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Year: 1877

The Baltimore & Ohio road is going to
make fresh experiment in the way Of
doing ita own express business. II we
mistake moi. il made and abandoned this
e1perimenton on one Of its lines some years
ago, just as it made and abandoned the
experiment Of fast freight line. II
therefore proceeds this time by the light
OF experience, and We presume has moi
taken the step without having satisfied
itself that it is entirely possible for rail,
road to do its own express business. We
confess that we do not see why it is not
possible for the railroads Of the country
to do all their freightage without letting
it out to fast freight and express lines
seeing that this class. OF business has al.
ways paid handsome profits to those Ell
gagged in it. In times like these, when
business is scant, and when there has been
30 much talk about the cream OF the car.
rying business over the roads being done
by "wheels within Wheels" in the shape
OF "White" lines and Screen" lines, aud
all kinds Of lines, it seems natural that
one Of the great trunk roads Of the coun
try should seek to in augurate new de.
parture.
Year: 1877

The BelInirO strikers have at last con,
descended to let the commerce Of the
country go forward, seeing that nearly
every other point in the United States
has relaxed its grip on the freight cars.
This "lct 90" down there did not probably
occur any too soon for the we'll being Of
those engaged in such devilment. The
patience Of the public has been thorough.
ly exhausted by the strikers, and there
is general sentiment in favor of seeing
severe punishment dealt out to them for
their high handed lawleBness.
Year: 1877

We trust that our people will come oui
to the Square tonight to hear MessrS
Potter and Hoge speak on behalf Of Mar
tinsburg. She had not fair chance al
her fcrmer appointment on account oil
the lain, and it ia nothing more than fair
that the distinguished gentlemen who rep.
resent her cause should have good hear,
ing tonight. We hope to see large
turn out.
Year: 1877

FEssoR EDWIN HAYWOOD.


At the Church Of the Incarnation yesterday morning
Professor Edwin Harwood, of Trinity Church, New
Haven, Conn.,, preached sermon on Christ aud His
mission. taking a text the thirty-second verse Of
tho twelfth chaper of St. John. The reverend gentle
man gave biographical account Of Christ on earth,
who down from heaven, not by HIS own will,
but by the will OF Him who sent Him. He spoke OF
Him meek and lowly that the Jews declined to
recognize Him having any power beyond that of
men and yet, he SAID, he had attracting power be-
yond that OF any man among them He then entered
upon analysis OF the elements OF the attracting
power of Christ which had been proven to have been
and st universal He lived for all ond died for
All. lie a never falling comfort TO the most miser-
able OF those who sought Him Alright and too
He those the more comfortable walks oil lIie He
came TO soften hard lines life for the poor and
the rich the afflicted and the healthiu His words
werc soothing and helpful to all compartments; He
was always the comforter and comforting 10
IN osc VINO sought his aid.
Year: 1877

The following is from the New
York Tribune: The room was low
and long, with four windows on the
north side. Near one of these WIN
dows sat u woman about 40 years old,
punching cigars from pile of strip
pings close by. At another window
were two men finishing the cigars,
and In the further part of the reom
were two beds and table with dishes
on it. While the pretended dealer
was talking with one of the men in
regard to the cheapness with which
was possible to manufacture cigars,
the door opened and ragged little
girl entered with dirty canvas bag
on her arm, the contents OF which she
emptied into barrel near the door.
She then set down and commenced 10
strip tobacco from the pile before men,
toned. The man who did the talking
was very loquacious, and stated that
he could purchase cigars for about 81
a thousand. He said that the wrap
pers used were OF Western tobacco,
while the filings were sometimes ofa
much finer quality" To illustrate
this latter assertion he showed the
contents of the barrel To which the
girl had contributed. It was half filed
with mass of what might he called
garbage, eulled from the streets, and
consisting of scraps OK brown paper,
cabbage leaves and cigar stulnps, some
OF which were stumps of Havana
cigars. The manufactures then took
his customer into an other room OPEN
ing from the stairway, where there
was kettle in u brick fireplace and
plank on which We're spread out the
gleanings from the barrel, assorted
and separated to dry. He showed
how the burnt ends of the stumps
We're cut off and the remainder unroll-
ed; how dried cabbage leaves boiled
with tobacco stems and sumach leaves,
could be converted into VERY fine to-
bacco," and closed his explanations
by extoliing the virtues of the tonka
bean, valerian and ammonia as flavor
ing extracts. The reporter saId he
thought he could make some arrange
ments with him in q few days and
then withdrew TO continue his re-
searches in cigar manufacture.


