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Year: 1878

A Wsish engineer has invented
an engine of warfare which consists
Of a cannon so arranged as TO dis
charge a sharp sword-blade cross
wise in the direction of the enemy,
the knife being so poised in its
course through the air as to cover
the whole space in a longitudinal
direction described by the blade
itself. An eight-inch BAH would
carry a. sword f66rteen feet in
length GOO yards, moving down
evsEy obsLaola 70 ILg path.
Year: 1878

A Texas paper says: The town
of Griffin is the rendezvous of the
Texas buffalo hunters. Men who
make it business do not pursue
the animal as do sportsmen. They
use the needle-gun with telescope
sights, and the firing is done by one
or two men only, who usually kill
a drove of forty or fifty on one or
two acres of ground. As soon as
one is killed, the whole drove, smell
ling the blood, collects around the
dead body, snufling and paving.
The hunter continues to shoot
them until the last one bites the
dust. As long as the men remain
concealed. and the buffaloes do not
get their scent, the game is not
frightened, for they pay no atten
tion to the report OF the gun.
Year: 1878

OF all the evils prevalent among
young men. we know of none more
blighting in its moral effects than to
speak lightly of the virtues of a wom-
an. Nor is there anything in which
young men are SO thoroughly mistaken
as the low estimate they form as to the
integrity of woman Not of their own
mothers and sisters, but Of others who,
they forget, are somebody elses moth
ers and sisters. As rule, no person
who surrenders to this debasing habit is
to be trusted with any enterprise re-
quiring integrity of character Plain
words should be spoken on this subject,
for the evil is a general one and deep
rooted. 1t young men are sometimes
thrown into the society of thoughtless
and depraved women, they have no
more right to measure all other women
by what they see of these, than they
have to estimate the character of hon
est and respectable citizens by the de-
velopments of crime in our police
courts Let our young men remember
that their chief happiness in life de-
pends upon utter faith in women. No
worldly wisdom, no misanthropic philos-
ophy, no generalization, can cover or
weaken truth 1t stands like the rec
ord of itself-for it is nothing less than
this and should put an everlasting
seal upon lips that are wont to speak
slightingly of women
Year: 1878

The Legislature of Oregon, at its last
session. passed law in relation to the
property rights of married women
which puts that State in advance of all
others on this subject. The following
are the leading provisions of the law:


THAT the property owned by a
woman at the time Of marriage. or ac-
quired thereafter by gift, devise or in
heritance, shall not be liable for the
debts or contracts of the husband: and
that the wife may manage. SELL devise
and convey the same as fully as the
husband can his property.


2.-That the property of either hus-
band or wife shall not be liable for debts
or contracts of the other.


3.-That an action may be maintained
by either the husband or the wife
against the other for the recovery OF
property of which the other has OBJ
tanned possession. the same as if they
were unmarried


4.-That for civil injuries committed
by the wife, damages can be recovered
OF her alone, except in cases where the
husband is Jointly responsible.


5.-That conveyances of liens from
one to the other shall be valid


6.-That the one may constitute the
other his or her attorney for mutual
benefit, or attorney in fact.


THAT the wife may recover the
wages of her personal labor in her own
name.


S.-That the expenses of the family
and the education of the children shall
be chargeable on the property of both
husband and wife, or on that OF
either of them.
Year: 1878

weak and i'll yet, Jessie, and the time
has not come Tor me to insist on this.
Let us think of him, poor fellow, as one
who must, had he lived, have suffered
much, and who has mercifully found
peace in the rest of death"
He stood for a moment looking with
a fond longing into the small, sweet
face from which the summer roses had
fled with grudging haste. Then, taking
from his pocket fragile gold and crys-
tai circlet, he held it out to her. 1t was
the bracelet she lost that first night of
their meeting.


l found it under your window that
night with the violets," he said 1T fell
from your arm. Will you take it back
now?"


A faint, lovely tinge of red fickered
into her cheeks once more.


Nc" she answered, looking into his
dark face with tender, gentle wistful-
ness. II don't want to recall that
night, or anything connected with it.
You may keep it, if you like"


So he kissed her hand and said fare
well. But he left a whisper behind
him.


