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Year: 1878

The excitement caused in Londonby the ar

 rival of the Shah of Persia was greater than that produced by any other event since the allied monarchs after Waterloo Indeed, in some respects it exceeded that, for the ele- ment of wonder and romance was wanting in the latter case. Moreover, the personal ap- pearance of the Eastern despot was itself at tractive. A King in military uniform looks,

 after all, but like any other General officer i;

 but his Majesty of Persia was in his apparel

 at least all that could be expected of such a potentate. His frame and face, it is true, re- minded our Indian officers so strongly of a low-cast native servant that it is said they felt scruples in paying him due honor; but he gleamed with diamonds and precious stones

 rode horse with painted tail, and was evil dently a person of distinction. The way the little wretch was worshiped in my native land

 is a subject I must decline to dwell upon; It was humiliating to human nature He was dirty. have no doubt but he looked much worse that what is implied by that moderate adjective; he ate like savage and spilled his food like baby; and wherever young per son of title (and he saw few others) took his fancy, he generally made an offer, if single, to her father, if married, to her husband, to buy her. But he was the ''rage" for all that, and ladies of fashion were dying to make him their guest even for half an hour. The Lord Chamberlain (through whom alone he was accessible) was importuned as he had never been before to grant a share of his company to my Lady. This and my Lady That. If his Imperial Majesty could not come to dine with her, could he not come to lunch and if not to lunch, could he not come to five o'clock tea? The Lord Chamberlain s.consigned'' him to this great house and that. and very proud was the consignee when the precious ar ] ticle came to hand on loan. think the hap
Year: 1878

drunk while his neighbors sowed their wheat, and has just got around to harvest big crop that escaped the bad weather There is no moral attached to confonnded incident like this. s8
Year: 1878

Throwing AWAY VOTES The
scattering votes" in the last election
were more numerous than ever before.
1t is not so much of a joke as those who
cast these ballots seem to think; nor does
it show any very great regard for popular
government. On the contrary it evinces
TO certain extent a contempt for the
liberal principles upon which our insti-
tutions are based. Some of those who
vote such tickets may suppose they confer
compliment on those for whom the
scattering vote is cast. But even this
may be held to be doubtful for not un-
frequently these votes are cast to show
the want Of respect or confidence in the
gentlemen whom the people have select
ed to run for such office. In anv light il
is viewed we fail to see that it is produc-
tive of any real good, while it is the
cause of some trouble and even expense
1t is the cause of much annoyance to the
Clerks and Inspectors of elections pro
tracts their labors delays the receipt o.
their returns, and, as will be seen by the
proclamation of the Governor IN another
column, causes additional labor to the
Executive Department. On the whole
we would advise the avoidence of sucf
Voting in future. Had it prevailed u
the same extent in Kent and Sussex OF
the 9th instant, that it did in New Castl,
county, it would become exceedingly
Objectionable. 1t is throwing away vote.
that on some occasion might be found t.
be wanted,
Year: 1878

WE DO THINK the Republican might
let the name of Capt. Gallagher rest
Certainly we have no desire to refer to
him or his terrible defeat again. After
his political death his party here gave
up the ghost; and we prefer to let the
dead bury the dead. Requiescdt in pace.
Year: 1878

Professor Barrel, in a recent lecture on
the telephone. gave receipt for making
cheap one. Take wooden tooth-povder
box and make hole about the size Of a
half crown IN the lid and in the bottom.
Take disc Of timed iron, such as can be-
had from preserved meat tin, and place It
on the outside Of box, and fix the cover on
the other side Of it. Then take small bar
magnet, place on one end small cotton or
silk reel, and round the reel wind some iron
wire, leaving the ends loose. Fix one end
OF the magnet near, as near as possible with.
out touching the disc, and then one part Of
the telephone is complete. A similar ar.
rangements is needed for the other end. The
two are connected by the wire, and with this
Professor Barrett says he has been able to
converse at distance of about one hundred
yards,
Year: 1878

mitted that theirs was the root
and the stock, but held that
New England gave the scions
that were grated in.and made
the top Of it. To her people
was due the constitution-the
wisest political instrument
known.


