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Year: 1877

THE most necessary qualification of SOL
dier is to know how to obey orders; the next
is to know how to shoot. Many crack regi-
ment has proved inefficient in action because
its ammunition was wasted above the heads
of the enemy, and for such awkwardness no
personal bravery can compensate. That
Americans are born marksmen has long been
known, and all that is now needed is the es-
tablishment of suitable ranges in every city
and in every town that can boast of military
organization. At Creedmoor the teams from
the militia have proved themselves experts,
and with little systematic practice nine
tenths of all the citizen soldiers in the United
States could become sharpshooters.
Year: 1877

RUSSIA must soon make tremendous on
slaught against her enemy, or risk the almost
certain disaster of a winter campaign in
country where it will be extremely difficult to
get supplies. Some terrible battles will
doubtless be chronicled before the whistling
of November winds.
Year: 1877

AS to the progress of the Ohio campaign
the Cleveland Herald says the Democratic
managers are gradually settling down to the
conviction that their chances of carrying the
State tcke. are far from good, and although
not abandoning hope altogether, are turning
their attention mainly in another direction.
They are working like beavers to carry the
Legislature. That they know to be the most
valuable prize, and they mean to secure it il
there is any chance to do so.
Year: 1877

AT last in this supreme hour of need Tur-
key is thoroughly reused. A few days since
the Governor of Armenia ordered into the
field the entire male population between the
ages of sixteen and sixty. And now the
Porte has ordered the most sweeping con-
scription throughout European Turkey. All
the present reserves are Immediately to be
formed into active militia. This call includes
all who have either been in active service, or
who, though liable to do service, have never
been in the field. Those who have hitherto
Year: 1877

WADE HAMPTON says that he will speak
at county fair in Illinois even though his
''life has been threatened" What bosh!
The blatherskite forgets that he is not in his
native State, but among men who do not pre-
vent free speech by liberal use of the shot
gun.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous etters 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 preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1877

lrl'ih tue JouElhtI


The following, taken from the Colusa
(Cal.) sun, settles the question OF the
legality Of the publication of legal no.
tice published in a newspaper having a
patent inside or outside. The decision
was rendered by Justice Field. OF the
U. S. supreme court, and will, therefore.
hold water


Judge Field. Of the [. S. supreme
court, decided not long since that lega!
notices required by law to be printed in
certain localities could not be published
in a paper having patent outside The
law required that notice of surveys
should be printed in the paper nearest
the land, and a notice was published in
a paper, one side of which was printed
in San Francisco, when the land was
near Santa Barbara, which the Judge
held did not satisfy the law He SAID Il
paper was published from the office at
which it was first printed for circulation.
no matter where it was sent atterward
to be distributed"


Thus it will be seen that newspa-
per must all be printed in the town
where it purports to be published or
legal advertisement made IN ii is not
valid.
Year: 1877

y man in Cheyenne, Neb., went into
a store to buy barrel of apples. He
bit int" an apple, concluded to take a
barrel OF twenty-ounce pippins. went
away, and after being absent an hour or
go. came back and asked to see the
apple he had bitten into. On being
asked why he wanted that particular
one, he said that he had lost his false
teeth somewhere, and he rather thought
that he had left them sticking in that
apple. His surmses turned out to he
true
Year: 1877

A Boston correspondent says in that
city woman with machine can make.
with hard labor. three dozen pairs OF
pantaloons a week. for which she re-
ceires Il total of one dollar and eighty
cents Good field for the Evangclists.
Year: 1877

Common sense is the best guardian
angcI any young woman can have
around But lacking this, Il wart on the
nose. short red hair. or three teeth uut
in front, afford good substitute in the
WAY of a PROTECTOR
Year: 1877

