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Year: 1877

THE WEATHEI.-Threcd distinct areas of high


pressure now moving across the territory Of
the United States and Canada east of the Rocky
Mountains. One, the most westerly, is central
in Nebraska, the second at Cape lIatteras and
the third in New Hampshire. The lowest ba-
roinetcrs arc north of Lake Superior, in Eastern
Texas, and between the Rocky Mountains aud
the Pacific coast over Oregon and Idaho The rain
areas attending the depressons extend through
and unite in the Mississippi Valley, but the pre-
cipitation is yet light. Heavy rain has fallen
la the Southwest. We predicted the formation
Of this Texas depression many days ago. Its
progress Of development is slow. The northern
depression is moving the region north
ward of the lakes and Canada, but it
will probably descend into the New
England Slater it approaches the
Atlantic coast The winds are now very va
riablc in the Mississippi Valley on account Of
the peculiar distribution OF pressures. They
are southeasterly on the Middle Atlantic and
uortbeasterly on the South Atlantic coast;
easterlv ON the Gulf coast and northerly west
of the Missouri. The weather in New York
and its vicinity to-day will be warm and fair or
partly cloudy, followed by slowly increasing
nloudinesss
Year: 1877

GENERAL MILES REPORT on the surrender of
the Nez Perces, elsewhere printed, is character
istically modest. The particulars OF the engage
ment have been SO fully described by our cor
respondents that nothing new has been lett for
the General to add. Reports from the Sitting
Bull Commission lead to the expectation Of u
favorable settlement OF the difficulties with that
naughty savage.
Year: 1877

AT FLEETWOOD PARK today some very good
trotting may be expected at the first annual
meeting of the Breeders Association. The
organization Of the association is one of the most
important steps that has yet been taken toward
the improvement Of the trottng stock of tho
country
Year: 1877

One of the most important of the many
injunctions against the Gilbert Elevated
Railway was that obtained from Judge
Sedgwick by the Sixth Avenue Railroad
Company, restraining the Gilbert Company
from constructing their road on Sixth ave.
nue., on the ground that the Rapid Transit
act of 1875 was unconstitutional. This in
junction was made perpetual by Judge
Sedgwick after trial, and although the ap-
plication was based on the ground of injury
to the property owners as we'll as Of the un-
constitutionality of the act, the Judgment
was rendered solely on the theory Of such
unconstitutionality. An appeal from Judge
Sedgwick's decision was taken by the Gill
bert Company to the General Term Of the
Supreme Court and is still pending. Mean
while the Court Of Appeals, in another suit,
has decided that the Rapid Transit act OF
1875 is constitutional. and this sweeps away
the main ground on which Judge Sedg-
wick's judgment in the Sixth avenue case
rests. The Gilbert Company, subsequently
to the Court Of Appeals decision, applied
to Judge Van Worst for stay of proceed
ings upon the judgment rendered by Judge
Sedgwick, and the stay was yesterday
granted. This suspends the operation of
the perpetual injunction until the appeal
shall have been argued and decided by the
General Term Of the Supreme Court, which
will probably be next month, and enables
the Gilbert Company to proceed with the
construction Of the elevated road except in
spots where temporary injunctions have
been obtained by property owners. The
Gilbert Company for this privilege is required
to give ON additional undertaking for ten
thousand dollars conditioned to pay all
damages the plaintiff may sustain by reason
Of the stay.


The Van Worst decision is another victory
for rapid transit It enables the Gilbert
Company to resume the work of construc-
tion at once, except near Forty-second and
Twentieth street, where temporary injunc-
tions have been obtained by owners of prop
erty. AS the law has been pronounced con-
stitutional these and the outside points
embraced in the Sixth avenue application
will no doubt be speedily disposed of, as
any question of damages will have to be de-
cided by the courts on suits, and will not
be grounds for injunctions. We may thus
hope that the main obstruction to rapid
transit has been removed and that the work
will now steadily progress
Year: 1877

General Smith, MI. Wheeler and Mr. Mich
olson the subject. The heads Of every de-
partment Of the city government ought to
follow the example of the Fire Com mission
ers and protect their employees against the
attempted extortion by action similar to
that taken by those Commissioners.


