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Year: 1876

The advertisements in newspaper are
more read than the thoughtless imagine
They are the map of large class of mems
in life. The man who con
doing business in distant town
tekes up the local paper and in its adver-
tising column MS sees true picture of the
men he has to deal with; a complete record
of the town, its commerce, its home trade
the facilities Of store-keepers, its banks.
and in almost every case he can estimate
tho character of the men who are soliciting
thr public patronage. The advertising
page is map of the town, record of its
character, business conf ssion
of the citizens. and instead Of being the
opinionated production of one man il is
frelghted with the lifethouzhts Of hun.
1red. American Journalist.
Year: 1876

The present year promises to- mark an


important epoch in the history of the
progressive development Of the trans


Missouri region. The opening Of the


Black Hills and the occupancy of that
'country by the civilized race, is now an
assured fact. Whether the indolens


savages, who claim the Black Hills ~


their heritage, shall peacefully consent to
the occupancy of that region, or whether


they forcibIy resist the encroachments OK


the white man on their prerogative, tho
tide that has set in toward Harney's Peak
and Custer Park can never again be turn.
led back.


Whether the new Eldorado shall fulfill
the sanguine hopes of the advcntarers
who are now invading the Black Hills, or


whether disappointment awaits these gold


hunters, one thing is certain, the revOlu-


ton wrought by the invasion will be per-
manent. If the precious metals IN that
country do not prove abundant enough
or sufficiently Temupcrative tor men of
small means, the prolific soil and the
great timber belt of the Black Hills will
furnish sufficient and paying employment
to every man who may venture into that
country for The next decade Even il q
large proportion of the adventurers
should. in case Of disappointment, seek
their fortunes elsewhere, thousands will
remain permanently to till the soil amt
work the timber. The Black Hills arc,
however, not the only region that will
encounter the tide of civilization during
the present year. The Big Horn country
and the Yellowstone Valley furnish great
to cner etic men who are foot
loose aud anxiously seeking locations that
promise better homes. or remunerative
The accessibility of these
new mining districts, to men of limited
means, will doubtless induce many TO-
venture into this new field, who could
not have been induced to brave the hard
,hips incident to far-western travel before
he Pacific railroad was built Ten years
,go it would have taken three months Of
* team travel from Omaha to, tho Red .
Cloud Recreation. Now tie journey
an be accomplished In three dsyA t y


IT the tide Of immigration into tho
" yoming mining regions bs comes very
,risk next spring, we may reasonably an-
icipate the extension of railroads into
he Hills before the expiration Of the year.
-lOmaha Bee.
Year: 1876

This is the kind of weather th1t makes
the dashing young man wish that instead
of spending dollar and half for that
massive diamond pin last Summer. he had
,udic,ously invested it in pair Of winter
ich Bullein.
Year: 1876

A CENTENNIAL. ANECDOTE.-In looking
over some old papers in the Office OF the Re-
glster of the Land Office we find mass Of
testimony in support Of a centennial land


claim. Among the rest Is an affidavit OF


General John Smith, OF Frederick, who was


o member of the Legislature Of Virginia du-
ring the Revolutionary war. In 1t he states
that his memory was particularly impressed
with the facts which he relates by the fol-
lowing anecdote Of General Charles
Lee soon after his disgrace at Mon
mouth: sHThe conversation leading to
the subject OF fine horses, General Lee
observed that man was a presump-
tuous creature; he prided himself upon his
similitude to his Maker, and arrogated to
himself superiority in all the good quail
ties incident to humanity; but that IN his
opinion fine horse was by far the nobler
animal; his superior in dignity and az
pearance as well as honesty. Colonel Alex
ander replied that true it was man would
not compare in many things with fine
horse; but that fine ,coman was equal to
anything in creation. according to his no
ton. 'Pho!' said Lee. 'Your passions
blind and mislead you. Man is bad enough,
but woman, - psha.i'"


We do not wonder that such an ungallant
soldier should have been well sworn at by
our peerless Washington on the battlefield
Year: 1876

OPENING OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
public schools Of the city will be opened on
Friday morning at O'Clock.


Z Tomorrow the principals and teachers
are to meet at 10 A. NJ. for organization.


