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Year: 1877

y Washington letter says: at is


not at all unlikely that the regular
army, if called on to coant HAYES in
at the point of the bayonet, may play
an important and unlocked for part
IN the Presidential problem. 1t has
long been known that large majors
ty Of the rank and file of the army
was in favor of Governor Tilden's in
auguration, but it has never vet been
suspected that any battalion, It or,
dHred to execute the commands of
the war office, wolld venture to diso>
hey. But the indignltion of the mil
tary at this proposed attempt to use
them for political purposes is ready
to break out into mutiny on The least
prOyoCation. The soldiers now sta
TONED at the arsenal, in number
about eight hundred, are largely Till
den men, convinced of his honest
election, and unwilling to be used as
tools In two batteries of artillery
aggregating over one hundred men,
there are only seven prepared to as
slst in counting in Hayes under the
conviction that he has been the choice
ofthe people. In conversation to-day
with men at the arsenal, it was be,
lieved that they are seriously asking
advise from the bes; legal authorities
as to how far they are compelled to
go in obeying the orde is of supe-
rlors when they know such orders to
be purely political, and having re-
ceiyed satisfactory answers they have
determined to quietly take the bull
by the horns and throw down their
arms if ordered TO charge in the inter~
est of Hayes"
Year: 1877

THE CRUELTY or THE RADICAL
LEADERs-It is almost Incredible that
a political party could be cajolled by
leaders to the extent the Republican peo-
pie were. Every interest has been made
to subserve party, when 1t was as plain
as anything could be that the great
object of the leaders of the party was
10 make offices for their friends
TO fill at high salaries, and to enrich
themselves in the meantime, by the same
process. This was done shamelessly by
the President and his Cabinet officers.
1t was also done by the subordinates in
every department all over the county,
And it really seemed that the heads Of
bureaus had become so corrupt them
selves that they dared not displace thiei
even after he was detected, lest he should
reveal something in regard to themselves
or those highin official circles. All these
things however are eclipsed by the whole
sale robbery effected through Congress
sional legislation, by which the currency
was inflated and then in the interest OF
the bondholders, the banks and capital
lists law requiring the resumption Of
specie payments at specified time was
passed, and the currency rapidly curtail-
ed to meet the issue. The consequence
of this thing is far more terrible than
could have been imagined and the end is
not yet. Thousands of good men and
their business will be swept into bank
ruptcy by it, who thought they had a
sufficiency to place them above want
during The remainder of lite. But the
heartless party leaders still live in luxury
and reap their golden official harvest all
the same making money out Of the wreck
of others by buying for less than one
half that which was once regarded as the
most reliable Of all investments.
Year: 1877

10 my horror Only once I raised nv
bead and saw, or fancied l saw, slen-
der tongues Of fame cleaving the mass
OF smoke, which had by this time in
creased fearfully IN volume and density.


At last. after what seemed an age,
but was in reality only few minutes.
we reached the bottsm of the lane that
led to our cottage The angle was a
sharp one, and we turned with such
speed as 10 send the hind wheels Of the
old phaeton spinning high il the air.
How | gst out l never knew am
sure did not wvit for the horse TO be
stopped. Rushing to the door, threw
myself against it with such force as to
break il in. The room was full of
smoke; but as the opening door dissi-
pated it little. saw that it Was
empty. Then. suffocated by excite
ment, fell faiLting to the door.


When consciousness: returned l found
myself in the house of . neighbor,
with the children all about me. pretty
we'll frightened of course. but entirely
unburt. How the fire originated was
a mystery which we could never uu-
ravel. Grace. sitting with her back to
the stove, and with her attention en-
tirely absorbed by the pictures in the
family Bible, did not see it until Rover,
the Newfoundland dog, who had been
before quietly doing By her side. at
tracted her notice by his evident unea.i-
ness; after which he sprang through
the window. fortunately taking the
whole sash bodily with him, running
at full speed to the nearest house, soon
returned with some Of its inmates.
Grace, in the meantime. after letting
down the two elder children through
the window. which was only about
four feet from the ground, took the
cradle and was preparing to follow
when the neighbors arrived. The house
being old. and built rs such houses
usually are, of the most combustible
materials, notwithstanding all efforts.
soon became biackencd. smoking ruin.


