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Year: 1877

The EASTERN SITUATIoN.-There has


never, perhaps. been time since the


beginning Of The Russo-Turkish trou-


bles when the situation was more criti-


cal than it is just now. The confer


encs Of the representatives Of the great


powers at Constantinople accomplished


nothing, except 10 eliciting from Tur-


KEY the proclamation Of constitution


united ID the condition Of her people,


and pledges Of reform which she may


not Be able to fulfill The protocol re-
Gently signed BY the great powers, and


BY which Russia sought to detach them


from that support Of Turkey to which,


il certain contingencies, they had bound
themselves BY the treaty Of Paris,
really amounts to nothing but the ex-
preston OF desire for peace ard Of a
willingness on the part Of the Western
dienitaries to use their good Offices in
bringing It about. II abounds in :" ifs"
and a.buts, /" and is made too dependent
on contiugencies-such as peace beween
Turkey and Montenegro, and mutual
disarmament as between Russia and
Turkey-to be regarded as Of special
importance. although Russia fs already
attempting to give it an Interpretation
which, read BY the light Of Lord Derby's
addendun, lhe text will not bear We
think 1t may be conceded that the Czar
personally. as well as bis most astute
10 honestly ayerse to war.
II does not, however, follow necessarily
that Russia will disarm, or that she will
not after all take the initiative in draw
ing the sword. It does not follow for
the reason that the power Of the Gear
is not so absolute as some suppose. and
Is weakest Of all when it finds itself con-
the hereditary hatred Of the
Muscovite to the Turk. Moreover, bis
honor is now Too far engaged, and the
for war have been too con-
spicuous and on too large scale to en-
Year: 1877

At the first meeting session or the
Liverpool Geological Society, the re-
firing president delivered the annual
address. The subject was an interest
ing one. being calculation of the
amount OF solid matter removed an
nually from the surface of England and
Wales In solution in rain or river
water. The result of the calculations,
which were of an elaborate nature,
showed that it would take thirteen
thousand years to move in this man
ner one foot in depths of solid matter
over the entire surface of England and
Wales. This calculation was compar-
ed with others. AS throwing light
upon the age of sedimentary deposits,
calculations taken, together with the
amount of matter annually brought
down in river water in the form of
mud, are extremely interesting, and
the president deduced from that the
minimum amount of time which
must have elapsed since the sedimen-
tary rocks we know of were laid down
is, in round numbers. five hundred
million years, thus supporting the
views of Lyell, Hutton and other geo.
Iopisits as to the immense age Of the
world.
Year: 1877

The noctograph Is simple inven-
tion by means of which anyone may
write In the dark with ease, and Is
consequently blessing to those whose
eyes are overworked. 1t may be made
by a child. A board of smooth black
walnut, eleven inchesi In length by ten
inches in width, has upon 1t walnut
frame like o slate frame, somewhat
smaller than the board. Board and
frame are fastened together by small
hinges. From side to side of the
frame are stretched sixteen small brass
wires, and one can write between
them, the wires serving not to guide
the hand exactly. but to prevent the
running together of the lines. 1t Is
best to use ordinary soft paper and a
lead pencil. The paper is held In place
by the frame, which shuts down upon
the board as one side of double slate
shuts upon the other. True one may
acquire the habit of writing in the
dark without any such aid. but this
photograph sinplifies matters. There
are many who, from various causes,
find it impossible TO write by bright
light, and to them we recommend the
use of the noctograph.
Year: 1877

Take e quart of water and pour
slowly into 1t half pint of sulphuric
acid. The mixture will become quite
warm from chemical action. and this
Is the reason why the acid should be
poured slowly into the water rather
than the water into the acid. Wash
tbe mold board Tor any other iron
mat is rusty) with this weak acid.
and let &c remain on the iron until IL
evanorates. Then wash 1t again. The
object is to give the acid time 70 as
solye the rust. Then WASH with wa
ter. and you will see where the Wors.
spots are. Apply some more % aClo
and rub those spots with a brick. Inc
acid and the securing viii remove
most of the rust. Then wash tue
mold.board thoroughly with water 10
Year: 1877

remove all the acid, and rub it dry.
Brush &c over with petroleum or other
oil and let it be TIL spring. When
you go to blowing. take bottle of the
acid water TO the field with you and
apply it every bout to any spot OF
rust that may remain. The acid ana
the securing Of the earth Will soon
make it perfectly bright and smooth
If all iron work be washed over with
petroleum as soon as we put our Tools
indictments and machines aside ior
the winter, it keeps them from rust
ing, and saves great deal OF trouuie
and annoyance, to say nothing OF
depreciation and loss.
Year: 1877

