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Central 8rtsbgterim,
Richmond, Va, Wednesday, Oct IS, 1876.
A Wasted Life.

Wasted, and why There were harvests to reap;
The fields glimmered white, with laborers few.
Why vast thou not reaping if only one sheaf
To bring to the Master who suffered for you
Wasted, ah wasted The tears thou hast shed
Now at LIES close, if but wept Ger the lost
Night have guided some wsnderer back to the light
Might have rescued a soul that had been tempest
tossed
Wasted, and why? Before the great throne,
So dazzling that heaven and earth flee away,
The question viii meet thee when time is no more
VIII meet thee at dawn Of eternity day.
Elmer LyRHde
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The FIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH in Cor
stantinople was opened in 1916. There ar,
now seventy.si4 In the Turkish Empire, Of
which third are selfsupporting and indie
pendent. Four evangelical unions" have
been formed for mutual counsel and aid
These churches have congregations aggregat.
ing 13, 600, with population of over 5000
native Professionals.
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In A GREAT meeting held in the city of
Rome, to protest against the Turkish atroci-
ties, in which the whole of a great building
was filled from floor to roof, it was noticed
that "the Vatican alone was ubrepresented."
The Pope and the false prophet are evil
IDENTIFY on the same side.
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The JEWS of London, England, are evil
IDENTIFY in the midst of great ecclesiastical
prosperity, having lately opened with great
pomp fine synagogue, the erection of which
is to be followed Immediately by the erection
of three others. :.
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INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
By the Rev. ". A. Campbell.

FOURTH QUARTER-LEssON V.
October Goth, 1876. Acts viii 26-40.
PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN,
GOLDEN TEXT" He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved. MARX xvi: l6.
READINGS FOR TEE WEEK.
S-Aots viii 26-4O.- Conversion Of the Eth
OpiGR.
M-Acts TX: Ills COauersioa of Saul
P-Luke XVIII 35-43.- Conversion Of Barti-
meas.
W-Luke xix lilo ORrerson of Zaccbe0s.
P-Luke XIII 27-43 - Conversion Of the Thief
F-Aets xvi 25-4O- COaUsrSioa Of the jailor.
S.-Aets ii (: S7-47.-C Conversion Of the 900.
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Choice Periodicals for 1876.
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TERMS Qncluding POSTAGE:

OF THE HIGHEST LITERARY MERIT.
, 1876-01-01
French and American Women.
Albert Rhodes in his book, "T


Albert Rhodes in his book, "The
French at Home" says:
The face of the American woman Is
more beautiful than that of any other
country. 1t has delicacy of coloring and
feature, and fnesse and intellectually in
expression; but the body supporting the
head, regarded from an artistic and hy-
gienic point of view, is inferior. For
breathing and digesting, the upper part
is lacking in depth. In word, the
American is more fragile; she is hardly a
Diana, and the French is something
more, although not the Hebe Of Rubens.
The American has more, intellect than
her French sister, but the latter has soft
ness where she has pertness. There is ner-
vous excitability and cleverness in one,
mellowness and equality of character in
the other. The forced, brilliant vitality
of woman in America is subject to fits OF
reaction, for nature has its limit In the
French wSman the mind is more even
and cheerful, and in the absence Of ex'
haustive and irregular demands made
upon it the uniform health is better.
In qualities of purely mental charac'
ter, the equal of the American woman
cannot perhaps be found in the world
but with all her knowledge and intel
lectual activity, she lacks that which
made the Greeks what they have beer
and the French what they are-organit
cultivation. Entwined in these wordi
are taste and art. A ripper civilization
though not purer, shall invest her will
a knowledge of these things, and a har
mony of character now possessed anC
with it will come, alas that decadenc'
in morals which always marches on th'
heels of the Beautiful in every age and IL
every climate. 1t is sad that such heav!
tribute should be exacted as the price o
an added enjoyment, but art is inexora
BILE.
, 1876-01-01
The Opossum.

