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Year: 1877

BY ASHLEY H. BALDWIN.
He sings upon the almond bough, the minstrel sweet


of spring,
The mellow thrush with speckled breast and glossy


soft brown wing;
The perfume of the volets is waited on the bree
The cawing rocks their wicker nests fix ON the old


elm trees.
Sing on o minstrel stout and true minstrel brave


and bold
The carly dawn is chilled with dew, the eve is keen
But what of that? TIE time of love and blossoms


is at hand
Make thou thy sweet voice. birdie heard DER all the


greening land.
Not yet white with f1ower-snow the boughs of


yonder pear,
Not yet the orchard apple shows her petals pink and


Iair;
The trees, buildings here and there, arc bare to


look upon;
Yet still sing on, minstrel sweet, minstrel bold


sing oni
Thus in adversely, when darkest shows the
night,
Upon the edge of somber clouds will gleam staret
bright;
And thus to fainting hearts word of love doth
comfort bring,
As thou singst on through storm and cloud, brave
minstrel of the spring!
Year: 1877

In ACCORDANCE with the order Of the
Secretary of War last week, the U. S
troops which were used by Ulysses Grant
to control the election in Louisiana and
left there to sustain Packard's bogus
government, were withdrawn from the
State House in New Orleans on Tues
day and marched to the o. S barracks
several miles distant


Thus ends the military occupation Of
Louisiana and the sustentation by the
General Government Of carpet-bag gov
ernments in the Southern States by
force of arms. it is hoped forever.
Though this might and should have
been done within a few days after the
inauguration of the new administration,
it is done at last, and, on the principal
that good is better done late than not
at all. the people of the country will be
measurably grateful Justice, though
long delayed, has come at last, and for
this, if they had no other cause, the
American people would have abundant
reason to thank God for the removal of
Grant from the Presidency.


On the removal Of the troops the
so-called government of Packard fell at
once to the ground from sheer inability
to stand without the prop Of U. S.
bayonets; the Packard Legislature
dissolved or mingled with the legal
Legislature Of the State; Gov. Mich
oils assumed ful! sway over every por-
tion Of the State government and every
thing became serene and peaceful
Packard and bis parasites who lost their
offices growled Of course, but their com
plants we're given but little heed, and
they were left to the contemplation of
the failure of their evil schemes.


The Legislature, in joint session,
subsequently elected Judge NJ. H.
spoEord, one Of the most intelligent
and best of her citizens to represent the
State in the Senate Of the United
States.
Year: 1877

The first litigant in America has al
last gained her case, and the final de.
cision Of Judge Billings makes Mrs
Myra Clark Gaines the richest woman
in America. 1t is a rich prize, but ii
has cost the labor of life Forty three
years ago Mrs Gaines began her at
tempt to recover the property left her
by her father, the will made in 1918
having been destroyed after his death
by interested parties. This soon became
the aim Of her life, and she carried the
case through every court in the State
and seven times before the United
States Supreme Court, expending all
her own fortune and that of her two
husbands, and when unable longer to
fee lawyer, pleading her own case in
court. This decision is the last step in
the long road to justice, but Mrs. Gaines
will be even older than she is now be-
fore she is put in possession of all that
the court now declares to be hers
Year: 1877

The Next SENATE DEMooRATIo.-A
Washington dispatch to the Korld says
the effect of the election Of Judge Spot
ford to the U. s. Senate from Louisiana
may produce an entire change in that
body. After crediting Judge Davis to
the Republicans (where be is not to be
relied on) it leaves them with majority
Of only three votes. Should another
Democrat be elected in Louisiana it will
reduce the Republicans to two votes,
which Of course is too small for any
practical party purpose. There is every
reason to believe that the Democrats
can organize the Senate in December
with President pro tem, Secretary,
&c. 90 assurance Of two, if not three.
votes from Southern Republicans who
may fpd it to their interest not to act
any longer With the Republican party,
which they admit has been abandoned
BY the Administration in the South. A
Democratic Senate next fall, as well as
Democratic House. is looked upon to-
day BY politicians here as a well-ascer-
tanned probability. 1t may come at the
extra session.
Year: 1877

