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Year: 1877

THE remains of the late Senator Nor
ton were laid to rest yesterday, unfavor-
able as was the weather, amid such 4
pageant as La, seldom been seen in this
country. The attendant scenes remind one
Of those tha; surrounded the burial Of
Theirs in Paris the other day. II there
Is anything in all this that cangratiiy the
immortal spirit OF man then surely it can
be said Of Morton, The saw Of the travail
Of his soul and was satisfied" But long
ago it was asked,


"Csn storiel urn or animated bust


Back TO its mansion call the dsetIns breIths


Can HonouTs voice provoke the silentdust


Or FlnttTy soOth the dull cold ear Of Death
Year: 1877

Persons troubled with feet that per-
spire or smell Extensively can effect a
permanent cure by bathing them every
night or oftener in a strong solution OF
borax, using tablespoonful of pulver-
ICED borax to basin of water; two or
three weeks of such treatment viii prob
ably be found sufficient.
Year: 1877

Group can be cured ID one minute, and
the remedy is simply alum and sugar. -
The way to accomplish the deed Is Is
take knife or CRATE, and shave of in
small particles about .teaspoonful Of
alum then mix IL with twice Its quantity
OF sngar, to make it palstable, and ad-
minister |. as quickly as possible /; almost
instantaneous relief will follow.
Year: 1877

An love tramp, who had just filled Q successful application for dinner ct q house oa North hill, got up and left the table without eating bite because the man of the house took butter with his own knife.
Year: 1877

KINDNESS TO ANIMALS Is-Van Amburgh
could handle his lions and tigers with. i'm
punity. No animal will fa;l 10 respond 20
Kindness and uniform good treatment
Ard especially will the noble horse respect
and ccniide in and faithfully serve master
who deals kindly with him. We have
ourselves taken a spirited Mogan mare
which had been rudely han,,led and be-
come entirely mmanaSeable through
harsh treatment, and, by appealing to her
Intelligence and respecting her needs, in
three weeks time made her entirely safe
and reliable for wife and children. and all
who would treat her kindly and handle
her gently, and We have, after FIVE years,
seen the same mare resume her Old vicii
ous habits when again under the control
Of che who resorted To arbitrary or brutal
treatment Always appeal To the tetter
instincts Of the horse, tie mule, the Ok,
the COW, as well as the dog ami other
domestic animals, and they Will never be-
come vicious or unnlanaeeablc
Year: 1877

DrsrRoYIsa MITES on CaNAIIEs.-Take
son,e earbolise acid and put just enough wa
ter to make liquid, and after cleaning your
cage with not water, put on the acid with a
naIpt brush. both on the inside and outside
tfg cage: let !. dry In the sun, and II Will be
a sire cure, and no injury TO the bird
Year: 1877

The healing properties of our own fragrant
balsam and pine and the gums of the East are too
well known to require description. Their grateful,
healing, soothing, and strengt ening properties
are known to thousands. When combined in
accordance with late and important discoveries in
pharmacy their healing and strengthening prop
critics are Increased tenfold. In this respect our
Plaster is the beet in without the aid Of elec
inif
Year: 1877

AS a grand curative and restorative agent is not
equalled by any element or medicine in the his
tory of the healing Unless the vital spark has
fed the body, restoration by means Of electricity is
possible 1t is the last resort of all physicians and
surgeons, and has rescued thousands, apparently
dead, from an untimely grave, when no other
human agency could have succeeded, This is the
leading curative element In this Plaster.
Year: 1877

OWING to the depressed condition OF 'he
pis iron trade, there have been many
plans and suggestions as to the best way
TO reduce the stock on hand and to make
the production of the article a paying
business. A correspondent Of the "Bulle-
tin of 1.-The Ironl and Steel Association J"
himself a large producer of iron, suggests
a combination or pool Of all the sound
companies that have furnaces in good run
ming order, they entering into an agree
ment that all furnaces which are operated
during the next year, shall pay into a
general fund one dollar per ton for every
ton of iron made, the accumulated pro-
ceeds to be distributed among those fur
naces that are out Of blast, pro rata, &C
cordipg to their capacity in tons. The
market effect of this plan would, he ar
cues. be that those furnaces that are strug-
Cling along and making nothing, would
blow out, while those contemplating start
ing would stand idle, if they could get
enough to pay interest on Investments
rather than take the risks of operating
until the market should improve. 1t is
very doubtful whether such an arrange
ment could be effected.
Year: 1877

