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Year: 1877

L know not if moonlight or starlight


Be soft on the nd and the sea,
| catch but the near light, the far light


OF eyes that are burning for me;
They scent OF the night of the roses,


NJ V burden the air for thee. Sye t
lis only the breath of the sighing


L know, as lie at thy feet.
The winds may be sobb ng or singing,


Their touch may be fervent or cold.
The night bells may toll or be ringing.


care not, while thee L enfold,
The feast may go on, and the music


Be scattered in ecstasy round
Thy whisper. i Ioee thee love thee,-
Hath flooded my soul with its sound.
think not of time that is fiying,


How short is the hour have won,
How near is this living to dying.


How the shadow still follows the sun:
There is nsught upon earth. no desire,
Worth thought though twsre had bv sig
love thee love thee, brin igher
Thy spirit, thy kisses. to mine.
Year: 1877

The Tenth Ward is now excited over
q strange case in relation to the burial of
the remains of an elderly man lately a
resident of the west end of the ward
The man who died yesterday morning,
had been living in house beyond
PIunkett's row, and had for house
Keeper young woman to whom he
gave all his money and household
effects. After his death the woman
declared that he had left her no money,
and declined to bear the funeral expens-
es. His children proposed to bear the
expenses. provided she woul turn over
to them everything that belonged to their
father, but this she refused to do. The
undertaken, hearing how matters stood,
refused to proceed with the funeral until
he received assurances of being paid, and
this was the status Of affairs at last ac-
counts.
Year: 1877

A North German newspaper gives an
account of a discovery and invention by
means of which it is rendered possible
wholly to overcome the force of gravata-
ton SO that man in the last stages of
consumption, will, by employing it, be
able to lit body any asslgnable weight;
he could, for instance, easily draw up to
the surface an iron-clad that had sunk to
the bottom of a river, provided only the
apparatus, which consists of slender
wire, could be made to girdle the ship so
that its ends could be brought into con-
tact with each other. Satisfactory exper-
iments with the invention are said to
have beeu made in the presence OF Ger
mau army officers, and as the price OF di-
vulging his secret method of accomplish
ing his unheard-of results the inventor =
who is, by the Way, a South German
demand the trifling sum of So 3,0UO,O0O. Ii
the Government shall show any hesita-
tion to pay this amount it is probable
that the great man will resort to meas
ures analogous to those which were OF
old employed by the Sibyl who offered to
sell niue volumes of her prophecies to
Tarquinius l'riscus for a certain price.On
being refused she burned three Of the
books and demanded the same price for
the six that remained; refused again, she
burned three more and insisted upon
having the sum originally named for the
remaining three. By this time the king
was pref we'll frightened and paid the
whole price.
Year: 1877

note published in this paper may have ap-
peared, and perhaps may have been really too
severe. II so, we deeply regret it. We are
doing our very best for the instruction and
well-being Of the8chldren intrusted to our care,
but parents cannot expect their children to be-
takes time; they must have a little patience,
and cooperate with us in urging on them the
necessity OF studying better and behaving res
pectfHlly to their teachers


1t is all we desire and should anything have
given pain i'll our communication, we hope this
explanation will be accepted and all will be
forgotten.
Year: 1877

to be whispering words of consolation.
AS the Sheriff finished reading the death
warrant, Rousseau arose from the chair
lie wassaeated and took his place on the
rriightof the Sheriff. : He looked around
upon the crowd, and in a clear and
ringing voice, which was heard from
one end to the other Of the vast assem-
blage, spoke these words


GLE MEURs CONTENT, GAR JE MEURs


EN- cHRETIES.n


die content, because die as christian
He then turned to the Sheriff and said
az am ready The moose was then
adjusted around his neck, and the black
cap drawn over his face. The Sheriff
stepped off of the trap door, seized the
hatchet lying near, there was a sharp
click as the rope was cut, dull thud
as the body fell, and L9uis Rousseau,
the murderer of CYRUS 3Iignac, with
all his failing, the good and bad in
stincts which had brought him to his
doom, was where no earthly trouble
| could reach him. His death was in
| Simultaneous. A slight twitching of the
muscles was observed, but not single
| struggle.


Fifteen OF twenty minutes after the
rope had been cut, physicians having
examined the body, declared life ex-
tinct, and the body was lowered into a
coffin, the lid screwed down and placed
in hearse which started Immediately
for his home in Vile Plate.


