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Year: 1878

The Chicago Times Washington special says the House military committee will have the army reorganization bill ready when Congress meets. It will propose thorough reorganization of the staff and, as one member of the committee puts it, "The bayonet will not be hurt much." An investigation shows the staff would not be in much better condition for service than it was in 1881, should war break out. The staff is large enough for the combined ar- mics of Russia and Germany, but is ineffi- cient. It not nnfrequently happens, mem bers say, that paymaster is sent to pay from three to seven, men the pay of which officer alone would be nearly equal to that of an entire regiment on the present basis. Young blood is driven from the army and enters private occupations because the staff, as now organized, prevents any pros- pect of promotion from the ranks. Evi- dently the bill will provide for very con- siderable reduction of the staff but it is doubtful whether the committee, in view of the action of the House already will at- tempt any considerable reduction of en- listed men.
Year: 1878

A new invention has been perfected in Paris-that of glass printing type. This kind of type is made out of hardened glass, and is as hard as lead. They last longer than the metallic; are not liable to be crushed by the printing cylinder; they do not suffer in the least from sudden cooling in stereotyping, and they do not injure the health in handling, as lead types do. In this respect they have great advantage. The atmosphere in printing offices is inn pregnated with particles of lead, and chronic lead poisoning is one of the com plaints of type settlers. All this is obviated by the new invention, which has the merit also of being much cheaper.
Year: 1878

Mr. Hanks presented a slide mounted by him with some samples of silver ore, coat ed with chloride of silver, and the same after treatment with ammonia; also sil- yer globule obtained by assay from 100

 millograms of the crude mineral. Regard

 ing these specimens, MT. Hanks said that there was little in their appearance to lead a casual observer to suspect its character, though an examination of the native silver with the microscope at once reveals its true nature, an1 was most striking exam pie of the importance of our fayorite in- strument in the determination of mineral substances. He also spoke of a very inter- esting fact in the unwritten history of the mine in which the mineral occurs. The Valeria mine, Guijas district, Pima county, Arlzona, was re. e.discovered March 27, 1877, and the prospectors found an old shaft 20 feet deep, from the bottom of which level had been run forty feet At the opening of the shaft lay three tons or more of rich, but what is enormously termed rebellious ore. A mesquite tree, a foot in diameter, was rooted in the pile of ore. On cleaning out the drift human skeleton was found, with copper and stone tools, and near the remains was discovered a pocket in the vein, from which nine or ten pounds of this exceedingly rich mineral was taken.
Year: 1878

THE we'll worn joke about the army of brlgadiers has ceased to be a joke. The U. s. army has been ciphered down and dis covered to have one officer to every eight and half men. This secures high state of discipline--especially on the part of the ho1
Year: 1878

YOUNG MAN FORMER RESIDENT OF
THIS CITY SHOOTS HIMSELF.


On Sunday afternoon last a sad affair
occurred at Waynesburg, Pa, in which a
young man attempted to commit suicide
by shooting himself with revolver.


The young mans name was Morris j.
Pusey, former resident of this CITY. He
is we'll and favorably known, and has
an unsuliied reputation; he was also very
religious, being member of good stand
ing in the Central Presbyterian Church,


and when he left here was superinten-
dent OF Rodney street Chapel Sunday


school. While here he was employed at
Capelle q Bros, as entry clerk, which


position he held for over three years. He


left here to take charge of school at


Waynesburg, and when the school term


closed he formed a copartnership with
young man by the name of Anderson,


and entered the hardware business, and
met with great success in business He
attended Sunday school and church, on


Sunday last, and after service he return
cd to his boarding house, and retired to


his room without eating dinner. In the
afternoon he went down to the store and
loading one OF the revolvers commenced
firing. A passer by being attracted by
the shots, rushed into the building, lust
III time to stay the third shot, which he


was in the act of firing. The first shot
was Intended for the heart but stri king a


bone 1t glanced of, and entered the flesh,
The second shot passed through his lung
and out of his back. At the present
time he is in very fair way to recover.
The young man was in this city on Satur-
day visiting his mother, who resides at
eed him to commit the rush deed is un-
known frI ID .f Is s.ltl
Year: 1878

