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Year: 1876




The sourest man is not wholly hope
less when he will not blaspheme before
his son.


BEWARE of entrance to quarrel; but,
being in it, bear it that the opposer may
beware of thee.


THE weakness of human reason appears
more evidently in those who know it not
than in those who know it.


SOUND and sufficient reason falls, after
all, to but few men, and those few men
exert their influence in silence.


THE main object of the gospel is to
establish two principles-the corruption
of nature, and the redemption by Jesus
Christ.


A SPEAKER at stump meeting out
West declared that he knew no East. no
West, no North, no South. Then"
said hystander, "you ought to 60 to
school and learn your geography"
WHILE the English are speaking of
the impossibilfty of reaching the North
Pole, on account of four hundred milss
of solid ice,. some Yankee will slip up
there and blast out narrow-gauge rail-
Year: 1876

"ToBACco leaves" for the manufac-
tute of cigars are now being produced in
New York by the progress of chemical
science. The material used is kind of
brown wrapping. paper, made of straw
especially for this purpose. The paper,
after coming from the mill, is saturated
with the juice pressed from tobacco
and other offal; then the sheets are
pressed through machine, which gives
them the perfect appearance of the
tobacco leaf, and the peculiar spots are
printed on them as on calico.


AT recent meeting at Dusseldorf OF
society for the improvement of the
condition of the prisoners in Jail a
statistical paper was read to prove that
large proportion of crimes arose from
Sunday dissipation. The Congress at
Heidelberg passed series of resolutions
advocating the observance of Sunday as
a day of rest from work and from ener-
waiting pleasure. The third resolution
says: Sunday rest must find its highest
end in Sunday hallowing, and where
this is neglected the moral strength OF
the people suffers"
Year: 1876

VCus AOUcl Us hlSbdhcs


The little unpleasantness at the Maine soldiers
reunion, yesterday, grew out of the unwilingness of
some to let the occasion pass without trying to make
a little political capital. General Roberts, who
kicked up the greatest fuss, was brave soldier and
popular with his men, but he the Democratic
candidate for Governor last year, and it was doubly
bly, thought so before Judge Shepey got done.
Greater men than General Roberts have said things
after dinner they were sorry for in the morning.
Boston Herald.


The Herald and those Democrats who are
excusing Gen. Roberts performance on the
ground that he was provoked to speak as he
did because of the remarks of others, or be-
cause it was ''after dinner" are not in pos
session of the facts of the case. We know
on the authority of Gen. Roberts himself that
he had written out the speech published in
the Argus and which he delivered with few
slight variations at the Chebeague camp fire
to be used on that occasion. This fact, indi-
eating, as it does, that Gen. Roberts came
here prepared to eulogize Robert e. Lee,
takes away the last possible excuse for his
action.


Gen. Roberts knows that Maine veterans
bear the Confederate soldier no ill-will. On
the contrary, they would show their good
will in all proper methods. The Maine SOL
diers as a class, however, do recognize that
there is difference between loyalty and trea-
son, and do think that the distinction be-
tween the two should be so far maintained
that the first soldier of the unhappy contest
on either side to be eulogized at meeting of
Union soldiers should not be the leader of the
rebel armies man who was educated at the
expense of the Union, nurtured by the couu-
try which he assaed after he hal sworn to
maintain its cause against all foes. If Gen.
Roberts and his party entertain opposite
views they differ not only with the greater
part of Names veterans but with the great
mass of the people who were loyal to TIE flag
during the war.


The most striking feature of the occasion,
however,was the fervent approval with which
Judge Shepley's ringing and eloquent rebuke
of the eulogy of Gen. Lee was received when
he told the story of his visit to Lees house in
Richmond, where he found the windows
overlooking Libby Prison, so that the in
mates of the house could not fail to know
Iue dtIoclIies WHICH, "e-e Inelo pefpelraleQ.
1t showed there is no forgiveness in this gen.
Grafton for any man who committed or with
power to prevent) permitted the infamous
crimes against God and humanity which
blackened the'record of the Confederacy. 1t
was the endorsement which the men who
fought give to Mr.. Blaine, to Gen Shepley or
to any man who protests against fraternizing
with and eulogizipg torturers and assassins.
Year: 1876

