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Year: 1878

must here digress again, and say
that the press men in the houses oi
Parliament, in the highest sense, are
gentlemen by birth and education, and
frequently at night sessions, appear
in full evening dress attire. This is
usually 81 with the editorial writers,
who there and then write their "lead-
ers" while the "warm inspiration is
on and may in an hour after be seen
at Lady Lullaby's ball, indulging in
an ice or suggestive chat with Bar
on Won Bunsen. In no case is u
parliamentary press man of that I'M
washed. parboiled, extravagant-haired
and bearded cross between aspiritual.
ist medium professor and an insane
portrait painter, that the ain in life of
an American reporter seems to be sat
is6ed in obtaining. In England the
press reporter endeavors to mask his
calling and thereby the better master
his professional desires. He is more
presentable and less pronounced
looking toiler with the pen than his
transatlantic cousin, and by the fact
of his not wearing his heart upon his
sleeve for every daw to pick at" he
has many more social privileges than
the "boId American"
Year: 1878

In the atmosphere experienced here during the
summer months, the lethaI gy produced by the heat
takes away the desire for wholesome food, and
frequent perspirations reduce bodily energy, par
ticularly those suffering from the effects of debli-
ting diseases. In order to keep natural health
full activity of the system W. must resort to artf-
cial means. For this purpose schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic is very efectual. few doses will create an
appetite and give fresh vigor to the cnervated body


For dyspepsia, 1t is invaluable. Many eminent
physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia can be
permanently cured By the drugs which are gener


ally employed for that purpose. The Sea Weed
Tonic in its nature is totally different from such
drugs. 1t contai no corrosive minerals or acids


in fact it assists the regular operations of nature


and supplies her deficiencies. The tonic in its ma
ture much resembles the gastric juice that it If
almost identical with that fluid. The gastric juice


is the na ural solvent which, in healthy condition
If the body causes the food TO be digested and
when this juice is not excreted in sufficient quaint
tes Indigestion, with all its distressing Symphonic
follow. The Sea Weed Tonic performs the duty
of the gastric juice when the latter is deficient


Schencks Sea Weed Tonic sold by all Druggists.
Year: 1878

Ia distinguished poet of Maine wrote and
published the following, after the birth Of
bis first child:l


One night as old st. Peter slept,


He left the door of Heaven aiar
Wneh through little angel erept,


ANA came down with a falling star.
Zone summer as the blessed beams
vi morn approached, my blushing bride
Awakened from some pleasing dreams
And found that angel by her side
God grant but this-I ask no more
That when he leaves this world of main
He'll wing his way to that bright shore.
And find his home in Heaven again.
John e. SAKE deeming that an Injustice
had been done to st. Peter. wrote The fol.
lowing as


TT. PETERS BEPLY,
Full eighteen hundred years or more
I've kept my gate securely tied:
There has no Little Angel strayed,
Nor one been missing from my side
Il did not sleep as you supposed,
Nor left the door of Heaven ajar,
Nor has Little Angel left,
And gone down with falling star.
go ask that blushing bride, and see
II she don't frankly own and cay,
That when she found that angel babe
She found II in the good old way.
God grant but this-I ask no more
That should your number still enlarge,
Hou VIII not do as done before,
And lay 1t TO old Peters charge"
Year: 1878

CoNKLlNGIsN.-We do not know
Senator Conkling and would not utter
anything derogatory TO his personal char
acter. But We think that every honest
politician and every citizen ought to scpat
and spit upon Conklingism, which now
sinks the whole Republican party to the
level of personal machine to elevate
Mr.. Conkling again to the Senate it
does not stop here. But Conklingism
means the use cf the whole legislative
branch of the government and the Execu-
tive branch also, for the elevation of Mr..
Conkling again to the Senate. What
this effort will cost the people in taking
up the time of Congress, we cannot
guess. But it does not stop even there
It gives rise to the question whether the
people of State shall have any say in
recommending appointments through the
President or the Senators control the
appointments to secure their own re.


