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Year: 1876

significance which clouds the brightness
of the present hour. As speak to
you these parting words there arise to
my view, like the lights and shadows of
picture, the tolls and the recreations,
the sadness and the joys through which
we have passed together. Now that
our paths are to be divided, and we are
to wander through different scenes on
the highway of life, the prayer arises
within me that the sweet companionship
of oul girlhood may ripen into the faith
full friendship Of maturer years.


Let us still share each others joys
and SORROWS; let us still prove to each
other the loving sympathizers we have
been through all these years; and if the
changes and chances of this life should
decree that in the march of years our
homes should be far apart, we can only
beg of the One who is all-powerful and
all-merciful, that we may be enabled to
become more pure and noble, SO as to
meet again in that restful place, where
partihes arc unknown No more may
we receive within these walls the kuowl-
edge which has been so faithfully and
benefcently bestowed upon us by our
beloved teachers; no more may We
share the keen joyousness Of school-day
glee; no more may we strive by our
devotion to duty and faithful industry
in the school-room, to gain the appro-
baton of our instructors All this is
past; but in the future, as we look down
the vista of years with smiling faces, or
perhaps through the mists of tears, our
heart strings will vibrate to the touch
of memory, and with yearning hearts
we shall recall these peaceful scenes and
the dear associations that cluster around
them.


Let us, my friends, with the same
ardor that has characterized our efforts
here contend for the more glorious re-
wards in life and Immortality, of which
the trumphs of school-days should be
the foundation. Let our future aim be
directed towards preparing ourselves foI
entering the golden portals, where,
leaving behind the dross, and petty
troubles of human life, we shall find
within. the purity and perfect .happi-
ness which forever dwell in those realms
of bliss
Year: 1876

The cardiff giant would have smiled
if he could have seen the people take
glance at these two cards and then put
one hand on their pocket books an6
reach for their watches with the other


State Register.
Year: 1876

question upon the discussion of which
we deem II no part of our duty to epter


In conclusion -. premit Us
- say that notwithstanding
your refusal to cooperate, We
siill cherish the hope that the return


ing board, warned by tho history oil
the pas. and conscious that its actions
are being observed by the whole M


ton. will discharge it's delicate duty
with such circumsp spection, fairne and
impartiAlity as viii give satisfaction
to the American people. To this end
we will continue to labor. Should
different result follow the action OF
the board we shall have the satislac.
ton of knowing that, while you have
taken the responsibility Of declining
to act With US, we have done all IN
our power to avert the consequences
Year: 1876

MAKE Your Heaven HERE There
i no royal road or short cut TO Heay-
en-. If you want Heaven for your
self in the world to come, prepare 1t
for yourself in the life that now Is.
You have no reason to think that you
will enter upon the next life in any
wise changed in character from what
yon are when you ieave this. He
that il holv, lie, him be holy STILL lie
that is unhJly, lc; him be unhoIy still. "
And tne character with which you
,eave this world will be the slow and
natural growth Of the years Of Your
whole earthly life, and cannot be the
result Of any thing else, 'he teaching
ofany theology or man to the contra
". The true conception OF human
existence doubtless Is as one in the
world and the next-that is the rill,
that the river; this the dawn, that the
day this the bud, that the flower !;
this the blade, that the full corn in the
ear. Heaven is not something 10 be
won or got or bought, either by our
selves OF somebody else for Us; but It
is something to be grown into. In
the next world you are simply yoar
own old self, only moved on. and mov-
cd W. Swedenborg somewhere gives
us a representation Of persons who had
died and did not for a considerable
time even know they were dead. Their
old thoughts and feelings and loves
and desires of the earthly life remain.
ed, and the world which they had en-
tered did not at first seem different
from the one they had left, only it
was a spiritual instead of physical.
Hence they went on with their old
empIoyments, and ran the rounds Of
their Old pleasures. Only by degrees
did thev perceive their change of
states-and that as they themselves
became by natural process OF growth
and development, capable Of deeper
seeing aud higher knowledge.
Year: 1876

No standing bar will be allowed
within the Centennial show grounds.
He who wants 10 drink anything
stronger than soda water will have to
take his seat and have his drink
brought by waiter. Lntemperance
in drink will not be q feature Of the
exhibition.
Year: 1876

