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Year: 1877

The pilgrim and stranger who through the


day


Holds over the desert his trackless way,
Where the terrible sand no shade have


known,


No sound of life save the camers moan
Hears at last, through the mercy of al to all,
From his tent door at evening, the Bedouin S


call


"Whoever thou art whose need is great.


In the name of God. the Compassionate


And Mcrciful One, for Thee wait.
For gifts in His name of food and rest
The tents of Islam of God arc blest,
Thou who hast faith in the Christ above,
Shall the Koran teach thee the laws of love
o Christian open thy heart and door,
Cry east and west to the wandering poor:
"Whoever thon art wh..se need Is great.


In the name of God the Compassionate


And Merciful One, for Thee wait. J."
Year: 1877

A female Justice of the peace, in Wyom.
ing territory, was obliged to hear case OF
sesndaIous character, In which her husband
filled the unenviable position of defendant.
She sentenced him to be hanged by the neck
until dead, and was anxious to have the
sentence carried into effect at once until the
attorneys explained to her that she was SIT
ting simply as an examining court. She then
held him in bonds of $4,000, 600 to await
the action of the grand jury, and said she
would shoot the first man full Of holes that
attempted to raise the surety.
Year: 1877

In the February Number of Scribner, Mr. Ed
ward Seymour describes Trout I ishing in the
Rangeey Lakes" which are famous for brook


trout mot lake trout, weighing much as eight
tion," composed of New Workers, Jerseymen and
'"Down- Easters, has a permanent camp there


some Of whose characteristics are thus described:


There are some peculiar features In the
arrangement of the camp buildings which


will be of interest to those who are not


familiar with such institutions. The main
camp is substantial board structure 100


feet long by 30 feet wide. At its extreme


westerly end is well-equipped kitchen,


and adjoining it is a dining-room. Then
comes the main apartment, which is occu-
pied as a sleeping and sitting room
This room takes the full width Of the main
building $50 ieeD, is about 60 feet in
length, and from the floor to the gable is


80 feet in the clear, giving it most spa


cious appearance and securing thorough


ventilation. There are no partitions in


this apartment, but twenty-five or thirty


beds are ranged along its sides, and at its


extreme eastery end is a large open fire.


place, around which the weary anglers


gather after their days sport. and enter


tain each other with the rehearsal of their
experiences and exploits. As one huge
log after another blazes up,-for the nights


are seldom so warm that a fire is oppress-
ive,-story after story passes around. 1t
| rarely happens that some one of the circle


has not captured six or eight pound
trout during the day, and the one who has
been so fortunate is of course the hero of


the hour. With what kind of fly the fish


was captured. how long it took to land


him, the narrow escape which the lucky
angler had from losing his prize just as


the guide was netting him, are points


which must be rehearsed over and over
again. Could one-tenth of the fish stories
which have thus been rehearsed around
this famous old fireplace in Camp Kenne-


bago be put on record, they would make
book which would throw far into the
shade any volume of piscatorial experience
that has ever yet seen the light. Before
eleven o'clock the weary anglers are all
in their beds. and the camp sinks into
silence which is undisturbed save by some


obstreporous snorer, at least until daylight


the next morning, when some fisherman


who has had poor luck the previous day


starts out with desperate determination


to retrieve his fortunes by testing the vir-


tue of early fishing.
Year: 1877

Notices of the Press.


The veteran MAGAZINE, which long ago outgrew
its orig nal title Of the New MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
has not in the least abated the popularity II at
the outset but has added to it many ways and has
kept fairly abreast Of the times, thanks to the en-
terprise OF the publishers and the tact and wisdom
OF its editors. For whatever is best and most read
able in the literature of travel discovery, and fiction
the average reader of to-day LOOKS 10 HABPER's
MAGAZINE, just as expectansly as did the reader o.
a quarter Of q century ago; there Is the same ad
mirable variety of contents and the same freshness
and suggestiveness in its editorial departments
as then, boston Journal.
Year: 1877

Detroit paper say:


Yesterday forenoon old lady and daugh>
ter drove into the city on the Gratiot road
in a one horse wagon, and the horse was
cured in an alley near tho lower park on RAN
dOlph street while the woman went of IN
search Of dry goods store. Some boys waD-
dering through the alley, saw a chance for q
joke, and one Of them borrowed . wrench.
others got pry, and in about FIVE minutes
they had the hind wheel" Of the vehicle
where the fore wheels hsd been in the habit
of running BY and by the woman and her
daughter returned. united the horse, led him
out aud the mother looked at the vehicle
and remarked


Seems as if this blamed old horse had
been kicking in tho dash board"


pile in mother" called the girl, as she
tied up the halter; but the mother couldn't
The pitch was great that the se,t sIInted
skywsrd, and the woman got off the hub,
walked around the wagon. and said:


I'm bet onion. thst this horse is hitched
to the wrong eud of this wagon"


They were in great puzzle when boy
came along, saw the true state of affairs, and
he leaned up against fence and laughed
until the tears came. a blacksmith was sent
for, the wheels properly placed, and the old
lady remarked. a. she climbed mp:


Blamed if I wasn't afraid for one spell
that I'd either got cross eyed or was losing
my reason. just want TO git hold Of some
Of these Detroit boysw'
Year: 1877

-Chemists tell rs tha. single grain OF
iodine will impart color to seven thousand
times its weight of water. Is is so in higher
things; one weakness. one habit may inhuencn
the Rhols life and character.
Year: 1877

The County Committee a t
week took no action in reference
to calling a Senatorial Convention
for this District, but since that
time quite large number OF peo-
pie have urged such action. This
is the short or two year Senatorial
term, for the next Legislature will
have to re -apportion the State and
the Senators will have to be re-
elee ted under the new apportion-
ment in 1879. Yet, there should
be a convention, and candidate
nominated. We presume there
will be no doubt that Smyth coun-
ty will concede the Senator to
Washington, and she has had the
Senator for eight years.
Year: 1877

The Engineers, Messrs. Winston
and King, have run an experiments
tai line with the level as far as the
top Of Walkers Mountain, near
Three Springs, and find that they
can get to the summit at grade
of less than 116 feet per mile,
without making any cut at all on
tbs summit. In their estimation
this line is perfectly practicable.-
The officers of the Company insist
that the Benham's Mil route will
increase the distance soniG six
miles, which they think is fatal to
that route.
Year: 1877

cost more than four times what the
Government has paid so far for their
completion. One payment Of 5000 600
has been made in accordance with the
stipulations of the bill passed by Com
gress a second payment will be
made at the completion of the deep
jetty channel, and when the channel
through the bar is cut to the required
depth the full amount of s., SOC, coo
Will be paid, If the Government is sat
islied that the work is complete and of
perm anent value.n
Year: 1877

New York correspondence Of the Cincin-


natti Commercial.


The truth is that there have been
wiser men than Judge Hilton. He
failed as a Judge; as a Park Commits
sioner he was the tool of Sweeny and
the Tweed Ring; he is failing now as a
dry goods merchant. Mr.. Seligman's
reference to the condition of the
Ste Hart business, bitter and angry as
they were, had much truth in them
Only one man out of million had
the ability to build up that business;
any tool can run it. Instead of leav-
ing to William Libby and Mr.. Stew
arts other lifelong partners the prac-
tical management of business which
he cannot Understand, Hilton is con-
stantly endeavOring to introduce "im-
provements.n The cOmbats that take
place between him and the old part
ners in the Chambers street store are
said to be of almost daily occurrence,
and are so violent that they are the
scandal of the whole establishments
Indeed. Hilton and Libby, | am told,
have seemed more than once on the
point of coming to blows. This is
enough of itself to demoralize a busi-
ness, and it has sensibly declined
since Stewards death, for this and
other reasons.
Year: 1877

