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Year: 1879

A local correspondent of the Gam bridge (Mass.) Tribune writes GA few days ago heard my Swear old boy off, fering to his schoolmates tickets to circus. On inquiry I found the per formance was to take place at my stable. On looking at the tickets prepared for the occasion, discovered that the child had been tearing up some elegant col ored note paper my wife kept for her fastidious correspondents, and on each rude. slip was written in 8 coarse hand, Admit the barer.' The price charged for the tickets was six pins. heard afterward that one big boy, conscious of his power, offered some old bent pins, and when they were refused threatened to visit the show and break it up. I do not propose to give an account of the entertainment, where there were six per formers and three spectators merely wish to state the results of the affair. l heard that the affair broke up in gen. eral row, in which some boards which had just been planed for shelves in the house were broken up, two or three panes of glass smashed in the windows and considerable damage done to things generally in the stable. The darling boy bad carried out into the stable nict sheet to divide off the ''green room, and in the excitement at the close of tn moral show some one accidentally SC fire to it. The fire was easily extin guished with two or three dippers o water, but one of the larger boys wa frightened and gave the alarm, whicl soon drew two or three steaming engine in front of my premises. At night

 looked at the cherub with delight as h

 was sleeping beautifully and peacefully us only a calm conscience will allow on

 to do"
Year: 1879

General Hardee, whose manual of in- fantry tactics was in use in all the south ern armies, visited rural Georgia town one day during the war, and the com mander of " second-class militia company sought to do himself and the general honor by parading his command in front of the nm in which Hardee had rooms. The writer upon tactics came out upon the balcony to review the com mand, and the militia officer put his men through their paces. In one of the ma nmuvres the men became confused and got into hopeless tangle. Hardee, in telling the story, said that he could think of no possible way in which they might be extricated, and waited with great curiosity to see what the militia com mander would do. That rural tactician looked at the confused mass for mo- ment with a scowl of perplexity upon his forehead; then his face cleared, and he shouted the order:

 "Disentangle to the front march"

 Whereupon the men rushed forward and formed a new line without regard to the order of the old one. Hardee sai6 the command was not in his own or any other book on tactics, but that it ought tO be
Year: 1879

Indian babies, as rule, are not kept in their cradles more than twenty-four consecutive hours at any one time they are usually unlimbered for an hour or two every day, and allowed to roll and tumble at will on the blanket, or in the grass or sand, if the sun shines warm and bright. But this liberty is always conditional upon their good behavior when free, for the moment baby begins to fret or whimper, the mother claps it back into it's cradle, where it rests, with emphasis, for it can there move nothing save it's head but so far from disliking these rigid couches, the babies actually sleep better in them than when free, and posi- lvely cry to be returned to them when neglected and left longer than usual at liberty. This fact is certainly an amusing instance of the force of habit.
Year: 1879

A story is told of two Englishmen who started from Denver, Col, for a walk to the mountains before breakfast, an apparently easy task, as the mountains did not appear more than mile or two away. After walking for an hour without seeming to have made any progress toward the desired goal, one of them became discouraged and con- cluded to return for his breakfast; after ward he took carriage and went in search of his friend, whom he found on the bank of 8 small ditch, engaged in removing his boots. His friend inquired what he intended to do? He replied, to wade the ditch. His friend said there was no necessity for that, as it was less than three feet across, and he could easily jump it. "You can't tell anything about it in this country" responded the other cit may be three hundred feet across for aught know" His morning walk proved to extend about fifteen miles before he reached the foothills.
Year: 1879

