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Year: 1879

Sentry, 8 Newfoundland dog, was the the property of gentleman living in the island of Jersey, who contributes several anecdotes of his sagacity to Forest and tSa'cans:

 A widow lady, named Rowcliffe, a particular friend, residing short dis tance from us, was admiring the dog during morning call she being one of those to whom he had taken a particular fancy. She proposed that her cook should save all bones and remnants for Sentry, if they were sent for. On hear ing which, I stated that the dog could easily be trained to fetch his own pro- visions.

 My plan was approved of, but its practicability doubted. On the day agreed, I requested the servant to give Sentry bis own basket, and as we walked along, I told him several times:

 "Now, Sentry, remember Mrs. Row cliffe," 8 wag of his huge tail and wink of his keen eyes giving me to under stand, "All right, master!''

 Arrived at the house, rang the side door bell, which was opened by trusty Margaret, and having duly introduced her to my companion, explained my plan, which was that the dog should go every other day with his basket, and on his barking, he was to be admitted to receive her bounty.

 To this Margaret readily assented. On the second day, again dispatched the dog, telling him to go to Mrs. Rowcliffe, which he did, put down his basket, parked, was admitted, and shortly re- turned home with his booty.

 Though the animal knew that the con- tents of the basket were for him, he never presumed to touch morsel on the road On one occasion, when running up the steps, he upset the basket, and immediately collected the scattered frag- ments and replaced them.

 The owner of the adjoining lot being about to build a cottage, the masons ar rived one fine morning, and were obliged to mount the parti-wall to place their caffolding.

 This did not meet Sentry's approval, and he parked and growled at them most furiously. I told them not to notice him, and he would soon be quiet, but on no account to throw stones at him or annoy him in any way, as he would be sure to bite the man who did it when ever he met him.

 On my return to dinner, noticed that the dogs nose was cut, which I felt satisfied had been done by one of the masons. The following day, the mason passed the house on his return from din- ner.

 The dog was basking in the sun, on the front door porch, and seeing his enemy, he cleared the iron railings of the yard, seized the man by the throat, and pinned him against the wall.

 Fortunately, I witnessed the whole affair, and rushed to the rescue. The man was not hurt, but dreadfully fright ened, and admitted having cut the dogs nose with sharp stone.

 After that, he used to walk round quarter of mile, to avoid passing the house, going to and from his work.
Year: 1879

Chiltlren's Time Table. Sixty seconds make 8 minute, How much good can I do in it? Sixty minutes make an hour, All the good that's in my power. Twenty hours and four, day, Time for sleep and work and play; Days three hundred and sixty five, Make a year for me to strive Right good things each day to do, That I wise may grow and true.
Year: 1879

The potato beetles do nicely where the small boy is given charge of them. If there are two boys in the family, the beetles will do even better. All that is necessary is to send the two lads out to- gether each day to the potato-bug field.
Year: 1879

from the Brooklyn rimes.l


The New YORK HERALD. 1t is not too much to say.
has laid the American public under great obliga-
tion by exposing SO completely as it has done the
operations OF the Street Cleaning Department of
New York city and the Union Dredging Company for
dumping ashes and garbage in the bay. What even
the Now York Pilot and Harbor Commissioners have
been powerless prevent even to thoroughly in
vcstgate the HERALD, with its usual enterprise has
proved to demonstration and has compelled the
lenders to owlcdge their guilt they do in
columns this morning.


The extent of the danger was not appreciated be-
FORE Hitherto the complaints have been limited to
jure the coast at Bath and Coney Island a summer
resort Any injury to he harbor OF New York
spoken OF only "a remote contingency. The in
vestigations OF HEnALD reporters who caught the
scows in the act OF dumping their cargo of filth in
one OF tho channels OF the harbor show that X
u summary stop is not put to the practice there IL
imminent danger that the entrance to the harbor
will be closed and New York cut of from
the commerce of the world. Tho captain of
one tho offending scows said to HEnALD
reporter There Is no doubt that dumped
inside the legal limits in such manner to
obstruct the channels. The mud We carry out from
the docks weighs 200 pounds to the cubic yard This
Tho eight scow loads dumped by the Alsnson Sum-
ner sunday must have helped 10 shoal % space of
u quarter of a mile" Here Is thsmost evident cos-
fession of guilt and the strongest evidence or the
impending danger.


