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Year: 1876

All wise and distinguished philosophers be-
lieye profoundly in the survival of the fttest
in all the struggles for existence. This very
naturally accounts for the universal praise the
Republican Presidential ticket has received
from this class of worthy gentlemen.
Year: 1876

One hundred and dfty thousand Republican
voters have got to be protected South of the
Mason-Dixon line during the impending politi-
cal struggle, and the Government should not
be deferred from discharging its duty towards
these men by any clanor about bsyonets and
armed interference that may be raised by ex-
Confederate and their Democratic allies.
Year: 1876

The National Woman Suffrage Association
have sent an address to the Democratic Con-
vention at st. Louis urging the delegates to
nail a plank in their platform declaring for
the political rights of women. If Doctor
Mary Walker should present the address it
might be well enough to remind the delegates
that the tailor who made her last pair of pants
wears bran-new bald head. Respectful at
tention is the only thing that will save you.
Year: 1876

SKcTIoNALIsM.-The Republican party
grew to its greatest strength by appeal
ing to the worst passions and arousiRg
sectional animosities. Mr.. Blaine is now
doing the same thing over again. Evil
IDENTIFY he ami his partizans think the
country belongs to New England and the
Radicals and that the Southern people
are only here by sufferance. The Radi-
cal politicians want to quarrel; and
quarreling leads to fighting everywhere
in this country except in New England.
The Southern Representatives have not
yet learned to treat the insults of such
men as Blaine and Hoar with contempt,
and as some of the Northern press think
they should. We beg leave to differ with
some of our contemporaries. We be-
ieve the right way to treat Blaine and
Hoar and all such raving, ranting poll
ticial hacks, who follow t, dictation of
old Wendall Phillips, is to pitch in and
give them two blows for one. This dis
cension has got to be stopped, or the
talk about Union will prove all fudge
The Union that the Radicals want is one
in which they will be permitted TO rot
the Government and the people as they
have been doing for ten years.
Year: 1876

A VIRGINIA JUDGE TO LOSE HIS PLACE.
The special committee appointed to in
vestigate the chart eagainst Judge Geo S.
Stevens: of the county court OF Nelson,
have reported unanimously in favor OF
the guilt Judge Stevens, and recommend
his removal from office. While there was
no evidence before the committee to
show that Judge Stevens took any undue
advantages of Capt. Fowle, it was clearly
proved that he had been guilty of unlaw-
full gaming, and found guilty by the court
committee came to the conclusion that
he was unfit to hold judicial office. 1t is
expected that he will forthwith tender
his resignation.
Year: 1876

At last a case has been decided against
the exclusion of negroes from the hotels.
This case was at the Bingham House,
Eleventh and Market streets. Philadel-
phia. This hotel always bore the char
acter Of being truly loyal and the most
liberal. The suit was brought by the
Rev. Fields Cook, a colored clergyman
of Alexandria, Va, who had gone to
Philadelphia to visit the meetings of
Moody and Sankey. He applied for
lodging at the hotel, and the clerk told
him there was no room to spare. Cook,
however, took a seat in the office, and
called attention to the fact that several
parties who afterwards came in and ap-
The suit was brought against w. S.
Newcomer, the clerk, who gave the pro-
prietor Of the house as his security. The
case came up on Tuesday, before Judge
Cadwalader, who, in charging the Jury,
said:


81 am Of the opinion that this defend
ant being in charge of the business of
receiving travellers in this inn, and OF
providing necessary and proper accom-
modations for them in it, refused such
accommodations to the complainant by
reason of his color. the defendant is
guilty as he stands indicted"


The jury then retired, and later in the
day agreed upon and sealed their ver-
dict, which was returnedto court yester-
day morning. The verdict was guilty"


This is said to be the first case under
the Civil Rights act which has been
tried in Pennsylvania.


The sentence of the Court had not yet
been rendered.


