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Year: 1877

A Washington Letter says: A la
dy recently received a dress from
Worth She could not get in it,
She telegraphed the autocrat to that
effect. He answered: Perhaps you
tried to pat it on over other clothing.
This cannot be permitted. 1 will send
by steamer buckskin tights. which is
the only garment worn with dresses
made according to the dictates of fash
ion.' Alas! this is what we have
come to. Tights and piece of mus
lin basted in the train of the Dress
Year: 1877

An influential Southern paper OBJ
serves that should manufactures in
crease as rapidly in the South during
the next decade as they have during
that which has just passed. while her
agricultural interests continue to
flourish, it will be a matter of entire
Indifference to her whether we have
protection or free trade.
Year: 1877

A Rochester girl, who was afraid to
let her lover in at the door received
him through the window. While he
was going in, the usual way, the other
night, he was collared and taken to
the station, where be was booked as a
burglar. She cleared him.
Year: 1877

Thousands more Frenchmen would
commit suicide, but just as they are
making ready for it they happen to
hear of a new style of hat. or new way
to cook horse-steak. and so they live
on
Year: 1877

n Electro-G Galvanic Battery, combined with
n highly Medicated Plaster, forming the
grandest curative agent in the world Of medicine,
and utterly SURPRISING all other Plasters heretofore
IN use. They accomplish more in one week than
the old Plasters in whole Tear. They do not pal.
late, they CURE. They
Year: 1877

Messrs Maskelyne & Cooke, of Lon.
don, have invented new automato ton,
which bids fair to rival the reputation
acquired by their celebrated Paycho, the
mystery of whose operation has not yet
been discovered. Mr. Maskelyne sub
mits to the examination of his audience
a small stand or table, having an oblong
base or plinth of wood, resting on five
small knob feet, also of solid wood, and
a single wood pillar supports the thin
table top, which, on its upper surface, is
of silk stuffed like cushion. This light
stand is then placed on the stage, aud is
isolated from the carpet on the floor by
fiat squares of clear plate glass, first in.
spected by the audience, and then, with.
out possibility of substitution, laid one
under each foot of the table. The auto
nation, "Zoe," the model of young
lady in Greek costume, is fashioned in a
sitting attitude, and if she could stand
up would be about four and half feet
IN stature. She is carried round so that
all may test by her weight the fact that
she is certainly hollow doll fitted with
light mechanism, and cannot possibly
be an outside shell holding diminutive
human being within. She is then placed
sitting upon the stuffed top of the little
table with her back to the audience; an
easel supported by bracket from the
table top holds upright before her. and
at nearly arms length, a drawing board
with sheet of paper about twenty
inches long by eighteen broad, and a
crayon is held between her wax finger
and thumb by means of a sliding pencil
arrangement, with small weight which,
when the crayon is applied to the paper,
maintains uniform pressure sufficient
for distinct marking. Thus prepared,
"Zoe" is ready for work. In some mys-
terious manner she initiates the motions
of an artists arm with facility, holds her
crayon in professional form, strikes a
true line across her easel in a mastery
manner, promptly carries her hand from
one point Of the drawing-board to an
other, carefully,yet instantaneously, raises
her pencil from the paper and transfers
it to another spot, returns to add touches
and insert omissions, and finally lowers
her arm and hand when the sketch is
completed. She does not execute merely
the particular specimens of writing, fig
uring, and drawing which she might be
instructed and set to do. She executes


anything she has mind to, or, in other
words, she can write any letters or mum
Der called for by the audience, and de-
signs, forms and pictures impromptu, ac-
cording to the ability of the secret opera.
tor, who must carefully govern her IN ove-
ments. The figure is absolutely detached
and isolated; hence the multifarious and
complicated movements it is capable of
producing borders on the marvellous.
Year: 1877

How TO GET AIoNG.-We have some
suggestions to offer, which will enable
our readers to get through life in the most
easy and comfortable manner. If bee
has the audacity and folly to sheathe his
sting in your cuticle, justice demands that
you should instantly upset the hive where
in the offender has his headquarters and
exterminate every bee therein. If dog
bites you in the calf of the leg, stern jus
tice demands that you should bite the
dog in the calf of his leg. On the same
principle, if an irate donkey elevates his
hinder legs against you, the true way is
to kick back. If a horse falls upon you,
the sublime principles of the ler taIOnts
require that you should fall upon the
horse. If Joggs calls you a liar, the
treatment is to call him liar and thief
into the bargain. If you are farmer,
and neighbor's cow happens to
get into your young corn, your
instant mode Of satisfaction is
to turn all your cows, hogs, etc, into his
corn. BY following out these sublime
ideas Of justice and self-respect, your
daily life will be full of sweet peace, and
you will eventually become as docile and
playful as kitten.
Year: 1877

