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Year: 1877

The Government is about sending 4
letter of censure to the State authori-
ties in Mississippi, touching the recent
cowardly assassination of Judge CHS
holm and his family in that State, and
advocating a better protection of citi-
zens Of all classes in the South. Cover
nor Stone, it is thought, was too apa-
thetic in preventing or Furnishing the
outrage referred to, and the letter will
be particularly pointed in this direc-
tion,
Year: 1877

The immediate cause of Minister
Simon's resignation seems to have been
q rather severe letter from President
MacMahon, calling him to account for
having taken no part in the debate on
certain bills, which his position called
upon him to sustain. The bills were
acted upon adversely to the wishes of
the government, and the president
seems to think that NJ. Simon by throw
ing his weight into the balance, might
have changed the popular tide. In his
letter of resignation the minister says
he was absent and ill when the discus
sion occurred, but that he had already
taken steps to induce his colleagues to
reconsider their vote. The presidents
action apparently was somewhat hasty
Year: 1877

The Jassy correspondent of a London
journal, in illustrating the weakness and
ineficiency Of the Roumanian troops,
relates an incident. He says that the
minister of war, in order to accustom
a certain troop to the sounds of war,
ordered an alarm to be given one night.
Since then the minister is said to have
bitterly repented his rash experiment,
because it took him a week to get the
detachment together again. Indeed
the soldiers are not all found even yet,
there are doubts expressed as to wheth-
er they have stopped running or not.
Year: 1877

An editorial writer in the Philadel-
phia Bulletin upon the abuse
of the true English says: can
other blunder that is frequently made
by some of the newspapers of this city
that is involved in the sentence: He
concluded to finally go, instead of He
concluded finally to CO." Viewed from
this distance, it would seem that the
word finally might be spared alto
gether, when inconnection with that
other word concluded which in it
self expresses sufficient finality.'
Year: 1877

1t is claimed and rightly too, that
Dooley's Yeast Powder is not only a
good baking powder but that it is very
superior one, taking the front rank
over all others. 1t has attained the
height of perfection in the kitchen
economy.
Year: 1877

sinco Mr. Borgh prohibits the feeding Of live animals
to tho anaconda on exhibition at the Now York
Aquarium, and as her snaksss will not psrtake Of any
other sort Of food she sent over Taylors Hotel
Jersey City, when she becomes hungry Then arabDlt
pigeon is given her which usually satisfies her
cravings whom she Is again returned 10 New York.
the does not often require food ner visits
Jersey not frequent
Year: 1877

THE long agony is over, and on Monday,
in Washington, President Hayes was pub
licly inaugurated, in the presence of both
houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, the
Diplomatic Corps, and from $4,000 to 90
900 people. The ceremony was the Gus
tomary one, consisting of procession from
the White House to the Capitol, the organ
ization of the Senate, the qualification of
the Vice-President, the inaugural address,
administration of the oath of office to the
President at the east front of the Capitol,
and the firing of salute. The display
compared very favorably with that of
former inaugurations.


President Hayes delivered his inaugural
address from the steps of the Capitol. 1t
was principally devoted to the Southern
question. He reiterated what he said in
his letter of acceptance, and declared for
local self-government in the South: based
upon hearty recognition of equal rights
and the constitutional amendments and an
extinction of the color line in politics. He
declared for thorough civil service reform,
for resumption of specie payments, an
amendment making the Presidential term
six years, and the President thereafter to
be ineligible for reelection. He expressed
admiration of the principle of arbitration,
which has been carried out in the settle
ment Of the Alabama claims and the Presi-
dental contest.


In looking over our exchanges to see
how the address is regarded we find various
opinions, of course. The conservative Re
publicans are delighted with it. They
have full faith in the success of the new
policy. 1t is to their minds not only
patriotic, but also expedient in political
point of view, and they think that Mr.
Hayes is just the kind of man to carry i
out. They predict that in the course of {
year or two he will break down the colol
line and divide the solid South into health
full organizations, each controlled by mel
of character and standing.


