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Year: 1877

rare fun by the crowds of spectators,
and even the holy Bishop enters hearth
ly into the jest by making repeated
feints of throwing in the cross, so as to
get the poor fellows to plunge into the
cold water, while he still holds it in his
hand. The one.who succeeds in getting
it, holds it up out of the water, and
then triumphantly brings it ashore.


He is then permitted to go around
among the crowd with plate for their
presents, and with the cross borne be-
fore him he afterwards goes from house
to house for the same purpose. In the
evening he is expected to treat his un-
successful rivals to big drunk.


And SOFAS well as in many other ways,
the cross is brought into contempt by
those who bear the name of Him who
hung upon it, in the eyes of the be-
levers ill the false Prophet and the
revilers of Christ. G.. A. S.


Robert College,


Constantinople, Feb. 10, 1877.
Year: 1877

Leaning on my husbands arm, l was
walking on the Rue de la Paix, about
one block from the Vend6me column,
and was looking up at the column itself,
admiring the effect produced by the
dark bronze of the shaft against the
gOld-fushed hue of the sunset sky, the
hour being about in the afternoon.
Suddenly down the face of the column
fell a human form with white and black
draperies futtering in the air; it struck
the wreath of immortelles that sur
rounds the column at it's juncture with
the pedestal, and rebounded with such
force that it was thrown clear over the
railing that surrounds the base, and fell
into the center of the outside pavement.
| could not realize for moment that |
had really beheld that awful spectacle
"A human being self-hurled into eter-
nity-but such was indeed the meaning
of what | had seen. In a moment the
PROSTATE figure was surrounded by a
dense crowd. The emotion of the spec
tatOrs was extreme, and one old lady
burst out crying in her agitation. The
victim was young and neatly dressed
woman. She lay prone on the pave
ment as she had fallen, but no trace of
blood OF mutilation was visible, as one
of the bystanders had drawn her water
proof cloak around her shattered head,
that having been the point that first
struck the pavement. Her shoes, a
neat pair of black lasting boots, had
been forced from her feet by the fall,
showing clean white stockings of a
quality never worn in France by the
working classes. One of her garters,
also .jerked off by the fall, lay near her
"a dainty blue silk affair, with gilded
clasp. She had, as l afterward learned,
gone most deliberately to work to exc
cute her purpose. She had concealed Il
camp-stool under her waterproof be-
fore making the ascent. Arrived at the
top, she had profited by a moment when
the guide was busted in pointing out
certain objects of interest in the view
to another party, had then gone around
to the opposite side, had placed her
camp-stoOl there, mounted upon it, and
so contrived to Chamber over the high
railing. passed by the spot an hour
later. The body had long since been
removed, and the crowd was gone but
a few bystanders fingered under the
darkening sky, looking alternately up
at the summit of the gigantic shaft that
lowered above them and down at two
crimson stains upon the pavement, up
on which gravel had been hastily strwen,
but which still revealed dusky and
ominOus red through the pebbles and
sand that tried to hide them.-Lucy III.
HOOper's Letter from Paris IN NeaU York


World
Year: 1877

"You are good man, and heaven
will reward you, replied the proprietor,
as he filled the dishes up again.


The stranger said he wanted to bring
in just five more, SO as to say that he
had fed an even score, and he rushed
out after them, while the restauranter
sent after more oysters and crackers.
The stranger didn't return. He was last
seen climbing into farmers sleigh on
State street and guiding his team to the
west. The fifteen i'll the restaurant
licked their plates clean and departed
in joyful procession, and the last one
had passed out before the man who fur
nished the soup had got through wait
ing for the return of the big-hearted
stranger. There were Oaths and slang
phrases and watchwords and expressions
delivered in the purest of English, but
what mattered it to the fifteen soup de-
vourers who drew up in line opposite
and 'Resol0ed, That them oysters just
touched the spot" Detroit Free Prees-
Year: 1877




NEVADA STORY ABOUT THE ORIGINAL


INNOCENCE OF THE AUTHOR OF ''IN-


NOCENTS ABROAD"