With the general proportions Of (but q
longer nose than) the common rat, almost
the size of domestic cat, 1t presents q
rather disagreeable appearance and odor.
A dense coat of light-gray wool, with
scattered long hair interspersed, covers
the body, while the short ears, the eyes,
the long pointed nose, the feet and tail
are colored quite dark. The strong, round,
slender tail is destitute of hair, but COW
cred, like the beavers, with scales. But
the most peculiar feature of this animal
is the mammary pocket, or marsupium,
formed by a-folding in of the skin on the
abdomen. Its character is marked BY
wonderful cunning and stupidity com
bined. The daytime it spends in sloth-
ful idleness, but prowls about nocturnally
seeking for food. Walking or slowly
ambling at an awkward gait, it proceeds
from place to place, usually following the
borders of streams and ponds, after wad-
ing where the water is shallow. But its
limbs seem best adapted to climbing; the
plantigrade, hand-like feet, with thumbs
Opposable to the fingers, and the long, pre-
hensile tail, strongly indicate scanso-ial
habits and aboreal life. Among the trees
it manifests astonishing agility, climbing
or swinging from branch to branch with
perfect safety, and may be seen hanging
by one or more of its feet, or by its tail
alone, while busily engaged in gathering
and eating the wild-grapes, or haw, or
persimmon, of which it is peculiarly fond,
or robbing birds nests of their eggs or
young. A varied diet suits its omniver-
Gus appetite, and it fares promiscuously
on fruits, vegetables, eggs, insects, worms;
reptiles, small quadrupeds and birds, Of.
ten stealing domestic fowls. 1t commonly
hides among vines and branches, in hoi-
low trees or logs, or in holes in the ground.
In these places also its nests of grass and
leaves are found. In autumn the opos-
sums become excessively fat, and are then
priced for food in the Southern States,
especially by the negroes, whose fondness
for hunting them and eating their flesh
has already exterminated them from many
localities where they abounded before.
Their flesh, when cooked, resembles
roast-pig.
, 1876-01-01
Our Colonial and RevOlutLOnary FIags

In the beginning Of the Revolution q
variety of flags were displayed in the re-
volted colonies. The "Union flags, men
toned so frequently in the newspapers of
1774, were the ordinary English red en-
signs, bearing the Union Jack. These
generally bore some patriotic motto, such
as "Liberty," "Liberty and Property" "
Liberty and Union," etc. 1t Is uncer-
tain what flag, if any, was used by the
Americans at Bunker Hill. That dis
played by Putnam on Prospect Hill, on
July 18th following, was red, with Quf
trdnstult suStiRet on one side, and on the
other, San Appeal to Heaven" The
first armed vessels commissioned by
Washington sailed under the pine.tree
flag, white flag bearing a green pine
tree. The first republican flag unfurled
in the Southern States, blue with white
crescent in the upper corner near the staff,
was designed by Colonel William Moul-
trie of Charleston, at the request Of the
Council of Safety, and was hoisted on
the Notifications of that city in Septem-
Der, 1775. The flag displayed on the
east bastion of Fort Sullivan, afterward
called Moultrie, on June 28th, 1910, was
the same, with the word Liberty" on it.
On the west bastion waved the flag called
the "Great Union" first raised by Wash
ington at Cambridge, January I'd, 1776.
This consisted of the thirteen alternate
red and white stripes of the present flag
of the United States, with the crosses Of
st. George and st. Andrew emblazoned
on the blue canton in place of the stars.
This flag was carried also by the fleet
under command of Commodore Esek
Hopkins, when it sailed from the Della
ware capes, February 18th, 1776. Hop
kins had displayed previously yellow
ensign, bearing the device of rattle
snake in the attitude of striking, with
the. motto, "Don't Tread on Me-" The
ohicial origin of the "Grand TIIion" flag
is Involved in obscurity. At the time of
its adoption at Cambridge, the colonies
still acknowledged the legal rights of the
mother-country, and therefore retained
the blended crosses of st. George and
st. Andrew, changing only the field of
the old ensign for the thirteen stripes,
emblematic of their union. After the
declaration of Independence, the en-
blenls of British union became inappro-
pirate, but they were retained in the flag
until the following year. Congress re-
solved, on June 14th, 1777, "that the
flag of the thirteen United States be
thirteen stripes, alternate red and white;
that the union be thirteen stars, white in
blue field, representing a new constclla-
tion.-1pplot0Hs' AmericaH Eaegr'oprd1,
rcrised edition.
, 1876-01-01
Throw Physic to the Dogs; I'll
Mona Of II >"