The murder fop,which the unfortunate
man gave up his life was as follows to
wit. In February 1915, Louis Rous-
seau who owned coffee House in the
town of Vile Plate, sent for CYRUS
Biignac, man with whom he had
had a slight misunderstanding, and
who he had been told was slandering
him. On the arrival Of Brignac at the
coffee house, he was called to account
for what he (BEiguac1 had said alb out
him (RousseauG Brignac denied it,
and said that if Rousseau would show
him the man who had told him (Rous-
seau) he would whip him. Rousseau
was not satisfied, aud Immediately
knocked down Brignac, who was un-
armed, and while he was lying on the
floor shot him. Brignac lived but a
few hours.


Sheriff Duson was absent at the time
but Immediately on his return began
his search for the murderer who was in
hiding. Rousseau finding that If he
remained he would certainly be killed
or captured, left the State and went to
the Indian Territory. Sheriff Duson
was untiring in his endonvor to find out
the hiding place of the murderer. No
stone was left antulned. He devoted
both his a4me and limited means to that
object. at last after several months
of fruitless search, he learned that he
was in the Indian Territory. Six hours
after he got the information he was on
his way accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
Hayes. In few days by telegram we
knew that Rousseau was captured and
on his way ito Louisiana. He was
brought here, tried at the following
term Of the District Court, and found
guilty Of murder in the first degree. He
took an appeal to the Supreme Court on
some technical ground, but the Supreme
Court confirmed the Judgment of the
lower Court.


Rousseau was taken to New Orleans
and confined in the Parish Prison for
safe keeping, where he remained over
one year waiting for the Governor to
sign the death warrant,
Year: 1877

Wonld not let them grow to the age
OF two, three or four years before COM
mencing to break them-for this is the
term we must use if we let them 90 un.
Ill that period would begin while
the colt is following its dam. a. the
terms training or educating can then be
substituted. | would begin very mildly
with them, vet firmly. DO not under
take to make them do anything unrea.
sOnable, or which they cannot be made
TO understand, but when ANYTHING is
commenced, persevere firmly until the
end is accomplished.


Always, so far as possible, avoid harsh
treatment in training Young colts. Do
not excite their fears, but rather calm
them By not getting excited Yourself.
always using the same tone of voice, let-
ting them know that you are their friend
in this way you will soon be able to
manage them and control them Just as
you like. Perhaps teaching them to
lead with the halter, in connection with
what 1 have said, would be about all
that need be attempted the first year.
From that time forward would train
them in their education as convenience
would permit.


l would not have it understood that
colts should not be petted and PLAYED
with, for | consider that there is a wide
difference between proper discipline and
fooling and PLAYING with them and let
ting them do about as they have mind
to. These early lessons are of great i'm
portance, for it is with colts as it is with
boys, ''as the twig is bent, the trees in
clined &C. G.. AbeH.
Year: 1877

The Scientific american says: The
frog of the FOOT of every horse is the
natural support of the foot, and should
never be cut away except to remove the
rough edges which occasionally appear
from common wear. AT late meeting
OF the farriers and horseshoers in Will
mington, Del. there was great deal
said in condemnation of the manner in
which horses are shod, especially in the
rural districts. A lecturer, veterinary
surgeon (accsrding to the New York
Herald, said that 1.-The frog of the foot
was often pared away SO artistically to
make . neat job that the tendon or mus
Gle that extended down the leg, over
Year: 1877

CLEANSING AND POLISHING "A COM
pound for polishing and cleaning metals
is composed of one ounce carbonate of
ammonia dissolved in four ounces of wa
ter; with this is mixed sixteen ounces
OF Paris white. A moistened sponge is
dipped in the powder and rubbed light
ly over the surface OF the metal, after
which the powder is busted of, leaving
q fine brilliant lustre.
Year: 1877

