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Year: 1877

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Year: 1877

TREASURY DEPARTMENT..


WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept 26 (


DEAR SIR: Tam so deeply impressed
with the Importance of the campaign in
Ohio that it makes me uneasy and rest
less that cannot participate in it. What
a magnificent chance the Republican
party in Ohio now has, not only to place
itself in the vanguard in the United
States, but to do this country service
as great as any victory won by the Union
army during the war. Here it is demon
strated by the cordial reception of the
President in the South, by his hearty in
dorsement in Massachusetts, and by a
public sentiment now growing and
spreading with amazing rapidity, that in
his Southern policy he has opened up the
means of order, safety, peace, and secur-
ity in all the Southern States. Now
when it is demonstrated that the diff
culties in the way of resumption we're
myths, conjured up by the fantasies of
demagogues; when our notes are worth
within per cent. of gold; d;when Prov
idence has favored us with boundless
crops, and prosperity is again coming
upon us at dreary time of distress
and trial caused by inflated paper
money, why is it that we cannot
see all these things and avail ourselves
of the advantage they give US in our po-
litical contest? 1t seems to me that we
ought to carry the State by an over
whelming majority, and if we do so we
will establish the beneficent principles of
our party beyond danger to overthrow
by reaction, and we will secure tie
peaceful and orderly developments Of in
dustry without parallel in our previous
history wish it were in my power to
impress every Republican in Ohio with
my earnest conviction about this matter;
but here, constantly occupied by officia.
duty, can only remain watching all
waiting in anxious suspense lest t., I
great advantages we possess shall be frit-
tered away or lost by inaction or mis-
takes. l know you will do your utmost
for success, and only write you this to
show you how earnestly sympathize
with you your efforts. Very truly yours,


JOHN SHERMAN.


Gen. J. S. ROBINSON, Chairman State Republican
| Committee Columbus
Year: 1877

NEW YORK, Sept. %.


In testifying before the Aldermanic
Committee to-day Tweed reiterated the
assertion that corrupt contracts were
made with tradesmen, whereby the city
was plundered. He said the city had good
cause of action for damages against
these; that there was an organization in
the Legislature known as the Black Horse
Cavalry, which voted solid any way for
pay; that the Albany EUening Journal
was subsidized by payments, which were
constant dribble: did not think there
ever was an honest election in New
York
Year: 1877

KEEPING PoULTY IN LARGE NUMBERS
Keeping poultry, as business to support
family, has often been tried in the United
States and England, but with very poor
success. The difficulty seems to be that
the fowls, when kept in large numbers, are
much more subject to diseases, and to
become infected with vermin. That is the
experience of all persons who have kept
fowls extensively. Besides these Difficult
ties, large number of fowls cannot be
made to extend their foraging over a suffi-
GENTLY extended surface of land, 20 or 80
rods from their house being about as far as
they can be made to roam; and 1000, or
more, would soon exhaust their locality of
all the bugs and worms upon it, eat every
spear of grass, and begin to sicken and fall
off in laying eggs. If fowls could be kept
in lots of about 100 each, 40 rods apart,
there might be enough kept on farm to
support the owner, as the profit would
average about one dollar per fowl.
Year: 1877

Dom Pedro is an indefatigable and rest
less tourist, but there comes time when
Nature will have her rights, and she
doesn't alway take them conveniently to
the Emperor. Lately, after spending his
day in energetically exploring a certain
Italian CITY. &. s.- obliged to attend in the
evening some scientific conference. Seated
in a comfortable chair, he appeared to
listen with extraordinary attention to the
orator of the occasion, and that gentleman,
very much fattered, judged it wise to em-
broider his discourse with an excessively
pompous and diffuse. eulogy of his imperial
auditor. The rest Of the audience thought
it only polite to applaud his remarks, and
Immediately made great noise. Dom Pc
dro, waking suddenly out of long and
sound nap, imagined that this applause
was addressed to the scientific opinions ot
the lecturer, and instantly began to claI
his hands with convinced and instructed
air. Tableaul
Year: 1877

