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Year: 1877

I Some young ladies are passionately fond
of waltzing We do not remember TO have
heard of many specific cases of the abandon
ment of the fascinating excitement on the
part of its fair votaries in consequence of
the publication of the sprightly little volume
called "The Dance of Death" which re-
ceived SO many Endorsements fOm many
fashionable ladies. like Mrs. Sherman, as
we'll as from clergymen of every denomina-
ton. We can pardon gay, blooming girl
for adoring the waltz, with its fascinating
music, it's blood-stirring exercise and its
pleasant degree of dependence on the strong
arm and ample chest of a male partner
There is something delightful, no doubt, in
the tickling of the masculine beard as it plays
with the check confdingly nesting beneath
it. Empresses and peasants, heiresses and
sewing girls, seem to enjoy round dances
with equal zest. Even the staid and prudent
Desdemona, who never gave the unreason-
able Moor any real cause for jealousy, was
an inveterate waltzer; at least we have q
right to Judge so from the words Of Othello:.-


Sir, she can turn and turn, and yet 90 on





We do not look with quite SO favorable
an eye on walters of the opposite SEX
The man who is ''such q love Of waltzer"
we somehow associate with the idea Of the
young gentleman who sells laces and tapes
behind linen Diapers counter. We should
at no time be surprised to find him dancing
with yard measure down his back to keep
his figure straight. OF course there are
young men of wealth and good family con-
nections and position and all that who
waltz, and if they were not TO be found at
our society balls of course the ladies would
be in despair. Talk about home without
mother, what would ballroom be without
its nice young man who is such a beautiful
dancer? Such youths are harmless, too !;
for the nimbleness Of their feet is generally
balanced by a want Of activity in the brain
A prudent mother should always rather
trust her young daughter with finished.
fnikin waltzer than with a rough, awkward
fellow, who only knows enough TO take her
in his arms and is compelled to raise her
off her feet and to stop dozen times
during the dance to make apologies for
treading on her dress. A male waltzer-
that is to say, an ordinary male
waltzer- may, therefore, be tolerated
on the score Of convenience. But
what can be said of the whirling, twirling
cavorting idiots who waltz against time,
kicking up their heels and turning round
and round for eight, ten or twelve hours,
inst to exhibit their powers OF endurance?
And yet this is the latest phase Of athletic
insanity that has turned up in New York
We refer to the challenges and performances
OF Professor Cartwheel and Professor Bar
renhead, with which the papers have been
filed recently.


We can understand why humming top,
ifit we're reasoning creature, might love
to spin round on its peg, because it makes.
dreamy, soothing noise while SO engaged,
looks pretty, and can ''go to sleep when
it pleases. But why sane human being
should find pleasure in twirling himself
Year: 1877

The latest gossip Of London, which did
not rise to the dignity Of cable despatch, is
pleasantly told in letter elsewhere printed.


With the important events that have taken
place during that period our readers are
already familiar; but the gleanings of our
correspondent will, Nevertheless, be found
valuable and interesting. The great ques-
tions which agitated England two weeks
ago, which were uppermost in British
thought, were the French crisis, the East
ern question and the health of His Holiness.
One Of the three has since been settled in o
it will not interrupt the even cur
rent of her trade and calls for no
armed intervention, even if she had the de-
sire or were in position to interfere, and
the others are gradually working out their
own solution. Socially the sensation is
the madness Of Lord Mayo, and society is
agtated on that point because it involves
o scandal which recalls the name Of the gay
Valentine Baker. In the bookmaking way
very littleappears to be doing and in musi-
cal and dramatic matters the season is dull.


