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Year: 1877

The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal gives the following salut-
ary advice:


The short run of players, rifiemen,
billiard cham pioDs, and men of sporting
life generally, is a remarkable feature Of
New York life. Drink is at the bottom
of this. Men who indulge in the cup
can't control their nerves, and men who
can't do this 90 to the wall. The bad
shooting of some men, of whom so much
was expected, resulted from their cup
indulgence. One of the best marksmen
in the city said yesterday that lin rife
shooting the variance of a hairs breadth
made the difference at the muzzle of one
foot in one hundred yards; and a man
must have absolute command of his
nerves. A man who would win must
not steam" Dan Mace, when he was in
his prime on the ford, drank only lemon
abe | heard him say A single glass
of whisky effects my nerves. Men who
drink on the road would not trust their
valuable teams to me if ! was not in the
driving season a teetotaler." When the
billiard congress was in session the cham
pion player said 1--WE can't drink and
do anything. We have to abstain totally
from all stimulating beverages while we
play. We have a season of preparation.
We have to be clear and keep cool, or we
fail The reason that so many eminent
PLAYERS pass out of sight is-they will
drink. Then the nerves grow unsteady
and the eve fails, and all is up with the
player The drinking goes deeper and
the PLAYING worse
Year: 1877

There are now one hundred and sixteen
women regularly employed in India as mis-
sionaries. Besides these, the wives and
daughters of missionaries do a great deal of
excellent service.


A writer in the Independent makes a
startling exhibit of the cost OF teaching the
ology to Presbyterian aspirants for the min
istry. He demonstrates that the annual cost
of teaching for the term of seven months is
S562.6Z for each-stude There are f0HUteen
Presbyterian seminaries, which this writer
says could wisely be reduced to three. He
insists that the surplus seminaries ought to
be sold, or given away to any body who can
make good use of them. The worst OF it Is
that these costly seminaries are like those of
most other denominations, Crowding young
men into a greatly overstOcked profession.
Year: 1877

its rise in a misunderstanding. Col. FOrney,
who was present when the interview in
question was held, says that both President
Grant and himself believed that Senator
Sumner intended to support the S n Do
miDgo scheme, and the Col. so wrote to his
papers. This did not disturb the cordial
relations between the latter and Mr.. Sumner,
who explained that he had been misunder-
stood. The Col. adds that there was no bad
faith about the senator's course in the mat
ter, AMI that with a little more moderation
on both sides the two men could have been
rpaonRiled
Year: 1877

5Oo DELINQUENTS.-There are sn
the TRIBUNE list 500 persons in ar
rears-for from one year to six-aggre-
eating the snug sum of about $500.
Ihls money we very much need it
is our due, and should be paid.
Every subscriber who is in arrears
knows it, and we want each such TO
consider this intended for his esp,cial
case, and respond promptly by COM
ing or sending tho amount due; or.
If he does not know what the amount
is, send enough to pay for year at
least, and the amount will be dulv
credited and a receipt sent therefor
stating how his account stands.
Such as find mark Of pencil on or
around this notice are to understand
that their particular attention is in
vited to it. w. IL BENvrTr
Year: 1877

THE suggestion cf the Mineral
Point Tribune, that the County Com
of Iowa and Richland unite
in the call for the first Republican
convention of the new Senate District,
is good one, No exception to this
course can be taken, and we trust it
will be adopted.-Richland Go. o.
SerCer.
Year: 1877

QUEER PETs.-There is a curious case
at Rockport of the singular attachment
sometimes instituted between man and
the lower animals. A Mr.. Hale has been
for long time accustomed to throw bits
of food for some cells in little brook that
runs across the back of his lot. Latterly
he observed that they seemed to be wait
ing for his visit, and with little training
they were induced to eat food directly
from his hand. They were learned to
play and fondle about his fingers, held in
the water and enjoyed his caresses. More
recently the largest one of the four, a
huge old fellow over two feet long and
very large around, allows Mr.. II. to take
him entirely out of the water, slide him
about freely from hand to hand, appar-
emily enjoying the novel gymnastics.
When Mr.. II. goes to the brook he calls
them with a peculiar whistle, and they
soon come rushing briskly from down
stream. Not long ago he brought them
his usual lunch of fish and mackerel,
when only the large one came. The eel
waited few moments, then turned down
stream and soon came back, bringing his
tardy family to supper. This shows
there is no touch of the human in them,
for any ordinary biped boarder would
have pitched in without waiting, and
cleared the table!-BOst0n Globe.
Year: 1877




