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Year: 1878

Chicago lnter-Uceah'


There was lady at the opera on MohuaS
evening who attracted much atten1ion
uor hair WAS an astonisher, and effectualiy
hid the stage from the view OF all those
unfortunate enough to be seated oenino
her. 1t was amusing to see the anxious
eyes of the unfortunates dodging 10 this
side and to that to catch glimpse OF so"o
interesting climax in the acting. lt was
not the head Of the lady that was remark
able. but the make up of jute and halr
which lowered 'sgrand, gloomy and pecu-
liar" above the place where the brains are
usually located. On the top of the tower
sat iaunty white hat, quite neat ana DC,
coming, which had evidently been iasteneu
into its place by some artistic mlllineI si'
ting on top of two story step iauueI'
or course men do not know what y s's
lish and stunning, but if such is gong y
be the fashion in head dress, we want 70
return at once to the good old Quaker anu
Puritan method OF men on one SIDE OF 'nS
house and women on the other. just iooH
over the audience and see the NUMBER oi
polite men who do not wear any hair On
top of their heads. The example ougn.
| to be worth something. 1t is to 90 nopeu
that American women will not ADOPT sno
the two story head dressing It is Simply
| b ideous and has not redeeming feature
Year: 1878

There are those who are constitutionally
opposed to granting favors to their fellow
beings-an uncomfortably class, who de-
serve no consideration from any one. Then
there are those who are continually thrust
ing their avors upon others-a class al
most as uncomfortable to get along with,
especially as the recipient of their atten-
tIons is invariably le under sense OF OBJ
legation. But there is class of favors
which may be accepted without any such
feeling, since they cost the giver nothing,
either in time or money, yet are invaluable
to the recipient. y poor fellow who had
been badly injured in railroad accident
out West "drew the line ~ admirably. He
was brakeman, and had been hurt in the
discharge of his duty. His home was in
the East, and the road which he had served
passed him to the terminus of It's hne. The
next did the same, and also the next but
at last he came to superintendent who
hesitated. The poor fellow pleaded his
case. He was railroad man and had been
hurt at his post. He Lad been passed by
all the other roads.


"All very well, ,, said he superintendent,
8. but can't see my way clear to give you q
pass. If you were working for farmer,
and were to get hurt IN his employ, would
you expect another farmer to get out his
team and take you to the next town.


No, sir" said the brakeman, "not that
exactly; but If he was hltched mp and going
my way. I should think he was mighty
m can il he wouldn't give me ride He
got the pass.
Year: 1878

Ferey's Wash. Letter to Bos ton journal.


When we left Philadelphia In the early
morning / noticed among the passengers
who had joined us there lady passenger
who has for some years past been known
here at Washington as " the Queen OF the
Lobby' Age adds to her personal charms
and could but notice her, as she sat grace
fully yet proudly as a throned sovereign,
glancing over the newspapers with her keen
grey eyes, and a purpose marked in each
line of her handsome face. OF course she
was exauisitely attired, for the soldier of
fortune, of either sex, must wear gay un-
tarnished uniform, although the pockets
may be empty. At Baltimore every feature
softened asa western Congressman came
into the car, and she gave him Joyou
greeting. Before we had left the monu-
mental city che rural representative, fresh
from his iares and Penases, had marched
into the little parlor, and when at the Re-
lay House the fair spider opened her lunch
basket, pertaining the car with the odor
of Old Bourbon, it was evident that the
Hon. Jefferson Caucusman would vote for
the Oregon and Alaska steamship subsidy,
the South Arizona elevated railroad grant,
and the other jobs which have retained the
Queen The session is to be short, and
there is no time to be lost. Here was an
early worm who was accidentally caught by
pretty bird before he could reach the me-
tropolis.
Year: 1878

How do we know what hearts have vilest sin?


How do VIC know?
NJ any, like sepHlchres arc foul within,
Whose outward garb is spotless as the snow,
And many may be pure we think not SO.
Hew near to God the souls of such have been,
What melcy sec,et penitence may win


flow do we know?
How can we tell who have sinpcd mo than we !?


