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Year: 1877

As the railroad strike is the all sb-
sorblng topic OF interest We surrender a
large portion Of our space this morning
to kilograms and graphic accounts from
our correspondents o! what has happen
ed snd the present state of affairs, al the
seat OF war, and pretty much all along
the line of the road where there is any
trouble
Year: 1877

Teach them self-reliance.


Teach them TO make bread.
Teach them not TO wear false hair.


Teach them not TO powder and paint.
Teach them 10 wear thick, warm
shoes.


Teach them how TO wash and iron
clothes.


Bring them up in the way they sho'd
60.


Teach them TO do marketing for the
family.


Teach them how to make their own
dresses.


Teach them how to cook a good
meal OF victuals.


Teach them that dollar is only one
hundred cents.


Teach them to wear calico dresses
and do it like a queen.


Teach them TO say no, aud met ii !;
or yes, and stick 10 it.


Teach them how TO darn stockings,
and sew on buttons.


Teach them 10 regard the morals, not
the money of beaux.


Give them a good, common school
education.


Teach them every day, dry, hard,
practical common sense.


Teach them all the mysteries of the
kitchen, the dining.room, and parlor.
Teach them TO have nothing 10 do
with dessolute intemperate young men.
Teach them that a good, round, rosy
romp is worth fifth delicate consump-
tives.


Teach them that the moro they live
within their income, the more they will
save.


Teach them the further they live be-
yond their income, the nearer they get
to the poor house.


Rely upon it, that upon your teach
ing depends, in a great measure, the
veal or woe Of their after life.


Teach them accomplishments-mu-
sic, painting, drawing il you have
time aud money TO do IL with.


Teach them to cultivate a garden,
and drive road team or farm wagon.


Teach them that God made them in
his own image, and that no amount Of
tight lacing will improve the model.


Teach them that good, steady me-
chanic, without cent, is worth n doz-
en- oil-pated loafers in broadcloth.


Teach them the essentials Of life
truth, honesty, uprightnoss-and at a
suitable time let them marry.
Year: 1877

The Chicago Journal says it would
be interesting 10 know just what those
who made David Davis Senator think
of him.


IL is intimated that Tilden and one OF
his mule buyers was at the bottom OF
tho late mulishness in the Senate,
Sans object being to reconstruct the
Senate and then to begin the impeach-
ment OF Hayes.


The Cincinnati Enquirer says "Thur-
man has manifested his ability TO lead
the Democracy Of the country onward
aud upward. Unfortunately the De-
mocracy OF tho country is headed an
other way bet. Telegraph.


The Northern Democratic editor has
not yet found time 30 comment on that
vote OF the solid South for the repeal
Of the Resumption act. The country
cannot look, except with alarm, upon
the spectacle Of the controlling element
Of party which has n prospect of get
ting possession OF the Government vo-
ting as one man for incipient repudia-
ton. New York Tribune.
Year: 1877




Night before last, I said to myself
"Henry Seward, you are fool to be
afraid of your shadow. Show your
self man. Bring up the salt bust
ness, and prove to those who mis-
construe your difidence into mean
ness that the one shall not seal
your lips, and that the attribute don't
belong to YOU" So Idrew up my
resolution, I made ous 4 brief OF
what I would soy in favor of it,
screwed my courage to the stick
ing point" consulted Tracy and
Maynard. They approved, and I
went to the House, took my seat,
paper in hand. By the time that I
could properly offer the resolution I
grew faint-hearted, thought I would
postpone it till Monday-let the op-
portunity almost pass by-thought
once more of it, and with a motion
of uncommon energy I found my.
self on my feet. "Mr. President"
said I, and thick darkness was be-
fore me, II offer the following reso-
luton" Imagine my CONSERVATION
while I heard the President an
nounce in the usual form, "The
Senator from the seventh district Of
fers the following resolution" It
was read while I was endeaeoring to
recall one word of what I had
meant to say. To make my embar-
rassment ten-fold greater, I discov-
cred the regency men took alarm.
Two or three were on their feet at
once, and moved that the resolution
be laid on the table. Ifelt relieved,
because I was released from speak
ing upon it for one day. I sat down,
after consenting to the postpone
ment. In the evening regency men
came to know what I meant.
The newspapers reported the Offer
ing of the resolution, and I was
hailed by all the anti-regency men
as hero for my bold determination
to bring to light the peculations on
the Treasury.-From his Autobiogra-
phy.
Year: 1877

