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Year: 1877




The epidemic still continues; the at
tack is not severe and yields readily to
ouinine, but unfortunately there is ns
auinine in the country outside of the
military hospitals. The first symptom
is a chill, which is followed by severe
fever lasting four or five days, when the
patient-Mith proper treatment--cOnva-
iesces Whole families and whole
neighborhoOdsa are Frustrated at one time,
and there is no person to procure and
prepare food in consequence many poor
people are literally starving to death.
We visited one family of six persons
this week, all of whom were down with
the fever, not one was able to get up to
give another a cup of water; there was
not an ounce of food in the house, fine
fields of corn belonging to the head of the
family were going TO destruction for
want of care. This is not an isolated
case, most of the neighbors were in the
same condition. When able to crawI
out the children would gorge themselves
with green corn and melons; they had
nothing else to eat. 1t is a matter o.
astonishment that the deaths have beer
80 few in this town under the circum
stances. Over one thousand persons have
already been stricken with the epidemic
in this town, and but fifteen deaths have
occurred. At this moment there is al
unprecedented amount ofsuffering anon.
the poor people of this country. Owe
five hundred destitute sick are in neet
of relief. They require medical attend
ance. We know of whole families lying
sick who are in absolute danger of star
wing to death. llesilla independent.
Year: 1877

Pitchers talk about curving the ball
this way and that way, when it is an
open question whether there is any such
thing in existence as curved ball. One
of the best known baseball r1er in the
country, excepting Harry Wright and a
resident of Cincinnati, declares that 10
pitcher ever curved ball in its delivery.
and, moreover, declaring it an impossi-
bility to do so. He says he will deposit
81 900 in bank to cover bet which any
gentleman wants to make with him to
that amount on the above proposition.
He declares that what is called the
pitchers curve is merely straight de-
livery, caused by the position OF the
pitcher and the manner in which ne holds
his arm. Without the resistance OF a
substance which touches only one part OF
the ball. this gentleman says the laws of
philosophy teach him that curve can.
not be produced, and a. tine pressure OF
the nir Is equal on every part of the balls
surface the theory of the curve is impos.
sible.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Year: 1877

LAFAYETTE had plenty of patriotism
but no ability whatever. He had too
little brains for soldier, too much heart
for politician, and not enough tact for
diplomatist. He was failure in every
thing he attempted; was dangerous only
to the cause he espoused, and but for his
American escapade would be unknown


to history Theirs.
Year: 1877

On toe 22d ult. boy named Mont
gomery crossed the river at Marietta
in company with some wood chop
pers. After vie ewing the scenery be
climbed bill and concluded to take
q ride from the summit down the run
used for sliding wood down to the
river shore. He secured a piece OF
bark, got aboard and went on his
way like streak of lightning, land
ing GA stone pile. He was injured
beyond recovery.


On the same day Levi Swartz, re-
siding near Mainsville, Perry county,
climbed into grape vine to gather
grapes, when Mr.. Croll came along
with bis gun. Seeing something
move in the vine he mistook it for a
wild turkey or pheasant and discharg-
ed his piece at the supposed bird
Mr. Swartz, finding that he had been
shot, and feeling faint, descended and
was taken home. His physician
fund FIVE leaden pellets in different
parts of his person, from the effects Of
which be died short time after the
accident.
Year: 1877

A large and enthusiastic meet ing was held at Cooper Institute, New York, on the 10th inst, tor the purpose of endorsing the efforts of President Hayes to restore union and harmony to the whole country, and to express disapprobation felt at the Republican State Convention in placing the people of the State in wrong attitude toward the Presi- dent-an attitude at once false and injurious.
Year: 1877

A Supplement will be given in every number for 1878, containing full-size paper pattern for lady's or child's dress. Every subscriber will receive, during the year, twelve of these pat terms, so that these alone will be worth more than the subscription price.
Year: 1877

