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Year: 1877

The members of the Grand Army of the
Rcpubic in Baltimore have refused to do what
would seem to he graceful and soldiery
act. They have declined by large majority
to decorate a monument to Confederate dead
in testimony Of their bravery. If this Is merely
a churlish refusal to recognize the manllnesS
and courage of the Confederate soldiery,
it will be far from finding approval with the
mass of the men who fought on the Union
side. The first to forgive the men who wore
the Gray were the men who wore the Blue,
and we venture to predict that, on the coming
Decoration Day, Union dead and Confederate
dead will he alike remembered and hon0red,
even more gen rally than they have been be-
fore. These Baltimore gentlemen have Simply
succeeded in raising doubt whether they
fought in the war at all.


The annual attempt to place the railroads Of
this State under such supervision as has been
found SO advantageous in Massachusetts has
idst met It's annual defeat. The inspiration of
the opposition to the bill can hardly he in
doubt when Mr.. Alycrd, who has acknowledged
in debate during this session that he was IN
receipt of salary lor legal services from the
New-York Central Railroad led that Opposl-
ton But it IS an encouraging defeat, after
ell. As a rule, IN past years the bill has died
in committee; we remember no mStancc III
which IT has travelled as far as a third read
ing in open house. That it should have then
received 80 votes in spite Of the railroads
really affords hope for the future. Public
attention has been directed to the question,
and onc-fourth Of the members Of the Assembly
have been bold enough to stand by the
measure. he other fourth will come over IL
time.
Year: 1877

It pity that one Of Gen. Grants last acts be-
fore leaving the country should have been in the
line of his commoDest and most unfortunate mis-
takes He was all the while getting into difficulties
through Trusting 10 the questionable people who
hung about hun. This time he has been seduced
into the Grand Army of the Republic, just when
that organization seems TO be verging into
sort Of commission agency, whereby Mr.. Drake
DeKay may make a living. The General


should not have forgotten tho way the Grangers
ended, hastened to connect himself, now that he
is out of politics, with organization which, hav-
ing been purely political for some years, seems at
present deg,ncratng into something purely per
Year: 1877

1t is agreed on all hands that We have a remark
able Misunderstanding especially in its extremes
The Summer heat of yesterday and the day before
rising to so in the shade, brings fresh evidence to
bear on the point While otherwise there little
difference between the days, yesterday much
the clOudier of the two aud hence its high heat
a stranger circumstance. There is usually period
of sudden hot weather here in May, but rarely
much before the end Of the month. Another
remarkable feature of this " heated term
is that its showers scarcely cool the air at all Wei
come though they are, they very inadequatey sup
ply tho need of heavy rainfall 1t is not pleasant
To contemplate the possibility that Summer may
settle upon us this year without being preceded by
the usual soaking rains of Spring; in such case
there would be great injury to crops well as ser-
Gus discomfort TO humanity. But there is yet to be-
probably, an interval before the permanent advent
of Summer in which we can all have time to have
thin suits made. and perhaps may have use for our
umbrellas.
Year: 1877

1t WIN be good news for everybody inter
estod in the welfare of the public schools that
the Conference Committees a. Albany have
agreed to exempt the teachers from the control
of the Board of Apportionment. This makes
the schools independent, as they should be.
Year: 1877

1t was a pleasant incident of Gen. Grants
departure that the President and the ex-Pres-
ident should have exchanged such cordial dis
patches. For an ex-Prosident by the way,
Gen. Grant is proving unusually popular The
demonstration il his honor yesterday at Phila-
delpha was such as an actual President might
have been glad TO see. But Gen. Grant IS
the only ex-Prcsident we have, and we must
make the most Of him.
Year: 1877

One OF the most active and influential OF the
Pennsylvania Radical Republicans who was
in Washington yesterday, said that things
would soon be made very lively for the Presi-
dent He said that his side intended to fur
nish a good deal of fine campaign materials to
the Democrats in the States whete.electionS
are to come br this fall He said that litho-
graphic copies by the ton would be made OF
the letters written by Mr.. Hayes during tho
last eampaign, including the letters In which
he asked for money to carry ON the campaign
expenses, and also letters written by him en-
closing copies OF his photograph to people in
different palts'of the country. This gentle
man also said that the Radical Republicans


we're determined to probe the Louisiana mat
ter to The bottom. that they intended
to secure copy OF the agree
ment made between the Louisiana
conservatives on one side and Stanley Mat
thews and others acting for President Hayes
on the other side. This agreement was and
is still supposed TO be in the possession Of
Major Burke, who was here as the accredited
agent of the Nichols government.


