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Labor and Prosperity.

The uncertainty Of wealth is proyer-
bial-the descendants of the rich of one
generation being the poor of the next.
The cause is too often apparent in the
enervation, want of economy, enter
prise and forethought, in the inheritors
Of wealth, when compared with their
less fortunate neighbors. Has it ever
suggested itself TO you hoA sure is the
reward of honest toll when properly
directed?' The wealthy rising men OF
to-day, as body, are almost without
exception self-made. The secret Of their
success, sought after by many. is as
plain as a mondays sun. They do not
float INCREASINGLY with the stream Of
humanity, but in their separate callings
struggle hard against the stream. When
times are hard they are not seen on the
street corners complaining of their lot;
but reading the future by the unerring
light of the past, know that the dark
clouds on the horizon but foretell the
coming sunshine. Their little savings
are scrupulously cared for and judi
ciously invested, while the croaker COM
forts himself with dismal prophecies
and the result is an abundant and golden
harvest. Such an occasion is the pres
ent. For three years enterprise has
been pazalyzed, and the most dismal
prophecies have been apparently we'll
nigh realized; but the busy marts Of
commerce, now deserted, shall be
thronged again; the cheerful buzz of
the factory, now dismal in its quietude,
shall resound with honest industry.
Then what will be the respltq The dol
lar judiciously invested shall be doubled
and trebled; and the poor man, un-
known and unheard Of, who takes stock
in the prosperity Of his town and nation
shall be extolled and honored. To all
we say: Keep not your means idle, pay
your debts, take advantage Of the prof
table investment now offered. whether
it be in houses. lands, or business en-
terprises, and our word for it you will
not regret it. The cry Of oyer-produc-
ton is farce and delusion. There is
room enough in this broad land of ours
for every honest son of TOLL Hard
work faithfully followed will bring sue
cess every time. The more discourag-
ing the times Of to-day, the greater the
revival when it comes and the sooner it
will come.-AmeTicaa Manufacturer.
, 1876-12-15
The Human Voice by Telegraph.

A novel adaptation of telegraphy has
been developed in Boston, 1t is new
ly discovered process of telephony, or
of sending the voice or other sound a
great distance, invented by Graham
Bell. naturalized American of Scottish
birth. In experiments mentioned by Bos-
ton journals, telephones of rubber of a
membranous character were placed at
the extremities of common outdoor
telegraph wire in Boston and Cambridge;
two miles apart, when articulate CONVEX
sation took place through the wire, the
sound being communicated quite loud
and Ineligible, the words being as
clearly heard at the distance of two
miles as if spoken through speaking
tube. A satirical writer in the Cincin-
natl Times, who is always making some
ludicrous remark about the loud voice
of the Ex-Governor of his State, says
that "if the human voice is thus trans
mitted by telegraph, Bill Allen should
be employed as head operator on the
line with China" Gail.
, 1876-12-15

AcD-PRooF PkMr.-The following
recipe may be of value to some of our
readers. The application of water glass
or soluble silicate of soda to wood or
metal utensils, to protect them from the
action of corrosive bodies, Is sometimes
desirable, and this material, a CORES.
pondent in the Polytechaic6es Journal
tells us. may be used with little difficult
ty If you go the proper way to work.
The wood or metal must be perfectly
dry to begin with, and free from rust or
any kind of fatty matter. ANY of the
pure mineral colors may be used for
mixing with the silicate. Powdered
lime, amounting to twenty or twenty-five
per volume, is mixed with the pigment.
a1d double as much water glass is then
added. The mixture is then applied in
the same way as ordinary paint.
, 1876-12-15

CoRNs.-Dr. Barber, says the Lyons
Medical Journal, reports the cure of the
most refractory corns by the morning
and evening application, with brush,
ofa drop of solution ofthe perchloride of
iron. After fortnight's continued ap-
plication, without pain, patient who
had suffered for nearly forty years from
a most painful corn on the inner side of
each little toe, was entirely relieved.
Pressure was no longer painful and DIR.
B. relieved the cure radical.
, 1876-12-15
Death on the Stage.

