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Year: 1877

To retain or recover health, persons
should be relieved from anxiety concern
ing disease The mind has power over
the body-for person to think he has a
disease will often produce that disease.
This we see effected when the mind is
intensely concentrated upon the disease
of another. We have seen person sea-
sick, in anticipation of a voyage, before
reaching the vessel. We have known
people to die of cancer in the stomach,
when they had no cancer in the stomach
or any other mortal disease. A blind
folded man, slightly pricked in the arm,
has tainted and died from believing he
was bleeding to death. Therefore, per-
sons well, to remain well, should be
cheerful and happy; and sick persons
should have their minds diverted as
much as possible from themselves. 1t is
by their faith that men are saved, and it
is by their faith that they die. AS a man
thinlketh, so ie no. Tf ho rz'ills NOT to die,
he can often live i'll spite OF disease; and,
if he has little or no attachment to life,
he will slip away as easily as a child will
fall asleep. Men live by their minds as
we'll as by their bodies. Their bodies
have no life of themselves; they are only
receptacles Of life-tenements- for their
minds, and the will has much to do in
continuing the physical occupancy or
giving it up.
Year: 1877

Understand the reasons, and all the
reasons, why the habit is injurious.
Study the subject until there is no lin
gering doubt in your mind. Avoid the
places, the persons, and the thoughts
that lead to the temptation. Frequent
the places, associate with the persons,
indulge in the thoughts that lead away
from temptation. Keep busy; idleness
is the strength of bad habits. Do not
give up the struggle when you have
broken your resolution once, twice,
thrice-a thousand times. That only
shows how much need there is for you
to strive. When you have broken youI
resolution just think the matter over and
endeavor to understand why it is you
failed, so that you may be on your guard
against occurrence of the same circum-
stances. Do not think it an easy thing
that you have undertaken. 1t is folly
to expect to break off o habit in day
which has been gathering long years.
Year: 1877

The Virginia City Enterprise cautions
those in pursuit of labor and living to
keep away from Nevada. 1t says: "The
custom of men out of work and out of
money to apply to the city jail for q
cover from the night and something to
eat in the morning, tells a fearful story
of the want and destitution in our midst.


The fact is too patent to be denied. Some
OF the good people of this city spend all
their leisure time in endeavoring to find
something for heads of families to do
whereby they may provide for those de-
pendent on them for support. The re-
lief committee have done much, but
their funds are exhausted, and they,
more than most others, are acquainted
with the fearful destitution which pre-
walls among many families here in the
city. 1t has been hoped thai with t1e
coming of spring better times would pre-
vail, but things are continually going
from bad to worse, and the end is not
yet. Men have been lured here and con-
tinue to come, because of the published
and widespread report that miners get
81 per day. Many have managed, and
some are still managing, to get here, and
then they find that new men are not
wanted that not more than one in five
of the old miners can get work, and that
the prospects are continually growing
poorer. There are thousands of mer
here who had better go elsewhere. They
cannot do worse than to remain, anC
/ may do much better. New fields are
opening up. There is Arizona, where
workingmen are needed The Blacl
Hills and the Bear river country ar
open to prospectors. Anywhere is bet
ter than here, and it behooves all VIII,
are idle and can get away to go some


where-anywhere away from here"
Year: 1877

We often hear of the leather medal,
and in some instances our military marks
men have won, and occasionally wear
the leather medal as q sort of absurd re-
gala marking very low rate of marks
manship. 1t may be of interest to our
readers to learn the origin of. the medal.
Some time during the fourteenth century
the bad King John for the ransom of his
royal person promised to pay Edward
III. of England 1000, 900 of gold crowns
In order to fulfill this obligation he was
reduced to the mortifying necessity of
paying the expenses of the palace in
leather money, the center of each piece
being little point of silver. In his
reign is found the origin of the burlesque
honor of boyhood, called comforting a
leather medal" The imposing cere-
monies accompanying the presentation
gave full force, dignity and value to tht
leather jewel, which even noblemen
were proud to receive at the hands of
majesty.
Year: 1877

