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Year: 1876

When travelling pcddlcr of fruit
trees, raised in distant State, visits
you, do not treat him rudely. but
take list of his trees, and then con-
suit with your nearest reliable fruit
man. who has had at least twenty
years experience in raising fruit in
Iowa before you contract. And the
man that has been almost uniformly
successful is the best man to consult,
Take your time to investigate the
question. The peddler will wait for
you. If necessary, GO twenty or thir-
ty miles to consult with a man who
has had ample experience. 1t will al
ways pay. The questioned the kind
and quality of fruit trees you arc buy
ing is a serious one, and cannot be too
carefully and closely investigated.
We are giving this advice to sensible
men. But there is another class, who
have to be swindled and humbugged,
as it adds so much of variety to life.
Besides, as it keeps them poor in
spirits, thus they have the promise OF
rich and imperishablc blessing.
Let such alone. They arc working
out great problem in human econo-
my, not easily comprchended. Such
men are not blessed with an over
abundance of wisdom, and they prob
ably are wisely made to stumble and
waste their substance to keep them
from becoming rich, overbcaring.
and insolent. When travelling
through the country, and VIC see so
many improvident acts, surrounded
by squalid poverty. it is best to con-
clude it is all right. These men are
Ignorant, and, if they should prosper
in their Ignorance, they might be-
come bad men, and have balcful in
fluence on society. Let such alone.
There is necessity for some agency
at work to keep them poor and hum
bic, and peddlers may as we'll do their
share in the great work.


But sensible men whom a little
prosperity will not destroy, had bet
ter move cautiousle--consult the best
informed-eXcrcise their own iudg-
mcnt and invest lightly in the schemes
of doubtful men. They are million.
They come in the sweetest language.
and most comely features, well calcu-
lated to divide community into two
classes-the wise and the simple.
They do ii most effectually. Neither
peddlcr nor his victim can complain
Of the spirit of this article. But in
becoming his victim, you choose
your eharactcr.-.Register.
Year: 1876

A lady took her son, of some five
years to church. After tho minister
had been preaching about half an
hour, the little fellow grew sleepy
and began to nod, the mother arous-
ed him into attention several times by
pushing, but as it seemed hopeless
case she concluded to let him sleep
undisturbed. After q while the little
fellow had his nap out and saw the
minister holding forth. He looked
up III his mothers face and innocent
ly asked Mother, is this Sunday night
or next Sunday night 2"
Year: 1876

A man brought in the other night
said he wasn't drunk but had cold
heels. The hot soapstones We're all
mislaid, so they pounded his feet with
a stove lid and laid him away in the
coal bin until he came too enough TO
tell what city he was mayor of.
Year: 1876

Outside of the pulpit there is a
great deal of practical preaching
to be done during the coming
winter. The apteSt sermon for Il
shivering fellow mortal is pair
of thick tr0Wsers and a coat to
match. Sometimes the best adj
vice you can bestOW on poor
widow on a bitter cold day is a
cord of wood or a ton of coal. |
have seen little children toddle
off to Sunday School when texts
OF Scripture had first been sent TO
them ia the form of shoes and
stockings accompanied by over
coats 8slti tto,,tls4 Yea can -ne Veg
knows uutil you try it, the effect
OF warm flannel night gowns up
on the morals of young sinners, ali
the way from five to ten years Of
age, on whose beds the winter
snow habitually Sits in through
broken windows. A friend of
mine visited a freezing apartment
last year and clothed three swear
ing, half naked urchins in COM
Portable raiment, and she told me
that when the poor, shivering
creatures had got well in their
new garments, they began to chirp
like nest of young robins, and
sing. perhaps for the first time
in their ragged, wretched lives,
"our Father who art in Heaven"
| have known applications of hot
soup TO poor blashheming, suf-
fering sailor. bring out a vital pie
ty that had lain moulding in the
ashes of his heart for twenty
years-ever since he left his mo-
theirs arms and ran away to sea.


l have an impression we are
told pretty plainly in a wise old
book that pure religion and un-
defled before God" means not
only to keep ourselves 'unspotted
from the world" but to visit les
pecialIy during cold Weather) the
fatherless and the widow in their
affiiction; to go on pilgrimages to
poverty-nOt to wait to be sent
for-and when found not merely
Ito make 4 note Of" but to give
immediate relief.
Year: 1876

Does it not seem fully apparent


to you, says the Washington Chro


nicte, that the chief aim of our


fashionable inventors is to perfect


a rare combination of discomfort
and discord in. female wardrobe?


