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Year: 1876

The following is said to be one o.


most brilliant articles written by the


lamented G.. D. Prentice


" The fiat of nature is inexorable


There is no appeal for relief from the


great law which dooms us to dust. We


flourish and fade as the leaves Of the


forest, and the flowers that bloom and


wither in day. have no frazier hold


upon life than the mightiest monarch


who ever shook the earth with his foot
steps. Generations of men will appear
and disappear on earth, and the multi
tude that throng the world to-day will
disappear as the footsteps on the shore.
Men seldom think of the great event
of death until the shadow falls across
their own pathway, hiding from their
eyes the faces Of loved ones whose liv-
ing smile was the sunlight Of their ex-
istence Death is the antagonist of life,
and the thought of the tomb is the
skeleton of all feasts. We do not want
to 60 through the dark. although the
passage may lead to paradise we do
not want to lie down in the damp
grave, even with princes for bed-fel-
lows In the beautiful drama of Ion,
the hope of Immortality, is eloquently
uttered by the death devoted Greek and
finds deep response in every thought
ful soul. When about to yield his
young existence as a sacrifice to fate,
bis Clementhe asks if they should meet
again, to which be replies: L have
asked that dreadful question of the hills
hat look eternal-of the clear stream
hat flows forever-of the stars among
Ehose fields Of azure my raised spirits
,ave walked IN glory. All were dumb,
'ut as l gaze upon thy living face. l
eel there is something in the love that
nautles through its beauty that cannot
wholly perish. We shall meet again,
>"
Year: 1876

ondition, she asked that all 60 out o.


the room excepting her husband and


housekeeper. when she told how much
she dreaded leaving her little child
amongst strangers, and as dying wife
entrestcd them to marry again. The
proposition was strange one, but both
promised, and in few months after
ward. when the second wife had been
dead sufficient length Of time not to
cause remarks, the two were again
married, brought together after a cruel
separation of SO many years. and we
believe, are now living happily together
in a cosy West End house .-Cincin-
moti Enquirer.
Year: 1876

LOST THINGS. are a great


many things lost that are found again.
and great many others that are lost
and never found again There are rep
utations lost, which cannot be regained /;
there are hopes lost. which come not
back again; there are joys and friend
ships lost; there are thoughts and tal-
ents lost, that are never found. Every
man has at sometime lost something,
which be would give the world, if it
were bis, to recover. 1t may have been
but single pearl from the thread Of
friendship or mere hope Of his soul.
but it was preoiously dear to him, and
life is sad and dark without it. The
smallest things are oftentimes the
dearest to the heart of man, as for in
stance. little wife, little fortune,
little home. What wonder, then, that
when they are lost. he would give
everything he had for their recovery!
Year: 1876

THERE sometimes wants only stroke
of fortune to discover numberless good
or bad qualities, which would other
wise have been eternally concealed as
words written with certain liquor ap-
pear only when applied to the fire.
Lord GreriWe. 'aa
Year: 1876

What q revolution! The expression
Everything is lovely and the goose
hangs high" corrupts the saying,
Everything is lovely when the goose
honks high" The honk Is the note
sounded BY the wild goose in its fight,
and is about the only music 10 which
that bird indulges.
Year: 1876

To the boy, the world beyond his


immediate surrounding is only picture


He does not know how real are the
sorrows, the passions, the ambitions of


men. Its absorbing interest, its heroes
and its martyrs, are heard Of by him


without understanding or with indif-
ference. His sport, his lessons, his
home-life, are alone real. But there
will come change. The ordinarily
slow growth into manhood, with its
business or professional pursuits and
widening relations or startling events,
such as the death Of parent, or some
intellectual or spiritual appeal, striking
out the latent soul, will make vivid and
earnest what was indistinct and unin-
terestiDg. Like stereoscopic picture
before it is put in the stereoscope, the
life Of man has no reality; but when
the boy awakens, as with the picture
within the instrument. SO with him, a
solidity and naturalness will be acquired
by the external world, and be will feel
what it is henceforth to live and move
amongst these grander and graver
forms. Many mistakes will be commit,
false estimates will be form Of propor-
tion and perspective, the earuestness
Of bis new conceptions will hurry him
into extravagances and generous errors;
but if there is truth 10 bis nature and
nobleness iu his spirit just views will
be formed. and the day in which it is
given him to work will find him not
unmindful Of the responsibility which
arises from knowledge Of the coming
night
Year: 1876

