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Year: 1877

This singular man lived in Greece. He was distinguished for his eccen

 tricities, bad manners, and bad dls- position. It was his chief business to find fault. For example, lie took q lantern one day when the sun was shining brightly and went out to search for an honest man, thereby insinuating that such persons were exceedingly scarce. When Alexan- der, distinguished military gentle man. paid him visit, and inquired what he could do for hlm, he had tic impndence to tell him to "get out of his sunshine" To cap the climax of his oddities, he dressed like beg gar and lived in a tub! He was | sour, grabbed, crusty old bachelor. We infer that he had no wife, first, because history does not mention her; second, because no woman would take kindly to one of his habits, dress, or manners, or aspire to become mistress of his mansion. There was an old woman who lived in sHoE,' it IS true, but the woman who would live in a TUB, and espc- cially with such a companion, has not been heard from. The misan- thropic spirit which possessed thls man was doubtless due to disordered digestion and billiousness, one of the prominent symptoms of which IS morose, fault finding disposition. The tongue is heavily coated, giving rise to bad taste, the appetite is not good, and the patient teels dull, sleepy, or dizzy, and is apt to be fretful. Unfortunately, MT. Dioge- nes lived several centuries before Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgativc Pel- lets were invented, few doses of which would have relieved him of his 'sbile," and enabled him to find scores of "honest men, without the aid Of his lantern. Under their magic influence, combined with that of the Golden Medical Discovery, to cleanse his blood, he might have been led to take a more cheerful view of life, to exchange his tub for decent habitatlon, to spruce up' in personal appearance, and at last have taken wife to mend his clothes and his manners, both of which were Tn evident need of repairs, and be-

 come the happy sire of little Diogeneses who would have handed down to prosterity the name, not of a cynic philosopher, but of cheer

 ful healthy, happy, virtuous man!
Year: 1877




In the House of Commons to-day, Mr.. Blake moved
the second reading Of the bill to make provision for
the exlradition Of fugitive criminals He explained
that tho bill to make general provision for the
carrying out OF the machinery for the cxraditon OF
fugitive criminals between the Empire and foreign
States and extending IL TO Canada Hc said there had
been for many years measure upon the statute book
providing special means for the exlradition OF
inals when the United States were concerned. the
law now upon the statute book would cease 10 DO
operative a new condition was made with the
United States and they would be thrown back on tho
imperial act OF 1870. The proposed bill has been
founded upon The imperial aoty Win some improve.
Year: 1877

The Pittsburgh Telegraph tells the
following story: "a banker of this
city has valuable cow, which gave a
large quantity of milk and was held in
high esteem for general good qualities.
All at once the supply of lacteal fluid
grew smaller by degrees and beautifully
less until the yield was scarcely worth
having. The family were greatly sur
prised at this, as the animal was in per-
feet health and in the height of her
season. 1t was limited that some person
whose love for milk overcame scruples
for stealing was at the bottom of the
mischief, and that, like thief at night,
he entered the stable where Bossy was
kept and relieved her of the milk. The
hired man was accordingly instructed
to watch for the thief and his vigilance
was rewarded by a most singular dis
covery. Just after daylight in the morn
ing he say a very large rat come forth
from his hiding place, and going to
where the COW was hiding, it stood on
its hind feet, with its forepaws on the
cows udder, and applying its mouth to
one of her lugs, sucked its full of milk.
When it was satisfied another rodent
took its place, and so ON until the supply
was exhausted and the family swindled
by the cunning rats out of their morn
ing's supply of the much covered fluid.
The story is well vouched for.
Year: 1877

I've been in love some sixty times


And always thought the newest fairest,
I've strung at least million rhymes,


Though not to forms like that thou wearest.
Some have been short and others tall,


Some have been plump and others slender,
But slim or dumpy, large or small,


To thine their brightest charms surrender.
To flirt with for a month or year


One might select different figure,
Less size, less heart, of course less dear,
With rather less of health and vigor.
But for fiiend-ye gods wife,


