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Year: 1877

His name was j. Ridley; he was a ro-
bust man, able to earn dollar a day
with spade or hod his face indicated
that he was hard character, but there
was tremendous air of business about
him that was calculated to excite our
staid and careful business men. He
rushed up to them, and with very
grum voice announced that he had dis
covered the cheapest, best and most
taking system of advertising known.
For the small sum of $500, each victim
was to have lot of circulars printed,
and large card hung in his office with
his name printed in huge letters, and his
character and business so extolled that
whoever saw it would invest largely in
his goods, or Immediately pay him a
large retainer for his professional SER
vices. There was no mistake about it: ii
was just the thing needed to cause the
tide of prosperity to roll in upon the
lucky advertiser. Men who had long
felt too poor to advertise in the county
paper, now saw their way clear to pat
rOnize the great discOverer of the new
process of advertising. He pulled from
his side pocket yellow receipt, which
he was ready to sign as soon as they
handed him the $500. His look was
so fascinating and devout that they at
once handed him the money, folded
their receipts in their pockets, and went
to work to put their shops in order fol-
the great rush of people that were to Wis
it them as soon as the cards were hung
up and the circulars distributed. Having
got his pay i'll advance, Ridley visited the
village printer and made contract with
him to print the whole lot of circulars
and cards for one-fourth the price paid
by those who had bought ticket in his
swindle but he didn't pay the printer
for doing the work, and it was not
done afterwards he wrote the printer
to print and distribute his bills, sending
him no money. Where he has gone
with the $50 certain fellows in this city
would like to know. Moral: Shrewd
business men should always patronize
those W indering vagabonds, who prom
Use to give them three times as much for
a dollar, as they can get of their neigh
bors for the same mOney.-Barton Mon
jfOr
Year: 1877

CURIOUS INCIDENT.--In one of the
mines of the Crown Point Iron Com
pany, the other day, an explosion oc-
Cured by which man named Burt lost
one hand and one eye and had his skull
fractured. Burt had been deaf and
dumb from infancy, and had married
deaf mute for wife. He survived his
injuries, and, curious to relate, the ac-
cident perfectly restored his hearing
and he is now learning to talk and
making commendable progress. Were
the treatment less heroic, his wife would
undoubtedly undergo it. We get this
from the treasurer of the company-a
gentleman who, like the late George
Washington, carries little hatchet
around with him all the time and con-
sequently cannot tell Burlington
Free Press.
Year: 1877

Colonel M. w. Tappan, of Bradford,
N. H., has the following letter from
Horace Greeley, which is thought to be
the last letter of confidential friendship
which he ever wrote


NEW YORK, November 8, 1872.


"My Friend: We may have been
terribly beaten. was the worst beaten
man who ever ran for the office. And
l have been assailed so bitterly that l
hardly know whether l was running for
president or the -penitentiary. In the
darkest hour my long suffering wife left
me, none too soon, for she had suffered
too deeply and too long. 1 laid her in
the ground with hard, dry eyes. Well,
am used up. l cannot see before me.
l have slept little tor weeks, and my
eyes are still hard to close, while they
soon open again. But no more of this.
You, my friend, went into this contest
for me. You knew as 1 did that we
must stop fighting the rebels sometime.
But it is now settled that we never shall.





need not speak of my wife. You
know the whole story of her long ill
ness and painless death. Her sufferings
Year: 1877

The most artistic, durable, and handsome
monumental work ever seen in the West We
find to be that produced by the Hinsdale- Doyle
Granite Company. This Company has recently
established its headquarters on the first floor Of
tue 6ne building at No. 81 Dearborn street.
Samples of their skill, and special designs to Of
der, arc furnished here. They also have su-
perb stock OF finished goods at tho entrance OF
Graccland Cemetery, and we advise all persons
desiring to purchase anything, from simple
leadstone to an ornate sculptured monument,
to examine the exhibit Of this Company. They
execute all orders with fidelity and dispatch
unobtainablc elsewhere. Their goods have
national reputation for beauty Of design, e1-
ccllcnce of material, and perfection OF finish.


