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Year: 1877

THE EUROPEAN SITUATION The
voice Of the dispatches from Europe is
still for war. The aspect is now so
threatening, and the probabilities Of
war 90 great, that no one can now be
found 90 reckless as to predict, or even
hope, that the clouds will pass away,
and that the peace Of Europe will not
be broken. Immense preparations have
been made BY both Turkey and Russia
and each seems to be determined to
eight il out" At present no reliable
news can be obtained as to what il
going On at the front, but general
movement Of the troops Of the two ma
tions it is believed is being made, which
must soon result in q collision. By the
end Of another week il il likely all the
world will be resounding with the news
Of great battle between the cross and
crescent on the banks Of the Danube.


It would give but little offence to the
civilized and christian nations Of Europe
if The great powers would unite together
to drive the Turkish authorities from
altogether. But if they will
only stand off and let Russia alone she
will soon accomplish that little feat her
self, without their assistance.
Year: 1877

The Eject OF mn Eastern War On the


United States.


The effect that war between Russia
and Turkey would have on the United
States may be conjectured By studying
our market reports. The hostile ru-
mors which have been flying between
the capitals Of Europe for the past few
days have led to a sharp rise 10 Ameri-
can wheat and all breadstuffs Other
causes have operated to stiffen the mar
ket for these products for the past six
months; but il is noticeable that Amer
ican wheat has been steadily advancing
since the early part Of last fall, when.
the Eastern question began to be most
threatening Since then the rise il
wheat has been nearly go cents bus.
The prevalent belief that the spring
would see the opening Of great war
in the East has certainly done its part
in this improvement Of prices. From
these facts we may conclude that such a
war would be materially benefit to
trade and commerce in the United
States 1t would create large Euro
pean demand for American grain and
-four and provisions Of all kinds, and
the effect Of this would be to stimulate
manufacturers and business in nearly
every branch Of industry. Ocean
freight would partake of the improve
ment, and if England were dragged by
circumstances into the vortex Of the
war, American commerce, having the
preference for the carrying trade. would
get start which it has not enjoyed for
nearly twenty years. Americans with
these thoughts in thier minds, to say
nothing Of the concern which they feel
in the promotion Of Christianity and
civilization in Turkey, will eagerly
watch every days development Of the
Eastern question.
Year: 1877

Two DEATHS james Abbott and
wife Of Baltimore. were spending Sun
day evening at the house Of relative,
when they were informed that their
daughter aged II, was dying On
returning they found her lying on the
sofa, lifeless, when the mother was SO
shocked. although the girl had been an
invalid for some time, that she fell Oh
the floor beside her, and almost i'm
mediately expired. The husband was
almost distracted and the scene present.
ed was very affecting.
Year: 1877

A SPIRITED ADVENTURE. Who's
there 7" There was no answer and the
queer noise stopped Anybody there 7"
No answer. lit must have been q
spirit, be said to himself II must be
a medium. ! will try" (Aloud IF
there is spirit in the room, it will sig
Nifty the same by saying aye-no that's
not what | mean. If there is a spirit
in the room, it will please rap three
times" Three very distinct raps were
given in the direction Of the bureau.
lis it the spirit Of my sister ~ No
answer. rs it the spirit Of my moth
err" Three raps "Are you happy 2"
Nine raps. /" Do you want anything 2"
A succession Of very loud raps. "Will
you give me any communication if I get
up 2" No answer. "Shall / hear from
you tomorrow 2" Raps very loud in
the direction Of the door. "Shall /
ever see you 2" Then raps came from
outside the door He waited long for
an answer to his last question, but none
came. The spirit had gone; and after
thinking about the extraordinary visit,
be turned over and fell asleep. On
getting up in the morning be found
that the spirit Of bis mother had carried
of his watch and purse, bis trowsers,
and bis great coat down stairs in the
hall
Year: 1877

We herewith give our readers the
law as revised last winter, in rela-
ton to proving up on homesteads.
AS will be seen homesteaders can
now prove up before any judge, or
clerk, if the judge is absent, of any
court of record, in the county and
State.


