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Year: 1877

The other day a number OF frogs were
tortured in the English Black country in
a manner simply revolving. Some dozen
men met at a public house b ton indu!g-
ing in little ''sport." To accomplish
their laudable purpose they skinned q
number of frogs alive and set them upon
table to race, betting upon the result. and
sprinkling salt upon the poor suffering
Creatures with a view to make them go
the faster. All the men we're in the en-
ploy of we'll known Black country firm,
and the police at once communicated to
the head of the concern the facts above
stated. with the result that all the twelve
men were instantly dismissed'
Year: 1877

The presence of the irregular soldiery
in Erzeroum, Asia Minor, is not bless
ing, according to correspondent. The
government has kindly ordered that no
one shall kill Christians even if the ar
mics are defeated, SO that life is tolera-
bly, safe, but the little woes to which
Christians are heir in the presence of
the irregular defenders of their hearths
wear upon the minds of the sufferers
more than greater ones. The Circas-
slams are commonly the culprits. One
goes to shop and asks, for instance, for
gunpowder. 1t is furnished, and he
walks off, saying that he does not pro-
pose to fight and pay for his gunpowder
also. Another stops man in the street
and takes the shoes off of his feet, with
the remark: "There. I knew those were
my Shoes" Another helps himself to
pair of boots and pays dollar toward
the cost of them and departs. There is
no resisting the arguments of these fell
lows when they are armed to the teeth,
especially where the article stolen is a
pair of boots. The shoe which is in
general use among them is very simple.
A bit of leather is turned up over the
sides of the foot and finely sewed with
two seams, one from the tip of the
pointed toe to the instep, and the other
at the heel. This is the original model
of all pointed shoes, ancient and modern,
and is doubtless strong and comforta-
BILE affair, but has the drawback for the
Circassian cavalry service that the instep
and ankles are bare-for no Circassian
wears stockings. To remedy this the
Circassians make sort of boot leg of
another piece of leather, and wear that
separately. The sight of this cavalry
boot is enough to explain the Circassian
greed for surreptitious foot gear.
Year: 1877

One conviction follows swift upon the
heels of another in South Carolina. 1t
does not take long to pull down rotten
building when its foundations have been
undermined. The juries in these cor
ruption cases seem to have entered very
heartily into the reform spirit of the day
aud to appreciate the necessity of max
ing examples of the offenders that shall
be remembered in South Carolina for all
time. There is little room for pity for
either of the men who have been con-
victed during the past week, but if either
has any claim to mercy it is not the car
pet bagger who came to grief yesterday.
CarpenJer is one of those who went
South for no other purpose than to gain
money and office through the credulity
Iaof the negro and the prejudice of the
white man. Ae was ., successful foi
awhile, holding remunerative offices, liv-
ing on the fat of the land, even represent
ing the people whom he robbed in Con
gress, aud since the presens administra-
ton came into power he has been tender
ed another public trust in the gift of the
President. He had not the poor negrot
excuse for falling into evil ways. Suct
men should be made to suffer severely


and there are many more of them yet Il
be brought to the bar of justice.
Year: 1877

ADVANCE IN CoRN.-After two or
hree days of comparative quiet the corn
mark It took a sudden jump yesterday,
nd marked an advance of 2la2t cents
'er bushel at the close of the day West.
rn corn for Immediate and May delivery
losing at 67 cents and for June at ga
ents, with more buyers than sellers
he advance is said to be due to an i'm.
provement on the other side, which stim
Hated buying orders from the West. Al
Iew York corn advanced / cent, and a
jhicago cents per bushel. The mark
is for wheat and flour were more steady
without any material advance
Year: 1877

