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Year: 1877

"Who's that man?" asked the Gear of his


aid the other day, pointing to a chap with


chunk of bareback in one hand and note


book in the other, who was hanging around
headquarters cycling him rather closely.
THAT" said the aid "Thats an American
newspaper correspondent from Chicago"
'Shoot him at sunset" replied his Imperial
Majesty, retiring within his tent.
Year: 1877

A meeting was held at noon at the
room OF the Board Of Transportation, to
consider the question what is to be done
with the Southern Railroad.


The following resolution, after a
lengthy discussion, was adopted:


"Resolved, That our Senators and
Representatives. from Hamilton
County be requested to use
their most earnest efforts to secure
the passage OF the bill now
before the House, introduced
by Senator Bates, with an amend
ment providing that no lease shall
be executed until the road
is completed, and not then
until the same is submitted
to a vote OF the qualified voters OF Cin-
cinnati for ratification or objection"
Year: 1877

In a proclamation addressed "t to the
smoking public" by which we do not
understand that it is meant to be init
mated that the public is just now in a
smoking condition, but merely to con-
n6e the address TO those persons who use
cigars, an association of cigar manufac-
turers have made it pretty plain that a
good many of the cigars which are sold
in the shops are chemically favored
counterfieits, good many Others are un-
wholesome, and good many positively
nasty. AS the buyer and smoker of
cigars is left in pleasing uncertainty as
to what cigars are properly to be avoid
ed as counterfeit, which are unwhole-
some and which are nasty, the present
appears to be a particularly good time
for general swearing off. Wise smokers
will abandon the use of cigars and adopt
the pipe instead, as the Scotchman re-
fused to drink wine, preferring whisky
the more, he said, because there is moth
ing against it in Scripture. Perhaps
still wiser smokers will abandon the habit
altogether, as one which is in itself un.
cleanly and unwholesome.-New Y0rl
Euening Post.
Year: 1877

send of Illinois, from the committee patents
ported bill to repeal the existing statutes for the
renewal of patents. and declaring it unlawful here
after for the commissioner of patents TO renew
tend any patent for any design whatever. He
stated that the object of the bill TO take away
from the statute book a law which dead and in
operative, the commissioner of patents not having
now the right TO make renewals. After some dis
cussion the bill was passed Adjourned
Year: 1877

REPUBLICAN BITTERNESS. 1t is not
pleasant to witness so much bitterness
on the part of our neighbor of the Repub-
lean. Its allusion TO the nomination oi
Gen. Mcclellan, for Governor, by the
New Jersey Democrats, exceeds for its
animoslty and political vindictivenes.
anything that we have read in any other
print in regard to the same event. Evil
IDENTIFY it is moved to this course by the
fact that the Democrats nearly always
put forward the ablest men for the high
est offices,
Year: 1877

THE RADICAL SOLID SOUTH.
Republican papers with Mr.. Hayes at
their head seem to be dreadfully alarmed
about solid South-that is the solid
white men voting together in the South
but they are themselves responsible for
it. So long as they could keep the ne
groes from voting any other ticket than
the Radical ticket they did so. They
held the negro through taking advantage
of his ignorance, and by the use of the
army.


With the money which by legislation
they stole from the public treasury in
various States they supported newspapers
in which they pr inted all manner of lies.
And such of these political lies as suited
their purposes best they had their ennis
saries and office-holders read to the ne
groes.


In Delawawe this was and is the case.
The GAzETTE has not single negro
subscriber and is read entirely by white
men, while the Republican papers are
largely taken by the negroes, and those
from this city the Republican and Tri
blme, circulated so freely with the negroe!
in the lower counties as tn disgust many
of the white Republicans who abandon
ed them and looked more to papers tha
had some regard for their own race They
become so exceedingly liberal that mar
rage notices of negroes were frequently
published, without designating the color
and as it is the custom of the negroes tO
assume the names of the whites, an EN-
barrassment was created that was ex-
tremely unpleasant. On one occasion
gentleman had to write to his friends a
home to know whether his intended hat
Tilted him or not OF course these thing
disgusted the whites and they had resor
to the Democratic papers.


