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Year: 1877

ATLANTIC MONTELY.-The article by Hon. D. A
Wells in the September Atlantic is one Of the mOst
important essays ever written by this publicist.
It treats Of Property, Titles and Debts and Of the
question Of their taLability; and assaIls the mon
strOus abuse of power by which the same proper
ty is frequently taxed twice in the same State.
Every man Of means in this country will be intere-
sted in this mastery paper.


The short stories Of the Atlantic this year have
been remarkably striking. Mrs. Rose Terry
Cookies in the July number was an example, and
in the September number appears another story Of
equal power. Itis painful but terribly faithful
study of the life and career of girl committed in
childhood to the tender merc!es of the Reform
School The Child Of the State reads like facts.
Il is said not TO be true.
Year: 1877

Xenia Gazette: The "hard times"
are very much matters of our own
making. Men with money in bank
and in pocket refuse to pay small
accounts, and so those owing small
accounts cannot pay. Persons who
three years ago would blush to owe
an account now decline payment
with as much nonchalance as a No
doc would decline the proffer of
peace by his enemy.
Year: 1877

The Hamilton Telegraph, one of
the best conducted papers on our
exchange list, comes to US this week,
enlarged to the size of the News,
and printed on the same (co-opera-
tive) plan. The change will give
the readers Of the Telegraph several
columns more reading matter of the
best quality, without increasing the
price. The cooperative system is a
great blessing to newspaper pub
fishers in these stringent times.
Year: 1877

The New York Tribune pertinent
ly says:


There are two points about the
Ohio Republican Convention which
ought to be emphasized. One is
that absence Of the Office holders
brought out an unusually large at
tendance of the people,and the other
is that all States for the benefit of as
pirants for the Senatorship were
broken, and, as a consequence, the
Senatorial question viii scarcely
arise at all in the campaign. What
is best in the work of the Conven-
ton is due to the people, who were
too strong for the politicians.
Year: 1877

At the annual dinner at Clements Inn
Oondon), after the banquet of that
learned society, members and guests rise
on the removal of the white cloth and wit
ness the following thanksgiving in pam
tomime: Before the President Of the sec
ond table the butler puts mass of bread,
consisting of four loaves adhering to each
other by their kissing crusts; taking this
mass of bread in his hand, the said Pres
ident of the second table slowly raises it
above his head to the full reach of his
arm, and after a few moments pause
brings it down with laundering whack
on the oaken table. A second time the
bread is elevated and struck upon the
board. Yet third time the same feat is
performed; and then, before the strangers
have had time to recover from their as
tonishment, the grave actor has thrown
the bread SO that it slides and spins down
to the bottom of the long table, where it
is caught up by the butler, who instantly
runs out OF the dining-han with it in his
outstretched hands. The whole grace is
typic.-l. The four loaves represent the
four gospels; the three elevations are in
reverence of the three persons of the
Sacred Trinity; the manner in which the
bread is cast down the table indicates
the hberaEty with which the bread of
life was given to mankind; and the alac-
rity with which the butler ran out of the
hall exempifes the alacrity with which
jealous servants hasten to distribute the
bread of spiritual knowledge to those
who hunger for it.
Year: 1877

Two men entered the Office of the st.
Louis VolkstiDlDee and enquired for the
city editor. They were shown to his
room, and entered. One OF them pre-
sented copy OF the paper, and, pointing
to an article, ask d Curtin if he wrote
it. The reply was in the affirmative, at
which one of them Immediately locked
the door of the room, while the other
sprung upon Curtin and dealt him
several blows. They then went to work
in the most brutal manner, pounding
and kicking the unfortunate man, VINO
had fallen to the floor half unconscious.
firing of this they drew rawhides and
piled them with all their strength. The
noise, after a few minutes, attracted the
attention OF the other employees, who,
upon trying the door and finding it
locked. broke it down and rescued Cur
lin. The two men were held until the
police were called, when they were taken
to the police station.
Year: 1877

A New Plan for Promoting Public I'm.
provements.


