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Year: 1877

Just after the polls opened, commenced
to pour with drenching fury. 1t beat
through the tent top, trickled from the
ridge pole down upon the bare polls of
the polling officers, who had done honor
to their position by taking off their hats
to it, and into the mining pan, which
was used to hold the ballots, SO as to con-
vert the poll into floating vote, as each
ticket was "cast upon the surface of the
occasion to trust to the sublmity of
luck" as to whether it would wash or
might run as it was read. The condition
of things was too overpowering for
patriotism alloyed with flesh and blood
to withstand and without the fear of
having their action repudiated by an
overturning board ON the suspicion of
bull-dozing the ballot although admit
ting that they were intimidated by the
rain--by common consent q change of
location was made. A monte dealer in a
waterproof tent agreed to allow the Off
GERS the use of his table ON condition that
a good vote was polled for his friend Car
penter, of Mississippi, for the Legisla-
ture, and, on round number of voters
agreeing to the proposition, he announced
"the game is made !" cleared away his
piles of coin and sacks of dust, his
spread and himself, and surrendered the
table to the uses of the election. Then
the polls were held until they closed and
the count was duly proclaimed But
Carpenter failed of an election.


Charley Shaw was not in condition to
officiate after an early hour of the after
noon. His arduous and very responsible
duty during the UiUa Voce voting had
required frequent stifeners, and by the
time he found himself let out by the sub
stitution of the ballot system he was SO
overcome as to need rest, or at least
renOsa
Year: 1877

The Mark Lane ErpreSs, the organ
of the British corn trade, says that farm
ing as a business is certainly at as low
an ebb as any other branch of produc-
tion can be, and that those farmers will
be fortunate who do not find themselves
at the end of the agricultural year poorer
than at the beginning, as too many of
them did last year. There are two al
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of price of labor
or reduction of rent. That rents will
come down unless farming as business
improves there can be no doubt. But
even now land pays only from two and
one-half to three per cent. on it's value.
This problem will have to be solved
pretty soon. The situation grows more
serious for all parties. Farms are being
thrown up all over the country, and
there is loud and general outcry of the
extent to which tenants are sacrificed to
the sporting mania of their landlords.
The English LGborer says that there
are plenty of farms on which the damage
done by ground game is nearly equal to
the whole labor bill :"
Year: 1877

GA kiss" says writer, sis seal ex-
pressing q sincere attachment = the
pledge of future union-a present taking
the impression of an ivory coral press
crimson balsam for love wounded hearts. F"
We had no idea, says the Norristown
Herald, that kiss, when dissected,
would prove such simple thing. I'M
agine young man, as he bids his girl
adieu on the front step at three O'Clock
A. NJ. on Monday, darting back, as she is
about to close the door, to snatch some
"crimson balsam for love wounded
heart" And girl might ask her lover
for some of that balsam right before the
old folks, and they would think it was a
new kind of gum drop.
Year: 1877

The annual report of the Chicago
coroner is a singular document. 1t be-
gins with quotations from Horace, and
then the following from "Hamlet as
pertinent to the subject


Ito die-to sleep


No more-and, by STEP to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural


shocks


That flesh is heir to-'tis consummation
Devoutly to be wished"


Next comes a sage consideration. of the
frequency of murders, in which is this
"The pistol and knife are frequently
made the sole arbiters of human strife,
and we are rapidly returning toward that
barbarous condition Of affairs in which it
was necessary to instruct children, al
most from infancy, in the use of deadly
weapons, in order that they might easily
acquire skill in the handling of the ami
able and useful Instruments. The coro-
ner devotes careful attention to suicides,
and incidentally says that suicide is par
ticlllarly common among the Germans
of Chicago--,as to which he puts forward
theory "The well known national
beverage Of the Germans, lager beer,
may have some influence upon their
psychological ailments into the form of
a metamorphosis from phlegmatic ease
to melancholy, and finally, suicidal
MANIA" After discussing love as an
incentive to suicide, he says: "Let us
pass from the contemplation of the
tragedy of love to that of the poor fellow
who blew out what little brains he had
on account of the tortures to which he
was daily subjected by his mother-in-
law. Mothers-in-law have always been
great power of mischief in the world,
and, alas the plague is SO universal and
enduring that we must despair of even
seeing it overcome. The misery caused
by mothers-in-law is eternal, even as
mothers-in-law themselves are i'm
mortal" "
Year: 1877

