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Year: 1879

An old gentleman was talking about
pluck. Said he: l went to Missouri
in 1874. Every day families came in
from the East with nothing save what
they could bring on four horse wagon.
They would settle on 100 acres of land,
get out the logs and build rude cabin.
They had no sugar, no coffee, no COM
Portable food, but they lived some way.
They made themselves sort of syrup
from pumpkins they scorched wheat
and made wheat coffee with a hand
machine they broke their corn so as to
make sort of bread, and all the time
kept to work, kept raising babies and
lived. They shot turkeys, prairie
chickens and squirrels for meat, and
scuffled along. | used to watch their
progress, and it was certain thing that
in the fourth or fifth year after their
arrival they would build themselves a
comfortable house and turn the
original cabin into stable. Now the
sons of those people are the solid men
of Missouri, and the daughters and
grand-daughters of those pioneer moth
ers wear robes, single one OF which
costs more than the entire capital ofthe
average Missouri pioneer.
Year: 1879

Lord Lytton, the British Governor
General Of India, said at the Calcutta
dinner to General Grant: Peace hath
her victories no less renowned than
war, and with the victories of peace,
as well as those of war, am persuaded
that the name Of General Grant will
long be honorably associated by a
double renown. General Ulysses Grant,
like his classic namesake, has seen men
and cities in almost every part of the
world, enlarging the genius of the
statesman and the soldier by the ex-
perience of the traveller. Let us hope
that when he returns to that great En-
pire of the West which he has once
rescued and twice ruled he will at least
take with him kindly recollection of
his brief sojourn in this Empire of the
East, where his visit will long be re-
membered with qualification by many
sincere friends and well wishers."
Year: 1879

Drunkenness in Sweden and Norway
is cured in the following manner: "The
drunkard is put in prison, and his only
is bread soaked in wine.
During the first day the prisoner re-
ceives the bread and wine with much
pleasure. On the second day the food is
not so acceptable. After that he takes
his food with great repugnance. In gen.
eral, eight or ten days of this treatment
sutiices to produce such disgust of Ii
quor that the unhappy man is compell-
ed to absolute abstinence. After leav-
ing prison, his drunkenness is radical
ly cured, with an occasional exception,
and the odor of liquor produces an in
vincible repulsiOn."
Year: 1879

Coed people al of every sort,


Give ear unto my song.
And II you find 1t wOndrous short,


1t can not hold you long.
In Islington there was man.


OF whom the world might say,
That still godly race he ran.


Whene'er he went to pray.
A kind and gentle heart he had,


To comfort friends and foes
The naked every day he clad,


When he put on his clothes.
And In that town dog was found,


As many dogs there be-,
Bosh nongrel, puppy, whelp and hound,
And ours OF low degree.
This dog and man at first were friends,


But when pique began,
The dog to gain his private ends,


Went mad, and bit the man.
Around from all the neighboring streets
The wondering nelghbOrs ran,
And swore the dog had lost his wits,


To bite so good man.
The wound seemed both sore and sad,


To every Christian eye;
And while they swore the dog was mad,


They s"0re the man would die.
But soon wonder came to light,


That showed the rogues they lied:
The man recovered Of the bite


The dog 1t was that died.
Year: 1879

Charge of Judge Rfves Covering tie Point


Appealed to the United States Supreme


Court by the State of Virginia


LYNoHBURa, Va, March 18.-The United
States court for the western district of Vlr-
ginia commenced its session to-day. Judge
Rives, in his charge to the grand jury on the
subject of mixed juries and indictments of
county judges for failure to provide, said it
was the duty Of the jury to enforce uniform
obedience and exact universal respect for the
law. If this shall be faithfully and fearlassly
done throughout my whole district it will ar
rest future resorts to federal courts for denial in
this respect of the equal protection
Of the laws and leave tho State courts
in the full and free exercise of their appropri-
ate Jurisdiction, but if this be not done and a
plain duty is avoided under artfully devised
and misplaced scruples as to the law, YOU will
be fomenting further discords and conflicts. I
am at a loss to conceive any me- tive on the part
Of honorable and intelligent ditizens to under
take in any way to obstruct the great organic
measures to which your faith as people is
plightcd in the most snlemn manner, or to
thwart the mission of the general governments
in all its departments. to give equal protection
of the laws to all its citizens without dis.
tinctiou.
Year: 1879

connection is the possibility of revolt, as
the latter-day tramp is hardened to surli-
ness of nature that prompts and executes
the most reckless deeds of deprayity and
daring.