|


The habitual daily use of this veget.
able is much more beneficial to man
than most people are aware of. A
writer who is familiar with it's virtues
says: Il have known many men and
women who, from various causes, had
become SO much affected by nervous
ness that when they stretched out
their hands they shook like aspen
leaves on a windy day, and by mod
crate daily use of the blanched foot
stalks of celery as salad they become
as strong and steady in limb as other
people. l haye known others so ner-
in a state of agitation and they were
in constant pei plexity and fear, who
were also effectuafiy cured by mod
crate daily use of blanched celery as
salad at meal time. 4 have known
others. to be cured of pslpitatIon of
the heart. Everybody engaged III Ia
Dor weakening to the nerves should
use celery daily in the. season and
onions in its stead when not in season.
To this we may add that a prominent
New York druggist draws in winter
from his soda fountain hot extract of
celery, mixed with Liebig's meat ex.
tract, under the name of ox-celery. 1t
is nourishing drink at lunch time,
| far better than coffee or tea, aud ia do
ing a great deal in the neighborhood
to promote temperance. We give Gel
cry almost daily to opr canary bir DIS
and it cures them OF fits they are lit
tie animals with very delicate nerves.
easily frightened, and therefore they
need such remedy very much, and
the relish with which they take it is =
proof that their instinct guides them
to eat what is good TOR them.-lJ Jour
nal of Chemistry.
Year: 1877




The report of the Secretary of War is
mainly devoted to an argument against the
reduction of the army and for it's increase,
This argument is supported by recital of
the services of the United States troops in
the Indian war, which was recently con-
cluded by the surrender Of Chief Joseph, in
the suppression of the communistic riots of
July, and on the Mexican frontier. The
praise which Mr.. McCrary awards to the
officers and men who have been engaged in
the arduous services which have kept the
army prominently in the public eye during
the past six months is all of It we'll deserved
The admirable manner in which the offi>
GERS and soldiers who were employed for
the suppression of the riots, and the salu-
Larry influence which their mere presence in
Year: 1877

"Closely connected with this general sub
ject Of the resumption of specie payments
Is one of subordinate but still of grave i'm
portance. mean readjustment of our
coinage system by the renewal Of the silver
dollar as an element in our specie currency,
endowed by legislation with the quality of
legal tender to greater or less extent.
Il X


Foreign affairs, the French Exposition,
the dullness of Trade, the army, and navy,
civil service reform SC. are all touchee upon:
but subject is omitted: that millions of our
people are idle, ard poverty stricken, and
that Corporations and Capitalists, are rap
idly acquiring all the land of the Country.
Year: 1877

Inc President sent into Congress yester-


day message of great length, well written


and clearly expressing his views. It has
rather belligerent tone in regard to Mexico.
The great questions before the people are
all touched upon, and in every instance
temperately and argumentively. The main
one being as follows-we select passages
which Indicate the policy and views of the
President


REMOVAL OF THE ARMY FROM THE SOUTH.


The discontinuance of the use of the
army for the purpose of holding local gov
ernments In two States of the Union was no
less constitutional duty and requirement,
under the circumstance. existing at the
time, than 1t was much-needed measure
Tor the restoration of local self-governmept
and the promotion of national harmony.


4 X X


PROTECTION FOR THE FREEDMEN,


:" 1t may not be Improper here to say that
1t should be our fixed and unalterable deter
mination to protect by all available and
proper means under the constitution and
the laws, the lately enancipated race in the
enjoyment of their rights and privileges,
and urge upon those to whom heretofore
the colered people have sustained the rela-
tion of bondsmen, the wisdom and Justice
OF humane and liberal local legislation with
respect to their education and general well
fare, and firm adherence to the laws
both National and State.
X X xl


"THE POLICY OF RESUMPTION
should be pursued by every suitable means,
aLd that no legislation would be wise that
should disparge the Importance or retard
'he attainment of that result. I have no
disposition, aud certainly no right to ques-
Ion the sincerity or intelligence of opposing
opinions, and would neither conceal nor
lndervalue the considerable difficulties and
wen occasional distresses which may attend
ne progress of the nation towards this
Urinary condition to It's general and perma
ent prosperity. must, however, adhere
my most earnest conviction that any
'avering In purpose or unsteadiness.


X \ n ~
'ATIoNAL DEBT MUST BE PAID IN GOLD.
" All the bonds that have been issued
nee Feb, 1875, when the only unlimited |
gal tender was the metallic currency of {
'e country are justlypayable in notes, coin, /
IN coin OF equal value. During the time


these issues the only dollar that could
or was received by the government in 4
,chaDge for bonds was the gold dollar. o
require the public creditors to take In Fl
payment any dollar of less commerci al /,
'lue be regarded by them as reputation O
the full obligation assumed. d.


