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Year: 1878

THE Gdzette can never refer to the
negroes without alluding to their total
want of veracity. and it holds them up
as utterly unworthy of bAlief, but when
a man like Hamburg Butcher Butler
speaks in the Senate and tells the ma
ton that there was no intimidation in
South Carolina, and that there was a
fair election, the Gazette believes every
word of it or pretends to believe it. Th-
Gazene should understand by this tim"
that when Southern men stand up in
Congress and deny the intimidations
charged upon the South, they are looked
upon as untruthful, and with intelli-
gent men their assertions will have no
weight. Colored men no doubt tell lies
sometimes, and pretty often too, but
they cannot hold candle to the two
butcher bulldozers in Congress, Butler
in the Senate and Chalmers in the
House.
Year: 1878

TUE RIGORs OF WINTER are upon us
again, and there are suffering ones
caught without fuel, clothing or even
food. Now is the time for the exercise
of true disenterest-d benevolence by
those who have the means to spare in
helping the poor. There are little
pinched up, hungry forms to be met at
every turn of the street, and there are
modest, humble ones who have to be
sought after, who need help. Let the
heart be kept tender and generous and
the purse strings slack.
Year: 1878

We ARE glad to see the friends who
have advertised so literally in the RE-
doing such a good business in
the holiday trade. A paper with a
daily issue of 5000 in a city the size Of
Wilmington, is the best medium fol
adve rtising that can be found.
Year: 1878

We hear very little now about the
fraudulent President, but agreatmany
inquiries are yet being made about
those cipher dispatches. 1t is wonder
ful how the cipher dispatch query has
usurp-d the space in the dailies which
was once devoted to the Presidential
fraud
Year: 1878

IT Is HOPED that Council will take
hold Of the dog question in earnest at
its meeting TIL, evening. Rabid dogs
and hydrophobia cases are increasing
amongst us at an alarming rate. None
are safe while the streets are full Of
worthless, starving ours.
Year: 1878

One of the novelties of the Paris Ex- position is drill which bores square holes, the invention of MT. Julius Hall of London. The work is done, too, says correspondent of the Scientific Neaos, in 8 way so simple and so easy that any one may prove the fact for him. self. The invention has excited genuine astonishment among the mechanics gathered at the Exposition, There is a constant crowd surrounding the inven- tor, watching him bore hole after hole square, and puzzling over the provok- ingly simple solution of the problem. All that is required is an ordinary hand drill-stock. A stationary one, with a chuck below for holding the work, is used by the inventor; but he says 8 common brace will answer" anything, in fact, will do that will properly hold the drill" The tool itself is the usual form of three-square drill-so that no special apparatus is required. Clamp or chuck this drill in it's holder so that f' it will wobble," that is the whole secret. Instead of making round hole, as it will if tightly grasped, when loosely held it produces a square one; and, ac- cording to the inventor, it is immaterial whether the drill wobbles in the work or the work under the drill.
Year: 1878

The young man who lately attempted to assassinate King Alfonso, of Spain, is named Juan Oliva Moncasi. He is by trade cooper, and is a native of the Province of Tarragona. He is married, and has one daughter. On being in- terrogated, he declared that he belonged to the International Society, and that he had come from Tarragona to Madrid with the intention of killing the King, but that he had confded the object of his journey to nobody, not even to his wife. The pistol he used was double barreled one. He only discharged one of the barrels, having dropped the weapon immediately after firing at the King, who, hearing report of firearms, and seeing flash, checked his horse moment and looked back to see if any of his suite had been wounded, and then went on to the palace without showing the least emotion. Some women who had seen Oliva fire pointed him out to the Police. The bullet, after wounding soldier slightly, imbedded itself in wall on the opposite side of the street.
Year: 1878

In old times, says a gambler of Wash ington, writing to 8 local paper, we thought nothing of having a thousand or two up on turn. There was old Humphrey Marshall. He was prince. I never saw an amateur in my experience of forty years who would put down as much cold money out of his hands as Marshall. Somefellows, you know, are queer about cards. There was the other Marshall. He was different from Hum- phrey that way. He laid himself out on piling his stack of chips up to the cell ing. But Humphrey would come in and pull the cold cash out of his clothes and put it all down on turn. He made lots of money, lived like lord, and never seemed to be short Hold up. Yes, he was short once, that's fact. It was about the time that he came from Chili, where he was American Minister. He came into the rooms one day and said his wife wanted an addition to the house, and he was going to give her money to build it with right off that table, and he did He walked off with $4, 400 on three turns, and, next day, began work on his house. He played just like one of us-cool as ice all the time.

