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Year: 1878




do not. confess the oflsr yon have
Iasl made is double the value Of toe lAud
/ Then why not take ils


For ibis reason. You say you have 10
object Is buying The and At that price ex.
eept to sstIsfy me, and restore good feel.
ing between u.s.


Certainly. answered James. What
other motive could hayeg


Then have only 10 say that such an
offer will not accomplish the desired re-
sol.


Tell me, then, what will satisfy you,
said james impatienily.


That will do 10 few words. The
only proposition which can entertain
The only one that | eau regard as at all
iair and equitable il this--a fair exchange
acre per acre, Of half my pasture land
with the same amount Of your land.


Good eraeious DO You take me for &
! foell


No, only take you At your word, as
one sincerely DESTROYS Of doing what Is
right and honorable
/ will give yon sixty dollars an acre.
Once more repeat that the proposition
| have just submitted il the only one
can entertain.


You are taking advantage OF my desire
OF reconciliation.


llow9 | am ouly demanding that You
should do only what ought TO have been
done in the first place. Carried out, this
arrangement would leave us each, twenty
| five acres OF pasture and the same extent
of upland Perhaps you had better take
week to consider 1t.


James was convinced from his brothers
manner that he was fully determined up
on this point. OF course he must give up
all hopes OF the speculation, or close with
him on his own terms. There was no
chance of losing, for if be should ascer-
tain that there was no gold in the pasture
there was Mr.. Brown, wao had expressed
willingness TO pay one hundred dollars
sp acie for the land twenty doliHs more
than bis own would bring. Then 1t was
very possible, by holding out, that he
might obtain more. All these thoughts
passed through bis mind,


You are little hard on me Henry, he
said at length, but am willing to sacri-
flee something so that our pleasant rea'
tions may be kept up. If you'll call In
Squire Robinson I'll execute the trans
fer forthwith.


The Squire was called 10, and in fifteen
minutes the brothers were on an equal
footing as regards land.


During the next night be dug in various
places but could find no gold. don't
believe there's anything in the story,
thought he. anyhow, I'm write TO Mr..
Brown and offer it to him for one hum
dred and fifty dollars an acre.


The letter was written aud elected tho
following answer;


Mr., JAMES ASHLEY


Dear Sir: have received your letter
offering me the land OF which we spoke
at one hundred dollars all acre. doubt
whether the amount OF gold to be found
in the pasture will justify me In making
the purchase. There is gold there, have
every reason TO believe, as Iplaceda there
myself You will find it at each corner
OF the field, If you dig In the right place,
gold dollar. Should You be in doubt as
to where to dig, | would advise you to
have recourse TO q dipiaing rod.


Yours respectfully,


ARCHIaEDEs Brown.


James Ashley was fairly entrapped into
justice. Stratagem had accomplished
what conscience and law were powerless
to effect. He stormed little, but that
Year: 1878

James Ashley was fairly entrapped into
justice. Stratagem had accomplished
what conscience and law were powerless
TO effect. He stormed little, but that
was all be could do 10 this day nothing
will call frown to bis face sooner than
the mention of a Diciaiag Rod.
Year: 1878

READING, April 17.-Theodore
Douglass, about iortY-6ye years Of
age, employed in the Philadelphia
and Reading machine shops, made e
narrow escape with his life this morn
ing. He was engaged at a lathe in
filing a pulling bar pin when his
clothing and his beard caught in the
machinery of the lathe, which tore of
the front part of his vest, shirt and
undershirt from his breast. His beard
having caught pulled his head down
and revolving part OF the lathe
struck him on one side Of the face,
laeerating it and tearing from his
chin a large portion of his whiskers,
which were about fifteen inches long
He was able to walk home after the
accident, but the extent of bis internal
injuries were not known. His breast
was also bruised. His struggles at
tracted the attention of an apprentice
boy near by, who Immediately stop
ped the lathe, else it is supposed that
Mr. Douglass would have been fatal
ly injured.
Year: 1878

He LEFT a load Of anthracite
In front of poor widows door
When the deep snow frozen and white,
Wrapped stree; and square, mountain an
moor.


