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Year: 1877

THE TRAMP QUESTION grows more alarming
than ever. There are already more of these fell
lows than the iails can accommodate, and the
probable breaking up of the Louisiana Ring and
the promised publication of the public service
threaten to add largely to the number.
Year: 1877

REASON is invading temperance circles. The
Temperance Unions lecturer declared yesterday
that the temperance movement should be against
intemperance of whatever name and nature.
Such course would speedily explain why liquor
is uscd at all
Year: 1877

THERE ARE AT LEAST ELEVEN JURYMEN who
hope that Joe Coburn may not obtain new
trial and the acquittal which such trials usually
foreshadow. They have no time in which to
study the art of self-defence.
Year: 1877

Virginia's "Bell Punch" Tax Check on


Bar-Tenders to go into use at once.


RICHMOND. Va, September g.
Tho Motfct register, OF "bell punch"
rs it has been improperly called, is
now a fixed fact, and on Monday it
will go into operation in every
saloon in this city where alcoholic
and malt liquors are sold. It was
stubbornly fought from it's very
conception first in tho Legislature
and afterward in the courts, it's
opponents (tho liquor dealers) re-
ceiving final quietus to-day in tho
dissolution of m injunction obtain~
cd against the register in the United
States Circuit Court. The law
undor which it operates provides
for tax of two and half cents on
all alcoholic beverages drunk, and
half cent on all beverages sold.
This will necessitate an increase of
tho price Of whiskey drinks from
ten to fifteen cents, and probable
diminution of the size of lager beor
glasses to prevent the loss of the
half cont to the saloon keeper. It
is estimated that in this city alone
the amount of revenue to be derived
from it will exceed $175,000 per
annum, and if anything like tho OK
pectations Of the projectors Of tho
register are realized it will bring
the State treasury $750,000 year.


The register is plain apparatus,
about the size Of small cigar box,
with gas meter dial on the front
and a crank in the rear. Inside is
the necessary machinery to register
each drink, and q gong which, with
each revolution Of the crank, gives
notice of the fact, There is no
punch about it, that idea having
originated from it's similarity to tho
car bell punch. The bar-keepers
and liquor dealers are greatly
excited at the snccoss Of the regis
ter. They are violently opposed to
it, md threaten to defeat every
candidate for the Legislature who
will not vote for the repeal of the
law. It's operation comes in at q
very opportune moment, when there
snota cent in the State treasury, and
while the State authorities ore try
ing to negotiate loan of 800, 900
to carry on the State government
4 Five hundred registers are ready in
j the hands of the State auditor, to
4 go into operation on Monday, and
the entire State can be supplied in
a few days.
Year: 1877

perlOr IN every respect for our special
purpoSes-butter and cheesc-oyer the
short horns, that We have discarded them
(thc Shorns), and gave our attention eX-
cluSivelv to the Holsteins. There is one
prominent feature about the Holsteins.-
and most desirable too - the fact that
they yield a large flow of milk during the
entire season. Their feeding qualities
are No |, hardy and thrifty | cannot
see why they may not become formidable
rivals OF any OF the other breeds for the
production of beef. We have never OBJ
tanned better results from any breed in
feeding than the HolsteD. There was
considerable prejudice among the farmers
OF this vicinity against the Holstens at
the time OF their first Introduction here
This has died away is they have beheld
with their own eyes the positive merits Of
the breed, and some OF their most bitter
est enemies OF NOrc are now ready to ac-
cept them aS an acquisition. Grades are
becoming plenty among nearly all our
farmers. At the present rate Of increase
We may contidentially expect within the
next ten years to see all the hillsides Of
the most productive dairy districts Of
Worcester county dotted with these beau
tltul black and white cattle"
Year: 1877

1t has been very recently stated that
there is not public land enough left for
actual settlement that is lit for agricul-
tlnc to make good county in Wisconsin.
The old homestead plan of the Govern
mcnl is not applicable to the land that is
left, which is arid, marsh, mountainous,
and forests. Scientific men say that it
must give way to- different arrangement.
The arid regions are fiji mostly for paStur-
age, and very large tracts must be grant
cd hy the Government in order TO insure
settlements on them. Large herds of
cattle are the only product of which they
are sure, and for these it requires an I'M
mense range, With access to the streams
that lie so far apart. There is in all
nearly seven hundred Thousand square
miles Of This pastrlagc region. Farmers
may govern themselves accordingly.
Year: 1877




My name is Milly De Granville I'm twenty
three years old, and can lift $50 pounds dead
weight. with my teeth" said the Young lady with
the iron jaw. as She came forth smiling after the
performance at Baruums yesterday afternoon to
meet reporter Of the World.