The Louisiana Democrats have prepared
"private and confidential campaign circnlar,
which has Of course become public property
much to the chagrin of lis authors. Among
the recommendations in the document are
the following: "We recommend that in con-
versation with each other no gloomy fore
bodings shall be INDUCED in, and that the re-
suit of the coming election shall be spoken of
as foregone conclusion, as we have the
means of carrying the election and mean to
use them. But be careful to say and do
nothing that can be construed into a threat
or intimidation of any character. You can.
not convince negro's reason, but you can
impress him by positive statements contnu-
ally repeated" Now, when Democrat
talks about the election.as "foregone con-
clusoa," and tries to Empress the negro
by his ''positive statements" an opponent
draws out copy Of the circular and reads
this passage. The effect is not good for the
Democrat.
Year: 1876

The Greenback men of New York under
the guidance of Gideon Tucker and Dick
Schel, repudiate the Cooper and Cary ticket.
They express themselves as satisfied with
the manner in which affairs are shaping
themselves in the Democratic party in rela.
tion to the currency question, and say that
they will soon get all they want from that
party, and that there is no use of affiliating
with men in support of candidate who has
been Republican. They state that Tilden
was obliged to admit the anti-resumption
plank in the st. Louis platform in order to
get the nomination, and that Tilden's letter
was delayed because Hendricks refused to ac-
cept the nomination until the Democrats in
the House of Representatives had COM
mtted themselves in favor of the repeal of
of the resumption clause. These things
showed that Hendricks was stronger than
Tilden, and would carry all his points event.
ually on the currency question. This being
so there was no good reason why the Green
back Democracy sho uld support Copper and
Cary, who could not get elected, when they
could get all they wanted in the event of the
more probable success of Tilden and Hen
bricks
Year: 1876

THE Springfield Republican which has
been on both sides Of tie fence which separ-
ates the possessions of Hayes and Tilden now
declares that it recognizes that it is its duty
to advocate the election of Hayes and
Wheeler.
Year: 1876

THE National Board of Steam Navigation
holds its fifth annual meeting at Baltimore
on September 9th. The chief object of the
meeting is opposition to the steamboat law of
1871, the Board holding that its oppressive
exactions demand that earnest and persistent
endeavors shall be made to. secure such nec-
essary and practical legislation, in the shape
of notifications of the Objectionable law. as
is essential to the safety of the millions of
people annually transported on steam vessels
as well as to the protection Of the vast capi-
tai invested in steam vessel property. The
Board has for the past four years been striv-
ing to secure the needed amendments, and
believes great progress has been made in
awakening public opinion to the necessity of
the change. TIE executive committee, one
of whom is Capt j. B. Coyls OF this city,
aim at securing legislation which shall give
greater security to the travelling public and
at the same time relieve an important inter-
est of unnecessary and obnoxious burdens.
Year: 1876

We DO not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The and address of the writer are In
I'll cases Indispensable necessarily Tor publication
hut as a guaranty Ct good faith.


Ne cannot undertake to return reserve comDu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1876

SCOTT LORD has developed an astounding
amount of brains for a Democrat, and sue
ceeded in frightening his associates for
time out of what few wits they had Though
they have said in their conventions that
they accept the constitutional amendments
they always speak right out and deny it when
taken by surprise. Mr.. Lord really ought to
have been more considerate and not have
given Cox, Morrison and others such fright
and led them into the mistake oi attempting
to dodge resolution setting forth that the
Constitution should be maintained and the
laws enforced. For few moments the "true
inwardness'' Of the Democracy was painfully
apparent. 1t was acknowledged in effect
that Democrats do not condemn fraud, vio-
lence and intimidation of voters, nor desire
the punishment of those guilty of such acts.


