACITY or ANTS Prof. Lei
Joutnaj Of chemistry. states that in or.
dor to ascertain whether II house he had
Just entered was (as he suspected) lious-
ly infested with red ants, he placed n
piece of sweet cake in evory roam. AT
noon every place was found covered with
ants. A cup of turpentine oil icing pro
vided, each piece was picked up with
torcepts, and tipped into the oil. The
cake was replaced, and in the evening
was again found covered with ants. The
same process WAS gone through the fol
lowing two days, morning, noon and
night. The third day the number ofants
bad greatly diminished, and M the fourth
there we're none. Heat first supposed the
snts had all been destroyed, but in the
attic he observed II few teastng on some
dead house flies, which led him to suspect
that the remaining ants had became sus
picious of the swesi cake. He according
~ distributed in different parts Of the
house pieces Of bacon, which wero after
wards found swarming with ants. This
WAS reported with tho same result, for
several days, when, in like manner with
the cake, the ants ceased to visit the ba-
con. Pieces OF cheese were next tried
with the same result, but with an un
doubted thinning in the number Of ants.
when the cheese proved no longer Mt
traclive dead grasshoppers were supplied
from the garden. These again proved
too much for the ants, but after a few'
days trial neither grasshoppers nor any
thing else attracted them, nor has the
| house been infested with them since.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17
FASHIONABLE BANKRUPTCY.

"Boggs9" said Mrs B., suddenly, the
other evening, looking up from the pa
per she was reading, why don't you 20
into bankruptcy, and have some style
about you ?"
"Go into bankruptcy" repeated Boggs
"what for?N
because it is the fashion" )" replied Mrs
b. Everybody goes into bankruptcy
nowadays, Our neighbors are all get
ting the start of us. Here's Soggs, who
lives across the street, he is in the list to
day, Now we have lived in this town a
great deal longer than Soggs has. Why
couldn't you have got your namo in the
paper AS we'll as he?"
II don't want my name in the papers
way" said Boggs.
That's :he way with you Always
behind everybody else. We never could
hold our own along with our neighbors." +"
"But we couldn't hold our own if |
went into bankruptcy" persisted Boggs.
the Squiggns, who went into bankrupt
cy last summer, live just rs we'll, il not
II little better than before? Now, BogSs,
do oblige me by buying n fe."
Buying II file What for?"
$50 that you can file your petition. Do
ii this very day, and ii will be in the
morning papers. Then your wife and
children can hold their heads up with the
best os them. Somehow | feel that we
are undera cloud now People look atus
as much as to say, There's something the
matter with the Boggses'"
Mrs. Boggs, | never take advantage
OF nothing"
~ know it. And that's what keeps,
Us under. But couldn't you put in pc
ttjon2 You know there is petition up
stairs that we don't need You could
take it down and file it., and"
woman, how foolish you talk YOU
don't know anything about the business
"But / do know that we are gettin;
left, and il won be long, you will find
before felix's give mp inviting us anywhere
Haven't you amy liabitesY"
IL have liabilities, but l haven't any
ability to lio."
ION, you're too nice for anything, where
the welfare your family is concerned
Tell me about your asets."
II wouldn't have any if did AS neigh
Dor SoEgs does"
"How is thalH"
"Why, in that case the ass sets around
all day doing nothing, and it is no won
der that he had TO apply to the Bankrupt
Court tor relief" Then Boggs laughed
low, contented laugh at his little joke
Said Mrs. b., tartly: You'll bank
rupt your stock OF wit il you keep draw
ing on it in that fashion, Then you won't
become a bankrupt to maintain our SO
cial p)s,tion?"
mo, | won't" said Boggs, bluntly
Then give you due notice that
receive 10 more calls. L shall give W
our pew in church, and take the children
out of school. shall close up the house
give out that we have gone into the coun-
try, and .welI all Iivp in the kitchen.
we can't do like the rest of folks, and b.
somebody, there's no use trying to live.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