lection. If the President is made tc
give way to Conklingism the time will
not be far off until the people look with
such suspicion and disgust upon thu
Senate that it will be wholly changed
from its present great power, and entire
ly reformed ON the great basis of populs


tim
Year: 1878

An ExcELLENT SPEKcB. We pre-
sumo jenkins old Commercial will de-
nounce with its wonted vehemence and
vulgarlty the speech OF Senator Thur
man, Of Ohio, yesterday, which we copy
below. That paper favored negro woman
suffrage to keep the South under. 1t
commended Theodore Tilton's letter in
which he declared he hoped to live to see
! negress elected President of the United
States. We commend and laud Mr..
Thurman's short speech as both proper
and timely and what is more, the
ladies Of Delaware, without regard to
party, are as much pleased with 1t as
their husbands and sons are /: N


Mr.. Thurman spoke in opposition to
opening the Senate chamber TO them, and
said should the Senate break the rule
now there would be no end to breaking
it. No Senator would think Of admit
ting q delegation of men to the chamber.
It was proposed TO break the rule now
because the applicants were ladies. lie,
for one, whether it be popular or unpopu-
lar, must set his face against it. Un-
doubtedly they were very worthy women,
but one Of them said in the convention
at Lincoln Hall they intended to carry
the Senate by God. May be they would,
but II would be long after some Of the
old fogies were out of the chamber
[Laughter.]


He did not wish 10 be understood IS
wanting in respect for these ladies, but
be was free 10 confess that the woman
who sat at her fireside and took care Of
her children was rather more respectable
in his mind than the woman who threat.
ened TO carry the Senate by God. 1t was
for the States to declare who should vote
IN the States. Let them begin witt
Massachusetts,. r.
Year: 1878




WE are glad to see that the autorities at
The Treasury Department have taken steps
to protect the building and its contents
from any attack that may be made upon
it, the conduct of Cohen and his crowd on
Tuesday at the agricultural Department
and the threats made at the meeting held
By them the same evening, having rem
dered such precautions not only proper
but necessary. 1t will not do oleave the
property of,he people, representing mil
lions Of dollars contributed by taxpayers
Of the whole country, at the mercy Of a
disorderly gang led by a'streetscorasn
spouter, who 'isso far from representing
."the people" in whose name he pretends te
speak and act, that be could not be elected
to the meanest office in their gift.
Year: 1878

Young man, don't feel worried because the world does not appreciate your tal- ents. Be sure that you have the tal- ents, and then, sooner or later, some one will find it out. A golden guinea was once buried in an ash heap, and it mourned it's forlorn condition. It said despondingly,l "I shall never come to anything. Nobody knows I am here, and shall never occupy the position I deserve. By and by, however, poor old woman drove her iron poker down into the heap, looking only for bits of coal, and saw the coin. She took 1t in her hand, trembling at her good fortune. Even she knew it's worth. She spent 1t, and ere long it took it's place by the side of the other golden coins of commerce, and at last passed even throu 5h royal hands, Nobody asked where it came from, and even if they had been told that for months it was buried in aa old ash heap they would not have cared. The fact that it was genuine gold was enough. Get ready for something great, and the something great will sooner o1 later find you out, for in the long run We reap what we sow. Oh wonderful truth A truth hard to learn in the days of our youth But 1t shines out at last as the -hand on the waIp

 For the world has its s'debit' and ':credit' fol | all,
Year: 1878

Bishop Peck, of the Methodist Epis- 'copal Church, during recent visit to 8 hygienic institution in Boston, related, in conversation in the reception-room, the following touching incident of his own life. He said that when it became probable that he would be made bishop his wife, one of the loveliest of women and delicate invalid, came to him and demonstrated /: ''I need you. Your strength is not equal to the burdens. cannot spare my husband. Others can do the work of the churches" But he replied that he did not feel at liberty to decline. When he went to conference, and saw how affairs were tending, he wrote to his wife, saying that they must both pray over the subject, and receive the decision of the conference as the decision of the Lord. This," re- marked the Bishop, "is the only serious letter ever wrote my wife, to which she never replied" When he was elected, and husband and wife met, she fell at his feet and buried her face in her hands, exclaiming; ''It is not right. I can. not endure it. I cannot give up my husband" After time she looked ur and said "Go, and take care of the churches, and the Lord will take care oi me; but you are no longer my husband You are my sacrifice"
Year: 1878