to the Delawdredn : On Tuesday, 26th inst.
in Galena, Kent county, there occurred quite
an exciting incident, and one well calculated
to arouse the worst passions Of man. Two
negroes, brothers, attacked a white man in
broad daylight The negroes had been drink
ing with view to nerve themselves TO the
meditated work Becoming sufficiently under
the influence of whiskey they proceeded to
carry out their nefarious plans. Armed with
razors, the negro's weapon, but keeping them
concealed, they attacked the white man in
one of the stores of the place and were using
him roughly when some of the white residents
interfered, taking an active part in the fight
In the melee the white man received a severe
wound, his finger having been bitten off
One of the negroes received wound which
will probably result in his death. They are
hunting the other like bloodhounds, he hav
ing escaped in consequence of the confusion
which ensued. The best thinking men in
Galena condemn it as being entirely the fault
of the negroes
Year: 1877

Newark's sporting men make use Of the
Main street Of the town as a race course on
which TO try the speed of their horses. They
had gay time one day last week trotting
their horses to seighs, and the Journal Of
that town says the horses ''glded over the
ground like lightning" That beats Gold
smith Maid all hollow. She can't begin to
keep up with lightning.
Year: 1877

In order 10 save the partridges from death
By starvation or cold, while the ground is
covered with snow, a number Of gentlemen
have agreed to offer reward Of twenty-five
cents a pair for all birds delivered alive at the
Hotel of A. Maxwell, Esq, in this town
(See advertisement elsewhere.) The gentle
men are reliable and their offer is genuine
Their object is to feed and care for the birds
during the winter and release them in the
spring.
Year: 1877

AN ACT to prevent the killing or disturbing OF


wild pigeons while on their brooding grounds.
The people Of the State os Wisconsin, represented


in Senate and Assembly do enact as follows:


Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to use any gun or guns or firearms. or IN
any manner to MAIN, KILL destroy or distGrb any
wild pigeon or pigeons at or within three miles OF
the place places where they are gathered for the
purpose of brooding their young, known as pigeon
nestings. Nor shall any person or persons fre at
or attempt to kill or destroy any such wild pigeon
pigeons, or disturb their nests within said Inn
its anywhere within this State, at any time from
the beginning of such nesting or broodingg
until IT,. last Matching of such birds, and
every person offending against the provisions of
this section shall be punished by fine of not more
than fifty dollars nor less then twenty dollars for
each and every offense together with the costs of
snt and shall be imprisoned in the County Jail OF
the coun Y wherein such ofense was committed
uuti such fine and costs fully paid or until dis
charged according to law; and in all convictions
under this act one half of all fines shall be paid
over by the Justice of the Peace before whom such
trial is brought to the person who shall have made
the compla Mt i'll such case.


Sec ?. Justices of the peace shall have Jurtsdic
tion o hear, try and determine all cases arising
under the provisions OF this act: prop Ged the de-
fendant shall be deprived of jury trial nor of
the right of appeal as in other cases. H"n


Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.


Approved Feb 20, 1877. ECOPY.
Year: 1877

AN ACT to amend chapter s3, General Laws Of


1858, entitled An Act for the formation and pro-


lection of County A agricultural Societies.


The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented


in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:


Section /. Section one of chapter So of the gem
eral laws of 1873, is hereby amended to read
as follows: Section 1. In all cases when the ci l.
zens of county, or OF two or more counties,
jointly, shall or may have organized a county
agricultural society by the adoption of constitu-
tion. and the choice of the ordinary officers they
shall have all the power of a corporation
and body polite, and may sue. and be
sued, plead and be impleaded, prosecute and
defend to final judgment and execution in any
cOurt Of law or equity, and may purchase and hold
any real and personal estate which shall be neces
sary to best promote the obec of such associa-
tion and which estate shall be exclusively devoted
to such objects. Said societies shall also have
power to sell and convey. to borrow money upon
and mortgage any and all such real estate, said
conveyance or mortgage being executed by the
president and secretary of such society. All such
land and property shall also be free from taxation
while used as aforesaid by such societies; pro
Uided, that nothing in this act shall be construed
to prevent any citizen of any other state from
becoming member or officer o any agricultural
society or industrial association which is now
ganized or may hereafter be organized under or by
virtue Of any law of this State.


Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.


Approved Feb. "a, 1877. 81 -n- ES~ COPY.
Year: 1877

lads, it appeared, had got into quarrel
on the street, and the smaller one took
refuge from his opponent in the church,
imagining that he would not dare to fol-
low him thither and continue the fight.
The latter's bump of veneration was not
big enough to keep him from this piece of
sacrilege, however. and the fight proceed
ed for a few moments at the door in an
energetic fashion, but when the large fel-
low saw some one approaching he took to
his heels and fled. The smaller fellow
was promptly seized, but on learning the
facts those who had him in charge let
him 90.
Year: 1877

1t will be borne in mind that at Gold.
Just of from Canal street, Mr. Staub has
one of the iHest assorlments Of periodical
literature in the South. All Of the popular
magazines are received ahead Of time, and
the illustrated weeklies and dailies from
the ohiet cities Of the North and West. lie
was the pioneer Of cheap literature in this
city, and his enterprise hiss secured for him
ampielFecr aitiOn pending the time we are
in stQta a
Year: 1877

C. C. Haley, news dealer, No. 10 CONNER
cial place, sometimes remembers the Re
PUBLICAN office when in receipt of an un-
usually select assortment of goods in his
line Such is the case Just now with the
almanac season, and our aeknOwledg-
ments are hereby extended for choice Sc
lection of reading u after, which, If the
reader should only see, would tempt him
to make q raid on Haley without delay
Year: 1877

Two more "cardsy from the respectable
caste of New Orleans appear this morning
in glorifcstion of the peaceful conduct and
Christian disposition of the Louisiana bull
dozers. The case, of course, is desperate
one, but by constant effort and frequent
repetition these men expect to deceive the
North as they did for long weary years in
relation to the divine institution of slavery.
Year: 1877

Senator Oglesby, of Illinois, on bis way
home from this city, where he served as a
member of the Senatorial Investigating
committee, was entertained by number of
the citizens of Cairo, to whom he expressed
great interest in the work for the protec-
tion of the banks of the Mississippi river.
The old Governor is good friend of Louis
lana, especially of those OF her citizsns who
increase her riches by the sweat of their
brow. His vote for the levee bill can be
looked for with confidence. We wish as
much could be said of his Democratic col
leagues of the Louisiana committee.
Year: 1877

to leave her estates and everything
to Miss Temple, il Miss Temple on
her part never left her and never
married. A will was made by Miss
Grant, under which her property
was to pass to the Temples. Two
years ago Miss Temple married.
Last Christmas Miss Grant died.
The will was revoked. She never
iorgaye the detection. She never
made another will, and the estate
goes to an obscure country doctor
in Aberdeenshire, who hardly knew
he was related to Miss Grant, and
never saw her. Other poor rela-
tons, poor tradespeople in Bauff-
shire, come in for a share. Over
this question of succession there
will be terrible fight in the law
courts between the Temples aud
the heirs-at-law. Miss Grant was
very masculine in appearance and
manly in dress.
Year: 1877

