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Year: 1877

"Resolved, That the Cincinnati Con-
solidated Street Railroad Company be
and is hereby directed to remove or re-
pair and operate the line OF their
road lying and being on
western avenue between Mclean
and Harrison avenues within ten days,
and in the event OF failure to comply
with this request the city authorities
will proceed and remove the same and
repair the street at the expense of the
said Railroad Company"


Adjourned.
Year: 1877

The Second Adventists think they have

 certain information that the end of the

 world will occur on the 7th of the present

 month. For some time past they have been

 journeving and holding forth in various

 parts of the State, and just now they are

 doing their best to warm and enIigh,en the

 people of Sacramento. The curious sect

 has adhered to it's belief with A pertinacity

 iil rewarded by circumstances. It is nearly

 f'rty years since Miller first preached the

 imminence of the Second Advent uf Christ,

 and though the appointed day has come and

 passed away many times since then, and the

 end IS not vet, the Adventists appear as

 ready as ever to pin themselves down to

 precise date, and as incapable as ever of

 being discouraged by disappointment. The

 idea that the end of the world i. close at

 hand Is, however, venerable one. and has always possessed a special at raction. IL was the prevailing belief at the dawn of Christianity, and many of the startling pre- dictions with which the New Testament sbounds must be read in the light of this supposllou. It was undoubtedly one of the strongest of the early Christian m trtyrs, and the force with which it possessed those people had much to do with the curiously unworldly aspect which must strike the student Of that period as among the most marked characteristics of the persecu.ed fact. From that time to the present it may be said that there have been Second Adven- tsis, and though the legion of predictions which from time to time have persuaded and comforted men were all proved illusive by the uneventful passage of time, each fresh generation h AS approached the subject Al. with renewed confidence, and has supp icd Its quota of enthusiasts, for the edification nf the historian of human error It is evi dent that the Second Adventists are a sim 1 pie and guiieless people, for they always fix their dates at such conveniently close pe- iiods that the world has not to wait long to | prove them mistaken, and they have few opportunities of proselyting on the strength | oi tkeir prophecies. In the present instance 1 A very few days will settle the ques ion. ] The Eth of July is next Saturday, and if the | hnal catastrophe does not then occur it will | be necessary to account for the postpone ment, and to fix upon another day Nor is II probable that the callOus world will deign to alter its course in the least because of ibis prediction. There will be buying and selling feasting aud burying, marrying and giving Tn marriage, just as m old Noah's iime, and as then the perverse public will >cof at the Old Probabilities of the Period. Snd refuse to build arks or order their as- ; nsion robes. As to the press, so void is it li reverential feeling that if it saw any reason to believe in the approaching end of The world, We fear its only anxiety would ,e lest anything should happen to prevent ne publication of graphic account of the ''ent, Tn an extra edition.-L Record Union.

 The day has come and gone and still VIC i've. |.
Year: 1877

DIR, Chenery, of Boston, announces
that hyposulphite of soda furnishes sure
specific remedy against diphtheria. He
uses it in his own practice, and reports
more than one hundred and fifty cases OF
successful treatment. A dose ofthe hy-
posulphite is from five to fifteen grains or
more in syrup every two or four hours,
according to the age and circumstances
of the patient. Purging is the only evil
which an overdose can produce, hence as
the patient can bear without producing
that result is good rule in the severer
cases. The solution or mixture can be
used in doses offive dropsto half a drachm
in milk. For thorough stimulation the
amount is greater than can be taken in
water. DIR. Chenery usually gives the
specific in such doses as can be readily
taken in milk, using milk besides as food
for small children. 1t is said, however,
that hyposulphite prevents the digestion
of milk, and therefore the latter should
not be given in less than one hour after
administering the mediciue.