Fifteen minutes before the latter had sat III mute
astonishment while this young woman clad in per
fectly lifting and becoming tights, waved kitchen
chair in her teeth. or by the tip end of its back
held it at right angles to her comey figure while
all the multitude applauded Now he stood alone
in the presence Of a fashionable young lady with
pretty dmpled cheeks and large gray ewes that
twnkled good naturedly beneath perfect garden
OF flowers IN the shape Of spring hat, and which
looked honestly at the reporter as the above start
ling announcement was made. The transition
from creek statuary to Partisan vitality was too
sudden: the reporter stood speechlesS


w hat You don't believe me! See" And the
spring bonnet bent down gracefully, while with an
lnciSlve click a set of beautifully white and even
leeth came together on the back OF Il mahogany
chair, which straightway was tossed high up over
the young ladyS bead held there moment, tr
umPhantly returned TO its legs, and then compla
Gently sat down upon by Miss De Granville


NV ell, viii YOU, SAID the reporter, curiosity
overcoming finer instincts allow me to inspect
those remarkable teeth .


"Ol course, said Miss De Granville beaming
Year: 1877

Close confinement, intense mental activ-
ilY, and that spiritual excitement which
Is a necessary condition of fine intellectual
work, make great tlraughts on the nervous
system. 1t needs a strong constitution to
endure them. Every great mental effort
has to be paid for in one way or another.
DlgeSllon muscular vigor, nerves, and
often the brain itself, give way under the
STRAIN. Let amy man who is not used to
intellectual work, sit down to prepare
twenty, OF thirty pages of manuscript. or
make himself ready to address a Jury on
Il case OF life and death, or calculate some
great and complicated business ENTERPRISE
and he will soon learn the bitterness and
prostratlon Of brain fatigue When the
parson comes down on Monday morning
his appetite is gone. and his nerves are
tremulous, and his head feels as if Il little
shaking would make his cerebrlm and
cerebellum rattle about like dry kernels
in a walnut shell. The lawyer, when he
has finished his brilliant plea: the lcctur-
cr, when he has delivered his eloquent
Grafton; the man of affairs, when he has
gone through the strain of winding up Il
years business 3; the author, when he
comes out from five hours quill-driving
IN his study; all these, unless they are
gifted with uncommon strength and en-
durance, are exhausted men, and Il kind
OF allowance must be made for their con-
diton.
Year: 1877

the men, as he halted his horse beside the
boy.


"He is dead" whispered The white face
defender.


"He is God forgive me for the part
took last night


"You called him q coward" cried Jo-
seph's brother, land you are to blame for
this 3 Was he a coward? Look there
and there, and there We drove them
back from the Wagon-droye them clear
out here. Joseph is dead. You are his
mUderers.'


Every man was near enough to hear his
voice and note his action as he picked up
the rifle Of the Indian and sent a bullet
through his own head With exclama-
tons OF grief and alarm trembling on
their lips, the men sprang from their sad
dies. The boy was dead-dead as Joseph
and the corpses were bleeding from a
dozen wounds.


''Nell carry 'em up to the train and
have a burial in the morning" said one OF
the men, and the bodies We're taken up
behind two Of the horsemen They did
have q burial, and men looked into the
grave With tears III their ewes, for they
had discovered that Josephs brother was
a woman YES. a woman, With the WhitcSt
throat and sottest hands. 1t might have
been t)oseph's wife, or sister, on sweet
heart. No one could tell that: but they
could tell how they had Wronged him.
and they said, as they stood around the
grave:


"We hope the Lord Won't lay it up
agin us p
Year: 1877

Tripping down the field path.
Early in the morn,
There | met my own love,
Midst the golden corn
Autumn winds were blowing,
As i'll frolic chase.
All her slken ringlets
Backward from her face
Little time for speaking
Had she, for the wind
Bonnet, scarf. or ribbon.
Ever swept behind,
Still some sweet improvement
In her beauty shone;
Every graceful movement
Won me-One hv one
As the breath of Venus
Seemed the breeze Of morn.
Blowing thus between us,
Midst the golden corn
Little time for Wooing
Had we, for the wind
Still kept on undoing
What we sought to bind
Oh, that autumn morning.
In my heart it beams.
Loves last look adorning
With its dream OF dreams,
Still, like waters flowing
In the ocean she'll
Sounds of brcezcs blowing
In my spirit dwell!
Still see the field path
Would that could see
Her whose graceful beauty
Lost is now 10 me
Charles Swain.
Year: 1877

The good ladies in Cook county, Texas,
have been vying with each other in pop
ulating their community. Mrs. Rowland
had twins; her neighbor had triplcts; ;
and another lady, determined to outdo all
the rest, went deliberately to work and
went two better than the first Every
fellow in that neighborhood looks with
anxiety upon his wife, and wonders if
five is the next probable number.
Year: 1877

a church congregation in Petersburg,
Va. became weary of waiting for their
pastor a few nights ago, and dispersed.
Some Of them, while on their way home,
spied the eNpoundero the gospel, through
q window. seated in a parlor by the side
Of alady friend, apparently delighted with
her company, and seemingly lorgetiul of
the fact that it WAS the night for holding
the church meeting, which he subsequent
ly admitted to be the ease.
Year: 1877

necessary 70 clean the whale tank and It's inmate was
hosted into the while the foul water drained
on and the tank secured rhe supply OF wafer
forced in was nearly twenty degrees lower Ia
temperature than that to which the whale had been
accustomed. Within few days the animal was noticed
be Affected and Il supposed that the quality OF
food supplied 10 und which consisted solely oil
live cells, was to blame for the change II was not
uEtil the dissection ana analysis OF Wednesday and
yesterday that the real oft death was known
Year: 1877

but it would not be according to agree
ment. The Democrats made their bed,
and must lie in IL. with all the Proerus-
team limits Of measurement for the
party which was agreed to wber the
bed was made. i; is the pound OF hesh
which is demanded and the sacrifice
must be made IL is unjust that it
should be so, but better this than worse.
Better this than violated faith oa our
side, even though, as Mr.. Webster once
said, a compact broken upon one side Is
a compact broken upon the other.
While this l. true, il viii not excuse Us
for breaking a contract after having
agreed TO abide BY one, nor for making.
one Of two presidents, the Senate. in
dorsed by the electoral commission.
making the other This is revolution.
call It what we may, and il was TO pre-
vent this the electoral bill was passed.
We Rave been wronged by an outrage
Gus decision, wherein fraud has taken
the place Of justice. and wherein vice
and robbery have the ascendancy over
honesty. With Us honor. conscience
and patriotism are secure, and with the
other side victory, dishouor, and a be-
trayal of Justice,
Year: 1877

NONE will fail to read Carter's ad ..
vertisement of blood purifying spice
for horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and
poultry. Those who have used this
medicine are unanimous in pronounc-
ing it the best condition powder in
the market. We have had occasion
to try it, and can recommend it to
our readers. No farmer or other
party having the care of stock should
be without it.
Year: 1877

The recognition by the press Of the he
roic characteristics Of General Bartlett is
quick and wide. We have dwelt upon his
qualities and his services, his opinions and
his acts, not only as an act Of justice, but in
the belief that they furnish greatly-needed
example, and in the hope that from his


grave there might 60 new and richer influ-
ences-so that even dead he will yet speak
with more potent eloquence than ever. 1t
is not given to many men to have his SIM
pie, quick perception Of the kernel truth,


or his equally simple and natural way OF
speaking and acting it. 1t never seemed to


cost him anything to think rightly, or to
speak and act what he thought-it did it
self, as it were-not only without hesitation


or fear of the consequences, but without
the recognition that there We're any conse-
quences that should be considered. Few
men are, indeed, so wonderfully endowed
as this; but all Of us, by seeking, may find
this God OF Truth. It was conspicuous
life that he lived before his fellow-citizens
in Massachusetts,. No life so impressive
in its features, or furnishing so noble an
example, has been lived before us in this
generation. But it was lived without his
thought Of its character or its consequences
to himself. And il he can live again in any
degree in the lives and characters OF his
comrades and successors, Of the young men
who knew him or have read his story and
felt its inspiration, the dead hero will be
again the living hero; and the glory Of his
life will take on at once its true Immortality
General Bartlett's funeral was attended
by leading military and civic officers, inclu-
ding members of the Supreme Court