AN ACT to amend section twenty
two hundred and ninety-one of the
Revised Statutes of the Uuited
States, in relation to proof required
in homestead entries.


Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of America i'll Congress
assembled. That the proof of resi-
dence, occupation, or cultivation,
the affidavit of non alienation and
the oath of allegiance, required to
be made by section twenty-two hun
dred and ninety one of the Revised
Statutes of the United States may
be made before the judge, or, in
his absence, before the clerk of any
court of record of the county and
State, OF district and Territory, in
which the lands are situated and
IT said lands are situated in any un-
organized county, such proof may
be made in similar manner in any
adjacent county in said State or
Territory and the proof, affidavit,
and oath, when SO made and duly
subscribed, shall have the same force
and effect as when made before the
register and receiver of the proper
land district; and the same shall be
transmitted by such judge, or the
clerk OF his court, to the register
and the receiver, with the fee and
charges allowed by law to him; and
the register aud receiver shall be
entitled to the same fees for examin-
ing and approving said testimony
as are now allowed by law for tax
ing the same.


SEC. 2. That if any witness max
ing such proof, or the said applicant
making such affidavit or oath,
swears falsely as to any material
matter contained in said proof, affi-
davlts, or oaths, the said false
swearing being willful and corrupt,
he shall be deemed guilty of perjury,
and shall be liable to the same pains
and penalties as if he had sworn
falsely before the register,


Approved march 3, 1877.
Year: 1877

MAKING A LIvING.-It is said, in
the days of perplexity, when every
man must have money, and there is
no more to be had, thatIt would be
an excellent thing to learn how to
1--we without means. Setting aside
the aged and helpless. such stu
alton can hardly be found. Who,
in this wide world, in this universal
magazine, this great store-house,
cannot find means for a living D.?
There is no Industrious, resolute IN
dividual but can find means. Ye
who have been lingering on, hoping
for better days, rouse up your en-
ergies, feel that you have that with
in that may stir you mp to the best
purposes of life. Resolve to find
means. 1t may not be that they
will exactly correspond with your
taste, but it is an honest living you
are seeking, and the world is full of
material. The very rocks and stones
We tread on, which nature scatters
literally, may be converted into
gold.
Year: 1877

All, these early spring morn
ings! What is more delightful than
to spring airily from bed at five
o'clock in the morning and take a
stroll, breathing the fragrance
laden air, listening to the chirping of
the birds among the trees ? What,
indeed, unless it is to lie snugly abed
and wonder what fools are pranc-
ing about in the damp at such an
hour.
Year: 1877

A CORRESPONDENT gives the fol-
lowing as sdeat shot cure for a
felon: "Take a good lemon, cut off
the end, introduce the finger into
the lemon, let it remain over night
or for a few hours. If applied in
time there can be no failure. Hope
you will tell all your patrons of this
simple cure"
Year: 1877

The success attained in sending
fresh meats to Europe is revolution
lzlng the provision trade. Canada
has already begun to share in the
advantages ofthe system, her fish
being i'll demand abroad. The send
ing of peaches and other fresh fruit
to England has hitherto proved a
failure, but we understand another
attempt will be made the present
season.
Year: 1877

the trade of Eastern Europe and
w estern Asia must of necessity
flow. If a railroad were built from
the Black Sea by the valley of
Euphrates to India, Constantinople
would become a commercial metrop-
oils of nearly the whole of one con-
tinent, in addition to that of large
portion of another.
Year: 1877

THE virtues of celery are vaunted
in the Journal of Chemistry as be-
ing greater than folks imagine.
Nervous people who shook like
aspons, and other deplorable cases,
have been radically cured by a
moderate daily use of the blanched
footstalks taken as a salad. Others
have been curedof palpitation of the
heart. In fact, it is suggested that
everybody engaged in labor weak
ening to the nerves should use celery
daily in the season, and onions in its
stead when not in season.
Year: 1877

of this route, pleasant to the tourist, at least
is that it lies, to a great extent, along the
high lands and ridges between the Smoky
Hill and Saline rivers. But to form any just
estimate of the beauty and fertility of the
country through which he is passing, the
traveller must stop at intervals of fifty miles
and ride away up its many valleys, and along
the little creeks intersectipg it. The soil con-
sists chiefly Of a rich, black mold, with a
slight admixture of sand, ever sub-soil
which retains the rain at suitable depths for
the neurshment of vegetation.


