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Year: 1876

The rolling chair men now sing in mourn
full measure that this is the "saddest season
of the year." When the exposition closes
their career comes to an end. On the 10th
of May the attaches of this department
came out In brilliant new uniforms and
looked happy and clean. But where 10 this
uniformity now? The six months wear and
tear upon the habiliments of the youths
who furnished the motive power behind the
obnoxious chair have been severe indeed.
As whole the rolling chair man has un-
dergone a metamorphosis; he has faded,
and, like the model Of the city of Paris, has
or ID going to seed
Year: 1876

READINGS TONIGHT AT THE YOUNG MEMS
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION HALL.-The Library
Committee Of the Association have secured
the services OF Professor j. Willorghby
Reade to give select readings at the hall to-
night, for the special purpose OF raising
funds to purchase books to replenish the
library. This object commends itself to all
our citizens who desire TO aid SO good an
institution as the Young Mems Christian
Association, (which Is accomplishing so much
in our community among the young men.
The Library Committee have long felt the
necessity of having all the latest and most
interesting books, and are busy getting to-
gether fund for that purpose, in order
that they may make the "Association Hall !"
the most attractive place in the city for
young and old to spend pleasant and
profitable evening, and the best place to get
q good book, magazine, or paper, to take
home and read. Under these views we are
sure that all the members will see the neces-
sity OF having entertainments occasionally,
the proceeds Of which may all be applied to
this purpose; and will, in consideration OF
the fact that they received such handsome
entertainment from the Lecture Committee
on Friday night last, when all spent such a
pleasant evening, be willing to pay the
small admission fee charged on this occa'
sion. . .4..,,,. 81.


The readings tonight require no more OF
us in way OF recommendation than refer
ence to the grand success OF last Friday
night, when one OF the largest audiences
ever assembled in Association Hall were so
highly delighted with the readings. The
programme tonight embraces fine selec-
tion Of humorous and pathetic pieces.
Year: 1876

No COUNCIL THIS EvENING.-This being
the fifth Monday in the month there will
be neither meeting Of the Common Coun-
Gil or Board Of Aldermen; but the Commit
tee on First Market will meet at s p. N. at
the clerks Office Of the Old Market.
Year: 1876

Be sure you supply yourself with copy of the
GUIDE-BooK TO RICHMOND AND VICINITY. It
viii be useful now and convenient for reference
hereafter For sale at all the bookstores and hotels.
Year: 1876

to the house to get something to
eat. When went home to dinner,
my wife, with swimming eyes, told
me about her call. When food was
placed before her she begged to be
allowed to carry it home instead of
eating it herself, declaring it almost
broke her heart to think of poor
Sammy and Charles and little Tiny,
who had been crying for bread all
the morning, When told to. salts
fly her appetite, while basket was
filed for her to take home, she fell
at it as something half-starved, yet
as soon as the basket was ready,
she would remain no longer, but
fastened with it to her starving
family .I rr.


"This tale of suffering related by
my friend touched my heart. |
learned from him where the poor
family was to be found, and that
very hour repaired to their dwelling.
Judge of my surprise when | found
this girl none other than Mary her.
self. Her dismissal from our SER
vice, at a time when situations are
so difficult to be obtained, had
brought a deserving family to the
brink of starvation. OF course ]
believed their present necessities
and told Mary to come back to-
morrow morning. They overwhelm-
ed me with expressions of gratitude,
but l felt more like culprit than
a benefactor."


"But you did not intend any
wrong" said Mrs. Livingston.


"True but | adopted a wrong
course of conduct without due con-
sideration. Strange l did not use
a little common sense, and ask what
Mary would do if thrown ont OF
employment at such time. We
! began retrenchment in the wrong
place"


81 observed that Mary looked
very downcast when | informed her
that we should require her services
no longer. But Lucy Tildcn look
more sad than Mary"


'Lucy Tilden9,'


eyes; the girl who sewed for us. '


"Ah, 1 remember now. Another
bad mistake very likely. Do you
know where she lives We must
ascertain if she is suffering"


Mrs. Livingston was able to give
the street and number of her resi-
dence. The next day Mr.. Living
ston made his way thither. AS he
ascended the stairs leading to the
humble apartment of the sewing
girl, he heard, issuing from the room
pointed out to him as Miss Tilden's
the rough harsh voice of man
and the sobs of female.


