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Year: 1877

I remember in India (says traveler)
once driving one of the snake-jugglers to
discovery. He told the servants there
were snakes in the stable. and offered to
produce one. He accordingly went, with
piping and other ceremonies, and soon
demonstrated goodly cobra de capello strug-
Cling by the tail. He secured this in his
repertory Of snakes, and said he thought
there was another, on which he went
through the same operations again. Though
he had been too quick for me on both oc-
casions I offered him rupee to produce
third, which he agreed to; and this time
l saw the snakes head struggling rather
oddly in his neither garments. He ran into
the horses stall, rushed forward with a
shrek to distract attention, and then saw
him jerk out snake of some four feet
long, and drag it backward by the tip Of
the tail asi desperately afraid of it. Know
ing his snake must be an inexhaustiblo
quantity prohered second rupee for
another, taking care to keep tstween him
and the snake-basket, which he declined
But on turning round and giving him a
chance to communicate with his receptacle,
he quickly presented himself with the as.
surance thatnow he thoughthe knew where
a serpent might be lodged. The In
dian servants all devouuy believed in his
kill.
Year: 1877

In the London Engineer a strange story
Of the prejudices Of English workmen
against labor-saving machinery is told. 1t
says that there are many manufacturers
who have the machinery, but cannot use it,
and this machinery remains unproductive
and unused, not because of defects or for
want of knowledge of how to make it wol +
but because of the opposition of the workers
themselves to its use. One Of the manu-
facturers referred to by the Engineer has idle
machinery worth fifteen thousand dollars, and
another machin worth fftythousand do
lars which they are afraid to operate for fear
their manufactures should be burned down
by hostile workmen. Half a century ago
such feelings and sentiments as give rise to
the hostility against labor saving machinery
were quite com but the great majority
Of workingmen in this country, at least, have
learned that the inventor is not their enemy,
and that, notwithstanding all his ingenuity
and inventions, he cannot yet keep pace
with the growing demands of civilized COM
munities. Necessity is the mother ot IN
vention, (" and inventions born Of anything
else lead but languishing lives. Labor saw
ing machinery, if it meets real necessity,
multiplies the demands of men, and opens
up new industries; if it does not meet q
necessity it will not be used, and in either
event it is not An enemy to the working
man.
Year: 1877

A stray sunbeam fiickering through the, branches of some forest oak may touch and warm some dark spot that the sun's rays rarely. if ever reach,--a stray rain. drop caught on its downward course by green leaf, may fall from thence on to some corner of the earth hitherto barren
Year: 1877

Evil is easily discovered, there is an
infinite variety. Cool is almost unique.
But some kinds OF evil Nre almost MS
difficult to discover ms that which we call
good and often particular evil Of this
class passes for COOL, It needs even
certain greatness Of soul to attain to this,
as to that which is good.
Year: 1877

How 70 USE LAEp.-Lar,l for pastry
may be used NJ hald MS it can be cut
with n knife, and will make fur better
paste than il left stand to warm. It
needs only to be cut through the flour
- not rubbed.
Year: 1877

SCRANTON, Pa, August "a, 1871


The communication Of President Hoyt In reply -
the demand OF the PennsyvanIa Coal Company'a
miners at Pittston for an advance OF twenty three
per cent In their wages received this after.
The lone of the letter takes the miners aback,
as the company only refuses to grant the desired
concession but will no, allow work resumed
In the mines unless tho miners quito
mous IN favor OF resumption nj the July
rate Of compensation, which Is forty
cents per ton. The miners Will hold meeting soon
and decide whether to accept tho situation oppose
Upon decision rests the tate OF of families
already reduced TO the lowest degree OF poverty.
Year: 1877

Company A, Forty.eighth regmcnt has entered
Tor the third competition for the Nevada Badge and
notified the General Inspector OF Rife Practice 1t
will shoot Tor It on Thursday September Q, 1877, at
Oswego This Is the first entry that has boon made
by any company Tor this badge. In selecting carly
day for practice when the present fine weather may
be expected 70 continue and before the equinoctial
storm causes change In elevations and wind, the
Forty eighth have shown their good sense The prac-
tice has hitherto been for companies competing to
OIL the match TIL tho last day OF October when the
cold and wind prevent anything like decent
being made and Keep away many good shots from the
contest. All companies entering Tor this match
entitled to send representative to witness each
0ther's shooting. Those who wish to DO represented
al the competition at Osweg0 ehOud enter AZ once.
Year: 1877