Just here limited space admonishes US.
We must stop.
Year: 1877

tainly control the action of the House
on many if not most of these ques-
tions; and upon his shoulders will
fall the task Of making such record
for his party as shall recommend it
to the country in the next elections.
new Congress will be chosen next fall,
and while we believe that before then both
the present parties will be shattered 1t is
easy to see that the organization which shall
be able this winter to gather to it, by n
sound and wise policy, the best opinion OF
the country, will 80 into the canvass OF 1878
with the fairest chances of success. The
''new questions" will stare the new Speaker
in the face as soon as he takes his seat; and
unless he means whoever he may be-to
ruin his party in the public esteem he
will have to .troat these new questions
in o statesmanlike and fearless manner
when he comes to select his committees.
Year: 1877

The Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tives appoints the &C ccmmittces of the House;
the committees prepare the business,
monopolize the Debates call the previous
question" and where the majority is strong
usually control the legislation. The Speak
ership is, therefore, an important Office, and
an able and ambitious man rightly regards
it as next in point of power to the Presi-
dency. 1t is an object of desire to all promi-
cratic party, which will organize the next
House on the 18th of October, has had
during the summer at least n dozen candi-
dates for the Speakership, and probably
quite rs many moro; willing to serve If they
should be called on..r nor.~r.


At this time it seems probable that Mr..
Randall, Speaker of the last House, will be
reelected, and ho Is, on many accounts, q
very fit man for the place. Though he is
vigorous partisan he presided over the last
session with admitted impartiality and JUS
tice. He was particularly happy in the Sc
lection of such committees MS he had to
appoint, taking care to give the minority
always fair representation, and making
his appointments in oil cases with due re-
gard to fitness and character. He is man
of unimp peachable rectitude and belongs to
the liberal wing of his party.


Whoever is chosen Speaker will have
serious responsibilities to bear. The new
Congress will have to act upon number OF
very important public questions, and the
future of parties will depend greatly upon
their course on these questions: But the
Speaker if he is an able mnn can almost GER
Year: 1877

DEIIcToUsLY Rrcn SUGGESTION is made by
Tive Commissioners appointed to wind up the
affairs Of the il-savorcd Frecdman's Bank in
Washington. They are anxious that the de-
positors who have been swindled should consti-
tute themselves into gigantic lobby to induce
the government to buy the building, which cost
In the first instance twice rs much Us il
ought to have cost, at, of course, valuation
to be fixed by the commission. This building
was put up ut public sale some time ago and
Withdrawn because sufficient sum was not of.
fcred. Why the govcrnment-that is, the peo-
ple-should give more for it docs mot appear to be
in the least wrong or improper to the Commis-
Sioncrs. The best thing these gentlemen can do is
pay out the money they have on hand to the un-
fortunate people who have been 10 cruelty vic
tInizcd.
Year: 1877

labor question eclipses all others in real i'm
portance.


The. expedients recommended by Mr..
Phillips have some good points, and are,
perhaps, as good as any that could be sug-
gested in the present stage Of the great in
dustrial revolution through which we are
passing. We may doubt the competency Of
the employees in a vast establishment to form
a correct judgment of the rate of wages
which it can afford to pay them, and may
think it futile to submit to them the details
Of large and complicated business. But
the plan of holding mutual consultations,
with view to a friendly and equitable
adjustment of differences, is excellent We
do not see how the compulsion
of tho law can be brought in to
aid such arrangements, and since they
must be voluntary capitalists will con-
tinue to use their own discretion and to be
guided by their own sense of interest in
bringing differences with their laborers to
this kind of settlement Before this canvass
occasion to discuss the element of risk
which enters so largely into all great busi-
ness undertakings and explain his views OF
its relation to wages. He seems to assume
that wages should be regulated by the
profits Of the business but in many cases
large outlays are made without any expecta-
tion of profit until after lapse Of years,
and even this distant expectation may fail
to be realized. The laborers employed are
no judges of such distant contingencies, and
it seems as absurd to regulate wages by the
success of the business as it would be to
regulate the interest of capital by the same
method.
Year: 1877