Young Mr.. Harper is, however, returning
richly laden for the coming spring trade,
and MI. Pierrepont will soon be back with
us. 1t is comfort to be assured that as
Minister he has borne himself creditably
and helped to blot ont some unpleasant
memories that hung around the American
legation Mt the Court OF st. James.
Year: 1877

WALL STREET YEsTERpAY.-Thc stock mar
kct was dull and prices were as rule higher.
Government and State bonds were lower. while
railroads were dull. Gold fell off again, opening
at 1929 and declining to 1925. Money on
call lent easily during the morning mt a q per
cent, but in the afternoon rose to per cent, ut
which figure the market closed.
Year: 1877

The WEATHER.---Thc advance of the low
area reported in yesterdays HERALD as being
central in the region west OF the lakes has
caused general fall of pressure northward OF
Tennessee and especially in the lake districts.
The barometer is now highest OH the South At
and more gradually westward. The indications
point to the development Of another storm on
the Atlantic coast preceded by rainy and
threatening weather in the Ohio Valley. the
lake districts, the Middle and Eastern States
AS IA high temperature attends tho depression
the relative humidity of the air will in
crease and fogsiness will prevail during
the mornings at coast cities. lii the Gulf the
barometer is slowly falling, with light rains in
the western portion and In Southern Florida. A
depression will probably present itself from the
regions northwest of Texas during the next two
or three days, marking the advance Of % low
area from the California coast. Except on rhe
Gulf coast, where they are easterly to north
easterly the, winds are westerly to south west
erly, attending the depression moving over the
lakes and arc In force from moderate to fresh.
The storm centre that was on the Nova Scotia
coast yesterday morning has moved into tho
Atlantic. The weather in New York and its
vicinity to-day will be cloudy, or partly cloudy,
warm and threatening rain. On tomorrow it
rilI be warm and cloudy, probably with light
ain.
Year: 1877

THE INTERESTING PoINT rs sRAIsEDin tho courts
that, because Of the absence Of Commissioner
Smith and the expiration Of Mr.. Erhardts term,
we have no legal Police Board. Judge Davis
will give an opinion on the subject this week.
Year: 1877

The INCREASING POPULARITY of fox hunting
is shown by the large field which turned out to
follow the hounds yesterday at New Casscl
Wood. There was an excellent run and some
splendid sport.
Year: 1877

REPUTATION is said to be gaining strength
in Tennessee. and it is not altogether certain
that the Legislature will not repudiate the
whole debt instead of one-haf of it. This is O
very bad foundation for future prosperity.
Year: 1877

This large structure over the Pootatuck river is said to be in very shaky con dition, and unless it is either repaired, or a new one built, there may be an ac- cident. The sluice-way needs repairing also, and preparations are being made to fix it. It is the opinion of some promi- nent citizens of the Hook, that it would pay the town to remove the old wooden bridge, and build good strong iron bridge, and we think it would be a good idea. This bridge is in constant use, and should be made perfectly safe. We hope to see good iron bridge built, at no distant day. This with that large factory in good hands, running every working day would Auguw well for busi- ness.
Year: 1877

one Of humanity, by which hundreds
of lives were saved, disgraceful and
barbarous warfare brought to a sum-
mary close; not a life was sacrificed,
nor any great discomfort inflicted in
executing it; the necessities of the poor
people were provided for and nowhere
permitted to suffer. Schofield went to
the border and, after personal observa-
tion, approved of the act and sent his
approval to President Lincoln. That
humane President never uttered word
of dissent as to the wisdom, justice or
humanity of that policy. He says he
does not write to vindicate this con-
duct or to shift the responsibility, but
that it is only justice to Gen. Ewing.
who has been censured for issuing this
order, to say that the responsibility for
its execution belongs to President Lin
coin, to himself and to Gen. Ewing, in
proportion to their respective work and
authority.
Year: 1877

a newspaper correspondent writes
from Texas: Apples cannot be grown
here, and while cabbage and potatoes
grow luxuriantly, they will rot with
in two weeks after being taken out of
the ground. Residents of cities dare
not allow grass to grow in the yards
around their residences for fear offur-
nishing hiding places for tarantulas
and centipedes. And at present [ can
say that I have not tasted a well
cook ed besf-steak since I have been
in the State, and more than half the
time have not had milk enough to
color coffee, to say nothing of the ut
ter possibility of having any to
drink
Year: 1877

Not long ago a young man and his
newly-made wife went to Chicago to
pass the first days of their honeymoon
In viewing the sights of the city. For
time nothing but pleasure came to
them, but in an evil hour the husband
fell In with ore of the many conf
dence men who infest the city, and
by him was introduced TO a select
company of the swindlers. The sharp
ers played their usual game, and one
evening the husband found himself
without money. His currency being
gone to ill the pockets of the swim
dlers, there was nothing left but TO
tell his wife aud make the best of il.
The wife suggested an application to
the police, but the husband shrunk


from making his foOlishness public.


