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Year: 1878


in correcting the evil tendency Of
their impositions, but at the same
tine the fact is plainly established
that sensational newspapers, in their
yea to create stir of some sort, 60
to the other extreme and many
times denounce adventurers in terms
which evince no spirit Of fairness and
just dealing. We do not, by any
means, accept the profession that Mr..
Shepard's powers have supernatural
or spiritualistic origin, yet we pro-
pose to DETECT his fraud and be able
to logically and fairly expose him be


fore making any attempt to in


influence public opinion.
Year: 1878

HoKo RlvER.--The cannery at
this point is now in process of erec-
tion, and will soon be ready for busi-
ness. Hon. E. B. Ebey, the Presl-
dent Of the company, was in this city
yesterday, and informed us that they
had some idea of canning halibut as
well AS salmon. Their only fear was
that the flesh Of the halibut did not
contain as much oil as that ofthe sal.
mon and, for that reason would not
keep 50 well. We don't think that
will materially interfere with the
canning of halibut, for we have used
cans of chicken and turkey that have
been put up for three years, and
found them invariably sweet; and
they contain no more fat than hall.
but. The next five years will wit
ness a marked change in the coun-
ties of C.allam and Jefferson. Fish
ing villages will dot every little nook
and bay between Port Townsend and
Neah bay, and as fisherman cannot
grow their own produce, they will
have to purchase from the settlers
who are taking up the fertile creek
bottoms along the straits. The fish.
cries will, before the close Of 1880,
make cash market for all the gar
den truck that the settlers can pro.
duce. --"Intelligencer."
Year: 1878

There's one article no good grocer is
ever without, and the public demands it
necessarily. We speak Of Dooley's
Yeast Powder, long since determined
to be the best of its kind. All bread, bis
cult, cake, rolls, ETC., made from it are
nutritious, healthy and delicate. Another
thing to be remarked is that the cans
are full weight, and the powder so pure
and strong, that less of it is required
for its purpose.
Year: 1878

CURE FOR DYsPEPsIA.-Milk and
lime-water are now frequently pre-
scribed by physicians in cases Of dys-
pepsia and weakness Of the stomach,
and in some cases are said to prove ben
efcial. Many persons who think good
bread and milk great luxury frequent
ly hesitate to eat il, for the reason that
milk will not digest readily; sourness
OF the stomach will often follow. But
experience proves that lime-water and
milk are not only food and medicine at
an early period Of life, but also at later,
when, as in the case of infants, the
functions of digestion and assimilation
have been seriously impaired. A stom-
ach taxed by gluttony, irritated by inn
proper food, infamed by alcohol, en-
feebIed by disease, or otherwise unfit
ted for ITS duties-as is shown by the
various symptoms attendant upon indi-
gestion. dyspepsia, diarrhGa, dysente-
ry, and fever-will resume its work,
and do il energetically, on an exclusive
diet of bread and milk and lime-water.
A goblet OF cows milk may have four
tabiespoonfuIs Of lime water added TO il
with good effect. The way to make
lime-water is simply to procure few
Jumps Of unslaked lime, put the lime in
a stone Jar, add water until the lime is
sIaked and of about the consistency OF
thin cream; the lime settles, leaving the
pure and clear water at the top. Great
care should be taken not to get the lime
water too strong. Keep TO the direc-
ton as to the consistency, and when the
water rises pour it off without obtaining
sny of the lime. The lime-water is
also very good TO apply to burns and
.scaIds. In slaking the lime, particular
care should be taken that none of the
particles Gy into the eye.-.aH6Grn
.Ners.
Year: 1878

O. Many Of us have to lament, not
so much a want OF opportunities in life,
as our unreadIness for them when they
come. SIT might have been," is the
language Of our hearts oftener than
words Of complaint and murmuring.
God sends Us fax, but our spindle and
distaf are out oi repair or mislaid, so
that We are not ready to use them.
Year: 1878

A great deal of talent is lo.,t in the
world for the want of little courage
Every day sends to the grave number
of obscure men, who have only re-
mained in obscurity because their timid'
ity has prevented them from maxi 'Dg
first effort, and who, if they could have
been induced to begin, would in al
probability have gone great lengths II
fame. Tho fact is, to do anything I
the world, worth doing we must not
stand back shivering and thinking Of
the cold and the danger, but just jump
in and scramble through as well as we
can. 1t will not do to be perfectly cal
culating risks and adjusting nice
chances. 1t did very we'll long before
the food, where man could support
his friends upon an intended publica-
ton fora hundred and fifty years, and
then live to see its success afterward.
But at present a man waits and doubts,
and hesitates and consults his brother,
and his uncle, and his particular friends,
until one day be finds he is sixty years
of age then he has lost so much time
in consulting his first cousin and par
ticular friends, that be has no time to
follow their advice.
Year: 1878

