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Year: 1877

Gorischakor and General isnarer 10 the nrst is
bowed under the weight OF years against which
longer struggles the second iuli OF HE and youth
There bad been no idsa Of calling him TO
The stan; thea suddeniy. without any QUO
expecting H. II known that he had
been sent for BY telegraph. This dcspueh ordered
him TO repair to Poejcsn anc there await the good
pleasure OF the Emperor II even instructed him to
supply himself with the necessary equipment tor
campaign. General ignaten viii 10, hold any CON-
Rand. but will take part in the councils o. and
diplomatic discussions which will not tail begin
soon as the Danube has been crossed over.


CROSSING


Everything is ready. nearly So for this solemn
act Of war; am told that the Russians are only
waiting for the falling o: the river Everything leads
to the belief that the crossing will be attended with
great slaughter Of men, because the Turks eAcept
through objectionable carelessness will always be IN
formed OF what passes, thanks TO the number OF spies
maintained by them in every direction Many have
already been shot, and strange TO say the first caught
were Germans. Three days ago another one, named
Knaudt, vas arrested.


SEW piGNrARy


And since am on the subject OF Germans will take
occasion to announce an Innovation which persoplcd
by individual who bears the title Of Ins pcctor OF
Correspondents" IL seems that tho German CORE
sponcents. who nearly all went through the
French war Of $780, considered themselves
everywhere as Ia campaign and masters
10 dispose OF everything which icli under
their hands This suggested 10 the journals the Idea
OF combining to send an unknown observer TO tho
field, whose duty it should be observe the mode OF
living of each correspondent count tho number OF
for knowing everything has spread the banks OF the
Rhine.
Year: 1877

host, hope said Mrs. Taunton. whom
he hurriedly admitted, "that will last for
life. lie is so true hearted and generous
Richard that you can hardly fail 10 esteem
one another If he had been spared" she
kissed (not without tears) the locket in
which she wore his hair, he would have
appreciated him with his own magnanim-
ity, and would have been truly happy that
the evil days were past which made such
II man his enemy"


She left the room; and the captain
walked, first to one window, whence he
could see the dancing in the garden,
thence to another window, whence he
could see the smiling prospect and the
peaceful vineyards.


Spirit of my departed friend" said he,
" is it through thee these better thoughts
are rising in my mind? Is it thou who
hast shown me all the way have been
drawn to meet this man, the blessings OF
the altered time? sit thou who hast sent
thy stricken mother to me to stay my
angry hand? Is it from thee that the
whisper comes that this man did his duty
us thou didst--as did, through thv guid.
ancc, which has wholly saved me here on
earth and that he did no morep"


lie sat down, with his head buried in his
hands, and when he rose up made the sec.
ond strong resolution of his life-tbat nei.
ther to the French officer, nor to the
mother of his departed FRIEND nor to any
soul, while either of the two were living
would he breathe what only he knew, anC
when he touched the French officers glass
with his own, that day at dinner, he
secretly torgave him in the name of the
Divine Forgiven of injuries.
Year: 1877

CHARACTER.-Among the happiest and
acter 1t is his weath-it is II rank of it.
self. 1t usually procures him the honors,
and rarely the jealousies of fame. Like
most treasures that are attained less by
circumstances than by ourselves, charac-
ter is more felicitous reputation than
glory. The wise man, therefore, despises
not the opinion of the world-he estimates
it ut its full value-he does not wantonly
eopardize his treasure of n good name.
lie does not rush from vanity, alone,
against the received sentiments of others;
he does not hazard his costly jewel with
unworthy combatants, and for a petty
stake. He respects the legislation of
decorum. What is the essence and the


life of character? Principle, integrity,
independence! or, as one of the great
old writers hath it," That inbred
loyalty unto virtue, which can serve with
out livery" These are qualities that
hang not upon any mans breath. They
must be formed within ourselves; they
must make ourselves--indissoluble and in
destructble rs the soul! If conscious of
these possessions, we trust TRANQUILITY to
time and occasion to render them known,
we may rest assured that our character,
sooner or later, will establish itself. We
cannot more defeat our own object than by
restless and fevered anxiety as to what
the world will say of us. There is a moral
honesty in due regard for character
which will not shape itself to the humors
of crowd. And this, if honest, is no less
wise For the crowd never long esteems
those who tlatter it at their own expense.
He who has the suppleness of the dema-
gogue will live to complain of the tickle-
ness of the mob.
Year: 1877

