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Year: 1876

CHILD DRowNED.-A most distressing
accident occurred at Hay Fork last Sun
day-that of the drowning of a little two
year old child-son Of Mr.. David Wood
bury. A water ditch, recently dug, runs
near the family's residence, and into this
the little fellow fell and was drowned be-
fore his absence was noticed. His mother
had observed him playing near the door
only few minutes before the accident,
but not seeing him shortly after, she
searched and found him some distance
below the house, he having evidently
fallen into the ditch and foated down it
to the place where he was found. The
body was brought to Weavervlle on
Monday and buried the following day.
Year: 1876

the large admiralty chart of Vancouver
island and the vicinity should be con-
snltod the above names of points
traversed by the central eclipse are taken
from il. On the central line this eclipse
must prove one Of very considerable and
unusual interest.
Year: 1876

ST. LOUIS, Sept 29.-The disposition Of
the people OF this city is to make the Fair
next week Centennial Exhibition. All
the space in the exhibition buildings is en-
gagged, and much more could have been dis
posed OF. Every pen and stable on the
ground has been taken. and temporary
quarters will have to be provided for much
of the stock. Among special attractions
in the horses line will be the now tamou:
racer Tepbroeck.
Year: 1876

Governor Ames of Mississippi has at
last succumbed to the Internal opposition
Of the White League. He has been driven
out of the gubernatorial office OF the State
of Mississippi. In his letter of resignation
he saws he intended to resign last Novem-
Der on account of the difficulties and en-
barrassmcnts under which he was COM
pelled to labor, but as articles OF impeach-
ment were instituted against him he would
not resign under the imputation of any
charge affecting his honor and integrity


The articles of impeachment having been
withdrawn, he leaves an office which the
deviIish Vaccinations of the Kuklux DEM
ocracy have obliged him to quit. While
amnesty has been granted to nearly all
rebels, who did all they could by force and
arms for four years to destroy the govern
ment. republicans are regarded in the
South as disqualified. by reason of their
political principles, for holding any public
office of trust or influence, and if they do
succeed in obtaining such positions they
are driven out whenever it is possible.


Democratic success in the North greatly
emboldened the ex-Confederates in the
South to carry out their schemes against
republicans in that section. Fortunate it
is for the country that the democrats have
but one branch of Congress. If the hold
of power which they attained in 1874 was
sufficient to stimulate such acts as have
been witnessed since the assembling of
Congress, the full possession of the gov
ernment by such hands would certainly
lead to another civil war. No man in his
sober senses can doubt the spirit and pur-
pose which animates the x-Confederates.
1t is to trample under feet the principles
that triumphed at Appomattox and rein
state those that were inscribed on the BAN
ners of the defunct Confederacy.
Year: 1876

THE PENIS III TANIA RESOLUTIONS.


The resolutions in regard to national af-
fairs adopted in the Pennsylvania Repub-
lican State Convention TO choose delegates
to Cincinnati, contained the following dec
laration of principles. Full exposure.
punishment and correction for mal-admin-
istration by republican officials; the NOM
ination of candidates at Cincinnati who
are above suspicion; the preservation OF
the public schools from sectarian control
and an amendment to the Constitution for
their projections opposition to free trade
tariff. The following were among the re-
solves adopted.


Resolped. That the Republicans of Pennsy Iva
MIA, having nothing in their past history which
they wish to.blot out or to apologize for would
have the Nation forget, arraign the Democratic
leaders in Congress, and their abettors. for the
preferences shown to the deadly principles, and
for the subseryience shown to the defiant lead
ers Of the late Confederacy now dominating them ;
for their removal from Office of Union soldiers and
the appointment of Confederate soldiers; for the
repeated indications of their purpose, only con-
trolled by fear, to open the Treasury of the
ton to the alarming and unjust pecuniary demands
from the nsurreetionary States; for their persist
ent efforts to force amnesty upon men too proud
and unrepentant to ask it, too guilty to deserve
it, and for the combined recklessness and coward
ice Of their course on financial questions, reck-
lessness which mischievously holds out threat to
overthrow existing laws, and a cowardice or inca
pacity to originate substitute for them-al of
which exposes the Democratic Party as without
national instinct, or an unsectional impulse,
or an affirmative policy, and unfit to be trusted by
the country, which, when last under their control,
they madly hurried into the vortex of civil war.


