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, 1876-09-29
Faithful Unto Death.

" Wait but little, sweetheart" you said
Her hne hair under your finger tips,
watching the droop Of her fair young head
And ne death-like curve Of her quivertng lips-
await tin the violet beds are allied
By the bountiful hand Of the maiden Spring;
wait till the birds are beginning to build;
wait TIN the brooks are beginning to sing
d" Wait, with a song in your heart, my girl
For the life bear in the land sonsW-
life as pure a. the purest pearl
And whita as 4 hly, because OF you
And, obi remember that come what may,
Ere the robins call TO her mate IL heard
I shall lean to the light Of your eyes and say,
Our nest is waiting, my wounded bird
Hard v.s the snow on the hills that day.
Winds were cruel As want or war,
The sky vas sullen and cold and gray,
And ships were WRECKED on the harbor bar.
And. "Oh. but, my love, my love and mine,
WhithersOevef your way may be,
Ny heart shall cling to your faith divine
Till his pulse is under the dust
And 20 Won parted. The desolAte days
Went lettering on the longed-for time,
when ali the glittering garden ways
We're red with roses and rAre with r1me
The birds were merry In every tree,
TIE wind sang high and the brooks sang low,
And he ships sailed eheerily ont to sea,
And the sea was summers in foam and now.
And she-your darlingf l smooth your hair,
But words fall back from my pitying lips,
And faint on my heart For how can bear
To poison your life in . social eclipse2.
Here Il 4 picture. She bade me say
Your faith had failed her lGod help you friend
But added, Bury my face his way;
He viii know loved him unto the end
, 1876-09-29
A New Way to Lose Mon.v

A newly arrived Frenchman is IND.
ducing in New York a gambling oau
new in this country, but said = e~'ae
much practiced in Paris. 1t is canos
Les Courses, and it is inteude5 y
represent a race course, and draw ~ ~
the enthusiasm for betting which |:
seen on a real race course. The Franot
man has had one table constructa5 y.
cost of 81 500. 1t is a square tabia I,
oak, about four and half feet sons.' "
1t is elegantly finished, and is a bans
some specimen of cabinet work NJ
top of this table are eight conceptT;.
circular grooves. in each of which i
metal horse, supported by metal rod
each horse having a richly-dresSa5
jockey. At four places in each circIs I.
bronze arch which represents ana,
ter or half-mile post. To each Of ~
horses is given a name, after lannon's =
GERS. Pools are sold on each of n.
horses, as for a real race, and tickets az ss
given to the purchasers, the money ~.
ceived being placed upon q Receptacle
in the center Of the table, covered VIII
green cloth and supported on four posts
The bets having been completed. nv
the touching of a lever the horses Az
brought to the score, after which
crank is slowly turned, which sets ther.
in motion, and they start off neck All
neck. The crank is gradually turnaS
faster and faster. and with the increassS
motion of the crank, the speed of fbs
horses is also increased. The cranE I
then removed. but the horses contipps
in motion, and by the aid of some ipoa.
nious machinery in the body Of tbs
table, pass each other, fall behind. catch
up, and simulate exactly the perform.
ances at real race. Sometimes they
arrive at the goal neck and neck, apd
again, as is not infrequent in actual LIE
the favorite comes in last. The who'll
game is remarkably ingenious, exciting
and the facilities for losing money Al
it are as great as those enjoyed at any
driving park.
, 1876-09-29

An EARNEST LRE.-Earnestness does
not always move with q clatter. There
are other things in this world which are
quite as pleasant and edifying as the
rub-a-dub-dub of q snare drum. In
fact, this kind of melody is not general
ly the highest style of music. Have
you never known a man bustling and
oficious, clamorous and loud, but who
did not weigh heavy after alba thing
very well understood by everyone ex-
cept just the man who might have
profted by that piece of information.
And have you never known man quiet
and unostentatious and faithful, and
who has perpetual blessing, a golden
man, deep-souled and true, whose mem
ory fingered long after he was gone, like
light upon the hills after q gorgeous
sunset?
The shallow stream rattles along its
course; but when it is met and drowned
by the majestic tides rolling in from the
sea there is silence on the hills. In the
great tide there is the power of more
than hundred rivulets, yet its coming
is almost as quiet as the celestial forces
that bring it. The tide flows down and
shallow grows the stream, and again the
empty Gathering goes on. And this is
what we wish to say, that things most
potent, although demonstrative, as in
deed they must be from their effects,
are not necessarily noisy. A strong,
earnest life need not make what people
are in the habit of calling "a fuss" It
is better known by the lead that strikes
than by the bang of the gun that sends
it.
, 1876-09-29

