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Year: 1878

Uneasy sits the youth astride the first
saddle.


A brilliant future-When we have the
electric light.


There are two printing offices in the
whole of Siberia.


France supplies her entire home con-
sumption of sugar from the product of
the beet.


Starvation, yellow fever and smallpox
are sweeping off the population of north
eastern Brazil.


The New York Herald tells Of San
American lady of eighteen springs"
Probably her name is Sofy.


Your looking-glass will always tell
you the truth, which is certainly more
than your best friend will do.


Wrestling is the favorite public sport
in Japan, and large number of men
make professional business OF appear
ing in contests of the ring.


When usefulness is considered, the
man who smokes cigarettes dwindles in
to insignifcance by the side of the in
dividual who smokes hams.


1t has been demonstrated beyond a
peradventure that mince pie can hold
and contain more heat to the square inch
than any other apparatus of like tex
ture.


A young Detroit printer, who parts
affectionately with his young lady at the
garden gate, refers to the tender occa
sion as cup to the time of going to
press"


He commenced with "Oh can these
lovely eyes Of thine when she stop
ped him short and told him she wasn't
canning that kind of fruit just then, and
wouldn't be coaxed to it either.
Year: 1878

Many of our readers, says the Rem
New Journal, have often heard of
Duck lake. We saw it for the first
time last Sunday. 1t is situated just
west of the Pyramid lake Indian re-
servation, and Immediately south of
Pyramid lake, the two being divided
by strip of land something over a half
a mile in width. They have no connec.
ton with each other unless subterra-
mean, and passing entirely around the
lake, we could see no other body of
water flowing into it. The mouth of
the Truckee was a mile of, but it splits,
one part going into Pyramid and the
other going into Mud lake to the right,
and only separated from Pyramid by a
range of mountains. Duck lake, we
should Judge, was body of water two
miles wide and five in length. 1t de-
rives its name from the ducks, which
make it their headquarters. It's surface
the day we saw it was almost entirely
covered. Such sight we never saw be-
fore, or expect to see again.
Year: 1878

The following incident, noticed in
Prof. BIackie's work on railroads, illus
trates in a striking manner the progress
Of events:


"In 1880, at the time when Mr..
George Stephenson, the inventor, was
Introducing his first locomotive in Eng
land. the active mind of Peter Cooper
WAS also busy solving like problem in
this country. He had constructed To-
comotive that was to outrun a horse.
The Cooper engine could hardly be
called more than working model, as
the whole weighed only ton, and was
of about one horse power. The boiler,
about the size of q common kitchen
boiler, stood upright, and was fitted
above the furnace, which occupied
the lower section. The cylinder was
only three and one-half inches in dame
ter; the wheels were moved by gearing.
In order to get the requisite pressure OF
steam in so small boiler, a sort OF
blower or bellows was provided, which
was kept in action by means of drum
attached to one of the Car wheels, over
which passed a cord which turned a
pulley, which in turn worked the bel
lows,


"When all was ready the trial and
test of the engine against the horse took
place on the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, and resulted in victory for the
horse. The horse won the race, not by
fooling on ore side or sell on the other,
but by an accident-the slipping of the
cord that moved the bellows.


"Mr. Cooper, who was his own en-.
gine driver, struggled hard and man
fully to replace the cord without stop
ping his engine, but before he could dc
do the horse had won the race. There
was, however, enough done to prove
that the locomotive could outrun the
horse, because the former was ahead o.
the horse when the accident occurred.
Year: 1878

The present mode of the tournament,
or fitting at the ring, as popular as it
is at the South, did not have its origin
there as some OF our Northern contem-
poraries, who are disposed TO ridicule
this manly exercise, have asserted. In
act, this species OF amusement was in
vogue among the ancient and mail-clad
knights themselves, and seems to have
been part of the public spectacles OF
those days. In the royal tournaments of
the time of Henry ii. and Francis III.
the fitting at the ring was minor but
unpopular feature of those grand spec
tacular entertainments. During the in
tervals of the more serious contests in
the lists, which usually took place un-
der the royal supervision, the same
knights who had Just broken lance to-
gether, would ioiu with equal ardor and
emulation in the less dangerous amuse-
ment of riding at the ring.