\ xIs
Year: 1877

These are scientific days in
which We live, and it may hap
pen that theology will have to
be entirely reconstructed Ill or
der to suit the critical taste of
some people. Professor Draper
says that instead Of the "fnger
of Providenc," we ought to say
"mechanical force. ~ The truth
is we must reason the Almighty
out Of the universe at all haz-
ards. The idea that our scien-
tific men can ever bow down to
anything which they believe
greater than themselves, is sim
ply preposterous, and to ask
them to believe something which
they do not fully understand is
a direct implication that there
are things which they do not un-
derstand, and therefore an in
suit. In the meantime, however,
ordinary men accept even the
mysteries Of religion, and are
deluded enough to feel that they
are the happier for it.
Year: 1877

At a meeting of the New York
Press Club, Rev3 7. De Witt Tall
mage told a story which reflected
somewhat upon the members of his
own profession. An old fisherman
once told him, he said, that the reas-
on so few sinners we're converted lay
in the manner in which the ministers
angled for them. "When l go to
catch fish," remarked the desciple Of
Walton, :. use a delicate pole, an
almost invisible line, hook OF the
most artistic workmanship, and at
the end of all, a tempting bait, which
I softly drop into the stream but
when you preachers start out yoi
take for a pole a weaver's beam. to
which you attach cart rope, with
pot hook attached and a swapping
turtle for bait. This you throw in
to the water with splash, and
shout, Bite or be damned!
Year: 1877

Major Labelliere was an &C.
centric man, but not entirely
wrong in some of his conjec-
lures. He insisted on being
buried head downward, because
the whole world is at present
topsy-turvy; and he reasoned
that when things come to be
Strengthened out, as they un-
doubtedly will be by and by, he
will find himself right side up.
If people would live with their
heads a little down instead of
holding them up so high in the
air, we should not have to won
der when they are buried whetL-
er they will be found wrong side
or right side up in the day OF
reckoning.
Year: 1877

the Republicans funny man that it will
not be necessary to attribute this to
H.-H-Y-g or to "a woman as he
is in the habi: of doing, but he may
consider that it comes direct from


That PERSUASIVE YANKEE.
Year: 1877

with our Bnd man can be independent hired help it only the
most SIMPLE and least liable Of ode easily understood and du


b bind bundles Of and the bundles laid down easily
gram can be ed however 1t attached aresters
that made will
bands made of No. anneaed which
Year: 1877

The larger part of our j-20 bonds
taken abroad were taken by Germany
Between the depressed value of govern
ment securities at the time, and the high
price of gold, the Cincinnati Times tig-
ures out that Germany purchased these
bonds AT about forty cents on tie doiiar,
we paying her six per cent interest in
gold on their full face value. Her profit
is therefore immense. And yet. says
the Times, the rapacious mono-metalists
of the country tell us that it would be
wrong to pay them in silver, which was
standard money when they were issued.
The claim is too insane tor argument.
Remonetize silver, make it equal with
gold, and we shall then have no rca-
son to prefer paying her in silver.
We shall simply have restored the posi-
ton in which we We're when she pur-
chased the bonds-we shall not have
done that which the mono-metallists de-
mand, to-wit: that we shall double the
burden of our debt by diminishing by
half that in which it may be paid.
Year: 1877

Admirers OF the astute but kindly italian,
the same thing, we take it, as readers OF
Bulwer's "My Novel," may recall some
sententious remarks Of his particularly
aDrop0S to-day.


He is talking to Lcnny Fairfield, a village
boy OF remarkable promise, but who, having
exemplified misfortunc's wicked penchdnt
for n shining mark by the endurance OF
petty but undeserved and annoying trou-
bles, was ripe for the effort OF some wretched
revolutionary and communistic pamphlets
forced upon him by n pcstilent itinerant.
The sage comes upon him rs he is devouring
one OF these, for which his sense OF personal
injury makes piquant sauce.