The third period of peril
arose from the fungoid growth
slavery, which was sucking the
life out of the nation. Mr..
Beecher drew a vivid picture of
the evils which flowed from
that detestable system. He
spoke of the vast influence in
the nation of the slaveholding
power and pointed out but for its
own audacity and blindness it
might have cursed the land for
a hundred. years. longer. He
pictured the fears and doubts
that filled patriotic hearts when
the fuss was kindled at Sumpter.
Then, SO far as human Judgment
could see, the chances were in
favor Of Southern success and
supremacy. But a great element
which had not been foreseen or
counted on was the unprecedent-
ed outburst of patriotism on the
part of the people. Mr.. Beech
er said that when the war was
brought to a successful close be
felt as did the traveller who cross
ed deep chasrn on a dark night,
! believing that he was on
bridge, when in the morning he
was shown thesingle stringpieee
on which he had passed. Even
one year before the surrender of
Lee the South might have made
favorable terms which would for
a long time have shackled the
nation. The Southern people
would have surrendered long be-
fore but that they were made
tenacious by their love Of liber-
ty and independence, although it
seemed to us that they we.-aa
fighting for slavery. This was
one of those concentric circles
of events in which the exterior
sphere seems to be of man and
the inner sphere Of God. The
close of the war brought three
eminent perils-the army, recon-
struction and taxation. Mr..
Beecher dwelt upon the almost
miraculous manner in which q
million and a half of men were
disbanded and brought back into
the ways of peace without the
issuing of a proclamation or the
drawing Of sword made neces-
sary.
Year: 1878




The French laborer probably gets
more for his wages than any other.
His food is cheaper and more nour-
ishing. His bouillion is the liquid
essence of beef at penny per bowl.
His bread at the restaurants is
thrown in without any charge, and
is the best in the world. His hot
coffee and milk is peddled about the
streets in the morning at q sou per
cup. It is coffee, not slops. His
half bottle of claret is thrown in at
a meal costing twelve cents. For o
few cents he may enjoy an evenings
amusement at one of the many mi
nor theatres, with his coffee free.
Sixpence pays for nicely cushioned
seat at the theater. No gallery gods,
no peanuts, pipe, smoke, drunken
ness, yelling or bowling. The Jar
in des Planters, the vast galleries
and the museums If the Louvre,
Hotel Cluny. palace of the Luxem-
bourg and Versailles are free for
him to enter. Art and science hold
out to him their choicest treasures
at small cost, or no cost at all.
French economy and frugality do
not mean that constant retrenchment
and self-denial which would deprive
life of everything which makes it
worth living for. Economy in
France, more than in any other
country. means a utilization of what
America throws away, but it does
not mean pinching process of re-
ducing life to barren existence of
work and bread and water.
Year: 1878

The country is waiting for some
Congressman Of the proper gifts to
make himself a name. History is
full of the storied deeds of great
nnen who sacrificed everything on
the alter of their country, and as
suredly it is not too much to expect
that, in an age like this, when no sac
rifice is required, but only the e1er-
else of industry, understanding and
clearsighted patriotism, the ques.
tions of the hour may at last receive
proper attention at the hands of
Congress.
Year: 1878

Several curious cases of mis-
taken identity have occurred in
this city recently. A son, for
instance, identified a body at the
Morgue as that Of his father,
who, however, made his appear
ance after the Coroner's inquest
had been held and as prisoner
was being tried for his
taking off. In another case
the father of a family was met
on the street by one of his chill
dren while his supposed remains
were awaiting burial at his resi-
dence. In the courts another
curious case came up lately,
The accused was, fortunately,
able to prove he was not the
criminal but some other fellow,
and so saved himself from the
penitentiary.-N. Y Herald.
Year: 1878

the wrong side of-Jack Fenton's
carriage cost--as much as fifty
cents a yard for new passemente-
ries, and-I can't see what Carrie
means by having that awkward
BOBBY running-her nose is no
more Grecian than Pm-an old
piano not worth