They seem to think women are a
lot of silly fools. who are bound to


wear anything, no matter how


ridiculous it makes them appear,
as il is fashionable. We do not
claim they are very far from the
truth. The latest styles of dress,
to say the least. ARE abOninable;
the more wrinkled and lo0ped ana
hitched, bent, doubled. twisted,
puckered. cOnforted. curtailed, and
retaiIed, convex and co0cave, a
Woman's dress can possibly 'be
made, the more stylish and fash
ionabIe she is, and her value and
position in society are managed In
the same ratio.


The new hustle perfectS and
combines this idea of general dis
order and discomfort; it might as
we'll be worn on the head, for 20
conceal it from view by its intend
ed position is positive impOssi
biliJy, and it is a failure in that
respect.


The ungraceful movement it
gives to the skirts and walking
gait is one of its faults. No one
can sit down in one of them easily
or comfortably, neither can 1T be
worn long at a time without posi-
tive wearineSS and injury to
health.


1t is the most abOminable inven-
ton of the age; if any man doubts
it, let him put one on aud try 1T,
and particularly let him try to sit
down with it on.


Again, the idea of all hustle is in
delicate, and this mOnstrosity is
doubIy so, and a positive nuisance
in every way. A lady is a sub
iect of remarks if seen on the
streets without it; so in either case
it is abominatiOn. 1t might be
serviceable in a family as pigeon
coop, but it is out of place on la
dy. There are two styles of this
most ingenious monster hustle
One is very long, reaching nearly
to the floor; in other words, it IS a
hustle or the wholesale order, the
very superlative of fashionable
folly. With one of these on, Il
lady nearly makes a figure of it.
self; the clothes jump from side to
side; as she walks the hustle hea
YES Ond tumbles about like the
keel of a small schooner "in a
blow" and a sailor would feel in
clined to cry out, STEADY the
helm there; hold her fasti"
. The short hustle is>a little abre
waited in length, but utterly un-
manageable in Il street car or any
where else when the unfortunate
Wearer desires TO sit down. If a
woman makes up her mind, she
will sit down in spite of the whale
bones. She finds on rising that
the whole affair is entirely bent
out Of shape, and one or more
lOOSened bones that burst from
their confinement by the pressure.
are stabbing her in the back to
her utter misery, and she takes Il
big VOW silently never TO put it on
again as long as she lives, fashion
or no fashion
Year: 1876

We have before called attention to the
very great importance of removing the raft
that has been formed in the river above
here by the late rise. If their removal ls
delayed until the river falls the labor and
expense of removal will be very great-in
fact the removal will not be accomplished
until another appropriation is made by
Congress. Meantime navigation will be as
completely closed as it was before the re-
moval of the "great raft"


Are the commercial men of Shreveport
and New Orleans willing for such an event
as this to occur without an effort to prevent
1t! We should think not. New Orleans is
almost, if not quite as vitality interested rs
Shreveport.


What public spirited individual will make
the first move in the matter! Although the
government officials have no authority to
guarantee the repayment by the government
Of the amount expended by private citizens,
it is fair to assume that relief would be at.
forded in the premises, as, in case an appro-
priation is voted, q pro rata OF the sppro-
priation would be required to do the work
anticipated by private enterprise.
port Times.
Year: 1876

A third lake in Lowndes comfy has
been emptcd OF its waters by subtera.
mean passages during the last six
months. What is the matter? The
Times has several times alluded to the
fact that Lowndes county had within
its borders number oflakes from 10 to
500 (and several beyond 10000 acres
in size and Can it be these lakes are
all connected with a grand under.
ground water course. 1t seems so.
In september last one dried up, or ran
off, and left bushels upon bushels Of
fish in holes of water upon the bottom
of the lake. In January another about
five miles from this did the same thing,
aud now Grassy Pond, lake covering
about FIVE hundred &C 'es, just between
the two above mentioned, has lief,
its millions Of fishes out Of water.
About three weeks ago it was reported
that the waters Of this lake were sink
ing below low water mark, and every
day or two VIC would hear that it was
still going down. Last Friday a re-
port spread all over the country like
wild fire that Grassy Pond was lew
enough to rake the fish out with nets,
and by sundown over 100 people had
collected at the place. Some had dip
nets, and there was one seine caught
enough trout, jack, cream. and speckle
perch to make a mess for every one
present. During that night all the
water disappeared, and there were
millions Of fish left dead upon dry land.