Major Burke, while he was here and again
In New Orleans has boon frequently applied
to for copy Of this agreement, but he always
positively refused to say anything on the
subject. The Pennsylvania Radicals say that
they will now make him disclose what he
knows through the medium of q Congression-
al committee of investigation. A resolution
either intrusting this Investigation TO the
Committee on Privileges and Elections or
raising u special committee for the purpose


will be one OF the first things Offering in the
Senate
Year: 1877

correspondent of The st. Paul Pioneer
Press describes the use of gold dust Us cur
rency as the greatest nuisance Of the Black
skin sack and no matter what he buys, be 1t
a plug of tobacco for ten CENTS or an outfit
for several hundred dollars, he G1ust weigh
the amount out in dust. This is a vexatious
process, and of course it cannot be often re-
peated without u considerable per centage Of
waste. Gold is taken at eighteen dollars In
greenbacks, and all the heshopkeepers give two
prices. A movement is on foot to remedy this
evil by adding a considerable percentage to
the more - sensible miners m are are beainnina I to to
sell their dust as they bring it in, and do their
trading with paper money. Formerly there
was much risk in taking gold dust as it was
mixed with a material that it was impossible
to detect by any test except that of acid, and
few could spare the time to submit the dust to
that process. Now the dust is comparatively
clean and safe to handle.
Year: 1877

To rebuild the waste places left desolate by
the war will be the first cry and a Southern
an offset to this the restoration Of the for
feited land grant to the Northern Pacific will
be demanded, coupled with additional Gov
ernment aid to vast visionary undertaking.
Thus we have in the very beginning, log
character. The great question is, whether by
uniting the two projects votes enough can be
obtained to carry them through. The matter
will be canvassed beforehand, and will very
likely be determined in the organization Of
the House. The Administration, it seems to
be pretty well understood, will be in favor of
liberal appropriations. Can it gain votes
enough on this ground to place Republican
or some Southern Hayes Democrat in the
Speakers chair?
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, July lot may be promised
from the programme which the President has
marked out for summer jaunts that he calcul
gramme indicates a more extensive swinging
around the circle than Gen. Grant was in the
habit of taking for himself. But President
Hayes programme of travel is so arranged
that he will frequently be in Washington to
attend to public business. By this arrange
meet of his the anomaly will be avoided
which existed under the Grant administra-
tion of the heads of government being away
left in the hands of clerks.
Year: 1877

The Southern Democracy will remain
united They will be united In defense, not of
the man, but of the principle. They will stand
by Mr. Hayes, not because he is President
but because he is right. In honor they can do
no less. Mr. Hayes, in his action concerning
Louisiana and South Carolina, returned to the
paths from which President after President
had strayed. The South cannot, for her own
sake or the country's sake, allow him for that
reason to be stricken down. s.ss
Year: 1877