FRErTINa. One fretter can destroy
the peace Of family, can disturb the
harmony Of neighborhood. can un-
settle the councils Of cities and hinder
in legislation Of nations He who frets
is never the one who mends, who heals,
who repairs evils; more, he discour-
ages, enfeebles, and too often disables
those around him. who, but for the
gloom and depression of his company,
would do good work and keep up brave
cheer. The effect upon sensitive per-
son Of the mere neighborhood Of q
fretter is indescribable It is to the
soul what a cold, 10y mist is to the
body-more chilling than the bitterest
storm. And when the fretter is one
beloved whose nearness Of relation to US
makes his fretting at the weather seem
like personal reproach to Us, then the
misery of it becomes indeed insupport-
able Most men call frettipg a minor
fault-a foible, and not a vice. There
is no vice except drukenness which can
70 utterly destroy the peace. the happi-
ness of home.
Year: 1876

Among the strange things recorded in
the Old and New TcStnmcnts, look W
\ on the fable in which dob is the hero us
the most remarkable, and it is II fair
illustration Of the present day cnincidcn.
ccs that have come under the direct OBJ
srrvution Of your humble servant.


Judging that the same spirit Of pecun-
iry speculation (or gan,bl ng) existed
in ancient times among individuals that
docs at the present day, it is reasonable
to suppose that his Satanic Majesty made
bet in regard to jobs tirmuess. On
one occasion, when Satan had been walk
ng up and down the earth and wander
ing to and fro, he called in at hcnd1uar-
tcrs, at the office of the Lord. When the
question had been asked and answered
in regard to his journey, the Lord asked
satan il he had considered his servant
lob } Of there WAS any betting done,
here is where it would tc likely to take
vace) He answered in the affirmative.
and said, if you will kin his cattle he
will curse you to your face. The Lord
gave Satan perm issi"n to try his hand
upon Job, hut instructed him not to
kin him. Satan then set his thieves to
work on the stock, and turned whirl-
wind louse upon jobs children, and
finally devastated all that Job had, but
all to no avail.


Job was not weak kneed, like some
of the prescntday politicians he stuck
to his faith. Satan visited headquarters
again, and confessed his failure, and
added, ut you will visit job with bod
lily afiiition he will curse you to your
face" The Lord said unto Satan, 'Be-
hold he is in thy hands hut spare his
lite" Of the story is true, it was Il cruel
thing of the lortl) Satan went to work
in good earnest ; he wanted to win he
slapped case of continent small poX and
inhammatory Rheumatism q suppose) on
Job bath at once. He then took to his
assistance Mrs job and other individuals
for the purpose Of purSuading job to
curse the Lord, (hcrc is a second Ellen
case, where Satan is allowed to tamper
with the weaker sex for the purpose 0f
getting man into trouble.) but the trick
failed to work, and il there WAS any
wager at stake the Lord won it, and >ras
well pleased, which proves its,I upon
the very face OF the story. IL is stated
that the Lord took Job IN hand, rest0r-
cd hlm to health, aud give him more
property (or wealth. than he had at first.
The story ends welI.--JOb had the prct.
tiest daughters and the most property of
any man in that country, consequently
lie was popular with the young gentle
men.


1t is said that job lived one hundred
and forty years and died old and tull of
days. 1t is nowhere stated that Job
went to heaven when lie died. 1t was
not necessary he had heaven enough
After passing through literal hell he
was fully prepared to appreciate his
situation.
Year: 1876

SEARCHING A TRUNK WHICH HE LEFT IN


AMERICA-A SUBMARINE FUSE FOUND.