But the negroes were never allowed b
the Radicals to read the Democratic pa
pers; and thus the Republican papers, ian
with Mr. Hayes assent, tried to keep q
solid negro South. When they coul
not do this then solid South becam
very dangerous indeed.


But what are the results? A solid Den
cratic South is now the most peacefl
and orderly part of the whole countr
Year: 1877

GEN. MCCLELLAN will accept the
nomination for Governor in New Jersey
and will run like creased Jersy lightning
The best thing the Republicans can do is
to shut up shop. declare that they don'l
care darn about the thing anyhow, and
let the band play.-Times.
Year: 1877

General Fremont has been sued by the
government for three thousand dollars
drawn as pay to which he was not en-.
titled. The Government has been long
time finding out the little error.
Year: 1877

1t is very easy to pick holes in other
peoples work, but it is far more profitable
to do better yourself. Is there fool in
all the world that cannot critiZise? Those
who can themselves do good service are
but as one to thousand compared with
those who can see faults in the labors of
others.
Year: 1877

A sadder story has not been told for
long while than that of the mother
and daughter who were excluded from
the Shaker settlement at Whitewater,
where they had been for fourteen
years, and after leaving which, and
seeking in vain the means Of liveli-


hood, they, In despair, took poison,
and died In each others arms. The
sadness is not 80 much in their death ;
for to that they were at any time lia-
BILE; and loving each other fOndly, as
they manifestly did, in their voluntary
death they were not divided. But the
mother was at first driven to the Shak-
er community fourteen years ago, with
her little girl, because she had been
deserted by the father of her child, to
whom she had not been married. She
had weakly yielded to the impulse Of
nature without fortifying herself by q
legal claim upon the father of her
child, and the world, instead OF treat
ing her tenderly and helping her,
turned Its back upon her and told her
that she and the child she had borne
were fit only to starve or to live in q
county poor house. After fourteen
years of the cold, colOrless, and unnat-
ural life of the Shakers, the daughter
showed that she was not an abstrac-
ton or forked radish, and behaved
like q woman, perhaps not prudent
one, to the young men of the commu-
nifty. She was told that such behavior
was only fit for the worlds people,
and that she and her daughter must
go. But the worlds people had driv-
en- out the mother herself upon some
thing such grounds years before; and
now when she came back she was met
by the same stony front.


Let us not be misunderstood we are
not justifying the mothers conduct.
We pass that point by without consid-
Grafton. But the point remains that
for an error, which, however great,
was in the course Of nature, the moth
er became an outcast, and that for in
discretion, also in the course of nature,
on the daughters part, both afterward
were turned away from the Shaker
community; and then they found the
world so hard, and life in Il 90 bitter,
that, although one was still In the
prime of life and the other in Its early
morning, they chose rather death to-
gether. They might have been base
and unnatural, hard hearted, nialic-
ious, slanderous, revengeful, covetous,
grasping, utterly regardless Of the
happiness and, within the law,
of the rights of others, the mother
might not have loved her child, the
child might not have loved her moth.
er. and yet the world would not have
driven her to the Shakers. and the
Shakers would not have driven them
out into the world again to die. It Is
an old story, we do not hesitate to say
an old wrong, Of which every man and
woman with an unperverted heart
admits the cruelty in the abstract, but
of which the collective world Is always
ready to be guilty. A woman who
"gets husband" no matter by what
base arts or design, is received !"
woman who gives the world q child
otherwise than according to law is cast
out, often by those who are not worthy
to touch the hem Of her garment. It
is not necessary to justify women who
err in this way before oondemning
the pharisaic righteousness which
stones them into despair. "Neither do
I condemn thee. Go and sin no more.n
The GdIday for June.
Year: 1877

