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Year: 1877

A BOSTON LADY, who had recently arrived
In this city, told young man who works in
the mines that she could indulge In the
ecstasy OF osculatiOn with an adult male OF
the genus homo with feelings of qualification
analogical to quaffing the nectar OF the gods:
and after he had consulted the authorities he
was mad with himself because he had not
kissed herr Austin Reueiue. -
Year: 1877

Our correspondents at Washington,
whose letters we publish this morning,
treat with great severity the conduct
of the Fraudulent President in going
back upon the promise of his iuaugu.
raj address, and in failing to respect
the pledges given IN his behalf to the
Southern representatives for the puT-
pose of securing the fnal declaration
of his election by Congress in Compli-
ance with the decision of the Electoral
Commission.


While we print their observations
do not wish to go altogether the length
they do of condemning Mr.. Hayes as
meaning from the first to delude and
betray the Southern men. His fault
seems to US to be weakness rather than
deliberate debravity. He isa kind
hearted man, very fond of approEa-
tion. He doesn't want to be dis
agreeable to anybody. He would like
to make the South happy and to have
it support his Administration and
praise him; but he is not anxious to
offend MIR. Morton or Mr.. Blaine. He
is not prepared to break with the lea
ders OF the Republican party; and,
above all he hates to say positively
before the country that Packard-who
is Governor by just the same title as
Hayes is President-is the creature of
fraud, and never was elected at all.
Thus, poor Mr.. Hayes is turned about
now in this direction and now in that,
changing his mind every day, or of
tener, and doing at last, not what he
meant to do when he began, but ex-
actly the opposite. They have been
talking about his new policy, but
the truth is, he has no policy at all.
be is not his own man. He does not
control what he calls his Administra-
tion. He is powerless against the for
ces that produced his elevation, Just
as any feeble, undecided, common
place character needs must be under
such circumstances.


No man who gets an office as MIR.
Hayes got this one, can be worth
anything in it. A Fraudulent Presi-
dent, even if he sets out with good
motives, is bound sooner or latter to
make himself ridiculous and also dis
honsst,-N. Y. Sun.
Year: 1877

SOCIETY. There being ne order
OF nobility recognized in this country,
an intelligent foreigner might Conceive
that ne discovered a substitute for
that in the phrase which is sometimes
used of society" it being implied
that there is 40 society" among the
forty millions of this country worthy
the name except the handful which
assumes it, and expects others to
acknowledge its right to claim social
precedence, without inquiry as to the
validity of its pretensions. The Amer.
can substitute for aristocracy has the
advantage over that of all other coun-
trles that it requires no patent of no
oility, but is entirely seli-created, and
IS acknowledged by no one but itself
Ihey know all about it down at Wash
lngton, especially.
Year: 1877

There will be two hundred and ninety
nine new money.order offices established on
the second of July, and one hundred and
sixty additional on the first Of October


General G. n. lIenningsen, well known
in years past in connection with the Walker
expedition to Nicaragua, died at Washing.
ton, aged sixty'two years,


Several delegations from different parts
of the south have visited the President and
have assured him Of the hearty acquesccnce
OF the people of their respective sections in
the policy which they understand is guiding
the administration in so far as relates TO
the control of Offices in the southern states


Mr.. Linderman, the director of the
mint, expresses the opinion that at the next
session a plan for the reissue of the silver
dollar will be agreed upon. He says that
all are agreed that it would be desirable to
issue the silver dollars, but nobody wants to
do so in way that would affect unfavorably
the price OF our bonds. lie thinks the plan
agreed upon will answer the demands of the
silver men, while it will not injure the value
of the bonds. There will, therefore, be in
his opinion limit to the legal-tender
character of the silver dollar, but he believes
it will be liberal one.


