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Year: 1878

A LOADED Sr1cK.-The sandusky 70 y
Register says: "A gentleman from Belle.
vue gave US the particulars Of an affair
that occurred in the Congregational
Church at that place last Sunday and
which created a most decided sensation.
Bellevue has become famous as a place
where almost every man who owns a
wood pile loads half dozen innocent
looking sticks Of stove wood with gunpow.
der, and then waits patiently to see what
effect the powder will have on his neigh
bors' stoves. The Sexton Of the Cong,e
gstiona Society had built up rousiog fire
that Sunday morning. the congregation
had all been seated and the minister was
getting warmed up to his work. when,
righ, in the most solemn and impressive
portion Of the sermon there was an appal|-
ing crash. the air was filled with pieces Of
stove and stove pipe. fire, ashes and the
screams of men. women and children.
There was stampede in less time than it
takes to tell it, but fortunately no one was
hurt. Finally, however, the cause Of the
trouble was discovered and quiet was res
tored. Some one had undoubtedly put up
a job on the sexton bv putting loaded
stick into the wood pi'e.'
Year: 1878

A story is told of deacon in Tennessee
who was in the habit Of riding bucking
mu'e-that is, mule that can make q
camels back Of its straight one, aud, BY a
spasmodic movement Of its four legs and
hump. discharge its rider like a cannon
ball. The other day they came to the
edge Of the worst mud hole in the State,
and the mule gave unmistakabls indica-
tons Of buckiug. The good deacon knew
that b. was about to be thrown, and his
mind skurred about for q prayer. His
tab. grace came easiest: ''Lord, for what
W. about 10 receive make US humbly
thankful" he exclsmed, aud the mule had
bucked and be was in.
Year: 1878

AS THE season OF autumn commences,
the heat of the noen-day is relieved by the
GOODNESS of the evening and night, and there
is a strong temptation to sit out Of doors,
in, search of comfort. But the evening air
is damp, and heavily laden with the con,
densation Of the vapor which the SUMS
heat envolyed in the day time. The va
pors are, for breathing, simply malaria
or unwholesome air; and it must be high
state Of health which can breathe such air
with impunity, while the body rs in repoae.
The frame is exhausted with the work and
heat of the day, and is, therefore, pecu-
liarly susceptible. Sit in doors, or under
shelter, walk.
Year: 1878

Have you ever reflected upon the very
many funny things we do, for which we can
give no particular reason? How it is that
we do not give five cheers, four cheers, two
cheers, one cheer? Why is it that we
give three cheers aud no more? Who
can tell2


Why is it that the majority of people
use their right hand in preference to their
left, and cannot help smiling at those who
use the latter?


Why is II that a man cannot see bun
die Of toOthpicks without helping himself
when he does not need them at all?


Why is it that a small boy cannot let
the thin-waisted wasp fly in peace, without
furiously going for il with his new straw
hat; or why is it that the small girl always
insists upon Juggling home kitten that
has not even learned how to open his eyes?


Why is it that when any one asks US
how many days there are 10 a certain
month, We always say over to ourselves:


Thirty days has September.


April, June and November?


Why is it that we turn to the right in :
stead Of the left, when the left is far more
preferable, and if adopted would save many
an accident on railroad and highway
The driver always sits upon the right of
his vehicle; in turning to the right he is
farthest away from the wagon he passes,
and unless he is an expert cannot tell how
close he comes to the wheels of the man
who goes by him, whereas if he turned to
the left side he could look straight down,
see TO the fraction of an inch how close he
was approaching an obstacle, and thus
avoid it. The engineer runs upon the
right hand track, and sits upon the right
hand side of his cab. The long, narrow
locomotive, which with sand tower, belfry
and smoke staS& is in front of him, cutting
off his outlook and empeding his observa-
tion. He can view only his own track,
while the opposite track, save at distance,
is almost wholly unseen by him. (On
some railroads the reverse is the custom.