will pay $1,000 in cash for the delivery
to me alive of the kidnapped child Charley
Ross, or for information that will lead to his
discovery | most solemnly and sacredly
pledge my word of honor and my reputation
as an upright business man not to attemptfor
myself to discover the identity of the persons
negotiating with me III this matter, nor to
convey to any other person any hints or
clews by which any accusation, or even sus-
picion, shall be directed against them. The
parents Of the child unite with me in this
pledge, and agree, if their darling child is by
this means restored to them, to abandon all
attempts to punish any person connected with
his abduction or concealment; they agree
never to appear against such parties, and with
myself will use every endeavor to shield them
from exposure For the last three years
these parents have suffered more than death,
and now that Mosher and Douglass, the real
abductors, are dead, it is hoped that the per-
sons who have the child in custody will be
willing to accept this reward and immunity.
The reward shall be paid in current money
as soon as the child is identified by its parents.
AS an additional security to the persons bring
ing him reasonable time shall e]apse be-
tween his delivery and the public announce
ment of the fact. that the parties delivering
him shall have every opportunity to avoid
discovery. P. I. BARNUM,


Bridgeport. Conn.


I sanction the above arrangement for N.Y.
self and wife. a.-.z--- - u.


CHRISTIAN K. ROSS.
Year: 1877

IF1Om the New OrlcauS OcAAOCIdl.l


We were the witness of tender and beau
tiful scene in 1861. 1t was early in May, and
fair young Louisiana girl was bidding her
soldier lover goodbye. Her head was bowed
upon his breast, and she was weeping bitterly.
But when be besought her to dry her tears,
and display brave heart, she lifted her head,
and looking him proudly in the face, said:
IL am weeping because you are going where
there is danger and probably DEATH but"
and the blood mantled to her white cheeks,
''if you were not going, you would see me
blush and low my head in shame" Once
again we saw that girl. A division of Federal
troops were attacking body of Confederate
cavalry near where she was taking refuge, in
full view of her house, and the shells and
round-shot hissed over the village and plowed
through its streets, and there she stood gazing
eagerly at the battle, needless of shot and
shell. as though they had been roseleaves
scattered around her by an autumnal wind;
her hands were clenched; her cheeks were
whittier than lilies her whole form seemed
to heave with excitement; but there was
battle-fire in her blue eyes. BY heavens we
believe that, had it been possible, she would
have dashed into the thickest of the fight
her very soul seemed to glory in the blaze
and thunder of the battle. That girl had the
heart of Richard CGur de Lion. But she
faded away with the strength of the Con-
federacy, and then they dressed her in white
robes, folded her hands on her bosom, and
laid her away; and when the last ragged
Confederates had surrendered their guns her
soul had vanished from the earth.
Year: 1877

Night, thou art not sweet! Scant rest indeed
Thou giv'st to those who Lethean draughts OF


thee,


And vain desire remaineth still the need
OF those who in thy would cen as dead men De
And vet because seek thy spell not utterly In valn
Of thee @ Night, continually unhappy men are fain
ODay thou art not glad! Thou bringest care.
And weary, hopeless toll and pleasure wearer STILL
Thou pointest out the deeds we may not dare,
The ends which none may reach, the memories no"e
And vet because we fear to tread the dark and lonely


way .
OF sunless night which all must tread, we cling to


thee, o Day!


Time thou art not kind! Thou bringest DID,
Remorse Tor VANISHED years, and all that might have


been, -
Az in thy glass illusions are dispeld,
The hollow wrath of hope. and all the sadness seen
And vet because we arcely feel the ruin thou hast


wrought.


A further span of thee, Time, by foolish men is


sought.


o Love, thou art not sweet. or glad, or kind!
Thou manifest Night with wistfu dreams; thy tender


grace


Makes the Day mournful, while with longings blind
We see Times ruthless touch COL ceal and mar thy


face;