DID Gen. Roberts declare in this city
since his speech at Little Chebeague, in con-
versation with a veteran that he would have
nothing more to do with Maine soldiers? II
is so reported.
Year: 1876

A singular phenomenon, frequently met
with in the Indian Ocean, the real cause OF
which has not yet been ascertained, is the
existence off Malabar, and in certain spots
along the Coromannel coast, of vast mud
banks and tracts of mud suspended in the
seas, wherein many kinds Of fish find abun-
dance of food, immunity from much dis
turbance in the surrounding element, and a
locality in which to breed. The exact cause
of the existence of these large tracts of sea
in which the mud thus remains In solution
is mystery; but at any rate the ocean is &c
smooth that, during even the height OF thu
southwest monsoon, vessels can run fol
shelter into their midst, and, once there, ar
as safe as when inside breakwater.
Year: 1876

Commissioner McCatfrey Is on visit to his Iowa
farm.


The Jail is being refurnished with pillows towel
ing, and sheeting.


The Committee On Equalization of the County
Board will start for Springfield to- meet the state
Board tomorrow evening.


The County Collector completed the sale OF the
delinquent property in the Town Of Jefferson yes
terday No additional levies were made during
the day.


George E. O'Hara, IN employe in the Office Of
the Clerk OF the Criminal Court was yesterday
summoned to Brooklyn, n. T., By the intelligence
TINT his mother was dying.


The Committee On Hospitals and Public Build
ings put in its time yesterday afternoon at the new
Hospital, upon which occasion the engine was put
in operation for the first time


A new petit Jury will be empanelcd in the
Criminal Court Tomorrow. The Importance Of
this particular jury OF the fact that it Is the
one that would naturally try the indicted commis-
sioners


In the Criminal Court yesterday certificate Of
good moral character was issued to Frederick A.
Mitchell. on motion Of the State's Attorney.
Charles II. Rigdon was tried for obtaining money
under false pretenscs, but the jury WIS unable to
agree


The great reform wave reached the building
Yesterday, but was by means welcome 1t
came in the shape OF m announcement that all the
county employees to be assessed 10 per cent OF
their salary for September and October tor the ben
eft Of Tilden and Hendricks and the great re-
FORM party. The employees we're displeased, Of
course, but what can they do: Pay or pays


The Grand Jury yesterday heard complaint and
Jail cases, and returned Il indictments as the re-
except one against E, G. Hail. No. 1873 Clark
street, for keeping a gambling -honee, we're for
petty otenses. Tie state's Attorney announces
any any, M un It shall have gotten Trough
with all the regular work.
Year: 1876

Our potatoes turned oft small crop
of small potatoes. more than that they
were treacherous, and though they came
to the table looking fair without, they
were often dark within, and not TO be
eaten. One day q new dish appeared
in the place Of the usual plain boiled or
mashed potatoes. Everybody pro-
nounced it good by being helped at least
twice. Upon inquiry OF the presiding
genius of the kitchen, We found that she
had learned the way OF some Kentucky
people, aud the way is as follows: The
potatoes are sliced thin, as tor frying,
and allowed to remain in cold water for
half an hour. The slices are then pui in
pudding dish. with salt, pepper, and
some milk, abou, halt-a pint TO an or.
dinary pudding dish. They are then
put into the oven and baked for an hour.
When taken out, a lump of butter half
the size oi hens egg, is cut into small
bits and scattered over the top. Those
who have never eaten potatoes cooked
thus, do not know all the capabilities
of that excellent esculent tuber. The
slicing allows the interior of each potato
TO be examined. hence its value WHARF
potatoes are doubtful, though poor ones
are not of necessity required. The soak
ing in cold water hardens the slices, 50
that they will hold their shape. The
milk serves 10 cook them through. and
to make nice brown on the top; if just
u little is left rs a rich gravy, Inoistenlng
all the slices, thee it is right. In TIM.
year of small and poor potatoes, this
method OF serving them Will be very
welcome to many housekeeper. The
only trouble about it is that every one
will eat twice as many as when the po-
tatoes are cooked in the ordinary way.
American Agriculturist.
Year: 1876

First Method.-Take butter firkin,
or any tight package, and place L layer
OF fine salt over the bottom. Into this,
set the eggs, small end down, as closely
a. possible, without touching each 9TH
er; fl it with salt until the layer is
covered, and then proceed as before
Care must be taken that the salt is dry.
and that il be kept SO else it will cake
and make il very troublesome to get tho
eggs out without breaking.