BLUE CHECKs.-In Ohio, few days
ago, saw girl in Il span clean checked
apron that went around her wrist with u
string; the old fashioned sort, made of
numberless and undivided checker boards,
with the little blue and white squares alter
mating with mathematical precision. The
sight of that apron would have taken you
back to an older wearer of u similar gar
ment, who brought apples from the orch
ard in it. and white maple chips from the
wood pile, and picked peas in it upon
pinch, and gathered eggs in it from the
hay-mow, aad spread it smoothly and
decorously over her lap when she sat, and
her knitting work reposed in it and some
times cat, marked like her best Sunday
comb, would assay n slumber upon lis
checkered existence and be whsked off in
second. You have seen that apron
flung over its owners heal like the knit
ted cloud " of modern times, when she
went to the next neighbor's. That apron
has wiped away the tears of your childish
sorrow, when they ran down your face,
and your clamorous tongue ran out at each
corner of your mouth between the syllables
of lamentaton, and licked them in! You
saw where she laid it when its work was
done. You saw where they laid her when
her work was done. There is whole
system of mnemonics in those blue and
white checks.-B. +. Taylor IN Examiner
and Chronicle.
Year: 1877

After men get into the Church ministers
are apt to think they are safe, and to look
ou. for more. They are always dragging
their net, and never packing down the fish.
Yet we are more responsible for men after
their conversion than before. They are
in covert, but are in great danger. Their
higher life is now to be developed. 1t is
your business, as ministers, to make each
feel that he must follow Christ in his own
place the boy at school, the mother at
home in the family, the mechanic and day
laborer at their business altars. The
Church is the pasture-ield for Christian
development; the world is the drilling.
ground. No man who has TO harmonize
antagonisms in himself can develop seren-
ity unless late in life.-Beecher.
Year: 1877

Grant will always be formidable, ever il
lustrious the standard man of democratic
age, the type of America at the close of its
first century. He and Lincoln and their
volunteer soldiers represent the West rs it
arose at the close of that century, the
young imperial power to preserve the re-
public from the indifference and skepticism
of tho East, the folly of tho South. AS
Cavour died and Victor Emanuel lived
and finished the task as William of Orange
died and young Maurice lived and fought
Holland free, so Grant lives on, preserved
from every evil, as if a spirit in the heav-
ems were intrusted with his fame and
guided him through the future in memory
Of his past" Gath"
Year: 1877

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Year: 1877

PLEASE SETTLE.-Owing to the change
in the ownership of the JOURNAL, the
now proprietor earnestly requests that all
who are indebted for subscription, adver-
tising or job work will make speedy settle
ments. Don't delay because the amodnt
of your indebtedness is small--every lit
tIn hn1,Na
Year: 1877

SALE OF LANDs.-The unclaimed and
delinquent Town Lands were sold on
Monday. The attendance was not very
large and but two or three seemed to care
much whether they became the owners
of additional town property or not. Some
of the lots went very low-others for more
chan their worth. w. S. Lowdcn was
the principal purchaser.
Year: 1877

The logs from this river, which have
been accumulating all winter at Priest
Point, are fast thinning out We believe
that by July or August, there will be
hardl any on hand, even If we do get a
large drive during the June freshet,
Year: 1877

.....- NEW CASTLE, Aug. %.


Sanfords minstrel troupe filled the
City Hall so full that there was hardly
laughing room. We understand that ar
rangementi are being made for his return
when the court house will be used. Our
city feels the want of good hall, good
dramatic combinations would draw fair
audiences.