But here is a bar to the prospect of a
pleasant nights rest in Philadelphia ho-
tells. In future how are travellers to
know how la ely the beds assigned them
have been occupied by negroes? The
publication Of the decision Of Judge Cad
walader and the verdict of the jury may
result in the loss Of many thousands of
dollars to hotel keepers, while it will
benefit the negroes very little.
Year: 1876

THE BANK TUE STATE NEW YORK


A meeting of the directors of the Bank Of tho
State OF New York held yesterday and last evening
for the purpose of examining thoroughly into its affairs
and learning the amount of its liabilities and assets
1t is believed that the Comptroller Of the Currency
will accept the new organization as guarantee for the
future conduct of the institution. but IN addition to
this bond is required the latter will be promptly for
warded There will then be further bar to tho
sumption of business 1t is said that difficulty will
be encountered securing sufficient cash to begin the
payment of depositors at Altogether, the out
look of the institution is hopeful although days and
weeks may elapse before the debris of the failure
ehcctuay removed.
Year: 1876

At meeting of the St. Paul directors this afternoon
n dividend OF Ia per cent declared the pre-
fcrred stock being per cent out of the earnings
of 1874 and per cent out OF the earnings OF 1875 1t
is payable in consolidated sinking fund bonds on the
10th April This will account for the steady rise OF
the common and preferred stock OF this road We
further informed good authority that before year
has passed dividend will be likewise declared tho
stock, the earnings being the increase and
the prospects good
Year: 1876

Time to me this truth hath taught,
IT'S truth that's worth revealing
More offend from want of thought,
Than from any want of feeling.
If advice we would convey,


There's time we should convey it.
If we've but word to say,


There's a time in which to say it.
Many beauteous flower decay,
Though we tend it eer SO much,
Something secret on it plays,


Which no human aid can touch.
So, in many loving breast,


Lies some canker grief concealed,
That, if touched, is more oppressed,
Left unto itself-is healed
Oft, unknowingly, the tongue
Touches on a chord so aching,
That word, or accent wrong,
Pains the heart almost to breaking.
Many tear of wounded pride,
Many fault of human blindness,
Has been soothed, or turned aside,
By quiet voice of kindness.
Time to me this truth hath taught,
'Tis truth that's worth revealing
More offend from want of thought,
Than from any want of feeling.


--Tharhs tCrdin
Year: 1876

The best recipe for CLOSED shirt
bosoms is: Take two ounces OF fine
gum arabic powder, pour on a,pint Oh
more of water, and then, having GOV,
cred it, let it stand all night, In the
morning pour it carefully from the
dregs into a clean bottle, cork and
keep it for use. Add teaspoonful
of this gum water to a pint OF starch
made in the usual way. ....
Year: 1876

And now we have the reason. We
lave the authority of some newspapers
for it, that Grant is disclarging Jewell,
Dyer, Yaryan, and the rest of them be-
cause they are his personal enemies.
His whole administration and his vast
power is now used to punish those who
are supposed to be personally unfriend-
]y. 1t is wholly \ personal matter be-
tween Grant and lis subQctlinates.
Certainly that's the way it is. And so
his contests with General Lee were on
personal grounds. He had some per-
sonol feeling against Jeff. Davis and the
rest Of them, and SO lie used the armies
Of the U. S. to avenge lis personal
grievances, and vent his personal spite.
It is always so with great people like
Grant. They have a personal spite at
everybody and everything, and they
bang round the world ul'setting thrones
and getting into difficulty, all to crafty
personal feeling.
Year: 1876

The inquest in tho case of Maggie Bauers,
by advice of DistrctAttorney Downing. was adjourned
over nearly two weeks In order that the officers who
following up the clews in their possession may have
ample opportunity 10 gather the loose threads OF tee
tmony which at present. it is thought, seem 10 point
toward Catharne Hoffman The people OF the neighbor-
hood have apparently made up their minds that she s
guilty and circumstance significant Of the feeling OF
the Coroners jury occurred Monday During the dis
cussion as TO the rOpety OF offering reward for m
formation leading to the arrest and conviction OF the


guilty person. Of the jurymen remarked that he did
not see the necessity Of offering n reward when the
euty person was already in custody The large crowd
present at the inquest Monday expected that the
woman would be present, and many IL subsequently be-
came known, there with the ay0wed intention OF
lynching her. They had rope In readiness, and IN
tended to take her fOrcbly from the officers and hang
her 10 the sign the railroad crossing near the Valley
Stream depot. This proceeding, however, was antic-
mated by fhe authorities and they kept the supposed
Inurdereks her cell at Jamaica. She win probably be
present for examination at tn. next session OF the
fnauest however when measures VIII he taken 10 insure
her safety should there be any attempt 20 interfere with
the course OF the law. 1t understood that there Is
Already other evidence against Cathaine Of damaging
character including expressions almost taDtanount 10
admiss made in the presence OF Justice BeDneit


