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Year: 1876

In the long list of eminent surgical ana
medical practitioners, not one Is entltleo 70
higher stand than John Abernethy. ne
was quaint, blunt man, earnestly devoted
tn his profession, and with but little thought
of things which had no relation thereto. his
eccentricities of character have afforded hui
morists much material for pleasant gossip,
and among his eccentric doings his court
ship Is certainly not the least, ana uhnke
much that is printed of the celebrated man
this may be relied on as true.


One Sabbath, when Abernethy was very
near, if not quite up to the middle age, ne
found time to go to church, and was shown
into pew where were two ladies-one OF
them young and the other elderly. lie haa
no prayer book, and the young lady handed
him one. At the close of the services they
walked out from the pew together, and found
At the porch that it was raining heavily. Az
ernethy offered to take them home IN MS
carriage, which was waiting for him. on
the wav he fell into conversation with the
Younger of his companions, whom he found
to be remarkably intelligent ana iaoy-hke.
He learned that they were mother anu
daughter, the husband and f.Nher having
been an officer in the army, and k.'Ied III 'ne
Indian war with Tippoo Sultan and ae iur-
thermore discovered that they were in strait
ened circumstances.


Abernethy set them down at their humble
dwelling, and waited upon them into the
narrow hall, where he handed his card to the
daughter, saying, as he did So


"Young lady, am Mr.. Abernethy, the
surgeon / have never married because
never had time to spare for that sort OF
courting which girls of the present age seem
to expect. l should like you to be my wife,
| If you will have the goodness to write me
on Tuesday, saying whether you will have
me or not, l will, if your decision be favora-
BILE, call on the following day and take you
TO church" And with that he left.
| The note came on Tuesday. On Wednes-
day he took very pretty and happy woman
| to church and was married to her, and then
they were driven to the stately mansion of
which she had become the honored mis-
tress.


! 'My dear" said her husband, after he had
introduced her to the friends assembled to
receive them. "you must excuse me until 8
o'clock, as have to give my lecture at st.


Bartholomew hospital, which 1 cannot omit
on any account"


They were happy couple-happy and


true. When Abernethy died, in 1881, he
left the whole of his wealth to his widow,


who survived him score of years, honored


and beloved for her solid goodness, and for


her deeds of charity and Christian beneyo-


lence.
Year: 1876

Kate Thorn gives the following excellent
advice about "How to travel:"


In the first place, know where you are CO.
ing and how you are going.


And if you know what you are going for,
it will be quite as well.


Dress well, for on your dress depends in
great measure the treatment you will receive
on your journey. The world at large has
never learned to discriminate between the
deserving and the undeserving in any other
way than by appearance, and if you would
be treated with courtesy and attention wear
good clothes. Not gaudy or snowy ones, but
something of material which looks well,
and which will not be ruined by dust, rain
or dampness. Avoid all trailing skirts for
gentlemen to wipe their feet on, and trim
mings of frnges and laces to catch on other
peoples buttons and parasol handles.


Dress warm enough to save you from the
necessity of carrying more than one extra
wrap, for bundles are nuisance on a jour
ney, particularly long journey.


Take no more baggage than you can help.
You will he surprised if you try it, to see
how little you can be comfortable with.


In n hand satchel take along combs, soap,
brushes, towels, needles and thread, scissors,
strings, boot buttons, handkerchiefs, extra
gloves and stockings, and other personal
necessaries, for if your journey extends over
a week you will be sure to need them before
you can get access to your trunk
Check yout trunk when you set forth for
the place of your destination, and having
put the checks where they will be in no
danger of getting lost, dismiss the trunk from
your mind. There is not the slightest neces-
sity of"worrying about it," as most ladies
are in the habit of doing.


When you buy your ticket, get a railroad
map of the country you propose travelling
i over, together with time table of distances
These are furnished by every railroad Of
note. and by consulting them you will be
saved from annoying conductors and fellow
travellers with questions


Carry no money in your pocket beyont
the little you may need to supply yoursel
with papers and refreshments, and do no
confide to anybody where you have secured
the bulk of your money or other valuables.


In large cities, make all inquiries of hote
clerks and policemen.


