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Year: 1876

The Hartford Times says April and
October witness great destruction OF
migrating birds that flying at night are
dashed to death against the heavy plate
glass lanterns of the lighthouses on ouI
Atlantic coast. Well authenticated facts
seem to render it probable that this de-
struction of bird LIE is far greater than
most persons have supposed. In April
the havoc is among returning birds,
along our northern coast from Cape May
to the shores OF Maine. On the south
ern coast, and especially along the
shores of Florida, the destruction is
greatest among the southward flying
birds in October. The number and
variety of these misguided night travel
ers is surprising. The keeper of the
new and lofty light on Anastasia island,
at st. Augustine, Fla, informed the
writer that there is scarcely any dark
night in the year that does not witness
the destruction of numbers of birds that
dash themselves against the light, and
that often the number found in the
morning ranges from twenty to fifty.
Ducks, however, are the most notable
victims. These heavy birds are noted
for their velocity of fight. The keeper
found it impossible to protect the Ian
tern from the shattering shock OF their
onset, and had to have an iron network
erected around the light. Even this
falls to prevent mischief, for the ducks
strike the iron netting with such force
as to break through it and break the
heavy outer plate glass of the lantern.
It is not improbable that the destruction
of birds by this cause is tenfold greater
than any one who has not made the sub
iect an especial study has ever suspected.
At each of the forty or fifty more promi.
nent lights along the Atlantic coast OF
the United States the number of birds
thus slaughtered must amount to nearly
1900 annually-or say 100000 year.
It all shows at least (what was already
understood by those who have given at
tention to the subiect) that the flight OF
our migrating birds is accomplished in
the night.
Year: 1876

A paper in China says: We learn that
one of the mandarins here, who had
swindled the government Of large
sum of money when making purchases
of warlike materials at Hong Kong dur
ING the Formosan affair, was brought up
for trial before the redoubtable Ting
aud the Fantai. This degraded official
was subjected, as an introduction OF
something severe in store tor him, to a
fogging OF one hundred blows on the
palms of his hands. he was to have
been bambooed in the usual way as
other criminals on the breech, but for
his bitter crying and vehement entrea-
ties, coupled with the fact Of his not be-


ing in very good health. The default
ing official is surnamed Man, and is re-
lated to Taoutai of that name who WIS
degraded at the same time with the
Vioeroy Ying Han in the Waising affair.
Year: 1876

The circular Of Chicago divorce law
yer is before us. He offers to get a di-
vorce in six weeks for 500, and there
need be no greater cause of complaint
than that "the parties cannot live in
peace and union together, and that their
welfare demands separation" The ap


plicant has simply to sign an affidavit,
pay the fee and receive the document.
The lawyer does not require the pres
ence OF his client, as he does bis court
business in Ga Territory where there is
no State organization to interfere. In
this case, residence anywhere in the
United States is all that is required, and
affidavit of plaintiff is sufficient proof. "
Year: 1876

It has often been said of people slight
ly insane who commit or attempt sui
eide, that they are moved by unreason-
ing selfshness or vanity. Even vanity
might, and we venture to think would,
be in many cases overborne by the recol-
lection that suicide is murder, and that
the person who commits it will be treat
ed after death as felon-his body
buried without Christian rites, his fami-
ly disgraced and his property lost to
them. The man who could make and
sign disposition of his property with
the intention of suicide clearly in his
mind would be more determined on self
destruction than certainly half OF the
persons who atpresent commit the dread
full act.


It has not, we believe, been denied by
medical men that the homicida mania
is frequently restrained by tho fear OF
punishment. But, as the law is at pre-
sent y orked, many cases occur In which
the maniac coolly acts upon the impu.
nifty which will attend his crime. The
same feeling may work upon suicides.
They may, and often do, know and be-
ieve that under no circumstances will
the old law be brought to bear upon
their case. Among recent examples
there is large proportion in which the
suicide, however insane upon the one
point, WAS perfectly sane upon every
thing else, and, there being no restrain
ing thought In the fear Of legal conse-
quences, has been left to commit self
murder as an act affecting himself alone.
There are many men to whom disgrace
appears worse than death. Such feel.
ing is not uncommon even among those
whose intellects are considerably dis
ordered. Stealing, adultery, blasphemy
are quite impossible to many man who
will yet commit suicide. The idea OF
hurting another is often more repugnant
than that of hurting oneself.


