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Year: 1876

Smyrna was thrown into state of
excitement not long since by the arrival
in the town Of about seven hundred vol
unteers, chosen from the Zeybees of
AnatoGa, on their way to the seat of war.
As they marched through the town they
we're followed by a large mob of their
co-reigionists, who enlivened the spec.
tacle by drawing their knives and play
fully poking them at the ribs OF any
"giaours they happened to meet, at
the same time uttering the most horri-
BILE threats and occasionally knocking
some of them on the head with their
yataghans. One elderly Armenian gen.
tleman was severely wounded in the
arm by two blows from yataghan, and
o respectable Greek merchant was car
ried home in a very precarious state
with frightful cut on his head. On
passing by a crockery shop several of
the volunteers and their friends entered
the establishment and smashed all the
ware they could lay hold of. The pro-
prietor and his shopmen while the work
of destruction was going on prudently
retired into loft, where they remained
in seclusion until the visitors had taken
their departure. In the ranks of the
volunteers were recognized "many
noted brigands," and but for the fact
that in the bazars all the shops were
closed there can be little doubt that
there would have been general plum
der. On their arrival at the barracks,
the volunteers were told to deliver up
their weapons, which they at first re-
fused to do, saying "they would rather
lose their heads" They were, however,
at last persuaded to give up their yata-
ghans and pistols, and by latest ac-
counts they had not actually killed any
body, but the prospect of the arrival of
1,5OO more volunteers in the town was
not looked upon as pleasant.
Year: 1876

The winter of 1871-'72 was unusually
severe in Arkansas. The ponds and the
smaller streams to the north were all
frozen solid, and the buffalo were forced
to the rivers for water. The Atchiaon,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad was then
in process of constr ruction, and nowhere
could the popularity of the buffalo be
better studied than from it's trains. If
herd was on the north side of the track
it would stand stupidity gazing and
without symptom of alarm though the
locomotive passed within one hundred
yards. If on the south side of the track,
even though at distance of one or two
miles from it, the passage OF a train set
the whole herd in the widest commo.
tion. At it's full speed and utterly re-
gardless of consequences, it would make
for the track on its line Of retreat. If
the train happened not to be in its path
it crossed the track, and stopped. satis-
fed. II the train was in the way each
individual buffalo went at it with the
desperation of despair, plunging against
or between locomotive and car, just as
the blind madness CHANGED to take
them. Numbers were killed, but num-
bers still pressed on to stop and stare as
soon as the obstacle was passed. After
having trains ditched twice in one week,
conductors learned to have very de-
cided respect for the idiosyncracies OF
the buffalo, and when there was a pos
sibility of striking q herd son the
rampage" for the north side of the
track, the train was slowed up and some
times stopped entirely.
Year: 1876

A properly conducted printing Office
is as much secret society az is ma
sonic lodge. The printers are not under
an oath Of secrecy, but always feel them
selves as truly in honor bound to keep
secrets as though they had been put
through triple oaths. An employee in a
printing Office who willingly disregards
this rule in regard to printing Office
secrets would not only be scorned by his
brethren of the craft, but would lose his
position in the Office at nace. We make
this statement because it sometimes
happens that communication appears
in newspaper under an assumed sigma
ture which e1cites comment, and various
parties try to find out who is the author.
Let all be saved the trouble of question
ing the employees or attaches Of the
printing Office. They are "know moth
ings" on such points as these. On such
matters they shave eyes and ears, but
no mouth" and if they fail to observe
this rule, let them be put down as dis
honored members.-Exohange.
Year: 1876

A substitute for gunpowder has been
invented in England, in the shape of pa
per impregnated with chemical combi-
nation of chlorate of potash, nitrate of
potash, prussiate of potash, and chro-
mate of potash, coupled with little
powdered charcoal and tinder. The pa
per is rolled around these latter in the
desired sizes for cartridges. The ad-
vantages offered are that 10 danger OF
explosion exists except from actual con-
tact with fire; the interior of the arm is
not soiled, less smoke and less rebound
are made than with gunpowder, and less
damage takes place from humidity.
Very satisfactory trials have been made
of the new material.
Year: 1876