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A Cornell University student had
little Irritation with young lady on
the train from Ithaca TO Geneva, y.
y, a few days ago. At length he left
her side and went into the smoking
car. The lady missed her watch told
the eonductor;he said undoubtedly her
late companion had stolen it; brought
your Cornelian 10 lady's presence;
young man denied the theft: lady be-
lieved him; conductor didn't and in
sisted on search, watch not found.
Here endeth the first chapter. A day
or two afterwards the Young man
received "a letter from Miss -, Of
Waterloo, expressing regret at being
the innocent cause of his painful EN-.
barrasment, and saying that on retiring
for the night II found my watch in
very unexpected place." and explain
ing that it must have got detached
from the chain when she but 1t in the
neck Of her dress. The letter closes
the second chapter with this p. S.:
"lf you ever happen TO come TO Wa
erloo, should be pleased to have you
call" That Young man will get into
worse trouble If doesn't resist the
temptation To visit Waterloo.
Year: 1877

1 shall offer my entire stock of
choice goods suitable for Holiday
and Wedding Presents at Bottom
Prices. These goods are
all fresh, embracing all
the Novelties and New Patterns,
and are of my own Plate. Goods
not proving as represented will be
cheerfully repIated FREE OF
CHARGE. Do not fail to call and
examine before purchasing.
Year: 1877

PROFESSOR TYNDALL who was among
the speakers at the recent meeting in Lon
don in favor of the opening OF the public
libraries on Sunday, unintentionally gave
clergymen a severe slap during his speech.
After alluding to Dean Stanley and sever
al other clergymen who were present he
said; "We do not desire to invade the
time set apart for the pulpit; we only want
half of Sunday for intellectual improve
ment." The innocent implication that the
pulpit had nothing 10 do with intellectual
Improvement caused roar of laughter.
Year: 1877

A MURDERoUs SEA FLowER.-CHs
of the exquisite wonders of the sea Is
called the opelet. and is about as large
As the German aster, looking, indeed,
very much like one. Imagine very
large double aster, with great many
long petals Of light green order,
glossy as satin, and each one iippeG
with rose color. These lovely petals
do not lie quietly in their places, but
wave about in the water. while the
opelet esings 10 a rock How innocent
and lovely it looks on lis rocky bed.
Who would suspect that 1t would eat
anything grosser than dew or SUI
light? But those beautiful waving
arms, as you call them, have use be-
sides looking pretty. They have 10
provide for a large, open mouth,
which is hidden down deep among
them, SO hidden that one can scarcely
find il. Well do they perform their
duty, fer the ins.aD; e foolish little
fish touches one OF the rosy tips, ne Il
struck with poison as fatal 10 hun as
lightning. He Immediately becomes
numb, and in a moment stops stTug-
Cling, and then the other arms wrap
themselves around him and be Is
drawn into the huge, greedy mouth,
and il seen no more. Then the lovely
arms uaclose and wave again IN the
wafer.
Year: 1877

We heard a very pretty incident the
other day, which we cannot help relating
A young lady from the South, it seems,
was wooed and won by u youthful ply
sician living in California. When the
engagement was made the doctor was
rich, having been very successful at San
Francisco. 1t had not existed six months,
however, when, by an unfortunate invest
ment, he lost his entire cheap" This
event came upon him, it should be added,
Just as he was about to claim his bride,
What does he do? Why, like an honOra.
BILE and chivalrous young fellow as he is,
he sits down and writes the lady every
particular of the unhappy turn which has
taken place in his fortunes, assuring her
that if the fact produced any change in
her feelings toward him, she is released
from every promise she has made him.
And what does the dear, good girl? Why,
she takes a lump Of pure gold, which her
lover has sent her in his prosperity as a
keepsake, and, having it manufactured
into a ring, forwards it to him with the
following Bible inscription engraved in
distinct characters on the outside: En-.
treat me not to leave thee, or to return
from following after thee; for whittier
thou goest will | go, and whittier thou
lodgest will l lodge; thy people will be
my people and thy God my God; where
thou diest will l die, and there will l be
buried the Lord do SO to me, and more
also, if aught but death part me and thee" ;"
The lover idolized his sweetheart more
than ever when he received this precious
evidence of her devotion to him both in
storm and sunshine. We may add that
fortune soon again smiled upon the young
physician, and that he subsequently re-
turned to the North to wed the sweet girl
he loved and who loved him with such
undying affection. Reader, this is all
true. Young ladies who read the Bible
as closely as the heroine of this incident
seems to have done, are pretty sure to
make good sweethearts and better wives.
-PShsbarqh Commercial.
Year: 1877