A lottery in Portugal is as good as a
castle in Spain any day. A young lady
who has all the qualifications necessary
for making a good wife advertises in the
Portuguese papers for proposals under
extraordinary conditions. She is poor
but is accustomed to a certain degree of
comfort, and she has been left in diff
cult position by the death Of lady who
has been to her mother. She desires
to bring to her husband a marriage por-
tion of So 900. The man who wishes to
become her husband must take tickets in
a lottery which is to be held, the price
of each ticket being two dollars. When
5000 tickets have been disposed of the
amount due for them viii be collected
and placed in the Bank of Wien, in
vested in the name of the civil Governor
of that town, if, as may be expected will
be the case, he will give his consent
The number will then be drawn in the
presence of the Judge of the District, the
directors of the asylum Of Wien and OF
the Civil Governor, who will preside OF
the occasion. The drawer OF the win
ming number will then receive, immedi
ately after the celebration of the mar
rage 5000, and also the interest Of th'
other IS, 900, which will form the dowrl
of his wife. Should the winner be una
BILE from any cause 10 marry the persOl
making this announcement he may ced
his right; or, should the marriage no
take place at all, the sum subscribe'
shall be handed over to charitable in
stitution in Wien.
Year: 1877

An old but vigorous-looking gentle
man, seemingly from the rural districts,


got into car and walked its full length
without receiving an invitation to sit
down. Approaching one gentleman who
had a whole bench to himself he asked:
els this seat occupiedS" g Yes, sir, it
is," impertinentiy replied the other.
+" Well" replied the broad-shouldered
agriculturist, 81 will keep this seat until
the gentleman comes" The principal
proprietor withdrew himself haughtily
TO one end and looked insulted. After
while the train got in motion and still
nobody came to claim the seat, where
upon the deep-chested agriculturist
turned and said: "Sir, when you told
that this seat was occupied you told me
lie"-such was his plain language
never sit near liar If can avoid it,
would rather stand up" Then appeal


ing to another party he said; " Sir, may
/ sit next to your You don't look like l
liar" We need hardly say that he go


his seat and that the original proprietor


thought that there was something wroni
about our social system. -BGLtim0rs Ga
Year: 1877

An exchange says that doing busi-
ness without advertising is like winking
at a pretty girl with goggles on" There
is one little difficulty about this state
ment: A man who don't advertise doesn't
do any business to speak of, and pretty
girls are not in the habit of wearing gog-
giles.
Year: 1877

-" Why don't go out into the coun-
tryS" said the tramp, gazing with scorn
at his heaTtless interrogation. Why
amt it harvest timer Them farmers are
Just mean and small-sOuled enough to
AK a man to turn to and work for his
victuals. Do you suppose l want to
have the back of my neck all blistered
up and my hands full of thistles, and
like as not get mashed up in a threshing
mac hinel And besides could never
eat fried pork and hot biscuit all the
time. 1t amt healthy, boston 1ra0-
elLer.
Year: 1877

NEW YORK, Sept. IL.


A correspondent tells the story of the
cause of Sitting Bull leaving the British
Possessions. He says: "The British Of
ficers and Sitting Bull had council and
after the council the tribe performed the
usual dance. A young half breed, Bill
Culverson, at present Government scout,
joined in the dancing. After it was ovaf
he became excited, counted his scores
and said to Sitting Bull: Look, l have
killed as many of your hostile redskins
Sitting Bull drew his revolver. The
movement was initiated by Culverson,
but, before either could shoot, Mai


Welsh, with his revolver drawn, sprang
between them and told CulversOn to
put his pistol away. Turning to Sitting
Bull, he said: want you to understand
that you cannot commit any of your dew
iltries here as you do in the United States.
l will give you and your tribe five days
to leave this country. If you are not
gone then, or if you ever return, will
fight you. If you are ever caught here
again, or if you shoot this man, I'll have
you hanged by your neck until you are
dead Sitting Bull left the next day
Year: 1877

ChicagO's Philosophical Coroner


The annual report of the Chicago
coroner is a singular document. 1t
begins with a quotation from
Horace, and then the following
from "Hamlet," as pertinent to the
subject:


- To die-to sleep


No more-snd, by sleep to say we end


The heartache, and the thousand natsral
shocks


That flesh is heir to-'tis consummatOn


Devoutly to be wished"


