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Year: 1878

A friend once described to us an exc
cution which he witnessed in Paris, out
side the walls of the city prison, and in
the public street. 1t took place in the
gray of dawn, and at the precise hour
indicated in the sentence. A squad of
soldiers filed out of the gates, and in a
twinkling put together the machinery of
the guillotine, some of them sprnkliug
sawdust Oh the pavement while it was
being put up. Before this was fairly
finished the gate swung open, and the
criminal and executioner and the spirit
ual adviser marched out. Whatever
religious exercises were essential had been
attended to within the prison. The
criminal, with his hands bound behind
and cap drawn over his head, was
led forth, his body bent forward over the
carriage, which, as he pressed it, shot
forward on noiseless wheels, and the knife
fell with a glitter of its keen, polished
edge the head dropped into the basket
awaiting it, the body was placed in a
coffin, the machinery taken down, saw
dust swept up, and the whole scene was
over. Within ten minutes, by the watch
of the witness, every trace OF the execu.
tion was over. The soldiers, the priest
the executioner had disappeared, and
there was not even drop OF blood upon
the pavement to indicate thai tragedy
had peen there enacted Cairo Bulle'
Tin
Year: 1878


We're married, they say, and you think you have


won me-
Well take this white veil IRON my head AMI look


on me;
Heres matter to vr you, and matter to grieve you,
Here's doubt TO distrust you and faith TO believe


YOU
| am all, as you see, common earth, common dew
BE wary, and mould me to roses, not rue
All shake out the hlmy thing, fold after fold,
And see II you have me 10 keep aud TO hold J.
Look close my heart see the worst OF Its SHINING
II Is not yours to-day for the yesterdays Winnings
The past Is not mine am too proud 10 borrow
You must grow 10 new heights II ! love you TO-


borrow,
We're married Pm nlIghtcd 10 hold up your


praises,
As the turf at your feet does its handful Of daisies
That way lies my honor my pathway of prido
But mark you, " greencr grass grow either tlte,
shall know It, and keeping In body with you,
Shall walk in my spirit with feet on the dew
We'ro married.; OH pray that our love do not


fail
have wings aatenod down and hid under my
They are subtle as light-you can never undo
And swift in their night-you can never pursue
them.
And spite of all clasping and spite OF all bands,
can slip like shadow, dream, from your hands,
Nay, call me not cruel and fear not to take me,
| am yours for my lifeline, TO bO what you make


me-
To wear my white veil Tor a sign or a cover,
As you shall be proven my lord or my lOveri
A cover for peace that ~ dead, or token
OF bliss that can never he written or spoken
Year: 1878

A NEWSPAPER man has explored Sour
lake, in Texas. 1t is a circular, bubbling,
boiling pond filled with water sour as a
crab apple and surrounded by wells that
send up various notifications of lake
water mixed with a fair quantity OF gas.
Year: 1878

No MAN can judge of the happiness OF
another. As the moon plays upon the
waves, and seems to eur eyes to favor
with peculiar beam one fong track
amidst the waters, leaving the rest in
comparative security yet all the while
she is no niggard in her luster, for the
rays that meet not our eyes seem to us
a, though they we're not, yet she, with
an equal unfavoring loveliness, mirrors
herself on every wave. Even 50, per-
hsps, happiness falls with the same
brightness and power over the whole ex-
pense Of life, though to our limited eyes
she seems only to rest on those billows
from which the ray is reflected back
upon our sight.
Year: 1878

The following truths Aaron Burr once
wrote to his daughter Theodosia Your
habit of stopping and bringing your
shoulders forward upon your breast not
only disfgures you, but is alarming on
account of its injury to your health.
The continuance of this vile habit will
certainly produce a consumption; then
farewell papa, farewell pleasure, farewell
life! This is no exaggeration, no fiction
to excite your apprehension. But, set
ting aside this distressing consideration,
am astonished that you have no more
pride in your appearance. You will GER
tainly stint your growth and disfgure
YOUR person."
Year: 1878

