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Year: 1877

IF the present great railway lines are
not self supporting and cannot pay fair
wages for labor-it is advisable for the
country to run more in debt to build moreP'
Is it not likely the people may come to,
the conclusion to abandon the Southern
Pacific and the Northern Pacifc2 This
thing of plunging the country into debt
must come to an end some time, and
some how,
Year: 1877

HAPPY is that land where Justice and
equality of rights prevail and where no
rich and no poor cumber the ground,
nor mar the general condition, by pam
pered luxury, begetting dissoluteness and
crime; or poverty and suffering, leading
to the violation oflaw.
Year: 1877

The Democratic Press over the State
come up nobly to the nominations and
the platform. Their responses have the
ring of victory, and augur well for the
cause. Mr.. Bishop for Governor, takes
well, and is most cordially received as
the coming man.
Year: 1877

WSubscribers finding X marked on the
margin of their paper will know that


there time has expired, or is just
about to expire and ifthey wish the pa
per continued will have to remit at once
or their names will be dropped from the
list.
Year: 1877

LABoRING men may now see whether a
Public Debt is public blessing, as some
sainted worshippers of mammon would
have us believe. How much of bless
ing it is suffering laborers may consider.
Year: 1877

I THINK everybody must now agree
with me that the practiced working Of
the Electoral Commission showed the
truth of the old saying, "HOw much bet
ter it is to have the Court than to have
the laW!"--GOp. 1ilden,
Year: 1877

The immense and constantly increas-
ing immigration to the new gold fields
of the north is destined to completely
overflow the Black Hills,an before the
close of IT or early in '7S, at the far
thest, the cry of "On to Big Horn" will
be heard in the land and the myriads of
gold seekers will pass thither. Here
with we give with as great accuracy as
possible table of distances from
CHEYENNE TO BIG HORN MOUNTAINS


ANnRJvER
Year: 1877

profusion /! His first thought was,
How / wish my mother was here !
His second was that he must have
got hold Of the wrong basket. But
be saw that was all right, and IL
was plain enough IL was oil meant
for him.


But I would like to see myself
eating chat all alone, even IL I could,
when my mother has only potatoes
for her dinner, and q little sup Of
tea. I'll save her . good half Of
everything


| SO mother had o good supper, as
will as her boy good dinner, and,
the boys at school were very well
pleased with their Joke


II did not end on that day either.
Before the week was cut there was
a fine barrel Of apples in widow Ter.
rvs cellar, and q nice ham and
fitch Of bacon in her store room.
They were loft on the porch one
night, after oil were asleep and
though there was no name left with
them, il vas not hard for jamie TO
guess the source.
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the London Times
has been in the Russian camp long
enough to discover that vast problem
in human nature is working out in a
mighty nation. He maintains that the
Russian people are to-day the most purely
democratic in Europe in their tendencies
and customs. There is the form of an
absolute despOtism in the government,
but this vast under current of democracy
makes itself in the very heart of this
despotism, and really controls its action.
1t Is this subtle influence which forced
the emperor into this war, and it is the
fear Of this power that prevents him
from leaving the field he has once entered
until he can do so VIGOROUSLY. The
evidences of this spirit of democracy are
plainly written in the everyday life Of
the army, and those who choose may
read it as they go. The Old-style form
of aristOcracy still exists in the court
circles of the army. but there is vast
msiority where the officer recognizes the
private as an equal, man for man, and
the distinction between them is regarded
as an official only. SCObeleff, for instance,
shakes hands with the iewest suhaltern in
the same manner as with colonies of regi.
meuts. These young lieutenants show
no ConstrainL in his presence; all Is easy
and purely democratic, and yet every
word of command or expression of a
desire from the general is Obeyed with an
aIacrity and rapidity that cannot be sur
passed in the most despOtic martinez ser


vice on the globe. Tne private soldiers
are also easy, and, to certain extent,
familiar with their officers, and yet the
discipline is perfect. .- -.--
Year: 1877

Where we have so many horses, and for
considerable part Of the year such poor roads,
It seems remarkable that VIC do not ride more.
Our people prefer to drag through the mud and
over rough roads in buggies and phactons.-
Even of countrybred boys and girls more than
half can not sit on a horse with grace, comfort
or safety, and as to city-bred youths, some arc
sent TO riding school, and make fair riders, but
never practice it, while few-not one in a
hundred Of these-epjoy gallop through tho
park before breakfast, or in the afternoon,
once in six months. Can it be that the gene
raj sentiment Of the community, which Is op-
posed to horse going in any other gait than
a trot or walk has bad the effect to cause us
to forego riding? The increase Of lung dis
eases, weakness Of the spine, caiarrh, &c, a
mong men Of sedcntary pursuits, may per-
haps in measure be accounted for by tho
giving up Of this exercise.


