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Year: 1877

statements and conditions of different
families that had the pleasure to converse
With, that Texas is the best country in the
world for either man with or without
money but as said before, he must be
man who goee there without money.
assure you that we have had no little
difficulty in settling in our colony, but had
the extreme pleasure to hear COnaghan,
Lucid, Corners, Doran, and others, thank
cd that they left the coal mines. Young
Consghan, who farms with bis father, told
me it was the incest work he bad ever done,
and said if he got the best job in Penn
sylvania and his fare paid back he would
not 60.


In another part of his letter Mr.. Boyle
speaks of the New Philadelphia Colony,
which is entirely distinct from bis tBre-
hony), and which is also doing remarkably
well.


We hope that some day or other our
people will awaken to the importance of
making efforts to attract emigrants to
Louisiana, which offers greater natural ad-
vantages than Texas, but the apathy dis
played in all quarters on the subject
makes ns fear that the work will be left TO
the next generation.
Year: 1877

ASTONISHING PRIcEs.-Anythng in the line
Of prices will have to be IotO to be at all astonsh
ing, for the bottom long since seems to have been
Knocked out of everything, and man woman with
cash in hand has for some time been enabled to get
almost any article for about his own price But with
suoh enterpIisng merchants the Danzigers in the
field, there is telling what will happen next. Ex-
periencsd and wide awake themselves they keep men
of the stripe watching the markets North and in
Europe all the time TO pick mp all the advantageous
barRans that may Fer, and hence buying to wonder
full advantage they and do sell at dstonishngy low
prices. In proof of this point to the list published
in their column advertisement hich appears our


fth page: Let the ladies call aud examine for them.
selves or, in of persons living outside the city
send for samples.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Oct. 49, The name Of Mr.. John
Walsch of Pennsylvania, is prominently men
toned in connection with the English mission.
He stands high in the estimation OF the Admin
istration and will. doubt, receive the appoint
ment. provided the Cameron faction can be pa
Gifted. otherwise the appointment will go to
some other State The friends Of Senator Cam
eron express the opinion that he will offer no
objection to the appointment of any other gen.
tleman from Pennsylvania.


They look upon the position as one Of the
most honorable within the gift OF the Admins
tration, and regard Its tender to Pennsylvania
as a compliment that should not be declined.
They hold that no personal or factional feeling
should be allowed to stand in the way to prevent
of Pennsvlvania's honered sons 1t j. more
than likely that this sort Of spirit will prevail
and that the English mission will go to Penn
Sylvania after all.
Year: 1877

up.


Henry again showed fight, and ~ be did So,
ReardoD, who had him all the time covered with
his pistol, fired and the fatal ball took effect in
the right side Of his abdomen, INJECTING mortal
wound.


The accused was almost immediately arrested
and locked up In the Central Station.


The wounded man was taken to chs Charity
Hospital, whore he now lies not expected to live
the night out.
Year: 1877

Currant and gooseberry cuttings can
now be set out at any time. Take the
new wood of last year, six to twelve .nch-
ches in length, and after the ground is
prepared, push down four or five inches
and the press the soil firmly with the foot
Should you want single stem and not
bush, cut out all the buds entering the
ground. They are best planted in some
shade, and they should be mulched OF
the ground stirred frequently.


Grape-cuttings can be planted with sin
gle buds on now If with one, the bud
should be buried full inch. II with
two, one at each end of the cutting, let
the upper bud be even with the ground.
With two buds they are probably surer of
growing; but when transplanted the lew
er roots are usually removed.


In several countries knowledge of aqri-
culture is made part of regular educa-
tion in the schools and colleges. This is
wise and should be introduced into all
our educational institutions wherever
acticable.--[Gemantown Telegraph. !
Year: 1877

THE WAR AN OPPORTUNITY.


