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Year: 1877

BE SENsrBLE.-Do not he above your
businss. He who turns up his nose at
work quarrels with bread and butter.
he is a poor smith who is afraid of his
Own sparks; there's some discomfort in
all trades except chimney sweeping. If
sailors give up going to sea because OF
the wet; if bakers left off baking bread
because it is nard work; if pIougbmen
would not plough because Of cod, end
,ailors would not make our clothes for
fear of pricking their fingers, what a
pass we would come 10. Nonsense, my
fine fellow, there's no shame about any
honest calling don't be afraid of soiling
your hands, there's plenty Of soap to be
had.


All trades are good to good traders.
Lucifer matches pay well if you sell
enough of them. You cannot get hon
ey if you are frightened at bees, nor
plant corn if you are afraid of getting
mud on your boots. When bars of iron
melt under the south wind; when YOU
can dig the fields with toothpicks; blow
ships along with fans; manure the crops
with lavender water, and grow plum
eases 10 flower pots, there will be fine
time for dabdies; bat until the millen.
mum comes we shall all have deal 10
put up with.
Year: 1877

In DEATH NOT DIVIDED "A HUSBAND
AND WIFE DIE IN EACH OTHERS ARMS.
Intense excitement was occasioned
near Zanesville, Ohio, by the discovery
of fearful tragedy which has been
enacted few miles from town, and in
volved the death of two persons-a man
and wife. The victims were Mr.. and
Mrs. Abner James. Mr.. James was an
undertaken. and had an office in this
city. He and his wife did not live
very happily together. They had been
married about fourteen months, and
recently business troubles added TO
their uuhappiness. Yesterday their
disagreement seemed TO have reached a
climax, when the wife left the house,
declaring that she would never live with
her husband again. She started for
her mothers house, which is out from
this city, in the suburbs. The husband
followed her, and both of them were
seen leaving the city on the afternoon
train on the G. 81 NJ. V. Railroad.
They got off the train at Deicarbe, and
started to walk across the fields TO the
house Of widow Lacock, the mother OF
Mrs. James. She resides on small
farm about mile east of Roseville,
which is about eight or nine miles from
this city. When last seen alive they
were walking up the lane leading from
the public road toward the house. They
never reached the house. This morn
ing about eigh. o'clock the bodies OF
both were found lying in fence corner
about three hundred yards from the
house. The husband had bullet hole
in his breast, and the wife one in the
temple and another in the region of the
heart. They were tightly locked in
each others arms, and in the left hand
of the wife. held as in yice-was
revolver with which it is supposed the
dreadful deed was done. How they
came to their death is in measure a
mystery, as no one saw the fearful trag-
edy enacted. The supposition is, how
ever, that the wife first shot the hus-
band, and then put two bullets in her
own body before death came TO her.
There was no indication ofany struggle,
and it is supposed that it was a pIan
mutually agreed upon to put final
quietus upon all their earthly sorrows.


James, the husband, for some time
had been quite respondent, owing to
his business troubles, and many thought
be was demented. Both parties were
comparatively young
Year: 1877

A WOMAN KILLED on TIE RAILROAD.
On Sunday last most distressing ac-
cident occurred on the Is. & o. Rail
road, a short distance west of North
Mountain depot. A young woman
named Jamison, in company with her
sister who was carrying childin her
arms, were crossing the railroad, when
an engine, "helper," which went out
from this place to assist in pulling the
loaded trains up the mountain, struck
them, running over one woman, cutting
her in two, and knocking the other and
the child off the track, injuring them
quite severely. The engine was going
down grade backward at good rate OF
speed. The two women bad approach
ed the South track and were standing
on it while train passed on the other
track going East. The noise of the
passing train prevented their hearing
the engine which was coming from the
East on the track on which they were
standing, and it was upon them in an
instant and before they bad time TO
move, with the result as above stated.
-Nariinsburg Mdependenf.
Year: 1877