The Louisville Corier-Jom7lal, which is
published..in a state where whisky ought to
be good If anywhere, confirms the statement
that probably nine hundred and ninety-nine
gallons out of every thousand that are sold
as brandy are made from a vile compound
of whisky swill, distilled spirits and chem
ical denominations, and adds:


''And as il is also true of whisky, what in
the name of goodness are We all 70 do for
something to drink. IL looks as II we were
to he driven TO the pump in spite of ourselves.
If the world at large knew what vilIainous
stuffs brandy and whisky and wines are made
of, the present crop of drunkaris would be
about the last, or at any rate, all future crops
would be small. Nearly or quite all of the
liquors that are retaied nowadays are un-
doubtedly slow hut sure poison, and to
drink them habitually is simply a round
about way of committing suicide, and unless
you guard yourself carefully the way is not
so roundabout either,-
Year: 1877

trenton IN. j. Free American.


During the late political canvass a gen.
tleman of this city, who is strong Demo-
crat, in the course OF political debate
with a neighbor, who is firm believer in
the doctrines OF the Republican party,
made a bet with the latter that ii General
Mcclellan did not receive 1900 majority
for Governor he would shave himself with
a dry razor-that is, without brush or lath-
er, and without looking glass-upon a
street corner in a public portion Of this
city, between the hours OF 9 and II O'Clock
noon.


Yesterday morning the venerable old
Democrat, being satisfied that Little
Macs" majority will not reach the above
figure, took a seat on one of the corners
near the City Hall, took razor out of his
pocket, and cody began to comply with
the terms of the bet by shaving himself,
which operation he performed in graceful
and effective manner


The old gentleman is in his ninety-second
year, and, We are informed, not only voted
for General jackson but fought under him.
he being veteran of the warsof 1872. II
Is rarely that 4 man of such an advanced
age can shave himself. even under the most
favorable conditions, but TO do so in public
without looking glass, soap or brush, is
certainly extraordinary. lie occasionally
looked up and smiled good naturedly al
the groups OF curious persons who stopped
to look AT him
Year: 1877

While the army bill was pending in the
House, the Augusta Ga Chronicle, one Of
the ablest journals in the South, gave its
Democratic brethren IN Congress the. follow
ing sound and sensible words OF advice:


There is no necessity whatever for reducing
the strength OF the army from twenty five TO
tw.n niy 1T ousaInd men. The people have not
asked and do not wish such reduction. 1t
is absurd to say that an army Of the present
size is dangerous TO the liberties of the coun-
try IL is ridicule TO talk of twenty-five
thousand men holding forty-five millions OF
people in subjection. In that vast empire
west of the Valley of the Mississip-
ri such fo.ce is insufficient 10 protect set
tiers from the attacks of the Indians. On the
southwestern frontier the American military
force is so small as to be unable to prevent
the forays OF Mexican marauders. Let US
have done with the cheap demagoguery
which makes such a bugaboo of this handful
of men and continue the military establish
ment of the country on its present footing.
Year: 1877

MosIern arm, and the los OF the position
would leave the road from the Danube to
the Roumelian valley open again to the
Russians. Already certain activity Is dis
played among the R.zssiaAs just North OF,
and in the passes OF the Balkans, and the
indications are strong that the Gar doe
not expect to 90 into winte- quarters before
he has made another and much stronger
effort To place part Of his command south
OF the Balkans, probably 4 Adrianopie.
All th,s facts tend to give strength and
color to the reports that the Sultan intends
to sue for peace, and they show that the
Gar Is making the most OF the time that is
lett him before the interference Of other
Year: 1877

