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Year: 1877

A sarpy county harvest hand, who
had just been paid off and bad about
SO in his possession, came to town
Thursday and put up at the mansion
of Hattie Washington (colored.) In
the morning his money was minusan
he complained at the police court.
When the room was almost full of
idle spectators, Judge Anderson had
the woman brought In, and told the
harvest hand to look around and see
If he could see her. He looked all
over the ceiling, and be looked all
over the crowd. and he was looking
all over the crowd-when he did see
her. The sight made him feel asham-
ed of himself, and without any more
ado he scooted through the back win
dow of the court room, was around
the building and went out Sixteenth
street for all he was worth, followed
by peals of laughter from the crowd.
who thoroughly appreciated the situ-
alton. He returned In a few hours
and explained that he was ashamed to
have so many people know how wick
ed he was.-Onaahd Republican.
Year: 1877

A Confederate soldier from the val
ley of Virginia, In one of the battles
of the late civil war, was struck In the
head with a mimic ball. The ball
passed through the skull, and the sur
geons afraid to probe the wound In
search of 1t, left the man to die. In
the course of time he recovered, but
had lost his reason, and was sent to
the insane asylum at Staunton, where
he remained for eleven years. At
length DR.. Fauntleroy, an eminent
physician of that city, obtained per-
mission from the the asylum authori-
ties and friends of the insane man to
make a surgical examination Of the
head, with the hope Of finding the
ball. He was successful, and found
the ball imbedded on the inside of the
skull and pushing against the braiE.
Unable to extract 1t with any instru-
ment at hand, he took a ohisel and


mortised It out. AS soon as the ball
was removed reason resumed its con-
troll, and the deranged one was in his
right mind. He says that he is not
conscious of anything that occurred
during the interval of eleven years
from the time he was struck on the
battlefield to the moment the press
ure was removed from the brain, all
was blank to him.- Wheeling Regis
Year: 1877

A strange discovery is reported from
the Lake of Geneva. A tourist having
lost his trunk, two divers were en-
ployed to search for it. When they
were below water they found what
they supposed to be q village, since
covered by the lake. The statement
led to an Investigation of the spot by
the municipal authorities, who took
measures to ascertain the truth of the
extraordinary account of the divers.
On covering the placid surface Of the
water with oil, these latter were able
to distinguish the plan of town,
streets, squares, and detached houses
marking the bed of the lake. The
ruddy hue which characteriZes them
led the two observers to suppose that
the buildings had been covered with
the famous vermillion cement which
was used by the Celts, Cimbri and the
early Gauls. There are about two
hundred houses arranged over an OBJ
long surface, near the middle of
which is a space more open, supposed
to have been used for public assem-
blages. At the eastern extremity lies
a large square tower, which was ta-
ken for rock. A superficial investi-
CATION seems to indicate that the con-
struction of these buildings dates from
some centuries BEFORE our era. The
Council of Vaud have decided to have
the site of the buildings enclosed by a
jetty stretching from the land. and to
drain off the water, so as to bring to
light what promises to be one Of the
most interesting archaeological diseov-
cries of our day.-LOndOn Telegraph.
Year: 1877

much as the horse goes to the show
because he must do so. We venture
to say that four-fifths of these enter
tainments are to journalists an intol-
erable bore. The press is the victim
of the pubIic's rapacious and unceas-
ing demand without pay. Let US
have the boot on the right leg"
Year: 1877

Now there Is Moody and Sankey
revival song book, a Murphy temper
ance song book aud Mrs. Van Colt
revival hymn book. Somehow these
remind us of the striped fellows In the
circuses, who have heretofore had al
most a monopoly of the song book


business.
Year: 1877

The whole movement (strike and
riots) will bring into worse repute
than ever the labor unions of the
country and accomplish nothing in
the way of improving the relations of
the working people with their en-
ploYers.
Year: 1877

