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Year: 1877

from Hampton in almost every case helped 10
build their school houses before they could 90
TO work, and found them thronged with an
eager crowd of adults and children as soon as
finished. Undoubtedly the morals OF the blacks
are slack concerning the Eighth Commandments
But, without palliating larceny, great or petty,
we may remember that the mere TACT Oh
Emancipation left on the negro's mind an
abiding impression that he had been cheated
during his life by the dominant race OF
his wages and time as well as his liberty; and
it is natural that an odd chicken, now and then,
SHOULD not seem to his untutOred mind an exor-
bitant quid pro quo orthese things.


There is, after all, no cause for hopelessness
in his condition. He will rise more slowly than
the whites, but he will rise The regenerating
influence needed in the South just now Is an
influx, not so much of Northern capital as
Northern men of the right quality-steady, IN
dustrious mechanics farmers, tradcspeople'
who may teach whites and blacks by example
not only how to earn money, but how to spend
it so as to make life cleaner. more comfortaDle'
more becoming, in short, to civilized human
L,,
Year: 1877

Our correspondence from the South has given
a disheartening Wow of the condition of the
negro, especially OF the field hand he Is a bar


barian IN all but namr and rs willing to re-
main barbarian as the pig is to lie IN hls
slough. 1t is quite natural that any energetic
Northcrncr, fresh from the torpid, ill-smelllng
naighborh00d of the Georgia reelmen, should
despair of the future of the cOlOred man, and
be almost tempted to rank him among the
beasts that perish and that ought to perish.
But surely we should look little deeper.
The question is too momentous a one to accept
on its first issues. If the negroes are worse off
now than in state of slavery and are
to remain worse off, Emancipation was
mistake Our correspondent scarcely stated
the evils of their present condition strongly
enough In many localities insufficient cloth
ing and food have brought on them diseases
almost unknown in the days of servitude.
The mortality among them from lung diseases,
exposure and fever is treble that of twenty
years ago. The slave, beng property, was, as a
rule sufficiently clothed, fed and cared for by
his master TO project his commercial value, if
for no more humane reason, but when set free
he was no more fit to care for himself than IA
child, or than Caspar lIduSer. The question is,
Can he be made capable of caringl


Our correspondent has given the discourage
ing side of the question III a plain statement
of facts, but on the part of the negro it is to
be said tnat lie is beyond all other races iml-
tative, and has been paying all his life at the
old game Of fOliowmy my-Inastcr. He is not
whit azier or more contcntcd to stagnatc in
dirt and discomfort than the poor wnte Of tie
south. We all know that even in the edu-
Gated classes of the Gulf States, before and
after the war, money WAS spent on the stable
jewclry, dress and hospitality rather than in
the more solid comforts of @c-huili aud dee
Grated houses. The majority OF Carolina farm
ers, to-day, 1--we in houses which would lie
shamcd by a Pennsylvania barn. We need not
wonder that the field hand spends his wages
for an extra hit Of fincIy o. bacon, and does
not use bis hall i-holidays TO make his dwell
ing less like piS-sty. He has proved
himself as quick to initiate a better
example as soon as it has been set him.
In both Southern and Northern towns the
blacks are as well lodged, clothed and fed,
aud are on the whole as industrious a. the
class of whites whose opportunities for educa-
ton and Improvement have been parallel with
| Their own, and in both sections they are more
eager for improvement and education than this
parallel class. The colored teachers sent out
Year: 1877

Business at the Summer resorts is improving, and
the season, though late, will turn out better than
was expected. Advertisers whose original orders arc
expired or expiring may do well to bear tis fact in
mind and to recollect that the competition for busi
ness is likely 10 increase rather than dimi sh the
season draws toward its close. Perhaps in some
cases the experience of the White Mountain land
lord who ordered his advertisement stopped because
his house was full to oyerfowing and he could ac-
commodae no more. may be dnplcated bat if not,
ere is n suggestion which viii show how it may be
done. The White Mountains, however. appear to be
exceptionally popular this year, and the number Of
travellers and soiournerS in the State is said to lie
greater than before at this date in the
hardly fairly under way.
Year: 1877

documents except, perhaps. the names of per-
sons who have been instrumental in shielding
thieves, and such names and information as
Tweed could give but won't. So that it is not
quite clear what the Board is driving at.
Tweed might make fine sensation now by
reading his confession to the Board, and, ii he
could get full attendance, he might take
malicious pleasure in doing it.
Year: 1877

ringing terms, ndorse HIS treatment NJ the South com.
mend him for daring 10 do the right thing show BIN
mat we heartily commend his honesty and patriotism in
daring TO do The right thine az the right Tune"
Year: 1877