The London .SpCct0fDr says: In the
straits OF Malacca. the sea monster So
repeatedly seen, and SO repeatedly de-
clared to be mythical, appears at last to
have been carefully observed by COM
peteut witnesses. The creature was
seen by the passengers and crew OF the
ship Nestor, on her voyage to Shanghai,
aud OH her arrival at Shanghai the mas
ter OF the ship CMr. John Keller Web
ster) and the surgeon MIR. James An.
derson) made statutory declaration OF
what they had seen before magistrate,
as mode, We suppose, of formally at
testing that they spoke IN good faith.
The creature (Which resembled huge
salamander, only that instead OF beng
about six OF eight inches long, these d-
mensions must he multiplied by at least
seventy-fve or one hundred, the body
being from forty-fve to fifty feet in
length, the head twelve feet, and the
tail, it is said, no less than $50 feet) was
first seen at half-past ten on the eleventh
of September, fifteen miles northwest
of the North Sand lighthouse, in the
straits of Malacca. The weather was
fine, the sea smooth and the air perfectly
clear. The Chinese OH deck We're terri
bly, alarmed and set up howl. The
whole watch and three saloon passengers
saw the creature clearly, and observed
its movements. 1t travelled for long
time about as fast as the steamer, ap-
pearing to paddle itself by the help OF
"an undulatory motion Of its tail in a
vertical plane" The Body and tail were
marked as those of the salamander are
marked-with alternate bands, black and
pale yellow in color. "The head was
Immediately connected with the body,
without any indication of neck. Both
witnesses state positively that the only
resemblance was to some creature OF the
frog or newt kind, while one of them
(the surgeon) says that the longer he OBJ
served it the more he was struck with its
resemblance to gigantic salamander.
Its back was oval in form. No eyes or
fins were seen, and it did not blow or
spout in the manner OF whale. The
greater part of its head was never seen,
being beneath the surface. Probably
the creature is of race which survives
from that very different world in which
creatures Of gigantic size seem to have
been 80 much commoner than now.
There appears to be no manner OF reason
for doubling the very express evidence
so succinctly and soberly given.
Year: 1877

Olive Logan thus describes the apart
ments at Windsor Castle that were al
ways occupied by Prince Albert, and
have never been used since his death /:
The faithful servitor who points them
out saws that nothing has been touched
in them since the fatal fourteenth Of De-
cember, 1861, when the "blameless
prince" Quilted these scenes of earthly
glory to find, let us hope, even more de-
lightful ones among celestial spheres.
The princes hat and cane stand where he
last placed them; the book he was read
ing is open at the page where he left off;
the bed on which he slept and whereon
he died stands exactly as it did when he
breathed his last; an inscription at its
foot records the date of his birth and Of
his death. To come daily into these de-
serted rooms and see for herself that the
thouchtless hand of some servant has
not disturbed any of their pious arrange
ments; to gaze her fill on the vacant
couch, the unfinished book; even Git is
saidD to herself brush away any trace OF
dust which may have fallen within the
hour upon the cherished relics Of her
dead husband, is a duty scrupulously
performed by this exalted woman and
good wife each day when she is at Wind
s. ssor It may be that it is the reports OF
these truly wifely actions-which could
not degrade woman If she were queen
of heaven instead of empress of India
which have spread from lip to lip, and
formed basis for unfounded gossip
about the queens semi-lunicy concern
ing the prince. That she causes his
plate to be placed at all meals, talks to
him as if he were present, and other
things more shocking than these, are
ruaeSs wtthou. a grain OF truth sn shena
et kais saas or sosmeTlyG
Year: 1877

Popular Science Monthly gives Gupi
advice in regard to the prevention OF
colds. The mistake is often made Of
taking great care to put on extra wraps
and coats when preparing for outdoor
exercise. This is not at all necessary in
robust persons. Sufficient heat to pre-
vent al risk of chill is generated in the
body by exercise. The care should be
taken to retain sufficient clothing after
exercise, and when at rest, to prevent the
heat passing out of the body. Indeed,
persons very often catch chills from
throwing off extra clothing after exer-
else, or from sitting about in garments
the material Of which is not adapted to
prevent the radiation of heat from the
body.
Year: 1877

The artist came 10 her aid, and with
his critical gravity un;Gsturbed, though
his eyes were aGght with admiration fo.
his beautiful subject.


You are very right 10 distrnat tht
effect of dead gold. he said; "but. !
think, if You are not averse to the an
tique, I have something more appro-
PIRATE.


Slowly unlocking heavy chest, lie
brought out strange ebony casket, and
from its satin and sandal wood interior
he drew forth long string OF carved
amber beads. Miss Vasquel gave lit
tie cry of delight as she gathered. the
curious, shining things in her hands, and
slipped them through her delicate
fingers. She held them to her burning
cheeks. touched them with her scarlet
lips, whispered to them under her
breath, and then held them up between
her eyes and the one dim window, that
the sunbeams prisoned in them centuries
ago might meet the light once more.
The artist, dazed for moment by her
unexpected enthusiasm, soon recovered
himself and went at work. The sketch
grew in bold relief and delicate tint and
color, while the girls eyes questioned
of the amber rosary what its mystic
depths and brightness held of fate for
her and hers. Suddenly she gathered
the whole shimmering mass in her hands
again, and turning to the artist, asked
where he had found these wonderful
beads. 1t is no secret, he answered
"They were given me by my father.
Years ago, when I was lad Of fifteen,
he painted an English lady and her
child. The lady wore a costume some
what like yours, and when the faces were
done, she left the dress and ornaments
on lay figure, that the picture might
be made complete without her presence.
Many days my father waited for her, but
she came no more. So he turned the
picture with it's face to the wall, and
folded away the dress and ornaments III
yonder chest.


