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Year: 1877

Just previous to the adjournment of
Congress the Democratic members oi that
body unanimously adopted an address to the
people OF the country setting forth that in the
Lection in November lo6 Tilden electors were
Year: 1877

actually chosen and that the Republicans by
raising their sectional envy had wrongfully
obtained adeclaration that Hayes had received
1856 electoral votes and Tilden but 1874 electoral
votes The address is lengthy and goes into
the arguments tosustain the position, such
as were generally used in Congress and be.
tore the electoral commission.
Year: 1877

1t may not be inappropriate to give a
few hints as to the best method OF eXtln-
gushing the flames, when wOman's or
child's dress has unfortunately caught
fire. If the sufferer has presence OF mind
enough to throw herself on the ground and
roll over and over again until the by
ISLANDERS can envelop her in some thick
and non-int1ammable covering, her
chances of escape from serious I'M jury
will be much increased; but, unfortunate


ly, the terror of the moment ordinarily
Overcomes every other feeling, and the
sufferer rushes into the open air-the very
worst thing she could do. The first thing
for a bystander to do is to provide him
self with some non-infiammable article
with which to envelop the patient, and a
coat or clOak-or, better, a tableclOth or
drugget-will answer the purpose. Throw
ing this around the suff rer, he should, If
possible, lay her on the ground and then
rapidly cover over and beat out all the
fire, keeping on the covering until every
spark is extinguished. To attempt TO ex-
tinguish fire by water is useless, unless
the whole body of flame can be put out at
one blow; and for one lightly-clad female
to attempt tC succor another when other
persons are at hand is simply to imperll
two lives instead of one. In the case or a
house on fire, il is TO be remembered that
death is more frequently the result OF SUI
location from smoke than from contact
from fame, and every effort should be
made 10 reach the open air by crawling
along the floor (where there is usually
breathing space so as TO reach window,
Year: 1877

The shadow of hard times seems to be
slowly creeping over the Comstock, and
the man who stands in the sunshine to-
day may be under the cloud tomorrow.
Hundreds of miners who have been out
of employment for months go about will
ing to perform any kind of work for any
thing in the shape of money. A few
months ago they were striving to see their
wives and children presentably clothed
and supplied with the little Injuries of
life. To-day they think only of keeping
them fed. They have no longer credit at
the grocer's and the butcher will not fur
nish them meat without the ready cash.
Scores of these men are walking the
streets aimlessly, or lingering about the
mines begging for work, A miner falls
down shaft and is dashed to pieces. A
hundred rush to fill the place, content to
have their faces famed by the ill-wind
that has blown him into eternity. They
stand about the gambling tables watching
the ebb and flow of other peoples for
tunes A man with dollar in his pocket
is deliberating whether to buy flour for
his family or put the money on the board
TO double up. He pushes it over on the
card and sees it make its way into the
dealers till. Then he walks away with
teeth tightly clenched. You may see
such sights nightly at any of the gambling
houses. Strong, able-bodied men call
daily at the dwellings of citizens, asking
for food and the chance of a nights lodg


ing. The funds Of the Relief Committee
are exhausted. = VirginiG city Chronicle.
Year: 1877