Before he had lost his money the hus-
band had purchased tickets for one of
the theaters, and though hardly feel
ing in the mood for amusement, the
couple decided to use them. They


were hardly seated when the husband


whispered to his wife, There's the


man who robbed me, and without at
tracing any attention, pointed the
sharper out to her. With q woman's
quickness she at once decided on


plan of procedure. She told her hus-
band to leave her and take a seat in
remote part of the house. There was
something In her manner that COM
PEELED obedience, and he followed her
directions. The confidence man In
surveying the house noticed the lady


sitting alone, and he also noticed that
she was fair to look upon. His fire.
quent glances at her were returned,
and embOldened by her seeming ac-
quiescence he took the seat beside
her. They engaged in conversation,
and when the performance was con-
cluded he offered to escort her to her
hotel. She accepted, and when they
had arrived, in response to a hint
from him, she invited him to her
room. Once there he proposed bottle
of wine, and when it was brought dis
played a generous roll of greenbacks
in paying for 1t. The lady made some
excuse and left the room. In the hall
she met her wondering husband to
whom she made known the situation.
She then returned and found the
wine opened. Just as they were rails
ing the glasses to their lips, the hus-
band burst in. Without a word of
parley he seized the confidence man,
and after choking him till he was past
resistance, took the money from his
pocket, counted out the amount he
had gained by the robbery in the af-
ternoon, and then kicked him out of
the room. The sharper concluding
that discretion was the only means of
safety. hastily quit the house without
making any trouble. The wife, of
course, tainted after it was all over.
Year: 1877

"a Lover write US: Suppose see
young lady home from church, and
the night is dark and rainy, and up
on arriving at her house she darts
through the door without saying as
much as good night leaving me
standing outside-what would you ad-
wise me to do in such a case? You
had better start for home immediate
ly. Under no circumstances should
you stand on the steps of the young
lady's house all night. 1t would be
preferable to crawl into the nearest
friendly store box, and wait for day
light to appear or the rain to disap-
pear.-NOrriStooU Herald.
Year: 1877

The British Quarterly ReUieW, in
an article on the Genius of Islam, !
after expressing the opinion that Is
lam has a keen tenacity of life and
will die hard. says: But none the
less do all the omens point clearly to
its dissolution. Everywhere it is
mixed up with a deoaying oiviliza-
ton in which it is itself the strongest
principle of decay and 1t is imbedded
in forms Of society which are being
rapidly left behind as the wrecks of
the past by the progress of the civil
lied world This is not flattering to
Turkey.
Year: 1877

Coffee grounds are found to have a
singulatly powerful effect as man.
ure, and are well adapted to the limit
ed space of small vegetable gardens.
owing to the large percentage of nj
trogenous material they contain. he
analysis of the coffee bean shows that
it contains large percentages of pot
ash, soda, magnesia and phosphoric
acid.
Year: 1877

Music has a wonderful power over
the passions. The man who oouldn't t
set tub out under the ewes to catch
rain water for his wife without grum-
bling in most profane way, stood for
half an hour in the rain without an
umbrella and listened to the minstrel
band on the hotel piazza with a face
in docile repose.-Dan6ury Ne10S.
Year: 1877

A Milwaukee man tried the effects
of blue glass on link of bologna sau-
sage. In five minutes it commenced
to hump in the middle; in ten the
word 'ma-ri-ar' was distinctly heard,
and in fifteen the cat was himself
again and out on the top of the wood
house roof.
Year: 1877

This is the brief tale the Hazleton,
Pa, Sentinel tells &:


A tramp stopped at the house of
Philip Harris. in Coleraine, and was
given something to eat. Noticing
that John Harris, aged eighteen. was
blind in one eye. be told him to cut a
sour apple In two and rub the cut edg-
es on the eye. The young man did
as he was told and regained his sight.
He had not been able to see out of the
eye for seven years.
Year: 1877

