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A merchant who was very nromlnent in

A merchant who was very prominent in
prayer meetings and religious enterprises was
once asked by a fellow merchant on their Wv
downtown how he could reconcile his sharp bu,-
ness transactions with his reputation for godli-
ness. The pharisee replied " When am up town
attend to religion. whon go down town have
TO take my chance with the rest OF men, When
next bis questioner met him and was asked for
n business accommodation, he refused to grant
~. saying that he preferred 10 see mans reli
gion more evenly distributed.
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women have contributed vastly TO the spread Of
religion. Perhaps they can do their work better
In other ways than by preaching. SO also may
many men, who now preach without the gift oil
speech or the capacity Of public teaching.
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And now IL appears that while there are
two or more Presidential claimants in the Re
public OF Mexico, there are three or more in the
Republic Of San Domingo.
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1t is reported that a great deal of sym
patty Is felt for Otis ID. SWAN IN business and
other circles, where he was known aud non
ored. Ii Is right to feel sorrow when any
prominent man falls into shameful crime,
be he TWEED or wISsLow, BBCKwITH or
SWAN. We can say that he yielded I'M
der great temptation But the Dulwark
OF socicy Ia individual integrity and the
strength Of will and conscience to withstand
temptation. The greater the confidence reposed
In "A man, the higher his social position, the
worse lie the damage OF his corruption aud
the more need is there OF not warding OF
tho stroke OF justice with weak senti-
mentality. As TO the SWAN matter, we
should say the sympathies Of the public should
nrst 10 out TO those he plundered. lie deserves
no more of them than other criminals and
they all are to be lpitied, whether they wear
striped suits or agonize In broad cloth.
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II sometimes happens that the very fact
Of a mans maxim. himself conspicuous in
churches. sund " schools. and religious organ
lzttions generally, IL sign that his deeds need
the cover Of an Az elrance OF sanctity There
were money changers n the Temple IN the days
OF Christ, and lac scoursed them out with whip
Of .urI-
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Still another case of embczzlemcnt and
oofalcrtion was brought into court Yesterday, in
the suit OF Mr.. WEBB the well known ship
builder, against his bookkeeper and confidential
clerk. The amount Involved, however, is but
$4,000.
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The military preparations Of KELLOGG in
NV Orleans, aud tao barricading OF tue STATE
House, give evidence that PACKARD is 10 be in
augulatod as Governor IN the CnANnrRIAiN
style, AMI that the Legislature il to De con-ti-
tuted, and to hold its sessions, on the South
Carolina ulau.
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The colored men of South Carolina who
voted for nLDES would be IN Vrsy unfor-
tun re condition were IL not Tor w. fact that
luprN IS elected. They would nl-iiy be al
lowed to i've. The Intimidation prac'i.ed In that
state has been something beyond precedent.
Il has extended % churches. o. religious gath
erines aud introduced it-elf into every form Of
social Influence among the colored race.
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Tho Rev. Mr.. WILSON Of Newark says
that since women were permitted TO preach,
the churches have los. ground Yet the Rev
DR.. SMITH. though not arguing Ia favor OF adj
nitung women % the punt. SAWS a. h.a ard
three sarmons On Sund l, twD by disuusui,hed
men aud one ny a woman, and that no wa more
ted 10y the last than by tho two Others. lie
thinks however, that II he hal he rl her a
dozen times he you'd not have been So moved
by the woman preacher. Why sof II he had
Ncard The men dozen times might he not also
have gone away hIngry inst'ad OF fnlif We
don't IN end % argue the ease for tho women,
tut TIA, much we may say; gr At support ui
Chrlstinuity IS found among women lhcy are
the most prrs',ten church go,rs, aud thoy
transmit the fhtb from gener ition to generation
by the Instruction Of inflncY, and Ia 80 dOinY
they perform work ia It's behalf parallel with
that done by the cl rey. Ia all times, from the
days Of the doacOnesses Of the New Testament
TO the nuus and sisters of to-day, they have
been IN important spoke in tho eGclesllstich
wheel, Even II not preachers aud never priests,
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The advent of the new year will he made
happier by the hope that reason aud ltatcsman-
alip will Se exhibited az the counting Of tho
electoral votes, rather than mere partisanship
and reckless greed OF onl,e
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n vour liver 1, ont OF order, use Dr.. JAYNE 4
Sauauyc Pills. They wall remove D.lntauuss az 4 cure
any cOrtNe t'hurncy. ide.
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"horeau-Icfeyrr," the oldest ami most French
~ oh ,mpdsnes' Victor H. hauacr, 40 bcade w., N,
-Aey.
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The Turks hold out stinly against every
scheme to nulify the Sultans authority in any
OF his provinces.
, 1876-09-08
Farm Items.