We commend this firm to all persons IN guest


Of really frst-class monumental work.
Year: 1877

The Centennial Coffec-Pots arc still attracting
large crowds at No. a Clark street, and are
earning the admiration Of all who sec them
work, and who taste the delicious coffee made
in them, We find that agents, both men and
women, handling these coffce-pots are making
handsome incomes for themselves. Drop IN
and see this admirable invention. 1t will be
we'll worth your time
Year: 1877

The great running meeting ut Louisville next
week will draw large attendance from this city.


and the number will be increased when 1t Is known
that tickets to 60 and return By either the Kokomo
Year: 1877

I. There has been some talk lately at
Constantinople about the alleged inten-
ton of the Sultan to raise "the Standard
of the Prophet This banner Is never
unfurled except at times of grave emer-
gency, when the Porte desires to inflame
the fanaticism of its Moslem subjects.
The origin Of this all-powerful standard
Is somewhat curious. When the Prophet
was on his deathbed at Medina, on the
eve of proceeding to the conquest of Syria
the chief officers of his army were sum-
moned to hear bis last order. As they
were listening to his dying utterances,
Ayesha, the beautiful and best-beloved
wife of the Prophet, rushed into the room
and tearing down the green curtain
which screened one end, threw it to the
officers, with an exhOrtatiOn to preserve
it as rallying standard for Islam. This
was really done during subsequent wars
against the infdel, and it is asserted, on
good authority, that it was this identical
curtain which foated over the walls of
Vienna in 1888. According to the Neue
Freie Presse the unfurling of the sacred
banner is a matter of much ceremony.
No one but the reigning Sultan can dis
charge the duty, and Abdul will therefore
be called upon to perform it in the event
of his deciding to give the present war a
religious character. AS soon as the stand
ard has been unfurled, it is handed over
to the Scheik-ul-Islam, who, mounted on
a gorgeously caparisoned steed, aud at
tended by the Sultan bearing a drawn
sword, goes in procession through the
streets of Stamboul. Among his escort
are number of ulemds, whose duty it is
to proclaim the news that the Caliph has
embarked in hostilities against the inffdel.
After these initial ceremonies are finish
ed, the holy banner is conveyed by the
Scheik-ul-Islam himself to the headquar-
ters of the army in the field, where it is
taken charge of by the commander-in-
chief. When the battle is joined it is
either borne to the front or so placed
that the Ottoman troops may see its sa-
cred folds waving in the wind. The
beautiful Ayesha can scarcely have i'm
agined that such lofty destiny was in
store for her green curtain when she
made use of it to save her dying husband
from further questioning at the hands OF
his of1icers.-London Globe.
Year: 1877

"THE ARCHITECT" is becoming an
able destroyer of human life he deserves
to take rank with the locomotive engi-
neer and the switch tender. The Ashta-
bula disaster was directly the fault of his
incompetence. The New York postoffice
disaster was owing to his imbecility. The
Rockford state house disaster was owing
to his blunders-and so it goes. Let it
not be thought that we are casting a
slight upon noble profession. Compe-
tent and experienced architects are worth
vastly more to builders than the paw they
get. 1t is the quacks and pretenders to a
knowledge of architecture that cause the
wrecks and the collapse of great build
ings, burying crushed and mangled men
beneath the ruins. The latest disaster Of
this kind was at Cedar Rapids yesterday
where whole block of stores fell, bury.
ing seventeen men In the ruins.
Year: 1877

Noyon's heroine is a French servant
girl. A common sewer of great depth
had been opened for repairs, and four
men, passing that way in the dark, fell
in. 1t was not until midnight that
their perilous situation became known
The poor wretches were already suffo-
eating from poisonous vapor; their moan
ings were heard, and their wives and
children, frantic with grief, besought
the bystanders for aid; but among all
the stalwart men who gathered around
the hole, there was not one brave enough
to 80 down and rescue his fellow-crea-
lures. Then it was that Catherine Vas
seur, lass of II, volunteered to descend
into the pit. She was lowered into the
sewer, where she fastened rope around
two of the men, and assisted by those
above, she had the happiness of restor-
ing them to their wives and children.
Again she descended, and fastened the
rope around the body of the third man,
but her breath began to fail her. Faint
ing from foul air and exhaustion, she
had sufficient presence OF mind to knot
the end with her own luxuriant tresses,
so that when the dastardly fellows above
drew the man to the surface, they found
the all but inanimate body of the young
girl swinging by the Hair to the end of
the rope. Fresh air and stimulants re-
stored her to consciousness, but not in
time to save the fourth man, who perish
ed in the pit.
Year: 1877