And so on, ct cetra, ad infnitum.
to the extent of three columns-all
about the beaux and dress; and the
phOnograph was sick for two days
after being relieved of the stuff.
When a young lady reads this she
will Indignantly observe that if a
photograph was to sneak inte a
room and absorb the conversation
of a half-dozen young men, it twould
swear worse than a Bret Harte
poem when the handle was turned,
and would smell of sulphur and
birthstone for two weeks afterward.
And perhaps she would tell the
truth, hfr
Year: 1878

The Paris American Register
says: "The marriage of Sir Charles
Mordaunt to Lord Leigh's neice,
Miss Cholmondeley, is the final
chapter of long and awful pain
fully interesting story. 1t is now
nine years since Sir Charles petit
toned for divorce from his wife,
who was one Of group of sisters
famous for their beauty and high
standing in society. Lady Nor
daunt did not plead, and soin Feb
ruary, 1870, the judge Of the Di-
vorce Court directed a jury to try
the question if she was or was not
sane. The Prince of Wales was a
witness on that occasion. The jury
found that the respondent was In
sane. More than three years passed
before Sir Charles brought an APP
peal to the house of lords, and it
was not until two years ago that he
at last succeeded in proving his
wife's guilt, and getting release
from the legal bond which bound
him and her. Now, at forty-two,
he is once more happy. Let us
hope that he will continue to be so.
He has had more than his share of
sorrow. 1t was through a tragedy
that he came into the baronetcy,
for when he was only nine years
old his father was accidently shot
by friend, lie represented South
Warwicksbire in parliament from
1859 to 1868. 1t is not given to
many men to become a county
member at twenty-three. Probably
we shall see him return to political
life -
Year: 1878

Paris, which furnishes from real
life SO many plots for novels and
dramas. now sends us a story,
which, if true, makes Enoch Arden
quite an ordinary hero. A few
weeks ago there appeared in a Paris
newspaper an advertisement saying:
A widow, young and good look
ing, mother of four children, with
out fortune, desires to marry a
wealthy and honorable man. Ad-
dress B. R." Penniless widows
with four dependent children are
not generally sought after with
much zeal in the matrimonial mar
ket, but this advertisement brought
three answers. These went, how.
ever, not into the hands of the
widow, young and good looking
but into the hands of her husband.
In fact, the lady in question was
not yet widow at all, and the ad :
vertisement did not come from her.


Her husband, after a struggle
such as many men have made in
recent years, despaired of being
able to support his family. He
therefore decided on plan to save
them from want. When the an
swers to his advertisement were re-
ceived he investigated them care
fully and assured himself that one
OF them came from a man whose
intentions were honorable and
whose worldly goods were album
dant. lie finished his work by
putting this gentleman in the way
of communicating with his wife,
and then he made her a widow by
drowning himself.


OF the result the report says that
the man whose answer to the ad-
vertisement was approved, learning
the true state Of the case, took
charge Of the education of the
children. Whether a wedding will
follow we are not informed.
Year: 1878




The first operation in the process
of digestion is to chew the food
thoroughly and it is for this pur.
pose and no other that we are pro
vided with teeth. We must not
only chew the food to divide it, but
we must chew it finely at the same
time, mixing it with the saliva
which flows into the mouth as much
as possible. Now, there are many
persons who think that the only
object of chewing is that the food
may be more readily swallowed, and
if the food gets into the stomach
no matter as to the condition-this
organ will take the proper care of
it. 1t is a well-known fact, that
has been verified by actual experi-
ment, that the food when thorough
ly mixed with saliva is more readily
digested than when little or no
saliva is mixed with it. The saliva
effects change in the food, even
before it reaches the stomach.
which renders the work of this
organ comparatively easy. This
may be proved by thoroughly
mixing some boiled starch with the
saliva; the starch will be changed
into sugar. The object Of the
saliva is to favor the expression Of
the voice, to moderate thirst, to as
slEt the sense Of taste, to stimulate
the stomach and excite it to actiy-
ity, to aid the digestion of food by
a specific action upon the food itself
gtomaeh.
Year: 1878

