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Year: 1876

The POWER OF MUs1c.-The cele-
brated preacher Bourdaloue had habit
of preparing himself for the pulpit
with-a fiddlei He was to preach on a
Good Friday, and the proper officer
came to attend him to church. As the
officer ascended the stairs he heard the
sound of yiolen, and as the door stood
little ajar, he saw Bourdaloue in his
cassock, playing a lively tune, and
dancing to it about his study. He
though the reverend man raving mad


He knock gently on the door. The
father threw down his violin, hurried
on his gown, and approached him, say
ing. 80, it is you, SIR! | hope have
not kept you waiting. am quite ready
to attend you" The officer. as they
went down stairs, could not help men,
tioning his surprise at what he had
heard and seen. Bourdloue laughed.
THE whole of the matter is this,
said he; " IN thinking over the subject
Of the day, found my spirits too much
depressed to speak as l ought to do, SO
l had recourse to my usual method of
music ana a little dancing. 1t has had
its effect. am quite in a proper tenn


per, ana so now with pleasure to what
l should else have gone ia pain"
Year: 1876

pl The steamer Politkofsky
came up here last evening and
laid at the end of Yesler's wharf
all night. AT an early hour this
morning she towed the bark
Jenny Pitts to sea from Free
port.
Year: 1876

afternoon, Mr.. Hillory Butler
had the misfortune to catch his
right hand between the brake of
the truck and u corner ola chest,
tearing and bruising the flesh in
a shocking manner, but FORUM
ately breaking no bones. The
injured member was dressed and
Mr.. Butler is able to be around
to-day.
Year: 1876

CINCINNATI, Aug. 2l.-,Judge Stan
ley Matthews, republican candidate
for Congress in the Second Ohio dis
trict, returned yesterday, and to-day
day received official notice of his
nomination. He accepted the nomi-
nation. Tonight he was serenaded
at his residence, in Glendale, by his
political friends from neighboring
village, and he made to them speech
of about half an hours length, in
the course of which he made the
points that the mission Of the repub-
lican party is not ended, and will not


be until men of any state can go into
any other state and declare their po-
litical opinions without the penalty
of ostracism. The democratic party,
with sectional strength in the south,
he did not regard as likely to make
1t possible for northern republican
to 60 south and avow his political
opinions with safety. Concerning the
candidates, he desired to correct a
misapprehension in regard to Hayes
II had been said against him that he
lacked force of character. On the
contrary, from a close ACQUAINTANCE
with him from boyhood, at college,
the speaker thought force Of charac.
ter was his distinguishing trait. As
to Tilden, he argued that his surrend.
er to Hendricks in his letter of &C.
ceptance, shows him to be a creature
to be managed in the interest of hi:


party. In conclusion, he said he
should conduct the coming campaign


on q plane of argument and reason


and not descend to personal detrac.


ton.
Year: 1876

LOOK at the parallel. Buchanan
was an old, worn-out, selfish bachelor.
So is Tilden. Buchanan did profess
to have loved a woman when he was
young and manifested q feminine
fondness when he was old, but no
woman ever looked upon him and
wished that Heaven had made her
such q man. The aversion to the
other sex is so strong in Tilden's sell
fish, cold, and cgotistical composition
that he has gone from infancy almost
into second childhood untouched by
the common passion of all humanity.
Wrapped up in himself, worshipping
at the altar Of Mammon, feeding upon
the greed of miserly acquisition,
deadened to all the promptings of
sexual affection, no woman will miss
him when he is gone, and no child
will bear his name or cherish his
memory. The absence of the common
instinct Of humankind fitted these
two men for treason, stratagems, and
spoils, and the issue Of their lives
shows how completely they realized
this fitness.-Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1876