When the roses bloom again, remem-
Der me. y


A year went by and NO !. esssge came.
The second year he said to himself:
Surely, she will send for me now!r'
But May and June crept by, and July
came; but not one word came from Jes-
sic Chassdane. He was growing sick
with wild and helpless despair, for he
felt how worse than useless it would be
to go, uncalled; when one day letter
came flutterlng like white bird to his
heart


The roses are in bloom, and there is
one for YOU"
Year: 1878




Does temperance pay? We have new
er seen this question answered more
completely than by a few facts submit
ted by the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Edwards county in this State. The
information he conveys is of interest to
the whole country. He says:


There has not been licensed saloon
in this county for over twenty-five
years. During that time our jail has
not averaged one occupant. This coun-
ty never sent but one person to the
penitentiary, and that man was sent up
for killing his wife, while drunk, on
whiskey obtained from licensed saloon
in an adjoining county. We have but
very few paupers in our poor house,
sometimes only three or four. Our
taxes are 32 per cent. lower than they
are in adjoining counties where saloons
are licensed. Our people are prosper
Gus, peaceable and sober, there being
very little drinking, except near Gray
vile, a licensed town of White county,
near our border. The different terms
of our Circuit Court occupy three or
four days each year, and then the dock
cts are cleared. Our people are so well
satisfied with the present state of
things, that very large majority of
them would bitterly oppose any effort
made in favor of license, under any cir
cumstances.
Year: 1878

Tomato CatSup.-t bushel of toma-
toes, add ! ounce ground cloves, / ounce
ground ginger, half the quantity of
cayenne and small teacup of salt; let
it boil two-thirds away and bottle.


Curram SOy,-5 pounds of stemmed
currants, 3 pounds of brown sugar, /
pint of best cider vinegar, tablespoon
tul OF black pepper, and tablespoon
tuls of salt. Simmer together 3 hours,
bat be careful not to let it burn. De-
hcious to be eaten with meats.


To Can PeacbeS.-Procure the largest.
finest and ripest fruit. Use granulated
sugar in proportion OF ! pound of sugar
to l pound of fruit. Make the sirup of
teacupful of water to ! pound of sugar.
Let it come to boil and skim. Have
your peaches pared with a silvcr-plated
truit-knife, and throw them into clear
cold water, in wooden or earthen YES
sci. Boil the fruit in the sirup until it
is so tender that you can put broom
straw through it, then skim it from the
sirup with a skinner and place in the
cans until they are quite full. Fill up
with the boiling sirup and Immediately
screw on the tops as tightly as possible.
You will find you will have to screw
them on again and again. Look at ev-
cry jar for 2 or days after canning to
see if it is air-tight If your store
closet is not quite dark wrap your cans
around with brown wrapping paper
Light Injuries all fruit-it must be kept
cool also.


To PreSerUe Melon RindS.-Cut off all
the green, thick rind, take the white
part and cut it in shapes or strips; boil
in clear water until tender, with tea
spoonful of soda, and q dozen peach
leaves to every J gallon; then take out
the rindS and soak them in alum water
/ hour; afterwards boil gently in gin
ger tea l hour; make sirup Of equal
weight Of the sugar and rinds. Put it in
a porcelain kettle with sufficient water
to cover the sugar; put in it whilst cold
the beaten white of an egg to clarity it !;
let it boil and remove the scum that
rises "a good plan is to strain the sirup),
rinse the kettle out and return it to boil
up; put the rinds in and some ginger
root tied in muslin, let it boil up; take
the pieces out on a flat dish to cool, and
when cold put it in the sirup again to
cool until soft. Keepit in a large earth
en- bowl two days, then pour off the
sirup, add the juice of lemon or table
spoonful of extract; boil it up and pour
hot over the rind. Put it in your jars.
Year: 1878

These noted Curative appliances have now
stood the test for upward of thirty years, and
are protected by Letters-Patent in all the
principal countries of the world. They were
decreed the only Award of Merit for Electric
Appliances at the great Worlds Exhibitions
Paris Philadelphia, and elsewhere and
have been found the most valuable, safe,
simple and efficient known treatment for
the cure Of disease
Year: 1878

