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Year: 1878

LONDON, May 2l.-In the House Of
Commons, this afternoon, Sir John Hol-
ker, Attorney General, in reply TO an
inquiry, SAID that he had heard of ships
being purchased by persons said to
set on behalf OF the Russian
There is no reason to suppose tn $.
the ships will be employed at
the event OF war, SIS privateers. In In
travention Of the Paris declaration th re
is no reason 10 believe that the United
States will depart from the observance o:
the three rules ofthe Washington treaty,
There is no necessity for discussing the
responsibility resting upon the govern
ments OF Russia and the United States,
since there is no reason TO suppose that
they would violate their respective en-
gagements


Neither this mornings Eews nor the
latest afternoon debate in Parlisble sbcde
any light on the situation. The debatr
was rather dull. The House OF CONS
mons was almost empty during the latte
part OF the debate. ThOre was less than
half q quorum of members present.


Lord Beaconsfeld concluded his speech
in the House of Lords with rellera.ion
of the statement that the Ministry WIS
actusted solely by the wish and hope to
secure the blessings OF peace and man
tain the freedom OF Europe and the Just
position OF this country.


The reaction from the Optimist view
of last week is stimulated by facts which
are gradually becoming known concern
ing
Year: 1878

Before Constsntinople, though these are
stated TO have been for sanitary reasons,
they came near precIpltating u collision.
The Russian line At one time pushed so
near the Turkish works that the latter
were manned and ammunition served
out, and Gen, Baker sent an side-de-csmp
TO notify the Russian Commander tina
he would fire on him if he did not with.
draw. The effect has been to direct the
attention of the Turks TO the compsra-
lively weak state OF that portion cf their
line which covers the Black Sea entrance
to the Bosphorus, which the Russians
naturally desire TO secure in case Of
hostllities. The Turks are therefore tax.
ing precautions in that direction
Year: 1878

| A HEARTRENDING STORY FROM THE SOUTH


There was no happier household in the


sunny South than Jacob Poitevent's al
Grenada, two months ago. Alack; the


fever broke out and the father sent three
of his children into the country, intending


to go himself on thu following day with
his wife and two remaining daughters.


The delay was fatal. Before morning,


Molly, a lovely maiden, who had been
nursing a sick friend, was delirious, and in
few days was dead. Scarcely had the
bereaved parents pressed fare we'll kiss on
the cold lips of their dead daughter, before
the second daughter was battling with the


fever. 1t was then that the sorrowing
father wrote to his sister: "Mollie is dead,
and Ora, we fear, will soon follow ber; our
family physician is dead, our neighbors are
all dee or moved out of town no nurse
or help Of any kind to be had for love or
money. am doing the cooking and my
dear wife the nursing. Pray for u.s." AT
ter while there came a feeble little note
from the sick gil: "They are all dead
but me. | knew VII father and mother
died, but could not kiss them good-by. I
IN better and have kind nurse but oh,
SO few ever recover that may relapse and
follow the others yet" 1t was many weeks
before the sick girl could be taken from the
plague-stricken town into the country where
hhsE mhrapfiheaT afheaT ap9p 91pg pestefs IhfR ansG
leans Picdyune Cora has come cut to
us, but so weak that am jealous of every
breath that fan her white check. Mother
was sick in the same roc m with Cha; faith
er in the adjoining room. The Rev. Mr..
McCracken play ID with mother bofore she
died, and when asked by the holy man OF
God if she had a last message to leave, she
answered, Tell son to be good boy and
meet me in heaven Then turning her
tace towards Ora's bed, she said: Kiss
all my children for me, and tell your dear
father good-hy for little while Mother
died on the 9th and father on the 28th.
Fathers nurse thought that he might re-
cover, and did not tell him of mothers
death. He knew nothing of it until he
met her in heaven"
Year: 1878