There are many with whom consid-
Grafton of the injury done to their fami-
lies would operate powerfully as deter
rent, even more powerfully than the
desire to crafty the suicidal impulse.
Passion is thus controlled. and the man
who would stick at no crime to attain an
end where his own longings are concern
ed is yet held back by the consequences
his rashness may bring upon those whom
he loves, or even those with whom he
wishes to stand well. It is not possible
to believe that if every intelligent sui
oide-that is, every suicide whose intel
lect has only failed on the one point
could be shown, whether by argument
or by witnessing the experience OF
others, that his crime would be punished
by social disgrace, he might not be in
duced to hesitate, and, as in all diseases,
time gained would be life saved.


The impulse is often transient. Re-
strained for a sufficient period it dies
out, and every consideration, legal and
moral, which can.be used for its restraint
should be diligently sought out and en-
ployed. Half dozen verdicts of .telo-
desc would have a stronger influence,
we are convince d, upon intending sui
cides, and would have greater effect
upon the annual number of cases than
any medical treatment whatever.
Year: 1876

LlI0 ON q D0SoTt 1LOCAs


This was the usual daily routine, from
which the reader will be able to form
some idea of the life We led, says one
who WAS cast away on desert rock:
I got up about seven o'clock and took
the ashes out OF the fireplace, lit the
fire, and swept out the house with o
birds wing. When the stone pot got
heated, I put in the grease, and if we
had eggs we fried them in it, or cooked
the meat in it. It generally took about
q couple of hours to cook the breakfast,
as we could do little at time; my
mother looked after it sometimes. After
breakfast often went down to the gully
and had a wash-with eggs when plenti-
full, often using dozen OF them and
when they could not be spared, I cut a
penguin's throat over a piece Of rag,
scrubbing myself with the blood, and
then washing it off with water; it WAS not
such a good plan as the eggs, but was
better than nothing.


My wash over, I would get birds for
our evening meal, either young penguins
or mollyhawks, and then set to work
skinning and cutting them up. After
that I generally killed and skinned
about fifty old penguins and stored up
the skins for winter fuel. Thirty fat
skins were about as much as man in
our reduced state could carry easily. I
packed them in stacks about four feet
high. The old-kept skins burnt well,
though they smelt strongly, and were
full Of maggots; but We were very glad
to have them. I stored about seven
hundred or eight hundred, which would
have lasted US some time, ss We only
burnt about five or six in our small fire
during the day.


Twas always glad to get my skinning
over, as I had got 80 sick OF it and
dreadful looking figures we must some
times have been-our hands and clothes
covered with blood. and our faces often
spotted with it. The evening meal was
generally cooked by my mother, OF
which I ate some, leaving little for the
morning, then got in water for The
night, put the turf on the fire, and
retired to bed, or rock rather. Igener-
ally slept well, except when I dreamed of
skinning penguins. Ny mother also
slept pretty well, considering the dis
comfort, etc. On Sunday never did
any skinning, but washed myself in the
gully in the morning. We always had
supply of f. cd ready for the Sunday. I
then paid visits to some of the other
shanties, and got all the news, such as a
new yarn and dreams were great
source of amusement-we dreamt in
such q realistic manner.


Having dreams was quite like letter
by post, for they took our minds off the
island, and enabled us to forget for
time our miserable circumstances, and
any interesting ones I retailed to my
mother. In the night when We awoke
we invariably asked each others dreams,
which were often about something to
eat, often about being at home and the
ship that was to take us off the island
always pleasant. Dreaming, in fact,
was by far the pleasantest part of our
existence on that miserable island.
Many were the prophecies that were
made about when we should get of.
At first we an1iously paid attention to
them; but when one or two turned out
wrong, no one took much account OF
them.
Year: 1876

before which 80 many fall, as the evil OF
intemperance.