Sometimes one is led to wonder whether
the law is not to impede and defeat the ends
Of Justice rather than to secure them. Two
or three generations ago the lower courts,
and finally the Supreme COnrt, decided that
a large part Of the city of New Orleans be-
longed to Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, but by
one device after another, by legal quibbles
and hosts Of money, she has been prevented
from entering into possession Finally the
genial old lady has applied to Congress for
some special Legislation, in order to secure
to her her rights the few remaining years
she has to enjoy them. 1t may he that
Congress will find its time 50 fully occupied
with resumption silver, deficiency and ap-
preparation bills and the like, that it will
have no time to consider her petition. but
there certainly should be -ome way, either
in the machinery of the courts, or in gener-
al legislation, whereby legal DEGREES, such
as have been given in her case, may be en-
forced
Year: 1877

diate discharge OF the man who they claim
has done them 80 much injustice As an hon
orabie and large class of men, and unless
the said company shall accede to their re-
quest that they will use their united inEu-
ence to keep passenger and freight travel
from that line As long as they can reach
their customers by any other route They
are truly aroused TO action, and are making
things lively Tor the Judge.
Year: 1877

The striking cigar-makers of New York
have accomplished just what any one might
have anticipated. Dealers have become
tired of waiting on New York firms, have
Cancelled their orders there, and have made
their purchases elsewhere, and the pros
pect is that, by the time the strikers are
ready to return to work, there will be no
work for them to return TO. This is a bad
year for strikers of every kind.
Year: 1877

I-NNW IOIh IIIDuHt-I
Wendell Phillips has no fear Of third
term. He says the country has floated On
by Grant, and when the next convention
meets he will be six years behind time.
His European trip will not help him any,
for the coalition OF the west and south will
raise up a new man for the Democracy
against an eastern and hard money man on
the Republican side.
Year: 1877


Can't it be fixed to get a permit from the
French authorities 10 open up good old
game of faro at the Paris Exposition The
country could more than get even on her
$4,000 appropriation then.
Year: 1877

The Vanderbilt case affords .he press Of the
nation ample facts for comment on the mad
ness of avarice. The recent terrible sur
prise in Chicago demonstra es most clearly
that happiness is not always secured by the
possession of millions These reminders
should have some weight upon the thou
sands among us who are are hurrying to-
ward their graves with but one consuming
purpose, and that deceptive shadow.
Year: 1877

SOME one has thought it necessary to ex-
plain that the German Mission" men,
toned in connection with Bob Ingersoll is
sustained by the government, and not by
any church missionary society.
Year: 1877

Nine thousand dollars per session for
running the Office of Sergeant-at-Arms
ought TO be enough to satisfy even Re
form Democrat, when it is remembered that
the Office pans out $4,000 year to the in
cumbent over and above the salary paid by
Year: 1877

OF the State Executive Committee was
well-prepared document, with an ample
presentation Of the work and the field, and
was received with much enthusiasm


The morning session was then occupied
with the discussion OF state works and MIR.
II. q. Spafiprd, Of Chicago, made an adj
dress OF
Year: 1877

MILITARY BRIEFs.-The following comes
from source worthy Of credit: The First
regiment has spent nearly $4,000 since its
Reorganization in 1871 out OF its own fund
for accoutrements. Some of these, enough
for one company, through mistake, got
iato the possession OF the State, and were
issued to a company not in the regiment,
for which no compensation has been made
to the regiment. The regiment now needs
accoutrements, and the State cannot furnish
them. The Richmond City Guard paid
every dollar for its own accoutrements.


The average attendance at drills OF the
volunteers OF the State is over 1000
Among this number many are old cadets,
most of whom are officers, and it is fair tc
presume they have the men under their
command in as good fighting trim as the
average rebel at New Market.


The appropriation OF the State annually
for the Military Institute is $4,000. There
are 135 cadets, officers included. They have
200 45-calibre improved breech-loadine
cadet rides-the best gun now eXtant
With accoutrements, they cost over $1,000


An artillery company in the State was dis
banded because it could not get guns; an
other artillery company has only sabres.


In times Of need the volunteer militia are
called ON first ---
Year: 1877

Special to Cincinnati Gazette.
Pittsburg is to suffer more heaY-
lily than was at first supposed
from the late riots. The taxa
ton will be Increased nearly 4
per cent, and it is stated by a
high official that the Pennsylya-
MIA Company viii not rebuild
their vast Shops here but in
some small town where a mob
cannot be raised. This takes.
away the occupation of about
two thousand men, and is a.
heavy blow. Fhe papers here
dare not make the fact public.


