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Year: 1878

This Is the civilization of Russia,


which the Car would have taught the
Turks: ''If you pay a visit. and leave a
cloak on the seat Of your carriage, that
cloak is gone when you come out. If
you walk out with a dog unclaimed. the
dog vanishes around a street corner.
ShOpkeepers are afraid to place arti-
cIes Of value in their windows. House
holders are liable to have their horses
and carriages stolen if they do not keep
a sufficient number Of stable servants,
and take care to see before going to
bed, that one, at least, Of these menials
is sober. A man who goes out for a
night stroll unarmed, may be set upon
within sight of a drOschky stand and
stripped of every article he wears, in
cluding shirt and small clothes. The
drOschky drivers will not give him a
helping hand; they will rather start of
altogether in a panic, lest they should be
summoned to give evidence. As for
the police, they hurry up afterward,
aud make the despoiled man pay twice
the value Of the things he has lost in
ices for investigation.
Year: 1878

SIN a certain sense" says a modern
writer, SAL attractive females are more
or less firts." 1t is true there are some
women about as gOOd-lOoking as the
rough side Of a horse-radish CRATER who
read with glasses and eat with pOrce-
lain teeth, and yet dirt. There is an
excuse for them. 1t is business with
them. They are obliged to snap at the
first chance like hungry wolves. But
girls who don't have to jump at chances
Airt because its pretty business. True,
it is pretty, and it is right. It is a very
different thing from being heartless
cOquette. Flirting in the sense we
mean is the only way a girl has to find
out what her beau, possibly her future
husband is like. A man always ap-
proaches a girl dressed in society polite
ness, and it is the girls duty to pierce
this thin coating Of sugar and plum,
and learn what is beneath. She cannot
accomplish this without flirting.
Year: 1878

There is legend about COffee-a le-
gend in which a pious Mussulman is
the hero. The Mussulman used to get
sleepy during his devotions, and so he
prayed to Mohammed, who came to his
aid. Mohammed sent him for advice to
a gOatherd, who took a hint from his
goats. He observed that when these
animals ate the berries of q particular
tree they got frisky and excited
bounded about all the night, in fact.
The MUssulman took this hint, ate the
coffee berries, slept less, and no doubt
prayed better. That was the legend.
That coffee, however, was sold in the
streets Of Cairo toward the end Of the
sixteenth century is not matter of
legend, but history. In fact, it was not
only sold, but it was forbidden to be
sold. An Arabian historian recOunts
that in the year 1888 a cafe was attacked
by the authorities, and the customers
who were found on the spot hurried off
to prison, from which they were not
liberated till they had each received
seventeen strokes with a stick, for the
encouragement of Othersl And, in fact,
this raid served the purpose so excel
lently that five and twenty years after
ward the town of Cairo could boast of
more than 1900 shops where coffee
might be bought.
Year: 1878

A gentleman who came down from
Lexington recently was asked how
times were in that section. He said:
About all I have heard of lately is a
joke on an editor, who, going away, left
his paper in charge Of a minister. Dur
ing the minister's stay in the sanctum,
the following letter came from a noun
tain subscriber: "YOu know very well
paid my subscription to your paper
the last time I was in Lexington. If l
get any more such letters as IreceiYed
from you last week I will come down
and maui HI out Of you'll" The min
lister answered: 81 have been trying
to maui that thing out Of the editor for
ten years past, and if you really will


ONE down and maui it out Of him,
then, my dear sir, I have twenty mem
.bers of my church 1 will also get you tr
operate on"
Year: 1878

might is the time for strange noises
and secret dOings. Old mother Nature
has pleasant and CHEEKY tones enough
for us when she comes in her dress Of
blue and gold over the eastern hill tops;
but when she follows US up stairs to
our beds, in her suit of black velvet and
diamonds. every creak and whisper is
full of mystery.


