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Year: 1878




A few days ago there gathered in one oil
the wings of the old Palace of the Tuiler-
les in Paris an Intern .tional Peace Con.
gress. 1t was made up OF delegates from
the Peace Societies OF eight of the most
highly y-civilized countries of the world, all
but one of them be .onging to Europe, and
was one Of the incidents of the great dis
play Of the trophies OF peace of which the
capital is now the scene. The Congress
attracts little attention. as all such gather
ings, do, and, while its objects must meet
the approval of all thinking men. there
are few who are not apt TO regard those
objects as almost chimerical. 1t is true
that it is to the last degree desirable
that wars should end, and in
ternational disputes find a Just
solution before some peaceful tribunal.
Arbitration ought 10 be successful, and na-
tions should learn that peace can always be
had With honor, If all Governments are dis
posed to do right No one pretends to deny
that war is barbarous and full of horrors
II Is easy to prove itsenormous cost, and to
show ho~ it drains the energies Of nations
and burdens the people with the weight Of
unnecessary taxation, and yet the sad con-
viction is forced upon almost every mind
that what might be will no, be that arbi-
tration is unequal to the task OF satisfying
the parties to bitter disputes, and with no
power to enforce its DEGREES or to pass judg-
ment at the petition Of one party, it cannot
prevent wars. No tribunal could be estab-
lished that would bind the nations that
were Its creators. and if some undertook to
enforce its conclusions as against Others,
the result would be war and not peace
There could be no civil or criminal process
executed against whole people, and no
penalty or judgment exacted upon a sover-
eign State. Peace Congressmen may dis
cuss what ought to be among men, and
adopt resolutions that embody exalted
principles of national conduct, but nations
will continue to be swayed by the passions
Of great populations and the ambitions of
rulers. Good men long for peace, bat the
history of the world is made up of records
Of war. The gates of the Temple of Janus
are ever open, and the plumed troops make
up the one captivating pageant of the
world.
Year: 1878

Tam glad to say that our child is a gen.
erous. little body. The other day her
grandfather gave her cent to buy herself
some candy. As she was going out, she
discovered a little beggar boy on the front
steps. She stopped, and looked first at
him then at her cent; then looked down on
the ground, apparently lost in thought;
finally, with the sweetest smile on her
beautiful face, she stepped up to the for
lorn child, and laying her hand on his
shoulder, said, in gentle tone: "Here,
little boy, take this cent, and go and buy
yourself suit Of clothes and some dinner,


-Indpendeat. ~ Nss~" ~~ -r
Year: 1878

A correspondent Of the Raleigh Ob-
SerUer, writing from Moorehead City,
coast of North Carolina, says: On
Tuesday there was the most exciting
whale fight that has ever occurred on
this coast 1t was with some difficulty
that the Captain of the crew could get
his men to obey orders. When the first
bomb was fired into the whale it failed
to explode. This made the whale
furious, when at this instant he struck
one of the boats and knocked it some
feet above the water. The Captain then
fired another bomb; this failed of ex-
plosion; the fight was still getting more
furious. The third bomb was fired and
exploded near the heart. This conquer
ed the monster. The blood spouted
some ten feet high, and, as the crew
rushed up to stick their lances in him,
the blood fell in showers upon them and
their boats. The fight was witnessed by
another crew stationed about seven
miles above them. They looked on
with delight, only wishing they could
get into such a bloody contest. The
whale was ~ feet long and extremely
fat. This fish will probably bring about
5000.
Year: 1878

We are sure our readers will thank us for
calling their attention to the very handsome
advertisement of the Excelsior Manufacture
ing Co., of ST. Louis, as it would be useless
for us to try to say anything in favor Of their
Grand Charter Oak Cooking Stove. Theyery
word suggests the thought Of a well cooked
meal followed by easy digestion, vigorous
health. and desire to have and to do plenty
of real 2r0rk, to say nothing Of the comfort
of a happy, contented household.
Year: 1878

