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Year: 1877

Girls are sometimes admonished not TO
flirt, because, however pleasant it might
be to them, it might break the heart Of
those with whom they flirt. Nonsense.
l have heard of victims of blighted af-
fection, but never yet have came across
one. Time, in this sort of matters, works
wonders. i doubt whether any man
ever yet died of broken heart. Men
are more vain than women. There are
exceedingly few of them who are not
tlattered by the idea of some woman
falling in love with them, The lady for
the moment affords them this gratifica-
ton of self-love. She makes herself as
agreeable as she can. If the vanity of
the man leads him to believe that she
has fallen victim to bis charms, this is
his fault, not hers. The illusion has
raised him to the seventh heaven for a
brief period, and, If the period be short,
he has been the gamer. In one of De
Bernard's novels he describes an old cap.
tain who lives supremely happy because
he fancies that, years ago, some girl died
of broken heart because he had de-
olined to marry her. He carries about
her portrait, and on all occasions takes
it out and weeps over it. One day, how
ever, he meets the girl, who had not
died, but had married grocer, and for
COTTON all about the captain. He is in
despair. He can no longer indulge in
the luxury of grieving over the sad fate
of the object Of his youthful affections


Flirt on, then, young ladies, and do not
imagine that the amusement will break
tho heart of any one. 1t may wound the
amour propre, quite likely, and where
this is the only amour the mass has, the
blow may stagger him. But it will
do him good, show him his real selfish
ness.--H0me Journal. r.H
Year: 1877

no danger, fears no foe, and will fight so
long as he has an arm for raising sabre
or finger for pulling the trigger.


These are the men who constitute a
large and important body of the Russian
army, who have just distinguished them
selves by overlapping the barriers of the
Balkans, and whose services will form no
insignificant element in whatever sue
cesses Russia may achieve in the present
war.
Year: 1877

Iwould not dig my past
Up from its grave OF weakness and regret;
Up from its hopes - which glimmered but to
set,


It's dreams that could not last.


Yet can look BEFORE
And profit by the lesson sadly learned;
As children, playing with the fire, are burned,


And tempt its glow no more.


would not IL could,
Live o Ter again this dark, uncertain life
This slipping backward in this daily strife


or reaching after good.


And yet can know how weak
Are oil below, and 30 sweet charity
viii cling and glow about each form see,


And thus to me will speak


would not open out
The half healed wounds Of other years, long
fed
'Twere better they were numbered with the
dead;


Better than fear or doubt.


Yet can truly say,
Let the dead past bury its dead. We go
SO swiftly onward to lifes sunset glow


And then, there is no day


Life Is too short to waste
In vain repinings or in weak regrets;
The strongest heart endures and never frets


Ger joys it may not taste.


And he who can go on
Bravely and firmly in the allotted way,
Gaining new strength with every darkened ray,


Shall surely reach the dawn.


And 80 l would not lift
Up from the grave the shadows of my past
The clouds that all my sky once overcast


Into the night may drift


For there's enough to fill
Each hour and moment of the days to come
Then wherefore WOO the shadows to our home


The valleys to our hill?
Year: 1877

Unquestionably the critical test of a mans principles lies in the influence which society exerts over him. If inn moral society is temptation to evil courses, the influence of proper associ- ates is equally strong in the opposite direction. Society may be temptation for good as well as for evil. To young man, who, from any circumstances, may be momentarily inclined to turn aside from the path of honor and rectitude, the presence of any upright person will act as 8 rebuke and save him from fall ing, while the very atmosphere of society of this kind, will keep his morals un- corrupt, keep his thoughts far away from improper channels and be a moral fence around him, effectually prevent ing him, unless obstinately determined, from going astray. It might be urged that this is allowing too little scope for the exercise of individual discretion, but the strongest-minded people are influenced by surrounding circum- stances.
Year: 1877

