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Year: 1876

In the Cleveland Leader, Of June Esd,
1876, the working people are thus lee
tured:


Considering the hard times now expe-
riC need among he work ng cla' sin this
country, it may be appropriate to discuss
the subject of cheap living, Working
people the world over are in the same
situation, but they manage to stand it
better in other countries on account Of
their habitu0l economy. An Italian la
borer, earning thirty cents day, will
support his wife and two or three chill
dren. At noon, in the short halt of his
work, he throws himself down in the
shade ofa tree, or a wall and eats large
piece of bread, with nothing to give it
relish but an onion or a large piece Of
garlic The evening meal with his FAM
ilv, will consist or coarse bread, a variety
of cheap vegetables, a salad gathered
along the roadside, and so seasoned as to
cause a pleasing sensation TO the Pdidte, and
now and then washed down with a bottle
of wine costing four or five cents. In
France the poor people fall back on soup,
which they can almost make OUT OF
Ef1 n NINbC. III NGI many llNN VIII
subsist on bread and vegetables. The
working classes in all European countries
are able, during the dull season. to restrict
their appetite to a modest bill of fare,
adequate to their means, and continue to
live in the enjoyment of good health.


Further on the writer gives practical
test:


A gentleman who has busted himself
considerably in endeavoring to solve this
problem states that a few days ago he
purchased material and made soup for
nine persons at an expense Of six cents !;
three cents for peas, one cent for one
Bermuda onion, ditto for two heads of
asparagus, and dozen leaves Of espin-
ach, and ONE CENT for a small bone
which TIL Z BUTCHER WOULD HAVE
THROWN AWAY.


What stalwart feelings The very
thought must bring unboundod happi-
ness to people who are suffering for the
advicel


Just elect Mckinley and the Republi-
can ticket, and you will all enjoy this
economy to endless time.
Year: 1876

county do not want a man in that
important Office who spends his
time inSelectioneering for himself
writing deeds and mortgages
which is not part of his official
duties, and preparing worthless
abstracts.


A dose Of reform is needed in
this office as we'll as in others OF
more Importance, and that reform
can be reached by placing in the
office a competent and dill
gent person like Mr.. MANLY,
instead of the old political hack
who at present occupies it. Will
cox has clearly shown, in the last
six years, either that he is incom-
petant to discharge the duties of
his position or is too negligent
and lazy to do so, and in either
case he is not fit to hold the po-
sition.


The people Of this county
should reflect upon this before
they again entrust thing Of such
great value and Importance to
every one as the county records
to the keeping of man who is
so unfit to fulfil such a trust as
Wilcox has shown himself to be.


T. F. D.
Year: 1876

Without scratch. Remember, Tilden,
Hendricks and Reform are what the
country demands in the name of Justice
and honest government. He that is not
with us is against us. The man who
sustains Grantism has no claim what
ever upon any Democrat or Liberal,
Pass the word around.
Year: 1876

The officeholders and ring-leaders Of
the Republican party are alarmed for
Ohio, and are hurting all the big guns of
their party into this State. There is a
panic at Washington and elsewhere
among the leaders Of the party in power
They fear the people and a fair election
Year: 1876

This was McKinley's last effort to get
office in Stark county. 1t may be that
there are circumstances that have in
creased Major McKinley's popularity
since 1871. and if SO, the editor of the
Salem Republican is doubtless informed
as to them, and he will confer great IA
vor on us if he will only make us as wise
as he is himself.
Year: 1876

The following article appeared in the
Youngstown Register and Tribune only a
few weeks ago We have read and
heard of many severe charges brought
against Mr.. Mckinley, but have seen
nothing in which the facts and figures
are so minutely and accurately stated.
Read it. 1t is Republican testimony
showing how Mr.. Mckinley stands at
home:


AN AVAILABLE CANDIDATE.