The following is said to be 4 certain
cure, and if so, is within the reach Of all;
Take ordinary garden sage, make strong
tea, put it in an ordinary teapot and let
the patient inbale the steam through the
spout. BY this process relief is soon OBJ
tanned, and in short time the patient is
to health. So say those who
have given it trial.
Year: 1877

Young women always look vel
with their hair taken off, SO as to show
the face. The ear, according as ma
ture has Termed it with more or less
delicacy, may be entirely uncovered
or partially hid; the forehead, if high
If longer than the nose--should be
concealed little, and face only un.
covered near the temples; long curls;
such IS Lawrence's figures were falling


on their cheeks, have an expression
of sentimental reverie which may suit
certain romantic ladies; but, in a gen.
eral way, the ckeeks left bare and the
hair turned back is more graceful and
natural tnan those droooping ringlets,


which the most chaste and tender kiss
would disarrange. Why display beau.
tiful curls on the cheek when they
look so elegant on the nape of the
neck or the shoulder, TO conceal a
part of the face, is it not. and make
people suspect some defect, or to lead
them to believe more than really ex-
lists! Women who hide under cork
screw curls their faded complexion,
or the mark which the finger of time
has left on their faces. make them
selves look old by this very precau-
ton. Sincerity is best: AS regards
young girls, they are always charming
when they display the whole Of the
face, youth is such a skillfull hair
dresser.
Year: 1877

THE Presidents message on the Civil
Service, which will be ready to send
to Congress soon after the holi-
days, will show that the President does
not intend to surrender any position
which he has assumed in his contro-
versy with the Senate. 1t will set forth
the Presidents views with respect to
patronage, and will call attention to
the fact that, by the action of the
Republican National convention, and
by nearly every State convention, Con-
gress, us well as the President, has been
instructed to enforce the civil service
policy, and that the President is simply
endeavoring to carry out to the letter
the instructions given him in advance
by those who elected him. In this mes
sage the President will take very strong
ground as to the constitutional right
of the executive to originate all nomi-
nations. The message will set forth
in clearer light than before what the
Presidents intentions are upon civil
service reform.
Year: 1877

Congressman Smalls Prosecuted.


Washington, Dec. 1S.-The following
statement is from a friend of Congress
man Smalls, now under conviction in
South Carolina for accepting bribe
while in the State legislature. 1t says
Smalls has never been forgiven by the
rebels for his daring conduct during
the war and especially for his bravery
in gaining possession of Confederate
craft and running her out of Charles
ton harbor one dark night and deliver
ing her up to the Federal blockaders.
He has lived in strong Republican
district, but has been bounded by Con-
federates, and this case has been put
up on him TO destroy his usefulness as
Republican. The only evidence on
which he was convicted was given by
J. Woodruff, q self-confessed felon.
The negroes on the jury were bulldozed
and dared give no other verdict than
they did. Smalls' conduct throughout
has been upright, manly and honest.
He has appealed to the Supreme court
and expects to have the verdict set
aside
Year: 1877

Report of the Naval ccurt of Inquiry,


Washington, Dec. 1s.-The opinion
of the naval court of inquiry into the
Huron disaster has been promulgated
by the Secretary Of the Navy. The
conclusions are that Commander Ryan
is primarily responsible for the loss of
that vessel, and that Lieut.. Palmer,
navigating officer, made errors in navi-
CATION. Also. that the deck officers on
the night of her loss might have been
at fault in not ascertaining the accura-
cy of the perpendicular soundings re-
ported to them from time to time. The
ship is reported to have been in every
respect staunch and seaworthy, and
she was in that condition up to the time
she struck.
Year: 1877

One of the changes proposed in the
staff system, in accordance with the
suggestion of Gen. Miles. If the feature
of the staff service is to be retained it
is the intention of the military commit.
tee to prepare bill that will provide
for rotation in office, and that certain
grade of favorites shall not be given
these choice places for any undue length
of time. 1t is also proposed to cut off
the extra rank and pay that have been
attached to these Offices.
Year: 1877

In his sermon in Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, n. Y, on the morning of
the 10Th, Henry Ward Beecher made
statements in substance as follows:
Speaking of the Trinity, he said that he
believed there were three persons
united in one GOdhead, but, if anyone
should ask him why he believed, he
would tell him plainly that he did not
know anything about it,only that it was
easier to believe that which he thought
conceded with the doctrine of the New
Testament than to contradict. Ortho-
doxy says that men must believe in the
Trinity or they cannot come into the
church. That is called orthodoxy, but
he called it heathenism.