The paper of DR.. G. J. Blake, read
before the American Social Science
Association, on the method by which
teachers should ascertain defects OF hear
ing in their pupils, calls attention to tho
Importance of recognizing the existence
. y class among school children for
wnom special provision in the way OF
education must be made. This wes
shown by the fact that out of 8,7l5
cases of ear disease, accompanied by i'm.
pairment of hearing, 2,175, or twenty
five per cent. were children under
fourteen years of age, these statistics
being taken from children in public
schools; also that in about twelve per
cent there was an existing aural disease
amenable to treatment. In the opinion
of the writer the seriousness of the con-
dition of schools in this respect was not
great enough to justify the resort to an
additional department to the schools.
The instruction of partially deaf chill
dren in q school set apart for them was
Objectionable and unnecessary for a
number of reasons, but if they be re-
tained in tho schools with other children,
it became necessary to rate them accord
ing to degree of individual disability, in
order thai proper allowance might be
made for their defective hearing. To
this end careful examination should be
made in each case, to determine the de-
gree of deafness as tested by the dis
tance at which the voice of the teacher
can be heard in ordinary conversational
tone, and again by the pronunciation of
consonant tones. These tests could be
made by the teacher, and the following
directions for making them were given:
The teacher should always occupy, in
te&lng the different cases, the same po-
sition, preferably the rostrum or seat
usually occupied by him in school hours.


He should speak in the same tone of
voice used in the schoolroom exercises.
The child to be tested should be placed
in front of the teacher and at the ex-
treme limit of the furthest line of seats,
and gradually advanced toward .the
teacher at certain intervals, the tests
being repeated until point is reached
at which the child can hear distinctly.
This point should determine the place
the child should occupy in the school
room. The ears should be tested sep
arately, the ear to be tested being turned
toward the teacher, while the other is
artifcially closed. The child should be
required to repeat distinctly the words
as he hears them. The paper strongly
recommends the establishment of med
ical supervisor of schools; the post to
be occupied by q competent physician
who had made the matter of school
hygiene study, and his whole time to
be devoted to the duties of his position.
Year: 1876

The Mentor is a little paper edited
and printed by the patients Of the Ala
bama insane hospital at Tuscaloosa.
Most of the articles relate to the treat
ment of the insane. One article, enti-
tied "Insane Responsibility" contains
this passage: "It would benefit all in
sane persons, even the inmates Of hospi-
tails, to know that they are amenable to
the laws of the land. Many a time we
have heard inmates say: If I cut, burn,
or kill, nothing can be done to me.
They say I am insane. That gives me a
loophole for escape, let me do what I
may" Mention is made in one number
of the paper that the superintendentnot
long since called a jury Of the patients
to decide whether one of their number
was a thoroughly sane person or not.
All but one agreed that he was. The
dissentient saw one evidence of insanity
the subject of inquiry was believer
in spiritualism. So it seems that the
standard OF sanity in hospitals is more
e1acting than outside of them.
Year: 1876

before, invited her over here to my seat,
and explained to her all about how loco
motive is run. / showed her how to man
| ipulate the lever which admits more or less
steam to the cylinders how the reverse lever
is worked how the tests of water and steam
are made / showed her how to blow the
whistle and ring the pell and explained how
the brakes were blown down, and how warm
ings were given on the approach to cross
| ings. She took il all in, and" said the
engineer, stretching his arm across the boiler,
and clutching my sleeve, sit was the best


lesson ever gave. Right up around yonder
about two miles from here, just as | was
handling the reverse lever, we struck a stone
or something on the track at nine o'clock at
night / was attending down at the time
(the girl was sitting where you are, on my
cushion) and quicker than lightning the
lever flew back and struck me in the eye and
knocked newell, I'll be id if l know
where Anyway it didn't make much differ
ence for a minute or two, for L was just
stunned. As we were on the down grade,
with no need of fuel, the fireman was back
|
young girl was holding on my head and
tanning me with her toy of a hat. 1t wasn't
two seconds before l knew what was to pay.
The engine and the whole train had started
down this hill at the rate of sixty miles an
hour. l tried to spring up and reach the
lever My right arm and side and right leg
were numb. My face and even my tongue
were so paralyzed by the blow had received
that could hardly speak. [ was so desper-
ate that (more to attract the girls attention
to the danger than for any thing else) L
grabbed her hat with my left hand and threw
it outside of the locomotive, and then
managed to beckon her ear down close to
my lips and say