LEMONADE FOR SCARLET FEvEN.-An
eminent physician Of a Western city
says ne has cured ninety nine ont
Of every hundred cases of scarlet
fever by giving the patient warm
lemonade with gam arabic dissolved
in it. 4 cloth wrung out in hot water
and laid upon the stomach shonld be
removed as rapidly as it becomes coOi.
Year: 1876

Two young men out riding were
passing farm house where a farmer
was trying to harness an obstinate
mule. won't he draw" slji one of
the men. "Of course" said the rlrm-
er, he'll draw the attention Of every
fool that passes this way" The young
men drove on.
Year: 1876

The typical Centennial visitor made
his debut at prominent Broadway ho-
tel, accompanied by his blushing bride.
While he rang the nigh tbell cautiously,
she moistened her spit-curl with the tips
of her fingers and otherwise freshened
her toilet. A benevolent person suggest
ing that they had better step in and in
quire at the Office for the landlord, they
forthwith locked elbows and marched
with much ceremony into the reading
room, billiard-room, bar-room, barber
chop, and Surnishing goods store next
door before discovering the proper goal
of newly arrived guests. Declining the
pen proffered by the clerk, with the re-
mark that he guessed he wouldn't write
to the folks till they got to Philadelphia,
the stranger expressed a desire for nice
room with q carpet and an extra quilt,
intimating in an nndertone that expense
was no object. Being initiated by the
clerk into the mysteries of that useful
volume known as the Register" the
| typical visitor wrote his name in it with
! much effort and elaboration, adding the
| maiden name of his bride and minutely
specifying the village, county and town
ship from which they came. Then re-
covering from the horizontal attitude
rendered necessary by the labors of in
scription, he drew a hard-boiled egg
from his coat-tail pocket, and cracking
the she'll gently on the ink.stand he pro-
ceeded to pick off the pieces, casually an
nouncing that he and Sal merely wanted
to be lodged, being amply provided with
the necessary comestibles for a fort.
nights visit. Late that evening the in
teresting couple were seen taking ice
cream in a neighboring restaurant. A
single dish and two teaspoons served
them both, and in the course of the sub
sequent conversation they hit the spoons
to test the genuineness of the metal
looked through the saucer at the light
smelled all the bottlesin the castor, and


being instructed by the waiter where u
settle the bill, pocketed the napkins ant
walked up to the desk. In the course o
the ensuing debate upon the unreasona
bleness of the charge, the stranger as
sumed a seat on the counter, but hap
pening to light on fresh custard pi
1.-The discussion was abruptly terminated
the frugal victim being obliged to pa.
for both ice cream and pie in order b
obtain the loan of knife to scrape tn


custarj from his trowsers legs.
Year: 1876

Here is a neat delusion. Roll sheet
of writing paper into tube ten inches
in diameter, and hold it to the right eye,
looking through at any convenient object,
keeping the left eye also open. Place
the left hand, open with the palm upward,
against the tube an inch or two from the
further end. The surprising effect ap-
parently seen will be hole through the
hand the size of cross section of the
tube. Now, in place of the hand, put a
sheet of white paper with hole In 1t OF
a quarter of an inch in diameter; stare
intently into the tube, and you will see
the hole in the sheet of paper floating in
the hole of the tube, clearly defined by
the difference of illumination. Each eye
obviously transmits dilIerentimpression
To the brain, and that organ, unable To
disentagle them, lands us on the palpable
absurdity Of a materialized hole.
Year: 1876




A very painful disclosure with regard
to the late M. de St. Beuve is made by
the editor of Paris almanac which pro-
fesses to give French people lessons in
the art of politeness.


The "Almanac dc Savoir-Vivre," to
give it its proper title, states that the
author of the "Causeries du Lundi" and
the "History of Port Royal" who as
serted that man of genius could not
possess bad manners, was convicted of no
less than eight ofiepses at table by the
Master of the Ceremonies in the house
hold of the late Emperor Napoleon. He
spread his napkin over both knees in
stead of only half unfolding it; he
omitted to crush the shells of two boiled
eggs which he had eaten; he asked for a
second service of chicken; he touched
the bones of the chicken with his fingers; !;
he said "thank you" to one of the SER
wants; he left his knife and fork on the
cloth, instead of upon the plate; he
peeled pear latitudinally instead Of
iongitudinally, and offered halfof it to a
lady seated next to him; and, worst
of all, he shifted at his wine before drink,
ing it.