TEST FOR VINEGAR-We have frequently
been asked for some simple and practical
method of testing the purity and strength
of vinegar. Of course, to ascertain just
what and how much adulteration is in vim
egar, a chemical analysis is necessary, but
for obvious reasons this is not obtainable by
retailers generally. The most common
adulterant, however, is acid, which is
added to increase the strength, and to de-
tect this the pickle manufacturers have a
simple test that is infallible, and shows the
slightest trace of that article. Each pickle
manufacturer keeps small vial of the
solution of muriate of barytes, obtainable for
few cents at any drug store. When a
sample of vinegar is offered he turns out q
wine glass about half full and adds about
ten or twelve drops of the muriate of barry
tes. If the vinegar is pure it will show no
change. If it contains acids it will gradu-
ally turn to a milky hue, according to the
quantity of acids in it..
Year: 1877

It is a good plan to keep box of plaster
of Paris in the house. Be sure and set it
where no water can be split upon it. If
the burner of lamp becomes loosened,
mix up little with water and put it
around the glass top of the lamp, then put
the brass on. The whole operation should
be performed as quickly as possible, for the
plaster hardens or sets almost instantly.
A board or some dish you will not need to
use again, will be the best thing to mix the
plaster on, as it is almost impossible to re-
move it after it sets. Where there are
cracks or large, unsightly nail-holes in
plastered wall, plaster of Paris may be used
to fill them up.
Year: 1877

marked by a ceremony intended to
be very solemn. A sorcerer is
brought with the divers to exercise
the sea and protect them. In the
performance of his important duty
this highly-gifted parsonage ad.
dresses awful language to the dog
fish, setting forth his past atrocities
and admonishing him to act a bet
ter part in future.


A single plunge enables a diver
to secure five or six oysters, some
times seven or eight, but rarely
more. The boats which attend
them are managed by roSers or are
secured by an anchor or a stone
fastened to a rope. Some Of the
divers have a rope around them, at.
tached to the boat. The most pru-
dent course is to be encountered as
little as possible, that they may
avoid sharks and dog-fsh. They
are, however, generally armed with
a short stick, made of hard wood
and pointed, A lookout or watcher
ia in each boat to give a signal to
those under water when danger is
apparent.


The gangs of younger divers di-
vide into three parties and rest for
longer periods. They go to their
labor fasting. When below they Of
course snatch the oyster up as
quickly as possible, using the short
stick they carry whcn necessary tG
separate them from any other sub
stance. Finding an oyster likely to
contain a pearl, the stick is some,
times used to open it, and the diver
will reappear with a shell or two
and tell that through three min.
ntes immersion he could discover
nothing but shells. The fraud is
often discovered and the stick
freely used on the head or back Of
the cheat,
Year: 1877

Experiences. -.'I 80 =


A young woman who emigrated
from England to Queensland has
written two sprightly letters to
friends in the old island home,
which are printed in, the Middle
sex Register. She tells her sister
in England, who talks of joining
her, that she may as well make her
wedding dress before she leaves, as
wives are badly needed in that dis
tant colony. "And now with re.
gard to your luggage. Get a good,
strong wood or tin box, and pack
in all the things you do not want
on the voyage do not open the
box. Have a large carpetbag with
what things you want for the voy-
age. Leave home ina thick dress,
and have a thin dress in the bag
for the weather. Also, some change
Of old linen not too much-a lit
tie tea and sugar, few sweets and
biscuits, and Il piece Of good cheese
you will find the incest. Don't for
get to bring some baking powder ;
you will find it very useful on the
voyage. You will not want any
thing for seasickness. If you are
i'll the doctor will see that you want
for nothing. You may bring all
your clothes out with you, as you
will want warm ones as well as thin
ones, If you have any books,
bring them, as they will help you
to pass many drearS hour. l
would not bring any new dresses,
as they are about the same price
out here as in England.


