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Year: 1877

Miss SUE ALLER received a present last
night by the II O'Clock train from friends in
Defiance, Ohio, that we would fain possess
II WAS in the shape of two pure Maltese kit
tens and they are beaIties. When we left
them last night they were crying and We sup
pose IL WAS for their new mistress, but we
know that all their troubIes will cease after
she one. tak.s charge of them. If this * the
fist intimation that she has Of her present
We vii! say that TIE TIMES is ahead ON every
thing.
Year: 1877

THE employees of The TIMES are under
many obligations for a box of fine cigars. As
he is on both tickets, politically, as candi-
dale for County Clerk, it is pretty safe to say
the present was "a friendly one
Year: 1877

year. .


The object Of the professors expedition Is to
study the geography, the photography and the
natural history of the Polar sen. and If possible
OF Behring's Strait with view of demonstrat-
ing the practcabilty of navigation In the North
Polar
Year: 1877

In preparing the present edition for the
press, it has accordingly been the aim of
the editors TO bring down the information
to the latest possible dates, and TO furnish
an accurate account of the most recent DIS
coyeres in science, of every fresh produc
ton in literature, and of the newest nven-
tions in the practical arts as well as TO give
a succinct and original record Of the prog
res of
Year: 1877

the sake Of vsntilations openings are
occasionally made from the water
heading to the heading which is used
for drawing coal out; and as often as
we make one of these openings, we
lay branch through from the main
road heading, and draw the coal from
the water heading up into that and
out through that heading.


We then take up the tracks in the
water heading between this new OPEN
ing and the last one that was made,
and use it in driving the water head
ing on towards another opening. Be-
tween the line of the roof that we or
dinarily mine to, and the roof rock
which ovsrlies the whole vein of coal,
is a distance of from six to seven
feet, and the material which occupies
that space is highly stratifsd, and
consists of veins Of coal and slate. It
has not been found practicable to sep
arate this coal cleanly enough from
the slate to make it a marketable ar
ticle. The whole mass is so highly
stratifed that it would not be safe to
work in the mine, in'a room fifteen
feet wide, without having some props
to prevent this mass of slate and coal
below the roof rock and above the
line Of the roof that we mine coal to,
from falling upon the men and OBJ
structing the road. We set line Of
props running from the floor of tho
mine to the roof that We may mine to.
up through the centre of each room,
as the mining progresses. These
props are sticks of round timber or
logs, from FIVE to seven inches in di-
ameter, about three feet apart; and on
top Of the props we put cap between
it and the roof, which cap is a piece
of split wood about two feet long and
five or six inches wide, and two or
three inches thick, in order that the
bearing may be distributed over q
larger surface than the top Of the
props would cover.


The railroad in the room occupies
the space between one side of the
room and the row of props. Between
the row of props and the other side of
the room the impure matter that is
taken out in mining is deposited. This
deposit the miners call "the gob."


Notwithstanding all this propping,
we sometimes have large masses of the
stratifed coal and slate, which lie i'm
mediatly above the line to which we
mine coal, fall from the roof into the
rooms.


The headings in which the perma-
nent railroads are laid are made as
narrow as they can be, and have room
enough to conveniently use the rail-
road.


Experience has shown that this
width should be about eight feet. The
object Of having it as narrow as we
can is to be as free as possible from the
danger of falls of the loof upon the
road these falls occasionally occur in
spite of all the care that can be *
ercised.


When a fall does occur on a
road, the material has either to be
run out of the mine or up on to the
"gob piles" in some of the rooms. be-
fore the mine road can be used at
that point for bringing out coal.


TO BE CONTINUED.
Year: 1877

The work has been begun after long and
careful preliminary labor, and with the
most ample resources for carrying it on to
a successful termination.