The late MT. George s. Appleton, the publisher, was not only an excellent man of business, but gentleman of culture, especially as linguist, and possessed exceptionally fine taste in works of art. He was very just man in reference to his employees. and mindful of the inter- est and comfort of those who served the house faithfully. "You earned more last year than your salary your salary will be increased next year, and you will find an extra amount to your credit for last year, is the sort of talk that some of the persons in his employ will re- member to have listened to; and when, perhaps, they were feeling just little tired from overwork, it would not have been strange if they had heard h1m say, in his bluff, hearty way, "Go off, take a vacation, take your wife along; I'll pay the expenses, and get some one to do your work while you are away" Few men were more uniformly guided by a high sense of integrity than Mr. Apple ton, and his death removes from the publishing guild one of it's most intelli- gent and esteemed members.
Year: 1878

prompted to this by foolish or false pride, or shame, and in that case when their means are exhausted and minds impaired by troubles, they are in state unftted for usefulness or honest employ ment. The result is, that they must either starve to death, of become out laws, or trafnps of the worst type, unless taken care of by public institutions or authorities"

 "You think the community ought to take care of the tramps?"

 In prisons, some; in almshouses, a few; but by giving the strong and will ling chance with work. The charity that will do the tramp the most good is that which will give him chance to prove himself capable and not neeessa- rily dishonest.

 At this moment policeman, who had observed the tramp and reporter loiter- ing too long in one spot, came forward and closed the conversation, broke of the thread of philosophy and put both in motion in opposite directions by g peremptory order:

 "Move on p
Year: 1878

To shoot oneself with turpentine is certainly new idea in suicide. Theo- dore Reisner took dinner with his fami- ly in Rochester last Saturday, and then went into the front room of the house. In few moments his wife heard a noise like the explosion of a cap. She went into the room and found her husband lying on the floor with gun close by, from the muzzle of which smoke was rising An examination led to the be- lief that the gun had been charged with powder and wad and quantity of tur- pentine then poured into the barrel, af- ter which the unfortunate man placed the muzzle in his mouth and exploded the powder, driving the whole charge down his throat. The only external in- jury visible was a slight discoloration on the upper lip, but his tongue and lar ynx were frightfully lacerated. It was not strikingly successful operation, for he did not die until five hours after the turpentine was fired.
Year: 1878

While in the French Department of Agriculture I was much interested in an exhibit for fattening poultry by ma chinery. The hens and cocks were ar ranged in little stalls about ten inches square, with their heads toward the open front and their feet haltered to the floor in q way to prevent their turning round. The attendant passed in front of the stalls, seized the unhappy bird by the nape of the neck, inserted 8 tube, to which was attached long hose, into it's mouth, pressed upon Q pedal with her foot, and graduated quantity of food was forced into the stomach of the bird. They took their nourishment very much as a boy would take medicine. The food is composed of ground mixture of corn, rye, barley, milk, and water; and while it may not accord with the Ameri- can idea of chicken rights to make 8 rooster eat whether he wants to or not, it cannot be denied that this regimen makes him much more desirable to be eaten. I have nowhere else tasted such sweet, juicy chicken as they have here. About the morality of this system there may also be some question, and l doubt if it could obtain in a country blessed with Bergh.

 It certainly divests chicken life of much of Its romance. They must de vote their lives exclusively to the igno- ble, unheroic business of getting fat. No growing, and cackling, and nest hid ing in out of the way places in barns, or matching, or scratching for the early worm in gardens, or on ancestral dung hills for them. Indeed, these people, who 1t is said have no word for home, have done much to divest the lives oi chickens of hallowed and home-like as sociations. They are matched in steam incubators and the velvety little birds I never know the sheltering arms of the old hen, but are protected in flannel lined drawers. .- Cor. Rochester Express
Year: 1878

the town, while the balance are pros
trate with the fever. There are only
three of the original inhabitants now
left in the place who are not PROSTATE.
They are E j. Armsted, the Southern
Express agent, Samuel Heber, and a
boy waiter in the Chamberlain House.