Except to those who have taken part
in this exercise, the dexterity re-
quisite to high degree of success is
quite inconceivable. Those who are
capable of attaining the necessary quick
ness of eye, steadiness of nerve, and
skill in horsemanship, must submit to a
course of training that is certainly not
without beneficial results as a mode of
physical culture.


The tournament was kept up in France
after /. had fallen into decay and dis
quietude in other countries. Correspond
ing so well with the animated and ad-
venturous spirit of that people, it con-
tinued popular until succession of
serious accidents in the lists caused its
abolition after the reign of Henry w.,
and thereafter the manly but less dan
gerous sport was often q feature Of
public festivals, though, of course,
never attended with the ceremony and
magni6cence Of the older tournaments.


Among the more serious accidents
which occasioned the disuse OF this
species of national amusement was the
wounding of King Charles TX, the kill
ing of Henry H., and the disabling of
Marechal Bassompierre in the lists of
Paris.


Neither is the burlesque, or "raga-
muffin tournament" as it is called,
without historical precedent in the an
nails of knighthood. During a fitting
at the ring in the reign of Henry H., of
France, the Due de Nemours and the
grand prior of Lorraine acted a piece
of buffoonery, by which, though at q
large sacrifice Of their own personal
dignity, they seemed to have afforded
great amusement to the populace. The
duke appeared in the lists in the char
acter of a citizens wife, with silver
chain and a great bunch of keys hang
ing at his girdle, the iingling of which,
as he rode, afforded, as the chronicler
says, "great sport to the spectators. I"
The prior was dressed like female
gypsy, and carried in his arms an ape
in baby clothes. Richmond (Va.)
STANDARD.
Year: 1878

Harvest Thanksgiving Hymn.
The cattle on thousand hills"
All to the Lord belong
And to His praise who feeds them there
Wen raise our harvest song.
he clothes the forests and the fields
With vendure bright and green,
And In the whitening hAryests' yield
His goodness may be seen.
lie crowns the labors Of our lands
With plenty and with peace
And, by the word Of His command,
Makes all our goods increase.
He fills our garners to the full,


Our stors-house runneth DER
And for the blessings which He sends
Wen praise Him more and more.
The early and the latter rain,


Which brought us fruitful yields,
How easily could He withhold


And leave'but barren fields.
Then let us unto Him return


A portion of His own,
When thus we meet to give Him thanks
And praise for favors shown.
And as, though each succeeding year,
His goodness crowns our days,
To the Eternal Three in One


Let US ascribe all praise
Year: 1878

A pitiful incident of the late great
fires on the Iowa prairies was the death
of Fred. Aiken, a boy, in Grant township.
He stayed in bayfield, trying to save a
stack until it was too late to escape the
fire by running. He wet horse blanket
in a creek, wrapped himself in it, and
took the desperate chance of q dash
through the flames. The effort proved
fruitless. The fire licked off the blanket
as thought had been paper, and burned
the boy so badly that he died within a
few hours.
Year: 1878

1t is understood that the ministers of
war and commerce have come to an
agreement for the partition of the Paris
exposition building. The southern por-
tion will revert to the army for a parade
ground and depository for stores,
while the northern portion will serve for
an industrial and decorative art museum,
the grounds between it and the river
remaining in their present condition.
Year: 1878




No fsther's house is full,
Zen tho there seem no resting place for more
Forgiying arms and doors do open wide,
II one repentant child implOre


Outside.


No mothers heart Is full,
Unless it be the longings, burning wild
Heart throbbings that no cheerful face can
hide
The wish to clasp her SHINING child


Outside.


Gods flock is never full
Fear not to enter boldly at His door,
None ever we're refused who there applied
He hath abiding place for more,


Inside.