On the other hand the county Jail already
contains as many offenders as it can COM
fortably hold, and "what will they do with
them,' . is becoming question of the utmost
Importance, while complaints are daily In
creasing about the depredations of tramps,
the raid last evening having been made at
the request of the chief engineer of the road
designated.


At late hour last night second posse
was detailed to attempt the capture Of those
who made their escape in the early part of
the evening.
Year: 1879

10 the Editor Of The Globe.


The sidewalk lat least 1t is termed as
such) situated on Wacouta street next to en-
gine house No. 2 is continually being mis-
placed by crossing teams. As it is no more
than two plank walk the misplacine is
very easily done, and is consequently very
disagreeable to the public. especially so at
this season of the year. simply wish to
know whether any citizen has right to
move sidewalks to suit himself, and then
leave them in that condition. This is
matter that should be looked into at once.


A WAcoUTA STREET RESIDENT.
Year: 1879

Several of the Minneapolis mills having
had to shut down on account of insufficient
water to operate them, Bill King comes to
the defense of the water power. with the
claim that the suspension was only tenn
porary and caused by low water The Dis
patch replies: ga chain is no stronger than
its weakest link. A water power is no
stronger than its low water capacity"
Year: 1879

MAucH CHUNK, Penn, March 1S.-A scientific
examination of the sulphur which fell in the
shower yesterday over the Lehigh valley, proves
it to be the pollen from species of pine caught
mp by the wind and carried from the Jersey
forests.
Year: 1879

A famous novelist once wrote popular
book, and for want of better name gave it
the suggestive title of "What will he do
with it, and in order to adorn more
vulgar but not less vital tale, the question
may he paraphrased into tsWhat will they do
with ttena.'' The plural pronoun at the end
of the last sentence has reference to the
pestiferous, omnipresent and SEEM
ingly perennial tramps, while "they''
is applicable to the police au.
thorities, whose accommodations are taxed
to al1mit-beyond which there is no further
room to go, while the cry is, still they come.


Following up the raid inaugurated on the
night previous, Chief Weber decided to mako
another sally last night, and, for this pur-
pose, Sergeant Walsh detailed posse of the
most sturdy policemen of the force, and at
9 o'clock the line of march was taken up
for the shops of the Lake Superior and
Duluth railroad.


Upon arriving at the spot careful recon-
noitre of the surroundings were made, re-
vealing the fact that the tramps had already
sought the rather Indifferent accommodation
to be found within the engine house. After
short consultation it was decided to come
down on the place en- na0sse, thereby taking
its inmates by storm, subsequent develop
ments fully demonstrating the wisdom of the
policy.


A sudden sally was according made, and
the scene that followed was highly ludicrous
The men were entirely taken by surprise,
notwithstanding which a bewildering scram-
ble wes made for places of concealment, not
few of the most daring ones making q de-
terained break for freedom, while quite q
number sought refuge in the round house.
At the time of the descent the round house
contained sixteen tramps, five of whom suc.
ceeded in making their escape, the remain
Ing eleven being put under arrest and
brought to the station house. The march
to the station house was without notable in
cident, and no trouble was experienced un-
til tie party had arrived within few yards
of the city hall, when one of the prisoners
made an attempt to escape, his capture fol-
lowing directly afterwards.


The spectacle presented at the station
house was one of unmixed confusion. Prone
upon the floor reclined from fifteen to
twenty men who had dropped in for a nights
lodging during the early part of the even
ing, while the cells were full to repletion.
The majority of the dodgers we're lost in pro-
found slumber, which was rudely disturbed
by the entrance of the round house prison
ers, and for while the air was lurid with
pro.ane and inarticulate curses.


The meagre accommodations afforded at
the station house, in times of emergency,
was never more fully demonstrated than on
last evening, when the huddling Of over
thirty human beings into room hardly
larger than respectable pig-stye, made q
scene OF enforced depravity that was abso-
lutely distressing.


