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Year: 1877

\ good story CONES from the Chicago
X Lake Huron railroad boys a few
days ago a well known Detroit drum mer,
going over that road, obtained permis.
sion 10 ride On the engine Now, this
chap IS somewhat given - expanding
the truth, as il were, and the train boys
stood it patiently uatil chance for
turning the tables 90 him presented It,
self, At Goodelis station there is a
big windmill with broken fan, whioh
aS the time was turned 50 as to be abont
30 feet above the track The drummer
spisa it and asked how it became brok-
en-. Oh" said the engin3 driver, we
have young cuss on the road here who
is good engineer, but be is terribly
reckless, and likes buffalo hunting by
steam, as he calls it, and whenever he
sees COW or drove Of cattle on the
track he opens out wide and goes for
'em, and the other day be saw drove
on the track aud went for it, and about
200 feet 'tother side of that windmill
he struck four year old bull, and sir,
be hit him with such force as TO throw
him clean up over that windmill but in
falling he struck one of the fans, and
that is what ails it." The drummer
looked at the windmill, then at the dis
tance, then at the engineer, gave a big
gulp in swallowing the yarn, and told
no more big stories for the remainder of
the trip.
Year: 1877

When [ die let me be buried within
the sound of the hammer, the clang of
the workshop, the hum of the mill" ,"
says the candidate in his speech. And
then he goes home and seats himself in
a rocking. chair while his wife carries
the coal out Of the cellar to get supper
with
Year: 1877

AMERICAN railroad bonds will be at heavy
discount for long time. No more invest
mcnts Of this kind will be made until some
means can be devised of rendering railroad
property secure.
Year: 1877

The annual report of the Chicago cor
oner Is a singular document. 1t begins
with quotations from Horace, and then
the following from " Hamlet" as pertinent
to the subject;


"-To die-to sleep


No more-and, by sieep to say We end


The heartsche, and tho thousand natural shocks


That flesh is heir tc-'tls . consnmmstion


Devouty te b. wished"


Next comes a sage consideration of the
frequency Of murders, In which is this !:
"The pistol and knife are frequently
made the sole arbitcrs Of human strife,
and we are rapidly returning toward that
barbarous condition of affairs In which it
was necessary to instruct children, al
most from infancy, in the use of deadly
weapons in order that they might easily
acquire skill In the handling of these
amisble and useful Instrument" The
coroner devotes careful attention to
suicides, and incidentally says suicide is
particularly common among the Ger
mans of Chicago-as to which be puts
forward theory: "The we'll known
national beverage Of the Germans, large
beer, may have some influence upon
their psychological ailments into the
form. .oi a metamorphosis from phleg matte
case to melancholy, and finally suicidal
maina." After discussing love as an
incentive to suicide, he gives the passage
that We but lately quoted the other day
Let us pass from the contemplation of
the tragedy OF love to that OF the poo-
fellow who blew out what little brains
he had on account of the tortures to
which he was daily subjected by bis
mother-in-law. Mothers-in-law have
always been a great power of mischief in
the world, and alasl the plague is so
universal and enduring that we must
despair of ever seeing It overcome. The
misery caused by mothers-in-faw is
eternal, even as mothers-in-law them
selves are immortal"
Year: 1877

We have seen it stated in various
papers throughout the country, that Agents
for the sale Of 3sridan's Cavalry Condition
Porders were authorized to refund the
money TO any person who should use them
and no, he satisfied with the result. We
doubted this at first, but the proprie tors au.
thorze us to say that it is true.
Year: 1877

[NoyE-Le,ters intended for this column must be
accompanied by the writer's fun name and address to
insure attention ComplaInsnis who unwilling 10
comply with this rule simply waste time In writing
wrse on only one side Of tho papsE- HERALnl
Year: 1877

Ifa body see body 'propriate his
hat, should body kick body just
for doing that


If q body catch body stealing his
"old rye" should body kick body
till a body cry7


Ifa body spy body creeping round
his lot, should body treat body to
a load of shot ?


1fa feller catch 9 feller carrying of
his wood, should teller whale Teller
ifa feller could g!


If a body want a body hlm to pat
ronize, shouldn't body pay a body
for to advertise =!