TRAINS going too fast. Wen be in hell
if you don't turn the leverw


"She understood me in an instant and it
was time. The engine was rocking, sway
ing, grinding and skurrying down the track
like a beast with great bounds. Every
second / expected it would leap the rails
it certainly was descending at the rate of
seventy miles an hour But that little thing
sprang up here, clutched the lever, motioned
which way she should shove or push it, got
| my nod, and reversed the wheels like lit
tie man. Then she whistled down brakes
there was no need of that, for the boys had
put on every brake already. Inside of
mile and half she stopped the train and
then she knelt down all trembling and cry
ing-aud now what do you think she
said ?"


81 can't guess"


"Said she: 'Mr.-,I feel as if should
faint. Havn't you got some camphor, or u
| little whisky?' And sure as you live she
did faint right away there right down in
front of the fire. box-right on top of me.
The fireman and conductor came in and
took her back to her mother, and the fire.
man had to run the train down to White
Haven"


Soon after the en-, ineer had finished this
| little story the train arrived at the summit
of the mountain.
Year: 1876

Then Mary Tregerman held her sons
wife in close embrace, saying may God
hear my prayer for my children P' And thus
Eunice went out into the dark and storm.
Two boats went out, but Euuice went in
Ben's; he would not trust her with another.
While he managed his boat strong young
sailor lad held Eunice securely in her seat
by putting one arm about her waist. And
on they went, now plunging deep, as though
into nethermost darkness, and again SEEM
ingly dashed up into the black abyss OF sky,
as some mountain wave took them on its
pointed crest


Eunice felt no fear but the one that she
might not see her husbands face again. She
was very quiet. she gave Ben no trouble,
though every now and then he leaned toward
her in the dark and touched her, as though
for reinsurance.


The wind and sea were at furious war
with each other, and to row meant thing
of almost superhuman effort. Now and
then sailor gave out, exhausted, and anoth-
er took his place. The black waves lashed
over them one moment the boat seemed to
stand upright in the water, the next it sunk
so low that it seemed to be submerged.


How long they had been out Eunice did
not know, when all at once she was con-
scious of change about her. A wild,
hoarse shout went up from the men. Strain
ing her eyes in the dark she saw bearing
down toward them another boat, Then old
Ben's voice, like trumpet, pierced through
the awful din, ''All safe, my lads?'


aye, aye"


Whose voice was that which had respond
ed to old Ben? The strained tension of
Eunice's nerves gave way, and with wild
cry she fell back in the sailors arms.


A week after this Euuice Tregermau re-
gained consciousness to find the sun shining
in her little room from across the sea and
with the dulce like odor of the air was ming
led the fragrance of the summer roses in
her little strip Of garden. 4 brown faced,
brown bearded man, with a suspicion of
tears in his eyes. was watching her


80 Hurst, if it had been too late !"


Hush, my darling we both know now
that our love is stronger than death"
Year: 1876

The limestone trade of the County is very
large. The railroads have transported near
ly one hundred thousand tons, and a very
large tonnage has been shipped on the canal
but the separate items of freight are not
made up, so that the number of tons cannot
be ascertained The amount used in the
manufacture Of iron is given in the statistics
of that trade and there are no data for es-
timating the immense number of bushels of
lime annually burned and delivered to farm
ers at the kilns.


