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Year: 1877

Future Life aud the Fear of Death.
W. K. Gray, in the Nineteenth Century,


1t must be conceded that the
doctrine Of future life is by no
means as universally difused as it
is the habit loosely to assert. 1t is
not always dlscoyerable among
primitive and savage races. 1t ex-
listed ameng pagan nations in a
form so vague and hazy as to be
describable rather as a dream than
a religious faith. 1t can scarcely be
determined whether the Chinese,
whose cultivation is perhaps the
most ancient existing in the world,
can be ranked among distinct be-
levers; while the conception Of
Nirvana, which prevails in the
meditatiye minds of other orientals,
is more sort of conscious non
existence than a future life. With
the Jews, moreover, as is well
known, the belief was not indigo
nous, but imported, and by no
means an early importation. But
what is not so generally recognized
is that, even among ourselves in
these days, the conviction of
thoughtful natures varies curiously
in strength and in features at DIFF
ferent periods Of life. In youth,
when all our sentiments are most
vivacious and dogmatic, most of us
not only cling to it as an intellec.
tual creed, but are accustomed to
say and feel that without it
as solace and a hope to
rest upon, this world would


be stripped of its deepest fascina-


tions. 1t is from minds of this
age, whose vigor is unimpaired, and


whose relish for the joys Of earth
is expansive, that the most glowing
delineations Of heaven usually pro-
ceed, and on whom the thirst of fe-
licity and knowledge which can be
slaked at no earthly fountains has
the most exciting power, Then
comes the busy turmoil of our mad
career, when the present curtains
off the future from our thoughts,
and when renewed existence in a
different scene is recalled to our
fancy chiefly in crises of bereave-
ment. And, finally, it is not the
case that in our fading years-when
something of the languor and pla-
cidity Of age is creeping over US,
just when iuturity is coming con-
sciously and rapidly more near, and
when one might naturally expect it
to occupy us more incessantly, and
with more anxious and searching
glances- think of it less fre.
quently, believe in it less confident
ly, desire it less eagerly than in our
youth? Such at least has been my
observation and experience, espc-
cially among the more reflective
and inquiring order of men. The
life Of the hour absorbs us most
completely as the hours grow fewer
and less full; the pleasures, the ex-
emptions, the modest interests, the
afternoon peace, the gentle affec-
tions of the present scene obscure
the future from our view, and rem
der it, curiously enough, even less
interesting than the past. To-day,
which may be onr last, engrosses us
far more than tomorrow, which
may be our forever. And the grave
into which we are just stepping
down troubles us far less than in
youth, when half a century lay be-
tween us and it. What is the ex-
PLANTATION Of this strange phenom-
enong 1t is a merciful dispensation
arranged by the ruler of our life to
soften and to ease u crisis which
Year: 1877

My DEAR SISTER, am at home again
While at Leeds, about half my day was
spent in speaking and hearing other
people speak; in squeezing and being
squeezed. They fed me on roast beef
and Yorkshire pudding; at night they
put me into capital bedrooms; and the
only plague, they we're always begging
me to mention some article OF food or
comfort which they might procure.


travelled to town with family OF
children, who ate without intermission
from where they got into the coach TO
where they got out of it. They break
tasted as though they had tasted the
preceding day. They dined as II they
had never breakfasted. They ate one
large basket of sandwiches, another OF
fruit and a boiled fowl; beside, there
was not an orange-girl, or an old man
with cakes, or q boy with nuts, of whom
they did not buy something,


lam living with no society, except my
books. read play of "CalderonD beI
fore | breakfast; after breakfast, iool
over fae newspaper; frank letters; scraw
a line.br two to foolishgiIl in Leicester
shire, and walk TO my office, where
remain until five. When ] leave "
board walk Tor two hours; then oin1
and then end the day quietly over
basin Of tea and a novel.