Next day the planters hitched up
their wagons and hauled load after
load. and scattered them in their fields
for manure, and thousands we're left at
the mercy Of buzzards, hogs and other
creatures Of prey. Such quantities of
fish, and such destruction have never
been known in the history of Lowndes
county No one ever dreamed there
we're half that quantity Of fish iu
Grassy Pond, though it was celebrated
for its fioe fishing grounds in the
spring Of the year The two lakes
above mentioned did not run thus
completely dry, aud the fish that were
not caught were saved by the water re.
turning in few days from its hid
den retreat in the bosom Of the earth.
We learn that Grassy Pond is filling
up again, but it is too late to save
the fiuny tribe.
Year: 1876

Three different men passed through
this city, begging their way home from
the Black Hills. From their pitiful
appearance and the stories told by
them Of the intense suffering existing
there we should think all those affect
ed with the fever would stop awhile
and take second thousht.-St. Peter
Advertiser.
Year: 1876

To kill lice in poultry houses, fu-
migate them with birthstone and char
coal, BY setting FIRE to it on some iron
pan, and use it freely, burning three
Or four pounds of it At one time, and
eradicate them at once. It will make
a big smoke, but there need be no dan
ger. It will kill all the lice sure.
Year: 1876

USEFULNESS OF rHF SIGNAL SER
v1cE.-The usefulness of the United
States Signal Service was illustrated in
the late s'orm which was especially
severe along the New England coasts.
Just before the storm set in on Mon
day, says an exchange, the sky was
clear and the local indications at
Thatchers Island, one of the signal
stations on an exposed point on tho
coast. were most promising. AT two
o'clock in the afternoon" the signal
officer telegraphs" one hundred and
thirteen vessels were in sight, which
put to Sea when the storm signals were
hoisted" "There arc no vessels in
sight nou," was the subsequent reas.
sursing message. A fearful storm struck
in that neighborhood few hours later,
and lift had caught the shipping near
the coast, the loss Of life and property
would have been terrible. Happily
they all madca safe oting and will
nearly all be heard from The sailors
it is stated, though at first disposed to
ridicule the scientific gents" who
have instituted the system of storm
signals, have learned that while their
own observations are necessarily local
and limited, the signal officers can read
the signs from one end Of the coast to
the other, aud from Maine to Texas
across country, and are not slow now
to look for the red storm signal wher.
ever it is set and act accordingly
Year: 1876

The amendment to the constitution re-
ported by the Judiciary Committee of the
House, to make the Presidential term for
Office six years and he be thereafter ineligi.
BILE to the same position, is one that will
not meet the approval Of the country gen.
orally. Tais t. q departure that we can.
not see the advantage ofor that it will bene.
6t any one. The Office is one to which a
man may be chosen two consec tive terms
with all proprie'y, but when he imaginer
that he holds life's lease spon the posi-.
ton and endesvors to make third tsrm,
then public indignation must determine
whether he can do 80 or not as surely q it
will assert itself in the next Presidential
election, and give the blow that will kill
this idea of Cescrisn forever. " ..r.


This stand in defiance Of all examples
and precedents net by our illustrious an
esstors has been taken by one who appears
to have his party in his own hands, and it
should be called Grantism, for it is as dis-
tiyctly and individually Grant as many
things are distinctly and Individually But
Ter. And simply because such q man as
this has attempted to abuse the privileges
associated with his office or threatens to
thrust himself again upon the country as
Year: 1876

bills the United States Congrssa may pass,
that the ex-President could be affected only
in theory, for he could not in Justice to
himself and for various other reasons oc-
cupy any public position either in the gift
Of the people or the patronge OF the gov
ernment, and whatever other honor may


attach to the name Of Blaine, it will be
cloudsd forever by this wicked attempt 70
re-kindle the fire of sectional passion for
personal ends, just when the last dying
ember seemed about to expire. Had 1t
been Morton, or Butler, or any other Of
their kind, there would have been little
to comment upon, but Blaine. the opposer
Of the force bill, the man Of supposed lib


eral craftsmanship, the patriarch and the
gentleman, should have been the last per-


son in the country to have done the esrn>


try this grievons wrong. .....
Year: 1876

There can be but one cause 1Or the Dl1ter
opposition which has met Mr.. Rapdalps
general amnesty bill, determination on
he part Of political aapirants to stir up the
annimosities-which had been a natural
.outgrowth Of late events, but which were
almost snothered by mutual friendly con-
cession-no matter what may rssYlt from
SO pernicious policy, so that cefdlh gen.
tlemen may ride into power and position
upon the storm Of ill feeling and passion
which they hope to evoke.