A Tartar trains his horse--a strong,
large-headed animal-in manner novel
to see. He selects an animal rising on
eight-one younger than seven is not con-
sidered tit for raiding purposes-and
fastens the saddle to his back, then loads
the saddle with sack Of earth
or sand The first burden imposed
equals only the weight of the rider, but
is gradually increased for eight days to
about three hundred pounds. As the
weight is increased the ration of food and
water is diminished. He is trotted and
walked seven miles daily. At the end of
eight days the load is gradually lightened
for eight succeeding, while the ration of
food and water is still decreased. The
last two days the horse is given abso-
lutely nothing to eat or drink. On the
nineteenth day he is worked until he per-
spires, then he is unsaddled, and buckets
of ice water are poured ever him. Wet
and weak he is pcketcd to the open
steppe and allowed to Craze for seven
days. Severe as this training is, it is not
too harsh preparation for the hardships
which the animal will be obliged to en-
dure. 1t is an epitome of what he often
has to undergo in the actual foray, being
called to swim half-frozen rivers, to carry
great weight, to go for days almost with
out food and to be picketed to the steppes,
perhaps sweating from a long journey, in
snow and heat, without covering. The
Persian horse, who is three parts Arab,
and both fleet and enduring, receives diff
ferent treatment, without detriment to
his race. Instead of being turned out
into the snow to rough it like his Tartar
cousin, he is clothed, fed, groomed, and
warmly stabbed. When occasion requires
he can stand a great deal of hardship.
The rude discipline to which the Tartar
horse is subjected cannot readily be de.
Tended by those who live in country OF
civilization. frequently the animal dies
during the process of training.
Year: 1877

A WOMAN may give intellect, genius
and virtue to a profession and fail to find
patronage; but if the same woman we're
to put on tights and sing a comic song,
the citizens Of our great Republic would
fill the house, and applaud until they
were hoarse .-Ddnbury Necs.
Year: 1877

Shenandoah Herald: st. Francis hos


pital, a catholic institution in Pittsburg,


has recently been the scene of very


romantic occurrence. some five or six


months ago young physician obtained


the appointment ofassistant physician to


the hospital. He received no pay for


his services further than his board and


unlimited command of the splendid


wines and liquors OF the establishment.


Residing in the hospital were several


nuns and sisters OF mercy, who had taken


VOWS of eternal cslibacy. One of these,


however, happened to be young, beauti.


ful, intelligent and attractive, and the


physician soon became deeply enamored


of her, and, Notwithstanding her VOWS,


her love for the fascinating young physi-


clan became 80 strong as his for her. in


the daily association of hospital life they


had frequent opportunities for speaking
in that language which requires not
words for utterance, and eventually the
young Romeo prevailed upon the not
unwilling Juliet to renounce her ardent
young lite. So one bright morning, not
more than week ago, the fair recluse


was not to be found In the stiffness Of
night she had flown, without even so


much as bidding her companions sdieu


The mother superior of the establishment
proceeded to make an investigation of
the affair. As the result o. her inquiries


she accused the young physician Of hav-


ing assisted in the nuns escape. To her
surprise he not only did not deny it, but
openly acknowledged that he had opened
the doors for the nun. The mother


superior became exceedingly wroth, and
informed the physician that his services
would be dispensed with in the hospital.
The physician is but little over nine
teen years OF age. The nun is young
lady who formerly resided on the south
side, and il likewise, by those who know
her, much esteemed for her many virtues,