If badly catch body wirking at
his wife, should body with pistol
take body's life ?


If q body catch body stealing all
his corn, should body make a body
wish he wasn't born !
Year: 1877

Mans rights do not include the
right to all the comfort Of home
without any OF the work, or worry,
or self.sacrifce, or thoughtfulness and
well doing incident to its creation and
maintenance, A good many men
think they have done their full duty
if they pay the bills, more or less
grudgiugly. But one might as we'll
try to warm a room with fireplace
and pair of silver.plated andirons,
and no fuel or fire, as 10 make a home
with money. The money simply makes
a place for the home to complete it,
the man must put in himself, and the
best part of himself at that.
Year: 1877

No ONE PERFEoT.-Ono day you
may be pleased with friend, and the
next day disappointed in him. 1t vii
be so to the end ; and you must make
up your mind to it, and. not quarre
unless TOR very grave cause. Yonl
friend, you have found out, is not per
feet. Nor are you and you cannot
expect to get much more than you
give. You must look for much weak
ness, foolishness and vanity in human
nature it is unhappy if you are toe
sharp in seeing them.-Co,.ntry Par
son,
Year: 1877

No longer spread the sail,
No longer strain the oar f.;
For never yet has blown tho gale
Will bring us nearer shore.
The swaying keel slides on;
The helm obeys the hand;
Fast We have sailed from dawn to dawn
Yet never reach the land
Each morn we see it's pea ks
Made beautiful with snow
Each eve its Wales and winding creeks
That sleep in mist below.
At noon we mark the gleam
OF temples tall and fair;
At midnight watch its bonfres stream
In the auroral air.
And still the keel is swift
And still the wind is free;
And still az far it's m 1untains lift
Beyond the enchanted sea.
Yet vain is all return,


Though false the goal before
The gale is ever dead astern,
The current sets to shore.
0 shipmates leave the ropes
And what, though no one steers,
We sail no faster for our hopes.
No slower for our fears.
Howe'er the bark is blown,
Lie down and sleep while 81;
What profits toll, when chance alone
Can bring us to the isle ?


-BdyGrd Taylor.
Year: 1877

PRINCIPLE OF TRUE GREATNESS.
Governor Seymour never showed
better appreciation Of the prln-
ciples of true greatness than when
in recent review Of his life he in
qulred what twenty acts OF his life
he would prefer to wipe out had he
the power to do so. Should they
be his business mistakes, his foolish
acts or his grievances After con-
sidering he concluded that he could
not spare these-the things by
which he profted, the very price of
wisdom. He could not afford to
miss the tonic of modification, the
refinement Of sorrow; he needed
them every one. All his acquain-
tance with the eminent men of ou,
country he said had taught that the
key to greatness is found in fear
less self examination. How true
that is. The great pivotal differ.
erence by which We rise or fall
turns upon the way in which we
grapple our faults, and the expe
rience Of New York's great states
man, has been repeated again and
again in the lives of other men
small and great.
Year: 1877

| corrected by Most Authenticated Recoris.l
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?


Like fast>fittng meteor, a fast-iying cloud.


A flash ofthe lightning, break of the wave,
He passeth from life to his rest in the grave


The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade.
Be scattered around and together be laid


And the young and the old and the low and the high
Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie.
The child hat mother attended and loved;


The mother that infants affection who proved
The husband that mother and infant who blessed
| Each, all away to their dwellings ofrest
The maid on whose cheek, on whose brow, in whose
eye,


Shone beauty and pleasure-her triumphs are by;
And the memory of those who loved her and praised


Are alike from the minds of the living erased


The hand the king that the sceptre hath borne;
The brow of the priest that the mitre hath worn:
The eye of the sage and the heart of the brave


Are hidden and lost in the depths of the grave
The peasant, whose lot was TO and to reap;
The herdman who climed with his goats to the steep
The beggar, who wandered in search of his bread.
, Have IA ed away like the grass that tread.
Inc saint, VINO enjoyed the communion of heaven;
The sinner, who dared to remain unforgiyen;


The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just,


Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust


So the multitude goes like the flower and the weed,
That wither away to let others succeed;


So the multitude comes, even those we hehold,
Ts repeat every tail that hath often been told


