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Year: 1877

Inc p0lltlcal SITUATION IN france is alarm
ing not because of the change of cabinet, but
because of the manner in which the change
was made. Since the Republic was estab-
lished in 1871 there have been ten changes of
ministry, and it was only last December that
the Jules Simon cabinet came into office.
Heretofore cabinet officers have only given up
their portfolios when they have failed to re-
ceive the support Of the Assembly and after
it had become evident that the country de-
sired change of measures or men. But the
ministry of Simon appeared to be a thorough
ly popular one, enjoying the confidence of the
people and commanding the support of a
large majority in the legislative chambers.
Its dismissal is opposed to the very spirit of
in the direction of personal government Had
that dismissal been followed up by an imme-
date dissolution Of the Assembly and an ap
peal to the people through the voting urns
the action might have been justified. But
instead of so doing the Marshal President has
suspended the sittings of the legislature, and
is about to attempt to govern the country
without its aid through ministry hostile to
its majority.


The reason given for the action of the Ex-
ecutive, difference of opinion between the
Cabinet and President in regard to the press
laws is only pretext. The real reason is a
determination to get control of the electoral
machinery. To effect this purpose the NUM-
cipal councils must be manipulated. The
months recess will, it is thought by the re-.
actonists, give the new ministry the neces-
sary time and opportunity to prepare for the
elections. At the end of the month the As
sembly will be convened only to be dissolved,
an election will be ordered, and the new pre-
fects are expected to secure the return of a
reactionist Assembly. Meanwhile the Presi-
dent holds himself responsible to France
alone" which means that he holds himself
responsible to no one, for he refuses to ac-
knowledge the authority of the representa-
tives of the people. The majority in the
Assembly are enraged, and resort to force
is not impossible. The wiser course for the
Republicans would seem to be to wait quiet
ly until the new elections are ordered, and
then trust to their popular strength to defeat
the intrigues of the reactionists.
Year: 1877

THE more Mr.. Redfeld examines the
South, the more he is convinced that
break in the Democratic party is impossible
for some time to come. He says: ''The de-
mination to mass the whites cf the South
practically into one party and throw solid
South for the Democratic candidate in 1880
will probably succeed. It looks that way
now. In some of the border Southern States
the Republican party, under the wise admin
istration of President Hayes, is making
little progress, but that single Southern
State will be carried for any other party than
the straight Democratic, in 1880, do not
now believe. Those who manifest an inde-
pendent turn of mind will be whipped back
into line, and the old order of fittings continue.
Three years is some distance to see ahead,
but from what observations can make every
one of the 1873 electoral votes of the South
will be given to the Democratic candidate at
the next Presidential election. 1 wish 1
could say otherwise, but the South seems to
me hopelessly solid on national issues, with
no prospect of break sufficient to carry a
single State for any other than the straight
Democratic candidates"
Year: 1877

1t is said that the revival of the Whig party
is impossible, because Mrs. Hayes would re-
fuse to stand on hard cider platform.-Cin
cinnat Commercial.


Two of the weekly Republican papers in
the interior of Ohio have challenged each
other to discuss the Presidents Southern pol
icy, and the first article indicates protracted
war over it.


Any man can criticise the policy of the
President; can question the prudence of his
course; can call frantically for the wisdom of
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and cOmmuni-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

appeared a comment on the cOinci-
dence of a second Scraps this cen
tennial year.