How CRICKET SAVED A SHIP.-ln
Southey's " History Of Brazil" he tells
how Cabez de Vacca was in q great ship,
going to South America with 400 men
and 30horses, and after they had crossed
the equator. the commander discovered
that there were only three casks Of
water left. He gave orders to make for
the nearest land, and for three days they
sailed for the coast. A poor sick SOL
dier who left Cadiz with them brought
a grillo, or ground cricket, with him,
thinking its cheerful voice would amuse
him on the long, dreary voyage. Bai
to his great disappointment the Little
insect was perfectly silent the whole
way. The fourth morning after they
had changed the ships course. the
cricket, who knew what she was about
set up her shrillest note. The soldier
at once gave warning to the officers u
charge Of the vessel. and soon they
saw high, jagged rocks just ahead o.
them. The watch had been careless,
and the great ship in a few momenn
would have been dashed to pieces on
the ledge If this puny creature had no.
scented the land and told them of then
danger. Then they cruised along iof
some days, and tho cricket sang ioI
them every night Just as cheertully =
if she had been in far-of Spain, tli
they got to their destined port, the
island of Catalina.-YoRkers Gazette.
, 1876-09-29

The HAND-ORGAN MAN.-One Of our
old friends, the organ grinders-sueh
source Of pleasure to the lower and %
much abused by the upper classes-has
YEARLY dragged his organ into q quiet
street on bright summer evening. he
is heavy-hearted, for he has received
but few halfpence; the sun has been in
tensely hot, and he has been moved
on" all day, having been unfortunate
enough to disturb three sick persons
and q mathematician. But he must try
and earn another penny or two, and be
begins once more to grind out the old
tunes, now so familiar that he scarcely
hears them. A group Of little children
from o neighboring alley gather round
him and gaze with wondering eyes upon
his instrument and on himself. He
smiles upon them sadly enough, for in
his simple heart he loves young children
dearly; and once in the old Italian days
days now SO infinitely far removed
had some of his own. But soon The
tune is done, the barrel is shifted, and
he begins another. 1t is an old Scotch
reel, with a ilt and q quaint chime
about it that would make the very gas
lamps caper if they knew how. And
soon the children's eyes begin to spar
kle, the dimples deepen in their dusky
cheeks, and with one merry glance at
their entertainer, they are dancing IS
only children can. Their round arms
escaping from their dingy sleeves, their
rich tangled hair falling over their
shoulders, and their little, 1.-the forms
swaying with an infinite grace, their in
nocence-for they are innocent as yet,
even in London alley-their health,
and all the exquisite Joy of young emo
tions, and find their best expression 50.
, 1876-09-29

He complained that life was failure;
that there was nothing new under the
sun; that he had found out the coldness
and hollowness of friendship, and that
no sensation could arouse him from the
apathy that was stepping his soul IN
torpor, when q man tossing packages OF
brown paper from warehouse to
wagon, smote him on the pit Of the
stomach, and gave him . sensation
which knocked the wind and the nom
sense out Of him ut one and the same
time.
, 1876-09-29

IMPURE IcE.-There is q prevalent no.
ton that ice purifes itself by the pro-
cess of freezing. This is not based on
trustworthy scientific observation, and
indeed, is not true. In the recent an
nual report of the State Board of Health
Of Massachusetts, are given the details
of an outbreak of an intestinal disorder.
clearly attributable to the contamination
of impure ice. The malady broke out
last summer in one of the principal
hotels at Rye Beach, N. H., and while
not attended with fatal effects, extended
to large number of people. After
long and unaYailing search, the cause of
the trouble was found in the pond
whence the ice used In the hotel had the
winter before been taken. The outlet
whereby the body of water emptied
itself had become obstructed, so that
the water was rendered nearly stagnant.
At the lower end where the feeding
brook entered, and over a space five
hundred feet long by one hundred and
nifty wide, had accumulated homoge-
neous mass Of putrescent matter, COM
posed OF marsh mud and decomposinQ
sawdust. This foul matter, held in sus-
pension in the water, was conveyed by
currents and winds to every part of the
pond, and an analysis of the melted ice
showed it to be heavily charged with
such impurities. It is obvious, from
this, that the same care given TO wells
and other sources of drinking water
should be given to the bodies Of water
from which the usual ice supply is
gathered.
, 1876-09-29

