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Year: 1877

Cinnamon evidently believe in the
cynical idea that virtue in woman and
honesty in man do not exist as princi-
pie. Their loose morality and distrust-
full natures are evidences of this belief.
An attorney of San Francisco had a
claim of ~, 200 against large Chinese
mercantile house on Clay street. They
acknowledged the note and seemed anx-
ious to pay it; but, ON being told to call
from day to day, the attorneys faith be-
came somewhat shaken in Chinese hon
esty. On every occasion he noticed that
messengers We're dispatched each bring
ing man, until five or six were assem-
bled, somewhat resembling a backroom
caucus where campaign states are manu-
'factured. In answer to an inquiry, the
attorney was told that the firm consisted
of seven members; there were seven
locks on the safe, each lock opened with
different key, and that each of the
seven members of the firm had key.
The safe could not be opened unless the
seven members with their seven keys
were present; and it was about as diff
cult to get those seven Cinnamon togeth-
er at one time as it was to get a meeting
OF the Lick trustees. This vigilance
over each other was to prevent any mem
ber of the firm from stealing the COM
pany's funds and going to the springs, or
as one of them plainly put it "No one
man can stealee ALL"
Year: 1877

Stonewall jackson, at sixteen, was q
constable of the county of Lewis, Va,
with his uncle Cummings Jackson as his
security. The first execution that came
under his hands was against widow liv-
ing some twelve miles from the court
house. Jackson summoned a man named
Charlie Post to accompany him and to
assist him ill driving away the cattle
which he proposed to levy upon. When
he arrived there he found that the old
woman had but one COW, the principal
means of her support. SO soon as he
learned this he turned to his companion
and said: Charlie, will not levy tn 8
execution upon that poor woman's COW;
as poor as L am l would rather work
night and day and pay the debt myself. .
Upon chat he left there and stated the
facts to his uncle, his security in his off
cial bond. He listened to his narrative
and then said tom, I see you were
never born to be constable, my boy;
resign your Office at once and 7 will pay
the execution,
Year: 1877

entertain any extravagsnt ideas about the
negro. They do not believe that he Ia
the equal Of the white race; they do not
cultivate any unnatural relations with
him. they are, in a word, alive to his
many radical defects, and yet they do mol
lose sight Of the necessity that is laid
upon the people Of this country
as Christian population, and as
a matter Of enlightened selfish,
ness, TO do all that is possible to
be done to elevate the negro. The
results Of the war made him a freeman.
As freeman hc became a citizen, and as
u citizen he acquired rights and assumed
duties, and the great problem has been
how 10 deal with him in his double rela.
ton Of ward and citizen. The SIatesman'S
view Of him is that he.is "nigger" and
all:that that term implies, which, freely
translated, means that II is at least doubt
tul whether he ia a human being, and
that il he is he is so low down as to be in.
capable otprofting by his freedom. This
is the cardinal idea Of the mass OF those
who are known as Bourbon Democrats.
If there was no "nigger" In the country
they would know Of no good reason for
being Democrats. How could Nasby be
an ideal Democrat disconnected from his
general hatred Of the "nigger." Anti.
niger is the warp and wool Of the poll.
tics Of the large element Of the Demo.
cratic party OF whom Nasby is scarcely
an exaggerated type. II the editor Of
the Martinsburg Statesman lived at the
"COrners" he would meet regularly with
the Democratic brcthern at Bascomb's,
and perhaps take a hand in their occa.
sionaI raids on the, "niggers" when it is
necessary to carry through some measure
Of Democratic reform"
Year: 1877

Our Pittsburgh special utates that
nothing was done at the nail meeting
yesterday beyond appointing committee
to inquire into and If possible provide
for the defects OF the present forfeiture
organization. This committee will not
report until the next meeting, month
hence, and therefore the existing status
will be maintained up to that time
Those who returned from the meeting
last night confirm the summary Of what
was done given in our dispatch.
Year: 1877