The Democrats are not unanimous il
their opinion. The conservatives ar,
pleased with it, and those from the Soutl
especially give it hearty praise. The bite
men, smarting under defeat, will not Civ
President Hayes credit for honest inten
tions. His profession of reform and pacif
cation they pretend to think are only


trap to catch Democrats and divide thei
party in the South.
Year: 1877

State to employ counsel to assist him with
the cases.


THE SUBJECT OF DIVORCES.


The Legislature has thus far disposed of
about twelve cases of divorce. Some of
them have been magnified into Importance,
but as general thing they are the old
story of unhappy marital relations
There are some of the members who never
vote for divorce, upon the principle that
what God has joined together no man can
put asunder. This they stick to religiously
no matter how meritorious the case may be.


TAXATION.


The Committee on Ways and Means will,
perhaps, tomorrow introduce a bill for the
reduction of State taxation, one of the pro
visions of the bill will be to reduce the
tax on county assessments from ten cents
to five.


THE BANKS.


l believe that the investigation into the
State banks will result, as has often been
predicted by your correspondent, in a
failure. The Committee has dickered with
the matter until they have all become dis
gusted, and now they have determined tC
pass Senate bill requiring a statement
from the banks every six months, and tC
let this take the place of an Investigation
This is in my opinion a mere subterfugC
to escape the investigation. If this hao
taken place there would undoubtedly have
been some very unpleasant revelations. x
Year: 1877

these goods to Dover, Del. The prisoners
were taken to Annapolis and held for trial.
These are the parties that Josh. Start in
formed on when he was arrested here, and
if it had not been for the unexcusable
blunders by which Josh. was allowed to es-
cape first from Jail at Dover and then from
the Constable in this town, Messrs. Cooper
and Beck feel pretty sure that they would
have captured Tate and his crew several
weeks ago. They could have caught them
as it was, but Josh. being out of reach they
had no evidence to hold them on, so they
had to abandon the project.
Year: 1877

WHY didn't the parties who send us a
vindication of Rev. j. A. B. Wilson send
their communication to the paper that first
published the article complained Of We
cheerfully give room to the vindication but
why bring your grist to the wrong mill,
gentlemen? The article you complain of
was meerly copied from responsible jour
nal, as you know, and there is no reason to
think that that journal would do an un-
fair thing, knowingly.
Year: 1877

THE CHILD's BATH.-There is one i'm
portant point which is the question of
the day with mother and nurse, and
that is the morning bath. Let the
room be well warmed before the child
is taken out of bed, and let those who
think cold bath an absolute necessity
remember that, on q summer morning,
their children enjoy it; and if they keep
the temperature of the water the same
all the year round, that is, about'55 or
go degrees, they may obtain all the ben
eft possible. Let them think how un-
reasonable it is to take water not much
above freezing point, and attack the
nervous system, already depressed, by a
shock which is followed by a reaction
which requires the whole morning to
recover from. We have no hesitation in
recommending a warm bath, early in
the day, followed by a simple douche of
cold water. as far preferable to the cold
bath; or O warm bath at night, for the
sake of cleanliness, and none at all in
the morning. 1t may be taken as a rule
that, in the case of children, sudden
changes Of temperature are dangerous,
and that So to 60 degrees may be taken
as the safe average temperature in
which they should be constantly kept
British Medical Journal.
Year: 1877

The American Indian method oi
smelling precious metals was one Of the
most remarkable devices Of savage in
Renuity. Logan tells us that, havir z
first Followed out a fat stone in tie
form OF basin, they filed Il With char
coal, and upon this laid the nuggets Of
metal. A number Of Indians next sat
ell themselves in q circle around the
basin. each one having in his hands a
long reed pierced through it. entire
length and armed at one end with a
clay tube or pipe. Every thing being
ready. fire was applied 10 the charcoal,
and the whole mass instantly blown in
to a powerful heat. through the reeds,
the clay extremitles Of which were in
serted in the basin. while the Indians
blew through them upon the charcoal
with all their might, and with protract-
ed expiration. No ordinary lump Of
either gold or copper could long main
tain its solidity in such a crucible.
With this process the Indians could
easily produce any variety Of oanament
from those metals, using them either
alone or in alloy. This method was
known to have been in use among the
Indians who lived upon the gold-pro-
ducing lands of North Carolina, and
the same process must have been known
to the Cherokees. These chronicles
and traditions go to confirm what Law
son says, that the Indians, from time
immemorial, were acquainted with val
liable mines of gold and silver in
North Carolina.
Year: 1877