"May I see the picture 2" the girl
asked, with an eagerness she tried hard
to repress.


Doubtless" was the grave reply !;
and from huge pile of what looked like
rubbish, he drew out a canvas on which
the dust of years had settled.


Miss Vasquel gave one glance at the
two bright pictured faces, then puzzled
look at the artist.


eyes" he said, answering her eyes,
"my picture that you saw at the exhibit
ton was an old copy of this child face,
slightly retouched for the occasion.


"But my father must see these, she
murmured, and ghded away Like one in
dream.


Soon she came back with the stern,
silent man, and together they gazed
upon this strange reminder of lost, lost
life. Oh, beautiful face, SO fair and
bright, when the heart that vivifed it
lies cold and still in death. Oh, sunny
eyed babe, vanished Us utterly from the
earth, but living not less truly another
life.


Ah, well Senior Vasquel thinks luck
came back to him with the amber beads,
but the daughter thinks his heart grew
strong and warm when he found this
new proof of his young wife's 1--we and
constant thought for him.
Year: 1877

A Connecticut woman publish
es her husband as follows: "Ot
the four wives be had before me,
the last he quarreled away; how
the other three came by their
death he can best inform the pub
lie; but | caution all widows or
maidens against marrying him, be
their desire for matrimony ever
so strong"
Year: 1877

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crease of interest however, seems


to be marked and general, to be


accounted for solely as part


of the slow growth of national


culture. 1t is, l believe, due III


large measure to the wider dis
semination of the master works
of all ages which have followed,
and has been rendered possible


by, the Heliotype process of re-
production-the most important
discovery of its kind since that
of photography. BY this pro-
cess, the patents Of which rest


with the we'll known publishers,
James r. Osgood & Co., OF


Boston, superb line engrayings,
Ito all appearance, of the great
paintings of the world, are pro-
duced at a cost even below that
of the miserable cheap chromos,
which like a wave of destruc-
tion have flooded this country,
and which accomplish wonders
in the way of preventing pub
lie taste. The day of chromos,
however, is happily drawing to
a close; and under the educat-
ing influence of The Heliotype
and such other improved pro-
cesses as may yet come up to
assist in the good work, it is not
too much to hope that the APP
probation of art, now mostly
confined to the large cities, will
eventually become as universal
as the ability to read and write.


The war notes Of the week
here, are not very important.
The decreasing chances of an
early termination of hostilities
keep us on a sharp lookout for
the advantage the fight is ex-
pected to bring these coasts,
though the latter have not come
to hand very extensively yet,
except so far as the gun and re-
volver manufacturers are con-
cerned. The Russian fleet con-
tinues at its peaceful anchor
age in the Hudson, while the IL
lustriOus Grand Dukes keep OH
with their visiting and sight
seeing very much as though
their papa had not come to fis-
ticuffs with the Sublime Porte.
1t would seem to indicate rath-
er more filial devotion for the
boys to go home and help the
old man; though perhaps the
latter thinks he can handle that
little affair by himself-which l
guess he can.


An English steamer carry
ing 100000 worth of arms
for the Turkish government left
our port hastily the other night,
starting some hours ahead of
time in consequence of the dis
covery of a realor pretended
plot to seize the steamer and
run her into St. Petersburg,
concOcted by a band of despe-
radoes who had quietly secured
passage in the boat, but who
were left behind by the cap
tain's tactics.


1t will doubtless be of inter
est to your readers to learn that
the last of the great sewing ma
chine patents has just expired,
and that the time cannot be far
distant when the price of this
article Of domes-
tic economy will go down one,
half or more. The companies
have strained every nerve to, OBJ
tain further extensions but
without success; and now free
competition will commence the
work of bringing prices down
to reasonable figures.