To live for, fight for, love forever,
never saw in all my life


One near SO perfect-never, never
I am in earnest-so don't laugh,


Thou precious, merry, darling creature
I'd rather see thy smiles by half


Irradiate each winsome feature,
Than all the splendid sights that night


Reveals beneath her starry glories,
Or, stepped in days most lovely light,


The scenes of old, old stories.
With thee companioned, one might go


Content through life's low vale of sorrow,
And blessed at present, care to know


But little of the dim tomorrow.
Yet fare thee well tits vain for me


To conjure up joys glowing vision
My last thought is sigh for thee,


And thine a sigh of deep derision.
Year: 1877

" Gentlemen, assure you that that
that that that man uttered is not that
that that the other gentleman referred
tor


ca Reserve is no more essentially
connected with understanding, than is a
church organ with devotion, or wine
with good nature


a. The reason why bankers are so apt
TO prosper is because they always take
so much interest in their business.
Year: 1877

AccIDENT.-Last Wednesday night
a gentleman stopping at the New
England House, while passing the
new brick store in course of con-
struction on Commercial street, ran
against ladder which was leaned
up in front of the building, and in
jured his face quite seriously. In
this connection it is we'll to state
that the building alluded to is so far
advanced as to warrant the removal
of such distractions to othe sidewalk
Commercial street being the most
frequented thoroughfare in the city.
OF all others should be kept clean.


We are indebted to Hon. O. Jac-
obs for the copy of bill introduced
by him in the house, providing for
the transfer of the lands granted to
the branch of the Northern Pacific
Railroad to the Seattle and Walla
Walla Railroad. The bill was read
twice, referred to the committee on
Pacific railroads, and ordered to be
printed.


WE can think of no act more con.
temptlble than that of one neigh
boring paper copying an article of 9
column in length from another with
the preliminary, ''says an ex'
change" etc.
Year: 1877

little assistance with bonds. The Southern Pacific Company comes to us and says, Gentlemen, we know that you have country rich in mineral and other resour- ces, a country, which will in time afford a handsome business for 8 railroad, and we should like to do your carrying but we shall have 1 to build in your country without subsidy, without any of the assis- tance given to railroads on every other frontier. We do not ask you for a dollar ; but as several years must elapse before our road can be made to pay even running expenses, to say nothing of cost Of maintenance and interest on con- struction, and in view of the im- mediate availability to yourselves of your resources consequent on construction of our road we do ask, that you for few years im- pose no burdens on a property that pays us nothing, while it does benefit you at once and inn mensely." The granting of this request conforms to the custom of helping new enterprises it is right and proper, viewed from high moral grounds {; and as a question of business sagacity; it will prove the best investment Arizona ever made.

 Yuma county would be the first to bear the burden and to reap the benefits. The protection of rail road property would add some what to the expense of our county Government, but the road will en- nance the value of property ten- fold and bring in more people to bear the burden of taxation. We admit that the total of taxes will be larger, but claim that the rate of taxation will be smaller, and that we shall have more money to pay with. Is it easier to pay $5 on property worth $200, than to pay S10, on it when enhanced to a value of $2.00O?

 Gentlemen of the legislature, our mines will be as rich for the next twenty years without g rail road, as they have been fer the past twenty, and so will all cur natural resources, but they will bring us in no more money. Tn time a railroad would be built here 9citkcut assistance but in- stead of legislating for posterity by defeating this bill, let ns make a prosperous State for our children and let posterity legislate for it. self.

 Yuma county wants a railroad NOW, and is willing to give the reasonable assistance asked, in or der/to advance that end.
Year: 1877

The following is from the Waco, Texas,
Register of May 19:


The killing of negroes in Limestone
county has gone SO far that the Mexia
Ledger thinks it time to call halt. The
Ledger expresses the fear that the "repn-
tation of the State" will suffer from q
continuance of sueh bloody deeds, and
also expresses the fear that the country
will suffer if the deeds continue. The
colored people of Limestone county have
had no more protection than if they had
been so many wild animals whom it were
perfectly legitimate, if not merit, to kill.
Some Of the colored people Of the county
got together quietly year and half or
SO ago and reported to President Grant
the names of between twenty and thirty
Of their number known to have been
murdered or who were unaccountably
missing, but no power was known in this
great government for their protection;
neither was any offered by the State gov
ernment nor by the county authorities.
Thus there has been no government to the
colored people of Limestone county.
They could be hunted and killed at will
with impunity. The Democratic demand
of the county forced Sheriff Love to 60
after three colored men who had run
away from the county to keep from being
murdered, and to keep from being mur-
dered they murdered the sheriff after he
had captured them and was taking them
back to the county.