UNLESS she has property of her own, to
obtain share in which he must be on his
good behavior, the average Turk treats
his wife with the scantest Of courtesy.
He travels on the steamers in warm, dry
and comfortable cabins, while his spouse
shivers and is drenched on deck, and lives
on wretched food at which a steerage pas
senger on the Atlantic would turn up his
nose.
Year: 1877

The popular interest in the temperance
cause in this country was perhaps never so
deep and general as at the present time.
They are doing work similar to that
Of the Washingtonians Of a generation ago,
and they are increased by the aid they re-
ceive from women who are recognized as
helpful laborers in this work.
Year: 1877

THE legislation for the carrying out the
provisions of the Constitution Of Pennsyl-
vanio forbids the chartering of any corpor-
alton, to carry on the business Of distilling
or brewing. An application was made a
short time ago for mailing company, and
was refused, upon the ground that the
object Of the proposed corporation was
within the spirit Of the legislative inhibi-
ton.
Year: 1877

THE experiment tried in Liverpool
England, Of opening cheap coffee houses
for the sale Of cocoa, coffee, tea and bread,
to counteract the influence Of the grog
shops, is proving very successful. Eigh-
teen nave already been established and
though most Of the sales are for only half a
penny, they not only meet expenses, but
will pay good dividend on the outlay
Thew are considered most effective
weapon against intemperance.
Year: 1877

THE attempt to open direct trade in
cotton goods with Italy will be success.
If we can export cottons to Manchester,
England, to be le.exported to Leghorn,
there is no reason why we should not cx-
port them direct to Leghorn.
Year: 1877

An editor going away, left his paper
in charge of minister. During the min
sters stay in the sanctum. the following
letter came from a mountain subscriber:


You know very well paid my sub
scription to your paper the last time was
n Lexington. If | get any more such let
ters from you as | received last week. I
will come down to Lexington and maui
HI out of your


The minister answered: II have been
trying to maui that thing out OF the editor
for ten years past, and if you will really
come down and maui 1t out OF him, then.
my dear sir. have twenty members OF
my church | will also get ycu TO operate
on
Year: 1877

The Stock Exchange on Saturday In
Philadelphia, was : perfect bedlam, we
know Of very many men who have been
utterly ruined by the terrible fall in stocks.
An intelligent broker informed us on Sat-
urday night, that most of the sellers were
bona fde holders Of stocks, who are scared
and fear that the entire stock Of the coal
roads, will melt away. There is much anxi-
ETY. about the next Pennsylvania Rail
Road report,as there are very ugly reports
current about that corporation.


The tone of the Philadelphia Stock
Market was panicky, and every kind OF
stock went down. We give the quotations
at the close of the Board.
Year: 1877

This genius has succeeded in gain.
ing the contempt of almost every
member of the Legislature, as we felt
satisfied he would if he had half q
chance. Yesterday he raised a point
of order on the floor, and for fear the
ruling would be against him. he took
the chair and decided his own point
in his own favor.


He went in as Speaker ond the plea
that he was the best parliamentarian
in the State, and to get him off the
floor, so that business might not be
impeded by his eternal crotchets and
trials of his skill as a parliamentarian;
but the result has shown that he has
used the floor aud his position of
Speaker to gain his own ends.


He refused yesterday to put ques-
ton. it being Senate concurrent res
olution to go to Colorado in August
next, and it was only by the thorough
determination of the House that it
was put last night. When Wood was
elected Speaker we were told by his
friends that he was going to be decent
and redeem himself; but instead, he
seems to have used his position to add
to his meanness.-Iopeka Blade.


