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Year: 1879

The dismissal Of tie leglpss Union
soldier from the roll Of the Senate en-
ployes has been followed by the dis
charge of on armed Union soldier
from messengers position in the
House of Representatives. The name
of the Confederate patriot who is to
take his place has not yet been an
nounced; and there are no further de-
tails Of the movement for requiring that
members OF Congress shall swear that
they have never bore arms against the
Southern Confoderacy.
Year: 1879

Henry Smith, Of Allegheny, who has
business that requires him to be alb.
sent from home good deal, returned
on Monday last to find that his wife had
left the day before with a man named
Caughey. Three small children were
left behind, from whose feet the unfeel-
ing mother had removed the shoes to
aid her in obtaining money to escape.
The father found the children crying
piteously for food, and the wife had
taken about $50 in cash belonging to
her husband.
Year: 1879

The Board of Health should see that
the tall weeds on lots through the city
are cut down.


VIM. McMenamin is building a row
of fine three-story brick dwellings, in
7th Street below Lombard.
Year: 1879

A FIRE WoRsH1PPER IN NORTH
CARoLINA.-About three years ago
the Observer reported the case Of a
citizen of this county who, having
married in l843, lighted a fire on his
hearth-stone as soon as be carried his
bride to his new home, and had kept
it burning ever since. The citizen
was IN town yesterday, and being ques-
toned about the matter, stated that
the fire was still burning, and that
throughout all these thirty.siz years it
had never been allowed to go out.
Questioned as to whether or not it
made the house uncomfortably hot in
torrid weather, he said the extra heat
thus generated was not perceptible.
In reply to another question, he said
that in summer weather, when it was
necessary for comforts sake, to keep
the fire burning very low, be had to
get up frequently at night to replenish
it slightly, but that he counted this
as nothing when he contemplated the
idea of that fire going out. He has
evidently formed for it strong at
tachment, and yet one wonld not take
him for q sentiment man. But this
fire is to him a constant reminder OF
the day when he first brought home
his bride. Around it his children
have grown up into manhood and
vomanhood, and their children have
gazed into its light. It was the last
light that fell upon the eyes of his
wife, and he hopes that it viii be the
last that will fall upon his. Viewed
thus his sentiment in the matter can
be understood, and so strong is this
sentiment that with the old man it
amounts almost to passion.


lCharlotte, N. C. Observer.
Year: 1879

Suddenly a loud. toned bell audible
throughout the building, strikes four, and
the gates are open for white ambulance,
which moment later is pulled up before
the main entrance. Surgical, voice NUT
ters half unconsciously behind us, and look
ing round we see a patient. -Four strokes
for surgical, three for medical he explains
and it is by the bell that the ward attend
ants are forewarned of the nature of ambu-
lance cases.


The ambulance is used in nearly all cases
of street accidents, some cases of disease
and many cssess of violent inebrety. 1t
can be summoned by telegraph from any
police station, or from any alarm box of the
fire department, by tapping the Morse key
twenty times and sounding the box number.
1t is'familiar in all localities and at all
hours-a covered wagon with neatly uni
formed surgeon sitting behind. Over six
teen hundred cases are attended by the am
balances of Bellevue in q year, and two sur
geons are constantly employed in the ser.
vice, responding to calls day and night.
The alarm is received in the telegraph Off
ce on the first floor of the hospital, and
thence transmitted simultaneously to the
stables and the room of the surgeons, where
it is annunciated by nine resonant strokes
on a small gong. No matter how active
the dc ctor is, the vehicle is usually at the
door before he is at the bottom of the stairs,
| and he has to spring for his seat behind as
it rolls out of the hospital yard, 1t is con-
structed on plan to minimize pain in car
rying a sufferer to the hospital for perman-
ent treatment, and the surgeon has with
him instruments and appliances for giving
temporary alleviation, such as splinting and
binding fracture, or sewing up a wound.