When Mark Twain lived in Virginia
he roomed with Dan De Quille. All
the miseries that guile ever endured,
and all the bad characters he ever got
dated from that time. They lived in
several different lodging houses, and
were turned out of them all, one after
the other, all on account of Dan, who
soon acquired bad reputation, second
to none in Virginia. No respectable
family would harbor Dan, who knew
anything about him, and the very men,
tiOn of his name would cause a land
lady to hold up her hands in virtuous
horror. One morning Mark woke up
and heard the landlady's cat mewing
about the door which was open. Dan
was fast asleep and Mark grabbing one
of his heavy boots, threw it with fatal
precision at the intruder. The cat
limped off with broken leg 1.-THE boot
weighed five pounds,) the landlady Sc
cured the missile and waited for its
owner to appear. Mark got up, dressed,
and went out with both boots on. The
landlady greeted him with a pleasant
smile, and when Dan got up and was
walking about in his stocking feet hunt
ing for his left boot, he received a
scathing dressing down from the land
lady who without allowing him to ex-
plain ordered him to leave the house.
Mark cOndoled him in his trouble and
said, "I'll stick to We, Dan" The next
house they moved into had pantry
close to the room consigned to them.
Every night Mark would steal two or
three mince pies and eat them entire
without giving Dan a sight at them.
In the morning the landlady would be
brushing about near the door, Dan
would be asleep and Mark would open
out in loud voice as follows: 'Dan
this business won't do. Those pies
don't belong to you. In the first place
it's petty larceny and then in the next
it gets crumbs in the bed. Well get
notice to quit pretty soon. faint the
square thing on the landlady. Now
this is the last time propose to speak
of this" The landlady, who took in
every word, would give poor Dan notice
to quit and never hear word of ex-
PLANTATION. "Well, you go | go, Dan,"
tiii n NOuiu say
fidelity touched Dan to the very core.
The next place was an intensely re-
spectacle private family. When Mark
expected to be out all night he would
slip up to the room and stTew a few
hair-pins around promiscuOusly, and
scatter few down in the foot of the
bed where they would be found when
the landlady was making it up. 1t
would all be laid TO Dan of course.
'Tve got family here, and want to
bring my daughters up respectable" :"
would be the landlady's remark, as she
ordered Dan to pack up. "When they
fire you out, Dan, it means me, too"
Mark would say in tones of brotherly
affection that melted Dams inner ma
ture, and caused him to think there was
some true men in the world after all,
and he used often to remark in speak
ing of Twain, ga man who never shakes
friend in adversity is the nOblest work
of Cod VirginidR Chronicle.
Year: 1877

A RUFFIAN WELL SERVED.
latest and most effective cOunterblast
against tobacco was delivered by lady
in Sixth avenue car on Saturday. One
of those noble specimens of manhood
who chew the weed and with impartial
mind distribute saliva upon everything
and everybody within range, was sitting
opposite the lady. From his capacious
mouth, at regular intervals, a stream of
amber-iuice fell upon her dress. Her
look of blank amazement soon gave
place to one of wrath frown blacker
than midnight gathered upon her face.
Patience ceasing to be virtue, she at
last rose, carefully gathered up her
dress so as to lose not a drop of the fra
grant liquid, and, leaning toward him
vis-a-vis, wiped his face with the gar
ment he had desecrated, and then de-
liberately resumed her seat. The as
tonished man roared with rage and pain,
vainly tried to wipe the tobacco juice
from his smarting eyes, and at last rush
ed from the car, followed by rOars of
laughter from the passengers.-Ne
York Tribune.
Year: 1877

A great deal depends upon the leader
Let her dispense with any unnatural
formality. The ceremony should be
that of the parlor to some extent. Wei
come the ladies as they enter, with a
pleasant word, present strangers to each
other and look happy and alive, not as
though you were posed for photo
graph. After the meeting is launched
do not allow it to lose itself in long,
embarrassed pauses. Have plenty OF
singing. Try to get up conversation,
not succession of stilted or hesitating
speeches, but free and animated talk
in which views may be exchanged on
some subject of everyday interest. Ii
is as well to appoint the subject at each
meeting for the next one. Then, ladies
who do not care to talk can bring some
thing short and appropriate to read OH
the theme, or perhaps cluster OF
bible-texts, or sheaf of verses from
the hymn book to enrich the occasion.


Do not tTemble lest somebody is crit
icising you. There is really very little
unkind criticism or malevOlence in such
places of meeting. If there is anybody
of whom you are really in dread, for
once borrow some of the wisdom of that
much derided bird, the ostrich, and sit
where you cannot see her.