A novel feature of the ball OF
the telegraphers of Chicago on the
18th instant was the music fer the
dance, which was furnished in Mil
waukie and transmitted by means OF
the telephone. The wires were also
run into several newspaper offices,
and the music furnished amusement
for numerous citizens unable to hear
il in the ballroom. e
Year: 1877

ones. Yes, that is precisely it, he
said very gravely. Girls, I went
to blind asylum, and was shown
over the building by a lady who had
been blind all her life. A more
CHEEKY, happy-faced woman I have
never seen. Before 1 left, she gave
me some of her writing, and told me
she had written her favorite motto,
"Look on the bright side.'' I took
the motto and it's lessons home, and
I hope I may never forget the SER
mon that the blind woman gave me.
Now, JEANNE and Sue, I must tell
this: You spoiled your day your
selves, and if you don't take care,
you will spoil your life the same
way. You looked on the dark side
to-day, so everything annoyed you,
and the very things that gave pleas
ure to the other girls made you mis-
cradle. Now promise me one and
all, to take the blind lady's motto,
and try to live up to it.


They all promised readily, even
JEANNE and Sue, for Uncle Jacks
talk had done them good, and made
them heartily ashamed of their be-
havior.


A few days after this talk pack
age come to each the girls. They
opened them eagerly, and found in
each one a prettily framed illumina-
ton. 1t was Uncle Jacks motto:


"Look on the bright side"
Year: 1877

How TO TAKE CARE OF Your HAIR


Some enterprising person has dis
covered the exact amount of brush
ing required to keep the hair in tho
best condition. Fifty strokes at
night before retiring, it is said, will
make the stiffest and dryest hair
plain and glossy. The experiment
is worth trying, and if persevered in
will doubtless prove successful, while
the dose may be increased with still
more decided effect. Brushing the
hair and pressing the warm hand


over it after every stroke of the
brush, developes natural gloss in
tinitely more desirable and sanitar y
than all the unnatural oiliness and
artificial shine that come from the
best pomades, hair oils, and bando-
lines ever invented. The hair must
be kept clean by shampooing, but
nature provides all the oil required
to develop its natural gloss and in
herent beauty. But she does not
open the oil glands without demand
ing some effort ON the recipient of
the treasure. Continuous brushing
is the price to be paid, and this re-
quires nothing but patience and
perseverance. Neither should the
time devoted to this purpose be
looked upon as wasted, for hair
brushing has specially soothing
and quieting influence, inducing
reflective mood appropriate to the
close Of day, and that spirit of self
examination in which all thoughtful
minds should be engaged before soft
slumber closes the weary eyes,
Those therefore who wish to pre-
serve their beautiful hair must moi
fail in fifty vigorous strokes of tn I
brush every night before retiring!
Year: 1877

A PLEASANT KITCHEN.-Consider-
ing that so many women of the mid
die classes are obliged to pass a
great portion of their time in the
kitchen, why not make it an attract
i've appointment, rather than stow it
away in the basement, or in some
dark corner of the house, as is now
too frequently done9 Most houses
display pleasant sitting rooms; but
if we Judge of the conveniences and
general pleasantness of the kitchen
by the rooms in the front of the
house, we find, in many instances,
we utterly fail in our conjectures.
To make a little show on company
rooms, how many actual kitchen
comforts are denied in many house
holds! 1t is surely better to begin
eur house furnishing at the kitchen,
and work toward the front as we are
able. Let the kitchen closet be well
stocked, even though the parlor suf'
fers q little. Surely the health ol
the household and the comfort ol
the women folks should be placed
above every other consideration.-
Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1877

Wonder Is the Y. B. Press and leading
men ut V. b. in view of the fact that
Bcnder seomMitted the most diaboieal
crime in the catalogue, should manifest
such wonderful sympathy with the man
ON whom suspicion has rested for years
and who can only remove such suspicion
by an investigation il innocent. Can it
be that such persons are willing to COW
or the tracks of such consumate Williams
Or does II all grow ont of the fact that
the Detective brought the parties to Al
Aimr Herald


The editor of a paper that would ut
ter such absurd nonsouse as the above, at
ter knowing and publishing as he did in
the same issue ofhis paper that the kief
er family had been declared not to be
the Benders, is unworthy the respect o.
any one. 1t is an insult to the best ci.
izens OF Van Buren,, and Il malicious Ii
bel on an already outraged family.
Year: 1877