most earnestly desire thattRe youth
of our country, especially Cd Rbbath-
school scholars, shall give all their in.
fuence against this great evil. May
God help you to avoid the perils in
lfe's journey, and the traps that are set
for your feet, so that from your place OF
safety you may reach out your hand to
help the tempted who are struggling in
their chains, and may by sef-denial be
enabled to "fulfill the law of Christ,
by helping some poor burdened souls
into the higher life of purity and free
Year: 1876

Do you ever read the newspapers !
No Have you any opinion upon any
thingi No Do you know your right
hand from your left No Do you
copsider yourself species Of born idiot
Yes! Then you are at for o 3uryman'
Year: 1876

THE FUNERAL SERVICES IN ST Macy CHuncu --
THE USUAL SERVICES PERFORMED Br THE as
sIsTANT PASTOR.


NEWPORT. L. Jsa. . 1875
A more beautiful day never dawned than 70 DAY has
been for funeral Of De Fray the child over
whose burial there has been little discussion
throughout the country. Afcr vcspers Al ST. NAry's
Roman Catholic churcn the funeral corlege arrived ln
the immediate vicinity OF the church the sidewalks
we're crowded with men, aud children of al De-
nominations drawn thithcr mostly by curiosity % sec
what might be Some


ANTICIPATED A DISTURBANCES,


owing to the publicity which the afair had been
given, especially when il was known that De Fray was
Portuguese instead Of an Irish Catholic The re-
mains were brought the church promptly al four
O'Clock and were followed by large number OF mourn
ers Contrary to expectations Father Graces assistant
Father Clinton, ofioiated which by many was con-
sidcrcd tho wises course after all In view Of the curl
osty to how Father Grace would act under the
The church which Is the largest IN tho
city was comfortably filled and during the services all
listened with reverenual awe to Father Clinton who
read the impressive Catholic burial service IN low but


TO TIE CEMETERY


1t had been rumored for several days that but small
parry Of Catholics would follow the remains to the
cemetery This rumOr proved to be true, compared 10
the number who usually attend the funerals from that
church The reasons why they absented themselves
are obvious and Will present themselves 70 the reader
However the funeral procession moved away from
the church about hy, of whom were Protestants
followed and this number was increased before tie
cemetery was reached by about fifty more. large
crowd followed the opposite side, but they LETT the
procession soon as Thames street was reached


IL is matter OF congratulaton that the burial was
conducted pcaceably, and that the cloud which has
hung over the church the unhappy affair
communicated the public through tho press is at last
dispersed through the wisdom OF those who have the
best interest OF the Church at heart The remains
placed vault IN the Protestant Cemetery, from
which they brought to the church, as the lot be-
longing to the family in the Catholic ground very
wet and II will have TO be drained and brick vault
built before the body be removed. This action of
the family caused some comment among those who
were not acquainted with the facts in the
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, Jan. . 1876


DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY TIE DEMO-
GRATIS IN THEIR INFRINGEMENT EFFoRTs


Reformers never popular, especially If they are
Ia earnest, and this the democratic leaders in the
House begin already discover. They propose
heavy reduction in the army, and il is said threaten
also to reduce the pay OF the navy The last
would be i'll advised, the pay Of navy officers
greater than it ought be- to the army it begins
to be seen that any considerable reduction will excite
the opposition Of democratic members from the South.
western and other border states and from the
Pacific coast, and will not be easily accomplished as
first thought 1t poss BILE that those who wish
reduce the army may assistance from
expected quarter If Norton should carry his
Mississippi investigating committee and there should
be possibility that the President could be persuaded
TO use the army In the Southern States it
in former years, in that the democrats in the
House would not merely TO reduce the force but
would probably reduce any except an extremely moder
ate army appropriation, with the object of disabling
the President from armed interference in the South


THE BILL REGULATING THE ELECTORAL VOTE


UNPLEASANT CONTINGENCIES LIKELY TO


ARISE AND TO BE PROVIDED AGAINST.