NEw YORK, May 9.-At meeting Of
the Board Of Directors of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, the Finance
Committee reported adversely to placing
q mortgage on the line Of railroad now in
operation on the Pacific coast. A reso.
luton was passed requesting the stock
holders TO be informed that in view OF
the Increased and increasing business Of
the railroad the board was Of the opinion
that all money necessary for the compile.
ton Of the branch into the coal fields Of
Pay Slip Valley can be had without re.
sorting 10 mortgage,
Year: 1877

A Gentleman named Miller, residing
at the corner of Park and John streets,
Syracuse, N. Y, and aged about sixty
years, was engaged in picking cherries
at neighbor's near by, and while so do
ing limb broke, and he fell to the
ground, distance of only ten or twelve
feet, striking ON his shoulder and the
back of his head. This occurred about
ten o'clock in the morning. Miller was
taken to his residence, and DR.. Whedon
was called. When the doctor reached
the house and made an examination, he
found that Miller had suffered disloca-
tion of the neck at the base of the brain,
and at the upper part of the spine. He
could hear and understand, but could
not speak. DR.. Whedon, on further ex-
animation, found that when the mans
head and neck were pulled into the natu-
raj position, he could not only under
stand and hear, but could talk as well.
For about two hours the neck remained
in its dislocated condition, and most of
the time persons were employed in hold
ing the neck and head in position, the
mental faculties being in their natural
state Doctors who visited the house
during the afternoon declared that not
in the history Of the country has such a
case ever happened before. A dressing,
consisting of bandages and weights, was
applied to the patients head to keep the
neck extended. H


The injured man died about four
o'clock the next morning, and previous
to his death he became paralyzed in his
right side. He lived eighteen hours
with q broken neck
Year: 1877

Assurance and intrepidity, under the
white banner of seeming modesty, clear
the way to merit that would otherwise
be discouraged by difficulties.


No company is far preferable to bad,
because we are much more apt to catch
the vices of others than their virtues,
as disease is far more contagious than
health.


For the honest people relations in
crease with the years. For the vicious
inconvenience increase. Inconsistency
is the defect of vice; the influence of
habit is one of the qualities of virtue.


No man is defeated without some re-
sentiment, which will be continued with
obstinacy while he believes himself in
the right, and asserted with bitterness if
even to his own conscience he is detect
ed in the wrong.


1t appears to be among the laws of ma
ture that the mighty of intellect should
be pursued and cooped by the little, MS
the solitary flight of one little bird is fol-
lowed by the twittering petulance of
many smaller.


There is nothing more to be esteemed
than manly frmness and decision of
character. / like person who knows
his mind and sticks to it; who sees at once
what is to be done i'll given circum-
stances and does it.


If this life is unhappy, it is a burden
to us, which is difficult to bear; if it is in
every respect happy it is dreadful to be
deprived of it; so that in either case the
result is the same, for we must exist in
anxiety and apprehension.
Year: 1877

A good many men are IN the best of
health when they are out of spirit.


Everything in name. The small
paths in Fairmount park are called foot
paths, while the very large path on the
other side of the river is called tow
path. Fsl a


"How many children have you ?"
asked one friend of an old acquaintance.
well, l have five, but they were eating
cucumbers when l left home and they
may be all doubled up now"


"Do those bells sound on alarm of
fire ?" said a stranger, the other Sunday
as the church belle -rvro calling together
IL ~oIonIpers. eyes, was the reply,
"but the fire is in the next world"


A sudden draught of hot air passed
through O cotton field and peach orchard
in Western Texas few days ago, scorch-
ing and killing every green thing it
touched for a space of one hundred yards
long.


Another day has come and gone, leav-
ing us all older and wiser, but as yet no
communications have been received in
dicating that any one has discovered a
man who can drink out of spring with
out getting the end of his nose wet


A little boy entered fish market the
other day, and seeing for the first time
pile of Holsters lying on the counter,
looked inteptly at them'for some time,
when he exclaimed: By gracious
thems the biggest grass-hoppers I've
ever seen.


Sellers of liquor in Oregon are not re-
quired, under new law, to be licensed
but every drinker must pay $5 year
for license, and whoever sells to an un-
licensed person may be imprisoned. The
names of procurers of licenses are to be
published every six months.


