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Year: 1877

It is printed from beautiful clear type
on fine Toned paper, comprised in one
large Royal Octave volume, embellishsd,
with the largest and finest collection of
engravings ever Incorporated in any his
tory Of the United States; bound IN the
most substantial manner


The agent for this valuable work will
be in town aud we commend her to the
courtesy and patronage Of our citizens,
and trust she will mset with that success
commensurate with the rare merits Of the
work.
Year: 1877

A correspondent, writing to the German
press, tells OF q little joke perpetrated re-
Gently upon the keeper Of Kretshma lsaloon)
we're se iis being literally dispensed ss to Thirty
soldiers.


A Cossack, mounted on tired looking nag.
halted before the place, and leaving the
weary animal standing before the door, en-
amount of refreshment for the inner soldier.
Having disposed of It, he quietly. moved
toward the door again, and was about mount
ing his horse, when the. proprietor Of the
saloon gently reminded him Of the custom OF
the place and the triiling sum he had placed
himself under obligation to contribute toward
It's support by partaking OF its hospitality.
With a woe-begone sigh ending with moan,
the soldier draws dirty looking purse from
his pocket and is In the act Of removing n
coin from It's scanty contents, when, suddenly
his horse totters and falls TO the ground.
The poor fellow is wild with anguish. He
attempted to make the creature rise by every
Imaginable means used to bring q horse TO
him also. knowing the soldier owns the
horse. and will be sadly out of pocket by the
loss The Cossack almost weeps over the
immOvable mass Of horsetlesh, calls Ii en-
horse ID dead. IT'S d touching sight, and APP
peals to the heart and purse. In a short time
q kind-hearted witness had collected q nice
little sum and handed 1t to the grief-stricken
soldier with the best Wishes oi the spectators
for better and stronger horse. Even the
saloon-keeper added his sympathy by open
ing bottle of his best wine and with his own
hands presented a foamng bumper to the
bereaved man with strong hint indicating
that accounts were square.


With sorrowing gratitude 'tis accepted
Then bending over his beloved horse MIR. Cos
sack removes the saddle and bride. filings
them over his shoulder and marches away.
with last lingering look Mt the dead horse.
Ten minutes later q shrill whistle resounds
flash the dead horse, is I'M and away in The
direction of tho charmed sound, giving his
heels such joyous freedom and such glorious
evidence Of vigor and life that the saloon
keeper and his astounded guests are, for the
moment, bereft of their senses and powers of
locomotion, and when o few minutes after the
audacious trooper dashed by and with wave
of the hand bids them farewell they can only
articulate, Damn the Cossacks.''
Year: 1877

1t is always pleasant task to chronicle new
enterprise. and especially II such the case when
that enterprise is of benefcent character
Such task is OURS as we call attention to the
new quarters In course Of preparation for the
the occupancy Of the salvage corps Of the Board
of Underwriters.


The board has taken ten years lease OF the
four-story brick building No. le9 Julia street.
between Camp and st. Charles streets. and are
now fitting II up In the most complete manner.
both with regard the comfort of the men and
the efficiency Of the service, The main build
ing has frontage of twenty-five and one hal +
feet. with depth Of forty-nve feet


Az we enter on the ground floor we And the
Salvage Corps wagon facing the main door.
with stalls on either side where are the horses
always harnessed and trained to stand without
halters. Here there will be one man always on
guard and the horses being taught to take their
places at the clicking of the gong. no time Ia
iost In making ready for the start. Immediately
above, on the second floor. Ia the eleeping room
OF the men. When the gong strikes, an autom-
attic telegraph apparatus hoiss the blankets to
the ceiling. wakening the men. turns on tho gas.
stops one clock, and drops a small flight OF
steps from the drivers bedside to his seat In
the wagon, enabling him to go Immediately to
his place. The third floor ia to be used as
A1nutu8 Joom lDE tHR HBUs hDu uIe t0uTtD ttOOr
as repair shop for tarpaulns.


The roar building will have on the first floor
Che feed room. repair shop and general ware
house. with space for extra wagons; on the sec-
ond floor q day sleeping room and bath room.
and tho third floor will be used as n drying
room for tarpaulins. while the yard immediate
ly across the alley will be reserved for the Pro-
tector's hose wagon.


