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Year: 1878

MUD.

 ''Mud' may not be very inviting topic for newspaper editorial, but just at this time we certainly cannot find a more convenient one. We have mud in the country, mud in the town. mud everywhere--and now you have mud in your newspaper. You sec good editor never gets hard run for something to write about, and when there is not a heat ed political campaign going on to finnish the enterprislng quill driver something with which to write up his paper, the clerk of the weather kindly steps in and furnishes us with mud, mud plenty of mud. And by the way wouldn't this be a splendid time for aspiring candidates if the political campaign was on hand? They are such fine hands to sling mud. Would't they have a jolly good time of it now? They could get their mud ready mixed, either thick, thin orksloppy--just as they wanted it. What pity it is that newspaper men never sling mud! They could use the present supply to such great advantage. If it were not for the fact that our neighbors across the river have so much sand (not in their craw) and so little mud, we would be tempted to take up few handsful and have a spat with the Arkansian and Immigrant. We have the advantage of the State, too for his mud is all clay and is not SC easily handled as ours. No doubt ii would hurt like the mischief to catch wad of that clay, and the sting would be Felt by Jus long time. So we won't try the State.

 The current is against us if we turn ] about and undertake 60 try our con frere up the river, so we will not pitch into the Forum. In fact we believe we have mud enough in ours to do us without going abroad toseek a mud singing with anybody. We believe most of us will have enough to do if we will only keep the mud cleaned away from around our own door, without going abroad to pitch into others. And as most of our readers, we presume, are also tired and disgusted with mud, we will only add few words to the many newcomers who are landing in our midst every day about the muddy roads and muddy country here. This is an unusual spell with us. We seldom ever have such muddy country. The old residents here say they have seldom ever, or never at all seen the roads in such mud dy, bad condition as they now ap- pear. Therefore, newcomers, don't be discouraged, and don't judge the country to be fat, low and muddy by what you now see. You will not see our lands as wet and our roads as muddy again perhaps in ten years as they are now. Our winters are generally none too wet and you now see the country under just about as unfavorable circumstances as possi- ble. So don't do us injustice by pro nouncing judgment against us on account of the mud you now see, but wait awhile and we will guarantee that you will like our country.
Year: 1878

The following, practical and scientific
observation on the quenching of fires
quickly and with the least loss to insur.
ance companies is communicated to the
Portland (Me.) Press by an old fireman:
One gallonlof water at the bottom of a
fire will do more to quench it than ten
gallons at the top. Play low is the true
motto for the fireman. If the first en-
gine that reached the Summer street
fire in Boston had burst into the ware
house and played into the goods elevator,
where the fire broke out, it would prob
ably have saved $50, 200, 600. To play
ON the roof of house ON fire is to waste
water; the roof was made to shed water; /;
the rain does not put out the kitchen
fire, ncr would the Presumpscot, flowing
bodily on the roof, put out the kitchen
if afire. Play low, get the water to the
bottom of the fire, and you need not
pour in the Presumpscot. A few gall
Ions at the bottom of the fire will rise in
clouds of steam wherever the fire is
rising and will quench it. Even a heap
of rubbish tuIas rain and water like a
partial roof. A gill of water thrown into
the bottom of a CRATE quenches the fire
more than n quart thrown on top. For
a similar reason, water on the windward
side is more effective than on the lee
ward. am speaking now of moderate
fire, when there are only one or two
houses burning. The big blazes ON the
leeward look fearfully, but they cannot
be effected by playing on them. Throw
your water into the bed of Goals and
under the retort that is sucking them,
aud it goes out. That is to say, play at
the bottom of the windward side of the
fire, and you take the surest and speedi-
est way to quench the whole, leeward
side blezes included.
Year: 1878