We do not in the least feel like blaming
Macbeth for this expression Of disgust; in
deed, we are rather inclined to sympathize
with him. Even nowadays most Of the ca
thartics offered to the public are great, re-
pulsive-looking pills, the very appearance Of
which is sufficient to "turn ones stomach
Had Macbeth ever taken DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets he would not have uttered
those words Of contempt. 1t is really en-
couraging when one is IN, to find that little,
sugar-coated Pellet, no larger than grain Of
mustard, will as promptly produce tho de-
sired effect as dose Of great, nauseating
pulls. These little Pellets, unlike other ca
thartics, are really natures physic. They do
not debilitate, but tone and inyigorate the
system. No family should be without DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets.
, 1876-01-01

How CRICKET SAVED A SHP.-In
Southey's "History of Brazil" he tells
how Cabeza de Vaca was in great ship
going to South America with four hun
dred men. and thirty horses; and after they
had crossed the equator, the commander
discovered. that there were only three
casks of water left. He gave orders to
make the nearest land, and for three days
sailed for the coast. A poor, sick SOL
dier, who had left Cadiz with them
brought grillo, or ground cricket, with
him, thinking its cheerful voice would
amuse him on the long, dreary voyage,
but to his great disappointment the little
insect was perfectly silent the whole way.
The fourth morning after the ship had
changed her course, the cricket, who
knew what she was about, set up her
shrillest note. The soldier at once gave
warning to the officers in charge of the
vessel, and she soon saw high, jagged
rocks just ahead of them. The watch
had been careless, and the great ship, in
few moments would have been dashed
to pieces on the ledges, if this puny crea-
ture had not scented the land and told
them of their danger. Then they cruised
along for some days, and the cricket sang
for them every night, just as cheerily as
if she had been in far-off Spain, till they
got to their destined port, the island of
Catalina.-Selected.
, 1876-01-01

Weekly list Of Patents issued 10 Pacific Cods
Inventors. Reported o6ieiaHv 6v &. W. M
SMITH, Patent Ldi0yeT, AS Aontgomerl
Street, San Frdneiseo
Harvester-Jean Pierre Delseseaux
Milbrae, Cal.
Biscuit Cutter Alexander P. Ash.
bourne, Oakland, Cal.
Chair Fastening-Lee D. Craig, s. F.,
Cal.
Pipe JOint-Byron Jennings, San Jose,
Cal.
sulky Plow-GeOrge Moor, Lafayette,
Oregon.
Ant Exterminator-Michael Barthel,
Milpitas, Cal.
Ice Maehine-John NJ. Beath, S. F.,
Cal.
Process for Treating Ores-Henry II.
Eames. Oakland, Cal, and Abel Patchen,
sF, Cal.
Paragraphs narkgruund- I.aiah W
fal-cf ani taamas u BOYD. : .. Cal.
Isrl-f Clamp G. stamp ~isms-N D
fiaiulan. = D O.
esnr Pc rrsaa A u.i 50 t.ar
irH faI
ta-r.is r.s.r E.ts
s knals
seat o. AL.
, 1876-01-01
A Scene in Cairo.

As we cit In, our hotel windows await
ing the moment Of departure, we enjoy
a last tableau Of Cairo. A long train VI
camels files by, each one attached to the
tail Of the one preceding. They march on
erect beneath the large building stones
with which they are laden. They look
innocent, even sad; yet they are said to
bristle with rage If provoked beyond
measure. These have hardly passed when
there follows a wedding procession. At
the head pipes piper upon a reed, which
squeaks nightly; then two drummers
supply with great volume what the reed
lacks in sweetness. Now follow long
lines of Arabs arm in arm across the
highway; then the bridegroom, bestrad-
ding donkey. ThroDgs kiss his hands,
and prophecy happiness. Now follow
women; thickly vailed walks the bride
between two bridesmaids, who support
her, and seem to address her with much
gesticulation, as if to tease her; but per-
haps they are giving her lessons in mari
tai matters. -Four gayly decked boys
bear canopy over her head, and she
moves with the air of a stage-queen.
Behind these, with much talking and
shouting, come the rabble; and the vile
little donkey-boys, cangregating in num-
bers before the hotel, when not besieging
some easy-going excursionist, take part
in the merry procession by pushing the
bright little donkeys among them. The
beasts take the brunt of the beating with
gentleness, but appear not to relish the
fun.-SGibRer for December.
, 1876-01-01
Vaults of the InqulsitiOn at Rome.

