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Year: 1876

st. Patricks day is to niict upon rs another idle
parade below Canal-st. We thought IL lad been
settled by the Board Of Police tnat no procession
should be allowed to march below that street TO the
detention Of travel aud the interruption Of business.
That the procession is 10 move from Cana-st to the
City Hall through Cenre-st instead Of Broadway is
some relief but practically all such displays in the
crowded streets of the lower part of tic city are IN
mitignfeh nniSanCes.
Year: 1876

President Wood will propose at the next meeting
Of the Board of Education rule restricting the at
tendance at the public schools TO children over six
years of ago on the ground that this viii relieve the
overcrowded buildings and improve the ventilation
Yes, and better argument still il viii give the littlr
bodies time to grow and gain the health ana
strength necessary to long course of thorough and
intelligent study. A child under proper influences
and training will learn as much at home previous to
reaching the age of SIX eight years at The
best public school.
Year: 1876

The plan of supplying the city with salt
water for sprinkling streets and eXtingnshine
fires does not gain favor on examination. a
duplicate system of pipes would be needed for
it, and that alone would probably cost more
than the additional pipes and hydrants which
alone are needed to increase the CrOton supply
Aside from the pipes, there would have TO >Oc
some system of works for either lifting the
salt water to reservoirs or forcing it by steam
pumps; of the two the reservoir would be far
the more costly, but would have the advantage
over the force-pump of not at once endanger-
ing the supply III case of an accident TO the
machinery. But either method would result in
doubtful experiment and needless outlay.
Year: 1876

There is an element in the prose fic-
ton of the last century which places it
in strong contrast with the novel of the
present time. We are now inclined to
regard tho novelist as before all things
an artist. His work is judged by the
laws proper to imaginative literature,
and success or failure is reckoned by
reference to standard which would
have been scarcely understood by the
writers or by the public of an earlier
time. On one point in particular mod
ern critics are wont to be unfailingly
severe. The novelist is not permitted
to be teacher of morals. Pardon may
be granted for other faults of style or
knowledge, but the fault of attempted
instruction is deemed objectionable,
and the writer who now undertakes to
deliver sage counsel on the rewards of
virtue or the perils of vice is at once
and confidentially judged to be ignO-
rant of the first principle Of his craft.
This modern view of the requirements
of fiction is curiously opposed to the
practice of the writers of tine last CEN
tury. There, at least, We find no doubt
in the mind of the author as to the pro-
priety of instrncting his readers. The
novel was understood to be the vehicle
for discussive comment upon manners
and morals, and the element in fiction
now held to be supreme occupied then
only subordinate place. The gift of
characterization, since discovered to be
the one enduring element in those cum
brous works Of fiction, was held at the
time to be subject to the power of the
essayist; the individual personages of
the history slowly emerged from a world
of wise and witty comment offered in
dependently by the author; and when
we strive to reach the motive of one of
these earlier novels, it is Impossible not
to feel that by the novelist himself the
facts of the story were regarded mainly
as useful machinery by the aid of which
he might deliver himself of a store of
pregnant criticisms upon men and man
ners. The fortune and fate of the hero
formed no doubt an object of interest to
him; and We may note everywhere in
the literature of the Eighteenth cen
tury the signs of a new pleasure in be-
ing able to describe and initiate the
minutest facts of real life, and to trans
fer them into the mimic world of fictisn /;
but all this side of his labor was evil
IDENTIFY deemed of less dignity and con-
sideration than the functions Of a moral
instructor. Saturday Rerie,o.
Year: 1876

which was pressed upon by the opera


tor, who at the same time made il turn
very fast after the fashion of a wimble.
The Brahmins used this drill, but with
a chord rolled around it, by pulling


which they gave an alternate rotatory
motion to the stick. Another mode of
obtaining fire was that of striking two
flints together, &c. Professor Jolly now
arrives at the question as to whether
prehistoric man was in possession of
fire. The Able Bourgeois goes so far
as to say it was known as early as the
miOcene period because in the sands of
the Orleanais he has found a piece of
artificial paste having einders adhering
to it, lying IN the midst of bones of the
mastosdon and dinoterium. Our author
considers the thing not impossible, but
not sufficiently proved, nevertheless he
is positive that the most ancient quater-
nary man did use fire, many fire-places
with ashes, cinders, half-caleined bones
and fragments of rude pottery having
unquestionably been found in caverns
pertain ing TO the period of the reindeer,
the bear, and polished stone.
Year: 1876