Only four Aldermen voted yesterday to allow
the use of the Belt Line at night for steam
cars thirteen coolly voted, under some lnflu-
ence or impulse which only one of them pre-
tended to explain, fatty against the business
interests of their own city. Any one who will
read the list OF votes, will see that the voters
in the affirmative include about all the AL


dermen present who can lay any claim to
personal respectability, and all, therefore, who
are at all affected 10y the appeals of the mer


chants of New York, or who feel themselves
under any obligation to protect the CONNER
cal interests of the city, The list of the thirteen
voters in the negative appropriately begins with
PurrOy and ends with Slevin, and is braccd up
in the middle by keenan,. These men would
rather offend the Chamber of Commerce a
hundred times than a Ward Club of shoulder


hitters once, because they know that the
shoulder -hitters and slum politicians take an
interest in the composition of the Board OF AL
dermen, and the members of the Chamber OF
Commerce, relatively speaking do not. This
is the little political moral of the affair. The
business moral is bad enough. There seems
to be no way of reversing this decision for the
present. and in the future there remains only
an appeal to the Legislature, always an unsat-
isfactOry proceeding, or an appeal to the next
Board likely to be equally unsatisfactory AS
for any attempt to elect Board on tins issue,
or TO elect BOud which cannot be bought or
bullied, either, in the present state OF local
politics, woald no doubt be utterly hopeless.
Year: 1877

Although the House OF Commons censured
the appointment of Controller Pgott, Lord
Beaconsicld sees fit not to accept that official )
resignation. Toward the close of the session
this obstinacy may be overlooked, but it cannot
fail to weaken the moral influence OF the Min
istry. The privileges of the House are perhal 5
the only legislative prerOgatves which most
members of Parliament deem superior to party
allegiance.
Year: 1877

This resolution of the Board of Aldermen,
nroviding for an extended investigation OF the
Tammany Ring frauds, looks very like job.
tbouob of what sort it is difficult to say. All
the information which the Committee Is 10 col
,sct and furnish the Board is already to be
found in newspaper files and numerous puohc
Year: 1877

For the past II years the citi-
zens of thier State have had no
fourth of July, and in thier state
of bondage, did not feel that
they We're called on to celebrate
the day which gave birth to a
new nation.


Since the installation of Gov.
Nichols, and our restoration to
our rights as a free people we
begin to feel as if we were really
citizens Of Republic, and en-
titled to take part in proceedings
lnaugurated for the purpose of
celebrating a day dear to every
patriot.


On Wednesday next the fourth
will be celebrated with unusual
brilliancy at Donaldsonyille. by
the Artillery Company of that
town, assisted by the Washing
ton Artillery of New Orleans,
and the Continental Guards.
There will be a dress parade in
the afternoon and grand ball
at night. Day by day, are we
resuming our rights and gradu-
ally enjoying the privileges and
feelings which have rested SO
long in allegiance.
Year: 1877


Welcome, welcome, PIONEER.
How glad am to see thee herel
Rising from the dusky past,
Canst give account since we met last?
If thou couldst speak, sad tales thou d tell
OF those who sought TO do thee i'll;
Who've sent thy friends from thee adrift
And let thee from our presence slip.
Base traitors to our country's good
Rule US all, they said they would;
But God, who reigns above the skies,
Spoke in His powers, the All wise,
Bade gentle Peace her wing outspread
And DER our souls halo spread;
soothing iahuence round US cast,
And bid us hope for rest at last.
Rest. tortured Country; be at ease
And seek onr noble Son to please,
BY lending hand and head aud heart
To urge Inn ON with his good part
Friend PIONEER, stand forth anew;
Put gladly forth thy brightest hue,
For Nichols Of Assumption dear
We're proud that chords do bind him here.
Launch forth with wishes from thy friend
That thou mayst come to good end,
| gracefully bid thee adieu
Until think of something new.