In letter to her expected sister
in-law, the same lady speaks Of the
superior happiness of welded life.
Welded life reminds me of a
horse with his feet hobbled-you
may go so far, but not any further
You may laugh and talk with your
old friends as long as you like; but
you must not 60 out with them to
places Of amusement, or above all,
accept present from any. That
will never do. But after all it's a
jolly happy life for one, to have a
home of your own, some one to look
after you, and some one to look
after, and | find that We girls are
better married than single" She
speaks Of the wilderness Of the
country and their rude domestic
arrangements; 81 like the bush,
and ! have a firstrate humpey to
live in. We have a bedroom and
sitting-room, and ! cook out of
doors. The humpey is a slab one,
with bark roof and a slab floor.
Between some of the slabs there are
cracks large enough to put your
hand; but | like the bush, and Harry
likes it because he can have plenty
of shooting. lie often brings home
couple Of ducks or water.hens,
and sometimes . turkey, and at
other times only two or three par
rotS, | am keeping their wings and
tails to send home to you; they will
do for your hats. You ask whether
the sun shines in summer from 3
am. to Z pm. No, but it does
from 5 am, till Tp.m., and there
is no twilight in this country. 1t
10 dark as soon as the sun goes
down." .f.l ~
Year: 1877

I.-ThRt upon our Annual Carnival visit,
all political strife shall cease, and gentle har-
moHy prevail among our subjects.


l1.-That we will enter and take possession
OF our good city Of Memphis, at high noon on
Year: 1877

a good deal of speculation is going
ON about the attitude of Gen. Butler in
the next House toward the Fraudulent
Administration. Now, Gen. Butler is
made up of two parts-politician and
lawyer. The politician part of him is
AS bad as the worst, but the lawyer
part of him is as good as the best and
we have excellent aut thority for the
statement that it will not be the Radi-
cal politician from Lowell, but the fore
most constitutional lawyer in Massa-
chusetts who will address the country
from Buffers seat in the House.


If we are not mistaken, Gen. Butler
regards the fraudulent count-in of
Hayes not merely as revOfutionary,b but
AS revolution itself. He never believ-
Ell that Congress could delegate pow
ers conferred upon it to a mixed COM
mission; nor did he suppose the fathers
Of the republic ever intended to consti-
tute one irresponsible fellow like Joe
Bradley the supreme arbiter OF Prcsi-
Dental elections. On the contrary,
Gen. Butler held that the House alone
had the right to count the votes for
President, as Il necessary incident Of
the right to elect in case of no choice
by the colleges. This was the position
first taken up by Judge Black, and
somewhat elaborated by Mr.. O'Conor
before the Electoral Commission.


Gen. Butler will, no doubt, contend
that when the House abdicated in favor
of Joe Bradley, 1T sacrificed the consti-
tutional powers and privileges of the re-
presentatives of the people, which are
most essential to the preservation OF
civil liberty; and he will probably
deem it IL paramount duty to recover
those privileges, and to right that
wrong.


His opinion of Louisiana election
frauds may be inferred from his course
ON the Impeachment of the infamous
Dureii; and this, together with his
proverbial jealousy of the rights of
the House, furnishes pretty cOnclu-
sive indication of the future.


But Butler will strike another kind
of blows from those Of Blaine. He will
lay the axe to the root Of the fraud
while Blaine is hacking at the BRAN
chcS.-N. Y. iStu2.
Year: 1877

A Delaware man married a woman
because she was deaf, and he thought
she'd keep, her tongue still. SO she did,
but when he fell into the we'll and yelled
himself hoarse trying to make her hear,
he wished that she had ears feot long
and could hear whisper mile away.
Year: 1877

