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Year: 1879

COLD COMFORT FOR THEM THIS WINTER.


The migratory tramps, who for several years
past have been passing through this District as
they go south in the fall and north in the spring
seasons, are disguised with Washington this
time, finding no night lodging house in which
to regale themselves on hot coffee and rolls,
With free bath and comfortable bed. They go
sralgnt no 70 the @ 9id central on their
5th precinct station-hOuSe, where usually, for
three nights, they are permitted to sandwich
themselves In the crowded lodging cells.


THEIR WAY OF LIVING


is no mystery. They soon learn the rule, that
more than three nights lodging in one station
house makes them eligible candidates for the
workhouse on charges Of vagrancy, and so they
ging or pilfering In the day time and finding
free lodgings In the stations at night. When
they make the rounds Of the stations they COM
mence over again, and as it takes about month
keepers sometimes forget their faces which is
In their favor, as they are accommodated as at
first, without question. When recognized they
that they have just got out Of job
OF work and expect work soon, &C., &c.
These @ are re- the @ men who stop you on the streets
help them along. They all know "" each 1 other, r.
and sometimes when the nights are not too
cold, they meet In groups and bunk together
outside in some stable loft or fence corner In
this event, as all have made collections of PEN
MES,


THEY SPOOL THEIR ISSUES


and get pint or quart Of cheap whiSkey, which
they think Is better than bed quilt to keep out
the cold They are up to all sorts of ways to
raise the wind, and burglary or robbery is re-
sorted to when they fail In other ways. An in
stance occurred last night showing how they
live. Private Watchman Benjamin Kloner, In
his rounds was called upon to arrest, or drive
away group OF these tramps who had got to
gether between pile Of lumber and a high
board fence, on 14th street. between andC
streets in old ssMurder Bay" where they were
bunked for ~ the night with several bottles Of
whiskey which had the effect Of making them
noisy, and their profanity and obscene language
could be heard for several squares around.


AN ORGK AND RAID


The officer reconnOitered the place and found
there were eight OF them, all more or less intox-
icated, and In state to do any desperate act
He got the aid Of Omcers Breen and Britt, and
the three secured five Of them, the rest escap-
Ing. At the station house they were found to
be bad set, who have been noticed the past
month plOwling around south OF the avenue,
and up to all kinds Of mischief. Their manner
and language show their character. Charges Of
vagrancy were made, and 1t is hoped when they
reach Commissioner CasWellB farm they viii
be made to earn their bean soup BY hard labor
Year: 1879

The annual cleaning up which is carried on in all the United States hints at the end of the fiscal year has begun. During the progress of this species of house clean ing, all minting operations cease, and a thorough overhauling is made. No house in the cleanest city of Holland receives the minute cleaning which is vigorously applied to every spot in the hints. The furnaces are toru down, the chi1nneys carefullyswept, and the bricks taken down one by one and dusted. The same pains taking labor is applied to the roofs and walls, and the dust thus collected IS ground. and generally yields rich return of minute particles of gold, This process is necessary in order to complete the yearly accounts.-DepdrtnsentaI Revie,c
Year: 1879




He is a good man indeed who does
all the good he talks of.


1t is possible for a man to know
his own mind and yet know v'ry lit,
tie


1t is perfectly safe to have some
men owe you grudge, for they never
pay anything.


1t does not follow that a black.
smith has no virtues because he is al
ways to be found at his vice.


1t is a good proverb which says
tLat every man hath his cricket in his
head and makes it sing as be pleases.
The vain man is, after all, he hap
piest. While the crest of us are try
ing to please others he is perfectly
satisfied if he only pleases himself.
Year: 1879

A Baltimore family yesterday par
took of plum pudding, and to-day,
oh where are they? Poisoned. Not
much; but dozen doctors will have
q weeks hard work in trying to keep
them on this side of the pearly river.
Year: 1879

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moment for their departure.


Tie unceasing regularity became


at last annoying, and / insistir g on


knowing. the cause. The information
given to me was that The old castle


and house was haunted, and for no
inducements would the servants re-


main after l had assembled from the


parlor. l had now reasons for think
ing there was some grounds for the
fears. The pantry particularly, and
the rest of the house with it, were
walked over by footsteps at night


These were plainly heard and there
was added an additional aggravation !;
for not content with this, the s'super-
NATURAL visitor began to do mis-
chief, generally in the gray of the
morning made free with eatables and
pots of jam on the shelves, occasion
ally breaking a glass or plate.