On the influence of gaslight on the
eye the following is given from a recent
report to the Prussian minister of in.
struction In general, physicians agree
that no evil results will follow the
moderate use of gas, and particularly If
there are arrangements to prevent the
direct action of the yellow fame on the
eye. For this purpose screens OF
shades are employed. Very grave oh.
lection, however, exists to the use OF
the zinc or lead shades, most evils af-
fecting the eyes being traceable to them.
The use of the latter, it is said, inevita-
bly, tends to blindness or inflammation,
and other harmful effects. The milky
white glass shade is the best, as it dis
tributes the light, and has a grateful
effect upon the eye. The burner should
not be too close to the head, as conges-
tion of the forehead and headaches re-
sult from the radiated heat. The glass
plate below the gas, employed in some
places, is especially useful for the pur-
pose, rs it causes an equal distribution
of the light, necessary where a number
are working at one burner, prevents the
radiation of the heat, and tends to a
steady illumination by shielding the
flame from the currents of air. In cases
of highly infamed eyes, dark blue
globes can be very benefcially employed.
With precautions of this kind no evil
effects from the burning of gas need be
feared,
Year: 1878

The Groesbeck (Texas) NeW Era
says The following singular courtship
of Prairie Grove gallant is an illustra-
tion that "faint heart never won fair
lady" He proposed, but was gently
refused. He went a second and a third
time with the same result. But at
length he rode over one evening and
told her that he would neither eat,
sleep nor speak until ishe consented to
be his bride. She invited him to din
ner he shook his head. She talked
on he merely looked detected. Then
she requested him to take supper a
negative shake of the head was the only
reply. She played, sang and chatted on
till bed time, when a servant showed
him a room a negative shake. She
tripped away to her chamber he sat
determinedly still. About twelve o'clock
she came back and said "I don't wish
to cause the death of a good officer, 80
1 will marry you" The released one
rose, and with much eagerness said :
My dear, have you any cold victuals
on hand?"
Year: 1878

Where the soil is gravelly and porous,
such a house will be very useful, and
may be built more cheaply than one
wholly above ground. The excava-
ton may be made as deep as may be
desirable, perhaps six or eight feet will
be sufficient. There must, however, be
perfect freedom from surface water, or
the house will be failure. The bottom
may be made of layer of large stones,
two feet deep upon this smaller stones
should be laid, to fill all the inequali-
ties, and form level surface, and there
should be placed upon these layer Of
coarse gravel. This may form the floor
of the house. The walls, up to foot
above the surface, may be built of stone
laid in mortar or cement, and the sill of
the upper frame should be bedded in
the stone-work and cement. -Agricul-
tllrist.
Year: 1878

A French agricultural journal, the
Basse COug, describes the result of some
experiments in potato growing recently
conducted by scientific men in Germany,
in which it is demonstrated that the
"eyes " at the top of the potato produce
a much more vigorous offspring than
those in the lower part, and the conse-
ouence is that those agriculturists who
cut their potatoes in half before planting
them are not well advised in cutting
them vertically, but should always
divide them horizontally, planting the
upper half and using the other as food
for cattle. But the best plan of all is TO
plant the tuber whole, cutting out,
nevertheless, all the eyes " except
those in the top part. -Siehtifc Ameri-
can.
Year: 1878

Justice Strong, Of the United States
supreme Court, filed an opinion in the
United States Circuit Court, this morn
Jag, which is Interesting to national
banks. Wiihou. going INTO the legal
bearing Of the case, the decision amounts
to this: That national bank can charge
rs nigh rate Of interest rs any bank OF
issue in the State. Thus, some banks are
allowed to charge nine and even ten per
cent by their charters. The legal rate in
Pennsylvania i: SIX per cent 50 a nation.
al bank can exact nine or ten per cent, as
It deems proper, this being within the
meaning Of the law.
Year: 1878