The value, to a young lady, of a
copious, elegant, and expressive vocab~
ulary, can hardly be overestimated. !.
Were she never to use the pen in epis-
tolary OF rhetorical composition, the
beauty and charm of cultivated con-
vcrsation would be a power that would
add to her influence among intelligent
persons more than all tho jewels ever
worn. Add to this the fact that wo-
mans tongue is her principal weapon,
next to her eye. at least--in appeal and
menace, 10 raillery and scorn, in love
and guidance, in song and prayer, what
is there to equal woman's speech ?


While nature does much, reading
and writing do more in cultivating
Auency and felicity Of speech. Read
the best English, and avoid the cheap
and sensational literature of the day.
Avoid vulgarity and slang in conver-
sation. Use the same care in purity
of language while talking familiarly in
private, that is taken in public speech.
But the best training is heart training
Here, as in oratory, it is out of the
abundance of the heart that the mouth
speaketh. IF law of kindness !, Is
within the heart, there will be "mllk
| and honey on the tongue"
Year: 1878

The nest of the tarantula occasions
ally found, excites the admiration
of both old and young, and, indesd,
nothing could be more ingeniously con-
trived. 1t is, q subterrancan house
about the size and shape ORA coooanut
of medium growth, and is made of
small pebbles and grains Of sand glued
together with some viscid matter. It's
interior is lined with silky material as
fine and white as! satin. Just at the
surface Of the ground is circnlar
opening nearly an inch in diameter.
This lid is lined with the same silken
stuff as the nest proper, and at one side
has hinge made Of many strands Of
the same. This door the tarantula can
open and close at pleasure. When the
lid is closed it is impossible TO find tho
nest as owing to the sand ard gravel
on its upper side it presents the same
appearance as the surrounding ground,
from which were gathered the materials
of which it was constructed Virginia
City (Nev Enterprise.
Year: 1878

A story Of genuine romance in real
life comes from Maysville, Ohio. A
promising young man Of the place, son
of one Of its most esteemed merchants,
was engaged to be soon married to q
beautiful young lady, who, a few days
before the day set for the wedding,
was taken sick and died. Her bereaved
lover was inconsolable, and he resolved
to put an end to ohis life. He first wrote
this letter to his parents i: "What have
I to live for 2 I often think of drinking
to drown my troubles, but that would not
be showing respect to the one so dearly
loved. Rather than to become drunk
ard, will end it all by dose Of prussic
acid. My last wish. is that / be buried
next to Dora, aud that :wo monuments
be erected over our graves, to cost not
less than $780," Then proceeding to
the room Of his late betrothed, he threw
himself upon her dcath.bed, swallowed
the drug and breathed his Inst. He was
buried beside her in the cemetery, and
monument will be erected according
to.his wish. r T EuO =
Year: 1878

Romance Of a Poor Young Man.


A poor young clerk in San Francisco
read beautiful and affecting story Of
how another young man similarly SIT.
.uated, was once applied to fol. aims BY "a
miserable old beggar, and when he bad
given the beggar all he had, the latter
threw off his disguise and revealed the
kind youths rich uncle, who immedi-
ately fell on his neck and wept, and
efterward left him countless gold.


Our poor yourg man was much
touched by this legend, 80 he quietly
left the paper where the senior partner,
who was his rich old uncle, could see
it, and then laid in wait for q beggar.
The very next day one came into the
store, and as soon as be started on his
sad story the young nan burst into
tears, hended the man all the money he
possessed, an oroide watch, and ev zen
pressed upon him another clerks new
ulster that was lying on the counter.


When the beggar was gone, the ben,
evolent young man turned to haze bis
uncle, who was watching the whole
proceeding, fall upon his neck. Instead
Of this, the capitalist fell upon his back,
with great vigor. He kicked the
philantbropist out, with harsh remark
that he didn't want any such blamed
fool about his establishment. And now
the disappointed victim of 70 nance il
carrying clothing store sign around
and wondering what good it does thes,
story writers to put up jobs on man.
kind.
Year: 1878

and the same, and. that the child he had
stolen for revenge was the girl who
bore the name of Ruth Delmar. &c
had given the bracelet to Ruth, and
told her it was her. mothers. .


