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Year: 1878

A NUMBER of striking miners in West
Virginia seized steamer, the other
day, and forced the officers to convey
them to another district, where they
compelled some men to quit work.
That accomplished, they captured a
railroad train and helped themselves to
free ride home. The excursion was
doubtless an exceedingly pleasant one
for the mob, but the railroad and steam
boat owners could not have greatly en-
ioyed it. Lest such cheap recreation
nay become popular with idle work
men, it should be mentioned that YES
sells engaged in navigation are under
the protection of United States law,
and that the statutes against piratical
seizures of such vessels are particularly
stringent.
Year: 1878

NoBLING, who attempted to murder
the Emperor of Germany the other day,
is said to have confessed his earnest
sympathy with the ultramontanes and
socialists ts-a curious combination. He
had accomplices, he said, but would not
name them at present. The job of talk
ing off the Emperor. fell to him by lot,
which is certainly poor way to select
person for such an Office. As rea-
son for his crime, Nobling expressed the
belief that the removal of the "head of
the state" would be for the public ad
vantage. If that idea really inspired
him, the wonder is that he did not turn
his artillery upon Bismarck instead of
peppering the weak and harmless old
Emperor.
Year: 1878

Three edit ons OF the same dream
in the watches of a single night
with a sequel early in the forenoon,
is a psychical phenomenon worth
studying. A correspondent of the
Reading Eagle relates that Anthony
Roming. a we'll to-do farmer living
about four miles from Morgantown,
woke up his wife and told a dream
that made the very strings of her
night cap stand on end. He had
dreamed that some thieves had
stopped his son, who had started on
his way to market shortly after
midnight with a wagon load of pro
duce, had robbed him of his cash
and severely beaten him. His wife
replied that it was only q dI cam,
and advised him to go to sleep as
soon as he could. He did so, but
soon after again gave her another
poke and said that he had had the
same dream. She begged him to
try and compose himself AID go TO
sleep which he did. A third time
the dream was repeated. on which
he arose, and, it being then after
3 O'Clock. dressed himself. AT
breakfast his vision was the sole
subject of conversation. II khe
sfeFeBeoE word was brouSEs 81 the
house that his son had been attack
Cd on the road, robbed of his money
and severely injured. Mr.. RominP
described minutely the appearance
and dress of the two men who il
the dream had attacked his son.
When be was taken to the spot he
pointed out the very place where
he had seen the wagon stopped an
his son assaulted by the robbers
Year: 1878

A Texas man went into Sherman
with a load of wood aud his wife
and two children. He sold the
wood for one dollar, and his wife
realized one dollar and a quarter
from the sale of a jar of butter.
There was a circus Ia town, and the
part, needed seventy five cents Inure
20 purchase tickets tor the perform
ance. They were about To give up
IN despair and spend their money
Tor something To eat, when n bright
idea struck the man. Ho had N n
new pair OF boots which he resolved
20 pawn for the amount required. A
shylock was found. and the man, la
his bare feet, attended the show
with his family.
Year: 1878

We publish this morning a letter
from ex Gov John c. Brown, of
Tennessee. Vice President of the
Texas Pacific railroad, to the peo
pie of the South. 1t is a most in
structive document, lucid, candid and
earnest. AS our readers are aware
Gov. Brown was a distinguished
and gallant Confederate soldier,
who, as soon as the people Of Ten
nessee were restored to their fran
chise, was called by popular acclaim
to the head of affairs, being twice
elected their Governor. With a
seat in the Senate of the United
States directly before him, he with
drew from the political arena to
take charge of tins great and truly
Southern enterprise, and, Tor the
last five years. has devoted himself
to its development. We mention
these things TO show that there is no
adventurcr or special pleader who
addresses himself tc the intelligence
of the South, but a representative
Southern man in the prime of his
life, of conceded ability and lntegri
~. His writing needs M further
commendation. 1t is within itself
a textbook. WHICH those who desire
to keep themselves informed will do
we'll to file away for future reference.
Although it contains much that we
have pointed out in our various con-
troversies with the organs OF the
Law Gould-Huntington monopoly,
IL contains more OF new and origl
nal matter. This is presented IN so
clear manner as TO excite wonder
that any Southern man, not directly
influenced by the gigantic corpora
tion which seeks by its millions TO
make competition impossible, ana
nrevent a Southern outlet TO the ia
c,fic for all time, can reconcile him
self either to his reason or his con
science to oppose so benefice9t so
necessary, so just measure.-lCou-
.sps .AuAlEnGls Oc< SA
Year: 1878