A Peru girl sat on her lovers hat
and kept him three hours over time.
The next time that young man goes
to see his girl he shouln hang his hat
on a nail instead of holding it in his
Ian.
Year: 1877

THE legislative committee which had in
charge the bill for the establishment Of a
State Board of Health has yielded to the q
pr;eri arguments of its opponents. Those
opposed to the measure argued that it would
not bring to pass the benefits which were
claimed from its operation. The arguments
were very ingenious but were rendered ab
surd by the indsputable fact that Boards of
Health have worked these benefits wherever
they have been established. Still arguments
appear to have more weight than facts with
the committee,
Year: 1877

JOY has come to the heart of the topper.
NJ. Mouchot Of the French Academy OF Sci
ences has lately brought to the notice of his
fellows small still in which the SUMS heat
is applied to the processes Of distillation.
With this still, the mirror Of which was
twenty inches in diamete!, the inventor sue
ceeded in distilling quart of wine in half an
hour. The advantages of the discovery are
obvious. A man can go into his backyard
on sunny day and with the aid of looking
glass and suitable vessel manufacture his
own drinks. The only objection of weight to
the plan is the smallness of the quantity
obtained. But even with! this drawback we
may confidently look for great revival OF
home industries.
Year: 1877

The praise which Democratic papers lavish
upon Senator Conkling must be as annoying
to him as it is amusing to other people. But
as Democratic journal remarks concerning
another Republican whom it lately con-
demned but now praises "To be much talked
about is one Of the penalties which promi-
nent men in politics, of decided qualities,
have TO pay" Senator Conkling should COM
fort himself with the reflection that Demo-
cratic praise is only the mud with which the
traveller is sometimes spattered on his road to
fame
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer III
al cases indispensable, not necessarily publication
but as guaranty OF good faith.


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

A Electro-Galvanic Battery combined with the
"A celebrated Medlcated Porous Plaster fol ming
the grandest curative agent in the world of medicine
and utterly SURPRISING all other Plasters heretofore
in The accomplish more in one week than the
old Plasters in whole year. They do not palliate,
they CURE.
Year: 1877

In ICELAND Men end women. masters
and servants. all inhabit the same room,
while clean illness is not much attended TO
but poor as they are, and accustomed to
great privat'Ons, they set an example OF
cheerful conteDtment. The beauty of the
young girls is remarkable; their fair hair
falls in long plaits, partially covered by q
black cloth Golf, daiptily worn on one side
of the head, and finished at the top with q
tassel of col0red silk run through silver
or steel buckle, which floats on the should
or. 1t reminds the traveller of the Greek
head dress but the blue eyes with their
sweet benevolent expression soon recall to
his mind their Danish origin. The dress
is made of the cloth woven in the country.
and on festival days the bodice is gaily
adorned with silver braid and velvet, while
the belt and sleeves are orpamented with
silver devices, beautifully chased and often
of great value. On wet and cold days the
shawl becomes useful mantilla, com
pletely envelopipg the head, and defend
ing the wearer from the effects of the fire.
q quent Chambers Journal.
Year: 1877

i. Special Dispatch to tho Cincinnati Gazette.


Washing ton NoU. 4.-One of the crooked
tkhods of contractors for furnishing the


ians with beef has lately been discover
by Secretary SchurZ, which will convince
Sse gentlemen more than ever that he ia
heorist, and that there is nothing practi-
j in him. 1t will be remembered that in
Red Cloud investigation, set on foot by
of. Marsh, it was developed that the
hal method of "weighing" cattle was to
less at their weight. This was broken up
Ia actual weighing insisted upon. 1t now
mes out that certain contractors have
BEN more than equal to this requirement,
Id that they not only weigh every head
applied, but that they weigh considers-
b part Of each drove twice, The method
this: A large pen is built and divided
kough the middle, the fences around it
a the division fence being of close
ards and ten or twelve feet high. At
. point where the dividing fence meets
! outside one is o smaller pen large
pugh to hold about dozen cattle. The
br Of this is the platform of the scales.
y beam is outside of the outer fence. The
All pen in which the weighing is done


two doors, one opening into each di-


lon of the main enclosure. When q


en are driven in, say from the right
Id enclosure, to be weighed, the man on


outside keeps notes of the weights.