The question of the availability Of the
several candidates for Congress is now
under discussion. The Salem Republican
has insisted that Mr. Woodwork is not
a good candidate because he ran behind
the ticket in 1874, although the fact is he
ran ahead of it. The same paper advo-
Gates the nomination of Major McKin-
ley, on the ground, We presume, that he
is in peculiar sense available, and can
carry more votes than any one else
Now we have some figures on this point
that may be interesting to pursue. The
last time Major Mckinley was Candi-
date for office was in 1871, at which time
he ran for Pros eCuting Attorney Of Stark
county, The whole Republican ticket
was elected, except perhaps some very
unimportant Offices, with the exception
of the Republican candidate for Prosecu-
ting Attorney. How far he came short
of it the following f,ures will show, as
well as afford measure of his available
ity. In Stark county election, October,
Year: 1876

Last night crowds OF curious people gathered here and
there throughout the city available enjoy
the sight OF lunar eclipse which announced
by Professor Parkhurst to begin at eleven p NJ. The
sky very cloudy about that time, but many waited
in patience hoping that the clouds would float away
Later the became less dense. and and then


little cef allowed brief glimpse at the silvery orb;
BRIEF however to satisfy the sky-gazing crowds.
Being rule. unscientinc, the watchers did know
at what particular point OF the periphery the
eclipse would first DO visible, and when the clcfts
closed and the moon shaded, much discussion was
INDUCED In, half a dozen persons declaring thcy had
the eclipse in as many different places In discus
sion and waiting the night wore into morning and
still the Queen OF Night yelled


The eclipse visible IN all parts Of the Union but
as no scientific results could accrue owing the grad
ual shading of the moon while in penumbra (which
prevent precise observaons, the event. OF course pos
sessed no real importance.
Year: 1876

Last night Military Hall No 1913 Bowery. presented
a scene Of great animation. The regular meeting of
the Crispins" held of the upper noors and
the arrests during the day lent additional interest
the meeting. The proceedings werc OF course, secret
but the determination OF the lodge was TO resist
what they deem outrage, and resolution was
passed proceed In the strike to the bitter end IL
also determined 10 take due legal for the
release of the workmen arrested during the day
AZ the instgation OF Hannah Il Reddish In
conversation with the reporter of the principal
officers said d:"All the arrested entirely in
nocent of the assaults committed None had ever
worked for the firm, and they taken from their
benches In different shops. The Order OF Crspins
trey discaIm any responsibility for the assaults,
which doubt committed by sun
dry excited strikers. The order to have
their rights, but only by just and legal means and
without violence Of any kind We will aud and protect
men whom claim arrested without cause. We
further claim and prove that all the trouble has
been fostercd and instigated by the firm mentioned


The striking shoemakers who have been interfering
with the operations of Hanan Rcddsh's shoe factory,
Warren street, In consequence of the nrm
employing non-society mon renewed their attack
yesterday. Captain Sanders, OF the Church street
police station, armed with warrants issued Tor their
arrest indictments for conspiracy found few days
ago by the Grand Jury arrested thirty eight Of the
striking gentlemen and brought them TO the Church
street station from whence they will be brought
court this morning
Year: 1876

1t was reported yesterday that in consequence Of
threatened reduction in wages general strike would
place among tho printers working In the principal
job Offices h the city. The printers say That II any
reduction takes place the present rates they will be
unable 10 make living, ana that they will certainly
strike as the only remedy In their power
Year: 1876

The investigation OF tho accounts Of the police jus
tccs Of Jersey City by tho Board Of Finance nearly
concluded and the dcalcation thus far discovered s
startling The Board will meet today and continue the
examination Of the Justices OF whom dsappearse
from the city weeks ago and has not since reurneA
Year: 1876

SILENCE. Some persons think that
they know what silence is, but they
may not be so sure Of it after reading
the discussion Of the scientists on this
grateful topic. "Preyer ds6nes silence
a. state Of uniform minimum excita-
ton of the auditory nerve-ibres. and
joins issue with Fechner and others who
deny its claim to be regarded as posi-
tive form of sensation at all. Fechner
distinguishes between the effect Of abb
sence Of light upon the eye, and that Of
absence of sound upon the ear; black
he regards as sensation, silence as an
absence Of all sensation. Preyer points
out. on the contrary, that the two cases
are in every way analogous, and that
the auditory organ never sinks, any
more than the retina, below the zero of
sensation. The pressure Of the fluid
contents Of the lybyrinth, and the flow
of blood through the vessels, must give
rise to sensations of which we are un.
conscious only because Of their uni
formity, their constancy, and their low
degree Of intensity. Silence, when the
attention is concentrated on the sense
of hearing, is found to vary in degree,
just as the blackness Of the visual field
when light is excluded from the eye,
has been observed to vary.
Year: 1876

You must be a very able man, as
nearly all the millionaires are.