The report of a committee of the Ma
tiOnal Board of Underwriters. giving the
palm to the f1re-proof quality of brick as
material for buildings, is strikingly con-
tirmed by our own experience. The walls
of the Journal Of Commerce building,
though exposed in the upper parts to an
extremely intense heat for nearly two
hours, prove to be but slightly injured.
A few trit1ing cracks, readily repaired,
near the roof, are the only signs in the
walls of the ordeal through which they
have passed. The walls were strongly
constructed, intended to last, and they
have served their purpose. Had the
structure been made of granite or marble
or iron, we can guess what would be its
present condition from the fate that has
overtaken so many buildings composed
of those materials. The report of the
Fire Underwriters Committee makes no
new points; but it presents again in a
very convincing manner some of the eYi-
dence, which ought to be needed, as to
the superiority of brick over stone or iron
for building purposes. One of the most
impressive proofs given is that offered by
the great fire in Boston in 1872, when the
rear brick wall of the new Postoffice
Building in that city was exposed to a
terrible direct heat for hours without sus-
tanning crack or blemish of any kind !;
whereas, the granite side of the structure,
not facing the fire, was seriously dam
aged, AID it was necessary to take down
portions Of it. The report strongly con-
demns the use of iron in architecture,
declaring it g undesirable for such pur-
poses, and unsafe in a fire point of view"
The recent destruction of large iron edi.
fees in New York and St. Louis is cited
as testimony on this head. The wreck of
the iron building burned in Bond street
Of this city last winter was quick piece
Of work; but st. Louis beat it at fire
last month, when one of the largest iron
structures in that city lay fiat on the
ground within twenty minutes after the
fire was discovered in it, The committee
say that wooden columns, pillars or sup
ports of proper dimensions will stand fire
better than iron. They recommend, for
fire proof doors or shutters, wood clad
with sheet iron or tin. These are all
practical suggestions worthy to be needed
by architects and owners of buildings
And they will have almost the force of
law in the community if they are made
the basis of discrimination in insurance
rates adopted by the companies.-N. Y.
Journal of Commerce.
Year: 1877

The Russian method of acquiring for
eign languages is more methodical than
that of any other nation. In the first
place a foreign nurse, usually English, is
secured for the baby. The Russians are
very careful in choosing this parsonage,
because, as she is not on any account to
breathe into the infants ears an accent of
plebeian Russ, her speech must be free
from those colloquialisms in which la


dies like Sairev Camp are apt to indulge


When the child is about nine years old
foreign playmates are sought for it. Dur
ing the summer months the children of
the English and French residents in Rus
sia are at premium. 1t is a regular
practice for them to spend their holidays
on the estates of Russian nobility Be
side the pleasure which the trip into the
interior affords them, they mostly return
home laden with presents, and if boy is
sharp enough to be able to add little
grammatical instruction to his practice as
conversationalist," he may pick up
enough pocket-mOney to last him the re-
mainder of the twelve months. Lastly, a
tutor or governess is engaged for the child
until it can converse in a foreign Ian
guage as freely and fauitIessly as a ma
tive. Language masters make fine lIv-
inc in Russia. In spite Of their numbers
English teachers may be counted by
the hundreds-they charge high price
for their instruction. and are held in great
esteem by the Russians, who often retain
their service for years.-EGchGnge
Year: 1877

We have received a circular. from the
publisher of the New York Graphic ask
ing us for information as to the character,
habits, movements and depredations Of
the Iocusts of the West, to be embodied
in an illustrated supplement they are
about to issue. We much dislike to dis
appoint any one who appeals to US IN
candid spirit for information, and we,
therefore, cheerully contribute from our
abundance:


1. As to the character of the grasshop-
per, it is bad. Like the dead beat that he
is, he eats his landlord out Of house and
home and then skips. He is thief,
poacher, robber, glutton and an unmiti-
gated nuisance.


2. The grasshopper has three habits
which it adheres to faithfully. In fact,
if ANYTHING is the creature of habit it is
the grasshopper. The first is to hatch
under any and all circumstances; this is
point of honor and duty that it faithfully
observes. The second is to eat and eat
continuously. From the rising of the sun
until the going down thereof, it Grams It's
abdomen with victuals, and its digestion
is equal to its appetite. 1t always eats at
the first table, for it clears it 50 clean that
there is no chance for second. Its third
lldDIG is 10 lay eggs, anu all Tic uLlc HOI
devoted to eating is improved in this recre
alton. How many eggs well-developed,
healthy grasshopper will lay has never
been accurately stated, but the Govern
ment has lightning calculator now at
work upon the problem.


3. With respect to its movements, we
are enabled to state that it moves frequent
lv and takes all its baggage with 1t except
the aforesaid eggs. 1t moves hastily,
g gets up and gets so to speak, on very
short notice, and the simple provocation
of lack of sustenance. No habit of the
prasshopper excites so much interest in
the farmer as its movement, and the in
terest is concentrated in the point whether
the hopper is moving toward or away
from his farm.


