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Year: 1877

As the Great Exhibition of 1877 increases in
days the attendance grows very large. The
horse-cars to and from the grounds are crowd
ed and at the busiest hours of the day it is with
difficulty that one can push his way to the


turnstiles. Last evening every building was
| packed.


Where everything is SO attractive it is quite
| Impossible to point out any one thing as the
paramount object of interest. In order to see
the Exhibition in its immens;ty more than one
visit is required, aud days can be proitably
spent in inspecting its wonders. Unfortunat ate
ly most people can pass but a few hours On the
grounds. For their benefit we give the follow
ing directions for three hours visit:
Ftrst Hour-After passing through the turn
stlle take general survey of the grounds.
The chief buildings will be readily recognized,
and the attentive Centennial police are ready
to give all information in theiripower. At the
conclusion of the stroll the remainder of the
hour can be proftably spent in inspecting the
courts of the nations in the Main Building.
By that time need of refreshment will be felt.
The weary wanderer will do we'll to seek the
New England cabin, where old-time fare is to
be found. While eating he may improve his
mind by inspecting the rare collection of Cen
tennial relics, and feast his artistic eyes upon
the crooked-necked squashss which adorn the
walls.


Second Hour-After eating sone of course
wishes to smoke; so one will seek the Turkish
bazaar, and there surrounded by oriental luxury
will puff at hookah, or chibouk, or at the per-
ishable cigar. The quality of tobacco is excel
lent and the black coffee served with it would
gladden. the heart of an Arab. The bazar is to
be closed tonight, the gentlemanly Bashi-
Bazouks who have it in charge having been
summoned home to fight the Muscovite. A
grand auction sale takes place tonight. The
rest of the hour should be spent in Memorial
Hall looking at the pictures and statuary.
Careful inspection should be given to the
relics of the late political campaign. By this
time the visitor will be hungry, and will wisely
repair to the Vienna Bakery for refreshment


Third Hoar-The third hour should be spent
are offered for sale, the Woman's Pavilion, the
educational department where the Kindergar-
ten is in full operation, the Temple of Fate,
the various booths and bazars. By this time
the sight-seer will be very hungry indeed, and
will hasten to Lauber's, the Trois Soeurs; and
the Great American Restaurant where he can
take the edge off his hunger. By this time he
will want to go home.


To-day the Great Exhibition Closes It will
be observed as Portland Day. Our PEOPLE
should have enough patriotism, and pride to
pack the buildings. Every man, woman and
child should be present During the afternoon
the turnstiles will be closed. but will be opened
at six o'clock.
Year: 1877

RAILS FOR THE MAINE CENIRAL-The Roll
ing Mills have recently received an order for
re-rollng 800 tons Of iron rails for the Maine
Central Railroad Company. The iron is from
the Katahdn iron works aud is used for the
upper part of the re-rolled rail and is said to
make much harder aud more durable sur.
face than when ordinary iron is used.
Year: 1877

EvANGELINE.-This evening the popular
Evangeine troupe begins its engagement at
Fanny Marsh's Theatre. Since it was last here
it has made Western tour, meeting with
great success wherever it played. There will
be very general desire to see it again. Con-
trary to the promise made by the agent of
the combination there will be more than one
change in the cast Miss Webster takes the
place of Miss Weathersby, and Miss Clansey
the place of Miss Fisher. An added attraction
will be the limitations of noted actors by Mr..
Goodwin, said to be very funny.
Year: 1877

To ALL, particularly invalids, spring is trying
season. Indications of sickness shonld at once be at
tended to. Fatal Diseases may be caused by allow
ing the bowels to become constipated, and the sys
tenn to remain in disordered condition, until the
disorder has time to develop ITSELF An ounce of pre-
vention is worth pound of cure is an old and truth
full saying. Therefore, we advise all who are troub-
led with the complaints now very prevalent-head-
ACHE Indigestion disordered liver want of appetite,
nausea. or teverish skin, to take without DELAY
Schenck's Mandrake Pills. We know of no remedy
so harmless and decisive in its action 1t at once
strikes at the root of the disease and produces a
healthy tone to the system. People never need suf-
fer from any disease arising from dsordered con-
dition of the liver if they would take this excellent
medicine when they feel the first indications of the
malady. Families leaving home for the summer
months should take three or four boxes of these pills
with them. They have an almost instantaneous eff
feet. They will relieve the patient of headache in
one or two hours and will rapidly cleanse the liver
of surrounding bile, and will efectually prevent
bilious attack. They are sold by all druggists