Resolred, That recent events in the late slave
States clearly expose purpose on the part of the
Democratic Party to seize them all and WELD them
rs unit in the next Presidential election and to
this end brutal and bloody conspiracies have been
made to coerce voters, and base legislative con-
spirscies are at this moment in operation in order
that an unprincipled and fraudulent majority may
deprive properly chosen officers OF their rights,
and as against these outrages we take an appeal
to the people of the nation.
Year: 1876

Tallahassee, Nov. 23-Everytbing
quiet. The contest begins before
Judge VI thitt tu-morfew, when the in
junction against the governor will
either be confirmed or withdrawn,
and the mandamus against the can
wasting board will be decided. 1t is
believed tho counsel for the governor
viii deny the right Of the court to
issue An injunction against him, or
else accepting the Jurisdiction he will
elaborately defend his right to can
vass the vote. The city is full Of
strangers from the north. There will
doubtless be an appeal from Judge
Whites decision, whatever it be.
Year: 1876




The delegates to the Democratic
Congressional Convention on Wednes-
day last put their heads together, and
wisely concluded not to report plat
form, as they very much doubted their
ability to construct one that their can
didate could stand on. This was an
objectionable distrust Of the ability of
their candidate. Judge Orton has
stood on the platform of every party
that was ever adopted, and we have a
sublime faith that he could and would
stand on any platform the Democracy
might have constructed for him at
Madison. Our faith is equally sub
lime that he could and would stand on
different platform before the moon
should wane.-State Register.
Year: 1876

How TO PREPARE MACARONI.
When you once eat of macarOni
as it is prepared i'll Italy, Olive
Harper writes, you find it like
the Turkish coffee, something the
soul delights in. Why donEt we
have macaroni cooked in the same
way : We have an insensate way
of tumbling a handful into a bas-
in of soup which come out pasty
stuff, good for nothing. 1 took the
pains to get an authentic recipe
for cooking macaroni, and for all
who wish a most delicious, easy
and cheap dish, I write it: Take
three pints OF beef soup, clear,
and put one pound of macaroni
in it and boil fifteen minutes,
with a little salt; then take up
tue macaroni-which shonld have
absorbed nearly all the liquid
and put it on "a fiat plate and
sprinkle grated cheese over it
thickly, and pour over all plenti.
fully a sauce made of tomatoes.
we'll boiled, strained, and season.
ed with salt and pepper. Some
people prefer only to put the
cheese on it, but l prefer it with
the tomato as we'll. If anybody
don't like that when ii is done, it
is because he don't know what is
good.
Year: 1876

He WOULD NOT STEAL, FOR
HIS FAULTS GLE IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION."-Mr. Beecher speak
ing a few evenings ago of the
Gospel command to hate evil, not
only in others, but iu ourselves,
sald ~ do not think that it
would be safe to give a person
the run of the New York banks.
The vaults might be open, and
every human being in the city
might be asleep, and l would not
take a dOllar-at least 1 do not
think that / would. But a man
does not know what he may do
until he is tried. Laughter l
came of honest stock-my pa
rents were honest, l would not
steal. l have faults, but they lie
in a different direction Laugh.
ter.
Year: 1876

A correspondent of Our Home
Journal. gives the following me-
thod of proceeding during the
carry stages OF cane cultivation,
which we commend to the atten
tion of the many young men who
have undertaken to work small
sugar crops in the last few years.


AS soon as the season permits,
and can with safety, off.bar
and dig my stubble, l avail my
self of every opportunity SO to
do, as [ stated in a previous is-
sue, and the land must be extra.
ordinarily light and mellow not
to require the off barring to be
done with fonr.mule-plows. l then
make it a point to follow up with
my two mule plows, and again off
bar and throw back a fullOw to
all the stubble which has heen
out. My opinion may not have
weight with those planters and
overseers who advocate the course
of letting the stubble remain for
a more heightened period with
out the furrow being thrown
back-or only ofi-bar, with the
expectation and hope of getting
a thicker stand of suckers. This
is IN many cases, a very preca-
rious experiment, and great loss
has accrued to the planter to my
knowledge in sundry instances,
by such procedure. AS l before
stated, in digging the dirt from
the stubble, and particularly
when the shaver is not used, all
the top eyes are intact and sprout
ed. With a mild winter, as the
present has proved thus tar, the
sprouts are much advanced. and
as the spring opens, with dry
weather and a genial sunshine,
these sprouts will surely suffer,
unless the said furrow is return
ed, and sufficient protection given
to the plant.