The inquisition at Rome has recently
been thrown open to the public, and men
are engaged iii digging into the vaults
beneath The CORRESPONDENT, Of LON
don PAPER went down flight Of steps,
which iiad lust Been cleared 6f Gid tub-
bish, and *hefe the w6fkhieh #efe lay
iHR bafe 4 seFies 81 dHhge6hs beheAth
thG vaults. til one bi8eg BE- saw i've
skeletons 8f pe6pie Rn6 had Beeh WALLED
HB IN Hlas8HfE 8FeF 4 eehtHfy aHd l balf
a69l but the m8st sHRaes stiRg ana tefHBle
dIse8YeFy Was 4 FaHlt fiil 81 skHllsI Bha
scattered hnman FemalHsi, FF9m Ellls
vault theFe W8s \ SHAFT 81, AB9Ht BHf ret
saHREei aseeHdjng BeEpendieHl Hly ,t8 tBe
Afst H89F 81 tbe bhildinR, And e4dlhB VI
\ passage 9H the ball NJ me ehaHeeFll
where h trap ap9F1aY between the tFlbA;
nal and tho way Into y suite 81 Fn9ms
destined for ono pf the officials, Ihe
object Of this shaft could admit OF but
one surmlse, The ground Of the vault
was made up Of decayed animal matter,
lump Of which held imbedded In u .
long silken lock Of hair, As no found by
personal examination as II was Shovoled
up from below. But that was not oil
there were two largo subtorranean fur
nAees or vaults, shaped like beehive In
masonry, alled with layers Of ealelned
bones, forming the subslratum lying d.
reotly beneath two other chambers on the
ground floor In the immediate Vicinity OF
tho very mysterious shaft above men
toned,
, 1876-01-01

FALL STYLES from Paris, Vienna, Berlin
and London of E. BUTTERICK Il Cos cele-
hrated patterns for ladies', misses, boys and
little children's garments. Send postage
stamp for catalogue. Address.H. A. Demlng,
Ill and ll3 Post ST. San Francisco.
, 1876-01-01

No. 25 Third stI eet, San Francisco, is again
open, with larger lights, more room, and all
the latest improvements in instruments. All
work Is warranted to give perfect satisfaction.
Cabinet Rembrandts, only a per dozen; Card
Rembrandts, 80 to So per doz. j. II. PETERS,
successor TO B. Z. Rowland & Co.
, 1876-01-01

A Coon ANswER.-The conductor on
the train which reached Clinton, Ind,
from the West, recently, was so kind 10
an old lady when she got of the train at
De VIII, and he rendered her ~ much
assistance in getting her baggage 10 the
dcIsui, that passenger a.kcd him if the
90 la.iy uas BIZ M ltlifr. '-u. Hn. ua- thr
Hlr'f -l"ui shr BE- smr.asigs uHfH.r
lH.s Is f'.r rf.I..f IT fa nar E.f....H
I rra r H H
, 1876-01-01

A CoUGH THAT HAS BEEN HANGING about
the system for ten years may be cured In ten
days, with HALE's HONEY OF HoREHoUND
AND TAR.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure In minute.
, 1876-01-01

THE national GOLD MEDAL was awarded
to Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco, for the
best Photographs in the United States.
, 1876-01-01
MULLER-s PEBBLE sPECTACLEs

nIRECTIoN AND PRICE LIST MAILED FREE
~ Orders by mail receive prompt attention. Good
forwarded per Wells, Fargo Co.. c. o. D. subject 4
approval. Address G. MULLER, Optican, 185 Mont
gOfnery st., near Bush San Francisco, Cal.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-05-13

The Sanitary Drainage Of Houses and
TornS. BY GEORGE Z. WARING, Jr, Con-
sulting Engineer, &c. New York: HUED
Il HoUGHTON. 1876.
Here is book that might be proftably
read by every intelligent man in the coun-
try. II Dr.. CABELL and his associates on
the Board of Health have any doubts as to
whether they arc thoroughly acquainted
with the best methods Of drainage, let them
read this book. Whilst saying this we
ought to add that we have no doubt they
are thoroughly familiar with all that has
been written upon the important subject to
which this book is devoted.
The author says his book is not intended
for experts, but rather for "the average
citizen and householder" 1t is "largely
devoted to the question Of preventable dis
ease; to the manner iii which this increases
our death-rate and lessons our worth to our
selves and to the community" 1t treats OF
the sanitary relations Of drainage; the drain
age of houses and Of towns; the arranging
Of plans for town sewerage; the construc-
ton of sewers; the details Of house-drain-
ing; the dry conservancy system; OF vaults
and privies; of LIEENUR's pneumatic sys-
tenn OF drainage; and of the disposal OF
sewage.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON & Co.
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Tilden in New York.


