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Year: 1877

A cruel hoax was recently perpe-
trated on two members Of the
Hebrew community who presented
themselves at The Synagogue in
Birmingham, Eng, to be married.
The ceremony was interrupted by
the arrival Of a telegram to the
rabbi informing him that the bride
groom WIS already married and had
Two children. The bride was re.
moved in a fainting condition, and
the bridegroom was chased through
the streets by a mob, who saluted
him with "a shower of stones and
mud" Investigation has since
proved that the telegram was a for
gerry, and tbe Wedding will take
place after all,
Year: 1877

NONO|ODNSDs


A MOTHER day and still another had
IA passed away. Ferguson and Lynd-
say had successfully taken the field
against the ghost-but none would come
when they did call for him. Old Jamai-
ca was the only spirit that was raised,
and tobacco-smoke was the only intangi-
BILE essence that infested them. What
was to be done now? 1t was plain that
the ghost was more than match for
them. They believed that they might
be his masters in the field-but he GER
tainly had the advantage of them in the
strategy which avoids the presence of a
superior enemy. They felt, in the slight
est degree in the world, like fools, that
they should have lost their natural rest
for three nights, and expended degree
of skill and energy sufficient to have
raised the siege, and all for nothing.
Friday night was come. The morrow
was the fatal Saturday, when the order
gy-book must be found, or the loss re.
ported at headquarters. The confeder.
ates sat rather gloomily over their wine
at Ferguson's lodgings-for Ferguson
was q married man, and did not live al
mess-and considered with themselves
what was TO be done next.


" You have not won your supper at ths
Dragon yet, DOCTOR" said Ferguson
"The ghost does not seem to regard you
with any more favor than the rest o.
as"
Year: 1877


In avery humble cot,
In a rather quiet spot,


In the suds and in the soap


Workeda a woman full of hopes
Working, singing, all alone,
In a sort of undertone,


with q Saviour for friend,
He will keep me to the end"
Sometimes happening along
1 had heard the semi-song,


And often used to smile,


More in sympathy than guile,
But never said word,
In regard to what heard


As she sung about her friend
Who would keep her to the end
Not in sorrow nor in glee
Working all day long was she,
AS her children three or four,
Played around her on the floor
But in mon otones the song
She was humming all day long,
"With Saviour for friend,
He will keep me to the end.''
It's song do not sing,
For l scarce believe thing


OF the stories that are told


OF the miracles of old;
But l knew that her belief
Is the anodyne of grief,


And will always be friend
That will keep her to the end.
Just trifle lonesome she,
Just as poor as poor could be,
But her spirits always rose,
. Like the bubbles in the clothes,
And though widowed and alone,
Cheered'her with the monotone
OF Saviour and friend


Who would keep her to the end.
l have seen her rub and rub,
On the washboard in the tub,


While the baby sopped in suds,
Rolled and tumbled in the duds,
Or was padding in the pools,
With old scissors stuck in spools,
She still humming of her friend
Who would keep her to the end.
Human hopes and human creeds
Have their root in human reeds,
And would not wish to strip
From that washerwoman's lip,
Any song that she can sing,
Any hope that songs can bring.
For the woman has friend
That will keep her to the end.
Year: 1877

remember that even though the
girl Is prepared to surrender, she
will not come to terms unless he
opens vigorous warfare on her af-
fections, and displays the intrepid
courage of an indomitable soldier
in the ranks of Cupid.


