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Year: 1879

Chicago, Dec. 17.-The Times inter-
viewed Sharon, who is now here en-
route for Washington. He said Ne
vada and California will both go
republican in the presidential contest.
Party lines are carefully drawn in those
states, and no matter who the nomi-
nees may be, they will gain undivided
support from their respective parties.
In California, party ranks are impreg-
mated with various elements that will
mold into party issues at the proper
time, while in Nevada like elements
exist, but in a less pronounced degree.
AS an individual, entertain no doubts
for republican success in Nevada and
California. Whoever receives the re-
publican nomination will receive the
vote of California and Nevada. My
personal opinion is that the republican
party cannot ignore Gen. Grant. His
past record as a successful general and
civil officer has inspired the American
people with confidence in his ability to
successfully conduct the affairs Of the
vast and rapidly developing country
through any difficulty that might spring
up in the future, that is, during his
administration of any office to which
lie might be elected. And right here l
might advance another personal belief,
to the effect that if the republican
party does not take Gen. Grant up the
democratic party will, and not only
this, but elect him also. If nominated
by the republicans, why, then, in my
opinion, the democrats will hardly
amount to party; their disorganiza-
tion will be complete and their forces
beyond rallying.


Gen. Grants record and career, as
said before, qualified him better for the
presidency than any other man on
this continent. He is man better
able to disarm sectional feelings and
make the country harmonious than any
other, and this, it will be readily con-
fessed, is the great point aimed at, or
should be. by both parties. 1t is GER
tainly the point for which the republi-
can party will legislate in the future.


OF the democratic candidates, the
chances of Hancock, Thurman and
Bayard have been closely canyassed by
the democrats, with the preponderance
in favor of the former gentleman.


1 regard Tilden's chances for the
nomination very doubtful in truth,
virtually out of consideration. The
southwest will not go too far north for
q candidate, but in my opinion will keep
as near the dividing line as their avail
able material will permit Of In brief,
it is generally considered that the south
and west will combine for the choice
of a presidential candidate, unless some
special reason for the adoption OF
another plan should present itself be-
fore the holding of this convention.
Year: 1879

Fellows Compound Syrup is composed
of Ingredients identical with those which
Constitute Healthy Blood, Muscle and
Nerve and Brain Substance, while Life
itself is directly dependent upon some
Year: 1879

A pretty story is told by the Whining
ton Star, which vouches for its strict ac-
curacy. During the prevalence Of the
severe storm of the 18th of September
last, after The darkness of night had set
III, one of the seamen on board the light
ship of frying pan shoals, saw a large
black bird clash through the binding
mist and light upon the railing near
where he was standing. He took the
bird, which proved to be an ordinary sea
gull, all wet and drabbled by the storm,
and warmed and dried it in his bosom,
after which he placed it in bed impro-
ylsed for the occasion, after first feeding
it as if it had been little child. The
next morning, the storm having subsidel
onr seaman turned the bird loose, of
course with no expectation of ever seeing
it again. Very much to his surprise,
however, on the very next night about
the same hour of its previous visit, the
gull again put i'll its appearance, alight-
ing upon the rails OF the ship as before,
when it was fed, caressed and cared for
as on the occasion of its first call; and
from that time up to the 9Th of Novem-
ber, nearly two months, when the last
information was received from the ship,
the bird had continued its nightly visits
and had been regularly fed and con-
signed to its 'little bed" where it would
remain until released the next morning.
Year: 1879

Some time ago there lived a gentleman
of indolent habits in Sussex, who made
it business in the winter season to visit
his friends extensively. After wearing
out his welcome in his immediate vicin-
ity, he thought he would visit an old
Quaker friend, some twenty miles away,
who had been an old school-feliow of
his. On his arrival he was cordially re-
ceived by the Quaker, he thinking his
visitor had taken much pains to come so
far to see him. He treated his friend
with much attention and politeness for
several days, and as he did not see any
signs of his leaving, he became uneasy,
but ne bore it with patience till the morn
ing Of the next day, when he said to him:


MY friend, Tn afraid thee will never
visit me again"


"Oh, yes, shall said tine visitor, II
have enjoyed my visit very much. I
shall certainly come again"


Nay" said the Quaker, II think
thee will never visit me again.


