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Year: 1877

BLUNT BUT TRUE.-There is said to be
q young man in the Missouri penitentiary
whose parents, at their death, left him a
fortune of $4,000. There is where his
parents made fatal mistake. If they
had taken the precaution to invest that
sum in a small dog, and shot him, and
then had simply left the young man a
jack-plane or a wood.saw, with printed
instructions how to use it, the chances
are that, instead of being in the peniten-
tiary, he would to day have been gradu-
ally but surely working his way up to a
handsome competency and an honorable
old age. But ever since the days Of
Adam and Eve parents have made it a
point to toll and struggle all their lives
in order to realize sufficient sum of
money to purchase, when they are dead
and gone, their sons each tirstcla
through ticket to the devil, and it is not
much to be wondered at that so many of
their sons, reared in vice and idleness, as
too many of them often are, have no
higher ambition than to invest their in
heritance in just that sort of transporta-
ton.
Year: 1877

forgive you on these conditions: You
shall join me in drinking cold-water
toast to the man who had the last laugh;
and tomorrow you shall lift the old gon-
dola and bring her to the shore"


They were forgiven.-S. g., J, an
Neto York Ledger.
Year: 1877

Certain persons make a practice ol following the wake of armies for the sole purposes of plunder of both living and dead, and the practice is about as honorable as the one of hunting for some technical defect in titles to real estate, valuable mines and water rights for reduction works with view to re- location, or lawsuits for legal black. mail. IL may be said locations and records of valuaSl property should be made in strict conformity to law, and all conditions of possession fully dis charged; yet where the intention of the owner or possessor was good and his daily action and labor prove such intention, none but bad neighbor or man would seriously attempt to de prive such of hIs title simply because of some unintentional defect in it. All good citizens or honorable men ought to discountenance campfOllowers for theft and blackmail, albeit their work may be sustained by a cold-blooded in depreciation of law. Many most up right and useful men are unfamiliar with the exact details of laws and reg ulatiOns governing titles and the value of most mines when first located is unknown; but as all are liable to be- come of great value, we take this oc- casion to remInd men of the necessity of making legal locations and records thereof, to the end that the jumpers and blackmailers may have no lawful encouragement to pursue their disre- putable business.

 We have lately heard of the work of this class of bad men in various parts of the Territory. Judge Tweed gave them a discouraglng blow in Mohave some years ago, and the other judges doubtless will when they have justi- fable opportunity; but even with the powerful! aid of judges, honest men may be subjected 10 much loss of time

 nd money by the class in question.

 In view of the many valuable mines Tn Pinal county in particular, we re spectfully urge upon claimants to sec to it that their titles be made perfect if they are not so already. Capitalists are repelled on the least evidence of defect i've title to property they might desire to purchase. Every mine-owner who desires to sell or wants credit upon his property and works, should have an indisputable title; and generally such a title can be secured at least in the first instance, as cheaply and easily as a bad one.
Year: 1877

The Radicals feel mutton-cheap. They
are like man caught in the act ofstealing
sheep. They feel chasrined at their expo,
sure aud mad at the loss of the sheep. Il
they had only got off with their plunder
they would not have felt so bad about it,
But to haye the president of the senate
thrust back just as he was about throwing
the animal over the shoulder -that was tt
bad-indeed it was Washi, gton Unioit
Year: 1877

1t is astonishing to see how well
man may live on small income, who
has a handy and Industrious wife. Some
men live and make far better appear
ance on six or eight dollars week than
others do ON fifteen or eighteen dollars
The man does his part well, but his wife
is good for nothing. She will even up
braid her husband for not living in as
good style as her neighbor, while the
fault is all her own. Her neighbor has
a neat, capable, Industrious wife. and
that makes the difference. So look out
young man, before you go into matrimo-
ny, for it is lottery in which most men
can hold but one ticket, and if that turns
out blank, your whole life had better
be a blank too. Luckily no one need go
into the welded state with his eyes
closed, as it is the case with lotteries,
and we Judge all who are sensible
enough to use judgement may draw a
prize.
Year: 1877

Rustchuk Correspondence of the New York


Times.


