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Year: 1877

MISS HADLocK, Of Newport. VT, met
in the street man who had circulated
derogatory stories about. her, She had
prepared herself for the occasion. First
she took pepper from a pocket and threw
it IN his eyes. Seconly she took raw
hide from her hustle and struck MIN sew
eral times with it. Thirdly she took a
rotten egg from hand bag and smashed
it in his face.
Year: 1877

REWARD OFFERED. = Five hundred
dollars reward is offered for the incendia-
ries who set fire to the soap factory at
Chico on the 22d inst. 1t had been burned
down and rebuilt. and is believed to have
been set on fire by the same gang which
burned it in the first place.
Year: 1877

MARKoNY, n German farmer living
near Marysville was burned to death in
his barn Tuesday night. lie intended to
90 to Marysvlle with load, and the sup
position is that he went to the barn to har-
ness the horses, was kicked by one of
them and his lantern tipped over at the
same time.
Year: 1877

The Oakland Transcript wants the
Legislature to make it felony to attempt
to commit suicide. Then, if fellow
jumps into the water and is Gshed out, he
will be sent to the pehtentiary, and be
dead to the world - for while, at least.
Year: 1877

THE Educational Wrekiy does not
miss it far in saying: The best men in
the South join with the best men in the
North, and with good men everywhere,
in the expression of the belief that in uni
versal education alone lies the hope Of
better DAYS.
Year: 1877

IT is stated from Vienna that man
named Beruk, groom Of an aristocratic
house, during n fit Of religious fervor,
nailed both his feet and his left hand to
the floor Of his bedroom, aud then with
his knife cut his left side open. During
the entire operation he gave no sign of
main
Year: 1877

Four hundred men are employed about
the grounds of Greenwood Cemetery
New York yet visitors frequently sue
ceed in stealing floral decorations from
grave or traslerring them to other graves.
Year: 1877

TN an election of school trustees in Den
yer, Col, votes were cast by 1923 women.
Only one was challenged, a miss Of
eighteen, who knew she was old enough
to marry and thought she was old enough
to vote
Year: 1877

In recent trial before New York
court, it came out in the evidence that
an organ grinder, with common organ,
could earn or get from two to FIVE dol.
lars day, whilst those trundling piano
organs, mounted on wheels through the
streets, earned ordinarily from FIVE to ten
dollars a day.
Year: 1877

Quite a number of Cinnamon have
gone to the Sultan River Mines.
This River is a tributary of the SIX, :
komish. 1t is reported that so far
this is a favorable season. The
Cinnamon get their supplies from
Snohomish City.
Year: 1877

advent of death are so clearly defined,


and certainty is so easily had, that pre-
mature burial can be possible only from
ordinary tests of the breathing may fail,


but the action of the heart can be de-
tected by the ear, even when the most
delicate hand fails to discover it by the
sense of feeling. In newborn infants it
is difficult to detect the motion for some
minutes together, but in case of others
the interval between pulsations OF the


heart does not exceed six or eight sec
onds. And if this examination is made
twenty-four hours after death is suppos-
ed to have taken place, the fact is made
certain one way or the other. There are
other tests which may be readily appli-
ed, but they are not needed in the case
of persons dying under ordinary circum-
stances. The customs of civilization,
the indications of natural affection, and
the most rational Judgment, require such
an interval of time between death and


burial as make the case palpable to the
senses, so that no possible doubt can ex-
ist. 1t is not likely that one case of doubt
occurs in each million of persons buried,


and the one case of doubt would prove
to be certain death in nine cases out
of ten. From all which | infer that the


nervous apprehension some people have
that they will be buried alive, is just as


unreasonable as it would be for man to
expect to be taken up to heaven in
| chariot of fire. Such an event has oc-
Cured, and it is not impossible that it