AJEsr.-A jest may cut deeper than a
curse. Some men are so constituted
that they cannot take friendly joke in
the same light coin, and will requite it
with contumely and insult. Never ban
ter one of this class, or he will brood over
your bandinage long afterSou have for
gotten it, and it is not prudent to incur
any enmity for the sake of uttering q
smart double sntendrs or tart repartee.
Ridicule, at best, is a terrible weapon.
Satire, however, when leveled at social
foibles and political evils, has shamed
down more abuses than were ever abol-
ished by force or logic.
Year: 1877

LAND GRABBERs. hear of men in the
upper country who after taking up all the
land the law will allow in their own names,
then proceed 10 use the names Of their friends,
and in this way secure a land monopoly.
This is not right. These lands should be re-
served for actual settlers, and tine man who
attempts to take more than his proper share
deserves a severe rebuke. The officials in
charge of the Land Offi,e should give this
matter attention, aud in every instance check
disposition to grab lands.
Year: 1877

GNAwiNG a FnlE.-The Seattle htellige1-
Ger is one of the best Of our exchanges. and
We always look through its columns when
we wish to gain information In relation 10
the SQUAD country. Thinking 80 highly Of
the paper it is with the greater regret we
witness i,s continued and nnressoning war
fare npon Judge Lewis, who we know has
many and warm friends OF The eediior's pri-
vate quarrel with Judge Lewis We know
nothing. but this we do know that he is The
ablest jurist in Washington territory, aud
that he people are fortunate i'll having a
man of his ability TO interpret the laws, Dis
reputable papers msy afford to pour out
CONSTANT stream of abuse upon eminent men,
but the Kqfa!igeaor is not of this class, aud
hence we regrrt to see it lead the van in what
we regard as an unjust warfare n
Year: 1877

The SQUIRREL PEsT--A farmer friend
whose home is on Mill Greek. some miles
from town, informs us tha. the squirrels are
unusually troublesome this year. This is
owing to the breaking up of thousands of
acres of wild lands whereby the squirrels are
driven from their usual haunts. He tells us
that be is employed from two to ,hree days
in each week in killing squirrels. and yet
with sll this vigilance On his quarter section
of land the pests have already destroyed 40
acres of whea, and barley. We hear of an
other farmer who since the opening of spring
has spent over $40 in the purchase of poison
for squirrels, and yet his crop has suffered
greatly from this visitation. The squirrels
are getting only less troublesome than the
grssshOppers that Cursed the Western States.
and it is now in order TO devise some plan for
their ex,er.niHe,ion- A small bounty for
squirrel scalps would stimulate the boys in
the country TO lay for the little pests. and
might afford partial relief If any of our
friends know Of the means whereby they can
be sxfingnished, we shall be happy 10 give
publicity 10 the plan or plans through the
columns of this paper.
Year: 1877




On Thursday of last week the tug
Minerva, which is engaged in towing
mud scows from the Welland Canal
to the Niagara river, had proceeped
we'll out into the river just above the
falls, with her usual tow of three
loaded scows, when the lines holding
the last of the three parted, and the
scow reeled around and made for the
rapids. Jim hampton was at the
wheel, and with great presence of
mind he headed his tug for the rapids
and made circuit around the scow,
which was now dangerously near the
rocks. In the mean time the men
boarded the two remaining scows
and dumped them, rendering them
easier to handle. When they ap-
preached near enough the runaway,
a man jumped aboard of her, fastened
a line, and dumped her. And now
came the tug of war. They lay on
the very edge of the rapids, when
the throttle was thrown wide open,
and the tug headed up stream from
the cataract. 1t was nip and tuck,
and they were about to cut away part
of the tow, when the tug seemed to
gain little on the current, and grad
ually emerged into safety with her
full tow.
Year: 1877

The Diversions of English fashion,
able society are various and some of
fhem vivid During Ascot week a
charming party were assembled in the
neighborhood of the great race meet
ing. Among the number was young
lady whose prowess across country
is proverable. The weather being
hon some of the the ladies appeared
at breakfast i'll demitoilette, and after
the meal strolled about the lawn.


