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Year: 1878

IRON bolts in wooden structures are al
ways attacked by rust, which diminishes
their size and loosens their hold. A simple
remedy is now discovered. Bolt holes are
coated with mixture of zinc filings
and grease The iron is thus galvanized
and preserved from oxidation. Ii is d
french invention
Year: 1878

Milwaukee, Aug. 9.-About six
O'Clock this morning Henry Vanryn
was found by his wife lying dead upon
his bedroom floor, with his throat cut
from ear to. ear. Vanryn had quar-
relied with his wife during the night,
and she states that about O'Clock this
morning, after truce had been de-
clared, she was awakened by a crush
ing blow upon the temple. She sprang
from bed and found her husband stand
ing before her with bar of iron. His
manner was SO threatening that she
fled down stairs, and while bathing her
head she heard a noise overhead as
someone falling. Ascending the stairs,
she discovered her husband lying upon
the floor in pool Of blood. Near at
hand was an open razor. Some are un-
willing to accept Mrs. Vanyrn's ver-
sion,
Year: 1878

MRS. VANRYN, of Milwaukee, had
evidently read of the tragic death of
Policeman Smith, of Jersey City. At
any rate she woke up yesterday MORN
ing and found her husband dead, with
his throat cut from ear to ear.
Year: 1878

Len Smiths tavern at Waltham used
to be, in days gone by, favorite stopping
place for the farmers who from further up
the road were accustomed to bring their
truck to Boston for market. Some Of
the knowing ones who we're a "little near"
would manage to get around just about
the time breakfart or dinner was nearly
over, and calling for "cold bite,' would
be seated at the table and for half the price
Of dinner would get as square" meal
as those who came early and paid full price.
One old chap, who got his dinners in this
manner for several months, and who was
never known to spend an unnecessary cent
in the house, was marked by the jolly
landlord for victim. On certain day
10 winter, when he was known to be COM
ing. boiled dinner was prepared and set
ont the night before to cool. Punctually
the next day "Barkis" put in appearance
and called for "coId bite" A goodly
plate full offrozen beef, potatoes, ETC., we're
set before him. The first dab at potato
with his fork sent that article flying across
the table, and turnip shied from under
his knife quite as rapidly. Feeling that he
had been caught, he worried though
thoughtfu|Iy and silently. Having fin
isbed his meal he walked up to the bar
(behind was the smiling landlord) to set
tie, and thus unbosomed himself: "Look
a here, Len, I've been stopping at yonr
tavern to fodder for the last three months,
and III be hanged if to-day amt the 6rst
time I've ever got what | called for."-
Boston Transcript.
Year: 1878

A FALSE ALARM.-A large congrega-
ton had assembled to hear stranger Of
some notoriety. Soon after he had intro.
duced his subject, the cry Of Fire! 6re'
tire!' in the street very much disturbed the
congregation, and many were about to re-
tire, when an elderly lay brother rose and
said: s-..


"If the congregation will be composed
l will step out and see if there is any fire
near and report"


The congregation became composed
and the minister proceeded. Taking ad.
vantage of the occurrence, he called atten.
Etion to a fire that would consume the
world IA fire that would burn forever in
the lake that is bottomless land had jnst
concluded sentence of terrible import
and not without manifest impression on
h;s audience, when voice from the Other
end Of the church, as if in fiat denial Of all
he had said, baw'ed ont:


"Its a false alarm! !"


The effect was ludicrous in the extreme
The old man returned; but the inopportune
res ponse spoiled the force Of the eloquent
appeal from the pulpit, and even th'
preacher could scarce refrain from joining
| 10 the universal smile that passed over th'
congregation. Hamilton Times.
Year: 1878

At certain mansion, notorious for its
scauty fare, gentleman was inquiring Of
the gardener about dog which be had
given to the laird some time before. The
gardener showed him a lank greyhound,
on which the gentleman said mo. no {;
the dog I gave your master was mastiff,
not & greyhound TO which the gardener
quietly answered Indeed, sir, ony dog
would soon be turned into greyhound if
it etoppit lang here" Ike .
Year: 1878