We are emphatically in the the age of
and it seems to us that We are
on the topmost current. One cannot go
on the streets anywhere without having
his ears offended with the vilest words,
and his reverence shocked by the most
profane use of sacred names. Nor does
it come from the old or middle aged
alone, for it is fact that the younger por-
ton of the community are most prof.
cient in degrading language. Boys have
an idea that it is smart to swear; that
it makes them manly, but there never
was a greater mistake in the world.
Men, even those who swear themselves,
are disgusted with profanity in young
man, because they know how, OF all bad
habits, this clings the most closely and
increases with years. 1t is the most in
sIdious Of habits, growing on one so in
visibly, that almost before one is aware
he becomes an accomplished cursor.
Year: 1876

There are undoubtedly seasons and
periods when it is wise to wait-when
it is not wise to commence an undertake
ing, great or small. There are studies
which it is not worth mans while to
take up, pursuits which is not worth
which it is not worth while to fill with
an occupation. No doubt we have all
our peculiar notions on this head. 1t
does not seem to US worth while to read
at dinner-time, or out of doors, or to
set ones self to learn a language in re


curing spare moments; these acts come
under the same category of virtue with
the old housewives economy of time
which makes her sit up in bed and
knit stockings in the dark, or rethread
her needle, at infinite expense of time
and eyesight, TO save an inch Of cotton.
There are vast numbers of small indus
tries that are not worth the while of
a man with one settled occupation
which engages fair portion of his
Il1llt. we HstNc HUI uiuOii idilh III tlC
achievements done in odd minutes. We
believe that there is usually more loss
than gain by them, and that manners
and conversation both suffer where
there is this trick of thinking it worth
while to pull out some impediment of
labor-pen, pencil, or needle-at times
when other people are content to seem
unemployed, and are only busy in be-
ing agreeable and placing themselves
at the service of their company. Moth
ing ministers so much to impatience as
these habits. 1t is an evidence of tho
rough self mastery when man who
knows how to use time has the sense to
recognize when time is not worth using
in any definite, ostensible way
Year: 1876

A German story thus illustrates the
fact that no creature is too small to be
of use, sooner or later:


Gan apothecary had tame squirrel,
which he was in the frequent habit OF
RECALLING with nuts, and which he used
to keep in his own private room adjoin-
ing his shop. The little fellow was al
lowed plenty of liberty, for the door OF
his cage was frequently left open, and
he used to climb up doors and windows
and spring thence upon mis- masters
hand.


'On che occasion he jumped upon the
broad brimmed hat of Quaker who
came into the shop. He made friends
with all his masters aequaintanees, but
if anybody teased him he could show
that he knew how to bite.


GAS the winter came on, he was in
the habit of building himself nest of
any tow he might find about, and used
to choose for residence the pocket of his
masters coat.


When, in the evening, the coat was
taken off and hung upon nail, the lit
tie squirrel would climb up the door on
which the nail stood, run down the
coat, and take up his quarters in the
pocket, carrying always in his mouth a
good supply of the tow, which he had
prepared and rolled together beforehand,
and with which he cOntrived TO make
in the pocket the cosiest nights lodg-
ing in the world.


"a housebreaker, watching his op-
portunity, selected an especially dark
night for getting in through the window
of the apOthecary's little back room be-
hind the shop, with, as you may imag-
inc, no good end in view.


''IIe knew that the apothecary kept
no dog; he could easily guess where his
coat was likely to be hanging up. He
soon found the pocket, and was just
about to Tighten it of purse, poeket-boOk
and keys, when misfortune totally un-
expected befell him.


SIN rummaging FOR keys and purse,
he had struck the squirrel, of whose
strange habits with regard to his bed
room he had not been aware.


"NOt liking to be thus suddenly dis
turbed, the little animal gave the thief
so sharp bite on his thumb that he
could not fOrbear yelling with pain, and
the master of the house, alarmed at the
unusual sound, came into the room
armed with the poker, just as the thief
was escaping through the window.