my1 eod1m&wsn1m
Year: 1877

One day last week young man by the name
of Drake of Caribou, while at work on Trait
toms drive, fell from the logs into the water,
Immediately sank and did not rise. The body
has not been recovered
Year: 1877

We have all along declared that the
present financial policy would sooner
or later reduce the workingmen OF
this country to serfdom. we have
shown that the process has already
commenced in the New England states
by the passage of laws which deprive
those who are compelled to ask rellef
of the public authorities, to save
themselves from starvation, OF the IN
estimable right Of suffrage. And now
we have the terrible fact that the coal
miners of Pennsylvania are ready to
90 into state OF slavery If only they
can get the necessaries of life:


1t is said that the enslavement OF
the discontented would improve their
condition, and {; delegation or those
indiscribably wretched golfers OF
Scranton lately waited upon leading
man there, and presented petition
which contained these words:


r WE WILL BIND OURSELVES
TO BE YOUR SLAVES, TO TOLL
EARLY AND LATE, AS OUR
STRENGTH WILL PERMIT FOR
YOU, DURING ONE OR FIVE
YEARS. AND NEVER WILL ASK
YOU FOR ONE CENT OF WAGES,
IF YOU WILL ONLY GIVE Us
AND OUR FAMILIES PLAIN AND
SUFFICIENT FOOD, SUCH CLO-
THING AS WE REALLY NEED,
HOUSES TO LIVE IN, DOCTORS
AND MEDICINES WHEN WE
ARE SICK, AND BURRI Us
WHEN WE DIE. "-Neac York Sun.


How long, Oh Lord. shall these
thing be?
Year: 1877

The democrats of Ohio and the west
generally are greenbackers. the dem
ocrats of New England are engaged
in a base attempt TO out-hid the re-
-Dublicans in their devotion to the
money power. In Massachusetts there
is a greenback party, with Wendell
Phillips at it's head, as candidate for
governor. They have demanded the
repeal of the resumption laws, the re-
monetization of silver and the pre-
servation Of the greenbacks. And
vet tie democrats meet few days
thereafter and adopt al lengthy plat
form in which there is not one word
upon these great issues. The only
reference to the financial question is
the following:


Resolred, That we are in favor of
the honest payment Of the public debt
and of currency on the gold basis.


THE honest payment of the public
debt means the payment in gold
alone of bonds that by their terms are
payable in gold or silver. "a cur
rency on Il gold basis means con-
traction and resumption; and yet the
cowardly trimmers had not the cour.
age to say SO IN so many words.


Even upon the question Of free
trade, Il time-honored principle Of the
. old Jacksonian democrats. these de
q generate scions of worthy sires have
this ambiguous utterence:


Resolred, The present depression Of
the industrial. commercial and tinan
cial interests Of the country is large
" due to our inability under the pres
ent laws to dispose Of surplus pro
duce and sell better and cheaper thar
any other nation.


Why not come out ut once and sa,
s. they are in favor of free-trade insteat
of whipping the devil around tn
stump in this cowardly fashion!


But what can you expect from
political party which worships God il
one end of the country and Mammol
in the other.
Year: 1877

any event, he would choose the green
back leaders in political revolution.
Pioneer Press.