vented him from doing, and the cool
Professor, with his shoulder still in the
grip of the monsters jaws, struggled to
his feet and with his right hand so held
the bit as to prevent as far as possible
the successful working of the horses
jaws. The crowd was intensely excited.
Mr.. Wooden siezed long pole and pok
ing it between the halter and the horses
lower jaw, still further retarded the
biting The friends of Tapp called for
a gun, but there was no gun, and, what
is remarkable in collection of 200 Cal
ifornians, no one had revolver, or The
murderous brute would have been shot
dead instantly. The horse and Tapp
continued fighting half way around the
ring, Wooden, on the seats outside, still
hampering the formers efforts with the
pole. The spectators on the front seats
also did all they could to distract the
man eaters attention, one lady seizing
the crutch of man sitting near her and
beating the horse over the head with it.
By the aid Of these distractions, Tapp
was enabled, by degrees, to draw his arm
through the horses jaws, the horse
chewing it as it slipped away from him,
until finally it was entirely withdrawn.
The crowd shouted to Tapp to jump for
his life, but the plucky trainer called
for his whip, and, with his mangled left
arm dangling by his side, so tickled the
fetlocks of Cogniac that that cnterpris-
ing animal was again in what Tapp fond
ly calls subsection. Last evening the
trainer was in the stable Office with
friend pouring an odorous liniment over
his bandaged arm, and the man-eater,
with all his evil passions inhamed with
the taste of blood, was romping around
his prison and eagerly reaching up for
mouthful of any timid spectator that
yentured near enough to look down at
him. The people will continue to look
forward with interest to the solution Of
the problem of whether Tapp will tame
the man-eater or the man-eater tame
Tapp.
Year: 1877

He did not look like man who could
win prize on the Creedmore range, the
fellow dressed in jeans, with dilapidat-
ed hat and muddy shoes, who dropped
into Baltimore street shooting gallery
last night, and said he would just try 10
cents worth of firing to see what the
gol derned thing was, anyhow" He
looked rather as if he might be a hand
on a garden-truck farm, or representa-
tive from the country who, having dis
posed of few bushels of potatoes, was
strolling around to see what could be
seen. He sighted along the barrel, pull
ed the trigger and missed the target.
He took 10 cents worth of it without
improving, and then thought he would
do it over


Just as he was bringing the piece to
his shoulder one of those fellows who
are always to be found in billiard
rooms, bowling alleys and shooting gal
leries touched him on the shoulder, and
remarked that he would like to shoot
him match to see who paid for the six
shots. The stranger said he did not care
if he did, and he had to pay 20 cents.
They tried it again, and this time the
bucolic marksman shot better, but not
good enough.


The next trial he was successful, and
proposed a dollar on the next event.
He lost it, and, handing it over, said he
was game, anyhow, and by the great
Go-whish he'd put up ~" He did,
and lost that


Well" said he, 1--WE got $2O-bill,
and LII see you once more; its make or
bust with me-


His dapper opponent soon skirmished
around and made up $50 on his pros
poets Quietly that young man raised
his piece with one hand and fired 1t
was bull ll's-eye. He did the same the
next time, only he shot left handed
Then he turned his back to the target,
and, sighting quickly over his shoulder,
fired again; the drum beat and another
bull ls-eyc was recorded


" l guess | won't shoot" said the well
dressed man, and, as the Granger slid
the money into his pocket, fellow
stepped out of the crowd and said:


Joe, where are you playing now?"


"Oh, l open at the Adelphi, in Chica-
go, next week


The man in blue jeans was Joe Gu
lick, who shoots apples off his wife's
head in variety shows for living.
Year: 1877

Gen. Santa Anna was in command of
the Mexicans at Cerro GOrdo. He was
utterly defeated and compelled to re-
treat, with heavy loss in prisoners, ma
terial, killed and wounded. Shields was
dangerously wounded in the fight, and
of course left behind at Jalapa. When
he became convalescent he was inform
ed that lady living opposite the house
where he lay had been much help to his
attendants. AS soon as he was allowed
to walk out he went to thank her, when
he learned to his surprise that she was
the daughter of Santa Anna. In the
course Of the conversation which follow
ed, he remarked: "But did you know
who it was that you were ministering to
all this timer ''Not at first" she re-


piled; "I discovered after time that
you were Gen. Shields, who l had heard
was killed" Perhaps had you known
at the first that l was one who had a
large share in defeating your father, you
would not have relieved me-" She drew
herself up with a proud old Castilian
air. "Sir," she said, had you, with your
own hand, killed my father in fair fight
fair fight would have done for you
in your extremity just as / now have
done. And she looked as we'll as said
Year: 1877