The story was soon told. Lucy
had been unable to obtain work
since the day she was dismissed
from the employ of Mrs. Livingston.
She could not pay the months rent
of her room, and her little all were
been elected from it. Mr. Living
ston hastened to repair the mischief
of this second measure of retrench-
ment. The rent was paid, and
Lucy was informed that there was
. ." "
plenty of sewing for her at the
house of her old patron. ao lliB fl.5
IL have learned q lesson said Mr.
Livingston to his wife that evening;
''Not retrenchmeut, but wise ex-
pendture shall be my motto this
winter. Let those who should and
those who must retrench but let
those who have to spend, spend
wisely and well. Mr.. Chase was
right. l win follow his example
and give employment to as many
as possible this winter, while | do
not forget the suffering who are
unable to work"


Too Young to Marry.


About twelve months ago an ar
Year: 1876

Inc ron OF hopeless girls


But where is the girl, whether
fiuttering in the brocade of a prin-
cess or wearing the calico polon-
aise of the laborer's daughter, who
would be told that for her four
months are not time enough for
the woing and winning of as good
a husband as may be wooed and
won by any other girl with no bet
ter facilities for the business I! 1t
is Shakespeare who somewhere says
and it is unquestionably Shake
speare who knows-that, "that
man who hath tongue, say, is
no man, if with that tongue, he
can not win a woman" This is
scarcely less true, perhaps, than
gospel-that peculiar gospel es-
pecially, which we find expounded
10y such earnest, white-souled saints
as brother Bayliss, of Indianapolis,
and other anointed wavers of the
hallowed under-garment, sanctified
and made red in the patent home
made blood of the mythical martyr
ed African; the same gospel as
that preached by the great martyr
whose body perpetually hangs
dangling in the air, and whose
sanity soul is not less perpetually
marching on to the stately music
of the Tennysonian hymn


Break, break break .t '
At the foot of thy crags, Oh, seal


But the horse that stole and was captured again


Will never come back TO me"


But we seemingly digress. If it
be true that any man who hath a
tongue can win woman, it would
seem to follow, from parity Of
reasoning, as the cheap disputants
of some of the religious newspa-
pers have it, that the woman who
hath tongue of her own-and
there be few Of the sweet delicious
sex to whom the gift is denied
must be very nearly akin to no.
woman if she can not win aman--a
and win him In less than four
months, too, and be ready with the
assurance in the end that she won.
him and didn't half try. .rli-p


"Canst thou love me, gentle stranger


Blushine like the rose she stood


Aui the youth at once acknowledged


That he rather thought he could"


louisville Conrier-J Journal.
Year: 1876

DISCOUNT ON SILVER BULLIoN.-We have been shown letter from a mercantile firm in San Francisco, dated July s, which says Discount on silver bars to-day, IS from 9 to 27 cents. We have seen nothing else, to warrant the belief that silver will remain at any y''such ruinous discount as this, and if the late report be true that the Bonanza mines are ''petering out" the check in the supply will certainly bring it up again, and that speedily.
Year: 1876

The prospect that peace will be main
tanned in Europe continues to strengthen,
and the latest. reports make war less likely
than it seemed to, be week ago. In New
York, business men are inclined to belive
that, while from the standpoint of humAni-
ty-and Christianity-peace is to be hoped
for, even as regards our material interests,
much as we might gain from the conflict at
the start, we should certainly in the end
suffer from the impoverishment of the bel
ligerents, that would limit their ability to
trade with US.
Year: 1876

AS the virtues of medicines can only be ascer
tanned by careful observation it is to be regretted
that many of the drugs still prescribed By some
Physicians should retain place in our materia
medca. AS an instance of this. that vile drug Bal
sam Copaiba furnishes an example. About the year
1890 the Spaniards in the Island of San Domingo
having become afflicted with certain complaints,
thought according to the prevailing notion at that
time, that the remedy might be found where the
disease originated Under this impression Balsam
Copaiba came into use, but never has a nauseating
drug done more injury for it not only changes the
nature of the disease to more dreadful state than
the original, but it ruins the tone of the stomach
and brings on Dyspepsia in its worst forms To
avoid this drug and its effects the SAMARITAN
GIFT, pure vegetable remedy is within the reach
of all Only ten pills to be taken and will cure every
time in from two to four days. Male packages Sal
female SO.
Year: 1876

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CYCLONE AND SLIP


PING OFF IN THE DARKNESS.


NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 10, 1876


At nine O'Clock yesterday morning, while three
guards were overseeing twenty five coored convicts at
work on the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad,
cyclone suddenly burst upon them and darkness pre-
vailed almost to blackness Of night Rain poured as
from waterspout amid lightning thunder, the crack
ing OF limbs Of falling trees and general elemental up
roar The convcts started TO run SIX escaping; two
OF the latter shot-one the head and the other
in the calves of the legs pursuit took place on the
subsistence of the. storm. The man wounded
In the legs found ten miles the way lying before
a camp fire in the dense woods Others who had
pulled on their clothing and taken the escaped
from their pursuers almost in state OF An
other attempt at recapture OF the remaining four now
surrounded "a the swamp will be made.


The other evening at dusk the same road colored
convict jumped from the train when coming in from
work. he was badly wounded by the guards but has
not since been beard Of and is supposed be dead
the woods but search has been made for the body
Bill smith. a notorious murderer and robber and
Pryor murderer, who escaped from the Penitentary
by strategem not long since, shot at Bets
town the other day They escaped across the Teunes
R-or a
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON Jan. t9 1876.
PROPOSED REVISION OF THE TARIFF-PRoTEc-


TON TO BE MADE INCIDENTAL.


Speaker Kerr and Mr.. Morrison are determined to
make clean work OF the tariff and members of the
Committee of Ways and Means have been engaged for
time with experts in looking over the whole GUS
toms laws and making a thorough revision of
them. They intend to present a tariff in which
at least every article shall bring revenue
into tho Treasury 1t is not intended that
the changes shall be of such radical nature
as to excite just or reasonable opposition, but the
immense number Of articles on which duties
Levied will be greatly decreased, and the tariff pro-
posed will have for its purpose to raise for the
government The protection will be incidental, as both
political parties have, in numerous platforms, de-
manded 1t should be. The statement that this scheme
OF revised tariff preparing by under the auspices
OF the New York Free Trade League is 1t is
not probable that the revision will please
the FREQ traders-indced, it is believed that
they will be opposed to many parts Of
it, Mr.. Morrison holds that radical changes
be carried but that reform and revision,
moving from the lists large number of articles which
yield no duties and seeking serve the country by
the enactment Of a simple and duty yielding tariff, is
absolutely necessary and can be carried through the
House.


1t is understood that this scheme OF revised tariff
will be fully and carefully considered in the Ways and
Means Committee and when it is brought before the
House will be with the full and energetic support Of
the leading democrats democratic measure, on
which, II the republican Senate refuses adopt it, the
party appeal to the country.
Year: 1876

LOSS OF A LARGE SUM OF MONEY AT THE NEW


PORT OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK AND BOSTON
EMPRESS COMPANY.


NEwroRT, r. L. Jan 10 1875.
Thomas Davis. employed in the New York and Boston
Despatch Express Company's branch oco this city
has absconded proving himself deaulter to large
extent He had provided himself with two tickets for
Chicago intending TO take with him prostitute with
whom he terms OF intimacy, although a married
man with family. His parents also very worthy
people. He traced on Monday TO Providence and
his Whereabouts given the police by the woman who
stated she did not intend TO accompany him West