Senator Morton's bill regulating the counting of the
electoral vote viii be pushed forward the Senate
soon after the meeting At present, in counting the
electoral votes in presence of both houses, any
ber either house may obectto the of any State,
and thereupon unless both houses vote to receive IT,
is under the twenty second rule, excluded The House
will be democratic and the Senate republican when the
electoral counted December and under this
rule possible that each house may arbitrarily throw
out so many States that there will be left not
a majority of all the States which is necessary to
election In that the election would fall to the
House of Representatives and this would insure the
choice OF democrat President. The twenty
rule is Of republican origin, having been adopted TO
cover the of Southern States after the war
but u practice, very trivial objections have suiced to
fling our the vote of State. For instance that
Of Arkansas thrown because were
without the great seal OF the State and it dis
covered until after the counting completed that Ar
kansas had then no great seal
Year: 1876

WAsHNGroS Jan. 2 1876
THE GRANT PARISH CASE TO COME UP BEFORE
THE SUPREME COURT TODAY
The supreme Court viii resume its session to-mor-
row when It expected opinion IN the Grant Parish
case involving the constitutionalty Of the Enforce
q
Year: 1876

Why She SrorrEp Her PAPER She
came bouncing through the sanctum door
like cannon ball. and without pausing
to say IS How dye DO p she brought her
umbrella down on the table with nigh.
ty crash, and shouted:


81 want to stop my paper


"All right. madame"


"Stop it right Of, too she persisted.
whacking the table again, for waited
long enough FOR you to do the square
thing"


She ouieted down for moment. as we
ran onr finger down the list of names,
and when we had reached hers and scratch
ell it out she said


L" There now mebbe you'll do asyou'd
ought to after this, and not slight wo.
man jest cause she's poor. Ifsome rich
folks happen to have little red headed,
handy legged. squint eyed, wheezy sqnal
ler born to them, You puff it to the skys
and make it an angel; but when poor
people have baby You don't say word
about it, even if it is the squarest toed,
blackest haired, biggest headed, noblest
little Kid that ever kept a woman awake
at nights That's what's the matter, and
that's why stopped my paper


And she dashed out as rapidly as she
acme
Year: 1876

WHY should man aiwars wear watch
when he travels in waterless desert
Because every watch has spring IN it.


A chandler having had some candles
stolen, person bid him good Cheer" for
ina short time they will oil come TO light


Judas iscatiot is the only hardmony
man mentioned in the Bible. He want
I'd the proceeds of his sale in silver.
Year: 1876

The Parish Committee met last night
to receive the report Of the committee
OF fourteen to whom the matter OF the
contestations In the 4th, 5th. 7th. sth
and 10th wards had been recommitted-
President T.. q. Carter in the chair.


The Parish Committee went into ex-
ecutive session whereupon the special
committee reported that majority had
concluded to return the contested cases
to the Parish Committee without action.


A minority report was also made by
Mr.. Rogers. Both reports being re-
ceived q motion was made to reconsider
the vote by which the report of the
Committee on Credentials was adopted
This motion being laid on the table by u
vote Of 20 yeas to III nays, the compo
sition OF the parish remains as it was
after the adoption of the Committee on
Credentials. In order to more pre-
cisely settle the status OF the various
central ward clubs the delegation
from each ward were called and
requested TO name the President
OF the ward which they represented,
which resulted in the recognition Of the
following gentlemen and their central
clubs:
Year: 1876




Secretary Fish has remaining chance
to signalize himself as a Talleyrand, by
forcing the Haytians to eat the longest
and the humblest sort OF leek for the
seizure OF a culprit on an American ves-
sci. For such an act as this England
prepared for battle, in the famous Trent
business, but England did not have a
Grant at the head Of the nation, nor a
Robeson at the head of the navy. II
we were not engaged with the Indians,
this would be good work for Sheridan 8
idle hands to do, but just now he will
be kept busy telegraphing about Gus.
ter's superabundance OF courage,
something which no one will ever charge
the Lieutenant General with, it is safe
to say.
Year: 1876

PARIS, July 1.-THE attitude OF the
party OF the Left has entirely changed
since the vote upon the measure for the
appointment OF mayors, showed that
the Government had majority in tho
Chamber OF Deputies. The Left will
abstain from all attempts to overthrow
the ministry henceforth, and only aim
at obtaining a Republican majority in
the Senate at the partial election which
is fixed for 1873
Year: 1876