Elsewhere in the Dispatch Of to-day will
be found an important notice from Superin-
tendent Peay in relation to the enlargement
Of the Bethel School district, which will be
read with interest by all parents In the
southeastern section of the city,
Year: 1876

THE RELIGIOUS HERALD, Of this city, Is the on
gan Of the Raptists Of theSouth, whose membership
includes more than . Fasalion OF communicates.
The Herald goes Inso every section Of the country.
and Is read by thousands or good people who rarely
see any other paper. 1t Is one Of the beet mcdfas
for reaching the public eye TINT the country aorass
Its charges for advertising are very low cosdertng
the immense circulation Of the paper. Once ON
Main street nenrly opposite Dtspatca Office. IS s.
Year: 1876

the work of our organized charities
every person, on this happy Christmas
day, should resolve himself or herself
into charitable association of one to 90
about doing good, feeding those that
hunger, bestowing rsiment and provid-
ing work. There are homes-if we may
be psrdoned for calling them homes
in this city on whose darkened walls
the cheerful light of a Christmas fire
Is not dancing to-day, and inside of
them pinched and shiveriug little
ones pine and suffer there. II makes
the heart bleed to think that there can
be such a childhood in this Christian
land. And what do these little ones
know of Christmas gifts and Christmas
toys, which are so delightful to the
childish mind? All they know of Christ
mas is that it brings them more piercing
cold, sharper hunger and greater suffer
ing. Toys! The wan eyes may have
gazed wonderingly on such things in a
store window, but the nervous fingers
would tremble to touch them. They
seem TO them to be rs far removed as
the bright stars in heaven. If the money
yos expended in decorating your church
to day, had been expended In contribute
ing TO the comfort and happiness ofthese
poor children, might not the Re-
cording Angel have written the
deed down in larger and brighter
letters2 On to.night-Christmas night
should it be bleak and cold, these unpro.
vided for children seek the comparative
warmth of a nest in unwho!esome straw
and cry themselves to sleep to forget the
gnswing of hunger, while your happier
little ones will throng about their glitter
ing Christmas trees, singing and dancing,
fessting and romping, until they drop,
tired out with fun and frolic, into their
warm bed


Will the gay crowds who throng our
streets to-day, happy and hopeful, spare
a thought to the ssdder Christmas pic
ture we havelendeaVored to paint? Will
mothers and fathers, rich in the blessed
gift of healthy, loving children, pause tor
an instant in their holiday pleasures to
reflect how many little creatures are
hungry, sad and neglected in this sea-
son of Christian love? If they
do we cannot doubt that some
few of the sufferers will find ut
east temporary sunbeam piercing the
loom of their darkened lives, and as
,hey clasp the hand of Charity, will bless
COP that CHRIST was born to teach
fallen humanity that the shortest way TO
elevate our msrsi nature is TO initiate the
example He gave us in ''going about end
doing good"
Year: 1876




What is the cure for gossip? Simply
culture. There is great deal of COS
sip that has no malignity in it. Good.
natured people talk about their neigh
bors because, and only because, thew
have nothing else to talk about. AS
we write there comes TO us o picture
Of a family Of young ladies. We
have seen them at home, We have met
them in galleries of art, we have
caught glimpses Of them going from n
book store, or library, With a fresh
volume in their hands. When we
meet them, they are foil Of what thew
have seen and read. They are brim.
ming with questions One toriic of
conversation is dropped only to give
place to another, in which they are in.
tereste1. We have left them, after
delightful hour stimulated and re-
freshed; and during the whole hour
not neighbor's garment was soiled
by so much as touch They had some.
thing to talk about. They knew some
thing and wanted to know more. They
could listen as we'll as they could talk.
~ SpS"h ilSSIy VI u6ilHD0T QOlllgB
and belongings would have seemed an
impertinence to them, and of course,
an improperly. They had no temp
tation to gossip, because the doings of
their neighbors formed subject very
much less interesting than those which
grew out of their knowledge and their
culture. arH uG.-


AMI this tells the whole story. Tho
confirmed gossip is either malicious
or ignorant. The one variety needs
change Of heart and the other change
of pasture. Gossip is always per.
sonal confession either of malice or
imbecility, and the young should not
only shun it, but by the most thorough
culture relieve themselves from all
temptation to indulge in it. 1t is n
low, frivolous, and too often a dirty
business. There are country neigh
borhoods in which it RACES like pest.
Churches are split in pieces by it.
Neighbors are made enemies by it for
life. In many persons it degenerates
into a chronic disease, which is practi-
eally incurable. Let the young cure
it while they may.
Year: 1876

