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Year: 1877

settlement of tbe Louisiana question.


IN, T. Heraldl


After sixteen years the great war is at
last over. The last rebel laid down his
arms In 1866, twelve years ago, but In
one way or another the constitution has
remained suspended since then and the
country has been kept in q condition of
constructive war, until now, at last,
Federal soldiers cease everywhere to in
terfere in the State governments, and
the people Of all the States are once
more happily to rule themselves in ac-
cordance with the fundamental organic
law Of the land, and thus the great war
is over; the people Of the United States
live once more under the shelter OF the
constitution.


The withdrawal OF the Federal troops
to their barracks In New Orleans will
deserve to be remembered as great
event in our history. 1t signalizes the
final and complete return to constitu-
tional government. When the Federal
interference ceased in Arkansas at the
command OF Congress, In 1875, the peo-
pie Of that State, Of both parties and
joyful Thanksgiving for the restoration
Of peace, security ana prosperity
the whole American people might
very we'll mark the restoration
Of self-government to Louisiana by a
similar celebration, for President Hayes
undoubtedly, by this last act Of his,
gives a new lease Of life to the Republic,
q new feeling Of permanence and se-
curity to all interests In every State; he
adds to the value Of every piece Of prop.
erty In the Union, because he opens the
way to renewal Of confidence and to q
revival Of business. He has made the
future safe, as 1t has not been safe in al
the long weary years since the first CUR
was fired at Sumter.


The President has redeemed his frs
and most Important promise-that he
would 80 govern as to abolish "the
South" in a political sense, and make
Of us all countrymen, equally living
under the same constitution, and witt
no motives to sectional divisions. Fol
the first time in more than half q cen
tury there Is no South" For the frs
time since 1861 the people OF all th'
Southern States are left at liberty to rul,
themselves in their local affairs as thei
own interests and wisdom shall dictate
Year: 1877

If you feel dul drowsy debilitated, have frequent headaShe, mouth tastes badly, poor appetite and tongue coated, you are suffering from torpid liver or ''biliousness," and nothing will cure you SO speedily and permanently as to take SlNMoxs LIVER REGULATOR OR MEDICINE.
Year: 1877

Grange, have done rank injdsl0U -
alluding to this noble, good woman.


The good name and management
of Secretary Kelly have now been
fully vindicated publicly, and it
should be known to the lasting honor
of our lady membership, and, espe-
cially, of the lady here mentioned
without her knowledge, that every
dollar paid into the Office of the Ma
tional Grange has passed through
the hands and been accounted for by
Miss Carrie Hall, Assistant, and no
one is more Justly proud to vouch for
this fact than the worthy Secretary
himself,
Year: 1877

A.
cold weather; nor lay it upon any
cold marble mantel, for . fine meer-
schaum will very easily become FROST
cracked. If these rules are adhered
to, any person can color q good
meerschaum in first-class style.


The genuine and imitation meer-
schaum so closely resemble each
other that good judges often are
puzzled to distinguish them; but when
they are heated, the difference be-
comes apparent. The imitation gen.
orally is composed Of the parings of
meerschaum, technically termed
"chips," and the whole substance
being unable to expend or contract
uniformly, cracks when heated, and
the oil or wax in it, not being equal
ly absorbed, slowly burns, and in
burning emits most offensive smell.
Such limitations never color, or II
they do a little, the pipe generally
cracks. These are often palmed Of
as the second quality Of genuine
meerschaum. Lightness OF weight
and ability to float in water are no
tests of the genuiness of meerschaum.
The cost is one sixth of the genuine
article.