A most novel measure has been intro.
dnced in Congress by r. 2. Banks, OF
Massachusetts. Its object is to extend,
facilitate and cheaper land and water
transportation of fre1ghts and passen-
gers and to promote industry and labor
without further appropriation of public
property or an increase of the public
debt. It provides that the President Of
the United States shall cause to be paid
into the treasury, to be held as reserve
and separate fund, all moneys or other
form of Indebtedness due, or that may
hereafter become due from the several
Pacific railways or any other railway cor
porations according to the terms of the
several contracts, with the interest that
has accrued thereon. This is to be held
as distinct and separate fund, to be
used in aid of the improvement and con-
struction of such railways, clnals and
levees rs may by Congress he deemed
neeessary to enlarge and cheapeh the
transportation of freights and passen-
gers in the several States and Territories
and with foreign countries. All pay
ments by said corporations as may after
ward be received shall be passed to the
credit of tho goflcI al fund Created by the
provisions of the bill and invested in
bonds of the United States bearing the
same rate of interest as other bonds of
the Government. When the bonds ma
ture they are to be replaced by other
same purpose. Whenever any appro-
made by Congress for the purpose indi-
Tod fhn ~,
and sufficient securities to De given by
the corporations or parties receiving the
same for its repayment, with interest, at
such rates and periods as Congress shall
specify. Whenever any appropriation
is made for the purp oses mentioned,
which shall promote the general interest
conformity with that of the State in
which the improvements may be estab-
hshed, or through which they may pass,
special provision may be made by Con-
gress for the payment of any interest
that may have been advanced from the
fund by special assessments or taxes upon
the trade or commerce interested and
benefited, or upon the lands
or other property that may
have been improved to reim-
burse the Government. The corpofa-
tions taking advantage of the act are
required to make semi reports Of
their operations to the Secretary of the
Treasury, who in turn is to make an an
nual report of the transactions of said
corporations and other information which
may tend to show the true character OF
the various enterprises, together with
such recommendations as may by him
be deemed expedient and proper. Upon
the passage of the act the Secret .ry of
the Treasury is directed to report to
Congress the character and amount of
Indebtedness to the Government on the
part of the several corporations referred
to, and to take proper measures to secure
the payment of the same into the treas
ury of the United States according to
the conditions of the several acts under
which the Indebtedness has been in
Cured
Year: 1877

The greatest annoyance experienced
by postal clerks and mail agents whose
duty it is to distribute newspaper pack
ages from the Office of publication comes
from the custom adopted by some pub
fishers of using printed paper for wrap
pers, the labels on which are printed or
written so small and indistinctly that
they are not readily made out besides
such wrappers are very liable to burst
open either before or after they reach
the distributing clerks and thus cause
serious delay and trouble. Having
heard much complaint on this account
from the postal service, we are not sur
prised to learn that an order has been
issued from the department to the effect
that hereafter newspapers sent to r gu
lar subscribers from the Office of pubh-
cation must not be done up IN old news
papers or any sort OF printed matter. If
they are, they are subject to transient
postage.
Year: 1877

is trying the railroad rioters, as wit
nesses. This maintains very important
constitutional principle, namely, that the
judicial department of the Government
cannot exercise jurisdiction over the
executive department
Year: 1877

THE TRIBUNE Office is the only one in the City
run by steam power, and has the largest and
best appointed Job Printing Department. Par
ticular attention paid to orders for fine work.
Year: 1877

THE ROAD ON TURKEY CREEK.-Earnest complaint comes to Us from parties living on Turkey Creek, and not, as it seems to Us without cause, concerning the route oveI which the Prescott and Bradshaw Road !, surveyed and about being built from the top ot the East uasSavampa and Turkey Creek divide. to the adobe ward of Mulver- non X Roach, on Turkey Creek. The foute as surveyed and Stakod. leaves the old trav- cled trail sn the divide, anI defects 10 the right, or west, in going from Prescott. in such a manner as to leave Turkey Creek station, the Goodwin mine M8s,crsen's mill and a majority of the settlers oB tue Creek, entirely of of the iino of the road, whereas it is represented that quite as good route. which would save distance, could as easily have been surveyed 10 run through tue Tur- key Creek settlement, and thus been an ac- Commodation, not only to them but to those who are engaged in mining, and who will be obliged to bring their ores to the Turkey Creek mill A the road k not yet constructed from the divide to the Greek. would il not be wise in the Board of Super visors to arrange with Mir Patterson, the contractor. to change that portion so as to strike Turkey Creek at the nearest and most accessible point, and thus take in the Tur- key Creek Ecighborhood, the quartz mill etc, which would be of the utmost impor- tance and convenience to them, and could work no harm to anybody
Year: 1877

