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Year: 1878

About the beginning OF this century.


while the revolutionary wars were rag
ing. communication in cipher was nat
urally very prevalent: and ingenuity was
taxed TO the utmost on one hand to in
vent, and on the other TO detect the me-
dium useo in secret correspondence As
rule ibo Gecipherer had beaten the
cipher. and 40 known method was secure
Of detection. II conventional signs
merely were used. the recurrence Of the
different symbols gave key easy 10 fol-
low cut. Some ingenious spirits CORE
sponded by reference 10 the pages and
lines Of particular editions Of particular
books-olhers by an agreed vocabulary.
But these last methods. although they
might preserve the secret. disclosed what
was often quite dangerous, that there
Year: 1878

are now few mines. The principal at
traction, however, is the springs. Here
there are several soda springs, similar
in the character of the water to the
springs at Manitou, but in some the wa
ter is hot. Bath houses have been
erected here. The best spring is stu
ated SO low that the water has to be
pumped up. For this purpose they use
two pumps, driven by water wheel.


The tubes of the two pumps are not
more than four feet apart, yet one
pumps up water so warm that it can
hardly be borne by the hand, the other
water nearly as cold as ice. The water
in both contains nearly the same char
acte1stic constituents. They differ on
ly in temperature. JED LAKE.
Year: 1878

The County Normal begins next
Monday, and there Is a prospect of
large attendance Teachers are begin
ming to realize that if they would be
successful in their profession they must
give some time and labor to preparation
for the work and responsibility involv-
ed. Happily, in these days, the num-
Der of those who think anybody can
keep school is small and rapidly grow.
ing smaller. There is growing demand
for well qualified teachers, teachers who
are in advance of the pupils over whom
they are to be placed, who not only
have thorough knowledge of the
branches which they will be required to
teach, and the relations of these to each
other and to the great problem of edu-
cation, but are able to impart instruc-
tion after some approved method; teach.
ers who have had experience in the
work and proved successful, or where
this may not be, those, at least, who
have received some special training cal
culated to give them an idea Of the diff.


iculties which they must encounter
and how best these difficulties may be
met and overcome.


Now, the Normal Institute is calcula-
ted as far as may be, to meet this want
of special training, and to teachers who
are unable to take a more extended
course in the State Normal or else.
where, it is certainly of great value.
But neither institute nor normal school,
however we'll equipped. can make teach
ers Of all who may choose to attend
them. On this point we shall speak
more at length at future time.
Year: 1878

I .
F. General Peyton Wise having this day
called on me for explanation Of the purpose
of the editorial entitled Pistol Us. Shall
low" contained in the VirginiG Patron OF
this date, I desire to soy that ] wrote it with
no intention OF offence to him or to any one
else, and that il the public in its judgment
should consider it injurious to any person
interested withdraw any and all such por-
tions OF the said article as they may esteem
to be in that light either directly or remote
ly, and make this statement the more will
ingly, as it wouldi defeat all my own plans
in behalf OF the tobacco interest il, any mis-
understanding should occur between myself
and any portion OF the trade. / will OF
course publish this in the next issue Of the
Virginia Patron, and authorize the pub.
lication OF it in such papers as General
Wise may desire. NJ. W. HAzLEwoon.


Editor Virginia Patron.
Year: 1878

. SEVERE ACCIDEST.-Mr. Willie Bur
roughs, OF the Richmond, York-Riyer and
Chesapeake Railroad Company, while riding
out in his buggy yesterday evening met
with a very serious accident. His horse
becoming somewhat troublesome he struck
him a sharp blow with the whip. This
caused him to make a sudden dash. and to
run the buggy violently against tree,
throwing Mr.. Burroughs out upon the
curbstone and tearing his scalp nearly
from his skull. Mr.. Burroughs was taken
up and carried to q house near by and pro-
perly treated. His injuries are very pain
full, but are not regarded as very danger
Gus. No fracture OF the skull has been dis
covered
Year: 1878


It is estimated That the above amourti, lost to The
purchasers of


DRY GOODS
by not buying their goods where they can be had at


THE LOWEST PRICES.
These are times when every dime should be saved.
PURCHASERS OF DRY GOODS
will find II to their advantage to supply their wants at


LEVY BROTHERS,


who show at all times the
LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
GOODS IN THIS CITY,
and give the lowest prices.


