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Year: 1876

The day Is come for the ship to sail aud for John to
go 10 SeN,
And bis aged mother is rctting with the bairne on
her knee;
The morning meal IL scarcely touched, and the wife
is still for sorrow,
Forhe good man will soon be gone, anc she will be
lone Tomorrow
Black clouds are lowering in tho sky, but between
them streams the sun,
with the light Of hope in the dark time that for her
Is Just begun.
oh, may his heart keep rs true as hers and the ship
in safety run!
And now they are waiting on the beach, and John
with uneasy breath,
Is fearing to say the sad iarewel-larewell, the
shadow OF death;
They have little tOsay, ard little know OF writing
In the hooks
But though they have lack Of words they can talk to
each other with looks;
They can feel the heart in the hand, and read what
Is written In eyes;
They can tell Of their Joys and their sorrows IN
kisses and In sghs
And 30 can they speak to each other without the
words Of the wise.
There is the good ship, the Mary Ann, at her moor
ings in the bay
And boat is grating on the sand and ready to sail
away
To the waiting ship wi h John and his mates All,
there's the signal gun
And the husband turns to kiss his wife and they 10
each other run;
II is over at last and her good man s with the other
taTs;
She will, weeping, watch the good ship go ill the
dark clouds hide he sparE;
And then for long lonely nights by the seas below
the silent stars.


Prom Beigrapid.
Year: 1876

New York, Nov 4-Air. Morrill,,
in addressing d meeting OF the busi-
ness men on Wall street, opened by
reference to the critical condition ot
the country at the presidential, cleo
tion held sixteen years ago. At that
time, he said, the United States was
without stability at home an,. with
out credit abroad. Ia this deplora-
bic condition of affairs the republican
party seized the helm of government,
crushed out the rebellion, established
peace at hSme and credit abroad.
This gigantic work could not be ac-
complishe1 without an outlay OF treas.
urc. II COS, besides oceans of blood.
tn tifese sixteen Yeafs eleven millions
of dollars were expended.


For this lavish outlay he held the
democratic party responsible. In,
the present contest it should not be
forgotten that the party charged
with these misdeeds, again lries 10
get hold of the public treasury.
They boast of an alliance similar to
the one they established in lSGl, an
alliance the people have fought and
beaten in the field, and they can fight
and beat it whenever it appears,
The crysof reform is bug bear IN
tended to catch the public and really
means nothing. The cry of a solid
south is the Trojan horse Of Ameri-
can politics, and goes hand in hand
with the sham cry o lelorm as pre-
cursor OF another rebellion.


Referring to the financial condi-
tion of the country, the speaker de-
voted much time to the consideration
of the question of specie payments.
The party sailing under the flag
branded reform say that the public
credit must be restored. malutain,
said he, that the republican party
have restored the public credit, aud ii
only remains to preserve the hahdi-
work OF this party. The reform party
seems to have received sudden fit
OF fever in the question Of our nation's
honor. In 1861 the United States
bonds sold .-in the market for soc on
the doll.r. To-day these same bonds
bring LOG gold in the market. This
increase Of II per cent is due to the
party now in power.


With the present steady decrease
of our national debt we may safely
look for resumption of specie payment
in lS19,b but should the calaglity occur
of this sham reform party obtaining
control of the government, when may
we look for the resumptlonl This is
question which providence only can
answer. Judging this party in the
light of its past record, it is unlikely
that they would cause resumption in
this generation. The speaker con-
cluded BY making review of the
situation iu the south. He said that
under democratic rule the rights even
of the freedom of the negro were not
assured The present order OF Things
would in all probability be subdivided
and the work Of the republican party
for the past sixteen years would be
rendered void A vote of thanks was
rendered to the speaker, after which
the meeting adjourned.
Year: 1876

PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE REDUCTION OF THE


PRICE AND IT'S RYFEcT.