Advices from Bulgaria state that the
Russians have already commenced to I'M
press upon the Bulgarians the duty and
necessity Of ebeying the wishes of the
Emperor in their choice of Prince to
rule over the Province. No names are
yet mentioned as possible candidates.
Should foreigner be chosen, it is not at
all improbable that Prince Louis of Bat
tenberg will be the favored candidate.
AT the Russian headquarters he was re-
garded during the war as the most prob
able ruler of the Bulgaria, The Prince
remained in the field throughout nearly
the whole of the campaign. He is a tall,
soldierly-looking young man, and was
generally popular among his comrades at
the Grand Dukes headquarters; but the
Bulgarians are a secretive race, and they
may possibly have candidate of their
own who will receive the majority of
their votes. .....
Year: 1878

Do the work of your life we'll, and
whether shoe.black or prime minister,
you will stand on the same plane at
the Judgment day. Now If any young
man or young woman struggling with
poverty or adversely should read this,
let sue, take courage and remember
that a good heart with noble purposes
will place one higher in the love and
kingdom OF God than oil the riches
and talent that could possibly be pos
sessed.
Year: 1878

80 IT may be laid down SIS certainty
that when q man cannot bear his own
company, there is something wrong"


THIS is a great country. When ship
is launched congress adjourns, and when
a man takes a little drink in Virginia
they ring bell.


'What makes the lamb love Mary sol"


The children all do cry


Why, Mary loves the lamb you know


no don't love muttOn-p-e2


IT matters not what sort of dog
man NAV be leading home with a string.
1t may be blue and gray cur or brindle
bull pup, yet ne always says with pride
that the dog is balf black and tan.


IT can not be too deeply impressed
upon the mind that application is the
pTIce to be paid for mental acquisitions,
and that it is as absurd to expect it witE
cut it as to look for a harvest without
seeds.


"WHEN q lady walks the streets she
leaves her indignation countenance at
home; she knows that the street is q
picture gallery, where pretty faces.
framed in pretty bOnnets, are meant TO
be SEEN"


A BEvY of children were telling what
they got at school. The eldest got read
ing. spelling, and definitions :" And
what did you get little one7" asked the
father, to q rosy checked little fellow,
who at the same time was slyly driving
s. tea~penny nail into the dOOr-panel.
a" Me? | gets readin', spelIin', and
spankin'.'


A LADY says engagements are very un.
satisfactory sort of affairs, for If you are
not very polite and attentive the gentle
man thinks you do not care for him, and
you are afraid to be polite for fear the
engagement might sometimes be broken
of, when you would be sorry to think
you had wasted so much sweetness on
some other wOman's husband.


SINCE Edison invented the telephone
and photograph be has more orders for
new inventions than he can attend to.
One party wants him to invent bone
less shsd another asks him to turn his
attention to q gas meter that won't
always lie in favor of the company; q
third desires a pocket~bOok that will
always contain a dollar or two; and
while he is about it he might as well
infuse some of his inventive genius into
a fight of stairs that won't creak like all
possessed when q man sneaks into the
house at midnight.


WHEN a man opens his front gate,
only to meet his wife's face at the door
radiant with pleasure, aud hears the
shout from the eager children, Papa is
coming" it Is safe, as a rule, to lend that
man money. He is honest, and will pay
it if he cam Clev. Herald. Don't be
misled by the Cleveland Herald. There
are hundreds of men who love their
families, aud spend every cent upon
them every cent that can be borrowed.
Some of the most loving families in the
world are the deepest in debt, and are
ready at any moment to sacrifice every
creditor they have for each other Cor.
Journal
Year: 1878