every pretty reading all this to man
like me, Lenny, who can admire and smile
at it, But to you, to the man who has TO
work for his living, to the man who thinks
it would be so much more pleasant to live
at his ease in aphalanstere Il than to work
eight or ten hours day; to the man OF
talent, OF action. OF industry, whose future
is invested in that tranquility and order
OF state in which talent, and action,
and industry are certain capital; why,
Messrs. Coutts, the great bankers, had bet
ter encourage a theory to upset the system
of banking! Whatever dlsturbs society
yea, even by causeless panic. much
more by an actual strneglc-falI> first
upon the market OF labor, and thence
affects prciudicially every department OF
intelligence. In such times the arts are az
rested; literature is neglected; people are
too busy to read anything save appeals to
their passions. And capital, shaken in sense
OF security, no longer ventures boldly
through the land, calling forth all the en-
ergies OF toll and enterprise and extending
TO every workman his reward. Now, Lenny,
take this piece Of advice: You are young,
clever, and aspiring. Men rarely succeed
in changing the world, but man seldom
fails OF success il he lets the world alone
and resolves to make the best OF it. You
are in the midst OF the great crisis OF your
life; it is the struggle between the new
desires knowledge eXcites and that sense
OF poverty which those desires convert
either into hope and emulation or envy and
despair. l grant that it is an uphill work
that lies before you, but don't you think 1t
is ALWAYS easier to climb mountain than it
is to level it? These books call on you to
level the mountain, apd that mountain Is
the property of other people, subdlvlded
amongst great many proprietors, and pro-
tccted By law. At the first stroke OF the
pick-aye it is ten to one but you are taken
up for 4 trespass. But the path up the noun
tain Is q right-Of-way unconteSted. You
may be safe at the summit before (even If
the owners are fools enough to let you) you
could have leveled yard. =. CoSpett0!'
quoth the Doctor, sit IS more than two
thousand years ago since poor Plato began
to level it, and the mountain Is as high rs
ever ..
Year: 1877

The case OF the Attorney General against
the Universal Life-Insurance Company was
continued yesterday before the referee, j.
V. French. Deputy Attorney-General Paige
examined 2. w. GrubhS, OF Richmond, in
relation to the Ballard Hotel property, in
that city. The witness said that he had
been familiar with Richmond property since
1856, and that he valued the property In
question at $4,000, but said that it might
bring S50.000 under very favorable circum-
stances. He considered the structure well
built and finished, and it was in good 10
cation for hotel property. In the cross
examination, conducted by Mr.. fanderpoel,
the witness stated that the reai-cState market
in Virginia was dull. 1t had commenced TO
decline in 1873, and continued to 60 down
ward until the presentyear, when 1t was low
er and duller than he ever knew it to be.
There was some property OH the principal
business streets that could be sold for as
good "A price at the present time as ever, but
the majority OF real estate would not bring
more than half OF the assessed valuation;
indeed, he had known property in the imme-
diate neighborhood Of the Ballard Hotel to
sell for about one half OF the assessed yalu-
alton. In Virginia they have two classes OF
assessment Otlcers-State and municipal:
aud the figures OF each differ to so great
degree that the Legislature last year passed
law to prevent higher assessment than
that made by the State assessors. The hotel
property which lie valued at $4,000 was
assessed on the books OF the City Assessor
at SS1 500. and on the books OF the State
assessors little over one third OF that
amount. The witness was OF the opinion
that the terms OF payment greatly affected
the price of property in the city OF Rich
mond, and that persons owning property
in that city were anxious to hold on to what
they had rather than to part with it in the
present depressed state OF the market.-Ne1o
Y0rb, Times, 17h. .s .
Year: 1877

lateI; so YOU must not give me credit
Tor virtues do not possess. But, bless
my misfortune, after what YOU have
said, and bless Miss Kitty for giving me
such an insight into my loves tender
little heart should never have had
the courage to offer myself to YOU, Miss
Lucrctia, had not heard that YOU had
n pach0m for the manned On the
strength of that intelligence | spoke
But you must give me an answer, Is
[ it GcS, or No.


Judging from his hcaming face lie
was not much in doubt rs 10 which il
WAS. But lueretia said softly


| will tell you tomorrow.


Well, | must be content to wait.
You can do me ono favor, though, ut
once. Give me one look full into those
shy eyes, | have never vet been anle
TO decide upon their color Those white
lids have always had il fancy of hiding
them, when have most wished 10 read
their kindly story


Lucrcta flushed SO that her pretty
face looked like blush rose; hut she
ohcycd her lover, and, rs she met his
clear truth.compelling eyes, the knowl-
edge dawncd upon her that She had No
need e wait until tho morrow that she
loved him with her whole heart.


lc read the answer III once in their
shy, timid glance, and, drawing her TO
him, murmured


Thank God for this His most
precious gift Life will be too short to
prove how much | love my darling
girl my promised wife I"