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Year: 1875

for the ordinary religious worship, it will be
found that every Sundays use represents an
actual cost of about $500, or at the rate of
800 IN hour for actual use, while this costly


and elegant property remains idle esl1-seventlis


Of the time. Nearly every church could pay


large portion Of its expenses BY permitting


its edidce to be used during the week for


secular purposes to which it is aaapted.-for
lectures and concerts at night, for ki'ldeT-
gurten and private schools, for medical and


scientific lectures, on weekdays, for public
meetings and conventions Of reputable and
non-political character, and for many other
purposes that will suggest themselves when
the practice shall have become generally rec
ognized as legitimate and proper.


Chicago may fairly claim the distinction of
having inaugurated this new usefulness for
churches. 1t atones largely for the extrava-
gance of the edidces, which would otherwise
be unreasonable and inexcusable. It has es-
tablished system Of neighborhood enter
tainments that are peculiarly social and
homely in character. 1t popularizes the
musical and intellectual a1nusements. It
does good week day work as well as good
Sunday work. The cause Of religion is none
the worse because Catholic Bishop and a
Congregational clergyman are thus brought
into the same pit. The pninted admoni-
ton on the Wall Of "Praise ye the Lord,
and the comforting invitation to the heavy
laden, may reach as many Or more who ore
in need of the one and will be grateful for
the other as Of Sunday. The religious
aims Of the Church are not profaned, and its
worldly influence may be considerably en-
larged by these new secular uses.
Year: 1875

AS The WARD Will case IN Detroit draws tC
| a close, another will case looms up, ever


more curious and complicated, and involving


nearly three times as large a fortune. The


will which is now about to be contested il
| that Of Isaac H. SINGER, the inventor Of tht
SINGER sewing-maehine, and the contest il


made by his second wife, MARY ANN SINGER
known as MARY ANN FOSTER. It appears,


from the preliminary hearing, that 31r


SINGER was model polygamist He has hae
three wives, as many paramours, and twenty.
/ eight children, and he leaves fortune oi
$13,000,000. He married his first wife in
1910, from whom he was divorced. His sec
ond wife, the contestant in the case,
bore him ten children, and from her
also he Was divorced The third wife.
ISABELLA EuGEsn SINGER, whom he is said


to have married in England, and who is the
residuary legatee under the will, bore him


six children, and to her and them he left the


bulk Of his fortune He also provides in his


will $15, 900 for the use Of two children by a


woman, MARIA HALEY; two equal portions


of his property to five children by woman,


MARY MoGoN1GA1; and two equal parts to o


child by one MARY f. WALTON His whole


property is divided into sixty equal portions


and is apportioned between all the living


children, whether legitimate or illegitimate


All the claims of the numerous 1egatees are
adjusted with the exception Of those Of the
second wife, who now comes in and
claims to be the real widow, and hence
seeks to break the will. It is hardly
possible that she can succeed, as the will
seems in reality to be an unusually just one.
The third wife is acknowledged as his wife
throughout the will, and was recognized as
his wife through long series of years.
Every one of his children, both legitimate
and i1legitin1ate, are also acknowledged by
his own name in the will, and the property is
equitably divided among them The trial
will be one of extraordinary interest, growing
out Of the complex circumstances surround
ing the case. During his life, A1r. SINGER
sustained good reputation. He was
church member, and gave liberally to religious
enterprises, aud was esteemed as a moral


man by the whole community. No
suspicious attached to him during life, and it
is not until after his death that It appears
his life was anything but an irreproechable
one. How he succeeded in entirely conceal
ing the fact that he was acting the part Of
husband to six wives and had colony of
twenty-eight children is q mystery. The
charge Of insanity brought against him can
hardly hold unless the curious and very rare
fact Of acknowledging and providing by will
for illegitimate children is proof Of insanity.
Most people, however, will be inclined to
credit this to sense Of kindness, generosi-
ty, and impartial justice on the part Of the
aud will Offset it against his polyg-
amous conduct. It will certainly 60 far to
sustain the soundness and equity Of his Will.
Year: 1875

