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Year: 1877

franklin street to Fifth, along Fifth to Grace
down Grace to Ninth, thence to Main. down
Main to the Exchange Hotel


The Virginia State Agricultural Society will
on their part observe the following programme:


The president and ex-presidents of the soci-
ETY. and the men bers Of the Executive Com
the Exchange Hotel tomorrow evening, and
nav their reSpeets
Year: 1877

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29-Senator Morton this
morning is hardly in as favorable condition as
during he past week, having been unable to re-
tain any kind Of food on his stomach It is
thought that he is gradually failing.
Year: 1877

The Dramstics last Wednesday
had up for debate: q" Resolved that the
miser is more beneficial to society than
the spendthrift," After holly con
tested debate in which several Of the
members took part, the lady judges
who were selected for the occasion
gave decision in favor Of the aflirms.
tive side.
Year: 1877

mess to be done ut this end OF the rOus,
the treights to pass east rs well as come
from east of the mountains to the Sound,
the passenger travel, the mineral wealth
such II read would tap, mines of iron,
silver galcna, coal and cinnebar-in
short gather all the statistics that would
conduse to the support OF such road when
once completed, then 20 to San Francisco,
or east, anywhere where capital is album
dant and make only truthful represent
atiuns of the Inducements to build the
road and capitalists will take hold and
build it without foot OF land o dollar
from the government. Such road will
pay when finished, equipe'l AMI IN good
working order. The road to the Seat
tie miucs will soon be finished and when
completed will commence to pay. The
next hundred miles will have little local
traffic to support it. But long before 1t
reaches Waila Walla III VIII nave local
business. Frcights will be hauled hy
teams and meet it half way. We are
firmly of the opinion that if proper
representations are made to capitalists,
the road can be built without any aid Of
any kind from the government. AT any
rate, we would rather il were never
built than it should receive donations Of
public lands. We hope another acre of
the public domain may never be voted
to any enterprise except, perhaps Il
reasonable amount in every county for
the use OF public schools. We consider
the giving of public lands to corpora
tions direct robbery of the people. 1t is
species OF Congressional vadallsm that
ought and will receive the emphatic
condemnation OF every just minded
man.
Year: 1877

One hundred years ago scientists based
mans rank on the bony structure of the
loot but it has been established that mans
hand is similar in structure to the mon
keys foot, except in the mere matter Of
length. Then Richard Owen came tor.
ward with the the theory that it was IN
the formation of brain that man Differed
from the monkey. In dissecing the brain
of man, he said, he had discovered u
little structure which he called "hippo-
campus minor" and which he said was
not found in the brain OF the monkey.
Year: 1877




About $40 q. m, a. the outgoing train
on the Germantown branch OF the Reading
railroad was passing Broad street, Phila-
delphia, terrible collision occurred with
car No. 10, of the Germantown junction of
the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets rail-
way. There is man detailed by the rail
road company to watch at the crossing to
see that the road is clear before any team
can pass the track. The driver, VIM. Bar
ton, who is young man of sober habits,
and reported to be very careful one, as
serts that he saw the man ct the crossing,
and watched anxiously to see him signal
danger. But, che made no sign, and think
ing all was right drove ahead slowly"


The rest of the story is told by those who
saw the accident. The horse had passed
the track of the steam railroad and the
rear end of the car was just over the fur
ther rail when the locomotive coming
along at full speed, the rear end of the car
was struck with such force that the entire
platform was torn off and the car, hurled
to the other side of Broad street. There
were five policemen who were in the car,
but Just before it reached the crossing 1t is
asse rted that three of them got off. The
other two, who remaiaed in, saw the ap-





platform to get out. They were both struck.
J. P. Bower was struck in the forehead by
the cowcatcher, and part of the forehead
brain and killing him Instantly.


