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Year: 1877

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BosToN, March 13.--About S o'clock
this morning pistol shot was heard by the
occupants Of 2S4 Harrison avenue, followed
by groans, and in two or three minutes
another shot.


Upon arrival of the officers at the head
of the first flight of stairs at No. 2S4, in a
dark entry lay the body of Jacob Herschted
a man sixty years Of age, whose place of
business was another flight up.


He had been shot through the breast on
each side, receiving wounds which caused
his death in half an hour. By his side lay
a pistol and in his mouth pushed down his
throat as far as possible was handkerchief
twisted hard, upon which his teeth were
so closely shut as to render 1t almost i'm
possible to withdraw It,.


His wallet, empty, was found half way
down the stairs. He had evidently been
robbed by some one who knew of his habit
ofcoming to his shop early. Herschted
is known to have received a considerable
sum of money yesterday. Three Poles, who
worked in the fourth story, are under ar
rest
Year: 1877

A New Orleans telegram yesterday hav-
ing mentioned the fact that soldier who
killed another was, by order of General
De Trobriand, turned over to the superin-
tendent of the NicholPs Police, some per-
sons supposed that this was recognition
of the Nichols Government, but inquiry in
official quarters warrants the assertion that
there is no political significance whatever
in the order of General De Trobriand, nor
did any.instruction emanate from Washing
ton concerning the transfer of the soldier to
the police force. General ADgurs's orders
remain the same, and he does nothing more
than preserve the status quo.
Year: 1877

mud beyond recognition, or wet to
the waist by mishaps on the way.


Occasionally the wheels would
ride over a stump which set out too
far in the road, and then the wagon
would elevate itself to an angle Of
about forty five degrees. The
''near" horse was a gray, and by
him the governor was guided, and
the whole party finally arrived at
PetoSkey in a rather demoralized
condition, but good humored and
thankful that they had escaped any
real danger. Those Grand Rapids
and Chicago ladies will not, how
ever, soon forget the ride through
the woods, and the distinguished
and honorable gentleman who acted
as driver. eo


The new inland route from Che
boygan to Petoskey, the State i'm
provements upon which were main
ly secured through the efforts of Mr..
W. Chandler, formerly of the Times,
will in a short time be one of great
value to Michigan. Next year a
good steamship will be put on the
route, and it is expected that the
railroad will be completed from
Petoskey up to the landing near the
Indian village on the lake.
Year: 1877

Worcester Press. -Isrr4


One of the old-time dwellers in
Worcester devoted a generous share
of his wealth to the construction of
a costly tomb where his ashes might
repose in security after the spark
OF life had gone out.


One day he was contemplating
the completed work, and while he
was so engaged the old sexton came
along, wiping his solemn features
as usual with the familiar ban
danna.


SAID the owner of the tomb
"This is costly house for my poor
bones to occupy when l shall have
done with life | have a great deal
of money lying idle in this tomb"


Softly depositing his bandanna
in his hat, and casting a look of un-
utterable sympathy at the speaker,
the old sexton replied:


eyes, sir you have. And may
you soon begin to realize on it."
Year: 1877

been exhorted to take the lark as
their example; but the lark is
shown to be comparatively a slug
gard. He can never be heard, like
the greenfnch, actually before the


break of day; and except on sunny
morning, it does not appear that
he "rises," in any sense of the


word, until long after chafinches,
llnnetS and number Of the hedge
row birds have been up and about.
Year: 1877

The Republican will puff Mr.. Fraim
into the School Board Tomorrow if it
can. Mr.. S. F. Belts seems to have
very little show with that paper, which
is the organ of all the holding-over party
But the people of the North end of the
ward think Mr.. Belts a very suitable man
who will represent their economical
views, and they will no doubt vote fol
him; or. for some Democrat in preference
to either.
Year: 1877

lIiE crop reports from the West are
Oh the most encouraging character,
Wheat gives better promise than for sew
eral years past, and other crops, of which
it is possible to form approximate esti-
mates, are said to give promise of great
abundance,
Year: 1877

RACING WITH THE GIRLs.-The Kirghiz
Tartars have horse races, from twenty to
thirty miles in length. The winner, who
accomplishes the distance at the rate of
eighteen or twenty miles an hour, some
times receives eight or nine horses as a
prize. Occasionally, when there is hol-
idsy, the girls mount the swiftest horses
they can borrow, and challenge the men
to race.