may occur again. But it is not proba-


ble.-Dr. Prime, IN New York Observer.
Year: 1877

A vicious cat appeared at the house of
Mr.. James Wilson, carpenter, who re-
sides in Forty fourth Street, near Tenth
Avenue, about the 1st of last February.
How the animal came no one knew nor
could tell. 1t seemed to be well satisfied
with it's new quarters, and did effective
work in extinguishing the vcrmin which
had infested the honse for long time
without molestation. At the time of its
appearance it did not act in vicious
manner, and was considered quite a pet
and playmate with the children in the
neighborhood. On the near approach
of warm weather it appeared to act
strangely, and often had fits of curious
nature, cutting up all sorts of capers,
such as jumping about the room, leap
ing upon chairs and mantles, jumping
out of the window and running all over
the house, and biting every one who
went near it. On Decoration Day Mr..
Wilson concluded to dispose of his
I" grimalkin,' and taking him under his
coat, went to the foot of Forty-fourth
Street with the purpose of drowning it..
As he was tying a brick around the cats
neck, it was taken with fit, and in that
state bit him severely on the hand be-
fore he could disengage himself from it..
He did not think any thing of it at the
time, but the next day his hand began
to swell, and he was taken very i'll, and
was attacked with the most excruciating
agony. His fate seems to be similar to
young Ritchie, who died few months
ago in Bellevue Hospital from cat bite.
Last evening his condition was very
serious.-Ne3c York Mercury.


By new law in Indiana marriages
between persons nearer of kin than sec
ond cousins are forbidden.
Year: 1877

There was a business man standing in
front of Wooster House, picking his
teeth, the other morning. He was do
ing this in mechanical way, las his mind
was employed busily upon a weighty
matter. While he stood there a boy
approached with bundle of books
under his arm. He was going to school,
but he wanted to go elsewhere. He
saw the business man standing in the
shade and leisurely picking his teeth,
and then he thought of the hot school
room with its tasks; and of the cool
woods and fishing brooks, and groaned
within himself as he said: 81 wish I
was man so could do as l pleased"
The man still stood there. He had a
note of four hundred dollars to pay be-
fore the bank closed, and he had goods
to order from firm whom he already
owed, and he had twenty-five dollars in
his pocket and no earthly possibility
of collecting a hundred more. Then
his eye fell upon the boy going to school,
and he sighed and said: "Would to
heaven | was boy again at school. y
Daab,ary Nesos.
Year: 1877

THE manufacture of Chartreuse brings
the convent of Chartreuse, in France, in
millions of francs year. Out of the
profits between ELI, 900 and 100000
year is sent to the Pope. The secret
of making Chartreuse has now been
known for the last three centuries to the
monks. The recipe is kept carefully
sealed up under the chief altar, and the
stone Golfer in which it is contained is
opened only when new General is
elected,
Year: 1877

day most calm, most bright!
The fruit of this, the next worlds bud;
TN endorsement of supreme delight,
Writ by Friend, and with his blood;
The couch of time; cares balm and bay;
The week were dark but for thy light


Thy torch doth show the way.


The other days and thou
Make up one man, whose face thou art,
Knocking at heaven with thy brow;
The worky days are the back part;
The burden of the week lies there,
Making the whole to stoop and bow,


Till thy release appear.


Man had straightforward gone
To endless death. But thou dost pull
And turn us round, to look on One,
Whom, if we were not very dull,
We could not choose but look on still;
Since there is no place so alone,


The which he doth not fill.


Sundays the pillars are
On which heavens palace arched lies;
The other days fill up the space
And hollow room with vanitieS.
They are the fruitful bed and borders
For Gods rich garden; that is bare,


Which parts their ranks and orders.


The Sundays of mans life,
Threaded together on times string,
Make bracelets to adorn the wife
Of the eternal, glorious King,
On Sunday heavens gate stands ope;
Blessings are plentiful and rife;


More plentiful than hope.
Year: 1877

GENERAL McCLELLAN's paper on the
Army in Harper, for October, is a refutation of
the idea that reduction of the army is an
economical measure. He shows that too
great reduction of the regular army often
results in an increase of transportation ex-
penses more than sufficient to maintain a
much larger number of troops, while in other
cases this deficiency in numbers has prevent
ed the government from nipping in the bud
difficulties which resulted in long and costly
wars, with vast augmentation of the armed
forces,
Year: 1877

THE report that General Grant was re-
quested by Americans in Paris to postpone
his visit to that city tor fear that his presence
might give rise to demonstrations hostile to
government is confirmed by ex-Minister
Washburne. A greater compliment than this
request could not be paid to Gen. Grant, nor
sadder commentary be passed upon So
called Republican government in France.
Year: 1877