As Judge Morris paused, Ruth
raised her lustrous eyes. which had
been hidden on my shoulder, aud then
with one thrilling cry, as If unable tc
be parted longer, the newly found pa
rent and child were claspod in each
others arms. -.


Ruth did not 20 back to school. but
went to her fathers home. There
after little while, Howard went, too
Judge Morris could cot consent to lei
his new found daughter leave him, and
tho young couple agreed to iaake his
home theirs. I
Year: 1878

Among the young ladies who sat at
the recsirt of customs in o Western
church fair, and retailed kisses at the
nominal value of ten cents each, was a
vinegar-visaged old maid, who had
crowded herself in on the gauzy pre-
tence that she felt it her duty to do her
share towards helping along the good
cause. When it came time for closing
the young ladies turned over to the
church treasury from five to ten dollars
apiece, while the ancient female handed
in solitary dime, the value Of one kiss
that she received from blind man,
whose taste was 60 vitiated by tobacco
chewing that he was unable to detect
the imposition. on.-DaaviQe Ne'os.
Year: 1878

Truth must be told, though other
hearts ache. The boy who was sent uT
from the Cehtrel Station court two
wrecks ago for Bijah to wrestle with.
and who, after being soundly spanked
and talked to in a fatherly manner
seemed on the high road to moral re-
formation is no longer to. be seen
around the Twentieth street station.


Was he drowned in barrel


p. Did he fall upon his head


Did he 60 to sleep in tranquil state


And wake up cold and dead?


Nothing of the kind. He laid his
plans to work under BJah's good ma
ture, and be succeeded. He picked up
education so rapidly that ha could spell
"cat and "pig" inside of two days
and before the third day he could tell
the difference between Lake Erie and a
brickyard. He needed no more spank
ing, and Bijah gradually allowed him
self TO become delighted. He laid in
gum, peanuts, plums and new spelling
book, and left the boy in the parlor
while he went out to gather a.few early
autumn leaves fer a widow woman with
her shoulder out of Joint. Returning
hcme after three hours absence, the
old man almost tainted aSay as ne
opened the door. The glass tves had
been removed from the iDdia~ruber Cat
and stuck to the table leg; the engraving $
of Yosemite Valley had been touched
up with red ink; the autograph Of the
Gar of Russia had been enlarged with
crayon, and the lounge stood on lite
head in the center of the room in the
most humble attitude. The. boy was
nowhere to be seen. Bijah rushed in
and looked for him behind the doors,
in the corners, in his table drawers and
spectacle. case. but the reformed youth
had dropped from the window and gone
on his selected route through the great
mod ,ro.l5
Year: 1878

A four year old child in this city a. day or
two ago, was in bad humor while ibis mo-
ther was putting him to bed. She bsgan to
sing the Ninety and nine,t to quiet him, when
looking up through his tears he said. "T
wish they would fnd that sheep.
Year: 1878

The FIRE this morning about 2 O'Clock va
caused by a slight fire in Fishers saloon on
Shipley Street above Front. The Washing
t)n had their hose laid, but the Fame was the
only one that had on stream.
Year: 1878

Here is a Baltimore tramp's tale "At
Perryville | went to house with brick
in ny hand, and asked the lady if She
would please he 50 kind as to but some
butter on it, The request excited her
curiosity, and She asked: Why do YOU
want to put butter on a brick" / told
her was gong to eat it. Surely She
said, YOU are not 50 hungry as to eat a
buttered brick Come into the house
and viii give YOU food. bagged a
square meal for which had set so slick
a trap. In the western section of the
State | asked for something to eat at a
house and was refused. | then begged for
looking glass, which aroused curiosity
to know what | would do with the mirror.
replied, i want to see myself starving
to death. They then gave me what i
wanted
Year: 1878

When the owner of little house in Cleveland
went to collect the rent he found that the tenant
had put it on wheels and moved it away. The
landlord fingered about the premises two days


with the expectation of seeing the tenant return
tor the cellar-bnt he didn't. [Norristown Herald
Year: 1878