10 add to this mystery, though
the pantry was carefully locked every
night, the depredations still contin-
ued, and at length the tie, ror of each
nights visitation became greater and
greater, and various stories began to
be circulated, one being that the visit
ant was the spirit of a nun condemned
to suffer the pangs of hunger for
some transgression. This was sup
ported by the circumstance of the old
castle and grounds having been some
years before occupied as a convent.


The only opening into the pantry
was through ventilatOr in the roof,
very high up, and adjoining one of
the lofty walls of the old castle.
Through this no human being could
obtain an entrance but it was enter
ed by monkey, who came to it in
this way. One of the pilot boats was
taking off pilot to ship to relieve
the one on duty, when the monkey,
sick suppose of the sea, and deter
mined not to lose the opportunity,
jumped into the boat, and on nearing
the shore, jumped out again, and
sougkU the nearest shelter, which hap
pened to be the old castle. The
ship was from the West Indies. laden
with sugar. The monkey, though
missed from the homeward bound,
WAS unnoticed by the pilot crew, and
finding his way from the castle to the
ventilator of the adjoining dwelling
house pantry, sought to allay his
hunger there when all was quiet at
night. By day the creature lay hid
den in the old castle and it was only
after lapse of many days and nights
that poor Jacko was discovered peep
ing out from his lodging in the Old
Norman keep.


1t not unfrequertly happens that
houses are haunted, and kept haunted
by certain persons who have direct
interest in keeping up the silly trick.
In the same neighborhood--the neigh
borhood of the old castle-was
house reputed to be haunted, and
which has maintained It's reputation
for more than two summers. Foot
steps are heard at night, doors are
slammed, and Oh one occasion jugs
of wa er have been poured upon some
members of the family, to their great
discomfort. The ghost has been clev-
er, and has not yet been caught; but
the solution is not far TO find, as the
caretaker has comfortable resi- lence
gratis, which is lost when the house
is let and occupied for the season.
Year: 1879

The following from an exchange
contains a large amount Of good,
sound, common sense to the square
inch.


"Here is the conclusion Of the
whole matter. Coed times viii
come to each individual in the com
munity just as soon as that individu-
al goes to work at something and
earns his individual share of pros.
perity, and not before. Particular
~ will the coming of the era be
more hastened by the saving Of one
cord of wood, or hoeing one acre Of
potatoes in the proper spirit than in
writing tons of resolutions and es.
says, or in making public speeches
until the people weary wit much lis
tening, and become disgusted with
the world and its political machin-
cry.
Year: 1879

CATTLE CHoKING.-H If one of your
cattle should get choked, what
would you do? After trying every
thing we could think of, such as
shooting off a pistol under the crea-
ture's belly, spelling good whale
bone Garage whip in endeavoring
to loosen the obstruction, etc., and
was about to give the cow up, it oc-
Cured to me that little warm soap
suds would relax the mncles, and
the slippery suds thereby work in
between the obstruction end the sur
rounding parts. Accordingly, her
head was held mp and down went
the suds, and it gave immediate re.
lief-(Ex.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, November 2.-An invita-
ton has been sent General Grant to visit
North Carolina in December or such
other time as may be convenient. This
invitation is from Judge Settle and other
leading Republicans. They promise him
boom irrespective OF party, Democrats
ception to Grant provided it is non-parti-
san. There are many occasions of strong
effort to get Grant to make an extensive
tour in the South this winter
Year: 1879

New YORK, November 3.-The business
done by the Western Union Telegraph
Company is an admirable standard for the
measurement of the business of the coun-
try. 1t is enormously greater than at any
time in its history, and without example.
Year: 1879