THERE is one way of making this exc
cution business less horrible. When the
sentence of death is pronounced let the
door forever shut on the malefacter.
After giving him every opportunity to
make his preparation for the other world,
let the officers of the law, accompanied
by skilled scientific help, unostenta-
tiously and unknown to the outside
world, turn into the cell one of the many
gases known to be fatal to human life
The victim of the laws sentence dies
without struggle. There is no oppor'
tunity for display of the heroic; nc
chance to "die game" The law is salts
fed, and the thing is done decently.--


Philadelphia Times.
Year: 1878

The total net gain to the Repubh-
cans az the late election was six con
gressmen and one senator, but the
actual gain in the north was over
twenty while the losses were in the
south which everybody knew would
90 solid for the Democrats. Should
California, next fall, elect three out
of the four congressman to which
that state is entitled, the deciding
vote for who shall be next president
may fall to the lot of Gilbert De la
Matyr, congressman from Indiana
elected as a National. Should all
election by the people fail, the House
Of Representatives would have the
naming of the man, each state dele
CATION going one vote. AS the del
egations stand, counting California,
the Republicans would have 10, the
Democrats Is, and the Indiana dele
cation of 6 Republicans and 6 Dem
ocrats with the thirteenth and de-
cisive vote in the hands of the gen
tleman above named. Should he
vote with the Republicans there
would be 20 states to 1S-a clear
majority. Should he vote with the
Democrats there would be tie and
the Senate would have the choice of
the Vice President, who would be-
come President. In that case it
would be Democrat as the Senate
will have a Democratic majority Of
eight after March 4th, next. The
above estimate is made by the
"Courier."
Year: 1878




Mr.. Gedison, of George-street, took a
dose of medicine the other night upon
going 10 bed, part of which lodged i'm
his mu- tache, and stirred up the curl
oslty OF his nose TO such an extent that
IT wouldn't let him 20 to sleep. He
tossed about restlessly for an hour or
So aud then concluded that tho only
chance for slumber was TO get up and
scour the hair on his upper lip. He
slipped quietly out of bed, not 10 disturb
his wife, who was doing as TRANQUILITY
rs man in government employ, and
went into the kitchen TO get some warm
water. But the drug on his lip had a
strong antipathy TO the cleansing ele-
ment, and paid no attention TO it, The
more he scrubbed the more it determine q
TO stay, and the more his smelling organ
protested against it. His nose was of
modest dimensions, but the smell was
too big to crowd into an elephants trunk
without close packing Mr.. Gedison
scrubbed and secured, and INDUCED in
words that he used 10 get whipped for
handling when boy, and then he got
mad and said he would show that smell
who was running that nose of his any
way. He did


In the midst of his trouble Mr.. Gedi.
son remembered that ammonia had the
name Of being n sworn enemy TO al.
kinds of impurities, and he determined
to give it a chance, right then and there,
to back up its reputation. He picked
up the lamp and rummaged around
through the family bottles and vials
until he found the hartshorn. Then he
poured out Tablespoonful or so into a
sauce-dish, into which he dipped a nail
brush, and proceeded to business with
speed and determination. 1t only re-
quired two or three rubs of the brush 70
make him believe that a badly scared
streak of lightning had got lost in his
head and was trying 10 find its way out
consuming fire was also busy at work
on his lip, and his eyes took on the ap
pearance of melted glass Mr. Gedison
never felt 50 animated in his life ms hC
did at that particular moment. There
wasn't n lazy bone or sinew anywhere
about him just then. He felt as though
he could jump over a house, and tried
to do il without going out of doors He
jumped stift.legged and every other way,
straight up, sidewise and crosswse, per.
pendicular, horizontal, Diagonal, and il
there are any more ways that a man
could jump with fair show, Mr. Gedi.
son found them and gave them n trial
He also found his voice, and gave il
plenty TO do


There was only one other human be-
ing in town that night so badly scared
as Mr.. Gedison, and that was Mrs. G.
She was awakened from a sound slumbcI
by noise that resembled nothing be
longing to earth. But quickly realizing
that her husband was in some deadly
peril, she seized hair-brush and ran tC
his rescue. When she reached the
kitchen she found him Just taking hi,
head out Of a bucket of water and in
quiring of himself what sort of leather
headed ignOramus he was anyway.


