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Year: 1877

n We are out of it again. Here, after we
had fixed up our plan by which the vacancy in
the office of Lieutenant Governor could be filled
without trouble or expense, somebody discovers
that the Constitution makes no provision fol
filling vacancies in the offices of Governor OF
Lieutenant Governor by election. If the Gov
ernor's office becomes vacant, the Lieutenant
Governor takes his place; if the Lieutenant Gov
ernor slides out of Office, the President pro TEN.
of the Senate comes in. We are sorry, on one ac-
count. It would have offered such an excellent
opportunity to demonstrate how easily, and
cheaply, and unanimously the place could have
been filled, simply by adopting our suggestion.
Year: 1877

UOUD DOCIRINE.-Iu nc IOiI0wlng, from Str0ng
Democratic paper, contains sound sense:


The spoils do belong to the vctors. The work Of
politics should be done by the official class The
penses of that work should be borne by that class
The Offices of the Government should be filed by
those who belong to the party in power and all who
have supported It in the field. These should be the
governing class, for long the people have voted
assened to, the incumbency of the party they be
long to- the rewards should be proportonate to the
ability and success Of the workers.-Brookiyn Eagle
(DemJ


ed into the same number of lines. When the
Democratic party gets into power, We do not
find them breaking down the party by prohibit,
ing its members from working for its interests
under the hypocritieal guise of Civil Service Re-
form.
Year: 1877

II The King of Dahomey intends to sacrifice
five hundred men to his fetish, in honor of his
peace with England. 1t is a matter of national
pride to know that the King of Dahomey strives
to emulate the civilized aud enlightened United
States. The high-toned and chivalrous South
erners have sacrificed more than five hundred
men to their fetish, and does not peace prevail,
and quiet, and reconciliation But the King Of
Dahomey is q step in advance Of the United
States, in the matter of humanity. He does not
propose to sacrifice any women or children.
Year: 1877

The following We take from the Eureka,
New. Sentinel, and shows to what use an
aristocratic Russian may put himself when
he is exiled and funds are scarce. Quite
romance is connected with this little his
Year: 1877

The action OF the City Council in the mat.
ter of the reduction of salaries is not an action
which gives perfect satisfaction. The city
fathers appear to entertain in vague and gen.
neral way, correct and laudabe ideas in regard
to economy in municipal expenditures, but
they evidently have no taste for detail. Gen.
orally speaking they favor reduction of salar-
les; but they cherish strong objections to the
cutting down of any particular salary. At
the meeting Friday evening the committee ap-
pointed to take into consideration the adjust
ment of salaries on an economical basis re-
ported bill which met with the general ap-
proval of our citizens. But the bill was
reconstructed in the interest of the office
holders aud against the interest of the tax
payers. Each member of the City Council
held that salaries should be reduced, but that
the salary of his man was already too small
and could not justifably be diminished, and
he thought it perfectly proper to uLite with
his fellows. who also had objections to any
particular reduction, in defeating any reduc-
ton at all. In the lower board the attempt
to obstruct the bill led to maneuvres which
would have been highly creditable to dis
trict school debating society anxious to per-
feet itself in parliamentary law, but which
reflected anything but honor on the munich
pal government of Portland. Whenever a
correct principle was advanced wrong ap-
plication was made of it. For example, an
lection was made to the suggested salary of
the city-marshal because it was larger
than the suggested salary of the Mayor
whereupon councilman rose and moved,
not the reduction of the marshars pay but
the increase of the Mayors. Only the vigor-
Gus protest of Mayor Butler defeated the mo-
ton. The reduction effected Friday night is
certainly not so large as the taxpayers de.
marded
Year: 1877

THE VOICE OF THE PRoMPrER.-After COM
mentiDg on the apparent desire of stage prompt
ers to "show off their elocutionary powers to
the audience" the Virginia Chronicle offers
gratis the following suggestion; "Lst each ac-
tor have flexible rubber pipe extending from
the wings along the stage and running mp his
pants-leg to his ear, Through the pipe the
promptsr might whisper the lines so as not TO
be heard by any one except the person to whom
the pipe was attached, and then there would be
no excuse for an actor backing up against o
tree or the sides of the wings and motioning to
prompter to come up and yell the part to
him. The suggestion is applicable to Port
10
Year: 1877

We do net read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
put as guaranty of good faith.


we cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

had to be used that he was very nearly beat to death, having one arm broken, and hIs skull perhaps fractured.