RADIx.
Year: 1877

The London Examiner relates
the following anecdote of th'
late James Merry, the English
sportman, iron-master, million
aire and member Of Parliament


A fayorite pastime of our he.
TO, in his early days, was the
pitting of a dog against a badger
He and his chum in sport, who
became his partner in business,
procured a celebrated badger
that had never been drawn by
any dog. Some Edinburgh
sportsman, however, sent a chal-
lenge, and backed their dog a
gainst the badger for what in
those days was estimated a
heavy amount, the sum of five
hundred dollars.


The owners of the badger ac-
cepted the bet, and the fight
was to come off at Linlithgow,
halfway between Glasgow and
Edinburgh, on a certain day.
To the horror of our sportsman
and his chum the badger died,
and died on the day just before
the day on which the affair was
to come off. To one of them
the five hundred dollars was a
dead loss, but to the other
who knew there was a hope
even when the signs of life
were gone-therc was some
thing yet TO be done--as we
know we'll enough there always
is to them who have a heart for
any fate. So he took the dead
badger, placed him III the we'll
known box, proceeded TO the
trying-place, prepared if posi-
bic, to save if only portion Of
the money now forfeited.


On arriving at Linlithgow the
men of the 6efunct badger had
their hearts relieved by learning
that the dog men had come but
had not brought their dog with
them; the warrior, however,
would not fail to appear the
next day. This was accounted
an opportune moment by the
companion of our merry-heart-
ed hero to propose compro-
mise. The merry one bade his
friend keep his own counsel, or
wait to hear what the dog party
mightsay. They dined together.


The dog party began to hint
at drawing the bet, rather than
trying to draw the badger. A
kick under the table from his
friend intimated the anxiety he
felt to close at once with any
terms that might be offered.
That kick was responded to by
another still more vigorous.
Finally, the hackers of the dog
offered fifty dollars to cancel
the bet. Kicking was again
renewed, but our hero remained
firm, like Horatius, who kept the
bridge so well, steadfust still in
mind. 1t was at length agreed
that the dog party should Cor
felt three hundred and seventy
five dollars. The bank notes
were handed over and the mo-
mentous question was settled.


"I'm thinking we've got the
better O ye this time, Jamie; /;
our dawg's got the mango"


"I'm no sac sure about that" !"
replied the other; ''our badgers
dead"
Year: 1877

H Hayes has taken a great
liking to Wade Hampton, who seems
to reciprocate the good feeling.
HAYES seems to be conservative
enough, so far, to make a good
democrat in a short time. Well,
let him come over he's welcome
to a high back seat
Year: 1877

Thirteen years ago a negro bur-
glar shot man in a house in At.
lanta, Ga. The other day he
wrote from Kentucky inquiring
if the man died of the wound, and
his letter has led to his arrest for
the murder.
Year: 1877

We give the following, not be-
ing sufficiently informed to either
vouch for Or contradict it:


The Cleveland Leader prints
the following in relation to Gen.
Stonewall Jackson and his sister,
the statement being derived from
lady who was, previous to the
war, an inmate of the latter's fam
lily: "They were orphan children
aud were brought up together until
he went TO West Point. Like
most orphan children, they were
unusually attached to each other.
At later time she married and
settled in Beverly, where her
husband carried on a large farm
or plantation. Her brother, the
General, frequently visited her,
and during these visits he would
invariably go to the quarters Of the
slaves for the purpose of exhorting
them on the subject OF religion,
frequently this great soldier
would be seen on his knees in the
midst of the lowly children of AT
RIGA Offering earnest prayers for
their salvation. When the war
broke out this singular difference
between the affectionate brother
and sister transpired. One espous-
ed the cause of the South and be.
came the greatest Of all Confeder-
ate Generals, with a world wide
reputation for consummate mill.
tary ability, aud laid down his
life on the bloody field of Chan
cslIorsville. The sister, in spite
of the opposition of her brother,
uninhuenced by his brilliant a
chievment and the opposition of
her husband and relatives, sided

with the cause of the Union and
remained true to that cause to the
end of the war. So great was the
feeling engendered against her that
she eventually separated from her
husband and moved to Springfield,
Ohio, and resided with a daughter
who had married Union officer.
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