 Some of those foreign fellows used to be game, especially the Russians. guess it's in the blood with them any how, they all had it in the old days, from Bodisco down. He was queer coon, but the most systematic man at the game you ever saw. He used to set aside just so much money for this little fun. If he was in luck he'd play ahead, and sometimes cleared stake, but gen. eralIy he didn't turn up we'll. and when so much was gone he'd push his chair back from the table and say quietly, in always the same words: "Ze appro- priation for zat is all exhaust" Then, if he didn't feel tired, he looked on for while before going home. He never went over his limit on the appropriation. The fellows connected with the Russian legation then used to come around nearly every day, some of them playing big.

 

 difference, for they were just as good as old wheat. The bank kept a regular &C., count with them by the month, and when their sinews of war came around they'd clear the slate.

 In old times I don't believe there were more than half 8 dozen members we didn't know we'll in business way, but I swear now as @ gentleman that not more than four members of the last Congress ever came to our rooms. They get together on short cards in their room at the hotel and play on 25-cent ante and $s5 limit, and if man loses $10 in the course of a night he goes out next day and puts crape on his hat. Why, the man that wins $25 on @ turn now thinks his reputation for gambler is established, and he begins to talk about us fellows that play. If we can't do better than that ell have to turn in and eat each other up.
Year: 1878

In these days of frequent marital dis turbance and conjugal infelicity, when the course of married life seems to have been transferred from paved street to a corduroy road with very disagreeable holes in it, it is pleasant to read of in- stances in which affection triumphs over the worst obstacles, and forgiyeth all things, and endureth the worst. A case of this sort occurred in New York po- lice court. A young and pretty woman was brought before the judge for beng found helplessly intoxicated in the street. The judge hated to send such a woman to the island, and asked if any one in the court knew her. A young man thereupon came forward, and, in a voice low and hoarse with emotion, said :: "She is my wife, sir. It is not her first offense, and, Gods forgive. me, had de- termined to let her suffer this time. I find my love for her will not allow of my quietly seeing her punished, however much she may deserve it. Forgive her, your Honor, as Inow do. She has been, and will perhaps again be, as good wife as ever man was blessed with. The judge pronounced the woman free, and turned his face to conceal his emotion. The two went their way, with blessings following them, hundred times happier than most of the people who parade their domestic miseries in the divorce courts. Such episodes do something to keep our faith in human nature. Love is good thing to have in family after all
Year: 1878

Every editor loves to have his friends
and particularly his readers to call on
him. They belong to the same family,
as it were. But when you call to see
the editor, don't stay too long. Editors
are generally very busy in business
hours. If you have suggestion to make
or news to communicate, state it in the
fewest words possible.


Don't offer any excuses nor indulge in
long preface to what you have to say.
Blurt it right out; tell the editor you
wish him we'll, and bid him good day.
Editors dote on such men IA that. They
love to receive calls from them. Don't
argue with them. Don't try to do it.
He's got no time for argument while at
his work.


When you write to an editor for pub
LEGATION, make it short; boil it down.
Pitch right into the middle of your sub
ject, and be sure to stop writing when
you are through. Editors always like
something fresh and original in the way
of communications, and they are espe-
cially fond of news. But the editor
must always be the judge of what is
worthy of publication. Of course every
writer thinks his own production the
best, just as every mother thinks her
baby the prettiest that was ever born.
But the editor may be so stupid as to
have different opinion. II 80, it can't
be helped. Don't try to argue him out
of his notion. II he is too stupid to
appreciate good thing, you can't ex-
pect to remedy his dullness. You may
think you are a great deal smarter than
the editor, and that may be true; but
the editor may be responsible for the
publication and you are not. There is
no class of men so anxious to please a
majority of the people as editors are.
There is no class 80 covetous Of the good
opinion of others. II is well to remem-
Der that fact.
Year: 1878

