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Year: 1877

AN amusing wedding incident recently oc-
Cured at Stoke Church, England. The Rev.
J. Hector de Courcelles officiated, and when
he asked for the ring it was missing. The
bridegroom declared that.the bride had it;
the bride said to the contrary. The service
was stopped; both turned out their pockets
And meanwhile the bridegroom rated tn e
bride somewhat soundly for her alleged care
lessness, while the bride persisted that she
had given the ring previously to the bride
groom, and that he must have lost it. Mr.
De Courcelles had no ring On, nor had any
one in:the church, and bride and bridegroom
departed to the church porch-the one
grumblng and:the other scolding-to look for
the missing link. At length it struck the
clerk that a small ring attached to his watch
guard, on which hung locket, might be de.
tached and lent for the occasion. 1t was very
small, but it just went on the orthodox finger
and the clergyman therefore returned to the
altar, and the two were made man and wife.
Directly they were married, however, the
railing began again, and continued un-
til the ring was found in the bowl of a pipe
that was in the mans pocket.
Year: 1877

COL. A. N. TOwNE, general su- perintendent of the Southern Pa cific railway, in a business letter received here this week, speaking of railroads in Arizona, says The railroad system of the States, and especially one for Arizona, is a supreme necessity. What you most need there is a ready market for the products of your country, and it is the intention of our people to offer all possible encouragement to the citizens of Arizona in any business enterprise. AS they see more of us, and the system and it's advantages in drawing to them capitalists and capital, the more they will appreciate the efforts of our people to secure them commit nication with the outside world. There is no money for us in the business now, but we are hopeful | for the future.-[ Citizen.
Year: 1877

I've suggest TO the wives OF drinking
men Of this and other cities, that 1t
would be a good idea to take their sew
ing or knitting with them aud drop in-
TO the saloon snd spend the evening
with their husbands. II IL be a proper
place for gentleman TO pass away his
time, surely his wife can. without any
improperly, he permitted 10 keep him
company. This plan. we think. would
bring the head of the family home in
good time. Il Iowa Investigator.
Year: 1877

Mr. Harry R. Phillips, who re


sides on Third street, between
Breckenridge and Kentucky,
brought to this office yesterday
maidstone weighing about
three ounces, which he said had
been preserved by his family
for nearly fifty years. The
maidstone bears a little resem-
blance to the honeycomb, ex-
cept that it is cone-shaped, the
cells at the base having thick
walls, but gradually merging
into a more solid substance as
they approach the apex. The
stone has a broad, smooth sur
face at the base, and within the
little cells there is delicate
fibrous substance much resem-
bling the pith of some vegeta-
bic product. Mr.. Phillips said
the stone was once used by an
aunt of his who was bitten By a
rabid dog. The stone was first
dipped in milk and then appli-
ed to the wound. 1t stuck to
the part like leech until all
the virus was absorbed, and
then dropped off. 1t was then
placed in a vessel containing
hot water, and quickly a dark
greenish substance arose from
it and spread over the substance,
this being the test that the
wound was filled with the virus
of the mad dog. The lady re-
covered from the wound with
out a symptom of hydrophobia.
Year: 1877

A tramp came down the dus-
ty road and sat down to rest on
the steps of a house in a quiet
village street. Through the
windows voices of a MAJ and
wife in violent alteration were
heard, and the tramp listened
intently. Angry words and
occasionally the sound of some
thing thrown came to his ears,
and he could hardly sit still.
AT last, evidently, the wife had
taken a broom, and the blows
fell fast and furious. Our tramp
could stand it no longer, but
rushing round to the side door
darted in, and stepping between
tie loving pair, cried in a husky
voice: "Give me a clip or two
with the broom, old woman; it
seems just like old times" No
matter how much we wander,
the old home feeling will get us
once in a while.
Year: 1877

e The Memphis appeal makes
the following pithy remarks:


