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Year: 1877

The horse disease which has been devas.
tatlng the Southern portion of the county is
about done, and at the last accounts it had
entirely quit the neighborhood of Downe
Township. Mr.. Clement Lore, of Newport,
is thoroughly conversant with this horse
malady, and has been very successful in
curing it. He says that he can cure the
very worst case by a remedy of his own.
Year: 1877

For the prevailing horse disease so fatal
in Fairfield and elsewhere, the only effectual
cure seems to be to blister behind the ears
aud behind the fore legs with Dare's Hin
doc Ointment. No other plan of treatment
has yet saved life.
Year: 1877

Consideration was resumed on the
resolution reported from the Committee
on Privileges, relative TO the power Of
the House in counting the electoral vote,
and Mr.. Willis spoke at length.


At the end of Mr. Willis speech, the
subject was postponed TO allow the
House to 90 into q Committee Of the
Whole on the Indian appropriation bill,
pending which Mr.. Payne, Chairman of
the Committee on Electoral Vote gave
notice that would call up the bill report
ed from that committee on Tuesday next.
tue debate TO continue until Wednesday
evening, when be would call the previous
question.


Without disposing Of the bill the COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned.
Year: 1877

WHAT strange disposition is'that


which leads people to say "hateful'


things for the mere pleasure of saying
them! You are never safe with such
a person. When you have done your


best to please, and are feeling very
kindly and pleasantly, out viii come
some underhand stab which you alone
can comprehend, a sneer which is
masked, but which is too we'll aimed
to be misunderstood. 1t may be your
person, your mental feelings, your
foolish habits of thought, or some little
sacred opinions confessed in a moment
of genuine confidence. 1t matters not
how sacred it may be to you, he will
have his fling at it; and since the wish
is to make you suffer, he is all the
happier the nearer he touches your
heart. Just half dozen words, only
for the pleasure Of seeing cheek
flush, and an eye lose its brightness;
only spoken because he is afraid you
are too happy or too conceitcd Yet
they are worse than so many blows.
How many sleepless nights have such
mean attacks caused tender-hearted
mortals? How after them one awakes
with aching eyes and head, to remem-
ber that speech before everything
that bright, sharp, we'll aimed needle
Of a speech, that probed the very cen
Ire of your soull
Year: 1877

"A CLERGYMAN, while vending his way
to church one Sunday morning, caught
sight of the two sons of one of his
'parishioners going into the woods,
evidently for the purpose of hunting.


Feeling certain that anything like
'direct remonstrance with the young
gentlemen themselves would scarcely
turn them from their evil ways, he
waited until after preaching, and
sought the old gentleman their father.
After recounting the circumstance of
meeting Billy and Sammy as he had
done, he closed the appeal by inqui-
ring why they had not been brought
up in the fear of the Lord? Gear Of
the Lord, parson-fear of the Lord?
Why they hev! They're so feared of
Him now they durs'nt go out on Sun
day without double-barl"d shot-guns
on their shoulders"
Year: 1877

| Description OF THE TELEPHONE


remained for Professor Bell to discover


that articulate sounds can be conveyed


by the electrical current This he has


done during his residence in Salem


Professor Bell is Scotchman BY


birth, and is engaged in teaching ii


the State Institution for the Deaf and


Dumb in Boston, where he employs the


ingenious system of "visible Speech


of which he is the inventor. Asso


oiated with him in his telephone ex


periments is Mr.. Thomas A. Watson


of Salem, to whom he expressed his


obligations for valuable assistance


The apparatus by which this astonish.
ing result is secured is wonderfully
simple. Only a telegraph wire, a
horseshoe magnet, two helices and a
vibrating disk at each end. The aud
fence can see mahogany box upon
the table, of the appearance of an
ordinary photographers camera. The
tube in the end is used in this case to
speak into and hear out of. Within
the box is a horseshoe magnet. Op
poste each arm of the magnet is a
helix of the usual construction. One
end of the wire among the helices is
connected with the ground and the
other with Boston or the place in op-
Grating connection. Set up against
the helices, within a sixteenth of an
inch. is sheet of thin polished iron,
upon which the voice of the operator
when speaking. The mag
net induces an electrical current in
the telegraph wire. The vibrating
disk imparts pulsations to this electri
cal current corresponding to the
sounds. which are conveyed to Boston
and reproduce themselves upon the
disk there with cxactness
of tone and articulation. The little
four inches of iron utters the whole
gamut of the human voice. This is
indeed wonderful - the greatest
achievement of modern science.-Sa-
lem (Mass.) Observer.
Year: 1877