DR.. Warren Stone seemed terribly
disgusted with the negroes, and said that
they ought to have company of United
States Infantry on hand to make them
move livelier and help the sick.


REDDING, THE PLUCKY TELEGRAPHER,
and Tom Marshall were in very low
condition on Friday, and on Sunday
morning both breathed their last. The
news of the death of Redding was re-
ceived with grief at all points on the
road, and the telegraphers on the Jack
son route are determined that monu-
ment shall mark the grave where lies the
boy who only stopped in Grenada to serve
God and the sick and the dying.
Year: 1878

a young woman in Toledo, after
receiving ten notes in As many hours
from n lover whose address she h al
rejected, sat down with fury in her
eye to write am answer that wouId
wipe out his lore making as with a
sponge. Bnt the little page with
dimpled chm that never had known
the barber's shears, softly touched
the hem of her garment and whisper
ed, IF you please mum, don't write
ANYTHING that viii scare him so he
won't send any more notes cause
I'm making five cents every trip this
bad weather.
Year: 1878

Alum or vinegar is good to set col
ors, red, green or yellow,


A hot shovel held over vanished
furniture will will take out white
spots. =


A bit OF glue dissolved in milk and
water will restore old grapes.


A hit of soap rubbed on doorhing
es will prevent their creaking


Halt cranberry bound on a corn
will Kill it.


Dat straw is hest fer filing beds,
and should be changed once year.


TO clean wall paper take two quarts
of wheat bran tied in coarse flannel
and rub it over the paper.


Rancid butter may be sweetened
by working it thorou ghIy in sweet
milk.


To prevent fruit jars breaking
while canning fruit. Set the solid
jar on a cloth, wet with cold water.
then till with hot fruit.


To clean lace curtains: shake out
all dust, spread on a clean sheet, and
sprinkle cornmeal or bran between,
then roll up and put away for days,
then shake the bran ont press with a
moderately hot iron, AMI The curtains
are ~ nic" as new.
Year: 1878

Fitzgerald's section is said to be in
better coalition than almost any 9TH
er on the road.


Several citizens firmly believed las;
Monday that the big hole dug by
/ F;izgerald's men WAS for the tounda-
ton of the Tennessee Central depot.


An old gentleman came near losing
his life III trying to jump on moving
train here last Tuesday. Several by
ISLANDERS caught him and kept him
from falling under the wheels.
We hear it rumored that all the
side-tracks of the l.. d n. road here
two miles in afl-will be laid with
steel rail in the spring The yard
will also he hallasted with gravel.
Large quantities Of steel rail are
being laid on the Central road. We
learn that several miles have already
been put down between here and
jackson. We suppose the line will
he steel rail all the way 10 Cairo soon.


While the north>bound passenger
train ON the l.. & n. road was pulling
out last Sunday evening, the rear
trucks Of the sleeper jumped switch
and bumped over the ties short dIs>
tance, when she bounced Oh again
without damage.


The l.. Il N. company IL putting
in some large scales for weighing car
loads Of freight, etc, near the passen
ger depot. A side.track will also be
laid from the crossing down to First
street. Section foreman Fitzgerald
and bis men have done some excellent
work.


We learn from the Railway Mail
that there were 49, ,76S sacks of mail
handled by the clerks Oh the postal
ears Of the l.. d. n. road, last year;
a daily average of about 13j. The boys
are pretty badly used up at the end Of
some of their runs, and no one should
blame them if a letter or paper Occa-
si9nalIy goes wrong.


A correspondent Of the Railway
Mail says: We have Sewer Snow
now and little Sewer it is and it's
name is Charles Wheeler. They Will
have good work between Milan and
Memphis now, as they have Gard
ner on that line. The man they had
there to Do the work got Smothered
out. 4 Free>man can not do his
work at Milan after night without
watchman.
Year: 1878

The first section of q north bound
freight train on the Central road was
run into by the second section, near
the stock yard, last Sunday night.
Several cars were smashed and some
freight damaged. Nobody hurt. The
accident was caused by the rear Sec
tion breaking in two and becoming
unmanageable. No one TO blame.
Year: 1878

We would respectfully suggest to
those in need of goods in our line
to buy them while We are selling al
cost, as the opportunity to buy on our
terms may close in a few days. Ru-
NOR has it that there will he q change
in the style Of the firm. At the time
Of the change there also may be a
change in the style of selling; /. e..
selling for cost.


