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Year: 1877

There is a serious controversy among the
editors of the State respecting the claims of
various individuals 10 consideration as the
eldest member Of the fraternity. Concern
ing such a matter there may be possibilI-
~ of agreement; but when there shall be Il
dispute as to who is the ablest il will he
impossible TO obtain more than one vote
apiece for each man, that is if persons are
allowed to vote for themselves.
Year: 1877

Among the innumerable promises which
Randall is charged with having made to
Western members, not the least probable is
that he would give the banking and curren-
CIV committee TO the soft money men, Wash
ington gossips now say that he means to
fulfill this promise by placing Judge Buck
ner of Missouri at the head of that commit
tee. Mr.. Buckner has always been an ear
nest opponent Of the so-called hard money
legislation, and was also the only member
from Missouri who openly favored and
Year: 1877

The Kansas Central railroad is now in
running operation to The west line OF Jack
son county, and the PROSPECTS are that the
road will reach the Blue river within the
next six monis- There, in all probability,
it will stop Tor some tine. If Randolph is
the lucky point at which the road crosses
the river, it will soon grow to be a good
sz..d town
Year: 1877

What's the Use of all this fuss over Sit
ting Bulls refusal TO give himself up?
Suppose he would send Commission to
the President demanding his surrender, do
you suppose Hayes would go?
Year: 1877

Ii the Republicans in Congress are not
more active, and less sulking over imagin-
ed Presidential indifference, they will find
that, while they have been thinking over
what TO do the Democrats will have done it.
Year: 1877

voted for Randall as speaker, which facts
Indicate that he deserves distinguished con-
sideration at the hands OF the new speaker
and is available material for use in carry
ing out the other contract.
Year: 1877

1t is stringent rule of the Departments
at Washington that no officer of the Gov
ernment shall give information TO CRAFTY
the curiosity of any person respecting the
business interests OF another.
Year: 1877

to keep, must be Of keeping kinds, and
treated as directed last month Those hav-
ing small quantities, and no fruit house,
can succeed iairly by placing them in dry
and cool cellar, OF in a chamber that can
be kept cool by opening the windows, and
In which little lire may be made, should
there be danger OF freezing the fruit.
Year: 1877

TuU DISTRICT COURT OF THE sE .


ond Judicial District of the State of Nevada in and for
the county of Ornsby. Roger Crow Pialntin, vs. y L.
Clegg and Florence Clegg and A W Pray, defendants
Action brought in District Court OF the Second Judca
District of the State of Nevada in and for the county OF
Ormsby, and the complaint filed IN said county ot
in the Office of the Clerk of said District CourIhe State
of Nevada sends greeting j. L. Cegg and Florence Gregg
and A. w PRAY defendants You are hereby requreu 10
appear in an action brought against you by the ABOVE
named plaintiff in the District Court OF the Second Judcla
District of the State of Nevada in and for the county OF
Orsby and to answer the complaint filed therein "a copy
of which accompanies this summons within ten days ex
elusive of the day of servce after the service on you
this s1mmons-f served within this county or served
ont Of this county, but in this district within twenty days
otherwise within forty days-or Judgment oy oeIauL WI"
be taken against you The said action brought to fore
close certain mortgage executed by defendants j. L.
and Florence Clegg to said plaintiff on ot NO one " m
block No six Co. Rice Peters addition to the city OF
Carson in Orrnsby county, Nevada; which sao mortgage
was given to the payment OF prouSsory note
made by defendants L. and Florence Cegg on the 10th
day of May, A. D. 1876 to plaintiff, lot the sum OF SIX
hundred dollars and interest thereon at three ~ per cent
Der MONTH all in gold coin of the United States, And
plaintiff asks decree of foreclosure OF SAID mortgage ana
That the premises be dered to be sold and the
proceeds applied the payment OF costs attorney fees
taxes insurance and the principal sum and interest on
said note in gold coin of the United states ana found
insufficient that Judgment be docketed against the prop
erty of defendants L. and Florence Clegg for any pal
ance found remaining due plaintiff All OF which Is more
fully set forth in plaintiffs complaint file in my Office
And Won are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and
answer the said complaint, above required, the SAID
nainti will apply the Court for the relief demanded