His subsequent career, when, his
services, ignored by his country, he
wandered first to Russia, then to
France, eating bitter bread, broken
hearted, in his exile dying in pow
erty and want, is the record and
the shame of history. Here is the
same inexorable revelation, the
same terrible pathos which has
wrung the heart of man through
long generations in the story Of
Belisarius-the blind old man with
his sublime patience of Timon,
lashed to frantic scorn of his race
of WolSey with that wall of an
guish and repentance on his lips,
"Had | served my God with hall
the zeal | served my king, He would
not IN mine old age have iorSaken
mew


And in view of that brilliant life
and that unhonored grave, the
question is suggested whether this il
the stern necessity Of a republic Oh
the heartleSS neglect of an migrate.
full people. S. W. H.
Year: 1877

In 1922, when there was a pros
pept of war between Russia and
Turkey, Thomas Jefferson wrote to
John Adams as follows; cit seems
that the oannibals Of Europe are
going to eating one another again.


| hope we shall prove how much
happier for man the Quaker policy
is, and that the life OF the feeder is
better than that Of the fighter Let
Year: 1877

Never whip horse for becoming
frightened at any object by tile road
side, for il he sees stump or a log
or o heap of tan bark 10 the road,
aud while he is eyeing il carefully and
about to pass, you strike him with the
whip, IL Is the log. or stump. or the
tan bark that is hurting him ia his
way ofreasoning. and the next time
he will be more frightened. GiYe
him time to examine and shun all OF
these objects and use the bride to
assist you in bringing him carefully
to those objects OF fear.
Year: 1877

and loneliness IL is too bitter !"


But calmer thoughts came at last,
and after long deliberation Her
bert decided upon one more effort
to gain tiding of his lost lore.


In every city for week one lead
ing newspaper contained this adVeF-
tienpaapF
Year: 1877

A SUBLIME FLIGHT. The reporter of
an interior Michigan town paper ought
10 he on hand when the world is burned
up. Who knows What he might not
then accomplish in description. Hear
him: "And now appeared one of the
most terrible and magnificent spectacles
1t was ever our lot to witness. The
whole broad and high front Of the Inter
national Hotel was wrapped, as in its
winding sheet, IN one lurid mass of fame
which, seemingly MS in mockery of the
puBy powers of man and his appliances
to stay it's course, st, oped toward the
earth in the eddy of the wind with a
hurtling sound as of demOniac laughter,
and then swerving and veering, as if iu
disdain, tossing its head, it arose tower
ing almost to the very clouds, and--ah,
it needed no feryid Dantean imagination
then to discover within the fringes Of
that gilt.edged hell the glaring eyeballs,
yea, the very flaws and bloody hair of
the demon of the flames--with one fell
swoop it hurled itself across the broad
street over upon and wound itself around,
fastened its fearful clutches 10, took pos
session of and invested the whole i'm
mense building known as the Harris
block"
Year: 1877

A cure for bashfulness has been found,
according to the following in the Boston
Journal Of Chemistry whatever may
have been said about the effects of cuca on
the human system, this much is certain
that It causes timid people, who are usually
III at ease in society, and particularly so be-
fore strangers, to appear to good advan
tage.'
Year: 1877




during the consideration Of school matters,
noted that the lease Of the Ade}phf Theatre,
which is leased by the School Board expires on
the first OF next October, and the lease contains
the provision that Il the School Board think at
the time Of the expiration that they want the
esitldiux for purposes Of their own, theY cannot
Year: 1877