"Can the Ethiopian change mis- skin
or the leopard his spots ?''
Year: 1877

The closing days of the week bring
to our table forty or fifty exchange:
from western Missouri and Kansas
Probably the latter State support;


more newspapers to the population
than any other State in the Union, al
excellent commentary upon the intel.
ligence and thrift of the people oi


Kansas. Many of these papers are
conducted by practical printers, who
perform the duties of edito, compost


or and .pressman, in some instance:
transacting all business connected
with the office. The advantages oi
these myriad family newspapers are
incaiculable. They are scattered over
every county and every school district
in the State, and cross nearly every
threshold. No visitor is more wei.
come to the household, and there is nc
estimating how much good it accom-
plishes in quiet and oftentimes i'm
perceptible sort Of way, for it is al
ways sowing good seed in the most
frequented as well as in the most out
of-the-way places. The county news
paper has been the school and college
of many poor mans child, who has
in after life attained to honorable dis
tinction in the world. Greeley and
weed had no other schooling than the
printers case, to speak of, and the
best illustration of the efficiency of
the newspaper as an instructor, is pre-
sented in the fact that so many of our
public men have begun their career in
a printing office. The daily and hour
ly reading of the types has planted
thoughts and ideas in the minds of the
youthful composition, which in after
years produced abundant fruit, No
constant reader of the newspaper can
otherwise than be benefited and in
instructed, and the eager love of read
ing and the desire for the acquisition
of knowledge peculiar to great schoI,
ars and men of genius, has often re-
ceived its original inspiration from
the unpretending little family news
paper. a good newspaper should be
in every family, or as Artemus Ward
would facetiously frame it, mo family
should be without it." 1t presents the
most attractive kind Of reading in the
most inviting shape, begets taste for
readind, and Is constantly placing it
self in the way of the younger men,
bers of the household, who learn to
search its columns for matters of in
terest and amusement, or from curios-
ity. The man who takes his county
newspaper provides the best intel
lectual stimulus for his children, and
can offer them no more wholesome
textbook Of the practical affairs of
life.-Journdl of Commerce.
Year: 1877

One of those strange things which
once in hundred years happen, took
place in the capitol Friday night


When the journal clerk Saturday
morning went to his desk the journals
of the day proceeding were missing
a thorough search was dad but it led
to nothing. They were evidently sto.
len. The question on the mind oi
every man was, what was the object
Of course no such theft could be
committed without an object. 1t
must have been for the purpose of do
ing away with some record that the
parties who did the deed supposed
would look bad. At the present writ
ing we can conceive of but two things
that were done on Friday that those
who did them wonld wish that no
record should be left. One of these
was the raising of point of order on
the floor by Mr.. Wood, and then his
taking the chair and sustaining his
own point of order, and then refusing
to put motion for an appeal from his
decision. This was record that was
so bad that we would not blame any
one for taking all legitimate steps to
expunge it. The other bad record
that was made on Friday was the
twenty-five votes that were cast to
pass the Douglas county bill over the
veto of the Governor. We refer to
this in another place. That was a
reord that was so bad that we should
not blame any one for doing anything
less than stealing to obliterate. 1t is
not impossible but there were other
bad records made on that day, but we
are not aware of them if so.-Com-
Year: 1877

Senator Morton was serenadcd Sat.
urday evening, the Sd inst, at the Eb.
bctt House in Washington, by his
Ohio friends. lie acknowledge the
compliment by making a speech, say
ing in conclusion: Il am not author
lied to speak for the President elect,
but venture TO say that in pursuing
just and concilatory policy, it must
proceed on a basis of amendment TO
the constitution of the United States;
it must proceed upon basis of grant
ing protection TO life and liberty and
to the political rights of all classes
without regard 10 color or politics.
There can be no compromises peace,
which is not based on the political and
civil rights of all classes men. When
there shall be such protection: Ito life
and liberty, then there will be peace
and tranquility, but not before. |
have no doubt, from his utterances
and lofty character, that he VIII do
the south full and ample justice, and
endeavor, as far as possible. to oblit-
crate the past and blot out the hatred
engendered by the war, and that every
step in that direction will be for peace,
security and protection for ALL,


Senator Morton, in the course of his
speech and at the close, was enthusi-
astically applauded. The serenaders
retired, the band playing, "Hold the
Fort
Year: 1877