If l can possibly spare the hoe
gang and my planting is accom-
their services will he also
invaluable at that time, following
after the plows, chopping and
filing up the insterstices. where
the dirt has not been properly re.
trrned to the off-barling furrow.
The quarter drains are at the
same time well-cared for by both
plOw and hoe and to facilitate the
work of the hoe-gang, / invaria
bly, run a small one.mule fluke ia
the quarter drains, after the work
performed by plows.
Year: 1876

An animal m,red in a swamp
gets into worse predicament the
longer it struggles. The effort to
extricate it should be made in an
effective manner, so that the ami
NAL may not be encouraged to
exhaust itself in repeated exer-
tons, which are useless and only
sink it deeper ia the mire. The
usual method is to fasten a rope
around tlo animals horns or neck,
aud while this is pulled by some
of the assistants, others place
rails beneath the body et the ami
NAL for the purpose of lifting it
out of the hole. The plan is some
times effective, but it often is not,
and at beSt it is a slow, clumsy,
and laboriOus method. The mate
rials needed for the method here
referred TO are all that are requir-
ed tor a much better one. This il
very simple, and two men can
operate it, and at a pinch even
Que man alone may succeed with
it. A strong stake or an iron bar
is driven into the solid ground at
a distance of twenty-five feet or
more from the mired animal.
Two short rails, about nine feet
long, are tied together near the
ends, so that they can be spread
apart in the form of pair of
shears, for hosting. A long rope
is fastened around the horns or
neck of the animal, with such a
knot that the loop cannot be
drawn tight enough to do any
injury. The rope is cast over the
ends of the rails as they are
set up upon the edge of the
solid ground, and carried to the
stake or crow bar beyond. The
end OF the rope is fastened to a
stout hand.spike, leaving about
a foot Of the ead of it free. This
end is laid against the bar or
stake, anc the other is moved
around it so that the rope is
wound upon it, drawing it up
and with it drawing the animals
out of the mlre, The rope being
held up by the tied rails, tends
TO lift the animal and make it's
extricatiou very easy.-Ex.
Year: 1876

officer Lamb of the Fourth precinct police
last night fouLdJulia Deems, of No 65 Cher
ry street, sittingon the curb stone in Frank
fort street shiyering with cold and moaning
over bundle in her q. ms. In the bundle
the policeman found an infant frozen to
death. The wre.ehed woman is the wife of
drunkard, whose cruelty drove her into the
streets to beg. She was unable either to feed
or warm her child. and the baby died of cold
on its mothers breast The woman's grief
in the police station was pitiful. The coro-
ner win investigate the case.
Year: 1876




Frank H. Sherman Of Castleton, who
bad job Of blasting logs in the woods.
one day recently, found himself all at
once on a wOod-pile 10 feet from the
point where he supposed himself to be,
few minutes before, while his clothes
were on fire and he was blind He at
tempted TO move. but fell to the ground,
and. supposing that his eyes had been
blown out, be gave himself up to burn to
death. But the thought Of wife and ba-
by came over him. and. stripping of his
clothes. be made break for the nearest
house. He is all right now barring i'm
perfect yison.
Year: 1876

IL were told that must die tomorrow,


That the next sun
Which sinks should bear me past all fear and sorrow


For any one,
All the fight fought, and all the journey through,


What should do?
do not think that l should shrink or falter


But just go on
Doing my work, nor change nor seek to alter


Aught that is gone;
But rise and move and love and smile and pray


For one more day.
And lying down at night for last sleeping,


Say in that ear
Which hearkens ever Lord, within thy keeping
|, How should fear?
And when tomorrow brings thee nearer still,


Do thou thy will.
might not sleep for awe; but peaceful, tender.


My soul would lie
All the night long and when the morning splendor


Flashed DER the sky.
think that could smile, could calmly say.


"It is His day."
But If a wondrous hand from the blue yonder


Held out a scroll
On which my life writ, and with wonder


Behed unror
To a long centurys end its mystic clue.


What should do q?
What could do. o blessed Guide and Master.