BY what right does Tammany make this
call for money on the employees of the city
government? Their salaries are paid, not
by Tammany, but by the people. If they
render full and honest services for the pay
they receive why should any of it be ex-
torted from them as a forced political as
sessment? What claim has Tammany on
any portion of their salaries, unless, indeed,
that organization insists that it gives away
the public Offices to whomsoever it pleases
and that every city employe is in its SER
vice and not in the service of the city.
Year: 1877

Sixty men are daily employed in quarrying the
Grndewad glacier, cutting out blocks Of about one
hundred and fifty pounds each tramway takes the
the ice 10 Interlaken tho descending trucks forming
the motive power for the return OF empty ones and
the export extends to the Bulaarian hospitals.
Year: 1877

one pot into the other, two tinfuls of rice
seemed to jump to the surface. In less than a
minute both pots were slipping streams of slip
perry grains upon the stove


"D-n it, I'll 6x II" wheezed the desperate
man, getting out the wash-boiler and slamming
it on the stove


Then he began to dip again. First out of one
Dot, then out Of the other, into the wash boiler
1t was like bailing out the seattle more rice
ne took out OF the pots the faster the internal
grains seemed to slide down on the stove


Shades OF Demetrius, preserve me!''


Ihls exclamation was drowned out Dy the
discovery that the boiler was full and also run
ming over. Then Sanscript surrendered. He
wiped his moistened brow with the dish-towel,
and sat down to gather his breath. Meanwhile
the rice continued to swell and make room for
the lower grains, until the stove and floor were
covered an inch thick. At last the fire in the
stove was extinguished, but still the rice kept
creeping and swelling. When Mrs Sanscript
finished her chat with Mrs. Mulvaney and re-
turned to her kitchen she found a wretched
man trying to lift from the stove a wash-boiler
full of rice, which refused to quit boiling over.
Poor John is suffering for his ignorance He
has had nothing since then to eat but rice and
Mrs; Sanscript swears by her back hair that
she'll cook him nothing but rice till the ten
pounds are consumed, which, the victim has
calculated, will be some time the last of next
March
Year: 1877

The design for the new silver dollar is not
the old sitting figure but large head of lib
erty-the object being to make the head big
enough to hide the fraud.-PREss. No, it's
to exhibit the cheek of its advocates. - o.
ford Democrat.


awe do not know whether there still fingers
in the brain of any member of the Cabinet
the delusion that Republican Executive can
carry on a Republican Administration in
chronic disagreement with the Republican
party by the aid of the Democratic half OF the
Senate.-Tribune.


The fervor of Gov. Porter, Of Tennessee, In
the movement to repudiate half Of the state
debt, finds an explanation in the fact that he
wants a seat in the United States Senate, and
hopes to ride in on the popularity acquired
by beating the public creditors. Such work
at home would give him special welcome from
the national repudiators at Washington.
Year: 1877

The advocates of the silver bill are con-
tinually quoting the example of France and
calling attention to the fact that while silver
coin is at discount of eight per cent. in
London, in Paris four silver five-franc pieces
have always been exchangeable for a gold
twenty-franc piece. From this they argue
that the reconciliation of silver will at once
carry it to par with gold. That might be If
we would put the same restriction upon
silver coinage that France has. That the
supporters of the Bland bill do not propose
to do. They point to the example of France,
but take good care not to follow it. Like
guide-posts, they indicate the way which
they do not take. Reconciliation as pro-
vided for in the bill now in the hands of the
Senate is entirely a different thing from the
double standard of the Latin Monetary
Union. To begin with, no silver coius OF
less value than five-franc pieces are legal ten
der in France. We have authorized 5O,0OO,-
900 in subsidiary coins which are legal tender
in sums of five dollars. France has sus-
pended free coinage of silver. The Bland
bill permits the owners of silver bullion to
take it to the mint and have it coined free OF
charge. In France the limit of silver coinage
for this year is $10,S0O,0OO. The Bland bill
fixes no limit, and the amendment by the
Senate Finance Committee permits an an
nual coinage of $4S,O0O,O00, more than four
times the amount coined by France; and
this too in face of the fact that because OF
the great development of our banking and
cheque system we need far less currency.
The Bank of France gives its creditors their
choice, and they can take either gold or
silver. The Bland bill gives no such option,
and forces the creditor to take silver, even
though the implied understanding was that
he should be paid in gold.