A girl gallops across the steppe-prai-
rie, we would call it, pursued by horse
man, who strives to place his hand round
her waist, she doing her best to prevent
him by hitting him across the head with
a whip. If the man does not succeed, he
is still more unfortunate. For she gallops
round him, and so belabors him that not
unfrequently he falls from his horse, and
is saluted by the hootings and laughter
of the crowd. But if he places his hand
round her waist, she surrenders at once,
and they ride of together.


Among the Turkomans the question
as tO which is to marry the prettiest girl
is often decided in a similar manner.
The young lady, mounted on the swiftest
horse, and allowed good start, is fol-
lowed by her admirers. She avoids those
whom she dislikes, and manages to throw
herself in the way of the favored lover
The moment she is caught she becomes
the wife of the captor, and goes with him
to his tent.
Year: 1877

THE Holy Banner of Turkey is
mHsty, NANCY, worm eaten, old green
rag, which was once the petticost Oh
Mahomet's favorite wife. This article y
never flung to the breeze except when
the Turks are prepared TO make oes,
perate and uncompromising struggle; ano
the idea seems to be among the Tuiks
that a man who won't fight under tns.
sort of banner is no man at all. NO
shall soon see what effect the unfuril9g
of the sacred petticoat will have. Ing
Turkish expectation is that it will bring
about great results.-N. o. Times.
Year: 1877




The United States ship Constitu-
tiOn, which has been moored at Mead
alley wharf since the anticipated cold
weather ought to have set in was
yesterday towed down to League
Island, by order of the Navy De-
partment. 1t is intended that she
shall be ready by February is to
load at this port with goods for the
Paris Exhibition. Her battery is
now being sent ashore at League Is
land and her present occupation as O
training ship will then be at an end.
The boys on board, some 40 odd.
are ordered by January l, 1878, to
the United States ship Minnesota al
New York, and their liberty is STOP
ped after to-day. When the Con
stltution is lightened of her bat
terry and, stores she will be taken to
Cramps shipyard, lifted on the float
ing dock and coppered, and such en-
largement made of her matches as
may be necessary to receive such
stowage as may be taken on board
The ship will remain in commission
under her presen to fficers.
Year: 1877

The flame of love often plays on the
surface of tears as that of naphtha
does on water.


Man is like fowers-The heavier
the thunder storms are to be, the
sweeter the odors they breathe before
lit.


There is no engine by which we
might do SO much good, or ary 10y
which we do SO little, as by CONVERSE
ton. .. s<a# .4.. #s -4
There is not much enjoyment in
conversation without al equality Of
understanding. II
Cupid is knavish God; he can
pierce the hearts of others and hold u
shield before his own. ts tna


1t is always in our power to make
a friend by smiles; what folly, then,
to make an enemy by frowns.
No marvel woman should love
flowers, they bear so much Of faneiful
similitude to her own history.
Sincerity is the soul of virtue.
When she flies away the whole body
decays.
The next best thing to really
good woman is a good-natured one.
Year: 1877

Correspondence Globe Democrat


On my return to st. Louis from
Quincy, Ills, where I+hsye been at
tending to some business, l hasten to
inform you OF a peculiar natural Curl
osity that is now at Quincy, and which
will shortly be exhibited in this city.


Yesterday morning party of five
gentleman started upon a fishing ex-
cursion from Quincy, up the river to
q bridge which crosses the Mississippi
about one mile north Of that city.
One of the party ON his first cast,
brought to the surface peculiar fish,
which will endeavor to describe, amt
which must attract the attention OF
naturahsts in this and every other
country. 1t weighs 81 pounds, has
well-developed human head; has
head of straight black hair, and its
general features would indicate con-
siderable amount of Intelligence. AT
ter great difficulty we succeeded IN
landing it in the boat without injury,
and brought it to the Missouri lioase,
on Main street, where it was seen by
a great number of citizens, who eaa
vouch for tho truth of my statement.
But one Of the most wonderful things
of all, a Portuguese gentleman hap
peped to he passing at the time and
heard it uttering some strange sounds
which attracted his attention, and he
was completely astonished when he
found the fish was able to converse in
the veruacular of his childhood, and
by his Interpretation We were enabled
to learn something of his family his-
tory and genealogy, which has been
handed down to him from tradition
Some five hundred years ago a Por-
tuguese sailor who had been brought
up In the business - coral and pearl
fishing, got overheard in storm on
the Pacific, made the acquaintance OF
mermaid he met in the Atlantic,
and established colony on coral
reef on the coast of Florida, and this
strange creature traces his origin back
to that extraordinary union.
Year: 1877

The Dubuque Telegraph relates the
following:


"Bown, don't see how it is that
your girls all marry off as soon as
they get old enough while none OF
mine can marry.