The Cincinnati Times has summed


up the charges made against Tildcn


In the four weeks which have elapsed
since the nomination. 1t makes nc
account Of mere campaign stories and
rumors, but confines its list to charges
which are susceptible Of direct and
positive proof, and It finds that Tilden
Is guilty, first, Of disloyalty to his
country and Of such sympathy with
armed treason as to demand an i'm
mediate cessation of the War, and the
holding of peace convention with
the rebellious States; second, of ma
king an immense fortune through the
fundamentally of railroad rings at
the expense of farmers aud stock
holders third, Of breaches of trust
% attorney for individuals and rail-
roads; fourth, of lending his name
and influence to gigantic frauds by
which Hoffman was counted In a.
Governor of New York; fifth, of be-
ing close friend and political part
ner Of Boss Tweed at the same time
the latter was plundering New York
City Of millions OF dollars; sixth, of
continuing his relations with the
most corrupt members of Tsmmany
after their corruptions had been pub
licly exposed; seventh, Of receiving
$5,6 900 from Boss Tweed to aid in the
fraudulent campaign Of 1858 eighth,
of refusing to assist In the movement
to break up the Tweed Ring until
forced to do so by the accidental Sc.
curing Of the books Of the thieves by
the New York TImes ninth, of taking
no steps to punish the officers who
allowed Tweed to escape, and Of par.
doning thieves from the Penitentiary


who were convicted with Tweed !;
tenth, Of being legal counselor and


manager OF such frauds as the Erie
Ring, the Fort Wayne Ring, and the


Continental Improvement Company !;
eleventh, Of being the legal counselor
and trusted adviser of the infamous


Credit Mobilier fraud; twelfth, Of
completely with the wholesale bribery
of the New York press under the
regime of Tweed and company. These
twelve charges that have already been


made are capable of proof that would


be deemed sufficient in court of law.
There are numerous others that are


matters Of public notoriety. No pub


lie man in American history has ever
come before the people asking for
office with such a terrible indictment


hanging over him. And yet this man.


loaded down with corruptions and
iniqnities, has the impudence and


hypocrisy to talk Of reform, and to
ask for the suffragcs of the American


people npon the ground that he is


going to purify politics Chicago
Tribune,
Year: 1876

1NEWAFN,
To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


According to the explanation the HERALD the expo-
sion will be felt, the will not exert
its force on the air the at tho Bergen Hill
explosion. Now, If this be the case how Is
it that the latter felt in Brooklyn,
and, in fact in all neighboring places
situated on the rock forming Manhattan Island, while
in Newark which is soft ground. with the flats be-
tween 1t and Bergen Hill, it was not felt Mt all 1t
seems as If in this the shock must have been
transmitted through the rock, as If it through
the medium Of the air that it exerted its force
1t certainly should have been felt In
Newark as distinctly Brooklyn, the distance being
about the same. If this Is tho case would think
the explosion at He'll Gate would very de-
structve force In tho mauner-viZ, through the
rock in which II is enclosed, and this in quantity
twenty-five times as great A READER
Year: 1876

A lady in this city suspected that
her husband was in the habit OF kiss
inc KATY. the cook, and resolved to
detect him in the act. After watch
ing for days, she heard him come in
one evening and quietly pass
through into the kitchen. Now
KATY was out that evening, and the
kitchen was dark. Burning with
jealousy, the wife took some matches
in her hand and hastily placed her
shaw! over her head, as Katy some
times did, entered the kitchen by the
back door, and was almost immedi-
ately seized and embraced in the
most ardent manner. With her
heart almost bursting with rage and
jealousy, the injured wife prepared
to administer q most terrible rebuke
to her faithless spouse. Tearing her.
self from his foul embrace, she
struck match, and stood face to face
with the hired man. Her husband
says his wife has never treated him
so well since the first month they
were married as she has for the past
few days.
Year: 1876

True Christians everywhere feel
longing desire to see the cause of the
Redeemer prosper and triumph, to
see all the people lifted up, civilized,
christianized and saved-and are will
ling to labor for this grand end.


While many Christians are fred
with zeal and long to go to the dark
regions where Christ is not known to
tell the story of the cross, and point
the perishing thousands to the bleed
ing lamb OF God-there are many
souls for whom Christ died, even in
this beautiful land of ours, this land
of Churches and Gospel privileges,
who are perishing for lack of Chris
tian effort and sympathy.