How can we tell?
We think cur brother walked full guiItily,
Judging him in self-rishteousness. An well |!
Perhaps had we been driven through the hell
Of his untold temptations, we might be
Less upright in our daily walk than he


How can we tell7
Dare we coldemn the ills that others do?


Dare we condemn? :?
Their strength is small, their trials not few,
The tide of wrong is diff cult to stem,
And if to us more clealy than 20 them
Is given knowledge of the good and true,
More do they need our help and pity, too;


Dare we condemn?
Gold help us all, and lead us day by day,


God help us all!
We cannot walk alone the perfect way:
Evil allures us, tempts us, and we fall.
We are but human and our power is small;
Not one of US may boast, and net day
Rolls DER cur heads but each hath need to say,


God bless US all
Year: 1878

GAMBLING AT VIRGINIA CrTY.-Yes-
terday afternoon charcoal wagon drawn
by four mules came to alstandstill on Union
street, between 3 and G. The driver lash
cd the animals heartily and swore furious
ly, but they could not pull the load.
About hundred persons were then col
lected and betting became quite lively
as to whether the teamster would
reach B street with his load. Odds were
laid against the team. Presently seyera
men who had backed the mules attempted
to help them by pushing the wagon from
behind. The other men objected to this,
and there seemed a fair prospect for
fight. Finally the teauister got two horses
and hitched them On to aid the mules.
Therefore all bets were declared of. He
made B street amid cheers.
Year: 1878

From the Springfield Republican.


Diptheria is disease which springs
from the growth of real fungus on the
mucuous membranes of the system, more
generally of the throat. 1t may be spread
by the contact of the mucuous surfaces of
those of a healthy person, as II kissing,
and is to a limited degree epidemic. From
the local parts affected it spreads to the
whole body, affecting the muscular and
nervous systems, vitiating the lymph and
nutrient fluid, and producing paralysis.
As soon as the bacterium or fungus appears
in white patches on the throat it should no
more be neglected than bleeding cash or
broken arm, and there is almost as little
need Of fatal termination of one incident
as the other. 1t has been found by actual
experiment, both in and out of the human
system. that this bactelium is killed by
several drugs, the safest and most certain
of which is chlorine water, diluted with the
addition of from two to four times the vol
ume of water. This wash is harmless,
even when swallowed, and is pretty certain
to arrest the disease. The great cyclope-
cine, gives the highest place to this method
of treatment. TO keep the patient well
housed and warm, with additional flannel
clothing if necessary, and to keep the sys-
tenn we'll nourished and the bowels open,
are matters of nursing often neglected;
but, with care in these respects aud early
application of the remedies above suggest
ed, there is no need of the disease proceed
ing to fatal termination, or even to the
debiltating illness and painful cauteriza-
tions which 60 together IN its later stages.
AS to the origin of diphteria, the weight of
testimony is that it belongs to the class of
filta diseases, but further than that the
source ia not clear. Families which would
be scandalized at the suggestion of nntidi-
ness are attacked, while other of filthy sur
roundlngs escape. This simply shows that
our sense of cleanliness needs cultivation,
so that we may discriminate between what
is offensive to the system and offensive 70
our falsely educated tastes. The farmers
wife, TO whom the closed and carefully
busted parlor,o or the prepaturally scrubbed
floor are the essentials Of neatness, may en-
dure the proximity of sour swamp or of
the kitchen cesspool without taking Of
fense. To many careful and laoorious
housewife chance cobweb or the children's
"litter" of few hours play will outraDk
in Nervousness defective drain from the
cellar or badly conducted privy.
Year: 1878

The Indiana papers tell of boy who ac-
c;dentaIIy shot himself, the ball lodging in
h;s abdomen. He cut it out with razor
and then drank a quart Of water to see
whether he leaked or not. Finding himself
i, right be laid down and went 20 sleep.
Year: 1878

describe its own peculiar talents, to give
its own address, and finally to sing:
"r ere was an old man whose name was Uncle


Ned,


And he died long ago, long ago;


And there wasn't any wool ON the top Of his


hoad,


On the place where the wool ought to grow


This dropping into poetry apparently
gave sentimental turn to the thoughts
of tho phonograph, for presently, in spite
of the fact that it was discoursing to a
mixed and probably unsympathstic audi
ence, it began to long for