In regard to a petition recently
circulated in Oregon, very modestly
praying for repeal of the land grant
on the line of the north branch Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, and in
lieu thereof applying an equal amount
to the line of the proposed Portland,
South Pass and Salt Lake Railroad,
between Salt Lake and the Colum-
bia river, the "Bee" makes terrible
stride away from its usual fairness
in dealing with matters of public in
terest, and says:


"There can be no doubt that the
people of Washington Territory and
Northern Oregon are of the unani-
nous opinion that the construction
of a railroad from Portland to Salt
Lake would be a matter of the great
est benefit of the many routes pro-
posed. Some, and their number is
small, contend for the completion of
the North Pacific, but they are llmi-
ted to those interested in the corpor-
alton and their hirlings. The Port.
land and Salt Lake road is the choice
Of the people, and they are willing
to do almost anything to start the
good work"


There can be no doubt that selfish
Portland men, whose interests are
confined to those of the Columbia
river valley, would favor such a
movement; and it may be that our
Portland contemporary, in its blind
devotion to what it deems the
best interest of the locality from
whence it draws q support thinks the
demands of the times warrant its
unqualified advocacy of this selfish
business, but when it charges the
only ones who favor the completion
of the Mp. R. R. with being hirelings
of the company, it comes so near the
surface of the covering of palaver
with which it has tried to cover up
live issues that a transparency is left
which none can fail perceive. The
aid of Oregon's Senators and Con-
gressmen is invoked by this champ,
ion of Portland rights, to help along
the little scheme for making that
city the terminus Of the overland
travel to the Pacific coast, and thus
turn the great ocean trade of the fu-
Year: 1877

ture aside from Puget Sound to the
Columbia river.


While we do not think it just that
valuable lands should be reserved to
the exclusion of settlers, either in
this Territory or Oregon, for the ben
eft of railroad company, unless
that company comply with the con-
ditions first imposed, we do think
this endeavor to force a temporary
growth of towns on the Columbia
river, by diverting thither stream
of immigration and commerce natur-
ally flowing to Puget Sound, is to
say the least piece of the most con-,
spicuons sel6shness and short-sight-
ed craftsmanship on record. We rely
too much upon the far-seeing wis
dom of leaders in Oregon politics to
think they would for moment lend
their aid to a scheme having so much
of local benefits as it's object, to the
detriment ofother and more compre-
hensive interests.


Puget Sound has rights which
even Oregon cannot afford to over
look if she expects a permanent and
harm onious growth with the rest of
the Pacific coast. This the "Bee"
will learn sooner or later; and adapt
its infuencs-as all good papers
should-to the advancement of gen
eral instead of secular interests.
When the city of Portland needs
such bolstering up as is proposed, it
will be time to raise the cry:Come to
the rescue.
Year: 1877

MORE CoAL.-Mr. Briggs, well
known citizen of this vicinity, this
week brought US a specimen of coal
discoyered by him within two miles
of the salt water on Discovery creek
near the head of the bay bearing
that name. This coal came from
the right hand fork of the stream
and the locality is several miles from
that of the coal recently spoken of.
1t was obtained from the rock in
in the hillside, a few feet above the
bed of the stream. Mr.. Briggs is
from = coal bearing state; and gives
as his judgment that there is plenty
of coal in the locality producing his
specimens. He intends to return in
a few days to prospect for the lead
which he is confident exists.
Year: 1877

Where will the end be? AS we
predicted last week, England now
laws aside all masks of her intentions
and takes up the cudgel in earnest.
This of course discloses a new phase
Of European trouble. So long as there
was no forcible interference on the
part of other governments, hopes
were entertained that Russia and
Turkey would simply have their
fight out, declare peace and restore
calm to the troubled political sea of
Europe. The natural inference now
is that questions so directly involving
the vital interests of Great Britain
as to force her into open warfare
to protect them, must of necessity
affect, sooner or later, other nations
in siDilar way. If the war, already
a serious one, draws any more
powers into the vortex, we may we'll
ask in alarm, where will the end be?