For the lower Sound is . good one.
The great Skagit raft will be cut
through in another year and farmers
gallon that river will be able to ship
their grain to Seattle at q cost not
to exceed three dollars per ton. The
sloughs are all navigated by small
schooners which are generally owned
by parties living neighbors to the
farmers. Formerly the Sound ex-
ported coal and lumber only, and
was compelled to import all her hay
and breadstuffs from Oregon and
California. The new order of things
will soon make all our people rich.


HoMEwARD BOUND.


We arrived at Utsalady on our home
trip at noon, but were obliged to
Icy over there for five hours on &C
count of heavy wind and rough sea.
Midnight hovered in the skies ere
the welcome lights of Seattle flashed
upon our weary eyes. To Captain
Hill and our companions of the voy-
age, we tender our thanks and hope
to try It again.
Year: 1876

A fire broke out in the Wellington
colliery at Departure Bay on the 18th
but was extinguished by smothering
it by building brick wall in front
of it and injecting steam from the
boilers. It is supposed to have origi-
mated from the carelessness of Chi
nese laborers employed about the
furnace. We have but little sympa-
thy with the proprietors.
Year: 1876

JOHNS CASE.


At last, Uncle Sam is ready to take
cognizance of the Mongolian ques-
tion, and, although it may not at
first seem so, we believe the prob
lem is far more difficult of solution
than the negro question Of twenty
years ago. The Americanized negro
had no commercial status in this era
when gold rules the world; he had
no nationality and no approximate
relation to the kindred races of the
earth. To offset this, he was docile,
naturally obedient and, under proper
discipline, reasonably affectionate; he
observed, as far as the stringency OF
slavery would permit him to do, the
Divine ordinance of matrimony and
clung to his sable better.half with q
fidelity that often shamed white
man, especially on the Pacific coast.


The Chinaman, on the other hand,
considers himself bound by no ties
that civilization has devised for the
suppression Of prostitution. To
him all women are alike, childbirth
being devoid of the holy reverence
inspired by Christianity and en-
lightenment. Marriage is only known
among the higher orders and prosti-
tuition is the normal condition of
ninety-five women out of every hun
dred. Yet this nation of men with
filthy habits and bestial desires, has
a literature and a philosophy older
than ours. China is a foetus in a
glass bottle. The Chinaman of to-
day is the Chinaman of 1000 years
ago. They we're as civilized then as
now, while the Gauls and Britons
from whom our people are descend
ed, were half-naked savages, living
in caves and subsisting on roots.
They we're masters of the art of
printing for centuries before it was
known to any European nation, but
they cut their books on blocks Of
wood and have never used any NOV
able types; they have been familiar
with gunpowder for five hundred
years, but never have been able to
make a gun that would carry bull
let half a mile nor a cannon that was
dangerous above mile. When
Galileo declared "the world moves" +"
he knew nothing OF China.


Yet China has its diplomats and
its sages, its commercial prestige
and its manufacturing wealth. To
destroy the relations it maintains to
our commerce, would be to paralyze
more than one branch of industry.
Yet the labor question is the most
vital consideration in the premises.
We cannot invite men hither from
the swarming cities of Europe,
merely to degrade them to the level
of Chinese lepers. 1t is only by re-
ducing human labor to the fodder
and straw-beds with which we re-
ward the work of beasts, that the two
can compete equally. That being
beyond possibility, free labor will
avoid the Pacific States. We hope
to see a modification of the Burling-
anne treaty, so as to check this grow
ing evil which is worse than African
slavery ever began to be.
Year: 1876

The New York Herald, by long
odds the greatest newspaper In
America, has reduced its price to
three cents per copy. This it can
afford to do from its enormous ad-
vertising patronage. It requires
one clerk alone to attend to the ad-
vertisements of ''Situations Wanted
and Lost and Found" in addition
to some six other clerks in the ad
vertising department. Energy and
perseverance built it up from moth
ing and it is q monument to the pa
tience and foresight Of James Cor
don Bennett.
Year: 1876