There are some scenes almost too
pure and sacred to be viewed by the
thoughtless world. One of them is
two hundred pound woman with a
mole on her chin talking baby" to
an ounce and a half canary in a
brass cage.
Year: 1878

Evils in the journey of life are
like the hills which alarm travellers
upon their road; they both appear
great at distance, but when we ap
proach them we find that they are
far less insurmountable than when
we had conceived them.
Year: 1878

The man who is curious to see
how the world could get along with
out him, can find out by sticking
cambria needle into a mill pond and
then Withdrawing it and looking at
the hole thus made.
Year: 1878

The man that takes q paper sew
eral years, without paying anything
10. tive won't say he is sdishonest
must certainly have come to the
conclusion that the printer can live
on the wind. They are mistaken
about that Printers are flesh and
blood, and require something TO eat
and wear, just like other people.-
fOESgSlaod BanasN
Year: 1878

In Mexico and South America
fire flies are very common which
shine by so strong a phosphoric
light that person may read by the
light of three of them. The lare
est species have luminous patch
under the belly, and one on each
side of the head. Another species
has the light under its wings
When the fly is dead the light con-
tinues, and may be transferred.
Year: 1878

CourIer-Journal: Old Ben Frank
lin, aside from being the first light
ning-rod man, caused a great deal
of misery in this world. Not in his
own name, il is true, but in that OF
Poor Richard. There is now liv
ing in the southern part of t. is
county young man whose father
used to read Poor Richards alma
nae, and reIigiously believed every
Thing in it, especially where it as
sured him so solemnlv that


"Early to bed and early to rIse


Will make a man healthy, wealthy and wise"
more infamous sentiment than
which was never 'breathed into
vogue" in any age or cline; and
from the time that young man was
three years old unit! he was twenty
one the old man drove him to bed
every night at dark and dragged
hin out every morning an hour be-
fore day break, rain or shine fully
expecting 70 see him at the age of
twenty Eve the very picture of n
iOILf RallOn GAoh "a buniiL A1Eu Du
chu, floating peacefully in a gilded
yacht above the golden sands of n
Pactolus of his own, the unanimous
ly elected head-center OF the Inter
national PolyglOt Institute OF All
Arts and Aggregated Sciences, with
a salary of half million a year. II
is hardly necessary 10 say that the
expectation was long since blasted.
And now, so FAR from being healthy,
that young man hasn't seen a well
day in five years; so far from being
wealthy. his entire worldly wealth
converted into cash wouldn't pay
one per cent interest for fifteen days
on a counterfeit fifty cert shin
plaster, and so far from being wise,
he is simply regarded by everybody
as what q person addicted 70 the
disreputAble habit OF profaue swear
ing would call 8 hlan ked fool. 1A.


II ~..S fa r,n- Ne uray 80 ghE
Year: 1878

Life is what We make it. Let US
call back images of joy and glad
ness rather than those of grief and
care. The latter may sometimes be
our guests 30 sup and dine, but let
them never be permitted TO lodge
wTvh W.
Year: 1878

II you wish to keep worms out oil
YOU dried fruit, heat IL as hot as
YOU can without burning and sack
while hot. You will have fruit that
will keep for years If you will only
see that 1t Is always securely closed
Farmers. do not fail 70 Try this.
Year: 1878

Twenty THOUSAND People
old and young. e'ery week. 1t is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class Of
community.


We desire our business men to make note
Of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.