The heroine of this anecdote on
nearing some ornamental water took
Il flying header into itand swan a
bout until The had had enough, when
she landed and challenged well
known sportsman to race.
Year: 1877




We have already given our opinion that
notwithstanding the professions and promises
Of the suave spoken diplomats Of the Mex
lcan Republic, it was neither their honest in
trntion to do what they said, nor from their
state Of social disorgsnizations was it in their
power 70 do 50, even if the promises were
honestly made At the same time finding
these promises weEe currcEt with Uncle
Sam for twenty years, il would be impolitic
on their part to charge themselves with. any
medium Of remuneration for the weary list OF
outrage in sny other coin.


As vindicaiion of our views we ask the
perusal of the special to the Galveston News
from Brownsville, We to-day insert.


The position taken By Judge Russell rs
correct that the organization oil armed forcez
in Mexico TO aSsail the sovereignty of the
United States is different from the escape Of
q single fugitive from the penalties Of the
violated municipal Law OF the State, and
Bcnavides acceded to it. /. remains to b.
seen whether the present administration are
mere bIustcrets or not.--Tke SaH .is.onio
Heaid.
Year: 1877

d.. j. G. Ayers condition breaches its
warning sermon to the great North
American do-or-die business man. He
worked twenty hours out of the twenty
four. He lived to make money. His de-
votions were unceasing at the altar of
business. He lived in the shop and could
never get out of the shop. The great
globe, with all its beauty and grandeur,
with all it had to give of thought, associ-
alton and sentiment, was for DIR. Aver
but huge pill and place whereon to
sell pills. Mind thus showed, forced,
pressed and crammed into one idea, at
last that idea dominates and masters the
man. Too much pressure for years Of
pills and business. No other thought or
occupation to serve as balance. The
regulator gives way. Now he wanders
about the grounds Of private asylum,
and the man of fifteen millions is over
Joyed if he can drive an imaginary bar
gain with his keepers for an old window
sash and realize ten cents by it.
Year: 1877

MEMPHIS. May 25.-The Avalanche
tomorrow will contain lengthy inter
view with Governor Stone, of Missis-
sippi, in relation to the Kemper county
massacre, in. which the Governor states
that he has done all in his power to
bring the guilty ones to trial, by re-
quesling Judge Hanom, circuit Judge,
to call an extra session of the court for
that purpose, and that under the laws
of the State the Executive has no pow
er to dp, anything in the matter, He
had gone to DeKalb as he soon as heard
of the riot, but when he arrived the
rioters had dispersed, and nothing was
left for him to do except to go and see
Judge Hanom and ask the judicial
officers to take steps to bring them to
trial, The Government thought it
exceedingly doubtful if a jury in
Kemper county would convict the
rioters, all of whom were well-known
and resided there.
Year: 1877

There is a beautiful and true story
told of dog which haunts the ruins of
the Brooklyn theatre. A few nights after
the terrible confagration that swept into
eternity so many souls, an officer OF the
Washington Street Police Station noticed
a medium-sized dog of tawny color and
mongrel breed hanging about the vicini-
ty. He scarcely made a mental note of
a circumstance apparently so trivial, and
had almost forgotten it, until on subsc-
quent occasion the circumstance was re-
vived in his memory by again meeting
the dog under similar circumstances.
Other officers noticed the dog, and the
strange attraction the spot seemed to
have for it. The dog was watched, and
finally it was seen that at frequent inter-
walls during the night it would approach
the entrance of the ruins and wait as
though in expectation of seeing some
one, and then disappear to repeat the act.
During the day the animal disappeared
from the ruins, but was met with in ad-
jacent streets, picking up precarious
subsistence in the cutters and garbage
boxes. During the three months that
have elapsed since the fire the dog has
never missed a night in visiting the
ruins, and the inference is that its mas
ter was among those that perished there.
Brooklyn Argus.
Year: 1877




Ho,o Lancaster Poiitieian ,oas Badly


Fooled.