A Burlington, N. j. oysterman, lying
at the wharf, had suit of clothing and a
pair of boots stolen from his boat on Sun
day evening Getting wind of where his
boots might be had, he sent word to the
party to return them before there should
be any trouble, and there was no trouble


Board Of Education failed to meet last
evening, why is this thus? is asked Your
correspondent. How many constitute a
qurum? and, why were they not aboutf
The streets in Shawtown are in very
bad order and the property owners and
renters are complaining of the manne in
which they are being treated. Young
and Gray streets are fit to breed pesti.
lence. We hear that the city tax collec-
tor IS afraid to undertake collecting the
texes in that section owing to the bac
feeling about this matter. H
Year: 1877

Mr.. Jennings, formerly editor Of the
New York Times, now living Ia Lon
don, gives the following striking sketch
Of the pompous impecility at tho head
Of the English army:


"As for her army. am sorry to say
IL is almest farce to speak OF It. The
Duke Of Cambridge pretty nearly stran-
giles it. His own personal friends are
foisted into every position OF conse-
quence, and On officer who has shown
any signs OF marked ability instantly
provokes his jealously and displeasure.
He is for keeping down able men, as
likely 10 get in his way. The British
services has no abier man at its dispos-
al than Sir Garnet Wolseiey. and Sir
Garnet on that very account, has no
more implacable foe in England than
tho Duke OF Cambridge. This sounds
very improbable. i am aware OF it, /
have thought so when one officer after
another has assured me OF it. But IL is
a fact; OF that there cannot be the
slightest question. The duke is him.
self q most incompetent man TO be at
the head Of an army, and he knows IL,
and he hatos competent men as a GER
tain parsonage rs SAID 10 nate noIy
water. The army never will be in an
efficient state while it is deemed neces-
sary that royal Duke should be at tho
head OF il, no matter whether he has
anything in his head or not. An army
to be properly officerea should DO COM
manded by man who has shown fit
Dess for the post, and not placed under
the control OF gentleman who has no
other claim 10 stand at the head Of the
service than that he is the cousin OF the
Queen, and showed o tremendous do
sire to run away from the only battle
in which he was ever caught. III you
could hear the common talk Of men
who have seen real service in the army
you would perhsps come to the con-
elusion that the present fgur: head
style OF business Is destined to come TO
an end Mt no distsnt day, and that roy
nj Dukes will have TO get back to roy
al palaces, and leave the hard work OF
a nation to be done by men who have
a little more brains in their heads than
Q canary bird
Year: 1877

The following lines were written by
David Barker for the New York Post
about thirty years ago, and are as adj
mirable for their quaintness as for the
important lessons they convey
I met lion in my path


CTwas on dreary autum night
Who gave me the alternative
To either run or fight.
I dare not turn upon the track,
dare not think to run away,
For fear the lion at my track


Would seize me as his prey.
So summoning fearless air,
Though all my soul was full of fright,
l said unto the forest king,


"I will not run, but fght.''
We fought, and as the fates decreed,
conquered in the bloody fray;
For soon the lion at my feet


A lifeless carcass lay.
A little skunk was standing by
And noted what the lion spoke;
And when he saw the lion die,
The lions track he took.
He used the lions very speech,


(And stretching to his utmost height
He gave me the alternative


TO either run or fight.
I saw he was prepared to fling


Vile odors from his bushy tail,
And knew those odors very soon
My nostrils would assail.
SO summoning humble air,


Though all my soul was free from


fright,
| said unto the dirty brute,


"I'll run, but will not fight"


MORAL.
As years begin to cool my blood,
I'd rather all would doubt my spunk
| Than for moment undertake
TO battle with skunk!
Year: 1877

everything that is bright and noble aud
manly and God-like in human being
whether you laugh or cry. Applause. J