Mr.. CANNON, editor of the Sentinel, seems
anxious to make a practical test Of point
in President Hayes administration that
he has not been willing to indorse hereto
fore, if we are correctly informed, and that
Is the civil service policy. Il is understood
that he has opposed this and other acts Of
the President, personally if not editorially,
and yet he is soliciting the Executive to
appoint him to the U. $. Marshalship for
this State. The appointment, if made, and
we see no reason for opposing it, would
surely make good Hayes man of one of
the most active partisans in the Republican
ranks, but to one who has been so jealous
a worker we should think he would find
some reluctance in letting go Of the ma
chine when he gets hold of the office-if
he does get hold.
Year: 1877

The WHEAT WoRM-Have we new
enemy to the wheat crop? Last week we
copied an item from the Dover Sentinel
stating that worm something like the
common muck worm was devouring the
growing wheat in some quarters. This
week we copy similar item from Chester.
town paper. and we hear some complaint
OF similar nature from the neighborhood
west of this town. We DO not know that
anything serious is threatened, but such
reports coming Simultaneously in this man.
ner from different quarters of the adjacent
country is calculated to create some un.
easiness.
Year: 1877

THE WAR News are not important this
week. There have been no battles of i'm.
portance since our last. The Russians
seem to be closing in on the Turks at
Plevna and Erzerum, and when they get all
things ready it is thought they will make
short work of these Turkish defences.
Many think the war will not last much
lOOUar
Year: 1877

The new editor of the Middletown Tran.
script is so complimentary to the TINES
that we hardly know how to get even with
him. Coming from such a quarter, however,
we surely appreciate it.
Year: 1877

REDUCING SALARIES.-The PHILADELPHIA
common council, by vote of As TO T. has passed an
orulIahce Tor a reduction of ten per cent on the
saareS OF the employees of the city with the excep-
tloh OF those which were reduced during the year
Year: 1877

BARRIERS tell us that razors get tired of
shaving, but if laid by for twenty days
they will shave well. By microscopic
examination it is found that the tired
razor, from long stropping by the same
hand and i'll the same directions, has the
ultimate particles of fibers of its surface
or edge all arranged in one direction,
like the edge of a piece of cut velvet !;
| but after a month s rest these fbers re-
arrange themselves heterogeneously
crossing each other and presenting a
saw-hke edge, each fiber supporting its
fellow, and hence cutting the beard, in
stead of being forced down flat without
cutting as when laid by. These and
many other instances are offered to prove
that the ultimate particles of matter are
always in motion; and they say that, in
the process of welding, the absolute
momentum of the hammer causes an en-
tanglement of the orbits OF motion, and
hence a Encouragement as in one piece :;
indeed, in a cold state, a leaf of gold
laid on polished surface of steel, and
stricken smartly with hammer, will
have its particles forced into tie steel SO
as to permanently gild it at the point of
contact
Year: 1877

Ay, bring in the orc, whose brown heaps inviron
The furnace OF fire, and the furnace of iron;
Fling in the black Goals make murky the air,
Then plait the huge bars as maiden her hair.
String out the iron DER the cIasm deep,
Span the turbulent flood with its endless sweep,
" Whatever betide, whoever may Weep"
Great reaches of wire went over the height:
Great bulwarks of stone were frosted and white
And the watchman's dim cry, Eight O'Clock and all


right"


woods,
In the turbulent wllirl of the dark cloudy brrpds
20 Like the rumble and roar of angry fcods,'
As they tumble and toss on the rocky bar,
In their rollicking rout in the murky air.
In the whirl of tempest wild galloped amain
The frosty chaff in the gusty vane;
And piled its white heaps in the face of the train
Through and through the deep drifts p.owed here


and there,
And parted the snow a woman her hair;
''L Like the shuttle that weavcs for a mourner to


wear
And the zigzag roll and the jerking jar,
With the jingling jolt of the jostling car
Told the night had set in for a furious war
Coal-heavers avaunt conquer the night
Two engines ahead, we are peerless in might,
And they plunge in the snow, till their bosoms are


white.
Then backened with carbon it froze to their BREATH
1t rolled from their sides, and lay in their path,
Like tigers that wait in the jungle of death
Then clung to the windows, in fanciful shapes
And lay on the foot-rails, in wizard-like heaps,
Or whirled through the gorge in delirious sweeps.
Two hours behind. "OhI for breath from Mount


Zion,'
For symbol of faith! on those girders of iron,
For Christ with the souls that wild terrors en-


viron.
Deathless sparks struck out in that shivering


shock;
Twas the flint to the STEEL and the steel the rock
And hundred lives passed at the tick of the clock
Then the lanterns red glare shot gleam through


the train,
Like the passage of light a maniac's brain;
Twas the rallying cry of handful of Goals,
handful of woe, and handful of souls.
-ChicdJO LedGer.
Year: 1877

better than this wash to destroy vermin
that annoy horses and cattle.