The assessors hold that hackney carriages
both pay license and the tax as personal prop
erty, with this exception That a man doing
business as hackman has a right to exemp-
tion Of one horse and also of his hack to the
value of $500, as the implement of his bust
Year: 1876

8. Building associations are of two classes !;
list. Those incorporat, d under act of Congress
or general Incorporation act of the District
These should be appraised as to their capital
stock in bulk by the assessors, and the tax is
assessable to the corporation; ID. Those not
incorporated. The capital stock of this class
should be assessed to the individual owner.
Year: 1876

BAKING CITY AND SUFFERING POPULATION


The heat yesterday was beyond anything experienced
In this city years. and all day long tho vast popua-
ton toicd and swctered It's thousand avocations
and looked ongngy for shutdown and tho cool Of
ing Down town In the tnicky crowded business quar-.
ters whero people necessarily drawn OF
by tho nature ol their occupations more complaint
was made about tho warmnesss OF the day than else.
where and stands which disposed Of refreshments
cool the tongue AMI inostcn the palate seemed
yesterday to thrive as they never did before


Considerable attention drawn to the weather re-
porls by the all pervadng topic OF the hour, and
every public place whore thermometer exposed
eager crowds gathered to scru,ni2e II and
exchange their opinions about the rela-
tive degrees Of temperature OF this and previous
years 1t seemed to be the prevailing notion that yes
crday was the warmest day IN decade OF years, but
many people contended that they had experienced as
great hcai at a tar more date. AS may be sup
posed the number Of OF snnstrokc yesterday
largo and it is credablc to human nature pro-
found interest seemed 10 be generally mani.
tested in the sufferers and every caro- taken
that they should DO properly looked AFTER
Tho officials charge oil the hospital to which
such patients sent displayed much alacry
tending to them and made avail OF whatever facilities
they had in relieving them. As will be seen, tho
thermometer stood higher by several degrees yesterday
than II did at the corresponding date year ago, and
reference past records show that yesterday by
lar the warmest day this year.


The following record will show the changes In the
Temperature for the past twenty four hours com.
parson with the corresponding date OF last year, as
Indicated by the thermometer Al Hudnurs pharmacy,
n,tl,l
Year: 1876

ing 10 GOO pounds The poor beasts gave out un.
der the immense load II finally divided into
three loads The for this outrageous cruelty
was that the hay had to be shipped by certain time
Year: 1876

ORDERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.


The authorities Of the Davenport doOk
yard have received an order TO prepare
the iron.clad turret ships Cyclops and
Hydra for immediate active service.
Year: 1876

The Sioux, when on the warpath,
black their faces from their eyes down,
the forehead being colored bright red.
When in mourning and when very eager
to avenge the death Of friends or rela-
tions, they cut their hair short and daub
their faces with white earth. Their
ieats of horsemanship are wonderful.
They consider the greatest act of valor
to be the striking of their enemy with
some hand instrument when alive, and,
whether alive or dead, it is the first one
that strides the fallen foe that "counts
the COUP" and not the one that shoots
him. They do not always scalp. Their
object of scalping is t. furnish proof of
their deed and give them to their women
to dance over. They always attack in a
sweeping, circling line, eagle-like, give
q volley, pass on, circle and return on
different angle. When they kill one of
the enemy there is always rush to get
the first crack at him SO as to "count
the COUP" and then some Indian who
was disappointed in getting cut at the
victim while alive scalps him. The
Sioux always camp with tepees Qodges)
in a circle, making, as it were, stock
ade, and when on dangerous ground
they picket their ponies in the center.
Mr.. Keller is familiar with the ground
where. the disastrous engagement of
Custer occurred. Concerning this he
said:i 5"AIy idea of the Custer Blaugh-
ter is that the indians had no women
and children in their LODGES. and had
parapets.d dug under the lodges out of
sight. Custer, thinking it a family
camp, rushed in the center of the fort,
where resistance would necessarily prove
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