as we'll as her beauty and intelligence
Year: 1877

ALCOHOLIC beverages and epidemics have
not hitherto been included in the fora of the
world, but Professor Tyndall shows that
hereafter no classification of vegetation will
be complete that does not cover beer. wine,
and at least certain forms of disease. More
than this, not only must the latter day Lin
n@us add these new topics TO his botany, but
he must show that beer and typhoid fever
claret and the gangrene, are shockingly alike
in kind, if not in quality or degree. The ed
vocate of temperance who has argued hat
alcohol is poison, the result of putrefaction
and product abhorrent to nature, will find
in Professor Tyndalps cold array Of the scien-
tific facts of fermentation some new points
that will compel him to revise his argument.
The paper is entitled fermentation and its
Bearings on the Phenomena of Disease" 1t
shows that the fermentation of malt, the
alcoholization of the juice of the grape, the
decay of meat, the gangrene in wounds, the
spread of smallpox in the body, and Of pesti-
lence through city, are alike the marvel
lousy rapid growth OF minute plants or living
ferments.
Year: 1877

The Windsor stands among splendid church
es which line the Fifth avenue. The house is
quiet, stately, high-toned, and complete in every
department 1t is at easy distance from the
Central Park and amusement halls. Its read
ing room has on file newspapers from all the
large cities of this country and Canads, and
every convenience for writing is provided by
the official whose sole duty is the attending to
the wants of the guests. The WINDSOR HOTEL
is located in the most fashionable quarter of
New York
Year: 1877

Commercial Bulletn:-The sword of Damo-
cles may have been very terrifying object in
its day, but if Damocles had walked down
town last week trying to keep his feet on the
slippery pavement and bis eye on a mile or 40
OF ten pound icicles suspended over his head.
he would have sat down TO his mutton with
Dlonysius in the afternoon as calmly as il the
sword had been toy balloon.
Year: 1877

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


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

Some paragrapher got up right end first and
wrote as follows: ''The smallness of the negro
vote in the Southern States is doubtless owing
to the large number OF original Georgia min
strel and Tennessee jubilee singer troops at
present devastating the North"
Year: 1877

Now is the season of the year when the man
with broad-brin hat, which is cavorting down
the slippery gutter before stiff breeze, wishes
that he had learned to swear when he wa, a
small boy.
Year: 1877

County Supsruisors.-A meeting OF the
Board OF County Supervisors will be held
to-day. The report Of the county treasurer
and other officers will be received. Action
will also be taken in reference to the affairs
of the county Us. the city Of Manchester.
Year: 1877

TERRIBLE AcCIDENT-AN AGED LADY
BURNED TO DEATH.-Yesterday evening
about O'Clock an old lady named Mrs.
Frances Roper was found burned to death in
her room. Mrs. Roper is one Of the oldest in
habitants OF Richmond, and was, it is said,
nearly hundred years OF age. She lived on
Oregon Hill, at the extreme end OF south
Pine street. At the time Of the accident
the old lady was all alone, the only other oc-
cuDant Of the house, a woman who lived
with her, having stepped out for few mo-
ments. When the latter returned she found
the unfortunate lady PROSTATE on the hearth,
her clothes still burning and her right hand
in the fire. Upon examination it was found
that she was quite dead, and that the upper
portion of her body was horribly burned.
It can only be matter of surmise whether
her clothes caught fire and she fell from
fright, or she fell dead and was burned
afterwards.
Year: 1877

A WALK INTO THE BAsIN.-John Denis,
a Welshman, under the influence OF liquor,
walked into the canal last night at point
not far from the packet Office. But for
prompt attention he would have been
drowned. Policeman Sweeney took him to
the Second station-house, where ne was
slowly SOLDERING off at a late hour last night.
Year: 1877

An inhabitant of Fontenay-sous-B Bois.
one of the most charming little suburbs
of Paris, has just departed this life un-
der circumstances which merit the at
iention of every body, but more particu-
larly Of the scientific and medical world.
The man in question had long been 8
confirmed drunkard, and imbibed, on an
average, aquart and q half of brandy per
diem. Conscious of the degradation
of his besetting vice, he kept aloof from
his family, and at times shut himself up
in his room for days together, in order
to pursue his devotion TO Bacchus unmo-
Tested by the reproach or remonstrance
of the infdel. He had frequently been
forced to abandon the brandy bottle
by the approach of deliriUm tremeaS,
but he was no sooner cured by the doc
tors than he returned to his fayorite
love. At length he was seized with an
invincible desire to destroy himself,
which the medical sages call the ''nostal-
gia" of alcohols. On Easter Sunday he
shut himself up again, but remaining Sc
cluded longer than usual, the neighbors
broke open his door. An over powering
smell of spirits struck them on entering
the room, where the remains of char
coal fire were found, and, on looking on the
bed, there lay the remains of man re-
duced to cinders The doctors say that
spontaneous combustion must have taken
place shortly after the drunkard lay
down 10 die.
Year: 1877