IT is very common for people to pridss
themselves upon the small amount 9.
sleep they can get along with. 1t Is no.
worth Dragging about. Some person.
to be sure, can get along with far les
than others, but there should be no
stint put upon the system. The man Q
woman who sleeps well and takes pleng
of it can do the most during the Waks.
full hours. The system requires amps
rest for recuperation and quiet, uno.s
turbed sleep is the best means OF repair
, 1876-09-29

"WHKRKis the bar" asked dirty
looking stranger Of a bell-boy of a hotel
the other day. "What kind of q bar p"
asked the latter. why, a saloon bar,
of course; what do you suppose 1
mean p well, drawled the boy, 'sI
didn't know but you might mean bar
Of soapr"
, 1876-09-29

"CAx you see me, dearest ," said =
Chicago man to his dying wife Tell
me, can you see me No, she very
family whispered; ''but I can smell your
breath"
, 1876-09-29

A MERCHANT went home the otae.
night and said very cheerfully to nI
wife: "Well, my dear, I've fsile1
last" "Oh, that's goodI" exclaimes
the wife with a radient face, "noW w
can go to the Centennial, sure"
, 1876-09-29

THOSE old Greeks were pretty wise fel.
lows. In their vocabulary maiden is trans
lated Rofking, and marriage is CANNON.
, 1876-09-29

A FoReKR1 When light is
passed through a liquid and then
through a spectromicroscope, certain
bands of colors are absorbed, and by
the comparison of solutions of known
substances it is found that the particu-
lar position on the spectrum where the
absorption takes place, is constant for
the same substance. In this way it is
possible to say that human blood is con-
tanned in q liquid; also to poirt out col
ored inks, such as Prussian blue, car
mine, aniline, etc. An application of
these principles was recently made in
court by DR.. Van der Weyde, in case
of counterfeiting a signature. The de-
tense claimed that the certiication was
a forgery, and that the ink was not the
same as that employed in the bank. DIR.
Van der Weydes tests, however, showed
that the ink of the genuine writing and
that of the alleged forged signature gave
exactly the same absorption spectrum,
hence the conclusions that in both in
stances the same ink was used. 1t re-
mains to be seen what faith viii be put
by the court in the accuracy of this
scientific test. 81
, 1876-09-29

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, 1876-09-29

How TO BEeIN.- Girls, you can learn
how to be thoroughly neat and clean by
attending properly to your own rooms,
if your sphere of usefulness is confined
to small space. Keep everything in
perfect order, in the first place; neatness
is one great principle of beauty. Cher
ish your Instincts of taste and fitness in
every little thing that you have about
you. Let it grow impossible to you to
put down 30 much as pin-box where it
will disturb the orderly and pleasant
grouping upon your dressing-table, or
to stick your pins in your cushion even,
at all sorts of tipsy and uncomfortable
inclinations. Take upon yourself grad
ually-for the sake Of getting them In
hand In like manner, If for no other
need-an the cares that belong to your
own small territory at home. Get to-
gether things for use in these cases.
Have your little wash-cloths and your
sponges for bits Of cleaning; your furni-
ture brush and your feather duster and
your Light little broom and your whisk
and pan; your bottle of sweet oil and
spirits Of turpentine, and piece Of
flannel to preserve the polish or restore
the gloss, where dark wood grows dim
or gets spotted. Find out, by fol-
lowing your surely growing sense Of
thoroughness and niceness, the best and
readiest ways of keeping all fresh about
you If you are of an inventive turn
Of mind, processes viii readily come to
you. When you have made yourself
wholly mistress of what you can learn
and do in your own apartment, so that
it is easier and more natural for you to
do it than to let it alone, taking q real
interest in all your small improvements,
then you have learned enough to keep
q whole house In order.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-18
ro-MoRRow's pRooEEp1Nas.