From the Virginia City, New, Chropice


A reporter was talking with an old miner
y few days ago who implicitly believed
tfae no death ever took place in the mines
Without warning of some kind. You
see," he said, "death never comes of q
sudden upon the men i'll the mines. You
reporters write up accidents, and how
something gave way or fell quick and killed
somebody. Now, this amt so. Thers's
always some warning. When [ see nv
lantern begin to burn down low and blue
know that there is danger ahead. If it
keeps on for few days and then begins to
Waver and flicker, I'll watch to see whera
it poin's. New, you may set me up for Il
iooi' but what am telling you is the gospel
truth. When the fame leans over, as if it
was oelng T2rSed hH- hloGai1aq,- e.,4l ,,4iettrr
pointed light to him for ever on hoar, an'l
when he moved the flame would follow him
just as If Bill was a loadstone and the fame
was p mariners needle. I knew he was
gone, and told him to be careful about the
blast. Well, he got through all right and got
on the cage. AS we got up the candle kept
acting strangely, and at times the flame
would stretch out and A.,rds Bill. At
length it gave sudden flicker and Bill
reeled to one side and was caught in the
tilnbers. I heard his dreadful cry as he
disappeared down the shaft, and while he
was bounding from side to side, dashing
out his braids and scattering his flesh to
the bottom, my light went ont. never lit
that lantern again. 1t hangs up in my
cabin, and it always will, There's more
in candle fame than people think. I'd
rather see cooked revolver pointed at me
than candle fame; a revolver sometimes
misses, but candle flame is sure to kill
when it starts toward a man.
Year: 1878

w
keeps.-New Orleans Picagune.


A great wliter says "some people are
born Christians" but theie'sno occasion
for worrying over the matter. They gener-
ally out grow it.-Bridgeport Standard.


Men may come and men may CO. but we
want to see the man who will come to town
in two. horse wagon, and not go to a cross
ing to stop his team.-BrookUiue Democrat.


She saw morning mosquito on the
crean-white paper of the bedroom, and
crushed him then and there. But she
didn't know he was loaded. d.-Stamford i'd
oocGte.


A fashion journal says Nothing will
be worn this summer by the fair sex, except
longitudinal striped hose" Goodbye !
We are off to the FIJI Islands. s.-Norristooon
Herald.


An advertisement in daily at our elbow
says theae is ga piano for sale, belonging
to a lady about to depart for Europe with
modern legs" Modern9 All, padded ?
Turner'S Falls Reporter.


1t is left for futurity to produce two men
who have sufficient Christian grace to oc-
cupy different offices ON the second floor of
building, and then not wait for each other
to sweep the stairs.-FuZton Times.


Editors are generally poorly off for cloth
ing. When you hear of one of them having
two suits, you can calculate that one is the
suit he wea,s every day and Sundays, too,
and the other is libel suit.-Rome iSenti-
mel.


No man can know all things, but there
are lots of men who think they do. They
are the fellows who give an editor so much
valuable information as to how to run
newspaper-into the ground. .-Kenne5unk
STAR


The forest leaves are turning. and the
chestnut worms are squiIming, as the pea
nut man stands churning them upon fiery
bed; and book; will soon be laden, by every
city maiden, with leaves which nature
made on purpose to be red Wheeling
Leader.


Astronomers tell us, says the Haookeye,
that if there was telegraphic wire from
the earth to the nebula in Andromt Ia it
would take 1,250, 900 years for dispatch
from here to reach it's destination. AnI
suppose the rate was forty cents, and you
sent the message to be paid at the other
end of the line, how like all eternity the
interest would pile up on the other fellow
by the time the boy handed him the mes
sage. Figure it up, some of you.
Year: 1878