Now great many people say that a
man who would throw his child Out Of
the window is brute. Ab, my friends,
it is very easy to call men brutes. /
have worked for 35 years among the
drunkards, among criminals, aud never
found brute among them yet, never.
Dickens has said somewhere in one Of
his works, "Mrs. Toggers was a hard
woman, yet in her heart, away up a
great many pairs of stairs, in a remote
corner was door, and on that door
was written WoMAN." So on the heart
of the biggest drunkard in Boston, away
up great many pair of stairs, in a re-
mote corner easily passed by and Gov
cred over with cobwebs, is a door, find
that, and that is our business, and knock;
no responsel What then Knock on,
persevere; remember Christian men and
women, remember Him who stood at
the door of your heart till His locks
were wet with the dew, and remember
that this is a brother man, and knock on,
and by and by the quiyering lip and the
starting tear will tell that you have been
knocking at the heart of man, not the
heart of brute. ] have often found in
my experience that just as quick as
man adopts the principle Of total absti-
nence it seems to open the food-gates
of feeling that have been pent up for 80
many years, or turred almost, l was
going to say, from tenderness into bit
terness.


l remember one little fact. A man
Year: 1877

EDITOR SENTINEL In your issue of Feb. 23d, I noticed an article entitled, Ls it d'eOtlter steols In justice to other delegations, I will say that they had nothing to do with the bill to which you re- fer, it having been introduced by the Yuma delegation. That bill allows $500 a year to any member of the Prison Commission who may reside 100 miles or more from the site of the Penitentiary, and not, as you imply, that merely by living outside of the limits of the village of Yuma he can draw that salary. You also say that he gets sixty cents per mile for travel, when in fact he only gets thirty. If this discrimination was made between the Commissioners, it was with the idea that the nomi. nation could be accepted by a citi. zen of come other county, if a salary were given large enough to pay his expenses of travel. I do not know whether your article was production of your own, or of some one who has been sore headed since the last election, but it is very certain that your inform. ant did not tell the truth. *x*

 The editor of the SENTINEL IS alone responsible for the article referred to in the foregoing, and while he cannot doubt the verac- ity or integrity of his communica. or, he is nevertheless of opinion that time will justify the article, by developing some matters of which his correspondent is not yet fully aware. It seems imma- terial whether the bill gives sixty cents per mile one way, or thirty cents both ways. We ought to have stated it in the latter shape.
Year: 1877

Senator Conkling uses more hightoned
English than any of his fellowmembers.
frequently his style is almost St. Ell
moish, his speeches being often profusely
sprinkled with words sufficient to drive
an ordinary hearer to the dictionary for
information.


Morton is never fowery in his talk.
He uses good plain English, and in
such a manner that his meaning is per-
fectly clear to the most obtuse listener.
He has the faculty of boiling down the
substance of any opponents argument
for the purpose of answering it to
greater extent than any other Senator.


Mr.. Edmunds is probably as clear
and cutting a speaker as there is on the
floor of the Senate. He has one very
noticeable popularity; he never forgets
even in the most earnest debate, to have
a reioinder for even the slightest sally
that may be made at him by an oppo-
nent. Indeed, this trait is carried so
far at times as to convey the idea that
he is vindictive, while the fact is, that
he has only very natural desire to dis
play his powers of repartee and sarcasm
whenever a good opportunity is afford
ed.


Mr.. Thurman is without question the
most vigorous talker of the Senators.
He is also the most irritable The
wordy prosecutions of Edmunds often
make him extremely irascible. He
clears up very easily, and sometimes in
the midst of the most terrible denuncia-
tions of Republicans, he will soften down
by making grotesque joke at the ex-
pense of an opponent. He is the only
Senator addicted to joking, and his wit,
although peculiar in style, is recognized
as genuine. He was heard to say yes
terday of another Senator that he was
zone of the kind that talked SO loud
that no one could here him speak"


Senator Logan is the most uneasy
Year: 1877

BE PATIENT.-Be patient to your
friends. They are neither omniscient
nor omnipotent. They can see your
heart, and may misunderstood you,
They do not know what is best for you,
and may select what is worst. Their
arms are short, and they may not be
able to reach what you ask. What if
also they lack purity of purpose and
tenacity of affection do not you also
lack these graces? Patience is your
refuse. Endure, and in enduring con-
quer them, and if not them, at least
yourself. Above all be patient with
your beloved. Love is the best thing
on earth, but it is to be handled tend
erly, and impotence is nurse that
kills it. Be patient with your pains
and cares. We know it is easy to say
and hard to do. But, dear child, you
must be patient. These things are kill
ed by enduring them, and made strong
to bite and sting by feeding them with
your frets and fears. There Is no pain
or care that can last long. None of
them shall enter the city of God. A
little while and you shall leave behind
you the whole troop of bowling troubles,
and forget in your first sweet hour of
rest that such things were on earth.-
Methodist.
Year: 1877