"What makes you think I will never
come again." asked the visitor.


eff thee does not leave how can thee
canst thee come again?" said the Quaker.


The visitor left.
Year: 1879

Among the people of northern New


MexicoSs fanatical sect called Peniten-
tes, whose performances during Lent in
each year are horribly disgusting. I'm
agining that by inficting severe punish


ment upon themselves they may atone
for sins committed during the year.


they. at the beginning of Lent, go apart
from their fellows and upon the noun
talns and III the deep cannons practice
downright butchery upon themselves,
cutting, lacerating and burning their
flesh, and fasting until they fall fainting
from sheer exhaustion and loss of blood.
On Good Friday their orgies culminate
III grand semi-public pow-wow. They
then repair to their lodge or council
Louse, and at an appointed hour form in
procession, and march thence to n spot
on some neighboring hill designated by
a large cross. What performances are
enacted within their lodge none but
members of the society know, as the
profane are not admitted. When they
appear in public their costume is more
scant than elegant, consisting, of only a
pair of cotton drawers and covering for
the head. This last is drawn down over
the face, etfectually preventing recogni-
ton. Their emaciated backs are then
scarified and cut with flint knives, usu-
ally ten or twelve Sits each side of the
backbone. Each then is provided with
whip or scourge made of cactus, or
Spanish bayonet, with which they lash
themselves over the shoulders at each
step, the end of the scourge striking the
spots already cut aud gashed with the
knives. The blood from the wounds
thus inflicted runs down and saturates
the cotton drawers, giving the wearers
most horrible appearance. On arriving
at the cross, if they are fortunate enough
to withstand the terrible punishment
precedent, they PROSTATE themselves
with their faces upon the earth and lie
exposed for hours to gaze of the curious
crowds attracted by the exhibition. Tt
has frequently happened that one, more
fanatical than the others, is actually cru
CITED on the occasions, by being tied to
the cross with rawhde thongs, the feet,
legs, arms and hands swelling almost to
bursting by the severe strain OF support
ing the weight Of the body. Many are
said to have died with this self-torture
either before being removed from the
cross or within a dav or two after having
been taken down. With the progress of
civilization, however, this species of tor
ture Is more and more rarely prcaticoa,
but it is even yet no uncommon thing TO
see Peritentes travelling on Good Friday
with huge wooden crosses strapped to
their backs, their arms tied to the cross
bar, and spears fixed with the points
resting on the things so that the flesh
may be lacerated at any stumble or un-
evenness of the road. They also walk
barefoot OH roads prepared for the pur-
pose by being thickly strewn with cactus
and other thorn plants.
Year: 1879

The night of the 18th of October
shall | ever forget its pitchv darkness,
the roar Of the autumnal wind through
the lonely forest, and tie incessant down
pour of the rain.


''This comes of short cuts I muttey-
ed petulantly to myself, as I plodled
along, keeping close to the trunks of the
trees TO avoid the ravine, through which
| could hear the roar of the turbulent
stream forty or fifty feet below. Ny
blood ran cold as l thought what might
be the possible consequences of mis-
step or move in the wrong direction.
Why had l not been contented to keep
Year: 1879

The goCG iIatoied husband that is
foolish enough to do shop errands for
his wife never knows enough to do them
properly. He is just as apt TO buy paper
cambric ss black alpaca for sheeting, if
the dry goods clerk only tells him that it
is the correct thing.
Year: 1879

Popular superstitions: That butter is
made OF butternuts. That you must plant
eggs if you would raise egg plant. That
you Can print what's curi in the dairy.
That there was something of an electoral
character in the Count OF Monte Cristo.
That trap will refuse trade dollar.
Year: 1879

\ boy will draw two overgrown COM
panies with great care and labor up
long hill on his sled, but IL his little SIS
ter gets or for ride he will tip her over
into the first snow drifts. run away and
let her pick herself up as best she can.
Year: 1879

''What makes dogs mad asks an
exchange. Boys. 1t makes dog mad
as a wet hen the minute he sees boz
with a tin in one hand and o string in
the other looking for something to tie
them to.
Year: 1879