The Baltimore Sun describes an af
fecting scene on the stage of the Holli-
day Street Theater in that city Friday
night. Mr.. John G. Ferris was playing
the role of George Tallboys in q" Lady
Audley's Secret" He was with Lady
Audley at we'll when she assumes sud
den faintness and asks him to dip her
handkerchief n,the water to cool her
brow. While he is in the act of com
plying she pushes him down the we'll,
the old wall falling on him. 1t was
during this scene that Mr.. Ferris was
stricken with paralysis. At the end of
his previous scene he had gone to the
stage manager, saying, "Oh, God what
is this coming over ne? Is it death, or
what?" At this moment his "cue" was
given, and he started for the stage, ex-
claiming. "Watch me! I don't know
what 1 am saying" He endeavored to
get through the scene, butas it proceed
ed he staggered about the stage like
drunken man. The audience, suppos-
ing him to be intoxicated, began to
laugh and shout, while Miss Mortimer,
who was playing Lady Audley, endeav-
ored to aid him by pushing him in the
well to consummate the action of the
scene. Mr.. Ferris, in semi-conscious
state, took the handkerchief to dip it in
the we'll, and staggering up the stage,
was about to utter the last words of his
part, which were: This is the last ser
vice 1 shall ever render you," when the
shouts and laughter of the audience
seemed to make him realize that they
fbou 0hf him drunk He furnad olOWlv
to assure them that he was not, and
with great difficulty uttered the broken
sentence, " Ladies and gentlemen.
am" and staggering back grasped the
frame of the we'll, as the curtain was
dropped amidst shouts and ieers Of the
audience. The sufferer was removed to
his hotel and in an hour was dead. The
fact of his paralysis was announced be-
fore the theater closedy and the play
was finished without "Tallboys."
, 1876-12-15

THE New York Aquarium, located on
the corner of Thirty-fifth street and
Broadway, in New York, was recently
opened to the public. The tanks con-
tain large number of fish, including a
white whale from Labrador, several
shark, huge sting-ray, terrapin, be-
sides an interesting collection of 20
ophytes A laboratory for naturalists,
with the necessary appliances for inves-
tigahon, is provided and in the pisi-
cultural apparatus, the process of hatch
ing and rearing salmon may be witness
ed. On the opening night, President
r. B. Roosevelt, of the New York Fish
Commission, made an address on the
objects of pisiculture.
, 1876-12-15

POETS PECULIARITIRs.-Fen was
fat poet, whose habit it was to lie in
bed and be fed with a spoon. He was
almost as lazy as Thompson. Pope
says he died of Incidence. Wilkie, the
author of the "Epigoniad," loved not
only to lie in bed, but. if we may be-
lieve his biographer, Anderson, to lie
under sixteen or seventeen pairs of
blankets. Pope was another poet with
queer habits. He was fretful and petu-
lant and expected that everything
should give way to his ease. If he felt
drowsy in company he would go to
sleep without ado, and once slumbered
at his own table while the Prince Of
Wales was talking of poetry. When he
accepted an invitation to stop at a
friends house he took ne servant, and
his wants were so many that hall full
of servants might scarcely supply
them. "His errands were SO frequent
and so frivolous that the footmen in
time avoided and neglected him. The
maids, when they had neglected their
business, alleged they had been attend
ing Mr.. Pope" Like his friend Swift,
he was sometimes parsimonious, and is
charged by johnson with ''niggardly
reception of his friends and seantiness
OF entertainment, as when he had two
guests in his house he would set at sup
per a single pint upon the table, and,
having himself taken two small glasses,
would retire, and say: Gentlemen, 1
leave you to your wine. - Baltimore
Bulletin.
, 1876-12-15