X CuANGE-FOr over century the Free Masons of France have been divided upon the question of the Grand Architect of the Universe" being longer recognized as a dog ma of their order. At recent Convention they have held the second clause ofthe con stitution, which ran thus Free Masonry holds 10 the principle of the existence ot God and of the immortality'of the soul, was altered by an immense maiorityto Free Masonry holds to the principle oitn absolute freedom of conscience, and tuthc brother hood of mankind It excludes no one on account of disbelief"
Year: 1877

Tuesday evening the Spencer House
hall was crowded 10 its utmost capacity.
the occasion being the first appearance OF
the Happy Sevenr minstrels. for the
benefit OF the Cheboygan brass band.
The entertainment was success in every
particular, the programme being good
one, well arranged and carried out, and
the financial result being equal to the
most sanguine expectations, the net pro-
ceeds being something over seventy dol
lars. Negro minstrelsy is a hard branch
of the amusement profession for anna
teurs to engage in, more difficult, per-
haps, than any other. yet considering that
this was the first time that several of the
''Seven" ever appeared in this role, all of
them did remarkably well, some show
ing decided talent in that direction. A
mistake i'm arranging the numbers for the
reserved seats led to some confusion i'm
seating the audience. hardly any getting
the particular seat which they had ell
gagged. The seats in the hall were mum
bered exactly the reverse from the plat
from which they had been sold. The
management desire us in this connection
to express their thanks to Mr.. Spencer
for the free use of his hall for the enter
tainment.
Year: 1877

sources which could be found. The par
ticulars may not be exactly as they occur
red, but the main facts are probably near
the truth


The amount of personal taxes and
expenses for which property was sold to
cover was $240. We believe property
was not sold to cover the taxes on the
real estate, as there seemed to be some
doubt in the minds of some about the
legality of that portion of the levy. The
property sold we understand was valued
at about $1,000. Just what became CT
the property after the sale. is enveloped
in a little mist. There is some talk about
pools and general disposition of the
whole, but just where it is. our reporter
failed to ascertain.
Year: 1877

Yesterday was ''ground hogs day." the
day on which is determined the weather
for the coming spring. On that day lie
ground hog. if he has any respect for the
traditions of the "weather prophet or
even the "oldest inhabitait," will come
out of his hole and take look around
and predict the coming of spring. If he
sees his shadow he will promptly return
to his winter quarters, tor there will be
six weeks more winter; but if his shadow
is not visible he remains out. roams
around, makes visits, &C., for there will
be an early spring. We venture 10 say
that any ground hog who was venture
some enough to come out Yesterday fail
ell to see any shadow, therefore the mat
ter OF an early spring is decided-that is.
as far as traditions and ground hogs can
decide it.
Year: 1877

At least one of the fishermen who lost
his house the other night by the ice go
ing off is not discouraged. Another
house was built at Widrig & Kings
planning mill and taken out last evening.
Year: 1877

Pemmican, the favorite food OF the
Indian and the half-breed Canadian
royagelT, can be made from the flesh
OF any animal, but it is nearly alto
gether composed OF buffalo meat.
The meat Is first cut into slices, then
dried either by fire or in the sun, and
then pounded or beaten out into
thick faky substance. In this state
it is put into a large bag made from
the hide OF the animal, the dry pulp
being solderei down into a hard,
solid mass by melted fat being poured
over 1t. The quantity Of fat is nearly
half the total weight, forty pounds
OF fat going to fifty pounds OF "beat
meat" The best pemmican generally
has added to it ten pounds OF berries
and sugar, the whole composition
forming the most solid description OF
food that man can make. II any per-
son should feel inclined TO ask, What
does pemmican taste like" we can
only reply, Like pemmican. There
is nothing else in the world that
bears to it the slightest resemblance,
There is rubciboo and richot, and
pemmican plain andpemmican raw
this last method being the one most
in vogue among cOyGgetu's; but the
richot, to US, seemed the best. Mixed
with little -four, and fried in pan,
pemmican in this form can be eaten
provided the appetite be sharp, and
there is nothing else to be had. This
last consideration is, however, Of i'm
nOrtunce
Year: 1877