We can see plainly how Engiand's
difficulty might thus become the oppor-
tunity of the United States. Russia's wa
fleet would he no match for that of Eng
land; but if two or three of Russia's
swittest corvetfes should play the rover
on the high seas like the Alabama, Geor-
gia and Sumter of Confederate memory,
they could destroy or frighten off Eng
lish commerce from the tracks which it
now almost monopolizes. There would be
general scramble among English ship
owners to sell out to Americans, and
Americans would be ready to buy at fair
prices, because our neutral bottoms would
then be sought for the carrying trade be-
tween the two worlds. We have not
now the ships to do this business. They
cannot he built in time for it. We must
get them from England the great ship
market, or nowhere. Never again in our
generation can there be a better chance
to recover the great loss of the past fifteen
years than that which may now be pre-
sented at any moment; and the one sole
means by which this country can recu-
perate herself as a maritime power is by
making the trade in ships free. Half or
halting measures of relief will only miss
the grand prize which Providence may
now soon put within our reach.
Year: 1877

What is the best thing to do in "A
hurryi Nothing.


Which is the ugliest hood ever
worn2 Falsehood.


Why is pretty lady like breadi
Because she is often toasted.


What is the greatest hardship in
the world2 An iron steamer.


When is butter like Irish children
When it is made into little Pats.


Why is a handsome girl like mir
ror3 Because she is good looking
lass.


When were there only two vowelsl
In the days Of Noah (no a), before
you and l were born.


Why is a good resolution like a
.fainting lady at ball3 Because it
ought to be carried out.


Why is chloroform like Mendels-
sohn 2 Because it Is one of the great
composers Of modern times.


Why is the strap Of an omnibus
like conscience2 1t is an inward
check to the outward man.


What is the difference between a
sailor and soldier 2 The one tars
his ropes, the other pitches his tents


What is the difference between &
hungry man and glutton2 One
longs to eat and the other eats too
long.


Why are lawyers and doctors saf,
people by whom to take example
Because they practise their profes
lsions.


Why is a Hanson cab dangerou
carriage to drive in Because tn,
coachman always drives over you
head.


What IS the differance between
spider and sea-gull 2 One has BIZ
feet on a web and the other has
web on his feet.
Year: 1877

Joy IS wealth.


Silver combs are in fashion.


When another speaks be attentive


Mark Twain is going to New Or
leans soon.


A lofty posltion-the top Of an ed
itorial staff.


A colored postmaster Is now called
a blackmailer.


Do nothing in hurry-unless il
be the catcking of feas.


Does not the credit system in NOR
ais breed extravaganza in SIM


A lie will not fit fact; it will
only fit another lie made for the
purpose.
A Massachusetts girl says she
would like to see one of those Bash
full Bazouks.


"Be content with what you have"
as the rat said to the trap when he
left his tail in it.


The boy who was kicked out of
time by a shotgun said he fired and
fell back in good order


President Hayes and his Cabinet
have accepted invitations to attend
the Vermont Centennial.


The Gar will not get through tick
cts by Kars; he will avail himself Cf
the "passes" of the Balkan.


The only thing . woman can never
forgive her husband for, is for giving
her nothing to rcproach HIM with.
Talk about fun--just wait till Ben.
Butler prances into the next Congress
with ex- Marsha! Pitkin's head under
his arm.


To make girl love you, coax her
to love somebody else. II there be
anything woman relishes, it is to
be contrary.


Bret Harte has written a poem on
a little boy sleeping. A poet never
looks to see where he is sitting once
the affiatus comes upon him.


There is a goat IN Mobile that
stands on the top Of board fence
and eats peaches off u tree. Who
ever heard Of such a naunymal AS
that2


Minnie Sherman -Fitch's diamonds,
the Khedive's present, still lie in the
Treasury vaults, because neither her
father nor her husband are willing to
pay taxes on them.


A man who practiced twelve years
with a revolver, and could drive u
nail sixty feet with bullet, was re-
Gently killed by club in the hands
of q man who couldn't shoot barn.
Year: 1877

with merry laugh, "that was cum
ningly contrived plot of yours the best
joke I've heard yet The cream of il
is that Rose thought you were in earn
est. You acted your part so naturally
that il was some time before | could
make her understand that you were
only testing her love for me. But she
sees il all now. You found Rose as
true as steel, eh, uncleY and will make
us both happy by giving your consent
to our marriageE"


Mr.. POppleton not only gave this but
presented Rose, OH her wedding day,
with house completely furnished.


He seemed little shy of her at first,
but this soon wore away, or rather de-
yeloped into the paternal affection
growing out of this mutual relation and
the winning and loyable qualities of
his nephew's wife.