None OF the original stereotype plates
have sesA used, but every page has been
Year: 1877

a NEW PLAN FOR PREPARING AND RREsERy.
ING CoRN FODDER.-Francis Morris. of


howard county, Md, has lately adopted a


fngthou OF preparing and preserving corn


lou0er that has for the last ten wears been
growing in favor in the South of France


ana which, according to the renorts Of


the Agricultural Society of France. has


superseded every kind of fodder in that


country on account of its quality and cbeon.


ness. Mr.. Morris is satisfied that its adon.


tlon IN this country will entirely revolution.
lze the system Of farming. He related his
experiment and the result as follows:


= About the lst of last August | planted
nVe acres OF ordinary wheat land in Indian
corn and allowed it to grow until the lst
OF october, when it was in tassel. | then


had 1t cut down with a reaper and passed
through the ordinary process of chopping.
using Tor that purpose an ordinary fced.cut


ter; The fodder thus produced was mixed
Win straw IN the proportion of four.fifths
corn fodder to one-tifth straw. 1t was then
put IN trenches, trampled down, and
covered with earth. The fodder remained
IN this state until last Christmas dnv
when the trenches were opened and the
fodder taken out and fed to the cattle. The
fodder was found to be in as perfect = state
OF preservation as when it was first put in.
ana the cattle seemed to relish it from the
hTSt' and now prefer it to any other kind
OF iced: The cost Of producing this fodder
was only about 81 a ton, which is only one,
twentieth as much as the cost of timothy
nay, which is not equal to it in any respect.
II the land is planted early in the spring,
twenty or thirty tons can be raised to the
acre, but in France the land is highly
manured and the corn is sowed only two
icet apart, which often makes the Weld as
nigh as eighty tons to the acre. The
same land can afterwards be planted in
barley ana loses none Of its strength by the
planting OF the corn, as it is a principle in
agriculture that the strength of the land is
only lost in the formation of the grain. Bv
the use OF this fodder every farm of one
hundred acres, planted with ten acres of
tins fodder, would be able to fatten one
hundred head of cattle during the winter
which would yield profit of fifty per cent
besides the immense advantage of having
such an amount of stable manure. which, |
der thus used"
Year: 1877

A correspondent writing of a re-
cent reconnaissance of the Turkish
fleet toward Sebastupol, says; "Be-
fore concluding may say a few


words respecting the admirable
manner in which the concentration
of the enemy's fire was managed.
They had evidently adopted the
'Slemens and Halske's stadiome.
ter, an instrument by which the
position of any vessel entering a
harbor, or the distance of any OBJ
ject in view can be ascertained at a
moments notice. Two observers
are required at the end OF a base
line, and they have merely to follow
the motions of the object, if moving,
or bring it in the center of the field
Of their respective telescopes. The
observer at the one end has his tele-
scope affixed to a table on which is
spread a chart of the harber map
ped off into squares each Of which
is numbered, The pedestal Of his
telescope carries a light pointer,
either Of glass or a light, open, mar
row frame. At the other end of
this table is a similar pointer, r,attach-
ed to machinery placed in a small
box underneath, which is worked by
currents Of electricity sent from an
electromagnetic battery at the 9TH
er station. The moving of the
telescope, in fact, causes the rotary
motion necessary for the induction
of the electricity, and everything is
so adjusted that the movements of
this telescope and of the pointer at
the table shall always correspond.
When both the telescopes are point
Year: 1877

correspondence boston f0st.


AT Shibee, another watering
place where there are hot springs,
the hotel at which we stopped had
two baths, the hot bath and the
cool one. | tried the latter and
found it SO hot that l could not
bear to get into it. What the other
was the reader can perhaps i'm
agine. But the Japanese would 90
in and stay half an hour at q time
and then come out looking as if
they had been parboiled, as indeed
they had. The baths are usually
covered with a roof, and sometimes
one or two sides are inclosed, but
they are never entirely closed. The
Japanese have no idea of privacy in
any such matter, and it never oc-
ours to them that the naked body
is a thing to be concealed. The
baths are in the most public places,
usually by the side of the road, and
close to nearly every bath is a little
tea-house or resting place, where
the bathers, after coming out of the
water, lounge on the mats, smoke,
chat and watch the bathers, while
the waiting girls, often very pretty
and graceful little maidens, bring
tea and sweetmeats and assist in the
various little offices of the toilet.
Both sexes battle together absolute
ly naked. At the upper end of the
tanks, where the large bathing-shed
formerly stood, two new sheds have
been built, smaller than the old one,
but capable Of containing about
200 people closely packed. The
method Of bathing is somewhat
different here. Boards are laid
across the tanks as close as they
can be placed and on these the
batherS sit with their legs hanging
down in the water. Each person is
provided with a wooden dipper.
with which he or she dips up the
water from the tank and pours it
over his or her body. Along two
sides of the sheds are series of
shelves to hold the clothes of the
bather, and the other two sides are
open; and there is always a crowd
Of persons standing around waiting
for a vacant seat on the boards. At
these two sheds the water is consid-
cred to be stronger and more beau
tilul than anywhere else in the
village. Consequently they are
especially patronized by invalids.
The springs of Kusuta are consid-
cred to be stronger and more bene-
ficial in cases of eruptive disease,
and the two bathing-houseS men
toned are nearly given up to sick
people. Every form of loathsome
skin disease adorns them. With a
hundred or more persons all bath
ing together in the same tub,
crowded as close as they can sit,
and only a stream of fresh water
not more than two or three inches
in diameter flowing in, it would
seem as if person who got well of
one disease would be pretty likely
to catch another just as bad in its
place. But / was assured on all
sides that this did not happen, and
that many cures were, in fact,
brought about.
Year: 1877