Custom, owing to cause we know not of,
has established these curious precedents,
and from observation and education we
unwittingly do thousands Of things that
are, to say the least, funny, and that we
cannot possibly explain
Year: 1878

We suppose that many people think that
newspaper publishers are persistent duns
let farmer place himself in similar bus
iness position and see if he would not do
the same. Suppose he raised one thou
sand bushels Of wheat, and his neighbor
should come and buy bushel, and the
price was small matter of only two dol
lars or less, the neighbOr says, II will hand
you the amount in few days" As the
farmer did not want to be small about the
matter, says all right, and the man leaves
with the wheat. Another comes In the
same way, until the whole of the one thou
sand bushels of wheat are trusted out to
one thousand different persons, and not
one of the purchasers concerns himself
about it, for it IS a small amount he owes
the farmer, and, of course that would not
help him any. He does not realize that
the farmer has frittered away all his large
crop ef wheat, and that its value is due him
in thousand little dribIets, and that he
Is seriously embarrassed in his business
because his debtors treat it as little mat
ter. But if all would pay promptly, which
they could do as we'll as not, it would be
a very large amount to the farmer, and
enable him to carry on his business with
out difficulty. The above comparison is
too true of the difficulties We newspaper
men have 20 contend with.
Year: 1878

The attention of all persons is particularly
called to the following section Of Article 35,
Code of Public General Laws:


46. No person shall make any bet or wager
on the result of any election to take place in
this State.


A. Any person offending against the last
preceding section shall be liable to indict-
ment in the Circuit Courts, if the offence be
committed in any county, or in the Criminal
Court of Baltimore, if the offence be commit
ted in Baltimore; and on conviction, shall be
fined not less than fifty nor more than FIVE
hundred dollars, to be paid to the State for
the use Of the School Fund.


As. Every deposit Of money in any part OF
the State as a wager or bet upon elections in
this State or elsewhere shall be forfeited and
paid over to the County Commissioners ofthe
county where deposited for the use of the
county; and If deposited in the city of Balti
more, to the Mayor and City Council.


PETER WOODS.


sep 2s-te Sheriff of Carroll county
Year: 1878

A correspondent of the New York Eren-
ing Post, gives the following recipe
for paste for use in making scrap-books:
Il Dissolve piece of alum the size of a
walnut in pint of boiling water; to this /
add couple of tablespoonsfuls of -four,
made smooth in a little cold water, and a
few drops of oil of cloves, letting the
whole come to a boil This paste will
keep months. | put it in glass jars used
for canning, or we'll cleansed blacking bot
ties. l use a half-inch bristle brush,
costs but a few pennies. This paste is
handy too for domestic purposes. My
children have many toys that come in
wooden boxes, but these will break at the
corners, and soon come to pieces. When
box begins to give out, l take piece of
cambric or calico, and with the brush and
paste cover the box so that it viii bear
constant usage for months Then if the
cover gives out, | pull it off and put on
another one. Again, dolls arm or leg
will come of, but piece of muslin and a
bit of paste restores the article, so that it
Is as good as it was before
Year: 1878

MARRIAGE-Perhaps nothing shows
the existence of the Divine idea in mar
riage so much as its incOmprehensible mys-
terry, which all those who enter it, save the
most frivolous and thoughtless, are obliged
to recognize, feeling themselves as much
surrounded by it as if they lived among
the great, primeval agencies that first set
the world going-for to all it seems as
strange as if they were the first and only
ones, and they were at loss to explain il
or penetrate the meaning of the deep and
sacred enigma. They understood moth
er S love for the flesh of her flesh in her
children, child's love for the visible pro-
yidence of its father, but who is to com
prehend the love Of the husband, who, ar
rived at maturity with all his prejudices
formed, his course marked out, meets one
who, in scarcely more than an instant, be-
comes more to him than father or mother.
sister of brother, or all the world-in
short, on whose presence the happiness of
the world hinges? And who shall com
prehend the devotion of the wife, who, if
need be, would die for her husband?
Year: 1878

The LARGEST PLANT IN THE WORLn.
We are accustomed to regard the great
trees of California as the most gigantic
specimens of vegetable growths known to
man, but such is not the case. There is
a submarine plant growing in the North
Pacific Ocean which, according to Profess
sor Reinsch, dwarfs all Others in its vast
proportions. The Macroeystis ppitera,
one of the Meionosdermos, has been known
to grow to such an extent as to cover vast
areas of the ocean bed One specimen,
by measurement, was found to cover three
square miles, and the stem from which the
growth proceeded was eight feet in diam
eter. 1t is almost impossible to conceive
Of such plant, or how system of nour-
ishment can be maintained through such
extended channels in the living organism.
Nature performs strange freaks, and GER
tainly none can be stranger than the fact
that of this gigantic species there are some
specimens so small as to be microscopic, or
only to be seen by the aid Of powerful OF.
jectives.-JouTRaI Of Chemistry
Year: 1878