When we reach the yard spring mat
tress moving on castor wheels has been with
drawn from the bottom of the ambulance,
and placed in slanting position betW
the tail board and the ground. Under the
patient, who is covered with blankets, and
over the mattress, is canvas stretcher with
tubes slong the sides, into which the attend
ants insert long poles, and the case is thus
carried to cot or into the surgery without
any necessary ex er,ion or moving on his
part. The ambulance surgeon is brisk
business-like young man, and having trans
ferred the case to the house surgeon who is
now responsible for it, and given a few par
tculars to the clerk, he bounds up stairs to
wait 70 another CALL Good Company, Mum.
Der One.
Year: 1879


Oh she was maid OF laughing eye.
And she lived In garret cold and high.
And he was threadbare. whlskered beau,
And he lived In cellar damp and low.
But the rosy boy OF the cherub wing
Hath many shaft In his slender string,
And the youth below and the maid above
Were touched with the flashing darts OF love
And she would wake from her troubled sleep.
Ger his tender billet.doux to ween;
or stand like a statue cold and fair,
And gaze on a lock OF his bright red hair.
And he who was late so tall and proud
With his step 50 firm and his laugh so loud,
His beard grew long and his face grew thin,
And he pined In solitude over his gin.
But one soft night in the month OF June,
As she lay In the light OF cloudless moon,
voice came floating soft and clear,
To the startled maden's listening ear.
on, then from her creakng couch she sprung,
And the tangled tresses back she flung,
she looked from her window far below,
And he stood beneath her wlskered beau
She did not start with a foolish frown,
But she packed her trunk and hurried down,
And there was her lover tall and true,
In his threadbare coat OF frightened blue.
The star that rose In the evening shade.
Looked sadly down on the weeping maid;
he sun that came in his morning pride,
Shed golden light DER laughing bride.
Year: 1879

When Z. 7. Burnum, a young man, poor
and in debt, said to Judge Whittlesey Il
will pay that bill when get rich, the Judge
drew down his judicial features and disdain-
fully replied That will be when sieve
holds water In few years the visionary
young man was in condition TO pen the
following brief letter to the Judge Il have
fixed that sieve
Year: 1879

The 10. admits That tho repeal Of tho tax on
qu!u!n0 Will reduce the price Of the drug by 81
per cent Of the amount Of tho tax. Is not that
IS per cent worth saving to tic sick people Of
ths countryl Or would 1t bo bottor to enloT
two Wholesale drug firms in phiadclphtal
Year: 1879

dead snakes around the school house, and
giving it out that there was a nest under the
floor


There was a little Irishman, named
Tom Clancy, who worked for Litton, and
who had reputation as snake catcher.
His plan was TO pin the snakes head to the
ground with forked stick, then to slip a
loop over the head, fasten it to his stick,
and thus drag his captive, squirming, home.
| wanted live specimen of the timber rat
Ter, which is usually much larger than his
prairie cousin, and, instead of being black,
is orange and black, and a decidedly
venOmous-looking beast. One day Tommy
succeeded in capturing a big yellow fel-
low, with fifteen rattles, and was drag
gIng HIM home in high glee at the prospect
of the So had offered tor the reptile, when
fellow driving a breaking team as he
passed, struck the snake across the back
with his ten-foot ox-whip. You know a
light blow will kill a RATHER, and this blow
killed Tommy's captive. Well, you'd bet
ter believe that Irishman was mad. Whirl-
ing around, he lifted his stick, and, using
the big snake for a lash, walloped the team
ster Justify. At first the fellow returned
the compliment with his ox-goad, but when
he felt that clammy snake flap around his
face and reck once or twice his nerve went
back on him, and he turned and ran, pur-
sued by the little Irishman, who whipped
him with the rattler as long as his breath
held out. Tommy afterward caught me
another big snake, but not so big as the
first, and had had the pleasure of bring
ing him east and presenting him to my
brOther-in-aw, who has weakness for that
sort of pet
Year: 1879