Next comes a sage consideration of
the frequency of murders, in which
is this; "The pistol and knife are
frequently made the sole arbiters of
human strife, and we are rapidly
returning toward that barbarous
condition of affairs in which it was
necessary to instruct children, al
most from infancy, in the use of
deadly weapons in order that they
might easily acquire skill In the
handling of these amiable and use-
ful Instruments" The coroner
deyotes careful attention to suicides
and incidentally says suicide is par
ticularly common among the Ger
mans Of Chicago-aS to which he
nuts forward a theory: "The well
known national beverage of the
Germans, large beer, may yhaye some
influence upon their psychological
ailments into the form of q
metamorphosis from phlegmatic
ease ta melancholy, and finally sui
cidal maina." After discussing love
as an incentive to suicide, he gives
be passage That we but lately
quoted the other day. " Let us
pass from the contemplation Of the
tragedy of love to that of the poor
fellow who blew out what little
brains he had on account of the
tortures to which he was daily sub
jected by his mother in law.
AotherSrinslaW have always been q
great power Of mischief in the
world, aud alas the plague
is so universal aud enduring that
We must despair of ever seeing it
overcome. The misery caused by
mothers-in-law is eternal, even as
mothers-in-law themselves are i'm
mortal"
Year: 1877

I


AT club dinner gentleman who
was professed admirer of diamonds
was struck by the beauty of a diamond
ring worn by sportsman there pres
ent. After dinner the parties
met, and after much persuasion,
the owner Of The diamond ring con-
sented to part with it for the sum of
six hundred dollars. As the buyer
left the room a suppressed litter
struck his ear, He concluded that
the former owner had sold both the
ring and the purchaser.


He said nothing, but called the
next day upon a jcwcler, where he
learned that the diamond was paste,
and the ring worth about twenty five
dollars. He aXamined some real
diamonds and found one resembling
tse paste in his own ring. He hired
the diamond for a few days, pledged
twelve hundred dollars, the price of
it, and gave hundred dollars for the
use. lie went to another .ieweler, had
the paste removed and the real dia-
mond set, - Z t55t


His chums knowing how he had
been imposed upon, lmpatiently wait
ed for h!s appearance the next night.
To their establishment they found INN
in high glce. lie flourished his ring,
boosted Of his bargain, and said if any
other gentleman present had a twelve
hundred ring to dispose of for six
hundred dollars he knew of pur-
chaser.


Whcnshe was told that the ring was
paste, and that he had been cheated,
he laughed at their folly, and took all
the bets that we're offered, on the
genaincss Of the diamond-said bets
amounted to three thousand dollars.


Money and ring were put up in the
hands of umpircs, and the party wen,
20 a filst-class jeweler, who applied
all the tests, and who said the stone
Was a diamond Of the first water, and
worth without q setting, twelve hum
dred dollars. The buyer put the three
thousand dollars which he had won in
pocket. End Of the first act Of the
drama-curtain falls on the tableaH OF
disappoited sportsmen, ...


Next day Cur friend carried the
diamond back and recalled his twelve
hundred dollars, and with his paste
ring on his finger went to his club.


The man who sold the ring was
waiting for him. He wanted to get
the ring back, and attempted to turn
the whole thing into a joke. He sold
the ring, he said, for fun-and knew
it was real diamond all the time.
lie never wore false jewels. He could
tell real diamond anywhere by its
peculiar light. lie would not be so
mean as to cheat an old friend. He
knew his friend would let him have
the ring again. But his friend was
stubborn-said that the seller thought
the article was paste, and intended to
defraud him, At length, on the pay
mcnt Of eight hundred dollars the ring
was restored. All parties came to the
conclusion when the whole affair came
out, that when diamond cuts diamond
again some one less sharp will he Sc
lected.
Year: 1877

The dog law goes into effect July
Goth. We hope then TO be able to.
supply ourself with sausage at a rea-
sonable Price. The butchers will
please take notice that we prefer a
little more of the fat and not quite SO
n1uch ''hair' In ours. 1 ~
Year: 1877

The more polished society is, the less
formality there is in it.


Two.thirds of the world are always
engaged in fighting wind-mills.


A man writing an anonymous letter, IS
like puppy inside an enclosure bark
inc at Won with his nose under the
gate.


A lie is a hiltless sword which is sure
to cut the hand of him who strikes with
it. It is better to find this ont first thai
afterwards.


A man who can give up dreaming and
90 to his daily realities; who can smother
down his heart, it's love or woe, and take
to the work of his hand; who defes fate.
and. if he must die, dies fighting to the
last-that man is life's best hero.


The most agreeable of all companions
is simple, frank man, without any high
pretensions to an oppressive greatness;
one who loves life, and understands the
use of it; obliging alike at all hours
above all, of golden temper, and stead
fast as an anchor. For such one We
gladly exchange the greatest genius, the
most brilliant wit, the profoundest
thinker.