While The Chicago Tribune is Republican
newspaper. and contributed much any other
in the United States to the success of its party II IS
always Independent and feerless in the expression
of IFS views and aims TO be right rather than paTti-
san: and while holding party high it holds the
hirhpr-
Year: 1877

But there are grave apprehensiOns that rufian-
w rayenous crowd OF Office-seekers may resort TO
lavless and violent means to inoace the deieatP0
candidate into the Office of Chief Magistrate. All
peace loving and law-ablGing men, irrespective OF
party must stand together in this crisis and crush
ont the incendlary demagogues who are threaten
ing TO light the torch OF inteTnecine war, which
would bring ruin and destruction upon the country.


The coming year promises 10 be the most event
f1l and exciting of any since the War. The IT'D
une will do everything in it's power to have the new
President peacefully and lawfully inaugurated. ano
to restore harmony asd confidence in the future.
Let us never dispair of the Republic.
Year: 1877

AS A LOCAL PAPER,
The publishers of THE ADVERTISER assduOuy and with
ming industry Without prejudice patiay for
against any particular desire the welfare of ALL and any
thing newspaper of the general prosperity
THE ADVERTISER willing but anxious to do Believing in


TOWN AND COUNTRY,
and prosperity depends less upon the other W"
can consistently the prosperity of ALL


A an evidence that give honest and
most and greatest matter possible we invite attention
comparison to quantity and quality Win
the matter daily we
ADVERTISER that the people WI"
the invested in it,
Year: 1877

While the balloon was filling at the
park yesterday, curious young man
made himself conspicuous for a #
season by asking rapid series of
close questions concerning the art of
air navigation. Having secured
from Taylor all the information pos
sible he accepted an invitation to seat
himself on a carboy from which the
acid had been emptied, axcept so
much as remained on the top. This
trifling remains of acid assimilated
itself rapidly with it. Then it took
hold of the skin and the young man
stood up. 1t bit again, and he glared
wildly around for an instant and
started for town. He did not wait
for any street car or bus, but he just
let himself out, and distanced every
one on the road. He seemed in a
hurry to see some one, and on bust
ness of considerable Importance. But
when he finally bolted into the first
drug store he merely whispered
"Sweet oil. For heavens sake some
sweet oil, almighty quick !"-- UticC
Herald.
Year: 1877

Tho address issued by the Demo-
Gratis of the House of Representatives
does not strike the Nation as likely
to change the proverbial bad fortunes
of their party. That journal has
these comments: "The address ends
with a screaming recommendation
to follow the course most sure to dis
gust the public, and again close the
political future to the party, namely,
the pursuit of Hayes with a factious
hostility, on the ground that he is
not lawfully elected. 1t is extraor-
binary that politicians of the small
est experience and sagacity should
fail to see that Hayes is now the
President of the United States, and
the only one there is or can be, and
that popular confidence and support
will inevitably be gathered to him,
therefore, in view of the fact that,
good or bad, he represents the nation
to the world, all impugning of his
title and all heaping of insults on
him now on the score Of fraud will
very soon touch the national pride
and cover those engaged in it with
an odium which nobody who re-
members how much national pride
has to do with the success of free
government will be sorry to wit
ness"
Year: 1877

Postmaster General Key will in
augurate an entirely new system of
classifying and awarding bids for
mail route contracts. No bid will be
entertained unless accompanied
either by guarantee of personal per-
formance of the service by the bidder
or sworn copy of the contract of
which the service is to be performed
by the third party. This means death
to the straw bidders.
Year: 1877

They Sdy-ah! well, suppose they do,
But can they prove the story true?
Suspicious may arise from naught
But malice, envy, want of thought:
Why count yourself among the they
Who whisper what they dare not say?
They sdy--but why the tale rehearse,
And help to make the matter worse?
No good can possibly accrue


For telling what may be untrue:
And is il not a nobler plan


To speak Of all the best you can?
Year: 1877

u,
The Republic-Thisi is the house that
Sam built.