asking in substance whether every body
is subject to the blues and whether there
is any cure. To answer positively yes
or no would convey a false impression
and yet either answer would not be alb
solutely untrue.


Probably every living thing is more or
less subject to depression of spirits-by
which we mean to include animals; and
we are by no means sure that the mala-
dv does not extend to the vegetable
kingdom as well. Transplant bunch
of ferns, for instance, from the dark
wood where they have grown to beauty
and grace, and set them with all skill in
an apparently congenial place in your
garden. 1t may be that the vital pro-
cesses will 90 on without interruption,
for there are exceptionally strong and
elastic habits (temperaments, that is)
among plants as among animals and
men, but the chances are that in a few
hours the green frondS will have become
dull in color, the tips of the leaves will
begin to curl inward and unless the cir
cuIation of plant-blood can be quicken
ed death will quickly follow.
The case is exactly parallel in the
higher grades of life. Who has not seen
a dog or horse, or even chicken in
the blues? 1t is as plain IN them as it is
in child, only in the case of the latter
we say it has the sulks, and usually
adopt the worst instead of the best way
to induce change. Perhaps there are
few rare natures that are not ubject to
blues. TO them Heaven may well be
less attractive than to the rest of human
ity, for having nc blues to leave behind
how can they appreciate the exemption
of which we are assured in the better
land?


Is there any earthly cure? Certainly.
Plenty of them; just as there are for
chills and fever, but in like manner they
will not always work. We know one
man who walks off an attack, another
who rows it off, another who rides it off
in the saddle. These are all dyspeptics.
The same prescriptions, aided perhaps
by lemon juice or dilute nitromuriatic
acid, often prove effective in the case OF
bilious folk.


When the cause is, as it often is, nerv-
Gus exhaustion, a good remedy is cessa-
ton of all work, religious and secular,
plenty of sleep, and, if the constitution
can bear it, cold water bathing.


Always an ounce of prevention is
worth pound of cure, for when the at
tack has once set in it requires strong
effort of the will to take active measures
for relief.


1t is not an easy task to fight off the
blues. Misfortune, sorrow, individual
temperament, and even the accidents OF
wind and weather, often combine to
weigh down the soul until, in extreme
instances, insanity may be the result
Probably that which comes nearest to
being a panacea is occupation, by which
is meant any thing that will interest the
brain or quicken the circulation. Those
who suffer most from the blues permit
mind and body to relax before the at
tack is fully developed.


Nevertheless there is no rule which
can be trusted to cure everyone. Each
must find out what is most etlectual in
his own case; and if he prays for aid
from on high, he must rise up and 60
right to work helping himself, if he ex-
poets his prayert to be answered.-Chr1S-
tian Union.
Year: 1877

We would advise every one Interested not
to buy Yeast or Baking Powders, loose or
in bulk. They are usually made by unskill-
full persons, and have frequently proven to-
tally unfit for use. There Is no guarantee, or
responsibility attached to loose powder.
DooLEY's YEAST POWDER is always put up
in cans, warranted full weight and absolute
" pure.
Year: 1877

TASTE in dress Is by no means common gift.
You see constantly the richest material worn In the
most outre fashion, which only accents the vul-
garity OF the possessor. One Of the best guides to
chaste and unexceptionabe elegance is "Andrews's
Bazar,n which is supplied direct from Paris and
Berlin with the most novel and becoming things In
costume The ladies are no longer left 10 the judg-
meut of incompetent and greedy modistes, but Sc
lect and superintend their own work. This boon
may be tested by sending to Cincinnati for specimen
copy. The magazine Is becoming the rage with the
ladi
Year: 1877