; We leave Denver, says traveller, for
short stay among the Rocky noun
tains, bound Srst for Central City.
After riding for about On hour, We
change cars on q narrow gauge railroad,
and from this point the scenery is OF the
very widest description. The road it
self, built as it is along the banks OF
streams, and through cuts in the solid
rock which now rises so high above
your head that it almost shuts out the
sky, is tribute to mans superiority to
the obstacles nature has placed in bis
way. AS We stop minute before q
very steep ascent, I go forward and ask
permission of the engineer to ride by his
side, believing that one cannot obtain
an adequate view of the magnificent
scenery through which we are about to
pass while sitting in the cars. The en-
giueer, however, says that, as the road
is narrow gauge, the cab is only just big
enough for himself and the fireman.
"But," says he, "many Eastern men
ride up this canyon on the cowcatcher."
After assuring me that it is perfectly
safe, as ho can by no means travel at
express ratio, he places broad board on
the cowcatcher; aud, when I have taken
my seat, with my hand firmly grasping
the signal flag, the engine gave q shrill
whistle, and off We start. For the first
five minutes I really enjoy my novel
manner OF locomotion. "This, said 1,
sis the very place Of all others from
which to view the mountains Ito be
pushed slowly up thess gorge with moth
ing before you on the track, towering
mass of rocks on the one hand. and on
the other, far below, quickly flowing
stream, Kissing and gurgling ever stones
and fallen trees and old mill wheels.
Another five minutes passes by. l be-
gin to speculate as to what will happen
to me if, getting little dizzy, 1 leap of
the engine. If I spring aside to the
right, 1 shak be crushed between the
train and the towering rock; if I jump
to the left, I shall be dashed to pieces
on the stones of the stream far below.
The result will be the same in either
case-death. Still, the quickly throb-
bing engine pushes me on. AS we pass
through village the inhabitants turn
ont and stare at the engine, amazed at
the novel figure head that it carries.
The village is left behind; we are again
alone, making our way up the canyon;
the hot breath Of the engine stiles me /;
the continual swaying from side to side
affects my head I call aloud to the en-
ginser, but the sound Of my voice is
drowned in the roar Of the wheels. I
try to grasp the little flag staff more
firmly it turns in its socket, and I am
compelled to trust to my hold on the
bars of the COW catcher. I do not know
how long r can endure this. almost
feel that I may faint. A village is in
sight Do we stop1 Yes, for our en-
CINE gives loud whistle. the brakes are
put down, the wheels turn more slowly;
we come to standstill. I leap off the
engine and seek the engineer. How
far have we travelled since I got on to
the engine9" "Eight miles," is the
reply,
Year: 1877

There came into our school one day


Awhile haired man. With pleasant smile
q Q greeted us, and sitting down,


Said he would like to rest awhile,
Twas time to have arithmetic.


The teacher said: "Now all give heed;
Put up your books and take your states,
And do the sum which I will read
Our books went in, our states came out;


And then the teacher read the sum;
We tried and tried and tried again.


But couldn't make the answer come
And then the old man said to us


With kindness twink!ing in his eyes
"Who gets the answer first shall have


A silver shilling for prize"
Then Tommy Dole resolved to cheat,


And, slyly taking out his book,
When he supposed he was not seen,


A hasty glance inside he took.
At once the answer Tommy finds,


"And now I've got it, sir, he cries;
The teacher thinks Tom worked the sum,


And tells him he has won the prize.
But that old man had seen it all;


Those twinking eyes had watched the trick
"Well done, my boy" he said; "you seem
To understand arithmetic.
"But now, before give the prize,
Ill let you try harder sum;
Another shilling you shall have


II you can tell how that is DONE"
And then, with kindest voice and look,


He gently said to Tommy Dole:
"Whst shall it profit you, my lad,


To gain the world and lose your soul?"
Then Tommy Dole hung down his head.


The tears begun to fill his eyes,
And all the scholars wondered why


he would not take the silver prize.
Year: 1877

Utter paralysis seems to have fallen
upon the iron trade in Englands Mills
are closed or closing every where, work
men are idle, and the inevitable distress
is painfully visible. The cause Of the
sudden and complete stagnation does
not seem to be fully understood, but
the fact that it extends throughout the
principal manufacturing districts Of the
continent makes it probable that the
threatening attitude of Russia and the
unsatisfactory condition Of affairs in the
east may have something to do with it.
Anxious uncertainty as to future
movements is much more disastrous to
trade than an immediate declaration of
war would bs; for war brings its own
development of new and active indus
tries, which go far to fill the place of
those that are interrupted.
Year: 1877

A very singular accident happened to
Mr.. Brook Smith, of Crownwood, Texas.
He was walking along the principal
street of the town, when, suddenly feel
ing q stinging sensation in his right
hand, he raised it from his side side, and
found the forefinger gone. He was hor-
ri6ed. His hand was bleeding tho dis
membered finger lay on the ground at
some distance from him. He naturally
was very much at loss to account for
the mishap. Several persons went to
his assistance, among whom was a physl.
clan, who stopped the flow OF blood and
dressed the wound. It was ascertained
that man who was examining a rifle IN
gun store several hundred yards dis
tsnt accidentally discharged the weapon,
and the ball did the mischief.
Year: 1877