lilies the housewife generally reserves all com
plants and vexations of the day for re-
hearsal at the board, aud the children are
suppressed by that aggravatng maxim,
Children should be seen and not heard"
or cold water is dashed upon their attempts
at cheerfulness by the atrocious command,
" Let your victuals stop your mouth |" Let
us revise the Darwin theory and progress
backward y until we turn again to sponge
and polypii, before we degenerate into this
system. But we digress Eight o'clock is
reasonable breakfast hour for all concerned.
Then there Isl still ample time for the children
to get to school, and if we have worked an
hour or two previously our appetites are so
much the sharper, and we are ready for
rest. Genteel society would deem it a hard.
ship to breakfast before ten, but this paper
is not addressed to them II is another alb
surdity to eat our heartiest meal in the
middle of the day, perhaps when the work is
but half accomplished and the mind en-
crossed by many cares, under the prevalent
prejudice of MONDAY dinners. Mind aud
body must both assist in heathful digestion,
and digestion in turn reacts upon mind and
body in a sort of cooperative arrangement,
so that after hearty meal nature demands
siesta. If we satisfy the inner man " to
repletion after the cares of the day are laid
away, when we feel with Longfellow's village
blacksmith that Something accomplished,
something done, has earned nights re-
pose" then comes a quiet season of blissful
languor, when mind and body, too sluggish
to labor, can only peacefully enjoy. For
these and other reasons a midday lunch is
most expedient, which can be made very
substantial if desired, and with but little
trouble, with cold meats, hot drinks, ETC.,
and dinner at five o'clock or thereabouts.
We are aware that many ladies who do their
own work complain that under this plan
they can never be dressed up" in the after
noon. Yet dinner is the same whenever you
eat it, and if it be in good taste to dine at
noon in calico, why is it any worse to do so
live hours later ? With plenty of such pro-
tectors as sleevelets and aprons, which are
so easily slipped on and off, one may always
be presentable at any time of day, and ac-
cording to our notion a lady who does her
own work is always suitably attired at home
to receive the chance caller in a neat, we'll
hitting dress of calico or other wash goods.
1t does not follow that she need be a souch
because her dress is plain aud in accordance
with her business her collar may be i'm
maculate, her bows and boots of the fresh
EST, and her hair as smooth as the ravens
wing, and the "eternal fitness will be main
tained.-Golden Rule.
Year: 1877

There can be no doubt that faulty arti-
fetal light is one of the most productive
causes Of certain class of injuries to which
The eye can be exposed The two sources
Of trouble with the ordinary artificial lights
,re--frst, that they are not pure white, and
secondly that they are unsteady The first
lefect is found in all artificial lights except
the lime, electric and magnesium the sec.
ond especially in candles and gas. The vel
lowness is, in a measure, counteracted by us.
ing, in the case of lamps and gas, chimneys
Of a violet or blue tint, and the Pickering of
the gas may be obviated largely by employ
ing an Argand burner. All things consd.
cred, a German student-lamp furnishes the
most satisfactory light The next best is
gas with an Argand burner. The chimneys
Of both may, as above suggested, be advan-
tageously of light-bue tint The position
Of the light in relation to the body is OF
great importance. If shade is used on the
lamp Or burner Gt should, by preference be
of ground or milk glass, never of colored
glass;, the light may stand directly in front
of the body, and the work be allowed to lie
in the light under the shade, which will
protect the eyes from the glare in the flame.
If no shade is used the back should be
turned to the source Of light, which ought
to fall over the left shoulder. The same
rule applies in the management of daylight.
In this case the light should come from be-
hind and slightly above, and fall directly on
the work. whence it is reflected to the eye.
1t should never fall directly in the face.
The light in the room during sleep is also
not without its influence. As rule, the
room during sleeping hours should be dark
and in particular, care should be taken to
avoid sleeping opposite a window where, on
opening the eyes in the morning, food OF
strong light will fall on them. Even the
strongest eyes are, after the repose of the
night, more or less sensitive to the impress
sion of intense light. The eyes must have
time to accustom themselves to the stimu-
lus. Attention should be called to the in
furious effects that sometimes follow read
ing on railroad cars. On account of the un-
steadiness of the page, reading under these
circumstances is exceedingly trying to the
eyes, and should never be persisted in for
any considerable length of time. During
convalescence from severe illness the eyes
are generally the last to regain their lost
power. Especially is this the case with
women after childbirth, and too much care
cannot be taken to put as little strain upon
the eyes as possible at this time .--Scribner's
1fq0dzine
Year: 1877

"Come back, come back Don't take
another step, John Morton, or you will go
down into the river" strong, loud voice
called out in startling tones.


glanced TO the opposite side OF the river,
and saw two or three boys standing upon a
huge rock that extended out over the water
from the steep bank. One boy was very
near TO the edge of this same rock, and it
made me dizzy to look at him. He was evil
IDENTIFY trying TO see how near he could go TO
the edge.