If Sam Wood-Mr. Speaker-can'
create sensation one way he will il
another. He announced to the mem
bers of the House that the Chief Clerk
would make out certificates for the
members, for the number of days tha,
they were actually in their seats in the
House, and had the Chief Clerk read
an opinion of the Attorney General
which was to the effect that members
could receive pay for the full time ex-
cepting that time they spent away
from the House attending to their own
private business. Mr. Mohler wanted
to know by what authority an opinion
of the Attorney General was read to
the House; the House had called for
none, and if Psalm Would sought any
opinion, it was his privilege to take it
to the Governors mansion" and read
il to himself


Mr.. Mohler then introduced the fol-
lowing:


ResolUed, That the Chief Clerk of
the House of Representatives be and he
is hereby directed to issue his certifi-
cate of attendance to each member of
the House for the full constitutional
term Of fifty days.


The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Year: 1877

Now that Governor Hayes is Presi.
dent of the United States, will brief
ly relate what manner of man he il
from my knowledge of him during
TWENTY-FIVE years, as we'll as from
ware county, Ohio, Governor Hayes i.
ffty-fiye years of age, but casual OBJ
server would take him to be at least
ten years younger. There is not a
vestige of gray in his abundant au-
burn oair and the full beard he has al.
ways worn ever since have known
him. Alert, youthful as he was TWEEN
ty-five GEARS ago, he is forcible ex.
ample of the value of an abstemious
life. He was never in q bar-room, il
is said, in all his years; he is an utter
stranger to tobacco in all its forms
Nobody ever saw him take drink o1
liquor or smoke cigar or chew to-
bacco. There may be negative vir.
tues in the estimation of optimists, but
to satisfy them it can be added thai
nobody ever knew him to sacrifice
truth 10 gain any political OF personal
end Living in the full public gaze
for twenty years, and coming out OF
the most exciting Presidential contest
in American history, Governor Hayes
is absolutely without blemish. There
are doubtless MANY other Americans
for whom so much can be said, but it
is something to be able TO say SO much
for President elect. 1t can also be
said of him that the public. welfare, a:
he sees it, has always been his guide
For nearly six years he has been Gov.
ernor of Ohio, and during that time il
no case, it is said, has personal friend
ship dictated his action. About a yeal
ago there was vacancy in the police
board of Cincinnati, which he was re.
qired to fill. A gentleman of high
character was earnestly urged for the
place by nearly all the prominent Re
publicans of the city, but Governor
Hayes steadily refused to appoint him
and only for the reason that the pro
posed nominee was an intimate per.
senal friend for many years. During
his term the White House will not be
a sealed book. No more democratic
man-using that word in its general
not partisan sense-than Rutherford
b. Hayes ever lived.-Corresponeac.
NeU York Tribune.
Year: 1877




"Messrs. Steele, Griffenstein and
Sol Ii. Kohn went to Topeka Monday
morning to help our Representatives
in the Legislature to get bill passed
or an act repealed SO that SedgWick
county cah compel Harvey to pay her
sortion of the railroad bonds. Some
times when people won't WILLINGLY do
what is right they can be made to do
so."- Wichita Eagle.


An old saw says that it is not safe
to crow till you are out Of the woods.
From what we can learn compulsion
in this case will not compel. Wichita
may be able to "bulidoze" a Texas
cattle herder, or they might be able to
run Cheap John whisky saloon when
there was no objection, but from all
appearances, at this writing they have
failed to get through their little bond
steal at the expense of Harvey county.
The young editor of the EAGLE seems
to forget that the editor of the Times
is Senator for Harvey Walnut Val-
ley Times.


And the snoozer that is chopping
out copy for the Times printed all the
above for the sake Of telling us that
the editor of the Times is Senator.
Year: 1877




The Inauguration of Mr.. Hayes as
President of the United States took
place last Monday, March 5th. He be-
ing the legally elected President. hav-
ing received one hundred and eighty
five votes, majority of one in the
electoral college, the tribunal created
by Congress for the purpose of deter
mining who was elected rendered q
verdict IN his favor, and it meets with
the hearty appreciation of a great ma
jority of the people of this Nation.
Mr.. Hayes is Republican in the tru-
est sense of the word. A good, wise
and safe man to administer the affairs
of our Government.