Mr.. Wyman, treasurer of the United
States, and Mr.. Mcpherson, superintendent
of the bureau of engraving and printing,
who were appointed committee to prepare
a report on the fractional currency, will
soon complete their report. 1t will show
the total amount in circulation in any one
year and the amount at present outstanding.
The total issues were in round numbers
$lS2,00O,OOO This currency is coming in
for redemption at the rate of about 100000
a month. Years must elapse before it will
cease to come in. 1t is found that at least
S100OO,OO0 of the whole amount, or more
than two per cent, has been lost or destroyed,
and the government is, therefore, gamer
by that amount
Year: 1877

There seems to he a race ont west as to
which of the two parties will be thc first to
get on the silver platform. 1t is clear
now that the democrats will be the first
in the field, and are determined to pre-
sent the silver issue as the controlling
one in the fall elections. 1t is notable,
however, that the leading republican
organs OF the west, the Cincinnati Com
mercial and the Chicago Tribune, are
strong Y committed to the old silver dol.
lar, and it is an open secret that Presi-
dent Hayes is profoundly convinced of
the unwisdom of paying the public debt


in dearer currency than that in which it
was contracted. Senator Thurman, of
Ohio, one of the most high-minded and
conservative democrats in the country,
has come out in strong argument in
favor OF this cold silver dollar" 1t is
as certain as any event of the future,
that when congress meets, there will he
scarcely any effective opposition to silver
as well as gold, being recognized as a
legal tender for all debts, public as well
as private.--N ~ Graphic.
Year: 1877

The war correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune slipped on an orange peel while
walking down Clark street yesterday, and
was 50 injured by his fall that he wa
unable to furnish cable dispatch iol
this mornings paper.


The reporter who sends cable dispatche:
to the Chicago Times from Turkey was
detailed to report dog fight at Bridge
port yesterday. As consequence the
eastern war news of the Times will be a
light crop in the mornings issue.


The rumors of a possible peace between
Russia and Turkey seriously disturb the
war correspondent of the Inter-Ocean.
This thing of sitting in Madison street
saloon and writing special cable DIS
patches is the most comfortable SITUATION
he has had He wants the war to Procee''
Year: 1877

The centennial of the adoption of tho
United States flag was celebrated at New
York, June H. by the raising of the banner
over the national and city buildings, In
Washington many business establishments
united with the government in commcmo.
rating the event, while in Boston there was
u general display of the "stars and stripeso
and firing Of salutes on the common.
Year: 1877

IT makes farmer mad as wet hen to
see a potato bug with pick on its
shoulder crawling over his garden fence,
and when it pauses on the top rail to'ask
why in the name of julius Cesar he
didn't plant it earlier, only mortal
fear Of the pick prevents him from or
dering it off the premises,
Year: 1877

At the government printing Office last
week in Washington there were over seven
ty compositors Suspended. who we're engaged
mostly upon supreme court matter in the
piece room, work having given out.


II is now proposed to put in Howe truss
over the break in the Omaha bridge. II
this can he done successfully trains will be
running over inside Of two months. The
debris is being rapidly cleared away.


Gen. Wade Hampton has been selected 70
deliver the annual address At the approach
ing fair Of the Virginia Agricultural Society
at Richmond. A committee has been ap-
pointed TO wait on President Hayes and in
yite him 10 attend the fair.


A spiked SWITCH lthree miles from Housdsle
on the Delaware and Hudson gravity rail-
road threw train from the track and the
parlor coach down an embankment. The
engineer was severely injured. Gen. Nor
row and other United States officers were
aboard, but were uninjured.


It's the present intention Of the govern.
ment TO allow the Uaited States troops in
Pennsylvania to remain as At present stati-
oned until the state authorities are satisfied
that their presence is no longer necessary, at
which time those who came from the south
will be sent to quarters at Carlisle barracks
and Allegheny arsenal.


Three road agents who have been plying
their vocation on the cheyenne stage route
we're arrested and jailed in Deadwood Mon
day evening. One Of the robbers resisted
arrest, drawing revolver and shooting off
Ger May through the arm. The fire was re
turned, but the desperate succeeded in get
ting to horse and started over the hill
The horse was killed by rife shot, anc
before the robber could recover himself from
the fall, Sheriff Bullock closed with ant
easily overcame him, as he had been sho
through the body and was weak from th'
loss Of blood. The wound is probably IA
tai
Year: 1877

NEW GRADE OF WHEAT.


New York, Aug. 30-rhc committee on
grain Of the produce exchange TO day es.
tablished new grade Of wheat, 10 be
known as white winter wheat aud which
shall consist Of white wheat grown in this
state, tha! is unfit TO grade as extra white
wheat, but which is better in quality than
No. l white.
Year: 1877

WHEN you see . young man and
young lady walking the street. she rev.
erentisily plying him with questions.
and te carelessly looking into the win
dows. be sure they are husband and
wife. If she were not his wife he
would do all the talking.
Year: 1877

Of grain, as the time is not distant when
Charleston must be an important grain
market. This cargo was taken in from the
Savannah railroad Immediately from their
wharf, and saved all incidental expenses.