This is how Offenbach dedlcates his
book to his wife, Herminie Offenbach


"You have desired that should make a
book from these letters written at odd
times. This is the first sorrow you have
caused me. Still, ] bear you SO little
ill-will therefor that l dedicate you this
volume, not for what it is or may be
worth, but because / love to write every
where my esteem and affection for you Z"
Year: 1877

10 Ter than that of the earth. The
inclination of his equator to the plane
OF his orbit differs only about four
degrees from that of the earth, so
that the changes of his seasons are
very similar to our own. Exactly as
IN the case of the earth, summer for
the northern hemisphere occurs in
Mars when be is at his greatest dis
tance from the sun. But the snm-
mer in Mars is relatively much cool.
er, and the winner much warmer. he.
cause the variation in the distance of
the planet from the sun, during his
yearly journey round his orbit, is
much greater than in the case of the
earth.


As we have already remarked,
several conditions must be satisfied
IN order 10 obtain what astrOnO-
mers term a good "seeing" of the
planet. Unfortunately for the anna
teur observer, it is impossible to
orlng out the most interesting fea-
lures with telescope of very low
power. Even with a powerful in
strument the unskilled observer will
find some difficulty in obtainino a
satisfactory observation. Still.
something of interest may be dis
cerned with low power. To the
naked eye the planet now looks as
large and bright as Jupiter, and
has fiery glow that readily ex-
plains why both the Jews and the
Greeks called him the "Blazing
One". Under the present favorable
circumstances, glass of about two
inches aperture will show the rud-
dy color (no longer diffused over
the whole planet, but collected in
spots, the poplar snow caps, and
dim confused markings on the sur
face. In our northern ATTITUDES the
observation should be made when
the planet Is near the meridian.
With more powerful glass, dark
spots may be seen, which appear of
a greenish or blush hue to many
observers. These are supposed to
be seas and oceans on the planets
surface, the bright spots indlca-
ting land. This distinction is based
on the unequal reflection of light by
land and water. Mr.. Loekyer re-
marks that if we admit that the
dark spots indicate water, the dark
est among them are those portions
which are most land-locked.- Charles
W. Raymond, IN the GALAXY for
October.
Year: 1877

ct, and about its ears were flying sand
and scrap. iron, which seemed TO stimu


late its fleetness. Down that hard
beach flew the mule, the light cart bob
bing and swaying, and the drivers arm
raising and falling as he delt out lash
after lash. At last they near the friend
ly shelter of the sand hills. In anoth.
er minute they will be safe, but just as
they near the place to turn aside a
shell came screaming from Sumter Ev-
erybody could see the huge mass OF iron
as troared through the air. 1t struck
the beach directly in tho rear of the
mule and with bound il overlook IL
and exploded with terrific violence A
general exclamation is heard from
Dablgren's flag. ship, where the Admi-
raj and his staff are earnestly gazing at
the adventurous mule and bis daring
driver. Fort Sumpter's ramparts are
black with men, they, too, willing wit
nesses of Yankee pluck. Along the
swell of Morris Island, and covering
every elevation, can be seen the Union
soldiers, who stand with bated breath,
anxious and full cfsuspcnse, aud every
eye intcnty taking in the scene When
the shell exploded circle OF smoke
hid the mule for n moment, but when
the smoke cleared Mr.. Mule bad his
ears laid back, and, with head down,
and legs lashing wildly out, be was
making kindling wood of the cart,
which had been badly demoralized by
a fragment of the shell. Presently the
driver is seen limping to the mule in
a second the mule is free from the cart,
and, with the driver on his back, and
farewell whisk OF his tail, disappears
behind the cover of the hills,


The thousands Of boys in blue unite
in long and hearty hurrah the sail
ors wave their hats and shout them
selves hoarsc, and, bark the rebels
have caught the Infection and are
cheering, too.
Year: 1877




absolute at the next as Aforesaid.


