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Year: 1877

Ex-Secretary Robson and the


crowd of contractors who fattened


while he was the Secretary of the


Navy are somewhat alarmed over


the prospect of being thoroughly


Investigated. The inquiry that


Whitthorne's committee made of


the affairs of the Navy Department


during tho first and second sessions


of last Congress was intended to be
thorough, but was. it has been


found, far from it. The committee
labored under all kinds of disad-
vantages. Robson had charge of
the department and wonld only oil
low the committee to examine just
such records and papers as he de-
sired them to see, though to keep
up appearances he always made be-
lieve that he was honestly striving
to aid that committee all that was
in his power. AS many of his sub
ordinates were as corrupt as him
self, they also played their cards in
the same way, and while claiming to
be anxious to assist in the work,
were. on the contrary, covering up
every thing they could and mixing
matters more than they were. The
committe found many things to be
irregular, and they traced several OF
the largest irregularities to Robson
personally. Had they been able to
get possession of some records they
knew were in existence, they would
have brought articles of impeach
ment against him.


Somehow Robson kept these pa
pers from the committee, and thus
saved himself from meeting the fate
of Belknap. Secretary Thompson
is earnestin his desire to straighten
up matters in the Navy Department,
ald he has assured both the Naval
Committee, headed by Mr.. Whit
thorne of Tennessee, and the Com
mittee on the Expenditure of the
Navy Department headed by Mr..
Willis of New York, who called
upon him officially for the pupose
of ascertaining his views on the
necessity of the investigation, on
Saturday last, that he would aid them
in every possible way. The pros
pect for Mr. Bobeson, therefore, is
not as bright as he would desire it.
1t is not supposed that all the
crookedness of the time that Robe
son was at the head of the depart
ment will come to light, but is very
probable that's great deal more than
what was expose last session will,a and
heaven knows that was enough to
consign all who took part in it to
the prison, and that it will be demon
strated to the satisfaction of every
one that Robson was the most cor
rupt Cabinet officer that this coun
try has ever been cursed with.
Year: 1877

How sad is the scng of the poor old man,
As he sings of the summers that are past /;
For he sees marching in, now leading the van,
TIE winter of life coming last.
And lie sighs, AS he thinks, what he might
have been,
Had his young life been given to love;
Rut his step has grown weak and his hair
grown thin,
Ard he soon will be called up above.
New hope from his heart fades out like the
flowers,
When winters cold blast touch their hues !;
Oh, how cheerless his lite, how lonely his
hours
But he's no one to scold. he gets but his
dues.
Let us hope the old fellow may yet find
love,
And redeem his misspent life
May the angel OF mercy look down from
above
And give him loving good wife
Is the sincere wish of his friend,
Year: 1877

dedicated to good many old and you
people too numerous 20 mention.
My mas been working very hard,


And also very sly,
And keeps her sewing out of sight


Whenever / am nigh.
/ asked her once what made her stop
Her work when came in;
She said she only stopped to get


A needle, thread or pin.
The bureau drawer next to mine


Is locked both night and day,
And when ma wants to open IL


She sends me off TO play.
! stole peep one afternoon,


Although Il was not right;
But, OH the little things I saw


Were such q pretty sight
The cutiest, incest little Clothes
just big enough for doll:
But then | know they're not for her
She needs them not at all.
l know they're not for ma nor pa,
Nor me nor brother "Hor,n
For we can't wear such little clothes;
! wonder who they're for.
Year: 1877




When people ask Gordon II. Gid
dings how he lost his leg he gener-
ally replies, 'Lost it on election, >
and that satisfies the most curious.
i Utica Herald. Giddings seems
to have got on a new tack, as he
used to take pride in informing his
friends that it was bitten off by a
cow Roch. Union. The last
time he was in Rome he said he
lost his leg through a hole
in his pantaloons pocket Rome
Sentinel On the contrary he has
frequently said that when he lost it
he was going on the stump n.
Y. Herald.] What he really did
say was that he wanted to see the
boot on the other leg Courier
Journal When he was in Pulaski
he said there was no kneed telling
how it came of; but we observed he
still had hippo.
Year: 1877

The late James Crow was a man
celebrated in song. For acrobatics
and jumping high and low, perhaps
he was only second TO Sam'l Patch
To jump Jim Crow is quite an &C
complishment.