COUNTRY SoUNDS.-Sometimes one is
conscious of a sound impossible to locate
or define. 1t is delicate murmur, which
seems to come from nowhere in particular,
but which is us unmistakable as the more
blatant noises that smite the ear. 1t comes
from multitude of sources, and is recog-
nizable only in II peculiar stiffness Of the
atmosphere. This tissue or gossamer is
the nearest to fine hearing that we morlas
ever get, and it sets one thinking of what
George Eliot calls 1.-THE roar that lies on
the other side of silence


Almost any time in the country the noise
of a hammer driving nails can be heard !;


it is II thrifty sound, suggesting well kept
fences and gates, carefully mended farm
implements and things generally kept in
repair. The farmer whose hammer is
bright with frequent use, is likely to have
fertile fields, and to make good show of
vegetables and stock at the agricultural
fair. In the fall when the barns are full
of hay and grain, the music of the fails
like military march The wood choppers
AK is not nearly SO musical an instrument; ;
but in bright, frosty weather it makes n
clear, ringing sound on the bare hill sides
There is in endless fascination in waiting
for the report to reach the ear after the
eye has seen the blow fall. In the distance
it seems to play kind of game tag in
which the sound never succeeds in quite
catching up with The ax.


When big tree falls in the forest the
whole neighborhood is reused by the up
roar. One fances how it must alarm the
thousands of quick-eared creatures in the
woods. | remember the fall of tree at
night-fll of an early winter day. The
place was one where nature was in her
widest mood, which the road running
past only emphasized. 1t was as if II dozen
mighty temples had fallen together in a
huge shapeless mass; vast unhewn rocks
hung beetling over their sides, their lodges
hardly affording nutriment enough for a
stunted pine TO take root in. The rude
majesty of the place almost stopped the
breath. A tiny fall of water tumbled
down between the rocks, paused at their
foot in IL natural basin, and crossed the
road into IL ditch. Across the fields was
long curvlng line of rugged hills closing
up the view north and south. The west.
ern horizon was,an intense clear gold and
Year: 1878

CuoATE's IRoNY.-Nobody at the bar
ever equaled him in paying ironical COM
pliments to the Judges who blocked his
way to the hearts and understandings of
the iuries. Judge Shaw was specially
noted for the gruff wny in which he inter
posed such obstacles, and Shaw's depth of
legal learning was not more conspicuous
than his force OF character. "Tisnt so,
Mr., Choate," was frequent interruption
when Shaw was on the bench and Choate
was arguing case before him. Choate's
idle remarks on the judge have passed
into stereotyped jokes at the bar and are
now somewhat venerable. One is, think
not commonly stated in the exact words.
81 always approach Judge Shaw" he
said, las a savage approaches his fetch,
knowing that he is ugly, but feeling that
he is great" OF Judge Story he once
remarked, " never heard him pronounce
Judgment in which he did not argue the
case better than the counsel on either side;
and for which, " he added, with twinkle
in his eye, she might very properly have
been impcached." He delighted in grave
ly joking with a judge. Thus he once
asked that case might be postponed,
owing to his engagement in another court.
The Judge replied that the case was one
in which he might write out his argument.
With mock solemnity, which it always
seemed to me no countenance could so
readily assume, he replied, :" write well
YOUR honor, but slowly" AS his hand
writing resembled the tracks of wildcats,


with their claws dipped in ink, madly
dashing over the surface of a folio sheet
of white paper, the assembled bar could


not restrain their laughter. Indeed, it is
affirmed that he could not decipher his
own handwriting after case was conclud-
ed, and had to call in experts to explain it


to himself. He congratulated himself on


the fact that if he failed to get living at


the bar, he could still go TO China and sup


port himself by his pen; that is, by decor


ating tea chests.-Edwin p. nipple, in


Harpers' Magazine for NoUember.
Year: 1878

PLEASURES OF TIE STANDARDIZATION
Hall describes one of his Sundays Such
are my common days; but Gods day calls
for another respect. The same sun arises
on this day, and enightens it; yet because
the sun of righteousness arose upon it, and
gave new life to the world in it, and
drew the strength OF Gods moral precepts
upon it, therefore do we justly sing with
the psalmist: This is the day which the
Lord hath made!" Now | forget the
world and, in IL sort, myself, and deal
with my wonted thoughts us great men do
who, at some times of their privacy, forbid
the access of all suilors. Prayer, mcdita-
tion. reading, hearing, preaching, singing,
good conferences, are the business Of this
day, which dare not bestow on any work
or pleasure but heavenly. | hate super
stiton on tho one side, and looseness on
the other; but find it hard to offend in
too much devotion, easy in profaneness.
The whole week is sanctificd by this day;
and according to my care of this day is
blessing on the rest"
Year: 1878