For some time after the commence
ment of the struggle, while all odds
seemed to be in favor Of Russia as
the stronger power, and when the
course of events seemed to point sig
nifcantly to the probable destruc-
ton of the Turkish nationality, it was
supposed that if England interposed
it would be on account of a jealousy
of the growing power of the Gar
Since the progress of affairs, making
a showing so much more favorable
for Turkey than was expected, the
opening of hostilities on the part of
England may be regarded more in
the light of an attempt to satisfy an
old grudge. Be this as it may, the
awful fact that a terrible and ex-
tensive European war is in full blast
is enough to set thinking minds of
all nations at work. The problem
thus far can offer no satisfactory So
luton; and the uncertainty still at
tending the probable course of more
than one or two of the crowned
heads of Europe, so completely fills
the speculative mind with doubts as
to leave 1t impossible to form a clear
conception of the extent of this war.


Whatever results may attend ac-
ton of Queen Victoria, nothing is
more certain than that the position
of the Gar of Russia is at present
anything but desirable. The mis-
fortune of having large army in the
field, inadequately provided for,
bringing the certainty of rebellion,
or at least ineficiency for successful
warfare, suggests possibility of re-
verses which may be overwhelming.
Having long been at the head of a
powerful nation, the fact of having
launched out into a strife which has
certainly already proven far more
disastrous to him than he would like
to admit, no doubt he feels the privi-
leges and benefits of former power
slipping rapidly away.
Year: 1877

The Massachusetts, wooled manu-
facturers are in a hopeful mood.
There is a great demand for the
cheaper kinds of goods, and this they
regard as an indication that the
country is getting down to a solid
basis, so that better times are in the
immediate future. They anticipate
a gradual and safe improvement in
business and believe that bottom has
been touched, and now already on
the upward turn. Some manufactur-
ers who bought in wool a year ago,
when it was eight cents cheaper than
now, have been making money at
present prices while others are get
ting little more than return for
their outlay, with which they are
well content.
Year: 1877

London, May I'm the House of
Commons Gladstone incidentally ex-
planned that he had never proposed the
removal of the Ministry, but asserted
the necessity of mediation as their poll
cy. He desired no party advantage,
but wanted to relieve his country from
most serious dishonor and guilt. He
would be the basest of men if, believ-
ing that danger existed, he did not en-
deavor to avert it. He did not censure
the government, but not because he did
not believe censure deserved. The OPP
position, he said, attached more i'm
portance to having the Liberal party
united than to the honor and good
faith of the government.
Year: 1877

Washington, May THE Depart
ment of State has not yet been officially
informed through the proper Russian
source of the existence of a war be-
tween Russia and Turkey. Every
proper measure will be taken to strictly
observe our neutral relations, while
yielding no rights of our citizens under
the treaties and international law.


Tkere is reason to believe Russian
ships will soon depart from our waters.
Year: 1877

Columbia, May IA deadlock exists,
owing to the refusal of the Republican
Senate to go into an election for chief
justice until all the members of the late
Mackey house are admitted.


Resolutions were introduced in the
house to-day to investigate the charac-
ter of justice Willard, who is the most
prominent candidate for chief justice.
This is regarded as an attempt to blacken
his record for the purpose of affecting
certain legislators.
Year: 1877

New York, May THE American
Labor Reform League in convention,
yesterday, discussed series of resolu-
tions, denouncing both the Republican
and Democratic parties, and declared
that no candidate would receive their
vote who is not opposed to compulsory
taxation of land, money monopolies and
every device giving an increase to prop
erty and income without labor to its
holders,
Year: 1877

A STORY OF WADE HAMPTON.-A
tale is told Of Wade Hampton-is it
true His father, a millionaire, left to
each of his two daughters, by will,
100000; the rest of his property he
bequeathed to his only son. After the
funeral the will was shown to young
Wade. He read it through very care
fully, and then threw it into the fire, say
ing: "T'll never consent to take larger
share of the estate than the others. Let
the property be divided equally among
the three" This, it is said, was actually
done
Year: 1877

At crowded concert the other evening
a young lady standing at the door of the
hall was addressed by an honest Hiber-
nian who was in attendance on the occa-
sion. ''Indade, miss" said he, 81
should be glad to give you safe, but
the empty ones are all full.
Year: 1877

WE INVITE ATTENTI On TO THE FOL-


w LOWING Departments of our Establish
ment The low prices at which our Goods are
marked, have special reference to the HOLI-
DAY SEASON, and bargains win be found
throughout the House
Year: 1877

