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Year: 1877

The Finance Committee of the Senate
has had the Capital Removal Bill under
consideration for several days, and has
agreed to report 1t back with various
amendments. The most important
amendments agreed upon by the Com
mittee and TO be reported to-day are
changing the time fol holding the elec
tions and directing the proposition to be
submitted to q vote Of the people
whether the Capital shall be perma-
nently located at this time or not We
have frequently cal ed attention to ne
cessity for amending the bill in this frst
particular, as two special elections would
cost the State the some Of sixty thousand
dollars, when by submitting the PROPOSE
ton toa vote at the general election,
this expense would not be incurred. and
there would be full and more sstisfac-
tory expression from the people. The
amendment provides that the officers con.
Quoting the general election shall open
polls TO take the sense of the voters upon
the matters submitted to them, and con.
sequently the ohe set of officers con-
duct both elections. The second
proposition OF taking the sense
of the votes of the State as to whether
they want the capital permanently lecs-
ted or lot at tins time, is also an impor-
tant amendment. From the tone of the
State press and expressions OF individu-
ais from different parts of the State who
are in position to know the sentiment
OF the people. it is matter of grave
doubt whether any considerable portion
of our people want the question sgitated
at all or not. At auy rate it is well
enough to have an expression of the pee.
pie, and If q majority are in favor OF
making permanent location now, then
the town receiving majority of the
whole vote shall be the permanent seat
oil government.
Year: 1877

ROME, February l5.-The interview
between the Pope and Emperor of Bra
zil was marked with extreme cordisli:y.
The Emperor showed much emotion and
threw himself at the ieci of the Pope.
The Empress Was received with great
kindness BY the Holy Father,
Year: 1877

The following advertisement appears in q
late number of the Gazette Italia, which is
published at Florence and Rome:


''Any man, widower or bachelor, who is at
liberty to dispose of his person or his hand,
and who desires to change his solitary life.
may present himself at the address below it
he suits the requirements, and may rely upon
hearing from US. The candidate to the posi-
ton of my son-in-law must lave at least a
passably good looking exterior; must have
gone through the four classes of gymnase, or
have received an equally good education at
home; must give pools of affection for his
wife, whom he will choose from among my
three daughters; and must, furthermore. be
in all things obedient to and never gainsay
the will of her parents. We do not require
riches, but the person who takes up my offer
must be more than twenty-five years old, and
not be under any form of judicial censure.
Any religion except Jewish will be accepted.
The dowry consists of money guaranteed by
the bank Of Nezrik & Co., and can be drawn
out in the course of the first month of the
honeymoon. The total of the ages of my
three daughters is 1O7. Come, look, and
take. Russia Province of Kiew, District
of Lipovetz, Village of Salohicbooka.


ADAMO lVANSKY.
Year: 1877

DR.. q. F. Waters of Boston recently tested


before the meeting OF the Massachusetts Den
tal society new remedy for burns and scalds,
consisting Of the application of bicarbonate
of soda, the simple cooking soda used in all
families. The doctor dipped a sponge in boiling
hot water, and squeezed it over his right wrist,
the water flowing almost completely around
the arm, and nearly encirclingi it with severe
scald nearly two inches in width. Not con-
tent with this, he dipped the sponge second
time, and pressed it closely on the under side
of his wrist for thirty seconds. He then ap-
piled the bicarbonate of soda to the scalded
surface, and laid over it wet cloth, and the
intense pain was banished as if by magic. On
next day after this severe test, the scald, with
the exception of the part purposely made most
severe, was practically healed. only slight
discoloration of the skin showing where the
scalding water had fowed-this, too, without
second application of the soda. The flesh
on the under side of the wrist had been cooked
down to the weat-glands, and the scald was
one which ordinarily would have caused an
open aud painful wound of long duration.
The only treatment of this, however, after
the first application of the soda. was to keep
the part moist with wet cloth, and no pain
was experienced, and it was but few days
before the wound was seen to be rapidly
healing.
Year: 1877