body was picked up only moment after
wards, life was extinct. The second po-
liceman, Henry Lucas, was also struck and
\ hot yrh hoo hrrIyon opH
broken. He is in such critical condition
that his life is despaired of. The driver
was thrown from the car, and was picked
up in an insensible condition. He is badly
bruised on the forehead, cut slightly in the
back Of the head, and was badly bruised
on the right thigh from the knee TO his
hip. Officers Livergart, Hunter, and Sea-
ton got out while approaching the railroad.
on hearing the steam whistle, anticipating
trouble from the approaching train, they
to cross ahead Of the train by starting the
horses ahead. They succeeded in getting
off safely, ard then saw the car hurled
across the street to the north Of the track
and near the curb stone on the west side OF
Broad street,


Bower was hurled to point in the middle
of Broad street, north of the track, face
downwards His body was removed to the
Twenty Second District Police Station, near
by, and afterwards taken to his late resi-
dence, No 1907 York street. He leaves a
wife with seven small children, and two
children of his sisters, whom he was
bringing up.


Lucas was also taken to the station and
afterwards removed to his residence, No.
1 mi Arizona street w RartOn. the driver
remained at the station, where be was able
to sit up and relate the particulars until
the instant of being struck.


Do no. trifle with cough, cold, or affec-
tiop of the throat or lungs. Dr.. Bulls
Cough Syrup is o positive cure, ,aud prevents
onsumption,
Year: 1877

Two men yesterday afternoon, were hoist-
ing barrel Of apples with block and tackle
into the second story Of Adam Grubb's
grocery store In the Ninth ward. The bar
rel had hardly reached the second story,
when IT fell to the pavement below, and the
apples flew in every direction. 1t was
fortunate that 1t was school time or apples
would have disappeared fast.
Year: 1877

The trouble with the old Suspension
bridge, connecting the New York Central
with the Great Western Railway, must re-
vive the public interest IN the question of
securing more and better facilities for cross
ing Niagara river. At this moment Cand
for months to come even, If the Suspension
bridge shall be used aRaiD) all of the pas-
senger and most of the freight traffic that
passes between the east and the west via
New York routes and through Canada must
be transported over q single track upon the
International bridge at Buffalo. Manifest
ly this bridge is totally inadequate for the
vast amount of work, and it seems to us
that now is very favorable time for re-
newing the project of constructing o rail-
way tunnel under the great river at this
point. 1t ought to be done. 1t would be
sure to pay. And 1t would be done, and
that very soon, if Buffalo capitalists were
as enterprispg as those of most other large
cities.-Bufalo Commercial Adcertiser.
Year: 1877

Is 8 caterpillar and if 1t lived through the existence intended for it would eventually become 8 moth, which naturalists call bombyx. It was dis covered great many years ago that they produced fine article of silk which might be used with advantage in the manufacture of different garments; in other words that "there was money in them" Consequently they have since been carefully fed and treated. The caterpillar thrives best upon the leaves of the white mulberry. After hatching from the egg it feeds vora- ciously, moults three or four times, and attains a length of about three inches, being of pale green color. It now ceases eating and prepares the cocoon in which it is to pass the chrysalis state. If you would know the exact method in which this cocoon is constructed you have only to capture few of the large green caterpillars so common upon the willow during summer and watch them for they both perform the operation in exactly the same manner. They are near relatives to each other. The sub stance from which the silk is produced is contained in two long sacs, one on either side of the body. A thread from each sac passes through a tube or duct in the front of the head, where they are cemented together by a kind of gum forming one thread. The caterpillar first forms loose, irregular structure, inside of which it constructs the firmer oval cocoon of one continued thread by moving his head around from point to point in zig-z course. If left alone he would after a while complete his development, make his way through the end of the cocoon and become hand some moth. But under cultivation, by steaming or otherwise the greater part of the chrysalids are killed within the cocoon. By placing the cocoon in warm water the gummy cement is softened, so that the silk may be reeled of. The cocoon of one healthy caterpillar will produce from 600 to 1000 yards of silk thread.

 Although what have told you has been in great part only interesting facts in the life-histories of insects, you may have noticed that in the investigation of the embryology and metamorphosis of insects, other facts have been dis covered which in a commercial point ol view are of incalculable value to us, anG from which we are all of us every day deriving benefit .r...