The Supreme Court of Massachusetts, has
sustained the lower court decision that Is
raelites must be held amenable to the laws
of this State, regulating the observance of
the Sabbath. The case grew out of all at
tempt to keep their stores open On that day.
Year: 1877

In Beatrice, Gage county, Nebraska


lives 8 gentleman by the name of M., who


owns very fine greyhound named Queen
Now Queen is great favorite in that part


of the country, not only ON account of her


beauty and gentle disposition, but also
from the fact that she and her pups are


great wolfhunters. She has several times


unaided, run down and killed wolves, and


last summer, with two of her full-grown


sons, captured and killed three wolves
About two months ago Queen had litter


of little ones and few days after, one Of


Queens friends, cat occupying the same


stable, had new family of little kittens.
Shortly after the new arrival the order was
given to drown some Of the pups, but the
executioner finished the whole of them.-
Poor Queen was inconsolable, and went
about crying and searching everywhere for
the missing ones, looking up, in the most
beseeching way, to each one of the family.
After awhile she went back to the stable,
and then her whining ceased. In the after
noon Mr.. NJ. went to the stable, and found
Queen in her nest, WI l the old cat and her
four kittens afectionately cuddled up in
her arms" Mother puss did not seem to
like this after awhile, and evidently thought
that the hound was getting the most atten-
ton from the babies. So, when Queen was
out for few moments, she took the kittens
one at time, and carried them to her own
nest. Queen returned to find her home
again desolate, and went Immediately and
took the kittens all back, the cat following.
This performance went on for three or four
days, the cat carrying the kittens one way
and Queen taking them back, until moth
er puss changed her plan, and while Queen
was absent, carried one OF the kittens up
into the loft, to which Queen could not
climb. Next day puss took another,p and
then third, leaving Queen but one, which
she tended most zealously.
Year: 1877

One dark night a quartette Of feline vo-
calists assembled in Putnam backyard
at the hour of midnight to serenade the
neighborhood. The entertainment opened
with an aria by the soprano, "Where my
love lies dreaming" Just as madam Tab
itha reached high &C." the dreaming love
pushed up the window and looked out
His appearance was hardly calculated to
inspire sentimental emotion, but the sop
rano didn't seem to care, and kept right
on, the contralto, tenor and basso joining
in the chorus with great effect. The dream
ing love in the meantime was promenad-
ing around the room in the dark, cropping
after the unseen and the unknowable. The
chorus was in full swing, and rendering the
pathetic passage 20, me, Q, mi, O." with
thrilling tenderness, when the dreamer
again took up his residence at the open
window. The anguish Of the last strain
was too exquisite for his sensitive soul to
longer endure in silence, and lifting high
up his tightly shrouded arm, he poured
forth his soul and other things in raptur-
GUS encore. Early the next morning .
young man might be seen creeping quietly
down the back stairs and out into the yard /,
where he quickly gathered to his arms 2
pair Of number Ii boots, broken razor,
four collar boxes, blacking brush and
box, one volume of Millions Paradise
Lost one coal shovel, one paddock, one
wooden bucket, and q lot Of other articles
too numerous to mention. After deposit
ing what looked like deceased cat over
the fence into the next yard, and shovel
ling peck or two of kindling wood, egg
coal and broken crockery into the ash bar
rsl, he silently weuded his way upwards,
his countenanee wreathed in 3 serenely
triumphant smile. She had loved not too
wisely, and he too well. So she had sung
her soul away.
Year: 1877

SHE HAD TO SHoUT.-A few years since
there was Presbyterian minister at Col
umbus, Miss, who had horror Of shout
ing in church, which fact was well known
to his congregation. One day, after he
had preached very spiritual sermon, an
old lady was observed to leave the church
in very hasty manner. Meeting her q
few days after, the minister asked her why
she had rushed from the church SO sudden
ly the Sunday before. 'Well," she res
ponded, "the fact is, I was SO filled with
grace in listening to your sermon that I
found I could not contain myself, SO ran
over to the Methodist church across the
way and shouted"
Year: 1877