OF food Tor many. and hence should be
brought ON the table In the most at
tractive form. Take of the outside
skin. cut off both ends close, and let
them stand in cold water an honr,
then drop them into q saucepan with
two quarts OF boiling water. Cover
and boil for fifteen minutes. Have q
kettle Of boiling water on the fire ready
for use, pour Off the water from the
onions aud add as much more, be sure
the water is boiling, and boil half an
hour longer. Scald cupful OF rich
thfcken 1t. Salt, and otherwise season
to taste, Boil few minutes and serve
the onions whole. Or they may be cut
in halves before cooking To be used
raw few minutes before eating they
should be sliced down thin, and
sprinkled with sugar. Then they will
not rise In the stomach or produce
heartburn.-RuraI Register.


BATTER BREAD.-Soak half q cup OF
bread crumbs in pint of milk, add
two cups OF Indian meal, one table
spoonful OF lard or butter, a teaspo0nful
salt. two eggs beaten very light; add
eggs last and then beat the whole to-
BcOueI tuoiOuSuly, anu. DhRe III .bnui-
low tins quickly. Some bread crumbs
and some corn meal absorb more moist
ure than others. If this quantity OF
milk does not make 1t thin enough for
q light, smooth batter, when well beat
en- add a little more milk. This is a
good way to use up all bits of bread.


How TO. Fry PORK.-Slice thinly,
parboil, then roll in dry flour. The
frying pan should be hot and little
fat put la to keep the -four from scorch-
ing. Fry quick, and when taken up
crisp and brown, sprinkle flour In the
fat to which add sweet milk, season


stir, and boil till well cooked for o
gravy. ,i


Hot SLAw.-Cut the cabbage very
fine, the finer the better, take an egg
and beat 1t very light with a little su-
gar, cream, q piece of butter half the
size of an egg, add mustard, salt, pepper


and vinegar to your taste. Put the
whole on the fire, and let 1t come to Q
boil, then pour it over the cabbage
while hot. Let 1t stand to cool. Itii
very nice the second day as well as the
frst. sa
Year: 1877

Is one of those inventions that commends itselft
the practical man as the common sense spring, be-
gerous side motion of the Concord, and obviating
the jerking of the Elliptic. Being without perch,
them much more durable. The springs are made
Of special crucible STEEL and fully. warranted.
The Dexter supplies want long felt by the farmer.
easiest riding and most durable spring vehicle
known, and much less liable 10 break than the or


iinary spring on account of quality and form.


Send for circular TO
Year: 1877

Several times in the past year We
have taken occasion to remark that
when the Texas and Pacific Railway
next came to the front in Congress
there would be Que of the most mem
orable fights that Legislative halls has
ever witnessed. Once, in its present
shape, has the bill now contemplated
faced its opponents and been beaten
on its merits. Again, at the last ses-
sion, was there grand mastering of
all forces in its favor; but the attack
was abandoned at the last moment,
awaiting a more favorable opportun-
ity But when 1t comes third time
it will be in strength, compared with
which its previous backing was
mere corporaPs guard. Huntington
has united with Scott in its favor;
and behind these two Napoleonic lob
byists, rumor ranges so many forces
that one is afraid to indicate the half
of them. Ifone could believe all that
is claimed for their following, there
would not be, in all the country, a
beggarly regiment left to oppose them.
1t is claimed that prominent Senators
will do business in the Senate Cham
Der in Tom SCOTS behalf. 1t is de-
clared and apparently believed on all
hands, that he will make or unmake
q Speaker Of the House. 1t is asserted
that he holds two places in the Cabi-
of the five members of the Louisiana
Commission. 1t is even charged that
he has a hand upon the throne itself;
that it was only by his influence that
the Electoral count was completed ;
that there was a understanding be-
tween HIM and the Presidents inn
mediate supporters as to what return
he was to get for his influence; and
that the nature Of that return was
shadowed forth In the Presidents In
augural Address. That such wild ru-
mors "a these, and many more, should


be current, shows what pervading
| idea there il of the immense force al


work to secure the passage of the Tex


as and Pacific bill.


