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Year: 1875

The accidents that too frequently hap
pen to acrobats are sad enough III them
selves, but.their sequels are sometimes
even sadder. There comes now the
story of the insanity of " Molly Haigh,


the wife of the unfortunate fellow whose
brains were dashed out at New York
theatre, while performing trapeze act,
some time ago. Since that tragic event
she has been subject to fits OF melan-
choly, which eliminated in her becoming
violently insane. 1t is sad to contem-
plate this young life brought to condl-
ton even worse than death and COM
PEELED to drag ON wretched existence In
a lunatic asylum. All this, too, to sat
isfy the morbid desire of a public that
would seem to specially delight i'll exhi-
bitions endangering life and limb. Sure
ly, there are safe acrobatic exhibitions
which would be quite as entertaining
and need not entail danger of life or
Year: 1875

Eighteen years ago, says Pomeroy
in his Democrat, when the Democratic
party was administering the Federal
Government, there occurred q finan-
cial crisis very much like the one ex-
perienced year and half ago. Few
people will forget the panic of 1857.


Then, as now, the revenue was not
enough to pay the expenses of the
government upon the basis of the ex-
penditures agreed upon by Congress
before the pressure set in. No addi-
tional taxes were levied, however, to
make the deficiency good. The Dem
ocrats in control of the administration
had some regard for the people. They
knew that the panic had decreased in
dividual revenues, as it had the public
receipts, and therefore the people
could not endure additional taxation.


1t was necessary 10 economize. Gsy-
ernment expenditures were curtailed
in every possible way. Uuexpended
appropriations for public works were
retained in the treasury. Where
money had not been spent for work
not already begun, the work itself was
abandoned, and the appropriations
used to make up the balance that. was
needed for legitimate expenses of the
government.


This example set by a Democratic
administration had its good effect up
on the people. The country passed
speedily and safely through the crisis,
and nowhere, in general matters, did
the monetary arrangement leave be
hind it anything of embarrassment.


There is an extraordinary difference
now.


In the midst of wide spread finan-
cial depression, of want and actual
starvation, q reckless Republican ad-
ministration does not stop for one
minute 10 aid the people. On the
contrary, it dives deeper into the
depths of extravaganza. Congress has
appropriated vast sums Of money to
build palaces at Washington and to
adorn the streets of the capital. 1t
has provided for the spending of mil
lions on unnecessary public buildings
the building up of new system of sea
coast defenses, and the putting of the
navy on a war footing, at an expense
of many millions, when there is Meth.
er war nor prospect Of war. ..,, 80,


In no single instance is there the least
evidence of retrenchment in the matte,
Of expenditures and in order to main
tain its reckless aud extravagant sys-
tenn it loads the people down with ad
ditional taxation to the extent Of near
ly fifty millions Of dollars year. 1t
is for this that the Republican party is
in power, and for this thatGrant seeks
the Presidency for a third term.
Year: 1875

just few days. . All, such few
Since the summer moon watched me and you
As we loiterei along the golden sand,
Heart in heart and hand in hand;
And the waves. in eternal ebb and flow,
Chimed to your sweet words, soft and low,


All me, such a few little days ago.


Just few daysi The wooing breeze
Swept softly over the sleeping seas,


Whispering, Whispering hope and truth. .
In the happy language love teaches youth;
Which the tiny wavelets seemed to know,


AS they broke at the feet that ling gered slow


At their nlarge few little days ago.
Just few days And to- night stood


Alone at the edge OF the rising Hood; b. -...
There WAS not n murmur of joy for for me
In the angry moan of the rising sea;
There WAS but II menace, stern and low,
Speaking of treachery, loss. and woe,


All wrought since n few little days ago.
Year: 1875

WHEN a person feels disposed to
ovcrestimate his own Importance, let
him remember that mankind got
along very well before his birth, and
that in all probability they will get
along very we'll after his death.
Year: 1875

1t is useless to mention each
article in our various depart
ments. We keep everything
belonging to a STRICTLY
FIRST GLASS Furniture,
Crockery and Picture Franz
ing stock, and we modestly
state that our stock this spring
will have many new attrac-
tons and be far more COM
plete than any in this section,
and second only to those of
the largest cities.


Most of our goods were
bought during the great de-
preston of the winter, for
cash, and very low rates of
freight secured.


