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Year: 1877

WHAT WILL SURPRISE AN INDIAN
The Indian has actual and common expe-
rience of many articles of civilized manu-
facture, the simplest of which is rs entire
ly beyond his comprehension as the most
complicated. He would be simple ex-
clamation point did he show surprise at
everything new to him, or which he does
not understand. He goes to the other eX-
trcme, and rarely shows or feels surprised
at anything. lle visits the states, looks
unmoved ut the steamboat and locomotive.
People call it stoicism. They forget that
to his ignorance the production of glass
bottle is as inscrutable rs the sound of the
thunder. A piece OF guady calico is a
marvel; common mirror a miracle. He
knows nothing of the comparative difficult
ties of invention and manufacture, and Ia
him the mechanism of locomotive is not
in any way more matter of surprise than
that of wheelbarrow. When things in
their own daily experience are performed
in what to them is remarkable way,
they do express the most profound aston
ishment. have seen several hundreds OF
Indians, eager and excited, following from
one telegraph pole to another reparer,
whose legs were encased in climbing boots
When he walked easily, foot over foot,
up the pole, their surprise and delight
found vent in the most vociferous express
sion of applause and admiration. A white
lady mounted on sde-saddle, in what tc
the Indian woman would be an almost
impossible position, would excite more sur.
prise and admiration than would Hoe
printing press in full operation.
Year: 1877

TIE BRAIN.--One of the readiest roads
to the brain is through the lungs You
may reach the brain in II minute with
chloroform. The power of this drug is
sometimes marvellous. When under its


influence II man may have limb cut off
without any sensation whatever; and even
when he receivers from the artificial trance
he may still have neither pain nor uneasi-
ness. Why? Have yoa ever seen II per-
son after II fit Of epilepsy? After II fit of
that kind people have no remembrance of
anything done TO them during the fit. Dur
ing the cpileplie paroXysm the brain is all
but completely torpid. The same thing
happens after the anNSthetic sleep of chlo-
roform. In neither case can II man re-
member what he never felt. But mark
what may happen after amputation per-
formed on patient under chloroform.
The same man who felt no pain in the
stump either during or after the operation,
may continue for many months to be at
tackled with the Identical local symptoms
for which his limb WIS removed, ut the
hour of the day Or night when he was
wont TO suffer marlyrdom before its re.
moval And, more than this, if seized by
the old enemy during sleep, be may
awake, oxclaiming, go, my leg! my leg!
it pains me the same rs when it was on"
More curious still, he may tell you he can,
us far MS his feelings are concerned, act
ually move the foot of the amputated
limb. What do these facts prove? They
prove that the brain is the source Of all
motion and sensation, morbid or sane;
they prove inversely that the brain is the
source OF all paroXysmal recurrence,
whether the more prominent symptoms
be general or local.
Year: 1877

CHINESE IVORY vING.-There is at
the Office of the Consolidated Virginia
Mining Company II magnificent specimen
ot Chinese carving In ivory. The piece
of carving is about sixteen inches in height
and is elaborate almost beyond description
or comprehension. At the base are sever
al human figures and the figure Of horse
some three inches in height, all carefully
and artisticallY wrought, while at the dis
tLuce of about ten inches above is seen u
ball about four inches in diameter, on the
surface of which are hundreds of human
figures, standing or reclining in niches
most wonderful in the elaborateness and
dcicacy of the carvings surrounding them
Inside of this ball are no less than twenty
one other balls, or hollow spheres, each Us
delicate and beautifully wrought rs the
first or outer shell. All these spheres may
be turned and m wed about in such II way
that the figures carved on them may be
seen. Above this nest of spheres ARE II
number Of human figures all bearing the
Chinese human face divine" which fig
ares are of about the same size rs those at
the base. This splendid specimen of Chin
rse Workmanship was sent to Mr. Mackay
by II friend residing in China. TO carve ii
must have been the work of years. Nr-
giaia CITY (Nev. J Enterprise.
Year: 1877