SEC. ~. That the expense OF view
erS on all public roads and bridges
shall be PAID by the county at the rate
OF one dollar and fiity cents per day
for viewers, and three dollars per day
for surveyors, and mileage for each Al
the rate of five cents per mile for each
mile Travelled to and from the nearest
point OF said view.


SEC 20. That any person orpersons
so situated that they cannot get apub
lie road as herein provided, and have
not the right OF way for a private road
may present his, her or their petition
setting forth the facts TO the court,
whereupon the said court shall appoint
dlsinterested persons as aforesaid one
OF whom shall be surveyor, who shall
give due notice as aforesaid, and view,
locate, lay out and report the same as a
private road, together with the dam
lagos, he, she or they shall have through
whose lands the same is located, and
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pay the same.


SEC. 30. And the report of the said
private road shall be confirmed as
herein provided for public roads, and
when the damages aforesaid, if any be
assessed, is paid as directed by said
viewers, the petitioner or petitioners
shall have the right to make and keep
the said road in repair at their own
expense from time to time as they
may see fit; the width of said private
road to be not more than twenty-five
feet,


SEC. 81. That when any community
asking a public bridge by presenting n
petition signed generally by the citi-
zens thereof, the court Of quarter ses-
sions shall appoint three disinterested
persons, one Of whom shall be u prac-
tica surveyor or engineer, who shall
after due notice given, as in case of n
road view and being duly sworn by n
Justice OF the peace, or other person
authorized by commission to perform
their duty as bridge viewers with
fidelity, they shall proceed to the pro.
posed site and view tho same and IL in
Year: 1877

tion, to cultivate friendly relations
with portions of the State now es-
trsnged and to await the complete de-
velopment Of public sentiment in favor
OF 0 permanent settlement OF the Vexed
question. Premature agitation only
hurts Kspswhs; it will produce no com.
penssting benefits.


For nearly seven years the Courier has
been fighting Kanawha's battles in this
Capital contest. With sincere pur-
pose to promote the interests of the peo-
pie in whose midst 1t located,
this paper has done what it could to
present their case to the fsvors-
BILE consideration of the public. Resliz-
ing that to protract the struggle now
would not only be powerless for good,
but fruitful Of evil, we are prepared 10
urge the postponement of the agitation
until an unRrejudiced public opinion
shall declare that the time has come for
the permanent settlement Of the Capi..
tai aueetion. We shall take part
ia no strife that will array the
balance of the State against US; that can
result only in crushing defeat, that gives
sspirants in our midst hobby to ride
into those positions which can subse-
quently be prostituted BY a betrayal Of
The people, and which furnishes those
who DEFY the will of their constituents
on vital issues ready aud plausible e1.
cuse for their course"


We are grsti6ed that the ksnswhs
people are at least realizing what we
have all the time been telling them, the
agitation of permanent location of the,
Capital at this time was premature, and
not conducive to the best interests of the
State.
Year: 1877

How does the Legislature know that
majority of the people of the State
favor the removal of the Capitsl2 1t is
very clear that a large number of them
do not. Why not, then, at the election
submit the question to the people, and
let them vote either for or against re-
moval. ana it msjority are in favor Of
removal, then let the point receiving the
requisite number Of votes be selected as
the permanent location.
Year: 1877

SENATOR CHRlsTIANCY denies the
newspaper report that he has been made
= happy father. He says that no child
has been born in his family for twelve
wears. The newspaper boys ought to
Quit poking their fun at the Senator.
Give the old man chance.
Year: 1877

THE snow having melted away, many
Of our streets are left in filthy condition.
not having been cleaned for so long
Sanitary considerations demand that the
proper authorities should be kind enough
TO wake up concerning the matter.
Year: 1877

other matter would be taken up In the
public session.