Mr.. GedisOn may some day run fol
Office, or wrestle with a bear, but it /,
safe to say that he will not use harts
horn as shampoo for the mustachC
any more-not while reason remains al
home
Year: 1878

fought with lasSos only in the Open"
In chaparral bear crushes through
where n horse becomes at once entangled
This rdqWcro lost his life by entering a
chaparral TO draw ont bear where his
associates were in waiting. When the
bear charged the horse stumbled and be-
fore the associates could come in the
bear bit the udqWcro in the side Of his
neck and killed him. The rule in bear
hunting of this kind is, when man is
seized, the others side their horses onto
the bear and distract his attention. The
horses are 80 we'll trained that they go,
but in the above case the chaparral de-
layed them moment too late.


One of the sporting feats of Lower
California, when bears were plenty, was
20 lasso a grizzly and wild bull to-
gether, and let them fight il out Gen
orally the bull won, as the bear so tied
becomes easily cowed.
Year: 1878

One OF cur exchanges has received
the following conundrum: why is
sheet OF writing paper like lazy dogP"
Because it is an ink-lined plane. An in
clined plane is slope up, and slow
pup is lazy deg.
Year: 1878

SCANDAL.-W hat "they say"i beneath
your notice. What's the use of lying
awake of night, with the unkind remark
OF some false friend running through
your brain like forked lightnings IT
what is said sbout you is true. set your
self tight at once; if ii is false let it 60
for what it will, until it dies OF inherent
weakness.
Year: 1878

AHS NVAN tuat WChEbs
We parted one eve at the garden gate
When the dew was on the heather,
And promised my love to come back 10 hei
Ere the pleasant autumn weather.
That we twain might wed


When the leaves we're red,
Andlive and love together.
She cut me tress from her nut-brown hair
As l kissed her lips Of cherry,
And gave her ring OF the old-time gold
With stone like the mountain berry
As clear and blue


As her eyes were true
Sweet eyes, so bright and merry!
"The wealth Of my love is all have
To give you, she said, in turning;
The gold that wears-like the radiant stars
In yonder blue vault burningp


And took the trust,


As a mortal must,


Whose soul for love is yearning.
Fate kept us apart for many years,
And the blue sea rolled between us,
Though kissed each day the nut. brown tress
And made fresh VOWS to Venus


Till I sought my bride,


And Fate defed,


That had failed from love to wean US.
found my love at the garden gate
When the dew was on the heather,
And we twain we're wed at the little kirk
In the pleasant autumn weather,


And the gold that wears


Now soothes my cares,
As we live and love together.
Year: 1878

Prof. Bond, tight-rope walker, re-
Gently announced that he would walk
across rope, fifty feet from the ground,
at Catasauqua, Pa. Tt was noticed that
Bond was drinking considerable in the
afternoon, and toward evening was slight
intoxicated. He was advised not to at
tempt the perilous feat, but he was de-
termined to fulfill his announcement,
and said that if he fell off the rope and
broke his neck it would be his own neck
that he broke. He made the ascension
from one of the American Hotel windows,
and successfully walked overto the other
end. Then he began to walk backward,
and when within about ten feet of the
American Hotel-the starting point--he
slipped, Lost his balance, and, amid a
shout of horror from the assembled
spe ectators, fell to the pavement below.
In the fall he struck the outer branches
of trees, which was standing at the side
of the pavement under the rope. His
head came first and struck the curbstone,
fracturing his skull. One of his legs
was also broken at the knee. His en-
tire body was badly bruised, and his in
ternal injuries were of the most serious
character. He was unconscious and
bleeding badly, and was taken into the
American. A physician was summoned,
who pronounced the injuries of such q
nature that the unfortunate man would
not be able to live any length Of time
Intense excitement prevailed.
Year: 1878

You cannot dream yourself into a
character you must hammer and forge
yourself one.