That the public takes sides with the HERALD the
reduction Of the price of the paper will be from
the numberlcss letters receive indorng action
We give below few complaints OF overchargcs
which are sil made in the city and country II will
take time TO establish uniform charge Tor the paper,
but tho HERALD Is in earnest in the matter and the
opposing newsmcn will lnd it TO their advantage TO
fall into line as the majority havo already donc:--
Year: 1876

The following were the receipts and shipments of
the leading articles Of produce tn this city during the
twenty-four hours ending at o'clock on Saturday
morning and for the corresponding date ono rear ago
Year: 1876

SAVED BY ScIENcE.-After dinner the
the bOarders gathered in the parlor and told
OF their experiences. Magruder. who Is by
big odds the greatest talker in the house,
took about halt an hour to tell the follow
ing story At house where | was lIv-
ing last year in Thlrty-ninth street. there
was boarder who excited great curiosity
lie came from Egypt, and his name was
enyexter. One morning when he was
standing on the back steps he took three
cornered seed from his pocket and thrust it
into tiower-pot upon the rail. In less
than five minutes it had sprouted six feet
high, and 1t had s.alk like sun-hOwer.
One Of the fellows who were standing
around hung his hat on it just for jest.


lie turned moment to call attention to
the leat, and when he faced about again the
hat was beyond his reach the stalk had
grown SIX feet in as many seconds. 1t was
still growing when the boarders went down
town, and when they came back to dinner
they saw the stalk above the house with
several twists around the chimney, and
sticking up above it like a lightning rod
with the rash mans hat still on the end of
the stalk


With one exception, said Mr. Maguibn,
looking hard at NIagruder, " the biggest
liar | ever knew lived with me once in
Thirty-eighth street. He came from Abys-
slnla, and his name was Gigyexter.


may add that, present company always
excepted, he was the longest winded man
ever knew. Talk? lie would talk by the
hour, and bore the bOardeTs, and after he
had driven two men crazy the landlady Sc
cluded hiLL somewhat. by making him take
his meals at a separate table. Bat he
would keep up his clatter. lighting on peo-
pie in tho halls and in their rooms,
and when he had exhausted everybody he
would go to hisroom and talk to himself.


One night the boarding house was
burned down. GigYexter lost his life, and
in saving two ladies who lived on the top
floor | got the scar which you see here.
iMuguffin brushed the hair off his forehead
revealing a slight scratch.) Suspicion fell
on the poor servant who had been discharg-
ed the day before, and he was locked up in
the Tombs on circumstantial evidence that
looked dead against him. But after the
inquest was enlightened by the testimony OF
those who roomed next to Gigyezter. that he
had been heard talking rapidly for an hour
before the fire broke out. the surgeons
again examined the Abyssinian's remains.
and proved beyond doubt the innocence
of the servant by showing conclusively that
Gigyexter's continuous talking had made so
much friction in his jaws that it set his
head on TIRE, the flames communicated to
the room. the house went down and Gigyex-
ter went up.-beyond all doubt the first re-
corded case of a man who was talked to
death"


Maguffin, said Magruder, soothingly,
laying his hand on his fhend's head, :"
wouldn't talk any more just how if were
you. Your head is hot already"
Year: 1876

The COLORADO PorATo- -3UG.-An Illinois
correspondent of the New York Tribune
says:


As Eastern farmers are likely to suffer
from the ravages of the Colorado potato
bug this season, would like to give them
some advice. Me fields have been troubled
with these pests for the past six years, and
the best and most expeditions remedy have
ever found was to catch the old ones
when they make their appearance on
the vines. This will be as soon as the tops
Of the potato vines are oUt of the ground.
Last season | caught 81 from patch two
rods square, some of the hills not being up
yet. The bugs are in the earth, and come
to the surface as soon as the spring opens.
One OF these bugs, should think, will lay
from 500 to 900 eggs, and the young from
that deposit will destroy a large patch
of potatoes. In looking for bugs, keep
your eye out also for the eggs on the under
side of the leaves. By little attention to
the catching of the old bugs at the start. a
man can save a vast amount of trouble. for
as soon as the bugs hatch they are hard
to get rid Of
Year: 1876