 NEXT WEDNESDAY,. By request of several of our townsmen we give notice that on next Wednesday at o'clock all those who feel disposed to aid in most commondable work will meet at the grave yard for the purpose of doing some work on the grounds which is sadly nccded;- such as clearing of the brush, tiim- ming up the trees, cutting out tine undergrowth of scrubs and bushes, and putting the place in better gem eral repair. All are invited to turn out. A few axes and grubbing hoes will be wanted, and those who have such implements are requested to bring them along.
Year: 1877

THERE is no tropical plant with which
we are acquainted so delicate and SO
graceful 10 its form as our native ferns.
This is now so largely recognized that
ferns are becoming the favorte plant
with many, and we read that large fern
cry has been established in New Jersey
to meet the growing demand for thenA.
The peculiarity of the fern is that 1t
needs protection. 1t is as fragile as it is
graceful. We find it growing to perfec-
ton in the woods, and are delighted with
its vase.like form, so complete in its out
lines, but we do not always reflect that 1t
owes its perfection to the over shadowing
forest trees which protect itfrom the rude
winds. We discover this when we at
tempt to transplant it to the garden,
where the first breeze breaks its delicate
stems and destroys its beauty Of outline.
Nature gives it the protection OF the ov-
ershadowing trees, beneath which it at
tains beauty of form very difficult to
preserve in the open garden. This IS one
of those instances of adaptation so often
seen in natures works.
Year: 1877

CATTLE FooD.-Experience teaches us
that cattle thrive best on mixed diet.
All hay or all grain will produce less
beef than hay and grain. The animal
structure of the OK also demands bulk in
food, as we'll as richness; the feeding of
concentrated food being only profitable
so far as the animal assimiIates it-be-
yond that simply increasing the manure
heap, at a cost far beyond its value. The
OK has approximately eleven and one.
half pounds of stomach, with only two
and one-half pounds of intestines, to
each one hundred pounds of live weight;
the sheep has less stomach and more in
testines, giving a smaller percentage of
digestive apparatus; while the pig for
every one hundred pounds of his live
weight has only one and one-tblrd
pounds of stomach to six pounds of in
testines. A steer would thrive ON bulk
of straw, with little oil meal, that
would shrink sheep and starve pig.
Pork can be produced from clear corn
meal, while mutton requires u greater
variety of food, and beef cstte would
become cloyed and diseased with its ex-
elusive use. A thoughtful attention to
these broad facts will change much in
judicious feeding into cheaper meat pro-
duction.-CuLIvdt0r.
Year: 1877

Strike while the iron is hot;


Duler each moment its glow;
II YOU walt till the metal grows coIc'
Small impression is made by the blow
Opportunities seldom return


II neglected, so do not delay;
Be wise and improve them at once,


And grapple success while you may
Fortune fayors the prompt and alert,


Who are quick to discern and to seize
The straws that Chance watts in their way
Before they're swept of by the breeze
To hesitance, sloth, and neglect


Were the prizes Of Life ere deereedS
No; the vlgilant, active and keen,


You will find, are the ones that succeed
When the moment for action arrives,


To be prompt be 1t ever your rule.
Strike while the iron is hot


And don't wait for the metal to cool.
Year: 1877

A sYMPATHIzING heart is spring OF
pure water bursting forth from the noun
tain side. Ever pure and sweet in .tself,
it carries gladness aud joy on every rip
pie of its sparkling current.
Year: 1877

By Telegraph TO the GAZETTE.