AGE OF MDD1E-AdED WOMAN
In recent case before the English court
of Chancery, the plaintiff asked to be re-
ieved from bond which he had given
on account of his incapacity, he being
ninety years of age. The court having
learned the great age of the plaintiff, ,
expressed desire to learn the age Of
the defendaAt-Miss Miller, maiden
lady-when the following proceedings
took place:
Mr.. Glasse, Q. @. for Miss Miller,
said she was in court and would, no
doubt, herself give the answer to that
question.
The Vice Chancelor-Miss Miller,
you are, believe, the defendant in this
case. What is your age. The defend
ant-Middle age, if it please, your lord-
ship. Laughter
The Vice Chancelor-I mean how old
are you?
The Defendant-Fifty if your lordship
pleases.
, 1876-12-15

The FRESH WATER SERPENr.-The
fresh water +" sea serpent has met his
end in Mendomack Lake, near Rock
land, Maine. A sailing party met him
near the shore justas they were landing,
and all but one of them ran away. VIII
liam Grinnell, of Washington, however,
killed him with an oar. The snake is
ten feet long, is Of dull brown color,
and has a fin running the whole length
of his back. The head is very long,
and the teeth would make nervous man
shudder.
, 1876-12-15

A FAcRTIoUs person went into a VIII
.lage shop and was observed to be look
ing about, when the proprietor re-
marked to him that they didn't keep
whisky. ut would save you a good
many steps if you did, " was the visitors
reply.
, 1876-12-15
The B1EssINas OF WoMAN's Soo1ErY

The BLESSINGS OF WoMAN's SOCIETY.
All men who avoid female society
have dull perceptions, and have gross
tastes, and revolt against what is pure.
Your club swaggerers, who are sucking
the butts of billiard-cues all night, call
female society insipid. Poetry is unin-
spring to q yokel; beauty has no charms
for blind man; music does not please
a poor beast, who does not know one
tune from another; but, as true cpl
cure is hardly ever tired of water-cress
and brown bread and butter, protest
can sit for a whole night talking to a
well-regulated, kindly woman about her
daughter Fanny, or her son Frank, and
like the evenings entertainment. One
of the greatest benefits man can de-
rive from o woman's society is that he
is bound to be respectful to her. The
habit is of great sgood to your moral
men, depend upon it. Our education
makes us the most eminently selfish
men in the world, and the greatest ben
eft that we have is to think of some
body to whom we are bound to be con-
stantly attentive and respectful.
, 1876-12-15

"THE times are hard, my DEAR" said
a man to his better half, land 1 find it
difficult to keep my nose above water"
You could easily keep your nose above
water, returned the laIy, "if you didn't
keep it so often above brandy"
, 1876-12-15

The BArTLK-FIKLD.-Nom man who has
experienced the horrors of war can
truthfully assert that he felt no fear
during an engagement. A battle is a
veritable hell upon earth; not to be in
serious apprehension while it lasts is TO
be either drunk, crazy or insensible.
The highest type of bravery is that of
the man who realizes the full extent of
his peril, but sticks resolutely to his
duty. 1t was my experience, and that
of all those about me, repeated a dozen
times, that, shell-fring is not nearly
so demoralizing as that of musketry. It
is not often that shells are thrown SO far
that their fragments scatter death and
wounds, and that their loud humming
overhead does not cause that nervous
tingling which always follows the sharp
zip of the rihe-bullet. The peculiar
cutting of the air made by half dozen
Of these at once is apt 10 give the soldier
the idea that the whole air is filed with
them, and that he is certain to be struck
by one Of them. The first sensation, on
being struck by a bullet, is a stunned,
numb feeling, which for a long time
overpowers the pain Of the wound. Sol
diers have been frequently prostrated
by spent balls. A curious effect of shell
wounds is that they do not bleed the
hot fragments sears the torn blood YES
sells and stops the effusion. A minnie
ball extracted from the human body
presents a remarkable sight. 1 have
seen them where the resistance Of the
flesh had turned back the pointed end
on all sides with such regularity that
the ball resembled q saucer or q flower.
, 1876-12-15

A VERY pretty thought is the one
made by sombody, that 1.-THE parks
are a lovely quotation from the coun-
a YOUNG man in Jersey city was urged
70 marry, but he replied: II don't see
II. MY father was a single man, aud he
Always got along we'll enough"
, 1876-12-15