In Lexington, Tennessee, there lives
an old negro man who claims to be the
father of one hundred and fftyseven chill
dren. He says he was at New Orleans when
General Jackson met Packenham, and that
he then had wife and one child. He has
been married thirteen times, and twelve Of
his wives bore him all his legitimate children,
one hundred and fifty-seven IN number. The
last one claims none OF the honor Of ma
ternity Of this numerous progeny OF her
prolific husband. He says most of his
children were born in triplets, and the
increase of his family alone before the war
made his master rich.
Year: 1877

A writer in the Tribune, of Salt Lake
City, Utah, says: Some years ago |
listened to the story Of one of Brigham's
dupes as he was escaping from beneath
the yoke. Born in Sweden, where he
espoused Mormonism, he started for
Zion with his young bride. Reaching
Cleveland, Ohio, his funds, he found,
would only bring one Of them to Utah.
His wife stayed there with friends,
while he came here, went to Provo,
where he found employment with a
bishop of the church. Money was earn
ed and given to Brigham to send for his
wife. Months passed and no wife came.
Again money was sent, with like result
until the husband had sent money four
times through the same course. Be
coming, at last, very much disguised
he announced his intention Of going
after his wife, still serving the bishop
until he thought he had funds enough,
Applying for his pay just after har-
vest he was told to go to the stubble
field, where almost every head OF wheat
had bean carefully collected, and to
"glean his pay there" He came to our
city followed by spies, and finally
reached Oydenl and friend there con.
cealed him, and with the aid Of kind,
hearted railroad men he found his way
into liberty again. saw him trembling
with fear while hiding from his pur.
suers; and, again, after he had passed
beyond their reach. How great was the
change in his department and looks
Our valleys no doubt contain thousands
wto are receiving no better treatment
and vet most of our visitors come here,
look on the best of Mormon society, and
go away and proclaim this g5eat,
prosperous. happy and free people
They know Just rs much of the true
Mormon life as If they had never visited
Salt Lake City.
Year: 1877

A YOUNG man who is evidently with
out pride Of ancestry or hope Of prosper
ity is constructing raft on which he ex-
poets next month TO ride over Niagara
Falls. The raft is being constructed on
scientific principles. but no doubt the
young man will be drowned in the com
mon way.
Year: 1877

A young man was once employed as
clerk in telegraph Office in a town in Eng
land. In some way or other God had led
him to see that he was sinner, and this
caused him great distress of mind. Like a
poor lamb in the mountains, he felt that he
had wandered from Gods fold, and was
lost sheep. But he could not tell where to
find the Shepherd, or how to get back to his
fold. But Jesus, the Good Shepherd, took a
singular way to find him and bring him back.


The young man went to his Office one
morning in great distress of mind from the
burden of his sins. He was lifting up his
heart in secret and saying, "God be merciful
to me sinner" when the click Of the tele-
graph machine before him told him that a
message was coming. He looked and saw
that it came from Windermere, up among
the beautiful lakes of England. There was
first the name and residence of the person
for whom the telegram was sent, and then
followed these words from the Bible: "Be-
hold the Lamb of God that taketh away the
sins of the world 10 whom we have redemp-
tion through His blood, the forgiveness of
sins according to the riches of His grace"
And then followed the name of the person
sending it. This was strange message to
send by telegraph. The explanation of it
was this: The telegram was sent to SER
want girl living in that town. She was in
distress about her sins and trying to find Je-
sus. She had brother who was a Chris
tian; he was servant in the family Of a
gentleman who was spending the summer at
the lakes. This poor girl had written to her
brother, telling him about the trouble che
was in, and asking him the great question,
"What must do to be saved? Her brother
had no time to write to her just then, so he
sent her this telegram. The poor girl found
her way to Jesus through those sweet words
from her brother. And SO did that young
man in the telegraph offics. This was tel
egram from heaven to him. Those precious
words, "the Lamb of God," "sin taken
away" redemption through His grace" j"
brought him to Jesus, and he found peace in
Him. The Good Shepherd made good use
of the telegraph wire to bring one of his lost
sheen back to Himself.
Year: 1877