In rebuttal, the government WILL to morrow, intro
duce witnesses to shake the crcdbity of the witness
Mr. Gill Bingham will be put ON the stand, If he ar
rves in time, to testify that the alleged spy Sherman,
obtained the Hoge letters from him by the promise
that he would in return obtain from the Attorney Gen.
era order to Eyer suspend sentence in Bngham's
case.
The summing up will then begin, and it now looks
doubtful whether the go to the jury by
Saturday night, was anticipated. Some of the let
tiers and kilograms about procuring detectives and other
aid for Babcock now in possession of the government
signed by A. c. Bradley, in Washington, son-in-
law of "Boss" Shepherd.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-18

letters to Joyce but Joyce refused TO give him re-
cept saying ooh, that is all right" "hunkidori y
or something Of that sort;
SITS ONLY A BLIND"
1t occurred the last day OF February, 1872 al ABOUT
one O'Clock in tho afternoons did not tell the Postmaster
about the matter any else about tho Post once
mentioned the matter FIRST last Saturday night to his
wife, had been reading the papers the testimony OF
Mr. Everest about putting letters in letter box, ana
recollected he had given Joyce just such letters
ruminated the matter while and then told MS
wife, the evening Sunday, after going OF duty,
went to the Lndell Hotel saw General Babcock and
told him the circumstance, and Babcock sent MIN
to Judge Porter, to whom he repeated his story.
he gave full details OF the matter to but Storrs
and Porter outside OF his family; had been
to see him about ii before he went TO tho Lindell
HoIel; he consulted with but his wife; he re
peated the addresses OF letters given TO Joyce D. E.
Babcock and Colonel W. o. Avery; he would not ad-
NIT that he had talked about the matter to anybody
except letter carriers at the Post ohce to-day.
Colonel Dyer pressed him very hard, but he would not
acknowledge that he had any intercourse converse
ton with any other than those mentioned above
The witness then went into a long account OF his
various occupations had lived in the city, but
gave nothing moro bearing on the case.
Mr. storrs then asked for the deposition Of the Pres
dent which produced by the Clerk and it was read
by Judge Porter As several objections had been made
to questions and answers Judge Dillon during the
recess looked it and marked
the objections overruled sustained, leaving the
deposition however 1t SAID very nearly in the same
form as it originally. After reading the deposition
Mr. Storrs offered the recommendations favor OF the
appointment ofGeneral Mcdonald Supervisor OF this
district the Court ruled them out and the defence
closed their case.
The Court then adjourned.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-18
THE wHIsKEY RING.

MOVING on THE "RING" INrRENcHMENrs IN
NEW oRLEANs-PRoBABLE CHANGE OF
VENUE.
NEW ORLEANS Feb IL 1876.
The whiskey Ring men are in great agitation to-
night owing the determination of District Attorney
Beckwith to ask for change OF venue The prob
abilities are that Judge Wood will grant the request
This opinion based the fact that after the jury
had TO-DAY rendered verdict OF mot guilty" in the
case OF Dudenheifer accused Of embezzling $27 900
from the German National Bank subsequently, REIN
bursed, Judge Wood very severely rebuked the jury,
using the strongest language in critIcsing their YER
Dict Hosten, Of Indiana is expected here to assist
Beckwith prosecuting The Ring.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-18
Whisky MEN ACQUITTED IN CINCINNATI
OTHER CASES ON TRIAL.

CINCINNATI Feb. H. 1876
In the OF A. Mann Co., on trial the past
week in the United States Court, charged with omit
ting TO make the proper Of spirits the jury
to-day returned a verdict OF not guilty.
The case Of Henry II. Hamilton, rectiher, and Lewis
A. Logan. gauger taken up. Hamilton is charged
with making false Of intention rectiiy, and
Logan with making false entries the stub book Of
rectihers' stamps The will probably take some
days, as large number OF witnesses called
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-18
GOVERNOR DAVIS M
PEACHED.
MEMPHIS. Feb. IL. 1876.