Our trade has nearly doub-
led, much of it coming from
Akron, A lliance, Garrettsville,
Warren and other adjoining
places. People will buy
where there is a large stock to
select from, if the prices are
right.


We buy direct of reliable
manufacturers, and will war;
rant every article purchased
of us. AS before, we pledge
to LOW FIGURES
AND SCARE DEALING.
Come and look through a
Year: 1875

I, Every BOBBY knows that it is rude to
take another persons seat as soon as it is
vacated, and that it is an objectionable
ofense to sitin one chair and put his
feetiin another. The subtle PHILOSOPHERS
Of the rudeness of those actions he prob
ably would take lifetime to. learn.
Even after he had received such indigni-
ties many times he would be puzzled to
know why they gave him such Offense.
Chesterfield himself probably never ana
lived the actions, or resolved them into
their elementary significance; the first
meaning, "I,prefer your. room to your
company" !" the second being equivalent
to saying, 81 regard the ease of my feet
and this comfortable position, more than
lido your tired limbs, or your offended
sense of propriety. 1 do not care ifit is
disagrceable to you to look at the dirty
soles of my boots" Let us analyze
another common rule of good soci-
ETY. "On entering house or room, al
ways speak first to the lady of the house,
and always take leave Of her first" Why
should we do so2 Because. the house and
room are for the time hers. She gave the
invitationor permission to enter. You
are for the time her guest, and under ob.
legations to her. She is entitled to your
first and lastact of respectand attention


Having paid her that attention, be sure
not to monopolize her time and conversa


tion, because she has other guests to EN-


tertain as we'll as yourself. Several lady
correspondents have asked if it was prop
er to invite gentleman escorting then
from an evening party to come in. Asl
yourselves" Why should / ask him Z
enter?" Has he not been with you al


the evening, and walked home besides


Can he not call some other time, and un
le@ he hass been agreeable, why shouls
you ask fim even to call againy 1t Is q
much his daty to ask permission to cal
as yours to invite him to do so. Wha


right have you to disturb your parent
or the members of your family at a lat


hour with a casual acquaintance who ha


accompanied. you home from a party
Year: 1875

WHEN one looks around and sees hun
,dreds Of dough-heads getting rich doing
nothing, while he Is working like a slave
for his daily bread, we tell You what, it
makes fellow feel ss though the butter
of this world was spread by q step
mother.
Year: 1875

The sketches of the Discovery and the
Alert, will attract attention to the new
Arctic expedition to which the vessels
are attached. The expedition, which is
to leave England at the end of May next,
is under the direction of the English
naval authorities, and is to attempt to
reach the North Pole. 1t consists of two
steamers, the Alert, which was built for
the Royal Navy, and the Discovery,
which formerly belonged to the Dundee
whaling feet. The route up Smiths
Sound will be followed, and one vessel
will be left near the eighty-tirst parallel
rs relief ship, while the other will at
tempt to gain higher latitude.


The expedition will not only be more
thoroughly, equipped than any previous
Arctic expedition has been, but its plan
gives us good reason to hope for its sue
cess. There will be no serious difficulty
in reaching the high latitude formerly
reached by Captain Hall. Buddingtsn,
who succeeded to the command after
Halls death, was unwilling to run the
risk of proceeding further with only one
vessel at his command. The plan Of
having ship at the point where the
Polaris wintered will enable the English
expedition to push forward with the
other ship, without incurring the risk OF
losing their only means of transportation
home. Should the vessel with which the
attempt to penetrate beyond Polaris' Bay
is made be caught in the ice, her crew
can return by the land to the relief ship.
In any event a sledge journey to the Pole
will be attempted, and if one Of the
steamers can only force her, way few
degrees beyond the furthest point reached
by Hall the success Of. the sledge journey
can hardly be doubted. .,,.