We see that man in Connecticut was
killed the other day while trying to
board freight train" There is reason
i'll all things. No doubt when the man
took the freight train to board he gave it
saleratus biscuit, rye coffee and strong
butter for breakfast, and tough mutton
three times week for dinner, till in a
fit Of dyspepsia the freight train rose up
and killed him.
Year: 1879

A five cent cigar, with good draught
and an enterpnsing youth attached to
the tail end of it, will load the immediate
atmosphere with fragrance that discounts
a boneyard, or a boot factory that burns
its own scraps.
Year: 1879

We, suppose speaking of Moses, the
reason the Lord buried linn where no
man could ever find his grave, was to
prevent the Ohio medical students from
running away with the body before it
was cold.
Year: 1879

The last man will have an awful lone
some time of it. Nobody to borrow
money OF, nobody to dun him or raise
his rent; no gas meter to make things
lively; no book agents no life insurance
man, and no Oldest inhabitant to declare
tha. its the most remarkable weather We
ever had.
Year: 1879

By the use of the microphone you can
hear the rope walk or the butter fly. Or
the gum drop. Or the fall of the year.
Or bed tick. Or Tan pant. Or a
stove pipe or a peach blow. Or a lolli
pop, or a muffin ring.
Year: 1879

Puck" thinks that a man caE live more
economically during this cold weather,
for nothing short OF absolute es:ity
could induce woman to get ont of her
warm bed in the middle of one of these
nights and rife her husbands trousers
pockets.
Year: 1879

The colored engineer of train in
Georgia saw COW on the track a few
hundred yards down the line, whereupon
he stopped the train. got out with a
shovel in his hand, and striking the
beast on the back, yelled: "Git off dar,
dye heah; git off or IL squirt steam all
over vert
Year: 1879

The coffin lay mid garends smiling sad as if they
knew Us:
The patient face within it preached a final sermon
10 Us:
Our ,parson had gone touring on a trip he'd long
been earning.
In that Wonderland whence tickets are not issued
ior returning.
Q tender, good heart shepherd. your sweet snil-
ing lips, half parted,
Told OF scenery that burst on you just the minute
that you started
Could you preach once more among us, you might
wander without fearing.
on could give rs tales OF glory we would never
tire of hearing.


-H1rper'S Magazine
Year: 1879

The EntrrPTiIe says the catfish plant.
ed IN tie cooling pond at The Cverrosu
works tLEive remarkable. though in
piaceS the water has q temperature of
i3o degrees. This is at point where
the water comes from the condenser.
Having grown in the pond the fiah are
accustomed TO the water. and sail
through oven the hottest spot with per.
feet impnnity without even so much as
nn extra wiggle of the tail.


Had the above statement been made
By less reracicrs journal. we should
have been forced to regard it as pain
fully fishy.
Year: 1879

TnE Treasury Department has placed
$4,000, 900 IN gold TO tho credit of tho
assay Office in New York, to be used in
payment for foreign gold coin and gold
bars now being received in payment of
the balance duo this country.
Year: 1879

An intelligent writer on this subject
thinks the use of stimulants to fortify
the exhausted brain an unwise measure.
The best possible thing, he says, for a
man to do when he feels too weak to
carry anything through is to go to bed
and sleep as long as he can. This is the
only recuperation of the brain power, the
only actual recuperation Of brain force !;
because during sleep the brain is in a
state of rest, in condition to receive
appropriate particles of nutriment from
the blood, which takes the place of those
which have been consumed by previous
labor, since the very act of thinking
burns up solid particles as every turn OF
the wheel or screw of the steamer is the
result of consumption by fire of the fuel
in the furnace. The supply of consumed
brain substance can only be had from
nutritive particles in the blood, which
were obtained from the food eaten pre-
viously, and the brain is so constituted
that it can best receive and appropriate
to itself those nutritive particles during
the state of rest, Of quiet and stiffness OF
Scientific American.
Year: 1879

NET.


UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER,


WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 1879.