Mr.. Blaine was 80 bsggared for = pre-
tence to wiring from the Southern element
Of the house passionate retort that he
was compelled to take position, which
his own good judgment must have told
him was entirely untenable and supremely
ridiculous.


He has gained a temporary success at the
expense Of his reputation as Statesman
md fair chivalric opponent. The Re
publican party, we think, will be slow to
preserve any advantage which they
have gained in this matter. 1t was
not question 80 we are told of principle
which induced Mr.. Blaine to open the
wounds which ten years had almost closed
and healed, but personal opposition to the
chief actor in the late war.


The grounds upon which he rests
his argument are as narrow al
the arguments are weak. Certain
ly they are original, and it would seem
strange indeed if all the talent and ability
of five former Congresses had not discov-
cred this wonderful objection to an univer.
sal amnesty, for the question has in some
way or other appeared in each House since
1865. What then are the American people
in this Centennial year, when forgiveness
and good feeling should make our country
smile once more with brotherly affection
think Of public man occupying promi'
nent position in the councils of the nation
bsasting of his statssmanshil
and broad liberal views, who
would stoop to mean artifce
Of which ward policeman might we'll be
ashamed, even when he knows full we'll the
unhappy results which are certain to fol.
low. 1t is course which smacks much
more Of the dcmagogue than the states.
man. This man will probably be the can.
didate Of his party for the Presidency, a
position which his friends boast he is now
more likely to gain than ever Can it be
possible that the people Of the North have
20 far become the property Of tricksters
and politicians, rs to verify such predic-
ton, or will they not rather denounce such
a statesman and such statesmanship!!


Mr.. Blaine deserves for this act of his
public life the censure Of his fellow-citi-
xens, and ostracism even from his own
party. 1t was no objection to Davis, nor
any objection to universal amnesty, for he
knew full we'll that however many amnesty
Year: 1876

THKRE are lines Of battle a. distinctly
drawn in party contest as they appear in
an onslaught between contending armies


But with the latter wisdom and prudence
is most often used, not so however, with
the Republicans in the campaign they
have mapped out for this year. Mr.. Blaine
commenced the firing in Congress and il
ha, been taken up all along the line. They
have provoked a war with the Amnesty
bill rs the line Of defence. 1t is weak ane
will be broken down by the good judC


ment sfthe Thousands who can see througI


this political imagination TOD gn capital
Year: 1876

II it is time, rs General Boynton writes
to the Cincinnati Gazette, that there is an
effort within the Democratic party to
defsst Senator Bayard for the Presiden-
tial nomination in the interests of Sena-
tor Thurman. it is equally true that seaa-
tor Thurman is himself taking no part in
the movement, for the two Senators are
strong personal friends, and one would
not axe any underhanded advantage Of
the other in this race for the nomination,
if either is making any effort at all in
that direction. The movement is certain
ly not because Of any dissatisfaction with
Mr.. Bayard personally, but an effort on
the par. Of Western politicians TO defeat
any Eastern candidate for the nomination,
and will meet with little favor either in
the South, North or East.
Year: 1876