ABANDONING THE BLACK REPUBLICANS.
The spectacle of the retirement of the
white men in the South from the field of
patriotic labors, and the spectacle of the
practical enslavement of the blacks,
or the retirement Of the latter from the
country in which they have lived, as a
consequence of the recent decision of
President Hayes in reference TO South
Carolina, would arouse an irresistible
sympathy in all the North. 1twould be


like the expulsion of the Hugenots it
would be like the expulsion Of the Poles
from Russia it would be like u punish
ment OF the Communists in France it
would, in fact, be, under the sanction of
the National Government, decree in
favor Of the practical restoration OF sla-
very in the rebellious States Of the South,
and the absolute exclusion of the only
patriotic men in that section who stood
lv 'hr i'uion m it1eirtif py..>
Year: 1877

PITTsBURG, July 2G.-Thc strikers on the
Pennsylvania road remain as firm as ever,
although there has been no repetition of the
attempt to send out freight trains The
through trains continue to arrive and depart
over the West Pennsylvania branch, while the
local trains are now running to Thirty third
street. 1t Is stated that new track will be
laid this evening, and trains brought down
to Liberty street Tomorrow The intention
Of the company in reference to rebuilding
their burnt depot and offices are not known,
although some of the general officers are in
the city examining the ruins.


Telegram upon telegram from Washing
ton, state that Tom Scott says the company
will not rebuild any of the structures, and
that they can get along without them. 1t is
possible that the principal shops will be
placed at some other point along the line of
the road.


A rumor has been freely circulated this
evening to the effect that Gen. Hancock has
been assigned to this city.
Year: 1877

FORTRESS MONROE July 26.-Extracts from
Keys letter to the Postal Convention, regret
ting that turbulence North kept him away,
say: You may say to the Convention for
me, that / am profoundly gratified at the
orderly and amicable condition of affairs in
the South under the excitement so general
over many of the States Of the Union. | am
not astonished at the peaceful condition Of the
South, and should be surprised if it were
otherwise


The proceedings were harmonious, Dixie
following Yankee Doodle
Year: 1877

Among those things that tend di-
rectly to the mental improvement
and cultivation Of our youth, and
young men and women, is the de-
batting society. The generous rival
~, either in reasoning or in the dis
play of ones literary attainments
adds much to the sharpening of the
intellectual faculties, and inculcates
an earnest desire for learning, such
as is received through but few chan
nels to such an extent as in this.
We have any quantity of young men
and women of collegiate and aca-
demic education, who, were some
one to take the initiative, would be
only too glad to aid in the forma-
ton of a society that would so add
to their enjoyment and advance
ment. Among the young men es-
pecially, would a great work be
wrought, in keeping them thus oc-
cupied in leisure moments, when by
this means they would be kept out
OF the way Of questionable pursuits
of happiness. Not only this, but
being brought under the immediate
eve of the fairer and better sex, a
manly pride would impel them to
desire to shine in the welkin of the
pure esteem of pure womanhood
On the other hand, we fancy that an
cumulative spirit would thus be en-
gendered among our young ladies
that would make the clash of ideas
as beneficial to them as it would c
the sterner sex. Why cannot some
of our matrons take the initial stef
in a matter of so much moment, and
Prospective good?
Year: 1877




LIME FOR FowLs-Some of our farm
ing friends appear to be deeply impressed
with the notion that hens need no food but
corn in some one Of its forms. We ought
not to forget that flood" means the mate.
rial tor everything THAT rumrs out of the sys-
tenn, and that if any particular race takes
up any special branch of manufacture, they
must have the raw material. All animals
consume more or less of lime; it is one of
the principal elements entering into the
composition of the bones but the hen needs
an extra supply. The domesticatcd hen
also needs more than wild stock of any sort,
since she is stimulated to greater pro-
duction of eggs In consequence, we
must give her more than is contained in the
various grains. The most useful forms in
which to give lime are pounded shells, pull
verified mortar and crushed bone. On the
whole, we prefer the former. Its prepara-
tlon makes good stint for the boys. We
object to bone meal if not perfectly sweet,
but good, sound article is first-rate thing
1or this use. reeu lime mUsG aDundanJiy
at the time when hens are laying most free
ly, and anticipate, if possible, by beginning
early in the season, lest your fowls cat q
shelless egg and acquire bad habits.-Live
Stock Journal
Year: 1877

other. We lament the existence of such
segregation, but are powerlcss to prevent it.
We have cried, organize J organize until
we were hoarsc, but events occasionally crop
out that show how utterly futile have been
all of our efforts