WILLIAMS, SAITH & Co.
Year: 1878

"How shall mana age my husbandf''


Twill tell you my dear, if 1 can;
He is really a wonderful creature.


That Troublesome animal, Man
Yes really wonderful creature


So strange. Inconsistent and queer;
But you'll soon know the secret by learning
The modus operandi, my dear!
II he stays out too late in the evening.


Partaking of supper and wine,
Don't prove him false fabricator,


When he comes home by asking the time;
For he surely will tell you the town clock
The moment before rang ont one
When it struck he had counted it over


just three times before 1t had done!
And then. If his hat. in the morning,


Is smaller by far than his head,
ron't hint by the merest allusion


That his lordship went tipsy to bed;
But simply regard the occurrence


A phenomenon puzzling and queer
With Grange look Of nlystillcation


Ir your eyes. if he's watching, my dear!
And don't fail to sew on his buttons.


And likewise his clothes mend with care /;
Don't tease him for money for shopping;.
Don't frown when he acts like a bear;
Don't tell him too often, my deary,


That your poor head is aching with pain.
Lest he whisper. way down in his bosom:
"OiI wish were single again!''
Don't tell him that Mary. the housemaid.
And Ann, the obstreperous cook.
Refuse TO receive your suggestions


With even SO much as lcOk.
DOn'ttell him how very annoying


You often h lave found 1t to be
To be told TO " ct out of the Kitchen,
And don't come a-bOthcring mc!'
But always seem cheerful and happy.
And always look pls asant and gay;
Than a frOwn there is nothing more potent
In driving ones husband away,
And thus you must ever keep striving
You'll find it an excellont plan;
But whatever You co. dear, remember -
That your husband is only man.
Year: 1878

the city, as far as the board of public works is
concerned, is determined to no longer continue
as the paymaster for contractors. Its duty as
such heretofore has burdened the city clerical
force beyond its powers and it is for the pur
pose of relieving this unnecessary pressure
That the resolution is adopted. Contractors,
both psesent and future, will study their own
interests by careful reading and understand
ing of the resolution. The provisions Of the
resolution will not and cannot work any hard
ship on upright and honorable contractors, who
will always find parties willing to s:carry" them
far enough to pay their men until their esti-
mates are approved, while, on the other hand,
it will weed out those who ought not to secure
contracts in any case from the fact that they
have no substantial backing
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 4, 1878.


The first fall election in. which inter-
est isfelt is that in Maine. There has
been belief abroad in the land for the
last six or eight years that harmony in
the Democratic party, and able lead
ership, would have resulted in Demo-
cratic success. | shall not offend any
reader in that State by saying that lit
tie capable leadership has been known
in that time, and that harmony is, to
Maine Democrats, an unknown virtue.
They have seemed to delight in ruin
ing their own prospects over questions
which had no. proper place in their
councils, and thus to assist the enemy,
when, perhaps, he was at their mercy
/ do not expect much at the coming
election, but still hope that in the near
future the party in the State will take
such action as will at least make sue
cess possible. There are many men in
the Democratic party in. Maine whom
it would be pleasant to all good citi-
zens, and profitable to the country to
have III Congress. The result Of the
election next week win have consider
able influence in other States.


Hon. Fernando Wood failed signally
in his attempt to pass his customs bill
through the last House, and the indi-
cations were that even modified bill
would have been defeated. We may
be sure that radical change in that d.
rection will not be possible until the
public debt becomes understandable
and manageable and commerce and
industry assume something of a solid
and radical character. But Mr.. Wood
is not disposed to let the subject alone,
and everybody will be glad that his
special committee to inquire into the
executions of existing custom laws is at
work in New York. All men who i'm
port anything are constantly complain
ing on this subject. One official after
another tries to inaugurate reform, and
still the faults and the complaints con-
tinue. The largest importers will ap-
pear before Mr.. Woods Committee,
and intelligent statements of grievan-