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Year: 1877




The casting Of large piece in bronze
is a delicate operation, requiring care
and artistical skin. The aking of a
plaster mold from the original model.
then plaster figure from that mold.
and finally from the figure a sectional
mold into which to run the metal, re
quiles many weeks of skilled labor. The
element OF luck enters largely into the
eliminating attempt to cast, as flaws in
the metal often cause failures, and i'm.
posing weeks of additional labor. The
large box called II flask containing the
mold, clamped firmly with iron, was let
down with crane into cavity and
flowed over so that only funnel pro
truded This WAS close to u brick fur.
mace, in which the bronze was heating
over IA great roaring fire. The metal Ms
it was slowly converted into hquid, was
closely observed by the foreman. A
glimpse through an aperture showed it
boiling tunouSly like water, and SO hot
that an ir0n bar struck into it became
r, d almost instantly When the iron
could be withdrawn without any bronze
sticking to it, the compound wns deemed
ready. An immense metal bucket, at
tHchrd to powerful crane, was swung
under the head Of the spout, the furnace
was tapped and a molten stream ran ont.
Sparks flew in every direction, faces
we've shielded hastily from the heat, the
dusty plaster images Of Franklin, the
Vanderbilt bas reliet and other relics of
previous jobs were made to glow. The
bucket was nearly filled, turn Of the
crank took it over the flask, and the H..
quid was, by tipping the bucket poured
into the mold, from which the suddenly
heated ait rushed through the vent pipes
with a noise like escaping steam. Some
of the bronze stopped Overland set fire to
the wood floor, and the water that
qucnched the blaze made so much steam
that nothing else could he seen for i've
minutes. The casting was perfect.
Year: 1877

AT an early hour yesterday morning
while MIR. Sturm was extinguishing the
gas lamps in his district, one OF which is
in Avery alley, between Mill and Stone
streets, his attention was called to a
noise or crying whioh proceeded from
hogshead placed against the lamp he
was about to douse. Allowing the iamp
to burn and climbing down from the
ladder, he discovered that the uOise
came from bundle Of rags which was
violently tossed about by something hld
among them.


The crying continued, and not know
Ing what the rags might contain, he pro-
ceeded cautiously 10 move upon the
hidden enemy, when to his great sur
prise he captured newborn colorea
child.


Having found it, he must now dispose
of ii, and for this purpose he started tor
the Th.rd-street Police Station. lie
met TWO patr0lmen VINO asked what he
mad i'll his arms and In answer to the
query, the young gent was transferred
W their care and no doubt by this time
the little fellow has found a home in
some charitable institution.
Year: 1877

gal bonds were issued. The Legislature
was Dribed, and there was a colluslon or
the whole State Government and reign
OF unparalleled corruption.


Mrs. Irene House,
who was released from the New Jersey
Lunatic Asylum few days ago, WAS in
Gilmore's Garden last evening.


Churches
OF every shade of religious belief were
well filled yesterday, The beautiful
weather probably having not a little to
do with the attendance. AS rule the
most distinguished Metropolitan clergy
men are still absent on their summer Va
cations, and their pulplts are filled by
strangers. Sermons were OF an inter-
esting and varied character.
Year: 1877

The tenor of criticism on the Presidents message is decidedly favorable. At the very time that his words seem to have least weight with the representatives of the people, they have the most weight with the people them- SelYes
Year: 1877

Cable dispatches announce the unconditional surrender of Plevna. On Sunday last Osman Pasha first attempted to force passage out towards Widen but was seriously wounded and defeated after severe engagement. The Turks were dying of hunger and cold The army suTenderedis is supposed to be some for ty thousand strong and the disaster seems irretrievable. The London Times urges the mediation of the British government in be- half of Turkey.
Year: 1877

tion and common efforts for il is one


of a large pecuniary interest Of trade


and commerce, but of empire also"


Now, we conclude this fnal appeal


to the Forty y-fourth Congress by pre-


senting the salient fact that we Of the
South if PROSTATE, helpless, powerless;
are yet not enervated and dispirited.