Some dogs, in their love and affection for their masters, have at times equaled human beings in their constancy, and even surpassed them in the marvellous intelligence with which they foresee and avert approaching danger. The follow ing example, related to us by one of the ladies of the story, may prove interest ing. Two girls, daughters of an English country doctor, were once out for walk together. It was an autumn afternoon, sunny and pleasant. They were accompanied by their little dog, named Jack, who was a clever little terrier, and more than once had proved his claim to be considered, as indeed he was, their protector while out walking. Their father often said he felt "quite happy when Jack was with them he was sure no harm could come to them" The two girls pursued their walk merrily. The fine afternoon tempted them to go further than they ought, however, and by the time they turned the dusk had fallen, and they were afraid they would be late for tea. One of them proposed to take short cut through wood with which they were well acquainted, having often gathered blackberries in it on summer afternoon. The other agreed, and so they arrived at the edge of the wood and prepared to enter it. "All the same am rather afraid, said Dora, the younger of the two; "there have been several robberies in the neighborhood, and I saw some very odd-looking men pass our door to-day; besides, am wearing my new watch which papa gave me on my birthday" "Oh, nonsense , her sister replied. "It is nearly six o'clock now; and we shall be late. Be sure no one will wish to harm us." CT wish were as certain as you are. But what's the matter with Jack ?" Just as she had said this, Jack advanced toward them, and planting himself in the middle of their path, sat down and whIned. "That is odd," said Dora "I never remember him doing that before." The other girl derided her fears, and at | oOAApoONt UO Po'oo OhO 0OS OuO hO SouSho her dress in his teeth, and held her so firmly that she hardly dared to set her self free. One more effort she made, but Jack was resolute; so at last, seeing how determined he was to prevent their further progress, she gave up trying. "Well, well, you stupid little brute p she said angrily, "I suppose we must go all that long way round." So the two sisters abandoned the idea of taking the short path through the wood, and went home by the safe high-road. When they arrived, how grateful, how un- uterably thankful did they feel to their little protector, whose intelligence had been so far superior to theirs, and had saved them despite themselves. A man had been found in the wood shortly after they had left it, murdered and robbed, it was coniectured by the tramps who had passed through the village in the morning. Thus Jack had preserved his mistresses from meeting perhaps a similar fate. Their gratitude, it is need. less to add, was profound toward their little four-footed protector, who, we are glad to hear, lived to good old ago. Ch011bers'S Journal
Year: 1879

A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of his early con- dition. It happened to me to be born in a log-cabin, raised among the snow-drifts of New. Hampshire at per1od so early that when the smoke first rose from it's rude chimney and curled over the frozen kill, there was no similar evidence of a white mans habitation between it and the settlements on the river of Canada. Its remains still exist. I make it an an nual visit. carry my children to it to teach them the hardships endured by the generations which have goue before them. l love to dwell on the tender recollection the kindred ties, the early affections and the narrations and incl. dents which mingle with all I know ot this primitive family abode. .-Daniei

 Wooster. @ E
Year: 1879

THE LEGAL TENDER CLAUSE TO BE
REPKALKD.-The readers Of the GA
xErTE will doubtless remember that only
. few days ago in referring to the Presi
dents proposition to redeem the green-
backs with coin, the GAZETTE suggested
that "sensiole people would prefer to
pay of some port Of the bonds that re-
quire interest and let the greenbacks
float awhile longer, or turn them Into
treasury notes by repealins the legal ten-
der clause"


The resolution offered by Senator
Bayard yesterday to repeal the illegal
tender clause" we copy in another col
umn, and also the Senator's views
entire IS given to the correspoD-
dent of the N. Y. Herald. We could
not see how Congress could escape legis-
lation.upon the currency, however much
1t might have desired to meet the appar.
ent general wish of the country TO leave
things in statu quo for the present; ant
this proposition of Senator Bayard seem.
to be the one that will least of all dis
turb the equanimity of things, while j
will come very nearly square up to tn,
old Democratic policy of gold and sill.
yer currency.
Year: 1879

An exchange, suggesting a plan
for the benefit OF lady subscribers,
who complain OF the newspaper
borrowers, thinks he has hit upon
an etlectual method by which they
can be killed off and puts it thusly:


Let the lady Immediately upon
receiving the paper carefully cut
from it some items--it makes no
particular difference what it is
most any item will do, only let it
be neatly and carefully removed
from the paper. Tllen the following
proceedings will be sure to ensue:
In few moments the r1cighbor's
boy will come after the paper-he
will take 1t home--within three
minutes he will emerge from the
honSc-he will scoot down the
street, and very shortly return
with ii folded newspaper oF the
same date us the one borrowed. BY
the time the clipped paper has cir
cled round among all the female
borrowers, the streets will be live
ly with hurrying boys, and the rev
enue OF the newspaper will be ma
terially increased. Not one woman
among them all would be able to
sleep II wink without knowing Just
exactly what the cut out item was.
The next day the lady will pursue
the same course, and similar re-
suits will surely follow. In an ex-
tremely obstinate ncighborhood
these proceedings have to be re-
peated three or four days, but not
longer. BY that time the lady will
be able to reid her paper in peace,
and the newspaper finances will be
the gamer through several new sub
scribers. This rule is infallible
where borrowers are females, but it
can't be vouchcd for in the case of
men. There is't that inherent Gu
ri6Slty 10 work upon, You know,
and--and-but perhaps we are get
ting Il little too deep.
Year: 1879

Brandon Republican,,


Judge Cowan has withdrawn from
the senatorial race in Warren COun-
ty, in order that the intelligent
vote of the county may be concen-
tratcd on Mr.. Marshall, to defeat
Wright and Morris, who have gone
to such lengths in counting the
negro vote as to disgust the entire
white population. Judge Cowan's
patriotic course will be applaudcd
by all right thinking gentlem Ell,
and if the honest democrats of the
city and county will now do their
whole duty they can elect Mr.. Mar
shall to represent them in the State
senate.
Year: 1879

Pamela Star: In 1852 Mr.. John
NJ. Hightower, while hunting deer
on his plantation adjoining this
place, found an animal commonly
called the "terrapin,' and cut the
above date on the under crust of
the creatures shell. Last week u
son of Mr.. Hightower had the pleas
ure of meeting this plodding pet
of long ago only half mile from
the scene of their first acquaintance.
There or the shell was this date
1882" dim and worn a little by
the touches of time, but still plain
enough to be read. The old terra
pin was shown around town as some
thing of a curiosity, and then turn
ed loose on its ancient stamping
ground.
Year: 1879

The fishermen in the vicinity Of st.
Johns, New Foundland, recently came
upon two specimens of the Devil Fish, one
Of which was cast upon the beach dead.
The other was captured alive, but, unfor-
tunately, was not only killed but cut into
pieces. Its capture is thus described:


"Stephen Sherring, fisherman residing
not far from the locality where the other
devil fish was cast ashore, was out in a
boat with two other men. Near the shore
they observed some bulky object, and sup
posing it might be part Of a wreck, they
rowed toward it, and, to their horror, found
themselves close to huge fish, having
large CLASSY eyes, which was making des-
perate efforts to escape, and ehurning the
water into foam by the motion of its i'm
meDse arms aud tail. It was aground and
the tide was ebbing. From the funnel at
the back of its head it was ejectiug large
volumes Of water, this being its method Of
moving backward, the force Of tho stream,
by the reaction Of the surrounding me.
dium, driving it in the required direction.
At times the water from the siphon was
black as ink Finding the monster partial
ly disabled, the fishermen plucked up cour-
age and ventured near enough to throw
the grapnel Of their boat, the sharp flukes
of which, having barbed points, sunk into
the soft body. To the grapnel they had
attached a stout rope, which they had car
ried ashore and tied to tree, so rs to
prevent the fish from going out with the
tide. When the devil fish found himself
efiectually moored to the shore, his strug-
giles were terrific as he flung his ten arms
about in dying agony. The fishermen
took care to keep a respectful distance
from the long tentaeles which ever and
anon darted out like great tongues from
the central mass, At length it became
exhausted, and as the water receded it ex-
pired. The fishermen, knowing no better,
proceeded to convert it into dogs meat.
1t was splendid specimen-thc largest
yet taken-the body measuring twenty
feet from the beak to the extremity of the
tail. The circumference of the body is
not stated, but one Of the arms measured
thirty-fye feet This must have been
tcntacle.
Year: 1879

