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Year: 1876

An exchange speaks the following
truthful and sensible words of warn
ing for the attention of young men /:


If the farmers sons, who have COM
Portable home and constant and
healthful employment, knew just
how many unwise young men there
are in Philadelphia and other large
cities. who have left the farm with the
hope of betteriDg their fortunes, and
who to-day are either without mploy-
ment or receiving such compensation
as barely pays for very common board
ing. they would thank their stars IT, at
they have not fallen into the same
error
Year: 1876

tained the rank volunteer during the war; ana
was disabled in like degree. For instance. two Generals
went into the army about the same time as volun-
teers In command Of regiments they attained the same
rank and each lost leg in battle At the close Of the
who in the opinion Of many the better SOL
der mustered OF the service and receives
pension OF only $50 month The other transferred
TO the regular army and retired threequhrtrrs
Of his rank, sum probably sufficient 10 support nun
comfortably II " MAS necessary.


THE ABOLITION OF PRIZE MONEY.


Representative Willis Of New-York intro
duced bill today providing for the repeal Of all laws
authorizing the payment OF prize money to officers ana
IN the navy who may he engaged in the capture OF
any vessel other lawful prize This bill is founded on
the theory that the distribution OF prize relic
OF past and demorallzing TO the naval service
Should a similar principle he recognized III the army
Mr. willis SAYS would the soldiers into organ
lied brgands Mr. Willis also believes That prize money
il seldom equably distributed there always
certain number OF officers and men who. without
any fault of their own. detailed that they do not
share III the distribution. He also thinks that IN some
the hope ~ taking prilcnOney has caused delay III
capture Of important ports aud that there has bcth a
strong temptation for COinandiuts OF ncets Ia he ON
eide of such Ia the hope of capturing prizes when
they would not secure were they To attack the place al
Year: 1876

From the New York Herald.


The latest developments in the Ross
abduction case are not less remarkable
than the story of the abduction itself. 1t
Is now nearly two years since the child
was stolen, In the beginning, so far as
the public knew, the whole case was
shrouded in impenetrable mystery, and
in spite of those marvellous letters, OF
which Mr.. Ross was the recipient-mar-
vellous alike for the audacIty anc. brutal
ity-the police were in as great ignorance
as the public. 1t seems incredible that
this should have been the case, but at no
time has ordinary sagacity been shown
by the detectives in following up the
ciews in their hands. Had there been
any such thing as police efficiency In this
country, the romance of Charlie Ross
would not need to be written, for then
Mosher and Douglass would have been
arrested and the lost child recovered long
before the two burglars met their late at
the Van Burnt mansion at Bay Ridge.
1t is owing entirely to the imbecility
of the police, especially of this city
and of Philadelphia, that the search
for the boy has become hopeless.
and it is not surprising, under
all the circumstances, that even children
practise on the creduality of American
policemen. We may regard the boy
Blanchard, who undertook to personate
Charley Ross, as wonderful specimen
OF the youthful and precocious liar; but
his fairy tales would never have been
told il a want of ssgacity had not char
acterized the infringement OF the search
after the lost child from the
very outset. Even the lads fool
ish story, full as it was of unblush'ng
falsehoods, left days OF doubt AS
to young Blanchard's identity, and his
fabrications found many believers In
spite OF their improbability. For this
reason the St. Albans episode is Won
derful addition TO the romance OF the
Ross mystery. In itself the abduction
was heartrenderiDg, and the letters OF
the kidnappers made it even more ter,
rible. The tragic death OF Mosher ana
his companion and the subsequent convlc-
ton of Westervelt added to the interest as
we'll as the terror of the romance. All
the feelings of grief and fear which had
been excited in the beginning and were
kept alive by means of these unexpected
events were revived by the frequent
stories of the finding of Charley Ross
The latest story, and we trust the last
the fabrications of the Milford Lads
worse than any that preceded II, mostly
because of the universal belief in it and
the unjust reflections which grew out OF
it. Let US hope that the romance OF
Charley Ross is ended, unless, indeed
the police can clear up the mystery.
Year: 1876