There are about two score of in
digent, unfortunate (many of them
degraded) human beings at our coun-
ty Infirmary--whO are provided by
the State with no educational privi-
leges or religious training. So, if
there is any such privilege or train
ing for them, it must be through vol
untary Christian effort. Who will
come to the rescue? Jesus left the
glory that he had with the Father,
before the world was-came TO earth,
lived life of poverty, suffered, bled
and died, that these unfortunate be-
ings might be enlightened, repent,
believe and be saved. But they are
incarcerated in the Poor house-the
very name is repulsive to many-'tis
not pleasant place to visit. Shall
they therefore be left to linger out
their days in this uninviting place
their ears being greeted each sabbath
day with the chime of the church
bells of the city and no kind Chris
tian friend to visit them, and speak a
word of cheer, or point them to the
bleeding lamb of God. Will they be
left here to linger out their three
score years without Il ray of hope or
beacon light to guide them to that
world unknown?


In that day, when the earth and
the sea shall give up their dead
some one will be pronounced lost, be-
cause others, even Christians, were
not willing to stoop to lift them from
the depths to which they had fallen.
1t would require no great sacrifice,
talent or effort on the part of many
of our good brothers or sisters, to
visit these people occasionally, and
talk to them individually, and pray q
little with them. They would feel
that some one cared for them and felt
an interest in their eternal welfare,
And even should there be no fruit OF
all your toll, YOU will never be any
the worse off for having done what
you considered to be your duty.
Year: 1876

A Massachusetts, Village Haunt


ed by the Ghost of n Mother


and Her Babe.


From the Boston Globe.


The village of East Falmouth, four
or five miles from Falmouth, revels
in a ghostly sensation. 1t is no or
dinary ghost that walks in the twi-
light. or appears at midnight to the
terrified beholder. Broad daylight
and clear sunshine are the conditions
of its appearance. Several weeks
ago the wife of Eleazer Fish, while
calling on a neighbor looked toward
her house and saw a woman sitting
at the window. Knowing that she
had left the house empty, she imme-
diately returned home, but to find it
still empty. In few days the same
thing happened again. A witness
was called and plainly saw the wo-
man. On approaching the house the
shape vanished and did not again APP
pear. Shortly after the apparition
was again seen at the window, this
time with baby in her arms; and
since there have been many appear
ances of the ghostly lady, sometimes
with and sometimes without the in
fant She generally appears on a
pleasant day, and usnallyIi allllyIi,i Ylhlsaaihhhe YIlhlsssaaihhe
from the house. Within this DIS
tance no shape is visible. The spir-
itual visitor is supposed to be the
first-wife Of Mr.. Fish, who died some
years since, and the infant is set
down as the present Mrs. Fish's
child, who died last winter. Mr..
Fish's family are. not in the least dis
turbed by the apparition, but rather
enjoy the novelty of the situation. In
fact. some of the members of the
family take pride in saying that, in
addition to the spectacle at the win
dow, ghostly noises are frequently
heard within the house. Bat there
are scoffers at all this, and although
every one admits that at times the
window in question shows singular
appearance, the skeptics say it is
merely a reflection from some object
near by, and that its sudden appear
ance is due alone to its never having
been noticed before. Our lady re-
marks that nobody but weak minded
persons can see ghosts, and that the
village clergyman, on being invited
to inspect the spectacle, said after
minutes observation that some folks
could see great deal more than he
could, whereat the believers are
greatly incensed.
Year: 1876

Your Regulator is one Of the best family med
icines ever used have not spent one dollar
for my family for medicine in FIVE years, only
for your Regulator, and must say it does All 1t
says it will. You can also recommend it in
Collie for Stock, it having cured fine nlulc of
mine worth five hundred dollars. "a Nelson,
Year: 1876

An amusing incident occurred lately
on board the Boston and New York Ex-
press train while halting in Springfield,
which is worthy of record. Almost i'm.
mediately after the train stopped very
small and almost voiceless newsboy en-.
tered one of the cars, and walking back
and forth from end to end of the carriage,
murmured something of Springfield