Other than this
sun TO 90 on as now not slower faster
Nor fear TO mss
The road, although very long II be-
While led by thee?
/ Step by step, feeling thou art close beside me,
Although unseen;
Through thorns, tho flowers. whether the tempest
Or heavens serene hide thee
Assured thy fathfuness cannot betay,
Nor love decay.
l may not know. lny God; no hand revealeth
Thy eounsels wise;
/ Along the path no deepening shadow stealeth,
No voice replies
To all my questioning thought, the time to tell
And it is well.
Let me keep on, abiding and unfearing
Thy will always,
Through long century's ripe fruition,
Ora short days
| Thou canst not come too soon-and can wait,
IL thou cUme late
Year: 1876

He was wrapped in dignity and an
enormous Ulster. aud be sailed along
with the majesty Of linc-Of-battle ship.
under full canvas Somehow all his dig
nifty and majesty fell from him. % hail
stones do from bald head. when boot
black went up to him, and said


Say. mister. you forgot to take off
the pawn ticket OfFn the collier Of your
ulster"


The boy didn't stop to be thanked
for his information.
Year: 1876

A good mother was trying to explain
to young hopeful. the other day. about
fighting against the devil After telling
the little fellow who the devil was and
how hard he was to resist. be turped
round and said to her: Mamma. I'd be
scared of the old devil. but if ! was to
come across one Of his little devils I'd
knock the stufing out Of him..
Year: 1876




When your good wife rises early these
bright spring mornings, and with pleas
ed and contented face goes to the "but-
terry" and stands or chair, and rum
mages' around on the top shelves, do
not let shadow cross your brow and a
dark spot grow in your heart, as you say
to yourself that her flower seeds are ..'all
nonsense" You enjoy going forth into
your broad fields and sowing grain and
corn. You see with glad anticipation
the yellow harvest of the autumn; you
think pleasantly of the money you will
make, the fresh vegetables that will
load your table, and all the joys attend
ing upon your careful husbandry. "Put
yourself in her place" " The seeds she
has so treasured mean loveliness of form
and color, fragrance and beauty about
her path. She sees her house ornament
with punches of pansies, aud mignonette /;
she looks forward with intense happiness
to the first blossoms of her verbenas,
and thinks with pride of her autumn
dahlias. If some one were to say to you,
"Wait, can't plough the ground for
you now" If your oxen should fall
lame and "put you back if your har-
row should break when a-feld, you would
consider the delay a great hardship ;
you would be vexed and disconnected
you would prophesy failure and loss as
the result. Now she wishes to have her
little garden spot put in order quite as
much as you desire your fields upturned,
that the sun and rain may kiss the rich,
long burrows to warmth and productive
ness. Spare for her heart pleasures the
small bit of needed toll and time Dc
not put her off and make her unhappy
You cannot afford to make the sweet
woman think you arc not kind and
thoughtful: Besides, you would miss hel
fresh, gay bouquets and odorous bios.
SONS in the long. hot days that are t.
come.
Year: 1876

MEMORY OF THE HoRsE.-Many are
aware, from their own observation, how
familiar horses become with particular
roads and localities, SO that if left to
their own choice, they will take to the
road to which they are best accustomed.
or which leads to well-furnished stall,
in preference to another and it is also
easy to note that they often proceed with
much more apparent alacrity in getting
home than whan going away from home
But the memory of the horse is more
tenacious than is commonly supposed.
A gentleman having on one occasion
travelled along certain road, at con-
siderably distance from home, turned off
to pay visit to friend, at whose hos
pitable board his horse found rest and
refreshment, as well as himself Riding
along the same road about year after,
he wished to see if the horse retained
any recollection of the place and occur
renee, and when he came near where
the road to his friends house branched
off from the main road, he let the Feins
loosely ON the horse neck. Presently
the horse picked up his ears, quickened
his pace. and on coming to the roadside
unhesitatingly turned into it. instead of
going straight on.-Cali for'aia Farmer.


Seven out of the ten Republican news
papers in New Hampshire which have
declared their Presidential preferences.
are. in favor of Mr.. Bristow. The la
test to express itself, changing from
Blaine to Bristow. says there is no 4dis-
guising the fact that great change
has been wrought in that state, and that
"many prominent Republicans who
were for Mr. Blaine are now advocating
the claims of Mr.. Bristow"
Year: 1876

old cheer which had been its own ever
since its bronzed veterans heard the
whistle of bullets. But it was too much
for us. They had forgotten how weak
we were, and some one had blundered.
The lines withered before the storm of
shot; we fell back; we charged in turn,
and l went down among the heaps of
dead and wounded. The roar. of battle
died away in moment; daylight chang
ed to darkness, and when | opened my
eyes again the surgeons stood over me,
and my left arm was gone.