The other day in one of Mr.. Moody's
meetings an aged man stood up and asked
prayer for the conversion of his wife. "How
long have you lived together?" said the evan
gelist. "Thirty. five years." was the reply.
"What all that time, and she not convert
ed yeti exclaimed Mr.. Moody, and the
words produced such an impression on the
heart of the stranger, that he Immediately
requested the supplications of the people for
himself


The incident was striking one, and if we
knew all the effects that followed on the
preachers exclamation, we might perhaps
discover that it went with power to the con-
sciences of multitudes for whom, at the mo-
ment, it was not specially intended. For it
must be confessed that in these days we are
making far too little of g the church in the
house" and while neglecting to use the means
which centre ip the family, We are lookiag
for the conversion of the members of our
households, as the consequence of efforts put
forth by others elsewhere. We are delegat-
ing our duties to others. The wife is content
if she can only get her husband to accom-
pany her to the church on Sabbath. The
husband thinks he has done his duty when he
requests the prayers of meeting for his
wife. Parents send their children to the Sun.
day School, and expect that they will be con-
verted through the teachers influence; and
the brother who is constant in his labors at
the mission school never thinks of speaking
to his own sister concerning her soul. Of
course, in speaking thus We shall not be con-
sidered as hostile to Sunday Schools and
prayer meetings. The value of these agen-
cies is quite beyond our power to estimate.
But still they should be the allies Of, and not
the substitutes for home effort. The family
is the fountain-head of human feeling, and
all that is hottest, truest, and most tender in
our nature gives its influence to intensity
the force Of the exertions which are there
put forth.


Yet how sadly this central agency is neg
lected We will venture to say that the old
man to whom Mr.. Moody spoke was not the
only husband in the vast assembly who had
never had an earnest and afectionate talk
with his wife on spiritual things. There are
too many such in all our congregations. May
the Master Himself unstring their tongues,
and help them to speak words in season for
Him!
Year: 1877

We come now to the second reason for a
division assigned in the memorial of Mont
gomery Presbytery-and criticised by ct"


This reason is so personal that l am re-
luctant to elaborate it. But as l regard it
as one of the most practical and weighty, l
will venture to emphasize and push it to the
front.


The general statement of the memorial is
that many of our best men do not participate
in the business of the Synod. This general
allegation is severed into two particulars
One is, that many, whose opinions would con-
tribute to the worth of any judgment, has no
part in initiating or shaping, as members of
committees, the business of Synod. The
other is That many are practically excluded
from the discussions of the body. This lack
of participation is further asserted to be in
furious to the members themselves and the
business of the Synod.


The reviewer does not dispute either the
facts or the evil asserted. He alleges, how
ever, that the cause of the admitted fact and
evil is not the size of the body, but the mental
and moral idiosynCracieS of the individuals
themselves, and that a division instead of
removing would spread and aggravate the
evil complained of.


To all this reply. That the explana'
ton assigned by "T," is, to say the least,
ambiguous. What he means here BY moral
idiosyncracy will not venture to define
The phrase is susceptible of an offensive in


depreciation. / acquit him, however, of any
intention of charging upon his brethren any


criminal delinquency-and attribute the ex


preston to either his thoughtlessness, or al
imagination that somehow or other it fur


nished him cover and an answer. But


2. 1t is easy to retort upon " 7" missp


plication. The word idiOsyncracy signifies


constitutional popularity affecting characte
or action. 1t is surely blunder to appl..
such word to class in the Synod, cOnsti


tuting largely the majority of the body. Mi
nOrities may be peculiar-majoritieS never
If we're to attribute the participation of tn
comparatively small knot who do the talkin
in Synod to "ths idiOsyncracies of the md
uiduals," l would certainly be guilty of n
s verbal inconsistency, however much and jus
D ly they might resent the implied Censure.-
Q But,


!, 3. The fact that many of our best me
# have no part in initiating or shaping the bu
7. mess of Synod, IS das to the size of the bod
Il Some of them are never or rarely upon an
Il important committee, and many of the
e never have the distinction or responsible
Year: 1877