Given under my hand and the seal OF tne Dlstrle1


LIS OF Nevada in and for the county OF Ormsby, this


* 24th day of August, in the year OF our LORD one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seyen


ouo5 = awS1y ALFRED HELM, Clerk
Year: 1877

wherever there is a heart that
throbs for liberty and for country.
The last words Of your husband,
heard yesterday with SO much en-
thusiasm and meditated upon to-
day with 80 much reflection, will
remain as the testament Of this age
to future generations, because, far
from advising conquest and domin-
ion Of one people over another, like
the testament Of despots, they coun-
sci your noble France to achieve
conquest and dominion over herself.
All these considerations suffice to
fill your soul with the religion of
that memory and to raise your wild
owhood to the hightiof priesthood.
If you have seen him fall from the
summit Of glory into the shadows
of death, your own afflicted soul,
in communion with itself, will pre-
sent him to you living through the
recollection of his services in the
pages of history, and through the
splendor Of his virtues in the
bosom Of God.


Receive, madame, the homage Of
respect and devotion of your affec-
tionate friend and humble servant,


EMILIO CASTELAR,.
Year: 1877


Where shall turn? am weary and worn
l have wandered about since early this


morn
No sVCS work have found and they without
My bgSsad poor stricken wife and her famishins
Back to my home must my weary feet
And again hear their cries for fire and bread?
What shall I do? Must see day by day,
The bloom from their young cheeks fading
And she. my dear wife, trace in her eyes
The look ofdespair when she hears their


weak cries,
Ny brain seems to reel, no hope can see,
o God! in Thy mercy, deal kindly with
me.
What wild thought is this that steals
through my brain
WHAT sully my name with the felon's dark
Teach these hands to stealg That never
Ahi yes, sooner death for my loved ones
and me.
Aye; wherever they went the brand of the
thief


Would follow their footsteps and bow them


with grief.
But why stand 1 here? ere night closes
The means to buy food by these hands must


be found.
o. 1 cannot beg and meet the cold frown,
IL would freeze my poor heart and crush


my lie down,
| would work these fingers off to the bone
To bring JOY and comfort to my wretched


home.
Cheer up, my heart!-I'll search the city


through
There must be some work for the honest


to do,
In this city of wealh there are hearts, I'm


sure,
10 relieve the wants of the needy and poor,
While hope shines within I'll struggle once


more
To keep off the wolf thatstands at my door.
Year: 1877

MIR. H. r. STEVENS:


Dear Sir-I will most cheerfully
add my testimony to the great
number you have already received
in favor of your great and good
medicine, VEGETINE, for l do not
think enough can be said in its
praise, for L was troubled over
thirty years with that dreadful
disease, Catarrh, and had such bad
coughing spells that it would seem
as though l never could breathe
any more, and VEGETINE has
cured ME; and l do feel to thank
God all the time that there is SO
good a medicine as VEGETINE,
and l also think it one of the best
medicines for coughs and weak,
sinking feelings at the stomach,
and advise everybody to take the
VEGETINE, for l can assure them
it is one of the best medicines
that ever was.


MRS. L. GORE,
Cor. Magazine and Walnut sts.,


Cambridge, Mass.
Year: 1877

For the SPECTATOR.


IMPRONPTU.


BY U. Wv.
Adieu! Adieu! bid again


To this long cherished spot,
The precious boon that would ask
Is not to be forgot.
Forgotten! No, would not be
By those I love SO we'll
By those who in my heart of hearts
Have wrought a magic spell.
But, ah! know they'll think ofme
When evening shades draw near.
For as they in the cleaning sit
My voice they will not hear.
When she sits down at night-fall
To play some sweet refrain,
Unconscious she'll begin to chant
1.-THE cabin in the lane"
And those dear chords will ask her for
My favorite Retreat
"Or ask me not to sing song,"
Which is SO sadly sweet.
And when they gather round the board,
My place will vacant be.
Oh. thither may they turn their eyes,
And watt a thought to me.
When the ''good-nights' have all been said
And they kneel down to pray.
Will they not ask the Lord to keep
Me in the Christians way?
And when the Golden gates unbarred,
The morn Is bright and gay,
They will think of the noisy group
That each day went away.
When all around is quiet, still,
No thoughtless footsteps heard,
And undisturbed they listen to
The song of some sweet bird.
Oh Will their thoughts not wander then
To where our footsteps fall?
And will they not our pictures hang
Upon their mem'ry's wall?
Although my fortune may be hard,
In sterile regions cast,
know there'll be one fertile spot
Within the barren past.
Whene'er see a flower bloom,
Those "Honeysuckles" fair
VIII spring up in my fancy, and
I'll twine them in my hair,
Just as did in those bright days
When my poor heart was glad;
For who could in such fragrance dwell
And dream Of being sad?
I'd have those Honeysuckles sweet
Around my hovel bloom,
Aud when I sleep the last long sleep
I'd have them on my tomb.
Year: 1877