Rover and old Whitley lived to a
good old age. and were ever afterwards
held in atfectionate remembrance for
their services on that occasion.


One evening, about year after ward.
We sat In our new house. built on the
site Of the old one. tut more commodi-
ous and comfortable IN every respect. l
remarked that the fire had benefited
us in at least onn way for. unless the
old house had been actually consumed.
we should never have had the new
one"


II have felt the benefit Of it in an-
other way" said my husband. gravely;
lit has taught me never to put of
things which should be done at once
until more convenient season" Ii the
harness had given way on that day.
where mended it SO slightly before
we started. though it would have in
terfered with the safety Of the chill
dren. it would have added tenfold to
our anxiety. because it would have de-
layed our reaching them. msde a
vow that if we were permitted to reach
home without accident, woul use my
utmost endeavors to overcome the habit
OF procrastination and l think you
will allow that l have been pretty sue
ccssful. so that. in more than one re-
spect. we have reason Ia regard that as
"A memorable ride
Year: 1877

another private staff whose names are
unknown save To the head of the depart
ment and the permanent Secretary and
this one comprises persons of beth sexes
and of every class, from the highest to
the lowest. Out of its ranks is drawn
the ooRtTc-p0iice, which acts as the key
stone of the whole French detective sys


tenn, and which keeps the honesty of
the ordinary detective under check
most efficient owing To its secrecy. When
French detective has IN important
case intrustcd To him he has ALWAYS
reason to suspect that some one else. un-
known To him, is working ut il also in
the datk; and lac lis aware that there
is no chance of his discovering that un-
known colleague, who is possibly a
person of good social position who con-
ceals his connection with the police even
from his own family. This system is
expensive, but il renders collusiou al
most impossible. Moreover, the arhi-
trary powers of u project are 80 extern
sive that an unfaithful detective would bc
dealt with at once without fuss or pub
licity by being handed over to a iudge d


instruction, who might keep him in soli-
tary confinement for a twelvemonth
under preiense of investigating charge
against him. after which he would re,
ceiye orders to quit the country. Not
withstanding all this, politics take up SO
much of the time of the police that the
French detective staff does not certainly
render the services which it might If its
energies were directed entirely To the
prevention and repression of oilcnses
against common law. Considering that
a Frenchman in custody has no means of
concealing his identity and antecedents; {;
that, further the secret examining pro-
cedure of the judge d'instruction sell
dom fails 10 worm out frOm him hy
mortal torture full confession of his
crime and disclosures as to his accom-
plices, If he have any; considering,
also, that couvicts on their discharge are
prohibited 10y the 47th Article of the
Code from residing in Paris and
agglomerating into criminal mass
and that in addition To this, the police
system of the whole country is central
lied in these things. il will be seen that
a staff of two hundred and twenty able
detectives work under most promising
circumstances. The most that can be
said of the French police, however, is
that they run down a suspected person
pretty quickly if they once obtain clue
and that as class they must be above
pecuniary temptation, since no scandal
has occurred for many years to suggest
the contrary. 1t must also bc said To
their credit that they obey the regula-
tion which forbids them from accepting
money in reward of services which they
render to private persons. They know
that any laxity in this matter-even
when they have been instrumental in
recovering large sums of money from alb
sconding defaulters-might entail dis
missa and loss of pension rights The
American system stands greatly in need
of improvement, but until we put politics
farther away from the detective Office
and pay the men more than they now re-
ceive but little benefit may bc expected.
Year: 1877

" He was the orfulcst liar ever SEEN"
said Cooley OLeary, as we returned
from his friends funeral. Why, he
told me once that he lived on small
island out in the Pacific Ocean on
which there was volcano. And he said
that there was an active demand out in
that region for watermelons, 40 he went
to the business of raising them. And
he said one year his whole crop failed
except one melon, and that kept on
growing at such a fearful rate that il
crowded him off the lowland and up ON
the side of the volcano, which generated
steam and caused an explosion which
blew up the whole concern TO atoms,
and shot him four hundred miles out to
sea, where he was picked up by a
whaler. He used TO tell me that the one
great mistake of his life was that he
didn't drive plug in the crater of the
volcano so as to make il watertight, and
then slice open the watermelon and come
sailing home on the half shell.