TIE TRIBUNE reporter who was tempo
rcrily do,niciled at St. Louis has voluntarily
surrendered himself to the Rockford authori-
ties. The terrible monotony Of existence in
town in which there was nothing to report
was too much for him. Better q prisoner at
Rockford than q free man at St. Louis
He has alrendy been punished sufficiently for
his alleged participation in the Rockford
duel by his exile in the city which was found
ed g century ago, and las been found dead
by every visitor since.
Year: 1875

The result in Ohio did not kill the rag
baby. After the election, cheap money Was
being printed right in Illinois to revive bust
ness and restore confidence, when uinion
Of GRANT stepped in and stopped it. ELMER
WAsHBURS Of the Secret Service was the
man who checked this great work for the re-
lief of the debtor classes which want more
cheap money, and he has the counterfeiters,
BoTD, DH1oos, and SrADrFn1, who were
caught in the vicinity of Centra1ia, safe under
lock and key, and the cheap currency will be
further contracted by destruction Of that
found in their possession.
Year: 1875

M


All parties the bonded Indebtedness and stock
Of Company respectfully requested TO call at this Office
and subscribe 10 the plan " settlement OF
affairs OF the Company. adopted by the Board Of D
rectors the order OF the President =.
Year: 1875

The clerk ola merchant at Osaka.
Japan, went to Kioto on business Of
his employer, and receivedone thou
sand yen to carry back to Osaka
Having been detained longer than
he. expected, he missed the steamboat,
and being anxious to complete his
journey as quickly as possible, took
a jinrikisha, intending to travel
through the night and reach Osaka
before daylight. On arriving at a
village a few miles from his destina-
ton, about three q. H., man with
drawn sword stopped the vehicle and
demanded the one thousand yen,
stating that he had seen the youth
receive it at Kioto. After some de-.
mur the clerk took the money from
his bosom, and was about to hand
it to the robbcr, when the jinrikisha
coolie snatched the bag and made of,
leaving the vehicle, the clerk and
the robber in the middle Of the road,
the two latter as speechless as the
former.


The knight Of the road, finding
himself foiled, departed in the direct
ion opposite to that of Osaka, to
which city the youth hastened, after
abandoning his first thoughts Of
jumping into theriver. arriving
at the house of an uncle he acquaint-'
ed that relative with his adventure,
and expressed a desire to die, But
he was spared, for it was discovered
that the coolie, instead Of running
away with the money, had taken 1t to
the police station. lie was appro-
priately rewarded with share of the
money he had so cleverly saved.
Year: 1875

A little boy who went TO church
was cautioned to remember the text,
which was, "Why stand yc all the
day idle? Go into my vineyard, and
whatsoever is right | will pay thee"
Johnny came home and was asked to
repeat the text. lie thought over it
awhile, and then cried out: What
dye stand round here doing muffin
for; so into my barnyard and work,
and rllmake il all right with YOU"
Year: 1875

Nevada brides won't stand much
foolishness at q wedding. Recently
one of them while going up the aisle
of the church stopped short and kick
ed all the skin off the shins of a
groomsman who trod on hor trail.
Year: 1875

PLACk ALPACAS-Mo of those cello
- brated Alpacas, of which we have sold SO
many and have given such general satisfaction
They are of beautiful color and finish and will
bo sold cheap


nv % n r WJTNEP 90
Year: 1875

THE GIRL VINO WISs.--The time has
passed when woman must be pale and
delicate to be ntercsting--when she must
be Totally ignorant Of all practical knowl
edge, to be called refined and highbred--
when she must know nothing of the cur
rent political news of the day, or be call
ed masculine or strong minded. 1t is not
sign OF high birth or refinement to be
sickly and ignorant. Those who affect
anything ofthc kind, are behind the times
and must shake up and air themselves,
mentally and physically, or drop under
the firm strides of common sense ideas,
and be crushed into utter insigniGcance.
In these days an active, rosy faced girl,
with brain quick and clear, warm, light
heart, temper quickly heated at intend.
ed insults or injury, and just as quick to
forgive; whose feet can run as fast as her
tongue, and not put her out of breath !;
who is not afraid of freGkles, or to breathe
the pure air of heaven nnrestrained by
the drawn curtains of close carriage
and, above all, who can speak her mind.
and give her opinion on important topics
which interest intelligent people, is the
true girl who will makea good woman.
This is the girl who wins in these days
Even fops and dandies, who so strongly
oppose woman's rights, like woman
who can talk well, even ii she is not
handsome.
Year: 1875