A. His depredations: This is a pro-
found mathematical problem, Of which
the total number of grasshoppers. the
amount each will consume on tie average
per day, their rate Of progress and the
amount of forage 10 be found in The
counties where they stop, are essential
elements in the calculation. We would
respectfully refer the Graphic to the Gov
ernment Commission for information up
on this branch of lis inquiry fari6auh
(Hiitns.) Republican.
Year: 1877

The postofice department at Washing
ton has written that the mail may be
brought through from Petoskey with
out stopping at the Mullet lake office.
This will be quite an advantage to our
citizens, as it will enable the stage to
arrive during the winter from an hour
and half to two hours earlier than it
otherwise would, and in the summer
time, and especially when the roads are
bad, the advantage will be much greater.
The contractor, however, is obliged to
deliver the mail at the Mullet lake office
three times each week. This arrange
ment will shorten the route several
miles. and lessen the tediousneSs of the
trip over the route to the travelling pub
lie just that much, while it will be no
great Inconvenience to those residing i'm
the Mullet lake region, and receiving
their mail from that office. This con-
cession of the department will, no doubt,
be appreciated by our citizens, but we
think they might give us a daily mail.
The importance of the place and this re-
gion of the state demand it. and we be-
lieve that with the proper effort it could
be secured.
Year: 1877

Although teams have been crossing
the straits for several days. the ice is not
altogether safe. and great care should be
taken by those venturing over. Last
Saturday. Mr.. LelOt, the mail carrier. got
his horse and sleigh i'm, and on Sunday,
Mr.. Joseph Burns was unfortunate
enough TO have his team break through.
1t seems that n considerable portion Of
the ice has been formed by the ice piling
up in layers and freezing. In some
places the under layers have been washed
or worn away by the current, thus
leaving a shell of ice up from the water
and consequently having no chance to
to accumulate thickness, and it is these
places that are extremely dangerous.
The quantity Of snow upon upon the ice
also has tendancy to prevent additional
ice forming. and the dangerous spots
from being discovered. Until plain
and safe track has been marked out be-
tween this place and the island it would
be we'll for those crossing to take extra
precaution. Mr.. Lelot came very near
getting in last Tuesday, but discovered
the danger in time to avoid it.
Year: 1877

We think that if farmers would prac-
tice "mixed husbandry" more than
they do, they would make more money
than they do. A great many farmers
only keep as much stock as they can
get along with-one cr two COWS, a
team of horses, and perhaps a yoke
Of oxen and few hogs. Now. such farm
ers never get along we'll; they do not
make enough manure to keep up the
fertility OF their farms, and they are
continually moving about from place to
place, "running" one farm little while
and then leaving 1t to practice the
same in other places. We think that II
farmers would keep more stock-cattie,
sheep, swine, chickens, turkeys, geese
and ducks-theY would find it much
more profitable. Aye! we will make it
stronger than that, and will say that
we know it. 1t is an acknowledged
fact that butter>makipg and poultry>
raising have paid better than cereal
crops for the past few years. And If so
in the past, why not in the future? We
think there is no danger that the bust
ness will be overdone, at least IN good
many years. And we think that not
only butter making and poultry raising
can be made profitable in number OF
instances, but market gardening and
fruit raising could be Carried on and
pay a good profit to the producer. A
great many market gardens, of one or
two acres in the vicinity of New York
City, pay an annual profit equal to, or
greater than that which is yielded from
one hundred acres of farming lands,
farmed as it is generally done. Now
this is not as it should be, for we think
that every farmer ought to make his
labors as profitable as possible. And
yet it seems right for the market gard
eners to apply large amount of fertll-
izers and work their land with care,
keeping down the weeds and having
some crops on the ground, all, or nearly
all of the time, while the average far
mer seldom or never purchases any fer
tilizers and do not care of what barn :
yard manure they make, and we do not
know but it is right the market garden
ers should make the most money. But
the farmer must advance as we'll as the
rest of the world, and if he does not
''farm it, better and use more fertiliz>
ers, carefully saving what is made on
farm, and raise more and better stock,
as well as to raise garden vegetables.
where practicable, he must quit the
business.
Year: 1877

Death cannot be an evil, for it IS uni
versal.


Example has more influence than au-
thority.


The surest remedy against scandal is
tc live it down.


Love those who advise, but not those
who praise you.


One ungrateful man does an injury to
all who are wretched.