1t is not altogether pleasant thought
that the discoveries made by Kane, Hall
and Hayes In Smiths Sound will be inn


proved not by the Americans but BY. the
English. Any jealousy of the gallant
British sailors who are to try to plant tht
Union, Jack at the Pole would be un
worthy of brave men. Still it was by
Americans that the route through
Smiths Sound was first explored, and th'
work ought to be completed by new
! American expedition. We wish th'
English expedition all possible success
but we cannet help wishing that the frs
flag to wave over the North Pole shoul'


be the flag which1hss hitherto been tn


only one which has tapped in the breeze


of Smiths Sound.-Netc York Graphic
Year: 1875

SECRETARY of the Senate Gorham, ac-
cording to the Territorial EHterprisc, ''is
"just at this time probably receiving more
"abuse than any man on the Pacific coast.
"He is called by all the epithets in the
blackguard's vocabulary, and every Sin
"of omission and commission is laid at his
"door." When it is explained that Mr..
Gorhlm's calumniators are Democrats and
Independent hybrids this assertion will
astonish no one who knows him, as we do,
70 be one of the most Straightforward and
incorporating Republicans in the coun-
try. The shafts of SANDER pointed al him
from such sources will fall harmless at his
feet. There are few men in public life
who have won the respect and admiration
that is yielded by friend and foe to him
wherever he is known, and here in Wash
ington, where his every act has been the
subject of closest scrutiny by political ene-
mics, he has made an enviable record as an
honest and capable official. But as he is
brilliant speaker and an efficient manager
it is natural that the Opposition should
assail him in this wanton manner.
Year: 1875

ever, he makes .an allusiOn to this journal
prompted by recollection, no doubt, OF
personal difference with gentleman who
was its editor before the present editor aud
proprietor obtained full control and msn-
agement of its columns. With that qnes-
ton, or allusion, we have nothing to do.
1t is IA matter between Mr.. Wilson and an
other person who cannot possibly become
party to this controversy.


Wehave gone into this somewhAtleng
explanation because Mr.. Wilson has seen
fit to give a widely extended circulation or
publication to his letter, assuming that we
have done him injustice. We deny this
charge. We have simply criticised and
commented upon his acts, somewhat hArshly
at times, perhaps, but never expecting
that our course would provoke the Vice
President of the United States to take up
his pen to begin or end newspaper con-
troversy. We hope it is ended. for it is
disagreeable thing to be compelled to &C.
knowledge this continued absence Of dig
nifty and proper respect for his Office on his
part, and it is still more disagreeable to be
compelled, in selfdefense, to explain the
real character, or lack of character, OF a
man who should enjoy the respect and con-
fidence of the American people. We have
no fsvors to ask of him, however. and have
had none in the past. Onthe contrary, the
boot is on the other foot. He would not
now be in condition to provoke this reply
from us had it not been that the shrewd
management of THE NATIONAL REPUBLI-
CAN at Philadelphia gave Virginia the
floor instead of Tennessee. Because that
shrcwd management secured his nomina-
ton we feel that we have doubly the right
TO criticise him, and we do it without hest
tation solely upon our own responsibility.
Year: 1875

Did ever you think how strong the grow
ing plants must be to force their way up
through the earth ? Even the green tips
and the tiny blades Of grass, that bow be,
fore breath, have to exert a force in com.
ing through that, in proportion to their
size, is greater than you would exert in
rising from under mound OF cobble-stoncs.
And think of toad-stools- soft, tdn-
der things they are, breaking at touch.
Yet, 1 can tell you, they're quite mighty
in their way.


Charles Kingsley, the celebrated English
priest and novelist, was a very close obser-
yer Of nature. One evening he noticed
particularly, square, fiat stone that, I should
say, was about as long and rs broad as three
big burdock leaves. He thought it would
require quite a strong man to lift stone
like that. In the morning he looked again,
and 10 the stone WIS raised so that he
could see the light under it. What was
his surprise to find, on closer examination.
that crop of toad-stools had sprung up
under the stone in the night and raised it
up on their little round shoulders as they
came


I'm told that Canon Kingsley gives an
account of this in his book crlled "Christ-
mas in the West Indies" but it was in
England that he saw it.


Knowing that he was so close an obser-
yer, shouldn't be one bit surprised if he
went still further and found out that one
secret Of the toad-stools being able to lift
the stone was that they didn't waste time
and strength in urging each other to the
work, but each one did his very best with
out quarreling about whose tarn 1t was, or
whether Pink Shoulder or Brown Button
was skirking his share. But then tho
toad-stools must have been strong, too.-
"Joch-n-tte. Pulpit" 81. Nicholas for
AprE.
Year: 1875

\ farmer correspondent gives the follow
ing as his method Of destroying sheep ticks.
He says: "Open the wool along the back
from head to tail, and pour small stream
Of any animal or vegetable oil-except
croton and the essentials-on a warm day,
and all will be right, as every tick must
either die or escape This is better than
tobacco juice, or anything else l know Of"