A striking instance of sagacity in a lobster is recorded by MT. Barker, of the Rothesay aquarium, in a latter to one of the Scotch papers. It seems that three Holsters were placed in tank previously occupied by flat fish, and in which inadvertently a founder had been left buried in the shingle, where it died. One of the Holsters, "a veteran of unusual size." soon discovered the dead body of the founder, and drag ging it from it's resting place, retired with it to corner of the tank. Shortly afterward it was noticed that the foun- der was missing. It was impossible that the lobster could have eaten it in the water, and the handle of net re- vealed the fact that upon the approach of the two lesser Holsters he had buried the founder beneath heap of shingles on which he now mounted guard. Five times within two hours was the founder unearthed, and as often did the wiry lobster rebury it with his huge claws, each time ascending the pile and turn ing bold front to his companions. This story shows conclusively what a vast amount of quenched intelligence may sometimes concealed in a salad. We shall probably have 70, ,OOO, ,OOO bushels of wheat to export this year.
Year: 1877

, Years ago, when we went to school ill a little weather beaten school-house, what exciting contests there used to be over the teachers favorite exercise of having the scholars estimate with the eye the size and weights of different ob- jects in the room. He would hold up his cane, and have each one tell how long he thought it was, and it was a lucky child that could come within a half foot of the proper length He would measure an Surchin and then have the scholars try to reproduce the measure on the wall. He would mark off an inch or foot or yard in some conspicuous place, and see how near anybody could come to marking the same length on the blackboard. And it is astonishing how wide astray we would go. The fact is, our eyes de- ceive us ridiculonsly, even upon the commonest things. At first thought, which would you say was the tallest, a three-year-old child or a flour barrel ? and could you believe the same child is half as high as six-footer? There is an old saying that child two years old is half as tall as he will ever be, aud after few experiments in measuring one can easily believe it, but not be- fore
Year: 1877

In olden times the flesh of pigeons was considered a preventative of the plague, and all other presidential dis eases; also cure for trembling and palsy; and the superstitious believed the use of 1t to be of great use to near sighted people. The flesh was always given as restorative aft severe ill., ness, and thought quite as much of, for the purpose, as "beef tea" is at the present time. Yet to-day, in some for eign countries, pigeons are not con- sidered fit for food. In parts of Russia they are revered as emblems of the Holy Ghost. In Venice they are the proteges of the city. They are fed every day at two o'clock, being called together by a dinner-bell, and no one is allowed to interfere with them. Any person found ill-treating them is arrested and fined, or, if an old offender, imprisoned. It is believed by the Viennese that these pigeons are in some way connected with the prosperity of the city-that they fly three times around it each day in honor of the Trinity, and that their presence protects the people from danger by water and flood.

 So far as we can learn, the flesh of all pigeons is good for food. It is nourish- ing and heating in its nature, and for that reason we'll suited as diet for convalescents. The flesh of our wood pigeons is the finest favored of all species in America, and by connoisseurs is esteemed superior to that of any other bird. In kitchen parlance the pigeon is considered as game, whether wild or domestic, the flesh of the latter being less fine and delicate.
Year: 1877

Must either pass through it's natural channels of exit, the bowels, the kidneys and the pores, or, in default thereof, poison and disorder the fluids of the system. In order to effect the complete expulsion of this dangerous refuse, the organs through which itpasses of must be active and unobstructed. Fortunately there is 8 certain means of rendering them so when they are not Hostetters Stomach Bitters stimulate the action of the exoretory organs, and by diffusing genial warmth through the circulation, encourage moderate precipitation: By this triple effect the exodus of the foecal and other waste matters are encouraged, and the system freed from peril it would otherwise incur. The action of the bowels which follows the use of this benefcent alternative is easy and unaccompanied by gripping, and it's stimalative effect upon the urinary organs very conducive to their local health. 2O
Year: 1877

Given away as a Special Premium to the sub scribers of this paper. Silver Goods furnished under this Premium Proposition are from the well known and reliable Union Silver Plating oo, Philadelphia, Pa

 Under a very favorable proposition from the above we'll known house. all regular patrons of this paper can secure 8 useful and beautiful, as well as very valuable Premium in the shape of a handsome set of Extra Plated silver Spoons, warranted equal to the best article of the kind sold in this country for q set. And in addition, each spoon will be hand- somely enkraved wtth your mono gram initial.