Kyle the we'll known and popular dealer
IN ice cream, confectionery, cakes and
fruits, Is now at his accustomed stall in the
new Second street market house. where he
will dispe ce these luxuries during the hot
season. With his usual urba.lity and we'll
known politeness- and CHEEKY good humor,
he VIII serve all ms customers promptly


aid do his utmost to lessen the burdens Of
life by doing the square hing to all his
fellow m"n. He win also supply parties
and pic-nlcs with ice cream, and orders can
DE- lett either at his stall or at his house


northeast corner of sixth and Orange
Streets may 43In
Year: 1877

We learn that the soiree dansante
given by our young men at Scranton
Academy on Friday evening OF last
week, was in every particular success,
and the committee under whose super
vision the occasion was managed are
iustly entitled to the credit due thon
for their Jealous and assiduous efforss "A
endeayoring to please and satisfy every
one present. By $50 p.m' the festive
party had assembled together, and In a
few moments, Dy music discoursed from
the Seashore string band, were merrily
and pleasantly engaged in the twirl OF
the "giddy waltz and "mazy quad
rille." We desire not to comment or
particularizs personally. but will make
especial mention of the lovely little miss.
Jennette, who elected the appreciation
an commendation of the entire COM
pany for the graceful and truly efficient
manner in which she "tripped the light
fantastic" More charming. lovely and
interesting young ladies, or attentive
men. we're seldom seen than upon this
occasion, and everything went merry as
e marriage feast till the "wrs sma'
hours ayant the twal' bade each retire
peacefully and happily to their homes.
Year: 1877

In all our large cities there are thou.
sands of men and women thrown out OF
employement. If discontented farmers,
farmers wives, sons and daughters, who
think the delights of city life something
worth realizing could walk through our
streets to-day and read one thousandth
part of the misery and apprehension that
haunt the hearts of all classes and are
making lines on their faces, they would
thank God for the peaceful secluslon
and abundance gathered in the garners
of their homes. Few working people
save money-particularly working girls,
who, as a class, spend half their income
on dress. Young women flock the
streets with restless, eager, anxious eyes,
with lips quivering with fear lest they
fail to obtain employment. Boys and
girls of the country, be grateful for
plenty and shelter. You will, perhaps,
never know how to value it until you
want and can not get either. How many
of these in the city are country born
and how many would gladly go back to
the homestead for refuge, and yet many
have not the means to get there. Farm
ersl thank God for the harvests, and that
you have unsold food for your families
Your lot is a happy one.
Year: 1877




A dilapidated looking stranger came
into the Office yesterday morning, and,
with an air of profound mystery, con-
fided to us the information that he was
quite wealthy, and a great collector of
Centennial relics, but being temporarily
embarrassed and away from home, he
wished to dispose of shirt, that Wash
ington had once worn, for four dollars
and seventy-five cents. He showed us
the shirt, but as it appeared to have
been the only one that Washington ever
had, and that he had worn it with great
assiduity for a couple of hundred years,
we hesitated about investing. The man
said:


"You won't give four dollars and sew.
enty-five cents for shirt that was once
worn by the Father of his Country" 2"


We said no-at least not unless he
could bring us the affidavits of John M.
Palmer and Henry Watterson to show
that the Father of his Country washed
his neck at least twice during the Revo,
lutionary War, and that the tint on the
neck band of the relic was caused by its
being used as washer for the lynch-pin
of continental cannon.


"You can stand there" the man said,
"and look at this priceless bit of linen
venerable with the dust of ages and the
darkening stains of times indelible pen.
Gil, and not feel your heart burn and
throb and your eyes grow dim and
misty with the memory Of Valley Forge
and Lundy's Lane, and the battle of the
Nile? You can stand there and refuse
to give four dollars and seventy-five
cents for this sacred emblem? 2


We blushed, and felt very much dis.
concerted, but the truth was strong
within us, and we managed to indicate
that we would even refuse to give 9
much greater sum for it.


"Then," he said, "will you lend me
fifty cents on it, and keep it for me unit
/ send you draft for thirty-fve dollar
from New York p


We had to say that we would not &C
cept the trust.


He tucked the sacred emblem unde
his arm and closed his eyes for
moment and then lifted his hands t
heaven.