TERRIBLE NIGHT.-Once when n bashful
cub, took a plain, unsentimental country
girl to a comedy one night. had known her
a day she seemed divine; l wore my new
boots. At the end of the first half hour she
said: 'Why do you fdget with your feet
so?" l said: Did 2" Then put my at
end of another half hour she said "Why do
you say, Yes oh, yes" and 'ha, ha, oh, GER
tainly very true' to everything say, when
half the time those are only irrelevant an
swers ?" 1 blushed and explained that l had
been n little absent minded. At the end of
another half hour she said: 'Please why do
you grin so steadily at vacancy, and yet look
SO sad?" l explained that l always did that
when l was rejecting.


An hour passed and then she turned and
contemplated me with her earnest eyes and
said, why do you cry all the time 7" ex-
planned that very funny comedies always made
me cry. At last human nature surrendered,
and secretly slipped my boots of. This
was mistake l was not able to get them
on any more. 1t was rainy night; there
was no omnibus going our way and walk
ed home, burning up with shame with the
girl on one arm and my boots under the 9th
er. l was an object worthy of compassion,
especially in those moments of martyrdOm,
when had to pass through the glare that
fell upon the pavement from the street lamps.


Finally, this child of the forest said: "Where
are your boots Z" and, being taken unprepar-
ed, put finishing touch to the follies of
the evening with the stupid remark The
higher classes do not wear them to the thea
tire, DR.. Warner,
Year: 1878

The KIND OF RELIGION WE WANTING
want religion that softens the step and
tunes the voice to melody, and fills the eye
with sunshine, and checks the impatient ex-
clamatiop and harsh rebuke II religion that
is polite, deferental to superiors, courteous
to Interiors and consderate to friends a re-
ligion that goes into the family, and keeps
the husband from being cross when dinner Is
late, and keeps the wife from fretting when
the husband tracks the newly washed floor
with his muddy boots, and makes the hus-
band mindful of the scraper and door mat
keeps the mother patient when the baby is
cross and amuses the children as well as in
structs them; cares for the servants besides
paying them promptly, projects the honey
moon into the haryest-moon, and makes the
happy home like the Eastern fig-tree, bearing
in its bosom at once the beauty Of the tender
blossoms and the glory of the ripened fruit.
We want a religion that shall interpose be-
tween the ruts and the gullies and rocks of
the highway of life and the sensitive souls
that are travelling over them.
Year: 1878

May blooms are on the trees,


May blossoms on the vine;
But Autumn brings the ripened fruit,
The rare and ruby wine.
Oh. balmy airs of May


oh, glorious nights of June
Pass onward, till above the hills


Shall rise the harvest moon,
With glad rejoicing heart


/ shall see your glories fee;
For then will come the harvest time


And the wine Of life to me,
Year: 1878

The movement of the Democratic House
in the adoption of the Potter resolution is a
step toward revolution. 1t is an intent to
disturb the title OF the President who has
been inaugurated in due form and with
general consent, an attempt to Mexicanize
this government, to incite revolution against
constitutional authority. The responsibility
for disturbing business, for throwing public
affairs into a state of confusion, for mena-
cling the peace of the country, rests solely
with the Democratic party. That organiza-
ton has demonstrated that 1t is now as it
was in 1861 the party of treason, that now
as then it is ready to go into rebellion to
achieve its purpose, to plunge the country
into anarchy that it may gain its own base
ends. Eighteen years have not changed its
spirit and method. It is still lead by reckless
political agitators who hesitate at no means
however violent and revolutionary, to carry
their purposes.