You must devote your life to the
getting and keeping Of other mems
earnings.


You must eat the bread of careful
ness and must rise up early and lie
down late.


You must care little or nothing about
other mems wants, or sufferings, or
disappointments.


You must not mind it that your
great wealth involves many others in
poverty.


You must not give away money ex-
cept for material equivalent.


You must not 60 meandering about
Nature, nor spend your time enjoying
air, earth, sky, or water, for there is
no money in it.


You must never embark in any en-
terprise that will build up the place
you live in, but wait until the public
spirited men have built railroads, etc. I,
then buy the stock at a discount.


You must never give to the widow
or orphan a thought, or consider that
they have any claims upon your human
ity or charity.


You must make money your god !;
interest your faith; and large posses
sions the heaven you covet. And,
when dying, give away few pence to
heaven.


You must not distract your thoughts
from the great purpose of your life with
the charms of art and literature.


You must not let philosophy or re-
ligion engross you during the secular
time.


You must not allow your wife or
children to occupy much of your valu-
able time and thoughts.


You must never permit the fascina-
tions of friendship to inveigle you into
making loans, however small.


You must abandon all other ambi-
tions or purposes, and finally


You must be prepared to sacrifice
ease and all fanciful notions you may
have about tastes and Injuries and en-
joyments during most, if not all, Of
your natural life.


If you think the game is worth the
candle-you can die rich-some Of
you can.
Year: 1876

Investigation is right, and research IL
duty but investivation is not sneering,
nor does research consist in retailing
second hand falsehoods and exploded
theories.


Our great trouble with many I'M
believers is, they have never carefully
investigated the things they condemn.
There are hosts Of infdels who never
read the bible through and We have
never seen one yet who had even a
moderate acquaintance with the reasons
why intelligent men believe the Bible.
They have read a few objections, q few
cavils, a few sneers and few mis-
statements, and then have made up
their minds, like the Dutch justice who,
having heard the plaintiffs evidence
carefully through, ruled out all the
defendants evidence at once, saying,
"It is no use ; de plaintiff has got hii
case


Another more serious fact is, that
multitudes of unbelievers have no moral
earnestness, and do not care button
what truth is, any way. You may
prove what you please, and they will
think what they like, and act as they
like, and act as they think.


Now one Of the first and most indis-
pensable qualities in any man who pro-
poses to investigate anything. is sin
cere, earnest, and unquenchable desire
to know the truth. No man can pro-
psrly investigate thing unless he is
honest enough to desire to know the
exact and absolute truth. And no man
who is Indifferent to truth is worthy to
be regarded as an investigator. or to be
credited in his pretensions to research.
The skeptical world are many Of them
in this position. Part Of them do not
know what truth is, and part of them
do not care. A few others are misled
by false statements, bold assertions,
and honest perplsxities which they have
not studied enough to solve. All Of
them live largely on the faults Of hypo-
critics and the imperfections of people
who profess Christianity and live con-
trary to its teachings-a varied and
plentiful diet, but one which affords
little nourishment, and less strength.
and which reminds one Of the jockey'i
remark when asked what inference he
would draw from the passage: IA wild
ass snuffeth the east wind, replied, II
should think he would snuff it good
while before he got very fat"


Living on the faults of hypocrites is
a hard diet and there is neither sense
nor reason in finding fault with the BIZ
BILE for the faults of men who act con-
trary to its precepts.