The BEAUTY OF THE SKY.-It is n
strange thing how little, in general peo-
pie know about the sky. 1t is the part of
creation in which Nature has done more
for the sake of pleasing man, more for the
sole evident purpose of talking to him,
and teaching him, than in any other of her
works, and il is just the part in which we
least attend to her. There are not many


of her works in which some more material
or essential purpose than the mere pleas
ing of man is not answered in every part
of their organization; but every essential
purpose of the sky might as far as we
know, he answered, if once in three days
or thereabouts, great, black, ugly rain
cloud was broken up over the blue, and
everything well watered, and so left blue
again until the next time, with perhaps n
film of morning and evening mist of dew


But, instead OF this, there is not moment
of any day of our lives when Nature does
not produce scene after scene, picture after
picture, glory after glory, working still
Year: 1877

TIE SECRET OF Power To learn
how to utilize opposition is the key to sue
cess nay it is success We do it in me-
chanics over and over again We drop
the keystone into oar arch, and thereby
force even the power of grayitation which
threatened to pull it down, to sustain it.
BY ingenious contriyanccs we force the
same power of gravitation, in the current
of river, to drag vertically upward tons
of heavy merchandise. Bat we are not so
ready to make use of opposing forces in
mental processes, or in our daily life and
work. When some one opposes us, we
set ourselves against him, forgetting that
we are thereby only shutting ourselves in
by an additional barrier. For every oppo.
nent is limitation, and the man who con-
tinually makes enemies finds himself in
isolation through his process Of exclusion.
He puts the world outside of him, AMI
then complains that he i, alonc.-Aana c.
BrdchcH
Year: 1877

How TO MAKE THE Sun STAND STILL.
Though we cannot make the sun stand
still in the midst Of heaven, we can do
whrt will be the same in effect. BY put
ting the work Of two days into one, we can
make one day equal to two. BY crowding
the year that is before Us with generous
purposes and virtuJu5 efforts and noble
sacrifices, We can make it equal to twenty
years Of ordinary life. Ii is sometimes
said the repentance which is to save us is
not the repentance Of II day; and this is
true, if all the fruits of repentance are
meant to be included. But the repentance
which consists in solemn and religious
change of intention and Of heart, that is,
or at least may be, not ouly the repentance
of Il day but of IN hour: | had almost
said of moment, of any moment,-of
this moment. Afterward, we have moth.
ing to do but to go on. If we are living
when this year expires, what unspeakablc
satisfaction it will give MS that the interval
has been heightened ont to twice, to quad
ruplc, to tenfold, its usual dimensions, con-
sidered, as Il measure Of real life, by the
number and excellence of the deeds with


which it shall be filled that every day has
been a step towards heaven. Remember,
also, that this will depend, not on what
we wish then, hut Oh what we determine,
and what we do, now.-Dr. JtnleS Walker.
Year: 1877

upon such exquisite and constant princi-
pies of the most perfect beauty, that it is
qnite certain it is all done for us, intended
for our perpetual pleasure by the Great
Being who made all. al worlds.
Year: 1877

TIE UNGRATEFUL COAT Saturday
three boys dubbed together and stole a
goat belonging to II man on Park Place.
William is noted all though that neighbor-
hood as being direct descendant of the
wickcdest goat which ever walked on four
legs lie soon gave the thieves TO under
stand that they had better try to steal a
buzz-saw in motion, and being unable tC
handle him, they tied him in an alley be-
hind block of stores on Grand River
Avenue. After an hour or so grocery
clerk with red hair and II large heart hap
pened to look out of back window and
discovered William stamping around and
shiveriug with the cold.


That's pretty trick, that is,' said the
clerk, as he opened the door. "Somt
thief has tied HIM here to wait for dark
ness


His big heart prompted him to advance
and unite the poor animal. lie walkcl
around him to look for marks of owner
ship and was about to take close view OF
the goats ears, when William doubled NJ
like jackknife, shot forward, and knock
ed that clerk fourteen feet to an inch. Ii
seemed to the clerk, Us he lay stretched
out in the ally, that time enough passed
before he recovered his breath for the
presidential question to be fully settled
the new loan all taken up, st. Patrick
Day to arrive and depart, and Christmas,
1877, to arrive, but in reality it was only
one minute and thirty-liye seconds.