ed at the same object the pointers
cross, and the scale of the chart be.
ing in accordance with and in pro-
portion to the length of the base
line, the point Of intersection natu-
rally shows the section of the har-
Dor in which the object is to be
found. Similar maps being placed
in all the forts and batteries, it is
very easy to communicate by flash
ing signals the number of square
in which an enemy's ship happens
to be, and thus the range at each
point can be at once ascertained,
and the guns laid accordingly.
During the day, when the sun is
shining, mirrors answer this pur-
pose admirably; and at night the
flashing Of a lantern will equally
well serve to telegraph the required
information"
Year: 1877

Boston Transcript


1t seems easy to give a pleasant
dinner, but too much reliance must
not be placed upon a few men, who
mostly dislike one another, and
whose spirits depend upon their
digestion. There are men and wo-
men who go out to dinner as they
would wash their hands or read
family prayers. 1t never occurs to
them that they are expected to be
vivacious or entertaining. No man
dimes out to sit between two men {:
he would much prefer the club,
where he can order his dinner and
get free play for his legs. If posi-
bic, the arrangement in the ark
should be initiated, and each male
lead a female to dinner. This pair
ing must be with proper regard to
age, and the lamb must not be
given to the wolf. The wolf may
like it, but the lambs mother will
be disconsolate. Above all, beware
of the late excuses, which result
in a row Of four men sitting next
to one another.
Year: 1877

MARRIED LIFE.-Good counsel from
a wife and motherl II try to mako
myself and all around me agreeable.
II will not do to leave man TO him.
self till he comes to you, to take no
pains TO attract him, or to appear be-
fore him with long face. 1t is not
so difficult as you think, dear child, to
behave TO husband so that he shall
remain forever in some measure a hus-
band" am an old woman; but you
can still do what you like; word
from you at the right time will not fail
OF its effect; what need have you TO
play the suffering virtue? "The tear
of a loving girl, says an old book, dis
like dew drop on a rose, but that on
the check of q wife is drop of poison
to her husband" Try TO appear cheer.
ful and contcntcd, and your husband
will be so, and when you have made
him happy you will become so, not in
appearance, but in reality. The skill
required is not so great Nothing fiat
ters man so much as the happiness
of his wife heis always proud oi him.
self as the source OF il. As soon as you
are cheerful You will be lively and
alert, and every moment will afford
you an opportunity to let fall an agree
able word. Your education, which
gives you an immense advantage, will
greatly assist you.
Year: 1877

An organist played in another
church than his own recently, and was
complimented by the organ-blowcr for
the proficiency shown in his voluntary.
By tho way" added the man who
manipulated the wind apparatus; ave
blown that voluntary before"
Year: 1877

With a clear sky,a bright sun, and
a gentle breeze, you can have friends
in plenty; but let Fortune frown and
the armament be overcast, and then
your friends will prove like the strings
of lutte, of which you will tighten ten
before you will find one that will bear
the stretch and keep the pitch.
Year: 1877

A rural female beauty aligbtcd from


the stage. coach the other day, when q
piece Of ribbon detached itself from her
bonnet and fell into the bottom Of the
carriage. r" You have left your bow
behind" said lady passenger. "No,
l amt he's gone fishing" innoccntly
replied the rustic. an.
Year: 1877