Home Journal.
Year: 1878

OUTSIDE DAMAGE.-At this time OF
year, and particularly when it is stormy
and water high, we find it difficult to ob-
tain definite information from the outside
camps of this county. Sucn is the case
at present. That much damage has been
done to mining property is certain, but
how much cannot even be approximated
Smiley's head dam, on Reading Creek,
and Wiltshire & Co.'s dam, on Big Bar
Creek, are gone, and there is doubtless
much more damage done to fumes, ditch
es and dams In other sections. The to


tai amount Of damage, however, is very
small in comparison with the benefits the
storm will bring to the people of the
county, even those who suffer directly
being largely recompensed for their loss
Year: 1878

The parent of insomnia or wakefulness
Is In nine cases out of ten a dyspeptic
stomach. Good digestion gives sound
sleep, indigestion interferes with it. The
brain and stomach sympathize. One of
the prominent symptoms of weak state
OF the gastric organs is disturbance Of
the great nerve entrepot, the brain. In
vigorate the stomach, and you restore
equilibrium to the great centre. A most
reliable medicine for the purpose is Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, which is far
preferable to IMMORAL sedatives and pow
erful narcotics which, though they may
for time exert a soporilc influence upon
the brain, soon cease to act, and invar;a-
bly, injure the tone of the stomach. The
Bitters, on the contrary, restore activity
10 the operations of that all important or
gan, and their beneflcient influence is re-
hected in sound sleep and tranquil state
OF the nervous system. A wholesome
impetus is likewise given to the action of
the liver and bowels by its use.
Year: 1878

a CHNAMAN and mule went into
Oregon Gulch the day OF the high water
and were swept down by the current
The mule succeeded in getting ou: short
distance below, but the Celestial journey
ed on into Trinity river which was boom
ing. His " cousins observing this drove
the mule into Junction City and-~were
surprised short time after to see their
ducked countryman coming along. How
he got out of the river is not known, but
our informant feels certain that if it had
been white man he would have been
drowned.
Year: 1878

BRIbGEs along Trinity river were all
right at last accounts, the only damage
done being to Lowden S, which was slight
and is mentioned elsewhere. Smiths
bridge at Douglas City was rather i'm
proved, the current having changed to
the middle of the river bed and away
from the bank on this side.
Year: 1878

BULK HEADS have been erected in the
rear of the Court House and Mountain
Market, and work done in the gulch
back of the Union Hotel all of which
was made necessary by high water and
to prevent further damage.
Year: 1878

friend rising as the room door was throw
ope n, and the messenger announced a gentle-
man and lady to see Mr.. -, by appoint
ment.


/ was setting with my back to the door
and turned my head towards it, A young
woman in black ran forward with a scream.
sprang to my feet aud clasped Jennie, safe
and sound, but pale and worn, suffering for
me.


Her father, it turned ont had been on the
the cliff, and had followed the Petrol alnog
the shore all that eyentful night he had Of
fered f500 in vain for a tug to put out to tho
rescue; and the life boat, although she had
tried to get out, had been beaten back He
had seen the ship coming ashore, and had
lighted blue light, which / now family re-
member to have seen, that revealed our po-
sition. Just above on the cliff it happily
CHANGED that there was crane, used for rais-
ing blocks of chalk which was provided with
e chain and bucket, and aided by some dou-
aniers he had descended by this means the
face of the precipice and had caught hold Of
his daughter as she was swept away from


me in the last mad rush of waters He was an


eyewitness, as he thought, of my loss in the


abyss, aud had never dreamed that could
possibly have escaped.


i wish you'd have stayed drowned said
my friend, between his teeth, but for all
that he stood best man at my wedding,
and my rough days betrothal has been fol.
!, lowed, thank God, by union of constantly


increasing happiness
Year: 1878




The Southern representatives who have
been dreaming OF a southern line Of railway
to the Pacific and at consequent revival of in
dustry, through the promised extension east
ward of the Southern Pacific of California are
much excited by the latest trick of the Cen
tral Southern Pacific ring which has hlhed
teams with Jay Gould's Kansas road ffor ~
very purpose of defeating any Southern road.
1t is grand move of the railroad magnates
to defeat all competition in transcontinental
trade, and to strengthen their hands in he
fight against the Government in the effort to
check its corrupt expressions The North is
equally interested with the South in the three
movements, since it. also discovered that the
Central Pacific Mail Steamship line, the whole
coast steamship trade and the entire r. r.
system of California, and has bound the east
tern merchants as well the Government hand
and foot. Congress will be obliged to take
notice Of immence istrides of this monstron,
monopoly which bids fair to misgovern this
country if it is not soon checked by conpeti-
tion or law


The yexed question of putting the Indians
under control of the War Department will be
discussed at the coming session of Congress,
as the Commission appointed to consider tho
subject will have report ready early in De-
cember. The report of the Commission, it is
understood, will be adverse to the proposed
change.