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


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1877

We have already spoken of the concert
proffered by the ladies Of the choir OF the
Church of the Immaculate Conception, on
Baronne street, TO Prof q. Collignon. If we
may Judge from the programme and the
talent enlisted for the occasion, this musical
feast, which is to be served up to the public
on Friday evening, at the Jesuits' Church, on
Baronne street, will be equal to il it does not
excel anything of the kind that we have had
heretofore in this city. We must add that the
piano which will be used is the identical
Steinway that has won the prize at the Cen
tennial Exposition, and has been generously
offered by Mr.. Grunewald
Year: 1877

The Lady Servants Of the Poor are Chris
tian women, who go about seeking whom they
may relieve from distress, and constitute a
sort Of lay order of Sisters of Charity, the
more praiseworthy in that at the same
time they adorn the world with feminine
grace and beauty, they serve God in the role
of ministering angels of charity. TO aid these
in their holy efforts, Miss Corinne Bouligny
has volunteered her talents, and SO have
many prominent artists and amateurs of the
city, to give concert at the Opera House on
charity, pleasure and benevolence, and we
doubt not that there is enough of heart and
spirits to fill even the Operas spacious halls
upon such an occasion.
Year: 1877

The Supreme Court, ON Wednesday morn
ing, in the case Of the State OK rel. Allen
Jumcl VS.. Geo. B. Johnson, dismissed the
rule taken by the Attorney General on the
clerk to compel him to certify for execution
to the lower court the mandate of this tribu-
nal, holding that the writ Of error from the
Supreme Court of the United States divested
the State Court of all jurisdiction in the
nlattlr
Year: 1877

that iron men were afraid to buy this
property at anything like price. They
have seen One.halE Of the furnaces Of the
country go out Of blast, and many of them
sold under the hammer for n mere song
because Of their inability to meet The
present depression. And inasmuch as i.
Is uncertain whether iron will be mate.
rally higher in price than It is now for
years 10 come, 1t is hard to tell whether an
unproductiVe furnace property Is cheap
at any price.
Year: 1877

A party OF officials connected with the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad came
down in special car yesterday morning,
and spent part Of the day reconnoitering
the shore above and below Martins
Ferry with a view to ascertaining the
feaBibility Of transferring coke and ore in
bulk across the river to the mills and
furnaces on this side.


Although this project Is not a new one
by any means with the c. & ?. people, yet
it is supposed that the interest lately
stirred up by the prospective extension
Of the Tuscarawas Valley road to West
Wheeling, and the talked Of transfer ol
freight on flats TO this side from that
point, has something to do with the visit
Of yesterday. We ventured to suggest the
other day to the c. &P. officials that now
was good opportunity for them 10 come
down gracefully, while yet there was time
to ingratiate themselves in the affections
Of the iron men, and not wait until the
TuscarOwas Valley road was built before
providing some better means Of supplying
their heavy customers on this side of the
river.


There are those who nistrust that the
visit Of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
officers does not really mean business, but
is rather Intended as blind to put u
damper on the interest Of Wheeling in
the completion Of the TuscarawaR Val
ley road. 1t is intimaled that nothing
will be done, although Il show OF doing
something win be made, and that il the
rival project falls through we will be
left just as we are now. This is not d
very complimentary view of yesterdays
visit but it ia one that has good deal oil
human nature in il. Such strategic Wis.
its have occurred beiore'in the experience
ofmankind, and they are always liable to
occur again.


AT all events, whether the c. &P.
people really mean business or not, the
friends OF the Tuscarawas Valley road
are not likely to let their interest die
down on that account. They are now
arranging for an excursion over the line
next Monday from UrichsviIle to the
Lake, and expect to take good number
Of Wheeling and bridgeport business
men over the road in special car
starting from Mingo on the Panhandle
road.
Year: 1877

STAFFORD, Conn, March 27.-The
dam Of the StaGordSville Reservoir gave
way this morning, causing in this village
fearful damage. The railroad freight
house and all the cars were washed away,
leaving only the passenger depot. The
Stafford National Bank, Congregational
Church and about fifteen other buildings
have been washed away. The damage TO
the railroad track ia heavy.
Year: 1877

additional Bond Required.-City Ser
geant Fitzgerald has served notice upon the
saloon-keepers OF the city to appear at the
ensuing term Of the Hastings Court and
give additional bond under the Moffett-reg-
lister law
Year: 1877