And yet because we yearn to know the discipline Of


pain,


From Day and Night and Time we strive little Love


to gain.
Year: 1877

Herr Hoefft has created profound sensa-
ton in Germany and Austria among medical
men, by the remedy which his book gives,
and which has proved effective in thousands
of the severest cases of diphtheria. It is
simple, and as the disease is always more or
less prevalent in this climate. it is appended
with instructions, etc. Herr Hoefft fOrbids
absolutely all internal medicine, because every
purgative and emetic medicine will have in
all cases pernicious effect Only strength
ening nourishment. like bouiljon, egg, and so
on, will bold up the vital powers, prevent the
usual palsy and secure q quick cure. At the
same time Hoefft forbids the touching OF the
larynx with lapsis ct fernalis (nitrate of silver)
because its use, in consequence OF its fragility
and the danger Of the child swallowing a
piece, is not to be recommended. In the
first place are necessary pretty thick and very
soft hair brushes; fastened on solid stick,
like heavy penholder. 1t is better to have
several of the brushes, and especially the
physicians should always carry with them
such brushes and the necessary medicines in
large quantities, and at the same time it
would be a good thing if in every house
brushes and medicine for immediate use were
at hand The medicine is composed in the
following manner: Dissolve 60 grammes of
acidum tannicum in 100 CANNES of hot water
and add to this solution 10 grammes kali
choricum, and this is remedy with which
you can successfully overcome every case OF
diphtheritus. The manipulation is easy
enough Take some Of the above solution in
a little dish, wet with it brush, and in
quick movement gliding over the tongue
carry the brush into the throat, turn it right
and left around its axis, draw it forth, clean
it in glass Of water, dry it, and repeat the
procedure three to six times, according to the
masses of slime and boletus in the throat.
This operation must be repeated three times
day, and if possible, by the physician him
SELF If the children are intelligent enough,
let them gargle as often as possible with cold
water or q solution of kali-chloricum-tea-
spoonful in cup Of water; while as to chill
drcn under four years the throat and the
mouth must be cleaned with another brush
and solution of kal;-chloricun Besides
this, the mouth must be brushed every hour
with solution of four grammes of borax
and thirty grammes of raspberry syrup. The
main point is, therefore, no internal medi-
cine. In cases of tenesmus few clysters,
of two or four ounces Of cold water, will be
sufficient Add to this nourishing diet
anchovy, and so on-and let the patient only
drink fresh and cold water. 1t must not be
forgotten that diphtheria is very contagious
disease, and the patient must therefore be
separated from all other members of the
family The brushes for one child cannot
be used for another patient; the sick room
must be disinfected; the wash bowl and the
dishes must be cleaned with carbolic acid and
water In short, you cannot be careful
enough if you would prevent your house from
being the scene of a horrible epidemical dis
ease
Year: 1877

From the London Echol


A curious and distressing case has recently
been under the consideration of the police at
Moscow. A few months ago q Russian peas
ant, with his wife and four children, were
travelling in sleigh along the banks of the
Pruth, when they were pursued by pack of
wolves. The peasant urged on the horses as
much as he could, but soon perceived the hor-
rible fact that the wolves were fast gaining
upon them. At the moment when the sleigh
was surrounded by the ravening beasts. the
man seized one of the children, threw it in
the midst Of them, and while the wolves were
struggling over their prey he hastened on his
horses and gained ground. -Four times the
wolves came up with the fugtives, and four
times the horrible sacrifice was completed.
At last the peasant and his wife arrived at the
nearest village, leaving behind them the bones
of their four children. In the bitterness OF
her despair the mother informed against her
husband, but the Judges, considering that If
the peasant had not resigned himself to the
horrible sacrifice he would not only have lost
his children but also his wife, acquitted the
prisoner.
Year: 1877

Letter to the New York Times.]


A slight breeze of excitement was raised
by the mitigation of the severe sentence of
the court martial IN the case of Major Reno.
That 80 much generous consideration was
given to the fact that the offender had been
brave and honorable officer in the Union
army was gratifying at this time, and a little
surprising. If he had been Confederate
hero, and lost legs and things in the lost
cause, he could not have Jared much better.
1t was well for the free-mannered, free-spoken
gentleman that he did not, like COL Valentine
Baker, live under a motherly, but sternly
moral Queen, else he would probably have
been our little contribution to the cause OF
the Turk. But if his old companions in
arms can stand him, we can.
Year: 1877