In fact, the double standard Is merely
nominal in France. The silver coinage is
restricted more and more every year, and
France will really when she resumes specie
payments on New-Year's Day resume on a
gold basis, and pay her notes in gold coin.
Hereafter her coinage will be mainly gold.
The other nations of the Latin Union will
be forced to follow her example; and this
country, if the Bland bill passes, will find
itself possessed of currency of inferior
value, with which it must buy at a great
disadvantage in the markets of the world.
Europe will hasten to rid itself of its silver
in exchange for our wheat and other COM
modities good as gold.


If it be necessary to remonetize silver be-
cause France holds to the double standard,
then let us follow the example of France,
restrict the silver coinage so that it may not
become excessive in amount and deprecated
in value, and give our creditors their choice
between the two metals in payment of debts
contracted when gold was the only standard
of value or medium of international ex-
change.
Year: 1877

In despair at this sort of winter weather,
the newspapers are going back and raking up
the story of the Snow hardships of Valley
Forge.


The South favors cheap money and repudi-
alton because it hates the national war-debt
portion of the West because it has silver to
sell, and the rest because they don't know
any better.


Would it not be wise for the President tc
reconstruct his Cabinet, and to place in il
men in whom at least olle of the two great
parties ofthe country has sound confdence?-
EtmirG Advertiser.
Year: 1877

TIE School Board appointed by the Mich
oils government consists of six white men
and three colored men. They work together
harmoniously 1t is said. Whenever negro
shows signs of having an opinion of his own
the white Democrats cover him with their
revolvers. Consequently it is the most
unanimous board ever known.
Year: 1877

TWENTY-FIVE Senators will vote to sus-
tain veto of the silver bill. There is a fine
chance for the twenty.sixth man to come for
ward and win honor and fame by defeating
the attempt to fasten deprecated and fluc-
tuating currency upon the country. Who
speaks first?
Year: 1877

THE Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
errs is said to be near death. Its back was
broken in the great strike, and it has been
lingering along ever since. Now its citadel
of life, the Atlantic and Great Western, has
fallen, and the end is close at hand.
Year: 1877

IT is little severe on Osman Pasha to
call him brute because his Russian prison


ers died. 1t seems he was unable to take


care of his own wounded, and of course
could not care for the wounded of the
enemy.
Year: 1877

an immense sum Of money in
stocks, and $50, 900 in the house.


When the government desired to
borrow large sum Of money from
the immensely wealthy miser, Fos-
cue, he refused the loan on the plea
of poverty. Fearing, however, that
some Of his neighbors, among
whom he was very unpopular,
would report his immense wealth
to the government, he applied his
ingenuity to discover some effectual
way of hiding his gold, should they
institute a search to ascertain the
truth or falsehood Of his plea. With
great care and secresy he dug a deep
cave in his cellar; to this receptacle
for his treasure he descended by a
ladder, and to the trap door he at
tached a spring lock, SO that, on
shutting, it would fasten of itself.
By and by the miser disappeared ;
inquiries were made; the house
searched; woods explored, and the
ponds were dragged, but no Foscue
could they find; and gossips
began to conclude that the miser
had fled with his gold to some
part whore, by living incognito, he
could be free from the hands of the
government. Some time passed on;
the house in which he had lived was
sold, and workmen were busily en-
gagged in its repair. In the progress
of their work they met with the
door of the secret cave, with the
key in the lock outside. They
drew back the door, and descended
with light. The first object upon
which the lamp reflected was the
ghastly body of Foscue, the miser,
and scattered about him were heavy
bags of gold and ponderous chests
of untold treasure; candlestick
lay beside him on the floor. The
whorshiper of mammon had gone
into his cave to pay his deyoirs to
his golden god, and became sacri-
flee to his devotion.
Year: 1877

