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Year: 1877

lGNoRANCE,-Simple and unpretending
ignorance is always respectable, and some
times charming but there is little that
more deserves contempt than the pretence
OF ignorance to knowledge, The curse and
the peril OF language in this day, and par
ticulary in this country is that it is at the
mercy of men who instead of being content
to use it well according to their honest
ignorance, use it i'll according to their af-
fected knowledge; who, being vulgar, would
seem elegant; who, being empty, would
seem full; who make up in pretence what
they lack in reality; and whose little
thoughts, let off in enormous phrases, sound
like fire-crackers in an empty barrel.-Rich-
ard Grant White
Year: 1877

The OccuIation Of VerouS.-The occulta,
ton of Venus, which occurred on Satur-
day evening between Z and o clock, was
witnessed with interest by large NUN :
ber of people, as it was a rather unusual
occurrence. The star approached the
moon, which was in its first quarter, and
at one time appeared to be resting upon
the tip of the lower horn. Soon after it
passed into the shadow, then behind the
moon, and in short time 1t appeared
on the other side and the occultation was
over.


Watch iStolen.-On Saturday evening
as Mr.. Taylor Cause arrived in this city
from New York, he discovered that his
gold watch had been stolen. The watch
had been by some means taken from the
chain and the chain left. When and
how the theft took place is unknown.
Year: 1877

We desire to make an apology to our
good friends Of the Peabody for our omis.
sion yesterday 10 mention the name Of
thatcOmpnny. .aloag with the other Wheel.
ing companies when referring to their
present conservative and prosperous
status. Nothing could have been further


from our intention than to omit the Pea.
body. To do so would be almost like
playing Hamlet with Hamlet left out.
The Peabody is n prosperous company,
and we should be sorry indeed to seem to
derogate anything from its merits by neg.
Iect to mention it when enumerating The
good companies Of Wheeling.
Year: 1877

Lady Anna Gore Langton hes Just re-.
turned to England from India. She is far
from satisfied with the condition of things
in that country. Among other unpleasant
facts revealed by her is this that the Hin.
doc widow, though no longer burnt on the
funeral pyre Of her husband, is subject to
process for the rest of her life which may
sometimes cause her to doubt whether her
latter state is really any better than that
which British law terminated. No matter
how beautiful the Young widows tresses,
they are cropped off, all her ornaments are
taken away, the very notion of second
marriage is regarded as worse than murder,
and she is never permitted to leave her
room. The difficulty of reaching this and
other social wrongs in India is their deep
root in the popular mind and life. Thus,
when Lady Anna proposed to visit Hindoo
women she learned that if she entered any
zenana, or home, the occupants would leave
and never enter it again, on pain of losing
caste.
Year: 1877

Mr.. Beecher told the St. Louis roportar
with whom he talked the other day that
the trouble with the South was that wealth
and culture had mo pluck" "The men
OF charactar and means in the South" said
he, have never had the courage to con.
front the b'hoys who do all the mischief
ana to put them down. After a big riot. in
which a hundred negroes are killed and no
white men wounded, they will come out in
cards and protests, and say they are very
sorry that it happened; but then they will
immediately retire within themselves, and
you won't hear from them again until there
has been another riot and another lot of
negroes killed. Then they will write more
cards, and say again that they are sorry. But
they never seem willing to take hold and
prevent the occurrences, and hence have
no faith in their pledges or promises"
Year: 1877

Concerning the statue, "The Triumph of
Woman" upon which the late SCULPTOR.
Hart, spent so many years and so much
loving study, there is told little romance
SO pathetic that it seems almost desecration
to record it. 1t is said that in early life he
lost the woman he loved, the realized ideal
OF his artist-imagination; and in the face of
TINS statute, the work of the best years of
ms life, he has perpetuated the features
which long ago faded into nothing but a
memory.
Year: 1877

