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Year: 1877

Lying in the arms of those who loved bin, {
SO near US that the cries of our wounded must
have reached his ears, was the mortally
wounded general whose skill aud strength
had no match. While the white-faced dead
looked up to the torn and shattered forest
trees-uhile the wounded crawied here and
there in their awful sgony-while the living
looked into each others anxious faces and
wondered if another night would find any OF
US there, the lcgiops of Jackson were strange
IL silent Now and then came the sudden
boom Of some grest gun. sounding like
deem prosp of despair, bat there was hothipg
more to break the silence. While tneh rested
in line of battle, having the awful hoffors Of
war on every side, there, was one who gave
mn his life as be whispered: Let Us cross
over the river and rest under tho shade OF
the trees s-- e7F ss go go so
Year: 1877

We copy the following from the N. Y
Sun, written by one signing himself
"Quart a Day.:


am thirty-six years of age; have used
whiskey for twentyone years; for the last
years Of my drinking at least one quar- a
day, and frequently more. | drank all
day and a good deal of the night. came
to the same conclusion, viz: that no one
addicted to its use could quit. But after
Il terrible debauch, in sober moment, |
concluded that any man who yielded his
will power to drink was mentally weak.
| went to the Binghampton Asylum to get
sober; did so; came away, and have
never tasted a drop since. | frequently
smell Of it in the bottle to see which is the
stronger; always find my appetite de-
mands it. but | am on top. | set it aside
and 60 away, feeling myself each time
stronger. II belonged to forty churches,
| would never partake OF the Lords Sup
per so long as they offer alcohol as the
Blood Of Christ. Any man can stop if he
will say, ''No, Sir" to every enemy in the
guise of a friend who invites him to drink
At first | felt daily the craving; but in
stead Of going to q grog shop or drug
store, ] would start for home us fast us /
could walk, drink cup of coffee, eat a
few bites of bread, and return to my busi-
ness. That stopped the craving at once
Any man who says he can't quit, either
has no desire to do so or is so mbecile in
mind as to demand the immediate atten-
ton of his friends.
Year: 1877

The good old days are dead and gone :;
the rich coloring has faded out of the warp
and woof of the past. and yet we rejoice
that it is still true that a pretty woman
cannot ride by her lovers side through q
tunnel without emerging in hat that
looks as if it had been struck by lightning.
Year: 1877

When he invited her to marry him she
gazed into his face and tenderly inquired if
he knew what II costly thing he had asked
tor--a woman's life, woman's wondrous
love. -Four months after the wedding he
climbed through the scuttle on to the roof,
and when neighbor came with ladder
to take him down, he put it to him, as a
fellow creature, whether it wasn't mans
duty to run when woman rose up after
him with q hot tea kettle in her hand?
Year: 1877

BEET AND SUGAR MAKING. A cores
ppndclt writes asking what kind Of beets
- used for the manufacture of sugar, and
what the process is by which the sugar is
extracted. The variety OF beet is the
white imperial" In the process of sugar
making the beets are rasped and reduced
10 n pulp which passes into a rapidly re-
Volymg centrifugal machine which sepa-
rates the Juice from the pulp. The juice is
purified with lime, filtered through animal
charcoal and cvaporated to a proper con-
lStency and allowed to crystalize, after
which the whole is mixed together in the
form OF heavy molasses. The molasses
lS placed in rapidly revolving centrifu-
gal machine and the sugar is thrown Off
m the form Of first class article ready
lor the market Lewiston Journal.
Year: 1877

George Eliot says that the peculiar wav-
ing of the feelers of the common cockroach
are not indicative of derision or contempt,
but are the expressions of an earnest soul
vainly striving to grasp a vanishing ideal,
Year: 1877