"the touch of vanished hand


And the sound of a voice that is still"


As yet the phonograph is in its infancy.
It's discovery was the result of an acci
dent, and so tar but little idea can be
formed of the d evelopment Of which it
is susceptible. The gentleman who has
the honor of being its inventor is Profes
sor Thomas A. Edison, the famous cleo
trician, who in experimenting with the
telephone, happened to notice the manner
in which the disks of that instrument vi
brated in accordance with the breath used
in speaking. Believing these vibrations
could be recorded 90 as to be reproduced, =,
he set to work to manufacture q machine
for the purpose, and the result is the
phonograph. In short time we shall,
no doubt, have the curious little contriv-
ance worked up to its highest perfection.
And then, possibly, there will follow a
revolution in all departments of public
singing and speaking, There is no reas-
on why We should not have all the great
mon of the age, as we'll AS all the bril-.
liant singers and actresses, taken posses
sion of and driven off the course by the
phonograph. Let them sing or speak
once in any place, their words and tones
will be captured by the phonograph.-
The tin-foil, whereon all they have said
is duly recorded, will be electrotyped, and
copies sold at SO much piece. We shall
ali waste a portion Of our substance on
these little instruments and then we
have only to turn a crank, or set a kind OF
a clockwork in motion, in order at any
time to hear the great ones Of the earth
discourse in our own parlors. - Haiper'(
Weekly.
Year: 1878

STRYCHNIA AND ITS ANTIDoTE.--A
spondent in Nature says: Wanting
to Danish some mice from a pantry
placed on the floor at night n shce of
brend spread over with butter, in which |
mixed II threepenny packet Of Battles
Vermin Killer" which contains about a
grain Of strychnia. along with flour and
Prussian blue. The following morning
was reused by servant telling me that n
favorite SKye-terrier was lying dead.
found that the mice had dragged the
bread underneath the locked door, and
that the dog had thus got at it and eaten
n part equal to about one-sixth of grain
of strychnia an occasional tetanic spasm
showed That life was not quite extinct
Having notes Of the experiments made by
the direction of the British Medical As
socintion last year on the antugonism Of
medicines, and wherein it was conclusive-
ly proved that fatal dose OF strychnia
could be neutraized by fatal dose of
chloral hydrate, and that minimum
dose of the latter for rabbit was twenty
one grains, | at once injected under the
dogs skin torty-fve grains of the chloral
in solution, my dog being about twice the
weight of a rabbit In quarter of an
hour, fancyng the dog was dead, as the
spasms had ceased and it lay apparently


iteless, moved it with my foot, when it
at once struggled to its feet, and shortly
after staggered to its usual corner by the
parlor fire it took some milk, and ex-
cept FOR being quieter than usual, seemed
nothing the worse for the ordeal it had
passed through. That the fatal effects of
a poisonous dose of strychnia was thus
counteIacted 80 successfully by what
should say was poisonous dose Of chlor-
al given hypodermically, is an interesting
fact verifying the experiments alluded to
Without such experiments on the lower
animals, a medical man might often be
found standing by helpless to aid hls fel-
lowman under similar effects OF poison.
Year: 1878

The CLOCK IN TRINITY TOWER.-The
clock in Trinity Church tower Is the
heaviest in America. 1t might seens
that in its construction an effort had been
made to ascertain how much metal could
possibly be plated in clock. The frame
stands nine feet high, and three feet
wide. The main wheels are thirty inches
in diameter. There are three wheels in
the time train, and three each in the
strike and the chime. The winding
wheels are formed Of solid casting thirty
inches in diameter and two inches thick,
and are driven by pinion and arbor. On
this arbor is placed jack, or another
wheel, pinon and crank, and it takes
$50 turns of this crank, to wind each
weight up. 1t requires 700 feet OF three
inch rope for the three cords, and over an
hour for the two men to wind the clock.
The pendulum is eighteen feet long, and
osciIates twenty five times per minute.
The dials are eight feet in diameter-al
though they look little less than half that
size from Broadway. The three weights
are about eight hundred, twelve hundred
and fifteen hundred pounds respectively.
A large box is placed at the bottom of
the we'll that holds about bale of cotton
waste, SO that if a cord should break the
cotton would check tho conclusion.
Year: 1878