one OF the best and most convenient Hotels for
Merchants and others 20 stop al when in New
York "a the Grand Union Hotel, nearly oppo-
site the GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT, kept on the
European plan-you therefore only pay for whst
you get Everything is first class, and prices
moderate, adapted % the stringency Of the times
You save the expense Of carriage hire, and by
leaving your baggage cheek at the counter of the
Hotel, your baggage viii be delivered in your
rooms, fifteen minutes after the arrival Of the cars,
free Of expense. We advise you 10 give the Grand
Union q trial
Year: 1877

III American agriculture has an Ut
satisfied need. it is surely the need ior
more intelligence and more enteIpyisiDg
interest on the part OF its working men
aud women From one end ol ,he land
to The other, its crying defect-rccognized
by all-is that It's best blood or. in other
words, its best brains and lis best en,rgy
is leaving it 10 seek other fields Of
labor. The Influence which leads these
best of the farmers sons to other occups-
lions is rot so much The desire to make
more money or to find a less labOrious oc-
cupa,ion. as it is the desire to lead more
salisisc ory lile.-a life where that part OF
US has been developed by the better edu-
cation and better civilization Tor which in
ills century we have worked so hard and
so well. may ind responsive compaIisr-
ship and encouraging intercourse with
others.
Year: 1877

COUNTRY.


WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Public Printer
has us completed the first annual the Internal
Commerce Of the United States. This report covers
wide range OF subjects, embracing the economy OF
transport BY mail the competitive forces which exert an
influence the internal commerce Of the country aud
the principal commercial movements OF the country.
The Canad transit trade. and the growth Of direct
trade interior points at the West aud points in
the Atlantic aud Gulf States and direct trade between
inferior points in United states and foreign countries
are fully discussed The railroad problem is treated OF
at considerable lengt both the United States and
foreign countries 1t is said that the value OF the rail-
roads OF the United about twenty three times
the value OF the shipping engaged in our foreign com
merce and that the value Of Internal commerce is
times OF our foreign commerce; that
eighty seven per cent OF the gram shipped
from the West 10 the scabOard during tue
last year was transported rail lines and that over
ninety per cent OF the internal commerce of the country
il on railroads Although total amount OF contrlbu
tions of the Government up to the close OF the
1876 in aid OF railroad amounted to Sl44
railroads. Yet this only three per cent. OF the
entire cost Of the railroad system OF the United States
It is stated that the has from its organZ
ton collected elaborate statistics regard to Foreign
commerce at great expense that prior the appro
praton for the preparation Of the present work mad
never instituted any OF collecting information in
regard to much mOIe important internal commerce.
The services Of sixteen persons experts have been
secured embracing Secretaries o. the Boards OF Trade
ana Chambers OF Commerce at the principal commercial
cities OF the country. The report is accompanied by
thirteen maps, showing the principal commercial high
ways embracing rail and water lines.
Year: 1877

IHR BooKBTNDERs ATTEMPT TO DICTATE TO MR..


DEFREEG WITH EXCEEDINGLY POOR RESULTS


BY TELEGRAPH TO THE IRIBUSEl


WAsHINGToN, July ia 'bookbinder who never
served his full time as an apprentice but who has
worked many years mt his trade and is said to be
good workman, applied at the Government print
ing Office recently for situation. This fact being
known, the Bookb Union sent a committee to
Mr.. Defrees to-day to ascertain if he would employ
such man. They were informed that it
was none Of their business "If the man
is a competent workman" Mr. Defrees told
them " and he is needed, he will be employed,
whether he ever served out his whole time served
any time apprentice. No Union will be allowed
to dictate to the Government Printer in regard to
the management of his Office" Mr.. Defrees also
showed the Committee how the Labor Unions were
bringing odium upon themselves by their foolish
rules, and warned them that persistence in their
enforcement will certainly result in the destruction
of the organizations The interview was pleasant
one, and trouble is expected to grow out of the
matter.
Year: 1877