The following article taken from the Nation is of sufficient interest to bear reproduction:

 The reception of Kearney, the Cali fornia agitator, in Boston by a crowd of workingmen, the careful reports of his speeches by the Press, and the editorial comments on him by all the leading papers, form altogether a spectacle that must delight Thomas Carlyle, if he still pays attention to contemporary politics, for Kearney is probably the lowest type of demagogue that has yet appeard in history. All his predecessors of which there Is any record have laid claim to some of the qualities which are supposed to distinguish the civilized man from the savage, but Kearney makes no pretense to anything which the read ing, thinking, and remembering part of the human race has hitherto con- sidered respectable. He Simply does what the naked Bushman dOes-cur- ses, calls names, and threatens death. Nevertheless, he has in one the fore most communities of the modern world a considerable following, and is an object of interest, and even of deference, to most of our politicians. He is worth study because he is a kind of animal for which neither American politics nor manners have made as yet tho slightest preparation, and because he is the first to assert a claim which has been long in the air, vIz.: the claim not simply of the poor man to rule the State, but of the brutal ignorant, blaspheming ruffian to have his way with the frugal, industrious

 prudent and religious; and assuredly

 we have not seen the last of his kind | Let us add-and without any wish to

 raise question of party politics-thai

 the moral and religious people oI

 the North, in using their influence

 and the force of the Federal authority

 to procure and maintain for seTera I years the government of great civilized ] communities at the South, by thc

 grossly ignorant portion of the popu

 lation, and to discredit the intelligen portion for political purposes, hav' been sowing the seed from which thu ] IKearneys spring. Ii Kearney maGe the well-meaning believers in nose

 counting as an efficient means of al ministering human affairs, little nor thoughtful and cautious, he may y3 lprove a useful blackguard
Year: 1878

Some two years ago a man who call ed himself Wm. Brazzleton, advertised a show at the courthouse in Prescott, in which, among other wonderful things he was to swallow a wagon wheel. He took the money at the door and went out to rustic up the rest of the troupe, who, as he said had just arrived in town and were making then toilet. He never returned neither did his troupe, and now comes dispatch to the Governor saving Wm. Brazz. .e- ton is killed and that he Is the man who has been robbing stages on his own hook. He is in all probability the same man who didn't swallow the wagon wheel.-Miner.
Year: 1878

Is always supplied with an ample variety of weIl-eooked food. No exaggeratiOn in this. Stage passengers and travellers by there understand It, and to them all un- acquainted with the fact are respectfully referred for information
Year: 1878

that which is incouvenient or painful.
and, by swallowing its food without prop
er mastication, will entail upon itself all
the evils Of Indigestion. In infancy, the
mother should make il a part Of the daily
care Of the child to secure perfect clean
illness of its teeth Becoming thus &C
! customed to IL, the child, when old
I enough TO use the brush, viii fad IL i'm
possible to feel comfortable after a meal
until the teeth have been cleaned as
carefully as tbs lace and hands. Small,
soft tooth brushes, and pleasant denti-
frices, are now manufactured exactly
suited to this purpose these, ii the habit
of use be carly established, will soon be
come a necessity to the child's comfort;
and the practice thus commenced viii be
almost sure to be continued through life
In eases where, il spite Of all the care
that can be given them, the teeth will de
cay, or where the eruption Of the second
set takes place before the temporary
teeth are displaced 10y the absorption OF
their roots, the child should be taken to
an intelligent Dentist, who is competent
to decide what treatment will best sub
serve the interests OF the patient; but IL
it is not convenient TO consult some one
who is conversant with these matters, the
care would better be LEFT TO nature Tor
treatment rather than placed in the
hands OF one unlearned and uuskilled in
the treatment Of such cases; for mis-
take here is not unirequently followed
by irreparable injury and disfguration Of
the mouth IL decay commences, the
same care should be given TO prevent its
extension as would be given to the per
manent teeth, and all cavities should be
iiled with some one OF the various ma
terials adapted to the purpose now in the
hands OF the profession.