The fact that driving horse is an easy,
pleasant, wcIl.trained sadlle-horsc, unless, in
deed, he be only used as yaldle-nag, does
not add penny to his market value, indicates
how little we ride. IIorsc-dealers never know
whether or not horse Is an easy gated ono
under saddle. and If be will carry man on
bis back without making a disturbance or
trying 10 throw him of, be Is recommended
as "broken to saddle" at least in the New
Yofk market. t.-Amriedn AgrieuliTist
Year: 1877

The promiscuous kissing Of children is a
pestileut practice. We use the word advised
ly, and it is mild for the occasion. Murderous
would be the proper word, did the kissers
know the mischief they do Yes, madam,
murlcrous and we are speaking to you. Do
You remember calling on your dear friend,
Mrs. Brown, the other day, with a strip Of
flannel round your neck And when little
Flora came dancing into the room didn't you
pouncc upon her demonstrativeIy, call her
precious little pet, and kiss her? Then you
screnely proceeded to describe the dreadful
sore throat that kept you from praycr-meetins
the night before. You had no designs on the
dear chid's life, we know neverthe esq, you
killed her Killed her as surely as if you had
fed her with strychnine or arsenic. Your
carelessness vas fatal. Two or three days az
ter the little pet began to complain Of a sore
throat, too. The symptoms grew rapidly
alarming; and when the doctor came The
single word diphtheria sulicel to explain them
all. It would be absurd to charge the spread
Of diphtheria entirely to the practice Of child
kissing. There are other modes Of propaga-
ton. though it is bard to conceife of any more
directly suited to the spread Of the infection
or more general in its operation. 1t stands to
diphtheria about the same relation That pro-
miscuous hand-sbatiog formerly did to the
itch. It were better to avoid The practice
L,nte LolirnnI
Year: 1877

One hundred years ago nota pound Of coal
or cubic foot Of illuminating gas bad been
burned in the country. No iron stoves were
used and no coplriyances for economizing heat
were employed until DR.. Franklin invented
the iron-frane fireplace which still bears bis
name. All the cooking and warming in town
and country were done by the aid Of Ere
kndled on the brick oven. Pine knots or tai
low candles furnished the light for tbc long
winter nights aud sanded floors supplied tho
place Of rugs and carpets. The water Used
for household purposes was drawn from deep
wells by the creaking sweep" No form Of
pump was used in this country, 50 far as we
can learn, until tie commencement Of the
present century. There were no friction
matches in those early days, by the aid Of
which a fire could be easily kindled, and il the
FIRE event on" upon the hearth over night,
and the tinder was damp 50 that the spark
would not catch, the alternative remained Of
wading through the snow mile or 50 10 bor-
row brand Of neighbor Only one room
in any house was warm unless some Of the
family was III in all the rest the temperature
was at zero during many nights 10
the winter. The men and women Of a
HUNDRED years ago undressed aud went to their
beds in temperature colder than that Of our
modern barns and woodsbeds and they never
complained
Year: 1877

Drunk Young man, dill you ever stop to
think how that word sounds


Did you ever think what misery and woe
you brought upon your friends when you de-
graded your manhood by getting drunk p
How it rings in the ears of devoted wife =
How it makes the heart Of 4 fond mother
bleed How it crushes out the hopes Of a
doting father, and brings reproacb aud shame
upon a loving sister Druuk See him a.
he leans against some friendly house. He
stands ready to fall into hell, unconscious as
to lis approaching fate. His wife with fearful
eyes aud aching beaft sits at tie window to
hear her husbands fooistep. Alas they come
not. He is drunk The husband. the parent,
is drunk spending his meaus Of support for
liquor, while bis family is starving Tor bread,
bis children suffering for clothing. His friends
one by one, are reluctantly Having him to a
miserable fate.
Year: 1877

y Since publishing our article, last week, on
Life Insurance abuses, we have read an extract
from the forthcoming report of the State Super
intendent of Insurance, in which he discusses
this very subject, and insists that stringent laws
are necessary to protect the interests of policy
holders against the extravaganza and rascality
Of insurance company managers. But perhaps
the Superintendent is only mad because some of
the agents advertise in papers that they control
It cannot be possible that any man is actuated
by any higher motive.
Year: 1877