1t is impossible to tell what amount of
coal may exist in Columbia county. Even
in the region of Conyngham and Beaver it
is only partially developed and there are
claimed to be abundant and satisfactory evil
denccs Of the existence of coal in the north
ern townships of the County; in Mob noun
tain and in the mountains of Sugarloaf. In
this latter township it is claimed that there
are drge and rich deposits of iron ore, and
if coal is also developed with the lumber
thereabouts, there must shortly be a large
access of wealth and population, increased
and stimulated by the building of the rail-
roads through there which have been men
toned under the proper heads. But the
production of coal is so uncertain that it is
hardly worth the while to make any state
ment about it. 1t is sufficient to say that as
much as 400, 900 tons has been mined in one
year within the County. And the same
may be said of the manufacture of pig iron !;
but which in any thing like fair CONNER
cial year averages about 10000 tons. For
each ton of iron manufactured there is re-
quired 2.05 tons of coal, 8. 25 tons of orc, and
159 tons of limestone.
Year: 1876


The sword Is fallen from his hand
To drowslness his senses yield,
Beneath the slender laurel tree


The knight Is sleeping on his shield.
The quiet landscape breathes repose,
And like dream the shadows fall
There's silence In the sunlight soft
That slants across the castle wall.
The distant noun tains stand on guard,
Below the sluggish river sweeps,
And not an idle zephyr stIrs


The laurel while the soldier sleeps.
There close beside the dropping head
a silent, waiting figure stands, r.
With thoughtful face and downcast eyessZ
A book and sword are In her hands.
While near him on the other side
There waits another form more fair,
Her dazzling garments decked with gems,
And shining jewels in her hair
flower, the type OF worldly Joy,
She reaches but with one fair hand,
While through the dreamer's vision float
The odors Of enchanted land.
stu at his side the other waits


And with her calm and steadfast look,
That seems to pierce the future dim
She reaches out the sword and book.
No symbol OF a life of ease,


No pleasure offers she the youth,
But asks Of him the single aim
A lifelong battle for the truth
And though we can no farther trace
The vision OF the dreaming knight,
There's something in his earnest face
That tells us he will choose Alright.
Year: 1876

The Emperor Of Brazil will sail in few
days from Rio Janeiro in a BRAZILIAN
man-of-war for New York. The Emps


ror is one of the most distinguished Of liv-
ing monarchs, not only because of his an
cestry, which is Of the highest, but from his
patriotism and personal character. He is
one of the most industrious students and
among the most advanced thinkers ofmod-
ern times He Genes from a sister Amer
ican nation in whose fortunes we have al
ways felt profound and friendly interest.


No European country has shown so
much interest in the Centennial as Sweed-
en-. We have large number Of Swedes
in this country, and no people have
adopted themselves so readily to the high
er and finer duties ofcithenship. America
owes a great deal to the Scandinavian
character in building up her states and
territories and visit from the son of the
King of Sweden and Norway, who is
coming, will ne particularly gratifying.


Its not probable that we will have an
overflow of distinguished foreign visitors
to our Centennial All the world "and
the rest of mankind" will not be rushing
here to see our show as many of our en-
thusiastic people seem to think. There
will be no general coming Of the people
of foreign lands more than the commercial
travellers who will come here with their
wares. So far as foreign visitors are con-
cerned, the more who come the e'ter, and
the more opportunity we shall have to
honor them as the representatives Of ma
tions with whom we are on terms of peace,
and whose presence will be gracious cour-
tesy which we will be happy to acknowl-
edge; but the real value to the Centennial
will be an American show for American
Year: 1876

AT the Boston Naval Investigation Com
mittee, Naval Constructor Hichborn Was
ten consecutive hours on the stand, and
Commodore Nichols the greater part OF
one day. The Committee is flooded with
witnesses anxious to testify to the corrupt
ions and frauds practiced at that station.
The testimony is said to be very hard on
high officials.
Year: 1876

CONGRESS has commenced tinkering with


the tariff, something it had better let alone
We suppose political necessities of an ac-
tive Presidential campaign will have much
to do with moulding Congressional action,
and in deciding whether there shall be large
changes, petty changes or no changes at
all. The country at this time does not
want the tariff tinkered at, simply for the
sake of doing something in That line.
Year: 1876