The premature loss of the irst teeth Is
the cause Of most Of the irregularity and
consequent designation OF so many
mouths and when it is remembered how
much is involved in the loss-not only
the ability TO masticate tho food aud to
enunciate correctly, but the cOmeliness Of
the face through life--the importance OF
prompt attention viii at once be appar-
ent. very good rule is to have a Dent
ist examine the mouth, alter the child Is
two and a half years old, az least twice a
year, oltencr IL convenient. ~ the fore.
going rule were intelligently observed.
our children would have prettier faces.
aud better health, and we would be hap
PLY conscious Of having discharged du-
ty due to our children OF scarcely less
importance than their moral and intel
lectual training


Respectfully


S. +. BoCGEss,


Jackson, o.
Year: 1878

We Commend to our Kentucky reader, who
thinks there is as much lawlessness in New
England as in Mississippi, the report of the
committee Of the Mississippi Legislature, ap-
pointed to investigate the reported lawless
ness in the southwestern counties. Their
report confirms the worst stories Of whip
ping, burning and even killing by bands of
desperadoes who work by night. The COM
mittee claim that there is nothing political
about these outrages, but the Jackson Times,
the chief Republican paper in the State. is
doubtless right in ascribing their origin to
the rifle club campaign of 1875, which
so familiarized the desperate class with
this sort of amusement that they keep
it up from force of habit. The better
portion of the community condemn the law
lessness, but they are oyerawed, and the
local authorities are practically powerless.
One suggestion is that the State furnish
secret service to detect the criminals, and an
other that the Legislature authorize change
vi venue Nnen the prosecution luinh tuere
is no chance of securing the punishment of
offenders except by removing the trial from
the county which they have terrorized. One
member of the Mississippi Legislature de-
clared, the other day, that, if the Democratic
party in the State did not have the backbone
to put down lawlessness, he would favor
call upon the general Government for troops
for that purpose.
Year: 1878

He LEFT load OF anthracite
In front OF a poor widows door,
When the deep snow. frozen and white,
Wrapped street and square, mountain and moor


That was his deed;


lie did II we'll


What was his creed,"


| cannot tell.
Blest ..in his basket and his store"
In sitting down and ri sing up
When more he got he gave the more,
Withholding not the crust and cup.


He took the lead


In each good task;


what was his creed'"


l did not ask.
BIS charity wss like the snow,
Soft, white and silken in its fall
Not like the noisy winds that blow
From shivering trees the leaves : pail


For flower and weed,


Dropping below,


what was his creed ~


The poor may know.
lie had great faith in loaves OF bread
For hungry people, young and old
And hope,iusPired / ind d words ,s, ne nei% saia'


For he must feed


What was his creed ,"


cannot say.
In words he did not put his trust,
In faith his words he never writ
He loved to share his cup and crust
With all mankind who needed II.


In time OF need


friend was he,


What was his creed ,"


He told not me.
He put his trust in heaven, and
Worked ever on with hand and head
And what he gave in charity
Sweetened his sleep and DAILY bread.


Let US take heed.


For life is brief


"Whlt WAS creed2"


what his beliefYn


Burlington Haukeye.
Year: 1878

the clerk. 'there are about four hundred and
fifty millions ofthem yet. Thanks, thanks,
said the man. with visible emotion. You
take load of my mind. 1t is so long since
I've seen one that was afraid they had all
been retired" and then he slowly retired
himsalf
Year: 1878

The State of Bulgaria, which is to take
the place Of large part of European Turkey.
will extend from the Danube on the north
to the Kgean Sea on the south, running
about hundred miles along the coast of the
latter and from Seryia on the west to the
Black Sea on the east, extending along that
coast fully two hundred miles. Turkey is
allowed military road for reaching her
western provinces. from which she would
otherwise be cut off, but her troops, it is
agreed, must not make any considerable
halt while passing through the country"
Bulgaria will have an area of "a 900 square
miles, or about the size of New England with
Connecticut left out, and Il population of
over 100000.