OF all the colored people killed in the
county we do not know of an instance
where an inquiry has been instituted by
either national, State or county authori-
ties to ascertain the cause of the killing.
1t was denied that the national govern
ment had any right 10 inquire, and the
State and county authorities had no dis
position to do SO. A press, almost unani-
mously ready to deny the truth, has
simply said that the negroes were not be-
ing killed in the county, but the LEDGER
evidently thinks that too much advantage
is being taken of the license which this
denial of the press has given, and that q
halt must be called, or the sickeniDg facts
will be too much for even the Democratic
stomach, and therefore it not only very
creditably says the thing must stop, but
also calls for an investigation of the last
case. We say creditable to the Ledger,
because any journal in Limestone county
calling for any measure Of justice to the
colored people, or asking that any who
have committed depredations upon them
shall be called to an account will have q
terrible power to meet. Nor do we expect
they will be called to an account. We
have coDtended that it was the duty of
the general government to take jurisdic-
ton where it was necessary in protecting
the colored people, because we did not
believe the Democratic party considered
it was one of importance to protect them.
If there is enough of sentiment within the
party which thinks the colored man ought
to be protected to protect him, nov is the
time to show it. The whole world is
looking to see.
Year: 1877

SMALL-Pox.-Four more deaths from
smallpox last week than the week before.
Unless previous experience fails to indi-
cate the course Of the disease this year,
there will be considerable falling off by
the first of June. 1t is the time for the
Board of Health to take the most certain
measures to prevent its temperance next
season in the same localities. This is all
that can be done, but it ought to be done
lWell
Year: 1877

The WoRKHovsE.- Mayor having
suspended all the officials of the Work
house, the committee of investigation
have the whole matter in their charge.


II, however, the brief of Lionel Adams,
ESQ, appearing for the sheriff in the
habeas corpus case of Frank Rush, adopt
ed by the Superior Criminal Court, is to
prevail, there will be no necessity for any
Workhouse, and the city committee can
act accordingly.
Year: 1877

THE twenty-flrst verse of the eleventh chapter Of St. John reads: "Then said

 Martha unto Jesus, Lord if thou hadst

 been here my brother had not died" and these words were the text upon which the

 Rev. Mir. Anderson discoursed last Sun day morning at the Presbyterian church rooms. The minister's effort was to put

 in contrast questioning and complaining

 faith and a faith that accepts everything

 from the fall of the sparrow to the latest style of spring bonnet, with the heartfelt exclamation, mot my will but Thine be done." The principle Of Christian life is "saved by suffering. not from suffering Christ came Tot to relieve the world ol physical and mental suffering. The com,

 parstively few instances of relief to af earth, were given more as proof Of his divinity; his chief mission was to plant the seeds of his faith. We must continue to suffer for sin. But this suffering can through faith, work for us far more ex lceeding and eternal weight of glory. Look

 not mainly for peace and comfort in faith but for resignation and striving for q purer state.

 The sermon was listened to by a large audience. The interest ID the services continues unabated. The singing Is 6

 great attraction but some of the hymns seem awful short. When a real nice tune is started it's 6 great disappointment tc have the stanzas give out before you srC One Of the hymns last Sabbath morning had a chorus and a chorus helps ou Iamazingly. There ought 10 be g law re lquiring at least one chorus to every vers, in a hymn. The chorus is the soul of the thing. The hymn may be all very well the words may reach cases here and there in the congregation and the melody may touch individual hearts. But the choru, the chorus, where is the heart so finty as not 10 be touched by a sacred chorus the melodious soul Of united cOngrega Ition. We once knew 0 man who haC such a terrible voice that whenever l., I tried to sing alone. 1t brought out tho

 whole fire-department every time. But ht

 must sing and the only way he could finC relief was by joining in the chorus al

 church. This used to create considerable Iexcitement among the congregation, but

 there were so many voices they neve

 could place the difficulty and the churct

 finally got the name Of being haunted

 But the chorus was n great relief and com

 fort to the man that caused the difficulty l In the afternoon there was a bIbIe-clas.