Union, single copy of which he carried
under one arm and would doubtless have
been glad to sell. The boys idiotic
apathy and consequent ill-success in trade
attracted the attention of nervous
looking gentleman among the New York
passengers, who, after observing things
for a few moments, jumped from his seat
and cried out: "See here, boy; let me
show you how to sell newspapersp
Smtching the paper from under the
urchin's arm, and placing it beneath his
own, he commenced pacing slowly the
length Of the car, shouting loudly
enough to be heard several blocks away
Springfield Unioni Double sheet
Terrible fire in Philadelphia-a! Suicide
of BAN Sowles and Aries Chancis
Fradamsl The Centennial buildings in
ashes Dom Pedro and President Grant
reduced to cinders! Four lengths of
linen hose busted S-p-r-r-r his
further EXPLANATIONS were lost amid the
uproarious merriment of the passengers
and the yells of the little news pedd1er,
who had found his voice and was tug.
ging at the gentleman's coat-tails in
vain endavor to recover his paper, as the
train was by this time moving from the
station.
Year: 1876

In McGahan's "Under the Northern
Lights" we find the following eloquen
description Of the impressions produced
on the mind by the contemplation of the
frozen regions:


The islands of North Somerset and the
Prince of Wales Land, between which
we are sailing, are mere heaps of stones
and boulders. For hundreds of miles in
every direction it is the same. The whcle
north coast of America, from Behring's
Straits to Hudson's Bay, with the great


Archipelago north of it, is nothing but
stone and rock and ice, not only without
a tree or shrub, or blade of grass, but
without even handful of earth to hide
its savage nakedness. The water is ice,


the land is rock, the sea frozen corpse,
the earth bare, grinning skeleton, that
meets you everywhere; that seizes you in
its bony clasp, and will not let you 90,
the skeleton of dead world.
Nature never smiles here. In sunshine
or shadow, in light or shade, she is al.
ways gloomy and taciturn. When the
sun comes out bright and warm, as it
does sometimes, tinging the bare, bleak
rocks with melancholy yellow, she is
silent, sad, and mournful; when the gray,
leaden clouds are drawn over the sky
like a canopy, she is stern, inexorable,
implacable. She shows here no rich
carpet of grass and flowers to delight and
refresh our eyes no fields of waving
grain; no grand old forest with its ocean
of green foliage no rustic of leaves
whispering their mysterious secrets; no
chant Of birds nor hum of insects; no
murmur of life and love and Joy. Her
voices are hushed, her smile is gone, her
face is cold. We are used to a smiling,
bounteous earth, clothed in verdure and
flowers, that opens her arms to us, that
warns us on her breast, that gives us life
and light, and warmth and plenty.
Here we are like children looking en- the
pale, cold face of dead mother we are
struck with terror. There is something
fearful in the rigid features that were so
full of expression, in the closed eyes that
beamed no more; in the still hands that
moved not-a strange, dreadful mystery
which appals. This is the first impress
sion. 1t is succeeded by something far
more fearful and terrible-a feeling
have tried to seize and analyze without
success. 1t is as though you gradually
began to preceive sinister meaning
a darker signifcation in this lonely,
silent world. You began to feel that it
is endowed with a sullen kind of life
a somber intelligence that you vainly
try to comprehend. You feel that some
thing terrible has happened here, or is
going to happen.
Year: 1876

had chance to visit the sewers with
a party from the house. l gladly availed
myself of it, and walked with them down
to the Madeleine, where we disappeared
through hole in the pavement, down q
spiral staircase, at the foot of which we
found nObly arched vault through
which canal of dark water was running
rapidly, with good foot-pavements on
each side. There were about one hun.
dred visitors, and we were all slowed
away in boats in the most systematic and
comfortable manner for a ride on this
canal. There was not the least impurity
in the air, for the Seine is turned into
the sewers above the city and let out
again into itself miles below, and the
current is rapid. Our boats were ele-
gantly lighted with kerosene-lamps with
ground-glass globes, and seats covered
with clear sail-clOth. Think of the
authorities of Paris providing such an
entertainment under ground for her
visitors.