Their TERMS are
CASH, ONE PRICE, AND NO DEVIATION.
Year: 1878

The oration OF General Lee was received
with great applause, and at its close per-
feet ovation was given him. hundreds flock
ing to the front of the stand, and for fifteen
or twenty minutes he was busily employed
shaking hands with the ladies and gentle
men.-Sun'S rep0rt.
Year: 1878

In Chinatown there is Chinaman
who is afflicted with peculiar sickness,
which is probably the result OF a free
and continuous indulgence in opium
smoking. He is perfectly conscious but
has horrible visions, which he describes
to his friends and visitors of his own
race with great minuteness. He is not
violent, but the other Cinnamon assert
that he is possessed of a devil, and, for
fear that the evil spirit may get loose
and make things warm in Chinatown,
they have chained the bedeviled Mon
golian fast to his bed, and the entire
population of Chinatown are engaged
in the attempt to exercise the devil by
means of firecrackers and joss paper
dustin ReUetlle.
Year: 1878

"A word of caution TO our readers
the Supreme Court of this State has de-
cided that it is misdemeanor to kill q
lightning-r rod agent. Be sure you car
pay the fine before you buy the gum
HdDkeye.
Year: 1878

=" I tell you how it is with
Blodget,' said the dressy ]
" When I go to church and &c
up and agitated over what a ,
wicked set we are, | feel vexed
out to think what a shame it


Eve didn't mind her own busi
not bring such heaps of trou
us; but when I put on a new
fits me so nice L can't find q E
fault with it, and a hat that ms
woman l meet feel as though 8
a friend in the world, then |


up that I do feel downright 4
was fond of fruit, and lean e,
-Breakfast Table. :
Year: 1878

The spring crop reports received by the
National Department of Agriculture show
very favorable condition throughout the
country generally. There is an estimated
increase in acreage Of 40 per cent. in Kan
sas, 80 per cent. in Illinois and Nebraska,
and slight increase generally in most of
the Western States. The Eastern States
about hold their own.
Year: 1878

The opponents Of Frederick Massey. President Of
tho Brooklyn Board OF City Works. late head Of the
Department OF Fire and Buildings In that city, are be-
ginning to question the bookkeeping Of that official
while acting The latter position. They say certain
sums OF money wero held from the city treasury
longer than the period allotted for their deposit.
Year: 1878

than before however after sundry curvets
and angry jerks. the chain broke and he re-
gained his freedom leaving his incumberance
in the grave.


In concluding his ursine anecdotes my
Swedish friend remarked "These are but
few Of Bruins traits and droll tricks, which
must be seen to be fully enjoyed. At present
he lies quietly in his winter lair, but imagine
his humor when he leaves il in spring; he is
then no agreeable companion especially for
the ltchen-maids, toward whom, and the fair
sex in general he shows the greatest disre-
gard


Poor Bruin he must indeed have got up
on the wrong side oTthe bed, for he became so
unbearably troublesome and subject to such
angry moods that. as l afterward learned, at
the early age Of about three years he was
doomed TO death and executed accordingly.


Another young bear, captured in the winter
Of 1863, was kept for about two years at
Eksharad, in Wermlnnd but as it grew older
it became dangerously ferocious and conse-
quently was also shot A tame bear, kept at
Sn0-an, had accidentally one Saturday eve
ming got locked up in the smithy, and, not
liking to remain in a workshop on II Sunday
attempted TO escape through an opening in the
roof. But to reach this Bruin had 10 Chamber
upon a lever, which, under the pressure of his
weight opened the sluice-gate, and, turning
the water upon the wheel, set the great ham
nor to work. Evidently annoyed by its per-
sistent motion and noise, he appears to have
graspcd the hammer in his paws with intent
to stop it but the contest proved beyond his
strength. for the neighbors. hearing loud
roars, hastened to the smithy and found him
lying upon the anvil, having received a death
blow before their arrival Science Gossip.
Year: 1878

trast. To the Lotus-eater the scene was en-
chantment. No one but an American could
know the feeling of such an hour in such
place, standing by the dust Of Stuarts and see
ing Pope pass by. Once more he saw the
Pope in the same church upon Christmas-day,
robed as the Pontifex Maximus crowned with
the tira. and borne in his portative throne
with the flabela at both sides, and surround
ed by a mass of ecclesiastical splendor which
can be seen only there.