but full of energy and manhood to
grapple the situation if we car only be
supplied with little hope, which,
like oxygen to the physical man, gives
new life and spring to the worn and
weary. We have nothing 10 do'and
nothing to do it with Helplessness
is the condition of the South merely
because we have nothing to work with.
Hopelessness follows after a while
upon helplessness, and desperation
presently upon both. 1t is in our ma
terlal interests we want help. These
are not be advanced or prosecuted by
saving the air, and in we'll sounded
periods singing peans to an dnte-bel-
lam constitution whose sacred leaves
have been torn and scattered by the
ruthless hand of despOtic power to. the
four winds of heaven. We are in the
condition of him who was set on by
robbers and left half dead-we look
for the kindly Samaritan, notthe heart
less Levites who pass over on the other
side. This is great country, ocean
bound, and each section of it is great
in itself; the whole must act, therefore,
fairly and justly for each, and each for
the whole, otherwise such a Union
such copartnery would be worse than
farce. Reward, therefore, the patient
labors of Mr.. Lamar and his commit
tee, who have perfected this bills
made it acceptable to every interest in
the countFy, and to the South especi-
ally, By = hearty, cordial, active CO.
in its passage at the pres
ent session, and you will have earned
the plaudit well done, good and
faithful public servants"
Year: 1877

L..
affirm, as the case may be) that | will
impartially examine and consider all
questions submitted to the commission
of which [ am a member, and true
Judgment give thereon, agreeably to
the Constitution and the laws so help
me God" :,


"No more partisan, no more friend,
no more opponent, no more enemy, but
the solemn Judgment of the judge. Ii
appeared to us, Mr.. President, that
so far as human institutions can pro-
vide for Justice under the law, to i'm
nose upon five of ourselves, five of the
gentlemen of the House of Represen-
tatives, and five of these eminent per.
sons in the judicial branch to whom |
have referred, that obligation, which
each willingly and afhrmatiyely takes
would be to dismiss, with Us even
with all the warmth of our wishes, ev
ery consideration that should either
cloud our intellects or warp our judg
ments for what this Commission il
| to decide is not policy it is not fu
ture 1t is only to pass upon the IRE
vocable past and to say, as an intel
lectual answer to the question unde
the Constitution and the law, and il
no other sense and in no other way
what has taken place according to tn
Constitution, and not what ought t.
take place, or what they could hav
wished should take place.


And to the same effect and in tn
same spirit spoke Mr.. Hoar


But it is charged that this Com
mission is in the end to be made up 9
seven men who of course will decid
for one party, and seven men who wi


of course decide for the other, an
who must call in an umpire by lot, an
Year: 1877

On the track Of the milky way
following the COWS home to the barn
yard.


Why is a nursery a good place foT
dancing? Because is a regular bawl-
room.


A horse ought never 20 get hungry
for the most of the time he has bii
in his mouth.


The average life of the married In
dian is three squaW years and ten.
Year: 1877

The Indians Of this country have had
grand feast at the Portrero to celebrate
the anniversary of some important
event in the history of their race. Indian
Chief Juan was among those present, in
the glory OF his War-palnt and buckskin
breeches, restraining the drunken
wretches who would commit violence on
those weaker than themselves. In at
tempting to arrest an Indian he drew a
pistol to frighten him, when several of
the latter's friends rushed up to inter-
fere and save him, supposing 1t was the
intention of Juan to kill him. In the
melee that followed the pistol was acci.
dentally discharged, the ball striking an
Indian in the forehead and killing him
instantly. Juan was securely bound.
and, after short conference among the
other chiefs, condemned TO death.
Amid the lamentations of the friends of
the deceased, he was lead to a tree
near the burying-groqnd, lasso placed
around his neck, the other end thrown
over limb, and strong arms drew the
unfortunate chiettain into mid-air.
where he dangled half an hour and was
then pronounced dead. He was taken
down from his elevated position, and
shortly afterwards those gathered round
were surprised to observe in him signs
of returning consciousness. He was
soon entirely recovered, and an exam:-
nation of the throat revealed the fact
that the rope mad caught on his chin
sufficiently to protect his throat from the
full force Intended, aud had merely reD.
dered him UNCONSCIOUS.