Boiling old pipes means simply to
restore the absorbing qualities after
the pipe has been burned and the
clay baked, thereby rendering tho
pipe, for absorbing or coloring, use
less. There has been invented .
new process for boiling pipes. which
brings the color out all over the pipe,
and no matter how careless you arc
with it, you can never destroy tho
color, but it viii only become moro
beautiful By smoking.
Year: 1877

This a very good religion, as the
world goes: A deacon living in q
Berkshire town. was requested to
give his prayers In behalf of poor
man with a large family, who had
broken bis leg. Il can't stop to pray
now, said the deacon, who was pick
ing and barreliDg his early apples for
the city market, but you can go down
into my cellar and get some corned
beef, salt pork. potatoes and butter
that's the best can do
Year: 1877

A citizen of Eureka, having occas-
ion TO go home rather unexpectedly a
week or two since, caught a gentle
man acquaintance in the act of kiss
ing his wife. On relating the ciroum-
stance to friend, he was asked II he
punished the guilty couple. and re.
piled: No. not exactly; but they
must have seen from the way ] slam
med the door that didn't like It,
Year: 1877

A French authority recommends
the use of sawdust instead of hair in
mortar to prevent its peeling off. The
sawdust was first thoroughly, dried
and sifted through an ordinary sieve
to remove the larger PARTICLES, and the
mortar made by mixing one part ce-
ment, two lime, two sawdust, and
five sharp sand, the sawdust being
first well mixed, dry, with the cement
and sand,
Year: 1877

There are five or six factories where
they make oleomargerine butter, near
New York. One factory uses eight
hundred thousand pounds of caul fat
In a week, In the manufacture Of the
oil, and four hundred thousand
pounds of the oil per week is sold to
other factories. One factory makes
one hundred and eighty thousand
pounds of this butter per week. 1t
sells for from twenty-five to twenty
eight cents per pound.
Year: 1877

Nothing can be more absurd than
the idea that looking guilty proves
guilt. An honest man charged with
crime Is much more likely to blush at
the accusation than the real offender,
who is generally prepared for the
event, and has his face ready made.
The very thought of being suspected
of anything criminal will bring the
blood to an innocent mans cheek
nine times out of ten. .-Er.
Year: 1877

These are the days when a woman
enjoys reading the letters and things
which have accumulated In her hus-
bands overcoat pockets through the
winter, and wonders why his business
friends should address him as Dearest
George and be so urgent in the re-
quest to meet him down town at a
particular hour after dark.
Year: 1877

At the Cleveland baby show: That
baby said a spectator. may look
pretty at home, but Il is hardly up to
the standard of a baby show; do you
not think sop addressing lady who
stood near. Excuse me from COM
menting, SIR said the lady, as my
opinion might be biased. 1 am its
mother The man asked for his hat
and took a recess.
Year: 1877

An exchange says that half the fools
In the United States think they can
beat the doctors curing the sick; two
thirds of them think they can beat
the ministers preaching the gospel,
and all of them know they can beat
the editors running a paper.
Year: 1877

An exchange remarks. The only
jokes women like to read are those
which reflect ridicule on men, Yes
adds another exchange, on taking up
a paper a woman invariably turns to
the marriage column
Year: 1877

Why? For the same
reason as given above.
The Bronchial Tubes
are simply conductors to
carry air to she Lungs,
hence Inhalation muse
90 direct to the seat of
the disease, and If you
viii follow our directions
we guarantee 70 CURE
Bronchitis.
Year: 1877

A Missouri woman writes to q st.
Louis newspaper that politeness is an
instinct with which the Eastern man
was never blessed. and he has been
more unsuccessful In its cultivation
than anything he has ever underta-
Year: 1877

EOMAHA, Sept. 25.-The parties who
robbed the U. P train are believed to
have gone in a north easterly direction
from the line of the Road. and there is a
strong probability that efforts now being
made for their capture will prove success
full
Year: 1877

1t gives me pleasure to add my testimony to the
virtues of your great medicine. One of my blooded
horses had swelling over the cap of the knee
about the size Of hens egg. Some said it was q
strain, and some that 1t was the joint water from
the knee, and could not be cured. tried oil cedar
on it, and all the liniments and ointments, and
they did no more good than water. l then, by per
suasiOn of my friends tried H. G. Fsrrel's Arabian
Lnimsnt, and l was happy to find it take effect
after few days, and it finally cured the noble ami
NAL entirely think IL is decidedly the creates
knew.
Year: 1877

Brewster ON Cameron.