THERE is very simple way of avoid
ing the disagreeable smoke and gas which
always pours into the room when fire is
lit In stove, heater or fireplace on q
damp day. Put in the wood and coal as
usual but before lighting them, ignite a
handful OF paper or shavings placed on
top of the coal. This produces current
[ of hot air in the chimney, which draws
up the smoke and gas at once. NUt Ole
person out of fifty ever thinks of this easy
expedient


BATTER PUDDING.-Four eggs-whites
and yelks two even cups -four one pint
of sweet milk and two teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder; and one teaspoonful OF
salt. Mix the baking powder and the
salt with the flour, beat the eggs, and
stir in the milk, gradually at first, until
the whete ls ere smooth pass scald a
pudding-bag in boiling water, put in The
mixture and plunge the whole into ket-
tie of boiling water and boil two hours.
To be eaten with cream and sugar.


A NEW use has been found for arrow
root; being combined with ordinary starch
it makes a superior article for tie fife
dressing of linen and cotton. This new
commodity is very rapidly taking the
Flace ef wax, sperraceti, parafne and
other similar things which are objection
able on account of their grease. In ad-
dition 1T is good cosmetic for the skin,
rendering it smooth and soft Our farm
ers would do well to cultivate it, as it is
grown az easy as a potato and will be in
demand


Il SOLENN CAME IN Il DEID-


WOOD SILOON


A bad story comes from Deadwood
about D. Tom Smith. Tom has been
behaving badly for some time past,
threatening to Kill his wife and several
other people in town. Recently he
went into a saloon where the Mayor,
| City Marshal and two others were en-
gagged in game. He pulled off his
| coat, took corner from which he could
cover the players and the barkeeper, and
| then cooked his gun and aimed it at who
ever made motion TO tise cr charge his
position. He told them that he came in
there for murder and meant murder but
they might go on with the game. The
game did go on with great deal of sol
emnity. Our correspondent says, "It
was probably the most solemn game
ever played in the Hills" No one of
the FIVE present wanted to be martyr,
But the City Marshal kept working his
char around, and at last suddenly
ducked his head and made spring fo,
d. Tom. At that instant the latter
fired. The shot passed through the
crown of the Marshal's hat, out through
the side, through the rim, twice through
the back of his coat, crossed the table
and struck the Marshal's late partner
square in the forehead, between the
eyes, where it split in two, and one-hal1
traversed the skull in each direction
finally stopping near the temples OIL
either side But the Marshal got Ton
before he had time to pull again, an6
now he has go1le to Yankton fol, confine
ment and trial. The man he shot is get
ting well. If he had been killed they
say Tom would have died rather sudden
ly.-DenUer NeaOs.
Year: 1877

A hundred years ago not pound o
coal nor cubic foot of illuminating gas
had been burned No iron stoves, no
friction matches had been used, and all
the cooking and warming in town OF
country were done by the aid of fire
kindled on the brick hearth or in the
brick ovens. Pine knots and tallow can
dies furnished the light for the long win
ter nights, and sanded floors supplied the
place of rugs and carpets. Only ore
room in any house was warm, unless
some member of the family was i'll; III
the rest the temperature was at zero dur
ing many nights in the winter.
Year: 1877

A BIG MISTAKE.-It is noticed
that there are more young Amer
lean men in this country learn
ing trades in the penitentiary
than there are outside Of them.
The Courier-Journal discovers
as the principal cause of this that
we are educating our young men
for gentlemen, and trying to
make lawyers, preachers, doc
tors and clerks out of material
that nature intended for black
smiths, bricklayers, carpenters,
tailors, and other honest trades
and callings. 1t is a mistake and
a big one, to teach girls and boys
to believe that to labor is dis
graceful, and that to do nothing
for a living is more becoming the
society in which they expect to
move and have the respect of.
There are many mems sons and
daughters who are now being
educated to play the part Of
leading lady" and g walking
gentleman" in the great drama
of life, who will land in Il poor
house or penitentiary before they
have played their parts and the
curtain drops. Go to work!
Year: 1877