TYpE-WoRK OF NEwsPAPER.-The
POughkeepsie Eagle. in an article on
How Mistakes Happen in Newspapers"
figures up the number of types used in
paper the size of the Eagle at 6OO,OOo;
/. e., the actual number of bits Of metal
arranged or re-arranged every day in
preparing q paper of that size for the
press. We suppose few persons think oi
the printing trade as one OF the most e1-
act and particular of all the handicraits;
but it Is. In making type. variations
that might be allowed in the finest ma
chinery would render type useless. 1t is
very rarely that type furnished by two
separate foundries can be used together
without great deal OF trouble, though
they try to make them after the same
standard. We read once in while OF
wonderful piece of cabinet or mosaic
work, containing ten. twenty, or nifty
thousand pieces, the maker OF which has
spent months, or even years, OF labor IN
producing it, and people goto see it as
great curiosity; but the most elaborate
and carefully fitted piece of work OF this
kind ever made, does not compare with
that which the printer does every day.
tor minuteness of detail and accuracy OF
citing. The man who does the hrst is
looked upon as an artist-a marvel OF
skill; and If a hundred of his pieces are
put in wrong side up or turned the wrong
way, 1t is not observed in the general
effect. But if the printer. in fitting ten
times as many pieces together in single
DAY, puts one where another should be,
or turns one the wrong way, everybody
sees it, and is amazed at the "stupid
carelessness of those printers"
Year: 1877

Years have passed since that eventful
night. Maud and Kate are married to
wealthy citizens of New York; and as
they sit in their pleasant homes they
often relate their adventure of 'sThe Cedar
Chest"
Year: 1877

on pelng taken TO jail, and how he poured
out his curses on the members of that
household. II is sufficient to say that
he was found to be noted thief, and
the trial ended by his being sent TO
prison, where he was to spend the rest Of
his miserable existence.
Year: 1877

Telegrams from Odessa arc received in Vienna, ana report that hurried preparations are being made in all parts of the Black sea to meet the apprehended attack of the Turkish iron clad fleet.

 The Times, in it's leader on the sth, considers that its special announcement from Berlin that Turkey has agreed to disarm first
Year: 1877

Developments in the Jewett tragedy make the theory that Orville committed murder and suicide more certain. Thomas Jackson, janitor of the building, corroborates Charles Taintor' statement that he witnessed the shooting. He was Tn the room above when the explosion occurred, and rushing down saw through broken pane in the rear door of the office two bodies lying on the floor. In an instant four pistol shot were fired, whereupon he ran to the office and questioned him, but received no reply. The coroner is said to have discovered important evidence regarding the affair, but refuses to make it public.

 The Boston Herald publishes an article to the effect that there are grave suspicious the brig Roanoke, did not tell true story. His statement to Captain Carson, of the schooner that rescued him, were contradic. tory, and gave rise to the suspicion that the crew mutinied and probably murdered the captain and his followers and also. the pas. sengers, and that the vessel became unman ageable after they got possession. It does not seem consistent that the passengers would have deliberately drowned themselves while there was the least hope of being saved. In the safe, which was located in the cap. tain's cabin, were $50,000 in gold a sufficient incentive for an uprising of the crew. It is surmised that the crew drank freely of lager, and while drunk went below to get the con. tents of the safe, and had fight with the captain and sailors who remained faithful. This is based on the fact that Mcguire says that one of the crew, a Finn, threatened to shoot the captain, and the fact that one of the crew was found dead, with his upper lip cut of, when Mcguire was taken of by Capt. Carson. Mcguire said in explanation, that Finn got the pistol out of dozen that were lying about the cabin, and the dead man found on the wreck had his lip bit of in a fight with one of the crew on the twenty. sixth of March, Mcguire, when found, showed but little signs of exhaustion, a fact rather strange, in view of his claim that many of his comrades had died of exposure.
Year: 1877

respect to It's public school system, here add
that believe II desirable, not SD much With
reference TO the local wants OF the district.