The Lancaster Inteliigencer says: On
Saturday an active agent of one of the
candidates for District Attorney made a
tour to the country to further the cause
of his chief Seeing q man In a field
near by engaged in hoeing potatoes, the
agent pulled up into fence corner, got
out of his buggy, tied his horse to the
fence, and, armed with formidable roll
of documents proceeded to interview the
industrious agriculturist. All manner Of
remarks were made about the weather,
the condition of the crops, the state of
the country, the war in Europe, the
spread of the gospel among the heather,
and other interesting subjects, but the
agriculturist seemed to pay not the least
attention TO the learned speaker, who at
last in sheer desperation broached the
subject that was nearest to his heart, and
for almost half an hour poured into the
agricultural ear an uninterrupted stream
of argument in behalf of his favorite
candidate, and inveighed with bitterness
against the unfitness and dishonesty of
the opposing aspirants. He wound mp
by thrusting into the face of his country
friend big roll of documents, which he
urged him to read carefully before the
primary election. But the potato-hoer
made no sign, he only worked right on
he was deaf and dumb-a mute from
his birth up. When this startling fact
burst upon our political evangelist he
hurried from the potato field and vowed
he would never again make an oration
until he was satisfied he had a listener
Year: 1877

An obscure communistic society, called
Amana, occupies a tract Of fertile land near
Iowa City, and has 1924 members. There
are seven villages; and in each q boarding
house sufficient to accommodate the popu-
lation Of the village. To these all the peo-
pie 60 to. get their meals, the hour for
which is given by bell from a central
tower. There are also hundries, where all
washing and ironing are done; SO that no
housekeeping Is done in the families,
which leaves the members to other depart
ments of labor, and every member Of the
society has something to do. Once in every
year the executive officers make an annuity
appointment to each family or single indi-
vidual, which is to be for use for that year
for personal expenses. There is in every
village store, in which all kinds of goods
are kept, and which are delivered to men,
bers Of the society without profit; record
of each persons purchases is kept, and
at the end of the year the amount is
deducted from the annuity, so that very
little money is used. If member with
draws from the society, what he puts in is
returned, without interest Or increase. Ha
member dies, and is the head Of a family,
his share or interest in the society is divided
among his legal heirs and placed to their
credit on the books Of the society. There
are three physicians, whose duty it is to
visit the sick. Their medicines and teams
are supplied by tho society. So, also,
schools are maintained.
Year: 1877

Air sleeping-rooms thoroughly every
morning and, if possible, let in the sun to
shine on the beds and bedclothes. Often
at night, when the night is well-nigh un-
bearable, wet cloth hung in the window
over the blind will cool the room as If q
shower had fallen, and every one knows
how water poured on the pavement in front
of the door will refresh the hot, dry air.
This principle of the reduction of tempera-
ture by evaporation is capable of much
practical application. In India and other
tropical countries, where ice is almost un-
known, the natives cool their drinking
water by suspending earthen jars filed with
it in brisk current of air, which process is
said to cool it thoroughly and rapidly. So,
also, when ice is unattainable, butter may
be kept firm and sweet by setting the bowl
containing it in shallow vessel of water
and covering it with napkin, the ends of
which are well immersed in the water in
the bottom dish. A wet handkerchief or
sponge worn in the hat when exposed to
the sun, as in the harvest-feld, will pre-
vent sunstroke under the most intense heat
known to our climate, and will often re-
ieve headache arising from heat and exhaus-
ton combined.
Year: 1877

gaT The following dialogue between a
highfalutin lawyer and plain witness
is good hit at the fashion of using big
words:


Did the defendant knock the plain
tiff down with malice prepense ?"


No, sir; he knocked him down
with flat-iron."


"You misunderstood me, my friend I;
Year: 1877

The n. Y. World says: eff the pub
lie opinion of New York is really on
level with the laws of the State, there
can be no doubt that all the parties to
The duel which was fought on Monday in
Delaware between two residents of this
city, will be held to sharp account. But
that account must be as just and search
ing as sharp. The offense committed
against society and the laws in this case
did not begin with the sending and ac-
cepting of challenge to fight. 1t began
with the brutal assault which led to the
sending and enforced the acceptance of
that challenge. 1t is necessary to civili-
zation that society should restrain men
from avenging their private wrongs by a
recourse to public violence"