Two strong reasons why the change
should be made are found in the expected
reduction of expenses and the necessity Of
taking from the unmanageable Interior De-
partment of the portion of its authority and
responsibility. Secretary Schurz says that in
most Important matters, from his inability to
examine them thoughly, he is obliged to trust
| to his Bureau Officer. If the Indian Bureau
cannot be taken away the Patent or Pension
Bureau should. The great frauds of the time
have been perpetrated in the Interior De-
partment, presumably because the Secretary
could not give personal attention TO all the
multlfarious duties Of his place.


| According to the ioSt Messrs. Hale ana
Gorham of the Republican Congressioaa
Committe have sent the different States an,
Districts their final estimates of Republica,
gains at the election of to morrow. The gain
to be made are of course large, aud is evel
said that these gentlemen have attempted /,
delude the people into the belief that III
elections may result in giving the House I
the Republicans. 1t will be tmembered thu
Mr.. Hale, just before disappearing under :,
avalanche of opposition votes, in Septembel
prophesied his own election bv an Increase
majority,


SENINoJE.
Year: 1878

FUNERAL OF MRS. THOMAS YESTERDAY


AFTERNooN-HUNDRE Ds VIEW


THE REMAINS.


The funeral OF the murdered woman,
Mrs. Sarsh E. Thomas, took place yes
terday afternoon from the office of Mr..
d. Fox corner or Sixth and Shipley
streets. The weather was rainy and dis
agreeable but notwithstanding that fact
long before the body was ready to be
viewed by the public, people began to
congregate in the vicinity and at
o'clock 1t was almost an impossibility to
get near the building. Shortly after 2
O'Clock the doors on Sixth street were
thrown open, and rush was made to
gain admittance. The police officers
placed themselves one at the door on
Sixth street. and the other at the door
OF people kept going and coming until
3 o'clock, during which time hundreds
viewed the remains.


About 2 o'clock, Mr.. Thomas johnson,
accompanied by the two Oldest children
drove up in carriage, and a rush was
made by those standing around to get
glimpse at the suddenly orphaned child
rem: They were taken into the presence
OF the corpse, where they remained un-
til he funeral cortege started. They
seemed to be very much affected.
Rev. Mr.. Latrobe, OF Calvary p. E.
Church, conducted the burial services,
and in a very impressive prayer, asked
that God would forgive the father, and
bring him to realize the deed that he
had committed, and that it might induce
him to seek peace with his Creator


The features of the woman looked
very calm, and did not show the effects
of the awful death which she died The
people as arule were disappointed in not
seeing the cut in the neck, as it had
been sewed up, and the shroud made so
as to cover It. A description of the
shroud and coffin was given in the GA
zBvTE of yesterday.


The remains werelnterred in the Will
mington and Brandywine Cemetery,
where they will remain until the great
day, when all the dead shall arise.
Year: 1878

BY reference to our Willmont corre-
spondence, it will be seen that the new
town is now organized by the election
of officers to serve until the election at
town meeting next March.
Year: 1878

With the sudden changes OF temperature
which prevail in Autumn weathcr.-ran, sleet
wind, snow and sunshine often in 4 single day
it is no wonder that death gathers such q rich
harvest among the neglected colds and coughs.
Every home should contain Eilert's Extract Of
Tar and Wild Cherry which prevents serious
sickness if taken in time, and will surely cure
colds, coughs, Group, catarrh, consumption AMI
all bronchial complaints. Don't wait for sick
ness TO come but ut once procure this valuable
remedy it may save life when delay would re
suit in death. Warranted and sold by all Drug
gist<
Year: 1878

CA71IE RAz87NU IN CULORA71O.


Mr.. Alley recently received a letter
from q gentleman in Colorado, who
says:


We have had fine weather here until
the 11th, when it commenced showing
and continued until about midnight
last night. when we had at least two
feet of snow on level. Fortunately
as yet we have had little wind, but may
get it yet before it thaws enough to
fasten the snow.


