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Year: 1878

Here is the last dog story: A gentle
man was the fortunate owner of two
dogs" one an honest old Newfound-
lander, and the other little black-and-
tan terrier. One cold night last winter
a friend who happened to be at the
gentleman's house, heard the little dog
the cause. "I'll tell you," said the gen.
tleman; "both dogs occupy the same
house, and the big dog, on the principle
that might makes right, takes the inside.
But here's a piece of canine strategy.
The little fellow runs into the yard and
barks, till the fellow comes out to see
what's the matter, when the black-and-
tam takes the opportunity to slip into
the kennel, and 80 secure the snug in
side berth. Strange to say, as often as
this trick has been played on the big
dog, he seems to grow no wiser, but is
sold every time"
Year: 1878

THE would-be suicide should hesitate
before the fatal draught is drunk, the
pistol pointed, the rope adjusted, or the
blade barred. No one possessing the fine
feelings of gentleman wouli intrude
where he is not wanted. Better wait till
you are sent for, no matter which of
the places You might go to,
Year: 1878

PROFESSOR SWING strongly combats
the traditional notion that genius is
usually allied to tippling, and recalls the
fact that, at one time when serving as
Secretary of n temperance society, he
addressed letters of inquiry to presidents
OF ofcolleges and professors, to ask what
was the quality of the young men who,
in those days, marred their college
course by the use of ardent drinks. Long
letters came from President Woolsey of
Yale, and from Horace Mann, then of
Boston. and from Profestor Moffat of
Princeton, and they all bore testimony
that genius in their colleges and schools
drank less than stupidity; that whisky
was passing away from the higher order
of mind, andwas only TO be found in
possession of the more sensual and less
bright.
Year: 1878

A CORRESPONDENT of the London
Times gives an extraordinary account of
the swarms of locusts which prevail in
some parts of India. OF late the young
locusts have been Matching out and
hopping along before they are able to
fly, laying waste all vegetation. Hearing
Of plan of the natives to dig bitches in
the line Of march of these creatures, the
correspondent called out his men and
dug several trenches, into which the To-
Gusts tumbled as they reached the brink.
When one ditch was full, it was quickly
covered with earth, and the march went
on to the next one. After the work was
over, a careful estimate was made of the
number of locusts destroyed, which
showed seven and half millions, or ten
and one-half tons, of the insects had
been buried in two hours.
Year: 1878

The reproduction of living creatures
by photography or painting is forbidden
by the Koran, but the Shah of Persia's
European travels seem to have shaken
his allegiance TO some of the DEGREES of
his country's religion. He has made
many presents of his portraits to num-
Der of the distinguished personages
whom he has met in England and on
the continent. And he has begun to
combat the preiudices of his country
at home on the subject, by exhibiting
his likeness in public places and dis
tributing medals bearing his bust. 1t is
rather a curious coincidence that for
eign travel and intercourse of the East
ern people with Europeans, has in all in
stances tended to introduce the pro-
gressive spirit of improving innovation,
and many Of the strange characteristics
and customs of the Oriental religion and
people are coming to be more honored
in the breach than the observance.
Year: 1878

PERHAPS the most ingenious use to
which scraps of old leather have been
adapted is the following, a process SO
of boots are torn up il the usual way,
cleaned, and reduced to pulp. This is
mixed with equal quantities of old bag
ging and waste paper and cast in molds.
When dry it is very hard and solid and
is used to fill into the tires of railway
wheels. 1t is said to be great improve
ment upon wood, which was formerly
used, and is neither SO heavy nor so
liable to crack by drought, or lose it's
shape, and endanger the safety of cars.
Year: 1878