IT seems to me that 1 read all kinds
OF cures for ivy poison except the right
one l have always endeavored to keep
II before the public, but have failed. 1t
Is to dissolve sugar of lead-a bit the
size OF hazelnut-in half a toacup of
sweet milk or warm water. Apply as
warm as can easily be borne, with a
sort, hnty piece of rag. Three or four
applications are sufficient to effect a
cure. If the poison is on the face. and
near the eye or mouth, this astringent
wash may be constantly applied. 1t is
marvellous cure, and by watching
closely, one can see the fevered blisters
operation.
, 1876-12-15

Peter Cooper preserves his serenity,
and sleeps the unrufied peace of the
righteous in plain flannel night-gown
without yoke.SNeD York Graphic.
, 1876-12-15

BR1eHr silk pockets are worn with
any toilet
, 1876-12-15


WoMAN's love is ikened to a vine.
Perhaps it is like it. though it is very
strong in hours of need, as strong as It
is tender. Yes, surely, we will not de-
ny that it is our nature to ask for COM
fort and support, and seek to twine our
selves about something that can offer.
And there is no better reason than
this very trait of ours why we should be
careful how we give our hearts, and
make very sure that the man we choose
also has a heart-a strong and honest
one-and that his love is Of the kind to
be enduring; and that he has ingrained
in his nature that most excellent and
manly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. He
should be an oak, not reed; for though
in Summer weather the vine may drape
the reed very prettily, it will not resist
the tempest. Nor need the vine dread
the ruggedest oak. Its bark may be
gnarled, its branches knotted; but all
the greener and fresher will be the fol-
age that it bears, all the more tenderly
will it shadow that which is beneath it.
There is sweetness in weakness; some
thing very loveable in many a faint.
willed and unenduring man but two
vines cannot support each other. They
only tangle and fall upon the ground.
The stronger, the braver, the more un-
like woman a man is, the better for his
wife. Remember this, girls. This is the
advice Of sister woman, who speaks
for the safety and happiness of her sex.
, 1876-12-15
Wholesale Matrimony.
THE CURIOUS PROCESSION OF BRIDES AND
GRooMs IN NEW YORK.

GRooMS IN NEW YORK.
A very curious procession took place
recently, says the New York Mercury,
on East Second street. 1t consisted Of
thirty-two young couples, all of them
dressed in the national costume of the
Bohemian Czechs. The men wore short
jackets, with caps of green velvet, en-
broidered in gold and silver. The pro-
cession, which was headed by a small
band and by venerable prelate in his
full vestments, moved through Second
street to Avenue A.. and then through
Essex street to Broome street, where in
the large hall of the building No. 237 a
ceremony such as has never before been
witnessed in New York took place. 1t
was simply wholesale wedding of thir-
ty-two young Czechs with thirty-two
buxom lasses from the land of Nepo-
muk, the patron saint of Bohemia.
There is probably no country in the
world where the wedding ceremony is
looked upon with more religious awe
than in Bohemia. The Czech colony in
this city, consisting mostly of men and
women engaged in the manufacture of
cigars; or in glass blowing, has recently
received strong accessions, principally
from Prague and the surrounding coun-
try. Notwithstanding the prostration
of business, these Czechs have -four
ished more than any other element of
our foreign population. They are very
thrifty, sober and industrious, and they
say that there is not a single Bohe-
mian pauper in the city. Some of the
female cigar-makers of that nationality
have relatively large sums in the saw
ings banks. They are a very energetic
class of females and by no means unat-
tractive in personal appearance. There
being no priest here able to perform the
nupital rites in the Czech language, the
young couples who were ready to get
married clubbed together and sent for
the Right Rev. Bishop Habelczek from
Prague, to marry them all at once.
When the bishop arrived here, singu-
lar complication occurred. The num-
Der of couples that had sent for him
was found to be thirty. three, a very un-
lucky number, and hence it was deter
mined that only thirty-two couples
should be married. They drew lots as
to which couple should be excluded,
and the hapless lovers who were select
ed manifested their disappointment in a
very lively manner The bishop con-
soled them by promising to marry them
soon. The wedding ceremonies on
Broome street were very impressive.
After the service had BEEN read the old
er portion of the female audience,
among whom there were many mothers
of the brides and bridegrooms, burst
into startling lamentations, while the
grooms looked unconcerned, and the
brides blushingly dropped their eyes.
When the prelate had blessed them, salt
and bread were handed round and par
taken Of by everybody. The bride
grooms did not kiss their brides, the
Czechs considering it indecent even for
husbands to kiss their wives in public.
, 1876-12-13
A WAY OFT,