The Herald Of Sunday furnishes yet one
more item in the dynamite horror: Recol
lections of Thomassen, the infamous pro-
jector of the fiendish dynamite plot, were
revived at police headquarters yesterday
in an unlocked for manner. Shortly after
O'Clock p. NJ well dressed man called at
the office OF Superintendent Walling and
requested private audience. This being
granted, the stranger took from his pocket
letter bearing the post mark "DTesden,
Germany" which he said he had lust
received by mail. 1t was written by Mrs.
Thomassen, the wife of the suicide, at pres
ent in Dresden, and contained request that
the trunk of her late husband, which was
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, in this city, be
forwarded to her. The trunk was left at
that hotel by Thomassen when he was last
in this city. The letter also contained the
baggage check for the same. The stranger
explained that he wss an acquaintance of
Mrs. Thomassen, but thought 1t his duty to
notify the police before he complied with
her request, in order that the trunk might
be examined. He further said that he did
not wish his name to be connected in any
way with the terrible affair at the present
time, as be was merely past friend
of the widow of the deceased Thomas
sen, having known her in years
gone by; and, while he was anxious to do
all in his power TO subserve the interests
of justice In the matter, be would not, un-
less compelled. give his name publicity. He
had hesitated about undertaking the task,
but wishing to serve his former friend he
cJncluded to set aside his prejudices nd
carry out her request. He also declined to
have the letter made public under present
circumstances, but agreed, il called upon,
to deliver it up to the proper authorities.
After hearing his story Superintendent
Wailing summoned before him Detective
MCNAMARA, of the central Office, and after
communicating to him full details of what
ne bad learned, directed him to proceed
forthwith TO the Fifth Avenue Hotel and
carefully and fully investigate all the de-
tails OF the case, including the searching of
the trunk and the examination of It's con-
tents. Thus instructed, the detective took
the check and stTaigbtwsy procee ded to the
hotel. Arriving there he


PRESENTED THE CHECK


to the baggage clerk, who, unconscious OF
the importance of the officers mission, and
ignorant of the terrible connections that 1t
might have had In the past with the fearful
tragedy at Bremerbaven, mechanically de-
livered IL to the officer in return for the
check. Having the trunk In his possession
McNamara now proceeded in pursuance of
bis instructions to institute q thorough and
careful examination of IL aud its contents.
In appearances the trunk was one such as is
commonly used by the ordinary traveller.
Year: 1876

There were no extra fssteuings upon it and
anything about 1t that would in
any way attract attention. It was
of medium size and bad ev-
identity seen service on steamboats, and rail
road trains. The detective not having
the key broke the lock. The trunks
contents presented superficially a mcst in
nocent appearance. The trunk was little
more than half filed, apparently with cloth
ing. The first article removed was a coat,
somewhat worn. The pockets were searched
and found to be empty. Next came other
articles of outer and under wear, which,
after close examination, were found, like
the coat, to contain nothing suspicious
about them. As layer after layer of clothing
was piled upon the floor and nothing was
discovered bearing in any way upon th
horror enacted at BremerhaveD, the detec-
tive was becoming eonvinted that his visit
was fruitless, when suddenly he behtld
colled up In the bottom of the trunk
strange and suspicious article. In formation
it resempled piece of small rope about the
diameter of an ordinary lead pencil. Taking
1T out the detective unrolled It and found it to
be a submarine fuse ten feet in length. 1t
was made of brownish gutts perch, hol-
low in the center through its entire length,
the hollow part being filled with powder.
1t looked like section of insulated tele-
graph wire, such as is frequently seen IN
telegraph offices. Finding nothing else OF
a suspicious character in the trunk the
officer took his departure for the GEN.
tral Office, taking with him the fuse.
he delivered the same TO Superin-
tendent Wslling, and it was ex-
smined by many curious eyes. The fuse
now remains locked up in the central Office
swaitiDg any further developments which
may result from its finding. The trunk
and clothing were delivered over to the
friend of Thomassens widow, who agreed
with the superintendent to held himself in
readiness for any further inquiries if called
upon.
Year: 1876

By virtue of a certain precept to me directed
by the Mayor of the city of Indianapolis, In.
diana and duly attestsd by the clerk of said
city under the corporate seal of SAID city, will
on
Year: 1876

An enthusiast who had been to hear Anna
Dickinson lecture wrote her, saying: with


you | could be happy in desert" And


she wrote back: .No man will ever have
chance to desert me-
Year: 1876

TRIALS or SPEED.-A committee Of the
Agricultural Society was around yesterday
asking subscriptions Of money TO be used in
Increasing the purses offered for the best trot-
ting and running races, at the second annual
fair. The committee after only partial
canvass collected $3.50, and expect TO largely
increase the amount. The intention is to
make the purses large enough to attract the
best horses in the country.
Year: 1876