The New York World has thrilling
bear story from Goshen, N. Y. Mr..
john Ackert and three companions start
ed q large bear from its nest and brought
it to bay on ledge ten feet high, where
Ackert shot the animal as it was battling
with the dogs. The other hunters were
scattered about in the woods. Ackert
approached the PROSTATE animal and
shouted for his comrades. The bear was
not dead, and to the hunters surprise
arose to his feet and rushed toward him.
Ackert fired his other barrel, but did not
Kill the bear, and in another second was
defending himself in hand to- hand
fight: The crust was SO slippery that
the bear had the advantage, as the hun
ter could not keep his feet, and he
slipped and fell. The bear had him in
his embrace in a moment. The move
ments of the combatants had brought
them near the edge of the rocks. AS the
bear threw his paws about the half-pros-
trate form of the hunter, the latter dealt
it fearful blow with his hunting ak,
which felled the animal. The ground
was sloping, and the animal, maintain
ing it's hold of Ackert, slid toward the
edge of the ledge, and before it could
get hold i'll the crust with its claws both
hunter and bear fell over the rocks, and,
striking the icy slope below, shot like a
cannon-ball down the mountain. Two
OF Ackert's companions came out upon
the rocks just as he and the bear went
crashing into the tangled laurels at the
foot of the ridge and disappeared in the
swamp. The hunters were compelled
to make detour of half mile to reach
the swamp. They found Ackert sitting
with his back against hemlock tree.
He was covered with blood, and his
clothing hung in tatters. He was alive,
but it was half an bour before he was
able to realize where he was and how he
got there. He remembered falling off
the rocks, starting down the mountain
hugged by the bear, and crashing down
into the swamp, and that was all. The
bear lay ten or fifteen feet away, covered
with blood, and dead.
Year: 1878

We are often tempted in moments OF
forgetfulness to overlook the blessings
we owe to stupid people. Apart from
the pleasures we derive from laughing
at them, we are indebted to them for
hours of tranquil happiness. Making
fun of them is but one-sided enjoyment
after all, for they cannot answer back
again, and are seldom good enough even
to turn the other cheek. AS butts,
therefore, they are failures. You can
never calculate how far to go with them.
You may offend with a piece of trlf1ng
banter after your most cutting sarcasms
have passed unheeded. But the stupid
man is the backbone of the nation. He
is the prophet Of common sense. I'm
like Charles II, he never says witty
thing, but seldom does an unwlse one.
His usefulness in the social economy
OF the world has yet to be acknowledged,
his place in the order of creation to be
fixed Yet such people form the bulk
of every congregation, and down to their
level sermons must be preached. They
constitute the whole body of aggrleved
narishioners. and laws must be made to
satisfy the requirements of their several
cases. They are the voting power OF
every constituency; they oblige their
representatives to name a party and
stick to it; they pin him, as they say. to
his colors. They insist on defining
everything. particu arly matters OF op1n-
ion, and think, when they have given a
heresy name, that it IS more than halt
refuted Yet they never understand
definitions when they have made them,
and, though they believe blndly III
form of words, seldom remember 1t cor
rectly. They are led in politics by cries
and are great on uniformity and uni
forms.
Year: 1878

This is subject which has long been
discussed by mineralogists, who are
much divided Oh that question. Prof.
Tscher,nak, after prolonged study, comes
to the conclusion that the active agent in
the process is volcanic. He points out
that the bolides which fall to the earth
are angular in form ; that they have no
concentric structure even in their inte-
rior that their external crust is not an
original characteristic and that they are
evidently fragmentary. Examination of
the crust has shown that during the lat
ter stages of the flight disruption of the
meteorite itself frequently takes place.
From much evidence of this character,
Prof. Tschermak has been confirmed in
his views. He argues that the finding of
hydrogen in meteoric iron is proof that
permanent gases, and perhaps vapors.
which are the great agents ID transmit
ting volcanic energy, have played a part
in the formation of meteorites and al
though we may never have the pos
sibility of obtaining direct evidence Of
the volcanic activity which is supposed
to have hurled these mysterious masses
of stone and metal into space, yet such
proof rs the violent gaseous upheavals on
the solar surface, the action of cur ter
restrial volcanoes, and the stupendous
eruptive phenomena of which the lunar
craters tell the history, lend powerful
support to any theory assuming that
meteorites owe their formation to vol
canlc agency.
Year: 1878

far as know, by anybody, with regard to any
thing that was done by myself or others in
connection with this matter. I have every
reason to believe that he absolutely knew moth
ing about the whole affair That, so far as l
know anything about it, is an outline of the
Wormley conference and of my effort to secure
a peaceful solution Of the Presidential diff
entity ~
Year: 1878

THE TRIBUNE Office is the only one in the City
run by steam power, and has the largest and
best appointed job Printing Department. Par
ticular attention paid to orders for fine work.
Year: 1878