When we are lifted into that peaceful
state of mind in which we see Jesus
only, it is wonderful how remote and
slight the things come to be that were
lately stumbling blocks. We are no
longer afraid of each other. We no
longer feel the burden of ourselves. 1t
is this dreadful consciousness of self,
of the impression we may make, of what
Others may think of us, that weighs us
down and fills us with dread. Let us
forget that there is any one near but
Jesus, and the remembrance of him will
make us strong. Christian Union.
Year: 1877

ga chrome given away with every
two quarts of oysters" Is placarded in
the window of Springfield fish mar
ket.


Prize conundrum-Why don't wo-
man like to hear her husband make a
public speech Answer (by a Lady,


A dealer advertises "a large stock of
bankrupt pianos and organs" Now,
who would wish to purchase musical
instruments whose notes were not good.
Detroit Free Press.


''The nearest that ever was to hell"
says Parson Brownlow, twas when
was in Washington" Ah, yes, Parson;
you were mighty sick there, sure
enough.-COurier Journal


1t is amusing to occasionally find an
ignorant person calling a newspaper
Lying sheet" If sheets were not made
to lie in, what were they made for p
Boston Commercial Bulletin.


The proprietor of IA line of stages in
New York, has adopted the picture of
IA whale as his business emblem. He
says that that fish was the first Stay
Jonah mentioned in history.


The Courier Journal says the demo-
crat who expected to be Surveyor of
the Port need not despair. He can go
out and survey the port as often AS he
shall feel like doing so.


1t is a very solemn scene to see
man with a dozen mortgages on his
house and lot, rise in church and sing:
"When can read my title clear"


A young woman from the rural dis
tricts entered dry goods store the
other day and asked for pair of stock
ings. The clerk politely asked her
what number she wore. "Why, two
you fool. Do you think | am a cent?
pede or that / have a wooden leg 2"


When lovely woman stOops to frolic,
And rues, alas the ruse too late
No balm can soOthe her melanchOc,
No art can make her pull back straight.
Detroit Free Press.
About the sickest typographical error
we have seen for some time is the re-
cent announcement that certain gen
tlemau would deliver lecture "on the
small pox, for the benefit of the poor"
The editor wrote con the sixth prox,n
and the intelligent composition will
accompany colony to Texas next
month. -NOTristOiUR Herald.
a TltCSDulS paper SPEAKS Vi young
man "whO shot himself in the West
End one evening last week" There's
nothing like being explicit. The young
man is severely but not fatally wound
ed /; but if he had shot himself in the
South West end, little northerly,
veering southeasterIy, there would have
been no hopes of his recovery Norris
tO,Un Herald.


An innocent young man desires to
know why crockery-ware dealers are
unlike all other shopkeepers, and adds
very innOcently, "Because it won't do
for them to crack up their goods"
Year: 1877

~ Hotel dead beats are becoming
quite common in New York and Boston.
Some time since lady arrived at a
fashionable hotel in New York with
trunks and bandboxes, and cut quite a
spread. The bill was sent in, but she
informed the landlord that she expected
her husband by the next steamer. Sew
eral next steamers arrived, but no hus-
band. The landlord saw that he was
done, and so he made this proposition
81 see how it is, but will say nothing
upon one condition" ''Name it," she
said. 81 will pay your passage if you
will go to Boston and put up with my
friend at the - House, and what is
more, I'll give you letter of introduce
ton to him announcing that you expect
your husband in the next steamer.
"Lor' bless you," said she, "your friend
in Boston advised me to pay you a
visit" She was professional.
Year: 1877

BY LIZZIE C. ATWOOD.
Three times L have envied my neighbor,
My neighbor over the way
Once, when she came in her beauty
Home on her wedding day.
Once when the proud, happy father
Carefully muffled the bell,
And joyfully sent the message
Mother and child are we'll"
Again 1 envied my neighbor,
Though my heart fairly ached with its pain
As they carried a little white coffin
Out into the soft summer rain.
For thought as L sat at my window,
Alone in my desOlate hail.
It's much better to love and to lose
Than never to love at all"
And who have gone thro life lonely,
Forever so lonely must be
For 1 know very well that in heaven.
There is nobody waiting for me.
While she, tho her hair may be snowy,
Before she lies down to her rest,
Will at last have her dear little baby
To lie like dove on her breast.
Year: 1877