Unquestionably Governor TILDEN has enc
mics within his own party in the State OF
New York. He would be a poor candidate
for President If in long life, at the bar and
in Office, he had not aroused some personal
antipathies. But ne has twice been elected
Governor, which office he now fills, and, as
candidate for President, would much
more certainly carry his own State
than as n candidate for Governor. We
in Virginia know how little personal enmi-
ty goes for in an election. To compare the
last Governor OF Virginia with the present
Governor of New York, it may be remarked
that whilst nine tenths OF the supposed lead
ers Of the Conservative party in Richmond
were opposed to Governor WALKER, he re-
ceiyed an almost unanimous nomination for
Congress. So in New York as to TlLDEN.
Previous to the meeting Of the recent Utica
Convention it was industriously report
cd that he could not command the
united support OF the Democratic party OF
his own State, but would go before the St.
Loais Convention with divided delega-
ton. We cautiously awaited the action OF
that body before saying word for him.
When that Convention assembled the TIL
DEN influence was found to be oyerwhelm-
ing. His opponents were as nothing con-
Tasted with his friends. The canal ring is
opposed to him undoubtedly. So are the
,lunderers who by his efforts had their
hands withdrawn from the treasury OF New
York city. It is not to be supposed that
such q man has not enemies. But in spite OF
all their Vaccinations, he can carry New
York as q candidate for The presidency as
easily as Governor KEaPERcouid carry Yir-l
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WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN CONyEN-
TION-NOTE OF PREFERENCE FOR Mr.. BLAINE
Wheeling, May 1.-THE West Virginia
State Convention met ut Clarksburg to-day.
Ten delegates to the Cincinnati Convention
were appointed. A resolution was adopted
expressive of preference for Mr.. Blaine Tor
President. The delegates are as follows
First district, Ex-Governor Stevenson, Dr.
T. H. Logan, and General Nathan Colt;
Second district, ex-senator Wiley, Z. W.
S, Moore, and James Z. Schley; Third dis
trict, u. D. Rap,sdell, Eugene Dana, and
James W. Davis. The odd delegate for the
State at large is r. w. Simmons (colored),
OF Parkersburg.
A resolution of compliment to Hon. b. II.
Bristow was passed. Ex-senator Wiley is
understood to be Blaine man. The exact
standing Of the delegation is not known,
but no doubt largely for Blaine.
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S1IysR.-Since the current silver "dol-
lar'' is worth less than grcenback "dol'
lar''-if 3 dollar can be anything less than
dollar-and neither is worth gold "dol-
lar,'-why not make silver "dollar" that
is worth that much3 What's the difficulty
What the objection? A certain quantity OF
silver is most assuredly equal in value to
gold dollar. What sort of initiation would
that be?
Silver is one OF the most valuable OF the
articles which we in this country have 1or
exportation. To demonetize it is to inJure
our own country, since it brings to tins
country millions OF dollars worth OF the
products OF other countries. 1t will buy
what we need in Europe Just as Hour, or
gold, or petroleum will.
Let the Government issue just as much
silver as the country needs. 1t IS SAD tnat
people will hoard it. Let them. They VIII
thus help to keep UP its value. Silver has a
real value. 1t is not like greenback OF
bank note. 1t does not perish in the usage
near so soon as paper money. However
much our people may hoard, the people Of
Europe will hoard still more. So shall our
mines continue profitable.
But we are told that if two much silver
be put into dollar the coin will be so yalu-
able that it will be exported. Surely there
is safe middle ground between too much
and too little silver in dollar. Atany rate,
the silver can't both be so cheap that to coin
much Of it is to initiate the currency, and at
the same time so valuable that foreign ma
tons can afford to convert our silver coin
into bullion. These two objections cannot
coexist. II foreign nations take our coin
from us, they will thus only add to the value
of our mines and ur exports.
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PROPOSALS.

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AUDITOR until 6 o'clock p. NJ. THURSDAY, May
Sth for grading the following streets In the city of
Manchester as per Ifofle Of grades made BY Colonel
j. @. Clarke, which can be seen ut the Auditors
Office: 4, fS
Seventh street, from Stockton to Perry;
Eightil Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh. and Twelfth, from
stoeSton. decatur, Bainbridae, aud Porter, from
Seventh to Twelfth.
For details inquire OF the undersig
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80 y, Chairman Street COMMITTEES,
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