That was his deed;


He did 1t vel;


"what was his creeds''.


cannot tell.
Blesi in his basket and his store,
In sitting down and rising up;
When more he got, he gave the more,
Withholding not the crust and cup.


lie took the lead


In each good task;


What was his creede''


l did not ask.
His charity was like snow.
Soft, white, and srlken in its tall;
Not Ike the noisy winds that blow
From shiyering trees the leaves; pail
For flower and weed.


Dropping below,


what washis creede'


Thepoor may know.
lie had great faith in ioaves Ofbread
For hungry people young and old
And hope inspired kind words he said.
To him he sheltered from the cold.


Fer he must feed


As well as pray,


What was his ereeds''


can not gay.
In words he did not put his trust
In faith his words he never writ;
lie loved to share his cup and crust
with all mankind who need It.


In time Of need


friend was he,


What was his creeds''


He told not me.
lie put his trust in Heaven, and
Worked ever on with hand and head;
And what he gave in charity
Sweetened his sleep and daily bread.


Let US take heed,


For life is brief,


what was his crced?"


what his beliei?r


fBtFEjBofor IIaJ-L- Eg.I
Year: 1878

The Wolves of Normandy are a regular
institution, and have attained to the dig
nifty of governmental supervision, which
consists of regular hunts for thsir destruc-
tion organized by an officer specially APP
pointed. These hunts arc organized when
ever the sub-lieutenant of louUeterie deems
it necessary, or the recurrence Of any spec
ial act of devastation. A correspondent
who spent his New Years day in Nor
mandy gives graphic description Of one of
these hunts, which have come to be reg
ular New years Day occurrence, for
general battue is invariably arranged, and
the breakfast in the large dining hall of
the chateau attracts quite as many Of the
neighbOuring farmers, squireens, aud small
manufacturers, as does the anticipation of
some rare sport as entertaining as it is
useful. Every one who possesses a gun is
welcome, even those who have no other
than hedgestake can find employment
among the beaters, breakfasting at day
break with the head keeper at some clear
ing in the forest from which the meeting
will start. Every kind of firearm is rep
resented, from the latest invention, with
all its elaborate mechanism, costing from
EGO to 9100, down to the old flint lock,
which has been transformed into a percus-
sion gun by the village blacksmith, looking
as if it would be far more dangerous to the
owner than any wolf. Some were armed
with rifles, but every gun was loaded with
ball, and more than one man could say
how he had set up all night covering his
bullets With old glove leather, so that they
might fit tight when rammed home in the
barrel


Breakfast despatched, the whole party
sailed forth, and under the direction of
one of the keepers, took up their stations
Year: 1878

On the 11th of January, the little colo
ny of weather observers on Mount Wash
ington went through a terrible experience.
The morning of the 10th was beautiful.
but it began to grow cold in the afternoon,
and soon all around was an ocean of fro.
zen air. BY noon the next day the storm
had become so violent and the ice and
sleet drifted so frightfully that eight panes
of glass were broken, rendering the adj
Justment of the storm shutters a work of
unusual danger and difficulty. The tim
bers ereaked and strained, and such was
the deafening roar of the tempest and the
rattling of the ice against the building
that it was impossible to be heard when
calling at the top of the voice at yards
distance. The record showed that during
the night the wind blew 80 miles more
rapidly than ever experienced on Mount
Washington and the highest velocity in
the world


The drop was from 1S6 miles per hour
to 10 in five hours, At 8 o'clock the
temperature was quite moderate, and OBJ
servations could be taken outside. Dur
ing the storm, which lasted twenty hours,
the barometer fell 1.13O inches, the great
est change ever observed since the station

was established there The narrator liken-
ed the storm to a gale at sea. There
would be lull for a few seconds, then n
terrific roar and rush of ice and snow and
sleet against the building which threatened
its existence. While the gale was at its
highest point Of fury the men prepared
themselves for the worst The unusual
severity Of the storm led them to believe
that the little building in which they we're
stationed would be raised from its founda-
-tious and sent spinning into Tuckerman's
ravine or the yawning gulf below. Each
man wrapped himself tightly in furs and
blankets. The ropes and chains we're
made doubly secure and every precaution
taken to guard against accident.