First upon de heel an den upon de toe,


And e5ery time he turned about,


He jumped Jim Crow"


Mr.. Crows recent demise under
the pouring on of tank Of hot lard
perhaps furnished the best occasion
that distinguished acrobat ever had
for scientifically jumping Jim Grow.
-AmsTieaB.


Who's been fooling your Jim
Crow is not dead, and is just as big
a goose as ever.
Year: 1877

We are glad that the Conference
sent us as our Presiding Elder In
this district, the Rev. Welborn
Mooney. We were sorry to part
with Mr.. Burr, but by the laws of
the church he could not remain on
the District any longer, having been
here for five wears. Mr.. Mooney
and his accomplished wife are well
known to our people and beloved
by all They are already here and
comfortably quartered in their own
residence on College street, a place
bought by Mr.. Mooney when he
was stationed here many years ago.
He is one of the most Jealous Chris
tians aud one of the ablest preach
ers in the Conference. We welcome
him and his family back to Clarks-
ville.- Garksviile Tobacco Leaf.
Year: 1877

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scriptson is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested TO pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure In extending
credit TO our friends and patrons. bat
cash alone win yay our expenses, ana
we areyorccd to adhere 10 strict casb
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a
course, and Irenew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


tB We enter no new names on our
books without the money In advance.
Year: 1877

No girl ever shot herself because
she was in love with Mark Twain.
II Y. Y. Herald. Perhaps no girl
ever set her cap for him. See per-
cussion - Courier Journal. No
sensible gIrl would go off after such
q ninny.
Year: 1877

The events which have made
General Forests name familiar to
the whole civilized world occurred
but as yesterday. 1t seems but a
short time since the great soldier


whose deeds of matchless daring
won for him the sobriquet of the
"Wizard of the Saddle" threw
aside his sword for the implements
of peace; abandoned the fields oi
bloody war for the quiet pursuits
of the citizen. 1t is rot necessary
to print an outline Of his military
career. 1t is a part of the history
of the late war There were few i'm
portant events in the southwest
east of the Mississippi river in
which he was not a conspicuous
actor. In many of them the bril-


liancy of his genius and the weight
of his mighty arm turned the scale.


General Forrest was without mill


tary education. When he entered
the Confederate army he knew abso-
lutely nothing of military life. Yet
these defects were without influ-
ence. He succeeded where others,
trained to military pursuits, failed.
All things considered, he was prob
ably the most remarkable man the
war produced. No one else achieved
so much with so much limited re


sources.-M Memphis Avalanche Oct 80.
Year: 1877

This ends our melange from
Leatherwood. We have sought to
be more amusing than instructive.
If we have pointed the finger of rid
icule at any oRe or anything, it was
merely from good humor and to ex-
cite the resibilities Of our readers.
We now lay aside our goose. quill pen,


sThe mighty instrument Of little men"


AMCUs.
Year: 1877

Lord Beaconstield put a world of
practical politics and good sense into a
nutshell last night when he said in the
House of Lords that "the Eastern ques
tion was not only question of the
amelioration of the condition of Chris
tians, but a question of the existence
empires" The Russians have never
looked at the question in any other
light, and this, in nine cases out of ten,
has given them CONTROL of it..
Year: 1877

Never use a lady's name in an improper
place, at an improper time, or in mixed
company. Never make assertions about
her that you thiuk untrue, or illusions that
she herself would blush to hear When
you meet with men who do not scruple to
use a woman's name in reckless manner,
shun them they are the very worst mem-
bcrs Of the community men lost to every
feeling of humanity. Many good and
worthy womans character has been forever
ruined and her heart broken by lie, manu-
factured by some villain, and repeated
where it should not have been, and in pre-
sence Of those who little judgment could
not deter them from circulating the foul
and Dragging report \ SANDER is soon
propagated, and the smallest thing dcroga-
tory to woman's character viii fly on the
wings of the wind and magnify as it circu-
latcs, until its monstrous weight brushes
the poor unconscious victim. Respect the
name Of woman. Your mother and sisters
are women, and as you would have their
fair name untarnished, and their lives
unimbitterod by the slanderer's bitter
tongue, heed the i'll your own words may
bring upon the mother, the sister or the
wife of some fellow creature.
Year: 1877