NKw YORK. January The advance
in the rates of freight from this city TO
the West will go into effect on Monday
next on the basis OF IS cents per leo
pounds for first class freight TO Chicago.
This rate is to be uniform on all the
trunk lines going west from this city and
Boston. The diferential allowance under
the St. Nicholas compact will be allowed
to philadslpbis and Baltimore on the
Ground that the distance from those cities
10 Chicago Is 80 much less than from New
York,
Year: 1876

LET the women rise and crow. A
woman student ui Cornell has carried
OF the three hundred dollar prize for the
Greek examination in the intercollegiate
contest, and she has now secured the
prize and husband. She was the only
woman who competed, and the men from
the various colleges were unable to hold
their own on this feminine cultivator Of
Greek roots. Ii the ancient Grecisn lore
acquired by the young woman embraces a
knowledge OF how to cook q palatable
beef steak and bake antidyspeptic bis.
cults her husband will gladly permit her
10 forget all about the roots.
Year: 1876

ST. PAUL, January The State Off
GERS elected last Fall, took the oath OF
office to, day, in the presence of both
Houses of the Legislature. In accord
anee with the absurd custom Of previous
years, two messages were read to the
Legislature, one from the outgoing Gov
ernor, Davis, and one from the incoming
Governor, Pillsbury. The messages are
of the average length OF the Presidents
message. Matters discussed are exclu-
sively local. The finances Of the State
are in good condition. The balance in
the hands OF the Treasurer on the lst OF
December was sl30,245. Both messages
recommend liberal appropriation 10 on
able the State to make q creditable ap-
pearance at the Centennial show at
Philadelphia. The most important
recommendation of general inter-
est is also made by both Of the
Governors, namely, that immediate
steps be taken to bring about an honora-
BILE adjustment and the eventual pay
ment of the obligations of the State in
volved in the old repudiated State rail-
road bonds.


Gov. Pillsbury says: 81 am profound
ly impressed with the conviction that the
longer postponement of action looking to
the honost and full adjustment OF this
long-deterred Indebtedness, which must
inhict upon the fair name of the State
the inetiaceous stain of Reputation, and
l venture with the beginning of my Off
cial duties to commend this subject to
your serious and favorable action"


Gov. Davis, argues in favor Of arbi-
tration to determine the amount equits-
bly, due by the State to the holders Of the
bonds, as to the portion which we wrong
fully refuse to pay. The world will hold
that We repudiste as long as we deny
jurisdiction to any tribunal TO entertain
the question involved. l suppose that
when the claims of this Government
against Great Britain were first advanced,
on account of damages done by Confed-
crate cruisers, the English people were as
firmly resolved to pay nothing as any Of
our people to day are. But no man
and no nation ought to be the judge
in its own cases, and accordingly those
great governments constituted court at
Geneva and submitted to its jurisdiction
and abided by the judgment OF that
forum; an example worthy of the imitia-
ton of the Board. Commissioners COM
posed Of men eminent for their integrity
and judicial wisdom, could be invested
VITA jurisdiction to hear and deter
mine questions involved by consideration
of every equity, legal or moral, existing
on either side OF the controversy. 1t
can not be presumed that our people
would hesitate to perform the award if
their bonds were void in their inception
for any reason, or if they were procured
by fraudulent representation or unfaith.
full performance ofconditions precedent
or if there is class of unfortunate per-
SONS who invested in good faith for value,
without notice, so that the last named de-
fense is not applicable to them or they
are wholly due. Let US meet each respon-
sibili,y as becomes great State holding
is honor dearer than anything else"
Year: 1876

ST.. LOUIS, January Judge Dillon,
of the U. s. Circuit Court, declared his
decision to-day in the railroad cases re-.
ferred to in last nights dispatches. He
said the application of st. Louis county
to become party defendant in the Dill
to foreclose the second mortgage on the
Atlantic and Pacific road and to the bill
to foreclose the third mortgage on the
Missouri Pacific railroad must be. denied,
for the reason that it was an unsecured
creditor and could not be permitted
to interfere with the foreclosures of
the mortgages, as it had no interest IN
the sibect. He also refused to grant the
motion of the State, to become party
in these cases for the same reason. In re-
spect to the suit Of n. A. Cowdacy, OF
New York, against the Missouri and
Pacific Railroad and others, he said
the bill was for the sole purpose of set
ting aside the third mortgage as fraudu-
lent, but that its averments were not suf.
fieient tor that purpose if true, and that
if the bill did contain sufficient allega-
tions to justify the setting aside
of the third mortgage, no re-.
ceiver could be appointed under
1t tor the reason that the lease of that
road had not yet expired under its provis-
ions, and for the further reason that the
object sought did not warrant the ap-
pointment of separate receivers. He in
timated that if it was true as claimed that
the third mortgage was void because OF
fraud, the proper way would be to
intervene in the suit and to foreclose, and
that if the Company refused to defend
the Court would, on aproper show
ing, permit such Intervention.