The ballot-This is the malt that lay
in the house that Sam built.
The Intelligent Contraband- is
the mouse that liked the malt that
lay in the house that Sam built.
The Bulldozer-This is the cat that
made an assault on the sable mouse
that liked the malt that lay in the
house that Sam built.


The Returning Board-This is the
dog that was fed by the State, that
made the cat hopup on the gate, the
quarrelsome cat that made an as
sault on the ebon mouse that COB
bled the malt that lay in the house
that Sam built.


The Democratic party-This is the
COW whose sharp horn rowelled the
J creole dog till he rose and howled,
that dutiful dog that got in huff,
and drove to the peak of the gable
ruff that sputtering cat whose
principal fault was chasing the
mouse that nibbled the malt that
lay in the house that Sam built.
The Democratic Office Seeker-This
is the maid that sat on harrow
and tried to milk the COW that was
farrow, the cow that didn't know
what she was at when she tossed
the dog that worried the cat that
hastened over the fence to the vault
to catch the mouse that nibbled
the malt that lay in, the house that
Sam built.


House of Representatives is
the priest with the ugly mug that
gave the maid an encouraging hug
in trying to milk the COW that APP
pears to have run dry now some
twenty years, that tossed the dog
till 1T lost its breath, that fright
ened the cat almost to death, the
Kuklux cat whose principal fault
was teasing the mouse that nibbled
the malt that lay in the house that
Sam built.


The Senate-This is the cop that put
the priest in cave Of gloom be-
cause he kissed the maid with the
milking pail who tugs at the prom
ising cow with the sterile dugs that
tossed the dog till he yelped ski
vi ~ that chased whenever she lin
gered nigh the furious cat that
made the assault on the timid
mouse that liked the malt that lay
in the house that Sam built.
The Electoral Commission-This is
the Constitutional law that put its
puissant and ponderous paw on
the officers arm that caught the
priest that kissed the maid that
''milked" the beast that tossed the
dog till it almost ceased to worry
the cat that made an assault on the
freckled mouse that liked the malt
that lay in the house that Sam
built.


Cronin-This is the man with the
stalwart nose that over the land
like a beacon glOws, that lights his
path wherever he goes with Il pill
lar of fire for friends and foes, and
glare like cleaning bonfire
throws to the far off realm where
"Gable" grows, that shines on the
priests and the maiden's woes, on
the farrow cow who for office lows,
on the dog that likes to discom-
pose the querulous cat at her meal
OF crows who, when she couldn't
get any of those just arched her
back and made an assault on the
musky mouse that liked the malt
that lay in the house that Sam
built. w. A. G..


-NeW York Graphic.
Year: 1877

the doors the time was occupied prior
to the removal of the remains to the
hearse by the committee from the Cab
met, Senate, House of Representatives,
distinguished guests and letter carriers
in taking last look, after which the
cortege was formed according to pro-
gramme. The church decorations were
elaborate and striking, more so than
those at the house, but are better
imagined than described.


FUNERAL SERVICES.


At 1925 the great organ sounded the
opening notes of Beethoven's funeral
march, After the impressive sermon
and funeral services, and the closing
notes of the solemn church music, the
mournful procession formed that was
TO accompany to its last resting place
all that was mortal of the illustrious
statesman, who was honored in life,
and mourned 10y the nation now that
he is no more


The procession, which was over
three miles in length, notwithstanding
the inclemency of the weather, wended
its mournfnl way to the cemetery to
bid last adieu to Indiana's illustrious
spn
Year: 1877

THE silver men achieved a substan-
tial victory in the House yesterday, by
suspending the rules and passing
Bland's old silver bill. Bland intro
duced the bill and moved suspension
of the rules and the passing of the bill.
This was agreed to-16S to "a. The
measure was got through on account
of so many members being absent, over
one hundred being out of the city.
With a full house the bill would not
have received two-thirds vote.
Year: 1877

A RESOLUTION was rushed through
the House of Representatives on Mon
day, under suspension Of the rules,
making the bill repeating the date for
the resumption of specie payment the
special order for Tuesday and from day
to day until Tuesday of next week, un-
less sooner disposed of, and not to in
terfere with the appropriation bills.
Year: 1877


Having determined to discontinue the .dry-good
business shah from this day offer my entire stock Of
SEAsoNABLE AND WELL-ASSORTED GOODS


At COST FOR CASH.