A rather complicated case is about to
come before the courts at Frankfort-on-
the-Oder. A lively young boar was re-
Gently sent there by rail from Custrin,
carefully shut up in wooden cage. On
the journey, however, he managed to
break his prison, and devoured no less
than twenty-five pounds OF German
yeast, which happened to be in the same
carriage The condition of the mis-
guided pig, when the yeast began to
rise, may be imagined. He was quite
unable to bear his suddenly acquired
greatness, and gave up the ghost in
multitude of sighs, which is quite expl;-
cable under the circumstances. But now
the question is who is TO pay the damage
for what? The railway company repu-
dates al responsibility. Is. the owner
of the carcass to proceed against the
owner of the yeast for the loss Of his
boar, or is the ex-proprictor of the yeast
to proceed against the owner Of the pig
for the loss Of his merchandise? Emil
nent counsel hold that the claim Of both
parties lies against the constructor of the
cage; but the builder contends that the
cage was never calculated to withstand
the frantic efforts of pig stung iuto
frenzy by the temptation Of twenty
five pounds of yeast placed under his
very nose
Year: 1877

Always let your Jokes be we'l-timed.
Any time will do for good joke, but no
time will do for bad one. Any place
will fit, provided the joke itself be fitting,
but it never fits if joke be out OF its
place. You cannot order joke as you
would cont or pair OF boots. In con-
cocting jokes, as in making pudding,
each person employs similar materials,
but the quality of the di'h IS entirely
depcudent on the skill of the artist. The
uttercr of good joke is useful mem
Der of society, but the maker of a bad
one is n more despicablc character than
tue veriest coiner by profession.


A Joke from gentleman Is an act OF
charity an ,,ncharitable joke is an I'M
gentlcmanly net. The retort courteous
is the touchstone of good feeling the
reply clurlish-the proof of co!d-hcaded
stupidity.
Year: 1877

An unpopular club-The policeman's.
Do not aspire to send your javelin be-
yond the sun. ..


Advice to young men about to settle
dovn. Settle up first.


Gossip is the putting of two and two
together and making five of them.


A pretty Tennessee girl has patented
combined harrow and stalk-cutter.
Most girls, however, prefer to harrow in
the old way.


A Japanese student newly arrived in
this country thought we were all doctors,
because everybody took his hand and
asked after his health.


We can console ourselves for not hay
ing great talents, as we console ourselves
for not having great place. We can be
above both in our hearts.


A little boy came to his mother re-
Gently and said: Mamma, I should
think if I was made of dust, I should
get muddy inside when drink"


The fashions in gentlemen's clothing
rarely ever vary. We have it from good
authority that the style this season will
be pair Of pants, vest and coat, as
usual.


A French artist who took part in the
destruction of the Column Vendome in
Paris, during the reign OF the Commune,
has been sentenced to pay fine OF
$4,000.


The season fast approaches when the
Young man with finances to cover just
two plates of ice cream awaits breath
lessly the answer to: "Will you have
some cake?"


A box of grasshoppers' eggs from the
United States to the editor of Canada
newspaper Matched out the other day in
drawer into which they were put for
safe keeping.


The practice of stealing hymn books
is said to prevail to IN alarming extent
in some of the fashionable churches in
New York which are most frequented
by strangers.


In Philadelphia court, the other day,
man named Moisten was defended by
lawyer named Goforth. It is no unusual
thing to see lawyer and his client Go
forth and Moisten.


"The name of new novel is 1.-The
Wrongful Heir; or, The Mystery at the
Falls" It must be companion to that
charming romance. entitled "The False
Hair; or, The Mysterious Waterfall"


The following advertisement recently
anneared in New Haven journal "Any
person having five to fifty loads Of
manure to dispose of will please send
word or drop it through the post-office."


Oregon has new expedient for keep
ing her citizens sober. Every man who
drinks is obliged to take. out a license
costing S.. 1t is penal otfense for any
liouor dealer to sell q drink to an un
licensed person.


A New Hampshire paper relates that
at Newton in that State, mad dog, after
having been wounded, took refuge IN
barn, where some Of the hay became
soaked with his blood. The hay was fed
to horse, which went mad.


A mocking bird entered a Methodist
church at Jackson, Tenn, and after
circling around the room, lit on the rail-
ing of the altar, where it sat in attentive
silence till the close Of the sermon, when
it warbled some of it's sweetest notes and
sailed away.