The Indians were not satisfied with
once hanging him, and on the next day
were to make another attempt, which
would probably nave terminated dis.
astrously for the Indian chief, had not
rumor of the affair reached town, and
Constable Thomas went in hot haste to
prevent second execution. He arrived
in time, but the Indians were extremely
unwilling to give their prisoner up,
Juan was brought into town, and it ap.
pearing in his examination before Justice
Bledsoe that the shooting was accident.
al, he was discharged, and now roams
over the shady streets of our city In pref
erence to placing mis- lite again in danger
by rejoining his tribe.-[San Bernarl llnd
Goal. Times.
Year: 1877

The women in west Africa are very
fond of their children. Childlessness is
disgraceful to women. Deformed are
often put to death or sold into slavery.
Their regard for their children's comfort
expresses itself in special ways The
child is fed till it will eat no more, then
it is stuffed by peculiar manipulation
by which the food is forced down the
throat. Then it is rolled over and over,
and by snap of the thumb and fore fin
gers its stomach is sounded, when, if it
does not appear satisfactorily full in the
mothers estimation, the process of stuff
ing, and swapping, and sounding is re-
peated, until there is little room left for
doubt that there is no vacuum there at
least for nature to abhor, though none
be able to say how much the little crea-
lures abhor this process and repletion.
After being well fed the child is well
rubbed with palm oil and laid in the
sun, unless from some cause the mother
may have to leave it when it is cross and
mischievous, when it may be buried in
the sand with the exception of its face.
Year: 1877

The late murder and suicide at Bran


don is in some respects the strangest of


the strange crimes for which peaceful


Vermont has of late years been famous,


says the Springfield RepuJHcan. Frank


Brassor, ir., aged fifteen, borrowed his


employers fine repeating rifle for n


days hunting. His father, who was


working in swamp, heard two quick


shots near by, but thought nothing of it,


till passer by found the boy dead in n


ditch, with pistol ball in his body, and


the rifle missing. About ten o'clock at


night section hand on the Rutland


railroad met young man near Pitts
ford, who fired at him with rifle, but
was Immediately knocked down, bereft
of his rifle and let 60, the railroad man
keeping on to Brandon, where he heard
of the murder and found the rifle to be
the one taken from the dead boy. A
hand car was manned and started back,
but when near the scene of the t,,ssel n
pistol shot was heard, and the murderer,
n young man of fine appearance and
clothing, with small white hands, was
found to have shot himself dead through
the head. He is since found to have
been an English lad of fine education
and quiet manner, who worked for
while on farm in a neighboring town,
and has been lettering about Brandon.
1t has been thought without particular
reason that he was crazy, but the facts
indicate deliberate murder from pure
covetousness. His light curly hair had
been dyed black, and burglars mask
and other articles were found in his
pocket, with burnt cork, with which he
had partly blackened his face. He
probably saw the Brassor boy with his
handsome gun, and to get it coolly killed
him, and afterward fired on the railroad
man, thinking him one of his pursuers,
and finally, when he found he was really
in danger, killed himself to escape hang
IDr
Year: 1877

On the river bank near Albina, Ore
gon, lives Lumberman Carrico, and
above his home towers a precipitous
bluff. Logs are hauled up the bluff and
then shot into the river through shute
which opens not far from the house.
One Saturday large log, which had
been rolled into the mouth of the shute,
got false start and overlapping the
trough went bowling down the bluff in
the direction of the house. The lum-
herman shouted to his wife and child to
run for their lives, but the warning
came too late. The huge log struck one
side of the house with tremendous force
and crushed it's way clean through. The
lumberman's wife was sitting in her
room, and her baby was lying in
cradle and playing with doll. The log
struck the cradle, knocking it into splin-
ters, and tossing the child several yards.
The lumberman rushed into the house,
and 10 the mother was scared and the
baby whimpering, but neither of them
was hurt. The doll, however, was fatal
1y injured
Year: 1877