Second Method.-Take a vessel OF any
kind, so long as it is tight. The bottom
should be covered with slaked lime wet
ted TO a consistency that will allow any
thing put in it to stand upright. The
bottom layers OF lime will be two inches
thick. The eggs are stuck in this. small
end downwards, close together but not
touching. When the bottom laver is
full, then fresh mixture of Stacked
lime is poured till thick enough for the
eggs TO stand up in it, and so on till the
pan is full The eggs should be perfect
~ sound in shell, not cracked or in any
way injured, and they must not touch
each other.


Eggs packed in either of the above
way. will keep for twelve months OF
longer, and will be nearly as good a,
fresh for all culinary purposes Poultry
| Bulletin.
Year: 1876

told you women readers a while age
10 get ready all Your glass Jars. and
small ones of earthenware, in time 10,
making nice cucumber pickles. | gor
the recipe ofa lady living between Lake
Ontario and Niagara Falls, woman
who is the best of authority and know;
how to do every thing. put up dozen
Jars OF pickles after her recipe last fall
and they won the praise of all the house
wives who tasted them. Pick then
when they are from two to four inche,
in length; lay them in weak brine &
day CT two, or until they are wilted
Take them out and wipe them dry. [
you wish them green, use brass kettle
If not, Use a porcelain kettle.


Put layer of cucumbcrs in the bot
tom; then slice an onion very thin and
put in two or three slices, but not
enough to make the pickles taste onionv
a handful of horseradish scattered over
but not enough to make them taste
horseradishy; piece of red and piece
OF green pepper, but not enough to make
a very peppery taste. Use no sugar, no
spice. Put in deep layer of pickles,
and the1 savoring of tine onion. horse.
radish and pepper, then more pickles.
Bruise the radish roots, that the strength
may become extracted, for in them lies
the preservative powder. Pour on the
best of cider vinegar and heat slowly up
to the boiling point. Then let them
boil long enough TO heat them through
well.


With a fork pick OFT the pickles and
Year: 1876

A Curious ArPLE TREE.-There is
growing in Pochuck, n. j., an apple
tree which bears both sweet and sour
apples. Not only this, but sweet and
sour apples grow on the same limos,
and some of the apples are both sweet
and sour. One can pick an apple and
find it intensely sour, then pick another
from next to it and find it exceedingly
sweet; still another can be picked from
the same limb and it will be both sweet
and souI-one-half sweet, the other sour
Over qnarter of century ago, one
William Babb, now deceased, in expert
.nenting, took bud from an apple tree
which bore greetings aud another from
a tree which bore sweet apples. Cutting
them in half, he placed the sour and
sweet halves together, and, budding
them to the tree, the above mas been the
result. Some of the apples are entirely
green in color, while others have yell
lowish cast.
Year: 1876

SARATOGA FRIED PoTAToEs.-The fol-
lowing is said to be all that is of Cooks
secret for producing those world-re-
nowned potatoes served at Moons Lake
House. Saratoga Spring every summer.
Peel good sized potatoes, and slice them
as evenly as possible, drop them into
ice water. Have kettle of lard, as for
fried cakes, and very hot. Put few at
= time into towel, shake them about to
drv them and then drop into the hot
lard. Stir them occasionally and when
of a light brown, take them out with
skinner. If properly done, they will
not be at all greasy, but crisp without
and meally within.
Year: 1876

When s woman can feel mous&
crawling along her spinal column
and not stop to think whether she
has on stripped stockings before
keeling over in fit, she is at least
qualified to enjoy the elective fran
chlse.
Year: 1876

A singular attempt at murder
has Just taken place at Marcq-en-
Bareul, in Belgium. Henri Boo
quet, a market gardener, was en-
gagged to be married to a young
woman of that place who had dis
carded a former suitor. She received
an anonymous letter stating that to
avenge her forgetfulness of her for
mer lover three of his companions
would take vengeance by "spp-
pressing" the new one. Three
sketches represented as many men,
one holding a cord, another Il
cudgel and a third a sword. Last
Thursday evening Bocquet was 60
ing to Marco, when he was set upon
in a lonely part, of the road by three
men, who threw a sack over his
head, beat and kicked him, stabbed
him in the side, and then, removing
the sack and finding him insensible,
drew a cord tightly around his neck
and left him in the road for dead.
The mayor of the place, passing by
shortly afterwards, found the inani-
mate body, and, obtaining assist
ance, cut the rope and had the man
removed. Hopes are entertained of
saving his life, but his asSailants


have not yet been captured.
Year: 1876

opening for carrying off the water.
1t is worthy of remark that not
withstanding the wear to which it
has been subjected by the success
sive generations of Pagan and Chris
tan worshipers who have assem-
bled here, the marbles of the floor
remain as firm and compact as when
originally placed.