TO ne Edftnr ef Thk JfttRhs
Wasr DBrRns, Wis, Dec. lin view Of the
fact that our popular elections have deKcneratod
Into the farce Of thimhle-ring tricks and lodges.
We would recommend - the best way sut Of
out political deReperaey 10 establish limited
nonarcly upon the plan OF the English system.
We bellevc the change could he effected With
less disturbance 10 tho public peace than to At
tempt the Inauguration Of President under
tho trfckster plan 1t IL we'll known that trick
Stsrs ure never satis1cd when beaten by trick
sters iinscrupulouA enough 10 outwtt them.
1tcnee wo would alvise, II GeorKe francis
Train can be prevailed upon {and VIC think he
can), 70 install him ~ the Mght-RoSal King Of
America. with the title Of GAorYe ~ F1ra
consent, a. O compromise, to nam6 Cardinal 40
Prime Minister TO George the First. This would
appcaAe that important element 10 the Dcu,o-
crattc party, and Elve our now monarchy tho
llalllitHente at least Of antique respectabilIty.
TIE LOWER HOUSE
could select leader In tho person Of Alexander
II. Stephens, whose want Of physical stIcuCth
would be q guarantee that he would not huEk
any ono Inclined 10 be refractory In the pat
foFmance Of the pact. A. ~ Tho Senate, IT,
position In the Government would correspond
TO the English House Of Lords-thcfr important
duties consisting Of good clothes great dignity,
metaulorphosis III the system Of government
represented by these honorable and distinguish
I'd men Ut it1 head who does not sec that We
would present 10 the world far more respect.
able Appearance than fs presented by the efforts
Of The Democratic party In tAeir attempts to get
control Of 4 government that thay hays already
disgrnccdf c. a, W.
, 1876-12-13
A DESPERATE COMMUNIST.


KANKAKEK, ILL.,, Dec, 9.-IB tbs Chicago
Tine, VI last Sunday appeared an inaama'story
article headed "The Now Crusia1lop." tp
which The writer offers to devote lla labor and
to sacr.lee his liberty aid l'fc, II need be, ID
tho lawiess work Of laying Violent hands not
only upon some OF the public tncu Of tho cour,-
try, but upon tho private wealth Of individuals,
aud placing this wealth where, ~ bis opinion, II
would do mora good. Thu Nelly, Aagulres
arc pattea on the back, tbs Work-
lug, men of the country arc febukc.l fos
their inotieusiysnsss, and appeals arc mAde
which would probably not 10 pslnted III ANY ~.
per but tbs I1tAes :.
Said article is: signed "Geo. chas. uray,'
anl have every !easou 70 bel!sye that thia q
the salns party WHO lurulA,lc4 literary AID and
comtuEt 10 tho fuperalat has been quiet
seherner aud fnstzstos for tho ofertbrqw 9f 70
rats Communist, 1ndscj, the two last charges
are clearly proved by thu a1tielo Itself:
It may Iva TINT thn present political In
bfoxlip has dauaged tic husipssA Of the
couauy aud " some meu II may "
, 1876-12-13