We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free Of all irregular and irresponsible adver-
tiSingi for many good people seeing an ad-
vsrtissment in a paper. especially their
church paper. take it as a guarantee of re-
spOnsibility. Such confidence should not to
abused when it can be helped. We want.
therefore.
Year: 1878

All men and women must love
something. If our thoughts are
pune we love birds, flowers, and all
beautiful things. In Their con
temptation We are happy, and
there comes to our brain q steady
strength. 1t is such a rest from
labor to look upon the fragrant
flowers placed each morning on
our desk-to hear our pet canary
sing his roundelay of welcome-to
behold evidences of thrift and
neatpess all about, as these chill
dren of order and system reward
the senses. 1t is related of II man
that he called his wife, who Was a
hundred pounds heavier than he,
his little darling--his petite pet.
People smiled at him because they
did not understand his actuations.
He had q warm, trusting, loving,
heart, a great many love all about
the object of that love, aid 80 she
was his little ret--his darling.
We are like chamelecns, aud color
as We feed mentally. If We love
the beautiful we are happy. IL
we love the coarse, the vulgar, the
objects or influences that give no
sweet return, life becomes blank,
the soul cracks and shrinks into a
bundle of nailrods to lacerate the
mental man, and we are on the
direct road to ruin. What beau.
tiful world this would be If all per-
sons would only ornament their
homes and their hearts by cultiva'
ting and keeping alive their love
for pets, no matter what their form
or condition.
Year: 1878

that one of his elastics had be-
come unclasped, and had fallen to
the ground. At the same moment
it was perceived by the prettiest
OF the teachers, who made u fra .
tic effort to seize it, but was antici-
pated by the unhappy clergyman.
II was bad enough for him to know
that the teacher had discovered
his misfortune, but what was his
horror and amazement when, with
every appearance of anger, she
demanded that he should s.hand
her that" instantly. He was SO
astonished at her evident desire to
make sport of him that he did not
deign to answer her. but put the
disputed article in bis pocket and
walked away. Whereupoh the
teacher burst into tears and in
formed her confidential friends
that Mr.. Simpkins had had the
inconceivable audacity to steal one
of her-in fact, her private prop
er.v.


The scandal spread rapidly and
widely, and grew as rapidly as it
spread. At the end of half an hour
every lady at the picnic had cut the
clergyman in the most marked man
ner. Burning with shame and indig-
nation, he forgot to repair the 6efi-
ciencies of his toilet, and went home
feeling rather more crestfallen than did
the prophet Daniel, when he found
that the lions would rot recognize his
existance. 1t was not until he was on
the point Of seeking sleepless pillow
that he discovered that both his scarlet
elastics were in their proper place,
while the one which he had picked up
at the pic mic lay on his table. The
full horror of his situation flashed
upon him. The teacher had really
dropped scarlet elastic, and he had
seized it under the impression that it
was his own.


The utter hopelessness o. ever
making any satisfactory explanation
of the affair was only too apparent
Early the next morning Mr.. Simpk:ns
fed from Westbridge ruined man.
The fatal articles which had caused his
downfall lie lef! behind him, and they
teach with mute but powerful eIo-
quence the lesson that we should bear
the socks we have, and never dream
of flying to stockings, of which we
know nothing except by hearsay.
Year: 1878

pet filled with crashes of power, and
yet intermingled all the while with a
sweet undersong of sweetest cadence.
His forehead giowed like q heated
furnace, his countenance was haggard
| liEe that of maniac, and ever and
anon he flung his long hony arms high
as if grasping after tliunderbolt.


He drew a picture of murdersin ap-
palling colors, that in comparison, hell
itself might look beautiful he painted
the slanderer so black that the sun
seemed dark at monday when shining
on such u monster. And then fixing
both portraits on the shrinking Hop
kins fastened them there forever The
agitation of the audience amounted
almost to madness.


Ali at once the speaker dies. ended
from his lofty height. His voicaswail
ed out to the murdered dead. and liv-
ing g-the beautiful Mary, more beau
tifui every moment as her tears flowed
faster and faster-till men wept and
sobbed like children.