man in New York state, and he reported
that the yield of the corn so treated was
double that Of corn planted in the usual
way. have barrel of glue with me and
intend 10 try the experiment"
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, May 20.-Furthcr inquiry
leaves little doubt that tho radical wing OF tho
Republican party has felt that Havcs's OK
tremiiy might furnish an opportunity for It's
representation In the Cabinet ly the rcsgna-
tion OF Schurz or Key or both. For tho present
there Is not the slightest chance that Hayes will
tako any such step. In n conversation to-day
he said that every member Of his Cabinet was
as secure ns on the day he was nominated IIo
had full confidence in all Of thcm. They wcro.
without exception. serving the country well, In
his opinion. and should be continued In office
Hayes spoke very emphutically. and was in tho
usual happy go-lucky mood he has assumed
since tho investigation was ordered. He drops
II in private, however and shows his apprehcn-
sion OF an imp 1chment next winter without
reserve. Unless ho makes prompt alliance
with the radical wing Of his party, 1t will be too
late. There Is the strongest possible feeling
among the leaders Of that faction that Hayes
shall be left to his own fate as proof and an
example that President descrtng his party Is
certain to need its help. and will be ruined
without IL,
Year: 1878

aroused from the first embrace of his nights
sleep.


81 understand you have seen Mr.. Etheridge
since he is alleged to have fled from town."


''Where and when, if you please?n


"On the Southern Minnesota road, and Friday
afternoon


please state the circumstances connected
with it?'


s.On that day, about o'clock, got on the
short time after getting into the car I saw Mr..
Etheridge in the forward part of the same
car. I know him well. He saw me- and I
thought it strange he did not speak to me or
recognize In about half or three-quarters
OF an hour he got up and left the car. At Ram
Paul. He went on West. My recollection was
called to this fro1n sshat read in the GLOBE
this morning.


Mr. Judd was formerly citizen of this
place, bnt now resides in Ohio. He knows
mistaken in recognizing him. The gentleman
went so far as to describe his clothes-he wore
a black cashmere suit. He studied him the
whole time, and thought it strange Etheridge
did not make reply to his semi-recognition Of
him (Etheridge).


As related above, the facts in the case have
developed. In justice to Etheridge, it should
be stated that there are many, who, in charit-
able frame of mind, say they believe he is
crazy, and that his fight is wholly
owing to his state of mind. Among
this class, there are several who say this condi-
ton of mind has been brought about by drink.
When it was, in astonishment, CALCULATED,
why, he never drank the reply was made
that he had been addicted to it for some time.
but very secretly. Again, many friends believe
he will return, and that his absence
can be accounted for as business tour. In
this connection, the report Of Mr.. Judd may
throw some light on his departure. 1t is gen
loans in the neighborhood OF Austin, and that
he was on the Southern Minnesota road to
make collections. Whether to return or to help
him in the continuance Of his journey away,
time will tell.
Year: 1878

WAsHMGroN, February 1.-THE Sen.
ate Silver bill will be sent to the House
tomorrow. It Is already being engrossed
for that purpose. It's generally UNDER
stood that the provisions Of the bill a. II
was passed by the Senate, are generally
acceptable to a majority in the House,
though the members In favor Of unlimited
coinGge will urge a modification Of the
paragraph restricting coinage to min.
imum Of 100000 and a maximum Of
$4,000 900 monthly. The indications at
present are that the two houses will
unite on measure which can be passed
over veto. The friends Of the bill will
probably hold caucus on the subject
Tomorrow,
Year: 1878

National Associated Press to the Star.


TUscUMBIA, ALA, Aug 5.-A colored girl
ten years old was yesterday forenoon found
murdered on the outskirts of the northwest
ern portion of this city.


AS she was not ravished, as was at first
thought, suspicion now points directly
towards her adopted mother who has been
habitually abusive to her. She has not as
yet been arrested.


The head of the little girl was completely
crushed to pulp by blow from heavy
club. Her right arm was also broken close
to the shoulder.
Year: 1878

decision of the Secretary OF the Interior in
the matter Of lands held by certain Pacific
Railroad Companies it is expected by the
Commission that much inconvenience and
hardship will result to individual settlers
and emigranls through the inability of his
office to keep the current work up.
Year: 1878

Behind its emerald covering the seductivs
cucumber conceals row OF double teeth.
and woe to the man who enters the combai
with it single handed Men have been
known to wrestle all night with acucumber,
and come out second best in the morning.
Rome Sentinel
Year: 1878