Parents in quest OF a irst-class school for their
daughters will do we'll to investigate the claims of this
celebrated Academy. For thoroughness in every de-
of femae education Mount de Chantal ranks
high Great attention is given to perfect
the pupils writing and speaking Frenchwith 1uenoy
For those sufficiently advanced, it s the language of
their recreation hours The purity of accent aed
rectuess of pronunciation acquired in this Instituton
have subject of surprise to the native Parisiau
The renown for the superiority of music is wide
spread to have made the A cademy almost national
one. One feature, in particular. that should recon-
mend Mount de Cbantal to the sensble parent IL the
exercised to form the pupils to views and hab
its of economy and to render them really practical and
useful of society in after years Simplicity in
dress is enforced by rule.


These facts united by the exceedingly moderate rates
of board and tuition ts2Co per annum) WILL we trust
secure to this school large and desirable patronage
ia the future as it has enjoyed in tho past.


For further particulars apply for prospectus to the
DTectress of Mount de Chantal Academy OF the Vista
ton, near Wheeling West Virginia. aulI 3m
Year: 1878

condemn him, and his only consolation
was to prostrate himself at the foot of the
crucifix, and implore the mercy of the
Eternal Father through the merits and
sufferipgs of His Son.
Year: 1878

Last Saturday We noted the arrival Of large
consignment of carpets at llULLS, promising 10
tell our readers all about il in few days. We
therefore went to look at the new arrivals on yes
terday and were shown pretty much everything.
1t is easy enough to look at them and enjoy the
pleasure attending the inspection Of so fine lot
of goods, and imagining how elegantly one could


fit the floors at least of the finest residence from
so extensive Il stock; but to attempt to describe
it all IS not so easy We presume tits possible to
paint with words an idea OF picture by Turner
his 'Nence' or the ''Slayc Ship but few can
see Turner in that. II is much the same in at
tempting to describe these carpets. We have
tried this before and failed. How mucn less then
should we succeed this year, when the display is
so much more elegant in every way The very
large hall is completely filled, such part as
is necessary for showing the goods. Roll after
roll Of elegant Brussels were shown, among them
being number of patterns of the East Lake"
style, now much in vogue, and designed, We be-
lieve, to match the new styles Of wall decoration
and furniture. 1t is an elegant and highly artis-
tic style; and is repeated in various ways in Brus
sells and ingraln5. Other styles of both are also
strongly represented. Then there are of course
the proper borders and stair carpets to match.
The entire stock is a superb one


In addition the stock contains splendid as
sortmcnt of those beautiful English crumb.cloths,
great variety Of rugs, mattings, oil cloths, etc.
In few days large line of curtains will be add
ed, when the stock will be complete and the
purchaser enabled to furnish his home, in this
line, complete without moving out this carpet
hall, We can only add that we never saw more
extensive or artistic stock in this city.


We arc assured that HULL can satisfy all us to
prices-ingrains running from Is cents per
yard up, ana Brussels from IS cents up-bcing
from 10 to 20 per cent less than last year sprces
and probably the bottom notch. We could sug-
gest that therefore this is most excellent time
to rccarpet your houses, and that no buyers can
afford to skip this most superior stocka HILLS.
Year: 1878

Scott Bros store j. ~ beautiful state. On
Thursday night the good, were moved from the
lower room to the second story. and on Yesterday
morning was begun the work Of tearing oil the
ceiling preparatory to putting on the corrugated
one to take lis place. In short time, no doubt,
the store will blossom out agan--a gem
Year: 1878

The Acamcdy of Sciences is in correspondence


with Prof. James ID. Butler Ii. d., of Madison,


Wis, with view to having that gentleman de
liver lecture or so in Ottawa in the near future,
The Professor is an active member of the State
Historical Society Of Wisconsin, chairman of the
'Prc- Historic committee, and author Of several
interesting and valuable historical essays. He
has been lecturing in Washington City and other
eastern cities where he has met with many fine


receptions. He has quite an extensive repertory
oflcctures on a variety of subjects but we believe


the society will have him talk about "Why the


French came to the Northwest" discourse on
the times Of the Frenchrule in the west. Should
the Professor come to Ottawa it is TO be hoped
that he will be greeted by a large audience, both
upon his own account and the Socicty's The
Society is now slightly in debt, but otherwise on
basis to take care of itself As the school chill
dpn especially are constantly using the Society
specimens, and the public generally have full
access 10 them at all times, this debt should be
cleared off to increase the Socicty's usefulness to
the utmost. \ few successful lectures would do
Year: 1878