THE memorial sermon in honor of the
late Bishop whelan which We publish
this morning is an unusually interesting
address of the kind, and will well repay
reading. 1t is scholarly and philosophic
discourse aud yet sufficiently personal in
its general drift to invest it With decided
degree of local interest. Bishopt tWhelan
was man forwhom this community had
a great deal OF regard in his day, and
while his inner life was not as familiar to
the public as to his own people they will
be generally inclined TO accept the
estimate of him furnished by this address
as at least in the main correct.
Year: 1879

We had something like q foretaste OF
winter yesterday. 1t was calculated to
remind US that we are moving into the
season of snow and ice onla very 1owstage
of water. The worst of it all is that thou
sands of poor people down. the river are
entirely unproyided Withheld. The price
of coal is now beyond their reach, and un-
less rise in the river Genes soon there
must be q vast amount ofsafering among
them. The railroads have proved entire
ly inadequate to supply Cincinnati and
Louisville with fuel at reasonable rates.
The better navigation of the Ohio is mat
ter worth looking after. 49, ss
Year: 1879

TIE New York Mining Record, iu

 speaking of the extensive operations al the Clifton Copper mines in East

 .ern Arizona, makes the following foot note: The regular product from these mines, We must add, is hauled in wag- Ons some 5G0 miles to a railroad depot, and shipped thence for sale in Balti- more, which fact may form an idea of the ultimate profit from copper min ing in Arizona when there shall be railway transportation to the mines. :"
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, May 3.-The House Committee on Mines and Mining met Thursday, and after considering the subject of mines and mining, very generally determined that it should be thoroughly looked into, with view of preparing maps and statistics showing its vast importance. The Committee will ask permission to employ Spe- cial clerk.
Year: 1879

An old Philadelphian preserves as a
relic of "good old times" a well-worn
piece OF paper money bearing the date OF
l776, which had been in the possession of
one family for century. 1t has a
curious history. After the revolutionary
war was over, one Godfrey Williams, a
patriot, was paid Oft in scrip. At that
time the paper had decreased so much in
value that it took considerable quantity
to settle Williams demand. The latter
tied the roll up in large handkerchief
and proceeded homeward. On his way
he purchased COW and two pigs, paying
for them with the whole of the scrip
with the exception of four pieces, one of
which, together with the story, has been
handed down from father to son until
the present time.


The note, now well yellowed with age,
is about three inches square. On the
face of it, in the left center is a square
containing a ring, in the middle of which
is rudely-cut cornucopia. The bell of
the horn contains a cut of poorhouse.
Beneath the horn is the same motto
which Benjamin Franklin adopted for
his issue of copper coinage: Mind your
business" On tho reverse side are
thirteen rings in acircle, with the names
of the the thirteen states comprising the
union at that time. In the center of the
circle is smaller ring, with the inscrip-
tions: "American Congress" and "We
are one." At, the bottom of it is an
n0unced that the note was printed by
Hall and Sellers in Philadelphia in 1776.
The denomination of the note when it
was issued was tw0-thirds of a dollar.
Year: 1879

We are informed that q gentleman
residinging Wakulla county, by the
name Of Cox, who is cultivating a small
farm, upon arising one morning recently
was surprised to find that during the
night his residence had been changed
from region where water could not be
seen to the border of lake. When he
retired the evening before his house was
far away from any pond, lake or river,
but on going out next morning, instead
of his garden, an immense sink, fifty or
sixty yards square, filled with water,
running up within eighteen or twenty
feet from his residence, met his gaze.
During the night this transformation
occurred, leaving not even a vestige of
the tallest pine trees, which were stand
ing in their full majesty only twelve
hours before. These sinks, however, sre
not unfrequent in that county. 1t has
only been short time since sink occur
red near Lavender's Mill, more remark
able than the one alluded to above, in
that it occurred upon the very top Of a
hill-one of the highest points of land in
that country. Will not some one ex.
plain these occurrences?-7a Tallahassee
Fyoridion. '.'- :. IS"
Year: 1879

Last night was very prolific one in
the way oi drunks and this morning four
unfortunates, all of whom had been
found OH the streets in drunken stupor,
were given ho airing before the Mayor
and linei the usual penalty for drunk
cnneSS.
Year: 1879

The school Board will Enaeavor 60


Secure an Amendment 90 the school


Laws In Regard 20 the Filling OF


Vacancies.