I'd i
Year: 1877

u


Dying Game.


From the Eureka Sentinel


A bold attempt to rob the Ty


bo stage was made on Monday
evening at the Willows station,
forty miles south of Eureka. At
s o'clock in the evening three
masked men put in an appearance
at the station. The two occu-
pants of the house were bound,
gagged and laid away where they
could not give the alarm.


In about an hours time the
stage came rafting up to the Earn.
As the driver checked the horses,
a voice cried out in the gloom,
"Eugene Blair, surrender" Blair
Immediately swung himself to the
ground, and as he reached it he
was saluted by a double discharge
of shotguns, one from the rear of
the stage and the other from the
corner of the stable, just in front
of him. He caught sight of q
man and returned the fire. Then
he felt the muzzle of a shotgun
strike against his breast. He
grasped the barrel of the gun and
swung his man around. Brown
caught sight of the bighwayman
as he came in light of the coach
lamp, and, leaning over the box,
gave him the contents Of his shot
gun, riddling him with buckshot.
The robber, who had grasped
Blair by the coat collar, relaxed
his hold and fell TO the ground.
As Brown put bis foot on the
wheel to alight, the man in the
rear of the stage shot him through
the leg, inficting a severe wound.
Both Brown and Blair returned
the fire, when the highwayman
took to bis heels and escaped in
the darkness. The third man
had not put in an appearance DUR
ing the affray, and it was sup
posed that he was holding the
horses. The tracks where they
rode off in the sagebrush were
found the next morning. sl


The fettered blacksmith and
rancher were unbound, and an in.
vestigation as to the amount of
damage sustained ensued. Jack
Perry had perfect control, of the
team during the fighting, and the
two passengers, Prof. Price anet
j. M. Haskell, had remained quiet
spectators inside of the stage. A
light was procured, and the wound
ed road agent taken into the sta
tion> house, when it was found that
he had received nine buckshot in
the back, just abave the hip.
He was in great agony, and beg.
ged to be killed. Browns leg
was next examined, an ugly
wound discovered in the calf of
his leg. The party remained at
the station until daylight, when
the wounded men were placed on
the return stage, and in company
with Blair and Perry returned to
Eureka. On the road the wound.
ed robber was very reticent, OBJ
stinately refusing to give any in
formation in regard to his COM
panions that would lead to their
Identification. His only remark
about them was that, if they had
been as old hands at the business
as himself, the situation would
have been changed, and Blair and
Brown would have been lying on
their backs. He also informed
Blair that this was the second &C.
casion on which they had ex-
changed shots. About 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, as the stage
neared Pages ranch, it was found
that he was dying. Ia reply to
question Ifrom Blair, he gasped
out that his name was Jack Davis,
and then breathed his last. Il
Year: 1877

The Austin (Nev.) Reveille says
Willie Burgess, who drives team OF
sixteen oxen, hauling wood, has a valu-
able assistant in an intelligent dog. The
animal is of no particular breed. but
possesses remarkable sagacity. 1t
knows exactly what position the team
should keep and how the oxen should
90, and runs by their side and barks at
them and bites their heels when they go
wrong. The cattle seem to understand
what the barks and bites mean, and
obey them as intelligently as they do
the commands and prods with the goad
given by their human driver.


The sight of dog driving an OK team
is not new one to the writer OF this.
In the early days Of White Pine there
was man engaged in hauling ore down
from Treasure Hill to what is now
Hamilton, who used for that purpose
two OK teams, one OF which he drove
himself and the other was driven by his
dog, a large yellow cur. The road
wound with many curves down steep
mountain, but all that the man found it
necessary to do was to attend to the
brakes of both teams and guide the
front team, while the oxen were kept IN
the road by the dog, which gave its
orders BY barks and enforced them by
bites,
Year: 1877