A Detroit widow owns and occupies q
cottage under the shadow of church
steeple which is supposed to be in danger
Of falling when the wind blows. At mid
night few nights ago when the wind blew
fereely, she got up her family and dressed
them, and then folded her arms with the
remark, aNow, then; il that steeple falls
and kills US, people viii know that we were
a respectable family, anyhow. George,
you brush up your hair little more, and
Sarah, take your feet of the stove hearth
and pin your collar more to the left"
Year: 1877

waxed the. glaring eye to the ceiling with
a quid of chewing gum. Then he took
her wisp of false hair and tied it to a stick,
and began vhitewashing the room with it
Then she started off to obtain divorce.
but the judge decided that he couldn't
grant divorce unless there were two par
ties to the suit, and there was hardly
enough left of them to make one.
Year: 1877

CLOTHES IN HEAvEs.-A lady in Spring
field had been talking with her little girl
about a death in the neighborhood, and
about good children going to heaven, when
bright eyes said, aMamma, shall we have
clothes ready for US in heaven ~ And her
mother replied in the affirmative. The lit
tie one went away again to her play, but
soon came hack in a thoughtful mood with,
"Well, mamma, guess I'll take my trunk
Of clothes along, to make surel''
Year: 1877

At school exhibition of town in
hs1iue, the following essay received tihe Il
prize: CON turkle. This animal is found
most always in the water, and then he
comes on dry land. The turkle cannot fly.
If he was the right kind Of bird he could
fly; but if he was a goose-bird or an
ostrich he could not fly. The turkle has
four paws and mouth like an American
eagle, which makes the British lion and
the unicorn tremble. The turkle has a
shell, and sometimes folks put fire on it,
and the turkle crawls out. When the tur-
kle crawls out of his shell he is very wet
and sticky. There arestwo kinds ofturkles
Mock turkle and the other kind. We don't
have any other kind in our pond, French
and Irish people eat turkle and frogs, but
| should not like to. I caught turkle
once, but it did not do me any good, for
exchanged It for jack-knife and cut my
fingers. Father said it was Judgment,
but thought it was knife"
Year: 1877

The funeral of John D. Lee at Pan
guitch was attended by large number
of people. A new coffin was obtained,
and the body dressed after the usual
manner for burial. Our informant says
the whole town turned out. Lee had
lived at Panguitch just previous to his
arrest, and was highly esteemed as a
neighbOr and a citizen. His disposition
was peaceful, and he was uniformly
kind and obliging.


Rachel appears to have mistaken the
wish of the family in ordering Marshal
Nelson to send the remains to Pan
guitch. l was the desire of the family
and was Lees desire to have the re-
mains buried at Harmony, where a
number of the family have been in
tered. At family council held on the
reception of the body, it was decided to
remove the remains to Harmony early
next winter.


None of Lees family got hint about
the removal of the prisoner. 1t was the
purpose of large number of his sons to
attend the execution, and not a few OF
the people at Panguitch and Long Val
ley think that Lee helped the United
States Marshal plan the escape to the
Meadows, fearing that his sons would
come to the execution and make a dis
turbance. Lee must have had some
fears of this kind.


The family at Panguitch did not be-
lieve that the old man would be exc.
cuted, knowing that he had made a con.
fession. They doubtless thought the
same would secure him pardon.


The family is silent with regard tt
the execution and other matters. Tn,
sons are considerably scattered, anC
most of them have families demandin.
their attention, and they have mos
likely dispersed to their different place:
of abode, and the Lee family will speed
| lily go out of sight and lose their news
paper notoriety.-BedUer Square Dealer
Year: 1877

CAN'T FORGET HER DEAD BOY.-I
suppose it is all right, but L must con-
fess to a lingering prejudice, weak and
narrow, doubtless, against all leaders in
the great Rebellion. When l see them
placed in offices of trust and honor by
the government they sought to destroy,
the soft south wind seems like great
sigh coming up from the prison Of
Richmond and AndersOnville, and the
burial trenches of hundreds of battle
fields. l am hard, know, but when l
meet a confederate hero and hear him
boast-and they all boast-of that long,
mad struggle against the Union, a
white young face seems to rise from a
lonely grave on the banks of the Missis-
sippi-the face of one of my blood, dear
as my very own. l see divine forgive
ness look from those blue eyes, but it is
not impaired to my heart. l can par
don the soldier whose shot laid low that
bright head, but not the general who
led, or the government that conscripted
that soldier. - Grace Greenwood, IN
! Washington Letter.