Every mark of respect was shown to the
memory OF the deceased. .ar
Year: 1877

become acting President, and would be
sworn In rs such. So far as he (the Presi-
denH was, concerned, his power would
cease; but in other respects the other
branches of the executive government, re-
ferring to the Cabinet officers, would con-
tinue uninterrupted. a full Investigation
OF this subject by his judicial advisors, as
well as by himself, made is clear that all the
Cabinet officers were named untilsa sIcs
cessor was appointed except the Postrnas-
r-General, whose term by law was limited
to thirty days after the commencement OF
new administration. In regard to the Post
Office Department, this for some years was
carried on from time to time by legislative
action, and it was not until the ad-
ministration OF President Jackson that
the Postmaster-General was entitled to!
seat in the Cabinet, be having
been invited to participate in the delibera-
tions of the Executive Ministers by that
President. Therefore, in the event OF no
decision being reached by Congress with
reference to the results OF the late election,
the president OF the Senate, as acting
President, would find himself-in possession
OF every facility for continuing and carry
ing ON the Government without the embar-
rassmcnt which would naturally arise from
a different tenure OF office on the part OF
the Cabinet Ministers. In regard to calling
an extra session OF Congress, the President
said that so far as the Senate was concerned,
that being continuous body, it was Gus
tomary for the outgoing President to call it
together to enable his successor to organize
his government, but he was in doubt as to
his powers as regards the calling OF m extra
session Of the House, and would take no ae-
ton until that question, in case necessity
should arise, was fully investigated. In his
mind, however, itappeared that as Congress,


Of which the House is q component part, eX-
pires on the same day that his own official
functions do; and as it is not continuous
body, he very probably would find, no mat
ter what emergency, that he had no power
in the premises. He thought, however, that
no embarrassment would be Questioned
thereby; for, If there should be no decision
with reference to the present persons voted
for, the acting President could promptly
convene the Forty-frth Congress for such
business as he might sec fit to bring to its
ton OF the recent election might become
subject of consideration, and it might be
determined to hold an election earlier than
the time regularly provided for in the act
of 1892. which would now be on the Tues
day after the first Monday in November.
Congress, he thought, might see fit to fix
upon the holding on an election in June,
which could readily be done, and hold the
on the 4th Of July, which
would more promptly dispose OF the excep-
tional state of affairs incident to a quasi in
tpTre1nl1n
Year: 1877

There was but little Of interest outside Of
the private concerns Of her citizens to give
cause for mention in the public prints rs to
the affairs of Manchester yesterday. The
people were getting things to rights, and
were more than pleased with last years
exhibit as portrayed in yesterdays DIS
patch. About the most troublesome thing
to our housekeepers yesterday was the
cleaning off OF the snow from the sidewalks.
This was well accomplished, however, on
the main streets, and by the afternoon the
walking was ':fairly tolerable, thank yet"
Year: 1877

The Lash Applied. Charles Henry brakes
was before the Mayor yesterday morning on
u charge OF petit larceny. He was SEN
fenced to fifteen lashes, which were duly
and Charles went home with
his back in such a pucker that many of us
were reminded OF our boyhood's days,
when we were wont to play truant or steal
half Of the newly-made preserves, and get
caught at it. Thus does history repeat
Year: 1877

we very much mistake the tone of publi


feeling, If the decision of the Court, holdip,


cider to be an intoxicating drink, will no


create revulsion of opinion. The question


before the Court, we apprehend, was the


main fact, is cider an intoxicating drink
Its exclusion by proviso in the bill repula-
ting the sale of intoxicating liquors, does
not make it per Sc, Intoxicating. The same
argument might be applied to Elderberrv
Gooseberry, or Currant wine. We have a
nlgh regard for the legal ability, as well as
inc solid good sense of the judiciary, and
we incline to the opinirn that a reargument
OF she question would be respectfully heard.
Inc reason Of the law is It's life, and in this
view of the case, it were wise to ascertain
now far the use of cider leads to drunken.
ness; 1t being admitted that the object of
the Liquor Law is to promote sobriety. In
the State against William Bennett, III Har.
Report, this view of liquor case
was taken; viz: That the object of the
Jaw was to curb tippling, and the law was
10 administered. If cider, such as is com.
monty sold by grocers, and farmers, in the
narket' is not per Sc An intoxicating drink,
would be unwise to have its use forbidden.
Year: 1877