"Just keep your eyes open any time
after midnight-what strange, sugges-
tive, unaccOuntable noises you will
hearl The stiffness of night is a vulgar
error. All the dead things seem to be
aliYel Crack That is the old chest Of
drawers; you never hear it crack in the
day timel Creakl There's a door ajar;
you know you shut them all. Where is
the latch that rattles sO2 Is anybody
trying it sOftly2 (cold shiver.) A sud
den gust jars the window, although
there does not seem to be any wind.
Then steps OUtside-a stray animal, no
Doubt all right; but gentle moisture
breaks out all over you; another gust of
wind, which accounts for the rustling
that made your heart roll and tumble;
then a crash; something has fallen; you
are cold, and sitting bolt upright; and
the bed trembling, so that the death
watch is frightened and has stopped
tickingl"
Year: 1878

The French labOrer probably gets
more for his wages than any other. His
food is cheaper and more nOUrishing.
His b0uillon is the liquid essence Of
beef at a penny per bowl. His bread
at the restaurant is thrown IN without
any charge, and is the best bread in the
world. His hot coffee and milk is ped
died about the streets in the morning
at a sou per cup. 1t is coffee, not
sIOps. His half bottle of claret is thrown
in at a meal costing twelve cents. For
a few cents he may enjoy an evenings
amusement at one of the many minor
theatres, with his coffee free. Sixpence
pays for a nicely cushioned seat at the
theatre. No gallery gods, no peanuts,
pipe, smoke, drunkenness, yelling OF
bowling. The Jardin des Plantes, the
vast galleries and museums Of the
Louvre, Hotel Cluny, palace of the
Luxembourg and Versailles are free
for him to enter. Art and science hold
out to him their choicest treasures at
small cost, or no cost at all. French
economy and frugaIity do not mean that
constant retrenChment and self-dGnial
which would deprive life Of everything
which makes it worth living for. Econ
Omy in France, more than in any other
country, means a utilization Of what
America throws away, but it does not
mean a pinching process Of reducing
life to a barren existerce Of work and
bread and water.
Year: 1878

The action OF medicaments on differ
ent animal species has not been very
fully elucidated. Herr Haeckel, itmay
be known, has proved the immunity Of
vabbits as regard beIladOnna; and he
has made some very curious expert
ments on the harmlessness of plants Of
the nightshade family in general to rO-
dents and marsupials. A French doc
tor had lately called attention to the
fact, which he has often observed in
druggists shops, that hemlock seed
was eaten by mice without apparently
producing fatal effects upon them. He
has recently succeeded in supporting
two mice for eight days on hemlOck
seed. They ate it at first with repug-
nance, and even appeared to suffer from
this diet. At the end Of the eight days
one Of the mice seemed very i'll, the
other was all right. Next day he found
the sick mouse half eaten by the other,
which continued in good health, and
which he liberated a few days after
ward. But during those eight days the
animals had eaten hemlock seed in
quantities which would have been fatal
to man.
Year: 1878

The Gibbon belongs to that species
of apes which have been called wood
walkers, from their agility in swinging
from tree to tree. They seem to form
the connecting link between the apes
and balloons. The arms are of enOr-
nous length, almost reaching to the
ground when standing erect, and when
extended are twice the length Of the
body. In height the gibbOn rarely ex-
ceeds four feet, and many are less than
three feet. The fingers and toes are
long, flexible, and deeply Serrated from
one another. The thumb Or anterior
finger is completely opposite to the
other four, as well on the hind as the
fore limb. Thus their hands and feet
are equally well formed for grasping,
and can be used indiscriminately.


The gibbons are the most active of
the quadrumana in the trees, but are
very awkward on the ground. They
are very shy in their native haunts,
but in captivity are very gentle and do
cile. In their wild state they general
ly live together in pairs.
Year: 1878

Original or selected contributions for tie Young
Folks Corner are solicited from our young read
ers, and also from such of our older readers as
have not forgotten that they were once young peO-
pie. The answers must always accompany Prob
lens, Enigmas Charades, &C, together with the
real name of the writer, not for publication, but
for the private information Of the editor. #
Year: 1878

annual report and placed it in the hands of
the printers. He will give it to the press
for publication Friday. The report con
tains a most interesting account of the
ment in detail of the property belonging to
the Navy which foots up in value near
$11S,000,000. The Secretary earnestly
recommends that Congress give him author
ity to sell off all old and worthless vessels
and materials, and use the proceeds to
build new and improved vessels Included
in the amount named above there is large
quantity of material useless 10 the Navy,
and which is rotting at the various Navy
wards
Year: 1878

Besides the testimonial which DR.. Minor
received yesterday from his subordinates
he was also presented with one thousand
dollar silver set by some of the leading men
of the city.