THE HORSE THAT Took A RIDE.-1es-
terday afterne on as one of the street cars
which run by the City Hall was slowly go
ing up D street bet ween Third street and
the Lincoln statue, Cne of th3 } horses used
by the company to assist the car horses up
the steep grade at the point named for some
cause left his station at Third street and
followed after the car, which contained
number of passengers, and among them
several ladies. Being pretty quick STEP
per he overlook the car, and Immediately
mounting his fore feet upon the step, Gu
tered the car, so far as to rest his hind feet
on the back step, and thus rode several
rods, to the CONSERVATION of The passengers
and amusement of outside spectators. The
driver of the car stopped it to invite his un-
welcome guest out, as he hadn't put any
fare in the box. At this time a rather
small bystander climbed over the back OF
| the horse to the inside of the car, and ra's
ing the head of the animal from the lap o.
| a terrified old lady. who was apparently al
4 the swooning poinG with fright, carefully
| backed the sociable animal out at that in
| horsepitable stall, and landed him on thu


cobble-stones on all fours, right side up
nothing broken, and no one injured excep


some of the female passengers, who's


nerves were unstrung by the intrusion


WASH Star.
Year: 1878

what Art Thou Doing With Thy Life.
What art thou doing with thy life.
Oh, thou with many gifts?
Is thine nature that Inspires
And comforts and uplifts?
Do those in trouble think of thee
AS of precious balm?
And does thy presence lull the storm
Till 1t becomes a calm?
What art thou doing with thy life?
Twas meant fer others use,
And awful is the reckoning,
For waste and for abuse
Better to use one talent well,
Than to misuse the ten,
The smile of God is recompense
For all the scorn of men.
What art thon doing with thy life
Up and be doing friend:
The days and nights and months and years.
Our God doth only lend.
If time was all our own, why then
1t might be freely spent.
But it is borrowed and tits theft
To squander what is lent
What art thou doing with thy life?
Retrieve past of guilt.
Alasl thou canst not gather up
The drops already split.
But God will blot out yesterday
For the Redeemer's sake,
If thou to-day with good resolves,
Wilt trust in Jesus name
What art thou doing with thy life?
1t is already noon;
The evening shadows are not far
The nighttime will come soon.
And to the Master we must 90
At setting of the sun,
To hear him say how our days work
Has in His sight been DONE


Ndsy Cram.
Year: 1878

Who ever heard mouse sing? we
have heard their little voices when the
room was still and they had no idea that we
were nigh, but we had little thought that
their notes could be called melodies.
They NUT sing, however, for writer in
the Popular Science Monthly, who would
not dare to tell anything but the truth in
that sedate magazine for sedate people,
elyes an account which even our little folks
will enjoy. He tells of some mice singers
which he saw. as follows: "The song to
which the little creature gave utterance
again and again in our full view was as
sweet and varied as the wa bling of any
b,rd. Tt must resembled that OF the
canary, but the melody of the nightingale
was occasionally introduced. Every note
| was clear and distinct, but withal so soft,
SO gentle, tender, and psanissi"'o, that
can only compare it to the voice of bird
muffled by being heard througha down
pillow. In the room was canary, whose
cage was suspended in one of the windows.
He had settled himself to roost, and his
head was under his wing, but at the sound
of Nicodemus's serenade he awoke and
listened attentiyely, and fantastically lean'
ing alternately to right and left, peepeo
curiously down to the floor. | learned
that the mouse and bind weie intimate
lv acquainted with each other, and that the
former frequently visited his featheree


friend and stayed to supper. Accordingly
while we looked ON with interest ant


pleasure, Nicodemus climbed up th'
/ drawn curtains, entered the birds cage


and partook of the seed-the canary show


ing no symptom of disapprobation or dis


tuebance, but merely from his perch peer
ing down on his visitor in ludicrousi.


quaint and odd manner. During his sup


per-time Nicodemus' obliged us from th


cage, with several repetitions of his song
sThe Chirper,' down below on the carpet
occasionally coming in with monotonou
contralto accompaniment, and sometime
emitting a sound like the squeaking OF
corksclew through cork. The two httl


songsters have done their best to please III


were rewarded with all that mice coui


wish for as components of feast, ane
after selecting the portions they severall
preferred. gracefully retired
Year: 1878

lied. The germ lodged within the body
requires time for the reproductive pre-
cess to be completed; and this process
may be fastened or retarded by various
conditions of the recipient. Hydropho-
bis seems to require . period of incuoa-
ton. Circumstances favor the Matching
process, and whenever that which Is
necessary TO develop it occurs, the new
brood leaves its birthplace in the cieatri1
and carries destruction into the system.