"It is not an easy thing" said Mr..
Beecher, "for an honest, conscientious
man to know Just what to preach and
what not TO preach" 1t was no easy
matter to remove the rotten timbcrs,
and replace them with sound ones, and
not stop the voyage of the ship. 1t was
also said that Adam sinned, and that,
in consequence of that sin, the whole
human race fell. The numbers of the
human race were actually beyond COM
putation, and for thousands and thou
sands and thousands of years they had
been born into the world, had lived, and
struggled, and finally died, and gone
whereP


"If you tell me that they have all
gone to heaven, my answer will be
that such a sweeping of mud into
heaven would defile its purity, and |
cannot accept that. If you tell me that
they have gone to hell, then i swear by
the Lord Jesus Christ, whom | have
sworn to worship forever, that you will
make an infidel of me. The doctrine
that God has been for thousands of
years peopling this earth with human
beings, during period three-fourths of
which was not illuminated by an altar
or church, and in places where vast
population of those people are yet with
out that light, is to transform the AL
mighty into monster more hideous
than Satan himself, and | swear by all
that is sacred that / will never worship
Satan, though he should appear dressed
in royal robes and seated on the throne
of Jehovah.


"Men may say: You will not go to
heaven. A heaven presided over by
SuNh n uCillOl ds tlldts hllO has DCCu
peopling this world with millions of
human beings and then sweeping them
off into he'll, not like dead flies, but
without taking the trouble even to kill
them, and gloating and laughing over
their eternal misery, is not such a
heaven as l want to go to. The doc
trine is too horrible. l cannot believe
it, and l won't. They say the saints in
heaven are so happy that they do not
mind the torments of the damned in
hell, but what sort of saints must they
be who could be happy while looking
down upon the horrors of the bottom
less pitP They don't mind-they' re
safe; they're happy!


"What would the mother think of the
sixteen-years-old daughter who, when
her infant was lying dead in the house,
should come dancing and singing into
the parlor and eXclaim: oh! I'm SC
happy, mother! don't care for the dead
baby in the cofliny Would she not be
shocked? And so with this doctrine.
And by the blood of Christ, denounce
it; by the wounds in His hands and His
side, abhor it; by His groans and ag,
ony, abhor and denounce it as the
most hideous nightmare of theology"
Year: 1877

Many of the most wonderful and
valuable discoveries and inventions,
both ancient and modern, have been ac-
cidental. Notable instances will be
readily called to mind by the intelligent
reader, not only of the discovery of
gold and other mines of great value,
but also the germs of such great and
useful arts and inventions as printing,
steam, electricity, and various kinds of
mechanism. Among the modern and,
indeed, recent discoveries of great
value to mankind, one in our country is
particularly noteworthy. 1t is that of
the discovery of mine or vast bed of
bOraX, by which most useful and nee
essary article, instead of being an eX-
pensive luxury as formerly, is rendered
so cheap as to bring it within the means
of all classes.


This remarkable discovery was made
in Esmeralda County, New, some four
years ago, by a young man who was
prospecting for gold and silver mines.
While thus engaged, traversing mount
aims, canons and valleys, on horse
back, he saw, in a valley known as
reeps Marsh, what appeared to be a
vast bed of white sand, resembling dry
sea foam. The appearance was so
novel and singular that he dismounted
and descended to prospect the object
Upon arriving at the place he found it
to be the bed of dry lagoon, with the
appearance of having been dry for
centuries. Walking cautiously over
the place, he found the surface to be
soft and clayey, and often sank ankle
deep. After an examination of the
curious clayey deposit he put several
handfuls into his pockets, mounted his
horse and returned across the mount
aims to his home in Columbus. There
he handed the contents of his pockets
to an assayer, who, after ANALYSIS, pro-
nounced it the richest sample of borax
he had ever seen. This fact at once
created great excitement, and no little
| expense attended the necessary claim
ing, ETC., on the part of the fortunate
discoverer 1t soon proved TO be an
enormous lagoon or deposit of crude
boraX, two and half miles wide
and five or six in length. 1t was
more than one man could proper.
ly manage, so brother was sent
for, and the two worked with q
will, sparing neither time nor money
until the whole deposit was their prop,
erty and its wealth being developed
They at once obtained boilers, tanks
crystallizers, ETC., from Chicago and
commenced operations. The result i;
that, in the course of three or foul
years, the brothers have perfected al
immense establishment, and are pro
ducing an enormous quantity of {
chemically pure article of borax.-
! Scientific american,
Year: 1877