The Republicans in the House have been
wise and patriotic in opposing proceeding
fraudulent in its character and revolutionary
in its method. While deprecating an investi,
cation as proftless and detrimental to the
best interests Of the country they did not
attempt to defeat it, but only insisted that il
there were to be one it should be broad and
impartial. They only asked that the inquiry
should be made to include all the questions
at dispute in the Presidential election Of
1876 and all the allegations of fraud in what
ever part of the country. 1t is not investiga
ton they oppose but revolution. Their own
position and the real motives of their oppo
nents are set forth in the vigorous address
which they have issued to the country, and
the country will rally round them, as in 1861
to the support OF law and order and stable
government.
Year: 1878

The Camden Herald does not find time TO
tell its readers the truth about the Buenos
Ayres currency, but it does copy the forged
paragraphs which the Neao Era falsely as
cribes to the New York World, and the New
York Times. The Herald made great mis-.
take when it left the path of virtue.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used,
Year: 1878




Soon after the election in October,
Weaver and Gillette, fusion congress
men elect in this State, were sent for
to help in the canvass in Illinois,.
Weaver responded and sent a list OF
appointments which was published;
Gillette knew enough to know that
his canvassing would hardly fill the
bill, even in Egypt" and declined
to go. Weaver, who is really a good
stump speaker, was getting in his
work quite effectively, having made
one or two speeches, when he receiv-
ed letter from a certain source in
Iowa that we do not care to name, of
about the following import:


SIR-YOu were elected to Congress
mainly by democratic votes; you
pledged yourself before the election


well you know how and to what
extent. You are now engaged in a
crusade against the democratic candi-
dates for Congress in Illinois, favor
ing the greenback nominees. Your
term in Congress commences on the
4th of March, from which time you
expect to draw SIG a month salary.
Let me suggest that if you persist in
your crusade against democratic can
didates, you may find some difficulty
in getting this monthly tid-bit. A
word to the wise is sufficient.


This letter had a very marked effect;
the doughty General became sudden
~ unwell-so sick that he couldn't 60
on with his meetings, and they were
Cancelled and the suddenly sick man
took the first train for home. The
General no doubt had in mind the
new convert to religion who joined
the church only for his county. He
doubtless supposed his pledge was
good for Iowa only. But however
this may be, what a grandeur of brave
ry does he display! His party and
his greenbackism, are of secondary
importance to--to--General J. B.
Weaver! OF such is the kingdom of
greenbackiSm.
Year: 1878

To the decent portion of commune
ty, irrespective of party, it is su-
preme satisfaction to know that Ben.
Butler Is so thoroughly beaten In the
gubernatorial race as to effectually
cure him of ambition in that direc-
tiOn. Whatever else he NAV endeay-
or to obtain hereafter, 1t is quite cer-
tain he will let the executive chair of
Massachusetts severely alone. The
rebuke he has received will leave a
mark upon his brazen cheek (which
time must deepen, not efface." DEM
Ocrats have united with republicans
to tell the man who is neither demo-
crat nor republican; who is s.eyery-
thing by turns and nothing long''-
that he Is at the end of his political
rope and can 60 no further. If he
lives long enough, and the stock OF
fools In the Lowell district remains
ndiminished, he may possibly go to


Ngreas again; but bis presence in


pational bear garden cannot do


harm, and may do some good


Negative example. Had he sue
Year: 1878

ceeded in the contest last Tuesday, II


would have shown that cunning and


trickery of the proper quality and


quantity are sufficient to give the


highest honOrs of a state renowned


for its pride and general responsibility


to q person of acknowledged disrepu.
table character and antecedents. For


conceding to Butler an uncommon
amount of energy and brains, his rep.


utatiOn is OF a sort which no honest
and honorable man would care to


have. He is as perfect a demagogue
as this country has ever produced,
and he Is saturated with the worst
vices of demagoguery. Utterly un-
scrupulous and utterly regardless Of
either consistency or propriety; caring
nothing for anybody or anything ex-
cept himself, and willing to sacrifice
everybody and everything for the
sake of accomplishing his personal
ends career exemplifies the in
fiuences which the republic has most
to fear, and which have already dis
graced us in the eyes of the world.
Had this demagogue gained the prize
for which he has struggled so long,
bis triumph would have stimulated to
renewed activity the most dangerous
elements in American politics ele-
ments which even now are sufficient-
" bold and vigorous to reuse the
gravest apprehensions in the mind of
every intelligent lover of American
liberty.