The "Almanac de Savoir-Vivre" con.
demns, with beftting severity, this de-
plorable want of ten,,e, and explains that,
above all things, the napkin should be
placed to nicely. 1t is bad taste to
open it at all; the correct thing is "to
unfold it rather more than half and
pose it, negligently upon the knee"
Other advice of an excellent kind is also
given to people who are not quite Ger
tain as to what is the proper thing to dc
when they go into society" Thus, fol
instance, it is equally bad manners tc
eat largely or sparingly when dining out
for, in the first case, it may seem as i
you had not enough at home, and, in thu
second, as If the dishes offered to yol
were unpalatable.


If you have large appetite temper i
by light repast before you leave home
If you do not feel appetite say that yol
are indisposed, and so spare your host
| feelinps
Year: 1876

THE initiative Chinaman of Shanghai
has tried his dexterous hand on counter
felt twenty-five dollar note of the Hong
Kong and Shanghai Banking Company,
and thus produced an article that the
most expert teller could not tell from the
genuine, but for the fact that the date is
December 35. 1871"
Year: 1876

The life of an Australian squatter is a
struggle 'twixt drought and food. He
is now terribly distressed by the former.
The rivers are choked by the carcasses of
sheep and oxen which have died of
thirst, and they are obliged to kill the
lambs to save the sheep. On one station
two thousand head of cattle have per-
ished, and on another ten thousand
sheep.
Year: 1876

Louisiana State Register IRep.ll


Have the Bourbons learned something
or have they been overwhelmed in the
house Of their friends? The nomina-
tions at Baton Rouge are evidence that
the lessons OF experience are not un-
needed, or that the old time Democracy
has lost its power. We are not disposed
to discuss the reasons that induced the
Baton Rouge Convention to make these
nominations. We have no time TO spend
auarrelling over the former mistakes
and blunders of the Democracy. We
are willing to accept its action today as
guide for its future, and we will take
these nominations as an evidence of the
earnestness and honesty OF a majority
OF the Democratic party OF Louisiana
in demanding honest officials and q
good government.
Year: 1876

LIQUID MANUREs.-lt is generally believed
that no system for enriching land for small
gardens, with view to perfection of crops,
is so truly economical and 50 easily available
a that of liquid manure. We occasional V
hear OF Il gardener, or an amateur frui,
grower. who has practiced enrichng the
crop by the use of liquid manure, but, it is
not Il common practice so to enrich our
gardens and lawns, however oftIimes the
advocacy of the practice has been written.
The writer practiced the sprinkling of a
lawn in dry season with weak liquid
manure water, and in the greatest of heat
and drouth has kept it fresh and green. In
the management of pot plants no course of
supply fool equals that of Il judicious
use of liquid manure. There are in almost
every family waste liquids, which usually
60 into u sewer or drains, or possibly upon
the road, where they have no avail. but if
saved, by being conducted to II tank, along
with wash waters Of the house, would enrich
an entire garden for vegetables and fruits,
HOwerborlerS, &c, and the whole, if the
wash be applied regularly, and at night
after sunset, in moderate quantities, the
driest weather Of midsummer would not
check vegetation. If an unpleasant odor
comes from the tank little plaster gypsum
sprinkied in an around the tank would
keep it sweet and clean. Again, the use o
liquid manure need never delay planting
because Of manure not being on hand, but
planting could proceed, and the application
of manure be made at leisure-Americar
Rural Home
Year: 1876

AN EFFECTIVE TRAP For RATS.-In tho
"Complete American Trapper," recently
published, we find the following simple
method of catching rats.