1T is reported that Sunset Cox is to
retire from Congressional life at the
close Of his present term, and assume
the editorial management Of the New
York Star. Mr.. Cox has done very
well as a Congressman, but his success
as q journalist is somewhat doubtful.
Year: 1878

Ii Captain n. A. Gregory, on some
other practical farmer of Granville
county, would write and publish in
your invaluable paper. the particulars
of raising, handling and curing bright
tobacco, as now praCticed by the most
successful farmers IN that noted bright
tobacco section, many OF your readers
in this region who are tobacco grow
ers. would, doubtless, be much graft
fled as we'll as edited. This section
has only cultivated tobacco to any ex-
tent for few years past. Many Of
Of the beginners in its cultivation have
failed repeatedly in curing-made red
or dark leaf out of what should have
been bright with proper management
and skill IN curing. as twas uniform
in size. ripe, and we'll colored ON the
hill. These repeated failures in color
have disheartened many who, after
going through the heavy work and
expense OF building barns. have quit
in disgust and abandoned the cultiva-
ton Of the weed. as the price now Of
red and the nondescript grades is rJt-
inously low, and has been for two sea
sons past, and it is not profitable to
raise red tobacco on new ground and
freshly cleared land.


l especially desire to know the whole
process of 1ue curing as now generally
practiced by the most successful
bright tobacco farmers OF Granville
and adjoining counties. Describe the
flues, the construction and rice Of
the same, and the process Of curing,
s. that we mny have the benefit OF
your experience and practical know
ledge and thereby be enabled TO have
more of the beautiful, golden leaf in
the future than we have had in the
past. Much OF our soil is everything
that could be desired for the growth
OF bright tobacco. but our knowledge
of curing is wo4fu.ly deficient


7 H. 2.
Year: 1878

bic, and your mouth puckered with
sweetness. Nectar fingers on your
lips like honey on a bears paws, and
myriads Of unAedged kisses are there
ready to fly out and light somewhere
like young bluebirds out Of the pa
rent nest. Your laugh rings on my
ears like the wind.harp's strain, or
the bleat of a straylamb on the bleak
hillside. The dimples in your
cheeks are like bowers in beds Of
roses, or like hollows in cakes Of
homemade sugar. l am dying to
fly to your presence and pour out
the burning eloquonce of my love as
thrifty housewives pour out the hot
coffee. AS the song-bird hungers for
the light of the day, the cautious
mouse for the fresh bacon in the
trap; as a lean pup bankers after
new milk, SO l long for thee. If
these few remarks will enable you to
see the inside Of my soul, and me to
win your affections, l shall be as
happy as woodpecker in cherry
tree or a stage horse in green pas
ture. If you can not reciprocate my
thrilling passions, l will pine away
like a poisoned bedbug, and fall away
from the fiourishing vine of life an
untimely branch; and in the coming
years, when the shadow grows long
from the hills and the philosophic
frog sings his evening hymn, you,
happy in another's love, can come
and drop a tear and toss a clod upon
the last resting place of