Ever your',


T.B. MAc1lf
Year: 1877

The hesaddest sight in Russia to a traveller
is the manner in which civil prisoners are
treated. 1t is a common spectacle to see
three or four hundred poor wretches on
their way to Siberia under a military
escort; for most of them are chained to-
gether in couples, while the women and
children who have elected TO share their
bread winners lot have also to submit to
be treated as criminals. Poorly clad, and
apparently half starved, the wonder is
that any of the party should ever survive
the dreadful journey. A Russian crimi-
nal condemned to exile is sent away with
very little ceremony but when one of
the officers of the army or otner person
of note has been sentenced to Punishment
for life, he is dressed in full uniform, and
led to a scafold in some public place. In
the presence of the crowd he is made to
kneel, while his epaulets and decorations
are torn from his coat, and his sword
broken over his head. He is declared
legally dead; his estates are confscated


and his wife can consider herself a widow
if she chooses. From the scaffold he
starts on his journey for Siberia. His
wife and children, sisters or mother, can
follow or accompany him if they choose,
but only on condition That they share his
exile. Mr. Arnold, in his book entitled
Through Persia by Caravan, relates how,
when passing through Russia, he saw a
party of prisoners embarked on board a
steamer on the river Volga. They were
positively Gagged amidships, so that every
part of the interior could be seen, just as
in the lion-houses of the geological gar
dens, with this diference-that in the
case of the prisoners there was no over
hanging roof to prevent rain or sunshine
from pouring in upon their wretched-
ness. At the back of the cage there was
a lair common to all. without distinction
of sex or age. And when all were Sc
cured, including the guiltless women and
children, fights occurred for the places
least exposed to the east wind This is
system which must surely fade away
beneath that public opinion which is fast
becoming too strong for even autocratic
monarehs to despise; for we are told that
the emancipation of the Russian serfs has
made!a vast legal, social and material
improvement in the lower orders oe, the
people; and it is to the people thag the
world will look for that much-needed
reform which will enable Russia, perhaps
at no distant day, to take an honorable
place among civilized nations.
Year: 1877

WEDDING ANNIvERsARIEs.-F has
established custom, of late wears. of
certain anniversaries of the marriage. these
being named as follows: The celebration
at the expiration of the first wear
IS called the cotton wedding: at three
the leather; at the close of five wears
comes the wooden; at the seventh
anniversary the friends assemble at the
wooden, and at ten comes the tin. At
twelve years the silk and fine linen: at
fifteen the crystal wedding. At twenty the
friends gather with their china. and at
twenty-five the married couple that have
been true to their vows for quarter of n
century are rewarded with silver gifts.
From this time forward the tokens of
esteem become rapidly more valuable.
When the thirtieth anniversary is reached
they are presented with pearls; at the
tortieth comes the rubies; and at the
fittieth occurs the glorious golden wedding.
Beyond that time the aged couple are
allowed to enjoy their many gifts in peace
If, however, by any possibility they reach
their seventy-fifth anniversary, they are
presented with the rarest gifts to be
obtained, at the celebration of their
diamond wedding.
Year: 1877

MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP IN WINTER.-The
low price of wool this year caused several
farmers to dispose of their focks of sheep
ut disadvantage, and to try some other
kind of stock, or break up the land for
tillage crops. This is not the way that
thrifty and successful farmers act, for they
know that the hasty and unwise acts Of
their neighbors will soon produce reac-
ton, and they hold on to their stock no
matter how prices may fluctuate. If sheep
are not carefully and properly winterod
they will fall away in condition, the wool
will cease growing, and large part of the
ensuing summer will have passed before
the damage will be repaired. All inferior,
or old sheep. should be got rid of before
the rigors of winter commence, and none
but strong and vigorous ones kept during
winter. Comfortable, roomy sheds, COOL
hay, in conjunction with grain or roots,
should be provided. Detroit Post.
Year: 1877

COURAGE IN EVERYDAY LIrE.-ITave the
courage to discharge a debt when YOU have
the money in your pocket.


Have the courage to do without what
you do not mead, however much your eyes
may covet it.


Have the courage to speak your mind
when 1t Is necessary for you to dc so. and
hold your tongue when it is prudent YOU
should do so.


Have the courage to speak to a friend i'm
"seedy coat when you are in company
with rich one, and richly attired.