Van Amburgh could handle his lions
and tigers with impunity. No animal
will fail to respond to kindness and uni
form good treatment. And especially
will the noble horse respect and confide
in and faithfully serve a master who
deals gently and kindly with him. We
have ourselves taken spirited Morgan
marc which had been rudely handled and
became unmanageable through harsh
treatment, and, by appealing to her in
telligence and respecting her needs, in
three weeks time made her entirely safe
and reliable for wife and children, and all
would treat her kind and handle her
gently, and VIC have, after five years,
seen the same mare resume her old VIE
cious habits when again under the con-
troll of one who resorted TO arbitrary or
brutal treatment. Always appeal 70 the
better instincts of the horse, the mule,
the OK, the COW, IA well rs the dog aud
other domestic animals, and they will
never become vicious or unmanageable.
SEMI Tropical.
Year: 1877

There something unusual in the singing of the
choir.
That the Elder looked up mildly from the tenth of


jeremiah,
And with readjustcd cyeglass looked along the fore


most row,
While hundred nccks were twisted in stare from


all below.
As before the rolling thunder comes distant waling
There presage of disturbance in the very organs
tone;
Just the popping of the pickets ere the battles awful
din,
Or the tuning of the fddles the orchestra begin
An unprejudiced observer might have seen with half
aneye
There was waiting an explosion that would blow
them all sky-high,
Or spontaneous combustion to accent n modern
name,
That was waiting just a motion to burst forth into
flame.
The Soprano set in grandeur with her book before
her face,
With her back-cOmb turned in anger on the Alto and
the Bass;
While the Tenor stood beside her with an elevated
nose,



How could any one but angels sing when they were
feeling so?
Though the hymn was Songs of Gladness," they
would make it Songs of Woe"
When We sing about devotion, some devotion we
mist feel
Or our paintivc tones of worship will partake some
what of squeal.
But the Alto sung her solo and then left it to the
Bass
Who was gnawing at his mustache and was looking
for the place;
While the Organist, in anger sung the leading part
alone
An the Tenor tried to follow but it ended in a
groan.
As the horrorsriccn people heard the discord rising
higher
1t was patent to the simplest there was trouble in the
Choir
And the Organst, in fury, closed the organ with a
crash,
And the Alto sobbed in anguish and the choir had
gone to smash.
When the Elder went among them. with a view 70
reconcile
Inc soprano told her story with Sangunary smile
1t appeared the wretched Choriser had introduced
girl
With a brand-new style of singing and a most dis |
tracing curl.
But, to cap the bitter climax this usurper wore hat
Just duck, gem. beauty. and it made the res,
look fiat
And the straw tha! broke the camcs back and made
the wreck complete
She came early Sunday morning. and usurped the
leading seat
Year: 1877

o. fair AmbrosiG! lift thy earnest look
moment from the pages of thy book,
Is there lover that hath power to move
my noble heart to strong and perfect love-


NJ! lover must be wise mus. love with me
All lovely things i'll Art and Poesy;
HIS soul must sit on high like some high star
ana men salute him, even from afar
do not ask for houses land or gold
only for knowledge great and manifold
Lei such lover seek my heart and hand
Ana will bow me to his wise command"


an what stupid husband! :" answered May:
Id not have such one single day:
My lord must own very lengthy purse;
Or else fear he'll find it all the worse
= ANA l. y said proud COrnelia, own no lord,
bnt he who buckles on his country's sword;
lie must lead armies, and in blood and flame
carve the bright letters that shall spell his unmc
The wise Ambrosia weds a banker old
a man without thought beyond his gold
ANA May, who vowed that naught but wealth shout,


rule.


MarrIes poor professor and keeps school
10 proud Cornclia Ter soldier came.
Naih were the dreams of glory and of fame
She bowed her soul to daily household work
her iord little harmless dry goods clerk
Year: 1877