This little episode in his life had the
good effect of making him more dis
trustful of himself, more tolerant of the
fOlles and weakness of others. And
sometimes, as Rose looked back upon
it, this question arose in her mind,
which she never even suggested to her
husband: "Was he in earnest?'
Year: 1877

Before laying submarine cable be-
tween the proposed places it is eX-
tremely important to take sOundings
and otherwise survey the ocean, so as
to determine the exact route the cable
should take. A cable is too costly to be
flung away anywhere on the sea bot
tom, and the sea bottom is sometimes of
very mfavOrable character. 1t may
be said that too little attention has hth-
erto been paid to this point in cable lay
ing. Expensive cables have been
manufactured at home with their rela-
tive length of shore end, intermediate,
and main determined by formula or
usage, and then hid away in seas whose
character has been largely taken for
granted; the consequence being that
weighty and costly shOre-end has been
deposited in mud soft as butter, where
it would be out of harms way; while
unprotected main has been laid along
the jagged surface of coral reefs. The
depth and nature of the bottom, the
strength and direction of the currents,
the temperature at the bottom, should
all be ascertained before hand by a
special ship appointed to survey the
proposed track of the cable. The best
route for the cable is then laid down
on the charts as guide to the navi-
gator and engineers engaged in the lay


ing. Great improvements have re-
Gently been made in the method of
taking deep sea soundings. The ordin-
airy plan is to carry the lead-line Ga
strong line or small rope of fine tarred
Manila yarn from the stern along the
ships side to the bows, and there drop
the lead into the sea. AS it sinks the
rope runs out of the drum on which it
is coiled, and when the lead strikes
bottom the running ceases. The in
PRODUCTION of piano-fOrte wire for the
rope, by Sir William Thompson, is a
great improvement ON the clumsy
method. The wire sinks quickly
through the water, and is pulled in
again with very great saving Of time
and labor. But the most ingenious of
all contriyances for finding the depth
Of the sea is Slemen's bathometer,
very recent invention. The bathOmeter
simply stands in the Captains cabin
like barometer, and indicates the
depth of the sea over which the ship Is
passing, just as a barometer indicates
the height of the atmosphere above.
The action of this ingenious contriv-
zee depends on the attraction of the
, nth on a column of mercury, This
attraction is proportional to the earth's
density, and the relative distance of its
crust from the mercury column. Earth
being denser than water, exercises a
greater downward attraction on the
mercury. If, then, there are say a
hundred fathoms of earth or rock, there
will be less downward attraction on it,


Taking advantage of this law, the mer-
curry column is adjustable so as to in
dicate the power of the attraction and
give the depth of the water it cores
ponds tO.-ChdmberS' Journal.
Year: 1877

When the summer of youth Is slowly
wasting away on the nightfall of age,
and the shadow of the path becomes
deeper, and life wears to its close, it Is
pleasant to look through the vista of
time upon the sorrows and felicities of
our earlier years. If we have had a
home to shelter and hearts to rejoice
with US, and friends have been gathered
aroundIour fireside, the rough places of
wayfaring will have been worn and
smoothed away In the twilight of life,
and many dark spots we have passed
through will grow brighter and more
beautiful. Happy indeed are those
whose intercourse with the world has
not changed the tone of their feeling,
or broken those musical chords of the
heart whose vibrations are so melodl-
Gus, so tender and so touching In the
evening of their lives.
Year: 1877

That people are becoming aroused
upon the subject of teeth can be seen
from the employment of from eleven to
twelve thousand dentists in our country
alone, who according to the best author
ity, are annually packing into cavities
in teeth no less than half ton of pure
gold, costing, owing partly to the great
amount of labor required to furnish 1t,
about half million dollars, or one
three-hundredth part of all the gold in
the United States. Besides this, there
probably is in weight four times as
much cheaper material used for filing
cavities In teeth, costing about $l5O0OO,
In this country there are annually made
about three millions of artificial teeth, ,
mounted upon plates of gold, vulcanite
and platina, which contribute to keep
the fingers of this busy profession at
work. What is more wonderful is that
not half of the people avail themselves
of their valuable services who need
them, not only for their health ana
happiness, but to maintain beauty of
form and complexion of the face.


