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Year: 1877

FRANK JoNEs.-The Republicans
are resorting to all sorts OF expedlents
in the hope of cutting down the al
ready very small majority the Demo
Gratis have in the next House. In
New Hampshire, an attempts Is TO be
made to keep the rich brewer, Frank
Jones, out Of his certificate OF election
for while. Tho Governor and COun-
Gil yesterday, decided TO test the ques-
ton whether they have any power to
60 behind the returns i'll a Congress
sional election and throw out ballots
because they do not contain the candi-
dates full Christian name. This Is to
meet the case Of Jones, whose Chris,
tian name is Franklin, but who was
voted for very generally as Frank
The Governor and his party friends
would like very much to have the pow
er to give the certificate of election to
the Republican candidate, thus fore
ing Jones to prove his title. No mat
ter how the Supreme Court Of New
Hampshire decides, it will make no
practical difference in the end, since
the House is the sole judge of its
members, and will Of course seat
Jones, who was the choice OF the peo-
pie of that district, undoubtedly. The
legal point is an interesting one, how
ever.-Neao Haven Register.


The Supreme Court of the State has
dicided that the Governor and Council
have no right to 90 behind the re-
turns.
Year: 1877

Louisiana has more than vlndl-
Gated her right once more 10 take her
place in the great council OF coeqaal
States by the first choice which she haa
made of real Senator since the close
of the war Judge SpoGord Is not on
ly lawyer OF high repute who was at
one time a partner Of Judge Campbell!
and who has filled with distinction a
seat on the Supreme Bench OF Louis


lana. He is citizen distinguished tor
his moral courage, intrepedity and
good judgment, and has contributed
greatly to keeping the public mind III
Louisiana calm and steady during the
tremendous ordeal from which that
State has now at last emerged. tie
is a man OF substance also, and O


weight and worth in all the relations
of life. 1t will be interesting to SCI
Year: 1877

The decision of the Supreme
Court that the eight hour law which
was enacted by Congress two Or three
years since is merely direction by
the Government to it's agents, and no.
4 contract with laborers, is a very
great ''set.back" TO the communistic
agitators who have worked so persist
emily for years to encourage idieness
among workingmen. As we under
stand the decision by which the law
is interpreted, the Government allows
the officials who have charge Of Gov
ernment works TO employ men who
have conscientious seruples against do
ing a fair average days work, but 1t
does Iot ALLOW them to be paid for a
full days work unless they have per
formed it. This decision seems to be
perfectly sound, for there is neither
justice nor reason in compelling The
tax.paying laborers of the connlry
whose necessities oblige them 10 worE;
full time in their regular occupations
to contribute to the support Of a priv
ileged class, who, by reason Of being
In Government employ, have been per
mitteI to have tour-ff.hs OF days.
work counted as a whole one.
Year: 1877

A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF
CANNOT sTAND.-An Iowa Republican
paper says, "That if we were going to
state the Republican opinion in Iowa,
as we have heard and seen it express
ed, one-half the members of the party
in this State are dissatisfied with the
course of the administration, two
thirds of the rest are patiently waiting
to see it tried, with grave doubts in
regard to it, and the remainder more
or less heartily approve of it.
Year: 1877

A New RULE IN REGARD TO Posi-
AL APPOINTMENTS. The President has
decided hereafter not to permit tho
names of persons designated to be
Postmasters to be made public until
the day of the issuance Of their COM
missions. According to the practice
heretofore several days have interven'
ed between the time the appointment
was determined on and the issuance
of the commission. These days have
been used by the opponents Of the ap-
pointees to file charges against them
and to demand re-opening Of the
case.
Year: 1877

There is to be movement to
change the management OF the Michl-
gan Central Railroad at the annual
meeting in June, which will be devel-
oped in few days. The present
management have sent out for proxies
without naming a list Of directors, ana
the opposition will make . list and
then ask for proxies afterwards. The
stockholders of this valuable but
much injured property will do well to
keep their eyes open.
Year: 1877

The Galveston (Texas) Neacs says
that the grasshopper has not done
much damage in the interior of the
State as yet, but they are everywhere
and attacking everything green and
tender. There are still hopes that
they will take flight before doing any
Year: 1877