Late this afternoon the attorneys IN
the Condrey case filed an amended bill,
in conformity with the views OF the
Court.
Year: 1876

NEXT week the National Republican
Executive Committee will meet in Wash
ington and FIX upon the timo and place
for holding the Republican National
Convention. The foremost proposition
is that the Convention shall assemble in
Philadelphia on the Sd Of July and noun
mate on the 4th. The idea Is to derive
some eelat from the Centennial, but if
the people of the country learn that the
celebration in Philadelphia on the 4th
of July next is to be utilized into giving
a good "send off, to the Republican can
didate for the Presidency, it will be bad
for the Centennial celebration. That's all.
Year: 1876

SOMEBODY in the Ohio Legislature
seems to have an idea Of the eternal
fitness of things" as witness the resolu-
tion calling upon GRANT to remove his
relatives from office and appoint Union
soldiers in their stead. If the recon-
dation were adopted nearly half Of the
veterans of the army would be provided
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, January 6-The Sub.
Committee Of the National Council OF
the Union League OF America met In
secret session this afternoon, Ex-Gover-
nor William A. Newell presiding. The
report of the Committee on Amend
ments to the Constitution was read, and
it included among its provisions the
agitation OF the school question, and
the compete separation of Church
and State organizations as essential to the
success of the Union and the Republi-
can party, and the removal OF the OBJ
legation of secrecy hitherto binding
on members of the organization. The
future proceedings of the Council will be
public. The chairman announced that
be was in con munication with prominent
men, composing the new National Exc
cu,ive Committee, which would meet in
Cincinnati or some other central point
early next month.
Year: 1876

Owing to the hue and cry which has
been raised about diseases contracted by
wearing hair cut from corpses, the ladies
at Paris refuse to purchase any hair
unless from the head of the living, and
they insist on being present at the
shearing. So the hairdresser brings to
his shop, at great expense, beautiful
peasant from Brittany, in her national
costume. He takes off her characteris-
tic cap; she sheds few tears when
the cruel scissors do their work, aud
still more when the fastidious purchaser
receives splendid braid--which has
been in the store long while, but has
been adroitly fastened, for the occasion,
on the head OF the girl, who generally
has never been outside of Paris,
Year: 1876

The Los Angeles Herald says: Gem
eral John Goshwieler, one of the lead
ing capitalists of California, tells O
thrilling story. One day in the early
times he was standing in pioneer
shanty saloon, in company with a great
big fighter who was the terror of the
camp and town. There was nothing
that this giant could not whip, and very
little that he had not whipped. The big
fellow was sitting near the bar when q
stranger entered. He was a new conner
in town. He was not more than twenty
five, slenderly built, pale, big eyes, deli
cate features, and q hand like q girl.
He stepped quietly up to tie bar and
asked for glass of brandy. The glas
was placed before him, whereupon the
bully rose from his chair, put his big,
brawny hand in front of the youngster,
took the brandy and drank it. The
young man said nothing, but quietly
laid down four bits and said:


Give me another glass of brandy"


The brandy was put out, the glass was
filed and the bully again reached for
ward, took the brandy and drank it.
The youngster put four bits on the
counter and said, easily:


"Give me two glasses OF brandy"


The two glasses were put out, filed
and the bully the third, time reached
forward, took glass and drank it. The
young man paid no attention even to
the giants pistols and knives, but talk
ing the other glass drank it and put
down dollar. Then, with easy man
ner, he left the bar for the door, walked
five or six steps, turned like fash
of lightning and shot the bully through
the heart. AS he walked out of the
door he said to one of the bystanders


"That fellow might have hurt some
body, yet
Year: 1876

/


The best tea for weak person is
charity.