The manager, Mr. Mack. Of the office here, was In
Providence with our City Marshal, and the former
getting board the train 10 return home Davis got
also and Immediately questioned about the tickets
which he instantly gave up, and also the key OF the
Office safe. 1t arranged that he should be at the
Office yesterday morning but not putting appear
ance search made for him and the money loss dis
covered. He has not been arrested
Year: 1876

special Convention OF the National Association Of
Amateur 0arsmen will be held to-day at the Metropo-
Hotel in this CITY, The association comprises
thirty clubs bat they scattered thir-
teen States II Is possible that many OF them will DO
unreprescnted at the Convention to-day The amateur
question will be discussed very fully and doubt,
the Centennial Regatta will receive some attention
Year: 1876

The following record will show the changes in the
temperature for the past twenty-four hours, In
parison with the corresponding date of last year. as
indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuts pharmacy,
HERALD Building
Year: 1876

BERLIN, Jan TO- 1876.
The Federal Council is authorized to purchase Kro's
Garden, in this city, the of the new Imperial
Parliament buildings
The minimum rate Of discount at the Bank has been
fixed at five per cent
Year: 1876

DEMURRER ENTERED IN THE CASE OF M'KEE
IN ST. LoUrs-ITs PROBABLE ovERRULNa-
GENERAL M DONALD ON BABcocK.


ST LOUIS, Jan. 10, 1876.
United States Judge Dillon arrived the city to-day
and at once took his seat upon the Circuit Bench with
Judge Treat The court room was crowded early
hour by of eager spectators, who had been in
duced believe that something startling going
happen. Shortly after the opening Of court Judge
Chester Krum attorney for William Mckee, announced
that the plea of guilty previously entered in that case
would be withdrawn and demurrer to the indictment
substituted The demurrer is in these words


''wilnam Mckee, in his proper person. cometh
into court and having heard the sad Indictment read
saith that the said indictment and the matters therein
contained in manner and lorm as the same are above
stated and set FORTH not sufficient in law, and that
he is not bound by the law of the land to answer the
same and this he is ready TO verify Wherefore for
want of sufficient Indictment the said William Mckee
court here he may be dismissed and discharged from
the said promises in the said indictment specified, and
that the same may be quashed."


GROUNDS THE DEMURRER.


Judge Dillon asked what grounds there were for such
a demurrer Mr. Krum stated to tho Court that the
first objection to the Indictment was that ii alleged
that William Mckee with other persons has conspred
deaud the United States OF the tax of seventy cents
then and there imposed by law on spirits thereafter to
be distilled at certain dsteries named while in fact
there was such thing internal revenue tax
upon distilled spirits until the spirits had been distilled
The second ODjectOn Lnat uOes not
show that the which alleged to have been done
to effect the object OF the conspiracy would have had
that necessary consequence.


ovERRULING OF THE DEMURRER PROBABLE.


Both of the objections regarded as trivial upon
their face and obviously dalory The demurrer will
be argued tomorrow morning, at ten O'Clock, and
there is little doubt that Judge Dillon will promptly
overrule it, II is believed that Mckee will fight for as
much time as he get; but the probabilities are that
it will be impossible for him to avoid going TO trial
to morrow Immediately after discussion on the de-
heard There is additional reason for belev
ing that ex. Collector Mcguire will plead guilty when
his up the 25th. He said, in conyersa-
ton to-day that acquittal for anybody will be mpossi-
BILE, conviction every case beng assured by the
force Of public opinion.


BABcocK RING.


General Mcdonald stated day that while Babcock
had never had any connection with the Whskey Ring,
yet it that he had used his influence TO secure
a suspension of the order providing for sweeping
charges the supervisory districts and that Fulton is
not entitled the sole credit Of getting the consent OF
President Grant TO make the revocation He says Bah
cock called upon the President at his request and had
long conversation with him the subject aiterward
notifying Mcdonald that the President was Inclined TO
the matter favorably.
Year: 1876

One FRED BUssEY was brought be-
fore the court in Virginia City to an
swer for having published challenge
to fight. Judge Cox was moved to
mercy and discharged the prisoner on
account of his having been drunk
when he wrote the challenge but as
sured the prisoner that he would give
him the full benefit of the law, if
hereafter he should commit a similar
offence. The brutality of such amuse-
ment ought to disgust any one pos
sessing the least spark of humanity.
The law forbids it and should be en-
forced to the fullest extent. We
heard of something of the kind hav-
ing taken place at one of our places of
amusement in this city recently. The
District Attorney has, or can get the
names of the parties, and will no
doubt deal with them. 1t is bad
enough for men to bruise each other
when they cannot settle their Difficult
ties any other way, but the attempt to
make living by this passtime is
more than civilization can endure.
Year: 1876