The wisdom and humanity of the provi.
sion made by the U. S. Government for the
rescue OF wrecked seamen and passengers
on our coast has been abundantly establish.
ed. Within the last two months two large
steamers have gone ashore, and between
two and three hundred lives have been
rescued by the life-cars From the steamer
R'sland, on Sunday week, l2j passengers
and most of the crew were brought ashore
IN the intense cold, when high sea made
1t impossible to use the boats with safety.
a hne had been shot across the steamer
from the shore, on which the car wos
moved back and forth with great raniditv
taking four or FIVE persons ashore at each
trip. The passengers from the Ameyilo,e
were safely landed in the same manner
during the night on which she went ashore.
These life stations now stud the jersey
shore for long distance.
Year: 1877

A New CORPoRATIoN.-it is rumored that
a number of lawyers are about to organize
themselves into n company called The
National Will-ConteSting Company" They
will contest any will, prove anything, and
take all the property for their pay.
Year: 1877

Tides are going out of fashion, says an
exchange, and if it be true-if we are to
sink into rocking.chair after this without
tearing lace dog from the back of il. or
settle down on a sofa and not feel yellow
worsted, farmhouse humping up against
the end OF our spinal column, then an
evenings tete-a-tete will seem as odd as a
man with his moustache shaved off
Year: 1877

DoN'T UNCHAIN THE TIGER.-When an
lntidel production was ubmitted-probably
by Palmetto Benjamin Franklin, in manu-.
script, he returned it to the author, with a
letter, from which the following is ex.
tracted; . would advise you not to at
tempt unchainmg the tiger, but to burn
this piece before it is seen by any other per,
son. If men are so wicked with religion,
what would they be without it p
Year: 1877

Tuppcr says: "A babe in the house is a
well-sprng of pleasure" When the baby
Is well and good-naturcd, plenty of spring
and lots of pleasure. But when he has
something on his mind O nights, there is
more spring than pleasure. Comfort is
found in equilibrium.
Year: 1877

They WANT SoMETHING.-Thousand of
letters containing applications for nearly all
the offices in the gift of the President have
accumulated at the White House during
the past week. and several clerks are busily
employed in attending to them.
Year: 1877

plainly visible in various places on the
sand near the waters edge. Thi. loft no
doubt that at least some of the shots had
taken effect in vulnerable parts Of the bo-
dy, though it was exceedingly improbable
that the monster had been vitally or se-
riously hurt. Along the shore, although
the sand was beaten down hard and firm,
a depression of at least four inches had
been made where the stupendous body
had laid. A measurement of the impress
sion was taken by Mr.. Stevens, and from
where the fore feet rested to the point
swept by the tail, it was sixty-oHe feet
and three inches, leaving the head and
body to be added, making an undoubted
aggregate length Of seventy feet. An
imprint of the foot showed tha; member
to be webbed, and fourteen inches in
length. In the wet sand, Immediately at
the water, the feet and legs had sunk at
least twelve inches leaving great quag-
mire looking holes nearly foot and a
half in diam eter.


News of the phenominal scene rapidly
spread throughout the neghborhood and
at a late hour in the afternoon fully a
hundred people had gathered at the spot,
and parties were sent out one and two
mile down the river TO watch Tor another
view Of the monster.


Considerable excitement prevailed, and
though there were two boats at band, no
one dared row out into the river. A re-
port was prevalent that about fifteen
miles above on the day before, a yawl
boat, twenty feet in length, being rowed
across the river by two men, was sudden
| ly thrown into the air at least ten feet,
overturnng the yawl and hurling both
men into the river. The men swan to
the boat, turned it over, bniled it out, and
got in, rowing as rapidly as possible to
the shore. Another person present re!at-
ed how he had seen horse, while swim
ming the river from the Illinois shore,
suddenly disappear and rise no more, the
subsequent inference being that he had
been captured and swallowed by this CO.
lossal creature of the water. Another
person stated that he had missed valua-
Bile horse, which was in the habit of going
to the river to drink, and still another
narrated the singular fact that a neighbor
Of his had fshed up from the shallow wa
ter near the bank, the head and horns OF
a COW which had the appearance Of being
torn from the body. He had seen the
Same COW, an hour before, browsing on
the bank.