The supPOsitiOn is that the velocity of
the wind at one time was greater than
that given, being, according to the opinion
of the officer, up to 200 miles an hour.
In exposing the thermometer the danger
was 50 great that the exact figures could not
be obtained. The quantity of snow, sleet
and hail which fell during the twenty
hours of the storm equaled 2.89 inches of
water. The cold was so intense that a
basin of water, within two feet of the fire,
was frozen, and the men had the utmost
difficulty in keeping themselves from freez-
ing to death. The officers speak of their
experiences with shudder. The violence
of the storm is unparalleled in the history
of the service. The highest velocity ever
reached before was 151 miles in 1871.
Year: 1878

South America also has its large bats,
of one of which everybody has heard-the
vampire. Much nonsense has been writ
ten about it, but there was some founda-
ton for the stories of its sucking the blood
of men and animals until it killed them.
In the interior of South America nearly
everybody sleeps in hammock either out
of-doors or with the window open, and the
weather is so warm that little covering is
used. The vampire comes in on silent
wings, and finding a toe exposed, gently
pricks it with its sharp tooth, and draws
the blood until he can swallow no more.
The sleeper rarely is awakened, and does
not know his loss until morning. He may
then feel weak from the flow of blood, but
| am not aware thata man was ever known
to die from this cause. Horses are very
greatly troubled by them also. Mr. Chas.
Watterton, an enthusiastic naturalist, now
dead, who spent several years in New
Guiana, has told us much about this ugly
bat, but could never induce one to taste
of his toe, although he would have been
very glad to be able to say that he had been
operated upon. For eleven months he
slept alone in the loft Of deserted wood
cutters hut in the deep forest. There
the vampires came and went as they
wished. He saw them come in the moon
light on stealthy wings, and prick the ripe
bananas; lay in his hammock and watched
them bring almost to his bedside the green
wild fruit of the wild guava; floating down
the river on other moonlight nights he was
struck by the falling blossoms of the Ia
warri-nut tree which the vampires pulled
from the branches to get at the tender
seed vessel, or the insects that lurk in the
deep corollo. He lay night after night
with his bare foot exposed, but could never
get them to lance it, although his friends
and companions were all bled by this noe
turnal surgeon; and except that he once
caught one fastened to the shoulder of one
of his animals, he came away no wiser
than when he went of how the vampire
does his horrid work. The vampires
measure about twenty-six inches across the
wings; frequent old houses and hollow
trees, and repose in clusters, head down
wards, from the branches of forest trees
Vide A,Cake.
Year: 1878

lady finally won her point, and got
her horse.


The steed was Of an erratic and
playful disposition, and used, on
the least provocation, to tear mad
ly along the beach, and succeeded
in spilling the old lady out several
times. At last the captain, who
had never driven the beast, volun-
teered to break him of his vicious
habit; so getting another old salt
to aid him, he procured kedge
anchor with a stout line attached.


Fastening the end of the line
around the axle, and putting the
anchor in the wagon, the fiery un-
tanned was hitched up and the two
old gents started out for a drive
along the shore. Soon the viva
cious charger espied something
which gave him an excuse to run
away, and Immediately dashed off
with frigbtful vivacity.


The captain dropped the reins
and summoned all hands to "let 60
tha anchorv Tho anchor uos 1at
go, and caught firmly in the sand.
The unsuspecting quadrupedpranc-
ed joyously along until he got to
the end of the rope, and then he
paused-paused so suddenly that
the two old gentlemen shot up into
the air like a couple of sky rockets,
coming down in fearfully dilapi-
dated condition.
Year: 1878

An old man who stood near the
third base watching game OF base
ball yesterday, was sent to grass by
a foul which struck him under the
fifth rib. "a fowl, wuz iti /
thought il wuz a mule"
Year: 1878

Distinct schools are opening mail parts of the country at this time, and the qnes- tion will come to many parents, "can we send our boy or girl to school this winter They arc getting old and must look out fol themselves, and besides we need them al home." It Is a crltlsal period in ones life when he leaves school for over and enters on the duties of life. We have never vet met man who did not regret his leaving school as early as he dld, and we presume the feeling is universal among laborers and mechanics. Do not then fall into the erro' of forcing your children to do that which you so much regret, but give your sons and daughters just as much time at schoo as you can possibly afford and as will b' for their good. In most cases he IS th' best workman who is the best educated and skilled labor as such is the result O study and early advantages at schaoL
Year: 1878