The best way to investigate the Bible
is to read it and obey it. It will
neither kill nor ipjure a man to try the
path of life and peace. Experiment is
the best test; and very many in6dsls
have followed Gods word until they
found peace and rest and blessing
such as skepticism could never give
them, rest that this poor world does
not afford. Reader, try this. Prove
all things, hold fast that which is good
Year: 1876

Directly opposite the Winter Palace,
in st. Petersburg, and one of the most
conspicuous objects along the whole
line of the Neva, is the citadel, or old
fortress, in reality the foundation of
the city-the golden spire of its church
shooting toward the sky and glittering
in the sun. This spire, which rises
away into nothing, is surmounted by q
large globe on which stands an angel
supporting cross. This angel, being
made of perishable materials, once
manifested symptoms of decay, and
fears were entertained that it would
soon be numbered with the fallen.
Government became perplexed how to
repair it; to raise scaffolding to such
height would cost more than the an
gel was worth.


Among the crowd which daily as
sembled to gaze at it from below was
roofer of houses, who, after long
and silent examination, went to the
Government, and offered to repair it
without any scaffolding or assistance of
any kind.


His offer was accepted, and on the
day appointed for the attempt, provided
with nothing but coil of cords, he as
cended inside to the highest window,
and looking for moment at the crowd
below and at the spire tapering away
above him, stood on the outer ledge of
the window. The spire was covered
with sheets of gilded copper, which, to
beholders from below, presented only
smooth surface of FURNISHED gold; but
the sheets were roughly laid, and fast
ened with large nails which projected
from all sides of the spire.


He cut two pieces of cord and tied
loops at each end of both, fastened the
upper loops over two projecting nails,
and stood with his feet in the lower;
then clinching the fingers of one hand
over the rough edges of the sheets of
copper, raised himself till he could
hitch one of the loops on a higher nail
with the other hand. He did the same
for the other loop, and so he raised one
leg after the other, and at length as
cended, nail by nail and stirrup by STIR
rup, till he clasped his arms around the
spire, directly under the ball.


Here it seemed impossible to go any
further, for the ball was ten or twelve
feet in circumference, with smooth and
glittering surface, and no projecting
nails and the angel was above the ball,
as completely out of sight as if it were
in the habitations of its prototypes. But
the daring roofer was not disheartened.
Rising himself in his stirrups, he encir-
cled the spire with cord which he tied
round his waist, and, SO supported,
leaned gradually, until the soles of his
feet were braced against the spire, and
his body fixed almost horizontally in
the air. In this position he threw
cord over the top of the ball, and threw
it so coolly and skillfulIy, that on the
first attempt it fell down on the other
side, just as he wanted it. Then he
threw himself up to his original posi-
ton, and by means of this cord climbed
up the smooth sides of the globe, and in
few moments, amid thunders of ap-
plause from the crowd below-which at
that great height sounded only like a
faint murmur-he stood by the side of
the angel. After attaching cord to it,
he descended, and the next day carried
up with him a ladder of ropes, and
effected the necessary repairs.
Year: 1876

On the 2Sth of April, 1876, Deadwood
City was laid out and lots became sub
ject to location. Since that time,
phenix-like, our city has sprung into
existence, and with degree of GER
tainty can we look upon her as city to
be proud of to-day and one we can rest
assured of as being not only to-day but
for years to come the metropolis OF
Lawrence County, organized OF amor
ganized. To-day the value of the i'm
provements already made in our city
will foot up not less than $4,000, not
saying word regarding the lots them
selves, which cost in the first place the
small sum of $3.50 each. Taking the
price paid for unimproved lots sold in
the past few days, we are of the opin-
ion that the actual cash value of the real
estate of Deadwood City will exceed
800, 900, and the city is yet an infant,
being just three months old.-BtGch
HIS Pioneer.
Year: 1876

CANNED CUCUMBERs.-Use none but
small ones. Let them stand over night
in salt and water. In the morning
pack in cans and cover with hot cider
vinegar. Use horse radish, pepper or
spice to taste. Seal up air tight.
Year: 1876

Between twelve and one O'Clock yesterday morning


fire broke out in the repair shop OF the Pullman Pal
ace Car Company, in Greene street, Jersey City
large quantity OF material used for upholstery the
destroyed The loss is about $3 600 which is
covered by
Year: 1876