I had long audience yesterday with
her Majesty the Princess Elizabeth of
Roumania, nee Princess of Wied, and
here again l must remark upon the ex-
quisite courtesy and utter absence of
pretension which characterizes this fam
lily. Parvenus as a rule-I take the
word in its real sense as meaning some
one who has arrived at success where he
had no right to expect it-are generally
uppish and try to make you feel their
Importance. Here there is nothing of
the kind; they both are simple and un-
affected. There was no chamberlain or
equerry to sit upon me with his cOnde-
scenslon; servant showed me up one
flight of stairs and down another and
through gallery hung with engravings
OF German and Italian Cathedrals, into
bright drawing-room furnished in Grim
son silk. A dozen good modern paint
ings hung on the walls above low eta
ceres filled with choice selections of
French, English and German books,
among which were Shakespeare and Long
fellow in the original, and collection OF
the Tauchnitz editions of modern novels.
Some choice Dresden china stood at one
end of the room, and at the other on a
malachite pedestal, the bust in marble
of the only child of the sovereign, a
sweet little thing who died of Group
about two years ago. A statue of the
same infant in a reclining position was
in recess.


Twas not kept long in waiting before
another servant opened the door and an
nounced me by name, just. as would have
been done at an ordinary visit. Princess
Elizabeth met me with pleasant smile,
saying that her husband had already
spoken Of me to her, and that she was de-
lighted to make the acquaintance of an
American. She had heard so much Of
my country and so admired it's institu-
tions, for you must know" she added
"that I am thorough Republican"


The Princess is about 36 years Of age
rather tall, with slight tendency to
Year: 1877




whether from thinking ovor tho situation, which
the broker seatihed being, would only allow him.
self to do between church sunday, or from
other cause, certain It that bull party did
not toe the mark this morning with the nvdity that
was anticipated from Saturdays market. This. too,
despite the hrm front OF Lake Shore which led the
way with "hurrah," and a clear advance Of n
pcr cent upon opening pricea To greater less
extent the rest Of the list followed the avore, which,
for the remainder OF the day. became thoroughly
and entirely tho "market" as Paris becomes France
the occurrence OF coup d'etak This being
reded, II follows that there but little be said of
days speculation beyond what attaches stock in
question. Opening at 60ai Lake Shore advanced to
SIX, and from this point steadily, surely and with
scarce rally sloughed on to 5sx, at whch II closed
The "buge Of the bobail poolers had performed all
that was expected OF II, outsiders did not care rap
whether Western country roads were or dry, and
the short interest had brought to tho SLAUGHTER
rs has been the thousand tmos before. Con-
sequenty the power which had been pushi ng rise
gave suddenly Keeey motor and the
prico slipped OF easily though it upon the
way to Avernua Still treating Lake shore as the
market, IL Is TO be noticed that not only
all support removed, but that some extremely dis
agreeable elements substituted. These took the
shape OF very decided demonstration upon the short
side which ascrDed to Messrs. Gould and Cam
mack, and was supposed to be based upon the decline
in the price OF wheat and tho probcmatcal report Of
armislice between Turkey and Russia. Added to
the above is tho doubt size of the
forthcoming dividend, though the impression is that
1t will be per cent and that the will be de-
clared Friday next The Western stocks followed
Lake Shore upon the downward track, only TO the
tent Of u to per cent though Ohios fell from sx
TX at one time and with suddenness that must have
been somewhat Earring 10 . security with such
limited amount of figures.


OPENING, HIGHEsr


The following tabo shows the opening, highest and
Year: 1877

church at Ephesus, "None Of these things move me-
But there may in your.empoy who can snow
me the cheapest way out win you please refer me 10
him, that may present my policy aud receipts ana
things with the conundrum which at one time staggered
the intelligence OF such statesman as Daniel webster
"what is all this worthp But then webster khe"
scarcely anything about life insurance.


