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Year: 1876

GALLANT RESCUE OF A sHIPMATE OF THE
UNITED STATES STEAMER FRANKLIN FROM
DROWNING IN THE TAGUs AT LISBON.


LISBON, Feb. s, 1870
'Man overboardl"


This cry the most startling heard board ship
except perhaps that of FIRE, the Of the officers
ami crew of the United States Franklin the
morning OF January 9, 1875


The sceno was in front of sunny Lisbon 1t was a
efael Sunday morning, divine service progress
and the great ship quiet deserted by all but
tho reader. The yellow waters OF the Tagus flowed
swiftly by, urged by strong ebb tide. fall over
board into such danger to expert swim
mer-to one unsked almost certain death.


At the call every sprang to his station Tho Chap
lain, ngng hasy blessing after the last Of his congre
cation they hurried lp tho ladders followed them.
A sailor running out on the lower BOOM had missed
his footing and disappeared under the dark and trcach
water. He had just risen to the surface. far
IRON the ship aud was vainy endeavoring to keep
himself ahoat by graspng at of the many gratngs
throgn overheard: 1t was evident that he could not
SWIM; tho life buoy. drifting than the man, was
floating far astern the wheel boat cast adrif from tho
boom by the one man in IT,, was yet afar or AT this
critical moment, when poor Henry O'Nei seemed about
to pay with his life the penalty Tor having gone to sea
without learning TO SWIM,


LUsrY SWIMMERS


soon in the water making for the spot One OF
them, Edward Madden held ropes end The rope
proved too short, the icy waters chilled him, 10 let
the rope 10 lose his life, and he returned.
The other, John Handran, seaman kept on with Wig
orous strokes. This was not the first time ho
had risked his own life to shipmaie. As he ap-
preached the drowning man with admirable coolness
he kept clear OF his struggling efforts To clutch
ming round until he could grasp him with his right
hand Just as to keep his mouth above water then
keeping his right arm extended and swimming with
the left he turned to breast The and succeeded
in stemming IL until the boat drifted down under the
cool management OF Herbert, its one occupant. By
the united efforts of Handran in the water and Herbert
In the boat the half drowned O'Ncil was


DRAGGED BOARD.


Handran followed and the three dripping subjects
soon in the hands OF busy messmates-nonc the
for the adventure after being well dried without
and properly moistened within.


The whole scene that tested the discipline OF
the ships company, and vol did they bear the test
every man IN his place, not sound heard save the
cool orders OF the olccr OF the deck and the exccu
tive.


This s said to be the third time that Handran has
saved life by his admirable self devotion, skill and
cOOnes1 Upon the report reaching Washington he
will doubt be Judged worthy Of a medal In the
meantime the officers and crew have subscribed Tor
solid testimonial to him and Madden.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Francis d. Moulton supplementary to his
note addressed 10 the Advisory Council has given
the press the subjoned correspondence between him
self and General Benjamin f. Butler Its intention is
TO furnish full deniai the position Of Plymouth
church that the charges of criminal immortality made
against Mr. Beecher fully and fairly investigated
by the select committee of the church the summer
OF 1874, with the earnest endeavor TO develop and
properly weigh the bottom facts" in relation TO the
Of nastiness known the world over as .the
Brooklyn Scandal" As a summary of many state
mens by the writer, and of his long campaign as a
witness in the civil trial year ago. will be read with
interest Perhaps it may aid the Advisory Council in


its search after truth and It's deliberations on the duty


Of the church in reference the grave matters before
Year: 1876

rHE Joint resolution, which was recent


ly passed by the United Ststes Senate,
proposes to substitute for Article u of the
Constitution new article, of which the
main features are the following:


"The electors are to ballot in their re-
spective States for President and Vice
President as at present, but the list OF
votes must be sent to the presiding JUS
tlce of the United States Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court, at time and place
to be fixed by law, is to publicly open all
the certificates and count the votes,
and the person having the greatest num-
ber of votes for President considered
by the court to have been lawfully
given and certified, shall be President
if such number be a majority of the whole
number of electors lawfully appointed.
If no person has such majority the state
of the vote shall be Immediately certified
to the House of Representatives, which,
from the persons having the highest num-
Der, not exceeding three, on the list Of
those voted for as President, shall choose
the President Immediately by a Uioa Uoce
vote, the representative from each State to
have one vote, if majority Of its delcga-
ton agree on one candidate, but otherwise
the vote of such State shall not be count
ed. A quorum is to consist OF member,
or members, from two. thirds of the States,
and a majority of the States shall
be necessary for choice. The vot-
ing must continue until President
is elected; in case the House fails to elect
before the 4th of March next following,
then the Vice President shall act as Pres
ident, as in the case of the death or con-
stitutional disability Of the President.
The person having the greatest number of
electoral votes for Vice. President, to be
counted and determined as above pro-
vided, shall be Vice President, if such
number be a majority of the whole num-
Der of electors; if no person is thus elect
ed the Senate is to choose Vice-Presi-
dent by majority of its whole member
ship. Finally, it is provided that no JUS
tice of the Supreme Court shall be eligi-
BILE or elected as President or Vice Presi-
dent until the expiration of two years after
he shall have ceased to hold office"
Year: 1876