Yet the law which requires that the ofra aud gar
bagc snail be carried to IN perfectly clear and
explicit. Now that the offenders have boon caug hit
in the act and have confessed their nuilt it only
mains that summary punishment DC inflicted aud
the law enforced in future.
Year: 1879

GEN WEST is born leader. In no sense


of the word is he wheel horse. He works
in the lead, and when they put bit in his
mouth, and tie rein to it, to pull him in
the road, it irritates him and he is very apt
to take the studs, or take to the woods.
And Gen. West is also natural born
Mogul. If great political party cannot
understand this fact, and recognize his
Mogulship, then that great political party
must manage to get along without him.
The Democratic party in Mississippi made
a fatal mistake in not investing Gen. West
with the full rights of its chief Mogul.
And when Gen. West came down to the
State Senate, eighteen months ago, with
the best intentions in the world of taking
charge of that body, and leading it in the
paths of wisdom and constitutional order,
this Senate was guilty of the inability to
perceive the Mogul dimensions of the man,
and also of the folly of ''setting down on"
his laudable overtures, leaving his inf1u-
ence in the councils of the State cirum-
scribed by his single vote. In other words,
the members of the Senate neglected to
sneeze when Gen. West took snuff. The
lacteal fluid concealed in Gen. Vests po-
litical cocoa-nut may be accounted for by
the student in astrology on this principle.
Year: 1879

WHEN great big, uncouth, two hundred


pound beef eater finds an opportu nifty to


provoke an insult from small man, and


strikes him in consequence of it, and then


tucks his tail and begs like spaniel the
moment the little man is prepared to meet


him on equal grounds, he is both coward
and brute. Brute for taking such an ad-
vantage, and coward for refusing to meet
his antagonist on terms of equality, Such
man may not be responsible for having
none of the instincts of gentleman-for
being a sneak and paltroon. His deficien-
cies should be charged up to nature--nature


is to blame for it-nature made him so.
And when great big bully in the Senate
of the United States, takes advantage of
his position to provoke deadly insult, and
then undertakes to screen himself by the
retort ''you are another" and to save him
self from the inevitable consequences of
his insulting and overbearing conduct, by
affecting scruples against the dueling code,
he writes himself down MS a moral coward
and pusillanamous bragadocio. We do
not, and never have, defended the so-called
Code of Honor, but we do say emphati-
cally that the man who refuses to recognize
his personal responsibility, and yet indul-
ges fippantly in his broadsides of mortal
offences, developes all the contemptibility
of the cowardly bully, The rule should be
if he can't fight he must not insult. None
but woman should be allowed immunity
Tor language ''such al no good man de-
serves, and no brave man could wear.
Year: 1879

In the good olden time, there was only
one paper in Pike county-the Holmesville
Independent. Then the price for printing
election tickets was So for each candidate.
1t was fat job, bot the Independent did
not become a millionaire. Now there are
Tour papers in Pike to support, and the
printing of election tickets has been reduced
10 80 cents a candidate for county, and 25
cents a candidate for Beat offices. From
this little circumstance, it appears that C
petition can he the death of trade as well as
the life of it, and that the more newspapers
county has the more money is saved from


eing squanderod in printers ink.
Year: 1879

The Editors of Arkansas are determined
70 maintain the dignity of the Press. AT
their recent Convention in Little Rock,
Col. White, of the Prescott Picayune, in
Produced resolution designed to protect
the rights of the heroes of the war, by
pledging the profession against the appro-
priation of the title of Colonel except in
cares where they had fairly won it with the
sword The President very properly re-
fused to entertain the resolution. Thus,
one more insiduous attempt to rob the
Press has been squelched.
Year: 1879

DxIEvILLE, Miss, June 90, 1879
To the Editor Of the Comet:


During the late war the following anec-
dote was related to me as coming from a
Mr.. Block, who was clerk to the General,
while the latter was Qusrtermaster-General
of this State, As it serves to show forth
the profundity and astuteness of the great
leader of the Greenback movement, you
may consider it worth its room in The
COMET.