 All who are entitled to receive this elegant and useful Premium can do 90 on compliance with the following conditions :-Send your name and post-of1ice address, together with your ex- press once, to the Union Silver Plating Com pany, 7o4 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. together with the following Premium Coupon, and inclose with your order 10 cents, to pay cost of engraving your initials express charges, l boxing, and packing, and you will receive by return express (or mail, if you have no express omcel full set Of extra plated silver spoons, free of any charge, All express and packing charges are covered by the 7s cents, and the spoons will be delivered to you free. nyou do not desire to have the spoons engraved, you are only required to send 60 cents, to pay ex- pressage and boxing. The coupon must in all cases be sent, to indicate that you are entitled to this premium as this very liberal offer is not extended to any one who is not patren of this paper. The retail price of this set of spoons is s4.Oo, as the following letter will show:

 OFFICE OF THE UNION SILVER PLATING O., PHM.AD'A, Pa {

 We assure all subscribers that the goods con- tracted for are f1rst-class in every respect, and that the usual retail price for them IS $4O0 per set. Our lowest price to 1obbers is $s6.00 per dozen sets, and we will in no case retail them at any price, or send them In single sets to any one l who does not send the required coupon" show ing that the sender is a patron of this paper. | UNION SILVER PLATING Co.
Year: 1877

A MUSICAL CATECHIsM.-What Is a slur? A remark made by one singer about another.

 What is a restH Going out of the choir during sermon for refreshments.

 What is brace? Two singers steady ing each other when they come back.

 What is singing in time? Trying to see which will beat.

 What is sympathetic musicP Flirt- ing with the soprano singer behind the organ.

 What is st-a-cat-oh? Grimalkin in the organ during voluntary.

 What is crotchetf A disease which the head singer always enjoys when the tune doesn't please her.

 What is swell? A musical pundit who "knows it all," and perhaps con- siderable more.

 What Is the best stop to use in vol untary? The full stop when the theme is exhausted.

 What is shaker Torture inflicted upon the bellows-boy who doesn't pump fast enough.

 What is shave The church treasurer who slaves a singers bill for salary.

 What is flat? The singer who al lows the shave.

 What is a chordP The pile of music which the vionlinist saws through.

 What is tie? The difficulty between the organist and the chorister, when one would and the other won't. What is discord? The choir taking sides in the dispute.

 What is harmony? Dismissing either the leader or the organist. @ What is the tonic? The drink taker after the trouble is all settled.-St Louis Times.
Year: 1877

A SIMPLE and effectual remedy for | ivy poisoning is said to be sweet spirits

 of nitre. Bathe the affected parts freely two or three times during the day, and

 the next morning scarcely any trace of the poison will remain.
Year: 1877

USEFUL REcIPEs.-To clean Britannia metal, use finely powdered whiting, two tablespoonfuls of sweet oil, and a little yellow soap. Mix with spirits of wine to a cream. Rub on with a sponge, wipe of with soft cloth, and polish with ehamois skin.

 The best way to clean the inside of old iron pots and pans is to fill them with water in which 8 few ounces of washing soda is dissolved, and set them on the fire. Let the water boil until the inside of the pot looks clean.

 To remove freshly split ink from car pets, first take up as much as possible with teaspoon. Then pour cold sweet milk upon the spot and take up as be- fore, pouring on milk till at last it be- comes only slightly tinged with black. Then wash with cold water, and absorb with cloth without too much rubbing.
Year: 1877

SLIGHT derangement ot the digestive or other functions is often sufficient to occasion temporary delIrium in chil- dren, beginning during sleep and pro longed after waking. The suffering is great, and the condition an alarming one to parents and friends. The mental excitement is so intense as to resist inn pressions from without to an extraordi- nary degree. It is here that the asso- citations of smell can be used more effectively than any others to break up the morbid train. A good whiff of cologne almost always brings the little sufferer back to its ordinary world; or little ammonia may be used. But an odor which is agreeable is probably more effective than one which is merely pungent. It is a common observation that mental associations are awakened by odors more than by the impressions of any other sense. In the case of night mare the strong, familiar smell seems to break up the train of abnormal mental excitement.
Year: 1877