To dress a sheepskin with the wool,
scrane the flesh from the skin, and wash
IN soap and water; then spread the skin,
rooI downward, and sprinkle thickly
over the flesh side a mixture of equal
,,arts of alum and salt. finely powdered.
Fold the skin and roll up tightly, and
iet Il lie a week. Then open it, and rub
n with a piece of chalk and piece of
nnmicestOne alternately, until it is soft
and dry, pulling and stretching it mean
wbile TO make it pliable.
Sweet oil will cure poison of almost
apy nature, both on man and beast. The
nafient must take a spoonful of it inter
polIv and bathe the wound for a cure.
To cnre a horse it takes eight times as
mnch as for a man. Snake bites may
also be cured by it. II will cure bloat
in cattle, caused by fresh clover 1t
will cure the stings of bees, spiders or
other insects, and persons who have
been poisoned by q low, running vine
called ivy, may find in it an effectual
remedy.
The following is said to be an excel
lent remedy to keep hens from hatch
ing: Make four coops, each large
enough to hold half-dozen fowls. All
the hens that remain on their nests
sbould be allowed to sit till the next
night, as they often lay an egg the sec
ond day of sitting. At evening of the
second day, put them all into coop No.
The next lot OF sitters go into coop
No. 2, and the next into No. 3, and the
next into No. 4; and on the fourth day,
near evening, let out the hens in No. l,
as they will be "broken;" and on the
next day No. hens can be let out; and
80 on to No. 4.
A careful observer asserts that many
of the diseases incident to poultry are
due to neglect in providing them with
uure water This is especially the case
in instances of chicken cholera. The
omission to furnish fowls with suitable
drinking water is one of the worst fea-
lures Of cruelty to animals, besides
being very Improbable TO the person
guilty of it.
II seems that farmers do not fully ap-
preciate the importance of having good
light in their stables. Very few barns
built forty years ago have a single win
dow. Some recently erected have q
few, but in a majority of cases they are
too small, and not inserted where they
should be. There should be at least one
large window for every two stalls, placed
opposite each partition, and the bottom
Of the sashes should not be lower than
six feet from the stable floor, 80 that
when opened, or raised, the air may not
blow upon the animals.
, 1876-09-08
Poultry for Farmers.

1t has generally been believed by
farmers, and the belief is still preva-
lent, that it is ridiculous to expect to
make poultry pay such enormous profits
as are claimed for them. They laugh at
the idea Of 200 per cent. profit, yet even
more than that can be obtained by poul-
Try breeding. 1t would, no doubt, be
preposterous to say so unless proof in
dorsed the statement; but facts substan-
tlate it, and some of the largest and best
breeders of this country show, year
Iter year, that these present results can
oe obtained. What would some of our
farmers say if they were told that poul-
ny would pay as much as 500 per cent.
The French have reached to O greater
knowledge of successful poultry raising
tnan any other nation, and they claim
tnis immense profit, and there is not the
Anghtest doubt but their large profit is
no exaggerated statement, but reality.
IN this country it is known that poultry
can be made to pay at least 200 per cent,
ana We dare say that even larger results
may be obtained. Now, farmers, what
40 you say to this? Is there not some
=, il,eucement to pay greater attention to
snls hitherto Comparatively neglected
S5anch of rural industry We are con-
suent that you can realize more profit
nom poultry raising than from anything
else on your farm, provided you attend
T1 70 II properly. Be wise, and begin this
VA winter by getting rid of your mongrels,
Seo commence with some really good
0lrds.-Ame1'icaE Fdnciers' Gazette.
, 1876-09-08