For sale at the old Tobacco stand, Corner
Main and Augusta Streets, formerly occupied
by Armentrout, q large and carefully selected


Stock of


CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCOS,


At Old Prices.
Notwithstanding the increase of the prices of
all Tobaccos in consequence Of the addition
al Revenue Tax, yet at this old stand you can
buy at the same low figures as heretofore.
Nineteen different kinds and styles open at


OF
Year: 1877

The duty of the hour, rs pertinently
suggested by the New York Express, is
not only one of present protest, but to
insist upon some kind of legislation or
amendment to the constitution which
will forbid the repetition of the wrong
about to be imposed upon the American
people. If Henry Clay, Silas Wright
and Felix Grundy had followed up the
recommendation of their report made to
Congress in 1887 respecting ineligible
electors by some practical legislation we
should have no such cases as those now
before Congress and the electoral vote
commission, Let us have at least an
amendment to the constitution or some
undisputed legislation which win make
impossible repetition of the dangerous
crisis of the past few months.
Year: 1877

The Enquirer this morning takes a
bold stand editorially against the Elec-
toral Tribunal. 1t denounces it as pack
ed Jury and declares that the Democrats
have no hope of justice or fairness at its
hauds. 1t urges the Democratic members
of the commission to refrain from further
participation in its proceedings, and calls
upon the House to place every obstacle
IN its power in the way Of the count and
to repudiate the decision when made.
Year: 1877

1OLAIlCos-- w pafo ooio bOAotOl ohu
we say again now that the Democratic |
party for the present has but little ,ofpol-
itics in its make up, 1t has no measures
upon which its slleading minds have taken
counsel-not one feature upon which Its
great men have caucused. Its whole
stock in trade Of any value is to be found
in its opposition to the wasteful extrava-
gance Of the people who have been run
ming the government for the last ten or
twelve years. Upon this and mere eco
nomical measures the whole party may
be safely united as one man.
And it may be hoped that oq this great
and opportune occasion the assembling
ofCongress IN extra session, the Repre-
sentatives and Senators will be wise
enough to attempt the adoption of no po-
litical measures-that they will simply
make the necessary appropriations for
conducting the government until the as
sembling of the regular session in Decem-
Der and adjourn.


There is very little doubt that the
President and Cabinet will endeavor to
force numerous measures on the atten-
tion of Congress among which will be
the increase of the army. We hope this
will not be agreed to. 1t is charged that
the President is very anxious to have an
other war with Mexico aud thereby to
grasp another slice of that country. This
would salt many people of this country
admirably. But we do not want any
more territory than we have. Nor dc
we want to pay hundred millions OIL
more for useless war to secure addition.
al territory. We are not in need Of
more territory; but we are in need of a
lighter and more inexpensive natlona
government. This the Democrats have
pledged to the people, and the first anG
chiefest thing the party has to do is tC
further reduce the expenditures in al
the Departments.