\ venerable Georgia divine was
riding out and saw a youthful son
of Ham going down street display
ing a flag of truce in the rear. The
doctor being near-sighted, supposed
the boy was about to lose his hand
kerchief, and SO called out to him.
The negro looked amazed, but catch
ing hold of the flag. remarked:
Boss, dat handkerchief is buttoned
round my neck.
Year: 1876

vessels of any size could pass from
the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean,
was an important point Ill our ma
tional schemes and dreams OF com


mercial grandeur in the days when
the project from the Suez Canal
seemed the vaguest possible specu-
latiop. But the Suez Canal has been
M e. an enormous tonnageis pass
ing through it yearly-while our
great project has almost dropped
out Of mems thoughts, and though
the government still maintains some
sort of traditional! relation to the
great idea it is not likely that an
economical democratic Congress
would give twenty-five cents for all
the isthmuses and the two oceans
together. Such is the consequence
of economy when parties have it
badly with view to political effect.
1t will not answer to say that the
Suez Canal was built because it was
in the soil of "effete" and "unpro.
gressive" Egypt, and that ours was
forgotten because We are SO tremen-
dously progressive and energetic
and wide awake. We may better
say that they hadpeace aud we had
war, and as we may always say of
such great projects, ''These are i'm
perial works and worthy kings" We
may say here that the Khedive
played the sovereign handsomely in
his princely encouragement of a
great enterprise, while we, the SOW
ereign people, played the same
character very meanly in similar re-
lation. Now however, the isthmus
canal project is brought to the at
tention of the world in new relations.
There has recently been organized



in Paris a body especially for the
preliminary study Of this subject,
which body has ostensibly strictly
geographical relations, but the prac-
tical nature of which is guaranteed
by the fact that is President is NJ.
Ferdinand de Lesseps. who made
the Suez Canal. The Vice President
is Vice Admiral Ronciere le Noury,
and the Secretary NJ. Leon Drouil-
let, an engineer. The nucleus of
the body thus formed is a committee
of the Pals Geographical Society,
which invites the cooperation of all
other geographical societies, in the
world. specifically to determine by
minute study of the geography of
the isthmus at what point and in
what conditions it is possible to
make the canal. THIS body starts,
of course, from the assumption that
the enterprise has not hitherto been
effected because of the contradic-
tions involved in the numerous sur
veys made a'd because of the i'm
possibility of reconciling the va
rious interests related to these sur
veys, and it further assumes that
the very contradictions involved are
an evidence of insufficient study of
the country. It's proposition is to
organize, therefore, at present sim
ply for. the thorough geographical
study of the district. Its labor will
certainly have the sympathy and
encouragement of ali who desire
the success of the more substantial
points of national progress.
Year: 1876

The hostile savages are covertly
creeping back to the agencies to be
fed during the winter, so as to be
the better prepared for the next
summers campaign. So little is
known by the military authoraties
of the Indians really engaged in the
Sioux war that most of Sitting Bulls
warriors are not only likely to es-
cape punishment but to be received
with open arms. The arrest of John
Grass, the Chief of the Blackfeet at
Standing Rock, has created sensa-
ton. John protesting his innocence
of the charges a gainst him with a
vehemence that is sure to touch the
hearts of those who deal with the
gentle savage.


The WAsHINGToN Monument. i he
unfinished Washington Monument is
now one hundred aud seventy-four feet
high. It was begun in 1S4S. more than
a quarter of a century ago. and until
this spring it stood in the centre OF an
unsighdy square OF mud, which Is now
a pleasant park. It has cost, so far,
two hundred thousand do a ;. Con-
gress, at its last session, voted two hun

dred thousand dollars towards its COM
pleiion; but circular of the Monument
Association informs us that this sum is
not sufficient for the purpose, and was
not intended, in fact, to complete it,
and the society appeals to the generous
and patriotic to send in subscriptiQs
in order that the shaft may soon be
finished. Would. it not be well to pub
lish statement Of the estimated cos:,
and the time required to make an eud
of this too loug delayed work ? If this
Year: 1876