The tower will have a base twenty-five feet
square, and an altitude of 1eI feet with a look
out house. in which there will be man on
watch ut all times both day aud night. The
elevation will give full view of the city. and
with the constancy of the watch. afford every
opportunity to discover fires in their incipi
ency. II will also be connected by telegraph
with the harbor Are boat Protector. thus giving
her timely warning of the location of fires and
providing for her timely use in furnishing wa
ter for use of the fire department when neces-
sary; with the City Fire Alarm Telegraph: the
American District Fire Telegraph and the
Girard Automatic Alarm.


The work is progressing steadily, and the
building will be ready for occupancy In about
thirty days
Year: 1877

We want law from the next Legislature pro-
hibiting the storage. sale transport or use in
any manner of coal oils or any product thereof
which will not stand q fire test Of $50 degrees
providing for the eonfiscation of any oils of
lower test and imposing severe penalties for
any violation Of such law. Then we want II en-
forced.
Year: 1877

The coal oil warehouse question has now been
before the City Council for more than month.
The law is plain; the violation palpable, and we
ARE rs yet without q move toward applying the
remedy. What ie the matter
Year: 1877

We have brought the coal oil question before
the people; insurance men say we are right In
the matter: now let them refuse TO take risks in
the immediate vicinity of these mag azines Of
danger. and they will awaken an interest In the
question before the house that will result In the
removal thereof TO localities where they can
not he harmful. Now. gentlemen, a long pull
strong pull, and pull al together" and the
day is won.
Year: 1877

We would like to ask coal oil men II they In
sure their houses: and If they do. whether they
are aware that by their violation of city ordi-
nance No. 1853 they are voding every policy
they carry: and cannot collect by law, but only
through the courtesy of the company. one cent
In case Of loss. and more, that in case the man
ageinent were disposed to pay, any stockholder,
however small. could successfully enioin such
nayfnnnt
Year: 1877

FARMERS az DfOVeEB bhmks AOuhAVtAhcS
Ky, Treas. ..
The public is respectfully notified that in
consequence of the precedent established by
the former Company, and not wishing to
make a scaled or fractional Drawing, the
management have made a short postpone
ment of sixty days. While regretting to


ask the indulgence of their patrons even


for this short period, 1t is on their account


that this postponement is made, as many


have expressed their wishes that this Draw


ing should be a full one. Ft


The Company is pleased to announce
that the Courts of Kentucky have decided
that the charter under which their distrtbu-
tions take plase Is e..
LEGAL BEYOND QUESTION.
Hence. sustained by law. and the receipts


being most encouraging, the management
, emphatically state that this Drawing Will
positively take place on August 3Uth


OR MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED IN
FULL. .
Year: 1877

A ilapidated-looking stranger came into
the office, yesterday morning, and with an
air of profound mystery conhded to us the
information that he was quite wealthy, and
great collector of centennial relics but
being temporarily embarrassed and away
from home, he wished to dispose of a shirt
that Washington had once worn, for S4.75.
He showed us the shirt, but as it appeared
to have been the only one that Washing
ton ever had and that he had worn it with
great assiduity for a couple of hundred
years, we hesitated about investing. The
man said:


"You won't give $4.75 for shirt that
was once worn by the Father of his
Country?"


We said no at least not unless he could
bring us the affidavit of Col. Tom Gresham,
of Lexington, Ca, to show that the Father
of his Country washed his neck twice dur
ing the Revolutionary War, and that the
tint on the neck band of the relic was
caused by its being used as a washer for the
| lynch-pin of a continental cannon.


"You can stand there" the man said,
" and look at this priceless bit of linen,
venerable with dust of ages and the darken.
ing stains of Times indelible pencil and
not feel your heart burn and throb and
your eyes grow dim and misty with the
memory of Valley Forge and Lundy's lane
and the Battle of the File? You can stand
there and refuse to give $4.75 for this sacred
emblem?'


We blushed, and felt very much dis
concerted, but the truth was strong within
us, and we managed to indicate that W.


would even refuse to give much create


sum for it,


"Then," he said "wiIl you lend me fft!


cents on it, and keep it for me until sent


you draft for $35 from New York ?"
We had to say that we would not accep
the trust. He tucked the sacred emblem
, under his arm and closed his eyes for


moment and then lifted his hands t
; heaven.