DR.. THOMAS, of Detroit, details in the
Dental Cosmos case in which he success
fully inserted in the mouth of gentle
man, who had lost superior cuspidate,
solid and healthy tooth that he had
removed from woman's mouth four
weeks previously. He opened into the
canal and pulp pchamber'of the tooth, from
the apex Of the roo! only; cut the end
off one eighth of an inch Git being that
too long) reduced the size somewhat in
center of root Git being a trihe larger
than the root extracted,) filled and
placed it in position. He says that
several dentists were not able to distin-
guish the transplanted tooth from the
others Two features in the case that
he calls particular attention to are ::
That although the tooth had been in his
office four weeks, there is no perceptible
change in color, and that the reattach-
ment is as perfect as though it had boen
transplanted or replanted the same day
of extraction. DR.. Thomas knows but
two obstacles in the way of perfect prac-
ticabilty of transplanting: first, the
difficulty of obtaining the proper teeth
at the proper time; and, second, the pos
sibility of incubation. The latter is the
more formidable of the two, and to
escape the ills that might follow, the
greatest caution is necessary. The first
difficulty is more easily gotten over, for
it is not necessary that the tooth trans
planted should correspond exactly in
shape and size to the one extracted; if
it is too large it may be reduced or, if
too small, new osseous deposit will sup
ply the deficiency.
Year: 1878

seigneur? / will be back presently"


In few minutes Antoine returned
with the blushing Sephronia.


" Marry us, Monseigneur? Let that
be my reward"


And they were married in front of all
those dreadful copses


The corpses were finally pushed into
the sea by galley slaves that had been
liberated for that purpose.


Such an appalling calamity never
befell civilized city in modern times
Year: 1878

As it is generally useless to try to
persuade horse to take medicine vol
UNFAIRLY, owing to his inability to ap-
preciate its advantages, combined with
his dislike for the taste, mechanical
means are resorted to. An ingenious
apparatus in this line has just been in
vented 1t consists of Il wooden gag
bit, which is placed in the horses mouth
and attached to the headstal. Bypull-
ing a cord, the gag is turned by levers,
compelling the animal to open its mouth.
The stem of the medicine receptacle,
which looks like an exaggerated tobacco
pipe, is then inserted in the bit and
clamped therein. Then by opening a
valve in the receptacle, the medicine
previously placed therein runs down
the animals throat. Also in the stem is
a kind of fork, which, when a pill is to
be administered, holds the same until
it is washed down by a charge of water
poured into the bowl.
Year: 1878




Washington, Dec. 27.-LeadIng re-
publicans in the house propose to have
something to say about the manner in
which the recent elections In the south
were carried and the failure Of tile
southern people to respond to the pres
ident's southern policy. When the leg
islative appropriation bill comes up for
discussion. the republicans have deter
mined to press for liberal appropria-
tion for the department of justice, in
order to enable the attorney general to
push the cases against the parties who
openly violate the federal election laws.
The democrats will undoubtedly oppose
this appropriation. The republicans
then intend to inaugurate a political
discussion which will afford an oppor-
tunity to more fully expose the work
tngs Of the policy by which an almost
solid south was created. It is the
opinion Of some of the most prominent
republicans in the house that if Sena-
tor Blaine had not moved for his COM
mittee of Investigation in tile senate,
but remained quiet and allowed the
in the house to make issue
with the democrats over the liberal ap-
preparation for the department Of JUS
tice, the republican party would make
more capital than is possible now.
Year: 1878

A GOODNESS exists between the car
and czarowitch, because the father
believes the son to sympathize with the
students. That being the case, the
sooner the son ascends the throne the
better. lie will be the most liberal
ruler of the two.
Year: 1878

CHINA DOESN'T seem half 90 much
bent on conquest as her big army on the
frontier Of the Russian possessions in
Asia would indicate. An envoy is
even now in Russia prepared to apollo
gize and patch up peace.
Year: 1878

A REWARD of 5000 has been Of
fered for the return Of the stolengold
certificates which so mysteriously dis
appeared from the possession of the
bank messenger in New York yester-
aov
Year: 1878

THEY are after Emperor Francis
Joseph Of Austria, now; that is the
regicides are. Every gateway and
every avenue on the palace grounds is
guarded carefully One man power
Il great, when the man is at the end of
q murderous looking revolver,
Year: 1878

Commentator.