 and an interesting lesson.
Year: 1877

SPRING Is fairly upon us. The broad fields Of the valley west of town are well lcsrpeted with green; some Of the cotton woods nearest the river are already in leaf and the balance Of the trees are lerOwding their buds 10 the very verge of bursting. The blackblrds all know it is Spring and you can hear them in the bright and beautiful morning and through out the sunny day, greeting in their clar- ion tones the loveliest season Of the year. We have come to really love the black bird. We used 10 love him physically that is, in a pie. They are very good that way and are quite an ancient dish, as wit ness the old nursery rhyme:

 "Sing a song for sixpence, Pocket full of rye;

 Four and twenty Blackbirds, Baked in pie"

 | And the rhyme goes on to narrate that

 when the ple was opened, the birds began

 to sing. But we always took this latter statement cum granO; it is hardly reas- ionable, and is too pointed to have been intended as a figure Of speech. We have seen loo many blackbird pies, to easily

 credit statement like the above.

 However, we were observing that we he'd icome 10 really love the blackbird: WIG

 mean that we love him now esthetically He is such neat, trim. handsome fellow

 he is the persOniicatIon Of life, health anc happiness; he has such clear, hopefu voice, and as he stands on the bough O ! his favorite tree, and lifts his shininl

 black head above his trim shape anC lglossy feathers and pours from his tiny throat his clear-toned challenge anC

 greeting to his little world of vision, h,

 would inspire the veriest anchorite with ; lgleam Of hope and love for the beautifu world:
Year: 1877

THE other day we picked up in the en- trance to the post-office, the followin g scrap of affection, evidently being a rem nant of a missive from some absent Juliet to a resident Romeo:

 My own precious: Iris now the witch ing hour Of night and through the parted curtains of my chamber window the puls- ing stars are looking down into my eyes and telling me Of thee. have just re- turned from the most delightful ball Of the season. The music and dresses were grand but the supper was just splendid. overate myself and have got whole can vas-back duck swimming around in my stomach. But my love for you will nev- CT succumb to du-

 The rest Of the leaf and words were torn off,-to our great sorrow.
Year: 1877

Girls listen 10 this, and with virtu-
Gus resolve demand as your right. a
pure love


Young men Of bad habits aud fast
tendencies never like 10 marry q girl Of
their own sort, bat demand . wife
above suspicion. So pure. sweet women,
kept from the touch Of evil through
girlhood, give themselves with oil their
costly dover Of womanhood into the
keeping Of men who, in base associa-
tions. have learned TO undervalne all
that belongs to them, and then find no
repentance In the sad after years


There Is but one way ont Of this. aud
that is for you to require in associations
and marriage, purity for purity. sobrie-
~ for sobriety, honor for honor


There is 40 reason Why the young
inen Of this land should not he Just -
virtuous ss its young women, and if the
loss of your society be the price they
are forced to pay for vice. they will not
pay it.


This is plain. sensible talk. and Just
such as ought to be needed by ell our
boys and girls, till the much needed re-
formation is fully established. Zoo
much of the happiness or misery of our
children depends on this for it to pass
without producing deep reflection and
action In the right direction.
Year: 1877

How TO MAKE THE TEA 60 Fur
rHER.-A method has been discovered
Tor making more than the usual quan-
uty of tea FROM any given quantity OF
the leaf The whole secret consists IN
steamlng the leaf before sleeping. By
this process, it is said. fourteen pints Of
good quality may ~ hrewed from ono
ounce Of tea
Year: 1877