Your consideration respectfully requested to the
Grand Depot at Thirteenth and Market Streets Phil
adephia, place of supply for Dry Goods, Mems,
Womens and Childrens Shoes, Hats Clothing, and
Cloths for making up purposes The house was found
ed Clothing house in 1861 and grew year by year,
enlargng its departments to include other goods be-
cause it seemed right to the house and work
men, to distribute as many goods as possible this
reduces the cost of goods to everybody. The Depot
is probably the panest business structure in the world
The principles of the house the opposite Of those
generally followed by tradesmen, and whilst one here
and another there, followed in part this pan the wri-
ter believes that he had the prvlegeof founding the
equitable system by which business is transacted at
the old depot namely:


IA uniform low price for everything-not one
well known thing very low, and unknown thing
very high.


2.-The price the to ALL and no changes made
for relatives OF special friends


Amy article, even cut goods, may be exchanged.
4-Those who disappointed with their purcha-
ses have their money returned with cheerfulness
if goods are returned in two weeks, uninjured
with each article sold guarantee given, set
ting forth this basis of SALE


Believing it a duty to do to the utmost whatever
is given to do your kind cooperation earnestly
desired.


JOHN WANAMAKER,


18th and Market Streets Philadelphia
NoTB-Samples will be sent Free by mail, when
letters of request are received apr@s.
Year: 1877

IT will astonish no one to find that
Russia's advance has stirred up the
British hon and that venerable animal
is growing as fercely as though there
never had been any Bulgarian atroci-
ties or any protocol. safvet Pascha
improves the opportunity to remind
England of her old alliance. Turkey,
he says, has striven earnestly to meet
the demands of Europe, and is unable
to account for the unreasonable attitude
Of Russia, which compels her to appeal
to the mediation of the guaranteeing
powers. This direct appeal it will be
difficult for England to disregard, and
there will be need now of still more
cautious diplomacy if the war is to be
confined within the limits marked out
in the Cars manifesto.
Year: 1877

"Don't write there," said father to
his son, who was writing with diamond
on the window.


"Why not?"


Because you can't rub it out"


Did it ever occur to you, my child,
that you are daily writing that which
you can't rub out T. You made cruel
speech to your mother the other day. 1t
wrote itself on her loving heart and gave
her great pain. 1t is there now, and
gives her pain every time she thinks of
it. You can't rub it out. s
You whispered wicked thought one
day in the ear Of your playmate. 1t
wrote itself on his mind and led him to
do q wicked act. 1t is there now, and
you can't rub it out. S.


All your thoughts, all your words, all
your acts, are written in the book oil
God. Be careful. The record is ever
lasting. You can't rub it out. rot
Year: 1877

I PROBABILITIES When you see a man
going home at 2 o'clock in the morning
and knows his wife is waiting for him, it
is likely to be stormy. ss


la olden times there were liars, but
now there are only men who misstate
the facts. This shows that the world
grows more courteous as it increases in
sinfulness.


Death is the Jordan which the faith.
full must all pass, and they End way
through it, safe and comfortable; the
death of Christ has divided those waters,
that the ransomed Of the Lord may pass
oyer.-Henry.
Year: 1877

More than three hundred dogs have
been shot in single police district of
New York within the past month. AS
coroner's jury has demonstrated, how
ever, that hydrophobia may result from
the bite Of cat, at least an equal num-
Der OF feline marauders must be slaughter
ed before it will be safe to visit the mad
metropolis.
Year: 1877

The Legislature will convene at the
State House to-day, at II o'clock meri-
dian, The respective bodies will be
called to order by the oldest member Of
each branch and the first business will
be to effect an organization by electing
the various officers. After the organizes
ton the next business will be the
counting OF the votes cast for
tie state officers at the Octo-
Der election and declaring the Ie-
suit. The vote for Governor, State
Superintendent of Free Schools, Auditor,
Treasurer, and Attorney General will be
counted. Section 3, of article VII OF
tho Constitution prescribes that 1.-THE re-
turns for the above named officers, shall
be sealed up and transmitted to the
Secretary of State, directed Ito the
Speaker of the House Of Delegates" who
shall Immediately after the organization
of the House and before proceeding to
business, open and publish the
same, in the presence of a msjority OF
each House of the Legislature, which
shall for ths. purpose assemble in the
Hall of the House OF Delegates