In the case of the Louisville Courier
journal there exists most unfortunate nd
mixture Of ignorance relating 10 the sub
iect of harbor Improvements on the lakes
and the duty of the Government in that
regard and shameless mCndaCity in dealing
with facts. 1t charges THE REPUBLICAN
with saying that Northern men, il they
" lived in the Lower Mississippi valley,
would cast their property to the dogs,
mOlcs, and bats rather than even sugge st
" TO the Congress of the United States the
"propriety of an appropriation for improve
"mcnt and protection purposes" When
compared with what we did say on that
subject this shows Il very lively imagination
on the part Of the poet blackguard who
doles ont his platitudcs in the columns Of
that journal. We said, in substance, that
if the lakes flooded their banks for forty or
fifty miles back the people would know
enough to move upon higher ground. We
said nothing about what q Northern man
might or would do if he lived on the banks
of the Lower Mississippi. We made no
such Hypothetical case. Though we
think the first thing Northern man
in that locality would be most
likely to do would be to betake himself to y
place Of safety from the flood of the Missis-
sippt and the hand of the assassin. lie
would neither ask Congress to appreciate
the value of his property at the public cx-
pcnse nor expect it to preserve his life from
violence. The sage and poet o. the Couricr-
JOm"oi struck an unfortunate parallel when
he attempted to place the matter Of improv-
ing Northern hOrbOrs for the benefit of COM
mrrce aud the rescuing OF the alluvial plan
tations skirting the Mississippi side by side
"a equally mcritorious in sharing Govern
mcnt aid. This he evidently Discovers
otherwise he would have preserved higher
degree Of sci.respect and gontlcmanly bear
ing in conducting this controversy. If he
can afford to grovel in personalities, we can
afford TO have him
Year: 1878

To give yourself away in true love


is the beginning Of true humanity and


usefulness. The mau or maiden, who
opens that golden gate lives heuccfOrth
iu swcetcr and better atmosphere
Do but be true to your higher instincts;


do but cultivate caudos and simplicity
aud fidelity, and have every hope for
you. But noyCr lot it pass from your
thoughts how much dcpcuds upon you
now il you would secure not only love
bu. respect. Every married man and
woman passes through . transition
after they come to know each other
thoroughly, and ever after they love
each other more or less. If they arc
patient with each others faults and try
to keep tho faircst facs on all things
try to make tho best Of all thiugs-thsy
will find new bond Of union in this
mutual hclpfulnass which is tho truest
Office of love. But il, when they find
ou. that thoy arc each not angels, not
altogether perfect, thcy become indif.
fcrent aud ueglcctful, then alas for both!
Beware Of this. Tho SUN Of human
happiness is made up Of numbcrlcss
little things. III is not tho great things,
great presents, great occasions or great
demonstrations Of any kind which will
make you happy; but the many nams.
less courtosies and surprises of affection,
the neat looks and kind words and gen
tie ways and profound respect Of true
love It is these little things which,
falling drop by drop like spring show
era upon the frozen earth, melt away
oil that is cold and bare in our natures,
aud mako them bud and bloom with
full luxuriance.
Year: 1878

CAUSE WHY.-Our Knight of the
Scissors is despondent on account of the
non-arrival of Thursdays mail, which
accounts for the lack of late interes ting
news items in this issue. "The pen is
mighter than the sword " but we have
known occasions when the scissors were
mightier than the pen. They are of little
use, however, when the mail fails to
connect
Year: 1878

The Chicago Nei0 Covenant says;


The S was accidentally dropped from
the running head OF the Star in the West,
lately, SO that the paper went out as Tar
in the West, which reminds the editor
that once the head letters of the title were
so trausposed as to read Rats in the
West. Which reminds Us that when We
edited the Maine Gospel Banner, dis
charged employe transposed our motto
so as to produce a startling effect. II
usually read: "In the name OF our God
we will set up our Banner" The rogue
so deranged it that it read, "ln the name
OF our God we will upset our Banner"
Year: 1878

u had more money than he to carry
on the suit" said very mean Glasgow
individual who had just won lawsuit
over poor neighbor, land that's where
| had the advantage OF him. Then had
much better counsel than he, and that's
where | had the advantage OF him. And
his family were i'll while the suit was
pending, so he could not attend TO it,and
there had the advantage of him again.
But then Brown is a very decent sort OF
a man, after ALL" "Yes, said the listen
er, "and that's where he had the advsn-
tage of you"
Year: 1878

During the crisis which followed the of secession
and which weighed heavily the State OF Louisiana
the Administrators of the Diocese Of New Orleari
assumed liabilities which ttey have determined to
liquidate. In the past year better state of affairs
loomed up in the financial situation of the Diocess
That improvement will increase the rate of interest
claimed by is creditors is !essened.