"STIoK TO DAD."-A farmers son
writes us the following: II am tired of
farming and want to come to town to
make living for myself. What do you
think of it 2"


Well, We think you are a fool if YOU
don't stay at home. The city is overrun
with dead beats and tramps, and if you
have dead sure thing of making "bread
and meat" on the farm, you'd better stay
where you are, and dig potatoes, than come
hero and 60 to the Workhouse and peck
rock. Stick to dad. Stay on the farm
You are worth more to yourself, to ysur
neighbors, 10 your State and the country at
large than all the one-horse mutton head
professional gentlemen that are living from
hand to mouth in this city or State. You
stick to the plow, the mower, the reaper,
freeze to that farm like a fly blister to ne
groe's lip, raise rye, corn, hay, barley, oats,
potatoes; chop wood, maui rails, burn brush,
curry your mules, feed oxen, raise stock, and
instead of hanging around the street cor
ners dependent upon lunch houses to keep
sand out Of your craw, you'll be at home
on your farm, living life of 'independent
happiness" while thousands of "nice Young
men" too pretty and proud to work, and
too lazy to steal, will be lighting out "ever,
the hill to the poor house" merciless beasts
and lazy subjects Of utter dependence upon
public charity. Young man, if you know
which side of the bread of life the butter
Ing y 10 Louisville to d s,;is msfe III ,;se IN f.,
yourself" 25 acres of Ind and chap
like you to till it, is worth more to the
county than the bank in this city and tho
smartest capitalist we know of to run it.
You stay where you are. Follow the plow,
and engineer the dooile, willing mule that
pulls it. Our word for it any young,
healthy, stout farmers boy who will give
up his chances for "a dead sure thing in
life" and come to town on an uncertainty
Is not smart enough to take care Of him
self, and should be arrested and sent to a
lunatic asylum for a darned fool. STAY
where you are,-LauisuiNe Courier-Jour-
nal.
Year: 1877

stand is poor, in June, or as soon as the
grain crop is harvested. This could not be
done in our hot, dry climate-the following
September would be quito as early as the
young plants could venture above ground
with safety. But we cannot commend too
highly the advice, to let tho plants seed the
first year and thus correct defects in tho
stand and to avoid weakening the plants by
grazing or moving, before they have become
strong and fully established. Pastures are
very frequently ruined by the desire to rea.
lize from them too soon.-ED. So. CULTI-
vAToR.
Year: 1877

What a yeeremonlous affair we make
Of receiving company Too many OF
MS lose all sense Of being at home the
moment stranger crosses our threshold,
and he instantly feels himself to be a
mere visitor-nothing more-and acts
accordingly. The man who knows how
to "drop in" of an evening, draw mp
his chair to the hearth, as if it were his
own, and fall into the usual evening
routine of the household as If ne were a
member of it-how welcome he always
isl The man who comes to stay under
your roof for a season, and who, without
ieino intrusive or familiar, makes you
feel That he is sat home" with you.
and is content in his usual fashion OF
occupation-how delightful a guest ne
is! And the house-ah, how few OF
them into which one can go for a DAY
or a week and feel sure that the family
routine is in no wise altered, the family
comfort is no wise lessened, but on the
contrary, increased by ones presence.
what ioy it is to cross their thresholds
What harbors of refuge they are to The
weary wanderers! What sweet remm,
iscences they bring to tae lonely ana
homeless
Year: 1877

tits only those that have done nothing
who fancy they can do everything.


The worst kind of men are those who
do not care when men see them doing
wrong.


A man who has 80 long to fight against
misfortune, wants strength to meet
sudden kindness.


The world is but one great family.
What, then, is this narrow selfshness In
us, but relationship remembered, against
relationship forgot?


"Lecture on 'Fools'-Admit one,"
was the inscription on card of admis-
sion to discoures by Western clergy
man the other evening.