''The watchman happening to be pas
sing, the unwelcome guest was given in
to custody; and as the geese at Rome
had saved the capital by their cackling,
so the little squirrel had saved his mas
ter's property by lodging in his coat
pocket"
Year: 1876

and he perceived that he held his be-
loved clasped in his arms.


The legend is pretty one, although
it is alleged that it had its origin in the
circumstance of young hunter having
once chased moose so hotly that the
animal leaped over the precipice; when
he, coming too swiftly and suddenly to
its brink, and unable to check his speed
was carried over also.
Year: 1876

Why Judge Stone Was Abducted.
By American Press Association to the STAR.


OMAHA, NRB., August 1.-THE object
Of taking and OBTAINING Judge Stone
yesterday was to allow the time for the
holding Of Court to expire, and thus
prevent the approval of the receivers
bond; but the Associate Judge went to
Bowlder and adjourned Court till to-
morrow, when final action in the case
will be had and the Colorado Central
Railroad turned over to the receiver.
Year: 1876

To dispute Mr.. Pope's dictum that
order is Heavens first law, is not my
purpose: but against the way in which
some housekeepers accept that law
would respectfully protest. Chairs plac-
ed primly along the wall in rows, piano
closed. four books on the center table,
two at either end crossed at right angles
with each other, and the mantcl clear
except for the clock in the middle, and
IA pair Of bronze etfigies thanking it-ths
keepers keep their parlors in order. But
is it order after all ? Housckeepers
preach from the text, "A place for ev-
erything and everything in its place"
and the pith of the text is in the word
place. If your place for chairs is along
the wall, for the newspapers the rack,
for the books their shelves, when you
have reduced your parlor to IA desert
like condition, with oaseS of chairs and
marhle-topped tables, then your parlor
is III order, excellent order, and let no
pr"fane hand disarrange its angularity
But another honsekeeper may choose to
leave a newspaper in yOnder chair by
the window, will tolerate couple of
magazines on the table, together with
an arithmetic and a treatise on Political
Economy, and if the sleek, gray eat of
the family is disposed to curl upon IA
hassock IN Il sunbeam and go to sleep,
she Is not compelled to beat a hasty and
undlgnitied retreat. This second parlor
Is III Just exactly us good order as the
first. Is not everything in its place
Ask the gay cat, and see if the wise
creature does not purr forth an affirma-
tive reply.


Those friends of mankind, books, are
great sufferers to Il mistaken sense of
order When | put down my volume
on the table and thrust Il newspaper be
tween the leaves to keep the place,
while run round the corner to get
bunch of celery for madam, it is tritie
aggravating to return ten minutes later
and md the book put away and the
newspaper in the rack. Do | venture IA
remohstrance upon the exile of my COM
panion, who is regarding me from be
hlnd glass case with cOuntenance
winch expresses the staIling's senti-
mthts, Il cant get out :" am told that
the parlor must be kept in order and
that the place for books is on the shelf
Year: 1876

After recovery of the body. sending
fol medical assistance, and securing ev-
cry thing likely to be needed, there are
two things to he done, and it may be
further said, done ut the same time.
The first is. restoration of the breath
ing: and the second, restoration of the
circulation and warmth of the body.
Year: 1876