How A GOOD MAN FEELS IN VIEW
OF DEATH.-TO the venerable Rev.
John S. C. Abbott, who has been for so
long on dying bed at Fair Haven, the
future life is wonderfully real and tan
gible. The following is from a recent
letter: l never was so happy before as
now. Ny cup is full. When | contem-
plate my passage through the stars,
guided by celestial escort, my arrival in
heaven-wonderful, wonderful heaven,
my personal presentation to my
heavenly Father, the revelation which
will be made to me of Jesus Christ,
my Savior, and of all the mysteries of
the incarnation, and of the spirit world,
my Joy ascends to rapture. | am very
happy to remain here as long as God
would have me but no language can
tell the joy experience in view of the
arrival of the chariot of Israel, the
horsemen thereof to convey me. shall
probably never see you again in the
world, my dear brother, but shall be
indeed glad to greet you when you en-
ter the golden gates; and that time will
soon come.
Year: 1877

The question of the injurious effect OF
cigarette smoking is considered by the
New York San, which judges as an ex-
pert that the cigarette is worse than The
pipe or cigar for people of weak lungs
or tendency to bronchial troubles. II
is also true that the paper used in cigar
cites is often more or less poisonous.
ALI Havana cigarettes are rolled In paper
partly made of cotton, which gives off Ill
burning empyreumatic oils dangerous to
the lungs. The papier persan. Of
French manufacture, sold in books, is
the best; but cigarettes made IN the
United States. particularly those made
Of the Caporal tobacco, are good. The
habit of inhaling the smoke is the wors
evil of cigarette smoking.
Year: 1877

There sat two glasses filled 10 the brim,
On rich mans table, rim to rim.
One was ruddy and red blood,
And one was clear the crystal food.
Said the glass of wine to his paler brother,
20 Let tell the tales of the past to each other;
1 can tell of banquet and revel and mirth,
And the proudest and erandcst souls ON earth
Fell under my touch though struck by blight
Where king, for ruled in might.
From the heads of kings have 1 torn the crown,
From the heights of fame have hurled men down
1 have blasted many honored name,
have taken virtue and given shame;
have tempted the youth with sip, taste,
That has made the future a barren waste.
" Far greater than any king am 1,
Or than any army beneath the sky.
have made the Of the driver fail.
And sent the tram from the iron rail.
have made good ships go down at sea-
And the shrieks of the lost were sweet to me;
For they said, Behold how great you bel
Fame, strength, wealth, genius before you fall,
And your might and power over ALL
Ho no pale brother laughed the wine
" Can you boast of deeds great as miner"
Said the water glass Sc cannot boast
OF king dethroped or a murdered host
But can tell of hearts that once sad,
By my crystal drops made light and glad.
OF thirsts I've quenched and brows I've laved;
OF hands I've cooled and souls have saved.
have leaped through the valley, dashed down the


mountain;


Slept in the sunshine and dropped from the sky,
And everywhere gladdened the landscape and eye.
have eased the hot forehead of fever and pain !;
have made the parched meadows grow fertile with


grain;


tell of the powerful wheel of the mill
That ground out the -four and turned at my will;
L can tell of manhood debased by you
That have lifted and crowned anew.
cheer, help, 1 strengthen and aid,
gladden. the heart of man and maid;
set the chained wine-captive free,
And all are better for knowing me-"
These are the tales they told each other
The glass of wine and its pale brother,
As they sat together filed to the brim,
On the rich mans table rim to rim.
Year: 1877

To keep nails from rusting may be ac-
complished without difficulty by heating
quantity of them ON a shovel, and
throwing them, while quite hot, into a
vessel of coarse oil or melted grease.
The nails should not be SD hot that the
grease will be made to smoke freely.
Cut nails prepared in this manner are
improved in every respect. They are
rendered tougher, and they will outlast
any kind of wood, even though buried
in the ground; while unprepared nails
are completely destroyed by rust in a
very short time.
Year: 1877

cup suet chopped fine, two eggs, scant
pint milk, one-half teaspoonful soda,
one-half cup apples chopped fine, one
cup raisins, one teaspoonful each of
cloves and cinnamon, three teaspoonfuls
molasses; steam one and three-quarter
hours.


The finger nails should be trimmed
regularly and carefully. The shape is
matter of choice, but the length should
be gauged so as to leave about one six
teenth of an inch of the white visible.
A very effective cure for brittle nails, in
addition to careful trimming, is to insert
under the edges, nightly, small quan-
tity of mutton tallow, which will yield
readily to soap and tepid water in the
morning. Rag nails cannot be cured by
an application of the teeth, but will sue
cumb 10 careful clipping with scissors,
and p bit of court-plaster TO cement the
wound until naturally healed. .-Rttrat
NcW Yorker.