"Come back, say !" the loud voice again
repeated, and then | saw man hastily ap-
proaching. Don't you know that it is un-
safe to venture out upon that crumbling
rock Z" the man went on, as the venture
some boy stepped back. He was only just
IN time, for the rock suddenly broke in two
and more than half OF it went down, into
the deep, rushing river. The boys were
thoroughly frightened, and John Morton's
face was very white, as he saw the great
danger to which he had been exposed.


81 did not think that Just our weight
would break that old rock, he said


"lt is not a very good plan to venture
into such dangerous place" the man said,
who had seen the boys just in time to save
them. "There are good many soft rocks
in this world, and danger where we caunot
see it," he continued, as he turned away
from the boys.


witnessed all this upon the opposite side
of the river, aud the words "not another
step" rang i'll my ears, | thought if the
many young men, standing upon the rock of
intemperance, that always reaches over the
gulf OF ruin, would listen to the voices call
ing, " Not another step" and fall back
as quickly as did John Morton, they might
be saved. But many of them are strangely
blinded to their danger, and so are suddenly
plunged into the gulf below, in spite of the
voice, " Not a step further. Banner.
Year: 1877

Cultivate singing in the family. Begin
when the child is not yet three years old.
The songs aud hymns your childhood sang
bring them back TO your memory and teach
them to your little ones mix them alto
gether, to meet the similar moods, as in after
life they come over us so mysteriously
sometimes, Many time and oft, in the
very whirl of business in the sunshine and
gaiety of Fifth Avenue, amid the splendor OF
the drive in Central Park some little things
wake up in the memories OF early youth -
the old mill, the cool spring, the shady tree
by the little school-house-and the next in
stant we almost see again the ruddy cheeks,
the smiling faces, aud the merry eyes of
scboolmates, some gray-headed now; most
:" lie smouldering in the grave" Aud anon,
/" the song my mother sang springs unbid-
den TO the lips aud soothes and sweetens all
these memories At other times, amid the
crushing mishaps of business, a merry ditty
of the olden time pops out its little head,
breaks in upon the ugly train of thought,
throws the mind into another channel light
breaks from behind the cloud in the sky, and
a new courage is given to us. The honest
man goes singing to his work and when
the days labor is done, his tools laid aside,
and he 10 on his way home, where wife and
child and tidy table and CHEEKY freside
await him, he cannot help but whistle or
sing The burglar never sings. Moody
silence, not the merry song, weighs down
the dishonest tradesman, the periidious
clerk, the unfaithful servant, the periured
partner,-HdRs Journal
Year: 1877

The NKw SENAToR.-Senator P. B. Plumb is .
native of Ohio, aged about 40 years, twenty OF
which he has spent in Kansas. He has been
newspaper editor, lawyer, banker, soldier,
and member Of the Legislature. During all
the years we have known him, we have found
but one serious fault with him. He went on
with the Liberal Republican faction, in 1877, and
was q member of the Cincinnati Convention that
nominated Greeley. But he soon got ashamed OF
it, and subsequently took no active part in the
campaign. We supposed this would be fatal to
his Senatorial aspirations-in fact, he is the only
Greeley man who has received any honors at the
hands of the Republican party of Kansas But
he has been an active Republican since his Gree
ley misadventure, and especially did good work
in the late campaign.


Mr.. Plumb made his first appearance in the
Legislature st the same session we did; and we
happened to be placed on a committee together,
to investigate certain alleged printing gobbles.
Some peculiar practices were brought to light,
and the bulk of the irregularities" fell upon E.
G.. Ross. Plumb has now been elected to the
seat to which Ross was chosen ten years ago.
We hope aud expect that he will leave it with
more honor than Ross did.
Year: 1877