POISONING FROM ANmNE CoLoRs.-
The Scientific American notes the first
authenticated case of poisoning by ami
line dye, which it says came under its
immediate observation. The garments
were of light woolen material, and,
having been somewhat worn, were sent
to an extensive dyeing and securing es-
tablishment in New York city to be dyed
q dark blue. The owner after wearing
the clothes for few days in hot weather,
observed that the blue color stained his
under garments, and in the localities of
the stains he became sensible of a cuta-
neous eruption The latter soon ex-
tended on large area, which became
excessively inhamed; and pustular
state soon followed, resulting in excru-
ciating suffering and prostration. The
case was carefully examined by several
eminent physicians of New York city,
who pronounced it one of the most Sc
we're attacks of poisoning that they had
ever encountered, and unheasitatingly
ascribed it to the dyeing of the fabric
with aniline blue. Had the sufferer
been a child or an invalid, the opinion
was the disease was violent enough to
prove fatal. Perhaps the safest rule is
to watch all colored goods when worn,
and promptly to discard the clothes on
the first appearance of the dyes discol-
oring the garments or person wherever
it comes in contact
, 1876-09-08
To Preserve Eggs.

The simplest and most effective way,
and, indeed, the most economical, to
preserve eggs without imparting to them
any foreign favor, or render them unfit
for Matching, the PLou9hmdn says, is to
use the patent stopper glass jar, with
vulcanized India rubber joints to make
it perfectly tight, like the jars for pre-
serving fruits. As soon as the eggs are
collected, put the jar into hot water, and
when thoroughly warm SO as to rarity
the air, put the eggs in the jar, the
pointed end upward, and pack them
with paper, or something, to prevent
them from breaking; then close the jar
before taking it out of the water. If the
work is skillfully done, and the jar is
tight, the eggs will keep for many
months, and be as fit for the breakfast
table as the day they were laid. It'll said
they will be fit for Matching also a year
after they are so packed, but never hay
ing tried them for that, we cannot affirm
1t from actual experiment. A corre-
spondent Of the Country Gentleman says:
" Ny plan is to take fresh eggs when
they are plenty and cheap, and coat
them with lard, or any other clean
grease. I prefer lard. 1 put a lump in
saucer, or anything convenient to melt
mot boil) then with small rag grease
each egg; it will take but very little
grease. I pack in box or in keg in
wheat bran or chaff, small end down.
Anything like chaf or cut straw will
answer. prefer bran. 1 have kept
eggs twelve months, as good as when
put away, and have no doubt they can
be kept any length Of time
, 1876-09-08

"MAN," says Victor Hugo, twas the
conundrum of the eighteenth century;
Woman is the conundrum of the nine
teenth century. We can't guess her; but
we will never give her up-no, never"
KEEP your promise to the letter; be
prompt and exact. and it will save you
much trouble and care through life, and
win for you the respect and trust of
your friends.
THE ghost that troubles the business
man nowadays, is the ghost of Bank
owe -IRhitehdH Times.
, 1876-09-08
How the Sioux Fight.

A correspondent who witnessed the
attack by Sitting Bull on General Gus
ter at the Rosebud, gives the following
description of the Siouv mode of war
fare; 1.-THE Sioux were all splendidly
mounted, and so long as pressed did
much of their firing on horseback.
Some of the most reckless feats of
equestrianism imaginable were per-
formed by them within range of the
broadsides of an entire company. In
numerous instances one or two warri-
ors dashed out from behind their cover
of rocks, hugged close to the neck Of
the pony, and half bounded, half tum-
bled down the nearly vertical banks af-
ter bold Grow, Snake or white skirm-
isher, delivered shot or two, aud like
a fash disappeared in spite of volleys
sent after them. Up hill or down, over
rocks, through canyons and in every
conceivable dangerous condition of af-
fairs their breaSneck, devil-may-care
riding was accomplished. One reck-
less brave got badly pressed by the cav
airy at certain point in the field, and
jerking out his bpwie-knife, he slashed
apart his saddle-girt, slipped it with all
its trappings from under him while his
pony was at full speed, and thus unin-
numbered made his escape. So closely
did the Indians approach our skirmish-
ers at times that they inflicted several
wounds with battle-axes, lances and ar
rows, and in one or two instances they
closed in upon brave soldier and got
his scalp before comrades could rush
forward to the rescue. They repeated
ly courted death by endeavoring to Sc
cure the bodies of their own dead. One
instance of this kind was plainly visi-
BILE to many of us. An Indian riding
along the edge of bluff was, with his
pony, made the target for dozens of ri
hes, and rider, pony and all, finally tum-
bled head over heals down the hillside.
Two braves Immediately rallied forth
for the body of their defunct brother,
but one of these also fell before it was
reached. The other seemed to think
one live Indian better than two dead
ones, and hastily scrambled heaven
ward. Another warrior met him, how
ever, dnd persuaded him to go along on
a second trial. About the time the
bodies were reached pony was shot,
and both Indians, then thoroughly de-
moralized, made for cover and reached
it in safety. One thing is an absolute
certainty, and that is the fact that the
Sioux had staked great deal on this
battle, and that their fighting was con-
sequently little less than savage frenzy
Or the fighting of demons.
, 1876-09-08