A portly gentleman crowded himself
into horse chr next young man, who
said: "Perlaps you would not crowd
in here if YOU knew I had just had the
smallpox. "Oh, that's nothing" was
the reply; "for this is the first time I
have been out since I had it myself"
Year: 1877

A curious form of wager was once hit
upon by Old O. familiar sobriquet by
which the Duke Of Queensberry was COM
monty known to the sporting world. The
duke was famous for eccentricities in the
betting way. The match he made. to
drive carriage nineteen miles in one
hour without changing either of the
thoroughbred horses with which he
started, made a sensation OF the time,
and the actual achievement of this feat was
perhaps as remarkable rs anything Of the
kind in the annals Of coaching. But the
wager to which reference was made was
of more original character than this,
and at time of day when railways were
not thought Of, was certainly an indica-
ton of no little inventive talent. He
made bet that he would have letter
conveyed fifty miles within an hour. In
order to do this, he caused the manu-
script to be inclosed in o cricket ball,
stationed expert cricketers at intervals
over q certain distance, and the missive,
being thrown from one to the other, was
delivered at the end of the journey, with
in the stipulated time. A very good
story is told of this nobleman by which
he very neatly checkmated the vagaries
of certain spectators who secretly Offer
ed his grace's jockey a large sum Of
money to lose certain race. The Jockey
appeared to entertain the proposal, but
quietly carried information of it to his
employer, who at once told him to take
the money, and that he would bear him
harmless. The money WAS taken, aud
books were made accordingly, but, to the
horror of the enterprising blackegs,
the duke himself appeared on the scene
as the horses came to the post, and
quickly divesting himself of q great coat,
was found to be in riding attire. "This
is very nice horse" said his grace.
II think I will ride myself" And he
did it, anl won without struggle.
Year: 1877

By the Identification of the body of
young woman at the morgue, says the
New York World, the history OF one Of
the many unknown dead " of the river
was revealed. Hannah Roach was born
in this country, her parents being we'll
to-do English people of the laboring
class. Her mother died when she was
seven years of age, and her father few
years later, leaving his daughter with q
stepmother. When she WAS fourteen
years old she attracted the attention Of
Mr.. Miles, father of Mr.. w. H. Miles,
cashier of the Sixpenny savings bank
who took her into his family. The
girl was bright, intelligent, good looking
and ambitious, and lost no opportunity
of improving her condition. AS result,
when she reached her nineteenth year
she was measurably accomplished
young woman. At this time she formed
the acquaintance-most unfortunately,
as it has since proved-of q young man
named James Abbott, and last Septem-
Der they were married. A few days
after the little money Abbott had pro-
fessed to have accumulated disappeared.


But the little wife cheered him in what
he said was his loss, and resolved that
they would yet recover 1t and do even
better. Fhree weeks after the marriage
she madethe discovery that Abbott had
another wife still living. She applied to
the district attorney, and, receiving di-
rections how to act, found his fist wife,
one Mary Dougal, living in Westchester
county. This woman was willing to ap-
pear as q witness against the man who
had deserted her and cruelty betrayed
the other. She produced her marriage
certificate. as did also Hannah. All
proof having been collected, Hannah
wrote to Abbott asking him to call upon
her. Meantime detective was secured
and posted. One Monday night, late in
January, the matter was brought to a
successful ending. The girl and her be-
trayer left the house for a walk. She
broached the subject of her illegal.mar-
riage to Abbott, and he tried to con-
ciliate. Before they had gone block
the detective overlook them and sum-
marily arrested Abbott. The man was
tried in the special sessions before Judge
Gildersleeve and sentenced to two years
in the State prison. Pending his trial
he made several threats against Hannah.
He swore he would kill her when he re-
gained his freedom, and that he had
companions whom he would put on her
track to make way with her at once. The
strain, both of capturing her betrayer
and incident upon his trial, at it after
ward proved, told severely upon her.
Her friends did their best to cheer her,
but on thcmorning of the .twenty-seventh
of April she did not appear at the usual
hour, and to call there was no response.
Nothing has been seen OF heard of her
since, until a young man rowing in the
sound ran foul of the body since recog-
nized as hers. She had but little cloth
ing on when found, being dressed only
in night dress, over which she had put
q black alpaca dress. The shawl she
wore had been washed away. The beauty
of her face and grace of figure were lost,
but the brown hair was best preserved
and by its peculiar color and her clothing
she was identified. assisted by one of two
rings that bnre the initials H. R" and
"H. S." They had been given her by a
youth when little girl.
Year: 1877