The Providence (R. I.) Journal says:
One would think that the lightning rod
swindle had been so effectually exposed
that victims would be few in the centers
of civilization. But We heard OF man,
resident of Providence, who was
notified day or two since that his note
for $50 had been left ct a Pawtucket
bank for collection. He says travelling
lightning rod peddlerproposed to '.rod"
his house for $15, and that the terms
were accepted. The peddler directed
the man to write his name IL a little
book the rodman carried in his pocket,
as guide and reference for the man
who would follow to do the work. The
name was written in the little book as
requested, and now appears as the sig-
nature to promissory note payable at
the hank
Year: 1877

A young lady recently went to the
opera house in Albany, and brought
into constant use an opera glass worth
$50. Toward the close of the last act
she replaced the glass in it's case. A
nice young man sitting beside her bent
forward and requested the privilege of
using the glass, as his own was imper-
feet. She courteously handed him the
case. He glanced at the stage, and then
at the audience, and handed back the
case, which she did not open, as the
curtain was falling. She went to an
other matinee, and on opening the case
found in place of the costly mother.ot
pearl glass a cheap one, worth less
than So.
Year: 1877

reckless exposure alterWaru


Several of the soldiers were wounded
during the fight by bullets from hostiles
posted at distance beyond the reach
of their carbine balls, most Of the In
dians having the long range infantry
gun.


A belching fire was kept up by the
soldiers for some hours, while the hog
tiles fired with extreme caution. They
had crawled into the many caves in the
rocky sides Of the canyon, vShers were
lying down In tue dark ravines, while
many were riding on the fiat hills at the
end of the canyon, having the advantage
OF us N all points save numbers so far
as we then knew.


General Mackenzie's command dis
covered no little GOODNESS and bravery
in dislodging small parties from advan-
tageous points, and had some thl illing
fights at close quarters. They had no
towards to encounter in the Cheyennes,
some of whom seemed to court death by
their reckless dashes. About eleven
o'clock the heavy firing was checked Oh
our side. Meanwhile the hostiles were
taking their families through the ravines
to the hills, and firing from all points at
once to defend them and revenge them
selves for the capture of their ponies
and he loss of their village, already
set on fire. They crept cautiously from
one point to another, as their retreat
exposed them to our guns and we found
shelter from their bullets, fortifying
themselves as they moved about under
fierce fire.


Most of their guns covered a little
plain lying between the village and a. red
bluff under the crest of the mountain
forming the north wall of the canyon.
I passed across this path several times
during the fight, with General
Mackenzie and staff, and the fire was In
Year: 1877

Two Bills for Settling the Controversy.


Senator Wright has introduced a bill
in the Senate to establish court for the trial
of contested Presidential elections, provides
that after the count of the electoral vote by
Congress in joint convention, an appeal may
be made by either candidate to a tribunal con-
ssting of the Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court and Six United States Circuit or Dis
trict Judges, to be selected frsm the different
political parties. On the same dav MIR. Kuatt
offered a bill in the House prescribing the
method of counting the electoral vote. The
bill provides that On the second Wednesday
of 1877 and every four years thereafter the
Senate and House shall meet in joint session
to canvass the electoral votes. The President
of the Senate and the Speaker are to preside
and each house is to appoint teller who is to
keep the record OF the count. The President
of the Senate is to open the certificates of the
election and pass them to the Speaker. If no
question is raised the certificates then go to
the tellers. Hany objection is raised the two
Houses are to consider the objection in joint
session, each House having six hours
FOR debate, not more than two men,
,bers speaking alternately on one side.
When the count of votes is concluded, the
Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk. of the
House shall each read to the Senate and
House his own record OF votes as counted and
If it be found correct shall each give to the
president of the Senate and Speaker of the
House statements of the aggregate of votes,
sahereupon the President of the Senate shall
announce the result and declare elected the
persons having majority Of the votes of all
the electors counted by the joint assembly,
and if there be no election he shall SO declare
and thereupon the joint assembly shall be
dissolved, and the Senate shall return to it's
chamber. -