The London Sporting and Dramatic Nelos
tells this story in an article on 1.-The Shady
Side of Pigeon Shooting; capt. Bogardus,
the champion wing shot of America" it
says, "came over here to challenge any man
to shoot against him at pigeons. He polish
manner worthy of praise; but after one Of
these great matches his opponent bet him
$50 he did not kill the next bird. The
champion took the bet, the trap was pulled
but no blue rock rose to take Its flight. A
pigeon there was in the trap, but it was a
dead one. The captain paid his ESQ with
grimly amused air, as he soliloquized
This is English fair play; and this is what
the old country has come to. ,"
Year: 1876

As young shaver of FIVE or six years wa
reading at school one day, he came upon
the passage, Keep thy tongue from es'i
and they lips from guile" Master Hope
full drawled out. keep -thy-tongue.i
hy-lips-from-grrls
Year: 1876

ALMOST ANOTHER MILL BROOK DISASTER.


WORCESTER, Mass, March 3I.-At $50
O'clock, yesterday afternoon. the reservoir
dam gave way with great crash. The
spIling wall crumbled. letting of 700 COO =
eco gallons Of water stored behind The
water rushed down the rayine in solid
mass 20 feet high. whirling and rushing at
the sam time, and the roar was terrible
First in the line of the sweeping flood Was
the stone waste gate house. When the
flood struck this it tottered. Then the key
stone OF the arch dropped out. y corner
OF the building next gave way, followed BY
the wooden roof, which was swept onward
until drawn into a whirlpool. when 1t was
crushed to match wood and thrown into the
air. The gate house was tipped over bodily
and not even q stone of it has been seen.
Down through narrow rayine. one hun
dred feet wide and one mile long,
Year: 1876

whr.ing with incredible speed around
central vacuum Ii was solid mass of
heavy rubbish. Occasionally a rock or
stick would shoot of at tangent and was
driven into the ground, until the swelling
stretch between the point of contact with
the earth and the edge Of the village i a
dlmlnutlye grove composed Of pieces OF
scantlinE, huge rocks, and the branches Of
trees. They are driven in to the ground
with their heads pointing in all directions.
demonstrating that it was whirlwind, ana
that the counterfeit grove resulted from Of
shoots from the outer circumference.


A. the cylinder came up the slope, the
rusb, and yell, and whirr Of the column
sounding like the rush and shreks Of the
wind on the sea. and like the thunder OF
guns-at-racted the attention Of the peo-
pie Of Hazel Green. and they aocked to
their doors and windows Steadily 1t came
on, sometimes bounding 30 feet into the air.
then rushing down again In two minutes
Il descended on the little hazel grove Just
southwest Of the town. The trees were
snatched up by the roots and whirled 20 feet
into the air and supported there
Year: 1876

The mill was next struck and lifted bodi-
iy to the top of the rushing mass. On 1t
swept, at terrific rate, whlrling and turn
ing in all directions. until it struck Ash
worth Il Jones mill. This was the best
mill on the stream and one Of the best in
the country. Ii was substantially built
structure, four stories high, with an ell for
the boiler house. The BOttOmly mill struck
this ell with terrific force, knocking it to
pieces. The B0ttOmly was completely de-
molished by the shock and nothing more
was seen which could be recognized as the
mill standing but . moment before. The
boiler house of Ashworth u Jones mill was
ruined in an instant, and one end of the
main structure was swept away. The boil
er was taken up and carried along as though
il was shiDgle in mill stream. soon an
explosion was heard above the rear OF the
food and stream of water was thrown


several feet above the surface OF the cur
rent. Another explosion followed and an


other. until five occurred and tine boiler WAS
blown to pieces. Jones also lost = large
barn which was crushed like an egg shell
Year: 1876