"Hartranft, t,governor Of Penn
sylvania, when last winter there
was some probability of "a
bloody contest for the Presiden-
cy, telegraphed in regular brag-
gadociostyle that he had one hum
dre9 thousand troops ready for
service to whip the Democrats
into terms. Sooner than he ex-
pected those troops were in de-
mand, and in their own State.
How did they behave? When
pursued by the mob IN Pitts
burg, they deserted a wounded
comrade, in hopes that the eff
fort to dispatch him would con-
sumo time enough for them to
escape, and subsequently, when
smoked out of the roundhouse
of the Pennsylvania railroad,
they left behind them fifteen
more of their wounded. who
were burned to death. IT there
is any match for that in the his
tory of cowardice, we have
never heard Of it. The wretch
es should be tried by court
martial and shot. No wonder
Hartrantft and the rest of the
Radical crew are crying out for
an increase Of the regular army.
Militia like that is certainly not
to be depended upon"
Year: 1877

Upon the announcement of
the arrival of Prince nissan,
son of the Khediye, with the
Egyptian contingent Of $500
infantry and 1000 artillery, the
Sultan ordered the sacrifice of
100 sheep at the gates Of his
palace, in token of his thanks to
God. The Prince conformed
to old-fashioned etiquette in
presence Of the Sultan. lie
touched both hands to his boots,
and carried them to his head,
and crossed his arms upon his
stomach while reclining his
body; but to high officers of
the palace, and other dignita-
ries, he simply gave military
salute in the European style.
Year: 1877

The new star in Cygnus has gone
through a performance tl.at is a sore
puzzle to the men of science. As Its
gradually waning light comes TO be
examined by the spectroscope, it is
found now 10 have the features of a
planetary nebuls. For few years past
the spectroscopists have been pluming
themselves upon the important accession
TO the proof of the nebular hypothesis
that was furnished by the appearance of
the nebula when their light was
analyzed. The assertion was freely made
that the irresovable nebula consisted
largely of the simple gases, principally
hydrogen; they were supposed To be in
the process of condensation, ultimately
TO form suns. But here is star which
starts off as a sun with a varied assort-
ment Of streaks in its spectrum, and
winds up in few weeks with simplicity
of light and every evidence of being a
nebula. Evidently the previous notions
about nebua need revision. Prof. Lock-
yer suggests as way out of the difficulty,
that the new star may not be ~ many
million OF miles away rs the fixed stars
certainly are. II IL had been at that
great distance and had burst suddenly
into fierce incandescence at the time it
was first observed, il would have taken a
few million years for 80 long mass to
cool. IN Y. Tribuae.
Year: 1877

Quietness is sometimes assign of bodily


heat h. The nervous man, who is
always stirring, is seldom strong. But
when a man is thoroughly wrapped up
in himself and his own importance, per-
fectly satisfied with his position and pros
poets, the cut of his clothes, the length
of his whiskers, the attenuation of his
umbrella, and the luster of his hat, the
chances are that he is very quiet. such
men are habitually well dressed; but, AS
they get on in life, they cling to old
fashions. They are not considerate for
Others, yet they give very little trouble.
They exact the utmost service, but make
no fuss about it. They are painfully
regular and punctual, but never seem
put out by other peoples want of order.
They are bores at dinner party, wet
blankets at picnic, mere sticks at a ball;
but excellent as officers, admirable par
sons, much sought after by matchmaking
mothers. 1t is they who carry off the
heiresses who always save money
who are never in debt or difficulty, as
other men are who are regular in their
devotions and invaluable on commit
tees, where they always get their own
way, without trouble or fuss. They


habitually wait till every one else has
spoken, and then make the single re-


mark which concludes the matter, and


which seems as il it had risen to the sur
face, like cream, of itself. Strict order


is kept in their houses; but they do not,
as rule, make good fathers. Their
children are too much afraid of them
and too glad to get away from home.
Strange to say, though they seldom
speak, they are excellent correspond
ents, write well, clearly, and at great
length, and often turn into authors,
especially nevelists. They have observed
while Others talked; and have passed
mental judgments which their secre-
tiveness enables them to store for use
Year: 1877

81 The N. Y. World ridicules the
practice in making up concert pro-
grammes OF selection and snatches
from opera, instead Of giving ballads,
songs, and other pieces which are
complete and appropriate to the con.
cert room. It says it is quite absurd
as trying to dispose of house by
exhibiting some Of the brick as sam
Piles. People affect to enjoy these
fragments OF melody, but the way
they rouse up when q simple ballad
is sung shows that their instincts are
healthy. Managers would do well
to provide what people really like
than what they pretend to like.
Year: 1877