REMEDY FOR THE PLANT LoUsE. SCOT
rs claimed by an English gardener to be a
rare remedy for the apltjS, or plant louise,
at the roots of plants. If used dry, the
SCOT should be put around the plant Just
before, or during Il rain. The better way,
is to put about peck of SCOT into five
gallons of water, and let it stand three or
four days, then use the water without dis
turbing the sediment. The water is to be
poured around the root Of the plant. care
being taken not to get the mixture on the
foliage If the 0Ihis is on the foliage, the
mixture can be reduced one-half, and be
applied with syringe. The best time to
apply this remedy is at night, after the
sun is down.
Year: 1877

10 KEEP PLANTS FROM FREEZING. A
sure method for keeping house plants
from freezing, except in the very coolest
weather, is to let a pail full of water sit
on the stand for the plants through the
night. The heat given out by the water
rs it lowers in temperature is sufficient to
protect the plants. In the same manner
vegetables and fruit can be kept from
freezing in the cellar.
Year: 1877

An Omaha livery-stable keeper
owned a fine lot Of coach dogs. These
dogs are white with black spots all
over them. and are noted for their
docile, not to say eowardly disposi-
tions. The dogs belonging to the liv-
ery-stable keeper, were beet on all
occasions by the other dogs in the
street, and as they were meek IN
spirit, were as easily overcome as a
lot Of sheep. The livery-stabIe man
stood this as long as be could, when
one day be found a large white bull
dog and it Immediately occurred to
him what TO do. He bought the dog,
took him 10 the stable, and there kept
him until be got thoroughly aequaint-
ed with the coach dogs. The bulldog
was sent to the barber shop, and
blaeB spots put on him, SO that he
looked like a veritable eoach-dog
with q somewhat short nose and
elongated lower jaw. The next time
the carriage was sent out, this model
coach dog went along. and the street
dogs went for him." thinking they
would have their usual sport and
victory but in this they were mis-
taken. The bulldog raced them
good deal more than halt way and
be made the hair and bark ay terri
bly. Since that time the coach dogs
have been left aloEe.
Year: 1877

upward and spread with great rapidly. He turned TO
assist M Sheppard, and with great difficulty be suo
eeeded in getting him out When NJ Sheppard wa fary
out Carter returned 10 the assistance Of woman who
calling for help At the 'front.' end OF the He got
her and she quite hinly clad gave her his
oyervost After reaching o hotel be found himself
severely bruised In several places.


In the great peril Of the hour rushed down t. the
Of the disaster ready to help In rescuins he


woman struggling for lfe and went 10 her assistance
lie carried her main force to solid Ice and then urged
Ly the cries Of the mother went back TO rescue her
daughter child of three four years The teacherous
wood in splnterng had caught the child In s grasp
and the fire completed the horrible work The man was
compelled TO 500 the child enveoped In nane and 70
hear her Help me, mother - ringing cut In an agony OF
death In moment she lost, swept up BY the SHARP
tongue Of fire. while the mother In helpless agony feu
In deadly swOon.


There on board family named Bennett on its
way from New-York State TO Jefferson. Ashtabula
County The father and mother got out OF the wreck
aud the children only saved by being tossed from
the OF another over the pile of burning
wood. One OF the four children seriously injured
and all slightly scratched. Saturday morning the
mother gave birth 70 child the event being hHstened
by the excite nent she had undergone.
Year: 1877

1 T can be cured. There is no doubt about it. The
! immediate relief afforded by SANFoRD's RADICAL
CURE FOR CATARRH is but slight evidence of
what may follow persistent of this remedy


The hard, incrusted matter that has lodged in the
nasal passages is removed with few applications
the liberation and Inflammation subdued and
healed; the entire membranous Innings of the head
are cleansed and purified. Constitutionally its
action is that of q powerful purifying agent, de-


stroying in its course through the system the acid
poison the destructive agent catarrhal diseases
Year: 1877

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

petition to which they are sub- jected, and that their future will

 be still more deplorable if that

 competition shall be continued.