Certainly the average slave OF 1897
was better fed and happier than the
millions Of workingmen in the United
States who are now without enough
to eat. And if the black man Of 1852
was a,slave how much better off will
the white man be in few years from
now. Look at Massachusetts where
one in seven during the past year have
been compelled to eat the bread OF
public charity, and achere they are dls-
trunchised by so Goingt'


Disfranchise the poor white men Of
the country, and leave them the help
less slaves Of capital, and their condl-
ton will be infinitely worse than that
of the black slaves OF the south IN
1859. Even now the miners of Penn
sylvania present a picture OF squalid
wretchedness and suffering without a
parallel on the plantations of the
south. The slave-owners of the south
were compelled to support their Ia
borers sick or well, in the season of
labor or the season or idleness. Our
northern slave-owners knows tcO
much for that.
Year: 1877

Read this from the Wisconsin Green
back and then stir yourselves, Inde-
pendents of Minnesota, to keep pace
with our sister state:


We tell you. our brethren and
sisters of other states. that Uisconsia
can, and wW elect the greenback ticket
this fat, if you will '.come over to
Macedonia and help" What we mean
by ''help,' is not alone your personal
aid among us, but your sympathies,
your talents, and above all your
money. You greenback men of New
York, of Indiana, of Illinois of every
state let us tell you the truth. Let
us tell you. we lack the means to
furnish light. They are cropping
vainly for this blessed light in dis
tricts where now all is darkness.


We have no means wherewith to
print the gospel to spread before
their eyes.--a gospel which all our ex-
perience warrants us in saying would
soon make our people free. Not a
school district in the whole state. but
should he organized. Nowhere,
among those who have received the
| light, have two-thirds of the whole
voting and non-voting people failed to
| proclaim their willingness to work and
vote for this cause. During 40 years
| of an active life we have not known of
a people who have been so stirred up
by the everlasting truth. as the people
of Wisconsin are to-day.


It is impossible for the men of the
greenback faith in Wisconsin to util-
ize. without organization, the feelings
which now animate our people.


Every schOolhouse in the state
should have meetings in it; every
reader in the state should have a doc.
uments. This cannot be done without
means and workers. Workers we
have, and could have more, were not
Year: 1877

The Pioneer-Press said the other
day:


The 'hoppers or locusts which have
been such Il sore plague to the people
of Minnesota for several years, have
un1uestionably determined to give
us Il rest by seeking other pastures
green. Many of those which have not
died from natural causes while on the
wing are found in northern New
York and northern Ohio, still retain
ing their enormous appetites, but
without some of the peculiarities
which characterized their several
raids upon Minnesota. In northern
New York they have injured gardens
and flower beds considerably. but have
not worked anything like the general
destruction, which marked their histo-
ry here, and makes their departure
from Minnesota most agreeable and
auSplclouS event. In northern Ohio
some of the pastures are visibly af-
fected by them. but the hard, clayey
soil does not furnish very inviting
field for the usual deposit, and it is
hoped the hungry brutes'' may break
their spinal columns in the effort to
''plant next years crop" The eggs
cannot be deposited with such facili-
ty rs in the soft loans or sands of the
northwest, and the race may be con-
sidered as the gradual extinction in
the localities indicated. Some NAV be
inclined to doubt that the hopper of
New York and Ohio is relative of
our plain friend. but they seem identi-
cal in every respect. even down to the
little red parasite which made the life
of the indigenous insect burden. 1t
is believed that they are portions of
this years mysterious flights. carried
eastward by currents Of wind and the
desire to travel beyond the reach of
their diminutive but persistent and
| effective enemy.


We have found them scattered over
Dakota county, and we have heard of
them in other parts of the state. but
so few in numbers as to be entirely
harmless. We conversed with a
friend the other day who had just ar.
rived from the Black Hills, and he
told us that neither in that country,
nor in any of the vast region between
Year: 1877

The ANTI-MoNoPoLIsT gives an
enthusiastic support to the ticket
nominated by Donnelly and Ayres at
Minneapolis. and thinks it ought to
sweep the state. 1t says: 1.-The white
laboring man of the United States is
as badly off to-day as the black labor
ing man was in 1859; and the people
are now ripe for revolution" We
do not believe the white laboring man
is so bad off as represented, or that in
Year: 1877

LIL1PUTIAN OPERA COMPANY AT THE The
ATRE.-The Liliputian Opera Company is a
success. So the audience at the Theatre
last night thought. The play OF Jack the
Giant-Killer has been arranged to suit the
little folks and their big friend the giant,
and was presented in handsome style and
to the delight Of all present. The songs,
dances, and comicaIities are highly enter
tanning to adults, and must be doubly so to
children.