NICHOLAS.
Year: 1877

whether produced by indigestion, improper food,
change of water diet, too free Indulgence of ice
water, exposure to sudden changes of temperature,
are Immediately relieved by it. One ounce added
10 a gallon of
Year: 1877

FIatuleEcy, Sluggish Digestion, want of Tone and
Activity in the Stomach and Bowels, Oppression
after eating, to be relieved by single dose
taken after each meal. A great want exists Tor
Year: 1877

MARK TwAIN's CHARAcTER.-Mark
Twain in his "Innocents Abroad spoke
disrespectfully of Capt. Duncan of the Qua
ker City, and the captain recently retaliated
in lecture before few people in New
York, saying that Mark represented him
self on boarding the Quaker City as a Bap-
list minister, and wanted TO dead-be his
passage, and likewise that he was contin-
ually soaked in bad whiskey. The quar-
rel is not of sufficient interest 10 warrant
giving all the details; but this, from
Marks reply in the New York World, is
certainly enjoyable:


What 1 need, now that am going into
print, is text. These little things do not
furnish it. Why does the "captan" make
no mention of the highway robbery which
committed on the road between Jerusa-
lem and the Dead Scar He must have
heard Of 1.-THE land was full of it. Why
does he make no mention of the fact that
during the entire excursion never drew
sober breath except by proxyH Why does
he conceal the fact that l killed cripple in
Cairo because 1 thought he had an un-
pleasant gait? Why is he silent about my
skinning leper in Smyrna in order that
might have little something to start mu-
scum with when got homer What is the
use of making Charges out of a mans
few little virtuous actions when that man
has committed real indiscretions by the
dozen? But where is the use OF bothering
about what mans character was 10 years
ago, anyway Perhaps the captain values
his character of 10 years ago. l never have
heard of any reason why he should but
still he may possibly value it. No matter.
do not value my character of 10 years ago.
I can 90 out at any time and buy better
one for half il cost me. In truth, my char
acter was simply in course of construction
then. hadn't anything up but the scaf-
folding, so 10 speak. But L have finished
the edihce now and taken down that worm
eaten scaffolding. have finished my NOR
al edifce, aud frescoed and furnished it,
and am obliged to admit that it is one Of
the neatest and sweetest things of the kind
that have ever encountered. / greatly
value 1t and would feel like resenting any
damage done to it. But that old scatfold-
ing is no longer of any use to mel and in
asmuch as the "captaln" seems able to use
IL to advantage, hereby make him pres
ent oft. 1t is little shaky, Of course, but
If he will patch 1t here and there he will
fiud that il is still superior TO anything Of
the kind he can scare up upon his own
premises.
Year: 1877

In Early Spring.
The tiny snow-drifts melting fast,
The breath Of south wind floating past;
The crimson in the maple shoots.
The golden crocus at the roots;
The yellow on the willow wands,
The green Of grass along the ponds;
Tho swelling buds, the blue-birds note,
The dandelion on the moat;
The earthly color Of the stream,
The warmer flush OF sunrise gleam;
The dampness Of the upland mould,
The new life in the open void;
The song Of bird, the hum OF bee,
The dawn OF woodside melody;
The brighter glitter on the hills,
The rapid rush OF little rills;
The morning hoarfrost on the hedge,
The MONDAY drops upon the sedge;
The changing color on the vine,
The fresher hue Of mountain pine,
Are things that tell to eye and car
That summer days are drawing near.
Year: 1877

Great was the amaZemcnt of all En-
gland when, at the clOse of the last cell
tury, William Murdoch discovered the
use of ccmbustible air, or gas. So little
was the invention undeIsto d and be-
lieved in by those who had seen it in use,
that even great and wise men laughed at
the idea. How could there be light
without wick I' said member of Par
lament when the subject was brought
before the house. Even Sir Humphrey
Davy ridiculed the idea OF lighting
towns with gas, and asked one OF the pro-
jectors if they meant to take the dome OF
st. PauPs as a gas meter. Sir walter
Scott, too, made himself merry over the
idea of illuminating London by smoke;


though he was glad enough. not so long
after, to make his own house at Abbots-
ford light and cheerful on winter nights
by the use of that very smoke. When


the House of Commons was lighted by
gas, the architect imagined that the gas
ran ON fire through the pipes, and he
therefore insisted on their being placed


several inches from the wall, for fear of
the building taking fire the members
might be observed carefully touching the
pipes with their gloved hands, and wan
deiring they did not feel warm. The first
shop lighted by the new method was Mr..
Ackerman's, of the Strand. in 1910; and
one lady of rank was so delighted with
the brilliancy of the gas lamp on the
| counter that she asked to be allowed to
take it home in her carriage. Mr.. Muir
doch was, however, too busy with his
other pursuits to study the use of gas,
and though he was undoubtedly the first
to apply it to practical purpose, many
others laid claim to the honor, and other
people quickly reaped the benefit of his
cleverness and ingenuity. In this he
shared the general fate of inventors.
Year: 1877

Two Western New York girls, during
| the absence of mater fdn,itids, sawed of
the tops of their bedposts for croquet
balls.