FoHTUNATE.-On Wednesday after
noon of this week, a German, who
has been stopping at the New Taco
ma house in this place, narrowly es-
capped death by drowning. In going
to, or returning from the "old town.
by way of the beach, the tide being
in, he was so unfortunate as to lose
his footing on one of the loose logs
upon which he was endeavoring to
Eake his way, and suddenly found
himself compelled to undergo the
discomforts, if not to experience the
benefits of baptism by immersion.
Being unable to regain his position
on the slippery logs, which only
served as fence to prevent his es.
cape, it may be considered extreme
ly fortunate that he succeeded in
making his escape after half an hour
Of. exhausting effort, by resolutely
diving under the boom, and swim
ming around to the shore. He
doubtless owes his escape from q
watery grave to his dexterity as a
swimmer.--Her0ld.
Year: 1877

there he was offered position Of first mate
on a ship engaged in tho Southern trade,
and accepted the place. On the second
trip from New York, when off the Capes,
the schooner was wrecked in a terrible
gale, and Williams, the only survivor of
the ships crew, was found lashcd TO the
mainmast, and taken off by a passing
vessel after the storm had in measure
abated. 1t would naturally be supposed
that this second narrow escape would
deter the mariner from further risks by
sea; but not so; there was fascination in
the tempcstuous life which he could not
resist, and accordingly we find him sailing
again as soon as he could find q berth. He
continued a seafaring man for number Of
years, and finally obtained command Of a
schooner trading from New York to Gal
weston, Texas. 1t was while sailing from
the former to the latter port that his
vessel went down during one Of the terrible
gales of the early spring, and all on board
are supposed to have perishcd. Thus
ended the life of this intrepid mariner, who
for forty years followed the sea, in that
time visiting almost every part of the
civilized globe, and Drawing dangers both


on sea and on land to find at last a watcry
| grave
Year: 1877

An amusing scene occurred in the Chris


tian Church at Larksville, Pa, last Sunday
morning. 1t appears that the Methodist
pulpit at that place was to be supplied by a
preacher from the Wyoming Seminary,
and two young men proceeded thithcr for
the purpose Of conducting the service. In
stead of going into the Methodist church,
however, they went into the Christian
church, on the opposite side Of the street,
where they found large CONGREGATION.
Thinking that they had been waited for,
they proceeded at once 10 the vacant
pulpit, and after a brief pause and a glance
at the congregation, one OF them rose. read
chapter in the Bible, and said he had
selected it as the foundation Of a few re-
marks. The Rev. Mr.. Beyan, pastor Of the
church, who was a little behind time.
walked in at this interesting juncture. and
much TO his surprise found his pulpit
already occupied. lie did not make a
demonstration like Robert of Sicily. when
that monarch found an angel in his place,
but proceeded softly up and took his seat
inside the railing to await further develop.
ments. The young preacher was about tc
20 on with his discourse, unconscious OF
the sensation he was creating, when lad,
from the church on the opposite side Of tho
street entered, and, walking straight up tc
the pulpit, beckonod to the young man
who was about to hold forth. Her con
duct seemed somewhat strange to him, bu


he stopped to listen, and she whispered
something in his car that made him c,ang


color quickly. She told him that he wa
in the wrong pulpit, and that the congrc
CATION over the way was waiting somcwha


imFatientiy for his arrival The two youn.
men were very much discomfttod, Lu
after a moment they mastered the situation
and sought q short interview with Eide


BeVan, to whom they made suitable apolc
gy. They then proceeded to the chmcl
across the road, but as thcy left the conggo
cation smiled audibly over their mistake
Year: 1877

would not dig my past
Up from its grave of weakness ami regret
Up from its hopes-which glimmered but to set


Its dreams, that could not last


Yet can look before,
And profit by the lessons sadly learned;
As children, playing by the fire. are burned,


And tempt its glow 10 more.


would not, if could
Live DER again this dark, uncertain life
This slipping backward in the daily strife


Ofreaching after good


Yet can know how weak
Are all below, and so sweet charity
VIII cling and grow about each form see,


And thus to me will speak:


would not open ont
That half healed wounds of other years, long fed
'Twere better they were numbered with dead


Better than fear or doubt.