The advance of the Federals having ne
cessitated an eastward movement ON the
Year: 1879

Elsewhere Will he found the advertise
mert of a book entitled 'Kempo- CJuaty
VmlicIted.n etc We have not vet seen
the work. but look forward to It's pcrusal
with interest We regard the murder of
Judge Chisolm and his Young son and he
roic daughter as one of the blackest pages
in all the annals OF crime unsurpassed for
cold-blooded brutality and cowardice by
any chapter in the history of those lawless
acts that marked the period of reconstruc.
tion. Mr.. Lynch can doubtless provo
strong provocation; but it will be difficult
for him to extenuate. to the satisfaction of
a brave and chivolIous people, the assasina-
ton of a defenc5less prisoner and his two
innocent children. If the book can d" this.
we shall he glad to proclaim it, as we desire
to see this foul blot erased from the es-
cutcheon of our State Canton Citizen.
Year: 1879

The greatest lack of the press (the coun-
try press, we mean is Independence in
dependence of thought and action. In too
many instances it allows others than Its
editors to judge where duty leads, and
makes of itself willing toot-horu, to
sound the praises of 4, }, G, and y, with
ont much regard to truth or the fitness of
things. This is done frequently through Il
spirit of gain; more frequently for fear of
unpopularity, A true journal. like a tue
man. hews to the line, without care as to
where the chips fall, always holding the
good of tho many superior and above the
good of the few, and truth and Justice
above all things There might prove less
money and fewer lOaves III this course, but
infinitely more self~respect and dignity. as
well as more esteem and confidence from
ones fellows. And after all, esteem is to
he preferred to money or popularity oh
taiued after the courtesan fashion.
Year: 1879

GENERAL BUFFERS CANvAsS.-At a meeting
OF the independent Butler state central COM
mlttee In Boston yesterday, it was resolved
mat all conventions called during the current
campaign Should be called by a union OF the
several organizations favoring the election Of
Butler. The meeting was largely attended,
but aside from discussion OF the situation no
other action was taken.
Year: 1879

HORRIBLE BUTCHERY OF A LITTLE BOY-One
OF the most brutal murders ever recorded in
Wisconsin was committed yesterday On the
ter Rock Mr.. White left the farm early In the
morning, and after he had gone his little five
year-old son was missed from the house. as was
also George Barrtngarten, German farm
hand. Search was instituted and the body of
the boy was discovered lying under a manger
IN the sheep barn with his throat cut from ear
10 ear ana his head nearly severed. He was
entirely disemboweled, his arms tied behind
him. and his feet securely bound From the
situation IT was evident the murderer had first
hanged him. and finding death by that means
with knife: Barrngarten had fled on a horse
taken from the farm, and had been seen several
miles away making for his home at Fort Atkin-
SON. No cause for the deed can be Imagined


The murderer Will soon be captured, as Sharp
pursuit has been made,
Year: 1879

SHOOTING OF A BRAKEMAN BY A GIRL.-At
Reading. Pa, Henry w. Reitzel a brakeman
On the Reading and Columbia railroad, was
shot last night by Miss Sallie Rodgers. The
BAH entered above the right eye and came out
back Of the right ear, 1nfiicting serious wound
The shooting Is said by both parties to have
been accidental.
Year: 1879