There is a great science in bait.
ing, and it chiefly rests in the skill
of having the worms lively, and
with the extremities left dangling.
The bait is often carried over a lit
tie fall into a smooth, deep pool I;
allow it to sink, and all the while
it is doing so, these four ends of the
two worms are moving about in the
clear water in a much too enticing
way for any chance trout to resist.
When you have a bite, do not pull
at all, but strike your fish, as it is
called ; this is done by a motion of
the wrist, sharp, short, abrupt not
a jerk-a motion which is com
menced sharply, but ends almost
instantly and abruptly. can hken
it only to a quick movement of the
hand in bringing in foil, in fenc
ing, from tierce to carte. It's done
by bringing the finger nails, which
are downward, holding the rod,
suddenly to the left and upward,
moving the end Of the pole upward
and to the left some one or two
feet Having struck thus, you will
in most cases have captured your
fish. Be in no hurry to land him
that is a simpler thing to do; you
can do it at your leisure, stepping
back to a sure foundation, should
you be inan uncomfortable position
in reaching to make the cast, or
make any other disposition that you
desire before raising your fish gently
from the water, thence to your creel.
The great mistake often made by
those who do not understand this
sport, is to pull the moment they
have a bite; the result usually is to
see the trout wind himself round
about some limb overhead, or if he
fail to be hooked, which is often the
case IN pulling, to see the bait and
hook in the same position, causing
"a loss of time, patience, and too
often temper, especially when you
feel confident that there arc Other
trout in the pool ahead, and be-
come aware OF the fact that you
have got to make splash and dash
and complete exposure of yourself
to get at your dangling line, so that
you may fish in vain in the same
pool alterward. Remember that
trout are very shy, and once having
disturbed them, it is useless to fish
for them.
Year: 1877

Some of the Scotch papers are
giving details of very extraordi-
nary will case which will shortly be
submitted for trial. The story is
this: The daughter of a country
practitioner in a little village in
Scotland awoke one morning to
find herself a great heiress. The
traditional uncle, who had come
from India with a fortune, had died,
leaving a beautiful estate and fully
G30O, 900 in money and West In
dian property to his niece, Miss
Macpherson Grant. At that time
she was bright, clever, handsome
and about twenty-one years of age.
She took possession Of her property
and lived in great style, keeping a
large stud Of horses and driving
tandem herself all over the country.
Her father and mother she took
under her wing, and was devoted to
them to the last day of their lives.
She established them in an indie
pendent and elegant home in Edin-
burgh, but had them a great deal
with herself at Aberlour House, on
the Speyside. Some fifteen years
ago a young lady came to pay her a
visit. She was a stranger to Miss
Grant, and was brought by some
friends. 1t ended in this young lady,
Miss Temple, leaving father and


mother, with their concurrence,


and living with Miss Grant, for bet


ter or for worse, until death should
them part; in fact, they formed such
a friendship that they agreed and


entered into an engagement that
neither should marry, and that they
should pass their lives together.


Miss Grant then and there refused
"a very good offer of marriage, and
rejected oil other suitors. The con-
ditions were that Miss Grant was
Year: 1877

NoW 1OTk llmSs.I


Where is the husband who has
not been reused from a sound sleep
by a whisper in his ear that there
is somebody in the house; that she
(the wife) had heard footsteps on
the stairs or in the hall, a rustic in
the closet where the silver is, or a
turning of a key in the front door?
If he quietly informs her that he
would like to 60 to sleep again, and
that she can tell him in the morn
ing how the burglar gets along
with all the particulars, he is de-
clared to be unfeeling and reckless.


If he offers to rise and prove to
her the groundlessnes of her appre-
tensions, she calls him desperate,
and intimates that he wants her to
be a widow. If he resolutely gets
up and starts on a voyage of dis
coyery, the chances are that she
will follow him, determined not to
be left alone, much as he may aver
that, in the very improbable event
of a burglar being present in the
house, her presence will not assist
in his ejectment or punishment.


Supposing that he persuades her
not to accompany him, she will at
least go to the head of the stairs,
throw down all his old boots into
the hall, and possibly his trowsers,
with his new chronometer in the
fob, thus reducing it to a condition
to defy the art of watch-makers.
Whatever he may do or not do, she
will be pretty certain to be disturbed
and freshly frightened, and all his
ways and plans to calm her, under
her constantly recurring nervous
fears, come to naught.


Every few nights, just as he is
dropping off, she lays her hand
upon his arm and says in a stage
whisper, :" What's that? Hark,
bark? Don't stirl What can that
be? 0, dear, what is the natter"
with thrilling changes on these
phrases that might curdle the blood
of a man who had never been mar
ried. 1t is marvellous the elocu-
tionary power that women have
under such circumstances between
midnight and three o'clock in the
morning.