The walls are covered with mar
BILE. The cornice is Of the same
material, beautifully worked in
scroll forms. -Four columns Of
gialloantico marble define the re-
cesses in which the altms are
placed; they also support a gallery
which passes round the building.


The baths of Caracalla are an
other magnificent example of the
manner in which the ancient Ro-
mans lavished architectural display
and decorative establishment on
these splendid resorts of ancient
amusement and splendor.


The fact of their being capable
of afording ample accommodation
for sixteen hundred bathers enables
us to form some idea of their extra
ordinary extent. The floors are
paved with rich mOsaics executed
in marble. The roofs have faller
to the ground, but portions arr
raised sufficiently to show that they
were wrought in white and black
marbles, with handsome designs
also in mosaics. The walls art
treated in a similar STYLE.
Year: 1876

wind moved it up the lake. A little
before sunset the wind chopped sud-
denly around and blew a gale from
the west. This brought the vast
field of ice back again with such
tremendous force that it filled in
the neck of the lake and its outlet
so as to form a most effective dam,
that caused a remarkable diminu-
tion in the outflow of water. Of
course it needed but little time for
the falls to drain off the water be-
low this dam. The consequence
was that on the morning of the
following day the river was nearly
half gone. The American channel
had dwindled to a deep and narrow
creek. The British channel seemed
to have been smitten with quick
consumption and to be fast passing
away. Far up from Goat Island
and out into the Canadian rapids,
and from the foot of Goat Island
out beyond the old Tower to the
deep channel of the deep Horse
shoe fall the water was gone. The
rocks were bare, black and forbid
ding, The roar of Niagara had
subsided to q moan. This extraor-
binary syncope Of the waters lasted
all that day, and night closed oyel
the strange scene. But during thC
night the dam gave way, and tho
next morning the river was restored
in all its strength, beauty and maj


pstv
Year: 1876

Abdul-Aaiz never made half so
much noise in the world during his
life as'he has made since his death.


His friends and family are doing
their best to prove that he must
have been crazy for years past, and
very likely he was. Absolute power
made the CAESARS mad, and the Sui
tans are Of no stener stuff. Cali
gula and his horse are fairly
matched by Abdul-Azi7 and his
cock. Ii seems that the commander
of the faithful walking one day in
the superb gardens, Of one OF his
thirty-one palaces, was captivated
by the scarlet comb and splendid
plgmage of an arrogant young cock
strutting and growing about under
the bleached bowers. lie sent for
the steward of the poultry and or.
dered the bird to be dispatched tC
his own royal apartments IN tho


Bechiktach palace. There the Sui
tan fed the bird himself, delighteC
Year: 1876

The following interesting sketch
of remarkable phenomenon ut the
Falls we quote from an article in
the Midsummer Holiday number of
Scribner's:


son March 80, 1848, a remark AZ,
able phenomenon occurred. The
preceding winter had been intense
ly cold, and the ice formed on Lake
Erie was unusually thick. In the
warm days of early spring, the
mass of ice was loosened around
the shores of the lake and detached
from them. During the forenoon
of the day named, u stiff easterll
Year: 1876

to hear him crow at all hours, and
generally treated him like a great
parsonage. Finally, one morning
he called the council together and
ordered the fortunate chanticleer to
be made a grand officer of the inn
perial order Of the Osmanie,
founded by himself in 1861. This
was done, the grand chancellor Of
the order passing the Gordon Of the
order solemnly around the neck of
the astonished bird. And yet
there are people who pretend to be
surprised that the Abdul-Aziz
should have killed himself with u
pair of scissors!