For we are the same things our fathers have been;
We see the same sights our fathers have seen;
We drink the same stream and feel the same sum-
And run the same course fathers have run.
The thoug thinking our fathers would think
From the death we are shrinking from, they, too.


would shrink


To the life cnging to, they, too would cling;
Bat 1t speeds from the earth like bird on the wing
They loved, but their story we cannot unfold
They scorned but the heart of the naughty is cold
They grieved but no vail from their slumbers will
come;


They joyed but tie veice Of their gadness is dumb
They died-ay! they died; We things that are now,
Who walk on the turf that lies over their brow;
Who make in their dwellings transient abode.
Meet the changes they net their pilgrimage road
Yea, hope and dependence, and pleasure and pain
Are mingled together in sunshine and rain;
And the smile and the tear the song and the dirge
Still follow each other, like surge upon surge


Tis the twink of an eye tits the draught of b. cath
From the blossom of health to the paeness death
From the gilded saloon to the bier aud the shroud
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proudf
Year: 1877

own country, administer to every
need and crafty every desire.


Nor does the American farmer
occupy mean station is life. From
his ranks have arisen many of the
men whose names embellish the
pages of our country's history. To-
day, were we to 60 into our more
enterprising towns and cities, and
inquire into the history of the men
who are leaders in business circles,
who are eminent for culture and
ability, We would find in majority
of cases that they had passed the
happy period of childhood and
youth on the "good old farm" in
some quiet rural town.


Living in country whose agri-
cultural resources are unrlvaled,
protected by laws wise and Just,
and aided by literature which
aims at the development of the
highest perfection in his art, the in
telligent farmer may well look tor
ward to continued prosperity, to a
lie of comfort, if not of atfluence,
and to the enjoyment of a position
which, if rightly filed, will rebound
to the honor Of our nation, and gain
for him the respect of the truly
wise and good everywhere.
Year: 1877

He was singularly grave man, even
for a sexton. For nearly half century
he had been public functionary-had
performed the conspicuous duties OF a
sexton yet no one had ever seen him
smile. Occasionally he joked, but he
did it in such funereal manner that no
one could accuse him of levity.


One day he was standing on the
church steps, wiping his melancholy
features with red bandanna. A hearse
stood near, and three or four carriages
were drawn mp behind it. The notes
OF the organ floated out OF the windows
with solemn effect A stranger came
along and said


Funeral z"


And the old sexton gravely bowed his
head-it was.


Who's dead ?"


The old man again wiped his brow
and gave the name OF the deceased.


"What complaint ?" asked the in
quisitive stranger.


Solemnly placing his bandanna in his
hat and covering his bald head, the old
sexton made answer:


There is no complaint; everybody
is entirely satisfied. y Worcester Press.
Year: 1877

A very pretty story is told in the
Pittsburgh Commercial. A young lady
from the South was wooed and won by a
young California physician. About the
time the wedding was to come off the
young man lost his entire fortune. He
wrote the lady letter releasing her
from her engagement. And what does
the dear, good girl do? Why, she takes
lump of gold which her lover had sent
her in his prosperity as keepsake, and,
having it manufactured into a ring, for
wards it to him with the following Bible
inscription engraved in distinct char
acters on the outside: "Entreat me not
to leave thee, or to return from following
after thee for whittier thou goest will /
go, and WHITTIER thou loagest will /
lodge; thy people will be my people,
and thy God my God where thou diest
will die, and there will be buried !;
the Lord do SO to me, and more also, if
aught but death part me and thee. F"
We may add, concludes the CONNER
cial, that fortune soon again smiled
upon the young physician, and that he
subsequently returned to the South to
wed the sweet girl he loved, and who
loved him with such undying affection.
Reader, this is all true. Young ladies
who read the Bible as closely as the
heroine of this incident seems TO have
done are pretty sure to make good
sweethearts and better wives.
Year: 1877

A reputable merchant of Paris found
himself lately walking in the street with
out his pocket-handkerchief when it's
services were particularly necessary, and
as he was cursing his ill-luck, saw Just
ahead of him the familiar figure of a
friend who displayed the corner of a
most tempting looking handkerchief
tapping over his coat tail pocket. The
merchant made gentle dive for it, but.
as he drew it out, heavy hand was laid
ON his shoulder, and, turning round. he
confronted policeman. No sooner had
he tl.rned his head back than the horrid
lfect revealed itself that the owner Of the
handkerchief was an utter stranger. So
the unhappy wretch was led off to the
police station, but what was his relief To
find that the chief officer on duty was an
OLD friend, who, after a hearty laugh.
Year: 1877