An evening contemporary, amiably de-
sirous to assist General Howard in what it,
in common with the general public, sup
poses to be his search for Chief Joseph, ad-
vises him to advertise for the Nez Perce
chieftain in the personal column of the
HERALD.


The suggestion shows practical mind,
and would be excellent if General Howard
were really looking for Joseph. But he is
engaged in an enterprise Of q differ
ent kind, as we think it our duty now
to inform the public, which has been
too long misled on this subject We
doubt if there is any such man rs Joseph,
and we venture to say that General Howard
could not, even if he would, make oath to
There is no competent proof at all of his
existence. We know that there is O General
Howard. His name is in the Army Register;
We remember him as n manager Of the Freed
mans Bureau, and as president or some-
thing of u colored college, whose walls fell
down like those of the Hale piano factory
But we have no such proofs of Chief Joseph's
existence. He was never connected with
the Freedman's Bureau. His name does not
occur anywhere Us president of a college or
university. There is no such man as
Chief Joseph.


AS for General Howard, he is engaged
in an interesting exploration of the in
terror Of the continent. He is not 'look-
ing for man," as the street boys
say; he is making special Howard sur
vey of some parallel or another, and as
the last besotted Congress failed to make
ON appropriation for this work Howard
ingeniously got up sham Indian war and
pretended Chief Joseph. It appears that
Howard's scientific operations have been q
good deal interrupted by Indians, who,
with IN aversion to science for which they
are notorious, have stolen his horses, inter-
rupted his needed sleep and robbed his
party of their spare whiskey. And for all
these sufferings Howard now finds himself
reviled as failure by public which sup
posed that he was pursuing the Indians
when, in fact. they were pursuing him.
If this thing goes on much longer the cause
of science will require that some one shall
advertise in the personal, column of the
HERALD, not for Joseph, but for Howard.
Year: 1877

The pleasing reflection occurs to US as we
recall the wanderings of the administration
about the country, that it is not very trouble
some or difficult to govern this country.
The President and most Of his Cabinet
may journey from New Hampshire to Ohio,
and from Ohio to Tennessee, and from Ten
nessee, if they wish, to Louisiana, and still
the country goes on. When we remember
with what trouble and expense and amid
what intense excitement we get together
once in four years to choose President;
how, having voted, we then amid still greater
excitement form an electoral commission !;
with what huzzahs and martial music we
induct the new President into Office, and
then see how, being installed, he calmly
wanders about the country-it seems to us
that it might be we'll to make less fuss about
the preliminaries. There is favorite old
story among naval officers of a sedate quar-
termaster of the Congress frigate, lying in
the bay of Naples, on the occasion Of o visit
to the ship by number of magnii-
Gently uniformed Neapolitan dignitaries.
One of these, mistaking q windsail for
the mainmast, leaned against it, and
when it collapsed fell to the lower
deck. ''What was that noise, quarter
master?" demanded the officer Of the
deck "Only one of them kings tum-
bled down the windsail hatch, sir" replied
the unconcerned quartermaster, who proba-
bly, believed all the gold laced gentry kings,
and fancied that one moro or less could not
much matter.


However, we do not grudge the President
and his Cabinet their summer rambles.
The people have been glad to see them, and
if nothing very noteworthy has been said by
any of the Presidential party there was, per-
haps nothing to say. We are glad that the
President is going to visit some OF the
Southern States. In the North we have
been during the last eight years tolerably
familiar with Presidential appearances, but
the South has not seen Presidents face for
twenty years, and Mr.. Hayes course toward
the South, his restoration of constitutional
government there, will secure him de-
served welcome. His visit to the South
crn States will be benefit to the whole
country.