That there was no need for new
methods of ntercommunication the in
creasing population made every day more
apparent. In 1884 the cost of transpor-
tation from Philadelphia to Erie is stated
to have been two hundred and forty.
nine dollars ton, the method being by
pack horses principally, which were
driven in lines of ten or twelve, each
horse being tied to the tail of the one
preceding, so that the train was under
the management of one driver. Each
horse carried pack weighing about two.
hundred pounds. In 1889 the first saw
mill in Ohio was built by the New Eng
land and Ohio company, about sixteen
miles from Marietta, on Wolf Creek,
about mile above its junction with the
MuskiDgum. The crank for this mill
was made in New Haven, Conn, and
weighed a hundred and eighty pounds.
1t was carried by pack horses over the
mountains to the Youghiogney river, at
Simrel's ferry, and thence shipped by
water to Marietta. This same year the
first wagon-losd of goods is said to have
been transported, by the southern route
through Virginia, from Hagerstown,
Maryland, to Brownsville, Pennsylvania,
whence, by the Monongahela, water COM
munication was had with the Ohio river.
A train of four horses could take a ton
from Hagerstown and return in little
less than month, the distance being one
hundred and forty miles, at a charge Of
three dollars hundred weight or sixty
dollars ton.


The operations on the lakes during the
war Of 1919 called attention again to the
cost of transportation, and in 1918 the
House directed the secretaries of war and
of the treasury to report at the next ses-
sion list of the internal improvements
in progress, and plans for aiding by ap-
propriations. In the discussion upon this
motion it was stated that the expense for
the transportation of each barrel of flour
to Detroit was not less than sixty dollars,
while for every pound Of ammunition
and other material it was not less than
fifty ts.-HGrpsr's Magazine.
Year: 1877

A powerfully -built vagrant went to the
residence of Mr.. John Levan, at West
Conshohocken last Saturday afternoon,
while he was absent and demanded a
drink of water from the hired girl, who
was in the summer kitchen. The girl
pointed to tin cup that was hanging on
The pump and told him to help himself.
Instead Of doing so he attempted to take
liberties with her. This enraged her so
that she picked up a broom and struck
him blow on the head that felled him
to the floor. He jumped up and assault
ed the girl, when the noise attracted the
attention Of Mrs. Levan, who Wa the OH
ly other inmate of the house aG he time.
She picked up hickory cane belonging
TO her husband. and rushing out struck
the villain on the hea with such force
as to IN Ike the blood fly. Seeing he was
overmatched he beat a retreat.
Year: 1877

one great-grandson, who has Just rs good q
prospect now of filling the Presidential
chair as tho present incumbent had at the
same period in his existence. We accept
these interesting gifts as special cause of
thanksgiving, and we gave thanks most
heartily therefor at the time appointed by
the Chief Magistrate Of the United States.
And on that occasion we listened to an elo-
qucnt discourse on grim visaged war, and
became eincontincntly thankful, in view ofthe
views of carnage, dcsolation, and death held
up to our mental vision, that the military
distinction we have won has been in times
Of profound peace,whcn there was little
danger and less bloodshed. Then came our
turkey-not the one that Russia is looking
upon with evil eye-and though we have seen
larger, never better. The diminutive size is
accounted for by the American citizen OF
African descent who stocked our larder, in
the fact that II was reared on small farm.
What we lacked in turkey was compensated
by New England. accompaniment in the
shape of q most delicious pumpkin pie. For
all these blessings we have stock of graft
tudc that we trust may endure until the
President of the United States shall in his
kindness proclaim another day for national
feasting and thanksgiving for the manifold
blessings and mercies that are showered
upon the American people by the munifi-
cence OF an hll-wisc and benetccnt Creator.
Year: 1877

CARPENTER AND BUILDER.