lie got up and began heaving barrels at
the md-eyed assassin, and this is how 4
policeman came to make threats, why Il
crowd collected why clerk sEore loudly
and roundly, and why Il goat walked of
down the alley, looking back now and
then to see if anybody wanted anything OF
him. - Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1877

An inventor proposes vessel that will
not be affected by waves at sea. A hollow
body is to be submerged several yards be-
low the surface of the wafer; and above
the surface, supported by strong posts,
is to be the part of the vessel for passen-
gers. The propelling machinery is to be
in the submerged portiOM
Year: 1877

The extra session called by Gov
Porter for December 5th will have
nothing to consider but the
State debt compromise, we presume.
1t is said that there will be no oppo-
sition to the 60 cents proposition
except from the Savage -Tolley ele
ment. The bond-holders made no
90 cents proposition to the last
legislature, as many imagine, and
that was probably the reason that
the debt was not compromised on
that basis. Now, it is said, Gov.
Porter has definite proposition to
that effect. 1t is probable that a
very few days will suffice for the
Legislature to dispose of it, and that
the opposition of Savage ct I'd will
be very weak. 1t is to be hoped
that such will be the case. We are
unalterably opposed to making Il
scaling proposition to the bond
holders, and equally as fixed in our
oppo to any methods adopted
to force them to make PROPOSE
tions, but now that the matter has
been brought to where it is, we i'm
agine there would be little use in
standing up longer for the credit of
the State, untarnished by even Il
semblance of reputation. We hope,
then, that the proposition will be
accepted without acrimony.
Year: 1877

Our handsome and intelligent
young friend, II. c. Worley, re
turned from Texas last Friday,
fully satified to remain in Old Giles
the remainder of his life. He is
glad that he was able to return, and
not compelled as many are, to re
main there through inability to re
turn, and to praise the country
through a false kind of pride which
prompts them to deny their great
longing to return. He saw Texas
thoroughly and is satisfied. Being
an educated, intelligent, observing,
practical man, a native of Mlssis-
sippi, and therefore not in the least
preiudiced in favor of Tennessee,
we consider his opinion valuable
and his preference complimentary
to our own grand old county. He
admits that pushing, enterprising
men with capital can do well there,
but where is it that class of men can
not do we'll? We would not detract
from Texas, but we insist that all
men take warning by Mr.. Worley's s
experience.
Year: 1877

He came in on us like bear,


With impudence we could not bear
We struck, with arms TO elbow bare
The stricken form down stairs they bare.
They say he had traversed the road
For many a mile and mary rode,
From neighbor unto neighbor rode,
Into each home his carcass rowed.
His face was q most frightful sight
1t wasn't pretty BY darned sight
Right at his nose we took good sight
And knocked it in, clear out of sight.
Some folks may think we had no right
To smite him with our brawny right
The reader knows that we did right
We of Lightning man write.
Year: 1877

The octopus, or devIl-fish, is in
reality the sea editor. He is pro
vided with a remarkable organ
commonly called his "ink bag" and
which is filed with a dense fluid
When frightened or disturbed he
discharges this in such quantities
as to discolor the water for con.
siderable space above and around
him, and under cover of its inky
darkness he propels himself swiftly
from the place of danger"
Year: 1877

"Far be il from us to doubt the
word of a brother editor" says the
La Crosse Sun; 1--WE believe them Ia
be truthful men; but when the Du.
rand Times says that the water is
so low at the mouth Of the Chip
pewa RiYer that cat fish have to EN-
ploy mud-turtles to tow them over
the bar, we feel as though the edi
tor must be away, and some local
minister filling his place"
Year: 1877

Noble SmithsoD, Esq, was called
upon while in Columbia last week
TO sit upon case in Chancery
Court. He was busy day or two
writing out his opinion, which was
elaborate and to the point
Year: 1877

Some thoughtless boys have been
writing obscene notes and placing
them where the school girls on East
Hill will pick them up. Parents
read this to your boy and watch his
countenance, and if it is he, whip
him and learn him better manners
and morals.
Year: 1877

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your snn-
scription is out OF unpaid, and that yen
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our friends and patrons, but
cash alone VIII way our exponses, and
we reJorced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and srenew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


~ We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
Year: 1877

You think you love the man who is
coming this Saturday night to visit you.
And he acts as if he loves you. Suppose
he declares himself, and asks you to be
his wifeY Are you prepared to say to
him. II love and trust you through life
with the happiness, and the lives and
veal of our children z"


He is jolly, gay and handsome, and
the darts of Cupid are twinkling and
sparkling in his eyes but will those
eyes always find expression from the
love of q true soul?