OGDEN. Utah. June Gan excursion train on
the Utah Western Narrow Gauge Railroad blown
from the track this afternoon near Blackjack The
brakeman Killed and the conductor slightly Injured
None Of the passengers were hurt
Year: 1879

NONE FEEL the hot weather more
oppressive than the people who 60 from
comfortable homes hoping to find 1t cool
and pleasant somewhere else. But
there are ten chances to one that they
have left more comforts at home than
they found abroad; and that few dol
lars expended in luxuries in their own
homes would afford more pleasure than
five times as much will Secure them at
any of the fashionable summer resorts.
Year: 1879

In AN, ARTICLE III "'o


the New York Herald gives some ADVICE
n she Democratic party that should be
accepted. Just what the motive Oh 'ne
Herald is we do not know nor Is "
necessary that we should. But II those
who compose the Democratic party ex-
meet to elect the next President IL Is
necessary for them to cease their wrahg-
ling upon mere side issues. No party
ever yet was harmonious upon all ques-
tions. 1t is almost impossible for TINS 10
be 50 in country so vast and diversified
in climste, soil and productions as the
United States. In fact there Is less 10
divide our party now, and more TO make
il cohesive than we ever remember pe-
fore. Anterior to 1850 it was necessary
to harmonic the different factions IN
various ways, one of which was the Sc
lection of "Northern men with southern
principles Now there is nothing 10
divide the party but the question Oh the
currency, and the chief mischiei-maker
in this question in our ranks Is the Ne"
York World. Yet that paper has on
numerous occasions very recently saiu
that the reconciliation OF silver was
certain and that its prevention was an
impossibility. Where then is the use OF
the opponents of gold and silver cur
rency continuing their warfare on the
men in the Democratic party whose only
fault is that they favor the coinage OF
silver as well as gold dollars? The Her
aid shows them this folly and points TO
the fact that the Republicans differed
even more widely upon the currency
question than the Democrats, yet their
Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress gave up this difference in order
that they might present solid front to
the Democrats; and their patty through
out the country has followed the ex-
ample set them in Washington. What
folly then Is 1t in the Democrats to risk
all their chances on an abstract question
like this, which the World admits must
be settled upon bimetallic basis. Why
risk the question of free elections by
such folly? The old doctrine of ''mea
sures not men" must then come up, anC
all aspirants make way for the sue
cess Of the people and free elections. l
we do not want standing army I
superintend the polls under the con
msnd of United States Marshal
Washington, we must unite to oppos
this despotism at its inception. Thei
are now gold dollars and Bland dollal
in abundance for all immediate pu'
poses, and would have had the Trad
dollar counterfeit undergoing tran
formation into legal tender had not I'll
Republican Senators en- mdSSe voted
favor of continuing the Trade dollar
circulation. Then let us let these que
tions Of currency alone until We hay
secured liberty at the polls, and freedo
from the intolerance of army and [.


Mashals' interference and inspectio


By that time we are sure the silver que
ton will have been settled by the lay
of trade, and we shall not be surprise
to find even the much abused Ira


dollar commanding premium.
Year: 1879

Prom London Sotefy
Down the quiet country road before you reach the lofty
where the birch tree nrst awakened to the mornings
omes at in silence ON the small moss covered bridge
Near the little shady nook where the blackbird hngL
There the spreading trees meet DER me- and hear no


harsh voice calling,


whilst hi, my fancy's dream sacred feel
ASn minses with the ripping Of the brook DER pebbles
In the little shady nook where the blAekbrd singG
There the ivy climbs the highest Of the lofty trees beside
And lie blusben like a carpet in the early summer


springs.