JULIUS EXAMINoNDUs MUGeINs." !"
Year: 1878

They had discussion over at MliiGr' s. th'
other day, about bulls Mr. Miller said II wa,
nonsense to talk about a bull beng eNciteu
and made furious by red rag He sad ne
had an uglv-tempcrcd Devon bull over III lit
next field who would take it like Il lamb II
YOU should shake the flags of all nations IN
his face Dr. Robinson said that Miller dare
not try it, and then Miller bet Robinson INA,
he would. So Miller went into the mouse una
loaded himself up with red flannel uhucr'
shirt, and we all walked out to the ileld. Inc
bull was there, looking as calm as ii summer
morning. Miller climbed the fence and went
toward the animal, keeping the shirt behind
him. As he came close to the bull he sudden
ly produced the shirt and tlrtcd it in the bull
face. The beast jumped back yard or two
in astonishmcp;, and kept his eyes on Miller,
while Miller waved the old vcrmlion garment
vigorously. Then the bull shook his head
several times as if he declined to have any
thing 10 do with the business; and Miller
turned toward us and put his thumb to ms
nose and waggcd his fingers. While he was
making his Signal of victory, an idea seemed
to strike the bull He put his head down and
moved swiftly forward. Miller at first thought
there had been an earthquake He was hurled
up twenty feet, and, when he struck the ground
he made another ascension. Upon his descent
he thought he would run, Dut Il DcVoh Shoi'
horn was inserted in his trousers, and again he
went up high enough to take a bird 's-eve view
of the surrounding country. On the twenty.
fifth descent he fell on the other side OF the
fence from the bull, and we picked him up.
His clothes were in ribbons. His nose was
furled and bloody, and his mouth was full OF
grass and mud.


We asked him how he felt, but he Said moth
Ing We inquired concerning the condition
of his bones, but he made no reply We asked
if his views about bulls had undergone any
but he walked silently along. We
wanted to know how he enjoyed the scenery
the last time he was up, but he would not say.
He merely went into the house, filled up both
barrels of his gun with old nails and screws
and scraps Of iron, and then he went out to IN
terview that bull. The animal was corpse
in ten minutes, and then Miller peeled his un-
dcrshirt and went upstairs to bed.


We know what his views are now, although
he doesn't express them freely.--Nar -ideler,
Year: 1878

of this late concoction of tobacco. The force
of ingenuity could hardly go further and keep
inside the limits of absolute forgery. The
proprictors of famous antibilious pin in Lon
don recently gave Captain Burnaby, the author
of "A Ride to Khiva" no less a sum than tit,
teen hundred dollars for casual mention of
their pill and its effects on the bowels of the
Kahn of Bokhara, which, it is justice to Cap
tain Burnaby to say, he turned over to a local
charity. In most instances ii is probable that
the aliusion would be honest, but the fact that
such rewards can be obtained may stimulate a
new era of advertising as prefgurcd in Thack-
eray's essay, and the reader have to look ont
for snares in the pages of octave volumes, rs
he does now in the reading columns Of certain
npWsDaperS
Year: 1878

Peter llarvcy's "reminiscences OF Webster
give the following: An anecdote was related
by Mr.. Webster, in reference to his connection
with the celebrated Dartmouth College case,
in which the New Hampshire Legislature en-
deavored to interfere with the ancient char.
ter of that College; in which, it may not be
forgotten, Mr.. Webster triumphed, by the deci-
sion of the United States Supreme Court, con.
tirming the claim Of the college.


While engaged in this case Mr. Webster
told the president that, as the original charter
was granted and the endowment made by Lord
Dartmouth expressly for the purpose OF civil
iZinr and teaching the Indians, question
might arise on this point; and as no Indian
had been attached to the school for long pc
riod, it would be well for the president to go
into Canada and bring some OF the aborglnes
within the walls of the college, so that Jury
could not find that the charter had been abro
gated on that score.


Accordingly the president went, and found
three choice specimens, and brought them to
the brink of the river After some delay he
procured Il boat and began to ferry them
across, when the young Indians not precisely
understanding the reason for SO much kind
ness on the part of the president, and espying
the walls of the college on the bank, had not
only their wonder excited but grew suspicious
that if once within those walls, it might be
difficult to escape; whercupon the young In
dian at the bow of the boat cast Il significant
glance at his associates, gave the war whoop,
and quick as thought they all plunged into the
middle of the river, and swan for the shore.