b driver on the inside, after these are


orded for any lot of dozen, drives them
- into the lett enclosure. He then refills


small pen from the right division, and


on till he announces to the inspector
side that the whole drove has been


ighed. Before this is completed, how
er, the driver manages to paes most OF
Dse weighed back from the left division
% the right, by a small door in the par
lion itself. All thus returned to the
ght division are driven through the
Pighing pen again, and their weight duly
eorded the second time by the inspector


the beam outside. By this plan even a
ball drove is made to do excellent service
20 the contractors. And now comes this


rman theorist and upsets these nice


aDgements, and actually insists that &C


g as be is Secretary of the Interior not
@ound of beef shall be weighed more tha;


be, if the contractors starve for it.
Year: 1877

" Yes. sir" said the brakeman, Is he
stood by the stove warming his numbed
hands after coming in from braking
people think, as they sit in their warm
seats, and only hear Us call out the diff
| ferent stations, that we have nice, soft.
easy time. But we know better I'm
agine yourself on fiat car all night,
with the snow dashing in your face, your
hands on a cold iron brake, and think if
that's easy; or upon top of a freight car,
running along, the wind cutting like a
knife, as dark as pitch, and watching for
fear you may rush suddenly under a
bridge and be swept off, and perhaps be
left to die in the snow. Is that easy
Does that look like a soft job To be
sure when we are transferred to passenger
cars the work is nice enough, but the
dangers we have to go through (for we
generally have to go on freight cars first)
entitle us to something better on pas
sengeI car, and we amt sorry when we
get orders to take the front end of reg
ular train.


"There are very few brakemen who
can't tell never to be forgotten incidents
connected with their life on the rail. To
explain, let me tell you story from my
own experience. / remember one night,
it was fearfully cold, right in the middle
of winter and showing hard, was brak-
M in the middle of a freight train. 1t
was running along on slow time rSat
night, and we were about two or three
miles from the station I was standing by
the brake ofa flat car, trying to get warm by
stamping, wishing we were at thedepot, 50
that could go back to the caboose out
Of the bitter cold, when suddenly heard
the train humping and jumping as if I
wheel had broken, and knew something
was wrong. The whistle blew for brakes.
and in a mighty short time we had the
train stopped


With the rest of the men l went back
to see what was the matter, thinking
that l might get a chance at the stove,
for / was nearly frozen. Going back
three hundred feet, we found that one of
the rails had got loose and was out of
place, but as we were going slowly we
had run over the SPOT safely Our con
ductor looked up and, seeing me said:


jim, get back and signal the passen-
ger train. She will be along in a short
time now; and take this he said hand
ing me red light lantern; "we'll go on.
You can come along with the other
train"


With that all hands got OH board, and
soon there was nothing but me aud the
lantern left.


A cold gust brought me to myselfwith
a quick turn, and then ] remembered
what had to do. Holding the lantern
up, I saw that the light was fickering,
and shaking it, found it almost empty.
Then / began to feel the responsibility
of my position lamp with no oil in it;
the train due ia ten minutes with the
chances of its baing thrown of the track,
nd no telling how many poor people
Year: 1877

The Californian mind has invented the
idea of the longest railroad in the world
to run from San Francisco nearly to the
extreme edge of foivilizationon the south
ern continent. II is a splendid scheme,
hut would be as useful 10 the country as
. smoke-pipe to stage coach. There
would he nothing for it to do.