+. MOONLIGHT E1CURsIoN.-Probably the
most pleasant excursion OF the season will
60 down james river tomorrow night. In
consequence OF the inclemency OF the
weather the ladies OF the Third Presbyte-
rian church were forced to postpone their
excursion last week. 1t will take place to-
morrow night, and as the weather is so de-
lghtful and the noon nearly full no better
time could have been chosen for such trip.
Supper will be served on the boat.
Year: 1877

Society Lems.- Manchester society prom
ises to be unusually gay and brilliant this
season. We hear OF a number OF weddings
and balls that are to take place during the
fall, and there will be several amateur the
atricas and concerts.
Year: 1877

DEs MONIES, August ga terrible acci.
dent occurred on the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad at four O'Clock this
morning, near Altoona, a short distance from
this city. The number of killed is estimated
all the way from ten to fifty. All the train
but the sleeping car went down into the
stream. The engine is completely out Of
sight. Barnum's show car went down among
the rest.


The accident was oc ,asioned by the wash
ing out of bridge, a. 1 occurred about four
O'Clock in the morning.


The bridge was over what is known as Lit.
tie -Four Mile creek, nine miles east of Des
Moines. 1t is little stream, generally quiet,
and never before known to be as high as it
was made by the unprecedented rainfall of
yesterday morning and the night before. The
bridge rested on stone arch, twelve feet Sin
the clear" by walls five feet thick.


Most of the killed were in the car in front
of the sleeper. The scene at the time of the
accident is described as terrific. Rain was
falling in torrents, accompanied by wind,
lightning and violent thunder. The crash put
out the lights, and the scene of terror ensuing
may well be imagined. Those who were rot
injured, and who could get out, went to work
to rescue the living and wounded. They had
to go mile to farm house to get axes to cut
them cut, but they worked heroically, and by
daylight had most of the wounded rescued.


Officers of tbe road were at the wreck all
day, caring for the dead and wounded. g
Year: 1877

court in the autumn of 1878 on the charge ''of


having capitulated with the enemy and sur
rendered the fortress of Metz without having
exhausted all the means of defence He was
condemned and sentenced to be de, AIDED from
his rank and shot. This sentence was render
ed in conformity of tie law by which the
court was bound, but it was accompanied
with recommendation that the same should
not be carried into execution. President
MacAIahon accordingly commuted the SEN
tence to imprisonment for twenty years, with
out military degradation. He was imprisoned
in the fortress at Isle ST. Marguerite, from
which he made his escape in August, 1874.
n much has been heard from him since Il t
time, although he was not long since reported
to be sojourning in Spain. If he has already
turned up in the Turkish army the Russians
will have good reason to regret the day that
France pronounced sentence against as brave
a soldier as ever led her armies to victory or
defeat. BALTIC. American.
Year: 1877

Hints Oh the Care of the Eyes.


There are, perhaps, more individuals who
ascribe their weakness of sight to use of
their eyes under an insufficient artificial illu-
mination than to any other one cause. In a
great many instances this may not be strictly
true, but there Can be no doubt that faulty
artificial light is one of the most productive
causes of certain class of Injuries, to which
the eye can be exposed. The two sources of
trouble with the ordinary artificial lights are
first, that they are not pure white, and sec
ondly, that they are unsteady. The first de-
feet is found in all artificial lights except the
lime, electric and magnesium lights; tine sec
ond especially in candles and gas. The yel-
lowness is, in measure, counteracted by
using, in the case of lamps and gas, chimaeys
of violet or blue tint, and the Pickering of
the gas may be obviated largely by employ
ing an Argand burner. All things considered,
a German student-lamp furnishes the most
satisfactory light. The next best is gas with
an Argand burner. The chimneys of both
may, as above suggested, be advantageously
of ight-blue tint. -. =


The position of the light in relation TO the
body is of great importance. If shade is
used on the lamp Or burner Gt should, by
preference, be of ground or 'milk" glass,
never of colored glass;, the light may stand
directly in front of the body and the work be
allowed to lie in the light under the shade,
which will protect the eyes from the glare of
the flame. If no shade is used the back
should be turned to the source of light, which
ought to fall over the left shoulder The same
rule applies in the management. In this
case the light should come from behind and
slightly above, and fall directly on the work.
whence it is reflected to the eye It should
never fall directly in the face. q. 72'rda ?