The above is editorial from the st.
Louis Republican and we heartily ap-
prove every word Of it. One of the
most hateful things in American pol
itics is the demagogue. Their role
comes strictly under the old adage of
assuming the livery of Heaven to
serve the devil in" They put on the
livery of reform in loud speeches, but
at heart are purely selfish and utterly
ignore conscience. They only ride on
the top wave occasionally for brief
period and at long intervals, when
the body polite becomes for one cause
or another, diseased. They are car
buncles in politics, precisely the same
as carbuncles are generated from a
diseased human body,
Year: 1878

THE President and his cabinet, or
the 5th inst.,. had under discussion the
question of what should be done In
reference to the coinage of silver SC
as to avoid the evil effects of the de.
probation in that metal. According
to reports the points raised in the dis.
cussion were the increase of silver In
the dollar so as to bring it up in value.
or the lessening of the coinage of that
metal. The consideration of this
matter by the cabinet was had with
the view of determining what the
President should recommend in his
message to Congress. !.


There is struggle of no mean pro-
portions opened up among the ma
tions of the earth as to what shall be
the money of the world. The Brit
ish financiers and statesmen, far-seeing
and jealous of the controlling position
of that nation, evidently regard it as
wise measure, one that will greatly
inure to their benefit, to be foremost
in accepting the dearer metal, gold, as
the only money, and then raid upon
silver to reduce it's value. 1t is ex-
pected that this course will give exalt-
alton to England among the nations.
To this end we notice, too, that Eng
land is taking steps to demonetize
silver in her India possessions also.
Germany is following hard in the
footsteps of England and has thesame
end and purpose in view. The Lon.
don market therefore, for silver, shows
decrease in the value of silver, and
in spite of the balance of the world
thus far, London quotations are sort
of key to unlock the standard of val
ues. The United States has the abili-
ty, ample and to spare, to checkmate
England in the contest for supremacy
among the nations. There is not a
nation on the globe possessing the re-
sources of the United States to march
to the front. 1t is evident, however,
that some action should be had to
thwart England's movement. She is
after the best and we must in some
manner meet and whip her. What
is the proper and best course to pur-
sue is really a matter of deep con-
cern.
Year: 1878

What Happened One Winter Night al
the Creuzot Forged Wronged
Husbands Discovery-The Struggle
for Life and the Craze of Flame
Butchering False Wye-Amplt
Vengeance and an Alibi that soas
Never Questioned.
Year: 1878

vas done at concessions from these rates The gold
speculation very duh until the close of the mar
ket yesterday. when some large purchases made for
speculative purposes advanced the price to lo0l..
Year: 1878




GAN IMPARTIAL READER" in another
column, deserves our thanks for his ex-
cellent letter sustaining the course of the
GAZETTE and Gov. Cochran, in executing
the laws upon the negroes, Chambers
and Collins. The writer is one of the
most eminent gentlemen at the Bar OF
Maryland, whose speeches in the United
States Senate We're among the ablest and
soundest of the day. His piety and the
purity of his character is undoubted He
has always been friend to the negro,
and his letter proves this, since the only
way to benefit the negro is to make him
understand there can be no pardon in
Delaware for such as commit such horri
Die crimes
Year: 1878

spring is :rying season. Indications of sickness
should at once be attended to. Fatal diseases may
be caused by allowing the bowels to become con-
stipated and the system to remain in disordered
condition, until the disorder ha, time to deveope
Itself. An ounce of prevention is worth pound of
cure, is an old truthful saying. Therefore, we ad
wise all who are troubled with the complaints now
very Observation-Disclosures, indigestion, disordered
liver, want of appetite, nausea or feverlsh skin
to take, without delay, Shenck's Mandrake Pills.
We know of no remedy so harmless and decisive
in its action 1t at once strikes at the root of the
disease and produces healthy tone to he system
People never need suffer from any disease arising
from disordered condition of the liver they would
take this excellent medicine when they feel the
first indications of the maady. Families leaving
home for the summer months should take three o.
four boxes oflthe pills with them. They have an
almost instantaneous effect. They will relieve the
patient of headache in one or two hours, and will
rapidly cleanse the liver OF surrounding bile, and
will effectually prevent bilious attack. They are
sold by all druggists.
Year: 1878

New York, May 3.-The members of
the syndicate this afternoon decided to
take an additional five million. four and a
half ner cent bonds, making total amount
Tins far taken under the second contract
twenty million.