The formation and steady pursuit of
some particular plan of life has Justly
been considered as one of the most
permanent sources of happiness.


There was never, in any age of the
world, either philosopher or sect, or law
or discipline, which did so highly exalt
the public good as the Christian faith.


The "golden everlasting chain "
described by Homer as reaching from
heaven to earth, and embracing the
whole moral world, was no fable. The
chain is love.


He seldom lives frugally who lives by
chance. Hope is always liberal, and
they that trust to her promises make
little scruple of revelling to-day on the
profits of tomorrow.


Human life defined by a line is rs
uncomfortable as would be q human
figure defined by wire. One prefers
little mist about it, where hope may put
out wondering hand. II


We strive as hard to hide our hearts
from ourselves as from others, and al
ways with more success; for in deciding
upon our own case we are both judge,
jury and executioner; and when sophis-
try cannot overcome the first, or hatt0r
the second, se!f-love is always ready to
defeat the sentence by bribing the third.


Women often fancy themselves to be
in love when they are not. The love OF
being loved, fondness of fattery, the
pleasure of giving pain to rival, and
passion for novelty and excitement
frequently mistaken for something far
better and hoier, till marriage disen-
chants the fair self-deceiver, and leaves
her astonished at her own Indifference
and the evaporation of her romantic
talents.


Act towards others as you would they
should act towards yourself. 1t is the
same in life as in the midst of the waves;
for every navigator there is the same
sea, the same tempests, the same dam
gers to beware of. AS long as you are
borne on tranquil surface, help those
who have suffered shipwreck. Who can
say that you will not be overtaken by
storm-you are not yet in port; the same
conduct that you have shown to the nm
fortunate will be shown to you by your
fellow-voyagers.
Year: 1877

ALMOST A FATAL ACCIDENT Mr..
d. f, Leighton while engaged log run.
ming, one day this week, being in the
act of adjusting snub line around II
post, was struck in the face by the end
of the line as the strain drew it off.
Fortunately it was glancing blow,
otherwise he would have hren seriously
ifnot fatally injured. He was insrnsible
for quite awhile but luckily escaped with
only few light bruises.
Year: 1877

We call attention to the new adver-
tisement of l.. P. Andrews & Co. They
have not only sold great deal of goods
in their line here, but have also done
some very fine work. A sample Of their
work done in the ange and fxtures in
the Snohomsh Exchange Hotel. They
are well worthy of patronage
Year: 1877

Those who know nothing of the quail
tiles of our native building and monu-
mental stones, should call at Keenon's
Marble Works in Seattle, and see the
beautiful monument he has just finished
out Of BellinglaM Bay stone.
Year: 1877

We are sorry that the firm of j. Ross
Il Co. is having trouble; and hope their
embarrassment will he but temporary
and that neither themselves or their men
viii suffer any financial loss.
Year: 1877

Philadelphia, August 27.-The work.
ingmen Of this city organized under the
name of the Protective Labor Party"
endorsed the eight-hour labor law, the
equalization of taxes, compulsory edu-
cation, and liberal application of
funds for that purpose, and condemn
ing the employment of prison labor by
private persons, and manual labor in
factories by children under II years of
age, and all laws making it conspiracy
for laboring men to combine for their
own protection.


st. Louis, August 27.-The workmen
of this city held large meeting at
Turner's Hall this evening for the pur-
pose of organizing a political party.
Several of those who took an active
part in the affairs during the late
strike were present. A number of
speeches were made in favor of press
ing the workingmen's claims at the
ballot box. The result of the meeting
was the adoption of a preamble and
resolutions declaring that for the first
time in the history of the country the
laboring and wealth producing element
stand face to face with capital and nom
producers; that this condition of things
has been produced entirely by continu-
GUS exactions, expressions and robbery
direct and indirect-of the whole
working people by said non-producers;


Therefore, we sever now and for
ever all connection with the political
organizations now existing and form
"Workingman's party" to be composed
of workingmen only; That the highest
duty of workingmen is to unite in one
great brotherhood against the common
enemy, and that we will hereafter in
our political action have nothing to do
with any candidates for offices who are
not workingmen and also who do not
thoroughly represent the interests of
workingmen.


A number of delegates from the diff
ferent wards of the city and trades
unions were appointed, who will con-
stitute the committee to prepare and
carry out the plan of action for the
next political campaigns.