At the Navy Observatory in Wash
ington stands the clock which regu-
lates the time for the whole country.
1t is not beautiful, like many lovely
French clocks that noiselessly tick
upon the parlor mantel, in fact, it is
large and tall, with plain face, and
body of dark wood, and without
ornamentation. It is much like the
old-fashioned clocks that stood in
our grandmother's kitchens. It no
where touches either the floor or the
walls of the building, butt is securely
fastened to stone pier, which rests
upon a solid foundation, so that it
may not be affected by any motion
Of the building or ground. Rains
may descend, floods come, winds
blow and beat about the house, but
the clock feels it not, for it is built
upon rock.


1t is splendid timekeeper. At
the present time it gains at the rate
of As of a second per day.


In order that people all over the
country may have uniform time, so
important for railroads, steamboats,
and other public conveyances, at
three minutes before twelve each
day this clock is connected, by
means of a galvanic battery, with
the wires of the Western Union
Telegraph, which extend into the
room containing the clock. All 9TH
er messages, however important,
must give way to these three minutes,
and in every town and station from
Maine to California, where there is
a telegraph operator, as the pendu-
lum of the clock ticks, each second
is recorded by the telegraph, and at
the very instant of twelve two clicks
are given.


At the same instant a huge black
ball which is drawn up few minutes
before decends upon the dome of the
observatory, and hundreds all over
the city stand, watch in hand, to see
it drop, to keep, as we say, "Ball
time" Thus, when this drops, a
click in every large town in the land
tells the hour of twelve.
Year: 1877

The BRIGHT SIDE.-Look on the
bright side. It is the right side.
The times may be hard, but it will
make them no easier to wear a
gloomy and sad countena nee. 1t is
the sunshine and not the cloud
that makes flower. There is always
that before or around us which should
cheer and fill the heart with warmth.
The sky is blue ten times where it is
black once. You have troubles; it
must be so. So have others. None
are free from them. They give sinew
and bone to life e-fortitude and cour-
age to man. That would be dull
sea, and the sailor would never get
skill where there was nothing to dis
turb the surface of the ocean. It is
the duty of every one to extract oil
the happiness and enjoyment with
out and within him; and, above all,
he should look on the bright side of
things. In the long run the great
balance rights itself. What is ill
becomes well-what is wrong, right.
Men are not made to hang down
either their heads or lips, and those
who do so only show that they are
departing from the paths of common
sense and right. There is more vir-
tue in one sunbeam than in q whole
hemisphere of clouds and gloom.
Therefore, look at the bright side of
things. Cultivate what is warm and
genial-not the cold and repulsive,
the dark and morose.
Year: 1877

The Derrick, which is published
in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, is
responsible for this yarn:
Yesterday afternoon an old oil
man with crude petroleum dripping
from his clothes and his legs en-
closed in tight boots, entered the
Derrick office and asked:
"Want an item?"
We remarked that we were on the
lookout for such articles, and he
proceeded:


Wal-a, I tho't so, and I've got
the dumbest item you ever hearn' tell
on. Istruck an ils we'll ON my
lease Monday, an she flowed a
stream of lie 100 feet high straight
up for half an hour. Then she kind
er died down, and ceased working.
One of my drillers was standing over
the hole, when she suddenly spurted
agin, and blast my eyes if it didn't
take that driller right up with it.
The stream was powerful one, you
see, an he went up 100 feet. You've
seen those little balls as dance about
on top of those little squirting
fountains, such as they have in the
cities. Vas; wa'al, that's the way
this ere thing acted, an there's that
ere driller right up on top of that
hundred-fut crude lie, an he's dane
in, about like chaff in q fanning-m
What do you think of that un?"