"My rebuke is just" he said solemnly
"and am rightly rebuffed and insulted
I trampled my manhood, and honor, an
convictions in the dust when l ofere
this talisman of liberty to alien hand
for base dross. ! go; i may starve
may die in the street, but ! never wi
part or offer to part with this again
will die with it in my clinging arms, an
when am dead you will find Washing
ton written on my heart"
He went. We watched him disappes
down the stairs, and then we went TO tt
alley window and saw him 60 back in'
an adjoining woodshed, where he peele
his closely buttoned coat, and inserte
himself into the talisman of libert
And he was seen no more.
Year: 1877

THIS Is the time of year when the
young man with bundle of mixed can
dies sits in the cold extension room,
waiting for his sweetheart, while she
stands primpiDg" before the looking
glass in her comfortable chamber for
three-quarters of an hour, utterly obliv.
ious Of the rich coloring that the frost
fend is putting on her Willie's nose.
Year: 1877

An extraordinary discovery was made
on the 22d ult., when the London train
reached York at two in the morning.
While.the car examiner was performing
his duties, he found human foot, torn
off Just above the ankle, in the break
gear of the post Office car at the end of
the train. Along with the foot was part
of sock, and portions of trowsers, black
coat, cloth overcoat, etc. The foot had
unmistakably only been short time de.
tached from the body. Tne driver and
guards declared that nothing had occurr-
red to indicate that a person had been run
over, nor we,e any human remains
found on the track. No clue has yet
been obtained To the mystery.
Year: 1877

ried on across the border, principal
ly by women, and the stores brought
by the Suttlers in the Federal army
were some small compensation to
even the most rebellious women for
the presence of the army under
whose shadow they came. Quilted
petticoats were the fashion then, as
now, and many Of them were made
to order for smuggling purposes.
In one the filling was skeins of sew
ing silk, in another papers of qui-
nine, and 80 on with everything
which could be crowded into small
compass. Ladies who came through
the lines, under fag-of-truce, were
vigorously searched; nevertheless, a
great deal that was contraband of
war came through with them. A
school girl acquaintance of the
writer displayed much ingenuity on
such an occasion. "I brought my
waterfall cushion full Of morphine
to DR.. -" she said. "The
morphine was in tissue paper; ever
that | laid dark cotton batting, and
over that curled hair in an invisible
net. They made me take my hair
down and shake it out. Miss Kerr
carried dispatches to Beauregard in
hers, you know. l tell you, though,
/ was scared when the woman who
searched me ran a hairpin through
the cushion. Ihad dispatches, too,
on thin paper, folded and sewed
into a pocket pin-cushion, but as
they were written with invisible
ink, and l had taken care to soil
the cushion, l didn't feel frightened
about them. 1t was arisk, though,
for if they had found them, ]
should have been sent to the Old
Capital Prison.
Year: 1877

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trigger, but the gunpowder which
they ignite is stored up in the mus /
cles. " We all know the effect
produced on a nervous organization
by a slight sound which causes
alright. An aerial wave, the ener-
gy Of which woNld not reach the
minute fraction of that necessary
to raise the tbousandth of a grain
through the thousandth of an inch,
can throw the whole human frame
into powerful mechanical spasm,
followed by violent respiration and
palpitation."


Thus far-and we have given but
the barest outline of the argument
nothing has been advanced which
rises to any higher level than that
of plain scientific truths which no
one can hesitate to accept. But
now comes the question: What
causes the nerves to act and liberate
this gigantic power? Who or what
is it that sends and receives mes
sages through the bodily organismP
The question is answered thus:
"You picture the muscles as heark-
ening to the commands sent through
the motor nerves you picture the
sensor nerves as the vehicle of in
coming intelligence; are you not
bound to supplement this mechan-
ism by the assumption of an entity
which uses it? Are you not forced
by your own exposition into the
hypothesis Of a free human soul Z"
Henceforward the whole drift of
the address changes-persuasion
and abstract argument replace SCI
entific deduction; but the speaker
has proved us necessitarians by ne
cessity, and then, lest the dilemma
affliCt us, goes on to show that the
belief is by no means such a dread
full one.