The Heads of Departments said befor
the last Congress that the country woult
suffer by a reduction of expenditures, ,an
they will say it again. But the Demo
cratic House in spite of these assertion
was the means of our having surplus @
thirty millions of gold in the Us. Trea
sury on the 3Oth of June, and we hop
there will he n redT1ction in tho nayt or
preparation bills that will at least doubl
that surplus on the Both OF next June =
And we hope that economy will be tn
great rallying cry of the Democratic ,c
pie, when Congress meets in December
After that there will be ample time fC
shaping the political issues, if we are I
present any for general discussion prev


GUS to 1880.
Year: 1877

The great wall of China was measured
in many places by Mr.. Unthank, an
American engineer, lately engaged on a
survey for Chinese railway. His
measurements give the height at eigh-
teen feet, and width on top of fifteen
feet. Every few hundred yards there is
q tower twenty-four feet square, and
from twenty to forty-fve feet high. The
foundation of the wall is of solid granite.
Mr.. Unthank brought with him brick
from the wall, which is supposed to
have been made 200 years B. @. In
building this immense stone fence to
keep out the Tartars, the builders never
attempted to avoid mountains or chasms
to save expense. For 1900 miles the
wall goes over plain and mountain, and
every foot of the foundation is in solid
granite, and the rest of the structure
solid masonry. In some places the wall
is built up against the bank, or canons,
or precipices, where there is sheer
descent of 1000 feet. Small streams
are arched over, but in the larger
streams the wall runs to the waters
edge, and tower is built on each side.
On the top of the wall there are breast
works, or defenses, facing in and out, so
the defending force can pass from one
tower to another without being exposed
to an enemy from either side. To cal
culate the time of building or cost of
this wall is beyond human skill. So far
as the magnitude of the work is con-
cerned, it itsurpasses everything in ancient
or modern times of which there is any
trace. The pyramids of Egypt are
nothing compared to it.
Year: 1877

Probably one of the greatest problems


of this age is the mule. Although


volumes have been written on the mule,


yet the accident statistics show that he


is as little understood as ever. How to


mix kindness and frmness in the proper


proportions and then apply the concoc-


tion successfully to on energetic mule is


one of "those things no fellow can find


out" The mule is deceitful and des-
perately wicked. 1t knows no north, no
south, no west, no east, in tho rigid i'm
partiality with which it bestows its
favors. In trying to solve the mule
problem many very wise men have been


baffled, and likewise knocked into q de-
moralized heap in the opposite corner Of
the stable from which the mule stood.
And yet how strange it is that after all
these years of Intellectual research the
true solution of this vexed question
should be discovered by a small boy.
This little fellow livesi in Richmond, Vir-
ginia, and while playing near mule
was, by means of that animals method
of rapid transit, suddenly landed in
neighboring field. When he recovered
from the emotion caused by SO unex-
pected an event, he managed to insinuate
himself into the mules affections, taking
care, however, always to keep at the
correct end of the mule. Finally the
innocent and unsuspicious quadruped
was firmly tied to a tree, under whose
shades we're several hives of bees. The
mule brought disaster upon himself by
kicking over hive just by way of rec
reation. The combat that ensued was
dreadful to behold. The boy is not
quite certain whether the bees or the
mule Won the victory. He thinks it was
the mule, because when the owner came
after the body, there was not a vestige
of the hives to be seen, and the bees
had all disappeared, while the remains
of the mule still occupied the battle
field.
Year: 1877

In the court yard of the county jail
stands grape vine trellis, just under
the grated window of the first ward.
Turnkey Blakely says that all manner of
devices are used by the prisoners to
coax the fruit within their reach. Broom
handles are split with knives, and con-
vict will strain and wrench himself for
hours at time in the endeavor to cap
ture stem of grapes in the cleft, break
it off with an adroit twist, and safely
land it on the window sill. Strings are
weighted and slip-noosed, and swung
back and forth, until they twine them
selves around bunch and reward the
patient thief within. Many grapes are
also devoured by the prisoners as they
pass to and from the court room in
charge of the officers. and the latter
wink at these trifing breaches of law
Detroit Tribune.
Year: 1877

A Western paper says that tho house


Of Mr.. 7. J. McAtee, Of Dog Prairie,


81. Charles county, Missouri. has re


Gently become infested with bats. He


noticed large number Of bats flying


in the direction Of his house and con.


cealing themselves in the corners Of the


windows and under the weather board.


ing. He immediately began IN on


slaught on them, and in few minutes


ho had killed seventy, this number be.