In Troy, New York, there is man
ninety-two years old who has had six wives
in his litetime.
Year: 1875

How To FEED.--As general rule,
too much food t. given, and too NJ nch OF
this is hay. Ten pounds Of hay and
twelve pounds of oats constitute good
days fodder for a working horse, wheth-
er the work be fast or slow. Herbert's
advice in regard to feeding horses is, to
give lock OF hay and half pail OF
water the FIRST thing in the morning.
After grooming, give the other half pail
Of water, and. If he is not going out,
four quarts of oats, after eating which
he may have four or five pounds Of hay
IL going ont early, feed six quarts oi
oats and no hay. If to be put 20 work
in the afternoon, they should be again
waiered and have fonr quarts of oats
and the remainder OF their hay. Hall
bushel Of washed carrots n week, Civ
en- at time. will improve the coat and
be beneficial to the stomach. This feed
ing is ample to keep n horse in good
working order.
Year: 1875

And after that everything seems blur
red and hazy. like an ugly dream. The
trees and the rocks and the sky seemed
20 go round and ronnd in whirl. and
old Seth stood up as tall as steeple.
and great black things came out of the
bushes and made faces at me; and then
was sitting under the old tree in the
ehurchv ard at home, and heard my old
mothers voice twho's been dead this
Eve and twenty years) as plain as print;
till all at once there were mems voices
all around Hs, and felt somebody lift
ing my head and ponring something
into my mouth and then tainted right
off.


We had been picked mp by party
coming back from the mines, and they
carried us down with them 10 Area:
and when we got round again We went
hack and ding up the gold, and gave
Jumping lot of it TO the wives and chill
drt-n Of the poor fellows that had died
for ns.


But when 7 got back after that last
weeks work my hair was quite gray
as gray as yon see il now. And that's all
the story
Year: 1875

Mrs. Adolph Leue delivered the first
of proposed course of three lectures
at College Hall in Cincinnati, Monday
night. Her subject was ''The Potato:
Its History and Influence upon Civiliza-
tion." After giving an account of the
discovery of the potato and the history
of its introduction in different countries.
she spoke of its influence on the charac-
ter of the people where it is used almost
exclusively for food. For instance, in
Ireland, where it il the chief article of
food, she said, the people are disposed to
be lazy and of spirit ill-calculated to
shake off the slavery resting on them.
1t might be asked: Why didn't they
emigrate? but they hadn't the courage
to emigrate. The potato was the cheap
est food which could be raised in abund-
ance there, and yet the Irishman earned
only cheap wages and proved himself to
be worthy only of such. Temperance
people and societies, the lecturer said


were saying much and trying hard to
abolish the use of strong drink, but
they would accomplish more by intro
ducing more nOurshing food among the
the people most addicted to drunkenness.
Whisky and potatoes were necessary
twin evils so long as there was nothing
provided as food to supply an appetite
for stimulant. People may fatten them
selves aa cattle and only as tile on po-
tatoes, though they are very good if
mixed with meat and eggs. It was
mistake to suppose that while there
might be produced greater bulk, more
nourishment in the way of potatoes than
ofcorn could be produced from the same
space OF land. Some physicians had stat
ed that scrofnla was produced by a
steady diet of potatoes, at least this dis
ease appeared in certain countries after
the Introduction of potatoes. The lee
ture was illustrated with drawings.
Year: 1875

Readers Of Wilkie Collins novel of
Poor Miss Finch" will be interested to
learn that there is man, an inmate of
an asylum IN Wisconsin, whose skin, al
though he ~ white man, is ~ black aa
a negro's. This was caused BY dose %
nitrate Of silver, which he swallowed BY
accident. The acid coming through tha
pores Of the skin was turned black By
the light Of the sun, and remains 90. He
is crazy. however, and subject 10 fis.
during which he often falls and euis
himself The wounds heal mp with new
and very white skin, thus leaving the
white scars all over hia face and head,
which look still whittier on account Of the
blaekness Of the skin.
Year: 1875