In little Scotch parish lived Jock, a
tailor, who, some folks said, was half
witted. AS elders were rather scarce it
was thought by few persons that they
would have small practical joke at the
expense of Jock by getting him elected,
telling him, as an inducement, that ell
ders got a new black coat once year
and sixpence for snuff every Sabbath
they held the plate. Jock, in full belief
of this, consented to stand, and in due
time was instructed in the mysteries of
eldership. After he had served for
year he went to the minister and de-
manded his black coat The minister,
much astonished, told him that his
friends must have been befooling him.
"Weel," said Jock, they were mebbe
befauIng me about the coat, but made
sure of the saxpence, for I've taen'd
every week I've been at the plate"
Year: 1877

Almost everybody has heard of the


walking leaves of Australia. For long


time after the discovery of that island


many people really believed that the


leaves of a certain tree which fourishes
there could walk about the ground. The
story arose in this way:


Some English sailors landed upon the
coast one day; after roaming about until
they were tired, they sat down under a
tree to rest themselves. A puff of wind
came along, and blew off shower of
leaves, which, after turning over and
over in the air, as leaves generally do,
finally rested upon the ground. AS it
was midsummer, and everything appear
ed quite green, the circumstance puzzled
the sailors considerably. But the sur
prise was much greater, as you may well
suppose, when, after short time, they
saw the leaves crawling along on the
ground toward the trunk of the tree.
They ran at once for their vessel, with
out stopping to examine into the matter
at all, and set sail away from the land
where everything seemed to be bewitch-
ed. One of the men said that he tex
pected every moment to see the trees set
to and dance a jig, Subsequent ex-
plorations of Australia have taught us
that these walking leaves are insects.
They live upon the trees. Their bodies
are very thin and fiat, their wings form
ing large leaf-like organs. When they
are disturbed, their legs are folded away
under their bodies, leaving the shape
exactly like leaf with its stem and all
complete. They are of bright green
color in the summer, but they gradually
change in the fall, with the leaves, to
the brown of frost-bitten vegetation.
When shaken from the tree, they lie for
a few minutes upon the ground, as
though they were dead, but presently
they begin to crawl along toward the
tree, which they ascend again. They
rarely use their wings, although they are
pretty well supplied in this respect.
Year: 1877

Printed posters play an active part in
political contest, but they are gener-
ally neutral, because they are always on
the fence.


Buffaloes are good weather prophets.
When a storm is coming they stick up
their tails like lightning rod and scoot
for shelter.


A recently published notice Of n mar
riage in Philadelphia concluded with the
announcement "No cards no flowers
nobody's business.


If there's any truth in the saying
BY their works ye shall know them,"
how are we going to know the fellows
who never do any work?


Kaiser Wilhelm is upward of eighty,
but the crown prince, Unser Fritz, has
to be mighty spry to get in the first kick
at book agent or lightning rod man,
when the old gentleman is about the
premises.


A Staten Island man, who took his
boy home pet goat the other afternoon,
now offers the animal for sale at a reduc-
tion of fifty per cent. on actual cost. 1t eat
up table-cloth, two shirts, and four
croquet balls the first night, and lunched
off box of clothes-pins the next day.


A young Indian girl who had curious
ly watched the process of marking bar
rel heads in Touring mill in Winona.
Mimi, stole in one day, and taking pos
session of the stencils, ornamented her
blanket with the words "Ellsworth's
Choice" and paraded the streets in great
delight, but to the disgust of Mr.. Els
worth, who is bachelor and had made
no such choice.


A good looking young man, with fine
address and an abundance of good
clothes, appeared at Memphis. He was
going to put up a grand mirror in
hotel, and it was to be surrounded by
local advertisements. Arrangements
were made with the proprietor, the
"ads were written out, the SIS apiece
collected, and-and that's the end of the
matter, except some grocers and oyster
men and the like are doing some slightly
profane talking at the idea of being
caught
Year: 1877

Good counsels observed are chains to
grace.


To be angry is to revenge the fault of
others upon ourselves.


In this world there is one thing God
like; the essence of all that ever was or
ever will be of Godlike in this world
the veneration to human worth by the
hearts of men.