The small boy has two prime objects
in view in getting "fghting cut" to his
hair in warm weather. One is to show
his vigilant father that he hasn't been in
swimming; and the other, because he
can lie in bed five minutes longer in the
morning; he doesn't have to comb his
hair.


Men have been somewhat cynically
defined as contrivance of wise men to
keep fools at a distance. Fashion is
shrewd to detect those who do not belong
to her train, and seldom wastes her at
tentions. Society is very swift in its
instincts, and if you do not belong to it,
resists and sneers at YOU, or quietly
drops you.


This is what is Just killing enterprise
in the Black Hills: A paragraph i'll the
telegraphic columns of daily paper
assures us that one ten stamp mill has
just cleared up $1,000 worth of gold, !"
and the paragraph following tells us
how the "road agents have just cleaned
out stage, robbing all the'passengers
and asking $1,000 from the treasure
box" At this rate it is very evident it
would take about four or five ten stamp
mills to keep even with the road agents.


It is related that the late General
John G. Breckenridge had son (CabeD
upon his staff, and at the terrible charge
of the Kentucky Brigade at Murfrees-
boro', chose him to carry an order to a
distant part of the line, saying in reply
to remonstrance that he would not
direct any officer to face q danger from
which he would spare member OF his
own family. The boy galloped safely
through a storm of bullets, delivered
the order and returned unhurt. 1t is
now announced that he is to marry next
month the daughter of Lloyd Tevis,
now reputed the richest man in Cali
! foTnia
Year: 1877

A great deal of harm is done through
forgetfulness. A little thoughtfulness
and care with respect to others would
often save them from great deal OF
suffering, and aid them in their work. A
man is discouraged in consequence of
the difficulties he meets with. An en-
couraging word may be all that is neces-
sary to revive his energies, and to caue
him to persevere. That word were
easily spoken. There are those who are
perfectly willing to speak it, but they do
not think of it. They are busy with


their own work. The discouraged one
sinks into deeper dependency, not
through their heartlessness, but their
want OF thoughtfulness. A young man
is exposed to temptation. He is about
to take step from which little in-
huence of the right kind will save him.
There are numbers among his acquaint-
ances who could exert that influence.
But they do not see his danger, or are so
busy that they must leave him to the
care of his other friends. He takes the
step. and it leads to his ruin. A little
effort rightly put forth would have saved
Year: 1877

There is only one band to each
division, and it affords music at inter-
walls, but the spirits of the men are
cheered on the way by their own songs,
in which they give vent to their en-
thusiasm with goodwill and melodious
expression which is quite enlivening.
At the head of each battalion are three
drummers, and in the van are generally
a score or more of good singers. First
one strikes up solo, whose not un-
pleasant air is Listened to in silence, and
then the company In unison and
harmony take up the chorus, the drum
mers joining in, while the refrain swells
along the whole line in a manner which
is emphatically warlike and grand.
Sometimes where the musical element is
strong and solo singers rare, soldier
with the clarionet plays the solo, then
all the others, with the drums, take up
the chorus. The songs are often very
spirit-stirring, and the heartiness with
which they are rendered tells how deeply
the feelings of the men have be EN- stirred
and the spirit in which they are march
ing to meet the enemy This singing is
maintained through the march, and the
effect is as pleasing as tits inspiriting,
Year: 1877

A correspondent who has visited the
arsenal on the Golden Horn remarks
that it is difficult to comprehend that
one is in the chief arsenal of great ma
tion engaged in a tremendous war when
one sees the listlessness and apathy of
every one concerned. A few months ago
there were 5000 people employed there,
but their numbers have been reduced to
1,000 Krupp guns, which should
months ago have been at the Dardanelles
and on the Bosphorus, are peacefully
slumbering, side by side, with other
guns looking at them. Several wooden
frigates and corvettes are being fitted
out, but the work on them progresses
very slowly. A fine iron-clad is in course
of construction, but it is impossible to
predict when she will be finished. In
England she would require 1000 or
1900 men for six or nine months, but
the Turks have only about thirty men at
work on her, and they wander about
listlessly, as if the consciousness Of their
utter uselessness weighed upon them.
Very little material is visible, though
they are believed to be tolerably we'll
supplied with it; and the workshops,
steam hammers, and so forth are really
good,
Year: 1877