''The barrel trap device possesses great
advantages in its capabilities for securing
an almost unlimited number of the vermin
in quick succession. 1t also takes care of
itself, requiring no rebaiting or setting after
once put in working order, and is sure death
to its prisoners. A watertight barrel is the
first thing required. Into this pour water
to the depth of a foot. Next dampen q
piece of very thick paper and stretch it
over the top of the barrel, like drum
head,) tying it securely below the upper
hoops. When the paper dries it will
become thoroughly frightened. Its surface
should be strewn with bits of cheese, etc.,
and the barrel so placed that the rats may
jump upon it from neighboIing surface.
As soon as the bait is gone fresh supply
should be spread on the paper, and the
same operation repeated for several days,
until the rats get accustomed to visit the
place for their regular ratons fearlessly and
without suspicion. This is half the battle,
and the capture of the greedy victims Of
misplaced confidence is now an easy matter.
The bait should again be spread as before,
and few pieces of cheese should he attached
20 tho paper with gum. 1t is a good plan
to near parts of the paper with gum arabic
sprinkling the bait on it. When dry cut
cross in the middle of the paper, and leave
tl- blrrel to take care of itself and the rats.
The first one comes along spies the tempt
ing morsels, and with his accustomed conf
dence jumps upon the paper. He suddenly
finds himself in the water at the bottom of
the barrel, and the paper Is closed and
ready for the next conner. There is not
lon. to wait. A second victim tumbles in to
keep company with the first. \ third and
a fourth soon follow, and dozen or more
are sometimes thus entrapped in a very
short space Of time.
Year: 1876

by this" be said, pointing to wrong
stitch made at some distance, and
which he himself had put in one day
as kind OF test whether she cared
more ! for him than for the symmetry
Of her work, and so would either let
it remain or take it out.


II began it in the spring." she an
swered. ..


"And not tired yet?'' he repeated.


"Certainly~not. I am not SO silly
as to want a new interest every day."
was her reply, made quietly as to
manner. ma If she was angling for him,
ne thought, she was angling in the
dalntlest way in which woman ever
held the line for human life: so
daintilys that she almost deserved her
reward. And yet, if it was not an
Cling but truth. As he thought this
his sad face almost beamed, and his
grave eyes lightened suddenly nly-if she
did really love him for himself?


Il am glad you are constant and
not easily tired of an interest,"" he
said in a low voice; and Maud, not
to show how suddenly she trembled,
laid her work in her lap and answer
ed, as Of course, Il thought everyone
knew | was not fckle."


"Such a. nuisance, this folly of
Bernard's," thought Mrs. Haynes,
watching them coyertly. "Just as
things are getting on so we'll! So in
considerate of him! so wrong! My
poor girls to be perhaps sacrificed to
the crazy whim Of a wilful, foolish
boy"


Which unspoken reflection was =
curious commentary on Maud's fiery
accusation that she and Cora had
been always sacrificed to Bernard.
and that mamma cared nothing for
them in comparison with him. 1t
was only another of the many in
stances abounding which prove that
the truth is the one undiscoverable
element of human life, and that what
things are and what they seem to be
can never be made to agree.
(CONTISUED NEXT wEEK.\
Year: 1876

present the humorous verse. Ga the base is
the Tyre, with broken shackles at its foot, in
dicating Mr.. Bryant's efforts for the abolition
of slavery"


The vase will be on exhibition in the
art gallery of the Centennial Exposition at
Philsde'phia by ermissiou of Mr.. Bryant
The ccasion was one Of pardonsble pride
and great Joy in the citizens Of New York.
among whom the poet has lived and
worked for so many long years, and the
testimonial will gladden. the hearts of all
those of his fellow citizens throughout the
country who have been made happier and
Better by the perussl Of his poetical works.


One of the accompaRiments of the cere-
moDy was somewhat amusing to the poll
ticians who recognize in Mr.. Bryant the
leading apostle of free trade. This was
the marshalipg of the artisans and work
men of Tiffany & Co., who designed and
elaborated the work upon the stage to
make formal presentation of their labor
to Rev. DR.. Osgood, who again presented
this American labor and art to the ven
ersble free trader. The protectionist OF
the Wissahickon could not fail to see in
this q lesson as to the eternal fitness Of
things. 1t is understood that the Tiffanys
furnished the silver, the artisans the
brains and the labor, as usual, while the
preachers. lawyers and poets enacted the
lions upon the happy occasion. And now
we have done our share of the advertising
of Tiffany and his workmen, which, we
are bound to presume, was the objective
point of the whole affair.
Year: 1876