Last winter our people were
shocked with the election of j. Dom
aid Cameron, the irresponsible son of
Il senator of whom | will not speak.
because he and his acts have become
a apart of public history and must be
measured with more delibe-ation
than can be given in a casual con-
yersation like this--a son that has
neither mind attachments, dignity of
character, knowledge ofpublic affairs
party services or personal worth to
warrant his advancement, and who
has no record but bad one as an
intrigucr and manager of bad men.
Tie was first forced into the war de-
partment as the price of his offer to
bctray his s,ate and rc-nominatc
General Grant, and after being there
he was basc-born in his notions of
dcecncy and gentlehood as to solicit
and urge, by all the mean arts of
political contrivauce, that he should
be retained as the companion Of cab
met officers and gentlemen who did
not want him. Failing in that, by
tho coarse brute force of organized
power he jostlcd his old father out OF
his place, and thrust himself into q
Senate where he will be au object o.
derision and disgust. The public
are sick eft these odius men and tn,
public will do away with them. w,
have destroyed human bondage il
the South we will break down po-
litical bondage in the North anc
South.
Year: 1877

FROM our Texas exchanges we are
glad to see that that State is in favor Of
the remonetiza zaiion OF silver. The Aus
tin Statesman takes the ground that
our leaders mus; insist on this act Of
justice. That is right, it is time the
creditor class should wake up 10 the
Importance Of this issue. II silver is
good enough for the people, it is good
enough for the bondholders.
Year: 1877

By reference 10 our columns It will
be seen that the Primary meetings OF
he Democratic party are being called
n this city and county. It is Of the
ilrst importance that these meetings be
attended BY all the members of our
party. We have important work to
10, and to DO !: thoroughly and right,
re must make no errors in the begin
ning. How often is it the case that
something is done wrong that we here
men complain OF who never attended
the meetings, to aid in having things
lone right. Let al the people attend
,le meetings and there will be no s1ch
tauses of complaint.
Year: 1877

Secretary Thompson, in recognition
OF the faithful and efficient services of
the clerical force at the Washington
Navy Yard, has raised their pay to the
standard allowed six ears ago when
twas cut down BY Secretary Robson.
Year: 1877

Last September our spiAners were
bare Of stocks, having allowed them 10
run down az the growing crop prom
iced during the Summer q very full
yield. Should any circumstance lead
manufacturers to stock up this year, OF
course to just that extent their demand
would be Increased and the above sur
plus for export be diminished"
Year: 1877

New must in an old cellar is as treacher.
Gus as new wine in an old bottle. Three
weeks ago two travellers, who were break
fasting in an inn at Little Courcelles, near
Paris, called for a bottle of wine, and the
lnnkeeper sent u servant into the cellar to
fetch It, After waiting long time for the
girl to return the housekeeper went down
stairs to find out what was the matter.
She likewise failed to return with the wine.
and as the travellers were now impatient
the innkeeper himself made the descent
into the cellar-but was not seen again.
One of the travellers rose from the break.
iast-table i'll alarm, and ran down the cellar
to ascertain what had happened, and his
companion waited in vain for his reappear-
ance. There was now only one man in the
tavern, and he was too wise to vanish from
the scene as abruptly as the rest had done.
lie ran into the street and called in the
neighbors. One of these, a physician.
ventured as far as the door of the cellar.
and pushed it open so as to give egress to
the noxious gases imprisoned there. After
the cellar had been partially ventilated the
neighbors found on the floor the bodies of
the four persons who had disappeared so
mysteriously. Three of them were restored
to consciousness, but the girl, who had led
the way, died. On the previous evening the
innkeeper had left vat of must in the
cellar, and the carhonic acid gas emitted
from the fermenting liquid had poisoned
the air
Year: 1877

Stiles T. Hatchings, of Columbia, S. c.,
colOred, made application to the Supreme
Court of Georgia for admission to practice
last week. He presented a certificate of
admission to the bar of South Carolina, a
certificate of the Chief Justice of that State,
that he was a practicing lawyer in good
standing, and commission from Governor
Hampton, appointed him a trial Justice
The court told him it would admit him on
the papers as lawyer from South Carolina,
but he stated he desired to reside here; the
court said the admission to the Supreme
Court of Georgia entitled him to no privi-
leges in the courts below, and advised him
to apply to the Superior Court.
Year: 1877