In consequence Of these discoveries,
people living in that section are greatly
excited, and there is very little crossing OF
the river for fear the aquatic monster
may attack the boats and devour the oc-
cupants. A close watch is being kept
along the shore above and below St. Gen
evieve, and if human enterprise can ac
complish the feat, the strange animal
will yet be captured or kiled.-,H. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Year: 1877

WHEN he was young man, he rushed
into burning building and gallantly
dragged her out by the hair of the head.
They were married the next winter, and
now she rushes in and drags him out by
the hair of his head whenever she feels
like it. Such is true love.
Year: 1877

LATE advices from Washington init
mate that Senator Booth will go for the
scalp of George 9. Gorham, and that his
lease of office as Secretary of the Senate
is likely to be very brief.
Year: 1877

!. Any person who takes paper regularly
from the posioaice whether directed to bis
name or not, is responsible Ter the payment.


Q. If any person orders bis paper discontin-
ued lie must pay all arrearages or the publisher
may continue to send it until payment is made,
and collect the whole amount whether the
paper is taken from theiofiee or not.


3. Tie Courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers aud periodicals from the post
Office, or removing and leaving them uncalled
for, IS prima facie evidence of intentional fraud.
Year: 1877

to call and examine his stock, and If they do
Got bny It will not be his fault. As an evidence
of his taste in selecting goods and cheap prices
he has sold out three complete stocks this
summer having sold over sixteen thousand
yarns prints. selling as high as Eve hundred
wards in n single day. There are no wines or
liquors of any kind kept at this store, as we
wish to make it
Year: 1877

Perhaps the human mind can no


adequately picture to itself what hel


is exactly; we think, however, tina


the perusal of an account in New


York paper, of the experience of al


opium eater will give one all adequate


idea of what 'hell on earth is: Henry


l.. Sanford is now Lwenty-eight years
old, and began to take morphine about
seven years ago, because whisky die
not satisfy. THAT said he to q re-


porter Of !hs World, had n splendid
effect on me, making me lively and
ambitious, and gave me an amount Oi
happiness / cannot express to yor. II
transformed me at once. l became
strong and Independent. Nothing was
too hard for me to undertake. spec


ulated and made lots OF money. At
the end OF two wears my sutferings
| began He went to lunatic asylum
but could not be cured. He soou
went up to forty-five grains a day land
began taking it by injection, for it had
CCHSVO W hSNO "hy CAoCS IL tdhCA
through the mouth. He had used a
hypodermic syringe, but, losing this
got common syringe. which he conll
not. insert into the flesh without first
cutting hole. H


He used to take a razor and cut a
cash in his thigh, and then with pair
of scissors bore q hole into the flesh,
into which he would insert the syringe
and inject the morphine. During the
last two years he has taken over sixty
grains a day and has often taken over
one drachm, which is equal to five
hundred grains of opium. He is in
Jail for stealing medical instruments,
which he disposed of to purchase the
poisonous drug, and he describes his
sufferings thus:


IF l wasn't so helpless I'd soon be
out of this hell I'm in. have no fear
OF the next world. There is nothing
in this for me. For over two years l
have been dead. There is no blood in
me. can eat nothing, and that which
would keep life in me II can not get.
Even when asleep have no rest.
am constantly dreaming of being
thrown i'll among lot of dead and
being compelled to eat their flesh. /
know when wake up, covered as ]
am with cold perspiration, that it is
but dream, but the effect OF it make
my desire for morphine torture. l
would Kill my own father in a minute
if L could get enough for one dose
When the desire comes on me would
not exchange the morphine for heaven.
Give me the dose and then hang me
If you like. l don't care what they
do with me after l have got the NOR
phine.' imagination can hardly pic
ture more awful condition of body
and mind than this.
Year: 1877