Have the courage to tell man why Won
Will not lend him your money.


Have the courage to cut the most agree.
able acquaintances you have, when you are
convinced he lacks principle. A friend
should bear with a friends infirmities but
not with his vices.


Have the courage to show that YOU re.
spect honesty, in whatever guise it appears :;
and your contempt for duplicity, in whose.
ever exhibited.


Have the courage to wear old clothes
until you can pay for new ones.


Have the courage to obey your Maker. at
the risk of being ridiculed by men.


Have the courage to prefer comfort and
prosperity to fashion in all things.


Have the courage to acknowledge vour
ignorance rather than appear a lie.


Have the courage to provide entertain
ment for your friends within vour means
not beyond.
Year: 1877

HOME LIFE HUNDRED YEARS AGo.-One
hundred years ago not pound of coal or Il
cubic foot OF Illuminating gas had been
burned IN the country. No iron stoves
were used and no contrivanceG for econo.
mZng heat were employed until DR..
Franklin invented the iron-framed fire
place which still bears his name. All the
cooking and warming in town as we'll as in
the country were done by the aid of a fire
klndled on the brick hearth or in the brick
ovens. Pine knots or tallOw candles fur
nshed the light for the long winter nights.
and sanded floors supplied the place of
rugs and carpets. The water used for
household purposes was drawn from deep
wells by the creaking Z" sweep" No form
OF pump was used in this country, so far as
we can learn, until after the commence
ment OF the present century. There were
no friction matches in those early DAYS bv
the aid Of which a fire could be easily
klndled, and if the fire event out" upon
the hearth over night, and the tinder was
damp, so that the spark would not catch.
the alternative remained Of wadng through
the snow mile or so to borrow a brand of
Il nelghb0r. Only one room in any house
was warm, unless some member of the
iamlly was i'll; in all the rest the tcmpera-
ture was at zero during many nights in the
winter. The men and women of one hun
dred years ago undressed andwent to their
beds IN temperature colder than that of
our modern barns and woodsheds. and they
never complained.
Year: 1877

BREAD CAKEs.-A loaf of bread soaked in
milk or milk and water overnight. In the
morning stir in teacuptul OF flour, two
eggs beaten till light, small piece Of
butter or lard, teaspOonful of soda, and a
ilttle salt. Mix very smooth, and drop
from a spoon upon the griddle.
Year: 1877

Some idea may be formed of the number
OF stock in Texas, end their cash value a
head, from purchase made lately in the
southwestern part of the State, Of forty
thousand head of cattle and twenty-five
hundred horses for $4,000, in silver, being
$500 head all round, for horses and
cattle.
Year: 1877

We do not see how the demand of Wade Hamp-
ton upon the officers Of South Carolina and his
action concerning their Offices can he regarded as
an observance of his pledges.-Al5any Journal.
Year: 1877

ASTONISHING PRICEs.-Anythipg in the line
OF prices will have to be lO1O to be at all astonsh
ing for the bottom long since seems to have been
Knocked out Of everything. and = T woman with
cash in hand has for time been enabled to get
almost any article for about his price. But with
ouch enterprising merchants the Danzigers in the
ned there Is no telling what will happen next. Ez-
perienced and wide awake themselves they keep men
OF the same stripe watching the markets North in
Europe all the time to pick up all the advantageous
bargains that may fsr, and hence buying wonder
full advantage they and do sell at asonshngly low
prices In proof of this point to the list published
in their column advertisement which appears on our
fifth page: Let the ladies' call aud examine for them
selves or in Of persons living outsde the city
send for samples
Year: 1877

A story is told of two worthy New England
deacon. between whom bitter fsud had long
existed concerning some contested point
Neither would yield, and the matter threaten
ed to be handed down to the next generation,
when one day Deacon Smith appeared before
his old enemy, and solemnly said 1" Brother
Jones, it is a shame that this quarrel of ours
prayed earnestly for guidance in the matter,
and have come to the conclusion that you must
give in, for / cannotn
Year: 1877