CENTRAL FALLS II. l., IL.
The wife of Roger Sutcliffe living near
Lindsey tavern, was surprised this morn
ing after her return home. from leaving
her husband at his work, by the entrance
of man who commenced to ransack the
house. Upon her ordering him out, the
fellow draw a revolver and shot her over
the left eye, the ball conting out near the
ear
Year: 1877

Is often felt by persons who cannot To-
cate any particular disease. If they work, it be-
comes labor II they walk, they soon tire men
tai efforts become burden, and even joys are
dimmed by the shadow Of this weakness which
is cast over their lives. Recourse is had some
times to stimulants of dangerous character.
The advice Of physicians to refrain from active
labor produces no happy results. Why9 The
system is debilitated and needs to be built up
properly. PERUVIAN SYRUP will do this very
thing. Like the electric current, it permeates
the entire system, and barmonizing with the
corporal functions it raises up the enfeebled
and brings the color to the cheek again, and
hope to the respondent. 1t does its work prompt
ly and well. Sold by all druggists,
Year: 1877

Don't live single hour of your
life without doing exactly what is to be
done in it, and going straight through
it from beginning to end. Work, play,
study whatever it is-take hold at once
and finish it up squarely and cleanly;
and then to the next thing without let
ting any moments drop out between.
1t is wonderful to see how many hours
these prompt people make out of day;
is as if they picked up the moments
that the dawdlers lost. And if you
ever find yourself where you have so
many things pressing on you that you
hardly know how to begin, let me tell
you a secret: take hold of the very first
one that comes to hand, and you will
find the rest all fall into file and follow
after like a company of well-drilled SOL
diers; and though work may be hard to
meet when it charges in a squad, it is
easily vanduished wheny you can bring
it into line. You may have often seen
the anecdote of the man who was asked
how he had accomplished so much in
his life. my father taught me, was
the reply, "when L had anything to do,
to go and do it," There is the secret
the magic word now.-Erchange.
Year: 1877

FIGHT BETWEEN LION AND LEop-
ARD.-The Geological Gardens at Pesth
have just been the scene of combat
worthy of Nero or Heligabalus. The
cage tenanted by lion and loness hap
pened to be next TO that in which dwelt
a female leopard, for whom the captive
queen of the desert entertained a spe-
cial hatred. Probably she was Jealous
OF the bright eyes and beautiful skin of
her neighbor, and may possibly have
suspected her lord and master of casting
tender regard or two across the barrier
which separated the two dens.


The suspicion, brooded over in silence,
became devouring passion, and it nj
pened into certainty at the precise mo-
ment when vengeance happened to be-
come possible. The keeper Of the gar
dens had inadvertently one day left
hanging within the lions cage the chain
which served to draw up the partition,
and the lion was not long in seizing it
and beginning to pull. Whether he was
animated with a spirit of tickleness or
by curiosity alone must remain forever
a secret But the result was that the
partition flew up and the road remained
open from one cage to the other.
Through it instantly rushed the loness,
breathing hatred and malice, but the
lion had no sooner dropped the chain
and prepared to follow in the chase than
the portcullies fell and the passage was
barred again.


In the meantime, however, j struggle
commenced between the two lady war
riors such as has not been seen in Eu-
rope since the palmy days of the am
phitheatre.. The leopard, worsted at
the first onset, attempted to take refuge
from the foe by jumping and hanging
to the top rails Of the cage. 1t was all
in vain, however. She was brought to
bay again and compelled to fight face to
face with the terrible invader. For
twenty long minutes the battle ragged in
royal style. The neck and shoulders of
the ioness were deeply furrowed with
red gashes. But her victim was over
matched, and at length thrown upon
her back, when the coup de grace was
given by the savage fangs of the victor.


The lion, who had been looking on,
probably with mingled feelings at the
scene, will now, no doubt, be restored
to the affectionate confidence of his
spouse. Nothing remained, at the end
Of the encounter, of the beautiful spot
ted skin which had so captivated him,
but few torn and mangled shreds, and
the romance of the cages, if romance
there was, came to tragic end.-Lon-
don Globe.
Year: 1877

SPIDER THREAD. - Captain Drum
mOnd, a well known citizen of PALMYRA.
Missouri, in passing through his gar
den, recently, noticed a very large and
handsome spider with a green body,
having yellow spots on the back. The
animal had spun some five or six webs,
from the top of one tall weed to another.
The Captain put his hand against the
web, and found it resisted the pressure
as lions hair would. He took the
webs to the house and twisted them to-
gether, and they made cord as strong
or stronger than silk. His little daugh-
ter afterwards sewed a button on his
shirt cuff with it, which seems to be
firmly and securely fastened.
Year: 1877