National Associated Press to the Star.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-It was stated
here last night, on what Is considered
the very best authority, that Collector
Arthur will not be disturbed in his po-
sitlon as Collector of the Port OF New
Year: 1878

You deserve to suffer, and if you lead
miser able, unsatisfactory life in this
beautiful world it is entirely your own
fault and there is only one excuse for
you,-your unreasonable prejudice and
skepticism, which has killed thousands.
Personal knowledge and common sense
reasoning will soon show you that
Green's August Flower will cure you of
Liver complaint, or Dyspepsia, with all
its miserable effects, such as sick head
ache, palpitetion of the heart, sour stom-
ach, habitual costiveness, dizziness of
the head. nervous prostration, low spirits,
&c. Its sales now reach every town on
the Western Continent and not Druggist
but will tell you of its wonderful cures,
You Can buy Sample Bottle for 10 cents.
Three doses will relieve you.


Sold by Mills s. Purdv.
Year: 1878

One unacquainted with their national
character would imagine we were re-
sidi"g among a nation of fire eaters;
but in few counties is the personal
dignity of man sunk to a lower ebb than
in Brazil. During a nine years resi-
dence I never heard of a single duel;
no natural assassination being the fash
iOnable mode Of Yindicating outraged
honor. The rigid state of seclusiOn in
which females, are kept, deprives sOci-
ETY. Of that fascinating polish of exter-
ior cast Overits surface in other cOQn-
tries by the influence Of the female sex.
The mind Of the Brazilian female is
left in all the wild luxuriance Of uneul-
tivate nature; her existence is mon
otOny itself, gliding on its dull course
in the society Of her slaves, to whom in
point of intellect she is little superior;
but her manners are soft and gentle,
and her sensibilities, when reused, have
all the fiery energy Of her native cline.
Interes ting, rather than beautiful, her
sedantary life tinges her cheek with
sickly hue; while early marriage gives
to her figure an exuberant embonpOint,
which, however, in the Oriental taste
Of the country, is considered the beau
ideal Of beauty in both sexes. In this
precocious climate ladies are grand
mothers at seYen-and-twenty. Female
education is an absolute nullity; that
Of the other sex is not of a more eley-
ated character. With the exception Of
those who have pursued their studies
abroad, it is extremely rare to meet
with any one who possesses even ele-
mentary knowledge on any branch of
science or polite literature. Few among
them ever take the trouble of reading
their own beautiful Dusiad. IndOlent,
addicted to gambling, and a slave to
the grossest sensuality, which but too
often degenerates into the most crimi-
nal excesses, all the finer feelings of our
nature are early blunted in the mind Of
the Brazilian, who bears the loss Of his
nearest and dearest friends with an K
difference amounting to apathy.
Year: 1878

One Of the greatest trials of the news
paper profession is that its members
are compelled to see more of the shams
Of the world than any profession.
Through every newspaper Office, day
after day, go all the weakness Of the
world, all the vanities that want to be
puffed; all the revenges that want to
be repeated; all the mistakes that want
to be corrected; all the dull speakers
who want to be thought eloquent, all
the meanness that wants to get its
wares noticed gratis in the editorial
columns, in order tn save the tax of the
advertising columns; all the men who
want to be set right who were never
right; all the cracked Drained philoso-
pliers, with stories as long as their
hair, and as gloomy as their finger
nails in mourning because bereft Of
soap-all the bOres who come to stay
five minutes, but talk five hours.


Through the editorial and reporter
ial rooms, all the fOIlies and shams of
the world are seen day after day, and
the temptation is to believe in neither
God, man or women. 1t is no surprise
to me that in this profession there are
some skeptical men; I only wonder that
journalists believe anyLhing.-De W.T.
IdInGge
Year: 1878

One morning last month we found a
skunk in our cellar, where the milk Of
twenty COWS was kept, and adjoining
other cellar rooms where butter was
packed, and the meats and other family
edibles weie stored. The cellar win
dows had been hooked open to give the
milk the benefit of the cool night air,
and the skunk had crept in between
the iron window rods and fallen to the
bottom. He could not escape, even
with our aid, by the difficult cellar
stairs, and we felt sure he could aVenge
his death By destroying tens or even
hundreds Of dollars of property by one
discharge of his doubly distilled es-
sence of West end" In such a di-
lemma we concluded that strategy and
brain-power were more potent th9n
pluck or muscle, and a council of war
was called. After discussing various
plans, it was decided that a skunk can
fire On'y when he has the use Of certain
muscles; that these muscles can be
used only when he is on his feet; and
finally one remembered that skunk
could be caught and carried by the tail
with perfect safety. His legs then beat
nothing but air, and the fighting
muscles ca not be used.