But while it is impossible to delye


into this mass of rumOr and grub out


the tubers of truth among it, We


can at least clear up some of the un
/ certainty which seems tn afYiief many


Of our exchanges as TO what il Is tht


road wants. We have seen thu


amount Of bonds which the company
asks for variously stated at from fort,
Year: 1877

Not long ago, writes Lucy Hooper
from Paris, was told the story of a
young Swiss doctor who had charge of
one of the communist hospitals, and who
was greatly aided in his labors by a
woman of the people, who, young, strong
armed, and vigorous, assisted him to the
best of her ability. and who was at once
the most untiring and faithful nurse to
the sick and wounded. After the entry
of the Versaillists the physician was ar
rested. As he was being conducted be-
fore the tribunal he met his former aid
and companion coming forth, escorted
by detachment of soldiers. "Ah, my
poor Adele" he said to her, care you
here? We have both fallen on evil
days, it seems" She looked him full in
the face. Monsieur, je ne vous connais
pas" she said ("I do not know you,
sir, ,") and was hurried away. The doctor
shrugged his shoulders. Evidently
am a doomed man." he said to himself,
since that woman would not recognize
me for fear of compromising herself"
He was brought before the tribunal, but
by the Intervention of the wounded Yer
saillist whom he had attended, he was re-
leased. He learned later the true story
of Adele's failure to recognize him. Sae
was being led forth for instant execution
when they had met. Even in that ter
rible hour the brave girl had turned away
from the last visage that would ever be
bent upon her in sympathy or kindness,
the last hand that would ever be prof.
fered to her in friendly greeting, lest such
recognition might involve her former
comrade in her own doom.
Year: 1877

Where Is the great round moon 90 bright,
That shone SO lovely, mamma, last night,
IL seemed 10 me like another day


Where does II 60 and where does IL stay
When the sky Is dark, or the rain-drops fail
So we cannot see the sky at all,


Where Is the moonlight soft and clear.2
Hiding behind a cloud, my dear.
missed q smile from the baby's face,
And strove to discover its hiding-placel:
Over and over, and up and down,
Nothing there but an ugly frowni
And In the violet eyes a tear
What has troubled my baby dear
Laugh, my pretty one laugh out loud
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON Natson: The Omaha
Republican corrects an error in original
poetry by saying: I'm the third line of
Inc third stanza read trusted instead
of busted After all, the error is not
so great as might have been supposed,
for every business man who has trusted
has sooner or later been busted, and 1t
is not worth while to disturb poetry for
q little thing like that"
Year: 1877




Special Dfsudsch to The Cntco1o Tribune.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 27.-One Of the most s;not,1ar
and mysterious explosions ever recorded took
place in this city this morning about 80 o'clock.
and despite every effort Of the police and Others
the cause still remains unsolrrd. man
named Christopher Neff, who keeps a saloon At
the corner of West Eighteenth and Warren
streets, closed his place of business about mid
night last night and went upstairs, where he
lived with bis wife and five children. After be-
ing asleep only few minutes he was
awakened by terrific noise, aud a vo-
lent shaking Of the buildings, as il the walls
were falling In. As soon IS he recovered from
his surprise, and finding himself uuhurt. he ran
to the stairs leading to- the attic, where the chill
aren were Sleeping, and calling to them received
them to hurry downstairs, and taking them
and his wife he FASTENED into the street. lie
Was completely thunderstrucK by the sight that
there met his eyes. Both the south and
.aa;;. east walls were blown completely down,
about the cellar door was torn up,
and chaos seemed to reign in
trout OF the building. He looked about and saw
no one on the streets, hut was soon made aware
Of the effects Of the explosion by people from a
ing the cause Of the blow-up. He expressed
himself utterly ignorant as 10 the cause of the
explosion. Hc said he had no powder or other
explosive material about the premises, ana was
utterly at loss to explain the strange phenom-
en0n.