Divine vengeance comes with feet OF
lead, but it strikes with hands of iron.


Men may die like lambs, and yet have
their place with the goats.


1t is common for those who are farthest
from God to boast themselves most OF
living near the church.


Events are not determined by the
wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by
the wheels of Providence, which are full
of eyes.


reckon him a Christian, indeed, that
is neither ashamed of the gospe' nor
shame to it.


Nature is content with little. grace
with less, but lust with nothing.


Gods presence with. !. man in bis
mouse, tsfJffghsIt be' but = Ess.ssc...'
that house both castle and palace.


Length of days is wisdom's right hand
blessing, typical of eternal life; but it is
in her left hand thai are riches and
honor.


1t is good to be early at our devotions.
The morning is as good a friend TO the
graces as il is to the masses.


We ought to know the scriptures as
the physician does his disPensatory, the
lawyer his books OF reports, anu the
sailor his charts and compass.


Gods laws were never designed to be
ike cobwebs, which catch the little flies.
but suffer the large ones to break
through.


Venture not into the company of those
that are infected with the plague, DO,
not though thou think thyself guarded
with an antidote.


As when we are in prosperity we are
ready to think our mountain will never
be brought low, 50 when we are in adj
versity we are ready to think our valley
will never be filed up.
Year: 1878

Vanderbilt on One Feature OF the


Will Trial.


Commodore Vanderbiits comments On
the proceedings now going On in court
over his last will and testament are given
in the present issue % the Banner of
Light. The spirit message, as translated
by the speaking medium, runs thus:
s:There seems to be feeling among pro-
fessional lawyers and judges that man
who has the slightest faith in sprritualism,
in mesmerism, in magnetism, should be
considered an insane man, That is, If he
does not believe in all the oil fables of
the past, and embrace all the doctrines
which Calvin1sm brings 20 him, and does
not submit 10 the treatment of the reg1-
lar fraternity-then he RAY be called IN
sane, and whatever testament, whatever
provision he may make for his future, and
for the future of his heirs and children,
may be set aside and dealt with as they
please, because he has in one, two or
three instances consulted something out
side of the medical fraternity, want to
denounce in one breath the form Of gov
ernment which says man shall have a
certain physician, and shall have certain


treatment, and shall admit certain per-
sons to his room, whether acceptable Or


not, or else he shall be considered an IN
sane man! appeal to .he liberal thought
| of the people of the United States, and
ask them to look over the business career
of my life and answer whether acted
like an insane man or a sane one"
Year: 1878

This lady writes recently to a friend
s'If the soldiers who so loved their heroic
commander think me worthy to have


been his companion and wife shall go
to my grave cornforted with such trib-
ute. God has answered my prayers and


given me back the sacred dnst that /
may do as he wished. General Custer
loved West Point, ard when he lies at
rest peacefully where he asked to lie,
shall be thankful for his sake I wish
that might sometime see you and the
loved soldiers and officers who followed
my husband so faithfully. long to be-
lieve that they claim me as belonging to
them. IN a measure. New York IS nv
home solely because can find the wor.-


there that will make my life less useless"
Year: 1878

LINES in memory of Miss Libbie
Campbell, daughter Of Senator Camp
bell, who was killed in the tornado,
while having charge Of her first
school, in the town Of Moscow. Her
desire from childhood up was to be-
a teacher. 1t was but partly graft.
fled; she taught only nine days:
The0e is pleasure in every mind as 1t sees
the bud of life grow coed and strong;
AS 1t sees life dcveope its native powers and
move with busy haste along.
There is pleasure in watching life struggle In
overcoming sin,
Asst crushes out the evil and takes life's knowl-
edge In,
Yet there is sadness in life, as we move tLro'
its weary tread,
That is given to none but the good who have
gone to the dead;
There is also sadness to think of being cut
from its moorings 80 soon
Yes life in its youthful beauty ere 1t had