There is little doubt that the
President will carry the great mass OF
his own party with him in the impend
ing conflict. Success succeeds, ano
the rightfulness Of abolishing interfer'
ence with States to set up usurpatlons
commends itself to the millions who
have no records to nurse, no Offices tt
seek, but who want a chance to earl
a living. There is Just as little doub'
that the net result on the Republican
organization will be its destruction


That needs no tears. Never part.
required reorganization so much, and
this its own thoughtful men thorough
ly realize. .-Brooklyn (N ~ Argus.
Year: 1877

plies can be sent 70 them at mucn less expense anu
where they will be more accessible In case OF an OuI
break


A REVIEW OF TIE SAILORS.


The United States vessels of war Plymouth,
swaaTa and Huron, anchored ot the Navy YARD ID
in hs city have been ordered back 20 Fortress Monroe
and will sail Thursday Friday Of this week During
their presence here sailors board these vessels
have daily been drilled infantry soldiers and have be-
very proficient In order 70 show the President and
his Cabinet what had been accomplished IN this lino'
review Of the sailors given at the Navy Yard TINS
afternoon. Besides the President and his family there were
also present all the members OF the Cabinet now In the
city, Assistant Secretary Steward representnSitno riate
Department prominent officers OF the Army and Navy
and some other distinguished gentlemen. Six companies
line and made very credable display OF their
knowledge Of military manmuyres. After the review
tho President and those who accompanied MIN Vsltcu
the Swatara and also the monitors, three or Wc are
lying OF the Navy Yard This evening an e2nlnltioh
Of signalling gwen at tho scott station, on tue
Soldiers Home grounds
Year: 1877

farmers might make their homes better.
their families happier and their business
more prosperous. Ia this excellent address
we find, however, this bit Of twaddlc we
have quoted at the beginning of this article.
Whenever public speaker, addressing
farmers, undertakes to say to them that he
would rather be an independent farmer than
be President Of the United States, or be a
Member of Congress. he is. indulging in
senseess gush not ncommon-absurd flat
terry, Insulting to the intelligence Of farmers
and unworthy of himself. As if the ordn-
ary difficulties would prevent them from be-
coming ftrmers-but they don't. They say
these things because there seems to be an
impression that these soft nothing are best
appreciated. Nine-tentEs Of the orations at
fairs are buncombe, political speeches, neitl-
er helpful TO farmers nor instructive to any
body else. The independence of the farm
comes through the brain and heart OF the
farmer, not through the earth he digs in.
Farming is not Il romance, but d business in
which the strong arm Of the farmer, guided
by q clear head, does more to make him in
dependent than the mere fact that he is till


ing the soil. A mortgaged, overworlea
farmer struggling with fixtures in crops and
markets, is no more Independent than any
other man under similar circumstances. Let
men have the courage and the sense to in
culcate the idea that happiness and indie
pendence may be the result of conducting
their business successfully, of intelHgently
doing their duties as citizens, and building
up happy, harmonious homes.-Kansas
Farmer.
Year: 1877

pererce, to the knowledge gained from the
experience of years in succession? Slowly,
day by day, must we toll for our knowledge,
and gain it morsel by morsel, to be Of bene~
fit. Just one years breeding gives us little
or no acquaintance with variety. We
mast make study Of it, and bow down to
the labor as if we meant to draw all the slls-
tenance and sweetness Irom the kernel offer
ed for our digestion. When Leghorn eggs,
for simple culinary purposes, are command
ing double the price OF Others for the same
object, is il not to our interest to breed and
keep the very best layers of this valuable
breed? And which are they? Experience
at once replies. the little Browns. While
the White hen is laying her two eggs in
three days, the Brown is dropping hers each
and every day in succession, and equally as
large, on the same care and food
Year: 1877