Thousands of cattle, sheep, and
horses are running on the plains with
out food or shelter and many must per-
ish at best.
Year: 1878

There was a meeting of the Town
Council on Saturday night last. Sew
eral bills were allowed, and the Street
Commissioner was Instructed to bank
up the village cisterns and remove in
flammable debris from the vicinity of
buildings.
Year: 1878

See the official vote on our first page
on the bond proposition and on Safe
Auditor. The majority against paying
tile bonds in internal improvement
lands was 10, 1858. This, of course, will
be called reputation, but it not neces-
sarily so. The people have only said
that they will not pay the bonds in this
particular way. Sooner or later, the
State will have to pay them.
Year: 1878

TO FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS


Subscribers to the ADVANCE living
outside of Mobiles county will please
remember that when we notify them
of the expiration Of their subscription
and they do not respond, We take it for
granted that they do not want the
paper longer, and our rule is to strike
their names off.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Middleton, Il young man who
learned the printing business in the
Beacon Office, Spirit Luke, has been
taken in as 4 partner. This ought to
encourage young men to be faithful in
sticking to business.





A lot of fresh Chattel Mortgage
blanks just printed at the ADVANCE
Office. THIS form is the best in USE
and is preferred by the bank and by
our b,sines men generally. Send and
oct Il Sul,D1y
Year: 1878

happiness of the Princess Louise are entertained
with scarcely an exception.


Somewhat of democratic sentiment mingics
with our greeting of the Marquis of Lorne There
are probably more Americans than Englshheh
who are familiar with the history OF his ancient
house nobody here thought that his marriage
brought him any additional dignity, or even Domi-
nal rank but when we were told, as we nave a
thousand times been told that at home ne was III
various ways made to feel that In spite OIL MS
alliance with it he not Of the blood royal We'
who care little for kings. as such, and VINO nave
done with royalty. sympathIze with a gentleman
subjected to invidious, at any rate annoying
distinctions This feeling was increased
when we were told that the Marquis was
sent to America TO get him out of the way, and to
put INTO allegiance, for time at least, various ds-
tracing questions of etiquette. The Importance OF


the rules of precedence it is not given to u.s. perhaps
adequately to comprehend. We do not see why a
wife should not raise her husband to her own
station, or why, in a welbred court, he should by
the slightest discoUrtesy be made to feel thai. even
III the matter of birth, he is that wife's inferior.
But about the position of the Marquis in bis own
court we suppose there can be no question.


But the Ministry which sent the Marquis of LOrne
to this Western Province did him greater kind
ness still-it gave him an opportunity of exhibiting
any capacity for public affairs which he may be for
innate enough to possess. He comes of stock
which has made itself felt in great politics for
several centuries. and he has reason to bo proud
of more than of his ancestors lie lives in less
stormy times and the Government cOnfded to his
hands is we-cstabliShed and undisturbed, at least
by revolutionary factions. His victories if he wins
any, will be those of peace not less important-sure
perhaps to be not less renowned-than those of war;
May he add to the long roll of distinctions achieved
by his illusrious house, the affection and gratitude
of the people Of the Dominion, and the distinction
of having governed the Province wisely and well!
Year: 1878

At the time a railroad conference proposed
to abolish all ticket-offices outside of their
OWL depOts, and TO cease paying commissions
to agents, we expressed doubts of the prac-
ticabilty of the scheme, Notwithstanding its
enthusiastic adoption, which the event has JUS
tilted. Two of the great roads have refused to
aceede to the arrangement, and the plan has been
abandoned. But there is no reason to suppose
that, if it had been put into actual operation,
it would have been successful. 1t was simply
an attempt to take stride backward in the
conveniences of travel. The outside offices
are undoubtedly an accommodation TO the
public, and the natural tendency is toward
the increase of such facilities, not toward
their decrease.
Year: 1878

1t was about time for one of the periodical
reappearances of the Count de ChambOrd.
He emerges from his seclusion with the same
old remark, that he is still claimant for the
throne, and the same old promise that he will
not restore the abuses which successive revO-
lutiohs have swept away. After seven years
of prosperity under Republican rule, the
French people will smile at this benevolent
offer of the turmoil and uncertainty which
another Restoration would inevitably entail
The Republic is so well established that it
would be more difficult to overthrow it than
it was to set it up.