The first village the Hood encountered
was Cherry Valley \ small cottage house
stood on the opposite side of the road from
Mr. Olney's This was taken up whole,
whirled around on the surface ike a top ior
time and then went down into the water
Three or four other small dwelling houses
were taken up and borne along until crush
ed together and sunk out OF sight. The
waters from the reservoir now reached Net
tlebrOok. and a vast amount OF water swept
across pond, struck line beyond and was
turned down towards Cherry Valley. james
vile. Leesville. Stoneville and New " or
cester. j. \ Smith Il Co. : woOllen mill
stood at the head Of this pond. In front ei
1t was dam which gave way and the wa
tiers of the pond were added 10 the already
uncomfortable mass. The mill, a subStan-
tial brick structure, was next struck and
crumbled, one brick following another unit,
three-iOurths of the mill was in runs and
the water was sweeping through what WAS
lett standing. \ short distance below WAS
the Battomly mill. operated by \. Smith.
This was wooden structure about hity ieet
spare and stood below dam which held the
waters OF pond above. " hen the water
struck this 1t gave way and the water OF
the pond served to still further increase the
vast amount which was already
Year: 1876

boy and girl were found cut on the
prairie, wandering about hopelessly. They
we're in a house of which no account has
been received. They remember being lifted
into the air. and. hen found, were nearly
a quarter OF a mile from where the house
used to be. badly bruised and unable TO ac-
count for their condition. Probably
Year: 1876

The wife OF decent workingman left her
family in Brooklyn, Monday morning. TO do
some shopping in New York for the
children. She did not return. and Tues
day evening. the husband. searching for
her. recognized her IN the body of woman
floating in an East river dock II was found
early in the afternoon. tOwed in and made
fast to corner OF the pier by ropes, where
it lay, waiting for a coroner to release it,
The distracted husband begged to be al
lowed to take it home, but was told that it
could not be removed without Coroner s
order. The proper message failed to reach
the authorities until the Offices were closed.
and the poor man walked the pier all night,
mourning by the body of his wife. Not
till eleven O'Clock the next day could he
take the corpse of the wife and mother
home to her children. Anything sadder
than this sight can hardly be imagined, the
helpless figure, dressed as she left her home,
her pocketbook clutehed in her hand, tied
in the water by ropes about the waist, ex-
posed to the mockery of the wind and
waves. her crying children waiting her
return, and the half-crazed faithful mourn
er keeping his watch all the wild night in
the darkness by her side. The spectacle
was seen by thousands, hurrying to their
work next morning. and commented on
severely, but no one dared to meddle with
the body. against the law. 1t is thought
the woman was pushed or blown from the
dock. on her way home. in the gale of
Monday.


BUSINESS


has been a tride better this week There
are great many Western and Southern
merchants in the city, and they are buying
with tolerable freedom. The trade is nothing
like that OF former years. but as compared
with the utter stagnstion of the last twelve
months, it is good. May it continueto im
prove. Expenses are decreasing every day
and there is a better feeling.


Yours. ALrox.
Year: 1876

Burlington HHrl.us \ For; Madison
man went into his constable, the other day.
and by mistake mixed her up nice mash in a
box fall Of saw-dust instead Of bran The
cow merely suTplsins the hard times had
come, and they were all going TO econo-
mise. meekly ate her supper. and that man
never discovered bis mistake until the next
morning when he MIXED that COW, and She
let down half gallon of turpentne, a quart
Of Shoe-pegs, and bundle Of lath.
Year: 1876

Now that they have such severe winters up
North, it has become quite fashionable for
Northernerst spend them South. 1t Is prophe-
cied that we will have large number Of young
men down here by Nov mber In consequence
Of hard times they will enlist In the cavalry for
service on the Western frontier against thu In
dians and thus be lie to tage a very cheap
Southern trip In about time for the elections.
Year: 1876

baggage room that night that they might
be put on the eastward train the next
morning. At three clock Luke O'Phelan.
who knew of the presence ofthe corpse 10
the place, went into the room to prepare
for the days business, He lit the gas,
and just as he did so the door of the Office
opened with crash, and white form,
with flying hair and wild glaring eyes.
came bounding towards poor Luke. who
gave one awful shrek, and sank across the
c,rpse box, senseless. The form bent over
him, dashed water in his face and revived
him, but for nearly an hour poor Luke was
pale, trembling and helpless. And he has
not recovered from the effects of the fright
yet