Even on we'll managed farm thers
is generally room for Improvement in
the live stock. Horses are sometimes
kept till they are old and weak, unable
to perform the necessary labor and us~
fit for sale. Cows are sometimes kept
until they are entirely unfit for dairy or
for breeding, but they consume as much
provender as those which are in their
prime and able to yield large supply
of milk and strong, healthy calves. A
great improvement might be made in a
flock of sheep by culling out from it,
at least once year, all the ewes that
produce light feeces or an inferior sta
pie of wool and supplying their places
with others of superior quality in every
way. A great improvement may be
made in swine by getting rid of un-
thrifty animals and introducing the
best breeds which possess the desirable
properties of fattening readily, coming
to maturity at an early age and paying
we'll for the food they eat.
Year: 1877

We know how ii is so few farmers


have gardens. One reason is that they


need attention just when the rush Of


work is on. Wheat is more Important


than cabbage, onions and garden sass"
generally. So the wheat is cared for,


and the garden stuff goes to the wall.


Another reason is that farmers Imagine


their garden work must be done with


the spade, instead of the plow. If you
find garden on farm it is usually in
some corner SO hemmed in by trees and
fences that there is no room for plow
to work. A 7x0 garden requires cou-
siderable time to make if it must be
done with the spade. We have heyeto~
fore advocated the allotment by farmers
of clear, large piece of ground for
garden purposes in order that most of
the work may be done by horse power.
As We have preached, SO we have prac-
ticed. We have laid out about an
acre, worked it with the plow, and
sOwn it with the drill Everything is
IN rows wide enough apart to work the
cultIyator between them. We have N
row of radishes, row of onions, q row
of beets, and so on. This may Be waste
of land, but it is economy of time and
labor. If you consider that the soil Is,
less exhausted by only half the usual
space being cropped, perhaps there is
economy of land after all. What is an
acre out of q hundred? The too com
mon fault is that we till too much land.
If we titled less, and did it better, ws
should gain more in the long run.
Year: 1877

A sacred regard to the principles Of
justice forms the basis Of every transac-
ton, and regulates the conduct of the
upright man of business.


He is strict in keeping bis engage
ments.


Does nothing carelessly or in a hurry.


Employs nobody to do what he can
easily do himself.


Keeps everything i'll its proper place.
Leaves nothing undone that ought to
be done, and which circumstances per
NIT him to d..


Keeps his designs and business from
the view of others.


Is prompt and decisive i'll his deals
ings, and does not overtrade his capital.


Prefers short credits to long ones, and
cash to credit at all times either III buy
ing or selling; and small profits i'll cases
with little risk, to the chance of better
gains with more hazard.


He is clear and explicit in all his bar~
gains.


Leaves nothing of consequence to
memory which he can and ought to
commit to writing.


Keeps copies of his important letters,
and has all letters, invoices, and bust
ness documents put away in an orderly
manner, SO that on any occasion they
may be easily referred to


Is always at the head of hia business,
well knowing that if he leaves it it will
leave him.


Holds as maxim that he whose
credit is suspected is not one to be
trusted.


Is constantly examining his books,
and sees through all his affairs as far as
care and attention will enable him.


Balances regularly at stated times,
and then makes out and transmits all
accounts current to his customers, both
at home and abroad.


Avoids as much as possible all sorts
of accommodation in money matters,
and lawsuits where there is the least
hazard.


He is economical in his expenditures,
always living within his income.


Keeps q memOrandum>boOk In his
pocket, in which he notes every partlcu-
lar relative to appointments, addresses
and petty cash matters.


Is cautious how he becomes security
LOT any peISOH, anu Is GENEROUS WHICH
urged by motives of humanity.


Let man act strictly to these habits;
when once begun they will be easy to
continue in, and success will attend his
efforts.


Take pleasure in your business and it
will become your recreation.