NECESSITY OF LEISURE TO BUSINESS
MEN-" For the man of business, | hold
that along with the courage which makes
him refuse to do what he cannot do well,
there should be the element which is but
the spirit of order and courage combined,
of resoute reserve of leisure. 1t is II ne
cessity for every man Of business to have
II city of refuge, to have and guard jeal-
ously some period of each day which shall
be consecratel to leisure-lhe leisure of
books, OF of gentle society, or of nature,
or of worship. The last is essential the
others are grateful ends. In this shelter
he has chance TO set his watch by the
heavenly bodies, and when he issues forth,
into whptever thickct of men or affairs he
may plunge, he WILL ut amy rate, be him
self and not the slave of necessity.
dag afternoon for NOCemJer.
Year: 1878

For the information of those sanguine
people who appear to think that the
Democratic party will have a walk over at
the next elections, we copy the following
editorial from last Sundays New York
Sun as showing how the Republicans are
figuring on the probable result:


1t has been often said that as 90 the cleo
tions in the middle of Presid entail term
and especially the elections for the House
OF RepI esentatives, SO will go the next
election of q President The history of
the country for the last half century proves
that this rule rests on foundatiops of actual
fact; and let US, then, apply it to the
events of this present autumn, and see
where it will land Us in 1880.


In the following table we shall be guided
by the vote cast this fall for State officers,
wherever State tickets were run, and by
the vote on Congressman in the other
States. We shall append to each State
the number of electoral votes for President
and Vice President to which it is entitled.


The whole number of electoral votes is
369, and majority of them 1856. The
entire number of States is thirty eight.
They have al! recently voted, except Cali
fornia, which chooses its Congressman in
September Eext. The reeult stands as
follows:
Year: 1878

A represe ntative of the Enquirer met the
Hon. George III. Pendleton yesterday, and had
little talk with him about political affairs
that was more in the nature of friendly Chat
than an interview. The Senat Or elect was moi
| ut all cast down by the UNIV elooms news from
the Eastern elections, nor does he think that


the Ohio idea has been rebuked or defested
He inclires the opinion that the causes that
led to tie defeat of the Democracy in New
York and Pennsylvania were local in their ma.


ture. In New York Conklipg had been able to
mite the Republican party in his support and


bring to its aid the Democrats who were dis.


satisfied with Tammany aud its management.


In Penrs ylvania the Camerous had had to make


q life and death struggle, and they had won.


he sees nothing in the result that alters or


changes the general phase of political affairs


and he does not believe that it either indicates


or foreshadows the result in the next Presiden.


tial campaign He believes that the Democra.


tic party is stronger to-day tkan ever before.


and, TO his mind, an impartial analysis of the
the Republican party has been united the re.
suit has generally been in favor of the opposi
ton. Mr. Pendleton is firmly of the opinion
that the Democracy will elect the next Presi.
dent of the United States, because he is positive
that its next nominee will be q man of such
character that he will be able to unite and
bring to his snpport the solid vote Of the Dem
ocratc party and of all the elements who are
opposed to the Republican party. In concIn.
sion, he said the result of the late election aa
far as it affects Republican public men inpres-
more to the benefit of President Hayes than to
any one else, as it proves that under his admin.
istration the Republican party can be tho
roughly united.
Year: 1878

Quebec, Nor. l2-Fashionable society in
this citp is considerably scandalized over
an incident which occurred a night or two
ago at the Governor Generals residence at
the citadel. His Excelency Patrick
McDoagal. the Incumbent Of the vice regal
chair until the arrival of the MARQUIS of
Lorne, gave an official dinner followed by
dance, to which. number of leading
ladies aud gentlemen of the beet Quebec
society were invited. During waltz four
or five couples, including some of the
belles of the place, entangled themselves
in the agreeable maze of the Boston
reverse which, as danced in this Dominion,
does not always present the appearance of
q strictly high-toDed performance. The
General who, notwithstanding the esca-
pades told of his younger days, always
wears the air of stern discipline and strict
morality, at once instructed his aid
camp to request the couples above referred
to to change the programme. No sooner
was the order given than all the parties
concerned repaired to the cloak room and
dressed and disappeared. The matter
creates quite a sensation among the upper
ten.