The duty of swearing in the members,
the organization and counting the vote
for State officers will consume the day,
and probably the Governer's message
will not be sent in until tomorrow.
Year: 1877

a Sam. Wood makes model Speaker, and
his ways are peculiar. The other day, he took
the floor, and made q point of order; then he
resumed the Chair, and sustained the point that
he had made and he refused to entertain an
appeal from his decision. We thought they elect
cd him Speaker to keep him off the floor!
Year: 1877

y When Grant said, mo man worthy of the
Office of President shonld be willing to hold it,
if counted in or placed there by fraud" he hit
the nail on the head. Tilden was the only man
who tried to do this, and the verdict of the coun-
try is, that he is not worthy of the Office
Year: 1877

Keep busy. The man who has
nothing to do is the most misera-
BILE of beings. If you haye no reg
ular work, do chores as farmers do
when it rains too hard to work in
the field. In work we forget our
troubles and get a respite from sor-
row. The nan whose mind and
hands are busy find no time to
weep and wall, If work is slack,
spend the time in reading-no man
knows too much. The hardest
students in the world are the old
men who know the most. If you
lack books, there are free or very
cheap libraries, at least in cities, at
your command. The man who
does not acquire some item of use
ful information between sunrise and
bedtime must mournfully say with
the Roman Emperor, 81 have lost a
day."
Year: 1877

The town Of Maple Grove, Wis,
is excited over a recent Sunday oc
currence there. The people were
mostly at church, and in one house
II year old boy was the only oc-
cupant. During the absence Of the
family, a man came TO the house
completely enveloped in a beef
hide, with horns, tail, and all COM
pleta, and so fitted that nothing
else could be seen. 1t was known
in the neighborhood that the occu-
pants OF this house had money, and
there was there at the time about
two hundred dollars. The object
diguiseG in the hide told the boy he
was the devil, and that he had come
after his money, and he must give
il to him. The boy answered that
he could not have the money. The
devil then told the boy tnat he
would have him and kill him if he
did not bring out the money. The
boy then stepped into the house as
if he was about to comply, but in
stead of bringing the money he
brought a gun and shot the man
dead in his tracks. The boy then
ran to the nearest ncighbOr, and,
finding only a woman there, told
her that he had shot the devil at
his house. The woman went with
the boy, and found that the degil
whom the boy had shot was her
husband.
Year: 1877

An exchange very appropriately
says that child beginning to
read becomes delighted with a
newspaper, because it reads OF
names and things which are famil
lar, and it will progress according
ly. A newspaper, in one year, is
worth a quarters schooling to a
child. Every father must consider
that information is connected with
advancement. The mother of a
family being one of its head. and
having a more imme1iats charge of
children, should herself be instruct
ed. A mind occupied becomes for
titled against the ills of life, and is
braced for any emergency. Chill
dren amused by reading or study
arc of course more considerate and
more easily governed.
Year: 1877

To simply say that Ten Brock
ran a mile in 1899 presents rather
a barren idea to the ordinary mind
1t is something to say that the fast
est time ever made before was
L :4l3, but even that basis of com
parison does not convey to ones
mind any very satisfactory estimate
of the tremendous pace at which
this remarkable horse ran the
course at the Jockey Club grounds.
We are accustomed to measuring
speed in ordinary travel by the
hour, so let us see what Ten Bro
eek might do if he could indefinite
ly continue the speed which he ex


hibited on Thursday. He made
his mile in :394, that is, he ran at
the rate of 36.042605 miles per hour.
Dropping the decimals, and rating
him, in round numbers, at thirty
six miles per hour, he would make
S64 miles per day. He might run
over the Short Line railroad to Gin
cinnati in 3h. 3m. los. He might
run over the Louisville and Great
Southern road to Nashville in 5h.
Aim. 33s. He might give the
through sleeping car to New York
several hours start and get in ahead
of it. He might put Il girdle round
the earth at the equator in 27 days
Is hours, aad travel the average
distance 70 the moon in 276 days
and minutes. ~ To appreciate the
difference between the time of Ten
Brock and the best time ever made
before we must take the minimum
measurement. He ran about fifty
three feet in one second. He beat
the best time on record by two sec
onds; that is, in the same time lie
could have run log feet over a mile.
Ten Brock could not hold out very
long at srch rate or speed, but
for that matter neither can a loco