The work before him is difficult
one, besct with difficulties which we
can all see and with which we are all
familiar The blending of all sections
of the south into one common interest
to blot out from politics the color line,
all of which depends as much, or
more, on social and moral influence as
party administration. His policy
with the southern States will be to
form reconciliation between the
native white element of the south and
the colorcd man. that the conditions
on which peace and prospesity are
based are equal rights to all, justice
toward all; the rights of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness TO the
freedman as well as the white aristo-
crat. With Hayes in the Presidential
chair, we have a man with an honest
public record; in fact man of no an
tecedcnts or associations to cause
mistrust or fear. We know the re-
suits of the war will not be reversed
or declared a failure, nor the work OF
reconstruction botted out. BY his
non-interference all through the cam
paign, betraying, neither by word nor
action q disposition unbecoming a
true patriot that he is.


He goes into the Presidential chair
under circumstances which must be a
check TO all mere partisanship. We
have great faith that the country will
not be disappointed in him. II he car
ries out the principles laid down in
his letter of acceptance all will be
well, aud this we are satisfied he will
do. What the country wants is good
government, and the removal of bur-
dens from industry will Immediately
take place. The sun of new pros
perity seems to be rising in the east,
and on each ray of light which falls
from it is written ''peace aud prosper
ity." a peace that comes from a
faithful observance of the constitution
and full recognition of the rights of
all men. With this as the guiding
principle of the Chief Magistrate, he
can go coniidentially forward, relying
firmly upon the patriotic support OF
patriotic people.
Year: 1877

We received copy of the st. Joe
Daily Herald the other morning
Whatever possessed Mr.. Wilder, the
editor, and an old friend, to send it,
we cannot imagine. When Web. first
took editorial charge of the Herald
we sent him the EAGLE with request
that he exchange; but, alas, we were
doomed to bitter disappointment. We
would like TO get the paper regularly
for there is lots of good editorials in it
that we could appropriate.
Year: 1877

The bill asking for an appropriation
for the Normal Schools of this State
was sent TO the wall We venture the
assertion that il the honorable mem
Der from Lyon county (kelloggt had
introduced bin asking for sufficient
amount for running expenses for the
year without tacking on mess OF
stuff for the purpose of creating va
cancy which he was aspiring to fill
that the appropriation would have
been made and the Normal School at
Emporia been all right. But the gen.
tleman is for rule or ruin.
Year: 1877

There is good deal of truth, we
suspect, in the following editorial
item from the Cincinnati Gazette:


The men who first proposed HAYES
for the Presidency,who brought about
his nomination, who carried pivotal
States for him, and who generally
kept the party from going to pieces,
are crowding into Columbus. They
will go home, perhaps, with better
understanding of the civil service
clause in the letter of acceptance.
Year: 1877

Although Victor Emanuel is physi- calIy vigorous, rising every morning at five and taking stroll in his garden before breakness, he is not without superstition. He had not been long in the Quirinal Palace before he discovered a trap in his bedroom. It communicated with vast gallery, in which the King and his attendants walked for twenty minutes without finding an outlet. It seemed however to lead to the castle of St. Angelo. His Majesty declined to investigate the matter, and ordered the trap door to be bricked up.

 Soon afterwards he discovered a secret door in the wall which communi- cated with narrow staircase leading to the roof. It, too, was bricked up, but since this discovery, we are in formed, that whenever His Majesty sleeps at Quirinal two huge black dogs also sleep at the foot of the royal bed. They obey no one but the King, never bark; and would strangle, without any parleying, the first person who entered ! the room.
Year: 1877

conferring comfortable liviug upon 8 poor clergyman with large family, or relieving some professional man who had known better days; Gin such cases the parties relieved were often kept in ignorance of the source from which their succor flowed" One afternoon, while driving in a cab from Downing street to his honse in Hamilton place. he left some valuable papers in the ye- hicle. A few hours afterward the cab man returned and restored the missing documents. He was desired to call again in a few days, and when he oheyed the invitation he was told. to his intense delight. that he YVES the proprietor of a cab and three horses, which the Chancellor had bought him as reward for his honor and prompti- tude. Temple Bar.