"Oh! that's plain enough. ]
marry my girls off on the buckwheat
straw principle.


but what is that principle? l
never heard of it before"


"Well, I used to raise a good
deal of buckwheat and it puzzled me
to know how to get rid Of tho straw.
Nothing would eat it, and it was a
great bother to me. Atlast l thought
of plan. sucked my buckwheat
straw nicely and built high rail
fence aroundit. My cattle, of course,
concluded that it was something
good and at once tore down the
fence and began to eat the straw.
I dogged them away and put up the
fence a few times, but the more l
drove them away the more anxious
they became to eat the straw. After
this had been repeated few times
the cattle determined TO eat the
straw, and eat it they did, every bit
of it. AS 1 said, marry my girls
off on the same principle. When a
young man I don't like begins call
ing on my girls I encourage him in
every way l can. tell him to come
often and stay as late as he pleascs,
and I take pains to hint to the girls
l think they'd best set their caps
for him. 1t works frst-rate. He
don't make many calls, for the girls
treat him as cody as they can. But
when young man that like comes
around, man that I think would
suit me for a son-in-law, don't let
him make many calls before I give
him to understand that he isn't
wanted around my house. / tell
the girls, too, that they shall moi
have anything to do with him, and
give them orders never to speak tc
him again. The plan always works
first-rate. The young folks begin
to pity each other, and the next
thing know they are engaged to be
married. When I see that they are
determined to marry, give in and
pretend to make the best of it.
That's the way I manage it."
Year: 1877

Dr.. Henry Pigeon writes to the London
Lancet as follows: "The marvellous sue
cess which has attended my treatment Of
scarlet fever by sulphur induces me to let
my medical brethren know Of my plan, 50
that they may be able to apply the same
remedy without delay. All the cases in
which / used it were well marked, and the
epidermis OF the arms in each case came
away like the skin of snake. The follow
ing was the exact treatment followed in
each case Thoroughly annoint the pa,
tient twice daily with sulphur ointment ;
give five to ten grains Of sulphur in lit
tie jam three times day. Sufficient sui
phur was burned twice daily on Goals on
a shovel, to fill the room with the fumes,
and, of course, was thoroughly inhaled by
the patient. Under this mode Of treatment
each case improved Immediately, and none
were over eight days in making complete
recovery, AMI G.l.-1y lolasye IN each it
was prevented from spreading by the treat
ment adopted. One case was in large
school. Having had large experience
in scarlet fever last year and this, | feel
some confidence in myown Judgment aud
l am of the opinion that the very nildest
cases 7 ever saw do not do half so well as
bad cases do by the sulphur treatment,
and, as far as l can judge, sulphur is as
near 5 specific for scarlet fever as pos
slble."
Year: 1877

A West Hill man got up in a vague state
Of mind, the other morning, and feeling
around in the dark for his socks, got hold
Of his wife's striped stockings. When he
pulled them on and stretched them up, he
felt so completely dressed that he didn't
think ofputting on any thing else, but went
incoming around until he found a lamp,
and fell to the floor in fit of terror at the
sight Of his legs. When they restored him
to consciousness, tEey couldn't make him
believe that the house hadn't been burglar
ized bya circus clown Or an escaped con
Wet; because, he said, i saw him the min
ute struck the ,natoh. just as plainly as
| see you now. Nobody.s safe in these
awful times
Year: 1877

A young man from New Haven came
out West to lecture last week. He made
his debut at Cairo, Ill, and his first effort
pleased the people 50 well that when he
dropped out Of the back window Of the hall
they ran around the block and followed
him to his hotel, and went up to his room
to look for him, and kept hin, sitting on
the roof holding the scuttle down until one
o'clock IN the morning. He has telegraph
ed to New Haven for money to come nome
on.
Year: 1877