The fellow told it as soberly as if
he was passing the contribution-box,
and we didn't feel like telling him it
was whopper, but we asked:


Chow long has he been up
there p


"About four days and four
nights


He must be very hungry by this
time"


why we'uns just put plate of
hash i'll that ere stream of lie, and
it takes it up to him, you see. An
it's mighty handy, Us h, finds his
victuals already creased, and he
doesn't need any butter"


But he must have frozen to
death before this time. Don't you
see, it doesn't look reasonable that
he could stand the cold weather so
long"


Why, man, we've sent him up
on this same stream bed and bed
ding, small stove and wood, an
we're going to build him q small
house, and then he can live up there
as comfortable as o prince"


His face was as innocent of deceit as
a piece of tanned leather, and when
he asked to have his name put down
as dead head subscriber for the in
formation he had given, we didn't
have the heart to hurt his feelings
by refusing.
Year: 1877

WAR.-From present appear
ances. Blaine of Maine, defeated
candidate tor the nomination of
President by the Republican par.
ty in 1876, has made up his mind
to make war upon President
Hayes and his cOnciliatOry, just
and upright policy in dealing
with the Southern people. The
bloody shirt is to be brought out
again, and winding its folds
around his shoulders, the mighty
voice of Blaine is to resound
from Maine to California, from
the Lake of the Woods to Key
west, in indignation and wrath,
because the President has had
the manliness and patriotism to
stand up for justice and tranquil
lity, to kick the heel of the tyrant
from the neck of a PROSTATE foe,
and taking an oppressed and
cOlumniated people by the hand.
and say to them : "Be free once
more, arise in the dignity of your
manhood, and assume your posi-
tiOns as the equal of your fellow
country men," Well, let this
Brawle1 of down East howl and
howl if he wishes. He will find
a ''SOlid South" which he so
much detests, standing in one
unbroken phalanx, in defence of
the President. who will do Justice
to all, and who will maintain civil
law in defiance of military usur-


patton.


| "Give johnson his mileage and


let him go home." II want what


is due me and then I will CO."


With such sentiments of lofty pa


triOtism the me mbers of the Pa.


ckard Legislature brought their


session to a close and surrended


to Nichols. These are not the


sort OF men to suffer for q great
principle, and it is perhaps for
tunate that no principle of any
sort was entrusted to their keep
! ing. But after ten years of misgo
vernment under such men, theil
final dispersion mnst bring incal
, culable reliefto citizens of louis
ana who have anything at stake
8 The above clipped from the
Boston Post shows what sensible
unprejudiced men in the Nortl
think
Year: 1877

By Telegraph to the GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, d. G., April IA.


The members of the Iowa State Asso-
citation last evening paid their respects to
Secretary McCreary at his residence.
Justice Miller addressed the Secretary on
behalf ofthe association, alluding to their
qualification and pride at his transfer
from Congress to his present prominent
position and other confidence in him as
oneof whom Iowa might feel proud. Secre-
tary McCreary replied in few well
chosen words, saying in conclusion as
follows:


Concerning tho very responsible duties
recently devolved upon me by the favor
of the President l have only to say that
they shall be discharged according to
the best of my ability and hope by
faithful endeavor to justify at least in
part the anticipations of good friends
which you have SO kindly expressed.
How well or i'll l do this, time will show;
and now gentlemen l beg you one and
all to consider all formality at an end
and TO make yourselves entirely at home,
Year: 1877

THE EXTRA SESSION. BEFORE THE CABINET
NATION INDICATED.


WASHINGTON, May !, 1877.
Tho Cabinet was in two hours to-day and
discussed various subjects, OF the most important
being the proclamation convcning the extra session Of
Congress. suggestion was made that the session DO
called to June Is instead OF Juno already
agreed upon; and this proposition was favorably re
cevcd, though It was not finally determined to-day to
change the date Tho phraseology of the document
was considered and agreed upon. The proclamation
will therefore be prepared and submitted to the Cab
Friday, when the dato will be inserted; and the
impression prevails that will be June Is instead Of
June 1t is understood that 1t will be issued FRI
day, after the adjournment OF the Cabinet
Year: 1877