EDUCATION FOR ETERNITY.-It seems TO
me that the thing we fail TO appreciate
most is eternity as a duration. / am not
feverish as 1 used TO be. / used TO think
that lived this side of the grave; that I
must make up the great bulk of my condi-
ton this side OF it, and that was to appear
before God at death in finished state, a
state in which should remain for years,
and ages and ever. know better now. 1
know that when God lifts me out of This
mortal life in which live as the seed
lives in the sod at my feet; when he lifts
me as a seed in his palm ard looks at me,
shall not be grown thing, but germi-
mating thing. know well that when he
takes my soul and stands it up before him,
1t will be only as the mother takes the
babe who has not yet learned the strength
Of its limbs nor how to stand in The moth
er's presence. Iknow well, my people,
that when 1 am asked to sing before God,
and make bad work of it, because my soul
has not learned the mastery of the express
ion of the spiritual melodies, it will not be
with frown that God receives into his
senses my discords, but rather he will hear
with that compassion and with that hope
fulness with which the mother receives the
first simple pipings of her child: enough
for the mother TO know If in some little fill
ament OF sound or some little quavering
note she detects the vocal elements, which
under guidance and training may develop
the capacity for song. If the church will
only help me, as the seed is helped by the
warmth and the moisture; II the church
will only plant me wisely and tenderly, so
that shall be likely seed, beautiful
root, a hardy stem and stock, when God
transplants me to that finer soil, shall
feel that the church has fulfilled ali its uses
to me, and given me a fair star. in the
heavenly line of progression into which 1
shall move as stars move in their orbit,
when rise into my position in the firma-
ment of Cody. II. II. MurrGys Friday
EUcninl talk.
Year: 1876

A CHEAP PICTURE KNoB.-Nalls are
never satisfactory, even when furnished
with Ln ornamental head, for they spring
the lathing and damage both plaster and
paper. The nice porcelain knobs are deem
ed too expensive to furnish house through
out, and do not always correspond with the
other furniture. Take empty spools No.
80 or 80, saving each in two parts, and
shorten each half little. Put them up
with 1t or II inch screws, reaming the
spool little to sink the head of the screw.
They can be easily touched with white
paint, or stained to match the border. They
are much neater and more satisfactory than
one would suppose. Mirror and picture
knobs should always be placed near the
ceiling of the room.
Year: 1876

In answer TO demand for recipe for
tanning skins with the fur on, an exchange
newspaper gives the following; "First
scrape off all the fieshy or fatty parts
sprinkle we'll with equal parts OF pulver-
lied alum and fine salt, fold together with
the fur side out and lay on a shelf in the
cellar for about nine days; then put the
skin in quantity of wheat bran and rub
WE'LL lay it on board and scrape with a
knife, giving 1t alternate rubbings and
scrapings until dry and soft then hang it
out and air it well, and If necessary wash
II Ia suds, being careful 10 rub well why
drying"
Year: 1876

like worm fence. 1t was two logs in
hight, or barely two feet. Our men
threw themselves fiat on their faces un-
der this line of defenses, for no sooner
had they reached it then the artillery
fire from the ridge was changed to can
ister and shrapnel. and the infantry
rained down shower of balls. Mount
ed officers were compelled to instantly
abandon their horses and join the men
in hugging the ground behind the logs.
But even there, there was little shelter.
The artillery and infantry on the ridge
turned their fire obliquely down its face,
and thus looked behind and enfladed,
more or less completely from one side
or the other, every part of the zig-zag
line of logs. The storm of shells and
Enfield bullets from the ridge was ter
rife, and even the stone chimneys of
the huts that the builders of the log de-
fense had occupied were sent whirling
about the ears of the PROSTATE assail-
ants. The din was torturing even to
men accustomed to battle, and flying
missiles came so thickly that no man
could raise his head The veteran troops
of the army of the Cumberland waited
for no order to get themselves out of
that terrible situation. There was but
one thing to be done. They could not
remain, they could not 60 back and be
shot down from behind all the way across
the plain. The regimental commanders
each one for himself, for no order from
brigade or division commander could
have been communicated to these men,
with their faces to the ground, in the
horrid din, called to the few men lying
nearest him, and started forward up the
ridge. The enemy had not yet recover
ed from the effect of the audacious and
unexpected advance. Had the ridge
been coolly defended, it could not have
been taken. But the army of the Cum
berland was in position that set the
mems souls on fire. They struggled up
over the rough and obstructed hillside,
and Bragg's army saw its fate approach
ing. Two-thirds Of the way up, the
foremost assailants shot down the rebel
artillery men until their guns were
abandoned, and then officers with flash
ing swords and men with cleaning bay
onets leaped the crowning breast-works
full in the faces of their dismayed de-
tenders. When Hazen's brigade was
gathering up the twenty-five pieces of
rebel artillery which were its trophies
on the ridge, Gen. Wood rode in among
the men. The general was almost wild
with Joy. Men !" he exclaimed to the
soldiers, Men! I'm going to have you
all court-martialed in the morning You
were ordered to take the rife-pits, and
here you've gone and captured the ridge
itself and all of poor Bragg's artillery
I'll have you all court-martialed for dis
obedience of orders
Year: 1876

sometimes fancied, when got dirty do
ing all this, that ! was happy. had so
long been accustomed to work for those
| loved that it was hard to learn that
there might be any reproach connected
with it. | must do Fanny the justice to
say that she was very kind and grateful
to me.