 The Chinamen have no intention

 of becoming permanent citizens.

 and most of them return home in

 a few years carrying with them

 the larger portion of the wages

 they have earned, and the fact

 that they spend so little excites

 the opposition to them of the small

 traders who lose the benefit of the custom of the white mechanics and laborers whom they displace.

 Men who employ labor are realiz- ing the dangers due to their pres ence, and are less willing than heretofore to give them work, and the great Chinese companies are taking steps to secure the emigra. tion of mary of them to the Sand Wich Islands, Central America and Peru. This will give relief to the labor market, and as more employment shall be offered to white labor, the dangers due to the enforced idleness of such large numbers OfpeOple will be removed.
Year: 1877

The Chinese question is now at

 tracting more attention than usua

 in California, and the hostility tC

 the Chinamen is no longer con.

 fined to the" "hoOdlum's," who arc

 naturally their enemies. It has

 heretofore been \ urged by tiio5e

 who have welcomed them as i'm

 migrants that they would in time

 be elevated to the condition of the

 white workingmen, but it is now

 realized that the danger is great

 that they will drag those with

 whom they are or may be compet-

 itOrs down to their own degladed level. They have reduced the rate of wages so low that in some de-

 partments of industry they have

 the field to themselves, and will epiny the monopoly until white

 ,:sea and women are found who will work at the wages that are satisfactory to them, and upon which they can live because they have no families to support, while their personal expenses are small. The boys and girls in the cities and larger towns of California are growing up in idleness because there is no employment, and the result upon their manners and morals is exciting alarm in quar- ters where opposition to Chinese labor has heretofore been little known. The pernicious example of the Chinaman, and the idleness which is caused by their competi- tiOn, are so rapidly adding to the classes of both sexes as to the future welfare of the State; and if the influx of these Orientals continues California will lose all it's respectable white work ingmen and WOrkingWOmen who are able 10 get away. The recent disturbances at San Francisco were the more dangerous because the | nObs had, to a large extent, the 1 sympathy of the working people who feel that their present suffer-

 ng condition is due to the com
Year: 1877

THE death of Brigham Young

 will have a more powerful efta,.I

 in solving the Mormon problem

 than any event that could have

 happened we have always look

 ed upon Brigham Young as one of

 the greatest men of our time.

 When we consider what he has

 actually accomplished, and the

 circumstances under which he has

 accomplished it, there is no man

 outside of sacred history who sur

 passes him in the true elements of

 greatness. The morality of his

 work is another thing; but as to

 the work itself, it is the most

 wonderful in the page of history.

 Gathering together a handful of

 people after the bloody affair at

 NauvOO, he led them into the

 wilderness, like another Moses,

 and planted a cOlonyand religion

 which, under his able care, have

 grown to wonderful proportions.

 With the sagacity of all successful

 founders of empires, he made su- perstitiOn the Sub-structure of his power and on that he erected polity which has successfully de- fled the strongest government on this continent, either to curtail his dominion over it or to stem the growth of his sect. He doubtless had able men to assist him, for a 1 leader of Brigham's sagacity al-

 ways knows how to select his lieutenants. But he was always himself the keystone to the great | Mormon arch. So closely had he | interwOven his own identity into 1 his religious and civil politics that to think of MOrmOniSm without Brigham is almost an impossibil- ity. With thatpeople his will has been supreme. No deSpot sur- rounded by yall the real elements of power ever held his subjects in more abject sway than he held his Mormon proselytes. His authority over them was unquestiOned and unquestiOnaDle, and we believe that the unity of the Mormon peO- 1 pie would long since have been shattered had it not been for the 1 great man at their head. It is l hardly possible that there should be one among his bishops fit to , wear the mantle of Elijah, and ( without such an one the system, whose coherency was due to the lead President, must vanish. The I sect will now, in all probability, g ;plit in pieces, and the united Mor- C non church, with it's great cohe- 2 i've power will pass away forever. -[Los Angeles Express. If
Year: 1877