We have given President Hayes South.
ern policy a cordial support because we
believed that the time had come for an
adjustment of Southern difficulties upon
a basis of pacification because any other
policy than that would have borne moth
ing but bitter fruit. The Republican
party were, and are, disposed to affirm
and accept the wisdom Of the Presidents 5
policy in this particular IL this policy
was wise, the party ought to have the
credit Of it. But when Mr.. Hayes goes
so far as to ignore the great Republican
party as the instrument by which this
restoration of peace was brought about,
when he proposes to divide this credit by
wiping out all lines of party distinction,
and recognizing no difference between
friend and foe, utterly repudiating the
political party that elected him, he com
mits a great blunder. He not only does
that which in other men has been char
acterized as political treacheTy, but he
places himself in an embarrassing posi-
ton, weakens the force OF his own influ-
ence and cripples himself in every way
in the accomplishment of the good which
he proposes to accomplish by his policy
of reconciliation. This policy, it must
be confessed, was novel and distasteful
to a large portion of the Republican par
ty, who were disposed to remain quiet
and Judge charitably of the action of the
President with ardent hopes for the best
results Ii was the duty, as we'll as the
best policy, of the President to do mis-
sionary work in the ranks of his party,
to soothe the disaffscted, and to point
out to them the glory which the party
would reap as inaugurating peace and
prosperity in the distracted States OF the
South. 1t was due to the party that il
should be solidified in the interests oil
the particular reform he wished to ac.
complish, and that the party should reap
the benefits of the acts of its President
we say is President because in saying So


we only echo the words of the President
when he said, He serves his party best


who serves his country best"


But what has the President done Ia
unite the party together in support oI
the bold measures he has undertaken
As we have shown in quoting his word:
above, he recognizes his obligation tC
serve his party. How has he done il?


1t is one of the rarest qualities in hu
4 man nature not to overdo a thing; tC
/ stop short OF that excess which consti
tutes folly; to observe that decent NEAR
| between two extremes which constitutes
| true wisdom. The President has failed


to preserve that equilibrium which hi
/ best friends, and the best friends Of tn,


party, hoped that he would. lie ha


overdone his policy Of pacification. III
/ has done it brown. Like King Alfred il


the hut OF the peasant, he has permitted
1 his cake to be burnt, and the SAVIOR OF j


is in the nostrils OF the Republican party
filling it with fears and direful iorebod


ings Of the future. lie vainly imagine


himself above party, and in doing so b


has, to some extent, stopped clean owe
on the other side. He is drifting sloWl
Year: 1878

into the ranks Of the enemy, IL he has


not already arrived at that remarkable
/ destination.


lt would be curious 10 ascertain exact
ly how the President has outgrown his
/ party. Through what influence has he
/ gradually come 10 believe that he is 81
/ perior to his party ? for we give the Pres
ident the just credit Of being sincere in
all his actions. How has he been led to
look down upon party as a thing Of base.
ness and actuated solely by petty per
sonal jealousies2 Has he become in.
fused with the idea that he has a grand
mission TO perform, and is he apprehen-
sive lest he may be turned aside from
his object by the siren voice Of his partyp
The President has actually been behav-
ing as though there was actual antagon-
ism existing between him and his party,
and that il was best to widen the imagi-
nary breach in order to remove himself
from all difficulty. He acts as though he
was actually desirous Of separating him
self from all party influence and depend
ency in order that he might dwell Sc
renely in the lofty and purified atmos-
pLere Of his own inspired individuality.


We do not say this without full com
prehension of the situation When a
hNHN1AANAh AOUhh A0A aNFNfRAN
in the Senate from the opposite party;
when a Democrat and an ex.rebel general
is his principal champion, and when only
five Republicans vote 10 confirm his nom
nations, one may we'll pause and inquire
whether we have not had enough Of this
driveling sentimentality about independ-
ence Of party trammels No administra-
tion was ever successful without the sup
port Of a strong party; the party that
makes an administration has a right 10
expect that it will consult its representa-
tives, and hearken 10 its dictates, or sug-
gestions instead Of those Of its enemie-.
IL is ridiculous to think Of sacrificing
friends in order TO appease foes This
may be in accordance with the princi-
Piles Of modern reformers, but il is not in
harmony with either human nature or
common sense, which are superior to all
the fine spun theories Of such impractica-
BILE statesmen as Schurz and Evarts,
whom we conceive to be the colored men
in the wood pile Of this unfortunate muss
Year: 1878