Ground gypsum spread upon the
floors will prevent the pungent odor
common TO stables. This vapor of am
monia is hurtful to horses eyes, and
the frequent cause of ophthalmia and
resulting blindness, with which SO many
horses are troubled, Throw a few
pailfuls of water upon the floor first,
and then scatter around a shoyelful OF
the gypsum.
Year: 1877

Not long ago,on an English steamer, four
days out from Liverpool, small boy was
found hid away behind the cargo. He had
neither farther nor mother, brother nor
sister, friend nor protector among either
passengers or crew. Who was he Where
did he come from ? Where going2 Only
nine years old the poor little stranger,with
ragged clothes but beautiful face, full of
innocence and truth of course he was car
ried before the first mate.


How came you to steal a passage on
board this ship ?" asked the mate sharply.


My stepfather put me in,' answered the
boy he said he could not afford to keep
me or pay my passage to Halifax, where
my aunt lives. want to go to my aunt"


The mate did not believe the story. He
had often been deceived by stowaways. AL
most every ship finds, one or two days out
at sea, men or boys concealed among the
cargo, who try to get a passage across the
water without paying for it. And this is
often troublesome and expensive. The mate
suspected some of the sailors had hand in
the boys escape, and treated him pretty
roughly. Day after day he was questioned
about his coming, and it was always the
same story-nothing less, nothing more. At
last the mate got out of patience, as mates
will, and seizing him by the collar told him
unless he confessed the truth, ,in ten minutes,
he would hang him on the yard arm-a
frightful threat indeed.


Poor child, with not friend to stand by
him ! Around him were passengers and sail
ors of the midday watch, and before him
the stern first officer, with his watch in
hand, counting the tick, tick, tick of the
minutes as they swiftly went. There he
stood, pale and sorrowful, his head erect, and
tears in his eyes but afraid ?-no, not
bit!


Eight minutes were already gone.


Only two minutes more to live," cried
the mate. "speak the truth and save your
life, boy.''


May I pray asked the child, looking
up into the hard mans face,


The officer nodded his head, but said
nothing. The brave boy knelt down on
deck, and, with hands clasped and eyes
raised to heaven repeated the Lords prayer,
and then prayed the dear Lord Jesus to take
him home to heaven. He could die but lie
never All eyes were turned towards him,
and sobs broke from stern hearts.


The mate could hold out no longer. He
sprang to the boy, told him he believed his
story, every word of it. A nobler sight never
took place on a ships deck than this-a poor,
unfriended child, willing to face death for
truths sake.


He could die but lie-never God bless
him And the rest of the voyage you may
well think he had friends enough. Nobody
owned him before everybody was now
ready to do him a kindness. And everybody
who reads this will be strengthened to do
right, come what will, by the noble conduct
of this dear child.
Year: 1877

ing the notice of the marriage, rushed off to
her customer and dunned him for that $1O,-
900. lie admitted his obligation, but said
that she would have to wait until he sold
his stock in these mines, and then he would
pay up. In the meantime she would have
to be satisfied with S. on account. She took
it, and is still waiting for the remaining
1895. CHIC.
Year: 1877

in the city or country, rclyin. on your aid
for n Universal Introduction of this friend
of your sex, w. respectfully urge you to
publish far and wide among your friends
your personal experience of its virtues =
Our Agents will furnish you Samples for
this purpose AT any time, and clubs of ten,
twenty or more can always have their sup
plies delivered to one address, { o ID, at
reduced rates.
Year: 1877

From the Tedesco Rocks on the outer
point at Swampscott, Mass, Friday night,
there was q scene OF awful sublimlty. A
heavy surf during the day bad been rolling
in upon the beach and breaking with mag
nifcent effect upon the rocks, while the
broad eXpanse OF the ocean was white with
the foam Of a million caps which were
dashed into spray by the gale. AS night
came on and deepened the wonderful phos-
phorescent light, far more brilliant than
ANYTHING ever seen upon our shores, was
displayed in pageant OF indescribable
beauty. As far rs the eye could reach
along this rocky coast the breaking SURF
,was turned to molten silver, and then to
deepest emcral, and then to the minute
sparkling fires one sees flashing from cor
onct OF diamonds in artificial light. 1t was
a sea OF glittering gems. The crest OF
every wave was a line OF massive silver,
and the seething waters, changing from
palest blue to most brilliant green, emitted
a light which cleaned upon rock and grass,
and was reflected upon the clouds above.