DEGS leave to announce to the peo-
ID pie of Lake Charles, that he is pre-
pared to do Job work, and to take con-
tracts for building or repairing. Al
business in bis line will be attended to
with dispatch and interest. Shop near
Masonic building May lily
Year: 1877

A woman with a long chin and other
marks Of personal beauty called at the
Central Station ut an early hour and in-
troducei herself to DIah as a widow
woman and the mother Of twelve-year-
old boy whom she could not control.


Cant control him, ell ?" mused the old
man, as he scratched his head. "What is
his worst feature ?'


"WelI, l can't keep him in nights" she


Cant Ell? And you want to know
what ia do if he was my boy?"


eyes"


"Well, I'll tell you, madam. In the
first place I'd order carload Of railroad
iron When I got 1t I'd lay the boy on
the floor on his back, and then I'd pile
the bars this way and that way, and across
and up and down till | had four tons
holding him down, and then I'd sit down
on top the heap aud ask him if he felt like
whooping around


But isn't railroad iron quite costly ?'
she cautiously inquired.


"Well, it's a good deal cheaper than it
was, madam, but if you can't afford to try
that plan why don't you get an auger about
four feet long and bore it through your boy,
and into the back door ?''


at might kill him, Mr.. Joy"


every likely, but isn't it better for you
to kill him now than for him to wander
out West in his middle age and be choked
to death with cheap rope ?"


"Then you would kill him now, would
you?'


Il would"


Il don't see how I can, and yet it may
be the best way" she said, and the tears
fell so fast that she dropped her veil and
went out-DctraH Free Press.
Year: 1877

Long experience shows that when It is
desirable to produce free growth of shoots
and leaves, pruning should be done when
the trees are dormant, as in the winter sea-
son, or early in the spring, before the sap
begins to fow When fruit trees appear
to grow too rapidly, and 10 produce too
much wood, they may he pruned modera-
tey in the summer season, cutting away
a portion of the wood by degrees bat
| shoot growing in an improper place, may
be cut away at any time. At an experiment
made by pruning apple trees every month
i'll the year, for two seasons, showed that
the wounds Of the branches cut IN February
and March, at the end of five years when
all had healed over, were found to be the
least decayed under the healed surface.
When trees are pruued in winter, or may
say at any time, it is best to cover the
wounds with hot mixture of tar, and pull
verized brick dust, or fine sand \ solu-
tion of shellac in alcohol, as thick as can
easily be applied with a brush, is considered
by many as the best preparation that can
be applied.


During the mild days Of winter, orchards,
may be pruned-while little else eau be
done but good judgment should be exer-
cised in regard to selecting the branches TO
be cut away. 1t is ruinous to an orchard
to cut aud slash away one-third to one-half
the limbs All that should be done is 20
give the trees a good shape, and only
cut away such limbs Us are plainly in excess
of the natural requirement. of the tree, to
conform to the extent Of its roots. If we
take away too much of the top Of a tree, it
is like taking blood from a man-the more
that is taken, the less vitality remains in
him, therefore in pruning, only the few
qnsightly branches, and those improperly
situated, should be cut away.-Burak Nc,o
! YORKER.
Year: 1877

A TEAM drawing a heavy load Of wood
met a mikmans sleigh on narrow street,
and neither would give a foot of the track
''If was loaded with milk and water I'd
turn out !" shouted the man with wood
'If could make three-quarters Of "a cord
Of wood pile up full cord Id turn clear
into the ditch p was the ready answer.
They looked at each other for long time,
and the man with the wood finally turned
out.
Year: 1877

no means of protecting themselves against IN
Jury by its interruption. The man VINO wan
tonly lights an incendiary fire in crowded
city. or bears the seeds of pestilence into n
crowded hall, is not guilty of more clearly
defined crime against society than he VINO
blocks ND the channels of transportation upon
which all commerce and industry depend.