Efforts are making to induce old Ben
Wade to come out in behalf of General
Beatty's ant-Hayes movement. Although
Mr. Wade is averse to taking an active
part in political controversies again, it is
believed that he will give the new Or
ganization the encouragement of his ap-
prOval,
Year: 1877

FEW persons will cut Mr.. Bright on
election day because he Initiated the move
ment which resulted in securing an injunc.
ton from the Chancellor on the purchase
OF the city park by the council. thus saving
the city from incurring further debt of
about $500 900. But more will vote for him
for doing it than he will lose.
Year: 1877

are contrary to public policy.
Special privileges are not con-
sistent with the rule of equal
rights, and special charters can
vest no exclusive privilege ad-
verse to popular rights. The
chartered rights of the O. S. N.
Co. to the exclusive right of way
to the portages on the Columbia
river does not, and cannot, vest
in that company the perpetual
monopoly of the navigation OF
the river by holding the key OF
the portages. The legislature
has the reserved right, and we
trust will exercise that right
fairly and judiciously, in pre-
scribing the conditions upon
which the portage railroads shall
be kept open to public use.


There are other matters which
will be brought before the legis-
ature, upon which we may COM
ment hereafter.
Year: 1877

The granting of divorces has
been a very profitable branch of
business in Utah, and, it is need
less to say, has been attended
with more looseness, irregulari-
ty and infamy than in any other
portion Of the country. The
proceedings now on foot in the
United States courts at Salt
Lake will have the effect Of ex-
posing the whole system, and if.
as is expected, they will also ex-
pose the persons in the different
parts Of the country who avail
ed themselves of the rascality
and corruption existing there it
will be only what they deserve.
Year: 1877

Republican Ohio Clerks in
Washington do not appear to be
very anxious to go home to vote
this fall, and the democracy, for
the first time, are beginning to
think there may be something
in civil service reform.
Year: 1877

state, going to the common board
ing house where he had, or pro-
cured a common butcher-knife,
remarking to the steward, 81
will learn those fellows to let me
alone" or words to that effect;
after which he went and sat
down on a log by the side Of the
public highway leading from the
saloon to the boarding house.
Bennett soon after came along,
accompanied by Sol. Baxter, a
farmer residing in the neighbor-
hood, who was a peaceable man
and a general favorite. Here
the fight between Thompson and
Bennett was renewed, Thomson
flourishing his knife and Bennett
trying to disarm him by superior
physical strength, when Baxter,
with the intention Of separating
the combattants, seized hold of
Thompson from behind, and the
latter, regarding him as a new
assailant, gave a back thrust
with his knife, giving Baxter
the fatal wound in the abdomen,
after which he broke the knife
across his own knee to keep it
from falling into the hands of
his adversary, who had the
physical strength to overcome
him in spite of his weapon.
Year: 1877

Three years ago the New York
Herald equipped an expedition
under the management of STAN
ley, to determine the source of
the Nile, and that intrepid ex-
plorer and geographer will no
doubt solve the mystery which
las puzzled the world from the
time of the Ptolemies to the
present day. This being exclu-
sively a journalistic enterprise,
its success will be hailed with
pride by the press of the world
The Herald thus alludes to Stan
ley's passage from the east coast
Of Africa to the Congo river:
"Stanley chronicles thirty-two
battles with the savages. He
therefore had to fight his way
down the river day by day, and
Of course had to kill some more
of these precious children of ma
ture. This will greatly distress
the philanthropists IN London,
who will again appeal to the
British government to declare
him a pirate. Their humane but
rather impractical view Is that
a leader in such position should
permit his men to be slaughter
ed by the natives and should be
slaughtered himself and let dis
covery 90 to the dogs, but
should never pull a trigger
against this species of human
vermin that puts its uncomprom-
ising savagery in the way Of all
human progress and all increase
of knowledge. Fortunately it
is not necessary to champion the
gallant explorer against this
species Of philanthropic mania.
1t is shadow upon the splen-
did success that young Pocock
has proved victim to the diff
culties Of the journey. An EVIL
dence of the exceptional capaci-
ty of Mr.. Stanely to endure the
hardships of this species of ad-
venture, and of the exceptional
good fortune that seems to at
tend his passage through SO ma
ny perils, is to be seen in the
fact that in one way or another
his white associates perish on all
his journeys. Injured to breathe
that fever laden air and accus-
toned to the perilous chances
of the wilderness Stanley natur,
ally passes through where 9th
ers fail; yet but for the upiform
fatality to all less tempered to
hardship the world would be
apt to underrate the peril"
Year: 1877