A MINING company near Nevada City
advertised for Chinese labor only. Two
Chinese contractors responded. The one
with the lowest bid, Of course, was award
ed the contract and his men were to go to
work. But his competitors, who was
probably thoroughly acquainted with the
American custom, pummeed him for
mkiag the work at such low figure.
Not satisfied with that he threatened to
give him a severer pumneling il he did
not Withdraw hi. bid. Thinking discre
tion the better plan the bruised Mongo
liau complied; They are quick to learn,
these Ceieslials !
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

ANEW YORK paper gives The inform
atian that there ara scarcaly any old
maids in Russia. and We do not wonder
at il. Russia is cold and disagreesble
country Most any man would forswear
his liberty sooner than get up aGd kinds
the fres in climate whele the mercury
remains CONCEALED nine months in tho
year.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

"JouY," said Standsh. Me-, man TO
hi. son, John, what do you say when
your auntie gives you - doushuutY"
Looking up a. The old man baahiuIiy,
and then g,sncing at his aunt, John re-
plied, "How dyer do That's right,
John said the old man, never dsrecol-
lect your bringing up"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

THERE isn't much fuss made over
the Inauguration OF boys fret pants
pocket as there is over the laying Of 3 cor
nsr stone, put there are more things put
In it.-EHlto4g Times.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17
4seeklu Trinitu gournal.

ESQ The 'JOUR.N:EZ" mas no .gSsnfs
the Publisher prefsrrfng to do bHsimess
sosfk .sdrsrfissrs direct. .fdrsrttsing
Ssfss furnished on application.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

AN armless Milwaukee woman boIa
her husbands cars with her foot.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

OFFICE. AZ his Residence, corner
Court and Center Streets, Wcaverville. |.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-17

keep constantly on hand complete
assortment of Dining Room, Bedroom
and Kitchen Furniture, of the best man
ufacture, and will also make any article
desired in this line to ORDER Furniture
repaired at reasonable prices.
COFFINS made to order, in any style
and finish desired. Mattresses, Picture
Frames, Etc, Etc, manufactured to
order at living rates. Give us call.
ZIMMERMAN BROS.
~ ptla, All III 1875. II.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-01
The Distribution of the School Tax.

1t was admitted before the finance committee
of the Senate that the School Boards in the coun-
ties had claimed and procured from the County
Commissioners q levy on the counties, TO reim-
burse the white schools for the amounts thus
paid for the colorcd schools. Now this money
having been first paid to the boards by the Comp
troll er for colored Schools and then by the Coun-
ty Commissioners to the same boards for the
white schools, the late Comptroller argued with
great force that it would be nothing more than
raid on the treasury to claim that 1t should be
paid third time. AS the Legislature, however,
would have to levy 1t again on the people before
it could be realized to the treasury for redistri
button to the School Boards it is not likely that
any bill for that purpose will be proposed; or
that, If proposed, 1t would meet with favor from
any quarter. We understand that the School
Borrd of Somerset as many other of the School
Boards in the State, refused to join in this de-
mand, believing that the construction put upon
the law by the Comptroller was right in fact, and
for the best in eresls # the schools This view
appears also to have been held BY Judge Miller,
OF the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel cou ty,
who decided the late case between the associa-
ton of School Commissioners and the Comp
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-01

troller. After making theie,l sion that by the
words ofthe law the whole amount of the school
tax was payable for white schools alone, the
Judge was SO well satisfied that the other con-
struction was the best for the schools, that he
adviseda number of members of the Legislature
that the defect in the law ought to be corrected,
and as we learn actually prepared the bill now
in the Comptroller's Office from the commence
ment of the system, and provide for its adoption
in the future as well as for its confirmation for
the past. There seems to be no doubt that the
construction put upon the law by the Comp
troller will be adopted by the Legislature for
the future, and no one has any idea that the peo-
pie are to be again taxed to raise the money
which some of the School Boards claim that the
State still owes them on account of the distribu.
tlons heretofore made to the colored schools
Princess Anne True Marylander.