A surprising amount and variety OF
American manufactures are beginning 70
90 70 Chill and other west coast regions
bv wav of Panama. There is a profitable
export Of cottons particularly. Inc
Panama Star comments on the growth OF
American commerce with the Pacific
countries, and says: Every day 1t is
becoming more and more apparent that
no other country can any longer excel
the great republic"


II is believed that the four years upon
which the country win enter after
president is inaugurated, will prove
neriod of the most healthful prosperity.
The symptoms Of this visible ON every
side. So convinced are many that the
GOOD times are at hand that they are
taking advantage of the present low prlco
Of labor and surplus of capital in the
country to manufacture in anticap stion
of the coming improvement in business.
Those things into the cost OF which
bills for labor largely enter Can be pro-
duced now more economic y than they
can be again for years 2 2 s question
| for the people TO thinl. " whether the
times do not hold out to them In this 70
suect an opportunity Of the very creates
| ;v,rorkaucn
Year: 1877

a Te1terabie TOnon HaIEs Across the


Great Plains and IS Finally Disabled.


When the Denver Pacific train arrived
in Cheyenne Monday afternoon the con-
ductor was informed that an aged lady,
with her son had started early in the day
with the intention of walking 20 Denver,
and that they seemed To be objects of
charity. Conductor Farmer kept look
out on the returning train, and when
thirty miles south Of Cheyenne dis
covered the old lady and her boy sitting
on the end of the ties of the track The
train was stopped and free ride offered
to this city. 1t took but a moment 10
discover that the old lady was Lot only
nearly blind from constant looking upon
the snow, but her tramp and privations
had rendered her so feeble that she had
to be lifted into the car. Unquestion-
ably another nights exposure would
have snapped the thread of life, and
doubtless the boy would have met
similar fate. So soon as a short rest was
had the woman, whose name was Mrs.
Ann Miller, a widow, aged ffty-eight
years. told to sympathizing passengerq
and trainmen the story of their tramp
The details would make interesting and
thrilling reading. Six weeks ago the
twaiy- started from Randolph county,
Indiana, TO walk to this city to visit
some relatives living in the vicinity.
The little money with which they COM
menced this tramp Of over twelve hun
dred miles was soon gone, and the benev-
olence of people along the route1was
their only stay. Nearly the entire dis
tance was made on foot, and through the
snow storms and severest weather, save
an occasional ride on n wagon, and much
less often the assistance rendered by
generous hand-car-men, who were met
on the Union Pacific road, the eonduc-
tors always refusing to give helping
hand. Thus they Plodded along until
picked up on the Denver Pacific, with
out money and with very scant clothing.
The old lady had bunch of her garden
seeds, however, which she had brought all
the way, as she did not believe good seeds
could be obtained so far from civilization.
A pure of ten dollars, made up on the
train, made one need good, and at the
depot in this city they parted with those
who had proved their only friends on the
route, blessing without stint, the gene
rous givers. The lady said she had a
wealthy daughter in California, but was
unwilling her condition should be made
known to her, and so she braved the
dangers of the trip and stared starvation
and death successfully in the face.-Den-
ger Tribune