The bad deeds done in this world
much oftener achieve notorietv
than the good ones. We should
hesitate to infer that such is the
case, because there is more evil
done than good. 1t is more than
probable a result of the avidity with
which villainy is noticed, whilst
good conduct and honesty are ex-
pected of men as matters of course,
and hence are more rarely the sub
ject of special remark. Fidelity
and honesty are often maintained
under far greater opportunities for
wrong doing than have swerved the
men who become rascals from the
path Of rectitude. Occasionally,
and sometimes by accident, the
general public get knowledge of the
disinteIested and honorable dis
charge Of lifelong duties by their
fellow-citizens and neighbors, and
it is only these which elicit special
comment. Such an instance came
to light a few days ago. Some
thirty years back, John r. Town
send died in New York, leaving a
large estate, and appointed Samuel
L. Skidmore his executor, and Mr..
Skidmero recently asked to be re-
lieved Of his trust, on account of
advanced age. The representative
Of the estate declared in court that
during his long trusteeship Mr..
Skidmore had refused to accept ary
compensation, and he requested
that his accounts be accepted with
out audit. The New York Surro-
gate remarked that it was a bright
spot in the history of the court,
where so many have proven false to
their trusts, when a case was pre-
sented in which all interested In a
trust expressed themselves SO high
ly gratifed with its management,
and he directed the accounts to
be passed without examination.
Probably there are many instances
Of similar fidelity, but it is rare that
any one takes care of a large estate
for thirty years without compensa-
tion, and none should be asked or
expected to do so. When these
two commendable actions are Joined,
the fidelity and self-sacrifce in-
volved deserve more than a passing
notice.
Year: 1877

chief objections to the electric light,
including the difficulty of keeping
the carbon points at the proper dis
tance, so as to secure a steady and
constant light, without the use Of
expensive and delicate adjustment
apparatus, have been overcome by
recent inventions, and it is now
claimed that the electrical light is
superior in all respects to all other
methods Of lighting. A machine
room in Sweden, one hundred and
twelve feet long and fifty feet wide,
is lighted almost as bright as day
by two electric-light lamps placed
at opposite ends of the building.
The cost Of the two machines was
about 5000, and the cost of run
ming them must be very small in a
room already provided with steam
power. 1t is hoped that some day
electrical lights, mounted on high
buildings, so that their direct rays
shall not dazzle the eye, and sufi-
ciently numerous to destroy each
others shadows, may be used for
Illuminating the public streets.
Year: 1877

drowned sailor washed ashore. The
lower part of his body was COW
cred with other skins, over which
were spread number of young
seals all alive and barking; in the
right hand he held a spear, which
he waved aloft in theatrical man.
ner, while with his left he motioned
to the bride and groom to approach
him. The whole concourse arose,
and with shouts of gladness capered
around the priests chariot. This
he submitted to for a space of ten
minutes, and then, imperiously
waving his spear, commanded
silence. The groom was now di-
rected to PROSTATE himself upon
the earth upon his back and the
bride directed to place her right
foot upon his throat, which she did
evidentlp with reluctance. While
in this position the priest instructed
the groom that such was to be his
fate, trodden under foot by men,


should he ever prove untrue to his
plighted troth. He was then per-
mitted to rise and directed to ap-
proach the old chief, who placed a
spear at his breast, telling him it
would be his doom should he prove
untrue. He was next directed to
his father, who, producing a piece
of fishing line, informed him that
he would choke to death his off
spring should he ever prove un-
faithful. Then, to cap the climax,


he was directed to face the entire
tribe, who, brandishing their spears,
yelled at the top of their voices
vengeance on him in the event of
unfaithfulness. At this iuncture
the groom, apparently overcome
with emotion, dropped on the
ground, and, bowing his head to
the earth, cried, 81 will be true. "
Year: 1877