Not the most Insignificant fact in this
Year: 1879

In the last issue of the Advertiser we find
communication over the signature of J. S.
Walker, in answer to local in the GAZETTE
of last week, on the opium brought per Ha-
waiian bark Kalakaua, Capt. jerks, Master,
TO which we have few words in reply:


Mr.. Walker seems to think that the GAZETTE
alluded to himself in the expressions used.
''the transaction looks very much as if some
other persons than Cinnamon were interested
q in the shipment" Now we repeat that as
sertion, Mr.. Walkers explanation and denial
to the contrary notwithstanding, while we
repudiate the idea that we intended it for him
or any person connected with him, or indeed,
for any other man on these islands. We think
that he is just trife too sensitive on this sub
ject, and hence his rushing into print to venti-
late himself, and to indulge in pardonable
weakness he seems to possess a prurient
desire of seeing his signature attached to
a newspaper article. Mr.. Walker is
gentleman for whom we have a high per-
sonal regard, because we consider him
gentleman in every sense of the term, and
therefore, we regret that under the press
ure of a too sensitive organization, he has de-
parted from his usual courteous and dignifed
style in his last communication to the Adver-
tiser. So far as we are personally concerned,
we care as little for his inuendoes, and what
he, no doubt, considers clever shots, as we do
for the idle wind that passeth; we only regret
that gentleman of his standing, breeding and
intelligence, could SO far forget himself as to
assume the role of the swagerer and fippant
on SO trihing, or indeed on any occasion. But
his misfortune for the weakness is misfor-
tune) only proves, as Hudibras says:


"a little nonsense now and then,


Is relished by the wisest men,"


And believing that he is satisfied with his
performance we leave him to enjoy all the honor
he has gained by it. So far as his explana-
tion goes about the opium on board the Kala-
kaua, and how it came there &c., &c., we pre-
sumo it is feasible enough, and that the thing
might be done just as he says in his communi-
cation; but he must not quarrel with us, and
throw out ungentlemanly inuendoes, if we
still entertain slight misgivings about the
transaction. Mr.. Walker is entitled to his
opinion, and to the full benefit of his explana-
ton, but he must accord to other persons the
night of personal opinion or judgment on a
certain state of facts in all cases, and keep his
temper like gentleman at the same time.


We feel it due to Capt. jerks, of the bark
Kalakaua, to say just here, that we have never
for one moment intended to impute to him the
remotest connection with the opium business,
and in speaking of his not having put the fire.
wood on the ships manifest, we did not wish
to convey the idea that there was anything
Year: 1879

Mr.. EDIToR-On reading your comments on the
much pleased with the manner in which you treated
the subject and those having charge of it, and had


time / would like to say the necessity Of
procuring labor AS all will acknowledge,
when properly and systematically carried on, the
South Sea Islanders decidedly the best immi-
grants for this Kingdom. Your about the
"Storm Bird" may be correct, otherwise, and
there may be more than one Captain Hayes yet in
the South Pacific unknown to the public at large.
But there are many things to be taken into consid-
GRAFTON in this immigration scheme or the employ
ment Of South Sea Islanders, Of which you have
not referred to, as for instance There was o
schooner fitted out in Honolulu, just one year ago
well found with provisions, supplies, &C., to
modate one hundred persons, male and female, and
no expense spared to make the voyage a success,
when 10, and behold the Master of the above vessel
arrived in Honolulu few weeks since, bringing with
him twenty men from Rotumah, after one years abb
and at a cost of one thousand dollars per man,
if not more which is rather exravagant for the i'm


migrants well expensive for those who foot the
bill. The writer of this does not know what the
mdnaO of others may be the foregoing in con-
nection with the expense attending the introduction
of labor for the plantations in this Kingdom, yet
there may be some planters who have different and
another MANA(o).
Year: 1879