Scribe the dramatist met his match in o
nobleman ambitious Of gaining a literary
reputation by proxy; from whom he re.
ceived the following curious epistle: "Sir
i have the honor to propose TO you tc
associate yourself with me in the compost
ton a drama. Your name will figure by
tne SIDE OF mine you alone composing the
play, and l alone defraying all the expen.
ses Of the first representation. You shall
have all the profits, for 1 work only fol
glory"


Scribe replied: "Sir-I have never beer
accustomed to harness together in my car
riage a horse and an ass; am therefore
unable to accept your very kind offer"


The nobleman closed the correspondence
with: "MOnsieur Scri5c-I received vour
note of refusal to unite our literary Iabors
You are at liberty not to understand your
own interest, but not to allow yourself t
call me horse"
Year: 1877

JOY-BRINGERs.-Som men move through
life as a band of music moves down the
street, flinging out pleasure on every side
through the air to every one, far and near,
that can listen. Some men fill the air with
their presence and sweetness. as orchards
in October days fill the air with perfume of
ripe fruit. Some women cling to their own
houses, like the honeysuckle over the door,
yet, like it, sweeten all the region with the
subtle fragrance of their goodness. There
are trees of righteousness, which are ever
dropping precious fruit around them.
There are lives that shine like star beams,
or charm the heart like songs upon holy
day.
Year: 1877

An English traveller, who is giving his
first impression of the United States in a
series of letters to the Manchester Courier.
says that it is a mistake to suppose that
Americans are loquacous and inquiSitive
They do not kick their heels at a railway
station they often go through a meal
without word; buzz of conversation is
seldom heard; their silence is really op.
pressive; they are the quietest and most
orderly people on the face of the earth.
For instance, the traveller entered large
shaving establishment in Boston, where
there were a dozen BARRIERS, and several
customers waiting for their turn. When a
chair became vacant the foreman pointed
to the man whose turn came next, but not
word was said. After being there some
time the Englishman looked at the clock
to see how long they would go on without
speaking, and for nine minutes the only
sounds were a sneeze and an irquiry,
How much ?" He fancies that he has
discovered the origin of this quiet, patient
order of behavior. 1t is the discipline of
the public schools which produces such
marvellous results. When the pupils 90
from one room to another, they march to
the sound Of the piano, and the slightest
tendency to disorder, if it arise, is corrected
not by words, but by signs. "From five
years old till fifteen to seventeen every
American is subjected to this constant
drilling. The schoolmaster is the drill
sergeant, and his operations are universal" +"
The critic had been here three weeks when
he formulated this theory and discovered
the Silent Hand
Year: 1877

ADAMS, THE ACTOR, died in Philadelphia
last week, and what is singular died poor,
after making his $4,000 per year on the
stage. Says a correspondent: Poor Ned
Adams is dead an buried. Why do we
always say poor in speaking of the dead ?
1t certainly is not because we who are left
are so much better off; he who has gone to
the better land is the better off, yet we
insist on. so to speak, patronizing him in
this way. Neither is there much reason in
the excessive sympathy given such case
as that of Adams. He was man who had
made during the last ten years more money
than the average of patient, suffering men
in middle life make in their whole careers.
He has made as much as $4,000 II year :
the average of his best ten years was $40.
900 year, and that Of the last twenty
years was at least 500 a week, or $1,000 a
year. He should have been in possession
OF handsome competence, instead of being
forced to appeal to charity. Adams was a
good specimen of the romantic, picturesque
actor. lie was not a man of high intelli.
gencc, but he had the dramatic impulse 4:
he knew how to do the right thing on the
stage without knowing why it was right :;
he was moved to do that thing, and his in
stlnct did not deceive him: in other
words he was born actOr,-not one of the
finest type, but genuine comedian
mercurial, emotional, graceful, ardent and
helped by nature with fine manly proper
tiOns, and a powerful melodious voice. He
was one of the most versatile of American
actors. At the Walnut Street Theatre,
before he turned star, it was the practice of
Mrs. Garrettson to make him a leading at
traction, and many week Of good business
did her stock actor assure her, as good as
almost any star in the country could have
drawn. In these seasons Adams PLAYED
everything,-he would 90 on in farce after
performing a leading tragic part IL have
seen him do Richelieu'' and =" Robert
Macaire' on the same evening. He grew
to be an enormous iavorte at the Walnut,
and finally took to starring as a matter of
course. }. S. Clarke had precisely similar
experience at the Arch Street Theatre at
the same time. But how much more
prudent Clarke has been since
Year: 1877