It is safest for man to judge favorahly
of his fellow>creatures


The tongue is little thing, but it fills
the universe with trouble.


A mans temper is most valuable to
himself, and he should keep it.


Frowns blight young children as
frosty nights blight young plants.


A cheerful face is nearly as good slor
an invalid as healthy weather.


We may as we'll expect to grow
stronger by constant eating rs wiser by
constant reading.


No charity should be extended to
those who are not as willing to do JUS
tice as they are to receive it.


An utter contempt of public opinion.
and sensitive regard for 1t are equally
the carr mark of fool.


We cannot conquer fate and necessl-
ty, yet we can yield to them in such a
way as to be greater than if We could.


Harvest never comes to such as SOW
not; and so experience will not, unless
you do what God has commanded.


We have nothing to enjoy until we
have something to impart. He only
lives who is not reservoir, but foun>
tain.


1t is not until we have passed
through the furnace that we are made
to know how much dross was in our
composition.


The idea Of heaven and an exis-
tence hereafter is 10 more extraordiua-
ry than the fact of an earth and an ex-
istence here.


A soul without prayer is like solita-
ry sheep without its shepherd. The
tempter sees, it and lures it away into
his snare.


The welfare of nation rests upon
the happiness which it enjoys within it
self, and it's Independence OF all control
from without


Ladies, the best way tos beautify the
hand ia to pEt quarter init and then
shake hands with acme suffering fellow
creature.
Year: 1877

Uncle Seth was-was Uncle Seth! He
was character by himself. There was
never anybody like him, and he was not
like anybody. =


He was an old bachelor, but he look
care of so many widows and fatherless
children that he seemed more fatherly
aud husbandly than my papa, who had
only mamma, Bob and me.


He was very rich, but he lived in
such plain house, and wore such SIM
ple clothes, all out of fashion, that no
body would ever have known how his
gold was piled up in the bank.


Uncle Seth was always thinking; but
he never told his plans until he sur
prised us all by something splendid
none of us had ever dreamed OF. he
never wanted any thanks; only he liked
to sit and look at US, and rub his hands
as he saw how we enjoyed 1t.


"They said' Uncle Seth was d'sap-
pointed when he was young. That he
loved pretty, gay young girl, but be
fore he asked her to marry him, he
thought he would go to sea second
time and "make his crown q posnd. !"
But she, with all her love and romance,
without thought for the practical part
of life-what bother that is, anyway
thought he did not care for her, and
that she might get rid of her dlsap.-
pointment the quicker, married mis-
friend who stayed at home. "Ihey
said' that the widow Nelson, who had
lately come to Riverbanks to live, with
her daughter, was the very one; but
Uncle Seth said nothing aboWt it. lie
did not know they were poor and took
in sewing. But we did not dare to ask
any questions, and | don't think ne
heard of it. :.


We had just been having a spelling
match and were discussing it when
Uncle Seth came in.


sHurrah! Bob," he said. $50 you
beat all the boys in the high school and
academy in spelling. I congratulate
you"
had to fall at last.


"What was the word that brought
you down?'
Year: 1877

the propriotors have not attempted to
make magic cure-all. but have c0ncen-
trated their study upon this one ailment
and iii there is Il truth to be found III
this world" the testimony of numerous
cures made Immediately around them at
home appear to substantiate the fact
that this cure will actually relieve 80
per cent. of those who give it iair trial.
They are willing to guarantee every
case who will take the cure under their
Year: 1877

1t is better to have one hundred bush~
els of corn off of one acre than to go
over two acres for the same amount. 1t
is infinitely better TO cultivate only half
as much land and to cultivate better.
than to expend your lahors over large
surfaces with imperfect cultivation and
poor returns.
Year: 1877

THE dispatches from California an- nounce the return of Geo. NJ. Prinney, g clerk connected with defaulting Navy Paymaster Spaulding, and name various prominent public men as hay ing been participants in the defalca- ton and frauds, and among them is Senator Sargent. Right here we will venture the opinion that Sargent will never be found guilty of corrupt act, for the simple reason that he has com mitted none His name would not now be connected with this matter, were he not a candidate for reelection by the Legislature which is to be chosen this year in that State.
Year: 1877