There is said to be young man in
the Missouri penitentiary whose per-
ents. at their death, left him o fortune
of $4,000. There is where his par
ents made fatal mistake. Ii they
had taken the precaution to invest that
sum in a small dog, and shot him, and
then simply left the young man jack
plane or wood-saw, with printed in
structions how to use it, the chances
are that instead of being in the peni-
tentiary, he would to-day have been
gradually but surely working his way
up to a handsome competency and an
honorable old age. But eyer since the
days of Adam and Eve, parents have
made it point to toll aud struggle all
their lives in order to realize suffi-
cient sum of money to purchase. when
they are gone, their sons each fret
class through ticket to the devil, and
it is not much to be wondered at that


80 many Of their sous, reared in vice
and idleness, as too many of them
often are, haye no higher ambition
than to invest their inheritance In just
that aort Of transportation.
Year: 1878




Many American girls, through mere
inattention to the way of carrying
themselves, unconsciously contract the
habit of bringing their shoulders for
ward and stopping. The position not
only detracts greatly from their ap-
pearance, but is also very pernicious
in point of health. The celebrated
Aaron Burr, in letter to his daughter,
Theodosia, afterward the wife of Gov
ernor Alston, of South Carolina,
wrote as follows on this subject:


"Your habit of STOPPING and bring
ing your shoulders forward on to your
breast not only disfigures you, but is
alarming on account of the injury to
your health. The continuance of this
vile habit will certainly produce q
consumption; then farewell papa
farewell pleasure; farewell life! This
is no exaggeration, no fiction to excite
your apprehensions. But, setting aside
this distressing consideration, [ am
astonished that you have no more
pride in your appearance. You will
certainly stint your growth and dis
figure your person"


There is reason to. believe thrt Miss
Burr gave heed to the admonition OF
her fond father: for she afterward be-
came renowned for her beauty as well
as for her superior mental endow-
ments aud accomplishments.
Year: 1878

The lovely Bavarian villageo Ober.
near Muhldorf, is well
known to the tourists of that section of
Germany. Nesting at the base of a
range of high forest clad hills, looking
out over q broad plain, fertile with
wheat fields, among which winds a
broad shallow river, the place is re.
puted one of the most beautiful in all
the kingdom.


There is one feature of the present
scene that visitors of last summer
would find strange, however. From
the middle of the plain, looming tall
and dark out of the now snow buried
farIn-lands, rises the sinister shape Of
a high gallows upon which swing five
bodies. OF this CHASTITY company, up
OH which flocks of ravens are still
feasting, one member was the murder.
er of his own father.


The story of the patricide is one of
the most atrocious ever recorded in the
black book of murder in the whole
world. DR.. Gustave was the village
pastor of Oberneukirchen, and one OF
the best entomologists in Germany.
His collection of beetles, which were
his speciality, are to be found in every
museum Of natural history in the en-
pire, and his books on the subject are
famous in this country as we'll as In
Europe.


With the prices of these collections
and works, and the quite liberal in
come of his pastorate, he was, for the
section in which he lived, rich man.
His son, Fritz Hagler, was a black
sheep. After serving in the Bavaria
contingent during the Franco Prussian
war, he went to Brazil at the head Of
a number of emigrants, only 10 return
two years ago in company with a ma
tive woman, his mistress, and without
money.


For come time he lived in his native
village. at his fathers expense. Then
the scandal Occasioned by his open
profligate life neceesitated his removal
TO Munich, where he led the same ex.
istence as before, still spunging heav-
lily on his father.


In July last, after repeated warning,
DR.. Hagler. finally refused to safety
his demands any further, unless he di
carded his female companion and made
an effort to help himself. In the words
of the letter in which the doctor made
Year: 1878




WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-The reception OF
the Chinese embassy when they arrive next
September will not be quite as elaborate and
gorgeous as 1t has been stated that it would
be. The Chinese Ambassador and suite will
be received by the President and Cabinet
much iii the same manner as other foreign
ambassadors have been heretofore. The suite
OF Chin Ian Pin being larger than that OF any
other foreign minister there will necessarily y
be more people In the room at the time.