Men-swear by the objects which are
most precious to them. The natives
of New Guinea swear by the sun, or
by q certain mountain, or by u weapon.
The savsges of the Brazilian forest
raise the hand over the head or thrust
it into the hair, CT they will touch the
points of their weapons. The New


Guinea savage, holding up an arrow,
calls on heaven to punish him il he
lies. An Abyssinian Chief, who had


sworn an oath he disliked, has been


seen to scrape off his tongue and spit
it out. There are still places in Ger


many where the false witness reckons
to escape the spiritual consequences
of perjury by crooking one finger, to
make it, l suppose not II straight but a
crooked oath or he puts his lett hand


on his side to neutralize what the right
hand is doing.
Year: 1877

Henry Ward Reecher, in lecture to
young men, regarding what to read,
among other things. said:


"Nowhere else can you find so mis-
cellaneous, so various an amount of
knowledge, as is contained in wisely
and ably conducted newspaper. Form
the habit of deriving your necessary
pleasure, from reading. Let your read
ing be SO comprehensive that it will take
in something of all that is going on
upon the globe in the time in which you
live. Read hooks of travel and history
of which more by and By. Ordinari-
ly, for the living news, for news of the ac-
tual processes that are going on, read the
newspapers. But in all you read, avoid
vulgarity. A thing is not proper be-
cause it has been put in type. Avoid
all that which is without moral sensi-
bility, and without any pretense of rec
titude, which is adaEeSSfSd4t daaEVeSfd that t " which is
unmanly in your reading. You would
not associate with a man who is mean
IN all his intercourse with the compan-
ion, the party, or the neighborhood
yet, this mans newspaper may be just
as mean as he; and why should you as
sociate with that? You would not asso-
ciate, for moment, with a man who
went about as tell-tale, reporting
everything that befell each member of a
party; you would spew him forth with
lcathing; but if he prints all the vile,
prurient stuff that he can collect, with
M rnnrnnse of good, but only with the
purpose of filling his avaricious pocKeu,
why should you not vomit out his paper
also? Keep yourself free from sensa-
tional reading. Abhor morbid news.
The things that are useful, that make
you sweet-minded, that would be becom-
ing in your fathers house and in your
mothers presence; the things that a
philosopher would cherish and that a
patriot would admire; in short, the
things that a plain, truth loving. justice
loving man would like-those things
read day by day. So reading, you will
discipline your moral sense, and aug
ment your knowledge. Maintain that
vital curiosity which shall make the
world perpetually bring material to you.
to fill up your vacant hours continue
that habit while you are yonng, and
through life; and then it will not for
sake you when you are old; and when
business falls from your listless hands,
and your years bring to you no more
sweet sounds, you shall not sit in the
chimney corner with no source of en-
joyment and of knowledge. So long as
his higher faculties do not fail, the man
who has trained himself to reading has,
in youth, in middle age and in old age,
----iiAf from lonelinets, and an unfail-
! ing source of Ioy.-
Year: 1877

sum. The practical use of the instru-
ment may be understood when it is said
that it is so accurate in its results that
recently two Japanese students made
experiments at the rooms Of Prof Bell
through artificial resistance, and found
that the sounds comprehended in their
language can be transmitted by means
of the telephone with complete accuracy.
Boston Post.
Year: 1877

BY JOAQUIN MILLER.
Is II worth while that we jostle brother,
Bearing his load on the rough road OF life?
Is it worth while that we jeer at each other
In blackness Of heart?-that we war to the knife
God pity us all in our ptiful strife.
God pity us all as we jostle each other;
God pity us all for the triumphs we feel
When fellow goes down meath his load on the


heather,


Pierced to the heart-words are keener than steel,
And mightier far for OF for veal.
Were 1t not well in this brief little journey
On over the isthmus, down into the tide,
We give him a fish instead Of q serpent,
Ere folding his hands TO be and abide
Forever and aye in the dust at his side?
Look at the roses saluting each other;
Look at the herds in all peace on the plain.
Man, and man only, makes on his brother,
And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain,
shamed by the beasts that go down on the plain.
Is II worth while hat we battle to humble
Some poor feow-solder down into the dust?
God pity us all Time eftsoon will tumble
All Of us together. like leaves in a gust
Humbled indeed down into the dust.
Year: 1877