Are the brain, and the moral and
intellectual processes known to be
associated with the brain, subject
to the laws we find paramount in
physical nature? This is the final
problem. Science has led us into
the domain of metaphysics, and we
have been prepared for the affirma.
tive response. The phenomena Of
heredity, of how much we owe to
the transmitted influences of the
past, how closely We are bound uE
IN a chain Of eveNts-evolution,
whence we cannot escape-all are
adduced to prove that we are mo-
masters Of the circumstances il
which our motives and wishes
originate, and "lf finally our mo
tives and wishes determine our &C
tlons, in what senses can these ac
tions be said to be the result of fret
will?" "There is," says Professor
Tyndall, in his closing sentences
con all hands a growing repug.
nance to invoke the supernatura
in accounting for the phenomena o
human life; and thoughtful minds,
finding no trace Of evidence in favor
of any other origin, are driven tC
seek in the interaction of socia
forces the genesis and development
OF mans moral nature. If they
succeed in the search-and | thinl
they are to succeed-social duty
would be raised to a higher level Of
significance, and the deepening
sense of social duty would, it il
to be hoped, lessen, if not obliter.
ate, the strife and heart-burning:
which now beset and disguise oUl
social life"
Year: 1877

same light costume and the same
odor of roast meat in the air.


Meanwhile the attendants had
rushed in and one seized the cashier
while another held the doctor, and
a moment later the two men were
dragged out and away from each
other. A boy was sent to a drug
gist, and he came back with lini-
ments and other comforts for the
burned. The combatants were
found to be very badly scorched in
deed. From the soles Of the doc
tors feet the parched skin peeled
off like the bottom of an old boot,
and the cashiers injuries, though
somewhat less in the way of burns,
were numerous and painful. The
liniment and pOultices were applied,
the burned feet wrapped up, and
then the two gentlemen who tried
to settle a difficulty under such dis
advantageous circumstances, hob
bled away.


1t is doubtful if they ever go to
war in a Turkish bath again, though
it is asserted by both men that the
end of the trouble is not yet.


We are glad to hear it. Our druggist
informa ua thot Dr Rulpa Nouub gvrnn
Year: 1877

The Louisville Medical News gives the experience of Dr. Weir Mitchell of Mary land in curing m invalid. She was wo- man pallid, and feeble and exhausted al tine age of thirty, the type of class. Every thing worried her-to walk, tO read. to drive. to sew. She was a woman with a back, and shawl on her shoulders. and sofa for a home, and Mysteries for diversion. She had tired out the doctors and exhausted the drug shops, and seas, and travel, and out lived a nurse or two; and she wore blue glasses to keep out the blessings of daylight. She weighed ninty four pounds, and had as much figure as hat-rack. Because everything else tired her the doctor put her to rest in bed. and made rest absolute, not even permitting her to feed herself. She was fed with milk at brief intervals, but this produced disturbance of her digestive organs. The Doctor began to knead his patent. as if he was making sponge for bread, and he filled her with electricity. The con-

 sequrnce was. as he said, rha; her appetite and digestion returned. Her nails became pink. ard the veins in her limbs began to show. She recovered After numerous do- sas of the rev light sine went home fat and we'll vigorous and handsome. II seems that this result awakened the interest of Dame Nature. for she gave the woman baby as a compensation for her lost mysteries. As this patient was type of a class. women will do we'll in future to call upon their physicians for the prompt administration of ihe new cure The Doctor should, himself, be possessed of goodly share of muscular power to properly administer this treatment.
Year: 1877