A little colored girl, 8 years OF age,
daughter of Samuel Phelps, was passing
over near the railroad bridge which
spans Fishing creek near the depot, with


a large parasol stretched over her head,
when the blast struck her, and in a mo-
ment she was swept of the bridge and
was falling to the earth sixty feet below.
A lady who saw the affair from a short
distance off, says that she went down
hanging to the umbrella which was
stretched, overhead like q parachute.
The handle broke just beforeshe reached
the ground Z Several persons went to
her assistance immediately, and were
doubtless surprised to find her alive.
She was not only alive, but compara-
lively little injured, as the doctor who
attended her told the writer that her
worst injury was severe sprsin OF one
Year: 1877

The Cincinnati Commercial has re-
Gently published a series of articles


pointing out the evil effects CT ice water,
and condemning its use in the strongest
terms. In one of its articles it says ::
A man who in state of perspiration,
with the sweat oozing from every pore
in his skin, should suddenly strip off his
clothing and shut himself up in re-
frigerator would be set down in public
estimation as a natural fool, who defied
Providence itself to save him from death.
Such thing actually happened in this
city few years ago, and the man was
taken out of his ice-box dead as her.
ring and stiff as pikestaff.


Ice water arrests digestion, if it does
not absolutely drive out all animal heat,
and it is not resumed till the water is
raised to the temperature required to
carry it on. ...
.ob Habitual ice-water drinkers are usually
very fabby about the region of the
stomach. They complain that their
food lies heavy on that patient organ.
They taste their dinner for hours after it
is bolted They cultivate the use of
stimulants to aid digestion. If they are
lutcllBcuI bhcy fcuo UP oii AOOu INV
what the psychologists have to say about
it-how long it takes cabbage and pork
and beef and potatoes and other meats
and esculents to go through tue process
of assimilation. They roar at new bread
and hot cakes and fried meat, imagining
these to have been the cause OF their
maladies. alv r.N


But the ice water goes down all the
same, and finally friends are called in to
take farewell look at one whom mys-
terious Providence has called to a cline
where, so far as is known, ice water is not
used. The number of immortal beings
who go hence to return no more on ac-
count of an injudicious use OF ice water
can hardly be estimated.


The article proceeds to show that in
nnmberless cases fine teeth are totally
destroyed by its use. 1t chills the teeth
and cracks the enamel, then follows
rapid decay and frequent visits to the
office of the dentist rbt
Year: 1877

ALARM OF FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
At $3.50 clock yesterday afternoon an alarm
Of fire was turned in at Station 16, corner
Pine and Main streets, occasioned by an ac-
cident at Mr.. James Evans's residence, No.
1901 Grove avenue. 1t appears that in the
progress Of some housework at Mr.. Evans's
one OF the hall doors was closed against q
gas Jet and it was broken OF, exposing the
pipe and causing considerable escape of
gas. A servant-girl was sent to sec where
the smell OF gas came from, and took can
die along with her. AS she passed by the
broken pipe the gas took fire and caused not
a little excitement and alarm. A key was
procured and the gas turned off from the
street. The only damage done was the
smoking Of the ceiling. ::s ii
Year: 1877

The Festiuat.- Don't forget the festival OF
the ladies' Of the Presbyterian church at
Cersley's Hall tonight. They will provide
an excellent supper, and will have vocal and
instrumental music. It is an, excellent
chance TO spend pleasant evening.
Year: 1877

No country ever gets rich by tie mere
production and export of raw staples.
Capital is only the savings of labor,
and unskiiled labor is remunerated at
such low figures as to afford little or
no margins for savings. The great
source of local wealth, therefore, is
mechanical labor devoted to the pro-
duction. not of articles of uertu accessi-
BILE to the rich alone, but of articles re-
quired in the usages Of everyday life.
We have, in our city. number of me-
chanics possessed of more than average
intelligence and blessed with goodly
share of that enterprise which builds
up wealth. And We have facilities for
working up the products of our forests
to good advantage.