About three months previous to my
arrival at Fort Union, says prairie
hunter, and in the height of the buffalo
breeding season, when the bulls are
sometimes very fierce, Joe was taking
the Fort Union bull with o cart into a
point on the river above the fort, in
order to draw home load of wood which
had been previously cut and piled ready
for transportation the day before, when
very large old bison bull stood right in
the cart track paving up the earth and
roaring ready to dispute the passage
with him. On q nearer approach, in
stead of flying at the sight of the man
that accompanied the cart, the bison
made o headlong charge. Joe had
hardly time to remove his bulls head
stall and escape up tree, being utterly
unable to assist his four-footed friend,
whom he left to his own resources.
Bison and bull, now in mortal combat,
met midway with shock that made
the earth tremble. Our previously do
cile gentle animal suddenly became
transformed into q furious beast, spring
ing from side to side, whirling round as
the buffalo attempted to take him in
flank, alternately upsetting and righting
the cart again which he banged from
side to side and whirled about as if it
had been o bandbox. Joe, safe ont OF
harms way, looked from the tree at his
champions proceedings, at first deplor-
ing the apparent disadvantage he labored
under, from being harnessed to a cart ;
but when the fight had lasted long and
furious, and it was evident that both
combatants had determined that one or
the other of them must fall, his eyes
were open to the value of the protection
afforded by the harness, especially by the
thick, strong shafts of the cart against the
short horns of the bison, who, although
he bore him over and over again down
on his launches, could not wound him
severely. On the other hand, the long,
sharp horns of the brave Fort Union
bull began to tell on the furrowed side
of his antagonist until the final charge
brought the bison, with furious bound,
dead under our hero's feet, whose long,
fine drawn horn was driven deep into
his adversary's heart. With a cheer
that made the whole woods ring again,
down clambered Joe, and while triumph
antly caressing carefully examined his
chivalrous companion, who, although
bruised and blown and covered with
foam, had escaped uninjured.
Year: 1877

The Elmira Gazette says: We are told
on Trustworthy authority that gentle
man of this city living in the lower part
of town, recently went to the woods and
finding a nest of young squErels brought
them to the house, whele there were two
felines each having " litter " of kittens.
One of the tabbies took her own legiti-
mate children and putting them in the
nest of the other (by whom tlley were
taken care of as though they had been
her own flesh and blood), went to the
place where the three squirrels were, an'l
took them one by one to her own nursery
and since has been nursing and caring
for them az Il mother.
Year: 1877

A Partisan manufacturer has received
an order from Turkey for large num-
ber of white shirts upon which extracts
from the Koran are to be printed in sky
blue letters. Upon a number of white
WOODEN undershirts is to be stamped the
signature OF Mohammed. The articles
are intended for distribution to Turkish
soldiers when upon especially dangerous
duty, to stimulate their courage under
the impression that they are talismans.
Year: 1877

The other day lodger at the johnson
House, in Gardiner, Me-, got mp Ill the
morning nwfully thirsty, and approach
ing the landlord, sail he must have
drink of cider. He was assured he could
not buy it in the city. Can get it by
the gallon, can't II" he said. He was
told he could. So he went up to store
and inquired if they had any cider to
"sell by the gallon" He was tnlI they
had. He wanted to try it, and drew n
pint lipper full and drank it. He said
lie thought it was too hard for mlnce
pies" and threw dime on the counter
and left.
Year: 1877

desDotisms on multitudinous millions OF
passive and unchroniclcd scrfs presents
a somber canopy, but We know of noth-
ing so we'll calculated to take the vim
out of married man rs for his wife to
ask him to beat that old carpet hanging
on the line, just rs he has got started for
his office in the city, with only three
minutes to catch the cars.
Year: 1877

And so beside the silent sea


wait the muffled oar;
No harm from Him can como to me
On ocean or on shore.
know not where His islands Lift
Their fronded palms in air;
only know I cannot drift