A fat man with thin voice is always
comical.


There are many minds which appear
to have been cut bias and made up that
way.


A buzz-saw item: Henry Stonaker Of
Palestine, Texas. In his life he was love
ly, and in his death he was divided.


Not always when the poor are helped


True charity is meant;
| Loud talk expects its dollar back,
| But silence gives a cent.


A number of American girls in Cali
fornia have married Cinnamon. They
get husbands who are economical house
keepers and willing to do their own
washing.


Sixteen hundred young women in
| Cleveland are pledged not to associate
cities have large numbers of women who
have made the same VOW.


There is tide in the affairs of men
Which. taken at the flood, leads on to O fortune;
Omitted. all the voyage Of their life
Is bound in shadows and in miseries.
A Kemper's Bluff (Texas) young
man named Thomas acquired the habit
of tossing q cooked and loaded pistol in
the air, and catching it as it fell. The
last time he caught it was just before he
died.


In France, particularly in all the large
cities, the women in nearly all classes
take particular pains with their hands,
SO much SO that they go regularly to
what is called q nlGnicure-that is per-
son who makes the care of hands
specially.


Says the Burlington Hatokeye. There
is growing feeling among American
people that the man who can hear fell
low mortal complain of q cold in the
head and abstain from telling him what
to do for it. is the man who should be
the next President.


In Binghampton, N. Y, there is an
insane man whose ailment is symptom
of lingering type of hydrophobia. He
was infected by being bitten by his wife,
who died of hydrophobis about four
years ago. See was bitten by dog
when she was girl, and lived fifteen
years without any symptoms Of the
disease.


Mary K. Dallas writes: "The moment
girl has o secret from her mother, or
has received q letter she dare not let her
mother read, or has friend of whom
her mother does not know, she is in
danger. The fewer secrets that lie in
the hearts of women at any age the bet
ter. 1t is almost test of purity. In
girlhood do nothing that, if discovered
by your father, would make you blush"


A Canadian senator of French exIrac-
ton has resigned his seat for a peculiar
reason- He has never been willing to
trust himself on railIoad train, and
last winter travelled from Quebec to
Ottawa in his own sleigh te attend the
session of Parliament. The fatigues and
hardships of the trip were so great that
he will mot encounter them again, and
SO has determined to retire from public
life
Year: 1876

A wealthy Boston woman and her
daughter are in Indianapolis in search of
a young German to whom the daughter
became greatly attached. while spending
few months in Europe with her
parents, some two years ago, and was
last heard from in Indianapolis. II he
is found, wedding will doubtless end
the romantic affair.
Year: 1876

Ink by rapid cylinder presses from steel plates made Tor
the purpose which, with the faces is believed by Depart
ment officials be a compliance with the law requiring
two plate printngs in the Department.; not so TO MI
McCartee When the law took effect he ceased printing
the seals upon fractional currency from his steel plates
dies fast presses, hut laid down expensive plates
for surface printing and has made the millions OF I'M
prcssons required for the currency since July by the Ia
borous process Of hand-priuting, causing additional
expenditure OF two three hundred thousand dollars
and running throu IN years appropriation In eight
months or course there intention on the part OF
Congress to Increase the cost Of fractional currency
notes VIII ch circulated only about one year, being
destroyed upon their first the Treasury ana IL
is charged that II only desire OF expendinR
large Of money and having large force oi EN-
ployes under hs control that betrayed the head OF the
Bureau into such palpahle misunderstanding OF the
law. There be probability of an Immediate
appropriation for the continuance Of the Bureau ana
the 400 operatives may thank official folly for lack OF
protection against the rcors Of Winter


There another inconvenience from the stoppage OF
the Bureau No more Nati0nJ bank notes can De
printed and that provision Of the law which requires
the Controller OF the Currency 10 replace with new notes
uu notes redeemed by the Treasurer cannot he com
piled with and the banks cannot b" expected to make
per fund good 10 the amount of their notes
redeemed and laid away in the Treasury awaiting the
starting Of the presses.
Year: 1876

assuring lnm that bis position is unchanged by the
action of the House. In the meantime the Secretary
of State is preparing the papers and corresp ndence
in the Emma Mine matter for transmission to the
House. in obedience to the resolution
Year: 1876