In choosing hackman always take th
one who soicits you least.


Be courteous to everybody, and confden
tial with nobody. A lady is much bette
protected on journey by her womanly dig
nifty than by the gallantry of gentleman o
whom she knows nothing.


Make up your mind before you start o.
your journey to bear all the little trials an
disagreeables incident to travelling with goo
humor and equanimity.


Do not fly into passion if drunken ma
staggers into the car, or turn up your nose
somebody swears. or look insufferably an
moved if a baby cries, or some old gentlema
falls asleep and snores.


Be patent,quet, and mind your own bus
ness thoroughly, and if the boiler does NJ
burst, or the train does not meet with broke
rails, washed out culverts, or something
that ilk, you will in all probably reach yo'
journeys end in safety.
Year: 1876

LADoE's DIGNITY.-The Ledger very tru-
ly remarks of the Centennial Exhibition
One of the best lessons of the Centennial 10
the honor it coniers upon all kinds of labor,
No one can witness the magnificent display
that the industry, skill and art of so many
nations have contributed to produce, with
out feeling an increased reverence for the
hard toll of head and hand from which it
has sprung. Labor is generally admitted to
be II necessity, of course, but not thing of
beauty and joy. However indeiatigable the
toiler may be, he rarely sees the crownin y
symmetry and elegance of his work when
perfected. The division Of labor is such
that only part of every whole falls to his
share, and its finished completeness is too
far removed for him to rejoice in it, But
here is indeed a gathering together of results
at once rich and inestmable, wherein the
honest work of every true labOrer shine'
forth with a radiant beauty that should for
ever save it from any imputation of dullnes'
and insipdity,
Year: 1876




James A. Moore, aged about thirty-fve,
living on a farm near the Farmers Institute,
about fifteen miles south of Lafayette, Indi-
ana, committed suicide at the Lahr House
in that city last week. He leaves wife and
three children. No cause is known for the
deed. The manner in which it was accom-
plished is perhaps unparalleled in horrid in
genuity. He came to the Lahr House on
Saturday, said he was perfecting an inven-
ton and would probably stay week, but
would visit his home on Monday, and pre-
paid his bill till that time lie called at the
machine shop of Harding 4 Sons and had a
large new broad axe and two bars of iron
inches wide by inch thick, sixteen inches
long, which he had riveted to the head of
the axe. On either side, fastened to these
bars in the shape of handle to an axe, he
had system of wooden bars eight feet long,
the extreme end of which was fastened to
cross piece secured to the floor by hinges.
The axe was raised and held to its nearly
perpendicular position by double cord fas-
tened TO the wall Between the cords stood
Il candle arranged 20 lhul Whtn tht canuie


burned down to the cord. it would burn


them off, and the axe fall. Where the axe


would strike he placed small box open on


one side, in which, when found, was his


head with some cotton that had been chloro-


formed. His chin was held up from his


neck by stick across the box through holes
on either side, holding his head firmly in


position. He was strapped tightly to the


floor with two straps, one around his legs
and the other about his arms and waist. The


straps were both screwed to the floor, render


ing it impossible to move. 1t is supposed


that he set his axe, lit the candle, strapped


himself to the floor, put his head in the box
with the chloroformed cotton, and was prob
ably insensible when the axe fell. The axe


and ixingsNyoud weigh about fifty pounds,
| and would fall Il distance Of from ten TO iit-
| teen feet. His head WAS completely severed


from the body AM the axe buried in the
boards beneath.
Year: 1876

CRIMINAL CARELESSNESs.-A woman
presented herself at AN establishment in Par
is on the left bank of the Seine to take
vapor bath, She was conducted to the va
por bath room and left there alone. In
quarter Of an hour, when the room was OPEN
ed, she was found stretched inanimate on
the floor. 1t was at first thought she had
had died of congestion of the brain, but the
Commissary of Police, noticing that the body
WAS puiied up and the flesh peeling of, sum
moned physician, who said that death had
been caused by scalding from overheating
of the bath, The proprietor of the estab-
lishment will be tried ioy manslaughter, Oc-
clsioned by negligence.
Year: 1876