4 BALTIMORE policeman found a family
in an awfal plight Every member had
been stricken with scarlet fever, and three
children had died, not Of the disease, but
of starvation. There was not morsel of
food in the garnet, and every available arti-
Gle Of furniture or clothing had long before
been pawned. The wife was abed, uncon-
scious, and the man had stretched himself
on the floor to die This case has melted
an organized effort to succor the destitute
of that city.
Year: 1877

\ PoRT JERyIs Clergyman who recently
dissolved his connection with his parish,
at the close Of his farewell sermon in which
he told his side of the church quarrel, gave
out the hymn for the choir and congrega-
ton to sing. The tune was played, when
the choir and congregation skipped the
hymn and sang, Praise God from all bless
ings flow"
Year: 1877

THIS is the season when the falling icicle
smites the spinal summit of the unsuspect-
inc pedestrian, and interrupts the flow of
those buoyant spirits that makes him feel
like a morning STAR
Year: 1877

The champion liar of the State is in our
county Jail. \ kind-hearted clergyman
asked him how he came to be in there.
The fellow said, with tears in his eyes, that
he was coming home from prayer meeting
and sat down to rest, fell asleep, and while
he was asleep there the county built the Jail
around him, and when he awoke the jailer
refused to let him out There was iudict-
mcnts against him in every county west of
the Guadaloupe, and he has already served
out one term at Huntsville.-,SaH Antoniu
Herald.
Year: 1877

A GRAPHIC idea of the demoralized
condition of society in South Carolina was
furnished to Congressman Abbotat Charles
ton the other day. An old darkey, who
was trying to build fire in his room, was
so slow that the Judge asked him what the
matter was. The reply was prompt and
comprehensive ''Fact is, Judge that dar
is no coal down stairs. It's no use talking,
dis country is gwine to HI as fast as it
kin Use been up and down de alley, and
stole all de wood | could find, and in de
present demoralized condition Of society, I
can't do no better"
Year: 1877

A Dutchman read somewhere that money
doubled itself by compound interest every
fourteen years, if ir was put carefully away
and left untouched. The guilelcss Hol-
lander at once dug hole in the cellar and
buried four hundred dollars, packed in a
teakette This was fourteen years. ago,
last Wednesday, On that day he arose at
four clock in the morning and dug up his
cash with the confident expectation that it
had increased to eight hundred dollars.
His disappointment was great; and when
his friends talk to him about mathematics
now he expresses the opinion that Dem
arithmetics ish ali lie p
Year: 1877

In view of the many accidents that occur
from slipping on the ice-some of them
fatal, Others terribly painful-we give the
following suggestion which appeared in the
columns of the Philadelphia Ledger :
From the leg of an old woollen stocking
or from an old felt hat cut pieces the shape
and size of the front sole of the shoe.
With dissolved gum-elastic India rubber,
purchasable in iifty cent boxes at any rub
Der goods store, toat the sole and stick the
woollen material thereon, and you will have
reliable creeper at a cost of less than two


cents pair The gum renders the leather
impervious to dampness, and the wool can


not be made to slip on the smoothest ice. "
Year: 1877

The large focks of geese which are con
stantly passing over the town are frequently
shot at, but they generally fly at too high
an altitude to be reached by the leaden
missiles. Sometimes, however, the shots
take effect. The other day we were watch
ing flock flying southwark, when the re
port Of a gun was heard and we observed
one of the geese begin to fall slowly. The
others, perceiving that their comrade was
wounded; uttered shrill cries of distress
and about a dozen Of them flew under the
wounded bird, budding together so that
their backs formed a sort of bed upon
which the wounded one rested They
buoyed it up for some time, the oti erS
meanwhile looking on and manifesting THEN
concern by uttcring loud, discerdant shreks
Finding that their companion was unable
to longer accompany them in their flight
they abandoned him to his fate, and he fell
to the earth and into the arms Of an
expectant Chinaman-Anaheim Cal.
Gdzette.
Year: 1877

The medical schools have opened every


where with q certain fanfare of trumpets,


calling attention to the signal reform which


they propose to make in their system OF


training. 1t was high time that such re.