The Boston Courier says: An agent was
sent to collect the rent of tenement, the
occupant of which Was some iour months
in arrears. He was met with pitiful tale
Of scarcity of money by the matron of the
household, and, to use her own words, she
did not know where TO get dollar, and in
deed, she did not know when she could pay
either in whole or in part. The converse
tion then turned on other topics, and before
the messenger had departed, she invited
him to see some lovely things she had just
brought from the Centennial.
Year: 1876

ao II they were coming out aJ nm

 he put himself in the shape of buck beer sign, and they went back. He kept the boys in the

 water three hours. On another of his holidays, a few weeks ago, Beelzebub acquired an accom- pIiShment which for time gave the most unmitigated pleasure to 1 his master. LabOrers were en- gagged in enlarging cut on rail-

 road d mile down the track. The goat, hearing the noise of the blasts, went to see if there was anything in the job for him. Some Of the men lived long distance away, and carried their dinners with them. The bright tin lunch

 pails standing here and there along the track struck the eye of Beelzebub. He had smelt of one,

 pranced about it awhile, and at last, with one grand butt, sent it flying down the track, scattering it's contents along the route and

 giving it the appearance of flat tened oyster-can. The result of this so delighted Beelzebub, that

 he fOrsoOk all other pleasures and

 laid in ambush about the cut,

 watching for dinner pails. Pat sey became aware of his amiable pets now diversOn, and daily bore him company to the spot to enjoy the fun. By and by the men took to hiding their pails, and Beelze- bub grew mOrose and low-spirit-
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, Sept 81, 1876
To THE EDiToR OF HERALD


notice an article in this days HERALD as to the
sscarcity Of wa,er stating that the pressure - not
sufficient to raise water the third storcA When
the houses on this street built (most of them
nve years ago the water raised freely to the third
stories, and the plumbing arranged accordingly.
The water supply has been gradually decreasing, and
for tho past three yoars whore live, between Broad
way and Eighth avenue Fifty frat street, havo
unable to get water the third story and at the
present time the water fails to rise TO the second
story. Now II have to take our single boilers
and put in double, with pump and a poisonous tank
the top floor tear out partitions lose room Tor
said tank, at expense OF several hundred dollars,
should like TO make some arrangements before
winter sets in. Please inform If ~ your power,
through your valuable paper wna chances Tor
better supply OF water, and why the high ground on
the wcst side Sannot be supplied from the "hgh SER
vice. mains AS we'll certain portions on the east side
OF the city We taxed first on the building for
water; then every bath and water closet over In
the house; then every family over ono in the house
should not havo the water when pay for itY If
must raise water to the upper stores by mcchani
cal appliances might we'll do so Ia the old
fashioned way from wells and csterns, and thus save
'Croton taxes" besides having purer water.


AN OLD CITIZEN.
Year: 1876

time In his favor being capable OF being accounted
Tor by mathematical tration


ALWAYS THE


A great advantage OF the national cabs 10 that the
price Is always the same AT any hour Of day nighs
and IN all weather. IL you come out OF
theatre on rainy night and want
risge you do not have leave your wife
10 be Josiled in the crowd while you bargain with .
hackman who will cheat you anyhow You simply
hail the carnage with the little blue umi mated sign
and step in You know that II your home Is not more
than Two miles away you will only have TO pay twenty
five cents, and that in no event can you be over
charged.


good feature OF tho new company 10 making tho
driver interested In the receipts that he will GET
ns many hrings as possible They viii receive a GER
tain amount OF pay every day and fifteen cents on
every dollar they and above having the
riages out early or as late as they please They Will
also have their own lockers, where their livery kept
when OF duty aud every Will be Inspected before
leaving tho stables II he is unshayen or unudy he Is
mol permitted TO have a carriage
Year: 1876

WHAT THE EFFECT WOULD BE.
VIEWS or LEADING BUSINESS MEN-A BELIEF THAT


TIE NEW BILL WILL NOT BECOME LAw-rhE


CHANGES 1T WOULD WORK IN THE IRON, DRf


GOODS. AND GROCERY TRADES.


The views of o large number OF Leading
bu sness men were obtained yesterday in respect 10 te
effects of the proposed tariff There was no one VINO
expressed belief that it would pass both Houses ana
many thought party measure. Some were OF OPINION
that IL would pass the House. but thought the oeha'o
and President both ready TO preventt becoming
law. . ,
Tbers scanned 70 bo decided interest felt In the bill
among the importers and jobbers OF iron Among the
most noteworthy changes proposed n the tarn Oh this
class Of goods are tho following:
Year: 1876

Commodore Vanderbilt very comfortable oil day
yesterday ana received n number OF friends. In the
evening he moved tho front parlor and for tho
first time In several weeks sat In an easy chair and
converscd freely and checrfully with his family AZ
ten O'clock when he knew that the reporters wcro
whiting at tho door he special message to them
by Mr.. Barton, HIS nephew, saying that he iot much
hctt