In the latter part of the summer of 1896,
when his second term as President of the
United States had nearly expired, and he
was about to retire to private life, Washing
ton concluded to see Valley Forge once
more, the scene of so many tolls and strug-
giles. The particulars respecting this visit
an old farmer living near there at the time
related to his son, who made a record of
them. 1t was in the afternoon, he said, as
he was engaged plOughing on his farm in
the vicinity of the encampment grounds
that he observed an elderly man of digni-
fled appearance on horseback, dressed in a
plain suit of black, accompanied by a
colored servant, ride to place in the road
nearly opposite, when he alighted from his
horse and came into the field and cordially
took his hand. He told him he had called
to make some inquiries concerning the own
ers and occupants of the differen. places
about there, and also in regard to the coun-
try; the system of farming practiced in
that part of the country; the kinds of grain
and vegetables raised the time of sowing
and planting; the best method of tilling the
ground, and numerous other questions re-
lating to agriculture. He also made in
quiries after certain families in the neigh
borhOod As answers were given he noted
them down in book, the farmer informing
him that he could not give as correct answers
as he wished, for he had not been brought
up TO farming. and besides had only moved
into the vicinity since the war, thought he
had been in the army when it was encamp-
ed there. This gave a new turn to the con-
versatiOn. The stranger informed him that
he had been in the army and at the camp,
and as he expected to leave the city in a
few months, with the prospect of never re-
turning, he had taken this journey to visit
the place which had been the scene of so
much suffering and distress, and see how
far the inhabitants had recovered from its
effects. On being informed that his name
was George Washington he told him that
his appearance was so changed that he did
not recognize him, or else he would have
paid more respect to his late commander
and now the chief magistrate of the nation.
He replied that to see the people happy,
and the desolafe fields recovering from the
disasters they had experienced, and 10 meet
with any of his old companions now peace
ably engaged in the most useful Of all en-
ployments afforded him more satisfaction
than all the homage that could he pald to
his person or station. He then said that
pressing engagements rendered 1t necessary
for him to be in the city that night, and
taking him by the hand babe him an affec-
tionate farewell, ard this was Washington
last visit TO Valley Forge.
Year: 1879

Among the insect enemies of the fruit
grower it is singular that no one has re-
ferred much to the spider. II is small
enemy to be sure, but one by no means 10
be sure, but one by no means to be despised


1t makes up by its immense number for its
diminutive appearance. They appear lar
ger than those we find in greenhouses on
roses. fuchsias, and other tender plants !;
but whether or not they are different spe-
cies from these, are natives to the soil, or are
introductions from some other parts, are
questions which may perhaps interest the
entomologist, but will hardly aid IN the de-
struction of the foe. We suppose on large
trees the labor would be too great to attempt
any means for their eradication, but for
Young trees which are easily reached, 1t
might be well worth while to keep them
down. The popular receipt in garden books
is to mix flour of sulphur in greasy water
and then syringe with il, of course keeping
the mouth of the syringe near the surface
of the water while drawing up the hquid,
as the oily and sulphury water floats only
on top, and is drawn into the syringe only
in that way. This greasy liquid causes the
sulphur to adhere to the leaves, and II Is
said the red spider abandons these leaves II
disgust. The hot dry atmosphere Oh oul
country is peculiarly favorable to the exls


tence of the red spider and when we know
how great pest it is to the 1rnt-gro"er'
under glass, it seems to us well worth looh
ing after him, when he undertakes to last
en- on our fruit trees in the open air.
Year: 1879

night; and the stars were shining with in
tense brilliancy, to my great disappoint-
ment, for | was in hopes of seeing the first
streaks of dawn. 1t was freezing very
hard, far too hard for me to think of going
to sleep again. So | reused the Indian and
suggested that he should try another call or
two. Accordingly we stole down to the
edge of the little point of wood in which
we had ensconced ourselves, and in few
minutes the forest was re-echoing the
plaintive notes of the moose. Not an an
swer, not a sound-utter silence, as if all
the world were dead, broken suddenly and
horribly by yell that made the blood cur
die in ones veins. 1t was the long, quav-
ering, human, but unearthly scream of a
loon on the distant lake. After what seemed
to me many hours, but what was in reality
but short time, the first indications of
dawn revealed themselves in the rising of
the morning star, and the slightest possible
paling in the eastern sky The cold grew
almost unbearable That curious shiver
that runs through nature-the first icy cur


rent of air that precedes the day-chilled
us to the bones. rolled myself up in my
blanket and lighted pipe, trying to retain
what little caloric remained in my body,
while the Indian again ascended the tree.
By the time he had called twice it was gray
dawn. Birds were beginning to move
about, and busy squirrels to look out for
their breakfast of pine buds. j sat listen
ing intently, and watching the blank emo
tionless face of the Indian as he gazed
around him, when suddenly saw his coun-
;cnance blaze up with vivid excitement.
His eyes seemed to start from his head, his
muscles twitched. his face glowed, he
seemed transformed in moment into a
different being. At the same time he began
with the utmost celerity, but with extreme
caution to descend to the ground. He mo-
toned to me not to make any noise, and
whispered that a moose was coming across
the barren and must be close by. Grasp
ing my rifle, We crawled carefully through
the grass crisp and noisy with frost, down
to the edge of our island of woods, and
there, after peering cautiously around some
stunted juniper bushes, | saw standing,
about sixty yards off, bull moose. He
looked gigantic in the thin morning mist
which was beginning to drift up from the
surface of the barren. Great volumes of
steam issued from his nostrils, and his
whole aspect, looming in the fog, was vast
and almost terrific He stood there per
fectly motionless, staring at the spot from
which he had heard the cry of the supposed
COW, irresolute whether to come on or not