Reason should teach us that blotchy, rough
or pimpled skin depends entirely upon an in
ternal cause, and no outward application can
ever cure the defect. NEGETINE is the great
blood purifier.
Year: 1878

-Four years ago a man housed poor
tramp one cold night. and filed him full
Of Wholesome pFoycnder in the morning
Last week he got a letter from that same
vagabond. enclosing a live.dollar counter
feit bill, which ho had carried OF with
some good money lie hadn been able
10 pass il in al his travels, and conscience
wouldn't let him cheat has bcneiactor
out Of the interest any longer
Year: 1878

reward of five hundred dollars will be paid
for information which shall be sufficient to procure
the conviction OF any person guilty of setting
cendiaTy fires in this CITY the present municipal
year, the same to be paid upon the conviction OF
the incendiary.


CHAS. e. NASH, Mayor.
March 23d mar24-tlv
Year: 1878

We learn, on the authority OF the
London Medical ETGminer, that it is
proposed to form " School of Beauty "
in England, in which the members
male and female, pledge themselves to
do all they can to make themselves
comely by natural means; Prizes will
be given to those ladies who can can, move ,';
with ease and grace, and SO afford evi-
dence of the free use Of their limbs
while it will be a leading rule OF the
school that, though stays may be used
as a means of support, they shall not
he deemed essential as an accessory to
beauty. In other words, a natural
waist and well-curved back, with a
perfectly posed head, will be at a pre-
MUM.
Year: 1878

Fire was discovered yesterday morning on the sec.
ond aoor OF No 100 Orchard street. The flames were
extingushed before any serious damage had been
zone. quantity OF rags saturated with kerosene oil
was found burning on the floor OF the " hich
occupied by Mrs. KrlcKeldorr and her son. The
fufniture and contents oil the room insured IN
the Pacific Insurance Company Tor $500, and the Fire
Marshal VIII mako thorough Investigation Of the
Year: 1878

been consumed, a single firm in one city
having bought five tons at once for re-
failing to customers. Hundreds of
thousands of persons have used it, with
out single authentic case of poisoning
from it that the writer has ever heard
Of


Of course, as an active poison, it is
very dangerous, and must be used care
fully. The writer has bought large
quantity of it within the past ten years
for himself and neighbors, has mixed
it, in the proportion of one pound of
Paris green to 30 of wheat middlings,
and has busted it over fully hundred
acres of potatoes, shaken from an old
can with the bottom punched in holes,
early in the morning when the dew is
on. In no instance has the slightest in
jury ensued to anything except potato
bugs. If any of the powder did touch
the ground, the iron in the soil would
render it inert.


This is written for your Eastern read
ers. Those in the West already under
stand the matter fully. When the bugs
come. it is a question of potatoes in
plenty, or none. We no longer fear
them at all, and unhesitatingly destroy
them with Paris green. T.
Year: 1878

The following yarn was evidently III
tended for the Youths Companion, but
somehow got astray:


AS Mr.. j. L. Ingraham and son of
West Camden, were hunting on Thurs
day, they discovered the tracks of some
large wild animal, and after putting
their hound on the track they followed
for distance of two miles, when they
came in sight of catamOunt of the
largest size. Separating and running
around and ahead of the animal, they
met at point half way up the noun
tain. AT this place the beast turned
upon the hound, which was pursuing,
and after a terrific combat hurled him
away to n distance of at least ten feet.
the men not daring to fire for fear of
killing the dog. Immediately after
whipping the dog the catamount jumped
to the top.of high cliff, from which it
made leap upon Mr.. Ingraham's son,
who stood over 35 feet below him. His
father, seeing that his only chance was
to kill the animal in his leap, at once
fired, breaking one foreleg, but the AMI
NAL struck his son, tearing his coat in
shreds, knocking him down and rolling
with him down the mountain some &c
feet. The hound followed and attacked
the animal, when he left the young man
and turned on the dog and threw him
into the air again, and he struck on Il
ledge below nearly dead. Mr.. Ingra
ham arriving at this point, took the
gun which his son had dropped in the
struggle and shot the animal and witt
the butts of their guns both dispatched
him. He measured five feet in length