lhe causes of irregular teeth are MANY.
and are either inherited or acquired II
often happens that one parent has n
narrow, contracted jaw, and long. slim
teeth, while the other has well deyeloned
Jaw, with large, broad teeth. A child is
quite as apt TO inherit the large teeth of
one and the small jaw of the other as anv
way When this occurs irregularity Is
almost sure to follow. In MANY cases there
Is from some cause or other lack of
dcvelopement Of the Jaw, and instead Of
the teeth being arranged in a well.rounded
arch, are so placed as to resemble the letter
" the front teeth forming the point of
the letter. In these cases the roof of tho
mouth IS apt to be very high; the face is
thIn ana has plnched appearance, and it
not unfrequently happens that this
narrow, contracted condition of the upper
Jaw Is so great as to affect the nasal mas.
sages causing the person to breath with
diilculty through the nose; to sleep with
the mouth open, and to give a nasal twano
TO the voice. Thumb or finger sucking
causes some OF the most unsightly forms Of
Irregularly, and this habit, if it is seen to
aHect the teeth or roof of the mouth in the
least, should be broken up at once. If
taken IN season-from to Is or l6 years of
ugeIthe most OF these irregularities of the
teeth and deformed mouth can be pre.
vented or, if already present, modified to
a great extent. At this age the bones of
the face are easily moved, and if treated
properly. great changes can be made with
but slight inconvenience or trouble to the
patient. If the teeth have the V.sbaped
arrangement above indicated, the arch can
be expanded, which will greatly relieve the
sharp, pinched appearance of the features
the hollow condition Of the face lust above
the corners of the mouth will largely disap
pear, and even the obstruction Of the nose
Home Journal P'''oU'
Year: 1877

Nobody is more like an honest man than
thorough rogue. When you see a man
with great deal of religion displayed in
ms shop window, you may depend upon il
ne keeps very small stock of it within.
DO not choose your friend by his looks
handsome shoes often pinch the feet.
Don I be fond OF compliments; remember.


nhank you, pussy, and thank you, pussy. y
Killed the cat. Don't believe in the man
who talks the most, for mewing cats are
very seldom good mousers. BY no means
put yourself in another persons power; if
you put your thumb between two grinders.
they are very apt to bite. Drink nothino
without seeing it; sign nothing without
reading it, and make sure that it means mo
more than it says. Don't 20 to law unless
you have nothing to lose LAWYERS houses
are built on fools heads.


In any business, never wade into the
water where you cannot buy the bottom.
fut no dependence upon the label of n
Dag and count money after you own kin.
See the sack open before you buy what il
IN 1T; for he who trades in the dark asks 10
be cheated. Keep clear of the man who
does not value his own character. Beware
OF the man who swears; he who would
blaspheme the Maker would make no
bones OF lying or stealing. Beware of no
man more than of yourself; we carry our
worst enemies with us.


When new opinion or doctrine comes
before you, do not bite till you know
whether it is bread or stone and do not be
sure that the gingerbread is good because
OF the gilt on it, Never shout halloo! till
you are quite out of the woods; and never
cry fresh fish till they are caught in the
net. There Is always time enough to boast
wait little longer. Don't throw awav
dirty water till you have got clean; keen
on scraping the roads till you can get work.
for the poorest pay is better than none
and the humblest Office is better than
being out of employment Always give up
the road to bulls and mad men and never
fight with a coal HEAVIER, or contend with a
base character; for they will be sure to
blacken you.-ReO. c. IT. ISpurqeon.
Year: 1877

CONTENTMENT.-Given all the comforts
and many of the luxuries Of life, how many
people are discontented solely from a
habit OF comparing their lots with those
OF more fortunate acquaintances They
do not specially object to walking-they
like exercise-but whenever their next-door
neighbor,s carriage dashes by them, they
grow suddenly tired about the knees and
feel weakness in the back with which
pedestrlanism does not agree. Wooden
gowns would be perfectly comfortable if
silk ones never rustled in front of them.
John Smiths brick house is better than he
ever expected to own, and he would be
content enough with it if Tom Jones, who
went to school with him when he was a
boy, had not moved into stone -fronted
mansion with handsome portico.
Year: 1877

People complain that combinations of
capitalists keep up the price of sugar and
coffee. II the people will only refuse to
use these articles once or twice each week,
or restrict themselves to using one half OF
what they do now, the price will soon come
down to what it was before the war, and
not go up again soon. 1t pays the ring Of
capitalists now to send cargoes away that
the nigh prices here might be kept up.
Year: 1877

Four-fifths Of the young men who commit
crime and get into the penitentiary, are
those who were too poor to live without
work and too proud to learn trades, or
acquire skill in any business that would
enable them TO get an honest living.