THE enterprising people of Califor- mia are just now chsrged with gobbling up land under the desert land law, and the California press makes the charges. Because those people or any others violate the law, commit perjury, etc, does not prove the law bad one. So far as we can learn many of the bona fide residents of Arizona are determin- ed to acquire a section of land accord ing to the intent and letter of the law, and we still think the law a good one, though the temptation to violate it may be great. The General Land Office will very likely make it disagreeable for the violators.
Year: 1877

By mail Thursday, NIT. Frank Sta pies received a letter from a well in formed man in San Francisco, saying strong effort was being made to re vive the Guaymas and Tucson rail way enterprise with fair prospects of success. Anybody who succeeds in building this railway, will succeed financially. and the projection of a road through Arizona, will greatly hasten the building of one from Guaymas northward to the most convenient con- nection, which is beyond all question via the Santa Cruz valley.
Year: 1877

OUR dispatches show that our Cali fornia mail has been ordered over the railroad route 10 Yuma, and we have had proof all the week that the order went into immediate effect The first mail by the new route left San Francis co May ? at p. m. and reached Tue son at s a. m. on the 7th-making just four days and sixteen hours. This Is shortening the time in a decided way

 By the old route, the time was eight to ten days. Every mail under the new order comes on the short time named. Welcome more of the railway, say we.
Year: 1877

A MOTION has been made before Judge French for a dissolution of the injunction restraining the Secretary of the Territory from moving the Capital, and will be heard next Wednesday. There is good authority for saying that the motion cannot be reheard until the the final hearing of the case.
Year: 1877

MINING is going on encouragingly in Arivaipa canyon and at the Dos Cabezas mountains north of Bowie. City Marshal Brokaw says that at the latter place several silver lodges have been discovered, which prospect very well and have every appearance of ore in abundance.
Year: 1877

When taking a lady down. do not ask If
she is 9 peckish y or sllarp-set."


Do not say, 81 hope they will give us
good tuck out y


When You are seated, keep calm, ashat-
eser there is for dinner.


Soup should not be chewed; yon must
swallow it whole.


Never hammer with your feet for the
next course, or shout waiterr'


When anything nice is put ON the table,
do not chuckle nor rub your chest.


When the entrees come round, make a
free choice, but don't pocket.


Never take more than four helps of any.
thing.


Do not sponge your gravy with your
bread and squeeze it down your throat it
has an uneducated look.


Never speak with your mouth full: first,
because it's vulgar; and secondly, because
you can't.


If you feel uncomfortable symptoms aris-
ing from repletion you must dissemble do
not call for any brandy and peppermint
drops.


If your fair neighbor asks what is the
matter with you. hasten t., assure her that
it's not catching.


Crack nuts for your host.ss--i' your teeth
are good.


Do not say Elm chack full r when din
nor is over; It has a foreign air about it.


Before joining the ladies wash your
hands in the bowls provided for the pur-
pose you should not call for soap or bath
towels.
Year: 1877

An alarm of fire about half past three
O'Clock Saturday morning, 7th inst, proved
to come from the Lewis House. at the corner
of Wood and Jackson streets. The fire had
made considerable headway before it was
discovered, and in less than an hour the
building, the largest and one Of the hand
soonest frame buildings in town, was in ashes.
Some Of the furniture was saved in a damaged
condition. The building was about fifteen
year. old, but in q good state of repair. The
furniture was insured for $4,000. The build
ing had insurance for $4,000 on it in favor of
parties holding mortgages against the properly.
The fire was undoubtedly the work of an
incendiary, and ii is now believed by many
that the fire some time ago in one Of the
rooms of the hotel, which was believed TO
have been caused by a coal oil explosion, was
also the work OF an incendiaty.


All the boarders succeeded in getting out
safely, although two of those who slept over
the dining room were compelled to use the
bell post TO slide down, their escape by the
stairs being cut Off Some OF the boarders in
their hurry lost their clothing.


The large trees in front Of the house and
the wind being from the South prevented the
FIRE from spreading to the Church and
Academy across the street while for q time
the flying embers placed the dwellings Of Mr..
S. Meyer and OF the writer hereof a. well as
several other buildings north Of ours IN con.
siderable dan:cr.-Mous. Inteiiisene.r.