The presentation speech was made by
Gen. A. 7. Goshorn in the reception room
Of the Burnet House, and was responded to
in a pleasant manner by the recipient


To-day the Doctor will lead to the altar
Year: 1878

Expose yourself day and night; eat too
much without exercise; work too hard with.
out rest doctor all the time; take all the
vile nostrums advertised, and then you win
want to know


HOW TO GET WELL.
Year: 1878

The bill reported by the Committee of
Commerce will be the first to come up in
the House of Representatives as unfinished
business. Judge Reagan says that ne re-
CARDS it as the most important measure be-
fore Congress, and he intends to press it to
a vote.
Year: 1878

THE CURRENCY QUESTION.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-From the tone of
members who have already arrived it
would seem that the currency question is
likely to involve quite as much feeling as
it did last winter The free coinage of sill
yer will be pressed, with probability of its
failure in the Senate. There is strong
disposition among Democrats to unite on a
measure to divorce the Government from
banks, and substitute for National Bank
issues Greenbacks or Treasury Notes, re-
ceivable in payment of all Government
dues
Year: 1878

PROPOSED TUNNEL FROM THE ENGLISH COAST


TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT.


From the London Globe


The Increasing popularity OF the Isle Of Wight as
pleasure resort and the fact that It Ia for length
eued period year. the residence OF tho sove-
reign, have greatly augmented the traffic between
It and mainland that surprising the idea OF
constructing q tunnel under tho Soisnt or Spit
head has not been brought forward, or even actu-
ally carried out The distance from Portsmouth
harbor 10 Ryde IL only tive miles, ana tho actual
width OF channel between the island and
the nearest point of the mainland, near Gosport,
somewhat Across the Sslens the distance Is
still shorter though the difference Is not dcient 70
make up or Of time that would be 0ccasiOned
by maKing The dotour via Southampton on The jour
manly chalk is not likely 10 Osr any very great OBJ
stace to the CONSTRUCTION OF the tunnel which would
probably not cost any thing ike so much, either In
time, trouble or money. Brunei's Thames tunnel.
The whose properly at Gosport and Ports
mouth might bs Affected ~ any tunnel starting from
the latter place. will 10 likely offer opposition
that ground; but the naval authorities themselves
might DO GLAD the probable decrease in the traffic
across Splthead that would result from through
railway communication beneath. Tne passage 10 and
fro is hardly formidable nature but it Is ire
Queptly attended by circumstances so uncomfortable
a wet, cold or stormy trip The south coast OF the
island is recognized winter resort, but The possi-
bity Of exposure 10 the element during the ''midde
passage" Is enough TO keep away many invalds who
ight benefit from . winter in tho island, but who
would gladly avail them oi the shelter OF
prting tor the trat; and from the Isle oi wight
might turn their ntion to the subject.
Year: 1878

One of the most notable facts already
clearly set forth in the election returns is the
great Greenback fascO. But little while
ago, and the new party WAS the subject Of deep
anxiety TO veteran politicians and unhoiy JOY to
the dcmsgoQues. IT threatened TO wreck al the
plans Of the one class, and bade fair TO make
the fortunes OF the other. II was to hold the
balance OF power i'll Congress and III our Leg
slatures I; it might make the next President,
and we dare say General Butler even did q
little serious thinking about his Cabinet.


The elections have been held, and this Wis
ion is rudely swept away. There will he only
six straight Greenbackcrs in the next House
of Representatives, and only two members
who have been elected 10y fusion
of the Greenbackers and Democrats.
The State delegations are so arranged
that one Greenbacker may have it in his
power, in voting for President, TO tie the
House, but that is remote contingency


After all the vainglorious predictions OF
the sOft-mOney party, they aro left al
most wholly without representation in the
lower house Of Congress; and In thi,
State, where they proposed to dictate tht
Year: 1878

that the Republicans elect their Governor by
LOCO majority on the popular vote, and have q
majority of no less than sixty-fow on JOINT
ballot in the Legislature. besides electlng all
three Congressman. When the statistics or
the tidal wave of 1873 are made up, New
Hampshire must have "a good place.
Year: 1878