DRoprED EGGs on MILK ToAsr.-Toast as
many slices of bread as you need for the
family, and put in the oven to keep hot.
Have pint of milk boiling hot, and drop
into it one 10y one as many eggs as you have
slices OF bread. As each one becomes set,
skim it out and place upon slice of bread
until all are cooked. Then add little
butter to the milk, boil it up again, and
turn it over the eggs and bread. Serve
them on hot platter.
Year: 1877

"Are we so soon forgot when we are
gone" The students of Washington and
Lee University have had the custom ol
keeping a daily watch over General r. E.
Lees grave as a mark of reverence for his
memory. But they have given it up at
last. 1t was, perhaps a not very wise mani
festation of regard; but there is kind OF
sadness in its cessation.
Year: 1877

| AT meeting on Thursday of the COM
mlttee In Boston having under discussion
the question of affording classical instruc
ton to girls in the higher public schools of
the city, letter was read from President
Porter, OF Yale College, in which he says :
must suppose that those who favor such
measure for the Public Latin school
would also desire to bring boys and girls
together in educational institutions of
every description from the primary
school to the college and university.
There can be no serious objections
to the presence of children of both
sexes IN elementary schools, for the
most obvious reasons. But the reasons are
as obvious, in my jugdment why boys and
girls from the ages of IA to Is should not
reclte In the same class room nor meet in
the same study hall, nor encounter one
another Ill the same passages of large
public school. First Of all, the natural
feelings of rightly trained boys and girls
are offended by social intercourse of this
sort, so frequent, so free, and so uncere-
moniOus. Civilization pre-eminently, is
grounded in, is sustained by, certain re-
straints of modeSty and reserve in the rela-
tions of the two sexes. These restraints
are recognized as of special Importance
while boys and girls are becoming young
men and young women. That which is &C.
cepted and enforced as restraint in the
beginning Of civilization recognized as a
grace where civilization is advanced, when
manners are established by the intelligent
consent of the community, and modestv
becomes second nature and an established
law. We ought not to forget that, though
our civilization is greatly advanced, yet in
education we are renewing and re-en.
forcing upon new and raw material the
processes through which communities have
slowly emerged from barbarism to Chris
tian manners and sentiments If in any
OF the stages of education we expose our
growing boys and girls to that familiarity
which offends or weakens modesty, we
tend to barbarism and immortality. =
Holding as do that the perfection of man
depends upon the contrasted and supple
mentary endowments and capacities Of in
tellect and heart in the two sexes, which
make man one, believe that each sex
should be trained by different method,
even if the studies are the same. have
no objection to learned women, but would
have them remain women and if they are
to be perfect women they must be trained
as women; and womanhood, even in girish
years, requires isolation and reserve, if
nothing more"
Year: 1877

PRoFANITY.-We are emphatically in the
age of profanity, and it seems to US that we
are on the topmost current. One cannot
60 on the street anywhere without having
his ears offended with the vilest words, and
his reverence shocked by the most profane
use of sacred names. Nor does it come
from the old or middle age alone. for it is
fact that the younger portion OF the com
munity are most proficient in degrading
language. Boys have an idea that it is
smart to swear; that it makes them manly,
but there never was a greater mistake in
the world. Men, those who swear them
selves, are disgusted with the profanity in
younger man, because they know how of
all bad habits this clings the most closely
and increases with years. 1t is the most in
sldius Of habits, growing on one so invisibly,
that almost before one is aware he becomes
an accomplished cursor.
Year: 1877

A facetious tramp called at a house the
other day and asked for something to eat.
lie was so thin, he said, that when he had
pain be couldn't tell whether it was a
stomach-ache or q back.ache.