whose testimony has just been heard before The Coroner
Year: 1876

Detectives Hay and Cannon, who have been
investigating the OF Carl Bark, who alleges that
he was thrown overheard from the steamboat Con-
tnental on Monday night, reported to Superintendent
Walng yesterday morning that they had been unable
to find any clew the perpetrators Of the alleged out
rage They declared that they have not determined
whether the story is true whether he fell
board and imagined he had been thrown into the Sound.
They assert that the railing Of the boat is low and the
man had heen drinking and IL very easy for him to
have fallen overheard He still asserts, however, that
he was robbed and thrown into the water and becomes
Indignant when ID is suggested that he may be mistaken
He Is at present in company with two officers OF the
steamboat sqnad, searching for the persons whom he
alleges committed the outrage and one VI whom he de-
claIes he could Identify.
Year: 1876

TRAINS RUNNING AS UNUAl<-AfiOiNihisNi w "a


RECEIVER.


The strike on the New-JerSey and New York
Railway came to termination yesterday morning IL
was ended by the appointment OF V. l. Larry OF HIS
dale, n j. receiver by the ViceChancelor OF New
Jersey in answer request made by large number
of persons financially interested in the road. The COM
pany were in of the appointment and the Presoeh
was one Of the number making the application After
his appointment Mr. Larry returned to ililsdale ana tel
eCraphed to the strikers at Spring Valley nquring II
they would so They he ita:od. ana the tee-
graphing kept up until midnight AT last MT Larry
patience was exhausted and he ordered the office closed
intending to employ men to-day. \ few nun,
utes afterward, aud .ciOrc the Office coun
he closed a telegram came from the men
saving that they had just passed resolution,
which had been agreed to unanimously to 20 10 WORK IN
the morning This settled the matter ana orders were
issued bv the receiver get the trains IN readiness anu
carry ont the timetable nearly possible The express
train came down yesterday morning on time anu D;
night all the trains running as usual Ihe alpoih
ment of Mr.. Larry IL said TO give universal sausaeIo
along the line He is personally Interested IN he success
of the road. being the holder OF bonds large amount
According 10 the laws of NcwJerscy MS nrst duty wiz
be to pay the out of the earnings OF te road hekt
paw all outstanding accounts, and then the interest Oh
the bonds.
Year: 1876

REMOVAL OF DANGEROUS TELEGRAPH POLES


The recent loss of life from falling telegraph
poles and the consequent prominence given TO the Dan
ger from this source have induced several OF the teie
graph companies to make systematic examination OF
the poles belonging them within the city limits ana
SQUADS Of have been set at work 10 remove tnoe
discovered to dangerous This work is being primer
pay carried along Seventh and Eight,aVes on tue
pOes cannot ALWAYS be obtained in this market and de-
fay is liable to ensue the companies state that the
NECESSARY substtutions will be made rapidly as pos
sble The work of removing the old re-aarm poles Dc
longing to the city will also be begun s00n'
Year: 1876

Egypt proposes to exhibit in our forth coming Centennial. This Is 8 very gratifying announcement. Egypt is the land of wonders, and has an indefinable charm about her. It would add greatly to the attractiveness of the Centennial were she to send over @ pyramid or two just to show how her me- chanics did things. In the gush- ing moments of patriotic effer- vescence it would be refreshing to have Sphinx on hand to look lat. And it would be capital idea also for her to send over the cradle in which civilization was rocked with a few bulrushes ln the bottom of it.
Year: 1876

Noticing an inquiry in the Ploughman
in regard to the experience OF butter
makers in the winter time, | herewith
communicate some account of my practice
in the management of milk, cream and
butter in cold weather. | have made but
ter from a small dairy for upward of twen-
ty years and my practice invariably in cold
weather is to heat the ailk in the pans
when strained, on stove or over hot
water, being careful to remove it before
boiling as this produces a curd in the milk
at the bottom OF the pans When the milk
becomes "crlnkl y" it may be deemed suf-
hclently warm. Remove the milk as care
fully as possible for as the cream has be-
come '.set" jarring it deranges the process
of rising and therefore it should be dis
turbed as little as possible. The depth of
milk in the pans should be about two
inches. Every time cream is added to the
jar stir it thoroughly in In warm weather
cream should not be allowed to stand
more than four days before churning, in
cold weather eight.