II is a good time now to remember tilat
the Republican party lays no claim to jimmy
O'Brien. His election is not one OF the victories
we celebrate. We note the exception oHrly, ne
cause there Will probably be great many occa-
sions later, OH which the whole RepuDlieah party
will be clad 70 point to the record.
Year: 1878

Somebody must have given the combination
to the janitOr. Mr.. Schell


Mr. Erastus Brooks hoped TO have consider
able TO do with making up the committees Of
the next Assembly, but we feel authorized to
state that he will not worry over them to any
great extent.
Year: 1878

The result of the election in New -Hamp-


shire is, when sll the circumstances are con-
sidered. perhaps the most unexpected and the


most gratifying of Tuesdays victories. While
few anticipated the Waterloo which has
befallen the Democracy in this State, it
is nevertheless true that the Republicans
were confident of a majority in the Legisla-
ture. in the Congressional delegation and on
the State ticket. But II was hardly
believed that the election by the people
in NoW-HampShire would result in a
choice, and it was feared that the
Legislature, to which the contest would
then be adjourned. might be equally divided
between the two parties. The success of the
Republican candidate seemed therefore very
doubtful The actual outcome. however il
Year: 1878

Last Winter the Democratic Legislature OIL new
Jersey rcdistricted the State with the ayowed pur-
nose of attaining permanent possession Of both
uouses: and on Tuesday the Republicans reassuned
control of both the Senate and Assembly. The
moral seem, TO be that even in politics it is some
times profitable to play square game.
Year: 1878

have been grossly deceived, shamefully intini-
dated or bssely p,rrehased-tbat they are
either fools towards or scoundIels. The de-
feated candidate may be saying TINS 10
himself in some dark and secluded place
of abode but tho Republicans have Just as much


right TO saw il of his forces shattered as ne has 10
say it of theirs victorious. We shall appeal from the
General after 70 the General before the electloh'
Indeed we need not coniino Our observations 10
Massachusetts, We may say of the voters OF th"
whole country. "the people never make MIS-
takes.D with this qualification: That If they go
wrong they are not likely to keep on going wrong
"A solace which General Butler. wrong as he now
thinks the people, will hardly borrow. Ills
wounds are too grievOus for such salye. snch
chance as he has had does not come every day ana
IN Massachusetts politics. from this time forth, he
can hardly cut any considerable figure. For the
sake of gratifying his personal ambition, he has lost
his seat in Congress, and it Is rather doubtful
whether in any of the different districts
i'm which hc occasionally resides, 1t WIN
be possible for him TO regain if. He has done
the State some service; his canvass has pointed
moral but his political heretofore has Deen
partly luck and partly the result oi his connection
with party. Now his star seems to have waned ne
has no party ; but still world which has not lost
all faith in his boundless will pause to see
what he will do next
Year: 1878

Deacon N. W. Mitchell has very fine crop of apples. I have seen sample of some. and weighed one mot the largest either, and it made the scales bump good and strong at 1-4 pounds. He is one of those men who take pride in having tine best of all kinds of crops. particular fruit. It would do ones eyes good 10 look over his orchards. and SIr. Editor if you will drive around by his place. my word for il. you will have nice basketball to carry home with you

 Emery Roswell is busy pounding away as if there had been no shoemaker in town in dozen years Wells is flying around like hen with its head cut of. Three days in week on his wagon, and three days in his store. and the other day in each week he is at church, of course

 Anson Ward and John Mcintyre, are painting the cemetery fence. under diree-
Year: 1878

Last week our citizens avaied them selves of the splendid weather to attend the Fair, which every one pronounced to be the best in display. We saw the dis play for the first time, and cannot of our selves say as to tho merits of the last fair by comparison. What we saw was very fine. Mir. J. E. Morris, the music dealer had an excellent stand, and exhibited a sample of bis beautiful pianos, organs, etc. Hull & Rogers made alGo fine dis play of their wears, as did also L. s. BelI- edict < Son, In fact, every one who had articles on exhibition are deserving of mention, but our space will not permit Us to go into details. The side show bus and the absence of the effects of rum was very noticeable, and we heard many wis itors sxpress themselves freely in approv- ing the action of the managers in pre- venting the sale of intoxicating liquors on the grounds, and the prompt suppress sion of it when even the attempt was made to sell it on the sly. We believe the managers and the stockholders will find their next annual fair far more prof itable and & still larger attendance. The experiences of last year made many per sons feel disgusted with rum rule and rowdyism, and influenced many 50 that this year they did not attend. but there will be nothing of the kind in the future, and we predict that those who may live to see the next Fair in Danbury will see the finest ever held. The fair of last week was success, and the people of Danbury may well feel proud of their reputation in this particular, We will ip our Bsxt issue endsayor to give the list of exhibitors from Newtown.
Year: 1878