From statistics taken in America, it has
been ascertained that out of an average
of about eighty people of all classes, as
we find them, only one can be found
with perfect dental organs, All the
rest are troubled more or less with de-
cayed teeth. - Fdrrar'S DeRiol Pdrlor
Talks.
Year: 1877

A song for the girl love


God love her
A song for the eyes Of tender shine,
And the fragrant mouth that melts on mine,
The simmer tresses uncontrolled
That clasp her neck with tendril gold
The blossom mouth and the dainty chin,
And the little dimples out and in


The girl love


God love her


A song for the girl loved


God love her
A song for the eyes Of faded light,
And the cheek whose red rose waned to white
The quiet brow with its shadow and CLEAN,
And the dark hair droopedin a long, deep dream
The small hands crossed for their churchyard
rest
And the lilies ON her sweet, dead breast,


The girl loved


God love her
Year: 1877

New YORK. May 81.
The Times Washington special says
the statement is made by persons who
are close to the President that he will
recommend in bis first message to Con-
gress legislation in aid of the constrnc-
tion of Southern Pacific railway.
Year: 1877

No expense will be spared In making it So


With the entire Hotel Thoroughly overhauled
and repaired. the. Tables supplied with the
best in the market, and furnished in the
anest style of the art. they hope to merit Q
liberal share of public patronage. dele II
Year: 1877

killed myself. He said he would give
me $500, and Elat he had witnesses who
would swear we were not on the road.
We went to the front side of the house
and looked into the windows and saw
Susan, her brother and mother and lit
tie boy. Buzzel wanted me to shoot. and
said l had got to do it or he would blow
my head off. l was afraid he would He
leveled the gun and told me to fire it. I
took it and fired at Susan Hanson, and
went back of Soltridge's barn. Buzzell
went directly for his house.


The wretched lad was made to testify
to an azibi in Buzzell's favor at the pre-
vious trial, and was then sent out Of town
by the farmer, who subsequently recalled
him to burn the property of those who
had sought to justly tasten upon him the
killing of Miss Hanson.
Year: 1877

New Orleans papers are making
a great clamor over the fact that
one man killed another in that city
by a blow with his fist. There is
nothing wonderful about it. Any.
one who will examine our burying
ground will find that at least one
third Of the men we have killed
were slain III the same manner.
Year: 1877

OF recent years there has been a marked
scarcity of fish in Cape May waters, and
this has given rise to no little discussion
and endless conjecture as to the cause A
resident of the island who has given the
matter considerable attention explains the
departure of the fish as being contemporane-
GUS with the gradual dissp spearance of the
king Grad. Upon the spawn of the crab
which formerly lined the beeches in i'm
mense quantities, the fish preyed during
their yearly visits. In time the odoriferous
king crab was found to be valuable as fer.
tilizer, and the establishment of mills along
shore created demand which before lonp
cleaned out the natural supply. Since then
the supply of fish has been reduced almost
to nothing, so that it has become subject
of consideration as to whether something
ought not to be done to prevent the further
destruction of the oeaginous king crab.
Year: 1877

The announcement that Secretary Sher-
man has begun the sale of new bonds for
gold, with the purpose of preparing for re-
sumption, is welcome news to all who favor
the earliest possible return to the specie
standard of value. With the gold thus OBJ
tanned the Secretary will buy greenbacks.
This is the first step necessary to be taken,
but it must be vigorously followed up to be
made of benefit. The success of the move
ment for resumption will entirely depend up
on the disposition made of the purchased de.
mand notes. The use of the gold in imme-
diateIy Withdrawing from circulation the su-
perfuous greenbacks and thus reducing at
once the redundant paper currency is
perhaps quite as effectual and much
our currency on a sound basis, than
that of boarding the metal until 1879.
But to accomplish the object aimed at the
greenbacks must be permanently retired. So
long as they remain in the Treasury vaults
there is danger, as the country knows to its
cost, that they will be reissued whenever
panic-struck financiers persuade themselves
that it is necessary to check Temporary
stringency." Resumption can only be reached
through contraction, and some stringency
must be expected. Outside of the circle of
spectators and gamblers in stocks no harm
will be done thereby, and the country will
not be disposed to mourn long over the down.
tall of few leading operators" in the great
money centres.