Beware of judging hastily it is bet
ter to suspend an opinion than to retract
an assertion.


Alas if the principles are not with
us, the height of station and worldly
grandeur will as soon add cubic to a
mans stature as to his happiness.


What is even poverty itself, that a
man should murmur under it? 1t is
but as the pain Of piercing maiden's
ear, and you hang precious. jewels in the
wound,


We cannot study our hearts too fire.
quently or too closely. Every day a
new lesson is to be learned, and one
which may surprise if not confound us.
No man ever prospered in the world
who did not know something of the
human heart. 1t is knowledge neces-
sary to, and added to perseverance and
industry, is the key to success in life.
Year: 1878

The prospect for peace in Europe is more
unfavorable than it was month ago. Eng
lands opposition to the conditions of the
treaty of San Atnfano is growing stronger.
She has ceased to bluster and has settled
down to "still mad" For the first time
since the fall of Plevna she is really danger
Gus. All her energies are bent to putting
herself in warIike guise, and she believes her,
self fairly prepared for the conflict which her
leading statesmen hold to be inevitable. If
she persists in her determination not to take
part in the Conference unless all the condi-
tions Of the treaty are submitted to that body
for revision she will certainly be unrepre-
sented there, for Russia will never con-
sent at the dictation of England to sur
render the advantages she has won by her
diplomacy and her arms. There is an
increasing feeling of irritation in Rus
sia at the course pursued by her old
antagonist. Russia feels that the course
of the British cabinet is captious and unrea-
sonable, and she regards the presence of the
British fleet in the Sea of Marmora as con-
tinual menace. Feeling thus, any overt act

on the part of Great Britain will provoke the
occupation of Constantinople, and that must
lead to war. In the present temper of the
British people such an act is not improb-
able.


1t does not seem probable that England
will have any allies in war for the preserva-
ton of the Turkish empire or the extension
of Greece. Austria is the only possible ally,
and the conduct of Austria leads to the belief
that she is only haggling over the price of
her consent to the treaty of San Stefano.
The occupation of Bosnia to be followed in
due time by its annexation would be quite in
the line of her policy and a result of the bar
gain in every way agreeable to Russia. Il
England fights she fights single-handed
The issue of such a conflict would be doubt
fal, but it would result in great harm to hel
on account Of her commerce. Had she but
seized Constantinople few months since
she would now be in possession of a strong.
hold from which all the power of Russia
could not drive her. As it is she will have to
struggle with the Russian for the control OF
that city.
Year: 1878

OF the troubles in the Bookkeeping Depart
ment of the House seems to grow out of the
coupling OF important duties with an insig-
nlncant title. Doorkeeper doesn't sound
well when snorted through the convolutions
Of the trump of fame. If the title of this
Office could be changed to something like
Director OF the House, Custodian Of the
House Barriers, or Sentinel on the Watch
Tower, great amount of power and dignity
would hedge the ncumbent.-W Washington
ID. C) Post (Dem.)


About this time of the year a great many
Republicans take an interest in politics, and
there is no reason why the President should
not also.-Indianapolis Journal


The call for the Democratic State ConveA-
vention of Illinois invites the participation of
all who are opposed to the policy of the party
in power. We could understand the mean
ing better if those who issued the call had
told US ~ which party is in power, and ~
what ''policy" 1t has, If any.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.