The PAINLESS DEATH.--In a recent
holiday lecture at the Royal Institution,
Prof. Tyndall. speaking of the painless
death by electricity, remarked that
Franklin was twice struck senseless by
the shock. He afterward sent the dis
charge of two large jars through six ro-
bust men, who fell to the ground and
got up again without knowing what had
happened, neither hearing nor feeling
the discharge; and Priestly, too, who
made many valuable contributions to
electricity, received the charge of two
jars, but did not find it painful. Prof
Tyndall said this experience agreed with
his own; that in the theatre of the Royal
Institution, and in the presence of an
audience, he once received the discharge
of battery of fifteen Leyden jars. I'm
like Franklin's six men, he did not fall,
but, like them, he felt nothing; he was
simply extinguished for a sensible in
tervaL This may be regarded as an ex-
perimental proof that people killed by
lightning suffer no pain. Now, the
measured velocity of electricity is many
thousand times greater than the meas
ured velocity of sensation in the nerves.
Hence the electrical concussion reaches
the centre of life without any possible
announcement by the eye or ear or sense
of feeling There is abundant evidence
that death by a rifle ball traversing the
brain is for the same reason entirely
without consciousness or pain. A rifle
ball, however, is a tortoise compared
with the electric flash.
Year: 1877

A cow-a Massachusetts one e!-is said
to have contracted the habit of eating
tobacco. The animal will leave hay at
any time in order to eat the stems and
refuse leaves of cigar factory near by.
Year: 1877

VIZ have received the first number Of
the Doddridge County Bulletin, published
at West Union, the county seat. There


oa.ht to be an opening for good paper
in that county, and we trust the editor


prove the right man in the right
Year: 1877

Even that sly old fox, Columbus
Delano, Grant eX-Secretary of the
Interior, is beginning to murmur at
the results which the money-lords
are accomplishing. We quote from a
recent interview with him:


After we had reached the house |
asked him to discourse upon the tinan-
cial question.


..:There is little to say about the
finances of this country was Mr..
Delano's 5 reply. T think we are all
doing very well. BY the way can you
tell me what the resumption act was
ever passed for :!


l frankly admitted that / could see
no reason for it. except that the cap,
italists. the holders of bonds and the
like demanded it.


swell. now, did it occur to you-or
let us suppose case for moment
suppose a man was owing you 800, 900,
and he owned property worth $780,
900, or twice that maybe, and was
paying you off as fast as he could:no
YOU know he is doing the best he can.
and will pay you as fast as he can. land
do YOU think it would increase your
confidence if he should call a town
meeting and pass resolutions that he d
pay of the debt before it is possible
for him to do it q


s'Not much. On the other hand
Year: 1877

That able Democratic journal, the
st. Charles (Minn.) Times, thus puts
the argument upon the financial issue.
II is to be regretted that so many OF
the newspapers of our State pass by
these great questions with indiffer-
ence, while the rest of the great west
is profoundly interested in their dis
cuSsiOn:


..There is no reason why a green
back dollar, backed by the pledge of
IS 900. 900 of people owing $50, ,O0O,-
600 900 of property, should not pay
any debt, not otherwise pledged, that
a gold dollar will pay. BY abolishing
that pet institution of the republican
party, the national bank system,w which
costs the people of this country over
SOC. 100000 annually to support. and
enact that the government shall issue
ssgreenhacks" sufficient for the busi-
ness needs of the country, which shall
be a leyal-tender for all debts-eXcept
those heretofore pledged to he paid IN
coin-both private and public, includ-
ing duties on imports. and you Will
have circulating currency costing
but trfle, which if not quite will very
nearly approximate to the value OF
gold, and specie payment can then be
resumed without depressing any of
the business interests of the country.
We would then be in fact resting
upon hard money basis.the premium
on gold would, at least. be exceedingly
small, because a greenback dollar
would then be able to accomplish just
as much as dollar in gold, while it
could be handled more conveniently
in the transaction of the general busl-
ness of the country. But it will be
asked how will the government get
gold to pay the pledged gold interest
on the public debt! We answer, she
can go into markets and buy it the
same as she is buying silver to-day for
fractional silver coinage. land the extra
expense, if any, will be borne by the
whole people equally. But how shall


we be able to pay our foreign debts
with the balance of trade against us


Repeal the infamous tariff law .shere
by encourage ship building.and Amer
lean genius will soon dot the ocean


with ships bearingialoft the stars ano
stripes. and the tables will soon be
turned .and the books will then show
a balance of trade in our favor.
Year: 1877