The advocates of an honest and stable cur
rency are anxious to know what will be done
with the retired greenbacks, and will not feel
content until they learn that the notes have
been destroyed. 1t is contended, it is true,
that the law does not definitely provide for
cancellation before 1879. but the intelligent
sentiment OF the country will sustain the
Secretary in taking advantage of the doubt
and obliterating these evidences of debt. A
disposition on his part to retain them for
the purpose of redeeming fractional currency
or any such foolishness will produce uncer-
tainty and suspicion.


The amount of bonds to be sold, $2,500,OOO
month, is small, but it is probably as much
as can safely be put upon the market with
out depressing the price, and it can be in
creased at any time that circumstances justify
an increase. The beginning of sales is long
step in the right direction, and economists
cannot doubt that its success will soon teach
the Secretary that a more rapid withdrawal
will be feasible and highly beneficial. But
the withdrawn greenbacks should be so dis
posed of that their reissue will be impossi-
ble
Year: 1877

THE reason why the intelligence from the
seat of war in the East has hitherto been
scanty and contradictory simply is that the
Gar and the Sultan, with many important
points of difference, agree in thoroughly OBJ
jecting to the presence of inquisitive Especial
correspondent" in their various camps.
They do more without actually sending
them away, which would save great deal Of
trouble and annoyance, their military COM
manders steadily decline giving them, or al
lowing them to obtain, accurate information,
On the same principle of non.accommoda.
tiop, the telegraph officials either delay mes
sages that appear to be intended for newspa-
pers. or, still receiving payment for the same,
wholly omit or forget to send them forward.
Odds and ends of information are picked up
and sent on in some way, but, for the most
part, there is military supervision which
would dictate not merely the tone of all news
sent from camp, but, even modify the state
ment of facts.
Year: 1877

IT is said in official circles in Washington
that there is not the slightest foundation for
the sensational stories concerning 4ilibuster-
ing expedition to Mexico under the direction
of Lerdo. the refugee president of that repub-
lie. 1t is not believed that five hundred men
could be raised for this purpose, if desired,
and the government is manifesting no uneasi-
ness over the sensational dispatches sent from
the capital. Many of the persons named as
being connected with the movement have
telegraphed asserting that they know nothing
of the project, and are not contemplating any
filibustering expedition.
Year: 1877

Here is another illustration showing that all
women are not constituted alike: A San Fran
cisco man told his wife that he was tired of her
and she oblgingly poisoned herself. A New
York woman, when she discovered shat her
husband was tired Of her, raised frightful
wsrt on his head as large as goose egg, and
then eloped with handsomer mau. In Sc
Francisco style oi woman,
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

The property which Parson Brownlow left
consists of his homestead, with about four
thousand dollars, a life insurance policy and an
interest in the Whig and Chronicle newspaper,
which is in prosperous condition.
Year: 1877

marriage increases mans modesty 80 that
aiter year or two he can't summon up enough
courage to kiss the woman whose lips, in the
vanishing past, were glued to his for hours on a
stretch three times week.
Year: 1877

The above POOR fellow
has for the past year been
travelling i'm Europe for
his health, and finally at
the URGENT REQUEST
of his most INTIMATE
FRIENDS was induced to
return to the bosom of his
(pOliticaD family. For a
number of years he has
worn to his disgust a &c.
100000 SUIT which he
now intends to dispose of
to the State Attorney in cx-
change for liberty.
Year: 1877

The photographer who took Lees picture just
before he was shot is reported to have remarked
as he withdrew the plate, "Call around for
them next week, Bishop, if the weather is
fine" a remarkable instance of the force of
habit.
Year: 1877

1t is all very fine to laugh at woman's tan
trums when mouse makes its appearance in
the vicinity of her skirts; but little merriment
should be reserved for the man who plays cir.
Gus while June bug is walking up the inside
Of his trousers leg with the slow and measured
step of day laborer.
Year: 1877

The high, sharp-pointed style of gentlemen's
collar which prevailed last year and was known
as the "bull-dozer," from its tendency to cut
the wearer's throat and stab people in the face
when they stopped to speak to him, has given
place to round-cornered article that smoothes
the sides of mans chin like butter-paddle,
and will be known as the conciliator.