Acting On this suggestion, two mon
went into the cellar, and while one at
tracted his attention by the feint Of
front attack, the other quietly ap-
preached within reach Of his tail, by
which he was quickly lifted from the
ground. Then the battle WIS won. In
that position he was harmless as a kit
ten. We could now study his black
and white glossy 6Oat Of hair, and every
feature and limb Of his dreaded skunk
ship without danger. By changing
hands, one carried him 100 rods from
tie house, where he was safely killed.
An old skunk viii seldom run or hi e,
but Will face and follow an attacking
party, and when near he will fire. In
the night, a lantern or other light may
be set down near one, which will so at
tract and enrage him that a person can
safely approach him from the rear with
a club and kill him with a blow. If
found in ones cellar, it would be safest
to wait till night, and by a deeOy light
any person could easily approach and
safely catch a skunk and remove it from
the house.-O1oOnaagO IN Tribune.
Year: 1878

Some interesting experiments made
in Germany in the production Of local
anRsthesia show that if the hand be i'm
mersed for a short time in e-water Sc
we're pain is caused, but that no such
pain is produced on immersing the hand
in cold alcohol, not even when the tenn
perature Of the alcohol is as low as five
degrees Cent. Glycerine was found to
possess a similar property. Ether Occa-
stoned pain, and quicksilver more acute
pain still, causing the speedy withdraw
al Of the finger when plunged into this
liquid at a temperature of three degrees.
1t was next ascertained that on the finger
being held for long time in alcohol
having a temperature of five degrees
Cent. no pain was experienced, and, al
though the finger distinctly perceived
the faintest touch, sharp pricks gave no
pain. This seems to show that the ap-
pHcation of cold alcohol, one of the
most simple as well as safe processes,
has the effect Of depriving the part Of
the special sensibility to pain without,
however, impairing the delicacy of the
general tactile sensation which, as is
well known, resides in the superficial
integument.
Year: 1878

The Committee Of the Legislature,
appointed to investigate the charge
Of money having been used to Sc
cure the passage Of the Cincinnati
Southern Railway bill, failed to find
any positive evidence Of the truth of
the charge. The investigation, how
ever, brought to light some curious
facts, One is, that the grocery
house Of Gov. R. N. Bishop & Co.
have made a pretty good thing out Of
the road, having sold to contractors
$4,000 worth of supplies An
other remarkable fact developed was,
that $4,000 was reported to have
been spent by the trustees of the
road is securing legislation at Frank
fort, Ky. When asked about this
Gov. Bishop, who was the Trustee
reported to have had the money in
charge, replied that be couldn't
really remember" whether he had
paid it or not For a careful, pru-
dent, business man, as the Cover
nor is generally admitted to be, his
loss Of memory on this occasion, was
to say the least, rather remarkable.
It would seem that almost any man
could easily remember whether he
ever took $4,000 to a certain place,
at a certain time, and for a certain
purpose; but our respected Cover
nor declared be could not, and when
the question was repeated, he act
ually got little angry, and said he
had already answered that question,
and did not wish to be asked again
We are afraid the Governor has too
bad a memory ever to be President
or even Governor Of Ohio for an
other term.
Year: 1878

The existence Of flesh eating plants
has been fully established by Darwin
and others, but it remains for an illicit
duck shooter of Long Island Sound to
astOnish the world with the discovery
Of a gigantic carBiverous sea weed, in
whose clutches he avOws that he was
caught and embraced, until by good
fortune, and a lucky wind, he was
drifted ashore and rescued, more dead
than alive.