Had We an organization amongst farmers
and majority of them favored a stock law,
there would be no necessity for legislation
upon the subject We need only determine
through our farmers organization that we
will allow no more timber cut or rails
mauled upon our plantations than is neccs-
sary to keep our stock in an enclosed pas
ture, and the end is obtained at once. We
have never allowed hoof of ours to make
/ kEack upon another mans land, and we
arg not parrlculariy ufffccrfunurr r6wxtssuu.
other mans stock when he makes track
on our land. Let every land owner adopt
similar policy, and there will be no need
Of legislation to establish stock law We
will not despair, but hope on to the end,
that our people will some day find out that
if they enclose their stock they will take
better care of them and taking better care
of them they will learn that it is no more
trouble or expense to keep fine animal
than worthless one, and by degrees they
will kill off the scrubs, introduce improved
stock, and in the end greatly enhance the
value Of the live stock of the Stated. w.
AIKEN IN Ne,cs and Courier.
Year: 1877

BROwBEATING.-In almost every church
there are few persons who seem to be ac-
tuatcd by the despicable spirit of rule or
ruin. If the minister does not preach, visit,
or conduct the different meetings according
to their liking; if the church varies in its
discipline or policy from their way of doing
things, they set themselves against tho ma
jority with determined spirit that plainly
means to browbeat all others into their ways.
They will never let up until the church be-
comes passive or the minister, wcaried by
little prosecutions, takes himself out of the
way. The necessity for the abundance of
grace which was promised the apostle who
suffered with the thorn in his flesh. is fully
realized in such an experience. We have
wondered what purpose such persons servo
in the economy of grace, unless it may be
that patience may, through their ugliness,
have its perfect work. 1t is not ours to
judge of their Christian hope, but we can
sympathizo with Spurgeon when he said of
such, that he would rather live an eternity
with them in heaven than one day ON Garth.
-Gohlcn Rule.
Year: 1877




SHALL WE MEET AGAIN?-Thc. follow
ing is said to be one of the most brilliant
articles written by the lamented Geo. ID.
Prentice: ~


"The fiat of nature is inexorabie : There
is no appeal for the relief of the great law
which dooms us to dust. We foursh and
fade as the leaves of the forest, pd the
flowers that bloom and wthcr in a y have
no Trailer hold on life than the ghtiest
monarch that ever shook the cart with his
footsteps. Generations Of men Will appear
and disappear as the grass, and the multi
tude that throng the world today will dis
appear as the footsteps on the shoe. Men
seldom think of the great evento death
until the shadow falls across their I&n path
way, hiding from their eyes thk faces of
loved ones whose living smiles WI the sun
light of their existence. Death 4 the anita
gonist of life, and the cold thou Sht of the
tomb is the skeleton of all feaS We do
not want to go through the arEgalley, al
though its dark passage may lead to Para
disc; we do not want to layisSswwa in the
grave, even with princes for Bcdfellows.-
In the beautiful drama of Ion, the hope of
Immortality, so eloquently uttered BY the
death-devot Greek, finds deep response in
every thoughtful soul. When about to yield
his young existence as a sacrifice to fate,
his Clemantha asks if they should meet
again, to which he replies Il have asked
that dreadful question of the hills that
looked eternal-of the clear streams that
flow forever-of the stars among whose
fields of azure my raised spirit b. walked
in glory. All were dumb; BIT as I gaze
upon thy living face feel tlAt there is
something in the love that man $ls through
its beauty that cannot wholly ptrish. We
shall meet again, Clemantha."
Year: 1877

A good little boy who was kicked by a
mule, did not say naughty words or go home
crying to his mother. lie just tied the
mule within five feet Of bee hive, backed
him round to il, and let him kick
Year: 1877

The Lives Insured by the Society are careful u
selected in different parts OF North America an
Europe furnishing, by this broad field OF opera.
IONS an additional and exceptional safety to the
policy.hoders. The Insurances are made only or
The Mutual Premiums Principle. The Surplus arc
returned annually to the Iasured.i
Year: 1877