| observed one mode of Chinese capital
punishment known as the cage The cage
used was between two and three feet square,
and over six feet high. Near the bottom
was close floor of plank palings. The
planks composing the cover were made to fit
around mans neck close enough TO hang
him, but not close enough to strangle him.
The condemned man was put into this cage,
his head projecting above, the cover Citing
round his neck, and under his feet number
of bricks, one above the other, just enough
to enable him to stand on tip toe. When
this position, from WEAKNESS, became unen-
durable, his only relief was to hang by the
neck. The design is to make man suffer
as much as possible, but not to kill him too
quickly. Usually after clnninal has been
standing thus for day or SO, one of the
bricks is removed, and then another until he
hangs by his neck altogether, 1t is said that
a strong man ordinarily will endure this tor
tnre several days before life becomeseXtnct,


On the present occasion death was FASTENED
more quickly. The man was put into the
cage on Sunday afternoon, believe, about
one o'clock. ! heard of it on Monday morn
ing and went over to Annoy about two o clock
in the afternoon to see him. He had then
been dead some time. The guard said that
he died just before daylight ; that he was
conscious of having committed great crimes,
and FASTENED his own death by kicking the
bricks from under his feet But the people
say privately that the guard wished to got
rid of their charge that they might prepare
to keep New Years Day (the Chinese New


Year was near at hand, and therefore had
taken the bricks from under his feet during
the night. This probably was the fact.
Year: 1876

The Weaver Boy Put in n Lunatic Asylum
Vivid Sketch of his Career by One who
Knew lliul-Ilis Wife and Home Instincts
EX citing Scenes at His Lectures Inner
Life Of Gifted hut Unbalanced Genus.
Year: 1876

Earnest Wells Circular, dated New
York, May 27th, says Market dull
and prices nominal The shipping de.
mand has entirely ceased. and only a
small business is doing with the brew.
ers. The attention of the trade is now
turned toward the new crop, The for
eign crop especially will be watched
with unusual interest, the price here
next season depending so much upon it
Without an export trade with England
we must look for low prices. particular
ly If our own crop is large one A
good many acres will be planted this
Spring in quiet way on account of the
low price of the roots We woul.i adj.
wise growers who are starting in the
business not TO get discouraged by the
low prices now ruling: the chances are
that prices will rule high again after
next year, besides, something may hap
pen To the present crop tn put the price
up. The onl y way tn make hop culture
a success l. to stick 10 il, and strive
from year To, year 10 improve on
quality"
Year: 1876

From tho Ohio State Journal tColumbus) Sept 2s1


An aTray occurred about half-past or eleven
o'clock last night OF Ross saloon opposite the
market, on East Town street. which resulted in the
death ot tho principals, John Kent u halfpast
twelve O'Clock this morning


The first intimaton thai the parties the inside
had that there anything between the
discussion OF politics was slight SQUAD
bic, when Kent 10 mako pass at Hardy,
and Hardy struck back Kent fell backward dow tho
three steps between where he standing and the
pavemout and struck The back OF his head. Hardy
turned toward the saloon door when those tho in
rushed out TO what was the trouble On gong
they found Kent still lying on the pavement IN
insensible condition He was picked up and carried
into Peter Heermans saloon. where he had been en-
poyed barkecper and cook, and taken INTO the back
room.


Meanwhile Mr. Corbctt, the turnkey at the station
houac hearing the ailray the saloon and
arrested Hardy anu took him 10 the station house and
locked HIM up, where reporter found him about one
O'Clock this morning, charged with the awful crime OF
murder. Hardy was then asleep In his cell and not
aware OF kents death. He was aroused. and stated,
In an swer TO questions that he and Kent stand
ing the platform talking and had little dispute,
when Kent struck at him and he Hardy turncd
around to 90 into the saloon and get away from him;
that Just then some who standing the plat
form struck Kent aud knocked HIM oil the steps and
then around the corner aud disappeared Fourth
street. Hardy also stated that hc had not known
Kent previous to last evening.