INCREASE Of P0PuLATION.-A resident of
Whitman comfy informs us that during the
last four months, nearly four hundred new
corners have located in that county This
increase of population has been steadily go
iug on, and will continue during the entire
season. The great flood of immigrants who
are now hound 10 that section of the county
have been thoroughly posted in relation to the
merits o; the soil and climate by their friends
who are residents of that county.
Year: 1876

BLACKBERRY WISE.-Mr. Frank orsaiii
will soon have 800 gallons Of good pure black
berry wine for sale, of his own manufacture
Br calling at his establishment any one can
zee the making
Year: 1876




DEsPERADoEs AMONG THE Is
LANDs.-The B. B. Mail SAYS
For the last month we have
heard several complaints of a
gang of two or three despera-
does who roam among the Is-
lands of the Rosario Straits. and
are said to be a terror to the
settlers in that vicinity. They
subsist by plundering the homes
and preying upon the stock of
the inhabitants. We have thus
far refrained from speaking of it
in the hepe of daily hearing of
their departure But>a few DAYS


go we lsarned that they were
still annoying the settlers. Quite
a sum of money has bean sub
scribed by the people of, Belllng-
ham Bay to secure the capture
of these outlaws. A party OF
well armed men are now or
their track, who are determined
not to to return without them
Year: 1876

Our dispatches from General Terry's ex-
petition this morning give us ground for
hope that the war with the Sioux is near its
end. 1t is now as important to prevent the
escape of the Indians MS to fight them; but
we may hope that before long Sitting Bull
and his braves will be brought to bay and
taught the lesson they so much need to learn.
But the most remarkable part of the morn
ings news is the message which Sitting Bull
has sent through Medicine Cloud to Major
Mitchell at Fort Peck. The willy savage
sees the fate to which he is doomed and
seeks to avert it. He did not begin the war ;
he does not want to fight the whites, while
they insist upon fighting him, and If he
can have everything he wants he will make
peace. This is his peace policy, and its
similarity to that of another willy brave will
be readily noted. "All we want is to be let
alone" said Mr.. Jefferson Davis. 81 and
Year: 1876

It is singular story of social jealousy and
Washington this morning. Although there
were hints Of this thing before it was never
publicly known that series of anonymous
letters written to members of the Cabinet
and even to Mrs. Grant, and attributed to
Mrs. Williams, wife of the Attorney General


had been made the subject of an investiga-
ton, and that Mr.. Williams forced retire
ment from the Cabinet was due entirely to
the result of this inquiry. The facts we now
print come as revelation not so much Of
the official and personal corruption which
underlies public life at Washington as of the
so strong an element in Washington society


In reviewing these revelations we would not
speak unkindly Of or deal harshly with the
woman to whose hand these anonyma were
traced. At the bottom there was truth


probably, in most of the charges, and a
vast outlook of conjecture is opened up by
the mere suggestion of cause for o course
so remarkable in q woman so distinguished


There is still mystery behind it all, the
unravelling of which would probably begin
witls~those pests of journalism, the female
correspondents. These women of the press
have been trying to teach the ''ofiicial To-
dies at Washington that they ought to be
something more than good wives and moth
ers. In city of boarding houses and
Treasury clerks they have been trying to set
up laws of social precedence, and within
few years there have been ''tirst ladies" and
second ladies'" diplomatic ladies" and
Cabinet ladies" in Washington society.
The puffery has been disgusting, and many
events in General Grants administration
have shown the results of the puffery and
rivalry to have been disastrous Mrs. Bel
knap and Mrs. Williams might have been
rivals in the ballroom and at receptions
without much harm, but both aspired to lead
and each tried to crush the other In these
rvalries Mrs. Williams was detected. or sus-
pec.ed to the point of certainty, in acts of
which no man, much less n woman, should be
guilty, and in consequence the Attorney
General lost his place in the Cabinet. In
her efforts to shine in place where mod
osty was her best recommendation Mrs. Bel
KNAPP led her husband into persistent
and systematic acceptance of bribes, and his
downfall is her shame also. In all this So
cial rivalry and tomfoolery-these efforts to
be first ladies in society aud to get puffs in
the newspapers-there can be only shame
Year: 1876