Unfortunately for the Legislature
whose session is now drawing to close,
there have been questions arising ofsuch
character rs to occasion unavoidable
discussion and consequent delay in their
work, FIRST came the Capital and Sena-
torial fights of last Winter which con-
sumed the whole OF last session, and
upon their meeting in this city at the ad-
journed session, the impeachment ques-
tion was sprsng, which from the very
nature OF the case, there being q wide
and as we believe, an honest difference
IN views among members of the same
political organization, created long
discussion and delay in the
legitimate work OF the session.
Hence the impression has been made
that the present Legislature is an in
competent and lazy body. From our
acquaintance with it, (and our opportunI-
ties have been good to form correct csti.
mate we have come TO the conclusion that
the personnel o! the body is better aver
age than that ofany ofits predecessors, and
the members are really industrious in
their work. 1t cannot be denied that
many blunders have been made, but the
question is whether any other Legislature
similarly situated would have done
better. We think not For the last
two weeks the Legislature has done
more real hard work than any other
Legislative body we ever knew of In
the same length of time. The House has
been holding three sessions each day,
and work from o'clock in the morning
until 9 o'clock in the evening. 1t Is Il
physical impessibihty to do more, and
the time that they remain in session Is
not wasted. 1t is true, as in all other
bodies of the kind, there are those who
are irrepressible, and will be heard
whether there is disposition to hear
them or not, but there are
fewer of them in this Legisla-
ture than is usually found. This has
been the most abused and worse cursed
Legislature that ever assembled in our
State, but We must do them the justice to
say that the people who thus abuse them
are not familiar with all the difficulties
with which they have had to contend. We
have differed with them widely in many
of their measures, and We have not failed
with an unsparing hand to point out its
errors and inconsistencies as they pre-
sented themselves to Us, and we have
fcarlessly criticized their action, but We
are constrained to give honor where
honor is due, and say that the industry
it has shown oi late is worthy of COM
mCndatiOn.
Year: 1875

stirred the juice of the lemon. Spread
over the pudding layer of jelly (any
kind), then pour the whites of the eggs
over and place in the oven until we'll
Drowned. To be served up with cold
cream.


To REFAsTEN LAMPs.-If the foun-
tain, or the glass globe that holds the
oil, has come loose from the standard, it
is very easily remedied by the use OF
plaster of Paris Mix small quantity
with water, making it rs thick as cream
and fill it in between the glass of
the fountain and the hollow in
the top of the standard, as quickly as
possible. As it hardens Immediately,
everything must be done with prompt
ness. If the fountain is broken i'll pieces,
and there is whole bronze or brass
standard remaining, it will pay to pur-
chase new fountain and set it upon the
old standard, AS described above. The
brass top can be fastened on in the same
way.
Year: 1875

The Boston Globe, speaking of the late
Mortimer Thompson, says: Personally,
Doesticks" was peculiar in character
and appearance. His stout figure was
surmounted by large round head, his
dark complexion and long black hair
gave him something of the appearance of
an Indian, while his broad face and
Persian-like moustache were suggestive
of a jovial Oriental. Oflate years he had
become decidedly obese and rather g fat
witted." He was always genial fellow
and generous to fault, 50 that when the
hush of his success was over he led a
struggling hand-to-mouth existence, gain
ing his subsistence by contributions TO
weekly papers and an occasional lecture
or poem delivered to public audiences.
In the charitable euphuism of the day,
he was his own worst enemy" his
conviviality leading him into habits
which may have FASTENED the decay OF
his powers and the end of his life.
Year: 1875

CHICKEN CHEEsE.-Boil two chickens
till tender; take out all the bones and
chop the meat fine; season to taste with
salt, pepper and butter; pour in enough
of the liquor in which they are boiled
to make moist. Mold it in any shape
you wish, and when cold turn out and
cut into slices. 1t is an excellent travel
ing lunch.