He was young man and he looked like
a student-like one of the students in at
tendance at Harvard College. Moreover,
his prompt action, as he saw a loafof bread
on the crosswalk up Woodward avenue,
went to show that he was fond of football,
and therefore student at Hartford. He
reasoned that the loaf had fallen from a
bakers sleigh, and further reasoned that
it was better for him to kick it into forty
pieces than for some poor man to find it.
He kicked. He kicked for all he was worth,
and uttering wall Of agony, he limped to
the fence and leaned against it and swore
like a pirate. The interior of that "lost


loaf of bread was a handsome cobblestone.
put there for just such an emergency.
Year: 1877

Two ounces each of red pepper,
alum rosin and -four of sulphur, and
put in their foud in proportion of one
teaspoonful to three ,pints of scalded
meal-will cure chicken cholera.


The bite of mad dogs have been
rendered harmless by Immediately
cauterizing the wound with a satura-
ted solution of carDonic acid, and
keeping it.cOnstantlywet with a weaker
solution of the same at the same time
giving the patent, according to age,
from two to six drops of spirits of
ammonia in water, every Two hours
for IL or IA hours. The wound is not
allowed to dry for an instant for three
or four days.


Ii a cat is seen catching chickens,
tie one around her neck, and make
her wear it for three or four Gays.
Fasten it securely, for she will make
incredible efforts TO get rid of it. Be
firm for that time, and the cat is cured.
She will never again desire to touch a
bird.


Hens eggs hatch in from 10 10 81
days; turkeys in from 26 to 30 days;
ducks in % days; guinea fowls in
from 25 to 81 days; pea fowls in from
2S to 30 days, geese's in from 80 to
30 days. Fresh eggs will hatch one or
two days sooner than those two or
three weeks old.


The following advice from the New
York Evening Post is very important
Let every mother remember it; "Life-
long discomfort and sudden death lof-
ten come to children through the in
attention or carelessness of the parents
A child should never be allowed to 90
to sleep with cold feet the thing to be
last attended to IS to see that the feet
are dry and warm. Neglect of this
has often resulted in dangerous at
tack of Group, diphtheria or a fatal
sore throat. Always on coming from
school on entering the house from a
visit or errand in rainy muddy or
thawy weather the child should r.
move its shoes and the mother should
herself ascertain whether the stock
iDgs are the. least damp. If they are
should be taken off, the feet held be-
fore the fire and rubbed with the
Lands till perfectly dry. and another
pair of stockings and another pair oil
shoes put on. The reserve shoes and
stockings should be kept where they
are good and dry, so as to be ready
Tor use on minutes notice.
Year: 1877

General Ord had long conference
with the President this morning on the
subject of the Mexican troubles. Very
much the same ground was gone over as
during the conference yesterday with
Secretary Evarts. The whole subject
will be considered at cabinet meeting
to-day.
Year: 1877

Eiitor Democrat City Council having
awarded the contracts for doing all the CITY
work to the lowest bidder, by which it is said
the city will save to the taxpayer some one
hundred and fifty Thousand dollars a year,
and as care, watchfulness and an honest de-
termination to administer public trusts for
the best interests Of the taxpayer seems to be
the leading motive for action Of our present
public servants and representatives think
this the proper time to direct the attention of
the City Council and Of the whole community
to the propriety and wisdom of disposing of
all the city franchises to the highest bidder


IL this is begun Immediately have no mis-
givings but that it will bring into the city
treasury within the next few years two or
three millions of dollars, without doing any
injustice or oppression to any interest," and
thereby allow OF the immediate abolishing OF
that remnant Of the barbarism Of Queen
Elizabeth's time, the licensing system, or at
least that portion of it that falls on small
tradesmen and business people.


The city, we all know, has valuable proper
ty and franchises, which it is expected the
Council will at all times administer for the
best interest of the public. There ID the
Waterworks, which they are now endeavor-
ing to make more profitable to the public;
there is the public markets, which the Coun-
Gil very properly sells to the highest bidder
we confess, we never could see any
reason why the city should own all the mar
kets more than she should own all the coffee
saloons or all the boarding houses, but we
suppose it is because it was the custom in
France and England three hundred years
ago.


AMONG the valuable franchises wfIicf1 the !
city has heretofore disposed Of. but so far
with very little advantage to the city treasury.
Is the use OF her streets for city railroads.