TRAMPs.- of the best detectives in
Massachusetts were detailed last Summer
to proceed to the western part Of the
State, join the army Of tramps, associate
with them for several weeks, and keep a
journal Of their observations. The dia-
ries Of these two men are Incorporated IN
the annual report OF the chief of the
State detective force, and renders it an
exceedingly interesting public document.
One Of the entries, under date OF August
Ist, relates that band Of tramps, NOV
ing towards the town Of Washington,
met another party in the woods, about
twenty miles Of DitchGeld. The leader
of the second band stated that they were
waiting for strike on the Boston and
Albany Railroad, and that there were
scattered about the country about four
hundred men who wero waiting TO join
the strikers. These men appeared ready
for any plan Of pillage and destruction
that was proposed. The proposition to
burn the small stations on the road would
have been carried into effect had it not
been for the argument that it would be
laid to the poor men who were employed
on the road. The plan of boaping the
rails at various places for the purpose Of
stopping the cars was discussed; and as a
strike was confidently expected, the
tramps decided to wait few days. The
detectives took pains to find out whether
the tramps they met were such from
choice or necessity, and of all with whom
they conversed they found but two who
did not scout the idea Of work on any
terms aud of the willingness Of these
two to work they express doubt
Year: 1878




Great Painting to the Nation.


OF Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, of New
York city, who presented to the nation
Carpenters picture of the "Signing OF
the Emancipation Proclamation" New
York correspondent of the Springfield
Republican writes:


"she Is remarkable woman, and the
act Is lust like her for all the world.
She was born in Vermont, and with a
genius for giviAg away. When q school
girl she used to I've her shoes and stock
ings and aprons and kerchiefs and other
things to the poor girls, and was often
obliged by her parents to go and get her
gifts back again-but the punishment
did not break her Of the habit nor sup
press the generous. impulse it grew out
Of. She worked euA6 farm III the old
up-country fashion till she was over
twenty, and then went to Boston, where
she WAS presently married to Mr.. Thomas
Thompson, q wealthy gentleman of leis-
ure, who was passionately fond of art
and took a deep interest in artists.
Here she carried on her benevolent work
in all kind of modest ways She got
places for poor girls, till her mansion be-
came sort of private intelligence Office.
She bought cloth by the wholesale, cut
ting it into garments for the poor seam
stresses to make up, and then gave them
away to women who could not have
made them. She was doing all the time,
and got the name of being one OF the
hardest working women in the city by
her tireless benevOlence. When the
death of her husband left her
with large income, she set at
work with new zest to put her money
where it would do the most good
1t would he impossible for me to tell
you in single letter the objects | hap
pen to know she has been interested in
and helped, the scholars and artists she
has aided, the unfortunates she has car
ried in her strong arms, the enterprises
she has started Oftentimes with a very
costly push. The free medical college
for women was her wcrk. The school for
cookery was one of her hobbies. More
than one paper has been helped into life
by her encouragement, and her sympa-
thy flows in steady, exhaustless stream
to soothe the wretched and comfort and
relieve the suffering and distressed. She
is the largest-hearted woman have ever
known-a Baroness Burdett Coutts with
out title-simple as child in her
manners end tastes and habits, spending
scarcely anything for herself, but &C.
tually binding herself and borrowing
money to give away, and is ready "a
marry the meanest man in the world il
he will only give her all the money she
wants for the charities which absorb bel
/ life's affection. In these hard and selfish
days, when there is no much scramblinl
for office, 10 much fraud in business, st
much extravaganza and display, ~
many empty heads and dried up souls, il
is refreshing even to knew OF a person
whose absorbing passion is charity, wht
spends her all for others, and only live
to give herself away"
Year: 1878

The New York legislature is holding
its hundred and first session, the New
Jersey legislature its hundred and sec
ond, and in March the Vermont legisla-
ture will celebrate its hundredth ami
YerSarY.
Year: 1878