The Lives Insured by the Society are carefully
selected In different parts of North America and
Europe, furnishing, by this broad field of opera
tons, an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy-holders. The assurances are made only on
the Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums are
returned annually to the I1sured.l
Year: 1877

GEN. SHERMAN does not ask for an
increase of the army, though he could
find employment for a good many
more soldiers than the law allows him,
but he does ask to have the regi-
ments already organized filled up to
their proper and legitimate proportions.
He wants Congress to appropriate
sufficient money to give each company
in these regiments an average of sixty
men, instead of the fifteen or twenty
which very many of them now have.
Year: 1877

THE LEADER earnestly requests its
friends in all parts Of the country to
send in the news. Write often, give
us all the news and keep us posted in
all matters of progress and develop
ment. When in the city our friends
are invited to call at this office and fur
nish us with any information they may
possess,
Year: 1877

THE chairman of the Wisconsin Re-
publican State Central committee says
the state may be safely counted on for
5000 majority for the Republican ticket.
The vote for the Greenback ticket in
the state is now estimated at 10000.
Year: 1877

The bill to repeal the resumption act
occupied large portion of the time in
the national House of Representatives
yesterday, lot Of speech-making being
INDUCED in on both sides. The discus
sion still goes on from day to day, and
the end is not yet.
Year: 1877

MAJOR MARCUS A. RENO, of the
Seventh cavalry, who was so severely
punished by court martial last spring,
is in Washington. His friends think
that with little relenting on the part
Of General Sherman it is possible a
mitigation, if not the remission of all
the rest of his sentence, may be secured
by an application to the President.
Year: 1877

When an unsophisticated Reno girl
gets her pompadour panier on before, in
the excitement and nervousness attend
ant on her wedding trip, her general re-
semblance to Central Pacific Snow
plough is what makes people stop and
stare ut her in speechless amazement.-
Carson Tribune. 4
Year: 1877

We have been shown a letter from

 the Pima and Maricopa Indian reser- vaiion. The letter is too long for publication entire but the following are some of the points given. The writer says: On Wednesday, the 14gh inst, in company with Mr O;ero and friend, I went down 10 the village where the stolen cattle were. Finding an old captain of the village, we got him to send for some of the principal men and also those claiming the stock. When they Came l explained matters to them, how that they had some stolen stock and it would be better to give

 the cattle up peaceably. From what 1 can learn 1 have no idea the Indians stole the stock, but simply that a Mex jean, (the Indians give his name,) stole the cattle and drove them to the reserve where he traded the three steers for one work oX. As Olero claims that the trail which he detected only showed three head, there were proba- bly no more. After telling the In dians that they must give the cattle up, they replied that we must get the Mex ican who traded the steers to them and make hirn first give satisfaction for

 the ox. We said if they would give up the steers, we would do all in our power to find the OK and that they could send a couple of Indians along i to help. They finally agreed to bring the steers up to the corral the neXt morning. When the time came, how ever, the steers, were not on hand, and when l put an Indian on horseback and told hrm 10 go and find them, another Indian galIoped up and shout ed to him to stop and was joined by others. They then insisted on our first getting the man with whom they traded. I pictured Co them the results of refusal but all 10 no purpose. And so the matter stands. The sooner they are taught lesson about buying stolen property, the better. Talk is in vain. They complain however that they are obliged to give up stolen stock found with them, while others holding their stock are allowed 10 go free. The village seems divided upon the ques- ton Of giving up the stock. l think there are other villages close by. Mr. Otero, who lost the cattle, seems to be a good man, and has been at consider able expense m the matter. As soon as l get instructions shall do all in my power to get the cattle
Year: 1877

IN various California newspapers we find weekly items of sheep being started from California to Arizona, in bands ranging from coco down to as many hundreds, The continued ef- forts by the California press to decry our Territory as a sheep country, and the misfortune of some of our earlier sheep men, have somewhat retarded the movement but the fact is growing every day more and more patent that Arizona is after all far superior 10 Cal ifornia as a sheep country, and the movement hitherward is constantly on the increase. There w.ll be failures yet. Men who were born for ;he sole purpose of being hung and who were never intended as a success in any other line, will go into sheep here and fail. And there will probably yet as in the past be failures through bad luck among genuine sheep men here. But we honesty believe. that on the average, any one who can raise sheep elsewhere with profit, can do still bet ter with them in Arizona.
Year: 1877