half reached its noon.
Yet we wonder, still wonder why flower
just blooming Is called to, rest,
When only few days teaching, lifc's hope
accomplished, her little flock blest.
In silence and sadness we submit to tho fate
of her call,
And mourn not as though she were lost in the
fall.
The forces Of nature were wild In their freaks
When DER the hills of Moscow they rolled in
mnous heaps,
The property and lie al! along its sad and wild
train.
In this ruthless, blasting tornado poor Libbie
was slain,
Her body is buried in the graveyard close by
her own little church
By the wood, where Springs lovely flowers
used to call her to search
Though, Libbie, thy body Is hidden from view
in the school, and by the hearth will find thee
no more,
Yet In goodness and In precept thy life hath
left Ms mark, and now shines on the beauti
ful saorc. +. B. 4.
Year: 1878

'o"i 'he kearney (Neb.) Gazette,


There was very spirited trial OF


self-binders on the farm of joseph


Hull, near Mindon, the new county,
seat OF Kearney county, last Satur-


day AFTERNOON. There were four
machines in the tield-the Wood.


Marsh, Mccormick and Elward The


Edward withdrew from the contest
for the reason that the company had


no expert on the ground who could
manage the machine successfully. A
committee Of swelve disinterested


men was chosen, one acre Of ground


for each machine was measured off,.
and the Wood, Marsh and McCor-
mick were put to work. each being
drawn by q single span of horses.
The grain to be cut was rye, which
was ripe, of medium height and
stood nicely on the ground. Tho
Mccormick cut its acre ia forty-threo
minutes, deducting q four minutes
stop to rest the team a little. Tho
Wood cut its acre in one hour and
fourteen minutes, and the Marsh
finished cutting it's acre in ono
hour and eighteen minutes. Mt tho
conclusion Of tho work, the COM
mittee retired to the residence OF
Mp Hull, aud after an abeence of
a few minutes returned with de-
cision in favor of the Mccormick.
The chairman stated to tho crowd
in waiting that the question which,
was considered by the COMMITTEES
was: Switch machine has done tho
best work in actual field trial to-day"
After giving due consideration to-
the question, vote was taken by
ballot, which resulted in eleven bal
lots for the Mccormick and ono
blank. In this connection il Is not
imEsoper to state, when the McCor-
mick finished its allotted work, tho
farmers present voluntarily and
heartily gave three cheers for that
machine. The wire of each machine.
was weighed before and after the
grain was cut, and it was found that
the Wood used less wire than any
of the others.


There were about ono hundred
men present to witness the trial, and
everything passed of in an orderly
and becoming manner, and SO far as
we heard an expression Of opinion,
the friendly contest of harvesters OH
this occasion was the most decisive
and satisfactory to the farmers WHO
witnessed it that has occurred in this
vicinity the present season BY tlls
plan adopted, Of each machine cut
ting piece seperate from the others,
a good opportunity was afforded tho
committee and all the spectators to,
judge fully and faisly of the time re-
quired aud the quality Of work done
by each machine.
Year: 1878

We predict that the TRIBUNE will
soon be found among the ardent supporters OF
Haz'cton's renomination.-


The articles on Hazelton's renomi-
nation which we publish to-day were
prepared for the TRIBUNE before
the Democrat containing the above
was issued, proving that our
neighbor as prophet is not sue
cess. Probably he was led into the
error through measuring the TRIs-
UNE by its own partizan standard.
Year: 1878

WE are requested by Mr.. Terry
to deny the truth of the rumor in
relation to his work during vacation,
which we published last week. While
the employment in which he is TEN.
porarily engaged is closely related
to the business Of public education,
1t has nothing to do with the De-
partment of Public Instruction, and
Mr.. Terry is desirous that there
shall exist no impression that he is
in any way connected there with.
Year: 1878

JOHN KlTTo, while assisting in
erecting platform at Linden for
the celebration, had the two first
fingers on the left hand terribly
smashed with twelve pound sledge.
1t appears they were driving pegs
into the ground and through some
mistake John put his hand on the
peg that was being driven and the
sledge was brought down on it "ker
smack" Nearly one half of the
second finger had to be amputated.