The light in the room during sleep is also
not without its influence. As rule, the room
during sleeping hours should be dark; aud,
in particular, care should be taken to avoid
sleeping opposite window where on opening
the eyes in the morning food of strong light
will fall on them. Even the strongest eyes
are, after the repose of the night, more or less
sensitive to the impression of intense light.
The eyes must tave time to accustom them
selves to the stimulus. i- EiI9.I 20


Attention should be called to the injurious
effects that sometimes follow reading on rail-
road cars. On account of the rnsteadiness of
the page, reading under these circumstances
is exceedingly trying to the eyes, and should
never be persisted in for any considerable
length of time.


During convslescence from severe illness
the eyes are generally the last to regain their
lost power. Especially is this the case with
women after childbirth, and too much care
cannot be taken to put as little strain upon
the eyes as possible at this time.-[Dr. S. M.
Burnett; Scribner for September.
Year: 1877

Much has been written about music,


and much spoken, yet such depth Of
feeling, such sweetness of thought lies


hidden in this little word that, ike the


tong ago lullaby song by which our


mothers sang us to rest in infancy, old


yet always ne,0, 80 seems this woz3


music The term music dcas p


imply merely succession Sf marx


ously blended notes C s4ed forth by


energies and actions of some skilA


pianist, nor is 10 the loud vibratinA
sounds which peal forth like the mighA
ty thunders from the bosom of the
deep chested organ-but this word


the air through the leafy forests, the


heart of the happy little child, the


notes and trills which are warbled
forth by the little sOngsters of the


woods, the dancing and hurrying OF
the water-brook as it blends along, now
over this mOssy stone, now over that,
stopping for an instant in this shady
mock, then sparkling on in the sum
light again; but ever singing, singing
on its way. And allsahis we call I'm
written Music,' for who could, or who
of US, did we possess the power, would
chain down these sweet sounds in q
succession Of notes and bars, with Sc
ries of rests and pauses intervening to
destroy all the easy flow and melody
of these sweet concerts of nature?
somewhere has said, "We
find books in the running brooks, ser
mons in stones, and good in every
thing"-and he might have added,
Music in all nature. Old Ocean, as it
plunges back and forth, sending its
waves far out upon the shore, then
drawing them back with rush, gives
forth a volume of music which Is une-
qualed by any choir on earth; the
little shell washed on shore by the an
cry waters of the sea murmurs to us in
a low strain as though singing Us q
song of its life far in the depths Of the
CLASSY waters, and of its coming to
dwell in this world of oe-s. The brown
and golden leaves Of the autumnal for
ests hutter to the ground with half
mournful rustic as though singing Us
an anthem of sorrow and of death, and
this solemn sound brings to
US more of sadness than music, yet
there is-a gentle woOing-
which constrains Us to pause and listen
whether We will or no. And thus
these Harmonious sounds, which are
waited to rs with every breeze that
blows, fully deserve the appellation of
Music in its brOadest sense, and
thankful we should be to the Giver of
all good and perfect gifts.
Year: 1877

ns he called the rich young man to do.
1t is in heart and spirit, IN life and con.
versation, that we are to bear the crosa,
not in an outward or bodily way. True,
even outwardly the cross is a Christian
symbol But should the cross be made
an ornament. Of the person? Should
the symbol OF redemption, tile likeness
Of the cross of Calvary on which the
Lord Of glory died for our souls, be put
on Just as a brooch or bracelet is put
on; a&d dangle from the neck amid
dance aud song and light hearted mirth?
Is this seemty or right? Is it not
rather a painful parody on the bearing
of the cross? Is MOI the cross toe often
thus bonn when the mind of the bearer
is still vain and frivolous, and there is no
bearing of. the cross in the heart or life ?
The true bearing o. tho cros4 after Jesus
is to follow Him, in faith and ltve,
through all that His service leads us to;
to give up all that He requires to be
given up; to undertake cheeriully what
ever He calls us to; to be willing for
Him to suffer shame and loss, to be
mockfa, despised disliked, prosecuted !;
to submit cheerfully IL all His dealings !;
to surrender our will to His will. Ru
outward and formal fearing of the cross
is easy indeed; such bearing of it as
this is not easy nay, not possible for u.s.
uuhelped. Yet this is what our Lord
calls us to, and He Himself will give us
help and strength. His grace is sufficient
for us.-Rep +. B0mdill0n