This is what the Austin Reveille has
to say about it: 1.-THE Western Union
Telegraph Company are now using the
quadruplex system over the Virginia
and Salt Lake circuit, by means of
which four messages may be sent sim
ultaneously over Il single wire. The
increased strain ON the wire is not visi-
BILE here in Austin; but member of
the Sazerac Lying club who was out at
Dry creek yesterday, reports that in
that vicinity the wire was just hump
ing itself, and groaning and straining
and dropping words off IN chunks. He
says he examined the wire and found
knot in it, and came to the conclu-
sion that quadruplex message had
struck the knot and got tangled up
and stuck at that point. He tried
to straighten the wire out, but sec
tion of an account of a battle between
the Turks and Russians struck him ON
the ear and knocked him down, and he
concluded that it was not advisable to
fool with the thing. A man will be
sent out this morning with crowbar
to endeavor to pry out some of the big
gest words that are blockaded by the
knott
Year: 1877

came reporter for the Morning
Call. His popularity as a humorist
led him to come to this city in
1868, and his success since then has
been Of a very brilliant character.
Clemens calls Hartford his home,
and no doubt it is as much as any
spot can be to such wanderer. He
has. made more money than any
American author of his age, and
thus far his success does not appear
to spoil him. 1t is to be remem-
bered that Artemus Ward &c. f.
Browne) was also a printer. His
success was also of a remarkable
character, but although he made
money very rapidly, his estate
proved to be of little value. Much
Of his humor was found in comic
blunders in spelling. He found a
follower in Josh Billings. Clemens,
however, does not resort to any
trickery. His success has been
greater than either Artemus Ward
or Bret Harte, and he is now in
demand as a lecturer at $3.50 pei
night.
Year: 1877

which is the most useful pace for
cavalry, is unduly neglected in con-
sequence. The Militar-W Wochen-
blatt, on the other hand, maintains
that it is the fact that, owing to the
introduction of rapid-fring arms of
precision, cavalry has now to act
starting at a greater distance from
its objective than formerly that has
caused the gallop to be of late 50
much more largely employed; and
that, moreover, a gallop, when the
horse is given his head and yet not
forced to too great a speed, is less
trying to this latter than a pro-
longed and fast trot.
Year: 1877

The chief point Of interest in the
new biography of Charlotte BrOnte
is the added though not very strong
light thrown upon her married life.
1t certainly seems q strange pro-
longation of the shadow which al
ways hung over everything pertain
ing to Charlotte Bronte, that she
should have married a man with
an absolute distaste for the intel
lectual pursuits which had made
her famous. She tries to make the
best of it; says in one letter; 81
believe it is not bad for me that his
bent should be so wholly toward
matters of real life and active use,
fulness-so little inclined to the
literary and contemplative" Up. 17TG
but it is very plain that the result
would have been, If she had lived,
an absolute annihilation Of her lit
erary career "He was resolute,"
says Mrs. Reid, ain putting aside
all thought Of her literary achieve
ments; his whole anxiety-an anxi-
ETY. arising almost entirely from his
desire for her happiness was that
she should cease entirely to be the
author, and should become the
busy, useful, contented wife Of the
village clergyman, 1t would b(
Year: 1877

j. A. Cockenll, editor of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, writes from Paris
to that paper:


French art, | am prepared to say,
is in an advanced state. Down in
one of the galleries of the Louvre
yesterday saw among the diligent
artists and copyists an old lady
sixty years of age. She had a pair
of spectacles perched on the end of
her attenuated nose, and was ad-
dressing herself to her easel with
the enthusiasm of the last success
full exhibitor at the academy. And
what do you think this ancient pig
ment singer was copying, dear
reader? Do you imagine she was
busying herself with some sacre1
theme made glorious by the brush
of Raphael, Guido, or Ruben?
Perhaps so. Well, she was doing
nothing of the kind. She was
transferring to her canvas pair of
naked wood nymphs who were ra-
dating in the glories Of a rural
bath. must do the old lady the
justice of saying that she was max
ing a good job Of it. Her flesh
tints were rich, and they must have
fairly warmed her shriyeled hands.
Magnificent old dame! Who can
measure the depth and profundity
of those who nnrturo art? Age
cannot cool nor sex disbar its wor.
slippers, How ! hope that this old
lady will live to people France
with bathing wood nymphs unit
they become as plentiful and fami-
liar as the sad-eyed Madonnas II
the quiet shops and homes o
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