A writer in Frdser's Magazine thinks
that, whatever hesitation there may be
Justly called for in recommending one
Or another of the vario otions now
so popular, there need emo such doubt
in respect TO cold water or pure water.
He says in cases of much Inflammation
or difficulty in opening the eyelids in
the morning, experienced by so many,
the water should be warm. and it may
be mixed with warm milk, but in near
" all other eases it should be cold. All
those who have been engaged in read
ing or writing during several hours at
stretch. and especially at night,
should carefully bathe the eyes with
cold water before going to bed and the
first thing in the mornings ablutions.
All artisans, too, who work at the blaz-
ing fire. ought often to wash their eyes
with cold pure water, and so should all
who work in wool, particularly carders
and spinners, and those likewise who
are employed in woolen and cotton
manufactures. the fine dust which such
works disperse often producing cata-
racts, obstinate inflammations, swelled
eyelids, etc.
Year: 1879

Beauty in modest woman is like a
fire or a sharp sword at u distance /;
neither doth the one burn nor the other
wound those that come not too close to
them.


Keep your mouth shut and your eyes
open.


The absent feel and fear every i'll.


Self-praise depreciates.


The dead to the bier, the living to
good cheer.
homely, are pleased to hear themselves
celebrated for their beauty.


Squires and knights errant are sub
ject to much hunger and ill-luck.


Virtne is always more prosecuted by
the wicked than beloved by tine right
eous.


Every one is the son of his own
works.


Honey is not for the mouth of an ass.


No pedlock, bolts or bars can secure
maiden so well as her own reverse.


Wit and humor belong to genius
alone.


The wittiest person In comedy is he
who plays the fool.


There is no book so bad but some
thing good may be found in it.


We are all as God made us and often
times a great deal worse.


Let hen live, though it be with n
pip.


We cannot all be friars. and various
are the paths by which God conducts
the good to heaven.


COvetousness bursts the bag.


1t is easy to undertake, but more diff
ficult to finish the thing.


The term is equally applicable to all
ranks, whowever is ignorant is vulgar.


By the streets of "By-snd-by" one
arrives at the house of Never"


Between the eyes" and ''No" of
woman | would not undertake to trust
the point of pin.


Patience and shuttle the cards.


A soldier had better smell gunpowder
than musk.


Other mems pains are easily borne.
A bad cloak often covers a good
drinker.


Pray devoutlyand hammer on stoutly.
When thing is once begun it Is al
most halt finished.


Lay a bridge of silver for flying
enemy.


The jest that gives pain is no jest.
Year: 1879

Upon the white ses-sand


There sat q pilgrim band,
Telling the losses that their lives had known ;
While evening wAned away


From breezy cliff and bay.
And the strong tides went ont with weary moan
One spake with quiysring lip.


OF fair freighted sbip.
With all his household 10 the deep gone down
But one had wilder woe,


For fair face long ago
Lost in the darker depths Of great town,
There were who mourned their youth
With . most loving truth
For its brave hopes snd memories ever green
And one upon the west


Turned an eye that would not rest
For far OF hills whereon its joy had been.
Some talked of vanished gold,
Some OF proud honors told.
Some spske Of friends that were their trust nc
more


And one Of green grave


Beside 3 foreign wave
That made him alt SO lonely on the shore.
But when their tales were done,
There spake among them one.
A stranger, seeming from all sorrow free
Sad losses have We met


But mine is heavier yet.
For believing heart is gone from me"
Alas :" these pilgrims said,


For the living and the dead,
For fortunes cruelty. for loves sure cross,
For the wrecks of land and sea
But however it came to thee,
Thine. stranger, is hfe's last and heaviest
loss
Year: 1879

him for years in vain. By Industry
and peace We have tried to soften your
iron heart; by patience and humility
we hoped to win mercy. 1t has been
useless. To cripple the strong and mu-
tilate the weak has been the only use
you have made of the power the AL
mighty has given you, even as He now
gives me the power TO rid His earth of
its brutalizad creature"


A cry from the victim-a ray of pity
upon his eXecutioner's face disappeared
almost as soon as ii came. A moment
later the glittering knife was bathed in
blood, and the tyrant's soul was sent to
its account, but as the man was about
to place the dripping blade in his belt,
hand snatched it from his grasp, and
a fitting female figure disappeared in
the darkness.