South of this city. on the tributaries
of the Duwamish river, are to be found
ash and maple in great abundance. The
latter makes the handsomest bedroom
furniture extant, while the former is
not only available for furniture. but
also for wagon timber. Spokes and
fellows are made from hickory ana pc
can, cut in the Mississippi valley; but
from our ash timber can be made good
article of shafts, reaches and honnds.
These, of course, could be made to cers
tain standard sizes used in wagon fac
tories, and laid down in San Francisco
much cheaper than the raw material
could be carried there and then sawed
out. Especially would this be true if,
at some available point on the Seattle
& Walla Walla Railroad, q good water
power could be had, which would re-
duce the cost of saving to mere nom-
inal figure. At present we are sending
to San Francisco for wagons made in
Indiana or Wisconsin, while our own
forests produce an equally good article
of everything save hickory. Nopeople
ever yet got rich by paying freight to
mills thousand miles and then paying
freight back on the -four.


Hall & Paulson have begun the ship
ment, on small scale of Seattle fur
niture to San Francisco. Their work
is neatly done end strongly put together,
hence there is no fear but il will bear
favorable comparison with the half
glued trash made in that city. We trust
the day is not far off when their factory
will be kept going on San Francisco
orders for furniture made from the
growthof our Territorial forests.
Year: 1877

Master Jimmy Brown, son of the
former publisher of this paper, sent US
a rare little bouquet of flowers gath
cred from his fathers garden on the
opening day of the glad New Year.
"Ali nature hopes for spring; and why
not Nika p
Year: 1877

1t is strange how quiet matters Presi-
DENTAL have become during the past
fortnight. The belief grows every day
more and more patent, that Acting Vice.
President Ferry will not suffer himself
to be led astray by the opportunities of
Grant or any of the Cabinet. In all
cases where there is a contest and two
sets of electors have presented Them
selves, be has refused to receipt for the
returns to either of the messengers pre-
senting them. And that if any ne.
farious scheme to force Hayes upon the
people against their will Is contemplat-
ed. he will not become a party to it.
There are others in that body who be-
long to the Republican party. and yet
will not stoop to infamy for partisan
reasons. that thrift may follow fawn-
ing" Mitchell. Jones and Sargent are
there-all elected by the grossest cor
luption. but we can count upon Free
linghuysen and Conkling to vote upon
the actual merits of the case. If the
matter goes by till the 4th of March,
the House of Representatives must then
elect The President, and that President
will be Samuel J. Tilden.


The attitude of President Grant in
the premises is worthy of note. Scarcely
two months ago he sent Ruger to South
Carolina to srstain Chamberlain as
Governor. Now all we can hear is
Haves and Hampton. The very strong
est Radicals cry out as loud for Hamp-
ton as they do for Hayes. 1t is evident
that an unseen power is being wo ked
upon Grant, or matters would not be
taking this shape. The President has
become alarmed at the storm which has
been raised by his usurpations. 1t is
beyond doubt that offers of compromise
have been made to Hampton. offering
to recognize him as the lawful Cover
nor of South Carolina, if the Deno-
Gratis will consent to withdraw their
claim to the electoral vote of that State.
To our idea the offer is pIeposterous,
and shows the real weakness OF Hayes
position in the struggle.


Hampton. however, is a man who
does not want Office bad enough to OBJ
tain it either to the detriment of his
party or the sacrifice of personal honor
He will consent to no compromise
which involves the abandonment of 8
principle. Whatever other measures
may be studied mp to make Hayes Pre-
sident, the idea of making Hampton g
tool in the matter must be abandoned
He is not bred fl ON that kind of stock
Year: 1877

The Sunday edition of this paper. is new
departure from the everyday style of Territorial
journalism. 1t contains articles from the pen
of the editor and his friends. on all sorts of
subjects, industrial, biographical and humor-
GUS. Its style is intended principally for the
perusal of working men and those to whom
Sunday is welcome respite from a week o
toll. Several gentlemen of good ability have
promised us their assistance in making it q
PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. It will be mailed to
any portion of the United States for the low
price of


Two Dollars per Year.