We take pleasure in calling the attention
of the readers of the GAZETTE to the first
letter from our special correspondent H. A. B.
from Gothenburg, Sweden, which will be found
very interesting. H. A. B. will be constant
contributor to the columns of the GAZETTE in
future, through whose letters valuable inform
alton will be obtained, at least to those of our
readers of foreign birth and especially those
hailing from Northern Europe. While on this
subject of correspondents we may be allowed
TO say that we regard letters from abroad.
written by intelligent correspond as one
Of the choice features of carefully conducted
newspaper, and therefore it has been our con-
slant aim at no small cost during the time we
have been publishing the GAZETTE, to secure
the contributions of educated and racy CORE
spondents in order TO render the GAZETTE as
attractive and instructive as possible The
arrangements made by the present publisher
will be carried out by our successor to the
letter, and therefore the readers of the GA
zETTE may rest assured that they will receive
a paper that will both delight and instruct
them, by keeping them well posted upon all
matters and things transpiring abroad. In
the absence of daily telegraphic facilities
the letters of special correspondents will sup
ply desideratum in newspaperdom on these
Islands
Year: 1879

THE influx of gold into the United States
weeks of the month of October last Sc, ,OOO, 900
arrived at the port of New York by two
steamers from England. The short crops of
grain and scarcity of food in England and on
immense shipments of all kinds of cereals,
and as this demand increases daily the influx
of gold to the States must be enormous With
the tide of prosperity that is everywhere pre-
valent in America, and the excessive exporta-
tions of grain, the latter country will be the
gamer this year to the tune of hundreds of
millions. From the tone of our eastern
exchanges we infer that the tidal wave of
unwonted prosperity has really set in, and the
best of times may be looked for in the great
republic for years to come The drain of the
precious metals from England and the conti-
nent this year, is far in advance of any period
in the history of America, and hence the jubi-
liant strains of the American journals on the
good times at hand. In this state of things it
is painfully apparent to Europe that whilst
crowned heads were waging expensive foreign
wars for conquest, America was pursuing the
policy of peace at home and abroad, and her
people by cultivating the arts of peace are
now ready to supply the deficiencies in the
way of food and other necessaries, for which
they are reaping rich reward in the shape of
hundreds of millions of gold dollars and bull
lion, which England and the continent must
furnish to prevent starvation among all ranks
of society. Verify peace at almost any
price is preferable for nation to war. Peace
enriches, while war destroys at once the lives
and means of a nation.
Year: 1879

This We nave Done For Two Reasons. VIE:
FIRSTTo rapidly increasing business and
advancing prices We have therefore been
ayaiue ruling and have
large which will sell at old prices long they
last which, much below current market rates Gus
would do we'll anticipate their wants. cotton M and woon


rapidly advancing autumn will undoubtedly
decided advance nearly all kinds of Dry Goods
Year: 1879

CROSBY HILL
Respectfully Announce That their Stock


OF
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Was Never Large and Attractive as at the present me
During the Past Month we have
Made Large Purchases


for Cash!


This We nave Done FOR Two Reasons. VIE:
Year: 1879

Information was lodged with the Chief of
Police last evening, that some time during
the afternoon the banking-house of G. H.
Bussing q Co., corner OF Third and Walnut
streets, had been entered by sneak-thief
and package of money containing $1,000
had been stolen. During the afternoon two
men entered the bank, and while one of
them engaged clerk in conversation, the
pal is supposed to have got away with the
Doodle" for shortly after their departure
the money was missed. Every effort is be-
ing made to capture the rascals.
Year: 1879

regular meeting to-day, with all the mem.
bers in attendance.


1t was resolved that the County Auditor
be instructed to transfer the sum Of S155 43
from the Griffin road fund, being the bal
ance to the credit of the Green Township
Treasury, for the purpose Of improving the
Griffin road.


The Commissioners-Col Hill and Mr..
Phillips-will meet next Friday at the
Carthage Fair Grounds to see what repairs
are TO be made.
Year: 1879

It is said of Northern Texas by the
Dallas Herald that the tillers of the soil
there make far more provisions than
they have any use for; always have
corn and meat for sale, and their cattle
and cotton crops come in as clear profit.
They are rapidly growing wealthy, and
in less than fifteen years from now
North Texas will be as prosperous as
the blue-gr region of Kentucky ever
was in its palmiest days.-[N. @. Demo
Grat.
Year: 1879

The story is told of a clergyman that,
after preaching an interesting sermon
on The recognition of friends in
heaven was aceasted by hearer, whn
said like that sermon, and now |
wish you would preach another on the
recognition Of people in this world.
have been attending your church three
years, and not five persons in the con-
gregation have as much as bowed to me
in all that time."
Year: 1879