There was no one to call the roll.
The stark, stiff form of the lieutenant
had been given to earth, and the seven
men who represented Company 6 looked
to themselves. Fate had a choice who
should be- taken and who left, and death
passed me bv. alone of the one hun
dred and three veterans returned to the
country village to tell them how this
one and that one died to hear the sobs
of widow and orphan until my heart
ached. Sometimes in my day reveries
or night dreams 1 call the roll again,
and shadowy forms stand in line, and
ghostly voices answer "aye" and "aye, I"
until l start up with sob in my throat
at the remembrance of those who sleep
in the trenches beside the Potomac.
meath the shadow of Round Top, along
the Rappahanock, and down among the
dark thickets of the Wilderness, sleeping
there never to know war again.
Year: 1876

The Rochester Union condemns the
promiscuous kissing of children. and
style it pestilent, if not murderous. Ad.
dressing an imaginary person, the Union
goes on to say: '.Do you remember call
ing on your dear friend, Mrs. Brown, the
other day with strip of flannel around
your neck. Then when little Flora came
bouncing into the room didn't you pounce
upon her demonstratively, call her a pre-
ciols little pet, and kiss her? Then you
serenely proceeded to describe the dread
ful sore throat that kept you from prayer
meeting the night before. You had no
designs OH the dear child's life, we know
nevertheless you killed her as surely as if
you had fed her with strychine or arsenic
Your carelessness was fatal. Two or
three days after the little pet began to
complain of sore throat, too. The sym
toms grew rapidly alarming and when
the doctor came the single word diptheria
eXplainey it all. To-day little mound
is the sole mements of your visit" The
Union concludes with the following "a
single kiss has been known to affect a
whole family; and the most careful NAV
be in condition to communicate the dis
ease without knowing it. Beware, then
of playing Judas, and let the babies
alone
Year: 1876

Sam johnson, of this city, formerly


Deputy Constable, came very near losing


his life lately, and ifhe had there would


have been general impression of opin-


ion that he tempted his fate by an ex-


hibition of singular foolhaIdincss and =


strange contempt of the most ordinary


prudence. For some time johnson had


the care of an immense snake of the boa


constructor species. This sweet boon


was left in Johnson's charge by the pro-


prietor of one of the side shows that was


with Howes circus ON its late visit to


this place. The snake had been sick, and


fearing that ii would die lift was carted


about from place to place, its owner made


an arrangement with johnson to take


care of it until such time as it should be


sent for to again appear IN the exhibi-


ton Sam has paid all needed attention


to his snakeship. and the huge boa has


quite recovered from his illness under


considerate and careful attention. John
son had tried TO establish friendly rela-


with the snake, and fattered himself that
he had succeeded very we'll. Two or
three nights ago, when the weather turn
cd so suddenly and severely cold, john
son found that the boa was benumbed
with cold apparently half dead. With
a strange disregard ofconsequences, he
took the half frozen snake from its box,
and placedit in his own warm bed, from
which he had risen. He then returned
to bed intending when the snake siioald
revive from its chilled and benumbed
condition to replace it in its box. I'm
fortunately johnson fell into doze, and
then into deep sleep. From his sound
slumbcr he was awakened by horrible
sense of suiiocation about his chest. lie
awoke to find himself in the terrible coils
of the boa constructor, who had been
warmed to life and fury in Johnson's bed.
The unfortunate man comprehended in
an instant his fearful danger. Great
drops of sweat started to his brow as in
an agony of horror he realized the nature
of his peril. With the energy of despair
he grasped the snake with both hands.
and, with almest supcrllman strength,
and in a manner he can scarcely recall,
last in nuncoilnIhateful folds
from his body, dragged the struggling
boa to its box, and safely secured it in its
old quarters. \ severe nervous attack
the fright and horror the
strange combat had occasioned, and not
another wink did johnson sleep that
night. lie can congratulate himself that |
he escaped so easily, and that senseless
did not receive the fatal punish |
ment it inyted.-[ Kansas city Mat.