There is scarcely any indispensable COM
modify of news so plentiful in these days as
"wars of races" but they are rather COM
moner in the Southern States than else
where. 1t is fact that will catch the eye of
the judicious that the roll of persons accused
of vulgar and common crimes is smaller as
the list swells of the heroes and victims of o
war Of races. Soon after vaccination had come
into general use, and the smallpox had be-
come satisfactorily infrequent, it was no
ticed that there was an increase in the
mortality from some other diseases, rs
typhoid fever, scarlet fever and mea-
sles. This, strange to say, puzzled the
doctors for while; but at last one brilliant
fellow hit upon the fancy that, as the small
pox was nearly excluded from the list Of
fatal diseases, those whom it had formerly
attacked must necessarily survive to become,
in time, victims of some other malady.
There seems to be some relation of this sort
in the old and the new classifications OF dis
orders in the Southern States. There are
few horse thieves, no highwaymen; there is
is q chronic war Of races, and all the old
numbering and horse stealing genius seems
to be concealed somewhere in that classi-
fication, We might congratulate the South
upon the loss of its common criminals, if it
did not appear that the new name of war of
races renders it very difficult to hang MUIR
derer without political consequences.
Year: 1876

The Conference Of tho Committees.


1t is odd to see how some things dwindle
as they are put to the test of expert
ence Tammany and anti -Tammany saw the
necessity of burying the hatchet, in view Of
the importance of the approaching Presi-
dental struggle, and at first nothing
seemed easier. There was little diplomacy,
and then broad. bold, formal action. Both
sides determined upon conference and
each agreed to conference committee.
The committees were appointed but,
alas ! for the vanity Of human expec-
tations, forty-seven New York demo-
Gratis, evenly divided in aim and interest.
proved too many to accomplish anything.
Then q subcommittee Of six was appointed
to do the thinking for the other forty
one; but experience again proved that
dozen New York democrats, evenly divided
in aim and interest, are too many to ac-
complish anything. The six anti-Tam-
manyites wanted an equal division of the
spoils down to the minutest crumb which
could be gathered anywhere from the White
House to the City Hall, and tho
six Tammanyites were willing enough
to accept the White House part
of the proposition, but could not
see the path Of duty 80 plainly in the other
locality. This is not much to be wondered
at when it is considered that Tammany Hall
has been filing our municipal offices so long
that the reverse of last year was as unex-
pected as it was terrible Tammany knows
that the surrender of halt the loaves
and fishes is only prelude to the surrender
Of ALL and SO the subcommittee of six
were still further reduced to committees Of
two on each side. II these four democrats
cannot agree all hope of peace will be at
an end and there will be war, in which our
Uncle Samuel must suffer, because the local
offices in New York are more important
matter in the eyes of our politicians than
the election of President of the United
Stntes
Year: 1876

The CALIFORNIA PoLo PLAYERS gave the
second exhibition of their skill at Saratoga
yesterday, and more interested and excited
audience never witnessed game of any kind
in this country. AS the sport becomes better
known the interest in it increases, and we
may expect that, in few years. it will be
firmly established in every part of the
country.
Year: 1876

THE SEWARD STATUE is to be put upon its
pedestal in Madison square to-day and will
be unveiled in few weeks. Without pre-
judging the artistic value of Mr.. Rogers
work we can only hope that this statue will
be more creditable to the art tastes Of the
city than most of those which preceded it.
Year: 1876

the other chiefs want the Black Hills aban-
doned and we will make peace" says Sit
ting Bull. In this the warrior is too adroit
When We wanted peace he went to war.
Now he wants peace, but he wants it on
his own terms and upon conditions which
will enable him to repeat the impudence
of the famous Billy Bowlegs of the time Of
the Florida wars. On his visit to the North
after that struggle Bowlegs always hailed
with delight the sight of the portraits of the
generals he had overcome, and expressed
his satisfaction by the exclamation, '.Ah
lick him." Evidently Sitting Bull desires
to do something of the same kind, but in the
meantime to get everything he wants, and, if
possible, without fighting for it