ing all that he could reach with such


weapons as he then had at hand. Next


morning none were to be seen, but at


twilight they returned in such vast num-


bers as to appall him. His attention


was FIRST directed to the neighborhood


Of his front gate, at which point he


heard innumerable fitting noises like a
storm in the distance. Looking that


way he saw what at first he took to be
black cloud approaching, but as it got
nearer he realized that it was horde of
bats. As the swarm neared the house
it lowered and many Of the bats entered
the open doors and windows. Mr.. McAtee
and his hired man at once set about to
kill the bats, and succeeded in making
away with two or three hundred. Hav-
ing rid the house of nearly all the bats,
Mr.. McAtee went out doors again to see
what the prospect was there. He was
surprised to find the dir filed with
myriads of bats, flying and circling about
in all directions, and darting against
each other with audible force. A huge
and writhing mass had settled on the
window sill, and the entire frame, as
well as the wooden part of the sash, was
covered with them. The weather board
ing, for at least five feet on each side of
the window, and from the bottom to the
top of the house, was covered with the
black throng. Every outhouse was
either invaded or surrounded. As Nc
Atee walked through the yard the air
was black with bats. and he had to keep
up continuous fighting with his hands
and arms to keep them from striking
him in the face. Overcome and con-
fused by the phenominal visitation Nc
Atee at first did not know what to do,
but finally conceived a: plan which re-
suited in the capture and death of OF
least very large number of them, Tho
result, by actual count, was 4, ,103 dead
bats, and their carcasses filed large
barrel which holds over five bushels.
Though this onslaught greatly dimin-
shed the number of invaders there were
still hundreds, and perhaps thousands,
If them left, though owing to the dark
less, it was found impracticable to
make further war on them. Next
morning when McAtee awoke not o bat
was to be seen, oil the survivors having
MS mysteriously as they
'ame. They have, however, since in
'aded the house, and all attempts to
zeep them away are fruitless.
Year: 1877

A man who saw the partial destruction


of the Omaha bridge by a cyclone des-


cribes it as dense black cloud coming


down stream, carrying forward water


column standing on the river with its


head in the clouds. In front the air is


filled with hail, streams OF fire run along


the iron bars and columns Of the bridge;


but the moment the whirling water


column strikes it the whole is lit up by a


binding electric glare, the bridge van


ishes, shoots up to great height above


the piers, and then is dashed with incon-


ceivable velocity back into the river.


Large stones are torn out of the rip-rap-


ping, and shoot up perpendicularly sixty


feet to the top of the railroad grade


This description is regarded by many as
fanciful; but Prof. Tice of st. Louis
says it is not, and adds: 81 was charged


with laboring under an illusion when,
in the summer of 1858, I asserted that the
steeple of the Baptist church first shot
up into the cloud. Not until the archi-
tect declared it must have been so, and
could not have been otherwise, was the
correctness of my statement admitted.
The architects opinion was based upon
the fact that the steeple, when construc-
ted. was let down by braces twelve feet
long into the tower, and this braced
frame was pulled up and out without
disturbing a stone in the tower. The
large stone cross in the Calvary ceme-
terry, weighing several tons, that went
down in the North st. Louis tornado
last year, went up first, for there
was the upright iron dowell that had
been in the socket of the shaft. Houses
always 20 down when caught in the
vortex of a tornado, but those caught in
the center invariably first go up. When,
in the East st. Louis tornado, the cloud
snatched up locomotive, carried it over
a pond, and dropped it down, right side
up, the wise by tradition pooh poohed
at the assertion that it was carried, and
declared that it was blown into the pond,
not trace of such &C
tion could be seen in the smooth and
level sand over which it must have roll
ed if such had been the fact. How did
it happen, then, that the tiny electric
cloud that was arrested over Langley
pond, South Carolina, on the twelfth of
August, 1874, formed waterspout,
which lasted for about ten minutes, In
which time it lifted to the clouds over
214, 900 tons of water, and the cloud,
enlarged and distended, walk
ed off with it without spilling drop?'
Year: 1877

A war correspondent writes from
Varna I found crowd of officers who
were examining rough wooden revolver
that had been taken from the belt of q
dead Russian lieutenant. It had no
trigger, neither were barrels followed
ont, merely block of wood shaped out
rs revolver. An old Pole was asked
for a solution of the. mystery, and his
opinion was very soon given. The
young man had been a gambler, had
sold his revolver, and to hide the fault
from his commandant had had wooden
ones made to fill up the holsters.