The company is what it represents itself
to be- and is likely to find here in Rich
mond an appreciative public. Those who
take pleasure in gratifying children will
hardly be able to do it better than by carry
ing them to see and bear this company.
Year: 1877

UNFINISHED WoRK.-Complaint is made
OF the unfinished condition Of the grading
on Twenty-iourth street between Clay and
Leigh, which subjects the residents OF that
vicinity to great Inconvenience. They sug,
eest that as the work Is to be completed
some time none better than the present can
be found.
Year: 1877

THE FAIR AT THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH.
The ladies OF the Second Baptist church
will continue their sale of articles to-day
and close the fair tonight with o grand auc-
tion of everything that remains unsold at
IN o'clock
Year: 1877

PURE AND IMPURE WATER.-Dr. w. HI.
Taylor has been engaged for the past year
in analyzing during each month Waterfront
james river, as well as water taken from
the various springs and wells in this city !;
and from time to time we have mentioned
the progress he has made. He has COM
pleted his analysis Of the Jamesriver water,
as we'll as that Of many Of the springs and
wells, and his report Of the result will be
printed with that OF the Board OF Health
in the bound volume OF city documents.
At present the Doctor is at work upon Il
sample OF the water with which Petersburg
is supplied, and also in testing the water
taken from Miss Van Lewis alum spring,
on Franklin street near Twenty-third !;
the city-spring water, north OF Leigh
street, and sample from the spring
at Turner's stable, on Franklin street
near Fifteenth. That from the city spring
he has found to be quite impure, and
that taken FROM Miss Van Lewis spring, al
though not fully completed, the indications
are that it is totally unfit for drinking pur-
poses. Once it was n strong alum spring,
but now it has lost it all, and is anything
else but alum water.


He has also received Z sample OF water
used on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
in the locomotives, which the company are
anxious that he shall analyZe in order to de-
termine the quality with refer cnce to its
action on boilers.
Year: 1877

standing viii be presented for redemption TO
this therefore it within the Of the secre
tary exchange silver for legal tenders and lock That
up in the Treasury vaults for an indefinite period


Whether the Secretary will avail himself OF this
opportunity practically TO redeem in silver an amount oil
legal tenders large this is which If he carries out
the provisions OF the Specie Resumption act he will
eventually be compelled TO redeem gold con remains
to be but whether he does not the volume OF cir
culation wi remain the for II the legal tenders are
locked up silver takes their place. and the silver Is held
in the Treasury the legal tenders remain in circulation
Should the Secretary hesitate to take such action -
probable that early day the amount now Ontstand
OF of fractional currency viii be
stricken from the pubic debt and be credited to the SINK
ing fund.
Year: 1877




Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIDUNE.l


WAsHINGroN May 17.-The Secretary of the
Treasury does not consider the passage of an act by
the Illinois LEGISLATURE making silver coin legal
fender vii hin the limits Of that State as very I'M
portaut event The Government Is ready to supply
the pcope Of the state OF Illinois aud those who may
have creditors there with ali the silver they may de-
s.f, in exchange for grccnbacks. The only effect
uuon the Treasury winch the passage OF such law
can have if IL is really carried into operation Will be
to enable the Secretary to redeem grccnbacks at a
profit instead of losing percentage upon thei as IL
docs if il rcdeens them in gold OF course neither
tho State of Illinois nor any citizen Ot II u allowed
uudcr the laws of the United States to manufacture
silver coin; 80 whatever benefit may accrue IRON an
increased circulation of our subsidiary coins IN that
Stq:e viii be secured by the United States Govern
ment. If the law actually goes into effect, 1t Is not
at all Improbable that considerable demand Tor
silver NAV spring up in New-lork with which to
make payments in Chicago. The loss to Chicago
credit ors aud business men who would be Obliged to
receive that subsidiary coin would be from . to 20
per cent Prominent officers of the Treasury De-
rartment believe that if the law actually goes into
effect il will become so unpopular in Illinois before
the meeting of the next Legislature that ITS repeal
,i he one OF the first acts of that body at It's next
Year: 1877