The electric light introduced a
year or more ago into Partisan


workshops, has proved to be cheap
er, Notwithstanding the first cost Of
apparatus, than other methods of
obtaining an artificial light Of the
same candle-power, Experiments
made recently with a Gramme ma
chine, driven by one of Brayton's
ready motors, are said to have given
three times the light that could
have been obtained from the pc
troleum used in the engine if it had


been converted directly into light
by burning in lamps, Some Of the
Year: 1877

The rate of flight is different in
different birds. In the time of
Henry ", King Of France, there
was a famous faIcon-a species of
hawk-that was trained to fly from
Fontainebleau to Malta, a distance
of 1850 miles, in the short time of
twenty four hours. Other birds
have even greater power to sustain
themselves for long periods in the
air. Thus the frigate, or man-of-
war bird, is sometimes found on the
Atlantic a thousand miles from the
shore, flying in various directions
in search Of food, so that he must
have flown much more than thou
sand miles in getting there, and
probably flies as much farther in
getting back, making, probably, a
journey of four or five thousand
miles without any rest. 1t has been
said of this bird that it never visits
the shore except during the season
for Matching its eggs, and that it
sleeps while posing itself on its
wings at great hight. Besides all
these various arrangements to keep
the bird long on the wing, there is
still another Of a remarkably inter-
esting character. You know how
a fire balloon is made to rise by
heating the air in it with
a small piece of sponge filled
with alcohol, and set on fire, so that
the heated air is ever rising under
it and lifting it higher and higher
in the air. The air thus heated is
expanded and made lighter in the
balloon, 80 that it is crowded up by
the colder air always getting be-
meath it. Now, there is something
like this in every bird that flies.
The natural heat Of the birds body
is greater than that Of a man. For
instance, the heat of the human
body is ordinarily about 80 degrees,
while that of flying birds is from
LOG to 112 degrees. Now this great
heat of the birds body expands the
air in the lungs, the bones, the quills
and forefedthers, and air sacs, so
that it makes it easy to keep ahoat
in the higher regions; and as eagles,
hawks, and other birds of prey eat
animal food alone, and as this has
more heating properties than vege-
table food, the bodies Of such birds
have a higher temperature, and so
are able to keep longer ON the wing
than those birds that live entirely
on seeds. Hence, we never see those
seed-eating birds flying so high and
remaining so long in the air as the
others that eat flesh.
Year: 1877

EDITOR PREss-As you are aware, |
had furnished communication to your
paper, offering an apology to Col. NJ. F.
Locke for attributing to him the author
ship of the communication in the Herald
signed Granger, stating that our people
were much gratifed to learn he was not
its author. But since seeing his letter in
the last issue of the Alma Herald, (pub.
iished after your apology in last week. s
Press) in which he undertakes the de-
fence of Granger we hardly see that
it is due him for by his attempt at his
defence, he to that extent at least, ap-
proves of it. He mildly hints in his let
ter that | have been unable to control for
myself the vote of his town, and threat
ems in tho fntnrn Wa oan only saw. that
a vote has never been given at his town
for nomination or election in which my
name was before the people. But, just
here l might say, that the Colonel has
left some gaps down, that were ! dispos-
ed to ndlk in, would make him wish he
had left this part of his communication
out. But with this, closes any notice OF
persons or personalities on this question.
Hereafter, if we have anything to say on
this subject, shall do so over our own sig
nature, and address ourself to facts and
| figures. c. d.
Year: 1877

sH- As good deal has been said about
the Gazette bidding for the printing OF
assessors blanks in this and other coun.
ties, it is no more than justice to them
that we say that we have seen their
proposition, and it is just what the law
allows, and no less. We do not approve
of any undertaking, or any bids for
county printing, where there are Offices
that can do such printing in said coun
ties. The Gazette is not alone in theil
bids for this printing, and if the print
ing goes from our town to other points
it is the fault of those having the work
at their disposal; preferring to patron
ize mechanics away from home rather
than their own.
Year: 1877

There never was time when the insu
rance business was so safe as it now is
All that man wants to do, after he gets
insured is to die right quick before the
company does. But he doesn't want to
be fooling around, living and having a
good time.
Year: 1877

Pity is flower in the soil of the heart
that tinges it with sorrow, and opens
wide every avenue to the neblest and pu-
rest aspirations Of the soul.


Envy is tho vice that poisons every
cup of pleasure we would put to our
lips. 1t is the first step that we ever
make down that stairway, at whose foot
VIC are covered with the filth of vice.