"My rebuke is just" he said solemnly
, "and am rightly rebuffed and insulteC
, l trampled my manhood and honor an
| convictions in the dust when offered thi


talsman of liberty to alien hands for bas


dross. l goj | may starvej | may die j
: the streets but never will part or offer I
n part with this again / will die with it i
9 my clinging arms, and when am dead yo
= will find Washington written on my beart
D He went. We watched him disappea
{ down the stairs and then he went to tn
t alley window and saw him go back into q
e adjacent wood-shed, where he peeled h
e closely. .buttoned coat and inserted himse
g 4 into the talisman OF liberty. And he VIZ
). seen no more.-GeOrgia paper.
Year: 1877

lie WANTED A CERTIFICATE.-They had q
quarrel on Sunday evening. lie got mad
and swore he'd leave her. Then She got
veXed and told him he could do as he
pleased. He left. That night he came
around again. lie asked to see her alone.
She readily complied. She was all of a
tremOr. Her heart went out to him in a
gush Of sympathetic love. She stood ready
to throw both arms around his neck and
cry out in her joy. There was not much
color in his face, and his voice was husky.
He said:


81 have been with you six months,
Matilda, and | tried in all that time to do
what was right" He paused an instance to
recover his voice which was faltering
rapidly, while her trembling increased. 81
know that have got considerable temper,
and that do not control it always as ought
But | have tried to be faithful to you, tried
to do everything that | thought would
tend to make you happy. And feeling that
| have, | called to night to see if you
wouldn't be kind enough to give me sort
of testimonial to this effect, so that
could show it to any other young lady /
might want to 60 with. 1t might help
me-"


lie looked at her axiously. All the
color left her in flash. She made great
effort to swallow something which threat
ened to sutIoCate her. Then she spoke:
"You get out Of this house as quick a>
you can, you miserable whclp, or my father
| shall kick you out.


He left without the testimonial.
Year: 1877

DoN'T HURRY, GIRLs.-One of the crying
evils of these times is the tendency and dis
position of girls to get through girlhood
hurriedly and get into womanhood, or
rather into young ladyhood, without wait
ing to enjoy the beautiful season of girl
hood. Speaking on this point, Bishop
Morris says: Wait patiently, my children,
through the whole limit of your girlhood.
Go not after womanhood; let it come to
you. Keep out of public view. Cultivate
retirement and modesty. The cares and
responsibilities of life will come soon
enough. When they come you will meet
them, | trust, as true women should. But
oh, be not so unwise as to throw away your
girlhood. Rob not yourself of this beauti.
full season, which, wisely spent, will bright.
en- all your future life."
Year: 1877

Horne Tooke having challenged Wilkes,
who was then Sheriff of London and Mid
dle-sex, received the following laconic
reply I" Sir, do not think it my business
TO cut the throat of every desperate that
may be tired of his life; but as | am at
present High Sheriff of London, it may
happen that shall shortly haye TO attend
you in my official capacity, in which case
will answer for II that you shall have nc
ground to complain of my endeavors to
serve you.n
Year: 1877

The Boston Traveller tells the following
on the authority of an auctioneer "a year
or more ago he had for sale o lot of
homeopathic medicine. All these medi.
cines were dumped into one pile and
disposed of in one lot, there being various
kinds of medicines in the mass. A board
ing house keeper bought the lot, and, some
days after the purchase, the auctioneer
asked her, What did you do with that
homeopathic medicine, Mrs. --P She
replied: Il thought could use it, and it
was cheap, and so | crushed it under the
roller and then filed my sugar bowls with
it. The boarders seemed to like it, and
especially when powdered over pies.'n
Year: 1877

ONE LIFE, ONE AIM.-A wife said to her
husband, who was scolding her, "However
cross you may be, there is not couple who
live in greater unanimity than you and | :;
for we always desire the same thing-you
want to be master, and so do H.
Year: 1877

A Wisconsin man who had been induced
by Western papers to go to Florida and
start an orange factory, passed through
Atlanta, correspondent says, on his way
home. His breeches were harnessed to
him by one suspender, and he stood up TO
free lunch counter with an air Of man
who knew his rights and dared maintain
+hem.
Year: 1877