The striker who interrupts, by force or IN
timidation, the labor of others upon pupllc
highway, is guilty, therefore, of double
crime-a crime against the laborers whoSe iree-
dom is assailed, and crime against society IN
the arrest of its free and regular interchange Oh
goods. For the prevention and punishment ol
this crime the most stringent provisions ou@hc
TO be made, nor should the enforcement OF
them be left to depend upon the courage IN
dependence or fidelity of local Official.
The people of distant States are cS-
posed to loss by this crime. 1t IL an ofiense
against the whole country, and, II not rlgor-
ously punished by local authorities ought to
be dealt with by the General Government In
some States laws already prohibit unlawful
combinations of this nature, but they DO not
reach all forms Of the oilense, nor have they
been so enforced by local authorities as TO pre-
vent the resort to violence i'll nearly every
instance where sharp struggle between rail-
WAYS and their employees occurs Every
person participating in or encouraging
such violence or intimidation ought to be pun
ished with severity. No gang of counterielters,
by the imitation of notes of the Government,
can do as much harm to the country as may
be done by a few riotous strikers forcibly ar
resting transportation upon great highway
If local authorities prove inadequate to sup
press and punish this frequently OF
fense. United States laws for its suppression
and punishment should be enacted and en-
forced.


Nearly all the leading railways are III dlifl-
entity this year. A considerable part of their
traffic has been diverted by water routes; their
debts accumulate and press for payment; one
after another connecting and dependent roads
are forced into bankruptcy, and the Trunk
Lines are compelled to shoulder unexpected
obligatiOps. There are five roads, with not
"business for two" and the stocks, even OF the
strongest roads, tend downward. Under these
circumstances economy in management Is a
necessity. and reductions made In wages thus
far are by 10 means as great as the reductions
III rates to which the companies have been
forced. These facts do not lessen the right
of railway wOrkmen TO stop work II they
see fit. But tney render peculiarly offensive
the attempt to forcijly prevent others from
working who are willing to work. That at
tempt we hope, Will not only be defeated, but
sharply punished.
Year: 1877

ousy devising ways and means for stocking the
Custom House with many Of their friends and
their friends friends as cOuld be provided for BY a


liberal Interpretation Of their authority and priyi


eges find it difficult doubt, TO reverse completely
tho workings of their mental and moral machinery
and to exercise this machinery with equal vigor in
exactly the opposite direction. The experience
which is acquired in wrestling with thu
problem, how to find places for the great.
est number Of men in given department.
may be very valuable on many accounts, but il win
assist very little in determining how many men IL i.
possible to get along without. IL is highly probable
therefore. that the light which Mr. Sharpe and tho
rest of them shed upon the Treasury Department in
their recent VISIT darkness, and a very denss
article Of darkness at that. Unbiased Observer
who are familiar with Custom House methods. hays
fears that the officials connected with that insti.
tuition will be severely overworked, even IL m.
maximum reduction is made and if any tidewats,
should happen to be oppressed by bis taskmaster,
no can appeal TO the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children.


The establishment of branches Of the Aqnarium
at Coney Island and Cincinnati ought TO- give assur
ance of the success of Mr.. Coups very commendabls
enterprise. But we have heard intimatons that tbs
attendance at the New-York Aquarium does not
fully justify the exertions Mr. Coup is constantly
making to add to tho attractions and won
ders of his place. 1t is really one Of tho
pleasantest resorts in the City, and there
is no limit to tho curious, interesting and
instructive objects to be seen there. All persons
desirous of providing pure innocent and instructive
amusement for their families should take interest in
the of the Aquarium, and show it frequently.
II is far entertaining exhibition than circus
even with a menagerie attachment.


The heterophemy which is affecting the Oregon
politicians appears to be contagious. Aboriginal
Joseph has caught il hard. He has been preyaricat
ing to the guileless Howard.
Year: 1877

A great strike is always great public calarl-
ty. 1t is not crelitable to American civilIza-
ton that having made wonderful progress in
all manner of devices for increasing the eff
cheney and improving the condition of Labor,
we have as yet no better remedy for differ
enccs between employer and employed than the
Old crude, brutal and expensive system of
strikes. BIT it is waste of time to repeat the
trite saying that the employer has IN absolute
right to say whether he will pay higher or lower
wages, and the employ ed have an absolute
right to stop work, it they please, at the
wages offered. No intelligent man in this
country questions the right OF the employed
TO decline 10 work whenever they are dis
satisfied with the terms proposed, and only
persons of very inferior intelligence question
the corresponding right of the employer to de-
termine ut what wages and on what terms he
will employ the services of Others. Labor Is
free therefore it may decide for itself whether
to work or not. Employers are also free /;
therefore they may decide for themselves on
what terms they wish the labor of others. The
difficulty is not in q formal denial of either of
these rights. 1t is in an attemp. to control by
force or fear the action of those who do not





wherever made, under whatever color or pre-
text, is an act of war against the freedom of
Labor, and against the peace of society, and
ought to be put down with stern, uncOmprO-
missing and unspanng vigor