1t is required of a lover that he
shall be modest regarding his own
merits, absorbed in the pursuit of
his sweetheart, regardful Of all her
varying moods and fancies, assid-
uous in his attentions and quick to
interpret her unspoken thoughts
and feelings. To do this he must
think, not of himself but of her;
and her transcendent grace and
loyellness must make his own
poor merits seem by contrast little
better than actual faults. Once he
gets into this state OF mind the
lover begins to be in u proper condi-
ton for prosecuting his suit, for
then he is ready to hazard all to
win go priceless treasure, not that
he deserves to wear the kohinor OF
his Imagination, but that his very
humility and consciousness of
his lack of desert, and his de-
termination to keep the jewel safe
forever, may secure for him as a
free-will gift, the custody of the
prize. If he enters upon the task
with a cool seli-confidence, think.
ing he has only to reach out his
hand tc pick up the precious gift
of his sweethesrt's love, he is likely
to find that his conceit and impu.
dence have cost him dear, and to
retire discomfted from the inter.
view. Girls demand that they
shall be won they do not stand
ready to be taken at short notice
and by fellows who fancy that they
arc irresistible. Such lovers de.
serve to be wrapped severely ovel
the knuckles and if they retire
from proposing the momentout
question, smarting severely and
deeply cRagrincd, they get no pitt
from us.
Year: 1877

Bathing dresses are. a necessity.
If any one wants a wrinkle, let me
give one for getting them made at
home by the always useful and in
dustrious abigail. Get the pattern
of your dress body and Of a che
mise. Out out by the shoulders Of
the body, and the rest to the waist
from the chemise, Take the re-
mainder from a pair Of knicker-
bockers, Cut the whole pattern in
one in paper first, and then in a
light washing serge. The costume
should fasten down the center front
Year: 1877

NOW 1OIk oun.l fH


The proper manner in which to
address a young lady who has Won
your affections is q subject for
much serious and thoughtful con-
sideration. The business is ex-
.ceedingly delicate. A false step at
the beginning Of the courtship may
'bc irretrievable; atoo rude approach
may jar on her fine susceptibilities;
n rough hand may scatter the pc
tails of the flower OF love; yet a too
deliberate and composed suitor
might outrage the fair ones sense
of what the occasion required from
him. A nice mixture Of arder and
reserve, timidity and audacity, is
what the swain must display. lie
must seize the fit moment, plunge
precipitately in, and, risking all in
the desperate charge, await the
Issue of victory or defeat, HemuSt
Year: 1877

The other afternoon man drove
in a wagon to Washerwoman's Bay,
in San Francisco, where prisoners
were at work, and got out to see
the men working. He left boy
six years of age on the seat of the
wagon, and had been gone but a
few minutes when the horse ran
off, and before he could be stopped,
plunged into the bay. The boy fell
from the seat into the bay, and
would have been drowned had it
not been for several of the prisoners,
who sprang into the water and res
cued him. The horse went under,
being dragged by the weight of the
wagon, when one of the prisoners,
named Frank Medina, dove, cut
the harness and released the animal
from the shafts, and swan him
ashore. Medina then went under
the surface of the water and
fastened arope to the wagon, which
was hauled up by the prisoners.
Year: 1877

old AID young. every week. It is just to say
that the patrsns Of tho WESTERN
HETHODIST belong to the best class Of
community.


We desire our business men to mako a note
Of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.


We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free Of all irregular and irresponsible adver-
tising; for many good people seeing an ad-
vertisement in a paper. especially their
church paper, take it as a guarantee Of re
spOnsibiliIy. Such confidence should not be
abused when it can bo helped. We want,
therefore,
The Advertising Patronage
Of such business men and firms as we can
recommend to our friends and the public
without compromising the character of the
paper.


our Terms shall be IN Harmony


with the business Outlook.


send In Your RRvOrs.
Year: 1877

@ The poorest girls in the world
are those who have never baen taught
to work. There are thousands of
them. Rich parents have petted
them; they have been taught to de-
spise labor and depend upon others
for a living, and are perfectly help
less. The most forlorn woman on
earth belongs to this class. It be-
longs to parents to protect their
daughters from this deplorable con-
dition. They do them great wrong
if they neglect it. Every daughter
should be taught to earn her own
living. The rich as we'll as the poor
require this training. The wheel Of
fortune rolls swiftly around-ths rich
are likely to become poor, and the
poor rich. Skill to labor is no dis
advantage to the rich, and indispen-
sable to the poor. Wsll-to-do parents
must educate their daughters to work;
no reform Is more imperative than
this.
Year: 1877