A PROBABLE CURE.


As the treatment applied to this par
ticular case has been attended with good
results up 10 this time, l deem it of
sufficient importance TO give it. l. is
very simple and the physician assured
me that he was indebted TO q newspaper
paragraph for it. II is simply to apply
ether TO the outside of tha throat and
neck, and give internally q mixture OF
scull-csp and sherry. Under this treat
ment the condition of the patient has
wonderfully improved, until now, the
third week, there is every prospect OF
a cure. The spssms have almost en-
tirely abated. The blisters have left
the tongue snd the process of swallowing
is accompanied with but little pain.


Two days ago, when taxing advantage
of bright, warm Spring Gay, rode
over on horseback to see the case and to
gather the full particulars as I have
given them above, 1 found the patient in
repose, but exhibiting a condition of
idiocy. Her mother informed me that
shs had not spoken q word for week,
but seemed to De growing stronger, and,
as she thought, was wonderfully i'm
proved. The girl pad no attention to
that was going on about her,
but lay with vacant stare at the cell
ing rhe bitten limb was drawn up TO
her body, and for the half hour I wss in
Inc room sne seemed to be constantly |,
emp Dyed in rubbing it with her hand.
An occasional jerking movement of the
lesd and low snariing sound were the
only canine manifestations detected. | |
Am clearly of the opinion that there will |
os one case of hydrophobia which has
been cured. G. Il. N. /
Year: 1878

Strangers are arriving on the SPOT men
different from those Of yesterday, and Il
is possible, If they continue coming, tasi
BY morning some neighbOring tree Will
beAr s ghastly load as sequel TO he
horrible tragedy. A.
Year: 1878

After the jury had viewed the facts
the justice ordered the removal of all the
bodies TO the house Of Wm. 5. Church,
the father OF the girl. While one party
carried the body of the girl, tied IN u
heavy sheet and strung on pole, down
the narrow deile, another moved
The mother and child in like manner,
and sll assembled st the house about the
same time.
Year: 1878

If you want to be happy, never ask Il
favor. Give as many as you can, and if
any are freely offered, it is not necessa-
ry TO be too proud to take them; but
never ask for or stand waiting for any.
Who ever asked a favor at the right
time? To be refused is woeful stab to
ones pride. 1t is even worse than to
have a favor granted hesitatingly. We
suppose that out of hundred who pc
tition for the least thing-if it be even
an hour Of ftime-ninety-nine wish, with
burning cheeks and aching hearts, they
had not done so. Don't ask favOrs of
your nearest friend. Do everything
for yourself until you drop, and then if
any one picks you up. let it be of his
own free choice, not from any groan
you utter. But while you can stand, be
a soldier. Eat your own crust, rather
than feast on another's dainty meals !;
drink cold water rather than anOther's s
wine. The world is full of people ask
ing favors, and people tire of giving
them. Love or tenderness should new
er be put aside. when its full hands are
stretching towards you; but as few love,
so few are tender; favor asked is apt
to be millstone around your neck,
even if you gain the thing you want by
the asking. As you east your bread on
the waters, and it returns, so will the
favor you ask, if unwillingly granted,
come back to you when you least ex-
pect or desire. Favors conceded upon
solicitation are never repaid. They are
more costly in the end than overdue
usurer's bills.-Liring Issue.
Year: 1878

and begged of him to forgive me. He
talked with me awhile about decei. and
disobedience, and then prayed with me,
and blotted out all the sin, so far as it
had been against him, forever.


But l have never forgotten those
beans, nor that way of planting them.
They were covered, but they would not
stay covered. And so it is with all
wrong in the case of boys or men.
Sooner or later II iniquity, all false
hood, all wrong shall be discovered.
HE that cOvereth his sins shall not
prosper" And remember, children. if
the love and mercy of our Heavenly
Father snail fail of keeping you from
doing wickedly, however you may sue
eeed for time in hiding wickedness.
that fiat of Jehovah has gone forth


BE sure your sin will find YOU out ,,
And hold also in fond memory that 9TH
er blessed truth for us all: .'If we con-
fess our sins, He is faithful and lust to
forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from
all unrlghteousneSs ~
Year: 1878

Do not be appalled, by the idea that to
make an excellent discourse. yon
have to exhaust the subject. No sub
jet is exhaustible; only take the most
salient points. Beyond this you will
seldom be understood.