A question has arisen which very


few living persons are in a position to


answer, viz, what are the sensations


experinced during hanging? Some of


the few who have been able to give


any account of their consciousness at


so critical moment say that, after


one instant Of pain, the chief sensation


is that of a mass Of brilliant colors fill


ing the eyeballs. The Quarterly Re


view, (vol. LxxXv. )treating on this
matter says: can acquaintance of
Lord Bacon, who meant to hang him
self partially, lost his footing, and was
cut down at the last extremity, having
nearly paid for his curiosity with his
life. He declared that he felt no pain,
and his only sensations were of fire be-
fore his eyes, which changed first to
black and then to sky-blue. These
colors are even a source of pleasure.
A Captain Montagnac, who was exc
cuted in France during the religious
wars, but was rescued from the gibbet
at the intercession of Marshal Turenne,
complained that, having lost all pain
in an instant, he had been taken from
light of which the charm defed de-
scription. Another criminal, who es-
capped through the breaking of the hal
ter, said that, after a second or two of
suffering, light appeared, and across
it a most beautiful avenue Of trees"
All agree that the uneasiness is quite
momentary, that a pleasurabIe feeling
Immediately succeeds, that colors of
various hues start up before the eyes,
and that these having been gazed at
for limited space, the rest is oblivion.
The mind, averted from the reality of
the situation, is engaged in scenes the
most remote from that which fills the
eye of the spectator.
Year: 1878

'sMy sister'll be down in a minute, and say


you re to wait, if you please,
And saws might stay 'rill she came, if IL
promise her never to tease
Nor speak till you spoke 10 me first. Blu
that's nonsense, for how would you know
What she told me TO say if didn't? Don


YOU really and truly think so?
And then you'd feel strange here alone And
you wouldn't know just where to sit;
For that chair isn't strong on its legs, and
we never use its bit.
We keep it TO match with the sofa. But Jack
saws it would be like you
To flop yourselfright down upon i and knock
ont the very last screw.
IS pose you try won't tell. You're afraid
to Oh you afraid they would think


it was mean


Well, then. there's the albnm-that's pretty
if YOU re sure that your fins ers are clean
For sister saws sometimes daub it, but she
only says that when she's cross.
There's her pictures You know it? It's like
her, but she amt as good-looking OF


course!


This is me. It's the best of EN- all. Now,
tell me, you'd never have thought
That oRce was little as that! It's the only
one that could be bought
For that was the message to Pa from the pho
tograph man where ! sat
That he wouldn print off any more till ne
first got his money for that
"Whai? Maybe you're tired of waiting
Why, often she's longer than this
There's all her back hair TO do up and all OF
her front curls 10 friz.
But it's nice TO be sitting here talking like
grown people, just yoa and ME.
Do you think you'll he coming here often
Oh do But don come like Tom Lee.
"Tom Lee Her last beau Why, my good
ness He used to be here day and night,
Till the folks thought that he'd be her hus-
band, and Jack says that gave him a


fright.


You won't run away, then, as he did Z for
you're not a rich man. they say.
Pa says you are poor as church mouse
Now, are you? And how poor are they
"Ain't you glad that you met me? Well, I
am, for know now your hair isn't red,
But what there is left of it's mousy, and not
what that naughty Jack said.
But there | must 90. Sisters coming. But
wish could wait, just 10 see
If she ran up to you and kissed you in the
way that she used to kiss Lee


Bret Hdrte in the Independent.
Year: 1878

"well, I swan, Billy" said an old
farmer to an undersized nephew who
was visiting him, "when you take off
that ere plug hat and spit two or three
times there amt much left of you, is
ther' ?"
Year: 1878