Upon entering the saloon everything YVES found
Just as he had left it an hour and half before;
not bottle broken, and the clock ticking upon
its shelf as usual. Whether the explosion was
from natural causes, or was the work OF some
enemy Of Nctf, has not yet been ascertainel,
thongh tue most plausible theory advanced is to
tile effect that q Han1 -orenade or RIM nj drnan7
Ite must have been thrown into thc place for
tue purpose Of destroying the building aud kill
Ing the inmates Though two walls were de-
imolished and the floors and the pavemen1 in the
streets blown to pieces, no one was hurt, and
the people who were On the ground few mo-
ments after the explosion succeeded in c1tin-
gushing the flames before the arrival Of the en-
gines.
Year: 1877

The Richmond; Virginia, Enquirer gives
the following description of the eontrivsnos
for registering drinks proposed for use in the
bar rooms Of that State: "The device con,
sists of wooden box about twelve inches
long, eight inches wide, and six or eight
inches in height, resembling . large sized
coffee mill. At one end there is . crank op-
Grating the wheels inside, and on one side
three visible dials, identical with those used
in gas meters. One turn Of the crank sounds
. bell inside and causes one movement a
the indicator on the first dial. Every turn
produces q similar effect until tho indicator
has made . complete revolution on its axis.
when one is scored by the indicator on the
next dial, and so on as in measuring the cons
sumption of gas. a glance at the dials will
enable the observer to find out the maximum
number of times the crank has been turned.
The bill requires the register to be perma-
nently fixed to the bar, counter, or other
convenient place, and it is to be locked aud
sealed by the Commissioner Of Revenue,
whose duty i. will be to inspect it from time
to time and to keep it in running order. A
heavy fine is imposed on any person who
tsmpers in any way with this wonderful ma.
chi1e. If drunken fellow should mistake
the register for q hand-organ, and attempt
to grind tuno out of it, he will find that
his fun will cost him dearly and also subject
him to imprisonment. The inventor has con.
tracted in writing that he will make no charge
against the State for the use OF his device"
Year: 1877

SEA BRIGHT, n. j., March l. 1877.
There Is nothing being dono toward floating tho
Amerique tonight The men arc all busy engaged in
shifting all the movable weight from her stern TO her
bow the purpose OF lowering her bow elevatng
her stern. This has proved They are now
blocking up her deck AS to bc in readiness for tho
new cabo that Is to arrive Saturday next She lies
easy, her stern considerably scaward They intend to
every possible eort In ,hcr Dext attempt to float
the unfortunate steamer.
Year: 1877

lF IUU LUNE ME-.


BY LuELIA CLARK
II you love me tell me not,
Let me read 1t In your thought
Let me feel 1t In the way
That you say me yea and nay.
Let me see It In your eye
When you greet or pass me by;
Let me hear 1t In the tone
Meant for me, and me alone.
II you love me there VIII be
Something alone shall see;
Meet or miss me, stay or go,
IL you love me l shall know.
Something in your tone will tell,
"Dear, love you, love you well"
Something in your eyes viii shine,
Fairer that they look in mine.
In your mein some touch Of grace,
Some swift smile upon your face,
While you speak not will betray
What your lips could scarcely say.
In your speech some silver word,
Tuning into sweet accord
All your bluntness, will reveal,
Unaware, the love you feel.
II you love me, then, pray,
Tell me not, but, day by day,
Jet love silent on me rise,
Like the sun In summer skies.


In September atlantic.
Year: 1877

found that he who knew what was in man,
what could best illuminate subject, win
the attention and move the heart, used par
ables or illustrations stories, comparisons
drawn from the scenes of nature and famil-
lar life to large extent in his teachings,
in regard to which woman-type of the
masses-said The parts of the Bible
like best are the likes" Taught by such
models and encouraged in my resolutions by
such authorities, resolved to follow, though
it should be at a vast distance, these ancient
masters of the art of preaching, being all
the more ready to do so as it would be in har-
mony with the natural tone and bias OF my
own mind. | was careful to observe by the
faces of my hearers, and also by the account
the more intelligent of my Sunday class gave
OF my discourses, the style and character OF
those parts which had made the deepest i'm.
preston, that Knight cultivate it. After my
discourse was written | spent hours in cor
recting it, latterly always for that purpose
keeping blank page on my manuscript OPP
posite a written one, cutting out dry bits
giving point TO dull ones, making clear any
obscurity, aud narrative parts more graphic,
throwing more pathos into appeals, and
copying God in his works 10y adding the or
namental TO the useful. The longer have
lived and composed have acted more and
more according TO the saying Of Sir Joshua
Reynolds in his lectures on Painting"
that God does not give excellencies to men
but as the reward of labor.-Seiected.
Year: 1877