From the Pittiburgh Telegraph


There is somsthing positively alarm
ing in the accounts of murder in differ
.ent degrees which are reported from all
points of the compass. One ought to be
slow in adopting the conclusion that
such reports indicate greater increase
of crime than may be fairly accounted
for by mere increase of population.
There seems. however, no room for
doubt about it: we are at present in this
country passing through a season of
homicide, assassination, slaughter, a
''bloody year." Some one may be prompt
ed by such a statement to remind us of
Buckles statistics, or to cite Quefelet's
conclusion, that year for year and month
for month about the same number of
crimes, whether of violence or of villain
ly, is committed by the same number of
population in any given country. We
retort by an appeal to the remarkable
paper read few weeks ago before the
Social Science Congress in Brighton.
England by Lord Aberiare. In it his
lordship shows very satisfactorily that
crimes like diseases become epidemical
in certain years, at least in Great Britain,
and we can think of no good reason why
we may not accept Lord Aberdare's
statements as applicable to this country.
We may add that conditions exception
ally adapted to instigate sanguinary Of
fenses have existed for some time among
us. In the FIRST place, the corrupting
influence of our great civil war had not
been exhausted when, in the second
place, business depression and hard
times came upon us. The dangerous
classes have been multiplied, classes
habitually disdainfui Of human lie and
under the pressure of evil fortune or
their own improvidence, men not predis-
posed to acts of bloodshed grow desper-
ate, and under sudden impulses identify
themselves with those who systematical-
ly wage war upon society and their
kind
Year: 1875

ScANDAL-Ihes story is told of a wo-
man who freely used her tongue to the
scandal of others, and made confession
to the priest of what she had done. He
gave her a ripe thistle top and told her
to go out in various directions end scat
ter the seed one by one. Wondering al
the penance, she obeyed, and then re-
turned and told her confessor. To her
amazement he bade her go back and
gather the scattered seeds; and wnen she
objected that it would be impossible he
replied that il would be still more diff
cult to gather up and destroy all evil re-
ports which she had circulated about
others. Amy thonghiiess, careless child
can scatter handful Of thistle seeds be.
fore the wind in a moment, but the
strongest and wisest men cannot gather
them again.
Year: 1875




The following anecdote Of Chief JUS
tice Chase is told by the Toledo Com
mercial: "Soon after Chief Justice
Chase assumed the Gnbernatorial chair
in Ohio he issued his proclamation APP
pointing Thanksgiving Day. To
make sure of being orthodox, the Gov
ernor composed his proclamation almost
entirely OF passages from the Bible,
which he did not designate ns quotations,
presuming that every one would recog-
nize them and admire the fitness Of che
words as we'll as his taste in their Felec-
tion. The proclamation nesting the
eye of a Democratic editor, he pounced
at once npen il, and declared that be
had read il beGOre-cOnldn't exactly say
where-bnt he wonld take his oath that
il was a downright plagiarism from be-
ginning to end. That would have been
pretty fair joke; but the next day q
Republican editor came out valiantly IN
defense Of the Governor, pronounced
the charge libelous, and challenged any
man living to produce one single line
Of the proclamation that had appeared
in print before"
Year: 1875

CoAsTING ExTRAoRDINARY.--A dozen
young men from the hill started at six
o'clock on y coasting trip to Talcott
mountain. They had fine fioiible-run-
ner, but had slight chance to utilize il on
the way out, for it is the most of the way
up hill. Arrived at the gate of the Tower
grounds. they had splendid run down
the other side of the mountain. Return
ing to.the summit, they coasted down the
east side four miles. stopping only once
TO mena the brake. which got out of or
der. They then walked to Prospect Hill
aud slid down as far as Woodland street.
making the rest of the journey on foot


and arriving home at 10 o'clock. This
was trip of Is miles, half of which was
on foot, accomplished in fonr hours. IT
was a beautiful moonlight night the air
was keen and bracing and the trip is rep
resented by the participants to have af-
forded rare sport. Hartford Couruat.
Year: 1875

Ger.

 subscribers who are in arrears must make up ATsarges before taking advantage of the forego- ing propositions and subscribers who are in advance may deduct the amount their subscrip- 1i0ns are in advance.

 Money should be sent by post-ofiics order, cheek or registered letter if possible. If remit tanees are made by mail we cannot be responsible for loss before the letter reaches us, but will take all risks of remittance to the clubbing peri odical=.
Year: 1875

AS New York cannot well expect
to furnish candidates for both the
Presidency and Speakership, the
fitness of Mr.. Kerr for that position
is made glowingly manifest by the
friends of Governor Tilden.
Year: 1875

The briskness of business in the
Kittery navy yard just now may
not be owing to the approaching
election in Maine, but relapse is
feared by the workmen Immediately
after that ovent.