BEGINS TO SEE 1.-THE Manhattan Nationalist
is one of the few papers in Kansas that find ev-
erything too corrupt for their pure eyes, and has
been in the habit of pitching into everything and
everybody promiscuously. But in its last issue,
it acknowledges that every time it slashes into
some great wrong for the public good, the friends
of the wrong withdraw their patronage, while
the good people who urged it on hug their pock-
etbooks still closer, and let it fight the battle
out. It thinks there il no encouragement for
newspaper Independence. This is precisely the
platform the Chief laid down long ago, and an
nounced its determination to work for money, the
same as all other trades and professions did. We
remember that were denounced as mercenary
and in the market, and all that sort of thing.
We are still in the market, and find that others
are getting in the same fix.
Year: 1877

v- 1t has been rumored, for some time past,
that Senator Copkling was about to withdraw
from the United States Senate. As be will soon
be on speaking terms with none of the Senators,
his withdrawal will become almost matter of
necessity. Any Senator who dares to take issue
with him, incurs his mortal hatred. Blaine
foored him in debate when they were both
members of the House, and be has not spoken to
Blaine since. Morton faxed him in the Compro-
mise debate, which SO badly buckeyed him that
he does not speak to Morton. At this rate, he
will soon be 90 exclusive that when he wants o
little company, he will have to hire brass band
to play for him, as he did at Cincinnati. Per-
haps if he would resign, and let a real ravenous
Democrat he sent to gil his place, it would not
be half as bad for the Republican party as Q cold


biooded, dissatisfied egotist, nursing his spite,
and watching for an opportunity for revenge.
Year: 1877

u The most amusing part of the late Senate
rial contest, the conduct of the little wheel
barrow load of Democrats who happen to be
members. They imagined that they held the
key to the result, and that the Republicans could
not agree upon man, but that their little squad
could dictate the Senator at last. They there
fore resolved to vote solidly and steadily for a
man of their own. Occasionally two or three
would Hy the track, and vote for a Republican,
whereupou party leaders from Atchison and 9th
er parts of the State would hasten to Topeka, to
get them back into the traces. 1t went on thus
until the Republicans got tired of fooling, and
resolved to have an election, when that squad of
Democrats didn't amount to as much as a sand
burr on the tail of q rambunctious bull.
Year: 1877

There is passage going the
rounds of the American and Euro
pean journals taken from a letter
written by the unhappy Queen OF
Holland. In it she says, or writes,
"there will be no future Queen of
Holland" If she could have
prophesied truly that there would
be 40 future King Of Holland,
such as the present one, it would
have been a blessing to the world.
All Paris that knows what is going
on in what is called "high life, "
was talking, while | was there, of
a disgraceful affair. Just before
the Queen of Hollands death, this
spring, a once noted dancer was
about to leave Paris in a special
train for Holland, when a telegram
came from the king requesting her
to wait a fortnight as the queen
was dying After that sad story
of a ruined royal life was ended the
ex-dancer went on to her kingly
lover, and she travelled as a queen
might. Since her arrival the king
has given her a splendid chateau,
a set of ancient and oriental arms
worth 100000 francs, besides many
other costly gifts


"She says she wants some
Sevres," wrote the king lately to
his agent. "Where can | get some
thing that will please her?"


The agent, who is in the conf
dence OF the ex.dancer, told tn,
king that it would be better to give
her certain complete collection o
old Deli that his majesty owned
She was consulted by her roya
lover, and consented to take it il
Year: 1877

kind Of adopted sister. He had
liked her for her sound Judgment,
strength of character and freedom
Of sentiment. They were walking
quietly along, and discussing Her
Der Spencer. One Of the last things
he remembered distinctly was that
they were illustrating the survival
of the fttest by examples within
their own knowledge. The next
thing he knew he had proposed to
her, and she was throbbing on his
bosom like avoleano in eruption,
and sobbing out that she had
adored him from the first moment
she had laid eyes ON him. wasn't
that rather queer" he asked, "for q
young woman Of extraordinary
strength of character, totally devoid
Of sentiment? Well, I'm devilish
glad it happened, though how it
happened to this day l have no idea.
But you know Pm always looking
for the cause of things. l wonder
still what put us into that passion.
ate mood us, who had always


been so self-contained in one an
others society. Was it the moon!


Or could it have been the sea?"