Before churning cream should be placed
where it will be brought to a temperature
OF 62 degrees, apply hot water for this
purpose will make it better. When the
butter has come draw off the buttermllk
and wash the butter with cold water.
Three changes may be deemed sufficient
to clear it OF buttermilk, if at the same
time it is worked with u ladle If the but
ter is for immediate use two ounces of
salt is sufficient for pound OF butter, but
if it is to be put down in frkins there
should be two and one-half ounces per
pound. Having a fine COW l have tried
some experiments with her this season for
the purpose OF testing her quality. She is
of the native breed, and six years old, she
came in last May and is expected to come
in next May. The last week in October
Year: 1876

a gentleman gives the following as his
experience in relation TO mixing soils,


and the results: II have had great re-
suits from spreading sand upon stiff clay.
Plough the clay land in the fall and spread
on sand until 1t almost appears to cover
the surface The action of the frost the
following winter vii! open the clay soil in
assures, into which the sand will fall. and
in the spring it will be as soft us an ash
bed, the narrowing and cultivation mixing
the sand and clay thoroughly together.


and the effect will be seen for many years
in the hay crop" This is but one instance
Of the benefits resulting from the mixture
of soils, and not only viii it be found
beneficial to spread sand upon a clay soil


but otherwise similar results may be eX-
pected from the spreading OF clay upon a


light sandy soil The effects are principal
ly mechanical, rs in the case OF spreading
sand upon a stiff clay. the object is to dis
ntegrate the soil. destroy its adhesiveness.
pulverize it, and thus render it more slls-
ceptible OF thorough cultivation, easier ac-
cessible TO the action of light air and
warmth. and place it in a better condition
to support vegetable growth. CLAWS are
usually considered strong soils and partic-
ularlv adapted to the production of large
crops of grass which do not so easily or
quickly run out as on lighter soils, but
they are more difficult of cultivation from
the causes already mentioned and any,
Thing that will tend to overcome this adhe-
sivnness and mako If liobter and rondo,
it easier to be MANAGED is beneficial


DRAINING will help TO ACCOMPLISH this is
needed a prime REQUISITE. and sand. as has
been described and to this NAV be added
muck and strawv manure, when it can be-
thoroughly worked into soil. the object
b4ino to mix some other substance witE


clay' and Tins keen II from, hecomino com
pacted together. and if these amelioratiuo
AGENTS are of \ fertilizino character 50
mnch the bettpr And mis- will he tonnf
the case more or less with all the sub.
stances meutioupd. avnn sand may ba s,,n.
Year: 1876

Fhcy have slept so long in their little graves
That the brers have tangled amid the Hover:
That bud and blossm DER the mounds.


Through all the beautiful summer hours.
My, boy with the shining curs of gold


And eyes as blue the skies of May;
My sinless lamb who was early called


Ere the tender feet had gone astray,
My brown haired Nelly with baby hands
Locked in eternal rest and prayer;
The perfect bud that | could not hold,


Blooms in a garden forever fair.
And still as the whirling years go by,


And the gold Of hope grows dim with rust,
As one by one of the smiling fruits


That reach to grasp have turned to dust.
| thank my God with a steady voice,


And lift my face with fearless eyes,
That sheltered safe from this cruel world,
My darlings are both in Paradise
Year: 1876

Chopping with poor axe is like NOW
ing grass. or like cradlng grain with 4
cradle that is not lit tor use. A great many
choppers will mack, hack, HACK, all day
with an old poor axe, using up sufficient
muscle to chop two cords OF wood, while
with that old ..stub,n not more than h1lt
a cord Will be chopped i is the worst
sort of policy to chop with such an old
and worn out tool, as a chopper with Il
good axe, during Il few days, will earn
more than enough to cancel the difference
between the prices OF a new axe and the
old one. Choppng is tatiguing labor,
even when chopper Is provided with Il
good axe If the steel at the edge OF an
axe has been in use so long that it will
not retain a satisfactory edge, OF il the
corners have been broken of or worn
away 50 that the edge is as circular rs 4
small wheel, better cast the axe away and
procure a new one In case there is Il sat