The President and his advisers do not an
tlclpate any great trouble in being able to con-
vince the embassy that they should take the
same view, that they {the Cabinet) maintain on
be impossible to tell what their instructions
are on the subject but it is thought that
China is opposed to any Limitation OF immi-
grafton Mr. Seward will be here at the time
OF the embassys visit, and WILL by his expe-
rience, be able to facilitate the transaction of
alI business between the representatives Of
the United States and China.
Year: 1878

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 12.-The British steam
rope yesterday, loaded with West Virginia
CATTLE as an experimental venture from this
section. About three hundred of the finest
beeves ever brought to this market we're
placed on board for Liverpool. The result of
from this port Is looked forward to with great
interest and is Of decided Importance to Nor
folk, as this will be made the principal ship
ping point for West Virginia cattle should it
prove a. SllcceSS
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-The interview OF
Representative Luttreli, OF California, with
the President upon the subject of Chinese
emigration, is regarded In political circles here
as liking the status OF this question with the
administration when 1t may come to be con-
sdered. The position assigned the President
by Implication In his talk with Mr LuttrelI,
Is fully substantiated by what passed at an
interview between the President and Drorni-
nent gentleman from the East. The subject
OF the arrival Of the Chinese ENJOYS was being
discussed, when the President touched on the
subject Of Chinese emigration, and remarked
that he was decidedly In favor of placing
such restrictions upon this emigration as
would effectually remedy its evil influence
upon the Pacific coast. As the Chinese ern-
bassy will eventually arrive here at an early
date, it is expected that this matter will take
definite shape in the conference which will
follow
Year: 1878

New YORK, Aug. 12-An order was issued
to various foremen in charge Of workmen on
East river bridge on Saturday. notifying
them to advise their men at the close of work
ing hours that all work would be suspended
for at least one month. This decision was
rendered necessary by the complete exhaus-
tion of the funds. It Is not known when work
will be resumed, but 1t will not be possible
until the company shall have received the ap-
fyn. There was considerable Indignation ex-
pressed by the men at their summary dis
miSSaI
Year: 1878

Prince GortsehakofY, in spite of his eightv-
one years, is said to be very vain. He was
extremely anxious about making q favorable
latter was taking preliminary sketches OF the
delegates for his picture OF the Congress.
The veteran statesman almost with one foot
IN the grave, was nervous and fidgety at the
order to be shoRn to the best ad uanta 90 -. =
Year: 1878

The New Orleans Times of the I'd in
slant says: e Amy one who supposes
that war with Mexico will prove n
mere bagatelle is making very griev-
Gus mistake. 1t will require at least
100000 men and years hard fighting
to bring our neighbor to a true sense Of
this Republics grandeur. In fact. if
the time and number of men were to
be so limited we should hesitate long
before buying a pool on the GringOs.
If Mr.. Hayes wants a measure that will
give the country steady and exciting
occupation for the rest Of his term, he
couldn't hit upon a better expedient
than this. There is really little more
than rumOr at present to indicate that
such measure is being contemplated,
but there is rumor, and it is so sustain
ed andjustified by probability that it de-
serves Il much more serious considera-
ton than it appears to be receiving"
Year: 1878

THE first six months of 1873, do not
present 4 very hattering outlook in bus


mess matters. The review of business
failures rs recorded by Messrs. Dun,
Barlow & Co, is of serious interest to
the mercantile community: "The fail
urcs in the United States for the first
six months of the present year are
5,S25 as against 4,749 in 1877, an in
crease of over 900 III number, equal to
% per cent. The liabilities for the first
half of 1873 are $4,000 900, as against
S9O0O0,000 for the same period of last
year, q percentage Of increase still
greater. These figures are of grave inn
port as an indication of the state of
trade. Never before in an equal period
in the history of the country have busi-
ness misfortunes been so numerous or
aggregated an amount of loss by bad
debts so great" The condition of bust
ness and the probabilities are all in
favor of continuance for Il consider
ble time yet, of the present stringent
times. The business houses that are
sound are not making any effort to en-
large or extend business and those
houses involved ere struggling in vain
to improve their condition. This out
look is anything but encouraging.
Year: 1878