A strike on great railway lines, however, in
wolves something more Not only the freedom
of the individual is assaiied by every attempt
to drive worknen from their voluntary choice
the entire business of the community is inter
rupted, property is arrested in transportation,
merchants are exposed to loss and possibly
to ruin, through the inability of "a transporter
to perform his contracts, wOrkmen in places
far distant from the scene of conflict are sub
iected to serious and ineparable loss, because
their industry is interrupted by the failure OF
necessary supplies or materials For instance,
a coal train on the Baltimore andOhiO IS stopped.
1t may be that, in consequence, more than one
factory is compelled to stop work. freight
train, with material for an establishment in a
Western city, is forcibly detained 1t may be
that hundreds of workmen, VINO have no part
in the controversy between the Baltimore and
Ohio and its men, are compelled to lose one
or more days of time. In thousand ways
the loss falls upon men in all occupations and
in distant localities, and if the struggle is pro-
loneed the interruption of transporta-
ton becomes great public nuisance,
which ought to be abated as quickly
IA possible for the harm that it does to the
entire community, and particularly to thou
sands of persons who have no responsibility
whatever for the conduct OF the company, and
Year: 1877

THE NEb CABLE BOhpPOLY


The combination between the Direct Cabl5
Company and the Anelo-Ancrican, announced
from London a few days ago, appears to he
moving smoothly to completion, i'll spite of the
Indignant protests of the newspapers. An ex
plicit provision in the charter of the former
Company prohibits any amalgsmatiOn with n
rival line, but this is eyaded by closing up the
affairs of the Direct Company and assigning
its effects to third concern, the Globe Trust
Company, which Immediately proceeds to form
pooling arrangement with the old Anglo
American. The purpose Of this transaction l.
100 palpabe to be covered up by any thin de-
vice of concealment. 1t is evidently intended
TO re-esiablish the extortionate rates for ocean
telegraphy that oppressed the business public
before the rival line was put down. The
Anglo American, after swallowing the French
cable, with its fair promises of honest cOmpe-
titl0p. has now absorbed the Direct Company,
And having again an undisputed monopoly
may be expected to double OF quadruple its
tolls. The business public on both sides of
the Atlantic Is vitally int! ested in know
ing whether this scheme is to be car
ried out. Cheap ocean teegraphy has become
a necessity of commerce, and it will not be
given up because IA few greedy spectators have
plotted against it.


We are glad to see a remedy for the
threatened evil of new monopoly pointed
our by our cOtempOrary, The World The
Direct Company obtained its privilege of
landing its cable upon our shores upon the ex-
pllcit pledge contained in its charter that it
would never consolidate with any competing
line. 1t violates It's pledge. Very well let the
Government take away its privilege of work
ing its line to the shore end at Rye Beach,
n H. 1t seems to be clearly within the power
of the President to do this. 1t may be said
that this would not bring the Company to its
senses, because its first terminus is at Torbay
in Nova Scotia, and it might mako connection
with all land lines there. But the Canadian
Government has been imposed upon just as
badly rs that of the United States, and has as
good reason to take remedial measures. The
pledge in the Company's charter was used at
Ottawa ~ well as at Washington to obtain the
landing privilege. Furthermore the Dominion
Prime Minister, Mr.. Mackenzie, informed the
Direct Company some time ago that it would
forfeit all its rights in Canada IN ease OF an
ANAL gamation, and the Canadian papers are
confident that he has not receded from the
position he took then. He will probably wait
for the United States to move first; but if
our Government seizes the Rye Beach terminus
he will undoubtedly throttle that ut TOrbay
With both its American termini closed, and its
cable lying idle on the bed of the Atlantic,
the Direct Company, or the concern that pro-
feSses to have succeeded " its franchises,
Year: 1877

1t may. be soothing to the minds of tho gentlemen
who are shocked ut tho magnitude OF the reduction
of force advised by Mr. jays Custom House Com
mission. to reflect that tho special training which
they have been subjected may have made them over
tilnid. Gentlemen Who have boon for years studi-