The truth seems to be- that the taste of
men in the matter of woman's dress is often
better worth consulting than women will
ever allow it to be. Sometimes when they
are very much in love with a man, they will
wear what they think will please him. Ten
nyson's angry lover


Saw with half unconscious eye


She wore the colors he approved"


Yet. as rule, they make no such conces-
sions But | will admit that men are very
irritating in their criticism, and most Of
them do not know when to stop. The IT,
rades of the medieval preachers against the
dress of the women of their time are anus.
ing reading nowadays, and even the up
braidings of the old Hebrew prophets would
be far less terrible to our ears than they are
if they were not rolled ont in such a rich
vocabulary Osaiah iii 1920. Certainly,
there is no profanity to-day over Latimer's
rebuke to the women of his London for what
looked to him like absurdity in their dress, and
for the pleasure they took, aud the time and
money they wasted, in attiring themselves.
But from Isaiah down to Savonarola, what
real good did all these ratings do ? No wo-
man ever minded them for any length of
time, or changed fashion or gave up an alb
surdity in dress until she was ready to do so
Of her own sweet will. But for all their dis
like of Betties, women may remember that
all their stuffs are devised, and all the pat
terms of those stuffs designed by men; that
almost all the new fashions, originate with
men; and that the great Partisan arbiter of
; their fate is man, aud, for all they de-
1pise English taste, an Englishman born and
trained to his work in England. Why not
compromise on the subject, and admit that
men and women need to work together in
this as in many other things. and that each
needs the others help if good result is to be
attained ?-.Scribner.
Year: 1877

A refusal of Christ is a much easier and
yet much more terrible thing than most
men suppose. A neglect to hear him is a
refusal of him. Christ calls us every day
and every moment, and when he calls we
either accept or reject him. There is no
possible way of escape. There is no neutral
ground. Our lives are a continual accepta-
ton or rejection of him. When Christ calls
us to be his disciples we reach a wonderful
crisis in our lives. Eternal life or eternal
death is suspended on our decision. The
question is continually before us, and an
answer must be had. 1t is imperative. A
neglect or a failure to decide in the affirma-
tive necesstates a decision in the negative.
When our fellow-men present questions of
Importance We give them a respectful hear
ing. Shall we be less respectful to God
What astonishing and daring presumption
Men would not brook many refusals. Christ
has borne with us times without number
but he will not always bear thus. There is
apoiut of forbearance beyond which God can
not go and WREN we consider how often we
have already refused him, we do not know
how soon that point may be reached. "See
that ye refuse not him that speaketh." lie
brews xii: 2j.-1duOcdie
Year: 1877

In the palace of Justice, at Rome, they
take you sometimes into chamber with
strangely painted frescoes on the ceiling and
around the walls and upon the floor, in all
kinds of grotesque forms. You cannot re-
duce them to harmony, you cannot make out
the perspective, it is all bewildering maze
of confusion. But there is one spot upon the
floor of that room, and one only, standing
upon which every line falls into harmony
the perspective is perfect, the picture flashes
out upon you, instinct with meaning in
every line of panel. You can see at that
point, and that only, the design of the ar
tist that painted it. | believe that this
world is just as bewidering maze, looked
at from every point except one look back
upon the records Of history | look upon the
speculations of science; endeayor to gaze
into the future of this worlds career; where
ever | turn | am opposed by the mysterie,
that hem me in and crush me down, until
take my stand at the foot of the cross Thel
darkness and discord become light and har
mony the mystery is solved the night thai


shut me in becomes radiant with the divin,


light and glory. At the foot of the eros
art, science, literature and history becom,
at once to me divine, glorious and blessed
thing, And so | claim for my Lord hi
rightful dominion over all the works OF hi
hands We will gather all the beauties o


art, and all the treasures OF music, all tina


is brightest and best in this world, and vii
lay them down at his feet Worthy is TIN


Lamb that was slain TO receive might ant
majesty, aud riches, and power, and honor
aud glory" His is the sceptre, his is tn


right, his this universal world.-Mdnning,