Yours, very respectfully
Year: 1877

William P. Ross, ex-chief of the
Cherokee nation, says that there is
not fraction of the Indians ia favor
of territorial government. He
would like to have the western part
of Indian Territory bought by the
Government aud set aside for the
accommodation of the savage In
dians soon possibly to be transferred
thither.
Year: 1877

A London paper says: There Is
peculiar form of illness in the imperial
family of Russia, known among the outer
public as imperial disease" which is
confined solely to the members OF the
imperial house. It has no symptoms
that can be recognized by the medical
profession, but it always arises from the
same predisposing cause.-The dis
pleasure of the czar. When grand
duke incurs the emperor's displeasure,
he is removed, if it be possible, to some
distant post, where, nominally holding
high and distinguished command, he is
really in banishment from the court.
One grand duke is mixed up in brawl
at place of public entertainment, and
beaten by the clown of an English Cir
Gus; the Khivan expedition is on hand,
and he is sent to take command in it.
Another grand duke is is made governor
general of the Caucasus and it is known
that he is in disgrace, though the cause
has never yet transpired. But there are
occasions when no such opportunity
presents itself, and when no cause but
illness can justify the removal of the
offender. If, for example, there be q
grand duke in command of an army in
the field, and it be thought desirable to
remove him, any transfer to another
post would be SO palpably disgrace,
which under no imaginable conditions
will the emperor openly infict upon O
Romanoif, that he is ordered to report
himself sick /; it is duly certified that he
is suffering from this complaint or that,
necessitating change of air, and only O
few know that he has no illness but i'm
perial disease. 1t is rumored in st.
Petersburgh that the Grand Duke
Nicholas is already beginning to sicken
The Times military correspondent in
nocenty confirms the report. He il
said" he writes, "to be suffering from
liver complaint, but when | saw hin
some days back he was very well. /"


The fact is that q spirit of doubt ant
distrust of the imperial house is rising
in Russia, which must cause deep anx
iety to the czar.
Year: 1877

The Burlington Amateur Rifle Club
will send team to compete for the
prizes at the international contest next
year, The club is going into arduous
practice and training at once, and has
already constructed a rifle range ON the
South Hill grounds, that is the most
complete in its way, and affords the
finest scope for accurate shooting that
we ever saw. The range consists OF nine
long stretches of two inch gas pipe,
eighty-fve yards in length, the pipe be-
ing supported on trestles at distance
of four feet from the ground. In prac-
tice. the rifeman sticks the muzzle OF his
rifle into the home end of the gas pipe.
The target bearer, sitting on the ground,
then holds the target up against the
other end, and the marksman fires at
will. Thus far the practice has been
very perfect, and only two misses have
been made, and in one instance 1T was
the fault Of the target holder, who took
the target away; out OF pure malice,
!, hen he heard the bullet rattling down
the pipe, and in the ether instance it was
the fault Of the man who loads the guns,
who put the bullet in first, and then
filled the rife with powder. Ii the Bur-
lington boys go to Creedmoor or Vim
bledon next year we know they Will


bring home the shield and cup, If they


can get enough iron tubing to reach


across the range. -BsW'in9ton Ha'o6-
Year: 1877

A particularly high-toned Chicago
drummer, who prides himself on his
charms, forever lost his pride the other
day. He drove his fellow-drummera
wild in car by his attentions to a comely
maiden, to whom he showed his samples
and whose hand he squeezed for half an
hour. But when the train stopped a
quiet old fellow stepped forward and
thanked him for entertaining the girl, re
marking: "She is hopelessly insane
and am taking her to the State asylum
here"
Year: 1877

1isy to collect articles Of charity, food or


npney for them. The good done by the
eeion will be great, and the kindness Of the


Qevernor will not soen be forgotten, espec-
My In many household on the prairies, but
there Ia an attending evil which must be
beRne with all the encouragement Of habits
on,the part OF some which will be hard to
shtke oft. However, there is no good which
= nnmixed with evil, and We can only be
thankful that at last one deserving sufferer
VII be helped while perhaps ten unworthy
peQple may profit by the common charity.
Year: 1877

A young man named Walter Dupuy
and a woman named Annie Blade, wniie
out rowing on the lake last night were
overturned and probably both were
drowned Their companions in another
boat both saw the boat capsize in the
distance, but could find nothing OF the
bodies. The affair is another my ystery.
Year: 1877