From the elaborate tables drawn M
by DIR. Farr, it would seem, as far AS can
be made out, there are certainly very
critical periods in our career. A baby,
for instance, has very small chance in
deed of growing up. But, on the other
hand, the period between the tenth and
fifteenth years exclusively is that in
which the death average is the smallest.
At about thirty.five we must begin to
take care of ourselves. At this period
constitutional changes set in; our hair
and teeth begin to fail us; our digestion
is no longer what it used to be; we lose
the vigor of youth and neglect outdoor
exercise; above all, the cares of life begin
to make themselves perceptibly felt. 1t
is at this time that death from suicide
takes a marked place in the returns of
mortality, and there is also considerable
reason to believe that habits of intem-
perance are apt to suddenly develop
themselves. The picture, however, has
its sunshiny side. 1t would take, of
course, professional actuary to deduce
from DIR. Farr's tables their exact result.
1t appears, however, that il man tides
over his fiftieth year he may make toler


able certain of living to seventy, while
II he reaches his seventy-ffth year there
is very strong presumption that he will
either turn his ninetieth birthday or very
near IL. A still more interesting ques


tion is opened by a series of tables which
show the average mortality in different
professions and pursuits. Gamekeepers
are, for obvious reasons, the healthiest
class Of our whole population; clergy
men and agricultural laborers come next
and are followed by barristers; solicitors
and business, men are, less fortunate,
while at the extreme end of the scale
come unhealthy pursuits, such as print
ing and hle-grinding - English Paper.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-HoUsE-Mr.
Field, from the committee on privileges,
reported bill providing that in case of a
failure to elect president that the presl-
dent OF the senate, or, in case of vacancy
in that ofice, the speaker of the house, or,
failing in that, the secretary of state shall
assume the office of president until a
president shall have been elected.


Mr.. Purchard raised a point of order
that the commission had no authority to
report by bill


The point was overruled and a motion
to reject the bill defeated, The bill was
then read second time and, after briet
discussion. the third time aud the main
question oa its passage ordered.
Year: 1877

\ man will carry il wood tur hi
neighbor vie. and then lie on the
lounge while his own wiic lug, Il scutlie
of coal out OF the cellar. But t'other
wife s husband would do the very same
thing
Year: 1877

A Washington special, February l9, to
the Louisville Courier Journal says:


The assignment of to morrow for the
electoral count practically dispOses of any
chance of bringing. up the bill for the ex-
tension of government aid to the Texas and
Pacific railway. No effort will be made to
fix day for its consideration, and it will
consequently go over until the next Con-
gress. The Southern people who think their
section entitled to some little portion of the
help by the national government, which has
built up Northern cities and made them rich
and prosperous, ought to scrutinize the con-
duct of the Representatives and Senators
upon this question. If all of them had done
their duty the road would have been near
its completion by this time. Many of them
care only for their $4,000,
Year: 1877

The neglect of the Washington agent Of
the Associated Press to communicate to the
local papers here the detailed proceedings
of Congress and the Electoral Commission
in the adjustment of the electoral question
has forced enlightened people to the news
stands in search of Northern and Eastern
papers containing the desired news. Taking
advantage OF this demand, Staub, at Gold
thwaite's bookstore, in Exchange alley, has
arranged to furnish all customers with
whatever they may desire from the North
ern cities. He has also the latest weekliet
and magazines, in quantity equal to the
demand.
Year: 1877

sensation, kad on Wednesday and to-day
double-leaded editorials following the lead
of the Democratic organ shove quoted;
but they have been ascertsined to be with
out any authority whstever and certainly
do not have any effect here except to sell q
few additional copies Of the Republican to
Democrats eager TO grasp at just such
news,


/ am assured by President Hayes nearest
and wsrmest political and personal friends.
that nobody here is authorized to select or
arrange for his Cabinet. Nothing what
ever will be done about a new Cabinet
until after the inauguration. All reports
20 the contrary are mere idle speculation.