A woman, hearing great deal about
spreserying autumn leaves" concluded to
put up Jar of them. She told neighbor
yesterday that she didn't think they would
ever be fit to eat, and that she might just
as well have thrown her sugar away.
Year: 1877

The other day some ladies were out
visiting. There being little two-year-old
present one of the ladies asked him if he
would kiss her. He answered, No"
What is the reason that you will not kiss
me?" 81 am too little to kiss you; papa
will kiss you; papa kisses all Of the big
girls lie was permitted 10 play with his
TOYS again.
Year: 1877

Close Observers say that all through
Western Massachusetts L new forest is
growing up faster than the oid ones are cut
OFT Many locality that was improved as
farm land 20 and 80 years ago, is now
covered with vigorous growth Of young
forest, the rapid decrease in the population
of our outlaying agricultural districts
having rendered such change inevitable.
Year: 1877

Fashion kills more women than toll
and SORROW. Obedience to fashion is q
greater transgression of the laws Of
womans nature. greater injury to her
physical and mental constitution, than
poverty 6nd neglect The slave woman
at her tasks will live and grow old, and
sec two or three generations of her mis-
tresses fade and pass away. The washer
woman, with scarce a ray Of hope to
cheer her in her tells, viii live to SEQ
fashionable sisters die all around her.
The kitchen maid is hearty and strong
when her LADY has to be uursed like a
ck baby. 1t is a sad truth that fashion
pampersd women are almost worthless
for all the ends of human life. They
have but little force Of character; they
have still less power OF moral viii, and
quite as little physical energy. They
live for no great purpose in life; they ac-
complished no worthy ends They are
only doll forms in the hands Of mi!iiners
and servants to be dressed and fed to
order They dress nobody. They write
no books; they set no rich examples of
virtue and womanly life. II they rear
children, servants and nurses do ell,
cave to conceive and give them birth,
and when reared what ere they? What
DO they ever amount to but weak scions
Of the CID stock? Who ever heard OF a
fashionable woman child exhibiting any


virtue or power Of mind fer which it be-
came eminent? Read the biographies Of
our great and good men and women.
Not one Of them hud a fashionable
mother. They nearly all sprang from
stroug minded who had about as little TO
10 with fashion as with the charging
clouds.
Year: 1877

The following expression Of views in
regard to the State debt is from the
Lebanon KeraLd:


The proposition of the Nav York
holders of Tennesses bonds to compro-
mise the debt upon the basis of sixty
cents on the dollar, which will engage
the attention Of the Legislature ct the
session to be called especially for its con.
sideration, is q subject of momeatous i'm
portauce, not only to US but to our pros
perity; and it beLooves US to act eau
tiously, carefully and discreetIy, no only
that We may preserve our own homer uu-
furnished, but that we may leave no
heritage Of dishonor to those who shall
come after US The proposition to settle
our Indebtedness at sixty cents is one
which the State is amply able to meet,
and which should be promptly accepted.
1t is more than We could reasonably
have expected from the holders of our
bonds, and it seems plain to US that, if
We desire to pay our honest debts at all
We ought not to await or anticipate an
easier or fair mode of doing so.
Year: 1877

A SAD story is related Of lady at a
party in London whose dress and form
were faultless. just before dinner an
sdmirer OF fered her a flower from his
button-hole, which she fastened to her
dress with pin. As they went down
TO dinner, the gentleman thought he
heard noise as though wind were es-
Gaping from a bellows. The lady had
soon lest he fair proportions, and the
tightly fitting dress was most baggy. 1t
appears that the latest fashion for thin
ladies' dresses is an air-tight lining blown
out to the proper size. The pin put to
keep the flower in had penetrated the
air-tigbt lining AMI caused great co.
Iapse.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, April 25-I1 is perfectly
understood here that the most important
test of the Presidents Southern policy
will not be the organization of the next
House of RepreseU tatives, but the degree
of quiet which Is maintained IN South
Carolina aud Louisiana. The President
has at no time felt much confidence IN
the ability Of bis friends to elect a Re-
publican Speaker de has believed that
if