He closed by strong exhortation
to the jury, and through them to the
by-standers the panel, after they
should bring verdict for the plain
tiff not to offer violence to the defend
ant, however richly he might deserve
it-in other words, not to lynch the
villain but to leave his punishment
to God. Ills was the most artful
trick of all, and was calculated to in
sure vengeance.


The jury rendered verdict of fifty
thous; | dollars, and the night after
wards Hopkins was taken out Of his
bed by the lynchers and beaten al
most to death. AS the court adjourn
ed the stranger said: "John Taylor
will preach here ut early candlelight."


He did preach, and the house was
crowded, l have listened to Clay,
Webster and Beecher, but never heard
anything in the form Of sublime words
even approximating to the eloquence
o: John Taylor, massive as a noun
tain and wildly rushing as cataract
OF fire.
Year: 1878

Who hath not treasured something Of the past
The lost the buried, or the far away?
Twined with those heart-afections which outiast
All save their memories-these outlive decay
broken relic of our childhOod's play,
A faded flower, that long ago was fair
Mute token of love that died untold!
Or silken curl, or lock of siivery hair
The brow that bare them long since in the mould /,
Though these may call up griefs that else had slept
Their twilight sadness DER the soul to bring;
Not every tear In bitterness is wept,
While they revive the dropping flowers that spring
Within the heart and round its ruined temples


cling.
Year: 1878

There has always been difficulty
in the minds of teachers, as we'll as
in the mind of learners to cornpre-
hcnd the theory Of the tides as
presented in our text books. This
theory fails to give satisfactory
account of the cause of the tides
on the side of the earth most re


mote from the san and moon. Ac


cording to this theory, at that part
Of the carth's surface which is
turned away from the moon or
sun, less amount of attraction is
felt by her waters than anywhere
else on her surface; and the whole
earth is, therefore, in effect drawn
away from the waters on the far
side of her, and thus, the water left
behind, tide is produced on the
side at which the torce of gravity
acts directly. That so great an
absurdity should have been accept


ed SO long by our writers OF text
books is truly marvellous. 1t is.
Indeed, SO contrary to all known
facts and laws of physics, and if no
other influences are felt by the
waters at the far side of the earth
than attraction, there would be just
the opposite effect produced as that
alledged by this absurd hypothesis.
This can be demonstrated by actual
experiment, ard as conclusively as
any other fact coming within the
reach of experimental philosophy.
1t has been proved experimentally
that all bodies on the surface OF the
earth at midnight are heavier than
at any other hour of the twenty


four and when the new moon
occurs at midnight this increase of
weight or gravity felt by matter on
this part of the surface of the earth
is still greater. Now, if this theory
were correct, attraction would pro,
duce just the opposite effect {; that
is matter would weigh less at mid>
night than at any other hour of the
twenty-four. On the side of the
earth facing the sun and moon, the
weight of bodies is diminished, as
it should be, according to the theory
which | propose to establish in this
article. -Popular Scien ce Monthly.
Year: 1878

Old Mother Shipton was born in Ship ton, near York, England, and lived at the time of Henry VIII. She was sup posed to be daughter of Satan and 8 witch. The night on which she was born there was the most dreadful storm ever known. She was a prophecies and foretold the burning of York Minister. The third time she said it would be burnt to the ground. It has been burned twice. She also foretold that carriages would fly in the air; and that the earth would be like unto gridiron, we sup pose from the network of railroads. Cardinal Wolsey, hearing that she had prophesied concerning him, was very in dignant, and sent three noblemen to hear what she had to say for herself, and to tell her that she would be burnt for witchcraft. When they arrived and knocked at the door, she called from within, "Enter, Lords so and so," at which they were very much astonished, for she had had no means of knowing their names. When they had entered the cottage they informed her of their mission, and that when Wolsey got to York she had better take care what she said. Taking off a kerchief from her neck she put it on the red coal, saying, eff this burn, I burn" She then took the kerchief off whole. She also sad that Cardinal Wolsey would see York, but never reach it. The King called 'Wolsey back to London, and he died on his journey so he never was in York, though he saw it from a tower or hill, making true what Mother Shipton had said. At Clifton, one mile out of York, there is stone called Mother Shipton's Stone. She was said to be very pious and generous old woman, and lived to a very great age and died ct Knares- borough. The following remarkable prophesey was by her, and was first pub ished in 1443, and re-published in 1641 {:

 Carriages without horses shall go,

 And accidents fill the world with woe.