As to President Hayes policy, there is no
secret about it whatever. 1t was clearly
and satisfactorily indicated in his letter of
acceptancy months ago. Any one who has
law and equity on his side need not have
any fear about his case when it comes be-
fore our new President. ID. d. &.
Year: 1877

The library of the Department of State
being deficient in the statutes of Louisiana
since 1875, Secretary Fish addressed re.
quest to Governor Packard that it be sup
plied with them.
Year: 1877

IT would seem that about every rot
ten or balloonish banking or insurance
concern in the country should by this
time have collapsed. If there are any
more such, eking out sickly existence,
let them throw up their hands at once,
and give up the ghost; let us get rid of
all such rubbish, and start anew.
Year: 1877

The odd judge virtually settles the
whole matter The presence of four
teen men, selected because they are sup
posed to be equally divided, does not
alter his power in the least. Virtually.
the odd judge is to be the returning
board.


What are his powers to be That he
is to decide. Mr.. Edmunds admits that
the Democrats, as a rule, hold that Con-
gress can go behind the certificates,
while Republicans, as rule, hold that
it cannot. Each having chosen Repre-
sentatives of their opinion, the odd
judge is to decide whether the Consti-
tuition does or does not give power to
throw out the votes of State. More
over, his decision will be final. 1t car
be overruled only by concurrent vote OF
the two Houses, and either decision is
certain to be sustained by one House OIL
the other. In effect, then, one man is
to fix his own powers, and then exercise
them as he pleases. Is not this most
dangerous and revolutionary measure


Let it be remembered that nc one
claims a similar dangerous power fol
the Vice-President. Those who urge
that he alone can count the votes insist
that he has no power except to open
and announce the certificates of those
who are duly certified as having been
appointed by States. In the case OF
Oregon the same rule would hold. Be-
fore him are the certificates of the State
showing that three persons were ap-
pointed. Before him, also, is the cel-
titicate of two of those persons, showing
for whom they voted, and that the third
refused to act with them. In no case
is it claimed that the Vice-Paesident
possesses the power, in the last degree
dangerous to the peace of the country,
to throw out the duly certified vote OF
State.


Where will the assumption of this
power end Is it not evident that il
this bill passes, contested elections will
occur with planetary regularity, once
in four years ?-Nelo York Tribune.
Year: 1877

eff the trainers of the Constitution" :"
exclaims Senator Edmunds, "meant to
give the President of the Senate the
power to count the vote, why didn't
they say so?" How could they have
said so, we answer, any more plainly
than they did a? How could they have
declared it any more distinctly than by
resolving that the Senate should elect a
President for the sole purpose of count
ing the vote? If they meant to give
the power TO anybody else, why did
they pass such resolution


Mr.. Edmunds doesn't answer this
question. Nobody else does. He in
dulges in subtle, fne-spun argument,
but doesn't meet the plain historical
facts. We do not find fault with him
for contending that Congress has power
of legislation over the subject. Indeed,
we are inclined to assent to that posi-
ton. But we believe that, regarding
the counting of the vote to be simply
the enumeration of the certificates with
out any question as to their validity,
the trainers of the Constitution meant
that the President of the Senate should
perform this duty, and that, in the alb
sence of legislation, it unquestiOnably
devolves upon him. If Mr.. Edmunds
had assumed this position he might
have kept within bounds. He might
still have advocated the new bill as the
wisest and happiest solution of the pres
ent complication. But when he denies
all power to the President of the Senate
and attempts to sustain this view by
such fallacOus questions as we have
quoted, he not only ignores historical
truth but surrenders something of the
strength of the Republican position
which he might and ought to have pre-
served.-AIbamy EUening Journal.
Year: 1877