At midnight, at the full tide, the splendor
of the scene was beyond words. wave
after wave broke upon the line of rocks,
showing a wall of colored fires, forty, and
at times even fifty, feet in height. The
ocean seemed aflame. The crest OF every
wave was coruscation OF gems sparkling
with more than rainbow hues. The inten-
sitv OF color, all luminous with phospho-
resent fire, was far more wonderful than
that produced by any mechanical chemistry.
Footprints OF silver in the sand; hand
fuls OF diamonds for the grasping, and
although so fleeting, they will remain a
possession forever. Standing thus In the
darkness and loneliness Of midnight, Mt
the edge OF the vast, turbulent ocean
OF light, with the cleaning splendor OF ad-
vancing and retreating waves, the vision
OF the apocalypse was for the time made
real. In Imagination it was city garnished
with all manner OF precious stones-iaSpar,
and emerald, and hrysolite-and the streets
were Of pure silver, Is 1t were, transparent
glass. And l saw no temple therein, for the
Lord God Almighty was the temple OF it..
And the city had no need OF the sun, neither
OF the moon, to shine in it, for the glory OF
God did tighten it. 1t was an experience OF
lifetime. After wide travel over the
globe, and with many opportunities of view
Ing natural phenomena and the wonderful
works OF God, we have never seen anything
to parallel the phosphorescent splendors
which for hours were flashing to us out OF
the darkness.-Boston Transcript. .--~--~
Year: 1877

kSuppiASo. yi..t .#.e'.s
THE WORK OF THE WEEK. t..E#
| The opposition to the register on the pdrt
of the liquor-deaers can scarcely be said to
have abated much, though there is far less
grumbling heard now than two or three
DAYS ago. Some few dealers say that they
do not object to the register, but the great
majority, when approached On the subject,
express their antagonism in decided terms,
and declare that they would prefer to pay
double the tax assessed in the way of license.
The small dealers-those who sold fve-cent
drinks formerly but who now charge eight
cents-state that the increased price, which
was necessary, has greatly depressed their
business. This is the testimony OF nearly
all OF that class; only few are willing to
admit (if they think SOY that their business
will soon resume It's old status. In the
neighborhood OF the markets considerable
number of bar-rooms have put the price OF
alcoholic drinks back to ten cents, and have
fully recovered the trade which temporarily
abandoned them. More lager beer is sold
than formerly, and several dealers who at
first gave notice that they would discon-
tinue the sale of malt liquor have in conse-
ouence reconsidered their determination.


The tirst-class saloons, too, complain that
business is unusually dull with them. Con-
suners do not seem to object much to the
new and smaller glasses in which lager is
sold, but have q distaste, il not for spiritu-
Gus liquors, for the additional price the "a
cents per glass necessitates.


The register has not yet had full and
fair trial, because sufficient time has not
been given to ascertain il the increased
prices will permanently keep off drinkers.
The popular impression has always been
that those addicted to the use OF liquors will
purchase at any cost. ,.I...


The belief is that most OF the dealers are
acting honestly and fairly by the State in
the use OF the register. The saloons OF sood
repute are kept by men OF business reputa-
ton. They have no disposition to evade
the requirements Of the law, however OBJ
noxious it may be to them. In the small
groggeries patronized by low characters it
is already ioreseen there will be trouble in
securing fair registering OF the liquor sold.
Year: 1877

The BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE
RAILRoADs.-The Secretary OF the Board OF
Public W orks is engaged in the preparation
of statements OF assessments on railroad
property on the basis recently adopted by
the Board. The Board did not accept the
views of the railroad-men as to how the
assessments should be made. In some cases
the reports OF the companies were left un-
changed substantially; in others the value
set was increased, and probably in one in
stance decreased. Before the assessments
will become operative the Board will again
pass upon them.
Year: 1877

A MINT RoBBER.-Tbe officers of the
United States mint at Philadel phia have lust
discovered that some dishonest practices
have been going on In the refiner's depart
ment for some time past. They are confined
as far as Is known at present to q single em
ploye, at whose house about a hund red
ounces of silver were discovered.