Tonight he says many pleasant things
and draws pretty pictures for the future.


Does he go tomorrow to work which
gives promise to the fulfilIment of your
desires of life


Do his ambitions and achievements
satisfy you?


Does his everyday life shine with the
noble endeavors of trustworthy man


If you think and desire companion
in your thinking-one who can unlock
the deepest depths Of your mind,to what
strata of humanity does he belong in the
scale of excellence and mortality Is he
doing all he can to build up for the future
usefulness and happiness in which you
can share and feel blessed These are
questions which the experience of after
years make many women weep in bit
terness that they were not thought of
before they answered " Yes.n
Year: 1877

time forward. We also pledge ourselves
to do all In our power to induce Others
to make and keep this pledge to which
we now, in the presence of God and of
each other affix our Names"


Before she had finished reading there
were tears in her voice, If not in her
eyes, and before she offered the pledge to
any one she wrote her own name at the
head of the list. AS for the young men,
they at first looked at each other in a
helpless sort of way, but as the pledge
was circulated among them, they all,
moved by one impulse, looked to their
leader, Harry Greenleaf, and what was
their surprise to see him take the pledge
and read it carefully as If to take in its
full meaning, and then in a clear, bold
hand write his name, after which he
turned to the company and said in a
manly tone:


have been your leader in less noble
things-will you follow my example
still ?"


Before they left the table Nell's pledge
had received twenty names.


"Why not call ourselves temperance
society ?" asked Earnest Grant, "have
regular meetings, and each member en-
deavor to bring in new recruits" p"


This suggestion was met with favor by
all present, and before they separated for
the night, arrangements had been made
for meeting to be held at an early
date.


We will not linger longer here, but
will pass over period of nine years, and
look again at some of our friends.


Earnest Grant, who it will be remem-
bered, suggested the organization of the
temperance society, has since then given
his time and talents to the cause of tenn
perance. Harry Greenleaf has for four
years been a minister of the gospel
and Ned Baldwin is now partner in
his uncle's business.


We will not follow each one into the
business of life, but will only say that of
the ten young men who nine years ago
signed Nellie Baldwin's temperance
pledge three are ministers of the gospel,
and all are upright Christian men, occu-
pying positions of trust in the communi-
ty in which they reside.


Were it not for the fact that we prom
ised in the beginning of our story that it
was not to be love story, we would
whisper little secret concerning the
Rev. Henry Greenleaf and Miss Nellie
Baldwin.


What is story after all with no love
in it p?
Year: 1877

NTE WILL STATE, at the begin
w ming of the story, that this is not
a love story, so those who have norelish
for any other need not waste their time
in reading this.


"DEAR FAN: Come over this eve
ming; have nice plan to unfold. Ask
Grace to come with you. In haste


NELL"
This was the note that Nellie Baldwin
sent to her intimate friend, Fannie
Brown. Grace was Fannie's sister.


/ wonder what new plan Nell has
read the note aloud to her sister.


"There is no use in trying to guess
Nell is so odd" replied Grace from be-
hind the last magazine.


We will not keep our readers in
suspense any longer than is necessary,
and so will pass over the time interven-
ing between this and evening.


well" said Fan, as the three seated
themselves in Nell's cosy little room,
"we are prepared for any astonishing
communication you have to make"


:" Be patient then, for 1 have some
thing to say before come to my plan.
"We are all attention." was the
reply.