Almost daily in the streets the Pope was en-
countered, and his residence in the Quirinai
Palace was regarded as significant Of the sep
aration of the new time from the old. For in
the dreams of enthusiasts the millennium was
at hand. The children of the CarbOnari could
hardly believe that this was indeed n Pope
who spoke of popular assemblies and or con-
stitutiOns and of liberal ministers. The long
agony of Italy, the clutch of the MdIddetd
Tedeschi the cursed Germans, was at an end.
The tragedies of such poems as Browning's
italian in England" were passed. Indeed,
when the actual situation was considered,
there was something painful in the tension of
popular feeling and the limitless expectation.
II was not long before the assassination of
Rossi the Prime Minister the apprehension
of the Church authorities that the Pope was
playing with fire, the influence Of Austria, and
the political cataclysm of As working upon
the essentially priestly heart OF Plus, produced
the complete reaction under which happily
the temporal power was swept away 1t is
strange to think that the old man whose reign
was protest against Italian unity and liberty
and against human progress, and which is
chiefly famous for restoring some of the old
prestige and renewing the old absolute claims
of the papacy, for proclaiming the immacu-
late conception and papal infallibility, should
have once been known as n reformer What
he might have done except for the AIazzinian,
the Sandman. and the Austrian influences and
currents is but a speculation. But what n
wise man said to the Lotus-eater. asthcy stood
in a vast throng that was singing the Pope's
hymn under the windows of the Quirnal, is
doubtless true The Pope can not he re-
former Editor's Easy char, in Hdrper's
Magazine far AprI
Year: 1878

new remedy for catarrh is crushed Gu
beb berries smoked in pipe, emitting the
smoke through the nose after a few trials
this will be easy to do. If the nose is stop
ped up so thatit is almost impossible to breathe
one pipeful will make the head clear as bell.
For sore throat, asthma and bronchitis swal-
lowing the smoke effects immediate relief 1t
is the best remedy in the world for offensive
breath, and will make the most foul breath
pure and sweet. Sufferers from the most
horrible disease, liberated catarrh viii find
this remedy unequaled, and a months use
will cure the most obstinate case. A single
trial will convince any one. Eating the un-
crushed berries is also good for sore throat
and all bronchial complaints. After smoking
do not expose yourself to the air for at least
fifteen minutes. The berries are perfectly
harmless and there is no use in goingto "ea-
tarrh doctors" while you can procure this
remedy. They can be procured at any drug
store. Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1878

That dramatic and destructive barberwho
was supposed to have blown out his brains
the other day, at the conclusion OF an infdel
lecture which he delivered in western
town, is not really dead. It seems that he
wrote the story OF his alleged performance
and sentit to Chicago newspaper, which
accepted It with touching and ehildlike ke con-
tidence.. 1T is hard to have to admit that a
mere barber should thus get very far ahead
of an editor who controls the destinies OF
nations, so to speak; but the fact is insur-
mountable. The man who achieved the
feat is now the best-adyertised barber west
OF the Alleghanies, and the chances are that
he will shave and shampoo his way to Tor
tune.-Philadetphia Bulletin.


We have seen since the war, as we never
saw before, how completely the moral SEN
timent became blunted by the passion for
display and the luxurious habits TO which
flush times gave rise, and how many men
who stood high In the esteem OF thelf fel-
loW-citizens have sunk to. the level OF COM
mon rogues In the ardor OF reckless sl'ecu-
lation and the desire to keep up appear
apces, II in all such cases the law nad been
allowed to take its course we should nave
had fewer offenders to hold up to pubic re-
probation, and q finer power in those open
to temptation of discriminating between
right and wrong -. Ltimore Sun.


} The Canadian papers are iubilant over the
appointment Of the Marquis OF Lorne as
Governor. General OF Canada, as serving as
an additional link, ii that were needfui. TO
bind Canada more closely to the English
throne. The fact that he will be accompa-
MED by the Princess Louise, whose taste
and talent and charms OF mind and person
have won her a high place in the hearts OF
the English people, Is o subject OF con-
graduation.
Year: 1878

Heavy Blnstin9-A Perfect Beduty.-A
piece of granite weighing from forty-five to
fifty tons came down from Green's quarry,
near Granite, yesterday, on the Danvile
railroad. It was en- route to the Govern
ment sheds below the city, and Is to be put
in proper shape for the new State Depart
ment in Washington. The granite was
brought down in flat-car constructed for
the purpose, and all the cars had to be taken
off Of three trucks to enable it to pass safe
ly. This is one Of the largest pieces OF
stone ever quarried in this vicinity, and was
said by judges to be perfect beauty.
Year: 1878