motive be kept up to its highest
rate of speed for any great distance.
The iron horse must rest like the
horse of flesh and blood and sinews.
When we talk about fast mail trains
and through lightning expresses
that overcome great distances in
short time, we consider the fact
that there are stoppages and change
OF engines that are like travelling by
relays. When Ten Broeck goes
home, if he goes by rail, the fastest
speed that the Lexington express
will attain, even over the best of
road, will not equal that at which
he ran on Thursday, and the mile
stones win seem TO post him very
slowly when he compares his exDe


rience with that of the other day
when the grand stand with its
thousands of spectators and the
waving handkerchiefs, gates, posts,
trees and carriages that stretched
along the mile whirled round him
in one flashing revolution before
the watch could tick Off the fortietb
second of the second minute from
the Courier Journal.
Year: 1877

The wild-rushing wings of the tempest are
sweeping
The frost-fetteied land like a spirit Of


wrath;
His fierce, icy breath with keen arrows are


piercing
The breath of the wand'rers who stand in


his path;
The earth in trance lies enshrouded in 81 :


lence,
The storm king knocks loudly at window
The prayer of the pi.iful fervently rises
God shelter the homeless and pity the poor!
God pity the poor who are wearily sitting
By desolate hearth stones, cold. cherries


and bare,
From which the last omber's pale flicker has


faded,
Like Hope dying out in the midst of de-
Who look on the wide world and see it a


desert,
Where ripple no waters, no green branches
Who see in future as dark as the present
No rest but the death bed, no home but


the grave
God pity the poor when the eddying snow


drifts
Are whirled by the wrath of tie winter


windsb by,
Like showers of leaves from the pallid star


lilies
That float in the depth OF the blue lake on


high;
For though they are draping the broad Earth


in beauty
Ard yelling some flaw ia each goasamer


fold,
The beauty is naught to the mother whose


children
Are crouching around her in hunger and


cold.
God pity the poor, for the wealthy are often
As hard as the winter, and as cold as its


snow;
While fortune makes sunshine and summer


around them,
They care not for others nor think of their


woe;
Or if f. ON their plenty trife be given,
So doubtingly, grudgingly, often tits doled,
That to the receiver their ''charity" seemeth
More painful than hunger, moro bitter


than cold.
God pity the poorl for though all men are
Though all say 'Our Fatber,n not mine.


when they pray,
The proud ones OF the earth turn aside from |


the lowly,
As if they were fashioned of different clay; |
They see not in those who in meekness and |


patience
Toll, poverty, pain. without murmur en-


dure,
The image of Him whose first couch was a |


manger,
Who chose for our sakes to be homeless |


and poor,
God pity the pOOrl Give them courage and


patience,
Their trials, temptations and troubles to |


brave,
And pity the wealthy whose idle is Fortune, |
For gold cannot gladen the gloom OF the |


grave;
And as this brief life, whether painful or


pleasant,
To one that is endless but opens the door,
The heart sighs while thinking on palace |


and hovel,
God pity the wealthy as well as the poor!
Year: 1877

The special correspondent of the


New York Times who has been


travelling through the South says


The expressions of leading news


papers can always be taken as iair-
ly indicating popular opinion, feel
ing and sentiment; and, as have
intimated, lthere is not in the cotton
States to-day leading newspaper
that does not rejoice at the solidity
of the Southern Democratic vote.
And looking at the matter from a
Southern Democratic standpoint,
why should the vote referred to be
What have the Southern
Democrats to gain by diserganiza-
ton? 1t is not usual for victorious
armies to disperse. Great political
parties only separate when they
have been defeated. The Democrats
of the Sonth have been successful
beyond their most sanguile expec-
tations. They have triumphed
where they anticipated disaster, and
would be more or less human ifI
they did not press forward to fresh
victories and still greater conquests.
Year: 1877