The following apportionment was made
last night, after the adjournment OF the City
Committee, on this scheme: The basis OF
representation in ward was first ascer-
tanned by dividing the number OF votes cast
in the ward by the number OF delegates the
ward Is entitled to. Then the number OF
votes each candidate received was divided
by the quotient fbasis OF representation
obtained as stated, thus giving the number
OF delegates without reference to fractions.
T AS to the fractions: A delegate was given
each candidate having fraction more than
a half. II after that q delegate still remain
ed to be distributed in ward he was given
to the candidate having the next largest
fraction. '.F
Year: 1877

The vote cast at the Conservative primary
election Yesterday was rather smaller than
was expected, and far below that of May,
1879, when over 6. 200 citizens participated
in the primary which nominated council
men and municipal officers. The people
have by no means seemed Indifferent to the
contest between the candidates, and it was
believed that at least 5000 Conservatives
would exercise the right Of expressing their
preference for Governor in the way pro-
vided by the committee. Whether the fall
ing off was due to the small number OF
votins-places provided, and the consequent
trouble persons were put to to vote, or was
owing to the unfavorable weather, or to
some other cause, cannot be easily deter
mined
Year: 1877

We invite an Inspection OF stock Of SILKS, as we
purchase them much under the regular prices
and sell them at very small advance. Our
prices are found TO be way down below the real
value OF the .,oOiS.
Year: 1877

THERE is something sensible about the
intimation of the President that he wants
the Indian delegation now at Washisg-
/ ton to understand that this visit must be
the last so far as the tribes represented
by it are concerned. Every year or SO
| it has been the custom for party OF
eminent red men to descend upon
Washington ior talk with the Great


Father, and parade themselves around
the country and stop at frst.class hotels
and driak government grog until people
| in general have seen about as much OF
the untutored savage as ordinary curl
osity Graves. These visits have not been
OF so much good as the programmes
usually contem plated, and until there is
very decided reform IN Indian NOR
ais, or in white mans morals, er both,
little advantage will be derived from
these expeditions We do not think the
Great Father himself tells lies to the
child of the forest, but the child of the
forest has been outrageously lied to by
some o: those whom the Great Father
has employed In the Indian service, and
the sborigine has in turn become such
civilized and mendacious liar that he
can trim a falsehocd with all tEe modern
improvements, and feel bigger Indian
for the exploit. The more they see of
civilization as it has been practiced by
the Indian bureau, the more they like it
it seems to fit their total depravity so
perfectly.
Year: 1877

THE arrest of General PEARSON, Of
Pittsburgh, on charge of murder, is bat
a tardy imitation of the course OF the
Scranton rioters. The latter, it will be
remembered, secured the arrest of several
members of the military company which
fired on the mob when it attacked the
mayor, but the respectable citizens came
promptly to the front and escorted them
to court, where level-headed judge at
once ordered their release on bail. In
this there is nothing alarming; it Is only
an exhibition of wrong-headedness or
thickheadedness on the part of the pros
ecution.
Year: 1877

JUDGE KELLEY, of Philadelphia, say $
IhsI no nan can tell where the light
ning will strike IN the Pennsylvania
election. He says that the Independent
vote msy be twenty thousand or eighty
thousand, and until the day of election
II will not be known which party will
De the most injured.
Year: 1877

TIE banking interests OF Chicago are
not in q very thrifty condition. Of the
twenty-five National banks in tha. city,
it now appears that only seven are
maintaining their circulation by having
their worn out notes replaced through
the Redemption Division OF the Treasury
Department. The notes of the other Ill
teen Chicago banks are being destroyed
on account OF reducing circulation,
voluntary liquidation and failure. Seven
banks are reducing circulation, four are
passing through liquidation and four
have failed. National banks elsewhere
throughout the country are also reducing
their circulation in anticipation OF forced
resumption, which will have very dam
aging effect upon the business of the
country, unless the resumptionsact is
promptly repealed, which it is hoped
Congress will do at its next session.
Year: 1877