The progress of improved stock on
the farm has been onward and up
ward Most farmers have adopted
some of the improved breeds of stock
and the entire farm stock is being i'm
proved, for it is here on the farm that
the improved breeds of thoroughbred
stock find their legitimate field, and
farmers who expect to succeed best
these times must get their farm stock
as near full blood as possible, to ma
ture quicker, grow larger, and sell for
most money. Good stock requires
good care, and we are glad to notice a
general improvement in our former
wasteful methods of feeding. Better
barns, stables and sheds are provided
for our farm stock. Our great staple,
corn, is largely ground up or cooked
before feeding to give the greatest
benefit. Pure fresh water is provided
by the wind mill in the absence of a
running stream. Western farmers,
by the aid of so much labor-saving ma
chinery, can, with a little hired help,
raise large crops of grass and grain,
and the best method of marketing these

crops is to feed to improved stock,
not fancy stock, but high graded stock,
bred from thoroughbred sires, if the
full blood stock cannot be maintained;
but for practical purposes the nearer
full blood the better; whether cattle,
hogs or sheep, for meat, for the dairy
COWS, or the wool from the sheep.
There are we'll known breeds of su-
perior excellence over our common
native stock, and while the price these
times is very low for all kinds of stock,
it will not do to give up stock
raising, but rather improve all the
farm stock, and the profits will i'm
prove just in that proportion .-Er.
Year: 1878

SMALL FRUITS IN GARDENs.-But
few people seem to know the value of
small fruits to family, when grown
in their own gardens. You commence
with Strawberries they continue about
a a saenth You pick, perhaps, from six
to twelve quarts a day. You have
them on your table as a dessert, if you
please, at noon, and your tea table is
loaded with them at evening, and you
want but little else than your bread
and butter. Your family consume, in
one way and another about eight quarts
day, and while they last, no medi-
cines for bodily ailment are required,
as a quart of Strawberries daily will
generally dispel all ordinary diseases
that are not settled permanently in
the system. After strawberries, rasp-
berries continue about three weeks;
then we have bIackberries when the
climate is not too cold for cultivated
varieties; then the currants ripen,
which remain until the early grapes
mature and taking the season through
any family with half acre of land in
garden can grow small fruits that make
country life delightful, and at the same
time many dollars can be saved in the
supply of the table.
Year: 1878

SAN Francisco. March 5.-The board
of Supervisors last night adjourned till
Anril lst. The affairs of the municipality
have come to dead lock for want of funds
The bill recently passed by the legislature
restricts the board to monthly expenditure
of one twelfth of the annual revenue, hold
mo members and their bondsmep nerson.
aliy responsible for any overdraft, As
consequence nearly every fund is exhausted
for the current mouth; the fire department
has not money enough to buy food for their
horses. No resolution can 90 to print. mo
authorization be passed for payment
ewing to the exhaustion of the adyertis;no .
fnnd: the hospital and Almshouse have
hnt six hundred dollars to run on for the
current month. Some legislation will
probably be sought to relieve the city.
Year: 1878

world. Nevertheless, working men have
had no chance.


None of these notable men were willing
to have their past humility forgotten or
put out of sight. But none of them, nor
any of all the host of other Americans
like them, ever boasted that they had
achieved greatness because they were
laboring men. We are not to be troub-
led with this mock modesty any more.
Men are to be the leading candidates for
offices on the basis of mechanical employ
ments. The old Jeffersonian test of fit
ness. capability, and honesty is to be
done away with, and the only requisite for
the highest Office will be the candidates
occupation Is he a stone cutter the
son of clam digger? Send him to Con-
gress, where clam diggers and stone cut
ters are wanted more than intelligent
men. Besides, it may as well be acknowl-
edged that there is no honesty except in
the new aristocracy of labor. If we are
to have thoroughly impeccable and
honest House of Representatives, let it
be chiefly composed of plumbers. They,
at least, would be above suspicion. We
are not certain whether tailors are in
cluded in the favored caste which is to
control offices, to the exclusion of college
consumptives and Shiny imps but, if
they are, we are confident that as public
officials their veracity will be unimpeach-
able. They always keep their word
But there should be no jarring among
the trades. If man works with his
hands, and not with his brain, he be-
longs to a caste which should control
public affairs-the governing class Here
tofore, the course has been open to all,
without regard to any artificial distinc-
tions of rank. The high-born, as well as
the low-born, have had a chance. That
day of weakness is past. Henceforth,
the only qualification for official and So
cial preferment is that he should be a
manual laborer No others need apply.