He would lie. He said that once he
was cast away on an iceberg, with no
baggage but pair of skates and a
fishing pole. But he skated around
until he came across dead whale, frozen
into the ice. So he took off his shirt.
it was night for six months that year III
therefore il into strips for wick. ran
the strips through the bamboo fishing.
rod stuck the rod into the tat of the
whale, and lit the other end. He said
IL burned splendidly, and the iceberg
reflected the light so strongly that il
was bright as day for forty mile,
around, and one vessel ran into the berp
hfpb fr,l.N l. -
he sold the iceberg To the captain foI
$4,000, and the captain split 10 up and
took IL home, and made two hundred
per cent profit disposing OF it TO ice
companies.


Lie? well sir, he beat any man evel
came across. Told me that once out ir
Nevada, n mountain lion attacked him
with his mouth wide open. He haC
presence of mind enough to grab il by
the tongue and pull The lion roareC
with pain, but he did his level bes
pulling, and pretty soon the tongue be
gan TO give and the tail TO shorten, and
directly out they came, the tongue anC
the tail in one long continuous string
He said he had 'em at home and ht
showed 'em 10 me, but my belief is they
were only three or four cow-hides and
bulls tail dovetailed together.


He was astonishing as truth
crusher Said he served on gunboat
during the war which was very smal
and light, while the mortar on the decl
was very large and heavy, and he sale
the first time they tried TO fire a fifteen
inch shell, the she'll remained stationary
while the recoil was 80 great that il Ere,
the. gunboat four miles up the strean
and landed it in n tree. He was n liar
but now he'sdead reckon be II ketch it.
There was no doubt about it. Mr.
OLeary was very successful a.
rnnsfrucfnr of cnernolic trnrLa Of Gciinr.
Year: 1877

just before I left White Sulphur n
gentleman whose daughter was one of the
bellies Of the place explained TO my
mother and self the etiquette Of love
making at White Sulphur. lie said IL
was understood by both gentleman and
ladies that no matter how far q gentle
man might go in professions Of love for
a lady, neither she nor any one else was
TO understand him seriously, but TO take
IL for granted that he was merely de-
sirous Of paying the lady a compliment.
II being admitted that the highest com
plimcnta n man can pay woman is TO ask
her 10 marry him, gentlemen desirous Of
carrying the language Of hattery to its
utmost limit sometimes even ask that
important question, but il was distinctly
understood that he was not TO be taken
at his word. of" continued my in
fOrmant, man is in earnest i'm his de
sire to marry lady 20 whom nc pays at
tention here, he will not ask her while
she Is at this place, but will wait until
after her departure, because owing to the
etiquette ] have explained, she would
not believe him to be serious If he put
the question here"
Year: 1877

About six o'clock the other evening n
young woman, carrying babe about
year old, entered car bound for West
Philadelphia and dropped into a vacant
seat beside a spruce looking young man.
As she was busy searching for ticket
the youngstcr, attracted by the glitter Of
the young mans watch chain, made n
grab for IL and fell over into his lap.
The mother quickly reached for the
child, and as she did so she noticed a
heavy frown settle on the young mans
brow, 30 with trembling voice she NUT
tered an apology. Instead Of receding
the frown on his brow grew deeper, and
rudely turning his back upon her he
snatched paper from his pocket and
pretended 20 read. A few blocks further
on, as tall, sharp-featured woman
arose and left the car, the young man
heayed a sigh Of relief folded up his
paper, and turning To- the discOmfted
mother, he whispered Excuse me,
madam, for behaving so much like an
idiot but ! had TO pretend 10 be awful
cross for that wall-eycd woman who Just
left the car lives next door to the young
lady ] call upon, and if ] hadn't pre-
tended to bc very angry she would have
kicked up muss by telling my girl that
she was sure ! was married, for she saw
me have my wife and baby with nc in
the cars. IT was very rude, ! know, but
j hope you will excuse me when ! tell
you that the girls father is worth over
$4,000 and ] don't want anything to
cause hard feelings between us"
Year: 1877