The QUEEy OF PUDDiSGs.-Take a
quart Of nice bread crumbs, add one
quart of milk, one cup Of sugar, the
yolk Of four eggs, well beaten, the rind
of a fresh lemon, grated fine, a piece Of
butter the size Of an egg; bake until
done. Now beat the white Of the eggs
to stiff froth, adding teacup Of pow
dered suger in which bas previously been
Year: 1875




Readers of the papers have noticed
several accounts Of broken needles navi-
eating around among living muscles,
and making exploring expeditions
through the human system year after
year. a broken tish-hook wandering in
a boys body till he is twenty-one, is a
still more novel and uncomfortable adj
venture. We find the following in the
Dover On. H. Enquirer: Some eight
years ago lad of thirteen "a son of
Charles f. Myers, well-known citizen
of Portsmouth,, while fishing from one
OF the wharves of that city, caught a
fish-hook in the fore-fingcr of the right
hand near the roots of the nail, drawing
it in to the bend of the hook.


His father said at once that the only
thing to be done was to open the finger
on line with the hook, and take it out,
but preferred to call in their family
physician 70 do it. After looking at it
for moment, the doctor, by sudden
twist, wrenched the hook from the fin
ger, minus the barb and point. The
parents were justly indignant at such
treatment, and insisted that the hook
was not all removed, while the boy came
near fainting from extreme anguish.


The doctor, however, insisted that no
inconvenience weuld result, and dressed
the finger in some simple and safe man
ner and in due time the wound healed.
But the finger and arm troubled him for
a long time. After year or two the
lads health had so far failed as to be-
come subject of serious alarm to his
friends, he being subject to frequent and
alarming fainting fits, and other spas
modic affections or symptoms.


This state of affairs continued for
years, with more intensity, until a year
or two ago, when the boys health be-
came nearly or quite restored. In the
spring of 1874 the young man, while
dressing himself one morning, tore a
pimple from his left shoulder, and on
examining it, he drew from the flesh the
point of the hook which seven years be-
fore was imbedded in finger on the op-
posite side of his body.
Year: 1875

AN extraordinary mania has arisen
among the inhabitants of number of
villages in Western Prussia. They have
firmly made up their minds that their
Emperor has lost ten thousand children
at cards with the Sultan, and that large
number of Turks are, in consequence, to
be sent among them to kidnap their chill
dren on their way from school. The
school teachers are supposed to be privy
to this infamous plot, and are understood
to have five thalers promised them for
every child abducted There have been
scenes of tumult and violence in conse-
qucnce, and much difficulty is expert
enced in allaying the excitement. If
there has been any denser ignorance than
this since the deluge, there is, at any
rate, no historical evidence of it.
Year: 1875

AT the Grand Rapids fire a woman
threw feather bed out of second story
window and then looked about for her
baby, but she could not find it until a
man discovered the missing infant in the
bed thrown out.
Year: 1875

The public on this side of the water
have been led to believe that the resig-
nation of Major Leech, the captain OF
the Irish team, resulted from chagrin
over his recent defeat. 1t appears that
Major Leech simply pursued the course
he had laid out for himself when the
challenge for the return match was ac-
cepted.
Year: 1875

THE recent flood in France is said to
have been the most remarkable visitation
of the kind recorded this century. y
district as large as the State of Maine
and as populous as New York was del
ugcd by unprecedentedly violent and
long-continucd rain storms, occasioning
a loss of life and destruction of property
at which the imagination is paralyzed.
To meet calamity thus vast in its ex-
tent and unprecedented in its violence,
all the resources of French charity and
French administrative skill must indeed
be taxed TO their utmost.
Year: 1875

a PosT-oFFICE agent travelling in Tex
a. tells of the successful use of the gall
of a rattlesnake as an antidote for the
bite of that reptile. In the case spoken
of relief was almost instantaneous to the
patient, who was writhing in paroxysms
of great pain, rapidly swelling and be-
coming purple. A gentleman of Texas
who spent several years in California and
New Mexico, says he saw the same
remedy successfully used among the In
dians in the latter country. In one in
stance an Indians dog near the camp
was bitten in the nose by large rattle
snake. The Indian Immediately opened
the reptile and administered the gall.
The cure was rapid and effectual.
Year: 1875

Why is it that our people have
to send TO Indiana or Memphis, tor
all their building material, when
oar immediate forests abound
with the finest timber in the world;
and Il very ANAL capital would put
up ample machinery for properly
saving and dressing the same, at
our very doors
Year: 1875

There has been quite 8 crop,of ice. this season, in spite of the wise prediction that we should have an open winter. We saw man find some ice the other day in the street. He sat down quite unwillingly. When he arose he turned round to see how.large hole he had made in it. He limped along on his winding way but he didn't whistle and look as though he was uncertain about something. The expres' sion on his face certainly indicated that ii he really was amused he was doing his best to keep from showing it.