The committee investigating the af-
fairs of the Freedman's Bank have
made their report. 1t sets forth at


length the evil doings OF those who
in effect robbed the bank, and recon.
mend that they be indicted, tried ana
punished to the full extent OF the law .
Year: 1876

Henry Ward Beecher has lately re-
turned from successful lecturing tour
through Canada. Theodore Tilton is
making a pecuniary success of his
lecturing tour in the United States.
Crowds go to see them as they would go
20 see monstrosities of the human or
brute creation. 1t is true that these
two men are worth hearing, but their
audiences go to see them rather than to
hear them. They have something to
say, and are able to say it well, and their
ability would attract listeners, outside
of their notoriety, although the lectur-
ing humbug is by no means so sue
cessful as it has been. But it is neither
their matter nor their manner that att
tracts their audiences, and they know
it. They both claim to be teachers of
morality; one of them is clergyman,
and the other doubtless considers him>
self fully as good as any clergyman;
yet they both make merchandise OF a
most disgraceful notoriety, gained by
acts of their own which have lowered
them in the estimation of decent peo-
pie. No question of guilt or innocence
need be considered; it is certain that a
disgraceful notoriety attaches to those
men, and that it is because of that
notoriety that people pay money to see
them, rather than to hear them.-St.
Louis Times.
Year: 1876

Hydrophobia in the dog, an salts
fed, is the result of the animal having
been inoculated by some person suffer.
ing from the disease of intoxication.
Startling as this theory may appear,
there is not the least question but that
the facts will bear it out. First, hy-
ticai ii hiDst physical coniitions-sub-
jects dead of either disease presenting
nearly the same autopsy. Second, the
saliva Of man dying from delirium tre-
mems. and that of dog suffering from
rabies, bear the same chemical analy>
sis. Third, the entire system of the
patient suffering from alcoholic mad
ness is SO poisoned that rapid inocula
tion will follow any contact with the
virus of the blood. Fourth, the bite of
man in an alchoholic fit has been
known to result in hydrophobia. AS to
the application of these facts:


l. With the canine race hydrophobia
is never spontaneous; with man the dis
ease is known to be.


g. There is not case on record of q
dog having died with hydrophobia that
will not admit of proof, if the facts can
be ascertained, that the dog had previ-
ously bitten an intoxicated person, or
had been attacked by some other ami
NAL suffering from like incubation.


GEO. WILL JOHNSON,
Superintendent Brooklyn Society for the


Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Year: 1876

1t requires but small capital TO
start with ee-keeping on a small scale,
and as skill and knowledge increase
numbers increase. The fear of being
stung deters many from keeping bees
who would otherwise gladly engage in
:. IT. NySs SiOscd up Tor q
day or two, aud perhaps suffer with a
so~oro hesdschs the while, is by no
means pleasant. This, however, can
be easily avoided by providing ones
self with veil and gloves. A cheap and
easy way to make bee veil is as fol-
lows: Procure piece of plain, coarse
black bobinet, sew it up as sack, run
a drawstring in the end, which tie
around the crown of the hat; put q
string in the lower end also, which tie
around the neck, or simply tuck it in
around the neck, which will answer
just as we'll. Should bee strike the
veil with the intention of stinging
the brim of the hat will hold it q suffi>
cient distance from the face to render
it impossible for it to reach one. Gloves
can be rubber or coarse, thick, home
knit woolen gloves, wet in cold water
previous to using. The best thing I
ever tried for bee-sting, to neutralize
the poison and relieve the pain, is lye
soap or common soda-either will do.
Gentleness and the iudicious use of
little smoke are the best bee charms.
No one should attempt to keep bees in
any but q moveable frame hive. The
time to make bee-keeping successful in
the old log or box gum is gone. They
hold too many hiding places for the
moth and its progeny Of worms, and
make it too difficult, indeed next to an
impossibility, to extricate them. A
good, plain, moveable frame hive, well
painted, will last life time. There is
no such thing as q moth proof hive.
Common sense will teach any one that
where bee can enter O moth can enter.
The secret of success in keeping out
moths. is to keep your colonies full
and strong, in close, well-made hive,
and they will attend to that part of the
business themselves. If you wish bees
to do well, by all means look to the
strength of your hives.