We must never undervalue any per-
son. The workman loves not that his
work should be despised in his presence.
Now God is present everywhere, and
every person is His work.


All arts which have tendency to
raise man in the scale of being have
certain common bond of union, and are
connected, if may be allowed to say so,
by blood relationship with one another.
Cicero.


When we meet with better fare than
was expected the disappointment is over
looked even by the scrupulous. When
we meet with worse than was expected
philosophers alone know how to make it
better.


The horses which make the most show
are, in general, those which advance the
least It is the same with men; and we
ought not confound that perpetual agita-
ton which exhausts itself in vain efforts
with the activity which goes right to the
end.


Life is short; while we speak it flies;
enjoy, then, the present and forget the
future; such is the moral of ancient
poetry, a graceful and wise moral, in
duIged beneath Southern sky and de-
serving the phrase applied to it: "The
philosophy of the garden"


Domestic happiness is the end of al
most all our pursuits and the common
reward of our pains. When men find
themselves forever barred from this de-
lightful fruition they are lost to all in
dustry, and grow careless of their world
ly affairs. Thus they become bad sub
jects, bad relations, bad friends and bad
men.


We pass through this world but once
Any good thing, therefore, that we can
do, or any kindness we can show to our
fellow being, let us do it now. Let us
not defer or neglect it, for we shall not
pass this way again.


Those who are III the power Of evil
habits must conquer them rs they can
and conquered they must be, or neither
wisdom nor happiness can be attained;
but those who are not yet subject to their
influence may, by timely caution, pre-
serve their freedom; they may effectually
resolve to escape the tyrant, whom they
will very vainly resolve to conquer.
Year: 1877

camo to myself, l thought saw my brother
continually beside me, besought the vision
to leave me. Human tones answcred-it
was Fred, kind, generous, fcrgiving, who bent
above his guilty brother. When no told me
how he had been sheltered by friendly tree,
whose swaying branches caught and held him
how after his strength came, he had dropped
and swan ashore, and to spare and punish me-
had returnodquietly to his far off home, wept
aloud. Oh, the bliss of seeing him there !
When was well, they brought babe into my
chambcr-my first born
Year: 1877

There is painting in the Bodleian
library at Oxford, England, represent
ing a monk who set himself to copy the
Scriptures without tasting food during
the performance of his task. The story
goes that he had transcribed the Old
Testament and three gospels, and was
far advanced in the fourth, when on the
fortieth day his strength failed him and
he died with the pen in his hand.
Year: 1877

How can speak to thee2 The far sky


Hath never speech for men;


The longing breezes round thee flit and then
Unspoaking still, they die.
Like sky and breeze, gaze, murmur neari


Oh, must my heart be dumb?
And must my love like formless broezcs come
To sigh and perish here?
cannot speak to thoo and yet in this


A last dear hope may be,


For could tell my loves eternity
In one long, silent kiss
Year: 1877

A San Francisco husband thought to
indulge in a practical joke by taking
home full sized, rough wooden coffin,
and as he stood it behind the kitchen
door he remarked to the wife's anxious
inquiries "You'll know what it's all
about before morning." But the wife dis
patched one of her crying, frightened
children for the police, and while two
officers were smashing the coffin with
their clubs the husband was explaining
to his wife that it was all joke.
Year: 1877

guarantee that any arrangement which
may now be entered into will be faith
fully carried out, and not be left to the
CONTINGENCIES of the uncertain future
nor to the capricss of irresponsible poll
tieians, whose selfish Interests are so
often made superior TO the welfare of
the State. Ia this way the credit Of the
debtor States would be vastly improved
and the re-establishment on a sound


basis of their material interests would
be facilitated. Important as is the re-
ductioa of the debt, it is not more so
than this holding of the debt-contraot.
lug power to some fixed reasonable limit,
and that point the committee we doubt
not will keep steadily in view.-Ne;0
York bulletin. st
Year: 1877

This is the present presidential order
of the hour. The Grand. Commission is
deliberating on the Florida case. The
Republicans are uneasy and about to
give up the struggle in despair. They are
fighting for time aud trying to postpone
any decision until after March 4th.