In the thorn need but chamber, and the snowy bloom
In rhs little shady nook where the blaekbrd sings
Where trout his supper seeking in the sunny beam
And he oo Is brought to life again in many gstenins


rin-s.


when the day growing fainter, and the shadows
In tie little shady nook where the blaekbird singL
when the swallows dart like spirits underneath the mar
And the air sweetened perfume like the almond round


filings


And i dean OF holy quiet as watch the feAthery
In tie little shady nook whore the blAckbrd sings
o. II | could only tell you what unbroken heartfelt


pieArilfc


Ever waits ne in this spot to which my thought so


fOndly clluRs,


You would follow me, nor wonder It's my only pleasant
BY this little shady aOOk where II, DAckbird anaI
Year: 1879

a- l.

 ON many of the German and English railways, the trains run in the evening are now lighted by gas, instead of by candles or the other methods hitherto in use. A very rich gas is extracted from oil and placed in light but strong receptacle be- meath each car, and this is consumed in burners especially adapted to the purpose. The gas is so rich that burner consumes. less than three-ffths of a cubic foot per hour, and giving light equal to that of four-foot burner using ordinary coal gas. Moreover the statement is made that this gas can be and is compressed to density of six atmospheres which is not practica ble with the common Illuminating gas By this means it is possible for a car to carry without an appreciable addition to it's weight. a stock of gas sufficient for a very ". ..E 20
Year: 1879

I A WRITER in From the leading European authority in such matters advocates ample area in the construction of chimneys, the fact being that excess of draught is easily checked, while shortness of the same is @ serious trouble-for good furnace work, in- deed, a rapid draught is absolutely essen tial, and is also far more economical than 8 sluggish one. Very large chimneys, how ever, communicating with an elaborate net work of fues, he regards as undesirable, the best results being gained in those of an internal width at the summit of from six to ten feet, and of a height equal to from six ; teen. to twenty internal diameters. It makes, too, an immense difference in the draught efficiency when, instead of being allowed to rush right ahead to the main fue, the products of combustion are made ro return over the furnace arch or under the bed then. in the case of boiler fires especially, much depends upon the charac- ter of the coal-that is, some coal will cake and burn in a superior manner, with pre- cisely the same amount of damper with which others will burn only to loose cin- der, and this, consequently, is considera- ton to be taken into account
Year: 1879

serious epidemic of typhoid fever in Rochester has led to an examination of well water by Professor Lattimore and in his report he lays special stress on the signif- canoe of common salt in well water in gen. eral. No single indication, he holds, is of so great sanitary importance in judging of the purity or impurity, and, consequently, of the safety or danger of any water. He proceeds then to show that, though from the universal diffusion of the substance in the air and in the soil we should expect to find it in all waters, whether from rain, springs or wells because of it's extreme so- lubility, nevertheless, he argues, the quan- tity of salt that should be found normally, from the causes named, in we'll water is ex- tremely small; and, therefore, whenever Git rises above a ry few grains per gal lon it becomes certain that it comes from some other source than the soil" and he concludes with the logical inference that, as nearly all the salt used for domestic pur- poses escapes by the way of two channels, the water closet and tho houso drain, we snoulo alWays eXpecC what Is always found on examination to be true that what ever sewage may or may not contain, it al- ways contains salt" It may be interesting to know that the addition of little nitrate of silver to water is an easy method of roughly ascertaining both the amount of salt and of organic matter. The water to be tested should be placed in a clean glass and set in the sun, with the addition of about ten grains of nitrate of silver to each pint of water. If the water is perfectly pure (which is never the case) no change will occur. while if the water contain either salt or organic matter, it will blacken after standing little, and the amount of sedi- ment which settles to the bottom of the glass is a fair measure of the impurity