OUR natural proneness to resentmeI
hatred, malice, never fails to show itself upd
what we call a proper occasion; that il
when we Can make shift to fatter ourselva(
that we shall have the world on our side, q
never more 70 shame J that in the caus
God and religion. The misfortune is
thinking that there ever can be any such
casion and that We should ever thinl
is sufficient proof of our corruption and
fitness by nature for cur proper happi961
Reu. T. Adams.
Year: 1877

The Leavenworth (Kansas) Times Ito
be held responsible for the following
story: While Captain Gilges, who is EN-.
ployed at the Kansas and Missouri
bridge, was cracking some hickory nuts
Monday afternoon in the watch office, at
one end of the bridge, his attention was
arrested by the appearance of several
mice on the floor looking after the dis.
carded nut-shells, which yet contained
small particles of kernels. Thinking to
watch their msneuvers, he stepped out
side the door of the Office. He did not
remain long until one of the little ami
mails took up one of the shells, and climb.
ing considerable distance up the wall
let it fall to the floor. This was repeated
several times, until the small portion OF
the kernel which had eluded human re-
search had become loose enough to DC
readily extracted. When through with
one piece another was taken up and car
ried through the same process, showing
clearly to the watcher that the first In


stance was not mere accident.
Year: 1877

The bare suspicion of preference on
the part of the employees of the Lake
Shore Railroad that the victims of the
Ashtabula disaster should be burned be-
yond recognition rather than remain in
a condition which would enable their
friends to recover damages from the COM
pany, adds new horror TO railroad
travel. Yet there seems to be more than
a bare suspicion that there was such a
preference. The testimony concerning
the directions not to throw water on the
burning train is very emphatic and di,
rect, and the fact that no water was
thrown, though the appliances were q,
hand, tends to confirm the testimony. IL
behooves the company, in its own inter
est, If not in the interests OF humanity
to show beyond question the groundless
ness of this dreadful charge.
Year: 1877

Oft within our little cottsge,


As the shadows gently fall,
While the sunlight touches softly
One sweet face upon the wall,
Do we gather close together,


And In hushed and tender tone,
Ask each others full forgiveness


For the wrong that each has done.
Should you wonder why this custom
At the ending Of the day,
Eve and voice would quickly answer,
"It was once our mothers wayF
II our home be bright and CHEEKY,


II Il hold welcome true,
Opening wide its door Of greeting


To the many--not the few;
III we share our fathers bounty


With the needy day by day..
IT'S because our hearts remember


This was ever mothers way.
Sometimes when our hearts grow weary,
Or our task seems very long,
When our burdens look too heavy,


And we deem the right all wrong,
Then we gain anew, fresh courage,


As we rise and proudly say,
90 Let us do our duty bravely-


This was our dear mothers way"
Thus we keep her memory precious,


While we never cease 10 pray
That at last when lepgthening SHADOWS
Mark the evening OF LIES day,
They may find us waiting calmly


To 90 home our mothers way
Year: 1877

/" What think ye, boysH Beneath each workman


cap


Is set gift-such as It is-mayhap
royal one: Reason great and stout
To hold the rein within, to reach without
Through hand OF iron sinew, cunning taught,
Through hand and arm for conquest deity wrough
And smite the rugged elements OF earth,
And smelt and fuse until there cemeth forth
The wealth of seas, the treasure OF the hills
In giant forces, tanned TO our wills.


For man is man, and he hath ever beenvE
A something better than live machine!
AS God is God the world had come to naught
without the w0rkmans sturdy arm and thought.
l tell We, too, under ragged vest
strong heart strongly beats time with the restj
For blood flows warm In each land and age,
And children are the workman's heritage.
Obi when face Is from the hearthstone TOOK
man OF iron is to the center shook.
But over heart and hand our COD hatn set
This prince Of reason to restrain or iet.
What think ye Of this kingdom OF the head,
The poor mans honor, palace, and his bread
Oh, comrades, listen! When We drunken Do
We fire the palace, give fend the key.
Our honor lies all naked in the street,
And stones for bread we give our own to eat,
Ave, worse than stones, to them We love 80 we'll
We crush their hearts, and feed them upon hell
And shall we throw our birthright, lads, away
Give over manhood? Nay! Forever nay
The man who gives to drink the rein and rule
The wise man, wisely, branded as fool"


-Christidn Union.