We do not keep hens as we do canaries, as
pets, but they are kept tor profit in eggs andF
meat. Now, the income from our poultry
will be large or small just to the degree in
which we are successful in making our hens
forget or ignore the seasons OF the year, and
our profits will be large or small just in pro-
portion as we accomplish this without in
curing unnecessary expense. Ii we can So
surround our poultry with the conditions
which belong TO spring that they will not
realize that it is mid-winter, then we can.
have eggs. Some poultry keepers do have
eggs all winter long, and always obtain good


prices, and make large profits from their in-


vestments. Poultry, If properly managed,
we believe may be made TO pay the largest
per cent. OF profit on capital invested Of any


Of our live sock. The outlay is small on


each fowl, and the returns are quickly made.,5
We do not have to whit two. three and five.
wears, as is the case With cattle or horses,
before tho harvest season begins Chickens
are fit for market in ore hundred days from


the she'll, and good pnllet will pay for her
self in eggs before she is a year Old s4,
Year: 1877

wrest the sceptre of political power from
them until they are able to cope With them


in debate. They will be able to do this only
by organizing debating societies, attending
farmers clubs, grange meeting, ETC., and
speaking in them.


But they must do more than this. They
must be, readers and thinkers and listeners.
1t is not necessary for them to read every
thing, but they must master what they do
read, digest it, and make it their own. They
should have broad and liberal views, and be
able to express them in clear and forcible
language. 1t is only in this way that farm
ers will take that high position in their pro-
fession which the times imperatively de-
mand. 1t is only in this way that farmers
can represent their class in the councils of
the nation. The practice we have recon-
mended is a selfdeyeloping one, and no one
can follow it without great benefit to him
lf-R,truJ World
Year: 1877

The importatiOns OF corn were So
9jS, ,226 cwt., of which upwards of 80 per
cent came from this country. Canadian
exports of grain are included in hose of
this country. 1t will he seen that Rus.
sa and Turkey have furnished 22.6 per
cent. of the supplies to England. In In
dia dearth prevails this year Egypt
being subject to the suzerainty of the
porte, will be affected by the war, and
whether the war is localized or whether
it draws into it the other European pow.
ers it is evident that the demand for
American breadstufs will be increased
in the neighborhood OF IS per cent in
case ot the cutting off OF the Russian and
Turkish supplies from market by pro-
lOnged war. Italy imports verv largely
from Odessa, on the Black SEA-, and war
will also create an active demand for
our breadstufs in Mediterranean ports.
In this country the visible supply of
wheat is only about one.halt what it was
this time last year, and if the Russian
supply is cut of from the English mar
ket the supply of wheat until the next
harvest will be very scant, and prices
necessarily high. This will tend to
make good market for corn, Of which
there is in this country more than twice
the quantity in store than there was at
this time last year. although the exports
to England have been larger than last
year. While much depends upon the
area Of hostilities and the length of the
war, it is the opinion of statisticians
that the eastern war can not fail to Gre
ate an extraordinary demand for our
breadstuffs. Boston Herald.
Year: 1877

SAYING smart things does not pay.
It may crafty Your spite al first, but
it is better TO have friends thar ene-
mes; and if you cannot make people
happy, AT least refrain from adding 10
their misery. What if this woman is
not your ideal OF womanly perfection,
or that man your model man? Your
mission on earth is not TO remind them
of the fact. Each Of Us has faults OF
his own or her own; in correcting
them we shall find ample occupation.
A sting or dig" never did any
good-pever helped any one 10 be
better. One who falls into the habi,
of giving them soon looks i'll na;ured
L; is not always possible to join the
Mutual Admiration Society and be a
good member. but at least one can
hold ones tongue.
Year: 1877

A SOLICITOR, who was remarkable
for the length and sharpness Of bis
nose, once told lady that if tbe did
not Immediately se:tie a matter in
dispute. he would file q bill against
her. Indeed, sir said the lads
''lhere is no necessity for you to fie
your bill, for | am sure it is sharp
enough Already"
Year: 1877