The Indian was anxious to bring him lit
tie closer, but did not wish to run the risk
of soaring him, and so, taking aim as fairly
as | could, considering was shaking all
over with cold, fired and struck him be-
hind the shoulder. He jumped forward on
his knees, jumped up, rushed forward for
about two hundred yards, and then fell
dead at the edge of the heavy timber on
the far side of the barren.
Year: 1879

Several brethren were sitting in a
South street store. and somehow they got
to talking about lifting weights.


Il lifted a barrel once" said lean man
in the corner, that weighed over 200
pounds.


None of the rest seemed to care a bit
about what he had lifted


''And |. - said a tall, lanky man sitting
on a bag of corn, Il lifted a woman once
who weighed over 500 pounds She was
gsing TO faint, but / caught her.


The proprietor Of the store opened his
ewes little and looked at the man, but no
further interest was displayed.


.'When | was down at Sandy, said a
small, fat man, Il carried off a ton Of ore
TO the cars.


Several of the men shifted their positions
at this big one, and the proprietor looked
cautiously out of the window to see If any
body was listening.


The last man, who was sitting with his
feet dangling down in box of eggs-an
awful small man-who looked as if one
wait of wind would finish him, at last
spoke:


Il suppose YOU remember when the
Walker House was building. Well, one
morning the boss came to me and said,
Jimmie, there is something the matter
with the back foundation Of the hotel: get
under and see what it is. got under, and
the two men lifted the hotel off its founda-
tion. and the fabric came down on me.


Silence fell upon the crowd and the men
passed out one by one; the proprietor
heaved sigh, wiped away tear, and went
up to JiI2my and said:


Jimmy, you may have recovered iron
it, but You must remember our church Is
full Of liars, and You, in your commendable
zeal to eclipse them all, may be so busy
Matching monsters when Gabriel blows hl'
golden horn that YOU will forget tol buy
your ticket. Take something for your brui
sea, Jimmi, and leave the big ones fol
Brother Cannon.
Year: 1879

An abrupt marriage was celebrated il


worcester. Mass, on a recent Saturday


evening. In the morning papers the Rev


Mr.. Munson. of Missouri, advertised that


in the evening he would preach a sermon


In three parts in the Advent Chapel lie


went into the pulpit and preached SER


mon, the first two divisions being Re
pentame" and ''HoliDess and Sanc,ifica-
tion." He then opened the Bible at Mat
thew NV, and proceeded to read the par
able Of the ten virgins. At the sixth verse,
''And at midnight there was cry made,
Behold the bridegroom cometh; go ye out
to meet him. he stepped down from the
pulpit, and lady stepped forward from
one OF the front pews, and, taking the BIZ
BILE, continued to read from the seventh to
the tenth verses, inclusive. Mr.. Munson
then took the lady's right hand and said /:
And now before God and these witness
es do take this woman whom hold by
the right hand to be my lawfully welded
wife, TO love and cherish her as my own
body until Christ shall come to claim us
with all saints as His own bride, or until
death shall part u.s. The woman said:
And | now take this man to be my law
fully welded husband. to love. reverence
md obey him until the Lord Himself shall
descend from Heaven with shout and
with the voice of the arclnangel and with
he trump of God, or till death shall lis
'ever.s They then knelt and the man Of
ered prayer. After the prayer Mr. Mum
son returned to his desk, and closed his
liscourse by urging the importance of be-
ng ready for the co ming of the Lord.
Year: 1879

the prosperity OF c0utftry. they have /:
tendency to cause Disturbances among tht
! citizens. The party having the mos1
money generally gets away with law.
suit by IN unreasonable tenacity allowed
by our courts. keep your opponent in
court all your life if You cannot beat him
any other way'' seems to be their motto.
Having the impartial verdict of II jury to
contend with does not deter them so long
as there is a prospect of making anything
out Of the litigants or throwing the ex-
ptfse on the county.