 The discrimination of noxious insects from those we can utilize, the medicina properties, of certain species and th' finding out of the exact stage at whicf time insects are most damaging to oul crops, and the best means of preventing the same, are all subjects of great i'm

 portance to us.
Year: 1877

Every man must patiently bide his time; not in idleness, in useless pastime, or querulous dejection, but in con- stantly accomplishing his task, that when occasion comes he may be equal to it. The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well. without thought of fame. If it comes at all, 1t comes because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. It is a very discreet and troublesome ambition which cares so much what the world says of us; to be always anxious about the effect of what we do say; to be al- ways shouting to hear the echoes of our voice.
Year: 1877

A promise should be given with cau- tion and kept with care. A promise should be made with the heart, and re- membered by the head. A promise Is the offspring of the intention, and should be nurtured by recollection. A promise and its performance should, like true balance, always present a mutual adjustment. A promise delayed is justice deferred. Apromise neglected is an untruth told. A promise attended to is 8 debt settled.
Year: 1877

And Miss Trevanien paid her board bill, with the inward conviction that the Hortons and she would remain apart for the future, which conviction was well sustained by the Hortons l; while to dear, foolish, loving, jealous Jessamine came such undreamed- of happiness that it more than thousand fold atoned.
Year: 1877

USAANLY MEMS there any JOY greater
than that which Is experienced by one Per
son when he helps another person. There
are some men so low down that It Is said they
cannot bear 10 have the smell OF their clover
90 into the highway for fear that other folks
viii get something that belongs 20 them with
out paying Tor It; there are some men who
are said 70 begrudge bees the honey which
they take from their flowers without leaving
ANYTHING behind but that Is doubtless im-
aainary. s man whose heart does net re-
spend TO an act Of dong good or giving hap
piness IS no longer a man. He has passed
the line of manhoOd, ard should be reekoned
among beasts.
Year: 1877

I'm. Heery, mill superintendent
OF Hlnsdale, is having sample sew
lug machine made for him by To-
cal mechanic from a design for which
he secured a patent several years ago
but which he has never attempted to
place before the public. he ma
chine has an arm and stand like the
ordinary machine, but instead of a
single needle it has three with three
separate bars to work them, but the
number of needles can be increased
ad libitum, as also the size of the ma
chine. Each, needle sews separate
seam, sewing either straight or zig
gag, or IN other ornamental shapes.
These various changes are said to be
as easily regulated as the stitch on
the common machine. All the need
less can make either the lock or
chain stitch, as it is so fixed as to
use the shuttle or hook, and this is
managed by very simple device.
1t will ornament the backs of gloves,
shoes, corsets, the headings on cloth,
etc, finish quilt or comforter or
make a shirt bosom all at one pas
sage through the machine, no mat
ter how many servings Or lines of
stitching are required. Straw mat
ting can be finished in like manner,
also the quilting on the inside of
coats and in fact any kind of work
requiring any number of servings can
be finished at once on this machine
1t has been examined by sewing
machine expert and other mechanics.
who praise it both for its simplitcy
and variety of work, as we'll as for


its mechanical neatness and ingen
uity.
Year: 1877

Did you ever see man try to find
a clean shirt or Il handkerchief, or
something in the bureau drawer where
his wife keeps her linen? 1t mostly
happens when he is in a hurry, when
he has got his fireworks temper on,
and his wife has got the baby on her
lap, or she is up to the elbows in
dough.


He finds the white arrayed in such
symmetrical layers as only n woman
after long practice can accomplish, and
he dives in a good deal as he would
fish for nubs of kindling in barrel
of shavings, pitching every thing right
or lett on the floor; meanwhile, as he
fails TO get the desired article, stewing
and swearing and offering up selecced
expressions OF relief to his feelings in
suppressed tone Of voice, and vowing
in way especially designed to reach
the ears of his wife, "that it beats
the uld-what's his ame?-a thing
can't be put where it can be found


About this time the wife yells out
from below that the article sought is
right at the top, when he sarcastically
wants to know if she supposes he has
"got no eyes,


And then he gathers everything up
in bunch and rams them back any
how, just as he cen grab them in say
age handfuls, tearing around an jerk
ing thinks all over with nervous
looseness. Then he sings out in sort
of distracted way, as if addressing no
one in particular, "that he can always
find anything he needs at his place of
business in a moment; that he keeps a
place for everything, and everything
in its place."