The prompt and overwhelming passage Of
the Silver bill In tie House was properly fol-
lowed by resolution making the bill which
repeala the dnts Of the Resumption net tho
special order for discussion until ue1t week,
when tue dual yo&e thereon will be taken.
In regard to tho demonstration Of silver
there WIS no chance to question the senti.
meut OF majority Of tho American people
in fayor Of restoring tue silver dollar to its
original aud legitimate place in the currency


Of the country, and 1t WIS right that tho
fraud by which 1t was demone-
TIED should bo 1ebukel and un-
done at tho earliest possible moment.


With regard To tho Resumption bill,


thsrs u greater diversion OF sentiment,
Year: 1877

A striking instance of the sagacity in a
lobster is recorded by Mr.. Barker, of the
Rothesay aquarium, in a letter to one Of
the Scotch papers. 1t seems that three
Holsters were placed in tank previously
occupied b." fiat fish, and in which, inad-
vertently a founder had been left buried
in the shingle, where it died. One of
the Holsters, ga veteran of unusual
size," soon discovered the dead body of
the founder, and dragging it from its
resting place, retired with it to q corner
of the tank. Shortly afterward it was
noticed that the founder was missing. 1t
was impossible that the lobster could
have eaten it in the water, and the,han-
die of a net revealed the fact that upon
the approach of the two lesser Holsters
he hpd buried the founder beneath a
heap of shingles on which he now
mounted guard. Five times within two
hours was the founder unearthed, and as
often did the WHY lobster rebury it with
his huge claws, each time ascending the
pile and turning bold front to his COM
panions. This story shows conclusively
what vast amount Of quenchel intclli-
gence may sometimes lie concealed in n
salad.
Year: 1877

The latest advices from Chico, q San
Francisco paper says, show that what IS
known rs the Council of Nine is mainly
responsible for the recent outrages.
This committee was elected by the Labor
Union for the trial of members for
of1ienses against the order. AS vacancies
occurred the council filled them, and
thus became independent of the order
and commanded the obedience of men,
bers. 1t was soon found that the men,
bers were congenial spirits, and then
came suggestions for the commission of
the crimes which have since come to
light, and many more that were never
carried into execution. All the members
of the council are now under arrest.
Many members of the Labor Union evil
IDENTIFY know nothing of the crimes of
the Council of Nine, and believe the OBJ
ject of the order to be only to dis
courage the employment of Chinese by
all lawful means. The oath administered
in initiating members of the Labor
Union is as follows:


I do solemnly swear that will keep
the secrets of the order. I do further
swear that I will assist any brother in
need or distress as far as [ am able. [
further swear that I will aid in execu-
ting the laws of the United States of
America. So help me God.


There is a secondary degree in the
order, the oath to which is as follows


swear before God Almighty that I
will carry out and obey all orders of the
Council of Nine, whatever they may be.
If I do not so my life is forfeited and I
may be put to death by this Council Of
Nine.


All the members are not taken into
the second degree. The oath adminis-
tered to member of the Council of
Nine has notsyet been obtained, but it
is understood to be Of the most strict
ironclad order.


The people of Chico now fear the in
surance companies will cancel their
risks in the town. New developments
are being continually made. Some old
officers declare that the Labor Union was
cognizant of the acts of the Council of
Nine, and that the council was merely
used as a cloak for the order. 1t is posi-
lively asserted that the order in Sacra-
mcnto and San Jose work Oh the same
principles. The feeling continues very
intense, and the people are nervous and
excited over the situation.