A HINT FOR THE GIRLs.-A few
days ago, young lady, well known in
society circles, appeared on the avenue
with an ulster reaching from neck to
feet, and a long, pointed hood lined
with cardinal. The garment was not
stylish, but its shaggy warmth and SEN
sible length sent such thrill of comfort
to my shivering corpus, arrayed in a
fashionable and modern costume, that
l felt inclined to go to my dress maker
and tell her to make something just like
it. l overheard young lady COM
menting on the appearance of this
formidable-looking wrap. "Isn't it
hideOus ?" she asked, disdainfully, of
the gentleman by her side. Il think it
extremely sensible, on the contrary, y
was his reply ''and if only half doz-
ell girls, equally well known us Miss
Blank, would each wear such gar
ment, it would set the fashion,
''WOuld you really like to see me in
such a guise ?" the pretty girl asked
with contemptuous tones. Eyes,
would like you better than | do now, if
you had the courage to be sensible, and
would dress for comfort more and for
appearance less" From the reply |
imagined the couple to be affianced or
just married. But the gentleman's re-
ply really confirmed me in my previ-
Ously held opinion that women do not
dress to please men, but each other
Washington Letter.
Year: 1877

o thou who never tak'st from Thy beloved


Except to give them more,
When most is gone from our sweet earthly good


Then most thou hast in store.
We are too blind with tears dear Lord, to coun


Thy garnered treasure true;
Our weary hearts are all too weak to mount


To such a heavenly view.
Our eyes rest on the empty places here;


We stand by open tombs;
And, gathering round footsteps year by veal


Are ever-deepening glOoms.
But thou canst raise the weariest eye to Thee,


Ease the most troubled heart.
Teach the most faithless and perverse to see,


By Thy divinest art
How true Thy reckoning is "a little while"


"These light Affections borne,
And then, the hidden rapture of thy smile


In heavens celestial morn
The open treasure house, our own domain,


Rich in all goodly store;
All sad hours turned to joy-all loss to gain,


And rest forevermore.
No aching hearts nor empty arms again,


For through these passing hours
Safe in Thy home and free from every stain,


Are Thy beloved and ours
Year: 1877

FROZEN BITs-AN APPEAL TO Hos
Tiers AND TEAMsTERs.-Let any one
who has the care of horse these cold,
frosty mornings, deliberately grasp in
his hand a piece of iron ; indeed, let
him touch to it the tip of his tongue,


and then let him thrust the bit into the
mouth of his horse, if he has the heart


to do it. The horse is an animal OF
nervous organization. His mouth is
formed of delicate glands and tissues.
The temperature of the blood is the
same as in the human being, and, as in
man, the mouth is the warmest part OF
the body. Imagine, we repeat, the
irritation that would be caused the hu-
man, and consider that, If not to the
same degree, still the suffering to the
animal is very great. And it is not a
momentary pain. Food is eaten with
difficulty, and the irritation repeated
day after day causes loss of appetite and
loss of strength. Many horse has be-
Year: 1877

The suicide of Charles Collins, chief
engineer of the Lake Shore Road, is
thus referred to by the New York Ma


ton A sadder termination of faith
full life we have never known. Mr..
Collins belonged to class of men OF
which there are too few examples. He
entered into his work with his whole
energy, and regarded the track of his
great railroad with the same love and
pride that an artist gives to the work


of his genius; this feeling had extended
to his subOrdinates, and the peerless
track of the Lake Shore was the result
of active personal interest more than of
mere labor and money expended. Mr..
Collins was as guiltless of the Ashtabu-
la disaster as it was possible for a man
in his position to be; he was not an
expert in iron bridge building; he gen
orally avoided the use of iron, and
built, at increased expense, arches OF
solid masonry. The Ashtabula bridge
was erected under the supervision of
the president of the road, who was him
self bridge builder, and was an ex-
pensive structure, containing a large


excess of material, but its design was
peculiar, and one which no one familiar
with iron bridge work would be willing
to adopt. The particular cause of its
failure is not known, but there is no
other bridge like it, and there was moth
ing about its failure which should i'm
pair the general confidence in iron
structures. Nh. Collins had tested the
bridge in the usual manner, and it was
regularly inspected from time to time
the defects were such as only an expert
could discover. The terrible disaster
fell upon him with force which less
devoted and conscientious man could
never have felt; sensitive by nature to
an unusual degree, he felt that public
confidence in him was withdrawn he
Year: 1877