And in order more speedily to dispose Of the entire
stock. there are many GboDS which will be sold
WITHOUT REGARD TO COST OR VALUE, !.
as the store will be vacated soon another tenant
can be had. = g. CHARLES HUTZLER,
fe 2S-2m GIL Broad street. Z
Year: 1877

THE NAVAL OFFIeER's DEFIANCE
Naval Officer Cornell, of New York, still
scouts the Presidents order, and defies
him. This is the plain truth, and nothing
can disguise it. The issue is clearly made
up between the President and one of his
subordinates. One or the other must suffer
contempt. It'll said that Senator Conklip g
is backing up Cornell, and that the latter
will resign neither his place on the Repub-
lican Committee nor the position OF naval
officer. It is also said thai this is done to
mako fight over which Hayes will be re-
quired to give Conkling all the government
patronage of New York State to secure his
support and prevent his denunciation in
the Senate.


But why does Mr.. Hayes allow his Cabi-
net officers TO go upon the stump. Hedoes
not seem to be entirely consistent with hi:
policy. We are in favor of it to a grea
extent. The old Democratic Presidents
never permitted the officeholders to conduc
their offices SO loosely as The officers dt
now. Nor did they spend their own tim,
in "swinging round the circle" or junketing
the whole summer. We shall see wha
will be the result, as it is said the Preslden
has the advice of his Cabinet and will re
quire Cornell to resign, and remove hi IN i
he does not In a few days.
Year: 1877

NOTICE ls hereby given that by virtue of an


execution issued out OF the Circuit Court Tor
the county OF kalamazoo. in the state OF Mich
igan, wherein the First National Bank OF Cen
tervile is plaintiff, and Horace II. Gardner and
Ransom Gardner are defendants, bearing date
the twenty seventh day OF May, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy six. and to me. as
sheriff of Van Buren, county, directed aud de-
livered, | did on the twenty seventh day or May,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy six,
seize and levy upon all the right title and in
terest OF the SAID Horace II. Gardner and Ran
som Gardner in and to the following described
real estate, situated in the county OF Van Bu-
rem, state OF Michigan, which l shall expose to
sale and sell at public vendue, to the highest
bidder, at the front door OF the Van Buren,
County Circuit Court House, IN the village OF
Paw Paw, on Tuesday, the fourth day of Sep
tember next, at the hour Of ten o'clock in the
forenoon, or 30 much thereof as shall be nee
essary to satisfy said execution, together with
the interest and costs thereon, to wit Entire
section number twenty five, In town one south,
OF range number thirteen west entire section
number thirty six, In town one south, OF range
number thirteen west the north east quarter
OF section number twenty. III town two south,
OF range number seventeen west the west
half OF section number twenty four, in town
two south, OF range number seventeen west
the east half Of the north east quarter OF sec
tion number twenty six, in town two south, OF
range number seventeen west the north west
quarter Of section number thirty SIX in town
four south, OF range number fifteen west the
north half OF the south west quarter of section
number thirty Elk, IN town four south, OF range
number fifteen west the north half OF the
south east quarter OF section number thirty
Blk, in town four south, of range number fif
teen west the west half of the south west
quarter OF section number twenty four, IN town
one south, Of range number thirteen west; the
north half or the south west quarter OF section
number fifteen, in town two south, OF range
number thirteen west the south east quarter
Of section number fifteen, in town two south,
Of range number thirteen west the south east
quarter Of the south west quarter OF section
number twenty one, IN town two south, OF
range number thirteen west.


Dated, Paw Paw, July 16, 1877.


JOHN T.. SHOWERMAN, Late Sheriff.


1164t7 Van Buren, County, Mich.
Year: 1877

Further discoy in silver have been
made in the neighborhood of Pigeon
River, Lake Superior, all having excel
lent reports. The Cloud Bay mine, is
working with good number Of men,
and the managers say they are going to
make it the name Of Lake Superior.