There are now six chartered companies rum
ming nineteen lines, whose charters expire at !.
Year: 1877

CNe"SSRt
here the


FEDERAL GOVERNMENT


must grapple with it Indirectly We have de-
voted eight years of our national life to an
attempt at inoculating the negro into our po-
litical system. We have now reached O point
where the most sagacious political doctors
agree that the inoculation has nearly killed
the patient and that some means Of getti ng
the virus out Of the system must be resorted
to. During the eight years that we have de-
voted our national energies to the task of
lifting the nigger up by the tail we have lost
our foreign commerce, sunk our domestic
prosperity benumbed the public spirit OF the
country, quadrupled our pauperisn and are
in the throes of national bankruptcy; while
we have bred among all classes pernicious
notion of dependence upon the government
and reduced our political system to q petty
iangle of personal squabbles for place and
perquiste. We have discovered our error and
there are to me unmstakable signs OF de-
termination to reetify it, as far as 1t can be
rectified in the present state of our organic
law ACE
Year: 1877

From the New York Observer:


There were tories in all the thirteen
States during the Revolution. In
Connecticut some were to be found
along the Connecticut river, though
they seldom dared to show their SYM
pathy with the British. But at one
period of the war the opportunity of
fered of doing their friends a good
turn in the way of providing the
British cruisers with fresh beef. A
party of tories, about ten miles up the
river, collected a quantity of stock
and quietly loaded it OH two sloops,
intending 10 sail out with the next
tide. But a small boy spoiled their
plans.


This boys name was Eliphalet
Brockway. He happened to be play
ing around the tavern where the To-
ries had collected, and, for some rea-
son, he suddenly took the notion TO
listen to what they were saying in
low tones. He lay on a bench under
a window, and soon learned all about
the plot.


Young Brockway was as stout q
Revolutionist as could be found in the
State (often he had swept off whole
British armies in his play-fghts), and
his blood boiled as he heard the Tory
plans. Leaving the tavern at once
as soon as he was out of sight he ran
with ell his might to MS home and
raised the alarm. Mr.. Brockway
senior, and his neighbOrs got together
at Deacon Marvin's, on Joshua Rocks
and made up an expedition to break
up the Tory doings. The boys (there
was more than one like Eliphalet,
were taken along, and before mid
night the party had rowed down tc
the sloops. True enough, there they
were, full of cattle-one in the stream
the other at the dock. But the frs
one was found TO he guarded, armed
with a swivel, and all hopes of cap
turing it was given up. The other
one, however, was unguarded, and
before the Tories could collect in suf.
ficient numbers, the boys had jumped
aboard and were driving the cattle
off the sloop. The men then told the
boys to head the animals across lots
in a "bee Ene" for Joshua Rocks,
while they secured the sloop. The
Tories fired q round from the swivel
but it did no harm, and they got
away as fast as possible, in fear of G
general alarm being gwen. 'Cros:
lots the boys drove the cattle and put
them all safe in Deacon Marvin's
barnyard.


Mrs. Marvin asked what had hap
pened, and, like true general, came
to the conclusion that some lurking
tories might yet try to recapture the
stock in the absence of the men, who
had not yet come up with the captur-
ed sloop. Accordingly she put on the
] Deacon's old cooked hat and military
coat (he didn't wear them that nigh
himself, and went out to watch the
barnyard till help came.


This story was told recently at &
gathering of the descendants of these
patriotic boys and their fathers, and
the speaker telling it said that the
Deacon's wife carried a broomstick
that night instead Of musket.


mo, sir" chimed in motherly old
lady present; "she carried gun; my
mother was that woman's daughter,
and she told me So"


So much for what some boys and q
brave mother did in Revolutionary
| times.
Year: 1877

We understand thatin Germany the
Government will not issue a paten-
for any preparation of food nor a copyt
right for any school book. There is a
great deal OF wisdom in these charac-
teristic exceptions, and they might
very well be adopted in this country.
The compiling of school books is al
most entirely a mechanical task, but
it is misrepresented by the publishers
as tremendous item in the cost of
their school books. and the public are
made to pay for it. A Government
concession which is abused in this way
should be withdrawn.-Globe Demo-
crdt
Year: 1877

a party were enjoying the evening
breeze on board yacht. The wind
has made my moustache taste quite
SALT remark ed young man who had
been for some time occupied In biting
the hair that fell over his upper lip
Il know it, innocently said pretty
girl. And she wondered why all her
friends laughed. People are so child
sih,' she remarked.