NATURE takes plain human face and
sets sweet thoughts and kindly impulses
at work upon it, and it grows into lofty
beauty.


ALL papas and mammas have exactly
| that sign which distinguishes objects at
distance clearly, while they need
spectacles to see those under their very
noses.


PEDANTRY il properly the overrating
of any kind of knowledge we pretend to,
and II that kind of knowledge be
trife in itself, the pedantry is the
greater.


The great question of the present is
whether it is better to carry two pounds
of dried applies or bar of ten cent soap
to the annual donation at the minister's
house.


FRANK MOORE, in his Record of the
Year." says that although Worcester is
pronounced Wooster, a small boy got
spanked at school the other day for SPELL
Ing TOOSleT, TOrCtstcI.


The peanut crop for this year is eight
hundred thousand bushels and no peO-
pie with eight hundred thousand bush
els of peanuts before them ever plunged
madly into civil strife.


WEEP NOT FOR DEATH.


Weep not for death


IT'S but fever stilled;


pain suppressed, fear at rest,


golden hope fulfilled.


The mO0nshine on the slumbering deep


Is scarcely calmer-wherefoTe weep2


Weep not for deathi


The fount Of tears Is sealed;


Who knows how bright the inward light


To those shut eyes revealed?


Who knows what peerless love may fill


The heart that seems SO cold and still?


The books which once we valued more
than the apple of the eye we have quite
exhausted. What is that but saying
that we have come up with the point OF
view which the universal mind took
through the eyes of one scribe; we have
been that man, and have passed on.
IT was evening. Three of them were
killing a cat. One OF them held Ian
tern, another held the cat, and the third
jammed the pistol in the cats ear and
fired, shooting the man in the hand who
held the cat, and the one with the Ian
tern was wounded in the arm. The cat
left when it saw how matters stood, and
that ill-feeling was being engendered.
THEY are awful glad over in Alexan.
der County, Illinois, that the election is
over. Their candidate for Congress was
J. ST. Clair JafIrelipghitzenhaus, and his
overwhelming defeat is due solely to the
fact that nobody was able to hurrah for
him without being stopped in the middle
of the cheer by presentiment of lock-
jaw.


The use Of scientific terms often be-
comes a sort of second nature with some
professional men. The Brooklyn Argus's
funny man, who incautiously struck the
back of his head against the sidewalk the
other day, piteously exclaimed, "Oh, my
poor n,edula oblongata." The crowd
thought he alluded to his wife, and that
she must be some Italian lady of rank.
Year: 1877

MINcE MEAT.-Mince steak or roast
beef very fine; add cold water enough
to make gravy. Let 1t heat through,
and when just at boiling point shake in
little -four. Neverallow It TO boil up.
as boiling hardens the meat. Serve with
toast.
Year: 1877

The fortunes of our house soon recov-
cred the blow which the misguided Bar
ton had managed to inflict upon our
credit, and I consider the prosperity of
the firm of Somerville & Co. is due to
my accidental meeting with, and the
story told me by the mail-guard.
Year: 1877

The old Cathedral white and, silent lies,
Its slender towers pointing to the skies,


Crowned ON each pinnacle with heavily light,
The moon LOOKS down and smiles her YER smile
Touching the world to loveliDess the while;


Yet breathing such a silence from her height
Ihat we could fancy even an angels tread
No holier calm upon the air could shed


Than this sweet silence OF the moonlit night
Twas on this day, just thirty years ago,
And all the land lay warm beneath the snow,
~ See higher still the shadows softly steal u
Ihey laid my darling in her narrow bed
While l, upon It's brink felt cold and dead,


Bearing sorrow which no time could heal.
For few moments with my weakness bear,


Though must join you In your midnight peal y
Remember remember Il SO well,
Each tiny snowflake kissed her, as 1t fell


Upon the lowly mound that stood alone;
For hours dumbly knelt, but could not pray,
And then turned and went my weary way


Missing the hand that used to clasp my own,
Missing the dear face ever at my side;
had but her In all the world SO widei


What wonder that my heart seemed turned 10


stone?