MY DEAR SIR: l have been deeply moved
by the action of colored citizens and sold
iers in New York, significant OF their
approval of my reelection to the Senate.
Great and undeserved as are the hon.
ors which the Republicans of our State
have generally bestowed on me. the ac-
ton referred to stands out among the
most gratifying of all the proofs of regard.
The confidence in me which you have
often expressed and which l rejoice to
know is shared by many colored men,
rests in part, at least, in the belief that l
am not forgetful of either the services OF
the colored race or of the sad injustice
which it has suffered and still suffers un-
der a flag which should perpetually pro-
tect every man of every race In all his
rights before the law.


This belief is not mistaken, and long
for the day and for occasion to hasten
the day when in America the color OF a
mans skin will no longer measure his
right to a fair day wages for fair day s
work, or his right to any other privileges
which three wars have been fought to
establish, and which the Constitution OF
the United States now ordains.


venture to ask you, one OF the wisely
chosen leaders of your people, to make
known to the colored men of New York
how highly esteem their good will, and
with what pleasure the compliment OF
the salute they fred the other day was
received Your friend,


Roscoe CoNKLING.


The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet.
Year: 1879

DR.. Day says, in a late lecture: What
ever be the plan of treatment decided
upon, rest is the first principle to incul-
cate in every severe headache. Rest,
which the busy man and the anxious
mother cannot obtain so long as they can
manage to keep about, is one of the first
remedies for every headache, and we
should never cease to enforce it. The
brain, when excited, as much needs qui-
ct and repose as a fractured limb or an
infiamed eye, and it is obvious that the
chances of shortening the seizure and
arresting the pain will depend on our
power to have this carried out effectually.
it is practical lesson to be kept steadily
in view, in that there may lurk behind
simple headache some lesion of unknown
magnitude which may remain stationary
if auietude can be maintained.


There is point worth attending to in
the treatment of all headaches. See that
the head is elevated at night, and the
pillow hard; for, if it be soft, the heao
sinks into it and becomes hot, which
with some people is enough to prov ok
an attack in the morning if sleep ha
been long and heavy.-[Scientifc Amer
ican.
Year: 1879

The crime of Republicans in getting
possession of cipher dispatches has now
been fully investigated. In Democratic
ic eyes, this was far greater offence than
the attempt to bribe an elector. There
fore it was more promptly investigated
and the intellect of Democratic managers
was exerted to the utmost to place in the
strongest light that great sin. 1t must
be admitted that the Republicans who
had part in the matter testified with
much freedom and frankness. 1t did not
anpear to them that the detection and
exposure of an illegal and infamous bar
gain was in any respect discreditable..,
Nor was there the slightest evidence OBJ


tanned of any attempt on the part of Re


publicans TO suppress Republican dis


patches. Mr.. Tyner took possession OF
and stands ready to produce, such dis
patches as were sent by him, and all tn
Year: 1879

And whatsoever ye do" read Mr..
Beecher, from Colossians, iii, %, do it
heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto
men" Let men say what they will, SAID
he, in the light of their philosophy as to
anthropomorphism, the universal expert
epce shows that for religion to be prac-
tical, influential and comforting, man
kind must think of God as under human
conditions otherwise the tendency OF
the refinements of logic and materialism
is to drive men into the extreme of
atheism. A conscience formed as under
the eye of God was the Indispensable
condition of the highest condition OF
man; it was the essential foundation OF
order and happiness, and no less than
this would support the crushing weight
of human society. The question now tc
be discussed was whether the acting
Christianity of the churches has formed
and is sustaining in the various parts o


society this divinely purified conscience


First, was the conscience of the Churcl
Year: 1879

If those who were far from the house of
God were weighed an d found to be bet
ter than those who were within the
sanctuary what would be its end? The
public sentiment of the Chu rch should
make morality the basis of confidence
and create law which wou Id raise a
tone of honor No man ha d any right
to belong to Church who did not mesn
to rise from height to height in that
respect. Godliness that did not produce
uanliness was sin and a shame.
Year: 1879

When New York policeman laid his
hand on DR.. Mary Walker, and asked,
"Are yez a man or a womanY she said
she was; and we think SO too. We hope
she will soon get new suit of clothes, as
the pants she wears is a disgrace to her
we mean the sex, whatever it is.
Year: 1879