Dunlop, that you too must have
known some great grief and he still
held her hand but is it true that for
you and I there is nothing left now of
love and happiness.


The long lashes of her eyelids
dropped far down on hercheek, to be
raised suddenly when he pressed his
lips against her forehead. The hazel
eyes met his tenderly; and then they
both knew the shadow Of the old love
had passed away.
Year: 1877

1t is estimated that there are two
thousand four hundred disorders to
which the human frame is liable
When a man is laid up with the rheu-
matisn, he is apt to think that the
entire number has struck him in con.
cert
Year: 1877

That scientific expedition around
the world may perhaps be able to
tell us when it returns Whv man
always takes off his boots first when
undressing, while woman begins at
her pains.
Year: 1877

What did you get? said a wife
to her husband, the other day, when
he returned from black bass fish
ing up the river. oh, I got lots, he
said 4 got tired; l got hungry 1
got wet and muddy; l got back home;
and think I've got cold !
Year: 1877

A maiden of twenty-five was lately
throwing out some affected snsers at
matrimony, when grave friend in
company observed that marriages
were made in heaven Can you tell
me, sir, rejoiued the sly nymph, why
they are SO slow in coming down.?
Year: 1877

There have been various careful
tests as to how much pork bushel of
corn will produce. 1t seems to be
conceded that with the best breed of
hogs and the greatest care in feeding,
there may be certainly So pounds to
the bushel. With this data, it is easy
for farmer to know what he is do
ing, and what is best to do. He will
see at once if corn is twenty-five cents
per bushel and hogs five cents he
should sell hogs and not corn. But if
corn be fifty cents and hogs five cents,
it is more profitable to sell corn. Corn
at 40 cents and pork at five cents
are equal. And in this waya farmer
can easily tell what to do. Or in
other words, find out what he can
obtain for his corn, then multiply the
price of pork by So, and he can at
once see which is the most profitable.
Pork ought to be the standard by
which to ascertain the price of corn,
not by what they will give at the
railroad station. We have said fire.
quently that most farmers do not
know whether they are making or
losing money, for the reason that they





do not make any effort to know what
their wheat, corn, pork or beef costs
them. But when they have the raw
material on hand they should careful
ly ascertain what is best to do with it.
And the rule which we here present
TO them will solve the question OF
what to do with their corn. But in
these calculations we make no allow
ance for poor breeds of hogs or for
careless feeding or Indifferent quar-
tiers for the comfort and Improvement
OF the animals. All these must be
taken into account. Some men by a
slip-shod system of feeding and bad
treatment do not get five cents per
bushel for corn. OF such we are not
writing Or calculating. We are fig
uring for the careful and prudent
man, who understand his business and
attends to it.-C. n. Clarkson in the
State Register.
Year: 1877

NEW YORK, March 16.-Peter G..
Sweeny, whose name was associated
with Boss Tweed in the great ring
swindles, and who has been an exile
for the past five years, has returned.
He has not been taken into custody
because it was arranged with the4At-
torncy General that if he would re-
turn and be present at the trial
against Tweed's all proceedings, civil
and criminal, so far as arresting him,
should be suspended, during trial.
and for thirty days afterward. Tho
trial is set down for the third Of
April. The claim against Sweeny is
that he is liable in the same way that
Tweed was rendered liable in the
suit that was recently tried against
him, and in which there was verdict
for the people of $6,0O0000.
Year: 1877