D- Ben. Butler and Wayne Mcyeagh have
been indulging in little correspondence. To a
man up a tree, it looks as if Wayne Meyeagh
had got a considerable amount of hide artistic
ally taken off
Year: 1877

~ Why in the world doesn't Col. Phillips
write letter, telling what he thinks of the
weatherf He has been one of the most out
spoken men in the nation, and he certainly is
not aware how anxiously the great leaders Of
public opinion are to hear him commit himself
upon tho important question of the weather.
Year: 1877

At about 8 O'Clock this morning, as
the outward bound passenger train on
the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad was
passing over that fated iron bridge,
which spans Spring Grove avenue,
something or the left side OF the span oi
the bridge began TO give away.


The engineer heard the creaking noise,
and Immediately put the engine to its
best speed.


Large pieces OF iron began falling to
the road beneath, but the train luckily
passed over in safety.


The bridge, however, is still standing,
hut IL is Impossible for q train to make q
Year: 1877

With all the boasted jealousy OF the
American citizen in relation to the cleo
tive franchise, he is not over Jealous a
all times in the exercise Of the cherished
privilege. To his sorrow frequently
the privilege which Ia also aduly OF good
citizenship is neglected. The election o
impSlant officers, especially Of the udiCi
ary,Should always command the attention
otall the citizens.


We are led to these remarks from the
fact that the bulk Of our citizens are in
absolute danger Of forgetting that on
Thursday next there is to be elected a
Municipal Judge for the city Of Wheel.
ing, the most important officer whose
election devolves upon our people. The
very fact that there are no exciting polit.
ical topics ngitating the public mind and
wRrping its deliberate judgment, Is the
strongest argument in favor Of every
elector giving 10 the community at large
the benefit Of judgment free from the
vicious influence oipurly politics.


Whoever is elected to the responsible
position Of Municipal Judge on next
ThursdOy, should be chosen by mSjority
which will not leave him in doubt as tc
whether he is the choice Of majority Of
his fellow citizens, or the mere accideucy
arising from the apathy Of the public.


Judge Gibson L. Crunmer, the present
incumbent of the office, is so we'll knoWr
that he nceds no commendation at oul
hands as good citizen, while as JudgC
he has evinced thorough knowledge o
and a capacity for the duties OF the office
which have made him eminently accepts
be, both to the people and to the lega
fraternity,
Year: 1877

A Rasslesnaks Enchsnted by Man


From the Trigg county4Ky.l Democrat.


Mr.. Sam Gentry, living over the line
in the adjacent county Of Stewart, has
in his possession . purse made OF the
tanned skin of rattlesnake which he


caught and killed under the following
ex sraordinary circumstances: In going
along a path in Q wheat field he came
across the snake lying at full length be-
fore him, manifesting no disposition to
retreat or attack, and apparently waiting
for something to turn up. Mr.. Gentry,
who is a practical mesmerist, concluded
to try his powers upon the dangerous
reptile before him, reasoning that If a
snake can inagnetize bird, why cannot
man, endowed with greater mesmeric
power, put q snake under the power OF
his willp Taking his position at the sids
of the dangerous hut quiet subject, he
made quick undulatory passes with both
hands from the head to the tail, and in
q few moments had the satisfaction of


seeing the snake completely within his


power charmed. magnstiEed, mesmer>
lied, whichever it may properly be call.
ed. Placing one of his hands In front OF
his subject, it Immediately srawled on
his right arm, then over his neck to the
left, Gentry in the meantime continuing
the mesmsric passes. He then carried
the rattlesnake home on his arm, when,
under his direction, one OF his sons open
ed its mouth and unfolded its fsngs, the
snake quietly submil ting to the novel
operation. After fully satisfying him>
self and number of his neighb bors, who
were present and witnessed the affair of
the truth of his theory, he cast the
snake to the ground, killed it. stripped
off the skin. tanned it, and made himself
q purse, which he has ever since carried
about his person.
Year: 1877