The excavations in the old Roman Forum
are being conducted with zeal and thorough
ness. 1t has been thought that The ancient
Via Sacra would be discovered under the
Arch of Titus as there were many monu-
ments along that highway. The cvcava.
tions have been very deep indeed, but
no trace Of any monument has yet been
found.
Year: 1878

Probably the finest pictures ever
shown in this city may now be seen in
B-echer's Show Window. The like
nesses are splendid and AIT judges can
look with joy to see real crayon work.
BE- sure you see them. Also for two
months he will reduce the price of the
Cabinet Size Photograph. Figures
three dollars, Vignetts four dollars for
full dozen. Now is the time to get
your picture taken at 3l5 Market street.
Year: 1878

There is a general inquiry as to who
that large dark complexioned man with.
flashing side whiskers was who atten.
ded the Reformed Episcopal supper on
Thursday night. He was taken for a
clergyman by some, but his speech be-
trayed him. Who was hei
Year: 1878

SAxDrsxY, O., October THE crop OF
late potatoes this way is unusually short,
and farmers are quite unwilling to sell at
current prices, feeling sure that rates will
advance. The early varieties are mostly
disposed of and were not a full yield.


Apples are plenty and OF better quality
than usual can be purchased quite low.
{ Chestnut crop about Is usual; no frost
Year: 1878

or her transportation routes. God
has given us great trunk-line, on the
seaboard, that, thank Heaven. no
railroad king can monopOliZe.-Legdl
Tender.


But this illustrates the Injustice
of the past and present financial sys-
TEN which leaves the great, growing,
populous, wealthy west. entirely at
the mercy of the Rob-Roy section OF
our country.


Thank God for Eads jetties. We
hope soon to see every bale OF cotton
and every bushel Of wheat and corn
raised i'll the Mississippi Valley sent
to the outside world by the MISSISSIPPI
pi river, without paying tribute to
the insolent creatures who propose to
ruin us financially because they can
not control us politically.
Year: 1878

Somebody puts the question in this
pertinent form:


Smith has thousand-dOllar bond,
for which he paid six hundred dollars.
He has been drawing gold interest
ten years, ut six per cent. on that
thousand-dollar bond. He now wants
to draw one thousand dollars out of
the Government in gold, and Congress
and the President say he must have it.


Jones went to the front. when his
country called him. under n contract
ut thirteen dollars per month. in the
legal money of the nation. and was
p,id out of the six hundred dollars
furnished by Smith, which was worth
only sixty cents on the dollar. He
got no bounty. because he volunteered
before bounties were offered. He now
asks Congress and tho president for
his share of the bounty to be male
equal with those who volunteered
after bounties were offered. What is
the answer of Congress and the Presi.
dent Say they: it will cost the
country more than it can pay jus;
now. for the hondholder must have
his four hundred dollars in gold tha,
he never furnished the Government
Why not pay the soldier the forty
cents on the dollar that he was cheated
out of by the gold lords, who never
SAW a battlefield
Year: 1878

Time and again these hard money
speakers and papers have proclaimed
to you that the worst was past and
business would speedily revive. Time
after time these statements were
found to be false. We were told last
summer that the people ought to raise
larger crops and more stock: that that
was the way to get money and have
better times. The people adopted the
suggestion and raised unusually large
crops, and yet we know from ex-
perience and observation that times
are harder than this time last year.
We need no statistics to prove this.
If we did the records of the bankrupt
courts, the pauper rolls, and the prison
dOcketS would attest it. So would the
pale and haggard faces of millions of
half starved women and children; but
we need no such witnesses; we call
on each and all of you to answer from
your own experience and observation.
If you owe debt can you get the
money to pay it e? If you have Il debt
due you can yOa collect it Ii YOU
have produce or property for sale cal
vOu geta fair price in cash for it
You have the power to remedy these
evils. Vote the Independent Green
back party into power. That is the
only remedy: Choose We whom We will
serve.


1t is the same way in Minnesota
scarcely anything will bring money
hut wheat; and even wheat is no
| worth what II chO,;1I no cOncido ~ n
the condition Of the worlds crop.
Year: 1878

One billion five hundred million Oh
saving fund deposits, and only SIX
hundred and fifty million dollars u
currency. =


If all the depositors demand their
money at once there would ho' oo IL
Nv cents on the dollar of currency IN
+he whole nation to ply them
Year: 1878

Try the little Rose Imperiala at Boswell < Erwin's cigar emporium.