Several engagements have taken place du- ring the last few days between the Russians and Turks, but nothing of a magnltudinous nature has resulted therefrom; still, when we consider that ihe two great armies are face to face and within striking distance of each other, it is surprising that the news from the seat of war should he sn meagre It is confidently believed. however. thata great battle cannot lorg be delayed. one that will surpaSS anything in magnitude since the downfall of Jerusalem. A battle cannot be long delayed. for the Russlan' cannot afford to remain inactive after their recent reveIses and tho Ottoman forces are burning with anxiety to meet the invaders and drench the soil of Turkey with their blood and defend their territory stubbornly. The Greeks are flushed with their victories and are enthusiastic in favor of war, even if it be fought to their financial ruin. Nolun- teers are fiocking to Athens from all sec ;ions and taking their places in the rank and file of the army. The Russians are in no sense of the word idle. They have pre.sed all available resources. Men of all soes are reauirel to shoulder musket and face hunger, malaria and the enemy m Fur key. and ii is evident that not one out of every three will live to return 10 their na- rive land. The Imperial Guard from St. Petersburg has been ordered to the seat of war. which looks as thoggh the Russian re- sources were somewhat sttained, and it would not surprise Us to hear that Russia was ready to make peace on almost any seruls after the next great battle shall have ieen fought.
Year: 1877

JF. in the Tucson Citizen of Aug. 25th. takes the MINER to task because VIC stated that the inhabitants of Prescott numbered about l,sO0. We may have more. and five understood the method of counting rcsortcd to by our friends just after election, We would swell the number to any amount any where from ten to one hundred thousand. We will say this much. we always make II q rule to never over-cstimate Therefore fl We were mistaken in our estimate, our de- sire to remain within bounds will account for the error. In this particular We arc quite unlike the Citizen man.
Year: 1877

The Gold Hill News says; On the sum- init of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in passing over to Silver Lake, is seen the name of Kit Carson, carved by himself on a hemlock tree in ls44 He shaved off the rough outside bark with butcher knife, then cut his name and the date so deep in the bark underneath, that both are perfectly distinct 10 this day.
Year: 1877

Human nature is beautiful and fragrant thing. If an employer whose profits permit him to employ one hundred men, discharges fifty of them and doubles the wages of the remaining fifty, all is pleasant in his factory. On the contrary, if he retains the hundred, giving them the pay of only fifty, there is d.scontent. hard language, perhaps a strike. The man wno IS willing to have bis own pay cut down in order that another man may have employment is dead, and his grave IS forty feet dcsp.-Louisville Courier Jour nal.
Year: 1877

It isn't from any narrow feeling Of na- tional exclusiveEess that We object to the Colorado beetle going abroad and getting receptions B, Cologne and Dublin and else where. But he Is not in all respects an agreeable member of society. and to have him coming back here with single-barreled glass screwed in one eye, prefacing ail his remarks with. "When l was in 1urrup and talking of the immense inferiority Of Cincinnati to Farce, will be more than We can stand.-Puck.
Year: 1877

The papers state that the damages which eastern cities will have to pay will run up into millions. We think the law should he so changed that if it is found ihatcnrppra- tions have created strikes and mobS by un- reasonable reduction of the wages of their employees while they have not cut down their dividends, they should stand their own loss. Other people should not be taxed to pay for their consciousness and want Qt soul
Year: 1877

The Tribune says: The small but steady business in gold mining in the Southern States will receive an impetus as soon as the machine which has lately been perfected in this city becomes generally introduced It crushcs ore into powder as fine as the sands of the sea shore and then separates the bits of metal from the powdered stone by a pc -culi.r process of shaking and blowing. The cheapness of the apparatus, compared with the cost of stamp mills and its efficiency in the operation, will permit ores of the South and other sections to be ~orhed with excel lent profit People from the West and South and from Peru are investigating the capabilities of thi, invention.
Year: 1877

Tur LARGEST CLOCK IN THE WORLD.- The clock in the Crystal Palace at SyGen- ham. is said to be the largest in the world. The dial is forty feet in diameter The hands. win their counterpoises, weigh near ly a quarter of ton. The mirute hand measures ninteen feet ia length and moves half an inch at every beat of the pendulum The distance travelled by the point of the minute hand k nearly four miles a week