Life is mainly made up of trifes. A
pin-hole will in time sink large ship
A small saving per day or week will
speedily amount to large sum. An
extra production of a small thing, as
an extra egg per day OF week, good
hill of corn in each low, bushel of
wheat, or corn, OF potatoes, extra per
acre, will in the course of years make
one comfortably rich, or what may be
better, will buy many convenient or
useful things as one goes along, and
such extra production is easily secured
by trifling thought, care, or labor. To
illustrate what the ,UeekIy saving, or
the extra production will amount to in
a single gear, we select the following
common items:
Year: 1877

come worthless from no other cause
than this. Before India rubber bits
were to be had, |, myself, used bit
covered with leather, and on no account
would have dispensed with it in freez-
ing weather. But when these are not
to be had, holding the iron in the hand
moment or two costs but little trouble
while it saves the horse much pain, and
proves a great gain in end.
Year: 1877

fought in the Revolutionary war, my
father fought in the war of 1872, l have
a brother now fighting in the Federal
army to put down this wicked rebellion
and want a commission for my son."
Mr.. Lincoln looked up with a smile
NWhy, ma'am, you belong to fighting
family. You have done your share.
Go home and learn the arts of peace"
Year: 1877

A child's bed should slope a little
from the head to the foot, so that the
head may be a little higher than the
feet; but never bend the neck to get
the head on the pillow. This makes
the child ound-shouldered, cramps the
veins and arteries and interferes with
the free circulation of the blood. Even
when a child is several years old the
pillow should be thin and made of hair,
not feathers.
Year: 1877

People are feeling good deal more
teuderly toward Adam just now. The
fact that he fell and fell badly, has led
to the belief that they must have had
city government in Eden and an ordi-
nance directing that the ice should be
removed from the sidewalks.-N Nor0ich
Bulletin.
Year: 1877

The PROMIsCUOUS KISSING OF Chill
DREN is pestilent practice. We use
the word advisedly, and it is mild for
the occasion. MurderOus would be the
proper word, did the kissers know the
mischief they do. Yes, madam, muir
deTOus; and we ale speaking to you.
Do you remember calling on your dear
friend, Mrs. Brown, the other day, with
a strip of flannel round your neck
And when little Flora came dancing
into the room didn't you pounce upon
her demOnstratively, call her precious
little pet, and kiss her Then you Sc
renely proceeded to describe the dread
full sore throat that kept you from
prayer meeting, the night before. You
had no designs on the dear child's life,
we know nevertheless, you killed her!
Killed her as surely as if you had fed
her with strychnine or arsenic. Your
carelessness was fatal. Two or three DAYS
after, the little pet began to complain
of a sore throat, too. The symptoms
grew rapidly alarming; and when the
doctor came the single word diphtheria
sutficed to explain them all. 1t would
be absurd to charge the spread of diph-
liberia entirely to the practice of child
kissing. There are other modes of
propagation, though it is hard to con-
ceive of any more directly suited to the
spread of the infection or more general
in its operation. 1t stands to diphtheria
about the same relation that promiscu-
GUS hand shaking formerly did to the
itch. 1t were better to avoid the prac-
tice.-HOme Journal.
Year: 1877

BREAKING THE CHILD's WILL.-The
grand blunder which almost all parents
and nurse-maids commit is, that when
the child takes whim against doing
what he is wanted to do-will not eat
his bread and butter, will not go out,
will not come to his lessons, etc, they,
so to speak, lay hold of his hind leg,
and drag him to his duties whereas a
person of tact will almost always dis
tract the child's attention from it's own
Obstinacy, and in few moments lead
it gently round to submission. l know
that many persons would think it wrong
not to break down the child's self-will
by main force, to come to battle with
him and show him that he is the weaker
vessel but my conviction is that such
struggles only tend to make his self
will more robust. If you can skillfully
cOntrive to lay the dispute for few
minutes, and hitch bis thoughts off the
excitement of the contest, ten to one he
will then give in quite cheerfully and
this is far better for him than tears and
punishment.