 Around the world thoughts shall fly r In the twinkling of an eye.

 Water shall yet more wonders do,

 How strange, but yet they shall prove true.

 The world upside down shall be,

 And gold be found at the root of tree;

 Through hills man shall ride,

 And no horse or ass be at his side.

 Under water man shall walk

 Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk,

 In the air men shall be seen

 In white, in black, in green.

 Iron in the water shall float

 As easy as wooden boat.

 Gold shall be found and shown

 In land that is not now known.

 Fire and water shall wonders do,

 And England shall at last admit Jew.

 The world to an end shall come

 In 1888.
Year: 1878

Bissett, an humble shoemaker who lived in Scotland, was an extraordinary teacher of animals. He selected pig to experiment. upon. The teaching of the pig almost wearied out Rissett's pa tience, and he was about giving up the task in despair when he bethought him. self of new way of tanning the young pig. After sixteen months of unwearied perseverance he at last was rewarded by instilling little reason into the pigs unreasoning cranium, thus proving that pigs can not only "see the wind" by common belief, but that they can be made useful in ':raising the wind" Du- ring the teaching of his pig Bissett used to keep the animal under his shoemaker's seat while he worked. In 1783 Bissett brought his "learned pig into Dublin, procured the leave of the Lord Mayor for his exhibition, and carried the city by storm. It was trained to be as docile and as obedient as 8 spaniel, and was taught to spell names, cast up accounts, to kneel and make its obeisance to the company, and to do various other feats. Some petty officer, half armed with au- thority, broke into Bissett's room, as- saulted the poor, unoffending exhibitor, and drew his sword to kill the wondrous pig. Poor Bissett pleaded hard for his pig which was saved, but he was threat ened that if he exhibited the pig again he would be dragged to prison. Only that it was a little too late in the era, it is probable poor Bissett would have suffered at the stake for witchcraft.
Year: 1878

There is strange reluctance to make will on the part of many healthy and robust people-a feeling, says Harpers Bazaaa', as if the mere act were fatal forerunner of dissolution as if the idea were but the unconscious response of the mind to the suggestion of failing ener- gies as If they were some occult con- nection between the undeveloped aiI- ments of the body and the promptings of the brain. There are some individuals so much influenced by this superstition that they will run the risk of allowing their filthy lucre to fall into the hands of persons for whom they have no re- gard, rather than undertake the ghastly task of devising 8 last testament, which seems to them, perhaps, like consentlng to their own demise, and putting their name and seal to their own death warrant. We usually find this indisposition among the selfish and those of great vitality people to whom, victims of their tenn peraments, the thought of the rider on the pale horse is something unnatural and offensive in the last degree {; who would not even welcome their dearest friend back from the charnel-house, with the terrors of the grave about him peo- pie who might literally be said to be afraid of their own shadows; who have repugnance against preparing for the time when they shall be dust and their goods and chattels another's, without re- fecting that making will is the only method by which the departed can yet control the living, by which, being dead, he yet speaketh. Moreover, is is the only means by which man may give away all he possesses and still keep it himself, may dispense charity with an open hand and deny himself nothing, may spend without diminishing his hoard, snub his heirs at law, and com mand the gratitude of his legatees.

 But apart from the other advantages of making a will, there must be certain pleasure Tn signifying the direction ih which our belongings should gravitate when we have no farther use of them, Tn feeling confident that they shall fail into no undeserving or indifferent grasp, that our diamonds shall not go to the cousin who owns Golconda already, nor our India shawl to the relative who is igno- rant of,the comparative merits of Indran or French cashmere. We may enjoy dictating terms to our heirs, picturing certain persons in our shoes, in posses sion of comforts that we find so comfort able; and it surely adds another sting to poverty that one has nothing to devise, no post mortem mandates to issue, and holds no possible mortgage upon the gratitude of the survivors.