The action taken by the Sen
ate Finance Committee On the
silver bill, on the Goth inst,
clearly foreshadows that it will
be reported with recommends
tions for passage and in a shape
which while obviating one of
the most general criticisms on
the house measure, will at the
same time not ALLEVIATE its sup
porters. One practical effect of
Allison's amendments, if enact


ed, will be to enable bullion hold
ers to sell their stock Of metal
for cash instead of awaiting the
slow process of coinage, and
there is also reason to believe
tnat the assured purchase By the
government of at least S2,OO0,-
900 worth Of silver each month,
for an unlimited future time, will
soon enable large producers and
capitilists to control the market
sufficiently to advance the price
of silver bullion. The amend
Year: 1877

The war between Russia and
Turkey still diags its slow
length along. rWe'must confess
to a belief that with the close of
the year the prospects of the
Turks are growing much darker
than appearances seemed to indi-
cate few months since. The
great numerical superiority of
the Russians is telling at last,
and although the bravery Of the
Turks is unquestioned, it is but
too patent that their generals
are as incapable ofplanning cam.
paigns or of outstanding their
resources, or Of doing anything
energetically or Systematically,
as they have always been. 1t is
also true that the Russian gen
erals have shown themselves
almost as much incompetent, and
we believe that if the two ma
tons We're on anything like
equal terms as regarded the
size of their armies, Russia could
never conquer the Turks. But
as the case stands the Cross is
decidedly in the ascendant. The
fall of Kars and consequent loss
of 10000 men, is fatal blow to
Turkey; which taken together
with the fact that the Ottoman
exchequer is and has been for
some time in hopelessly bank
rupt condition, renders the
speedy termination Of the une-
quail contest almost certain. 1t
must be conceded, however, that
the Turks have fought gallantly
and we'll, and with "a desperation
truly marvellous, heightened and
inflamed by their fanatical relig-
ious zeal and undying devotion
to the creed of Mahomet.-
Whether the overthrow of Turk
ey will benefit civi .ization or not
is a question which time alone
will solve. 1t is possible that
mediation may be proposed by
some Of the Powers. and thus
end the struggle without further
bloodshed.
Year: 1877

This is pre-eminently an age
of strikes. Never before has the
country witnessed so many om-
inous and depiorable uprisings
among the working classes as
have occurred since the begin
ming OF the present year. We
use the terms ominous and de-
plorable, advisedly, for these
discontented gatherings of over
worked and illy-paid laborers are
forerunners of something of a
more serious nature than the
casual observer may suspect,
caused, as they frequently are,
by a too rapid increase in popu-
lation without corresponding
increased in the avenues of labor
ultimately resulting in misery
and wretchedness to those impro-
vident ones, who, having neg
lected to provide for a rainy day
suddenly find themselves thrust
upon the cold charities of the
world. Out Of food and unable
to obtain remunerative employ
ment in the busy marts of labor,
where there are so many in like
circumstances, frantically striv-
ing for the means wherewith to
obtain the necessaries of life, it
is not to be wondered at that
they are eager for strikes and
revolutions; holding as they do
exaggerated prejudices against
capital, infiamed by the ill-ad-
vised harangues of their self
constituted and fanatical leaders.
who hesitate not to convert the
misery and wretchedness of their
frenzied followers to the gratifca-
tion of their own selfish purpos-
es. AS an instance of this, we
refer to the riotoas gatherings
that nightly assemble in the
streets Of San Francisco, to lis
ten to the incendiary appeals of
a score or more of raving dema-
gogues who seemingly would be
content with nothing short Of
the overthrow of the govern
ment and utter annihilation Of
capital. With the growing hos
tility to Chinese competition,
the confidence engendered by
increased Numbers and more per-
feet organization, and the in


creasing agitation of extreme
means by these ignorant and
hot-headed demagogues, it is not
impossible that a condition of
things may be brought about
needing only an exciting spark
to burst into flame.


The Importance Of prudent
and speedy legislation on this
subject is evident. In order to
accomplish this result it is first
necessary that these incendiary
leaders should be promptly ar
ested and punished as dangerous
enemies to society, and then that |
wise and lawful action should be
taken to remove the cause which |
renders them dangerous. Until
some such action is taken we
may expect from time to time to
be cursed with these demoraliz-
ing and distracting outbreaks
among workingmen.