After recess the Commission renamed
in secret session about twenty minutes,
and after authorizing the announcement
that there would be no public session 70.
morrow, adjourned to meet at noon to-
morrow for consultation.
Year: 1877

In 1910 (says the Abbe Huc} we
were once making a journey in wag-
on I'm the province of Pekin. Our
equipage was under the guidance of
an old sohoolmaster, mounted on a
magnificent ass, so full of ardor and
agility that the two mules that COM
pIeted our team had all the difficulty
in the world to keep up with him.
This ass. however, was so filled with
a sense of his own superiority. and so
proud of 1t, that whenever he became
aware Of the presence Of any of his
brethren, he never failed to oom-
mence boasting Of IL In such loud
sonorous and harsh tones that his fol-
ly became quiet insupportable.
When he got to an inn, instead OF
trying to rest himself, the beast passed
the whole night practicing music. set
ting all the dOnkeys in the neighbor-
hood to singing the same tune, 30 that
1t was impossible to sleep. One even
ing we said to the schoolmasteP,
Your donkey ia an abominable brute;
1t prevents my getting a wink OF
sleep."


"Why did you nottell me so before?''
said the sohoolmaster II would soon
have stopped his singing" As the
old pedagOgue was somewhat of wag
and INDUCED sometimes in a small
Joke, we took little notice Of his reply
but that night we slept quiet sound
ly.


"Well, did the ass make a noise last
night 2" he asked, when we met in
the morning.


"Perhape not," said we; "st all
events, we did not hear him."


mo, think not" said he, 81 saw
to that before 1 went to bed. You
must have noticed" he continued,
THAT when an ass is going to bray he
always begins by raising his tail. and
he keeps IL extended horizontally as
long as his song lasts. To insure his
silence you have only to tie a large
stone to the end of bis tail, so that he
cannot raise IT,"


We smiled without replying, think
ing this was another piece of pleasan-
try but be cried +:


"Come. now, and see you can cas-
lily convince yourself''


And accordingly We followed him
to the courtyard, where we beheld,
sure enough, the poor ass with large
stone attached to his tall, and with
the air of having lost bis accustomed
spirits. His eyes were fixed on the
ground, his ears hung down, his
whole appearance denoting humility
and detection. Feeling quiet compass
sionate towards him, we now begged
his master to unite the stone directly;
and as soon as ever he felt the musi-
cal appendage at liberty, the creature
raised first his head, then his ears,
then his tall, and at last began to bray
with ell his wonted energy.
Year: 1877

1t was "oourt week" In a country
tavern, and late conner was given one
of dozen cots which had been put
up temporarily in the parlor. There
was a grand chorus of snores from the
other cots. After an hour or more of
this uproar, one of the most resonant
snorers brought up with q snort and
was suddenly silent. A Frenchman
who occupied q cot in an extreme
corner of the room, exclaimed: "Tank
God, Won ees dead ~
Year: 1877

Life was not given us for q play
time. IL may be eked out with pleas
ure. but 10 must be mainly filed up by
business and he who should perse-
we're In the vain attempt to fill up his
time with amusements would then
find it too late to take up any serious
pursuit, and be compelled to drag on
a miserable existence, haunted by the
ghost of his defunct pleasures, in the
shape Of e,1nsii, restlessness and melan-
oholy.
Year: 1877

The Royal Society for the Proven
tion of Cruelty to Animals, is attack
ing the royal stag hunt, and finds an
ally In the Lancet, which is of opin-
ion that wild animals, feet of foot and
cunning in nature, give lawful and
manly sport, but that the feat of RI
ding after tame stag, conveyed in a
covered cart to the place where 1t is
let loose to be hunted, is neither sport
nor manly.
Year: 1877

We are glad to observe, says the In
dianapolis Journal, that even the So
called independent press, and that
class of papers which are commonly
to be edited In heaven, even
these approve of the Presidents little
junketing trip.
Year: 1877

A definition of the meaning Of the
word suspicion" was given the other
evening in Parisian drawing room.
1T is sentiment" said the speaker,
which incites US to search for some
thing which we do not wish to find."
Year: 1877

A young gentlemen who ventured
west in the prevailing fashion of neck
wear, was Immediately utilized by the
thrifty grangers, who smeared his
lofty shirt collar with coal tar and set
him up as a grasshopper trap.-BoS-
ton Com. Bulletin.
Year: 1877

Why? For the same
reason as given above.
The Bronchial Tubes
are simply conductors to
carry air to the Lungs,
hence Inhalation must
go direct TO the seat Of
the disease, and If you
will follow our directions
we guarantee to CURE
Bronchitis.
Year: 1877

and that the prosperity of the depends
consistently work for the prosperity of ALL


evidence that labor paper
variety of reading
the comparison
weekly the State
people Will
the money invested in
Year: 1877