the air. and fell headlong into the
heaving swell. disappearing among
the bubbles anecdotes astern.


ITO your stations. lads. and stand
by my orders!" was the stern order
which fell from the lips Of their com-
mander.


The seamen were silent and solemn.
Quiet aud subdued, they thought Of
eternity. which mystery they were
firmly convinced they would soon
solve


Every sail that Was available had
been set, but the ship was little less
than five hundred yards from the
rocks, and the wind from the rebound
ing breakers, falling heavily on the
limp canvas, forced the sharp vessel
ahead twice her length.


The sun rose clear from her watery
depths, and not O cloud was to DO
seen in the heavens, as a food Of glo-
rious sunlight tinged the crests of the
huge swells. A light cst's-paw came
dancing over the CLASSY surface of
the water from the eastward. The
ship forged ahead. the light sails filed.
and in fifteen minutes the Sunbeam
was running with studding-sails set
allow aud alott.


With fervent Thank God 7" Jack
Hardy stepped below to commune
with bis Creator.


Cape Horn for him had lost all its
tcrrOrs.
Year: 1878

Tc TREAT Collie IN HORSES.
ply at once horse cloth or a WOODEN
rug. wrung out of boiling water. to
the belly and up the sides, and cover
with another couple of clothes to re-
tain the heat. AS they cool. renew
the cloths as often as naedful. A large
bran poultice. as hot as can be borne.
Is equally effective and retains the
heat longer. Should there at the
same time be g. difficulty in stalling.
as there often is. apply similar, cloth
over the kidneys, when the urine will
be relieved. 1t is also we'll to give an
Injection OF warm water, about blood
heat, into the bowels, and if the case
needs it, horn of hot water with
tincture of the spirits of cayenne in it
into the stomach. Lay the animal in
a well-bedded box. darken the win
dow and leave him for the greater
part Of an hour. In an ordinary case
the hot cloth or bran poultice will not
need above one renewal; in severe Ca
ses they may be renewed four times
within the hour, and a hot fomenta-
tion applied TO the spine has a Won
derfully soothing effect. When re-
lieved, wash the horse down with te-
pid water, cover up, give bran mash.
and allow a day or two rest for recu-
peration.-KdnSdS Farmer.
Year: 1878

Every man, woman and child
ought TO have something to do. Sc
closely is our welfare connected with
a habit of effectivity that it would be
vastly better to pay for the privilege
of working than to be idle. Do not
shirk. do not hunt for excuses
where there's a will there's a way"
and let parents consider that daily DC.
cupation is as necessary to children as
food.
Year: 1878

To relieve from the terrible effects
of running a nail in the foot OF man
or horse, take peach leaves, bruise
them, apply to the wound, conf1ne
with bandage and the cure is as if by
magic. Renew the application tw ice
a day, if necessary; but one spplics-
ton usually does the work.
Year: 1878

When a man is hanging by his toes
from the cornice of a high building.
and expects momentarily to drop.
nothing so completely treasures him
and so thoroughly satisfies him as the
sudden discovery that he is safely at
home in bed.
Year: 1878

An Ohio court has just granted a
mans petition for divorce from his
wife oil the ground of her habitual
drunkenness, the intoxication arris-
ing from the excessive use of morph-
Inc. The court held that it makes no
difference in law whether the intoxi-
cation proceeds from the use Of strong
drink or from narcotics.
Year: 1878

A man may sneer at woman all be
will because she can t sharpen a pen.
ell, but she has the smile on him
when he stands holding an unoceupi-
ed suspender button in his hand and
wondering whether 1t will hurt less to
to pull the needle out of his thumb
the same way 1t went in, or push it on
through .-H01pkeYs.