YELLOW FEVER DISAPPEARING FROM
FLORIDA-The highest medical authority
in Jacksonville, Fla, announces that there
ere not over six cases OF yellow fever i'm that
city, and that The city is in better condition
as regards sickness than for several DAYS
past. The cases on hand are of a light typ.
and confined TO a western suburb. There are
20 fears Of an epidemic unless there should
be an unusually long spell OF warm weather.
The weather last ight was cooler than yes
terday morning. and q light frost would
Obliterate the traces of fever. There Is not a
case of fever at EerDaudina
Year: 1877

A PRIZE FIGHT-A prize fight took place
In a private room In New York on Wednes-
day evening between VIM. T.. Mcclellan aud
Harry Hicken, OF Philadelphia, for a purse
OfS5Oo. Mcclellan had the best OF the fl ght
throughout, but after lighting forty-fve min
u!es both men were used up. II had been
mutually agreed that the men should only
fight one hour At the expiration of that
time many of the spectators being disgusted
with the brutal aflair the referee declared
thH contest q draw
Year: 1877

THE COMMITTEE on Ways and Means will
report no bill affecting the existing law with
reference TO taxation and revenue at the pre-
sent special session, but during the reces
VIII perfect bill contemplating a general
next,
Year: 1877

Gov Vance the newly elected govern
or Of North Carolina, was inaugurated
on the lst inst His inaugural has the
ring of the true metal, and will no doubt
find ready response in every Southern
heart. Alluding to national affairs he
said IL conceive our situation to be
critical in the extreme. Our only reli.
ance now is upon the moderation and
patriotism of congress. Ii the represcn-
tatives of the people and of the states
shall not be able to make peaceable and
constitutional solution of the difficulty
in which the country now finds itself aud
there should be attempts, as threatened,
to prevent the Inauguration of the candi,
dates fairly elected, one OF two thing will
happen. Either the majority of the A.,
merican people will quietly submit to a
great wrong, involving the destruction of
the constitution, or there will be resort
to violence. Let us look things in the
face. The circumstances OF North Car.
olina as well as the Southern states gen
orally imperatively demand that she
should not he forward in this matter


More than all things else, except good
government, we need peace. In common
with constitutional purity in the North,
we think we have fairly elected our can
didate for president. Upon that party
and not upon ourseles devolves the pro.
pricty and the duty of taking the needed
steps towards securing the rights Of the
majority, but let it not be supposed that
we are indifferent to their action, or de-
cline to come to the front because less
entitled to do so than others


Blasted as we have been by the desc
lation of war, purged Of rashness by the
fires Of revolution, and sobered both bv
public calamity and private sorrow as
VIC have been, we yet cherish the love
Of liberty in our hearts. As the mouth
piece Of more than million people,
believe l can with propriety say for them
that North Carolina may confidently be
relied upon to sustain that portion OF
the people of the United States which
shall convince us that it is struggling for
the constitution, the laws and public JUS
tice, which are the lie and the soul OF
the American Union On tie one hand
we do not wish it to be understood that
we are ready and willing to embark IN
revolution, nor on the other that we are
willing to quietly submit to any outrage
that physical torce, directed by party
zeal, may see fiji to impose, the one course
tending to provoke violence and the 9th.
er to invite oppression. We wish it un-
derstood that VIC will follow the lead of
the constitutional men of the North.
Show us the law and it sufliceth us.
Year: 1877

Happening, last night, to step in at
DR.. Bonrland's, for few moments con-
versation with that gentleman, we were
agreeably surprised. in two ways; first,
the presence of our good friend, D l..
Bourland, and his pretty bride-and an
old and much esteemed friend-whom
we thought had left on the morning train.
Second, had the pleasure Of listening to
the music of our amateur string band,
the members Of which had met there to
practice. 1t is great source Of happi'
ness to us to be made SO pleasurably
aware of the existence in our town of as
good an amateur string band as can be
found in the tate. We hope it will be
given such substantial encouragement as
will constitute it permanent institution
of our town.
Year: 1877