Just about the time he has worked
himself into great worry Of boiling
over impotence, and got the whole
room in litter, his wife glides in and
lays her hand on the missing article.
right in the drawer. where he had
jerked it out and rammed il back
again, in that quiet way woman has
of maddening cholsric husband into
a fit state for the lunatic asylum.
Year: 1877

Would the scientists who have
turned the world upside down with
their theories and discoveries ever
have accomplished what they have
done if enthusiasm had not led them
on untiringly in their researches? No
finer, nobler instances can be cited
than Prof. Agassiz What patient
ihoroughness of investigation! What
passionate devotion to truth What
reverent recognition of Supreme
Power governing all the great forces of
the universe! A sad day for the
world when that noble head was laid
low in death. and the nobler heart, that
had beat so long and so truly in the in
terests of science, was hushed forever.
And what a rare example OF unhinch
ing devotion to ones selfappointed
life work has DIR. Livingstone left the
world! In the interests of science,
and the higher interests of humanity,
how he persevered in the face Of OBJ
stacles that would have utterly quench.
eda ordinary enthusiasm The treach-
cry of natives, the deadly miasma OF
those African marshes, the fierce heat
of torrid sun, and the hunger of the
best affections OF a noble nature for
the dear delights of family and ONE,
had no power to turn him from his
chosen task. His zeal only went out
with his last breath. He never yielded
but to death, the conqueror of all. 1t
was fitting that England should have
brought back, with such honors, this
intrepid, heroic missionary explorer,
and laid him to rest with her most H.
lustrious dead. Enthusiasm lends
wings to principle. Straight onward,
unswervingly, will principle take a
truly noble mind; but inspire it with
enthusiasm, and it is like putting spurs
to a mettled steed. The zealot-and
the enthusiast is in one sense zealot
never leaves his work. He does
not know what it is to live, nor is there
any eud to his labor. He goes on,
ever Inspiring and being inspired,
until the presumably impossible be-
comes fact.
Year: 1877

fla man gets reputation in Persia
for excellence of skill in a handicraft,
the shah, it is said. sends for him to
work for the court at starvation
wages. Some time ago a potter in
khoressan succeeded in manufacturing
a sort of porcelain resembling china,
and his fame sson reached the court.
When the shah sent for him. the poor
fellow, knowing his fate, sold all he
had, scraped all the money together he
cold tget, to raise a bribe for the
prime minister, and entreated them to
tell the king that the right man had
run away, and he had been put under
restraint.by mvtake. The minister
pocketed the bribe and had the potter
released, who vowed he would never
make bit of china, or attempt any
kind of improvement.
Year: 1877

is a sadness even in that change which
is increase and progression, for the
glory of MONDAY has destroyed the
sweet delicacy Of the dewy Aurora,
and the wealth of summer has oblit.
Grated the freshness of the spring.
Year: 1877

When they are not carried away in
little coffins and laid forever in the
silent grave. they become transformed
so rapidly that we lose them in an
other way. The athletic young soldier
or coliegisn, the graceful heroine OF
the ball room, may make proud the
parental heart, but can they quite con-
sole it for the eternal loss Of the little
beings who plagued and enlivened the
early years Of marriage! A father
may sometimes feel a legitimate and
reasonable melancholy n>he contem'
plates the most promising Of iit2e
daughters, full of vivacity and bG
How long will the dear child
10 him! She will be alterS
months; in six years she y
cecded BY a totally differ


- creature new in,


and. boaeI shinkir
Year: 1877

The gentlemen who this year started a


house of refuge at the foot of East
Tenth street, New York, to afford the
shelter heretofore given in the police
stations, which were in many respects
very undesirable for the purpose, have
had very large number of applicants
of both sexes, who have been very
thankful for the accommodation offered.
although of the toughest kinda space
to lie down on upon the bare boards,
some porridge, and opportunity to wash
themselves. The discipline has been
rigorous. A police officer attends every
evening when the admission takes place.
No person is allowed to remain on the
premises during the day, and anybody
savoring of "bummer" is at once re.
jected. The committee have been sur
prised at the extremely respectable
character of many of the applicants. 1t
has been found that this arises from the
fact that SO many who could have tided
over bad times for year, or even two
years with their savings, have now ex-
hausted them, and have been compelled
to ask for outside aid.
Year: 1877