A girl sat at an open window, sweetly singing
In gushing shower the summer rain was earth


ward winging. ....sJ
She seemed a bird, her longing voice the. sweet


reminder


A warbler Gagged, the rain the bars that close


confined her.
Sing on, though doors be closed, content with
good endeavor,
Rather than free, to breast the storm, and fall


forever
Year: 1877

The Board of Aldermen yesterday adopted
a series of resolutions directing the Super
intendent of the Building Department to
require all factories and other business
places where number of hands are en-
ployed to provide tanks at the several
stories of their buildings, to hold suHi-
cient supply of water, in case of fire, to
extiAguish the flames before they obtain
headway. Such a regulation properly en-
forced would be a very useful one. The
destruction Of life by fire in factories in the
daytime has been frightfully large and has
been due quite as much to panic as to the
flames. When terror seizes number Of
persons, especially young lads and girls.
no thought Of the peril Of destruction by
crushing and leaping from windows checks
the mad efforts to escape the more apparent
danger. If the employees in large factory
felt confident that there were such means
of checking fire readily available as would
render the rapid spread of the flames
almost impossible, the knowledge would do
much to give them that GOODNESS and self
possession in case of an alarm which is so
much needed in such moments to avert
fatal results. The idea of the Aldermanic
resolution is good one, and we do not see
why tho rule should not be strictly enforced.
Year: 1877

clean that are full of mudholes or paved


with rotten. soddened wooden blocks which


retain moisture and are even worse
than stagnant pools of water. The
people will not begrudge any ,nec-
essary appropriation for this much
needed public improvement, provided the
expenditures are honestly made and the
work properly done. Fifth avenue, the
great pleasure drive Of the city, is disgrace
to the metropolis in its present condition,


and we regret that the Commissioner of Pub
lie Works does not urge the macadamizing
of that splendid avenue from Washington
square to the Central Park. The good work
commenced in the lower part of the city
should be continued until all the business
thoroughfares are in good condition. This
will remove the evils of delay and high
charges under which the commerce Of New
York now suffers by allowing all the side
streets to be used, thus preventing blockades.
and by permitting the carting of heavier
loads with less wear and tear on horses and
wagons, thus cheapening carriage. It is to
be hoped that no false economy will pre-
vent IN adequate appropriation for such
work
Year: 1877

greater devotion to productive industries,
an increased commerce, in the profits OF
which we should largely share, and pros
perity which would add very greatly to our
own2 II President Diaz were an illiberal
ruler; if the policy of Mexico were to shut
as out if that great country were to be per-
manently closed to American capital and
enterprise UNDER its present rulers. then
we should be silent for we repeat what
we have often urged. we do not want Mex
leo, but we do want and have the right to
demand the use of it. We will not tolerate
q new Japan on our borders. We want that
territory to be thrown open to American
commerce and enterprise. But if we can
obtain all this without war why not be pa
tient and await the event?


The statement made by SeHor Zamacona
to our New Orleans correspondent, explain
ing his mission and the wishes of President
Diaz, shows that a liberal and magnanimous
policy. toward Mexico must bear speedy and
abundant fruit. The new Minister comes
to New York as we'll as Washington, to our
merchants as well as the government. He
promises the maintenance Of peace on
the border, and asks for the establish
ment Of cordial commercial relations
between the two countries. The Minister
points to the fact that the interest of both
countries is to be at peace with each other,
and claims that the border troubles are
fomented by schemers who hope by war
to gain their own ends and profit. Min
lister coming on such q mission should be
cordially met. AS Seiior Zamacona puts it,
"This country is great it should also be
magnanimous and meet the Mexican gov
eminent half way"
Year: 1877