sfactory amount of steel at the edge, let
the part OF the tool near the cutting edge
be ground down to a proper thickness
But when grinding. beware Of reducing
the steel too thin Many good axe has
been spoiled simply 10y being ground too
thin near the cutting edge. The steel
close to the cutting edge must be left sut-
llciently thick to possess the necessary
strength required to resist the strain when
the edge is entering hard and gnarly tim
ber When the steel near the cutting
edge is ground 50 thin that it is no thicker
than 4 piece Of paper, no axe can be eX-
l.,.nted 70 retain n good cutting edge. Many
choppers suppose that the thinner the
steel is ground near the cutting edge, the
more rapidly they will be able to chop
But there never was a more grave mistake
IL nothing were required when chopping
but to cut off the grain Of the wood. Il
very thin axe wonld be the best. But the
point of the axe near the edge should be
OF such form as to heaYe out the chips
as the grain of the timber is severed. In
order to accomplish this point most rili-
GENTLY, the cutting edge from the front
corner to the inside corner should not be
circular more than one-tourth to one-halt
an inch i hen the steel should be bevelled
gradually towards each corner from Il
point about one inch back OF the middle
of The cutting edge, II ground in this
way, that peculiar form OF the axe will
heave out Il chip at almost every blow
TPractical Farmer
Year: 1876

If brooms are wet in boiling suds once
a week, they will become very tough, and
will not cut Il carpet, last much longer,
and always sweep like a new broom.


TO keep apples fresh Il year, use dry
sand and dry your barrel, put in n lay er OF
apples and Il layer Of sand until full. cover
tight and keep where they will not freeze


TO buy all the land one can is like a
merchant paying all MS money for build
Year: 1876

While the Harlan Brothers and Violet
ia, the wife Of one of them, was going
through trapeze performance at the
Park Theatre i'll brooklyn, an accident
occurred by which one Of the. brothers
was perhaps fatally injured All three
performers were upon a trapeZe formed of
two pendant ropes and three bars Nio-
letta was on the top bar, and her husband
the lighter Of the two brothers, on the
bar Immediately under her. The man on
the second bar dropped to the third bar
where his brother attempted to catch him
but failed, and both fell about fifteen feet
to the stage. The lighter man struck on
his head and shoulders and was made in
sensible. The other escaped without hurt.
The injured man was quickly carried from
the stage and taken to the City Hospital,
where it was found that his head and back
were seriously injured At last accounts
he was still unconscious, and it is thought
that he cannot survive. At the theatre
the first name of the performer could not
be learned, and it is believed that Harlan
was merely a "stage name" No net was
provided underneath the performers In
tense excitement prevailed among the au-
dience for Il time, but the GOODNESS of the
stage manager soon reassured them, and
the performance went on. The Harlans
are great favorites among the actors and
deep regret is felt among them.


my son." said Il stern parent to a seven
year-old hopeful. 81 must discipline you. Your
teacher SAYS you are the worst boy in the
school," "Well, papa" was the reply, ''only
yesterday she said was just like my father


If dogs tail be cut off entirely, would it in
terfere with his locomotion? 1t might not affect
his carriage, but 'twould stop his waggin'
Year: 1876

What are we stopping for? This isn't
a station-oh! is anything the matter 7?


Rich smiled-this little woman was such
an odd one.


There is no need of apprehension, mad
am We are entering the tunnel


The tunnel oh, dear, the tuane1n


But Rich didn't take at all He only
settled cozily back and slouched his seal
skin hat on his forehead, leaving his com
panion to fight the imaginary terrors Of
the tunnel as best she might.


The train had come to its final standstill
at the depot, and just rs Wintrngham
arose to leave the car, he felt the limid
touch Of fingers on his coat sleeve.


Please pardon me-but-but-there is
a terryboat to cross in-isn't there ? and il
you would be so kind as to tell me which
way it is to the St Julian hotel p


Rich buttoned up his oyercoat deliber-
ately while she spoke.


The st. Julian p am going there my
self, madam. If you are unaccompanied
| will see you there This way please


At last ? Jesse's cheeks We're as hot as
fire now, and her eyes as bright as stars
as she walked through the long depot and
ferry house beside her husband. In the
ladies cabin Rich gave her Il seat, then
left her to join a group OF gentlemen VINO
were conversing near the door, and at the
New York dock he escorted her to a St
Julian transfer coach, much rs if she had
been q child in his charge, whom he was
bound to do his duty by, and yet consider
ed somewhat of a nuisance AS it hap
pened the coach had other passengers, 50
that the hot color had time to die from
out JesSie's face, although She mentally
regarded him a darling provoking tel-
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