 We were honored by call from Col. Byrd smith, one of the candidates for Congress from this district. We found him to be fluent talker and possessing the impress of an honest 1 man upon his features, anl We doubt not all his aims are good, but we think 1 he has committed a great blunder iii deserting the great democratic party which has done so much for the eoun- try in the past and which is just now gaining position where it can again be of service to the country. If the gentleman would stick to he party and work in it and with it for the relief of the country from the present financial troubles we v,suld consider ham more practicable. Asit is he is simply detracting so much from the strength of the democratic party-- which is equivalent to adding that much to the republican party, which is tue very party that has brought the present depressed condition of our financial affairs upon us. Col. Smith made . short talk to small assembly of our citizens upon one of the street corners. but having businesss efyagement eat the hour of speaking we did not have he opportunity of hearing him.

 z Buy the genuine Singer Sewing Machine--thc best in the World. Ev-| cry Machine warranted. Also needles, oil and extras for sale.

 ". c. RENFRow, Agent.

 LITTLE ROCK RAISES HER QUARAN- TINE.--The board of health of Little Rock held a meeting Monday night and adopted the following resolutions:

 It is ordered by this Board that all restrictions in quarantine on on steamboats now runuing on the Arkansas rlyer. are withdrawn, but this order Is not intended to garat them permission to enter the waters of the Mississippi river CT communi- with the Mississippi boats, or re- ceive freight from the same.

 Dr. Leuow moved to amend that no Mississippi river boats be permit ted to enter this port.

 Accepted and the resolution adopt ed.

 Resolved, That the quarantine in somuch as pertains to passenger traf tic on the Memphis and Little Rock railroad, be and is hereby removed, but as to the return of freight li rect from Memphis, it is earnestly urged and requested by this board that no freight of aly character be brought direct from Memphis to any point along the line of said road. And further, that all freights coming over this road direct from Memphis to this city, are hereby qprantned against delivery wirliin five miles of the city. This order only prohib it's inc bringing of freight direct from Memphis, and such prohibition will only continue for few days, winch will in future be determined by the board.
Year: 1878

wards us with their great big mouths
wide open, but when within few feet
Of US they would stop and lay there
flappin' their fins and looking, il
seemed to me, like the very devil him
self. Finally we devised a way TO
scare them of that never failed TO
frighten them so they would stay
away an hour or longer before they
dare to come back. The armor that We
wear is air-tight you know. Our jacket
sleeves were fastened around our wrists
with an elastic, so that the air could
not escape. By running my finger un-
der the sleeve of my jacket | could let
the air out, and as it rushed into the
water it would make sort of a Kissing
noise and volume of bubbles shoot up.
So whenever those internal sharks
would come prowling around me
would hold out my arm toward them
and, putting my finger under the elias
tic OF my jacket sleeve, | would let a lot
of air out and send a stream of bubbles
into the sharks face, with Kissing noise
like steam from a guage cock. The way
those sharks would 20 scooting of was
funny To behold"
Year: 1878

Early in August 1877, party of Cape
Flattery or Makaw Indians, returning
from visit to their friends (the Songish
of Vietoria), encamped the first after
noon out on the beautiful Bay of Met
chosen. V. L. The weather being very
fine, most of the party went bathing,
and among the number a maiden of
perhaps eighteen summers, who had
accompanied her grandfather on the
trip. Desiring seelusion, she went
round a point away from the other
bathers, and being known as bold
swimmer, is supposed TO have taken
header into deeper water. However
taken, it proved to have been a plunge
into the arms of death, for when the
swimmers reassembled around the
campfire the girl was missed, and, not
withstanding a diligent search that
evening, could not be found. The fol-
lowing morning with sad hearts the
party left; but very soon those in the
foremost canoe, on rounding the first
point, saw (the water being calm and
clear human body as if seated on the
sandy sea bottom, with what seemed
like -four bag Immediately behind it.
The natives knew what this meant. As
soon as the canoes got together. two of
the most active young men managed
with daggers so as to disable the mon
ster (fOr it was a gigantic devil fish
that the octopus with IT'S victim was
brought to the surface. The foregoing
facts have been communicated to our in
formant by an intelligent and respect
able half-breed woman from MetehOsen,
who saw the body of the drowned girl
with some of the prehensiles of the mol
lusk still adhering to it. She compared
the head of the octopus in size to that of
a fifty pound -four sack, full; and said
that the tentacles were twelve in num-
Der, of different sizes, and the largest
about the circumference of a mans arm.
Year: 1878

White specks on the nails are luck.