E The Western Christian Adro-
cate thinks that "the first great
movement in the Methodist world of
an economical nature should be for
the liquidation Of oil church debts.
And this should be accomplished by
general purpose on the part of all
the preachers and all the people not
to go into debt again" The Method
lists have more church debts in the
aggregate than any othsr denomina-
tion In the country, but Of late years
they have shown . disposition 10
change their policy in this respect.
Year: 1877




ma new departure In watchmak-
inS Il announced at Auburndale,
Mass. With the ordinary watch a
chief itemof exp ense is in adjustment
This now is performed by hanging the
watch in various positions, ascertain
ing thus whether the balarce-whsel
Is heavier at one point than at anoth-
er, and tightening the wheel wher-
ever it is too heavy. There is furth-
er adjustment needed to compensate
for difference of temperature. The
new watch contains fewer works than
the ordinary one, and these are set
around the center and driven by q
handspring beneath them. BY this
means toothed rim around the
watch, inside, all the works are made
complete rotation around
the center of the watch-aside from
their own proper motions-complet-
ing the performance once every two
hours. Any irregularity from differ
ence Of weight of parts Of the machin-
cry is thus wholly compensated, no
matter what may be the position in
which the watch is carried, since in
any and all positions the center of
gravity for the machinery, for any
two hour as whole, will be uniform.
A factory has been started to make
the new watches, and it is expected
that they will be cheaper than the old
ones. At all events the invention
can be properly designated as revo-
luton in matchmaking.
Year: 1877

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April The Reading
Railroad Company suspended all the Brother
hood engineers employed upon the Germantown
s. Nor1istown Branch to-day. They are to have
two days time in which to decide upon remain
ing in the employ Of the Company at the cost
OF leaving The Brotherhood. This evening large
meeting OF the Brotherhood was held, at which
delegates were present from more than dozen
railroads Of the United States aud Canada. To-
night other delegates are arriving, and tho aucs-
tfon Of resistance to the demands OF the railroad
company is certain to be decided before Monday
noon: Foreign delegates interviewed tonight
say that the existence Of the Brotherhood Of
Year: 1877

COLUMBIA, s. c., April Coy. Chamberlain
was interviewed by the Associated Press Agent
on his arrival here to-day as to his intentions for
the future. He said be cared not to state the
details, as be had not time to consider them,
but that in general he did not regard the with
drawa Of the troops as affecting hts legal rights,
whatever effect it might have upon his practical
ability, to maintain them. He said it would
probably be his duty to hold his office until re-
moved By force In answer to an inquiry as to
bis course II Hampton should convene the Leg


islature Immediately, he said he could only say
that he intended to pursue course consistent
with firm belief in the justice OF his position
and cause, without regard to personal conse-
Queuccs. !. - '''' i,
Year: 1877

PUBLIC opinion in Russia is not altogether
favorable TO war with Turkey. There is
serious embarrassment in financial affairs,
governmental and commercial. Failures are
constantly occurring in. the business centres
and the government is hampered to such
degree by the heavy deficits of the last few
years that il will be obliged in the event of
war to contract a very large loan in foreign
markets. The national credit is so much
impaired that further loans can be negotiated
only at oppressively high rates. The United
States have become such large exporters and
producers of grain that this staple article of
Russian export no longer commands the
price and sale it formerly did. A war between
Turkey and Russia, and the shutting up of
the Black Sea ports, would throw the greater
part of the grain trade into the hands of the
United States, and cause universal bank
ruptcy in Southern Russia.
Year: 1877

THE report of the Senate Florida commit
tee shows that the vote of the state belonged
to the Hayes electors, as it was declared. On
the face of the returns Hayes had a majority,
which he still retained under the recanvass
ordered by the supreme court in obedience to
the Tilden managers. The committees re-
port proceeds to argue that the vote must be
counted as legally cast and legally returned,
a proposition which would need no argument
had not the Democratic party, in the interest
of Tilden, adopted the remarkable doctrine
that the states have no rights which Congress
is bound to respect.
Year: 1877