II. b., in Journal and Farmer,
says: 81 see an inquiry in your pa
per how to keep setting hens free
from lice. / have tried the follow
ing plan with success; fll the nest
with hog hair, and there will be no
lice troubling the hens, as hce will
not remain in the nest after the hog
hair is put in, and every farmer can
save enough for this purpose after
he has killed his hogs"


A correspondent in the Kansas
Farmer recommends the same, or
what he considers better Build
your hen house over the hog pen
and you will always be free OF the
louise pest.
Year: 1877

The pencil marks you see around thI
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit TO our friends and patrons, but
cash alone win Yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere TO strict cash
rule. We hope you win comprehend
and appreciate the necessity oil such


course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


tB- We enter no new names on our
books without the money In advance.
Year: 1877

Chamberlain positively refuses 80
accept the offer of IA appointment
mt the hands of the President. He
cave as a reason that he had been
guaranteed 10y law firm in New
York twice as much per annpm as
he could make out of the Solicitor
ship, and that he did not intend to
re enter politics till he had made
hls fortune.
Year: 1877

When a man is laid up with a
broken leg and there is no -four IN
the house, nothing pleases him so
much as to have the members of
the society to which he belongs pre-
sent him with a series of resolutions
expressing their high appreciation
of his fine moral character.
Year: 1877

Recent dispatches indicate that
the wheat crop all over the United
States is in good condition, partic
ularly in the. great West-the gra-
nary Of the world. When this is
taken into consideration, with the
great demand which the great war
in Europe will create for bread
stnds, it will be seen that our farm
ers in the future ha1e Eluch to en-
courage them to renewed eXertions.
Speed the plow now, an abundant
crop of cereals and a bright future
will loom up at an early day for the
sons of toll.
Year: 1877

When a father discovers that his
boy has been using MS razor to
sharpen his slate pencil with, his
faith that he is to be the father OF
u President is temporarily eclipsel
by his anxiety to find the boy and
n piece Of lath,
Year: 1877

4 darkey was once attempting to
steal goose, but dog raised an
objection and Sambo retired. The
next night during a thunder show
er he attempted it again, and just
as he was Oh the point of getting
away with his fowl, the lightning
struck close by, and the noise near
ly frightened the poor fellow to
death Dropping the goose, he
started away, mutteringi "Peers to
me der gn mighty lot of fuss
made bout a common goose"
Year: 1877

There are two ways of getting
through this world. One way ;s to
make the best of it, and the other
is TO make the worst of it. Those
who take the latter course work
hard for poor pay.
Year: 1877

1t is estimated that the fruit crop
of Texas for the present year will
be great, larger than ever known be-
fore in the State, while the wheat
crop will be ten per cent less than
last wear.
Year: 1877

= very sensible Mississippi land
owner sells land 20 colorei men on
condition they shall plant one acrG
of corn To two acres of cotton. The
more the South has oi such pc sp.e
the sooner her condition will i'm
prove. A few people who can raise
corn for their own food and decline
to do so, err greatly in their own
and the public interest.
Year: 1877

Since we now have an active volcano
in the United States, the subterranean
disturbances of our neighbors will begin
to be OF some interest to us. Many of
the Mexican volcanoes have been silent
ever since the discovery of America, and
others ar' on record as having famed
out for the last time shortly after the
Spanish invasion. Among those that
have been the longest quiet was the
mountain Ceboruco; but in l670it broke
forth after sleep of centuries. 1t has
been noticed that earthquakes, formerly
frequent in its vicinity, have not taken
place since its last eruption, and there is
notion that the vent given by the
volcano has served as a relief to pent up
gases and materials that otherwise would
have caused disturbance. If this theory
holds good, California may be saved from
another earth-shaking by the activity OF
the yet unnamed volcano in her south
western corner. The eruption is said to
have taken place about sixty miles
north of Yuma, That place always had
a queer reputation. There is a Story of
the ghost ola dead soldier being interro-
gated by the spirit-rapping process as to
whether his present abode was hot.
eyes" was the reply, otis awful hot;
but it isn't any hotter than Fort Yuma
-NcO York Tribune.