Instead of multiplying heads or divi-
sions Of subjects, bring in your most
striking illustrations as fast as you go
along,


Let each performance be complete
enough in itself to more than satisfy
one partof the audience, and not satisfy
the other. because in striking between
the two classes of auditors you will
bring the one up in sympathy with the
higher, and the higher with the lower,
and sympathy between the two secures
the greatest triumph with both.
Year: 1878

No people are such thorough nuisan-
ces as those who are perpetually med
ding with the business of their neigh
bors-who are always on the alert for
something suspicious-always ready to
believe the worst of everybody. Read
er! If you belong to that unfortunate
class, we pity you. As it is impossible
shat you can find out everything that is
going on in your vicinity, you must be
in state of continual torture. A pry-
ing mind needs food, and without it suf-
fers. Then try to conquer the unhap-
py peculiarly. What is it TO You if
your neighbor does bring home brown
paper package and a covered basket I:
You will live just as long if you never
know what they contain. IL is none of
your business. And If your fiighty
neighbor, Mrs. Lightfoot, indulges her
self in new bonnet while her devoted
husband wears patched boots, you need
not fret about it-he is the only suffer
er, not you. No need of making a hue
and cry over her supposed extrava-
gance. The money did not come out
of your pocket, and consequently it is
none of your business. What if the
minister does call on Ann Smith twice
week: Why exercise your brain about
it? Suppose she has an awful temper
ana powders her face, As you say she does
her temper will not trouble YOU
Mind your own concerns. What differ
enee does it make to you if bold Maria
cuts out modest Mary: You need not
torture Mary by long stories of what
you have heard concerning the matter.
Il thought | would tell you, my dear
| speak for your good. Somebody ought
TO put you on your guard against that
treacherous girl" As natural cOnse-
quenee modest Mary, her womanly
pride aroused, shrinks into the back
ground, leaving the field open to her
victorious rival. So you will crush a
good girls heart because you will not
mind your own business. What if they
do have three pairs of stockings over at
squire Hills: Haven't they got a
right to: As long as you don't do the
washing it need not trouble you at all.
What right have you to watch their
clothes line? Employ your time better.
Ii may be perfectly true that dashing
Mrs. Gay signals to young DR.. Wilde
from her back windows. But who gave
you the privilege of watching lady in
her own home, where, if in any place,
her privacy should be- sacred? Her dis
grace is nothing to you; it is none of
your business. If we had our own way,
meddlers should be punished like any
other offenders against the rights of
others.
Year: 1878

Whatever you do, never set up for a
critic. We do not mean a newspaper
one, but in private life, in the domestic
circle, it will do you harm-if you
object to being called disagreeable. If
you don't like any ones nose, or object
to any ones chin, don't put your feel
ings into words. If any ones manners
don't please you, remember your own.
People are not all made to suit one taste,
recollect that. Take things as you find
them unless you can alter them. Even
a dinner that is swallowed can not be
made any better. Continual fault-find-
ing, ctoinual criticism of the conduct OF
this one and the speech of that one, oil
the dress Of the other, and the opinions
of the other, will make home the un-
happiest place under the sun.
Year: 1878

Don't hang dismal picture on your
wall, and don't daub with sable and
gloom in your conversation. Don't be
cynic and disconsolate preacher.
Don't bewail and bemoan. Don't waste
yourself in detection, ror bark against
the bad, but chant the beauty of the
good.
Year: 1878

Some men are like pyramids-vGry
broad where they touch the ground,
but grow narrower as they reach the
sky, Observe their heads; they are
correspOndingly pyramidal.


Kindness gives birth to kindness.