AS each little boat received its compile
ment of persons, eight men in the newt
able blue blouse, four on each side, took
hold of our ropes and tramped off with
us down the Place de la Madeleine, down
the Rue Royale, through the Place de la
ConcOrde, to some point in the Rue de
RivOli. Our course was indicated by the
same little squares of blue, with letters
in white, that mark all the streets of
Paris above ground. The vault is at
least twelve feet high, and as wide as a
narrow street; the masonry is only ex-
celled by that of the Cloaca Maxima at
Rome. Large iron pipes were running
along on one side on brackets above us,
which, upon inquiry, found were the
city water-pipes.


At some point on the Rue de Rivoli we
were transferred from the boats to
beautiful open cars, lighted as the boats
were, and four men, two in front and two
behind, carried us along a tramway,
through narrow part of our road, still
over water and still down the Rue de
Rivoli. got out of my bearings when
l saw the sluiceways in the sidewalks
marked Rue du Roule, Rue des Lavan-
dieres, etc. but soon we made scientific
turn on railway-pivOt, and our course
was marked Boulevard de SebastOpOl.
The poor fellows who ran the cars-for
they did run them-were very warm and
q good deal out of breath, but they kept
at 1t until we emerged into full daylight,
as suddenly as when we popped out of
the salt-mines at Hallein. And where
do you think we were2 BY the Tour de
st. Jacquesl We were ushered UP
staircase into the street without even an
to see the men who had
worked 80 hard for us.
Year: 1876

Whether or not the act of suicide indi-
Gates insanity on the part of the self


destroyer, is problematical. Some of the


scientific men of the day are trying to
solve this question, but meet with MANY
difficulties, some of the chief of which
arise from the impossibility to place the
suicides themselves on the witness stand.


They find it impossible to get any but
inferential evidence of selfdestroyed
man, as to his mental status at the time
he killed himself. Some queer facts
have been brought to light, however.
One man has been told by fortune
teller that he would die within three
years, and having a great horror of
death, he took dose of strychnine to es-
cape it. That man was clearly of un.
sound mind. A case of almost the re.
verse of this happened in Paris. A man
bent on suicide climbed up the parapet
of bridge over the Seine, and was about
to jump into the river when sentry
pointed his musket at him and told him
he would shoot him dead unless he came
down instead Of staying on the parapet
and achieving death at the hand of the
sentry without committing suicide. Was
that man in his right mind2 A still
more singular case was that of an old
bachelor, who, in moment of weakness,
entered into marriage engagement. On
coming to what he called his right mind,
this unfortunate man resolved to escape
the consequences of his folly by COM
mitting self-destructiOn. Thus resolved,
he had his razor aimed at his jugular
vein, when word came that his Gin
tended" had eloped with younger and
handsomer man. Here was an unex-
pected deliverance; but now mark the
vagaries of perturbed mind. Jealousy
of his reval succeeded to the horror of a
betrothal, and after writing plain
statement of his grievances, the bachelor
resumed his razor and cut his throat. So
far as the sufIerings of certain methods
OF suicide are concerned, we have evil
dence. A man in Canada who took
dose OF strychnine, and escaped to tell
the tale, describes the sensation of diving
by this process. 1t is enough to deter
any person in his senses from selecting
this mode of suicide. He says he felt
succession of shocks and commissions,
each worse than being on the wheel and
after suffering terrible torments for
period that seemed of intimate duration,
he finally sank into unconciOusness, from
which he was rescued by the utmost ex-
ertions Of skiIlful physicians.
Year: 1876

In planting corn upon moderately rich
soil, half pint of good unleached hard
wood ashes may be safely applied to each
hill at the time of planting, and double
or treble this amount of leached. After
the corn is up, and before second culti-
vation or hoeing, single handful addi-
tional may be applied with benefit.
There are few farmers who can afford to
sell their wood ashes for twenty-five cents
per bushel, especially when the land has
been cultivated for number of years |:
still, many do sell them for six to ten
cents and think they are saving money
by doing so. We would say keep and
use all the ashes you make and purchase
all you can at reasonable price, thereby
keeping up the fertility of the soil.