Beyond His love and care.
Year: 1877

The Hndson river tunnel between
New FORK and Jersey City, which was
begun three years ago and interrupt
ed by litigation, has been cleared of
embarrassments, and work is to bere
sumed. The scheme was projected
in 1873 by a number of California
capitalists, as the result of vexation
at delay in Jersey City from an ice
embargo. A stock company with
O,00O.0 900 capital was formed, and
work was begun at once. lnlunct-
ions were soon served by the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad and the Hoboken Land and
Improvement Company, but these in
cumbrances have been removed after
expensive litigation. The work is to
be begun on the New Jersey shore,
where shaft 65 feet deep is to be
sunk, and the tunnel then pushed out
into the river. The workingmen are
to be followed as they advance by
massive wooden plug, and the air is
to be supplied by an engine above
the current also whisking out the
disengaged earth through a pipe.
The tunnel will be about two miles
long, 26 feet wide and "a high, con-
structed of the best brick and cement,
and will be about Is feet below the
rivers bed. Work is to be carried
on at both ends at once, the two par
ties meeting in the center, and about
500 men will be employed when the
work is fairly under headway. The
railroad through the tunnel will con
meet with all the railroads .termina-
ting in Jersey City and Hoboken,
there will be a double track and the
tunnel will be lighted with gas. The
undertaking will be completed in
about three years, and the company
intend, if profits are encouraging to
continue the tunnel under New
York and the bed of the East river
to Brooklyn.
Year: 1877

The Poor DoGsl-There has been
great slaughter Of dogs in this city. I'm.
licensed, uncollared, and unknown ours
are gathered up daily by men appointed
for tie purpose by the mayor aud taken
to the pound, which is large enough to
accommodate thousand or more. The
dogs are kept few days, to allow owners
to redeem them, if they desire to do so,
and then they are drowned. Thus far
several thousand dogs have been i'm
pounded, including one belonging to the
mayor. Of these, nearly all have been
drowned. A few have been redeemed
Although the dog-catchers and their as
sistants are frequently bitten, they have
no fear of hydrophobia. When catcher
is bitten, he Immediately sucks the
wound, then soaks it with preparation
made of chloride Of lime and water, two
tablespooniuls of the former to pint OF
the latter, then covers it with coat OF
caustic. The catchers are very Jealous
in their duties, receiving a good fee for
every dog they present at the pound.
One Of them caught 108 in one day.-N'
Y. Independent.
Year: 1877

WASTE NO TIME.-Time lost can never
be regained. After allowing yourself
proper time to rest, don't live an hour or
your life without doing exactly what is
to be done in it and going straight
through with it from beginning to end.
Whatever it is take hold of it at once,
and finish it up squarely, then to the
next thing without o moment dropped
out between. 1t is wonderful to see how
many hours prompt people make out OF
day; it is as if they picked up the mo,
ments the dawdlers lost. If you ever tind
yourself where you have so many things
pressed on you that you hardly know
where to begin, let me tell you a secret.
Take hold OF the first one that comes to
hand, and you will find the rest will all
fall into file, and follow after like a COM
pany of well.drilled soldiers, and though
work may be hard to meet when it chal-
lenges you in squad, it is easily van
pushed if you can bring itinto line.
Year: 1877

WHILE half dozen persons were roll
ing along in Michigan avenue horse-ca
man leaned across the aisle and said to
another: "Excuse me, but didn't big
bug crawl down behind your collarF
"O0h! Ouch!" exclaimed the other, as
he leaped up and hauled off his coat. He
looked the garment all over, but there
was no bug to be seen. "Perhaps it
crawled down under your vest, suggest
ed the man. Off came the vest, and it
was closely inspected without making any
discoveries. The attentive stranger then
made the victim turn around two or three
times to see if the bug wasn't hidden un-
der the suspenders, and when thorough
search had been made the stranger sat
down and said: at was probably a
shadow fitting across your collar, but l
felt sure it was bug. You can put on
your coat and vest again" The more
the victim thought about it the madder
he got, but before he put on his coat the
other man left the car and slid down
Twelfth street as if he had grease on his
heels.-DetrOit Free Press.
Year: 1877

In the Alps the snow line is 5000
feet high on the northern side, and 5000
feet on the southern, giving the northern
side an advantage of 300 feet over the
southern to any man who may feel in
clined to save his ice bill by reaching
down little of it with pole.
Year: 1877

DIp you ever notice how sensitive are
the ears Of woman in church To the
crying Of some other woman's baby.
aud how jeaf,r than post she is when
her own offspring sets up it, piercing
squall