This centennial year can fairly lay
claim to more stars admittedly Of Presi'
dental magnitude than any previous years
since the Declaration of Independence
There are thirteen Republican stars OF
great Presidential aspirations. These are
Bristow, Evarts, Hays, Washburn, Conk-
ling, Blaine, Morton, Morgan, Jay, Fish
Jewell, Frelinghuysen and Grant. OF
these candidates, Conkling is now in the
field with all the powers and majesty Of
the Empire State behind him and if to this
may be added the deciding voice of Gen
eral Grant, there is a fair chance that the
momentum of his support will make Mr..
Conkling the candidate of the National
Republican Convention. Mr.. Morgan
whose candidacy would be eminentlv re-
spectful from every point Of view, seems
without the positive force to come out Of
the shadow from which he is thrown, from
the fact that he is from the same State
with Mr.. Cenkling. Mr.. Blaine has ex-
hibited an utter want Of politician wisdom
and has become distinguished as a man
who deems no wire too contemplate to be
pulled in his own interest. Many Of these
candidates have merely local fame. A
few of them could in certain contingencies
be designated by the President in office As
his chosen successor, and their nomination
by the Convention would be regarded as an
endorsement Of the past course Of the ad-
ministratiou, and for this reason be sought
and pressed before the Convention with all
the power that the official world could
bring to bear.


OF all the above-named Republican
Presidential aspirants, some of whom are
candidates ssof their own selection, some
noisily pressed by a class of men unpleas-
antly known to fame as working politicians,
al d others hoped for by all who desire to
see purity and capacity in office. Among
the latter class is Mr.. Brisow, of Ken
lucky, man who has moro honesty and
purity Of character than the Others, who is
regarded as the embodiment Of reform, but
whose real value can only be considered
at a later period, after knowing what
Grant is going to do. Mr.. Morton has
been the subservient to.l of every bad
policy that has been labelled with his
party's name


1t sometimes happens that conventions
have to take men whom they do not like
in order to keep the people from gong
ever to the enemy, and with such a view
the delegates at Cincinnati may take
kindly to any candidate so related to The
administration that his nomination woulc
seem to commit the party at this critica
moment to an endorsement Of the kind 0
government that has brought the countr,
to its present condition. If the Cincinnati
Convention r,av have a wholesome low
for just administration and regard fo
the opinions Of the people, it will nominal
Mr.. Bristow, who is clear headed, calm
upright man, whose fame is clear Of ever
reproach, and which has that sterlin
quality that enables it to stand inves,iga
tion. From this constellation of Repul
lican star candidates, who will be the luck


star?
Year: 1876

The matter of furnishing music is among
the preparations to make the exposition OF
the Centennial City attractive during the
coming summer. Strakosch is tobe in Phlla-
delpha for few weeks in June and Au-
gust. Gilmore and Grau are both expected
to give a series of concerts during the
summer, and the English opera troupe will
play at the Academy of Music.
Year: 1876

No CONCLUSION has yet been reached
on the Texas Pacific railroad project. The
Senate is still struggling with the Texas
Pacific bill. It will be strange if this bill /,
under the guidance of the best railroad
manager in the country, should get the
cold shoulder.
Year: 1876

the publishers of THE ADVERT
SER labor assiduously, and with
unremitting industry, to make il q
success. Without prejudice or par
tiality for or against any particular
localities, they desire the welfare of
all; and anything newspaper can do
for the advancement of the general
prosperity, THE ADVERTISER is
not only willing, but anxious, to do.
Believing in
Year: 1876

ana that the prosperity OF the one de-


pends more or less upon the prosperi-


ty of the other, we can cor sistently


work for the prosperity of all.


AS an evidence that we labor to
give our readers an honest paper, and
the most and greatest variety Of read
ing matter possible, We invite atten-
ton 10 the columns of our paper, and
comparison as to quantity and quality,
with any other weekly In the State
not made up from the matter of daily
papers. Our type are all set In our
own office, and we never leave in old
advertisements, or other dead" mat
ter to "fillup" andsave labor. When
our advertisements cease to pay"
we set them out and fill up with read
ing matter. We do this because it is
due our patrons-those who support
and read our paper, and because we
are determined to make a paper that
the people will seek for, and receive
full value for the money invested in
it.


THE ADVERTISER is about |
twenty-one years old, is q fixed insti-
tuition, upon asure foundation. While |
1t has acquired age and stability, It |
has also accumulated, from year to
year. all the conveniences and facili-
ties of number one News and
Year: 1876

The greatest Natural Curiosties is located on
this line Passengers who hold frst-class
tickets are privileged to stop OF at Cave City
TO visit the CAVE. and resume their journey
at pleasure.