The intention of manv OF the Southern
States to repudiate their debts has long been
manifest. Indeed in some cases the inten-
tion has already been carried into execution.
The only excuse heretofore given, when any
has been thought necessary, has been that
the States were too poor to discharge their
obligations. But the real reason for their
dishonesty is now stated to be desire to
"get square with the North" A North
Carolina paper has the frankness to state it.
The journal in question says that the ground
is taken by North Carolinians that the debt
of that State has already been discharged-in
negroes valued at thousand dollars each.
They hold that the North has taken Southern
property by freeing the slaves, that the South
has taken Northern property for her bonds,
and that the account is equal.


This excuse for dishonesty is not an un-
natural one. Spite of all protestations to the
contrary the South holds that emancipation
was an act of robbery, and that she ought to
be reimbursed for the loss of her slaves.
Since there seems to be no immediate way to
SOo 0iASSo pay hlCAG iOI LuC iOSJ CudGIelS Tue
Southern States have come to look upon the
claim as in the nature of an offset to the
claims held against them by Northern credi-
tors. As there is apparently no way to COM
pei payment of the bonds the repudating
states have the best of the situation.


The impudent claim demands serious at
tention because it shows that the South in
tends in some form or other to obtain from
the North an equivalent for Southern prop
erty lost dnring the war, and that if the
South and its allies ever get complete pos
session of the government some means will be
found to draw enough money out of the
Treasury to repay Southerners tenfold for
every rod of fence destroyed and for every
chicken that died of the pip during the civil
war
Year: 1877

HITHERTO Thurman and Bayard have
been not only the ranking but by far the
ablest Senators on the Democratic side. In
deed, they are almost the only Democrats
who have cut any considerable figure. But
with Lamar and Ben Hill coming in, the two
old leaders will not so entirely divide the
honors between themselves, and the prepon-
Democrats will tend to regain its ancient seat
in the South. That section viii rule the
Democratic party, as it did before the war.
Year: 1877

IT ought not to influence the High Joint
Commission in counting the Electoral vote to
reflect that while one of the candidates has
come up and paid his taxes like little man,
the other is now defendant in suit to re-
cover $4,000 more or less, of income tax, out
OF which he has defrauded the Government;
put 1t would be very sad business if one of
the INST official acts of the next President
should be to remove a District Attorney for
trying to get the aforesaid income tax out of
the aforesaid President.
Year: 1877

"E have formed a COpartnership for the purpose


w OF transacting the Wholesale Drug Business,
and we solicit the patronage Of all who require
anything in our line. Our Stock, consisting of
Year: 1877

A WELL-INFoRMED correspondent of the
New York Tribune writes to that journal
that the Arbitration scheme will certainly re-
suit in the election of Hayes and Wheeler.
He says:


do not televe that any man on the Supreme
bench Except Field, who belongs to yery bad
breed OF dogs) would be willing to tarnIsh his
reputation as lawyer and honest man bv
holding that the electoral vote of any State.
gwen ln accordance with the law of that State
with the law of Congress of 1892, and with The
consultation, can be thrown out and disre.
Year: 1877

We 90 not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are In
' cases Indispensable not tor publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