AT the meeting of the Board of Educa-
tion, held night before last, it was decided
to apply to the Legislature to secure Z
change in the present school laws which
will enable the Board to 6ll, BY election,
any vacancy which may occur in Its Office.
As the Law isnow il provides q certain date
for the election of officers, and, in case of,
for instance, where the president and vice
president should both be absent, as has oc-
curred frequently, . president pro tenn is
chosen. In case OF the resignation of the
president the vice president acts, but there
Is q vacancy which cannot be filled excep,
at the regular election, and here the pro tenn
business comes in. The idea is, that when
. permanent vacancy occurs the Board can
at once proceed to gil it BY election, the
newly elected officer to serve until the next
regular election comes around.


A clause-was also inserted in the enab.
ling act which it is proposed, if possible
to have passed By the Legislature, au;horix
ing the Board to charge tuition fees in the
High School This clause was incorpora-
ted in the act because there were some
doubts - to whether the Board has q riehi
to charge . tuition fee in The High School
Year: 1879

al believe 1t to be all wrong and even
wicked for clergymen or other public men
to Be led into giving testimonials to quack
doctors or vile stuffs called medicines, but
when really meritorious arucle is made
up Of common valuable remedies known to
all, and that all PHYSICIANS use and trust in
daily. we .hould freely commend it. l
therefore cheerfully and heartily commend
Hop Bitters for the good they have done
NE and my friends, firmly believing they
have no equal for family use. l will not
be without them"


REV. Washington. d. c.
Year: 1879

The Liver is the imperial organ of the
whole human system, as it controls the life
health and happiness of man. When it is
disturbed in its proper action, all kinds Of
ailments are the natural result The diges-
ton of food, the movements of the heart
and blood, the action of the brain and ner-
vous system, are all immedirtely connected
with the workings of the Liver. 1t has
been successfully proved that Green's Au-
gust Flower ID unequaled in curing all per-
sons afflicted with Dyspepeia or Liver Com
plaint and all the numerouswmptoms that
result from an unhealthy condition Of the
Liver and Stomach. Sample bottles to try
10 centA Positively sold in al towns on
the Weseern Continent Three doses viii
prove that is il Just what You want
Year: 1879

II has been said that one OF the most
important social accomplishments l. that
of entering the room gracefully, but to
our mind that OF leaving one easily and
iudiciously is To be preferred.


1t is painful to see people anxious TO
beat a retreat from call or visit, and yet
apparently unable to escape As rats IN
trap, although nothing bars their egres.,
and all persons concerned would glad!
dispense with their company.


The art or science OF departure, both
from localities and positions, Is worthy
OF consideration and study, IN great a.
well as little matters. To understand
when to bring TO a end a morning call
or public career requires IN greater
or lesser degree the exercise OF the same
faculty.


No visitor is likely To be popular who
has not the tact TO leave at the proper
time a house at which he may be stay
ing. One of the greatest difficulties in
bidding farewell 10 a host, i 10 convey
TO him the impression that you have en-
loved yourself Expressions Of thanks
for a pleasant visit are apt TO have a
stereotyped and conventional ring TO
them. A hospitable man wants to know
that his friends have been happy, but
when each of them mutters a sort OF
little grace on his departure, he feels
that they are but paying him an ordi-
nary social compliment, for he knows
that they thank their entertainers when
ever they go as regularly as they tip the
servants
Year: 1879

Condition Of Coal Miners-The New Rail


read The Markets Repairs and I'M


provements Made and Needed.


4 few weeks ago the coal digyers here
struck for an advance from l!c per
bu-hrl to Il. They got it. Now they
again have notified the bosses that they
must have an advance 10 % per bushel,
The probabilities are that they will not
get it. Before the last advance clean
coal was selling in the Chutes al 3lc
per bushel. 1t was advanced 10 4ic.
Thi- digger's advance was lb1 per cent.
The price OF coal advanced 20 per cent.
This was only fair rate, for addi-
tional capital and risk is re-
Guirel 10 run a bank as the price Of
dirging advances. Our reporter has
taken some pains 10 inform himself as TO
what the diggers are now making.
When they have worked the full six
days, as they may all 10 now II they
will, some Of them have made SIS per
week. Some who have worked only
five or FIVE and a half days have earned
from Sl2 to Sl5 per week. As this Is
equal TO a first class mechanics pay
they should be content with
doing well and consider that
every poor man working for Sl.25 pei
dav has to pay more for his coal that
they may profit thereby. 1t is true that
it is a risky business, and the man who
shall invent a machine that will excayate
our coal cheaply and safely will confer
q great favor on the race.