II we are to have economy let us have it
in everything. Our legislators having
charge of the most precious interests of
our Territory, and the county commits
sioners that have to see to to the intert SITS
of our counties, work for Il small compen-
sation in comparison to their responsible
ties. This they are perfectly willing to do
If other expenses are kept in the same
But the fact that their COM
pensation is inadequate is another reason
why we should look after the thousands
OF dollars likely to be thrown away to
crafty shrewd corporations who are only
too ready to mon"polize the income of
our country and plead their cause at the
expense OF our COUNT We had better
watch tile rOgucs andl sharpers. too.


CHARLES ANCENEY.
Year: 1879

Only a little while, vain man. Only lit


tie while, and whetf you come home from


the office at even or noon, the wife of your


bosom will meet yOu at the door with an
anxiety in her eye and a fly brush or an
apron in her hand. She will hold the door
open just three inches for you to crowd
yourself through, and as you make hope
lees efforts to slide through that space,
above your head and under your feet and
around your legs that fly brush will whirl
and nestle like restless meteor, and when
you finally crowd in and two flies follow
you, the goddess Of your home will bang
the door and weep and say that she can
20 in and ont that door fifty times day
and never pass fly inside, while you can't
come home to the house without bringing
millions Of them in with yOn. 1t is hard,
poor man, we know; it isn't fair on you,
and it isn't just. but it's got to come, and
you might just as well make up your mind
10 stand It.
Year: 1879

Mr.. II. F. Gaultling has little daughter


eleven years old to whose nerve and cOur.
age he is indebted for the life of his three


year-old boy. The circumstances were


briefly these:


The boy was playing by the cistern in
Mr.. Gaulding's yard. There was plank
of, and through this aperture the little
fellow fell. lie caught plank. however.
in falling, and held for some time before
he was discovered. But his hold weak
ened, and with Il splash he fell into the els
tern. His sister saw and appreciated the
situation. Most girls would have scream-
ed and run off in quest of help. Not so
with this little girl. The screams and
struggles for life of her baby brother gave
her the strength and courage of a man.
She saw ladder. and with all her might
she dragged it to and placed it into the
cistern, and then went down into tie
water. reached out and caught her brother
just in time to save him from a watery
grave. BY this time help arrived. and
both were landed safely from their peril
Gus position. All honor to this little hero
ine.-Baind'ldge (Ga.) Democrat.
Year: 1879

The lightning rod man is again on his


rAmbles. Deal gently with him, if yol,
deal with him at all. Once ne was an i'll
nocent, interesting babe, Il, least there is no
proof to the contrary. Treat him kindly.
Remember that there may be mitigating
circumstances in his case that you know
nothing OF. Don't Set the dog on him if
aPrick is Eandy. A very small piece from
the leg Of a veteran rod man has been
known 10 prove fatal to dog in delicate
health. Above all don't inform him tina,
you have just ordered an improved light
ming rod from some rival. Rod men who
have endured all manner of insult and in
jury without mUrmur, often pine away
broken hearted when they hear such Sta
tement. Remember, too, that the abuse is
OF long standing. Aaron was in the rod
business. If you don't want a rod your
self, send him to some neigilbor who is
deaf or who doesn't speak English. Be
kind to him.-Siour City Journal.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, August 16-Vital and So
cial statistics of the mining populations
will form an important feature OF the work
Of Agents appointed from geological par
ties in the field to gather the statistics of
the next cencus, and it is expected that a
sufficient number of facts will be developed
to indicate the average cost OF the produc-
,ion in the mining industry.
Year: 1879

l lay in grief,
And Hope drew near to where tossed alone


Without relief,
And paused moment when she heard tina: moan
Then raised her glowing eyes and met mine own


Never word she said
Yet still gazed, and still was comforted
Then bending low with vondrous grace,
She laid her hand upon my eyes,
Her cool hand on my burning face,
And at her touch bright visions rise,
Fresh woods, and streams. and unimaginetl


skies.


In sOffest tone,
She sang the song that has no close
mat deathless song which no one knows


Save she alone:
The song that leaves no memory,
The song Of endless victory


And future love;
And as listened to the voice above.
felt as one returning from the dead;
Slowly rose and raised my dropping head,