To REMOVE SUPERFLUoUs HAIR
When the eye -brows join, which is very
unbecoming, they should have the hair
taken out with tweezers, and after q
while it will stop growing, leaving no
mark. Apply cold water after its use.
Never use a razor, as it increases the
growth, makes it coarse, and leaves an
ugly blue mark, as was the case when
that detestable fashion of shaving the
forehead was In vogue. Hair in the nos
tril may be removed the same way /; but,
before using the tweezer, rub on some
white wood ashes. For hair on the
arms wear white flannel sleeve at
night. The gum of ivy is considered a
good remedy, as is also elder flower
water.-NeU York Times.


To CURE A CH1LD's CoLD.-Try smok-
tar. Get pint or more of pure pine tar
(not the oiD from the ship chandler !;
heat poker red-hot, and stir the tar
with it. A thick smoke will rise. Hold
your head over it, keep your mouth shut,
and inlale through the nostrils. Heat
the poker three or four times, until the
room is filed with smoke shut doors
and windows, and remain i'll the roor as
long as possible. In two weeks get
fresh tar. 1t is a good plan to smoke it
in ones bedroom just before retiring !;
after smoking, open window from the
top; the smoke will slowly escape, but
enough remains to be of some benefit.
Use borax in the water in which the
child is bathed, as it will invigorate
it.-C0r. NetO York Times.
Year: 1877

1t has been suggested that the school
board buy the old courthouse, move it
over by the school-house. and make use
of the additional room thus gained TO
accommodate the pupils. The old school
building is getting crowded.
Year: 1877

The. Troy Chief publishes letter
from the Black Hills, written by a for.
mer citizen of Doniphan County, which
gives a very gloomy account of the
prospects in that region. Wages are
nothing, and there will not be work for
one in twenty that are coming. There
are no placer claims that can be had, and
there is not quartz rock in the Hills
that has not q stake on it. The writer
says that people who can earn enough to
eat at home, had better stay there.
Year: 1877

I am asked every day what will cure
neuralgia, and 1 desire to answer
through the newspaper to the Public
that Bancroft's discovery il the only sure
remedy know Of This truly wonder
full Remedy is without doubt specific
for Neuralgia and Rheumatism. Sold
by John Francis.
Year: 1877

ond Judicial District of the State of Nevada in and for
the county of Ormsby. Roger Crow, plaintiff J. L.
Clegg and Florence Cegg and A. W Pray, defendants.
Action brought in the District Court Of the Second Judicial
District of the State of Nevada in and for the county
Ormsby and the complaint filed in said county of Ormsby


in the Office of the Clerk of said District COurThe State
Nevada sends greeting j. L. Cegg and Florence Cegg
and A w Pray defendants You hereby required to
appear in action brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court of the Second judicial
Ormsby and to the complaint filed therein
of which accompanies this summOns) within ten DAYS
elusive of the day of serVce after the service YOU of
this summons-f served within this county, served
of this county but in this district within twenty days.
otherwise within forty daysor judgment by default will
be taken against you The said action is brought fore
close a certain mortgage executed by defendants j. L.
and Florence Cegg to said plaintiff lot No. a. in
block No. six (6 in Rice Peters addition to the city Of
Carson in Ormsby county, Nevada which said mortgage
given to the payment of prOmissory note
made by defendants j. L. and Florence Cegg the 20h
hundred dollars and interest thereon at three @ per
per month ali in gold coin of the United States And
plaintiff asks decree of foreclosure of said mortgage and
that the moraged premises be decreed to be sold and
proceeds applied to the payment of COSTS attorneys fees
taxes insurance and the principal and interest
said note in gold coin of the United States and found
insufficient that Judgment be docketed against the prop
erty of defendants L. and Florence Cegg for any bal
lnce found remaining due plaintiff All Of which more
ully forth in plaintiffs complaint file in nv office
And you hereby notified that you fail appear and
nswer the said complaint above required, the said
plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded
Given under my hand and the seal of the District


Lo' of Nevada in and for the county of Ormsby this


-* oath day of August, in the year Of Lord one
housand eight hundred and seventYsseven,


au25iaw6w ALFRED HELM, Clerk