In Arlington township, near Sioux
City, on Thursday, James O'Conner
aged II, while out watering stock
with his brother, told him that his
head felt bad, and started for the
house. Half way between the well
and the house he fell to the ground


but dragged himself to the house
door, and family called his MOTHER
She helped him in and in a few min.
utes he died. He was laid out and
in less than two hours thereafter the
house was found to have caught fire
near the chimney. The corpse was
carried out into the snow, and small


portion of the furniture and Other
property saved, but the most of il


was burned with the house. Thi,
sad combination of disaster is record


ed in detail in the Sioux City Journal
Year: 1877

The appointment of Stone, broth
cr-in-law of Corbin, lately elected
Senator by the Chamberlain legisla-
ture, is most serious disappointment
to the democracy. who hoped to have
the entire distribution of offices in
the State Of South Carolina under
their own immediate control. Stone,
in addition to his relationship to Cor
bin, has been noted in south Carolina
politics for his examination into the
Hamburg massacre, and in the re-
port he drew up inculpating General
Butler and the South Carolinaians in
the atlair.-Chicago Times (Wah
Denny
Year: 1877

The old mint at Charlotte, North
Carolina, is about to be opened, for
the convenience of the gold and sill
yer mines in that region. The dcvcl-
opments thus far made fully justify
the impression that there is wealth
of gold and silver in the mountains
of North Carolina and Georgia suf-
iicicnt to supply the world, and only
needing the application OF capital and
enterprise to bring it to the surface.


On Saturday evening, Maria Miller,
girl employed in the service of the
lIufschmidt house, at Lansing, was
fatally burned by the explosion of a
kerosene lamp. She was taking ii
down from bracket, when it slip
ped from her hands and exploded in
falling. The oil saturated her CLOTH
ing and she was instantly cnveloped
in flames. She died at ten o'clock on
Sunday. The house took fire, but
the flames were extinguished before
any damage was done.
Year: 1877

A WASHINGTON special to the New
York World says:


1t is again asserted in Republican
circles tonight that Chamberlain is to
resign the Governorship of South
Carolina, and be provided for else
where.


The personal fortunes of few Of
ficc-holders have no vital bearing
upon the Southern issue, and any such
settlement as the foregoing would be
a base surrender of principle. There
is no good reason to suppose that the
plan is so much as entertained by the
Administration.-Chicago Journal.


The comment of the Journal is very
appropriate. No attempt at compro-
mise or settlement of the South Car
olina imbroglio should be huckster-
ing arrangement buying up Cham
berlain and others, and knocking of
the rank and file of the Republican
party of the State to Hampton on the
auction block.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, March 13.-Judge
Davis, in his farewell letter to the
Supreme Court Judges, says: In sew
ering the relations that have existed
between US for SO many years, beg
leave to bear my testimony to the
eminent learning, ability and integri-
ty which have characterized your ju-
dicial labors. From the organization
of the government the Supreme
Court has been composed of honor
able and upright judges. In my
judgment it is now as worthy Of the
confidence of the American people as
it ever has been at any period in its
history.


The remaining Justices in reply to
Judge Davis express the hope that
his life in the future may be as useful
as it has been in the past, and that
the ties of personal friendship which
now bind them so closely to him may
never be broken.
Year: 1877

CATCHING HAwKs.-As the season
is approaching when hawks are most
destructive to young poultry, a
method Of catching and killing these
marauders will be in order. 1t is a
well-known fact that hawk will al
ways light on some conspicuous place
close to the poultry yard, from which
to swoop down on their victims.
Taking advantage of this erect pole
with n flat surface at the top Just
large enough to hold strong steel
trap. Fasten this trap by chain to
staple in the pole, and await results.
No bait will be needed, for the
hawk will be quite certain to light
on the trap and be caught. A gentle
man who has tried this method has
succeeded in killing all the hawks in
his neighborhood, and now can raise
poultry without loss except by acci-
dent.-Calyo,nid Horticultwalist.