A metallic currency has been the cry
of California for years past. Having
tided over the financial crisis which
has wrecked and ruined the CONNER
cial interest of so many communities
in the east, we have boasted to the
world that our wonderful success was
the result of hard money and upon the
faith in hard money which was
strengthened by our success, both the
great political parties in the east have
added hard money plank in their
platform. We really thought they
were in earnest and actually desired
hard money until an effort was made
by Congress to redeem the trashy
fractional paper currency of the United
States with silver. But the very in
stant this was Gone there is a great
hue and cry from these same people
against silver. In all our CONNER
cial transactions California has used
silver and gold indiscriminately
and Notwithstanding the circula-
ting medium of the nation was such
that nearly all the gold and silver
in circulation was forced to remain
West of the Rocky mountains;we nev-
er found ourselves burdened with sill
yer. We have used all that we bro
duced. True it was little unhandy
to transport from one city to another
in consequence of which discount
sufficient to pay the expressage was
allowed. But upon ordinary transac-
tions in the city it was received and
paid out at par with gold. The idea
of discounting it four, six and eight
per cent. never once occurred to us un-
til the news came from the East that
there was great surplus of silver in
in the country. How dull we are. We
had it all here with us, and counted
it, in buying and selling every day,
and never dreamed that we had too
much until those poor fellows who
have not seen ten round dollars in ten
years discovered that there was a
plethora of silver in the country, and
that silver must pay eight per cent.
premium. Or in other words, silver
| is worth no more than the shinplas-
ter currency of the East. 1t is true
we are producing large amount of
silver on this coast, but we are also
producing proportionately large
amount of gold, and if one depreciates
from this cause the other must depre-
ciate also. And if they both go down
what is to be the future standard of
value? A close investigation of this
subject will satisfy any one that there
is some other cause for this deprecia-
tion of silver. The great cry for hard
money in the East is nothing but a
political ruse. They are not in earn
est. They do not want it. If they did
they would hail with joy this initia-
tory step towards specie currency. If
the proposition had been to redeem
the fractional currency with gold
there would have been an objection
raised. The men who control politi-
cal affairs in the East do not want
hard money. Wall street has con-
trolled Congress for ten years and
Wall street makes millions by the


1uctuation Of currency, and it is from


Wall street that the depreciating cry
| comes.
Year: 1876

Ten per cent on the day of sale; one-third
on the delivery of the contract; one-thlrd in
ninety days; the balance in one yea. Inter
est at the rate of one per cent. will be charged
on deferred payments
Year: 1876

PERSONS wishing to breed
to this fine MESSENGER
Horse will apply to the SUBJ
scriber, who will take pleas
ure in showing some of the
colts of the get Of 1875. Colts
that will prove the ability of
Year: 1876

An extraordinary occurrence
was brought to light at an in
quest held on the body Of man
in south London. In q work.
room where many young girls


we're at work i mouse suddenly
made its appearance on q table,
causing, of course, considera-
BILE commotion and Il general
stampede. The intruder was
seized, however, by a young
man who happened to be pres
ent, but the mouse slipped out
of his hand, and running up his
sleeve, came out between his
waistcoat and shirt at the neck.
The unfortunate man had his
mouth open, and the mouse, on
the lookout for some conven-
lent place Of concealment, en-
tered the mans mouth, and he,
in his fright and surprise, swal-
lowed it. That q mouse can ex-
ist for considerable length of
time without much air has long
been a popular belief, and was
undoubtedly proved to be "a
fact in the present instance, for
the mouse began to tear and
bite inside the mans throat and
chest, and the result was that
the unfortunate fellow died af-
ter little time in horrible ago
ny. Several witnesses corrobo-
rated the above facts, and med
ical testimony as to the cause
of death having been given, a
verdict Of accidental death"
was returned.