The following morning the murderer
presented himself to the authorities,
and related the story of his peoples
wrongs, and his bloody deed. When
he had finished a young girl stepped
before the judge. saying: His story
is not all true, for twas | who killed
the masterr'


.'Zulikar'


20, sir, do not listen to him. He
would take the crime upon himself to
save me. See, have the knife with
which the deed was done. Let my life
pay the forfeit,''


Together they paid the penalty of
taking life, for they were both judged
guilty. The knout sent them into eter-
nifty. But the holy incense of that
brave girls sacrifice touched the soul
of the just Alexander when the story
reached his ears, and her loving act
was the consummating motire which
lifted the yoke from the Russian serf.
Year: 1879

But our momentum was then such that


| knew We could reach the shore in
safety, which we soon did. On reach
ing 1t there was the same boisterous
noise that marked our starting each one
untying his sled or sleigh, and joining
the little party with which he came


But of the peril through which they
had passed, the danger from which they
had been rescued, not one had the
slightest intimatiOn. For my friend
and myself-the only ones who were
aware of our wonderful deliverance-
We were left alone. And there, on that
rocky beach, with the stars above use
We sank upon our knees, our arms en-
twining each others neck. Ii was
silent prayer we offered; an offering of
thanks to ''the Giver Of every good and
perfect gift" Not for us alone, but for
all those who had been brought out OF
peril. Then We rose, and hand in hand,
we silently walked to our home.


The next day was Thanksgiving: We
entered into no boisterous mirth. We
kept our secret to ourselves that day,
and during all the time since then We
have not mentioned the affair to each
other. But once, long after this, when
we were in church together, and the
minister gave out Coronation" |
noticed that he did not sing, but grasp
ed my hand in his, while the tears
flowed from his eyes as though he were
4 child
Year: 1879

deepest, so deep that no line in the viii
lage could reach the bottom, and where
the ice must be the thinnesr. because il
Is the last TO freeze there. knew this;
but felt that now we were going with
such rapidity, that there was no new
danger, so long as there was no break
in the song. | singled out a tree upon
the shore we were trying TO make, and
calculated if at the rate they were sing
ing, there were verses enough to last
until we reached it. | feared lest the


eader might omit verse, as was some
times done in church, and there might
be left space over which they might
pass in silence, or rather in a silence
made dreadful by the cracking of the
ice. had no cause. There was indeed
that awful craek-erack-crack of the ice
distinctly heard during the singing of
each line in every stanza of the hymn;
bu; 1t was either that | had become
used TO it, or that it was indeed more
faint than it was before, that il failed
to affect me as at first. So, too, there
was little breadth OF ice to be passed
over, after the singers had closed the
verse -
Year: 1879

The late Charles Sumner was a mem Der of 8 consumptive family all of his brothers and sisters but one, were at- tackled by it as they reached manhood and womanhood. The disease began to develop itself in MT. Sumner very early in his public career. He was advised by his physician in Boston to dress warmly, protect his feet and body, and live in the open air, saving wood, and engaging as far as possible in manual labor; leading, in short, the life a laboring man would lead out doors, and supplementing this regimen by sanitary precautions of temperature, diet and personal habits when no longer in the open air. In conclusion, we will add for the benefit of that class of the com. munity who, as is truly said, delight in remedies and despise precautions, the recipe for cold given by General George Washington to an old lady in Newport when very young girl in 1781. He was lodged in her fathers house the old Vernon mansion-and as shs was sent early to bed with a bad cold he remarked to Mrs. Vernon "My own remedy, my dear madam, is always to eat, just before I step into bed, a hoi roasted onion if I have cold. "--Balti more American.