"IHNFIII0 FVU IofUs
special to the Appeal from Jackson, Mss, says in
Ihe House to-day formal articles OF impeachment OF
Lieutenant Governor Davis tcoloredl were adopted
with only seven dissenting votes
The Arncs investigating Committee have concluded +.
taking testimony and viii report soon The testimony
Il said, will develop several serious charges not
heretofnre current
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-18

had the inclination 10 give him such attention as he
would seemingly require. Very respectfully,
DAVID p DYER, District Attorney.
SHERMAN SPY.
The following is the telegram from Dyer TO Pierre
pont which was not given by the latter for publca-
tom
ST. LouIs, Feb IA 1875
To Hon. EDWARDS PIERREPoNr, Attorney General,
Washington, d. C.
Evidence accumulates that Sherman has lent himself
in the interest OF Babcock and desire to notify you
that shall extend no further courteses to him.
DAVID p DYER, District Attorney.
On the same day Dyer letter to Sherman for
may asking him for the Hoge letters for the benefit OF
the in the Babcock These he declined
to give but subsequently turned letters to the
defence
The Morning herald., 1876-12-08
WASHINGTON.
xL1vth CONGREss-second Session

WAsH1NGToN, Dec. 7th.-The chair laid
before the Senate communication, signed
by Carl Schurz and j. B. Henderson, dated
St Louis, Dec. 4. praying that constitution
al amendment be submitted to the various
States. by which the counting Of the electo-
raj vote for President and Vice President
and declaring the result thereof may be
conferred upon the Supreme Court of the
United States.
Mr.. Edmunds, of Vt., moved that the
communication be laid upon the table, the
subject having already been reported to
the Senate. So ordered.
Mr.. Anthony, R. l., from the Committee
on Printing, to which was referred the mo-
tion to print the dspositions accompanying
the Communication Of Hon. John sherma an
and others to the President in regard to the
late election in Louisiana, reported in favor
of printing the dispositions.
Mr.. Salisbury, Dol, . member Of the
Committee on Printing, disssntsd from tho
The Morning herald., 1876-12-08
TIE CITY Trsassrsr at Nsss Castls,

TIE CITY Treasurer at Nsss Castls.
City Treasurer, Vincent, 10 now attending
Court at New Castle, witness in the trial
of several cases concerning the city. Among
them are several attachment cases lin which
he 10 the garnishee for the City,) against
Anton Henxie. The circumstances are as
follows: Adolph Rolph has . contract for
city lamps he employs Mr.. Anton Henxe,
OF this city, topertorm the service and gave
him letter Of attorney to collect the mo-
ney when 1t passed the Council. This mo-
ney was attached In the Treasurer's hands,
and he declined to pay 1t, until instructed
by the Finance Committee and the City So
licitor to do 40. The matter was carried BY
the attackers to New Castle.
The Treasurer is also witness In the case
Of Harris against Harris, case ordered by
Chancellor Salisbury, to be tried by Z jury
1t 10 the heirs Of the late John Hsrris,
against bis son and executor, John Harris.
The proceeds Of the sale of great deal of
valuable property In Water near shipley
Street, 10 In dispute. It somprissd late Jno.
Harris ship yard.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-08
The Microscope in Crime.
From the London lelexraph.

From the London telegraph.
At recent meeting of the MICROSCOPE
cul Society, DR.. r. n. Piper read an able
paper on the use of the microscope in the
detection of crime. 1t had particular ref
erence to the human blood as contradistin-
linguished from that of the dog, whose
blood was most likely to be confounded
with that of man on account Of their close
association. While there was apparently
very little difference in the size of the cor
puscles OF the two, and some claimed there
was none. he had demonstrated difference
by an original measurement. Placing q
human corpuscle in an angle Of square
and building up ten or dozen, and then
beside this column, putting another Of
dogs corpuscles, there was an appreciable
difference in the height Of the columns, that
containing the dog corpuscles being small
er. To shsw the difference between hair,
he related the facts brought out in . muir
der case in England. A little girl was
found dead with her throat cut. Her
mother was suspected Of having committed
the crime, on account of her actions. A
knit. was found in her pocket, on the ham
die Of which were several hairs, and on
the blade were several spots of blood. Her
explanation was that on her way home she
saw rabbit in a trap and cut his throat.
A microscopical examination Of the hair
showed that it had come from squirrel,
and as the little girl wore . squirrel tippst,
the evidence Of guilt va sonaidsred cons
elusive,