The New York health authorities
have begun criminal proceedings against
Il prominent builder for carelessness in
plumbing, by which the houses have
been converted into nests of disease.
Year: 1878

A STRANGE threat was made recently
by persons who wrote anonymously to
the banks of Osceola, Mo. They de-
manded that each of the bankers should
furnish certain amount of money, the
entire collection to be done up in pack
age and dropped by the mail-carrier in
the open prairie between certain points
The penalty of refusal is the burning of
the town, but the bankers have simply
put the officers on the watch, and lock up
more securely than ever.
Year: 1878

IN THE war against intemperance-
term by which excess in strong drink
popularity is understood-the latest de-
velopment is the bill introduced into
the New York Legislature under which
it is proposed to appoint a commission
toexamineall spirituous liquorsand pre-
vent the sale of such as are adulterated,
and the reply on the part of the intem-
perate people that this will be a trick
in their favor, because the purer the
liquor the bigger the drunk. This GER
tainly is turning the tables with a VEN
peance.
Year: 1878

SOMEBODY in Alabama has quietly
put pin in the Senatorial chair occu,
pied by Spencer. A heavy charge is
stated to be pending against Spencer,
which will be submitted to the Legisla-
ture this winter and is calculated to
make the carpet-bag Senator feel al
together uncomfortable. What these
charges are is not given in detail, but
the claim is made that there are more
materials for indictments than were ever
furnished in Patterscn's case.
Year: 1878

SEVERAL of the New York banks
have been buying large amounts of
gold since its fall below 1O2 This is
done so as to be in position to en-
courage the use of gold among their
customers, with the hope of creating
such extended use for that metal in
mercantile transactions as shall make
the transition from paper to gold ba-
sis the more easy when the proper time
comeS
Year: 1878

Much comment is INDUCED in at the
course of Blaine in his savage assault
upon Massachusetts. His intimate
political friends commend it as suit
able rebuke to Massachusetts, for her
part in the Cincinnati Convention.
Those who are Indifferent regard it as
calculated to embarrass him in future
efforts for political preferment.
Year: 1878

AS the vote Of next Tuesday will decide the
permanent location of the State capital we again
express our preferepce for New Orleans, and
we believe this is the sentiment of large ma
Our reasons are as follows: First on the
ground of convenience. as nearly every citizen
Of this whole section visits New Orleans on
there they can call at the State House on bu1i-
ness or pleasure at will. Secondly, for e(ono-
New Orleans delegation. and save building a
State House since the State now owns build
ing (the st. Louis Hotell sufficiently good for
more free from corrupting influences at Baton
Rouge is all sentimental. We must send iucOr
ruDtible men our representatives, but il a
man is bad he will show it as much at one place
as the other. Therefore all should scrutiniz ize
their tickets closely and see if they read For
State capital at New Orleans"
Year: 1878

to claim the largest cash trade enjoy
ed in Milan. We feel proud to have
attained this for many reasons Our
style Of business. has not fooled us, our
notion Ffrom the start has been to sell
strictly for cash, we take no risks in
traffiekiDg foranything else butmoney,
consequently, we have been prepared
all the time to make close calculations
and offer our splendid stock of goods
at such prices that none could find
excuse to grumble who knows the
value of goods. AT our store you can
ALWAYS find fair assortment of most
things you need, and we promise rea>
sonable prices on all we sell. and will
sell goods about as cheap to blind
man as one that can see.
Year: 1878

all claim to feel comfortable about
our store; they say that everything is
quiet, and that 4 reasonable amount
of energy is always displayed to show
them goods. We thank them for so
expressing themselves; we make great
preparations for our lady friends; We
try to keep such goods as they need;
we have always been taught that nice
ladies were only excelled by the nm
gels, and we are getting most to old
to learn anything else if We would; so
for your frequent calls and kindly ex-
pressions, we thank you, ladies, We
thank you.
Year: 1878

is being continually added to. Every
one who calls at our store should ex-
anime the articles that this counter is
loaded with; lots of things on it that
will induce you to think US joking
about when we say D cents, hut any
of the articles on it are ssld at that
price. Many little fellows as well as
larger ones have been made happy
from purchases made on this counter.