The conventional rate in Louisiana is too high
religious society, the revenues of which, though entirely
secure are nevertheless limited for such society
cannot look for eventual profits in contingent under
takings in altogether inconsistent with
it's mission Of benevolence and charity.


Therefore it is with a view of creating new debt
that this loan is negotiated but order to unity and
consolidate anterior liabilities and obtain their gradu
and regular extinction by means of the Ordinary
Of the Diocese, and without endangering The
Church property, although affecting it. Such is ths
plan positively approved by BIS Holiness, Pins TX
and unanimously adopted by tie Board of Adminis.rh
of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese Of
Kew Orleans.
Year: 1878

Gen. Hawley like Barks, Is willing. In
fact, he Is more than this; he Is anxious He
does not sec why he may not be candidate
Tor the Barnun succession in Connecticut,
and finds many reasons why he should prove
highly acceptable in that connection. "lf the
General Assembly," he says, "on the final
summing up Of the whole argument, should
see fit to honor me with the Scnator3hip, 1t
would probably be with the approval Of the
members from this congressional district,
and the district would expect me to accept it
with gratitude Hawley would be q vast
Improvement on Jewell in the Senate, and, be-
sides, his election would give the Democrats
of his district needed opportunity to recover
it, This can be easily done with good can
Jido4n
Year: 1878

Golden Medical Discovery
Is Alternative. or od-cleansing.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Pectoral.
Golden Medical Discovery
IL a Cholagogue, or Liver Stimulant.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Tonic.
Golden Medical Discovery
Year: 1878

Minor Iopics.-The work Of replacing
the timbcrs sawed Out OF the Danville
bridge at the time OF the great frcShct OF
November will be finished to-day.


The hydrant-watcr is more muddy than
ever before in the memory OF the oldest in
habitant.


The Old Dominion Mill is closed this
week for necessary repairs.


There will he II called meeting OF the City
Council tonight.


The City school Board meets next Tues
day.


The Mayors Court was not in session yes
terday.


Some OF the uptown young ladies intend
to give their male friends 4 lawn cotillon
party next week rs part return for many
kindnesses received this season.


Several Manchesterians went to Hunting.
ton yesterday.
Year: 1878

RESULT OF THE MEETING YESTERDAY
EyENING-THEY DECLINE TO ESTABLISH
A QUARANTINE. AND THINK THERE Is
NO DANGER TO BE APPREHENDED, YET
GIVE THE BOARD OF HEALTH SOME
POWER AND A LITTLE MONEY.
Year: 1878

about in the crowd And here too are emacated forms
700 weak to walk and they turn their hollow eyes plead
ngy upon us they the victims of diarrhea their


eshless arms hang angdly by their sides and their ho
low cheeks are vd with eanness But few of these men
can pe oenehted now by the surgeons skill many will
call for it but little while Even while we stand here
some have felt the last agony and expired
Year: 1878