Hope for the best, think for the worst
and manfully bear whatever happens.
Year: 1877

At this season ladies who possess
grenadine dresses (and who does not?)
will find the following recipe for their
renovation very useful, as the process
renders the fabric literally "as good as
new." The work requires a whole day,
and careful attention. Rip the dress to
pieces and brush it well; get five cents
worth of soap tree bark, put. it in a
bowl and pour boiling water over it;
let it stand fifteen minutes, then stir
briskly for few minutes and strain
Into this liquid put tablespoonful of
gum arabic previously dissolved. Pin
sheet on the floor, and upon this pin
your grenadine, being careful not to
stretch it. The right side of the gren-
adine should be next to the sheet. Wet
the goods thoroughly with the mixture,
rubbing it lightly for few minutes
with a sponge. Let the grenadlne re
main pinned to the sheet until almost
dry, then unpinning it, sponge the right
side of it with the mi gture, and re pin
it on the sheet right side down. In
five minutes cover with another sheet
and press quickly and carefully with n
hot iron. After this process the grena,
dine will look new, and fully repay for
the trouble
Year: 1877

Omission OF good Is COMMISSION Of
evil


1t is absurd to be serious about trif-
ling matters.


He that lends to all shows good will,
but little sense.


The memory should be a storehouse
not lumber>room.


You may gather rich harvest of
knowledge by reading; but thought is
the winnowing machine.


Keep the horrors at arms length.
Never turn a blessing round to see
whether it has dark side to it,


The great master Of even single in
strument of music is indeed a wizard
He chains us in the slavery of delight,
and is the only despot that rules over
willing captives.


Advice is offensive, not because it
lays US open to unexpected regret, or
convicts us of any fault which has es-
capped our notice, hut because it shows
that we are known to others as well as
ourselves; and the officious monitor is
prosecuted with hatred, not because his
accusation is false, but because he as
sumes the superiority which we are not
willing to grant him, and has dared to
detect what we desire to conceal.
Year: 1877

In the old and golden days of the
past, many years before the war there
arrived in this city from the North
young man named John V, Ayres His
advent was that of stranger, who
sought our Sunny South, not as mere
alventurer, but strong in those moral
intellectual forces which mark the man
and the gentleman He was of good
family, but moderate means Soon af~
ter bis arrival in the Crescent City,
young Ayres engaged in line of trade
on a small scale. Moved by the strong
est impulses of hope to win fortune and
the esteem and confidence of the peo>
pie in whose midst he proposed here's
after to live, he was soon remarked for
his industry and close attention to bust
ness. 1t was not in the nature of
things that such qualities should fail
of success, and Mr.. Ayres, therefore,
soon realized quite a comfortable IN
come.


This was the olden time when So
ciety, in this city, was organized upon
q more exclusive basis than now. AL
though strangers were always received
and.treatel with courtesy, still there was
peculiar pride of family that forbade
further intlmacies until they were con
considered warranted by long acquaint-
ance or the passport of family endorse
ments. But voung Ayres was no or
binary man, aud in his case sooner than
with other men the freezing convention
allsms of society began to break down.


Good manners and lofty spirit be-
spoke him the gentleman he claimed to
be, and without seeking it, the entree
to good society was unhesltatinSly ac
corded him, aud thus he became nc
uuainted with the accomplished daugh-
ter of prominent but naughty mcr-
chant. The acquaintance thus formed,
mutually ripened into the fondest love.


Deeming himself in such circum-
stances as to justify taking wife,
Ayres proposed and was accepted by
the young lady, contrary to the wishes
of her father and mother, who enter
tained what they regarded, higher
views for their only daughter than to
become the wife of man of uncertain
fortune and unknown family record.
The match was particularly opposed by
the father. Finding remonstrances OF
no avail, they finally gave an unwilling
consent to the marriage, and in q short
time the young couple was united III
the ''holy bonds Of matrimony."


Bysome strange misfortune, it was
not two months after his marriage be-
fore the young husband was completely
broken up in business, and lost every
cent he possessed. 1t was terrible
blow to both, and was all the more NOR.
tlfying because it seemed to verify the
remonstrances of the lady's father
| against the marriage; but it did not fol
an instant weaken the love she bore
her husband, nor the devotion that
marked his conduct toward her. Still,
it was an evil hour, in which the lady's
father did not fail to try and persuade
her to abandon her husband and re.
turn home. But this she firmly refus.
ed to do, saying she would share hel
husbands fortunes and misfortunes


Mr.. Ayres then determined to return
to his former home. New York-and
endeavor to make some arrangements
with his creditors. This to each was