The war of the Radical roses is grad
ually developing at Washington. The
question now is as to whether Senator
Conkling is "a bigger man than Hayes" :"
AS chairman of the committee on Com
merce, on Tuesday, he took the bull by
the horns, presented the New York nom
nations to the committee, and succeed
ed by vote of six to two in securing an
adverse report. So confident, indeed,
is he that he can defeat the nominees,
that at his instance an Executive session
of the Senate was held this afternoon,
whereat he submitted the adverse report,
and the names are now on the Vice
Presidents table, and will be called up
for action at the next Executive session.
Friends of Conklihg say he means to
force the fight and have vote taken be-
fore the holiday recess, He is confident
that he has at least majority of fifteen
against their confirmation, and is eager
to let the President know that he still
holds power in the Senate. With Conk-
ling the great point is to beat Evarts,
and with that view in open Senate by
unanimous vote, the other day, he got
through resolution creating special
committee to take into consideration the
whole question OF our alleged troubles
with Mexico. Of course Conkling will
be at the head of this committee, which
will put him in position to cite before
him at any time his arch enemy, compel
him to disclose the diplomatic cOrrespon~
dence between the United States and
Mexico. and thwart any scheme Evarts
may have on foot to precipitate a war
for vain glory, or to divert the public
mind from more serious questions which
now distract the Republican party. With
respect to the New York nominations.
President Hayes feels confident they will
go through in spite of COnkling. But
the fight is a very interesting fight as it
stands.
Year: 1877

The New York Evening Post gives its
brethren poor consolation in this extract
from long article ON the folly of the
Radical policy at the South, when that
party had power to have and enforce a
policy:


The one broad and black spot on the
reputation of the Republican party is its
Encouragement Of Southern affairs in
recent years through the instrumentality
Of some Of the worst partisan knaves and
tricksters who have ever been permitted
to pervert the powers of great political
organization. If the Republican party is
to be betrayed it is entirely fitting that it
should be betrayed by members of the
Iascally gang of vulgar and plundering
Southern carpet-baggers whose alliance
with the party has driven from it many
respectable Republicans and brought
humiliation upon those who have re-
NAMED within it.
Year: 1877

lAbsOClhIeu fress dispatch.


New York. December Io-Yesterday
afternoon Artenstall was feeding his sick
elephant with oatmeal Cruel. The diff>
cult process of swallowing enraged the
animal, and apparently looking upon his
trainer as the cause of his pain, he sud-
denly wound his trunk around Arstep-
stalls body and lifting him from the
ground threw him with great force about
forty feet distant from the animal, striking
canvas screen running up the Fourth
avenue entrance to the menagerie. Az
stenstall striking this knocked it down.
He fell into its center and was thus saved
from fatal injury. If the screen had not
been hung up, Arstenstall would have
been thrown upon the sharp and sup
positions rocks, over which cataract falls
during the summer entertainments Of
Gilmore's band. Arstenstall was serious
ly injured.
Year: 1877

HAYES ought to have compassion on
his posto6ice organs, and not give them
too heavy load. They can dawdle on
civil service reform, easy enough can
oppose resumption repeal without much
trouble, for they can claim it will be so
nice tUhen we resume. All this the post
office organs can do, butto require them
to oppose the silver dollar of the daddies
when the people are unit in favor, is
monstrous. We beg of Mr.. HAYES and
Mr.. Sherman to consider. A heavy
moneyed influence may be opposing the
silver dollar, but the people of both par
ties are for remonetizing silver.
Year: 1877

We advise the postofice Hayes organs
to run mostly on sentiment on the hap
py condition Of things South, on the
beauties of civil service reform and Sher-
mans resumption. They need not say
the bloody shirt is buried, and that
Hayes deserves the credit nor need they
Rllude to the fraud, They can also try
and make laboring people believe that
things are not so bad after all.
Year: 1877

THE United States produces one-hali
the silver produced in the world, and
Morrill, and other Senators ask US to dis
parage and depreciate it in the interest
ofthose who hold Government securities.
People are suffering too much now to
care for twaddle about injuring the pub
lie credit and repudiating and all that.
That sort of chatf has no weight now.
Year: 1877

WE notice that about two hundred Of
the "solid men" of Akron demonstrate
against placing gasoline lamps on the
line of gas pipe in that city; and say, that
''such course would be giving up very
good light for a very poor substitute, and
would be step backward in civiliza-
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