 The constant flow of water from the hills for the last few days has injured the roads considerably which in many places are washed so badly that it is with difficulty that they are travelled At all.

 A town meeting was recently held for the purpose of ascertaining what should be done about the rebuilding of Boardmanis Bridge. The Company offer to give up thelr charter providing the town will pay them for the remnants of the old bridge abutments. &c. The meeting was adjourn ed to some future date. Gaylords Bridge will be rebuilt by the company as soon as the condition of the river will permit
Year: 1875

Politics in this town have got pretty well mixed up. The Democratic party had somewhat of lively time at their caucus on Friday of last week. Mir. I. N. Bartram was put in nomination by large majority, but declined. MT. John O.. Smith and William Marsh were finally nominated. The Republicans nominated Mir Skiff and Mir. Baldwin Marsh 2d. What will be the final result we cannot tell. There will be some bolting on Wm. H. Barnum's nomination, and strong hopes are entertained that he may be defeated in this district.

 Last fall there were large droyes of cattle brought into town and sold at fair prices. the supply of hay being ample for wintering them; indeed, there will be large quantities of hay left oyer

 Mir. Whitney has sold out the car load of horses brought in by him and report says he is about to go for another car load
Year: 1875

"Mast commence with January or July mum ser.

 Subscribers who are in arrears must make up Arrsarges before taking advantage of the forego' fHg propositions and subscribers who are in advance may deduct the amount their subscrip- lions are in advance.

 Money should be sent by post-ofice order check or registered letter, if possible. If remit tances are made by mail we cannot Irresponsible for loss before the letter reaches us, but will take all risks of remittance to the clubbing peri Odieals.
Year: 1875

We were informed yesterday morning
that an attempt was made by some un-
known parties to assassinatc young
man of this city while entering his home
on Monday night. Upon making inquiry
into the affair, we learned that while the
aforesaid young man and friend OF
rather n sportive nature, were in the
room OF the former, the sportive gentle
man, wishing to shave a little fun"
poked his revolver out the window and
discharging 1t jumped away exclaiming,
"Some one is shooting at u.s." After the
joke had gone far enough, as he thought.
he told the story and quieted the appre-
tensions Of his friend.
Year: 1875

About the time the legal gentleman
and hangers around were getting in their
places in the court house yesterday
morning, preparatory to the opening OF
circuit court, Deputy Sheriff John Cain
made his appearance within the railing,
and sang out: "Oh yes, Oh yes, hear ye,
hear ye, the honorable circuit court Of
Alexander county is now adjourned un-
til nine o'clock tomorrow morning"
Upon inquiry we learned that Judge
Baker was absent from the city.
Year: 1875

The sidewalk on the south side Of
Twenty-First street is in very bad con.
dition, and should be looked to by the
authorities. We have been requested on
several different occasions to call atten.
ton TO the walk, and we did so at each
request, but as yet nothing toward the
repairing Of the walk has been done.
Year: 1875

The select party given by the Delta
String Band at Liberal Religious hall last
night, was attended by goodly number
of the invited friends Of the band boys.
and was much enjoyed by all.
Year: 1875

Louis Herbert is now IN daily reception
Of fresh oysters. Those who arc lovers
of the bivalvc should bear this fact in re-
collection. They arc received In good
style and sell rapidly.
Year: 1875

arm and struck John Kennedy, an old man OF NO 3O4
West Sixteenth ST. who being In the saloon and hearing


noise. had come out to what was the trouble and
was thus wounded. Gafney and Harmon were arrested
and latter held in default OF $500 bail to answer
the charge Of assaulting an officer whie Carney was
sent TO Bellevue Hospital wounded prisoner. NO
further clue to the murderer had been obtained up to
late hour last evening although hope was entertained OK
securing the presence Of Curan before the inquest Is
held BY Coroner Croker who gave permso yesterday
for the removal OF the body OF Langdon from the police
station 40 his late residence.