That night the old year died. Some one had said
That I-whose one eve lamb lay still and dead
should ring the birthday chime OF the New Year.
80, from my loneliness, rose aud came
Would not my grief be everywhere the same2-
An you remember now. So full and clear
Inc Joyous chime few on the frosty air
You wonder your laughter did not share,
now could you guess this was my w0rdess PRAYER,
And that knew at last my God could hear /?
Alone aud still, her grave lay far below,
Covered so softly by the quiet snow,


Covered so gently fer her last repose
But-far above-she dwelt In whittier dress,
In brighter JOY and purer loveliness


Aud tow'rds this homo our happy peal arose,
What wonder could lift my eyes at last
And-lifting them-the darkest hour seemed past
I'm coming, friends-hOw dim the moonlight


grows


Just thirty times, with every newborn year.
Have been one among the ringers here,


Aud now each tone has grown into a friend,
A faithful friend whose happy voice love,
The friend who bore my first weak prayer above,
In that great grief my Father chose to send,
Now my last peal some lonely heart shall cheer
And then though dying with the dying year
shall have borne his message to the end.
Year: 1877

The Mobile Evening Neics says: The
devil always approaches mankind under
specIous disguise and In an attractive garb
which accounts for his success IN accom-
plishing his purposes. Otherwise his
failures would often be rs signal as that Of
the Wisconsin man who undertook, the
other day, TO play the devil. By foolIshly
making himself rs hideous as possible.
He enveIoped himself In an OK hide and
went 10 neigkbor's house when the
family had gone 10 church, leaving only
q boy about u years old at home. II was
known in the neighborhood that the
owner of the house had money, and there
were about 500 In the house at the time.
The object In the hide told the boy that he
was the devil aud had come for the
money. and that he must give 1t to him,
and that II he did not he would kiln him.
The lad, not having the fear ofhis satani o
Majesty before his eyes, stepped into tho
house as ifabout to comply. and got . gun
and shot the .'devil" dead In his tracks.
He then ran to the nearest neighbours
holse and told the woman present that he
had shot the devil. She went with the
boy and found that the devil was her
husband Whether she was privy 10 Ire
deyilish expedition was not known.
Year: 1877




C. Bartlett, ID. d.. the President OF Dartmouth Col
ege, this afternoon delivered his first baccalaueate
mon in the college church The text was For whose
ever will save his life shall lose it, and wLosoever will
lose his life for sake shall fnd IT, For what II man
proted If lie shall gain the whole world and lose his
own soul or what shall man give for his SOUL
Dr. Bartlett concluded with earnest address To the
graduating class urging them 10 enter and pursue heT
several paths of lie under the guidance OF this divine
To live for the well-being OF their fellows; 10
work ON In the spirit Of unseitsh love aud thcagnttni
kndness To take up tho and follow the Master;
and thus to dfuse far and wle brightness, and bess
ing and JOY.
Year: 1877

TRIBUNE OFFICE June.25-1 az lm.-As shown IN the
upper diagram there little variation m arpressurc
during the fair weather OF Saturday yesterday, how
ever there was q continuous decline. The temperature
rose in the middle OF the day and remained compare
tiyaly high The amount Of moisture in the air Ia large


slightly increased warmth, partial cloudiness, and oc-
casional may be expected in this city and vicinity
to-day and tO-mOrrOw.
Year: 1877

A sparrow hawk hasn't a glass eye,
or rather had not an eye for glass-ii
the following episode, as described by
the Mifllintown Sentinel, be true: ga
few days ago a bird.hawk, in passing
over town. swooped down at bevy
of English sparrows that were feeding
in the street at the corner of Main
and Bridge streets. The nimble little
birds were too quick for the hawk,
and scattered. One little fellow near
est the hawk curved around the glass
corner of the Bedford building. The
pursuing bird was not acquainted in
that locality, knew nothing Of the glass
corner, which to his eye seemed like
an open space, and concluded to take
the shortcut on the little bird that
was describing so nice curve in front
of his hawkship. The hawk directed
its course straight across the corner,
and encountered the outside glass with
such force that it passed through to
the inside by hole of its own max.
ing, only several times larger than its
own body, and then dropped dead to
the music of quivering window and
falling glass. The boys say the spar,
rows held a jubilee that day over the
death of bloody enemy"