Capt. Kimberly, while riding a
horse In Denver, was thrown. One
of his feet caught in the stirrup, and
he was dragged. In that terrible
plight he saved himself by drawing
his knife and stabbing the beast to
death.
Year: 1877

A witty French lady who was an
adopted member of famous militia
~ corps, when a cigar was lighted In
her presence with the remark, Il sup
pose they smoke in your regiment p
said, Yes, but not In my company
Year: 1877

1t Is easy enough to drink from a
two-quart pitcher if one will go at it
right, but scarcely any one discovers
the right way until after the water
has commenced to pour down behind
his shirt-collaE.
Year: 1877

If a woman marrles a proof-reader
she must expect to be constantly cor
rected.-Pittsborg Leader. For the
same reason, We suppose that wom-
an who marries a printer must expect
to be set up.
Year: 1877

Why? Because Inhala-
latiOn is the only way
that the Air Passages
can be reached. and Ca
tarrh is y disease OF the
Air Passages Ofthe head


Use thiS Treatment "a we
direct. which is easy and
pleasant, and We guar
antee a perfect CURE of


Catarrh.
Year: 1877

publishers assduousy
ming industry make Without prejudice paialy for
particular localities desire the welfare ALL


the of the
THE ADVERTISER not only willing but anxious do Believing in
Year: 1877

prosperity other
canco consistently work for the prosperity of ALL



greatest reading possible invite
quality
the State made from the matter of daily We
are determined ADVERTISER paper people
seek for and receive full money
Year: 1877

To YOUNG WoMEN.-Trust not un
certain riches, but prepare yourselves to
every emergency in life. Learn to
work, and be not dependent on servants
to make your bed, sweep your floors
and darn your own stockings. Above
all, do not esteem too lightly those
honorable young men who sustain
themselves and their aged partners by
the work of their own hands, while you
caress and receive into your company
those lazy, idle popipjays, who never
lift finger to help themselves as long
as they can get funds sufficient to live
in fashion. If you are wise you will
look at this subject in the light we do,
and when you are old enough to be-
come wives, yeu will prefer the honest
mechanic, with not cent to commence
life, to the fashionable loafer, with a
capital Of $4,000 Whenever we hear
remarked, "Such a young lady married
a fortune" we always tremble for her
future prosperity.


Riches left to children by wealthy
parents turns out to be curse instead
OF blessing. Young women, remem-
Der this, and instead of sounding the
purse of your lovers, and examining the
cut of their coats, look into their habits
and their hearts. Mark if they have q
trade aud can depend upon themselves
see that they have minds which will
lead them to look above a butterfly ex-
istence. Talk not of the beautiful
existence. Talk lot of the beautiful
white skin and soft, delicate hand, the
splendid form and fine appearance of
the young gentlemen. Let not these
foolish considerations engross your
| thoughts.
Year: 1877

mocking laugh, and from bed of rank
grass and dry weeds quarter of a
mile away they saw the shadow beck
oning them to come forward. The
shadow seemed to be mana gaunt,
long haired human being dressed in
rags, which had once been an army
uniform. 1t held up in the air and
shook at them q carbine and sabre,
and when they galloped away it sent a
leaden ball whistling past their heads.
Year: 1877

From an exchange we take the follow
ing In reference to the rise In coffee and
the reasons therefor: "Since the middle
OF this month there has been q steady
appreciation In the price OF cargoes It
the seaboard amounting TO fully Ac
gold per 10. The constant advance In
Rio, light stocks, and email shipments
10 this country, combine 10 give a
strength to The market that has enabled
holders to quietly wait until the unu.
snal period Of dulness has passed away
Without as is often the case, forcing an
unwilling trade to buy BY giving way in
the price. The buyers in the interior
have kept out of the market entirely y
tor q long time, and the result is, light
and badly assorted stocks and q positive
necessity for buying. The remnants
of old lots are pretty much oil closed
out In this market,an as new receipts
are costing somewhat higher, the
jObbing trade to the country will be on
an advancing basis for some time, at
least until the interior is better supplied
than at present. With the remarkably
strong statistical position ofthe article,
an advance of Sc or 4c per pound would
be a foregone conclusion, provided II
was two or three months later In the
season, bat at present, there is moi
likely to be much excitement in the
market with the dull Summer months
upon us. Buyers must expect to pay
higher prices later in the season,
should the same policy of small i'm.
ports be adhered TO by our seaboard
merchants, and the Withholding of sup.
plies TO the Rio market continue."
Year: 1877