TwEEDLEDUM AND TwEEDLEDEE.-
"You cannot. oh day star of my life. "
he pleaded. throwing himself at her
feet, ''you cannot refuse the rich, ex-
haustless mine Of love | pour at your
feet: you cannot turn from the rare
treasures of my hearts devotion that ]
cast before you; you cannot turn away
from all this lavish wealth Of heart and
hand that is yours TO take, and say me
me nay!" She couldn't and she didn't;
it sounded TOO wealthy. That was
nearly four years ago. Day before yes.
terday he gave her 50 IS to run the
house a week, and when she said she
would have to have a new pair of shoes
be raised the appropriation to an even
dollar. aud grumbled about woman's
extravaganza till he was out of bearing.
Oh, woman, woman, thou OF the tender
heart and trustful soul. if You don't
scalp man raw cvcrytime you get a
chance you arc a little idiot, all the
same.
Year: 1877

A STORY OF FLiP DAYs.-The old
Abercrombie House ut Pelham, Mass,
is said 10 have once been the scene of a
practical joke by the Rev. Mr.. Aher
Crombie, The original occupant of the
house and minister OF the town. In his
days, of course, flip was the conmon
beverage Of clergymen and the laity, and
no objections were ever made unless peo-
pile became notoriously over-indulgent.
The charge was finally brought at
church meeting that the minister was
drinking too freely, and committee
was appointed to tell him Of his fault
and warn him of the danger OF contin-
uing in it. Warned of their coming,
the erring pastor told his wife to prepare
the first round Of Flip, which even this
committee would expect, with equal
pats Of rum and water, the next with
more rum. and the next mostly rum.
The committee, soon after their arrival.
partook of the Zip which their pastor
ordered, after which they made known
the nature of their errand.


The pastor admitted that there might
he need Of the reproof, and that he
would be governed by IL. Then came
the second round of flip, and, as the bus.
lness had been disposed Of, the commit
tee were disposed to be talkative and
social with the pastor who had so hum
bly, admitted his sin at theiI rebuke.
The flip came round the third time, and
it 10 said near sunrise the next morning
two of the committee managed to reach
their homes; but the third lay prone on
the floor, unable to stir from the effects
OF the hip until broad daylight. At the
adjourned church meeting, when this
committee made their, is said,
very concise report of their visi: to the
pastor and the kindly way in which he
received the reproof by reporting: ave
have called on the pastor, as directed,
and be gsve US Christian satisfaction"
Year: 1877

In his recent ''great speech, as
his friends call it, Mr.. Ewing, of this
State, told a story to illustrate the
depressed condition of business and
the consequent suffering among
laboriDg men. He said that the
President of the Dayton and South
eastern Railroad had told him that
the Company he represented could
obtain all the Iaborers they desired
for board alone. The editor of the
DAYTON Journal took occasion to di
rect the attention of the aforesaid
railroad President to Mr.. Ewing S
story, and learned from him that he
didn't even know Mr.. Ewing and so
far from it being true that laborers
we're willing to work for his road for
their board, he said he had found 1t
difficult to get all the labOrers he
wanted at good wages. Mr.. Ewing
had simply manufactured the story
out of whole cloth.
Year: 1877




The Second Survey between this
place and Georgetown was run
during the latter part of last week
via COrnick's Run, and makes the
distance ten miles, but the Jewelers.
report the grade steep and impracti-
cable. Probably the best route Of
all is one yet uusurveyed, leading
down the river, up Straight creek
and Sleeps Run. This will bring
the distance within eleven miles and
be capable of an easy grade. Besides,
the Levanna Mills viii give the road
more business than it would proba-
bly, get on any route. Its proximity
to Higginsport would create some
patronage from that vicinity, and
last, but not least by any means,
Capt, Boyd, it is said, has very gen
erously agreed to secure the right OF
way from this place to the mouth OF
Straight Creek. This is an item Of
vast Importance, since we understand
there are many farmers on the other
routes who refuse to allow their
fertile farms to he bisected without
a large compensation. The river
route can be built along the sterile
billsides without much loss to the
land holders and at light cost OF
construction. In addition to all
this, the people on the Georgetown
side of Straight Greek are heart and
soul in favor of the road, and will
give it most substantial encourage
ment. It would be well for us to
have a survey of this route, at any
rate, and a canvass Of the feeling OF
the people along it.


The engineers and their corps are
now about completing the survey
from Georgetown to Sardinia, which
presents a very pretty line for rail
way construction. They will prob
ably return to this place tomorrow,
when we hope the other route will
receive serious consideration.