last, was the first white man who
ever suffered the death penalty
under the laws of this Territory,
and the most deplorable incident
of this execution was, that a very
large majority of the intelligent
people Of the vicinage in which
the crime was committed and
the execution took place are
firmly of the opinion that the
prisoner suffered for a crime to
which the law attaches q less
penalty than that of death. 1t
cannot be properly characterized
as a "judicial MURDER" for that
would imply malicious intent on
the part of those empowered to
administer and execute the laws.
But without reproach upon the
powers that be, it may be re-
garded as !. mistake of human
judgment, to which all men are
liable, however exalted in intel
lect, position or purity Of char
acter.


The writer of this has not,
heretofore, uttered sentence
upon this subject for publication,
and refers to it now for no other
purpose than to apply the les
sons which it teaches, free from
personal ceLsure or criticism,
believing that popular respect for
law Is damaged less by open vio-
lation than by mistakes in it's
enforcement; hence the maxim: ::
d" Better that ninety-nine guilty
men escape than that one inno-
cent man be punished"


The law limits the death pen
atty to murder in the first degree
and defines the crime as clearly
as language can specify an act
which can only be described by
anticipated results, as a premed-
itated, malicious, considered pur-
pose to commit murder, followed
by consummation of the crime.
Every incident must be com
plete and beyond any reasona-
ble doubt-the motive, intent,
object, premeditation and delib-
reasonable doubt upon
any one of these incidents gives
to the undoubted murder the
character and penalty Of a lesser
crime; if murderous in intent,
but without premeditatIon, then
murder in the I'd degree; if a
criminal assault without mani
fest murderous intent, resulting
in homicide, then manslaughter.
The manifest intent of the law,
which accords with the spirit of
the age, is that the penalty of
death should only be awarded
to the deliberate murderer, prov
ed to be such beyond all reasona-
BILE doubt or mitigating circum-
stances.


John Thompson, who suffered
the death penalty, was man of
about forty years of age, of Or
dinarily good habits, industrious
and thrifty, and there was no
evidence before the court that
he had ever before been under
arrest for Il violation of law. He
WAS of light, rather pale com
p.exion, with watery blue eyes:
and nervous timid manner,
which bespoke Il sensitive and
cowardly nature. IIc had taken
up claim and opened a farm on
Squak prairie and was alterna-
ting his time between labor on
his farm and following his voca-
tion as "a miner at the Renton
coal mines. Being at Renton on
Sunday, the 18th Of February
last, be went to a saloon which
was Sunday resort for the
rougher portion Of the miners,
and after drinking freely became
involved in a quarrel with mus
cular miner by the name of Ben
nett, who gave him a whipping
and afterwards appeared as the
chief prosecuting witness on his
trial. Some others of the crowd,
Year: 1877

NEVER DEspAIR.-People are apt to
think that the hard times which they ex-
perience are the hardest times that ever
we're; and so they are for them. But one
only needs to read the history of the
world to learn that hard times have been
perpetuully coming to all nations in all
periods of their existence. And so have
good times, and so have good chances for
honest people to better their condition.
There never yet was night that was not
followed by a day, nor a storm that was
not followed by calm. The sun is forever
steadily shining in the heavens, and the
clouds which sometimes obscure his rays
are sure to break away and disperse, no
matter how dark and threatening they
may be for q time. The brave-hearted
that hope on and work on need never de-
spair.