Lessons of wisdom have never sucl
power as when they are wrought in the
heart through the groundwork of q story
which engages the passions; is it that
we are like iron and must first be heated
before we can be wrought upon? or Is
it the heart go in love with deceit that
where true report will not reach it
must cheat it with fable in ord
come ut 80, truth
Year: 1877

The Globe, of Toronto, Canada, says ::
A confirmation Of the strange report
that shower of fish had fallen on the
fourth concession of Harwioh township
is given by school teacher of the neigh
borhood, who testifes to what he saw
as follows Having dismissed the chill
dren for the day, was returning to my
boarding place, when with side glance,
I discovered something in the grass. At
first thought it was some species Of
rattlesnake, but upon more careful scru-
tiny. found it was fine, firm, fresh
fish of the piokerel species. Having
been brought up at the sea shore l knew
at once the fish was good, and picked it
up, while wondering whence it came. My
astonishment was increased, however,
when stepping on few yards further 1
found another equally good. A few steps
further and one more. and I thought I
ought to return to the school room for
some paper in which to wrap them. On
entering the room I seized (rather
thoughtlessly you will say one Of the
lails, and proceeded to collect fish.
When I had more than half fllsd the
pail saw man in the distance carry
ing some fish, and supposing the mys.
tery was about to be solved 7 awaited
his approach. I dropped the pail and
felt somewhat guilty for having appro-
priated the fish till relieved by his
assuring me that he had gathered up
also those he had in the same way, and
that he had just been cHlling the larg-
est of them. He observed These
are as good and fresh as money could
buy + filled the pail, not only to the
brim, but up the whole height of the
handle, and having deposited my bur
den naturally in the farm house where I
board returned to collect the remain
der. When had finished my task I
assure you that I felt fatigued. The
work had occupied half an hour. This
fall of fish extended about three quar-
ters of a mile. On the same evening
one of the maids was sent for the COWS
to q field about half mile from my
boarding place. She also returned
laden with fish that she had picked up
in a similar way, This girl reported
that she had left others behind her
which she could not conveniently carry
to the house. The lady, with her maids,
prepared the fish the same evening for
drying and smoking, and they were sub


iected to this process next day. The
circumstance, you will admit, is unique,
apart from it's strange surroundings,
and T cannot but think the correspond
ent of the Rondeau News did not err
much in reporting it. As to whether
these now famous fishes fell six feet or
six thousand know not. One thing I
know, that they were scattered for a
distance of about three-quarters of
mile, and that, at least, to my knowl-
edge, three persons gathered them"
Year: 1877

spondingly pale, underlined color.
Every male of the bovine family has the
power of secreting certain amount OF
this oily matter. If the quantity be
normally large, secretion will take place
freely in the mammary glands, the ear
and the skin. As the test is simple and
costs nothing, it cannot fail to prove
useful auxiliary to the dairyman and
farmer in their selection of rich mixers.
-Ent1ian1 Farmer.
Year: 1877

Philip Gilbert HamertOn, i'm his
admirable papers on intellectual
Life" thus talks to a man who
stopped his paper :" newspapers
are to the civilized world what the
daily house talk is to the members
of the family-they keep our daily
interests in each, they save us from
the evils of isolation. To live as q
member of the great white race that
has filled Europe and America and
cOloniZed or conquered whatever
territory it has been pleased to oc-
cupy; to share from day to day its
Thoughts, its cares its Inspirations, it
is necessary that every man should
read his paper. Why are the French
peasants so bewildered and at sea Z?
1t is because they read a news
paper. And why are the inhabi-
tants of the United States, though
spread over a territory fourteen
times the area of France, so much
more capable of concert of action, so
much more alive and modern, so
much more interested in new dis
cOveries of all kinds, and capable of
selecting and utilizing the best of
them? 1t is because the neWspa-
pers penetrate everywhere; and
even the lonely dweller on the
prairie or in the forest is not intel
lectually isolated from the great cur
rents of public life which flow
through the telegraph and press"
Year: 1877

"Now, Johnny, come home So
ber," said a small woman with
fair sorrowful face, as she watched
her husband start to go TO his work
from their uninviting little house.
"COme home Sober" There was
an appealing tremulousness in the
voice, prayerful quiver of the lips,
and a forced smile upon the white
face that said plainly :"I am asham-
ed to speak the words, but if you
will only come to me a man to-
night, | shall be happy until to-
morrow"


She watched him half sOrrowful-
ly and half proudly as he kissed his
hand to her and strobe away with
elastic step and bearing, and
when he had disappeared a look
and a whisper were directed to God,
the Comforter, and the door was
closed.