A colored man who was standing on the opposite
side OF the when the affair occurred he
Hardy strike Kent and saw Kent fall.
Year: 1876

II they made IL and put the red stitches In and
tho red buttons ka klux and White Leaguers
made the bloody shirt, and now IL comes back to
plague them That's what's the matter. II the blood
OF the negro had not been spilled ctorens and cried
To Heaven you would never have heard OF bloody
snrL II is no new thing II wasn't invented tor this
campaign any other II came OF itself Ike murder
that would keep Who rs II making miserable To-
days None but the murdefers themselves and their
apoiogsts. the democratic party II IS pity We
should have look at but We had no hand Ia max
that
Year: 1876

THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND
MAJORITY FOR TILDEH-souTH CAROLINA
DOUBTFUL.


From the Cincinnati Commercial-lndcr endent-


Sert 20


You have heard good deal about the solid South
lately, and have been over that ground consider
ably have made estimate OF the majorities which
think Tilden viii receive in the Southern States.
These not haphazard, but based upon careful
survey OF the Geld and personal Wait to many Of the
Year: 1876

By communication the Star of yes
terday attacks, though without men
tioning his name, Mr.. E. J. BALDWIN,
for the objectionable sin of loanlng
his money at rate of interest which
the borrower was not only willing but
anxious to pay. We do not do hom-
age to money, no matter whether it is
in the hands of Mr.. BALDWIN or some
other man; but as the Express, which
has been diligently licking the dust
from "LUCKY'sn boots for some days
past, cannot consistently defend him
against this unwarranted attack, be-
cause it, short time ago, made an
assault similar in nature and much
more virulent in character on FLOOD
& O'BRIEN, OF San Francisco, we will
glance at the position assumed by the
correspondent OF our morning cotem-


porary, and show that in loaning his
money to Messrs. TEMPLE & WORK
MAN Mr.. BALDWIN did precisely as
any other man would have done
who had money to loan. 1t is prin-
ciple of finance as old as the dollar and
as fixed as the laws of the Medes and
Persians, to get all you can and keep
all you get. Mr.. BALDWIN is finan-
cier and obeys the laws of finance. If
those laws are wrong he is wrong, but
the responsibility for the error rests
with the law and not with the man
who obeys it. A man who loans
money at large interest does not, by
so doing, offer evidence that he is a
knave, but the man who refuses to ac-
cept the highest interest his money
will command is certain to be called a
fool, and we all know that the world
loves knave better than fool.
Money calls about its possessor two
classes of beggars-one denounces the
rich man because he will not give
them portion of his wealth, and the
other fawns and fiatters for the PEN
nies he scatters among them. Messrs.
FLOOD & O'BRIEN did not require the
services of the Express, and it hinted
Year: 1876

that mob might be justified in fore


ing distribution they declined TO


make gratuitous. Senator JONES


thought the Express might be useful,
and we all know it will "crook the


pregnant hinges of the knee where
thrift may follow fawning." The San
Francisco firm, BALDWIN and JONES,
are all men of money. They are all
financiers. They all obey the laws of
finance. They all know the value of
a dollar. and they all prize the dollar
for its value. Messrs. FLOOD Il
OiBRIEN declined to loan O Los An
geles bank money and Los Angeles
paper denounced them as money mon
sters from whom mob would be al
most justified in forcing their treas
ure. Mr.. BALDWIN loaned Los An
geles bank money and Los Angeles
writer wonders "whether it was fair
way for man who is perhaps respon-
sible to no one in this world to employ
his capital" There is not particle
of common sense in the threats of the
Express against FLOOD & O'BRIEN,
nor in the denunciation of Mr.. BALD
WIN by the Star correspondent. Mon
ey fixes its own value. Sometimes a
dollar is worth more than it is at 9TH
ers. Judgment, circumstance, neces-
sity, name the rate of interest. The
man who wants must satisfy the man
who has. No one is to blame for do
ing the best he can with what is his
own
Year: 1876