Within the last twenty-four hours q
decided change for the better seems 10
have taken place in the situation OF
affairs throughout the country. Peace
and order are reported At most points,
while there are indications of q growing
disposition on the part OF the strikers TO
raise the blockade. Both freight and
passenger trains are running on the Erie
Toledo anc Wabash, Michigan Central,
Canadian Southern and other roads
The Pennsylvania Central Company re-
ports that matters along that line look
encouraging and speedy termination OF
the troubles is saticipsted,


A dispatch from Washington says it is
the intention of the government to throw
a strong force along the line OF the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad ss far west as
the Ohio river, for the purpose OF open
ing sud keeping that road open to
freight and passenger traffic.


There is still great excitement at st.
Louis and Chicago. AT the latter place
q terrible mob howled through the streets
last night and had several sharp en-
counters with the police and military,
but they were dnslly dispersed, with
what loss is not yet known
Year: 1877

There seems to be no limit to the au-
dacity of swindling. A few days since a
stranger went to Harrisburg, Pa, and
pretended to have patent for the man.
ufacture of superior quality of wool.
He professed to have chemicals by which
he could convert cotton into wool.
Strage tosay, he found victims who made
arrangements to employ him at good
salary to put his invention into success
full operation. Under his supervision
the alleged necessary machinery was
erected in one of the shops and all was
in readiness, when they found that the
wool "had been pulled over their eyes,
for after gathering together under various
pretenses, quite sum of money, the in
veptor was suddenly missing. The par
ties waited for days for his return, when
suspicion flashed across their minds
that they might have been the victims
of an imposition. The stranger having
left behind several demijohns which he
had represented contained the magic
chemicals, they opened them to find
them filled with water.
Year: 1877

IT is in the minute circumstances of a
mans conduct that we are to inquire for
his real character. In these he is under
the influence of his natural disposition.
and acts from himself; wilhelm his more
important actions he may be drawn by
public opinion, and many other external
motives, from that bias which his dispo.
sition would have taken.
Year: 1877

A LADY school teacher in a western
town resigned her position, because when
she undertook to correct the big boys
they would attempt to kiss her-give her
a smack " for a blow. Fourteen hun
dred old girls have applied for the vacant
position.
Year: 1877

Suppose we make bold innovation, and
instead of having a square table in the
middle OF the room, we have a round ta-
BILE at one end. You will lose, of course.
in extent OF accommodation, but Just see
what you would gain in comfort. First.
you won't have the door opening upon
two or three unfortunate persons, includ-
ing the host, and interrupling their talk
with the clatter of dishes and the whis-
pered converse of the footman and msids.
and none of your guests will have their
spinal marrow wasted by sitting with their
backs to the fire. You will be able to talk
to every one at your table with use, and
the conversation, instead of languishing
in duets, may be made general-no small
advantage. Besides the gain in comfort
and cosiness is very considerable, and that
should be one of your greatest aims in
dining-room. Another thing not gener-
ally attended TO. is the lighting; and yet,
perhaps, it is the most important of all de-
tails. The usual way is to have large
chandelier hung high up, and Illuminating
chiefly the pictures. 1t was such an ar
rangement, by the way, that inspired Syd-
ney Smiths sarcasm, when he observed to
his host that ''above was light and beauty,
and below, darkness and gnashing of
teeth" Remember that however good
your pictures are, you don't want people to


look at them at dinnertime, and so concen-
trate your light upon the table itself. To
this end hang your light low, aud sur
round it with a crimson shade, SO that
whenever light penetrates to the upper
part OF the room it may do so in soft glow
of color, just sufficient to give an effect
of warm obscurity And if Won have vour
side board at the other end of the room
lighted, manage it in the same manner,
whether it be with candles or lamp, al
ways keeping the actual flame invisible.
And on your table do not commit the vul.