HIS SOUTHERN POLICY


could have six or seven months trial be-
fore the meeting of Congress it might
meet with that approval which would in
sure the election of one of his RepubIi-
can friends. Ne has. adopted his South
ern policy because he believed it right
in principle and wise in practice and
without any understanding that the
Democrats should support any candidate
or measure he may propose. The cleo
tioD of Speaker will not, therefore, be
test of the success of his policy in any
respect. The only one which it will be
fair to apply as that already mentioned,
namely, the degree of quiet in the States
here disturbances have occurred,


II is reported here among Democrats
fh2t both Gov Nichols and Gov. Hamp-
tor will have the earnest assistance of
ali Democratic members of Congress
from their States. and of the prominent
ans Influential Democrats in each of
hose States will be sent through the in
rerior counties and parishes for the pur-
pose Of explaining to the whites the ex-
act situation and the pledges they have
given in connection with the relief they
have long sought and have now obtained
The Democrats here who have approved
the nag policy seems to see clearly that
it is ia every sence for the interest of
t3a South that the President shall be
fully vindicated, and that the South
would suffer greatly should his policy
fai'. On this account some very strong
Influences will be set to work ImInedi-
ateIy to control all disturbing white ele-
nents in these two States, and to i'm
press the people with the grave impor-
tanco to themselves of maintaining the
peace and CT observing all constitutional
provisions and laws concerning the
rights of citizenship.
Year: 1877

party of the country. That party can


never succeed again. What inducement


have Republicans to make another fght7


What security have they that the next
time they will not be sold right out


again. Hayes pretended to believe


Wade Hampton's promises. They are as
brittle as a pipe stem. Did he not say
that no method except an appeal to the
courts should be resorted TO to obtain
coatrol of the State Offices When
Chamberlain, knowing how unequal was
the contest between himself, on the one
side, and Hampton and Hayes on the
other, gave up his Office, il was supposed
Hampton would keep this agreement.
But he did not do So The North has
been hoodwinked and deluded by fair
promises; when it Is too late, the North
ern people will wake up and find how
much they have been deceived. can
not remain h ere, as the people say they
will shoot me if they can not get rid Of
me otherwise. What property i have
must be sacrificed and / must get away
Where TO 60 | do not know. MOI what is
to become Of me and my family. | can
hardly find words to express my feelings
toward Hayes and Matthews and Foster.
Who are they that they should trade off
the Republicans Of the South The
feeling of every Republican in South
Carolina is expressed in this letter. Some
restrain their feelings, but others can
not
Year: 1877

Listen to the water mill


All the livelong day
How the clicking OF the wheel


Wears the hours away.
LILanguldly the autumn wind


Stirs the wood leaves;
From the field the reapers sing,


Binding up the sheaves;
And n memory o'er my mind


AS a spell IL cast:
The mill will never grind


With the water that is past.
Summer winds revive no more
Leaves strewn over earth and main
And the sickle ne'er can reap


The gathered grain again
And the ripping stream flows on,
Tranquil, deep, and still
Never gliding back again


To the water mill.
Truly speaks the proverb old,
With a meaning vast:
"The mill will never grind


With the water that is past"
Take the lesson to yourself,
Loving heart and true;
Golden years are heeting by;
Youth is passing, too.
Strive to make the most of life,
Lose no happy Gay;
Time Will never bring you back
Chances swept away.
Leave no tender word unsaid,
Love while love shall last
The mill will never grind


With the water that Is past.
Work while yet the daylight shines,
Man OF thought and will;
Never does the streamlet glide
Useless by the mill:
Wait not till to-morrow's sun
Beams upon your way,
All that you can call your own
Lies In thfS-to-1ay.
Power, intellect anu health
May not always last
The mill will never grind
With the water that is past.
Year: 1877

Shabby Genteel Proverbs Especially
adapted to hard-up people during May
weatherC-A new umbrella case covers
multitude of Sits. A patch well put on
is as good as a new shoe. A paper collar
never goes to the wash. Always put of
till to morrow what you can not pay to
day. In a shower of rain an old hat
looks as good as a new one. The man
who goes often to the tailor gets the ac-
coun: at last Half pair Of gloves is
better than none at all. Ii is a short bill
that has no renewal Never leave of a
brass chain till you get a gold one.
Third-class travelling is as good as second
when you meet nobody you know. Level
boot heels and a light heart always 60
together.