How many scenes occurring daily
in every town in the land, does this
describe; and how many such scenes
are followed by the appearance of
the loved one atnight with eyes and
passions infiamed, breath polluted,
brain crazed and form staggering
and unstable in the power of the
murderOuS alcohol,


God pity the sufferings, the hopes
and despair of the drunkard's wife.
Christ suffered upon the cross, but
not as the loving wife who sees, to
her the dearest one on earth, going
day by day deeper and deeper into
the tOrtuOus tunnels Of shame, of
death, of drunkardnesS.


Husbands, in the name of human
ity, of the love you bear to her who
holds you dearer than her own eter-
nal happiness. "Come home sober,
tonight" Bring a clear brain and
a kiss of love unpolluted by the
breath of a monster who is murder
ing you and starving the hearts and
mouths of those who deserve your
love and assistance. Then will your
home know happiness, and be by
your own efforts q place of rest,
screened from the eyes and ears and
affections of the world by the thrift
ty vines of love that grow continu-
ally, sheltering only you and yours,
and bearing the fruit that God in
tended should be planted, cultiva-
ted, gathered and enjoyed by the
deserving among his husbandmen.
Year: 1877

A novel way of growing fushias
in baskets is recommend by a writer
in the Garden, who says now is a
good time to put young fuschias
into baskets, to obtain good display
late in summer and throughout the
autumn. Varieties of slender habit
are best adapted for the purpose,
and if the shoots be kept persistent
ly stopped, the plants viii form
dense bushes, which will cover the
sides and bottom of the basket, and
when suspended from the roof Of
the greenhouse or conservatory,
laden with bloom, will form strik-
ing objects. The flowers, indeed,
are shown off to better advantage in
this way than when the plants are
grown in pots and trained in pyra-
midaI section. Good, rich loam,
plenty of water and timely atten.
ton to stopping the shoots so as to
obtain a dense, pendulous habit at
first, are all the plants require to
bring them to a high state of per-
fectiOn.
Year: 1877

Hyrel, one of the greatest anat-
omists of the age, used to say that
he could distinguish in the darkest
room, by one stroke of the scalpel,
the brain of the inebriate from that
of the person who had lived soberly.
Now and then he would cOngratu-
late his class upon the possession of
a drunkard's brain, admirably fitted
from its hardness and more COM
plete preservation for the purpose of
demonstration. When the anatOm-
ist wished to preserve the human
brain for any time he effected his
object by keeping it In a vessel of
alcohol. From a soft pulpy sub
stance it then becomes comparative
Iy hard. But the inebriate, antici-
pating the anatomist, begins the in
durating process before death-be=
gins it while the brain remains the
cOnsecrated temple of the soul, while
its delicate and gOssamer tissues still
thrOb with the pulse of heaven-bOrn
life. Strange infatuatiOn thus to
desecrate the godlike! Terrible en-
chantment that dries up all the hui
manitieS and sweet charities of life,
leaving only a brain of lead and
heart of stone
Year: 1877




In marrying make your own


matches. Do not marry anyone


TO get rid Of him, or to oblige him,


or to save him. Theman who would


go to destruction without you,


would quite likely 60 with you,


With you, and perhaps drag you


along. Do not marry In haste, lest


You repent at leisure. Do not mar
ry for home and living, when by


burning up your corsets and taking
care of your health you can be
strong enough to earn your own liv-
ing. DO not let aunts, brothers and
mothers sell you into marriage for
money or position, into bondage,
tears and lifelong misery, which
you alone must endure. DO not
place yourself habitually I'm the com
pany Of any suitor until you have
decided the question OF marriage
human wills are weak, and people
often become bewildered and do not
know their error until too late. Get
away from their influence, settle
your head and make up your mind
alone. "A promise may be made in
an hour of half-delighted ecstacy
which must be redeemed through
years Of sorrow, toll and pain. Do
not trust your happiness in the
hands of one who has no heart, no
head, no health. DO not rush
thoughtlessly, hastily, into welded
life contrary to the counsel of your
best trends. Love can wait; that
which cannot wait Is something OF
n very different character.