Bridge Auenue.- Yesterday number Of
the holes in this much-traveled thorough
fare were filled ZIP by Captain Lipscombe,
per order OF the Street Committee. These
openings had long been an eye-sore and a
source OF public discomfort, and their fill
ing in is a matter of congratulation.
Year: 1878

From the Springfield journal, July 27tb.I


Charles Thill is not q Iank, wild-eyed.
and long-haired character, like the Trapper
Of the Plains, but muscular Dutchman,
with level head OH his Teutonic shoul-
ders. lie keeps hotel and fills the posi-
ton OF constable il his town. On Sunday
last citizen OF this place visited New Ore
gon and hitched his horse in Thill's shed.
The guest left bran-neW whip IN his bug
gy, and that whip looked very tempting to
q young man who CHANGED to gaze upon it {;
and the consequence was that when the
Springville man got ready TO come home the
whip was gone. Thill was mortified, rs all
good landlords should be at such an occur
renee, and began O search Of the prem
ises, thinking that the thief must have Sc
creted the article to carry away under cover
Of darkness. The shed connects the hotel
with the barn, and beneath the manger,
which extends the length Of the shed, a
loose stone was found in the wall Of the sta
bic. On removing the stone the whip was
drawn from the hole. To recover the whip
would be triumph enough for most men, but
our host wasn't satisfied; he must bring the
culprit TO- justice. Accordingly he resolved
to watch the spot till the thief came after
his booty. This would be an arduo,,s task
if the fellow should stay away week.
ThilI ruminated.' Finally he resolved to
set Il trap for his victim. Borrowing a
large double-spring rat-trap from a neigh
Dor, he planted it close inside the
hole where the whip had been Sc
creted, anchoring it firmly by heavy chain
to joist, and then awaited Developments.
No one came to claim the prize Sunday
night. Monday passed away without a
visitant to the rlace OF secretion. Night
came on, and young man OF the place
spent the evening at the hotel. when ne
bade adieu to the host it was past 10 O'Clock,
and the landlord prepared to retire for the
evening, forgetting all about the trans
action OF the day before. He had hardly
disrobed himself, however, when a cry
for help greeted his ear, and that cry
came from the shed. Others heard the
alarm, and long before the. floor could
be taken up to loose the trap quite crowd
had congregated to witness the young mans
Sprawled out under the man.
GER, with one arm throughsthe hole in the
wall, and one finger in the merciless jaws OF
the trap, he presented picture OF dire dis
tress. Could he have got his head through
the hole and guawed that finger off 1t would
have given him pleasure, no doubt. to have
done SO !; but he didn't happen to be a rat,
and that thing was an impossibility
as it was he had to cry out to
the landlord, for. deliverance, and in calling
the landlord he called the constable also.
The young man is Of good family, and had
hitherto borne a good name.
Year: 1878

THEY DON'T KNOW IT.-Some people don't know
that they are being swnded every time they buy an
inferior, short-weight baking-powder 1t would be
far better TO buy and use the old reliable DooLEY's
YEAST POWDER. Every package Of the Dooley
Powder Is warranted absolutely pure and strictly
full weight. Sold by groccrs.
Year: 1878

The bottle factory is about to begin operations
at La Sale What particular advantage La Sale
had in point of location over Ottawa for such an
enterprise does not appear, since all the sand To
be used in the factory ia taken from Buffalo Rock,
within the limits Of our township. The boat
Zine City is now engaged transporting the sand.
Coal too can be had in Ottawa at about the same