Advocates for county division do not
appear so numerous or enthusiastic
now as two years ago. This is due to
thought and investigation. One-half
the questions over which communities
wrangle themselves into acrimonious
dispute would be settled without the
slightest ill feeling if people would
only reason together. There is no ne
cessity for calling hard names over
this division proposition. A man is
not necessarily knave or fo& who
fav0rs division, nor does opposition to
division make one a dishonest man
and scheming trickster. We may
discuss the question as neighbors
neither one of whom desires to take
the advantage of the other. AS we
have heretofore stated, there is terrific
ry in this county quite sufficient in
area to form two good counties. On
that we need not argue. But we doubt
if our population and the amount of
our taxable property is sufficiently
great to warrant the step. Others
may think otherwise, but because they
do we shall not impugn their honesty
nor question their intelligence. We
do not think any one able to demon
strate that now is the proper time to
divide this county. But we shall not
quarrel with a man who asserts his
ability TO do this, nor will erefuse to
listen to or ridicule his arguments in
that direction. Whenever it can be
shown that the interests of all will be
advanced by division of the county,
we shall as unhesitatingly advocate
the measure as we now earnestly op-
pose it. We wish that our people
were numerous enough and the sum
total of our taxable property large
enough to warrant us in favoring the
prop osition now.
Year: 1876

1t is neither just nor fair to berate
City Treasurer MULLUs alone for the
loss of the cty's funds unless it can be
shown that it was lost outside of the
dead bank. The HERALD during the
past six months has again and again
urged the Council to protect the city's
funds. We protested against the loose
if not careless manner the money the
people, with so much Inconvenience
to themselves, had paid into the City
Treasury. But we talked to unheed-
ing ears. Things went OH in the same
reckless manner as before. The Coun-
Gil had accepted the bid of TEMPLE &
WORKMAN to take the money4nd the
Treasurer refused to comply with the
order of the Council. We repeat with
out the fear of successful contradiction
that if the Council had right to or
der the funds delivered to TEMPLE &
WORKMAN, it had a right to enforce
obedience to the order. If it possessed
the first right and did not exercise the
second, every member OF that body
voting to accept the bid is equally
responsible with the Treasurer and his
bondsmen for the money lost by the
failure of the bank. This position
cannot be cOntroverted., 1t was very
well understood that the reason why
the Treasurer did not obey the order
of the Council was, because there was
collusion between himself and some
one in or about the bank, to the effect
that he should refuse to turn over the
funds to the bank and deposit them
there on his own account. This ar
rangement gave the bank the use of
the money, while it avoided the neces-
sity of paying the city the high rate
of interest offered and gave the Treas
urer the smaller interest paid on the
deposit. This was talked on the
streets months ago. Why did the
Council neglect to investigate and as
certain the truth or falsity of the re-
port? We say the Treasurer is not
alone responsible for the loss of the
city's money. We shall insist on
thorough investigation, by the Grand
Jury if necessary, of the whole mat
ter In the work of righting wrong
the HERALD knows no friends. Its
policy is to hew to the line let the
chips fall where they may.
Year: 1876

THE HERALD's suggestion that the
property worth of official bondsmen
should be established by a careful ex-
animation of the County Recorders
books is generally endorsed by the
taxpayers. Because man holds the
title to a block of buildings is no evil
dence that he owns the property.
Though worth a hundred thousand
dollars, it may be mortgaged for nine
tenths of that sum.
Year: 1876

THE DAILY and WEEKLY HER
AID has more than double the Cir
culation Of any other paper published
in Southern California. Business men
recognize it accordingly as the best
advertising medium South of San
Francisco.
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, Jan. 1Sth.-The British
Consul General at this port declines to
take any action in case of the sinking
of the Harvest Queen, beyond the col
lection of such facts as come to his
knowledge for transmission to the
board of trade on the other side. Had
he known of the collision earlier he
would have instituted a Naval Court
and made an examination of Captain
Jennings and other persons.
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, Jan. lS.-The religious
revival in Water street was at its full
height last evening. Jerry McAuley's
mission chapel was filled tonight
with a motley crowd when time came
for relation of experiences, men and
women, old and young, testified to
their love for Jesus, and thanked God
that he had saved them from lives of
misery and wretchedness.


The Trinity Church corporation has
decided to build magnificent chapel
at the corner Of Houston street, near
the Bowery.
Year: 1876

men and children. and including every soulless white man who. has been criminally engaged with

 these Indians, and no relenting until every valley and crest and crag and fastness shall send to high heaven the grateful incense of fostering and rotting Chirica- hua Indians, down to the last one of the guilty and their aiders and abettOrs.