Whoever reads epitsphs loses his
memory.


To eat when bell is tolling for fun
eral causes tOothache.


The growing of hen indicates some
approaching disaster.


When a mouse gnaws a gown some
misfortune may be apprehended.


When children play soldiers on the
roadside it forbodes the approach of war.


Beggar's bread should be given to
children who are slow in learning TO
speak.


He who proposes moving into a new
house must send in beforehand bread
and new broom.


Whoever sneezes at an early hour
either hears some news or receives some
present the same day.


The first tooth cast by child should
be swallowed by the mother to insure
a new growth of teeth.


Buttoning the coat awry or drawing
on a stocking inside out causes matters
to 20 wrong during the day.


When a stranger enters a room he
should be obliged to seat himself, if only
for moment, as he otherwise takes
away the children's sleep with him.


The following are omens of death:
A dog scratching on the floor, or howl
ing in a particular manner, and owls
hooting in the neighborhood Of the
house.
Year: 1878

The Fremont (Neb.) Tribune contains
an article giving the details of the dis
covery of a wild man in that vicinity.
Two young men were out hunting wa
ter fowls when they came upon the
strange being. He was, just emerging
from clump of trees and underbrush
when they caught glimpse of him.
His dress was in the most primitive
style, consisting OF a woolen shirt. He
had stick in his hand which he swung
around his head as if striking something
he saw in the air, and utterIng the
while sharp, unearthly noise. Like
wild animal. he was constantly on a
sharp lookout, nervously looking this
way and that, as his ear detected an
unusual noise or his eve noticed the
shaking of a reed or anything that was
the least extraordinary. After a few
moments he squatted on his launches
under n tree and began to dig in the
ground with his hands and a stick.
occasionally carrying something to his
mouth which he seemed to be eating
The boys became more interested in
the strange being than in the object OF
their hunt, and crawled cautiously to-
ward him until near enough To satisfy
their curiosity. He was digging roots
and feeding upon them. As nearly as
they could judge from appearances, he
was about forty or forty-fiye years of
age, of strong and bony frame, his
hair was so long as 10 fall in eurls over
his bronzed and dirty shoulders; his
beard, like his hair, long and shaggy,
and his entire body covered with a
growth of hair which could not have
been less than an inch long. HIS
complexion must have been originally
light as his hair was of litish brown


After viewing him short time they
concluded to retreat. After going a
few steps the monster sprung up and
stared intently at them. Becoming
frightened, he sprang into the Platte
crossing over to Little Island aud dis
appeared in its thick underbrush.
Year: 1878

swamp. He rode round and round +,
seeking for some firm spot of entrance.
Sometimes he did come very near; but
every time sinking into the wet,
springy bog he was obliged to give it
up; he could not even get a shot at the
boy, the brush was so thick. Fleetwood
was instinctively still as mouse, and
finally, with loud oaths, he rode Oh.


But the lad and the colt still stood
there hour after hour, not knowing
whether they might venture out; but
at nightfall, his mother who had been
watching all the while, with tears and
prayers, saw her dear boy cautiously
peeping through the edge of the woods
BY signs she let him know that the
danger was past, and riding up to the
house, he dismounted. Then leaning
against his beautiful colt, his own
bright golden curls mingling with
Fleetwood's ebon name, the plucky lit
tie fellow told his adventures TO the ca
ger group.
Year: 1878

She lives at Ottawa, Canada, and this
is how she managed it: She thought il
would be just as well to commence
housekeeping right away and begin the
new year with training up a husband
in the way he should go, but her father
thought differently. So she invited all
her friends to the wedding at certain
church at given hour. OF course
there was a big crowd, including the
angry father, who was prepared to for
bid the bans with shot gun. Mean
while the young lady and her adored
William went to another church and
were quietly married, and as they left
the sacred edifiee she remarked that
where there was a Will there was a
way.