A RECENT letter from Guaymas in forms us that the prospects Of the Tue son and Guaymas railroad are very much improved, and our informant ex poets any day 10 have the pleasant new, to send us that negotiations now pend ing have been completed and consTuc ton of the road to Arizona assured We do not like b be too sanguine, bUl a number of circumstances tend to make the above conSummation quite probable and near at hand.
Year: 1877

When Gen. Howard was endeav-
oriug to hasten his departure over
the Bitter Root mountain in persuit
OF Joseph's band he was detained
three entire days by a strike among
the packers. There was no money
to pay them, and they refused scrip
at the rates the quartermaster was
allowed to pay. In consequence
three valuable days were lost, and
Howard was unable to come up with
Gibbon till after the late battle.
Had he been able to move forward
without this vexatious delay he would
have annihilated the Indians, beyond
question. Here is one of the direct
fruits OF the insensate partlsanship
which refused military appropra-
tions last winter. Had there been
money to pay with this campaign
could have been pushed vigorously,
and by this time would be ended.
1t would seem that the country
ought to have had enough of this
partisan folly, or wickedness, long
ago. The same spirit has crippled
the army now that plunged the coun
try into that great and costly war
sixteen years since. This instance
is perhaps one of the most striking
yet presented of the bad consequent
ces of the factious partisanship of
last winter on the part Of the major.
ity in the House of Representatives.
1t is an illustration remarkably in
point" Ore onia."
Year: 1877

We give our readers the latest telegraph ic news and, as ours is a non-partisan paper, we will not attempt to force our own per sonal views of thequestion upon them. We have not read up the subject, but those who have, tell us that, as matters now look, Hayes and Wheeler have won the contest. Ii they are fairly elected and counted in we do not for a moment believe that any Democrat will do more about the matter than regret that the choice of Prcsidcntwas not left to a popular vote, in which case Tilden would now he the fast coming man.
Year: 1877

We are sorry to see the Citizen go back on its late idol, MT. Cum, and would ask it why it does not humbly request him to em- ploy his large body guard in subduing h. disns which it says are now devastating the Southern frontieri''
Year: 1877

This child was recently rather anxious to annex Ehrenbcrg to Mohave county, and would have moved in the matter had it not been for a friend of ours, who did not want it in ''his'n.' Well, the time is not far dis tsnt when Ehrenberg will be the seat of new county, or something better.
Year: 1877

SAS FRANCISCO ExANISIR.-This sterling Democratic paper comes to u. looking fully one hundred per cent better than it did two months ago, all owing to splendid new dress, from top to bottom, to which its pro

 prietors have treated it. It is now the hand somest paper in San Francisco, and as newsy as the best of them. May it never grow
Year: 1877

A close State, fine day and light vote
sum up the Information from Ohio up to the
hour of going to press Between apathy on
one side and a workingmen's and prohibi-
tion ticket on the other the republicans, it is
thought, will have hard work to come out of
the contest with their slim majorities of last
year and the year before sticking to them.
There appears to have been no personal
magnetism in either Mr. Bishop or Mr..
West to concentrate attention on their race
for the Governorship hence there has been
much scratching, this always being the case
when there is IN absence Of that vigor in q
canvass which carries everything up or
down on the ticket The democratic gnins
reported are very vague help to speculation
upon the color of the Legislature elected.
sweeping democratic victory for the State
ticket would doubtless mean democratic
Legislature and democratic successor to
Stanley Matthews. In the present COM
plexion of affairs this prospective Senatorial
loss would not be such q stumbling block to
the President as the want of confidence in
him which q republican defeat on the entire
State ticket would imply He is doubtless
watching the returns from Ohio with more
interest than any one il. the Union, the can
didates scarcely excepted.