The heavy fall of snow on the plains of
Western Nebraska, which are usually avaia-
BILE for grazing purposes throughout the en-
tire winter season, seriously threatens to re-
duce to starvation the vast herds of cattle
that roam that region. Ordinarily the snow
drifts as it falls, and leaves bare large areas
of the nutritious dried grass, but this time
the ground was covered evenly, and a sudden
lowering of the temperature ca used crust
to form and prevent the customary drifting.
The cattle men are therefore, awaiting with
anxiety the period of milder weather that
shall thaw the snow and avert the serious
loss that now threatens them,
Year: 1877

MANY explorers have made the attempt to
reach the North Pole and at times some few
have seemed to be almost within reach of
their desired object, when the severity of the
climate would oblige them to retrace their
steps. All of these explorers who have made
the attempt and failed, returned confident
that success was possible and very probable
could some secure base be established in the
Polar regions, from which small exploring
parties could start out and return. The plan
OF Capt. Fl W. Howgate, U. 8. Signal Off
Ger, to establish temporary colony at some
point north of the eighty-first degree of north
latitude, on or near the shore of Lady Frank
lin Bay, commends itself to many as a very
excellent and feasible plan. with strong prob
abilities of success in its favor. 1t is hoped
by the friends of the project that this plan of
Captain Howgate to reach the North Pole
may be fairly tested, and that the appropria-
ton committee of the House of Representa-
tives will give it their favorable considera-
tion, and insert the small sum asked for in the
Sundry Civil Bill when it comes before them.
The project demands careful consideration,
aud is not one to be either hastily rejected or
hastily adopted. The following is the act
asked for:


And be 1t further enacted, That the President of
the Uulted States be authorized to organize and
send out one or more ex editions toward the
North Pole, and to establish a temporary colo
ny, for purposes of exploration, at some point
north OF the eighty-irst degree of north lati-
ltude on or near the shore of Lady Franklin
Bay; to detail such officers or other per-
sons of the public service to take part in the
same as may be necessary. and to use any pub
lie vessel that may be suitable for the purpose !;
thatthe scientific operations of the expedition
be prosecuted in accordance with the advice of
the National Academy of Science, and tn at the
sum Of fifty thousand dollars, or such part
thereof as may be necessary, be hereby appro-
priated out of any moneys in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to be expended under
the direction of the President. Provided, That
no part of the sum so appropriated shall be
carried to the surplus fund or covered into the
Treasury until the purpose of the appropriation
shall have been completed but may be applied
to expenses of said expedition incurred during
any subsequent year that said expedition may
be engaged in its duties.
Year: 1877

THE Democrats are making change of
front, abandoning Louisiana and turning
their attention to Florida. The Washington
correspondent of the Boston Advertiser says
that remarks dropped by some of the leading
democrats during the past few days point to
the probable abandonment of Louisiana and
struggle over Florida, which promises to be
kind of last ditch. One of the democratic
managers said that he was already convinced
that the reports of the several investigating
committees from the South would not mate
rally change public sentiment on the Presi-
Dental question. The democrats, as is well
known, have had strong hopes that some
member or members Of the minority republi-
can representation on the house committee
would coincide with the report of the major
ity, and thus produce change of opinion at
the North SO great as to make it inexpedient,
ifnot morally impossible. to count Hayes in.
This hope they appear now to have lost, as
they acknowledge beforehand, doubtless upon
sufficient advice from the South, that the re-
publicans on the committee are only confirm





republican national ticket in the so-caled
doubtful States. They seem to cling still,
however, for some reason which they cannot
or do not choose to state definitely, to hope
that the Florida supreme court will enable
them yet to win the great prize. Judge
Spofford is working indefatigably on the inde-
pendent and liberal element of the republican
party in Congress, eudeavoring to persuade
these gentlemen of the utterly corrupt char
acter of the Louisiana returning board aud of
their action. He had an interview with
President Seelye, from which he could hardly
have derived much satisfaction, the report
being that in reply to the judges arraignment
of the Louisiana republicans, President Seelye
said ne was convinced that the election IN
that State was characterized by the greatest
possible rascality ON both sides.