THE Democratic party has ever advo-
Gated and maintained that faithful and
implicit obedience to the Constitution Of
the United States was the only safety
and security for the Union and the peo-
pie. The whole history of the party
while in power vindicates their position
and shows it to have been the only po-
litical organization that ever managed
the affairs Of the General Government
successfully and economically, and in &C.
cordance with the principles of justice
and the Constitution. History demon
strates the truth of this and the record
of the party now in power shows total
disregard of every principle of good
government, and by its blackness and
disasters entailed on the country, causes
Democratic Administrations to shine
with greater splendor.
Year: 1876

New YORK, Jan, I4,-From informa-
ton received here it is determined, be-
yond a doubt, thst the Harvest Queen,
full rugged ship of the Black Ball line,
was sunk by a collision in the Irish
Channel, and that her crew, numbering
thirty men, was lost. 1t is further be-
lieved from the statements made by the
steamship Adriatc that it was that vessel
which came in collision with the Harvest
Queen.


There is no record of the collision on
the log of the Adriatic, and Captain
Jennings explained to the agent Of the
line as follows;


The collision was so slight that did
not think it worth while to say anything
about it to you. 1t happened little be-
fore 3 o'clock on the morning of Decem-
Der 3Ist. The executive officer had
charge of the steamer. He saw a ship
approaching in zigzag course, so that
he deemed it unsafe to keep tbe Adriatic
in her regular course. He accordingly
stopped the steamer, ringing the bells to
reverse the engine, and sent below for
me. But the ship kept approaching, and
the steamer had backed so far that the
water was just even with the tunnels,
when suddenly the ship turned about,
crossing our bows, and struck her jib-
boom on our anchor stock. myself
was on deck by this time, and under
stood that crys for help had been heard
from the water, and ordered the boats to
be lowered, thinking that perhaps some
sailors had been at work on the ib at the
time of the collision and had been swept
overheard. The ship itself sailed off as
if nothing had happened, and after
keeping the steamer hove to about three
hours without finding anything, ordered
to ring to 60 ahead. Subsequently |
heard some talk among the men that we
had sunk vessel, but that was of course
too absurd to be listened to; the collision
was of no account whatever.


A seaman gives the following version;


On Thursday, December goth, the
Adriatic left Liverpool. About half-past
two Friday morning when off Moyne
Head, the man on the lookout sighted a
vessel on the starboard. The alarm was
given and the vessel changed her course.
About ten minutes passed and the look
gave the alarm again, for the two vessels
were closing fast upon each other. 1t
was a stormy night. A moment passed
and then the Adriatic dashed into the
bow of the stranger. The engine was at
once reversed and the steamer backed a
mile or two. Boats were lowered, and
as they were rowed away the lights of
the strange vessel sank lower and lower
till they reached the waters edge, and
then the hull. masts and all sunk out of
sight The cries of the drowning men
could be distinctly heard and they gave
directions as they foated for a moment,
as to the course to take to find them. No
one, however, was rescued. 1t would
seem that the collision was not violent
enough to disturb the passengers, and
they only knew of it from the talk of the
crew.


The Harvest Queen arrived at Queens
town December 2oth, from San Francis
co, and on the goth instant she sailed for
Liverpool.
Year: 1876

The Cincinnati Commercial notifies the
Republican party that it cannot support
Grant if he is nominated, We should
regret to part with the Commercial as g
Republican organ, but it is no new thing
to have it oppose Grant. We believe Mr.
Greeley had the advantage Of its valuable
support in 1872, and he is dead now
Columbus Journal.
Year: 1876

the polls TO exercise the rights Of free-


men, though they have aothipg worse
n encounter here than tie seornt tui
looks of Democrats. Every one knows
that the Intimidation" sought to be
proved by the Republicans would not
deter white men from voting. and PAR
ticuisrly in districts whore they were in
the majority. as was the case with he
blacks in many Of the "bnIldozed" ,ils-
tricts OF the South The Republicans
cannot. ther, fore, count much on the
eolored voter as valiant soldier.


The men of the South love peace. hut
they love liberty better, They do Tot
want war, but they would rather have
free and righteous government at the
cost Of war than peace at the price OF
submission 10 usHrpation. The people
of the South have stood much, aud they
can with proud resignation stand more.
But if the Democrats Of the North be-
lievs the time has come TO crush ont
end fraud and assert the SUI
premacy of the viii of the people, let
them speak out They hold in their
hands blank draft They can draw on
the men Of the South at sight