How many take q wrong view of life,
and waste their energies and destroy
their nervous system in endeavoring to
accumulate wealth, without thinking of
the present happiness they are throwing
away. 1t is not wealth or high station
which makes man happy. Many of
the most wretched beings on earth have
both; but it is a radiant, sunny spirit,
which knows how to bear little trials
and enjoy little comforts, and thus ex-
tract happiness from every incident of
life.
, 1876-09-08

MANY proverbs admit of contradic-
ton, as the following: "The more the
merrier." Not so; one hand is enough
in a purse. Nothing but what has an
end" Not so; a ring has none, for it
is round. money is q great comfort. ="
Not when it brings thief to the gal
lows. "The world is long journey" 4"
Not so; the sun goes over it in a day.
at is a great way to the bottom of the
sea- Not SO; it is but stones cast.
"a friend is best found in adversely" /"
Not so; for then there is none to be
found. 1.-The pride of the rich makes
the labor of the poor" Not so; tine la
Dor of the poor makes the pride of the
rich.
, 1876-09-08


INTELLIGENCE OF TROUT. fl
fish possess intelligence is beyond
doubt, as the well known fact of carp
coming at a given signal to be fed
proves. The following anecdote of a
trout, given in the Field, Chicago
paper, is worth relating:
Its place of abode was under q stone
in q small pool, Immediately below a
wooden bridge, over which the path led
from the house in which we reside to
the garden. It was a pleasing amuse-
ment for the boys to feed the trout with
worms, which were readily procured in
the garden; and the trout was fed &C
cordingly, and soon learned to come out
from below the stone and seize the worm
thrown into the pool, whatever number
of spectators might be close at hand on
the bridge, and although some Of them
might be a little noisy. But it was
thought proper to try trick upon the
poor fish, and present him with q very
small, long radish instead of worm.
Out came the trout at once, the radish
in shape and color being quite like a
worm, and caught it ere it reached the
bottom, and quickly spat it out again,
and retreated to the shelter of the stone.
Once or twice afterwards the trick was
successfully repeated, but the trout
soon learned to distinguish a radish
from a worm, and ceased to come out
for one, although prompt enough in
coming for the other.
, 1876-09-08

IT is said that figures won't lie; but the
Detroit NetcS thinks the figures of some
women are very deceptive.
, 1876-09-08

donald, said Scotch dame, look
ing from the Catechism to her son,
" what's a slander?" "a SANDER, guide
mither? ?" auoth Donald, twisting the
corner of his plaid. A-weel, hardly
ken, unless it may be, mayhap. an over
true tale which one guide woman tells
of anither."
, 1876-09-08


A PLUcKY PAssRNeER.-D. M, Nc
Curdy, commercial traveller, hailing
from Kansas City, is credited by the
Denuer Netes, with an unusally piuckv
deed. The Iriver of six-horse stage
coach, in which he was an inside passen-
ger, got down from the box at a place
called Fall river, leaving the reins in the
hands of an invalid, and during his ab-
sence the team ran away, and the man
on the box was unable to hold the
reins. AS the coach was full of men
women and children, there was extreme
danger of serious loss of life. In the
emergency Mr.. McCurdy clambered ont
through one of the narrow windows
gaining the box and the lines, while the
now thoroughly terrified horses were
fairly flying over the fearful road
abounding with awful declivities and
iutting rocks. Selling the reins and
bending against them with ali the
strength of his arms, and forcing an al
most superhuman weight upon the
brake, he checked the maddened steeds
in their wild career, Just on the edge of
a precipice that would have been the
end CT all the crew in the coach had it
gone over.
, 1876-09-08

WHEN a California woman defeated
lion in hand to hand combat, the
neighbors were greatly astonished, but
her husband quietly remarked; "Oh,
that's nothing; that woman could lick
the devil"
"Do you love me still, John?" whis-
pered sensitive wife to her husband.
"Of course do-the stiller the BETTER"
answered the stupid husband.
, 1876-09-08