but the great and lasting benefit OF the entire
country that this system should be crowned
with a university in all respects IN keeping


with the national capitol, and thereby realize


the cherished hopes Of Washington ON this
subject. j.,


| also earnestly commend the request OF


the regents of the Smithsonian Institute


that an adequate appropriation be made Tor the


publication and conduct Of national museum,


under their supervision The subject OF


providing for the preservation and growth
Of the library OF congress Is also one ot
national importance. As the depository OF
copyright publications and records OF this
library has outgrcwn the PROVISIONS Tor Its
accommodation, and the erection, as the
Judgment Of congress may approve OF a
iireproof library building to preserve the


treasury and enlar5e the usefulness OF this
valuable collection, Is recommended.


| recommend also sHch legislation as will
render available and efficient for the purpose
of instruction, so far as Is consistent with
the public service, the cabinets or museums
OF invention, Of surgery, of education and
of agriculture and other collections, the


property OF the national government. The
capital Of the nation should be something


more than mere political centre We


should avail ourselves OF all the opportunities


which Providence has here placed at our
| command To augment the general intelligence


Of the people and increase the conditions
most favorable to the success and perpetuity
Of our institutions Il. b. HAYES.
Year: 1877

Thcreportof the JOINT commission, created
by the act approved August >, 1876, an act
providing for the completion of the Wash
lngton monument, is also herewith transmit
ted with accompanying documents The
board OF engineers and officers detailed to
examining the monument, in compliance with
the ID section OF the act, have reported
that the foundation is Insufficient. No
authority exists for expenditures necessary to
secure It's stability therefore recommend
that the commission he authorized to expend
such portion Of the sum appropriated by the
act rs may be necessary for the purpose.
The present unfinished condition Of the
monument began 50 long since is 4 reproach
20 the nation. 1t cannot be doubted that
the Patriotic Voice Of the country will re-
Spond 10 such I~ompt provision as may be
made for lis completion at an early day, and
l urge upon congress the propriety and
necessity of Immediate legislation Tor this
purpose.
Year: 1877

and boiling water. This recipe is for
five persons.


STREAKED BUTTER.-The cause OF
streaked butter is the imperfect working
of the butter after it is salted Salt in
butter sets the color, or deepens and
brightens it; SO, if the salt is worked
into the butter and not 50 fully worked
as to salt every part, then the fresh but.
ter retains the color it had when it came
from the chtrh, and the salted butter
grows so much darker that it is decided
ly streaked. The remedy is to work the
streaked butter more thoroughly.


A SIMPLE MosoUrro TRAP-While Wis
iting at the house of friend, I was one
morning surprised to see one of the ladies
of the household going through the bed
rooms with short pole about the length
of a broom-handle, to which was at
tached the cover of a mustard box, with
small quantity of kerosene oil within.
This, whenever a mosquito appeared on
the ceiling, was applied, and it fell vic
tim Immediately, in its efforts to escape,
into the oil.-Rural NeaO Yorker.
Year: 1877

Theodore Parker was descended from
a family of sturdy farmers. They were
healthy and strong and long-hved. On
the mothers side, also, the ancestral
health had been equally vigorous. Many
of the ancestors on both sides lived to
be eighty or ninety years. But of his
own family, nine of the brothers and sis
ters, including himself, died of consuInp-
ton, and that fatal disease prevailed in
other branches of the family of the same
generation.


He ascribed the origin Of the disease
to the location OF the family homestead.
It was built on a hillside, and the ground
above, below and around it was wet and
spongy from heavy frosts on the hill.
Below the house was a meadow of spongy
peat, from two to fifteen feet in depth.
This meadow was wet all through the
year, its neighborhood damp and chilly,
and even in the daytime fogs would often
rise from It and reach to the house. Mr..
Parker thought that the dampness
from the meadow sowed the seeds OF
consumption IN the family, and that even
those that moved to healthy locations
carried the disease with them.