garity of one OF those silver-gilt epergnes
with looking-glass platforms and badly
cast flowers or something OF that sort,
supporting basket, and hung round with
| crystal balls don't have anything of that
kind, but plain glass or pottery, made in
the most graceful shapes you can meet
with, and let your real ornaments be the
flowers themselves. They're far more
beautiful than anything HUNT and Roskell
can make for you. And don't be afraid
of having leaves and grass intermixed


with your blossoms look at the proper
tion in nature between blooms and leaves
and try to initiate that; and above all, let
your light fall as strongly as possible on
your flower ornament-focus that, as 1t


were, and make everything else of less
Importance. AS to what the room should


be by daylight, apply to it the same prin-
ciples which | gave in my second article.
about furnishing in general, and make it
a room of practical service, not funeral
| chamber .-SpectatCr.
Year: 1877

The ultra temperance people will
hardly know whether to be satisfied or not.
Some time ago it was announced that no
wine would be given at the White House
dinners during the present incumbency
but if such a rule had been determined
upon, it was broken last Thursday when
the Russian Dukes dined officially with the
President. This was in accordance with
the representations of the Master of Cere-
monies, who pointed out that the imperial
visitors would not know what to make of
cold-water dinner. The ultra temperance
people will probably argue that this was an
excellent opportunity of giving those dis
tinguished foreigners little useful informa-
ton. No wine glasses were placed at the
plates of the President and his wife; and
so the Dukes did acquire some knowledge.
They learned that the President gave them
TO drink of that which he thought it wisest
not to drink himself. Morality, however,
did not demand the absence of the glasses !:
IN accordance with etiquette, they might
have been placed at the plate of the host,
and filled. He was not obliged to empty
them. The name of Mrs. Hayes is freely
mentioned in connection with the wine
question, and it is understood that the
proposal to Danish wine from the Presi-
dents dinnertable is particularly in ac-
cordance with her wishes. We are not
disposed to speak hypercritically of these
1t is unnecessary to say that the drinking
of too much wine has worked great deal
of harm throughout the land generally, and
in Washington particularly. 1t is true
that we have never heard of any deep
drinking at the White House dinner-table
But Mrs. Hayes probably knows that there
has been some excess at other Washington
tables, and in certain Washington circles.
She is naturally anxious that the President
should set good example in this respect,
and we must say that we think her anxiety
creditable. She is by the laws of society
mistress of her own table, and no gentleman
who may be her guest will desire to do any
thing which may be unpleasant to her.
Putting the matter upon this simple ground
of good manners, American citizens who
fully comprehend all the bearings of the
question, though they may not themselves
be totally abstinent, will not think or say
hard things of lady for the sake of a glass
or two of wine. Gentlemen do not un.
favorablY criticise the dinners to which
they may be invited, nor do they accept
invitations merely that they may be filed.
If Mrs. Hayes Glanced to be of the Hebrew
class, would any sane visitor grumble
because she did not give him pork chops ?
". 7. Tribune.
Year: 1877

The DANGEROUS SPITz DoG.-Dr. Ham.
mond, late surgeon general in the army,
gives his opinion that the Spitz dog is the
most dangerous of all dogs, his bite being
more likely than any other to excite
hydrophobia. 1t is also said by the New
York Times: With not more than three
exceptions every case of hydrophobia which
has occurred in this city or its vicinity
during the last three years has been traced
to the bite of the Spitz dog"
Year: 1877

Gov. HAMPTON on NEGRO SUFFRAGE.-
Wade Hampton reiterates his determine
ton to secure, so far as his efforts can ac-
complish it, equal and exact justice for all
citizens, of whatevor color, race, or party,
and he reaffirms the pledges to uphold and
sustain the colored citizens in all their
rights. In speech made on Thursday at
Charleston, to an audience in which there
were many colored Republicans, he took
occasion to assure them that they had
nothing to fear from his administration :;
that SO far from being in favor of depriving
them of the right to vote, he was one Of
the earliest advocates of the measure which
gave them the suffrage, and still approves
it. He claimed indeed to be more sincere
in his support of negro suffrage than many
Republicans who originally advocated it
but are disappointed in its results and
would like to be rid of it. Referring to his
position on this question, he said: IL was
the first man in America-certainly the
first in the South-who advocated the
granting of the right to vote to the colored
man. That is on record"