On the last day, after having some
cold tea out of a pitcher ON the corner of
mantel piece, overheard Mr.. jenkins,
who had brought friend in to admire
his new dwelling, say


Well, the carpets are down, the fur
niture is all here, and | think now when
we get our servants, and engage baker
and milkman, and are entirely rid of the
mother-in-law, we shall be ready to move
in"


Both my children married, / had my
solitary little house to myself, and very
solitary it was. / tried to get up some
spasmodic friendships with my neigh
bors, but being hollow, these forced init
macies soon fell through. But l ought
not to complain; it is the way of the
world.


only wonder if considering the love
we have for our children, young or old
the world is not apt to be little hard
upon the mother-in-law
Year: 1876

How TO READ.-Don't let a thing
slip by you in your reading that you
don't understand, if you can help it.
Whatever it may be, follow the ad-
vice of the sagaeious Captain Cutie and
"make a note ont" If it is the mean :
ing of word, or the whereabouts of a
town, or the date of an event, or a COW
vert allusion, whatever it is, don't let it
pass you without finding its full mean
ing. If you have the right book of ref
erence, look it up at once. If you have
not, make memorandum of it, and have
it looked up and explained next time.
The value of book is very often not so
much in what is within it as in what is
suggested by it. Follow up every hint
and suggestion of this sort, and you
will acquire store of information. But
once get into the habit of letting such
matters slip from sheer incidence, and
your reading will be superficial and al
most worthless.-Boson Journal
Year: 1876

or less If necessary. Remember / going to sell
my goods no matter about the price those in want
Of Clothing, Hats Caps. had better call and see
me before buying elsewhere. for will not be un.
dersold by any Call early while the assortment
is good
Year: 1876

The Grand Duke will, however, be well
supported by bis chief of staff, Gen. Nep
okoytzisky, one of the best superior officers
the B0ssian army possesses. Hitherto he
has been kept back solely because of his
being Pole by birth and his appointments
to 30 important post now shows that the
Gear highly appreciates the ability of the
man. The General was chief of the ataR
of the Army corps commanded by Gen.
Luders during the war of 1854. He went
then through the whole campaign on the
Danube, and thus became thoroughly
familiar with the region in which he will
have to operate nor. 1t is more than pro-
bable that the Grand Duke Nicholas will
be mere fgurehead during the iorthcom
ing war, and that his chief of staff will be
the actual Commander in Chief
Year: 1876

The opening matches of the Centennial
rifle tournament at Creedmoor yesterday
were attended with the greatest possible
success, SO far as the expectations of the
managers are concerned. AS the matches
were for short and long ranges and indi-
vidual competition the number of visitors to
Creedmoor was not very great, but the
rather threatening aspect of the sky in the
early morning had much to do with render
ing the attendance only moderate. On the
other hand, the shooting was superb. Ex-
pert rifemen, whose scores of yesterday
would have placed them high up on the
prize list two years ago, found themselves
excluded from the ranks of the winners
by extraordinary scores, the high
est, perhaps, that have ever been
made at the several ranges. This
shows such an improvement in the marks
manship Of what may be termed the rank
and file Of Creedmoor frequeDters that we
may look with confidence for still more ex-
traordinary performances at the butts to-day
by the corps deli,e, whence the contesting
teams are made up. To foretell the result
OF any of the matches would require an in
spiration from above which was only granted
to the old prophets An opinion based on
the practice trials of the last few weeks
would be almost as valueless as a political
prediction founded on the condition of the
weather We shall be satisfied with any
result that comes from these contests, be-
cause we ara confident even tho vic.oro W m
feel that they have won by such bare ma
jority of points that they have merely escaped
defeat