The value Of the microphone in oper-
ations for stone and other delicate sur
gical manipulations has just been shown
at the London University College. The
apparatus consisted of the usual feeble


battery with wires, connected with two
telephones running to different parts of
the room. The ordinary sound used in
operations for crushing the stone was
attached by a wire to the circuit OF the
battery. Near the handle piece of
carbon, such as is used by Prof. Hughes,
was carefully balanced and attached by
a delicate spring to the battery circuit.
When the end of the sound strikes
against the smallest piece of calculus.
the acoustic wave is transmitted along
the steel of the instrument to the car
bon, where it is transformed into cleo
trio vibrations, which are multiplied
through the telephone, SO that the noise
becomes loud and unmistakable. The
carbon arrangement on the sound must
not be too delicate. nor the battery to 0
strong; but with the microphone prop
erly adjusted, it was easy by trial to de-
Year: 1878

Berlin, unless modified to suit
the position which supervened since
the publication of the AngIo-Turkish
treaty. she must prepare for the troubles
she wished to avoid when going to Ber-
lin. 1t is understood that the French
government are getting ready to ask,
or already have asked, Russia whether
she does not prefer abandoning the idea
of annexation rather than see the Cy-
pcus treaty carried into effect. Should
this question be negatived, France, it is
thought. may adopt more active
policy.
Year: 1878

The tramp raid upon farm machinery
in Ohio and Indiana is one of the most
remarkable and fiendish exhibitions
which the Communistic craze has so far
presented. Many mowers and reap-
ers, left standing in the field over night,
have been found utterly demolished in
the morning. Flaming and bellicose
warnings have been issued by the law
less vagabonds, commanding farmers
to abs tain from using such implements
and threatening vengeance upon those
who refuse. The result is that large
numbers of farmers have housed their
reapers for protection and gone to work
in the old-fasnioned way to gather in
their harvest as best they may.


Now this is a very serious matter and
demands prompt action. So soon as a
knowledge Of this condition of things
reached the Governors of those States
they should have lost no time in calling
upon the Sheriffs of the several counties
wherein threats had been made and
over acts committed to exercise un-
usual diligence in ferreting out and
bringing the offenders to justice. The
viper might and should have been
crushed at once and the dignity of law
and order maintained The persons
engaged in this raid are clearly the
worst grade of tramps- class bent on
mischief and with Il fixed determina-
ton to shirk all honest work Right in
the very towns where the most reapers
have been destroyed by them they re-
fuse point-blank to enter the harvest
field for $3.50 day, board and lodging
included.


To reason with such fellows is waste
of time. If they know anything at all
they must know that the great farming
interests of the West never could have
been built up without these modern ag-
riculturaI implements. They know
that every reaper and thresher has
cheapened the bread for the hungry pop.
ulations of the great cities. They know
that thousands and thousands of work
ingmen without a dollar in the world to
start with have made themselves indie
pendent through the aid of machinery.
and they know that the same road is
! still open to others who will enter it.
They know that machinery has vastly
| increased rather than diminished the
u6uldIlu IOI ldUOI. "a ldct SlI1lllaf 10
them will illustrate the whole case. A
score of years ago our shoes and boots
were handmade. Now the work is
largely done by machines. The num-
Der of men employed in the business
has vastly increased, and through the
superior facilities for manufacturing we
have become a successful competitor
for share of the trade of the world.


There is no palliation whatever fol
this outrageous attack upon the far
mers in Ohio and Indiana. This is a
blow that strikes the poor man, the
mechanic and the laborer, harder than
it does the man of means, for the latter
can better afford to pay higher prices
for food 1t is blow which if repeated
and generally extended throughout the
West, would recoil upon every Eastern
purchaser of food. And the officials O
Ohio and Indiana owe solemn duty tC
the public to bring every offender to jus
tiee and protect the farmers in thei
essential rights.
Year: 1878

The careful tidy housewife, when she
is giving her house its spring cleaning,
should bear in mind that the dear in
mates of her house are more precious
than houses, and that their systems
need cleansing by purifying the blood,
regulating the stomach and bowels to
prevent and cure the diseases arising
from spring malaria and miasma. and
she should know that there is nothing
that will do it so perfectly and surely as
Hop Bitters, the purest and best of all
medicines. See other column.
Year: 1878

tect the presence Of even minute
fragment of unremoved calculus. The
carbon needed only to be fitted to the
probe, also, to detect bullets or frag-
mentS of bone. But while it is quite
possible for skillful surgeon to make
himself absolutely certain by means of
the microphone of what he was previ-
ously only morally convinced of, no
very remarkable results, at least in or
dinary practice, are anticipated from
the use of the instrument.
Year: 1878