II win be noticed that OF the first Issue mae 10 Se


ago there remains outstanding an amount almost equa
90 that outstanding OF the fourth issue, although the lat
Ter WAS nearly nine times as great the former The
fourth issue was the largest and consisted to great eA
tent Of 5Ocent notes These notes were extensively
couneroited soon after ISSUE and their Withdrawn was
necessary and in part accounts for the proporohatey
small amount yet outstanding. carefu estimate made
BY officials In the Treasurers Office based on the monthly
,ha, t least 900 Of the s2l 100000 out
Year: 1877

This elegant preparation Ia prepared from the
True Jamaica Ginger, combined with choice aro-
maIics ard genuine French brandy, and is vastly
superior to every other Extract or Essence of q IN
ger before the publlc-all of which are prepared
with alcohol by the old prOcess.
Year: 1877

TIE French cabmaL may take as
many smallpox patients as he can get,
The more the better, indeed; for he
generally charges double fare for the
risk. A few days ago one of these
conscientious gentlemen was invited
10 take smallpox patient 10 tho hos.
pital. lie merely observed that "they
must make haste, as he was engaged to
carry wedding party to Church in
an hour or two, and had little time to
snare"
Year: 1877

Early this morning John Mccain, who
lives on the bluff opposite Andrew West,
came down town after a doctor stating
Mrs. West had taken laudanum and was
in critical condition. DIR. Morey the
county poor physician, was sick and un-


able to go, and West being a we'll known
dead beat, no other doctor could be in
duced to go up until about II o'clock, when
Dr' Davidson went at DIR. Morey' request


de says that she had taken about half an
ounce OF laudanum and was unable to talk,
but would get over it all right in short
time. West sits in the house unconcernedly
smoking an old pipe, not seeming to care
whether his wife lives or dies, and says he
does not believe that she has taken


poison, that it is only the devil
she has in her, and that she is only trying
to scare hin into not drinking whisky and


pounding her any more. He is but the
mlnutest remove from brute, all human
sensibilities having been perverted by the
continual use of liquor. 1t has been a
too we'll known fact to their neighb0rs that
ne has, tor the past three or four years
habltually came home drunk, and if any
thing dlspleased him, has numerically
beat his wife, until at last, In her desper-
alton she has chosen to end her existence.
rather than endure it longer. She would be
much better Oft if be was placed in con-
hnement where he deserves to be, and
never again allowed to disgrace our
streets. She will probably recover from
the effects OF this attempt and resume her
old position as his slave, and, if she is toe
slow IN getting well, may get thrashed for
Year: 1877

An eminent physician at q recent
meeting Of the Cork branch Of the
British Medical Association thanked
God that the days of the humpback
were ended, and proceeded to define
hiS method of treatment of diseased
spines, also exhibiting patients whom
he had straightened, one OF them Q
young man Of nineteen, the angle O
whose spinal curvature had been l3(
degrees, but who then, after six week.
treatment, walked erect. Medical
science can hardly achieve 0 greater
triumph In the cause of humanity thar
this. The humpbaCk frequently live
in pain and sorrow, and relief from BIZ
afiiction is the highest boon he CaI
crave.
Year: 1877

the contact to Stout, for as duK-yb.
lie notice had been given, Sto1S4 j
not know that bids less than bis W Gid
not be made. Now where does the
steal come in?


1t may be true that Stout would
have made money out of the contract
and who would want that job without
some chow of making 1t pay? 1t ap-
pears that Stout was the only man
who could see any money in it even
at sixty cents, the highest price.


We can't see that any one has com
mitted or attempted any wrong in
the matter, or made any mistakes un-
less It be the Secretary of State in re-
fusing to award the contract, as the
law provides, to the lowest bidder, so
that saving of thousands of dollars
to the state would have commenced
at once. Had the law been
promptly conformed to, to-day the
cost per head per day for keeping the
convicts would be going on at sixty
cents, but as the Secretary saw fit to
put his brogan down on the law, the
same old price is being paid. We do
not speak for the interests of Mr..
Stout,-w do not know nor care
whether II was "fat" thing for him
Oh not-bnt We put In our oar for the
interest of the taxpayers of the State.