from the shore standing opposite the
wreck looking at it. I told them to go
further up the beach and do all they
could to save the men, as they appeared
to be landing up there, with very
strong current running up the coast.
We pulled out several more Of the men.
I asked the shore people where the life
saving station was. They said there was
one seven miles and another four miles
down the beach. Isaw man on horse
back and sent him to the upper station
for assistance and to telegraph to Wash
ington for assistance to the wreck. This
was about seven A. NJ. Then 1 saw Mr..
Conway, who had just landed. / asked
the men on shore why the life car was not
there. They told me the life crew, con-
sisting of thirteen men, were at Roanoke
Island. I asked them why they did
not bring the life car up. They said it
was locked up in the station, and they
were afraid to break open the door. l
told them if they would come with me
would break open the door and get it
out. Five Of them volunteered to go. l
asked them if they saw our signals, and
they said they did, even the very first
signal. then walked and ran down the
beach with these men to the station. We
found no one there, but saw team COM
ing down the beach, which proved to be
that of Sheriff Brinkley, of Dare county.
I broke open the door, got out the NOR.
tar and lines, broke open locker and
found powder and balls, which Sheriff
Brinkley brought up in his team, but
when / got back to the scene OF the
wreck all the masts of the Huron were
gone and no one was on board.
Year: 1877

The Cincinnati Enquirer says " Mr..
John L. Guyre, the submarine diver,
with the assistance of Mr.. J. Y. Shiras,
solicitor for Bells telephone, made some
experiments with the telephone under
water. Divers have always eagerly de-
sired reliable means of communication
with those above them. Various plans
have been devised, and all abandoned
save the first and long-tried one-that
of signalling by pulls at the ife-rope.
One very successful plan, save of ex-
pense, was to interpose a reservoir,
large enough to admit man in it, be-
tween the diver and the air-pump.
Those above spoke to the man in the
reservoir, and he repeated it to the
diver. This plan operated well. The
sound was conveyed 30 distinctly that
the man in the reservoir could hear the
divers hair rubbing against his helmet.
This was abandoned on account of its
expense. The telephone test was made
in the river where Che Covington water
works pipes are being laid. The small
er telephone, the one used for receiving
was placed within the dress, lying upon
the Divers chest and near his mouth.
This enabled him to get his mouth
near enough to talk, but was very dis
advantageous for hearing. Insulated
wires connected this instrument with
the one above. Mr.. Guyre descended
to a depth of eighteen feet. Every
thing he said was distinctly heard above.
He found some difficulty in hearing
what was said, as the air, passing out of
the helmet with kissing and bubbling
noise, somewhat drowned the voice of
the telephone. This will be easily
remedied .by making a telephone Of
such special shape that it will be near
the divers ear, and removing the air
valve to some point in the dress further
from the ear. Nh. Guyre considers its
use fixed fact, and is delighted in be-
ieving his perilous business will be
made less dangerous.
Year: 1877

Some three weeks ago says the Hous-
ton (Texas) Age, Deputy Sheriff VIII
liams, of Walker county, arrested an
escaped negro convict, and was carrying
him back to Huntsville to place him In
the penitentiary. While on the way
back, the negro requested permission TO
stop for some purpose, and the request
was granted by Deputy Williams. The
handouts were removed from the negro,
and as quick as lightning he grabbed
the officer by the throat, and seized his
pistol, with which he shot the officer
twice in the breast, and with q knife he
then cut the wounded mans throat and
left him for dead.


The horse of the officer returned home
without his master, which excited the
suspicious of friends, and they immedi-
ately set out to ascertain what was the
matter. They soon found the bleeding
victim, who, despite the attempt OF the
negro, did not die, and from him they
learned Of the deadly assault.


A posse was quickly organized by me
citizens, and after a long search the
murderous convict was captured. Pre-
parations were made to make short WORK
of him. He was informed that ne had
to die, and if he desired to say anything
to LAY it at once, and be then confessed
that he had murdered the negro Henry
Pearson at Spring Station and fed.


Pearson is the same negro for whose
death Hero Dalton was tried beiore
Justice Brashear and virtually acqultteai.
The negro was then strung up to fee
and hung. His body was left hanging
to the tree.