figures per car load to owners of cars that 1t costs
IN La Sale, Gnd Ncrmilllon coal is superior to
La Sale coal for glass. mukng) while other adj
vNntages in the way of competing lines east ana
west and low taxation are decidedly in our Ia
yor. We are inclined to think Ottawa is rather
ioo modest in speaking of her advantages as Il
manufacturing town altogether too conscrva-
tive. Mr., W. Stanley Jcvons, of University Col
lege London, in his emincntly sound little work,
P0iiticM EcoHon,y, presents this proposition: AS
a general rule the best time to begin new fac
tory, mine or business of amy kind, is when the
trade is depressed and when wages and interest
are low" This may appear paradoxical yet it
is sound philosophy. During hard times min
ing, building or other work can be done more
chcaply than at any other time; and AS every
collapse is followed by several years of great
commercial and manufacturing prosperity the
new works built during the depression will be
ready to start just when business is becoming ac-
tive and there are few other new works opening,
thus taking time by the forelock and reaping to
the fullest extent the rise in prices following the
beginning of new trade, or, more properly,
"crcdit cycle" As the tide seems now to have
turned and the flow is coming in, it behooves OF
tawa to be stirring to secure her share of the new
industries which are destined to grow up in the
west.
Year: 1878

General Johnston's friends are disposed
to think that when the full returns come
in from Hanover he will have, instead of
four, six or seven delegates. On the other
hand, Colonel Young's friends are not yet
quite ready to concede General Johnston
two from that county. though they admit
figures now point that way. He has GER
tainly four from Caroline and two from
Louisa. His total number Of delegates on
the first ballot cannot fall below the above
number. and may go much higher. Hano-
yer and Henrico are remarkably slow in
getting in their returns.
Year: 1878

MURDER COMMITTED ON THE PREMISES OF
A PoLICEMAN.-Sarah Hughes, colored
woman, living on the premises OF Sergeant
r. T. Seal, who resides on Catherine street
west OF Brook avenue, was arrested yester-
day on the charge OF numbering an infant
to which she gave birth on the 10th instant.
The remains were found, but in such a state
OF decomposition the Coroner could not
tell whether the child had been born alive.


Accused will have an examination before
the Police Court this morning.
Year: 1878

SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER ARRESTED. = A
tramp. aged about twenty-three, calling
himself William Franklin Deats, was ar
rested yesterday morning in Tuckahoe dis
trict as suspicious character. He was
brought to the Henrco county jail and
locked up. Sergeant Dan. Wren interviewed
the prisoner, and learned from him that he
was detective working up the Goochland
murder case. But he is suspected by some
of being an accomplice in the murder.
Year: 1878

The first time that soldier goes into


action he fancies the shot that he hears
whistling through the air is aimed at him


But if he is not hit at first, he soon ac-
quires sort of fatalstic feeling that be
never will be- The eve of a battle might


be supposed to be solemn moment |
have been at several ewes, and never per
ceived the vestige Of solemnity, nor so far
as | could perceive-did it strike any one
that the next day be might be killed.
The thoughts of every one were concen.
trated first on the supper, and then on
finding comparatively comfortable place
in which to sleep. During battle all
not Immediately engaged are simply
bored. If ever hand to hand fight takes
place it is due to some bnnger being in
command on one side or the other. Most
of the reg iments engaged do not see the
enemy. Attacking in column and bayo-
net charges are things Of the past. Shells
and bullets are fred into position or up
on troops advancing. The victory is de-
cided by artillery and breach loader firing.
Those who can concentrate the heaviest
fire upon particular s.rategical points win.
So mechanical is the whole affair that it is
an admitted axiom that if one-third of the
best regiment in the world can be put
hors de combat, the remainder will exc
cute stragetica maneuvre to the rear.
Year: 1878

Curious LEGEND The Irish have a
curious legend respecting what they call
"Blaiad ma oza'; in other words. 1.-THE
blossom Of youth" The legend is this !:
An Irishman at one period, went to Den
mark. where he was hospitality received,
mnch to his astonishment. He was taken
into immediate favor by those among
whom he visited He was told that in a
certain part of the county of Limerick,
from which it appears he came, there was
crock of gold hidden under a white-,horn
bush in a garden. which was so clearly
pointed out to him that there could be no
mis,aking the locality. He was further
told that among the gold was remark
abe circular piece Of coin. with which he
should return to Denmark, but that he
might become the possessor Of ali the gold
10 the crock with the exception Of that
particular circular piece. The lrishman
was nbedient to the letter. He returned
to Denmark with the circular piece, and
kept for himself all but that, The Danes
were r.ineud. A very aged Dane, having
been rubbed with the wonderful circular
piece Of gold, at once became young again,
fresh and vigorous AS in the days of his
boyhood. SO with other Danes. You
have brought back" said they, the
.BIaiaa ma oz..' the blossom Of youth, and
Ireland shall be poor evernore."