From the PlttsOurg ChrOnlcle.J


St. Franciscus Hospital, a Catholic institu-
ton in this city, has recently been the scene
of q very romantic occurrence. Some five or
six months ago, young physician, son OF q
prominent citizen of Pittsburg, obtained the
appointment of assistant physician to the
hospital. AS be is Protestant, some sur
prise was manifested by those conversant
with the facts, that he should be thus hOnored
by Catholic institution. He received no
pay for his services, further than his board
and unlimited command of the splendid wines
and liquors of the establishment, which are
as abundant as they are good. Everything
apparently ran along smoothly and pleasant
ly to all, until short time ago, when an
event transpired which has caused the young
physician to sever his connection with the
institution, the reason therefor being this :
Residing in the hospital were several nuns
and Sisters of Mercy, who had taken vows OF
eternal ceibacy. One of these, however,
happened to be young, beautiful, intelligent
and attractive, and tie physician soon be-
came deeply enamored of her. And not
withstanding her VOWS, the young nun soon
learned to bow in secret at another shrine
than that of the Virgin Mary; in fact, her
love for the fascinating young physician be-
came as strong as his for her. In the daily
association of hospital life they had frequent
opportunities for speaking in that language
which requires not words for utterance, and
eventually the young Romeo prevailed upon
the not unwilling Juliet to renounce her vows
and flee from the citadel that restrained her
ardent young life. So one bright morning
not more than week ago., the fair reculse
was not to be found: in the stiffness of the
night she had flown, without even so much
as bidding her companions adieu. The
Mother Superior of the establishment was
naturally exceedingly angry, and proceeded
to make an investigation OF the affair. AS
the result of her injuries she accused tie
young physician of having assisted in the
nuns escape. To her surprise he not only
did not deny it, but openly acknowledged that
he had opened the doors for the nun. And,
further he insisted that he had perfect right
to do so, as he was engaged to be married to
her, and it was fOregOne conclusion that he
could not fulfil his contract if she retained
the veil and residence within the circum-
scribed limits of the hospital. The Mother
Superior became exceeding wrath, and in
formed the physician that his services would
be dispensed with in the hospital. He re-
ceived the announcement very coolly; and,
more than that, he told the irate lady that he
had made preparations to go to Philadelphia
and SO soon as he was established there he
intended to marry the fair nun, whom he
loved, admired and respected. The physician
is said to be young man of great promise in
his profession. The nun is young lady
who formerly resided on the South Side, and
is likewise, by those who know her, much
esteemed for her many virtues, as well as for
her beauty and intelligence. In this connec-
ton it is not necessary to give the names of
either Of the nartieR
Year: 1877

Usually the waters of the Straits of
Fuca, us well as the Sound proper are so
still that they are considerd smooth waters
over which passengers seldom become
sea sick, and on which it is safe to 30
with lighter, trailer craft than on the
open ocean. This is in great measure
true Of all the Sound region above Port
Townsend. OF that below. or the Straits
so called, it is true only n portion Of
the year. In the summer months, canoe
or small boat can usually 90 in safety
from Port Townsend to Neah Bay, al
though even then, there are ucccasioally
sudden winds and high waves, so that
II small craft would need to keep near
shore.


Like the great lakes of the interior, in
the winter time storms frequently rise
that are equally dangerous as those OF
the open ocean, where although ,he
waves O. not so hIgh, yet they are sharp.
er and the winds blow with the greatest
fury then there is theadditional trouble
OF there not being enough sea room, but
Year: 1877

TIN democratic majority in New Jersey
in Tho vote for president in 1876 was
just l2,7i5; in the vote for governor
last month the democratic majority was
again just II. 743. 1t is not often that
this coincidence happens, or that two
parties in state are able to preserve
their relative forces SO even from one
election to another
Year: 1877

A CONGRESSIONAL commission are
gathering grasshopper data. the farm
ers are gathering grasshoppers. and th'
grasshoppers are gathering the crops
The odds are three to one on the grass
hoppcrs.
Year: 1877

1t gives me pleasure to add my testimony to the
virtues of your great medicine. One of my blooded
horses had swelling over the cap of the knee,
about the size of hens egg. Some said it was a
strain, and some that it was the joint water from
the knee, and could net be cured. tried OIL cedar
on it, and all the liniments and ointInents, and
they did no more good than water. then, by per
suasion of my friends, tried H. G. Farrel's Arabian
LInimant. and l was happy to find it take effect
after few days, and it finally cured the noble ami
NAL entirely l think it is decidedly the greatest
liniment for horses, as well as human flesh, ever
knew.