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




THE GRAND TRUNK AccIDENT.-The coils.
ion upon the Grand Trunk one mile below
Grafton, Tuesday night, already reported in
this paper, was one Of the most remarkable es-
capes from loss of life of all on board both
trains. The trains met on a curve, the up train
j Andrews engineer, going at good rate of
speed, and the down train, A. Cabana epgi.
neer, put out of the station moving slowly.
The lights were discovered barely in season for
the men on both engines to jump which they
did, meeting with no serious injury. Conduc-
tors hobbs and Burnham with their brakemen
in the van at the rear of each train W ere COZ
siderably shaken up but not injured, some of
them jumping off, others remaining on, the
length of the trains breaking the force of the
concussion sufficient so as not to throw the 1eer
end from the track. p. Foley, breakman on
Hobbs train, was upon the top of box car
near the engine and fearing to jump stuck to
the car which was thrown completely upon
the car forward, leaving him upon the top of
the two and in safety. Being asked if he was
not frightened, he replied: "Not then, but
have been ever since when 1 think of what
passed through" Two Frenc hmen were in
car loaded with potatoes, having stove and
fire and shut it, The car was completely
wrecked, the tender of the engine breaking
through one end and being crowded half way
through the car jammed Frenchmen, potatoes,
stove and everything all together in the other
end, the men only being relieved and saved
from suffocation by the car being opened and
the potatoes run out AS it was, one of them
had his leg badly bruised by the stove being
thrown upon it, and holding him until help
came to his relief. The other was not seriously
hurt. There are various statements as to the
cause of the accident, the probability being
that it was the fault of the operator either at
Milan or Island Pond. No blame is attached
to those having the trains in charge. The dam
age to the company is very large, and cannot
be1ess than $12 900 in the judgment Of those
best qualified to judge. The whole road bed
upon this division is in excellent condition and
everything was favorable for a successful oper-
alton for the winter. The public will regret
very much this and any accident which Injuries
them financially, but rejoice that 10 all their
accidents there is so very little loss of life,
Year: 1877

UNION HALL.-Capt. Dutton gave a very in
terestiog and instructive lecture last evening
bis subject being the Jewish Tabernacle D
he displayed before the audience miniature
model of Tabernacle" by means of which
his lectures are more readily understood. The
captain will lecture this evening again at n
O'Clock, upon the same subject The public are
invited. Seats free.
Year: 1877

WARWICK MUs1cAL.-Next Wednesday eve
ming the above company appear at Fanny
Marsh's Theatre in most attractive pro
gramme. These amateur minstrels have been
rehearsing for some time past, and are now said
to be as good as the average professionals. They
will OF course have good supply of local hits
which will be sure to take. a very fashionable
audience may be expected, as the COMPANY il
composed of the first young men of the citv.
Year: 1877

SOUR CHARITIES, How TO GIVE, AND HERE
IN OF THE TRAMP. Judge Knight VIII deliver
lecture upon the above interesting subject
sunday evening +! Congress Square church A
eoltiibution will be taken for the benefit of
the Samaritan Association.
Year: 1877

[RobeSonian, August i2s.l


Mr.. EDfroR,: l. give you the
following las I received it I should
l1itetes give yo,, the name of my
author but, he bound me so Tightly
to secresy that 1 cannot Besides,
he gave good reasons9why his name
should not be made public ~


IL On last Tuesday evening about
FIVE 8 clock, r was seated -on the
banks of Lumber River, a mile
from Harper's ferry, engaged in
fishing. A noise attracted my at
tention; l turned my head and
|sabout twenty steps below me saw a
woman standing on the bank OF
the river, she stood for few min
utes looking first up and then down
the river, as if to be sure that she
was unobserved, she then began
unfastening her skirt still keeping
her lookout. At this iuncture OF
affairs, [ expected nothing more
than to be subjected to the mortifi-
cation of seeing woman take a
bath or shut my eyes; for | was so
situated that l was concealed SO
that | could not he seen unless |
moved, so | concluded to be easy;
my ease did not last long, fer when
she dropped her overskirt, to my
horror and astonishment suspended
to belt about her waist was pair
of tive-shooters; ana heavy rifle
which she took off and laid on the
ground, then she proceeded to fin
ish undressing The last article was
her head covering, which was a
common fly bonnet without stiffcn
ing in it. When this was removed
what do You imagine [ was looking
at Nothing more nor less than
the stark naked form of tho verita
BILE Henry Berry Lowery. Bundiing
up the clothing and arms, he waded
into the river, aid across which
took him to the arm pits. On The
opposite side of the river he dressed
and made off through the woods,
leaving the worst puzzled fisherman
that ever tishcd the Lumber
River. ID.


Soon or late, love is his own
avenger.-Byron.