Yet can truly say,
Let the dead past bury its dead. We
So swiftly onward TO life's sunset glow


And then there is no day!


Life is too short to waste
III vain repinings or in weak regrets;
The strongest heart endures and never frcts


Ger Joys it may not taste.


And he who can so on
Brayely and firmly in the allotted way,
Gaining new strength with every darkcned ray,


Shall surely reach the dawn.


And 50 l would not lift
Up from the grave the shadows of my past;
The clouds that all my sky once overcast


Into the night may drift.


For there's enough to fill
Each hour and moment of the days to come;
Then wherefore WOO the shadows to Our home?


The valleys to our hill?
Year: 1877

POLITICs IN THE SoUTH.-The New York
Tribune on this subject has the following re-
marks:


Though the negro may be safe in his
person and property, yet for some time to
come he will not be recognized as the
political equal of the whites, and will not
be permitted under any circumstances to
regain political power. He may be fairly
treated in the courts and the schools; he
will not be fairly treated at the polls.
Probably we shall hear little more shotgun
campaigns and masked riders; but the
negro majorities will melt away; the color.
ed people will be discouraged" from
voting; they will be strongly confirmed in
the belief, already gaining ground with
them, that politics for black folks will not
pay, and that they will find it easier to gel
work and make friends if they lot the
affairs of government alone. Ways enough
will be found to nullify the provisions Of
the enforcement acts without infringing
upon the boundaries indicated in the re
cent decisions of the Supreme Court. The
State election laws will be unassailcd b,
Federal authority; and yet it will be fount
that negro suffrage is to all intents anC
purposes abolished whenever it threatens
to lead to the restoration of a negro anC
carpetbag administration. If the whites
cannot keep in power by fair means, the!
will not hesitate to secure themselves b,
fraud.
Year: 1877

Whitefeld often affirmed that he would
rather have a church with ten men in ii
right with God than one with five hundred
at whom the world laughs in its sleeves.
Not long ago heard church member who
had failed four times, and paid only ten
cents on the dollar, and who had three
times assigned his property TO relatives in
an Infamous manner. He was making a
speech in summer evening devotional
gathering, the shutters of the basement OF
the church were open, and the quick, sharp
boys of the Common were within hearing.
This religious man was saying: 81 am OF
the opinion that our congregation should
all alone maintain missionary on some
foreign shore. For such purpose l will
myself give a hundred dollars" "Tcn
cents on the dollar" said boy outside
". 7. Observer.
Year: 1877

Tue action Of DR.. Cuyler's church New
York; in suspending prominent member
for notorious dishonesty has elected a great
deal Of comment, as though it were very
unusual thing for church to do. 1t is
certainly to be hoped that such acts of
discipline are not SO rare as the notice this
one receives would imply. But it is easy
to sec how small and struggling church
might be tempted to relax its discipline in
view of members past liberality and
prospective assistance; and even how a
strong one might shrink from suspending a
member who was bound 10 it bv many
tender ties, and for an act committed
under powerful pressure Of circumstan-
ces perhaps. But it is of the utmost i'm.
portance in these days of financial loose
ness to emphasize the moralities of the
Gospel, and make it distinctly understood
that Christianity and righteousness are
one. And if it were moro frequently and
fervently urged on the conscience of the
Christian community, that poverty is
neither sin nor fault, and that poor
people are not to be dispised nor even
pitied, but i'll many cases deserve to be
treated with far more respect and honor
than their rich neighbors, it might possibly
do something to check tho prevalent craze
for wealth which leads so many of oul
people to sacrifice health, home, conscience
and even reason.
Year: 1877

As we grow older each step has an in
ward awakening. The youth awakes as he
thinks from childhood; the full.grown
man despises the pursuits of youth as
visionary the old man looks on manhood
as feverish dream.
Year: 1877

a girl who can put square patch on
pair of pantaloons may not be SO accom-
plished as one who can work green
worsted dog on yellow ground, bnt she is
of more real value in the community.