The docility of the reindeer, so care
fully impressed on us in childhood, is
declared to be myth. 1t seems that
he is remarkably difficult to break, and
always exceedingly troublesome to
catch; while in temperament he is apt
to be dangerous compound of vice, fe-
rocity and hypocrisy. While apparent
ly going pleasantly in harness, he will
turn sharply round and make savage
assault on his driver. His master knows
him too well to trust him. The lap is
always on the outlook to tumble out of
the sleuge and turn 1t over on top of
him as a protection against the animals
horns. When the deer is tire Of but
ting the timber, the driver picks him
self up, replaces the sledge on its run
ners, and the pair proceed.
Year: 1879

Our road passed down along He'll
Gate river, leaving Deer Lodge City
some eight miles to the left, As one
goes down the country changes, and
occasional pines appear along the
banks OF the stream. At one place.
where a tiny tributary flows in, large
community Of beavers were building a
dam. They were not at all afraid OF
us, and so we leisurely observed the
process, wishing TO settle the vexed
question as to whether beavers do ac-
tually do intelligent mason-work.
They had already sunk great deal of
brush, together with limbs of trees,
and were now filling this wicker-work
with earth and rock which they pro-
cured little distance above on the OPP
pOsite bank. A beaver would run up,
flatten his tail on the mud near the
bank, then another beaver would scrape
the earth up and upon the tail of the
first, and pack it down. After he had
his load complete, the carrier-beaver
would swim away rapidly, his tail with
the load of earth floating on the sur
face, the swift movements of the animal
alone keeping it a1oat. The sagacious
creature would invariably swim to the
right place and dump the load, and
then return for another, the stream
presenting scene of great activity, as
several of these curious animal-masOns
were constantly and swiftly passing
and repassing each other with their
heavy loads. Others, the carpenters
among them were at work in the thicket
opposite cutting brush. We saw many
large trees which had been cut down
by them. The stumps looked as though
some boy had chopped them down with
dull axe. 1t is surprising to reflect
upon the pertinacity of these creatures,
which enables them to gnaw down
such immense trees, and the wisdom
with which they calculate the direction
in which the trees will fall. 1t is said
here that the beavers cut the limbs of
from these trees and then sever them
into lengths of about three feet each,
and after that float them to the centre
of their pond, sink them to the bottom,
and fasten them there, where they re-
main and are used as food during the
winter when the pond is frozen over,
This is thought to be one of the princi-
pal uses of the pond-to provide pam
try which will not freeze. The pond
furnishes depth of water which is al
ways still, and never freezes to the bot
tom. Although, after after witnessing
this almost human sagacity, we had
many compunctions, we concluded to
shoot one fine animal for his skin. We
shot one through the head. His COM
panions Immediately disappeared, and
before we could secure our wounded
beaver he had also dived beneath the
waters of their pond, and although we
waited some time in the vicinity, we
failed to discover him again. The in
habiTants say it is nearly impossible to
kill beaver with rifle, and never, on
any occasion, does the trapper shoot
onea
Year: 1879

The woman was old and ragged and gray,
And bent with the chill Of the winters day
And the street was vet with recent snow,
And the womah's feet were aged and slow.
She stood at the crossing and waited long,
Alone, uncAred for. amid the throng
OF human beings who passed her by,
Nor needed the glance Of her anxious eye.
Down the street with laughter and shout,
Glad In the freedom Of school let out,
Came the boys like a 1ook Of sheep,
HAiling the snow piled white and deep.
Past the woman, 80 old and gray


HAstened the children on their way,
Nor offered helping hand to her,
So meek. 30 timid, afraid to stir,


Lest the carriage wheels or the horses feet
Should crowd her down in the slippery street
At last came one Of the merry troop
The gayest laddie Of all the group
He paused beside her and whispered low
I'm help you across If you wish to CO."
Her aged hand on his strong young arm
She placed, and so without hurt or harm,
He guided the trembling feet along,
Proud that his own were firm and strong.
Then back again to his friends he went,
His young heart happy and well content
She's somebody's mother, boys, you know,
For all she's old, and poor. and slow;
And hope some fellow will lend hand
To help my mother, you understand,
II ever she's poor, and old, and gray
When her own dear boy is far away"
And somebody's mother bowed low her head
Iuher home that night and the prayer she said
Was: "God be kind to the noble boy,
Who is somebody's son and pride and JOY"