The Wilmington (Del.) Commercial


reports that the fishermen have encount-


cred an enemy that, it is thought, will


practically putan end to the prospects of


good shad season. 1t is a fish resem-


bling very much in size herring, and


called by many the "moss bunker" and


by Others the. ''mud shad." Differing


from other fish they swim with their
mouths open, in which is found a green


bug, looking like locust and serving
the purpose of masticating the food for
the ''moss bunker" These fish swim
with considerable force, and their danger
to fishermen consists in the injury they
do the nets. When they strike these
they close their mouths on the thread
and work themselves in and out the
meshes until they become powerless by
ENHANCEMENT, and when the net is taken
up and they are dislodged there have
been knots made that it takes day to
unravel. A representative of Every
Evening and Commercial talked with a
fisherman on this subject. He was put
ting his net in order, and he pointed out
out the knots that had been tied by these
enemies, and more difficult knot could
hardly be made by human hands. One
of them he stated it had taken him Just
one hour to undo, and net full of them
was sufficient work to keep two men en-
ployed for day. The "moss bunker
has always been encountered in the
waters of the Delaware, but never in such
large numbers as this year, and several
fishermen have caught as many as 5000
in one dayand, being unfit to eat, had to
throw them away. They have been the
means of driving off nearly all the fish
ermen.
Year: 1877

AS sweet as the breath that goes
From the lips of the white rose,
AS weird as the elfin lights
That glimmer of frosty nights,
As wild as the winds that tear
The curled red leaf in the air,
Is the song have never sung.
In slumber, a hundred times
I've said the enchanted rhymes,
But ere l open my eyes


This ghost of a poem flies /;
Of the interfluent strains
Not even a note remains
| know by my pulses beat
1t was something wild and sweet,
And my heart is strangely stirred
By an unremembered word
I strive, but l strive in vain,
To recall the lost refrain.
On some miraculous day
Perhaps it will come and stay;
In some unimagined spring
l may find my voice, and sing
The song l have never sung.
Year: 1877

justify ard respect on the ground of
obedience to law and respect for legal
methods. This Louisiana count is a
monumental infamy and will eventually
damn any man or party that fathers it.
-PhiZadeIphia Times.
Year: 1877




As the moon reyolves around the
earth from west to easl, she advances
eastWardiy in her orbit about thirteen
degrees every twepty-four hours =
Hence, when any part of the earth, in
its revolution, comes under part of
the heavens where the moon was the
evening before, the moon is not there,
but has gone eastward thirteen degrees,
aud therefore the earth must turn en- its
axis as much longer as is necessary to
bring that part again under tho moon,
which requires generally, not always,
about fifty minutes.


The same thing occurs the next even
ing and the evening after, and thus the
moon rises most Of the year about fifty
minutes later each dag Nov, as the
tides are produced mainly by the moon,
it will at once be seen from this east
ward movement and this later rising
each day, shy they must occur about
iifty minutes later each succeeding dav.
While the lunar tide is thus daily lag
ging. the solar tide occurs at the same
time Hence these two tides aluavs
begin to separate after neT moon. being
further apart each day. until they aeain
coincide at full moon, when there is q
higher tide thar usual, called spring
tide. Then again they separate, until
new moon occurs, when they once more
unite, producing another spring tide.


1t must not be supposed that the
whole BODY Of the ocean, to its 7rc-
fonndest depths, is equally moved BY
the tides. The tides ere mainly ruper-
fetal. and except where the water is of
moderate depth the lowest parts are
only slightly disturbed bat TO what
depth the tidal current extends can
never, perhaps, be satisfactorily deter
mined The CALF stream IS about three
thonsapd feet deep, having for its bot-
tom bee OF colder rater Of various
depths. bet as ihe stresm is the result
of other causes than those that produce
the ;ides. It is nos safe to estimate the
dep;h of tie tidal currents By its own