So far, then, all is we'll; but when the
President returns to the White House we
hope he will give himself to business. We
have had eight years Of dining
out administration, and change will
be welcome to the country. Gen.
eral Grant was, we believe, the first
of our Presidents who dined out. Mr.. Lin
coin followed the custom which was set and
followed by most, if not oil, of his prodeces-
sors, Of neither giving nor accepting general
or promiscuous invitations to dinners or
evening parties. In the old times the
President of the United States dined, during
his term of Office, with no one except ut
rare intervals and in strict privacy with
oil of his Cabinet. In other respects also
his intercourse with tho world was GUS
tomarily formal. We hope President Hayes
will return to the older and better fashions.
1t is not well for great public officer to be
Year: 1877

DURING THE SUMNER ut least two persons were
killed by what are called blasting accidents in
the upper portion of the city, and now another
death has been added to the list. The guilty
contractors in two of these cases were arrested
but if punished their punishment was 20 slight
as to be OF no consequence as warning to
others
Year: 1877

on too familiar terms with everybody.
Washington society still remembers that the
whole Supreme Court, during President
Grants administration, once dined at o
public restaurant with a gentleman not
wholly unconnected with the lobby.
Year: 1877

The OPPONENTS of the Southern policy Of the
administration will get very little comfort from
the New Orleans celebration Of the restoration
Of honest government in Louisiana. In the large
military procession that was held the flag of the
United States was seen everywhere, and no me-
mortal of the Lost Cause was anywhere to be
seen. This is the latest Southern outrage
Year: 1877

THE VERDICT against o police captain, in .
suit for damages for having broken into house
in what he called the performance of his duty,
is u lesson to those gentlemen that was sadly
needed. Police officers have lately become 30
reckless that they seem to think they orc. amena-
BILE to no law, and that citizens have no rights
as against them.
Year: 1877

The REUNION Of the Veterans OF Mexico was
very pleasant affair large number of dis
tinguished gentlemen from various parts Of the
country were present, and the speeches that
were made were full of patriotism.
Year: 1877

The first maxim of worldly wisdom,


constant dissimulation, may be good or


evil as it is interpreted; if it means


only constant concealment from 9TH


ers Of such of our sentiments, actions,


desires, and resolutions, as others have


not a right to know, it is not only law


ful, but commendable; because when


these are once divulged, oar enemies


may avail themselves of the knowledge


of them to our damage, danger, and


confusion. So that some things, which


ought to be communicated to some Of
our friends. that they may improve


them to our profit, or honor, or pleas


ure, should be concealed from our enc
mics and from indiscreet friends, lest
they should be turned to our loss, dis
grace, or modification. am under no
moral or other obligation to publish to
the world how much my expenses or
my income amount to yearly. These
are times when, and persons to whom,
l am not obliged to tell what are my
principles and opinions in politics or
religion There are persons whom in
my heart l despise; others abhor, yet
l am not obliged to inform the one Of
my contempt, nor the other of my de-
testation This kind of dissimulation,
which is no more than eoncealnent,
secrecy, and reservoir, in other
words, prudence and discretion-is
necessary branch of wisdom, and so far
from being immoral and unlawful, that
it is a duty and a virtue. Yet even
this must be understood with certain
limitations, for there are times when
the cause of religion, of government, of
liberty, the interest of the present age
and Of posterity, render it a necessary
duty for man to make known his
sentiments and intentions boldly and |
publicly so that it is difficult to estab-


ish any certain rule-to determine
what things man may, and what be
nay not lawfully conceal, and when.
But it is no doubt clear, and there are
many things which may be lawfully
concealed from many persons at certain
lines and on the other hand, there


re things which at certain times it be-
omes mean and selfish, bad and wick
d, to conceal from some persons.