CANARY BRDs.-With proper care,
your pet viii live from ten TO twenty
years, and repay Your care by his
sweet song and engaging ways. | will
give you few hints how to keep tie
canary in health. TO begin with It's
food. which should be simply canary
seed mixed with about one fourth OF
rape seed, give occasionally a slice of
sweet apple or little bit Of boiled
corrot by way Of treat, fresh chick
weed, gIoundsel or warercress and
above all, give it plenty Of water !;
caAaries are such bath loving little
birds. In their native wild Stale they
are always fitting IL and out of water,
and IL is cruel to deprive them OF such
wholesome pleasure and when they
are moulting do mol forget to leave an
iron nail IN their bath. BE also very
particular about keeping their cage
clean, with plenty OF fine sharp sand
in it. Do not leave it in a cold room
in winter time, ana above ell do not
hang youE cage by a draughty Win
dow, Tor there is nothing more likely
to make them sickly and i'll. Canary
birds may be trained, by kindness, 10
perform many pretty little tricks the
power 10 teach them is almost univer-
sally that Of appetite, placing food
where it can only be had by certain
means. Another mode, is to separate
bird from It's mate, so placing the
female that the male can only reach
ii by jumping upon little lever.
which fires a cannon. BY and by the
little bird comes TO know what is
wanted of it, so the inducement, which
first taught it to do the desired thing,
is Withdrawn, and yet the little fraih-
cred creature las sufficient Intelligence
to know what is desired by certain
motions and words. and does it ac>
cordiHgly, TO :he no small amusement
OF all observers. Some birds will pros
duce the regular, consecutive notes of
an entire air in music, after a year of
careful training,
Year: 1877

OUT in Texas the workingmen have con-
ceived rather amusing plan for settling the
labor question. A workingmen's convention
at Galveston resolved the other day that
"we will petition Congress to pass a law
making it penal offence for any corporation
or firm to advertise for men, either laborers
or mecha mics, when the supply is equal to the
demand in their own localities" They
should also petition that no locality be
allowed to contain more men than are
needed, and that all superfuous men should
be shot
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

planters in Alabama should be moderate
after only twelve years of emancipation.
Affairs may go better than we expect, partly
because the Southern leaders have had a
terrible education in politics, partly because
the negroes are now protected by the Con-
stltation, and partly because the Federal
authority, though passive, is still, of necessity,
watchful; but we do not yet feel sure that, at
the end of his term, President Hayes, for all
his independence, will enjoy the popularity
in England which at present undoubtedly
is accruing to his conduct. He may be very
firm, able and conscientious man, and yet
misunderstood the complicated civilization
with which he has to DEAL"
Year: 1877

A good old colored man, named Uncle
Jim Hill, Get himself up the other day as
phrenologist, and barber was bis first cub
ject. He placed the barber on chair, felt
Of his head for long time, and then re-
marked "Wi.liam, you is too sanguine.
When you lend money you expect it back.
You are bilious. You want to be honest,
but you hasn't the necessary character, you
isn't hopeful you is bowed down
with grief most of de time; you has an car
for music you has de worst feet on Ken
lucky street you is &c right sort of man
to wheel coal down hill for big wages. |"
William rose up, pitched Uncle Jim over
the cook stove and under the bed, and split
panel of the door as he went out. The
aged phrenoloRist was at the city hall the
next evening to get advice from the police,
and when advised to go out of the trade,
replied: "Sesms like shall have to, for
Use getting too aged to be bumped over
stoves. ."-LouisuiLle Commercial.
Year: 1877

The breaking out of the rinderpest in
England and Germany is likely to greatly
benefit the American shippers of fresh
meat. and already the demand exceeds the
supply. 1t is now proposed to build sew
ersl ocean steamers to be used entirely for
this traffic, and 1t is not improbable that the
Great Eastern, which has always been
source of great embarrassment to its own
ers. may be used and found profitable in the
same enterprise.
Year: 1877

Respectfully Dedicated to Mrs Z. NJ. Edger-
ton by one of the Rutland Reform Club


Tune .-"My Grandfather's Clock"
we'rc pledged for the right, and our cause wen


defend,
without favor or fear from our foes,
We will war for our manhood, be true to the


end,
And be free from our greatest OF woes.
We have Joined heart and hand, we're a bold


determined band,
Goa glrd us with strength for the night,
We have stopped, short, never TO drink again,
We "Dare to do Right"