Or all the preparations brought to
public notice, none deserves greater
commendation than .HoME STOMACH
BlTTERs. Being extracted from the
best vegetable material, and containing
no mineral poisOns, they should be
used by all who desire to retain or re.
gain good health.
Year: 1877

Sometimes | hear a talk about a man
with one idea. Well, like aman to
have an idea it is a great property,
one idea is, Some people seem as if
they had no IDEAS at all; but ! like
man Of one idea. Why, he is a man in
whom an idea takes possession Of his
skull, and Of both hemispheres Of his
brain Of the frontal region, the back
region, and the literal region and the
idea walks up and down in his brain,
from hemisphere to hemisphere, from
convolution to convolution; and thus
the man is literally a man OF one idea.
And when the one idea is, that llnowl-
edge Shall be everywhereiand ignorance
nowhere, order everywhere and disor-
der nowhere, liberty everywhere and
slavery nowhere, when that one idea is,
! that truth shall be everywhere and false 5
hood nowhere, love eyerywhereand hat .
red nowhere, concord everywhere an,t
ldiscord nowhere, ,Christeverywhere aIsl
Satan nowhere on the earth at ALL
that is a great idea.--Dr. Beaumont.
Year: 1877

THE REMOVAL OF THE SIoCX.-Tne Com
missioner of Indian Affairs mas received a
telegram from General Crook, who is to see
TO the transportation of the Sioux Indians 10
The Missouri river, in which he says that he
mas hot Yet decided when TO begin the trans
portatiOn, as the weather has been very
rainy, and they are compelled 10 wait for the
supply Of coffee and sugar
Year: 1877

SENATOR MORTON "A telegram from Iu-
diaGapOlis yesterday states that Senator Nor
ton, after passing the mOst comfortable night
OF his illness, had been resting on his side all
day, which he had not previously been able
TO do al all
Year: 1877



 About eleven o'clock on last Saturday night the workshop belonging to Merritt Beach was discovered 10 be on fire. The Water Witch Hose Go. were soon on the spot and extinguished the flames in less than one honr The fire was undoubted- lv the work of an incendiary, as several pieces of old clothes much saturated with kerosene oil were found in the building. Not much damage Was done The new counter for the new savings bank was in the building and was to be moved into the bank this eek, but the flames dam aged It so much that 1t is beyond repairs. The joiner's work and constructing of this counter cost about five hundred dol lars; and it was, beyond dispute, the best piece of joiner's work ever executed in this town. s.
Year: 1877

If I were a cobbler. I'd make it my pride, The best of all cebblers to be: If were tinker, no tinker beside, should mend an old kettle like me. Then whether tinker. orywhether lord, Whatever my position may be, will aim at the best, with resolute will. And a mind independent and free, rule that that is duty to me,
Year: 1877

woman unsuspecting and high
minded to a singular degree.


Had she been less sensitive and
more worldly she would have sued
him for breach of promise. AS it
was, she hid her marriage garments
out of sight, and went back to her
desk; there she sits to-day. We all
know that a woman OF sensibility
would never sue a man for breach
of promise of marriage, no matter
what her wrongs might be. But
it is fortunate for justice that some
women are not troubled with sensi-
bility, and do their best to make
such masculine sinners suffer at
least a part Of what they deserve.
Much fun is still made of Senator
Christiancy for marrying a girl of
nineteen, out of a department, but
he at least proved himself to be an
honorable man. Like many another
old patriach, strong in his affec-
tions, and wilful in his head, he
fell in love with a little treasury
girl" with a braid of golden hair
hanging down ON her back, and in
spite Of children terrible, and a
fun-poking world, he married her
Now if he had only not married
her, but pursued her in secret,
made her place the price OF
her virtue, ruined her, nobody
would have laughed at him--a few
would have shaken their heads, but
the mass would have considered
cold Christiancy" vastly cleverer
than they do to-day.