The work Of demolition Of old build
ings, to make room for side tracks, still
goes on. The old houses formerly be
! longing to George Stevens and Margare
Year: 1879

Iackawauua Mon.


In the trial OF the SanderSon-Pennsyl-
vania Coal Company case it was shown
that the Gypsy Grove Colliery mined
about a hundred thousand tons OF coal
per annum. At the same time they
pumped out over a million tons OF water.
Mr.. Post made the statement that there
were more tons OF water pumped out OF
the Diamond mines than tons OF coal
taken out OF the whole Lackwanna Val
ley. This will open the eyes Of the peo-
ple In the immense expense that coal
companies are subjected to.
Year: 1879

BERLIN, November bismarck is
suffering from the effects OF a long
period of hard work, and he is not likely
to experience much relief until he OBJ
serves the advice of his physicians, to
take perfect rest and quiet for consid-
cradle time.
Year: 1879

Atlanta CONSTITUTION.


IL is a little singular that the friends
and acquaintances OF George Washing
ton should refuse TO erect a monument
TO his memomy in the Capital OF the
country OF which he is the sire. And
yet they say Cy. Field is getting
along iamously with that monument u
Andre.
Year: 1879

The disciples of Window who are
preaching in the South i'll favor of col
ored hegir4 have succeeded i'll starting a
flow of emigration to"ard Kansas and the
Far West. The st. Louis papers bring
accounts of the arrival of several steam
boat loads of colored people in that city
en- route for the Ell Dorado of the Repuh-
lican politicians. They claim to have
been bulldozed in Mississippi and Georgia
of course, and tell about the hordes OF
their race lining the lower Mississippi
waiting for transportation. They have
their families and mules and grotesque
farming utensils with them and cattle TOR
breeding purposes. The newspapers de-
scribe the ridiculous and poyerty-strlcken
air of these searchers after the land oil
peace and plenty bat it is nothing to com,
pare with the spectacle which they will
present next winter when they begin to
return to the land of cinnamon seed and
sandy bottom.
Year: 1879

and ought not to be paid, until among the
mass of the population who have settled in the
State since the bonds were issued, vague tradi-
tions of this character have, your petitioner
is Informed, very generally prevailed, naturally
looked upon every proposition tending to a
settlement of these Yexed questions with sus.
picion, and that a thorough discussion of any
plan that shall be submitted to them by gen
tleuien of character and influence in different
,ons of the State, in whom the people would
have confidence, and who, having no interest
in the matter except the interest and fair fame
of the State, would be listened to respectfully
and their arguments and statements of facts
candidly weighed and considered by the voters
without prejudice and without suspicion, would
produce very different results than the


DISASTROUS FAILURES OF THE PAST.


Your memorialist trusts that he may rely
upon such efforts on the part of the represen-
tative men of Minnesota who were familiar
Year: 1879

Those who are at all afraid of epidemic
disease may feel comforted on hearing
that one of the best protective measures
they can resort to is very simple one
the use of soap and water. An eminent
physician says:


= ut is worth while for common people
to learn $4,000 typhus germs will thrive
in the circumference of q pin-head or a
visible globule. 1t is worth while for
them to note that these germs may be
dessicated and be borne, like thistle seeds,
everywhere, and like demonical posses
sions, may Jump noiselessly down any
throat. But there are certain things
spores cannot stand, according to the
latest ascertained results of science. A
water temperature of l2O degrees boils
them to death, and soap chemically poi
sons them. Here sanitary and micro
scopic science come together. Spores
thrive in low ground and under low con-
ditions of life. For redemption, fly to
hot water and soap, ye who live in
danger of malarial poisoning. Hot water
is sanitary. Soap is more sanitary.
Fight typhus, smallpox, yellow fever and
ague with soap. Soap is hoard OF
health.