The copper mine at Michipocoten Is
land is expected to be one of the richest
veins yet cut on the northern shores.
An English party of engineers are daily
expected at the Island to establish smelt-
ing works there.
Year: 1877

When any sane man, no matter tor
what reason, asks public sympathy in
their refusing to permit other men to
work and stopping the business of
nation, they are unmindful Of what they
are asking counteuance 10. To ad-
NIT their position is to establish the
principle that any body of men strong
enough to set authsrjty at defiance have
right to make what demands they
please, and the logical conclusion of
these premises is that anarchy and brute
force ere supreme over law and order.
The country in which such sentiments
prevail is not a country where civiliaa-
ton can exist.-Detroit Tribute.
Year: 1877

A combination of laboring men stand
ing shoulder to shoulder against oppres.
sion is q sight that awakens the earnest
sympathy and admiration of all man
kind. But a mob destroying life and
property in blind vcpgence is a mon
strous emissary of the devil, demon
that should be exercised by the utmost
vigor and severity of law.-Grand Rap
ids Post.
Year: 1877

A Question for rioters: VIII the de
struction Of millions of dollars worth of
property, the stoppage of trains and the
consequent shutting down of manufactur-
ing establishments and the general de.
moralization Of business assist the coun-
try to prosperous times and sooner enable
employers to advance the wages Of their
workmen
Year: 1877

NEW 1Ohk, July ~ 1910.


The gigantic railroad strike has been
the chief sensation for the last two or
three days. Most especially about the
Erie railroad building on West street,
opposite the Pavonia Ferry House, has
the interest clustered. The men at the
New York termini of the various lines
have made no particularly demopstra-
tive move in the direction of supporting
the lawless rioters of the Baltimore and
Ohio road, but it is certain that there is
an undertone of sentimental apprehen-
sion here of the war against capital,
which may at any moment assume the
shape of foam crested revolutionary
breakers. Your correspondent visited
the offices in Jersey City and Hoboken,
and the Grand Central Depot of Forty
second street. At each place the strike
was looked upon as summer cloud,
presaging a thunder storm that would
be rifted and dissipated by the lightning
flashes of the military. The working
men, who are evidently acquainted in
some mysterious manner with the pro-
gress and future details of the move
ment, do not think so. If the spread
of the revolt should reach New York,
it would seriously embarrass a gigantic
city that is more poorly equipped for
transporting the freight left at its doors,
than any in the world.


PHILADELPHIA, July 23d, 1871


We are at the height of the season
usually relegated to the health and
pleasure seekers, and generally marked
by loginess very suggestive of Area
dian simplicity and yet it 50 happens
that the air is heavy with the electric
current of excitement, and the daily
journals overcrowded with thrilling re-
ports of riot and bloodshed. The strike
Of the fremeu on the Baltimore and
Ohio road at Martinsburg, West Vir-
pinia, followed by the extension of the
difficulty to other points along the line,
created a feeling of apprehension in this
city VIRTUALLY the Northern terminus Of
the road through its connection with
Year: 1877

There is no other business on
which the public levies such heavy
contribution as on the newspaper
publishing business. An Organiza-
ton is getting up some kind of fes-
tivities, for example. 1t pays for
the use of grounds, pays for music,
pays for refreshments, gets 81 worth
of tickets and $4 worth of bills print
ed either at a newspaper Office or
somewhere else, and then expects
free advertising from the paper to
an extent actually worth from 81 or
So to $40. The mere announcement
of a picnic, sOciable or festival is an
advertisement, and ought to be paid
for. The result is that a generous
proportion of the profits Of nearly all
entertainments of this kind is money
which rightfully belongs to news
paper publishers. Then, after the
thing is over, the managers will
come in with a long string of resOlu-
tions, with which to rob the pub
fishers of more valuable space. The
truth is, that space in a newspaper
represents money. 1t is worth
money to the publisher. There is
no more reason why he should give
it taway than why merchant should
give away his goods. Part of the
space of the paper is sold to business
men for advertising purposes the
rest of the space is devoted to inter
esting reading matter. On the last
the publisher depends for the at
fractions which shall sell his paper.
Either space represents cash to him.
Yet a business man who buys space
to the amount of 81 often gets a
gratuity of space to the amount of
81 or 81, or even more. The mana
gers of festivals, picnics or other
home entertainments may not buy
one cents worth of space, but all the
same expect the free gift of several
dollars worth of space. The politi-
clan, although he forgets to keep his
subscription paid up, demands col
umn after column of valuable space
free, and rarely so much as says
thank you for it. For all this the
newspaper man, taxed beyond any
other business man, enjoys the high
distinction of being regarded as a
dead-head by two-thirds of his neigh
bors.-ROnle Sentinel.