There seems to be a race out west as 10
which of the two parties will be the first to
get on the silver platform. II is clear
now that the democrats will be the first
in the field, and are determined to pre-
sent the silver issue as the controlling
one in the fall elections. II is notable,
however, that the leading republican
organs of the west, the Cincinnati Com
mercial and the Chicago Tribune, are
strongly committed TO the old silver dol
lar, and it is an open secret that Presi-
dent Hayes is profoundly convinced Of
the unwisdom Of paying the public debt
in dearer currency than that in which it
was contracted. Senator Thurman, Of
Ohio, one of the most high-minded and
conservative democrats in the country,
has come out in a strong argument in
favor OF this "old silver dollar" II is
as certain as any event Of the future,
that when congress meets, there will be
scarcely any effective opposition to silver
as well as gold, being recognized a. a
legal tender for all debts, public rs well
as private.--N ~ Graphic.
Year: 1877

We have never had a more painful
duty to fulfil than that which we per-
form to-day in chronicling the death of
Mrs. Walpole, wife of our esteemed
friend and confrere, Mr.. James NJ. Wal
pole. The simple notice which appears
in another part of this paper, announcing
the marriage of Mr.. Walpole to Miss
Monnie NJ. Pritchard, of this city, at
half past five O'Clock, and the death of
the bride at half past eight the same
evening, will tell the sad story. and
awaken the sorrowing sympathy OF many
who are strangers to both. The engage
ment had been announced some months
since and the wedding day had been
fixed for the 10Th of the present month.
But few days ago, the future of these
two seemed bright with the promises of
happy welded life, and their friends
looked forward with pleasure to the
event which was TO celebrate the union
of two hearts already united in the most
loyal and devoted affection. But an
overruling Providence, whose DEGREES
man may not fathom nor question, had
willed otherwise. Wednesday night the
deceased was attacked by sudden illness,
and its fatal course developed 10 rapidly
that yesterday the attending physicians
pronounced the case beyond the reach of
human skill. The marriage ceremony
was solemnized in the death chamber,
while the hue of life faded from the fair
face of her whose earthly existence had
seemed but few short hours before 80
full of joy and hope, and in barely three
hours aiterward death had claimed the
bride at the hands of the griei-stricken
husband Orleans Piodytne.
Year: 1877

The war correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune slipped on an orange peel while
walking down Clark street yesterday, and
was no injured by his fall that he was
unable to furnish a cable dispatch for
this mornings paper.


The reporter who sends cable dispatches
to the Chicago Times from Turkey was
detailed to report dog fight at Bridge
port yesterday. As a consequence the
eastern war news of the Times will be
light crop in the mornings issue,


The rumors of a possible peace between
Russia and Turkey seriously disturb thu
war correspondent Of the lnter-Ocean
This thing Of sitting in Madison street
saloon and writing special cable dis
patches is the most comfortable situation
he has had. He wants the war to proceed
Year: 1877

The centennial of the adoption of the
United States flag was celebrated at New
York, June IA, by the raising of the banner
over the national and city buildings. In
Washington many business establishments
united with the government in commemo.
rating the event, while in Boston there was
a general display Of the "stars and stripes"
and firing Of salutes on the common.
Year: 1877

IT makes farmer mad as wet hen to
see potato bug with a pick on its
shoulder crawling ever his garden fence,
and when it pauses on the top rail to'ask
why in the name of Julius Caesar he
didn't plant it earlier, only mortal
fear Of the pick prevents him from or
dering it off the premises. ~
Year: 1877

A wrestling bout Sunday afternoon
in front of tho meat market between
two big boys drew together the lar
gest crowd we have seen assembled
in Genoa. 1t was quite as attractive
as dog fight. In the evening Rev.
8. P. Kelly had a tussle with the
devil at the court house, and notwith-
standing the gentleman is popular
preacher, and gave old cloven foot a
lively turn, we regret to say the con-
gregation at the street athletic ex-
hibition outnumbered his two to one.
-lCarson Valley News.