The question, do we eat too much in
summer, ia being discussed. The Phila,
deIphia Ledger thinks we do, and believes
the great mistake in summer diet ia that
It does not take the place Of the winter
bill OF fare, as II should. The habit OF
most people is simply to add summer lux
ures to the winter diet thus imposing ad.
ditional labor on the digestive organs
which in reality they are leSs able 10 per.
form than In winter. There is doubtless
logic in lllS, but as rule the consump.
tion Of flesh ia much less in summer than
In winter for the reason that the appetite
does not crave it SO keenIy. Overlooking
the stomach at any season Of the year is
injurious to health, and especially SO in
hot weather when the digestive organs
are In relaxed and Ecmi.torpid condi.
tion, and disinclined to perform any ex.
ira amount OF labor. A Apurely vegetable
diet during the summer months might be
beat adapted to the constitutions Of many
persons, but there are others whose
physical condition absolutely requires a
iudicious blending Of winter and summer
fare.
Year: 1877

A mas meeting was held at Deadwood
City on Saturday, which adopted memor.
ial 10 Congress asking for the establish.
meot Of a new territory, to be composed Of
the Black Hills region and to be called
Lincoln. In view of the rapid settlemen,
Of that interesting portion Of the national
domain the request is not unreasonable
1t il reported that from forty to six,y
thousand people will probably be attracted
to the new land Of adventure, gold digging
and frontier excitement during the presen,
summer and while many of the pioneers
will doubtless be glad to return to more
congenial homes next fall, a sufficient mum.
Der will remain to form the nucleus
Of permanent settlement. Already three
or four routes leading to Deadwood from
various directions have been opened bv
which the journey to that city can be made
with only a few hundred miles Of wagon
stage coach, or foot travel, as RAILWAYS and
routes navigable by steamboats, environ the
new Eldorado.
Year: 1877

TIE Baltimore Sun says there does no,
.pussr to be any doubt any longer that
The dissatisfied Radical Republican politi-
clans have fully determined to enter upon
. contest with President Hayes, aad to
make . determined fight against the sue
ces Of his Southern policy. The element.
Of opposition which have been kept below
the surface and not exposed to public gaze
have become crystalized, and now appears
70 be IN organized body within the Repub-
lican ranks ready to take issue With the
President and to wrest away from him the
coutrel Of the party whose standard-bearer
he was six months ago. 1t is thepurpose
ofthese men to stir up the political pas
sions Of the members Of the Republican
party, if that be possible, to the extent Of
repudiating the policy entered upon b.
the new administration. They say they
have counted the cost, and they. do no.
believe the mass Of Republicans outside
the metropolitan cities approve of the de-
seston Of Chamberlain and Packard by
the Administration, but on the contrary,
will condemn it in severe terms.


According to the statements Of the 1aen in
sympathy with this movement against the
President Senator Blaine is expected to
lead the revolt aided by a number Of
prominent radicals of the most extreme
type. The assertion is made openly tha.
within twenty days after the extra session
10 convened one. half Of the Republican
members in the Hous. will .be found ar.
rayed against the Administration unless
the President resorts to yery liberal
use OF Patronage and gives the members
all the appointments they may request.
II he does this he will have to violate
his civil service theories, in which event
the independent Republican press is e1-
pected to howl vigorously and to denounce
him. Senator Blaine i. expected to con-
suit with his followers over the situation
and to lay down programme for action
until Congress meets. Packard will, it is
said, be advised to hold on, no matter wha,
terms the commission may make With the
Democrats in Louisiana, until the leader
In the revolt can have an opportunity q
making an open attack in Congress. and
arouse the Republicans in the country to a
realization of the effect Of the Presidents
action.


These men say they have entered upon
their present course advisedly, and tha.
that there will be no backing down.