''There is matter that has been upon
my mind for some time. Since Cousin
Ned has been with us have thought of
it more than ever. He has become in
innate with Harry Greenleaf and his
associates. Now these young men are
naturally the best hearted fellows in the
world, and they have noble talents, but
they do not realize to what the path on
which they are walking leads. They
have their wine suppers frequently, and
think that 1T is a shame to see such
noble natures ruined, as they surely will
be, unless they turn about, and we girls
Year: 1877

The Commissioners OF the Freedman S
Bank say. in numerous complaints, that
they have not enough cash on hand to
pay a dividend of 20 per cent. They
could pay dividend of 10 per cent. but
this would give very small amount to
the thousands of small depositors hardly
enough, in many cases, to pay the ex-
penses Of collection.
Year: 1877

This office has IN extensive Job Printing
Establishment, at which all kinds of holi-
day job printing can be executed in the
very best styles, on short notice, and on the
most favorable terms Give 1t trial.
Year: 1877

A man by the name of Joe Forest,
who resides ten miles below here on
Rogue river, was shot and instantly
killed yesterday morning by one of his
neighbors, who is known by the name of
Dutch John. Forest had the reputa-
tion of being very quarrelsome and
abusive with those who came In contact
with him. 1t was only few days ago
that he whipped one of his neighbors to
hurry up the payment ola 80 debt.
Report says he has been trying to run
Dutch John off a mining claim, and at
the time of the shooting he went to his
cabin early in the morning and called
to him to get up and come out, that he
wanted to kill him. The man, fearing
his life, fired through the door with his
rifle, the ball passing through the brain
of Forest, causing instant death. [Santa
Barbara Press.
Year: 1877

The English ca binet is said to be
divided on Gortschakoff's reply. Derby
and Salisbury think the Russian as
surances satisfactory. Beaconsfield is
stubborn on some points, and declares
further diplomatic correspondence nee
cessary before England can absolutely
define her position. The language of
of the note is firm and
dignifed and the tone of the press has
undergone a remarkable change since
the recent ministerial utterance, almost
every journal of repute pointing out that
British interests are in no way jeop-
ardized by the Asiatic campaign, but
that there is danger that the Porte may
offend England if not careful as to its
action in regard to the Suez canal.
Turkey is warned by the Times that
the decision of the government on this
point relates as much to her as to
Russia.
Year: 1877

Governor Stone, of Mississippi, is re-
ported to have said about the Kemper
county murderers that in his belief no.
body would be convicted for these out
RACES, because the population Of the
neighborhood would not furnish a jury
which would convict any one, though
the murderers are well known. This
is bad character for the Governor of
a State to give any locality. Apply the
same rule to all the localities, and
murderers would never be punished.
Isn't the Governor encouraging law
lessness by making such remaaks?
Year: 1877

1t may not be generally known that
the nickel deposit near the Gap, Lam
caster county, Pa. is considered the
largest yet discovered in the world,
and the only deposit of the ere work
ed in America. The mine is on the
dividing line between Chester and
Pequea Valleys. Besides nickel, cop
per, iron and limestone are found in
the same locality. Nickel was dis
covered here about 1856, though cop
per, which is taken from the same
mine, was known in this locality 70
years ago. The ore has a gray color,
is very heavy, and SO hard that it is
mined entirely by blasting. After the
ore has been broken into small frag.
ments it is put into kilns holding
eighty or ninety tons each, and sub
jected to heat produced at first by the
burning of a small quantity of wood
and continued by the conversion of
the expelled gas. 1t is then put into
smelling furnace, and undergoes q
treatment similar to that of iron ore.
Year: 1877

The ill effects of soda on linen have
given rise to new method of wash.
ing, which has been extensively adopt
ed in Germany, and introduced into
Belgium. The operation consists III
dissolving two pounds of soap in
about three gallons of water as hot as
the hand can bear, and adding to this
one tablespoonful OF turpentine and
three Of liquid ammonia /; the mixture
must then be well stirred, and the
linen stepped in it for tw" or three
hours, taking care TO cover the vessel
containing them as hermetically as
possible. The clothes are afterward
washed out aud rinsed in the usual
way, The soap and water may be re-
peated and used a second time, but in
! that case half a teaspOOnful of ammo
mia must be added. This process is
said to cause great economy of time,
labor and fuel. The linen scarcely
suffers at all, and its cleanliness and
color are perfect. The ammonia and


turpentine, although their detersive


action is great, have no injurious eff.


on the linen and while the former


evaporafes Immediately, the smell q
4 the latter is said to disappear entirely


during the drying Of the clothes.