AND NOW comes an order from the ex-
Confederate Democrats of the South direct
ing their dough faced allies of the North
to report ''in full dress" at St. Louis on
the 9th instant for enlistment in the Ma
tional Confederate cause under Lieutenant
General Winfield Scott Hancock. The
Democratic members from the Southern
States have been remarkably reticent and
cautious in giving expression to any prefer
ence for candidates for either President or
Vice President, but when questioned on
the subject uniformly replied that their
only desire was the success of the Demo
cratic ticket, and that they proposed to be
exceedingly generous and leave the selec-
tion of candidates entirely to their brethren
of the Northern States, and they mostly as,
serted it was but question of availability.
But their reserve has been thro wn of; as the
time for the gathering ofthe clans at ST. Louis
is near at hand, they give expression to
their desires in unequivocal language, and
when the Southern delegations in the
House have been interrogated by news
paper reporters in the last three days, they
have uniformly and emphatically re-
sponded, General Hancock" This set
tied the question with the dough-faced
members, who are now noisy in their ex-
pressions of admiration for Hancock, and
they declare that he must be nominated.
In fact they dare not do otherwise, for
their electoral votes, as well as their in
structions, come from Dixie"
Year: 1876

AT TIMES the editor of the New York
Tribune recovers from his state of lunacy,
and publishes an article which contains
both sense and truth. These lapses from
the normal condition of that paper are so
rare as to deserve notice, and we accord
ingly extract the following from its issue of
the 21st:


"July is near, and the Treasury is almost
empty. It is not only probable, 1t is almost
certain, that necessary appropriations for
carrying on some of the Departments will fail.
What then! The President has no discretion
in the matter. He has no more right than the
humblest citizen 20 use the public money with
out authority of law. In any branch of the
public service for which Congress may fail to
provide by legislation within the next nine
days, the public service must cease. There is
no help for it, and the responsibility will rest
with the Democratic House, its repeal of
wisely established rules, its increasing deYo-
tion to partisauship and neglect of public busI-
ness, and the tardiness or incompetence of its
committee. Perhaps when the drafts upon
the Government go back dishonored to foreign
holders, when consuls in foreign ports haul
down their flags, when the lights cease to burn
in public buildings, or when the mails cease to
run, the Democrats may discover that any
laundering ignoramus can climb upon the
foot-board of a locomotive, but it takes
trained engineer TO run the machine without
getting in.o trouble"
Year: 1876

ANOTHER ratification meeting in the
District is suggested, to be under the
auspices Of District Republicans alone
The idea is a good one. The meeting
Monday night was under the patronage or
control of the different State associations,
the National Veteran Association and the
District Republican Club. II was a de-
cided success, but was not sufficiently
local in its character TO satisfy the pride of
our permanently resident Republicans,
and it is suggested that another shall be
held. By all meaus let the suggestion be
adopted. We csnRot have too many gath
erinps Of tits KIND.
Year: 1876

THE gossips are talking about Mr.. Blaine
Mr.. Blaine is in his proper place now. As
the leader of the anti Confederate forces in
the House he has not only won personal
distinction, but has scattered dismay in the
ranks of the Opposition. There is no man
in the House who could succeed him in
this particular respect, and he must know
that his sphere of political usefulness would
be circumscribed if he should be trans
ferred to the other wing of the Capitol.
What he should do is to remain where he
now is until the 4th of March next, and in
the meantime be re elected to the House,
so that he may again grace and dignity the
Sneakers chair.
Year: 1876

THERE has been deep-seated feeling
among politicians Of every grade that the
Treasury Department has latterly been
made the harbor of disafected Republicans
and sneaking Democrats. The selection of
Senator Morrill, to be Secretary suggests
that the time has arrived when the Depart
ment should be thoroughly cleansed of
such inimical trash or influences and be
placed upon square, fair and undoubted
partisan footing. Let no Democrat or
Democratic sympathizer escape. Be he
high or low, any man in the Department
who has been guilty of giving information
TO the Democrats in the House, which has
been used to the disadvantage of the Re-
publlcans. should be removed at once.
Year: 1876

by refusing, aher much consideration, to
take what belonged to him because the
Independent Press would include his hon
ored name in the general hewli The
elder Bsyard was not reaching out to ward
the Presidency, although he might have
done so with much more hopefGlness than
the present Senatorial representative of the
Blue Hens chickens. The World should
quit talking about salary grabs. 1t will
hurt more of its friends than foes.