A Bridgeport woman declared that
she would whip the girl with whom she
caught her husband walking in the
street, and did it. She also said she
would scratch the husbands eyes out,
and tried to do. it. Then she started for
the water, declaring. she would drown
herself, bit didn't do it,
Year: 1879

A FULL HoUsE.-A belated and rather
poverty stricken foot traveller, whose
railway ticket was good on all country
roads and cattle paths, stopped at a
small mansion Of apparently four rooms
and kitchen, in the South Hill suburbs,
the other evening, to beg Il nights lodg-
ing. AS he stood timidly knocking at
the half-opened door, he heard the
shrill commanding tones of the lady of
the house disposing the garrison for the
night f." Tommy, go hunt up Charley
aud Ben, and tell them to 60 to the
grocery and tell Iyour father to bring
Ella and Willie right home, for it's their
bed time; and if they see Louise on the
way her to Miss Crozier's for Alice and
jim, and see if they known where Ezra
is you take this lamp up to grandma's
room and ask her if she won't take care
of the baby while go and find Dick /;
and while am gone you undress Mabel
and put her to bed, and if cousin Harry
comes while lam out, tell him he's to
sleep with YOU And the traveller sigh
ed and turned away so oppressed with a
feeling of orer-crowdedness that he
walked out into the country and slept
all night in the middle of a prairie nine
miles long.
Year: 1879

A farmer at Glenburn, Maine, purchased
some supplies in Bangor, among which was
pint Of whisky. To avoid breakage, he
placed the bottle in box of rice, but found
on reaching home that the bottle was
broken and the rice saturated. He threw
the rice behind his barn, and big turkey
soon paid his respects to it. in due time
the turkey became dead drunk, and was
found in that condition by the farmer, who
thought that disease or poison had killed
him. The bird was still warm and the
death evidently recent. The farmer would
not eat him himself but plucked him for
market and left him in the stable. The
next morning he found the bereft gohbler
shivering naked on his roost, and looking
on him with rPproachful eyes.
Year: 1879

Fear has many eyes.


Contentment abides with truth.


Stern command: "Take the helm"


He IS happy who has conquered laziness.
A pawnhroker's window is the place for
loan exhibition.


Men are like buglcs The more brass they
contain, the farther you can hear them.


What this country has never seen, and
never will, is hen that can lay wager.


Ladies are like violets; the more modest
and retiring they appear the more you love
them.


Itisa Il singular thing that no railroad man
has ever applied for patent on tue day
break.


1t is estimated that this country spends
two million dollars day for music, not in.
Guiding chin music.


The Chicago Itmc$ contains this queer
advertisement Wanted to exchange
music lessons for washing


a debating society is going to discuss the
question, " Mas there ever in tact such an
Indian chief as Metamora?' We never
misunderstanding question for debate.
"Theres a certain fashionable church up
town. said Dalkins, THAT wants parish
loncr with a powerful memory SO that he
can remember the poor" he gravely added.


Why asks the Wheeling Lcad.r, don't
some one write song on the first fly of
summer? Because the fly won't hold still
long enough for any one to write a song on
it.


We see that a "house Of call . in New
Jersey is called the Mosquito Tavern
That must be a place where any hungry
wayiarer that stops may be sure Of getting a
| bite.


Professor Swing says that while no ma
chine has yet been invented for picking a
goose or shearing a sheep, the arrange
mcnts for pluclinga a poor man are tolerably
complete.


A Nevada editor says that " the red man
style Of warfare is too original to be com
pretended by the officers of our regular
army lie probably means that it is tc
aboriginal.
Magistrate: You seem to have beer
drinking and to have left your wits at the
bottom Of your tumbler." Prisoner, blandly
"Impossible your Honor, never leave any
thing at the bottom OF my tumbleI.'
Year: 1879

Two herdsmen quarreled on Nebraska
prairie, and each threatened to kill the
other.-Neither was armed, but there was
gun in their hut, mile away. Both started
for the weapon, aud it was race for life,
for the man who got it was certain to shoot
his companion. They had several fights on
the way, and were bruised and exhausted
when they neared the goal but they ran
with desperation, and kept abreast until
close to the house. Then one tripped and
fell, giving the other the lead. The victor
dashed into the building, pulled the gun
down from its hooks, and mercilessly MUIR
dered his fallen foe.