d. 1mM ftAhffF'lTN
Upon one occasiou QuantTelps baud cncount-
cred party Of juyl.awkers numbering thirty or
more. A dnzen Of The tayhawkeFs were killed
aud 0fteuu captured. Tluy were takc4 10 caulp
and the question Of tllrfr fate soon settled
After supper Cole Younger got out an Entic(d
rlIic, cxpturcl that day. II Wns the first he lad
eysr sccn, and it, inertia aud demeEite werc dis.
cusscd by the men. Opinions differed One of
the men remarked that he had heared II would
LII at milo. Younger replied, vi that Is so1
tho force Of the dlscuarge must 1a terrific"
Another bautcringly rcInarkcd, vi Tho new
gun will lill at ,i,tle, tho ball vt short range
woul1 60 through ten lncu." Younger Ealsed Up
from tic saddle OIL which he WIS sitting nnd ~.
mArkel: .That Is easy 10 demonstrate" !"
When tho prisoners heard this they felt auro
their umu had come. The prisoners were placed
In line, one behind the other, and Colo Younger
took the gun, pInyed With the lock moment,
70 tglt the hang oi It," and then measured Oh
fifteen PAGES In front of tho line, wheeled about
looked calmly Into the faces Of tho doomed MEN.
anil Tired. Thu first, sceond,. aud third man
dropped without groAn. MuttcTtDg con-
tc,1iptuous condemnation Of tho new rifle,
Younger, without moving from hts tracks, con-
ttauel hts experiment. Seven timea the HAo
wis discharged, each tine the guerrilla, com
menting corclessly upon the inertia Of the
Enfield, aud fifteen Jayhswkers lay 0cad on tue
ETNR8,
, 1876-12-13

sn .t1 A.. AZ
ChicAuoi bce' A~'~An a9s'c's ~ .nls n'o'u>
lng's TRIBUNE, bearing the caption O." Who Is
Rcsponabc y and referring 10 the publication
NJ nm onop lct,or n grn, shrr,nn,,. cannnt nrop-
or,s ~ ~ ns nassc.1 % ,rt.Sont rsnv For Tia 1.,,a,ae
es'y ps paeaea "'.ao"I ispJ. rN s1s ~
responsible. Gen, john II: Corse Ia rot. Tho
representative OF The T,lDuNE can explain the
air'.,,,nstonces ,,rdcr which Tin conv VIVA o,,,
.".a.'esu . w.. se A., s,.a.~.ns. "sa t,,s .,,,s,s w.
taneu ann u tnc eatoI @ ~" usJIU. '
ana es9een; aeSos'sn i ~ sn% iorro nAs
For the au.hgrn!p OF the clfeMiar inc blame
eau rest wneIe y m9eaohss' - Mas ny w!tteM w.s!
ny Yen. ioEn A.. Coise, auu ttuss tNe PUBIC
WI u aueg teSho ~, 'n9s Haton sarratasy ~ vs.
spansi5MIy III wv eotie ,ius, e ssSso'ass
ot 1ne natlonas veteIa ~. sgaoti ana
ilnderaigncl prcpafeA the elhtehEensu1eu " "onsn
lettSt." 9lld aces nos aesifo ta plage sne lespo!
splhy 1or 50 uo'nG OH ahy Quiet S"ou'oeTs shan
hsi ixtsn 9Wn: ...,. .. A.. .,a.,,,u =, Car 1,,.
WIZ 1eIefees T, 70 .ne @ II ~ " mgn su
says That y was no att9sleu WlthouL nis Knowi-
Gage lha statement sia'i paas wnont elai!eHEie Mi,
INV Wfttcr ms AoNeHel. nVea too toaE ~ ~,
caeo 1oT even nls poi!tieal opPonent,n 70 regard
nm u capapae ot co!naa'1IsnB oo''oerate loE-
gesy. u,, a.. a,...,o uo
pounded ny inc lMa lAinuNE, Hnu DeltGsitlG
tuas Passion may Hs9ous amp.ons'Ssy y!eio a., ade
moinslit 70 feasont 1T a'e asx seeoaa Ecau'
!ns oi tho document. ana present q lew ques'
te1 70 nress an open letter 10
Genera! In the army Tho writer haa noticed |
with profound regret The saplu 1nnreh OF th!s
country towards llnperial!sM ~ bnt was n, not
aware that ~ advance hal been 10 rapid. rye
av 81 tbe reutcss
Ertoytnse " the loot u the throne, 9ut ~ tllc
Republic Of tic uhltcd states tho General OF