Berlin advices under date 0fJuly 11th
say the date for the publication of the
Anglo-Turkish treaty is supposed to have
been selected with a view to avoid ul-
terror complications. If the Berlin
peace is signed by Russia with a knowl-
edge of the existence of the Anglo
Turkish treaty, the latter treaty cannot
hereafter be alleged by Russia as reas-
on for impugning the validity of the
Berlin treaty, instrument; whereas,
should Russia decline to adhere to the
Year: 1878

In June and July your early spring
chickens are growing mole rapidly than
at any other period in the year. They
love warm weather. if they are Of the
larger varieties, especially; and if they
have roaming room, they cannot we'll he
over-fed, because they find such a variety
Of insect and gr.en food in the course OF
their daily journeys around the farm or
country plat.


Their condition is quite different from
that of adult or maturely-grow:il fowls.
These may be over-fed easily, and will
put on fat internally, to their discom-
future and detriment. But the young
stock, in good thrift, convert what they
eat in muscle, and continue to thrive,
during the heated season, upon all they
will ordinarily pack away in their craws.
particularly if allowed a variety of good
prGvender.


Don't stint them, therefore, in feeding,
but give them all they will eat up clean
Tnus they will grow in stature an keep
generally in good heath. 1t is a mis-
take to uuder-feet the growing chickens
They require more solid food from the
time they are three to six or seven months
ofage, in proportion, than at any ii ne
before or afterwards in their lives. This
fact IS woath observing and remembering
bv all who aim to have the "best birds"
in the succeeding fall and winter
Year: 1878

A meeting of the Cabinet was held
Tuesday, July, 10th at which there was some
conversation respecting customs affairs in
New York but nothing is learned definitely as
to what further action the government will
take. The condition OF the national finances
was the subject of attention. Mr.. Sherman
spokesof events of public character connected
with his recent visit to New York. s+a e
Year: 1878

Its understood that no formal opinion
has been given by the attorney general to the


secretary of the treasuary, concerning the ex


change of gold for notes from the United
States treasury. Upon an exchange of views
on the subject, the secretary of the treasury
and the attorney general agreed that this
could not be done until the first Of January.
The trea.ury department has the option,
however, OF paying gold on government ac-
count at any time. The smaller gold .coins
are likely to get into circulation in this man.
Der. The coin balance still shows q steady
increase and at the close of business July 10Th
amounted to s2o6,546,e ,eoo:y xE T. q
Year: 1878

Of late years the early. cutting of hay
has received considerable attention, and
it has been found that for mich cows
such hay il preferable to that which is
over ripe. Yet the reasons why early
cutting should be an advantage. are sell
dom considered. We know that the
analyses of chemists tell Us that there is
more digestiablc matter in the plant at
one time than another, and as an empiri-
cal fact that COWS relish early cut hay,
and seem to thrive on it. Let US see
what the percentage figures seem to show.
Year: 1878

Again thanking you for this nomination.
leave it with you and the people of this dis
trict. to say whether am worthy of your
further confidence.


After the conclusion of Major Straits
speech, Senator Mcmillan being called
upon, spoke briefly and the convention
adjourned.
Year: 1878

Abiding to the obelisk, the mean
men of the Baltimore Gazette says that
New York is in the condition of the
boy who had the pinch Of salt all ready
in case somebody should give him 5
potato.
Year: 1878

Chow shall 1 sell my horseq" said
a certain doctor to jockey; This tell
come off in six hours after I bought
him" Sell him by wholesale. for no
honorable man viii retail him, was the
reply.
Year: 1878

II will soon be time for another band
of eleven or fifteen Indians to take the
war path aud chase five or Elk regi
ments OF United States infantry up and
down the buffalo country until the In
dians d eli or are corusre,d IN some
jorge and starved to death.