It is six months since the government of
the 10th Of May came into power-six
months since the beginning Of the last des-
growth and consolidation of the Republic,
and if at the end of this period that attempt
is not altogether at an end it is at least SO
near to the close OF its efforts that its
authors have sought to be let down easy by
whitewashing vote of the Senate AS .
result Of this six months Of intrigue and
bravado of corruption and chicanery, of
impudent pretence and fitful temerity, the
French Republic stands before the world
stronger than ever-stronger and more
confident for the shameful and almost
ridiculous failure Of one more effort Of its
enemies. Indeed, the concise verdict on
the whole campaign would be that one
more resolute attempt to overthrow the Re-
public and set'up in its place any sort Of
monarchy whatever has failed. And THAT
which is founded in the confidence Of
people becomes stronger in that confidence
for the failure of every assault against it the
result is that the enemies Of the Republic
have once more greatly contributed to its
stability. Altogether the French Republic
has been happy in its enemies, but espe-
cially happy in the hostility Of the Duke
de Broglie. Few of its friends have done so
much for it as has been done by this shifty
politician in the organization of futile as
saults that have raised the reputation of
the fortress It is said that the new Minis
try is to be only mask for this Duke, and
with mask or without one he can hardly
be other than the unintentional and uncon-
scious friend Of the Republic.
Year: 1877

The quarterly report of the amount of
street repairs done in the city shows that this
year parts OF franklin, Wall, Rector, Ferry,
Spruce and Nassau streets have been repaired
under contracts with the einsufficient amount
of money appropriated for the purpose.
The improved pavement even to this extent
has been of great advantage to downtown
business, and by the time the remaining
contracts are completed the lower part Of
the city will be in q better condition for
travel than it has been for many years. The
requirement. Of Nassau street has been espe-
cially convenient for the large traffic of that
important thoroughfare. But the Commis-
sioner of Public Works states in his report
that the sum thus far appropriated has
been quite inadequate to the requirements
of the city, and calls attention to the fact that
besides the Importance of repaving oil the
downtown thoroughfares that are still in
bad condition it is very desirable that some
uptown streets-Fifth avenue, Seventh ave.
nue., parts Of Lexington avenue and other
streets--should also be repaved. He consid-
ers that five hundred thousand dollars could
be beneticially used this year, and, with
proper economy. would greatly improve the
city.


The necessities OF commerce, the con-
venience of travel and the protection Of the
public health demand the repairs OF our
present wretched pavements, and all the
money honestly invested in that direction is
o public gain. It is impossible TO keep roads
Year: 1877

Between the detectives of various coun-
tries there is no difference in their inability
to resist temptation. Like statesmen they
have their prices respectively, and if one
has not fallen it is because he has not had
good opportunity to do SO proftably. De-
tectives detect in Paris, in London or in this
city only in proportion as the criminal
whom they have to follow fails to fee them
at rate which makes them Indifferent to
their salaries. Detective systems seem to
be among the insuperable difficulties of
police organization. man on COM
paratively moderate salary has to hunt
down one who has stolen q million
and recover the spoil. Secrecy is neces-
sary part of the operation. He drives
his game into q corner and has it at his
mercy. There they are together, the
rogue and the officer of the law, and it is
unknown to every other human creature
that the rogue is caught. He proffers to the
officer half the spoil to let him get away;
and this can be done safely, for the officer
has only to plead want of success in his
hunt. 1t is, therefore, commonly the officer
that is caught, and there seems no way to
get around it. This is SO ancient human
experience that in some Eastern cities they
have had for ages on acknowledged institu-
ton for the restoration of property that
comes upon the failure of detective sys-
tens. There is q captain of the thieves,
through whom the owner repurchases his
stolen property for regular percentage on
its value. Such functionaries are not un-
known in this city. But the endeavor to
make detectives honest is not given up
everywhere. In this city detective caught
in collusion with thieves is sometimes pro-
NOTED and sometimes put on other duty.


In Paris and London they actually put him


in prison. Three of the best detectives on
the London force have just been sentenced


to two years. imprisonment, as set forth


in our special dispatches. This Ger.


tainly sufices Tor their ruin, for they will


have no more "chances" when they come
out, and it may make other detectives hon.
est, but it will certainly make them careful.