It is perfectly reasonable presumption that
if the disputed States had not been needed by
the Democratic party they never would have
been claimed. These players, desperately de-
termined to win, began to scream of fraud
almost before the pack was shuied. So eager
were they for success that they could not
wait for boards to begin even the frauds with
which they were charged, for courts OF justice
to pass upon doubtful points of law. or for the
officers of the poll to forward the figures,
whether fair or sophisticated. As the facts
were slowly but thoroughly developed, and as
one State after another slipped away from
them, they took refuge in rhetorical generali-
ties, and proclaimed themselves the worst
used people in the world, simply because they
could not have their own way, and that very
bad one.


We do not desire to anticipate official an
nouncements, but it is extremely probable that
soon the Democrats will not have much to
talk abouts except the outrageous frauds in
Vermont and in Rhode Island. 1t is equally
probable that these querulOus and impotent
protests will next appear in speeches, long or
short, savage or statistical addressed to the
House of Representatives. We must be pre-
pared for this, and reconcile ourselves to it as
best we may. Yet we may possess our souls
in peace. Only now do we begin to com
prehend the safeguards and precautions against
unscrupulous and cunning factions which the
Constitution provides, or which laws, already
venerable, furnish. These ingenious gentlemen
will soon see into what inextricable complica-
tons their sharp practice will lead them, and
will defer their great revenge to the next
Presidential contest.


Mauger threats of revolutionary proceedings,
and the devices of n party in danger OF losing
all the money which it has lavishly wagered,
and the patronage which the election OF Gov.
Tllden would restore to hands 80 long empty,
we advise all good citizens to await results to
be legitimately ascertaned, and whatever the
upshot may be TO acquiesce i'll it with that re-
spect for the decision of the majority upon
which the perpetuity of our institutions de-
pends. If there is anybody who, in this
emergency, has cOgnizaDce of any better way.
he will deserve well of the Republic if he will
advertise that way Immediately. Until they
know whereof they are talking, it would be
better for these Democratic takers to hold
their peace or at any rate to be careful how
they exalt the value of technicalities, the r1gid
assertion of which may leave them poor In
deed
Year: 1876

Roguery is of no sex. If DE Foe wrote
Capt. Jack, he also wrote Moll Flanders. We
have recently had in this city, and in the City
Prison, one of those sharp women who, sharp
as they are, often come to grief and the hands
of the policeman. They have family like
ness They are usually good-looking, or if not
80, at least interesting; frequently they touch
the heart in preliminary way by wearing the
weeds of widowhood; they are quick of tongue,
and mstresses of plausibiity; and they trade
with infinite dexterity upon that chivalry of
Year: 1876

The Louisiana Returning Board has evlnced
again, as it seemed to evince at the beginning
of its work, a disposition to deal fairly by all
parties. The protest of Democratic candl-
date for Presidential Elector yesterday against
his exclusion from the room while the vote Tor
and against him is canvassed, produced the
effect of determining the Board to allow nm
hereafter to be present. This action, 1t IS be-
lievcd. will be followed by similar modlilca-
ton of the rules in behalf of other candidates or
their counsel, thus resembling the acton OF the
day before, which excluded the Democratic
attorneys This decision will strengthen the
Returning Board in the eyes of all fair-minded
men, and Just now all such want to think as
we'll of it as they can. 1t is the only legally
constituted authority for ascertaining the vote
of Louisiana, and its verdict is law. Every
STEP therefore, which tends to prove its in
tentions honest and its work straightforward
will be gladly received by the great mass of
the people. To them the personality, or even
the political attitude of the President, is of
little consequence in comparison with the vital
necessity of getting the President who has
been honestly elected.
Year: 1876

Prof Sumner furnishes an interesting story
of his recent observations in Louisiana. He
says less of the Presidential result than of the
present system of managing elections, and the
condition of the people, but his statement is
the report Of a man who is trying undoubtedly
to tell honestly what he saw. But there can
be no doubt that he looked through Tilden
spectacles.