talker in the Senate. He rarely speaks
from his seat, but perfers to walk to the
center aisle, where he can face the chair
and talk to its occupant. AS he warns
up, he advances from the aisle, and
when very impassioned. he generally
manages to make his way to the space
in front of the Presidents desk, where
he INDUCES in his favorite gestures,
which consist of shaking his fore6nger
in very deliberate manner. On such
an occasion he IS very interesting, be-
cause he is both earnest and vigorous.
He is as we'll listened to as any member
of the Senate.


Merrimon, of North Carilina, is an
other Senator who talks great deal on
almost every subject that comes up.
Some times he interests, but more FIRE.
quently his long harangues drive the
other members to the cloak room. He
is unquestionadle fair-minded man,
although an extremely prejudiced one
WASHINGTON Nation.
Year: 1877




1 met him just above the treasury,
with his son Buck as tall as himself
and the best looking of the young Grants,
and made the mental comment "The
President looks like gentleman" He
did not always look quite gentleman.
In the earlier days of his administration
he did dump his hands in his pocket
and travel slowly along the street with
smoking cigar in his mouth. He does
no such thing now. The stories that
you read of the President going along
the street in this fashion at present are
all fctions. Neither does he any longer
use his pockets as mittens. His hands
are carefully gloved, and he carries a
substantial cane. He is thoroughly well
dressed asg 9asgPiffegh5jfOh if hjffO 0f an inward reno
waited self. know old people who would
say, comparing him with his former self
1.-The President looks as if he had got
religion" It seems to me that the day
has gone by when any one believes that
slovenliness is a sign of intellect or gen.
ius. It is usually the sign that you are
dirty or lazy, and that there is some
thing very wrong the matter with you.
How many times man puts on better
and sweeter life with the new coat
that he has worked and paid for Emer-
son knew all about it when he said: "If
a man has not firm nerves and has keen
sensibility, it is wise economy to go to
a good shop and dress himself irreproach-
ably" So the Presidents good coat is
a symbol and sign. Just as the news
paper man (the woman did not say SOY
declared that the President was very red
in the face, that he was about to have
the apoplexy, that he smoked fifteen or
twenty cigars day, and was drinking
himself to DEATH" the President slowly
| 0lucISc0 1IOLn VIC w u1tC A1OucOD III uAo
right mind, wearing exceedingly good
clothes, no cigar in his mouth, cane
in his gloved hand, his head erect, and
eyes alert, and walked down Pennsylva-
MIA avenue and thus, erect, cigarless,
and well dressed. he has continued, al
most daily, to walk ever since. Whatev-
er fault may be found with individual
acts of the President, no one who remem-
bers him when he entered the chief ex-
ecutive office can fail to see in him now
decided indications of mental growth.
He is larger man intellectually than
when he reached the supreme Office. You
see it in the prouder, 6rmer step in the
quick, alert glance; the clearer and
stronger features-as if the multifarious
demands of the position had not only
sharpened, but increased his faculties.
while the social side of it, at least, had
softened and refined his sensibllities.
Year: 1877

her the bon-bons, as I advised you,
little longer you should have let her
live to feel that the sun was brighter to
her when some one comes, and to grow
desperate over the possibility of not see-
ing him for twenty-four hours in fact,
you should have let her suffer and refine
herself into womanhood instead of jerk
Ing her into it, as you did. Now ali that
remains for you is to bear your disap-
pointment like man, and save your
daughters from a fate that overtakes
plants that are forced into too early
bloom. The child-wife is a pretty
enough thing in fiction. In fact, she is
a sacrifice to the greedy vanity of the
man who will gather the bud, though
he knows if he does so it can never de-
velop into the rose.'