A Professor Something or Somebody,
recognizes the plant as belonging to
the flesh eating class and says:


1T is indigenous to the OrinOceo
river, where birds, animals, and men
sometimes fall a prey to its extraordin-
airy instinct. 1t lies rolled up under
the water, out of which it lifts its head
to bloom in the air. When its leaves or
filaments are touched by any living
thing, they instantly contract like a
sensitive plant, and at the same time
the root is frequently loosened at the
bottom. The plant undoubtedly mi
CRATES, but I had no idea that it had
got so far north as this. Yet there
would be no difficulty, for there is the
Gulf Stream in which.it might float all
the distance. It is a most dangerous
plant, and propagates with fearful IA
pidity. There is no use in cutting it in
pieces, as the smallest portion Of stalk
viii sink and take root, and thus null
tiply itself. It must be taken on shore
and burnt. 1t is seldom you find the
Falisnena without companions and
kindred. It's a terrible plant, and dan
gerOus alike to man OF beast"


The sea serpent may now hide its
diminished head beneath the folds Of
this new, aquatic monster.
Year: 1878

DR.. Greene, in his PROBLEM of
Health" says there is not the TemOtest
corner or little inlet of the minute blood
vessels Of the human body that does
not feel some wavelet from the convul-
sion OccassiOned by good, hearty laugh
ter. The life principle, or the central
man, is shaken to its innermost depths,
sending new tides Of life and strength
to the surface, thus materially tending
to insure good health to the persons
who indulge therein. The blood moves
mere rapidly, and conveys a different
impression to all the organs Of the body,
as it visits them on that particular,
mystic journey when the man is laugh
ing, from What it does at other times.
For this reason every good hearty laugh
in which a person INDUCES, tends 20
lengthen his life, conveying as it does,
new and distinct stimulus to the vital
forces. Doubtless the time will come
when physicians, conceeding more i'm
portance than they new do to the in
huence Of the mind upon the vital forces
q the body, will make their prescrip-
tiOns more with reference to the mind,
and less to drugs for the body; and
will, in so doing, find the best and most
effective method Of producing the re-
quired effect upon the patient.
Year: 1878

The average educated child, as we
now find it, has a deep sense Of position
in life equal to his learning; he does
not see the use of education if it is not
to enable him to live by what he has
learned; and he has a very nice idea
about what is or is not respectable for
him to do. There is no doubt that
very much Of this morbid condition
comes from the manner in which the
child has been taught.
Year: 1878

The pages in the Greeks seraglio are
Of Greek and Hungarian nationality,
selected on account Of their beautiful
looks. They dress like little kings, and
bear themselves in a royalty naughty
manner toward the crowd Of obsequious
servants and personages surrounding
them in the imperial household.
Year: 1878

Ghosts should be more circumspect
and careful. One came out to frighten
lady in Homer. Louisiana, the other
night, and she fired pistol so closely
in range to the apparition that it went
away bowling and limping on one leg.
Year: 1878

Nothing is more pleasant than to have
a mind stored with knowledge on al
most every subject, on which we can
draw at any moment, and the response
is prompt and correct. Such wealth
can not be inherited; it must be ae-
quired by constant study and reflection.
Year: 1878

To bore a hole easily through a hem
lock knot, wet your auger intuTpentine.


ToavOid all disputes mechanics who
work together in the same room should
always have their tools stamped with
the initials Of their name. 1t is not
enough for a man to say: 81 should
know my tools anywhere"
Year: 1878

Recall for a amoment the modern hoop
skirt and compare it with the pull-backs
Of to-day. One resembles a dropsical
hogshead, the other a dried mummy,
tightly swathed, but to be out Of the
fashion is to be out of the world.
Year: 1878

Original or selected contributions for the Young
Folks Corner" are solicited from our young read
erg and also from such Of Our older readers az
have not forgotten that they were once young peo-
pie. The answers must always accompany fruo-
lens, Enigmas, Charades, &C, together with the


real name of the writer not for publication but
for the private information Of the editor. Of
Year: 1878

The wicked strikers get a deal Of
preaching to on all hands. But moth
ing in particular is said about the vir-
tuous railway corporations, which
formed a union and raised the price Of
coal from SIPS IA 1873 to IS in 1877. 1t
is highly improper for workingmen to
combine together to secure fair wages,
but highly moral and praisewOrthy for
railways to combine and double the
price of one Of the great necessities Of
modern life. In one case it is the cor
porations which are struck, in the other
case it is the people. But then it seems
to be thought perfectly legitimate and
virtuous to strike the people for the
benefit Of a corporation.