THE opponents of tobacco " in all its
FORMS" though they seem less active
than formerly in this country, are
abroad now reviving their crusade
against the abominable but seductive
weed with unusual energy. Societies
have just been formed in France for
the purpose of putting down as best
they can by moral suasion, the "perni-
cious practice of the use of tobaceo;'
and one of the chief of the tobacco re-
formers has recently published some-
what startling statement as to the al
most universal use of the weed among
sterner sex in France. His history is
certainly an interesting one, whatever
we may think of its lesson, or the value
of the moral he derives from it. 1t ap-
pears that the lively Gaul begins to
smoke as rule at school, and at the
early age of eleven and, as smoking is
prohibited very strictly within the walls
of the lycee, the scholar avails himself
of his day out'' to puff away in some
safe woodland or urban retreat, undis-
turbed all day long by visions of
stern proctors. 1t is asserted that " he
gravitates as naturall to the bureau
de ta6ac as the English boy to the pas
try-cook's or the sweet-stuff shop"
Among the French lower classes the
young apprentice and the middle-aged
werkmen trudge to their daily labor
pipe in mouth, and would as soon think
of leaving their kit of tools at home as
their cheap two-sou briarwood. In the
army every officer, from the STRIPPING
sub-lieutenant to the Marshal-President
of the Republic, smokes indefatigably.
The author composes, the artist lays on
his colors, with pipe or cigarette in
mouth; the shOpkeeper leaves his shop
in care of his bonne femme many times
a day, to have pull at his beloved ca
pordL at the eStdnlnlet round the corner;
the honorable deputy smokes as he
awaits the train that is. to take him to
Versailles; the stockholder, as he hies
him to the Bourse, the fG1seUr loung-
ing on the Boulevard, the club man as
he loiters at the big front window, the
advocate as he reads his brief on his
way to the Palais de Justice, do all
these things under the soothing in
fluence of tobacco. 1t is said, indeed,
that there are only two classes of
Frenchmen who do not smoke; the cab
men, because they are too constantly
under the vigilant watch of the police,
and the priests, because they fear lest
hint of the transgression should
reach the ears of their bishop. Thus,
the new anti-tobacco societies have no
lack of targets at which to hurl their
anathemas, no want of heathen on
every hand to convert to their own alb
horrence of the weed The progress of
tobacco using, and especially of smok-
lng-for few Europeans chew, and the
fine old patrician practice of snuf-tak
ing is fast going QUITS, indeed, amaz-
ingly rapid beyond the Atlantic. The
large majority of males in every civil
lied country smoke habitually. 1t used
to be said that excessive smoking was
the decline of the Turks in vigor and
enterprise; but it is doubtful whether
there has not been as much smoking in
the ranks of the Muscovites and Cos
sacks, during consolation, as in the
stubbornly-fghting, but finally defeat
ed legions of Islam.-Appleton'S Jour
nal
Year: 1878

GOSSIP has spiced with a little ro-
nance the engagement of Prince Ar
thur, Duke of Connaught, to the third
daughter of Prince Frederick Charles
of Germany. 1t is stated that the
match was planned by the dukes old
est sister, who had as one of her OBJ
jects the suppression of flame which
had sprung up in the bosom OF her
own son, TO whom the young lady is a
first cousin, but who does not seem to
have been satisfied with such a distant
relationship to her, and so desired to
establish closer one.
Year: 1878

The systems of fsn and handkel chief,
and even OF hat Irritation, have been fully
explained to the public at large but ii is
strange that the code most generally in
use and better calculated than any other
70 express with precision and accuracy
large variety OF sentiments, has never
been completely formulated for the bene-
6t OF those who wish to become proficient
in this beautiful art II is with pleasure
that Pilck comes forward to present to his
readers the following carefully edited and
entirely trustworthy
Year: 1878

Cincinnati, May 4.-Hon. John
O'Connor, late Democratic Chairman
of the Military committee of the Ohio
House, to-day appeared in his seat for
the first time in ten days, and rose to a
question of privilege. For some time
proof has been accumulating that he
was deserter, bounty-jumper, and
an ex-convict of the Michigan State
Prison. Several times he has endeavor-
ed to resign, but the Speaker refused to
lay his resignation before the House I'M
til Thursday, when it was voted to in
vestigate his record. His speech to-
day was in the nature of confession
of all that had been alleged. He said
he had struggled for ten years to ele-
vate himself to a position, and make
himself worthy of the esteem Of honest
men; bnt all his efforts had gone for
naught, and an attempt was now being
made to drive him into the gutter. He
denied the right of the House to inves'
tigate his history previous to his be
coming n citizen of the United States
If such investigation should prove thai
his conduct in the past had not beer
proper, it could do no one any good
and would crush him forever. HI
threw himself on the generosity of thu
House, trusting that in their magnan
Unity they would not further pursue
a man who was crippled in body ant
poor in purse. at the close of hi,
speech he sank pale and trembling int,
his chair, and tears rolled down hi
cheeks. He then left the House.
Year: 1878

RALPH WALDO EMERSON lectured
on temperance in Boston on Friday
evening. He associated temperance
with the use of words rather than in
diligence in food and drink. The
chronic liar and exaggerator, he held,
is more Incorporate man than the
heavy drinker.