form should be made. The Tribune a wear


ago invited public notice to the way in


which doctors, especially in Phiadelphia,


were manufactured wholesale out of half.
educated, sometimes illiterate young men.
ana turned loose upon the community at
the rate OF 5000 per annum. The theory
upon which this peculiarly American svs-
tenn Is founded, is that a mans life is too
short for careful study before earning his
livelihood. a young Bob Sawyer will not
probably have amy patients for two years or
so, and he can spend that waiting time in
studying his profession, Of which he knows
put the alphabet on receiving his diploma.
The result is, that while the medical fra.
ternlty in America can boast of MANY
learned and skillful men at its head, who
rank with any surgeons or physicians in
Europe, its inferior grades are crowded with
pretenders, who would not be thought fit
to enter the lower schools Of a foreign
university. Nor are those NJ. Ds. bv
virtue OF bought diploma; they are rccli-
lar graduates Of some of the highest medi
cal schools i'll the country, which, too often.
according to DR.. Wood, certify that men
who have not received a common gram
mar.school education, are qualified to prac
tIce IN this most learned profession, and to
take the responsibility of the lives Of human
beings into their care.


But we are told that ell this is to be
changed. The old University Of PennsyI-
vania leads the way of reform The grade
OF scholarship required for admission is
raised; the curriculum demands three full
years of study, and gives instruction in
medicine, in surgery, and in
gyneecology. with opportunities for practical
work IN the dissectingroom, laboratory.
and hospitals, such as have never been in
cluded in the course before. Nothing
could promise better than the plan. Let
us trust that it will be faithfully carried into
execution. Reform, however, will only
come by degrees. The most necessary les
son for the American to learn Just now, in
any trade or profession, is thoroughness
1t IS also the most difficult and the one
winch both his character and the social
of the country make most repur.
nant to him. But is is appalling to think
OF the brains, livers and lungs of the next
if the mills for doctors grind on
at Their present rate; for their sake, there
fore, If too late for our own, we hope the
l Oniyersity may succeed in its experiment.
~ y Trib,j5e
Year: 1877

:, The FIRST TEMPERANCE Society IN New


ENGLAND.-It is claimed that the first tenn.
perance society in New England was formed
IN Millbury. Tradition informs us that its
peculiar feature was rule to prevent its


members from drinking too much. Ac.
cordingly every Saturday evening they met


at the school house, and each gave an
account of his weeks indulgence. If in
the opinion of the majority, any had over.
stepped the bounds of moderation. such
were placed upon an allowance for week
TO come. 1t is related that upon one occa-
SION member confessed to have abstained
entirely for the week that had passed.
30 unheard of declaration met with
universal unbelief as thing impossible in
human experience, and when the anne
member declared that he would never
drink again, he was regarded as deluded or
insane. Peculiar as was the organization
ana purposes of this society, it was step
IN N, advance for the cause Of temperance.
ms temperance society was forerunner
OF total abstinence society that soon took
It's place, and under various names has
existed here ever since for more than fifty
years.-Bostoa Journal.
Year: 1877

CRITICs.-There is certain class of peonle
IN every community who feel themselves
called upon to criticise everybody and
everything about them. They talk as if
they had the knowledge oc the whole world
at their tongues end. They crticise the
pastors sermons; they criticise to deacons
conduct; they critcise the village paper.
There is no one they don't criticise. it is
as natural for them to find fault as it is for
dog to bark. Their tongues play as easily
and smoothly as a snakes. Some of them
are very pious, and are greatly distressed
over the welfare Of Zion. They know lust
why revival doesn't come. Ii the pastor
would only preach so and so, if he would
only visit more and exchange less, a re-
freshing from the Lord might be had at
once. What Il nuisance such creatures are
they keep the church and the village in a
ierment continually. You know that they
don't amount to anything; that their iudG-
ment on any point is not worth a pin; YOU
are ashamed of yourself that YOU care a
snap what they say, and yet they torment
you. You can no more be easy in their
presence than you can sleep with live rat
IN the room. Whenever you see them Won
feel as if you would like to throw sometime
at them, and, WE'LL we don't know but
you should. "Smite a scorner and the
simple will beware"
Year: 1877

KEEP Your Mourn SHUT.-Blessed is tho
man who knows enough to keep his mouth
shut. Some people live sixty years with.
out learning the art Indeed, the older
they grow the wider their mouths open. a
man or woman who is a gabbler at forty.
hve is dreadful afiiiction to house or
church, or community. There are two
things this age needs to learn-when m
say nothing, and when it says anything to
say it well. If any man among Won
seemeth to be religious and bridleth not
ms tongue, that mans religion is in vain. .
Rule.
Year: 1877