Mamma, have any children" asked
little creature six yaars old sskYhy
Year: 1877

The London correspondent of the New


York Times says: No women, it would
seem, have better chances of mar
riage than successful actresses; no women,
as a rule, are more unfortunate in their
matrimonial alliances. Miss Amy Faw-
sitt, who died recently in New York,
though never in any sense great actress,
achieved Il popularity at the Vaudeville
which, accompanied with good and
womanly conduct, brought her several
offers of marriage of which any respecta-
bic girl might have been proud. She
made the usual mistake of her class, and
having made that MISTAKE committed
the error of too many who achieve sud-
den success. She refused the part Of
fered to her in "Our Boys" which has
now been running some six hundred or
seven hundred nights. Then came dis
appointment upon disappointment, and
matrimonial misery. One night she
arrived at the court theater bruised and
excited. She said she had fallen down,
but presently she vowed she dare not 90
upon the stage because her husband had
sworn he would shoot her from the pit,
and she detected him sitting there IN
the very spot which he had warned her
he would select, and she knew he carried
weapon. Was it surprising that event
ually she had to relinquish her engage
ment at the court on account of severe
nervous attacks !? Is it surprising that
she found it impossible to renew the
vigor and charm of her youth in New
York, and that SIZE died a sad and lonely
woman? Miss Nellie Power, of the
Vaudeville theatar, is another young
lady who, at the height of her somewhat
fictitious success, married what is called
"a SWELL" and retired magnifcently
from the stage, to return t. it for liveli
hood, bearing the tainted name of
schemer and an adventurer. | could
give you half dozen other examples.
and in each case the lady who has won
her position in the profession has turned
her back upon it to marry into what she
considered higher social grade, but
only to discover that in the end she had
not only to keep her swell" but to
submit to all kinds of miseries and de-
graduation.
Year: 1877

THE use of chloroform in dentistry Is
said by the Medical Record to be always
dangerous. mo surgeon" says the
writer, cares to assume the responsibility
of giving chloroform unless he knows
that the stomach of the patient is empty,
that the circulatory apparatus is in good
condition, and the lungs free FROM dis
ease. A previous inquiry into these con-
ditions is as much a part of the admins
tration of any ansethetic as is the placing
of the napkin to the nose"
Year: 1877

Throughout the Empire of Morocco
there are villages where the elder mem
bers of the adult population follow
professionally the pursuit Of fattening
young ladies' for the matrimonial mar
ket OF Barbary. The Moors, like the
Turks, and most other Orientals, give
decided preference to ''moonfaced"
wives over lean ones, and are more So
licitous as to the number of pounds
which their brides weigh than about
the stock OF accomplishment they pos
sess. A girl is put under the process
of fattening when she is about twelve
years OF age. Her hands are tied be-
hind her, and she is seated on q carpet
during so many hours every day while
her papa" stands over her with big
stick. and her mother at times pops
into her month ball OF ooueoassou or
stiff maize porridge kneaded up with
grease, and just largo enough 10 be
swallowed without the patient choking.
III the unfortunate girl declines to be
crammed she is compelled; so that ere
long the poor girl resigns herself TO the
torture, and gulps down the boluses
lest she should be beaten.
Year: 1877

tJohn, say I'm sick. that Pm out, thai
L can't see anybody!


But he was too late; Fred. was in
the hall and half way up the stairs.


'Ah, uncle cried the young man,
with a merry laugh, that was a cum
ningly contrived plot of yours: the
best joke I've heard yet! The cream
of it is that Rose thought that you
were in earnest. You acted your part
SO naturally that it was some time be
fore l could make her understand that
you were only testing her love for me.
But she sees it all now. You found
viii make us both happy by giving
your consent to our marriage?'


Mr.. Popleton not only gave this but
presented Rose, on her wedding day,
with a house completely furnished.


He seemed a little shy of her at first,
but this soon wore away. or rather de-
veloped into the paternal affection
growing out of this mutual relation,
aud the winning and lovable qualities
of mis- nephew's wife.


This little episode in his life had the
good, effect OF making him more dis
,rustful of 'mself, more tolerant of
the follies d weaknesses of others.
And sometimes, as Rose looked back
upon it, this question arose in her
mind, which she never even suggested
TO her husband:


WAS he in earnest ?
Year: 1877

STAYS were invented by brutal
butcher of the thirteenth century as
punishment for his wife. She was
very Ioquacious and finding nothing
that would cure her, he put a pair of
stays On her IN order to take away her
breath. and SO prevent, as he thought,
her talking. This cruel punishment
was inflicted by other husbands, till
at last there was scarcely wife in all
London who was not condemned to
wear stays. The punishment became
SO universal at last that the ladies in
their own defence made a fashion of
it, and so it has continued to the pres
ent day.