| On the lst of September Of eSch year the
! newspapers in the cotton states regularly
publish AN elaborate review OF the trade of
! ttheir respective cities. We have before Us
taese annual reports for New Orleans,
Charleston, Savannah and Memphis, the four
! leading centres of the cotton trade. We sup
pose the reason why the LIST OF September Is
selected for these elaborate annual reflcWs
| is that, more nearly than any other date, IT
marks the beginning of the cotton trade IN
| the new crop. A few scattering bales or
few hundred bales are received during the
latter half Of the month of August and on
the lst of September the new season is re-
par,led as having fairly opened These an
nuaI reviews include not only cotton, the
| chief staple, bat sugar, rice, tobacco, grain,
| provisions, fruits and all the articles which
make up the mass of southern trade. They
are valuable collections of statistics, tor they
give in exact figures all the receipts and ship
ments of the preceding year, with tables
showing the increase or decrease III each
article in comparison with previous years.
Besides this careful array Of statistics, these
reviews discuss the causes which have al
fected trade and speculate with more or less
intelligence on the prospects of the oiseirnsS'
year.


These reports and speculAtiens are of Pc
culiar interest now, because the south is en-
terins on a new era BY the wise policy of
president Hayes an end has been put to the
exciting political controversies which have
kept that section III I state of turmoil sJpce
the war. There is no longer anything to
disturb is tranquility or obstruct its material
development. We accordingly find tone
of hopefulnesS and confidence In all these
reports.


The review Of the business of the last year
shows decline in the cotton trade, owing
to a somewhat shorter crop than in the year
which preceded. The cotton trade of Charles
ten, however, has increased by about fifty
thousand bales, while that of New Orleans,
Savannah and Memphis are considerably de-
clined. This is accounted for by an increas-


ing tendency to send cotton to the Atlantic
scaboard by rail instead of shipping it by the
Mississippi river, and Charleston is better
situated than Savannah for the railway
traffic The business of the latter city, how
ever, was impaired by the alarming epidemic
which prevailed in the height of the cotton
season. S..ramah is very enterprising
city and does not despair Of becoming again
what she once was-the second cotton ey-
porting city in the south, New Orleans, of
course, being the first. At present Charles
ton is ahead of her. The statistics of cotton
production since the war have an interesting
bearing on the success of the new labor sys-
TEN in the south. We insert statement Of
the crops for the last twelve years
Year: 1877

1t is hard work to teach people who can
learn nothing without being taught.


Take away from mankind their vanity and
their ambition, and there woald be but few
claiming to be heroes or patriots.


There is nothing so easy as to I've wise for
others; a species OF prodigalty, by-the-by-
for such wisdom Is wholly wasted.


Most thoughtful men have probably some
dark fountains Ill their souls, by the side OF
which if there were time, and it were decor
Gus, they could let their thoughts sit down
and wall indefinitely.


Every morning We enter upon new day,
carrying still an unknown future on its bo-
som. Thoughts may be borne to-day, which
may never be extinguished. Hopes may be
excited to-day which may never expire
Acts may be performed to-day, the conse-
fuence OF which may not be realized till
eternity.


An instant decides the life of man and his
whole fate for after heightened thought the
resolve is only the act of moment; it is the
man of sense that seiZes on the right thing
to lie done; it is ever dangerous to linger III
yonr selection of this and that, and SO by
your hesitation get confused.


The race of mankind would perish did
they cease to aid each other. From the time
that the mother binds the child 3 head till
the moment some assistant wipes the death
damp from the brow of the dying, We cannot
exist without mutual help All, therefore,
that need aid have right to ask it of their
felloW-mortals No one, who holds the power
of granting it, can refuse without guilt.


The education of the human mind COM
mences in the cradle, and the impressions
received there frequently exert their intiu-
ence through the whole of life. Principles
which take the deepest root are those i'm
planted during the seasons of infancy, child
hood and youth. The young pupil takes
early lessons from everything around him I;
his character and habits are fornsng before
he has any conscious Of his reasoning powers.