An employe slept in the baggage Office
that night. When Luke lit the gas. the
light flashed through an opening into the
sleeper's face and woke him, causing him
to think the room was on fire. So he
sprang up in his night clothes, threw open
the door, and bounded for the fire extin,
guisher, And he was the ghost that came
near being the death of Luke OPhelan.-
Davenport Gazette,


Luke was probably drunk, and the fel-
Year: 1876

The first machine started in the Cente
nial Field Exhibition was the Walter
Wood harvester with the lock binder attat
ment. The ordinary harvester carried E
grain to the binder, where it was compre-
ed by two arms and held While a third fn
surrounded it with wire, and on its Wy
made perfect twist knot. In this shapee
sheaf was discharged from the machinn
good order The binder being indepsl-
ent of the rest Of the implement, was r.
ried backwards and forwards by a levin
the hands of the driver, so that it was pa
Bile of binding the center Of the sheaf oihe
shortest barley equally with the longestFe,
and had another lever by which the si OF
the sheaf is regulated at will.


The whole working of the machinevas
thrown out of gear by a simple foot FER
and the binder could be entirely detAet
from the harvester for transportation 18th
out taking oVtA bolt It bound bot tn
small sleaf Of two or three straws al tn
j largest one ordinarily required. Onef tn
Year: 1876

ChANuE Oe SEED.


If there is any one thing that contributes
more than another to success or failure in
farming, it seems to me it is the changing or
not changing of seed. Bycontinued sowing
Of the same seeds in the same climate and
on the same soil, serious deterioration
seems to take place and the yield becomes
less and less and the quality of the grain
poorer and poorer Then, again, most farm
ers fail to select the best, even of their own
crops, for seed Or to keep their seed grain
free from weed seeds and other kinds of
grain, so that even to get clean seed, tits
necessary for them to buy seed grain that
has been carefully raised, so as to be tree
from all foreign admixtures.


1t is of great Importance that farmers
should frequently exchange seeds from one
neighborhood to another, and from one sec
ton of country to another, and even from
one part to another Of the same farm. 1t is
we'll known how much larger the yield and
better the quality all grains of northern ori-
gin produce for a few years, after being
freshly brought from their native region. 1t
is sufficiently SO to fully account for the ex-
traordinary productiveness of Norway oats
and the many new varieties of potatoes.
TO illustrate the point, a few years ago the
writer got some seed wheat from far north,
and the product the first year was twenty
bushels to the acre and the quality excellent.
a neighbor, an old Frenchman, also had
wheat that year, and While growing and
when ready TO cut, it looked as we'll as that
from the northern seed upon threshing.
the yield was only seven or eight bushels
per acre, and this in region of country
where the average crop is perhaps twelve to
fifteen bushels per acre. l said to my neigh
Dor, "why don't you change your seed y
He replied in his broken English, sob, he
yer good seed. Had him twenty years y
and so he had, and that was what was the
matter.


Again, in buying to change seed. ono
should try to secure improved seed and vari
eties, and thus accomplish double object


or kill two birds with one stone.' There
; is serious loss in raising wheat, oats Or bar
ley that will give small yield of inferio
grain when change Of seed will change TIT
yield for the better Or in raising eight
twelve or fourteen rowed corn, with shallow


grains, when by getting improved yarietie
one can have twenty to thirty rows OF ke1
: nels and depth of grain of fully three
! fourths of an inch Farmers, change AM
! improve your seed.-Cor. Colnaans RWd
!, World.