The answer of Socrates to a person who
asked him when was the right hour for
dinner was the following: "If you are rich"
SAID he, "you dine when you like; and if
you are poor, you dine when you can"
Year: 1877

HEALTnFUL BEDs.-Germany cxcels any
country in the cleanliness of beds. 1t
seems so much a part of yearly house.
cleaning with them to have the hair re.
moved from the mattress, to have it well
beaten and summed, and the cover washed
as 1t IS with us to have the carpets whipped
and freed from their disease begettinC
dust. | grant that it would be difficult
and expensive undertaking for an Ameri.
can housekeeper, for skilled laborers are
rare, and when found must be we'll paid,
as they should be. Knowing the obstacle.
then, in the way Of thorough renovation of
our beds, we should take all the more care
to protect and air them. Every bed should
have especially made for it, the size of
tick, white tackled comforter, not too
thick, so as to be unmanageable in wash
ing; over this the sheet is spread Every
bed in daily use should be subjected to the
purifying rays of the sun at least once n
week, and should be left open for the re.
ception of air and light some time before
being made up. Beds not frequently used
are often found very musty and disagreea.
BILE to guests. The parlor beds, that swal
low their own contents by magic touch.
are air without, but in time, for the lack of
proper airing, they become foul within.
Year: 1877

A COURT Room ScENE.-The Criminal
Court of Nanceburg, Ky, was opened by
Judge Sand last week, but no business was
transacted, because Judge Sands, through
drunkenness, failed to sustain his judicial
and personal dignity. There was much
bad feeling manifested at one time toward
this young and gifted Judge. After taking
his seat on the bench Judge Sands said;


Gentlemen and Fdioccti-cns: appear
before you to say am victim to a vice
which has disgraced me before you and nv
country. As | entered this court room
heard some one say, there goes pretty
timber to make criminal Judge Of |
feel that remark as steel through nv heart.
for it is just. ! am unworthy of the high
honor and trust you have conferred upon
one so young; and return to you the
office have lost, being unworthy of it.
Pardon me friends and countrymen, but
you shall bear this no longer My judicial
integrity and official acts are blameless.
Thank God, | am no longer Criminal judge
OF Lewis county. May heaven keep me in
my attliction" This eloquent and feeling
appeal was never heard here before. Preiu
dice was turned to sympathy. and sym.
Pathy to compassion for Judge Sands. lie
has warm place in our hearts, and we
nope he Will return to US reformed.
Year: 1877

President Vanderbilt has just ordered
live per cent advance in the pay of all the
employees of the New York Central and
Lake Shore roads who were affected
By the ten per cent. reduction of last July.
This goes into effect Nov l, and is in pur-
Stance of Mr.. Vanderbilt's promise to
restore the old wages as soon as business
iustihed.
Year: 1877

a teacher of Sunday School in the in
terror tf of New York was impressing upon
me scholars lesson in connection with
the death of one of the number. She told
them that little Amy was now a saint in
heaven; Whereupon one of the girls spoke
up and said, " She will get plenty Of pre-,
serves there" Astonishcd to hear her
make such strange statement, the teacher
questioned her to ascertain what could
nave put the idea in her mind. 1t was
lihally traced to the following question and
answer in the catechism


Question. Why ought the saints to
love God?"


Answer, Because lie makes, preserves,
and keeps them"
Year: 1877

To DESTROY CARPET MoTHs.-Get two or
three pounds of powdered borax; if neces.
sary untack the carpet around the edges,
sprinkle plenty of borax all around the
outer edges of the carpet, and with a
feather or brush try to shove as much as
possible under the surbase. Let the borax
remain there; it will not injure the carpet.
Make a line of borax all around the surbase
and on the carpet.-iSaransen Record
Union.
Year: 1877

The people all along the line of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad are be-
coming urgent for the local freight
trains to be again put on the road. Busi
ness is psralized, and In some instances
supplies are growing scarce. The strikers
will do well to consult the interests OF
the community along the road. They
can't afford to array themselves against
their interests.
Year: 1877

We have no hesitation in saying that the
Charter Oak is best arranged for burning any
kind OF fuel. of any srove we have ever seen
ami our customers, WITHOUT single excep-
tion, proclaim them pe.fect in all Their ar
r,ng.mentS. and especially adapted TO the
soft coal of the West.