The Ohio Democrats have adopted
the Greenback platforms the repeal
of the resumption act, the remonetiza-
tion of silver, the preservation OF the
greenback and the interconyertible
bond. Good


IT remains now to be seen whether
the Democrats Of Minnesota have
learned anything during the past two
years.
Year: 1877

SOrcTHHcNt t|t GbtS country ana me PS-
tdblishment Of a monarchy. He said
he would gladly give million dollars
to see Gen. Grant in the White House
to-day. In spite of these doleful
views Mr.. Gould was IN cery good
spirits ,and seemed to contemplate the
coming of the general confagration
as serenely as if he had q compete mo-
nopoly in the trade of lucifer matches
and petroleum..


Think Of that! Mr.. Jay Gould is
Gin very good spirits over the de-
struction of the republic and the es-
tablishment of a monarchy. And he
would give one million dollars to see
Gen. Grant in the White House, so
that he could suppress the republic
and establish the monarchy! Of
course he would; and make hundred
millions by the operation.


And this is the proprietor of the
New York Tribune. the successor of
Greeley the great representative Of
Hayes and the republican party and
the determined advocate of the policy
of contraction and resumption.


And ''he has been predicting this
outbreak for some time past Yes j;
he knew that he was helping make the
burdens of the people greater than
they could bear, and that sooner Or
later his devilish policy would result
in universal anarchy and pave the way
for a monarchy.


In the presence of these events how
horrible now appears the squabbles of
the people last year about the negroes
of the south! Where is the ssbloody
shirt now! We have got something
bloodier to wrap ourselves in than
! any shirt the south ever saw. The
civil war was child's play compared
with this revolution: that was a wa,
of sections, but this strikes down tt
the very roots of order and the very
foundations of the republic.


And with this volcano rumhline
and groaning under our feet PETEI
|COOPER received only $4,000 vote
out of eight millions, and the res
were nearly equally divided between
a railroad lawyer Of New York. and
shallow accident of Ohio. Shame
shame Oh the American people, tha
could be so blind-folded, deluded an,
led astray.


What is the remedy! To organic
great political party whose corner


stone shall be the rights Of man a
contradistinguished from the right
of property, to bend the whole power
of government towards arresting th


selfish, grasping, cruel tendencies o


capital, land building up the prosperit,


and the happiness of the multitude


and by wise legislation once more Sc


every mill, factory, mine and sho


humming with cheerful industry.


Have the American people sens
enough to adopt this remedy9 w
almost doubt it. Capital is scared bu
it is Unsuitable. 1t will look for ia
{ Could remedy. monarchy; but lon
, before that is reached they and a
they have will sink in sea of bloc
| that will remain to history the horro
of the centuries.
Year: 1877

Say what you will of old maids
their love is generally more strong
and sincere than half Of the young
milk and water creatures whose
hearts vibrate between the joys of
wedlock and dissipation Of the bali
room. Until The heart Of the young
lady is capable Of setting iir;nly and
exclusively on one subject, her love is
like May shower, which makes rain
bows, but fills no cisterns.
Year: 1877

A lady tells us that when a man
talks of how good his wife is and
brags 50 much Of her good qualities,
he is sure to be one Of tins kind that
makes her carry her own wash water
and chop her wood herself.
Year: 1877

WISE SAYING.-The moment man
is satisfied with himself, everybody
else is dissatisfied with him.


There are many shining qualities
in the mind Of man, but none so USE
full as discretion.


If we do not tlatter ourselves the
flattery of others will not hurt US.


The man who minds | is own busi-
ness has a good, steady employment.


Never apologize for long letter;
you only add to its length.


Retiring early at night will surely
shorten a mans days.


lie speaks in his drink what he
thought in his drouth.


True men make more opportunities
than they find.


An angry man opens his mouth
and shuts his eyes.


An Oh! city man recently died
of love, but it was love for whiskey.


Miss Lemon is the bell Of an Iowa
town. All the young men arc desir-
Gus Of squeezing her.


To make girl love you, coax her
to love somebody else. If there be-
any thing that a woman relishes, it is