CHORUS.
No more shall our glasses 60 click, click, click,


click,
No more shall our money drop click, click, click


click,
We "Dare to do Right"
We once were the jeer and the scoI OF the earth
And curse to ourselves and our friends;
The freslde's that once were go joyous with


mirth
Were abandoned for satan's vile dens.





dering our wealth
And our loved ones were surfing the blight,
But we're stopped short, never to drink again,
We "Dare TO do Right"
our friends dropped away, one by one, day by


day;
Hardly one was there left OF them ALL
Save the sorrowing Mother who ever will pray
For the hoy of her heart in his fall,
She alone to us did cllng,tand now gladness we


will bring,
And her heart shall be happy and light.
For we've stopped, short, never to drink again,
We "Dare to do Right"
There's future to all who dare TO repent,
And have energy left TO amend
And friends to encourage, in haste have been


sent,
And will faithfully guard to the end,
Let us then as best we may, seek their kind


ness to repay,
And wen do our share In the nght,
For we've stopped, short, never TO drink again,
We "Dare to do Right"
We will help our fellow-man, and wen do what


ere we can
To prove that we're in earnest in our work,
Reformed men OF the land, may proudly lead


the van
II no labor or duty they shirk.
God help US In our need, and our footsteps ever


lead,
And grid us with wisdom and might,
Fol we've stopped, short, never TO drink again,
We "Dare to do Right"
Year: 1877

continued his howls and lamenta-
tiOns in a gutteral jargon in He
brew, German and Turkish, until a
bullet sent him into another world,
The other walked out boldly and
without a remOnstrance. He gave
a glance of uuutterable contempt at
his cowardly aOcomplice, put his
back against a stake, and then, for
the first time, opening his lips, said
with a sneer that he had already
done harm enough to the Russians
to pay for his life, and that he
thought little of his sacrifice. His
last words were Sire ! dogs 4! |
hate your accursed racep There
was a roll Of musketry; the two
spies fell forward on their faces; a
corporal stepped out and discharged
a bullet, as a coup dc grace, into
the ear of each, and all was over.
Nobody knew their names, nor
whence they came, and nothing but
their unmistakable jewish physiog-
Monies would have revealed their
origin.
Year: 1877

From Bucharest letter.


One of my colleagues who was at
Giurgevo when the affair took place,
gave me an account of an incident
which will explain the extreme cir
cumspection necessary in the grant
ing of the much coveted permission
to follow the operations of the army
of invasion. The country swarms
with spies in Turkish pay; these
are generally Israelites, Of whom
great numbers accompany the rear
guards of the columns as suffers or
peddlers. Two of these werthies
had rendered themselves very con-
spicuous for their iniquity and in
quisitiveness. Naturally they were
suspected and watched, and on Sun
day night were arrested as they
were about to embark in small
boat on the Danube for some un-
known destination. Taken imme-
diately before the provost marshal,
aud interrogated as to their inten.
tions, their answers, at first evasiye,
gradually became embarrassed, as
they had no papers, and the excuse
that they "were going to fish for
Sterlets by torchlight" was not con-
sidered an available one. At last
the younger of the two, a fellow
about twenty years of age, hoping,
doubtless, to save his own life by
the sacrifice of his comrade, ayowod
that they had received money from
the Turks, and that, in spite of the
inundatiOns, they had intended to
cross the Danube in order to make
their report to a person posted at a
certain point on the Bulgarian
shore. This was quite sufficient to
establish their guilt; the court mar
tial pronounced its sentence, and a
platoon of execution was then and
there detailed.


According to my informant, the
behavior of the two culprits was
very different. The elder Of the two,
a man about forty, tall and power
fully built, with strongly marked
featurea, marched out with a
stoicism worthy Of better fate.
His companion, on the contrary,
was the picture of the most abiect
despair. lie threw himself at the
feet of his judges, invoked their
compassion in favor of the reyela-
tions which he had made, called
upon Abraham and Isaac and the
prophets in general to help him,
even offered to abjure his faith if
his life were spared, and fell upon
his face and writhed about hike a
reptile, until he was carried out
bodily and tied to a tree, where he