Said Mr. Webster "The falling of the
walls of Jericho, or the sounding of the rams
horn could not have astonished Joshua more
than the unlocked for escapade OF the Indians
astonished the president. He halloocd, en-
treated, and tried TO explain all, but the In
dians kept directly on their course to the
shore, and made with all speed for the woods
the last president Wheclock ever saw or
heard of them. So Mr.. Webster had TO 30 ON
with the case without the Indians.
Year: 1878

Some one wisely undertakes TO tell how il
comes that girl cannot throw stone straight
in this wise:


1t was one of the first and most knotty phys
iological problems which presented itself to
our youthful mind-why our big sister when
she tried to throw a SNOWFALL at us, almost IN
varably sent ii carccning over the top of the
house, while we, in turn, could pop her in the
ear every time,


Now, the point OF difference between girls
throwing and a boys we found 10 be substan-
TALLY this: The boy crooked his elbow and
reached back with the upper part of his arm
at about right angles with the body, and the
forearm at an angle of forty-five degrees; the
direct act of throwing was accomplished by
bringing the arm back with sort of snap,
like the tail of snake or a whip lash, work
ing every joint from shoulder to wrist and
sometimes making your elbow sing as though
you had got "A whack ON the crazy bone. The
girl threw with her whole arm rigid; the boy
with his whole arm relaxed
Why this marked and unmistakabc differ.
ence existed we never learned until, at IA some,
what advanced period we dove into II book of
physiology, and learned that the claviclc, oI
Icolar-bone, in the anatomy of female Is
some inches longer and set some degrees lower
down than in the masculine frame. This
long, crooked, aNkNaiu DOne lntcflcrcs WllI
the full and free action of the shoulder and
that's the reason why Il girl can't throw {
stone.


The design of this sort of thing is still un
explained to our entire satisfaction. We have
developed pet theory of our own, however
that an all-wisc and bcncfcent Providence
foresecing that there would he rollingpIns ant
siove.hooks and potlids and hot water in tho
world set the woman's claviclc down hitCl
or two for the safety of the men.


It's lucky for all Of Us that women can
throw stones.
Year: 1878

MEN in debt and otherwise embar-
rassed want more greenbacks. Why?
Because they think it will help them.
But will it help them? Can they get
greenbacks without something the
world wants to exchange for them?
Have they any such something that
they cannot sell now for that coveted
grcenback promise to pay? Is there
any farmer in this state who cannot
find money in unlimited quantity for
the purchase of his wheat, hogs, and
other products? Does the farmer ex-
pect to get money except in exchange
for what he has to sell? Do debtors
hope to get greenbacks into their
pockets to pay debts with without
giving an equivalent in return for
tham?- Omaha Herald.
Year: 1878

r. A. GooDLIFFE is confined to his
room from the effects of fall, which
he received white putting up scenery
on the theatrical stage. Taking a
severe cold a day or two ago, it may
be several days before he will be out
again.
Year: 1878

AT Augusta, Ga, last night, Alexander
III. Stephens spoke to an immense audi
ence. He vindicated his course on the
Potter resolution by the logic of subse-
quent events, and declared that he could
not be ruled out of the party by political
tricksters. He said that if the coming
democratic convention failed to nominate
him he would appeal to the people. He
also said Hayes was doing more for the
people of the South than Tilden could
have done, and declared that he himself
would die in the temple of Jeffersonian
Democracy, free from the party lash and
caucus lasso.
Year: 1878

we are traveiing Ger lffe's road together,
~, My little wife and i
We are happy IN falr and stormy weather,


My little wife and L;
Inn reason why is very plain,


There's nothing queer about II;
enever give each other pain


When we car do without it.
We have toiled DER many a road most
dreary,


My little wife andI
But our hearts were light when our feet
were weary,


The reason why we journeyed on,
since hand In hand we started
we ne'er had seen the battle won
BY these who were faint hearted,
Though our home be plain, that never


My little wife and T.;
Though humble cot, right well IL pleases


My little wife and l.
The reason why we are content
We did not fear to labor
And tho in Toll our time is spent
We envy not our neighbor.
we never dream OF Ill for the morrow,
My little wife and L;
but 'aRe what may come, be IL 10y or


My little wife and L.
The reason why we do not fret,
And you'd do well to try IT.;
we ne'er have found person vet
Ihat was gamer by 1t.