Secretary Sherman, in following the exam
ample Of Hamilton and Chase, virtually re-
pudiates President Hayes's new tangled pol
icy of executive indifference and isolation.
We would fain hope that this marked devia.
tion from the Presidents notions betokens a
change of policy. 1t is impossible that our
our government should ever be well admin
istered when the intercourse between the
executive and Congress is merely formal and
distant and strictly OFFICIALLY. Y. Herald.
Year: 1878

ANOTHER officer of the Democratic House
is under shadow. 1t is the journal clerk
this time, and he is charged with extorting
$500 from widow for assistance in getting
her pension bill through. He says it was not
extortion, only bribery. Nice crowd, that.
Year: 1878

We DO not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
municatons that are not used.
Year: 1878

IT appears that Secretary Fish was opposed
to the appointment of M. Delfosse, but grace
fully submitted as soon as he found that
further opposition was unwise. This country
would do well to follow the Secretary's exam
Year: 1878

THE Argus was unfortunate in its editorial
note yesterday charging the heads of de-
partments with the responsibility for the de
ficiency appropriations. By its telegraphic
columns it seems that bill was passed Mon
day to provide for the deficiency in the mis-
cellaneous fund of the Democratic House.
What head of department is responsible
for thatp The argus should endeavor to
restore, harmony between its editorial and
telegraphic columns,
Year: 1878

FAST DAY, APRIL II, 1S5s.


Every club is invited to send delegateJ, and lit is
earnestly hoped that large number will be present.
as it is desired to make this of the most bene
cent mass meetings ever held in the State, and give
new impetus to the reform work in Brunswick.


The usual reduction on the railroads will be made.
Year: 1878

Do not FACE TEE LIoHr WHEN AT
WoRx.-Statistics kept by oculists
employed in inhrmaries for eye dis.
ease, have shown that the habit OF
some persons in facing O window
from which the light falls directly
on the work Injuries tho eyes in the
end. The best way is to work with
q side light, or II the work needs a
strong illumiuation, so that 1t 10
necessary TO have the working table
before the window, the lower por-
ton Of the latter should be covered
with q screen. 80 as to have q top
light alone, which does not shiue in
the eyes when the head is slightly
bent over and downward toward the
work. In tho schools in Germany
this matter has already been attend
cd 10 aud the rule adopted to have
all seats and tables so arranged that
the pupils never face the window .,
but only have side lights from the
left and as light simultaneously
thrown from two sides gives an in
reference OF shadows, it has been
strictly forbidden 10 build school
rooms with windows on both sides,
such illumination having also prov
ed 10 be injurious to the eyes OF the
pupils.
Year: 1878

In the latter ysars Of his life Rev.
Rowland Hill used to como to his
chapel in his carriage. He got On
anonymous lettle rebuking him for
this, because ii was not the way his


Heavenly Master travelled. Hs rode
on an ass. Mr.. Rill read the letter
from the pulpit, and said 1t was
quiet true and that il the writer
would come TO the vestry with sad
die and bride he would ride him
home.
Year: 1878

Listen to the water mill All the liveleng day How the clicking of the wheel Wears the hours away. Languidly the Autumn wind st.rs the greenwood leaves From the field the reapers sing, Binding mp the sheaves And a memory OCT my mind As "a spell is cast; The mill will never grind With the water that is past. Take the lesson to yourself Loving heurt and true Golden years are Aeeting by ; Youth Is passing too; Stnve to make the most of life, Lose no happy day; Time will never bring you back Chances swept away. Leave no tender word unsaid Love while love shall last The min will never grind With the water that is past. Work while yet the daylight shines, Man of thought and will; Never does the stleamlet glide Useless by the min Wait not till tD-morrow's sun Beams upon your way, All that you can call your own Lies In MiS-to-day. Power, intellect and health May Lot always last The mill cannot grind

 With Wal CT that is past.
Year: 1878

IN voting for sheriff pay 10 attention
whatever to the sickly whine about " TAX
Ing the bread out OF orphan children's
mouths but select the best and most
capable man to ill the office. We want
good officers, and common sense will teach
any one that the desired end is not likely
10 be gained by distributing the offices
around as matter of CHARITY. Mr.. Drum
mond has been sought after to fill the posi-
hon, aud he will be secured
Year: 1878

The steamer Dispatch Is to be laid up
for repairs. She would be very much i'm
proved If her engine was replaced by Il
more powerful one, lis she could then
make her trips in less time and call aI
most of her way ports in daylight. As ii
as, many Of her stoppages are made at un-
seasonable hours, disseminating the pub
lie.