RICHARD GRANT WHITE says there is
no such thing as Sin our midst" but
we would like to know where he would
locate the pain that makes paregoric a
popular beverage among the young.
, 1876-09-08


A PRINTKR's DREAM.-A printer sat
in his chair, his boots were patched and
his coat threadbare; while his face look
ed weary and worn with care. While
sadly thinking of business debt, old
Morpheus slowly round him crept, and
before he knew it he soundly slept; and
sleeping, he dreamed that he was dead,
from trouble and toll his spirit had fed,
and that not even a cow-bell tolled for
the peaceful rest of his cow-hide sole.
AS he wandered among the shades that
smoke and scorch in lower Hades, he
shortly observed an iron door, that
creakingly hung on the hinges ajar, but
the entrance was closed with O red hot
bar, and Satan himself stood peeping
out, and watching for travellers there
about, and thus to the passing printer
spoke: "Come in, my dear, it shall cost
you nothing, and never fear; this is the
place where / cook the ones who never
pay their subscription sums, for though
in their life they may escape, they will
find when they are dead it is too late; 1
will show the place where melt them
thin, with red hot chains and scraps of
tin. and also where comb their heads
with scraps of glass and melted lead,
and if of refreshment they only think.
there's boiling water for them to drink;
there is the red hot grindstone to grind
down the nose, and red hot rings to
wear on the toes, and ii they mention
they don't like the fire, I'll sew up their
mouths with red hot wire; and then,
dear sir, you should see them squirm,
while roll them over and cook to
turn" With these last words the prin-
ter awoke, and thought it all a practical
joke, but still at times, so real did it
seem, that he cannot believe it was all a
dream; and often be thinks with a
chuckle and grin, of the fate of those
who save their tin, and never pay the
printer.
, 1876-09-08
The Trapeze-"DreadFul Trade"

1t is bad enough for trapeze per-
former to be hurled to death in the usual
way taken by that class of show people,
before a crowded audience and in the
footlights' blaze of glory. But it must
be particularly mortifying to them TO
meet with an accident and die all alone,
and still in the pursuit of their thrilling
profession. This was the fate Of John
William Collier, an Englishman, who
had been several years in this country;
a trapeze master. He was the father of
two young girls, known as the 'Vaidis
Sisters" Their names are Laura and
Lizzie Collier, and they are respectively
fourteen and twelve years of age, and
very attractive performers. Their fa-
ther had trained them for their daring
profession, and their mother travelled
with them, and they were as we'll and
tenderly cared for as they could be, sub
Iected as they were to the nightly dan
gers of the flying trapeze. Their father
came on the stage with them and watch
ed them through their act with anxious
solicitudeI He was a quiet, lanassum-
ing man of about thirty-five years,
weighing one hundred and thirty
pounds, and his mild manners made him
favorite with audiences, although he
acted only as assistant. Very few knew
his name, or that he was the father of
those pretty little girls doing dangers,
or that their ever-anxious mother was
standing breathless in the wings watch
ing with the eye of love every move
ment of her children in their mid-air
flights. The father was suddenly taken
away. They had performed an engage
ment in theater, and were about NOV
ing to another city. Collier was taking
down his trapeze traps on Sunday, pre-
paratory to leaving. He was somewhere
in the roof of the theater, and jumped
a short distance upon a skylight of thick
glass. 1t gave way and he crashed
through. He lay after the fall doubled
up ike ball and never spoke. His
skull was crushed, his brain wasting,
aud every bone in his body appeared to
be broken; but his face was neither
bruised, scratched nor distorted. His
staring eyes gazed up at the skylight as
he lay dying. His wife and daughters
were sent for, and were quickly at his
side. Their distress was heartrending.
They folded HIM in their arms, kissed
his impassive face, pleaded with him to
speak one word to them, and vainly
tried to get one look of recognition out
of those wide eyes rapidly glazing in
death. Not one word or lookl John
William Collier was dead man in twen-
ty minutes from the time of his fall
Then the public first knew the "Vaidis
Sisters" by name. Death rent the fam
lily veil asunder, and Laurie and Lizzie
Collier mourned their father. But it
seems very bad for trapeze performer
to die that way. 1t is like great con-
queror of thrones being kicked to death
by o mule. But the Vaidis Sisters are
thoroughly trained now, and they will
be able to fight their way in the world
through the skill their father taught
them, until there is another accident in
the family, for it is a dreadful trade" !"