KEEP it from unkindness. Words are
sometimes wounds. Not very deep
wounds always, and yet they irritate.
Speech is unkind sometimes when there
is no unkindnesS in the heart; so much
the worse that needless wounds are in
tllcted; so much the worse that unintcn-
tionally pain is caused.


Keep it from falsehoOd. 1t is so easy to
give false coloring, to so make a state
ment that it may convey a meaning differ
ent from the truth, while yet there is an
appearance of truth, that we need to be on
our guard. There are very many who
would shrink from telling lie, who yet
suffer themselves in such inaccurate or
exaggerated or one-sided statements that
they really come under the condemnation
of those whose "lying lips are an abom-
ination to the Lord"


Keep it from SANDER. The good repu-
tation of others should be dear to us. Sin
should not be cuffered to go unrebuked;
but it should be in accordance with the
Scripture method. "Go and tell him OF
his fault betwiXt thee and him alone"
And it should be horne in mind that what
is too often considered as merely harm
less gossip runs dangerously near, if it
does not pass, the confines of SANDER. A
reputation is too sacred to bemade a play
thing of, even if the intent be not mali
ciouS.-Rurdl Nep Yorker.
Year: 1876

If they did that they would have to at
tack them both in the open road and on
horseback. The smith knew the inn to
which they were going, and was well ac-
quainted with the outbuildings in which
they were to sleep. He proposed, there
fore, that they should rob the peddler in
his sleep, and only use violence in case it
was necessary to secure safety. When
they entered the outbuildings the smith
went toward Scott's bed, while Richard
remained near the door.


Finding the man wanted was not there,
Steele and his son approached the other
bed and found the peddler, knowing it
was he from his bald head. They tried
to remove the valise on which he slept,
from under his head, but he evidently
mad his hand in the strap, and the tug
awoke him.


The reader knows the rest from the
story told by Scott. After the smith and
his son had quilted the room, with what
they supposed was the peddler's valise,
Steele's mind misgave him, and dread
that Scott had been an observer of the
bloody deed, aud would recognize the
perpetrators, seized him.


He hurried back to the room resolved to
brain Scott if he found him awake. On
discovering the bed empty, the smith
dropped his hammer in alright, the only
explanation to his mind of Scott's absence
being that he had witnessed the crime and
Quilted the place secretly to give the
alarm. The smith and his son departed
panic-stricken, and on reaching home dis
covered, to their intense modification and
disappointment, that the valise for which
they had murdered man and exposed
themselves to the gallows, contained only
a few old clothes. Steele and his son
were hanged at York, Dec. s, 1897.
Year: 1876

| | REMEMBER in my seminary days our
morning in this way;


young ladies, am going to make
you all clairvOyants. In that state you
know you can see things not present to
the eye. Now, then, you are all back in
your rooms, look at your study tables,
are books, papers, pens and ink in place?
See your wash stand, do you see unemp-
tied bowls? Now look up to the top of
your stove-pipes, do your clairvoyant eyes
see any dust? Take look under the bed,
are there any rolls of lint? Open your
closet-doors, do dresses, hat and cloak
hang on their hooks; are boots and rub
bers set up clean and tidy; are the
shelves in order? Shut your closets and
look again well around the room. Does
it look as though you flew out and left
your chairs anyhow when the chapel bell
struck ~


Now, dear young folks, as we gather
around the evening lamp, suppose |
make you clairvoyants and ask you the
same questions How did YOU leave your
own rooms this morning? How have they
been through the day, and how do you
expect to find them when you retire to-
night? Carpet swept, chairs, stand and
table in order, curtains evenly looped, or
evenly rolled, and bed so smooth and even
that it will seem good TO lie down in it!
Remember ones own room, from day to
day, tells the story of the character of its
occupant.


Well" say the boys, " that does very
well for the girls The girls take care of
our rooms; | wish they would be as nice
as that" Boys, did you ever think how
much work it is for your sisters or your
mother to keep all the rooms nice every
day? Well, that is their business" To
be sure it is, but you can help them Il
great deal if you will. How very easy
for you, when you spring out Of the bed
in the morning, to draw the bed right
back smoothly upon chair at the foot,
and when you leave the chamber how
easy to open the sash. Then when the
sister comes she finds the room and bed
aired, and all ready for her to " fix nice"
All, but how many boys leave their bed in
q snarl and tangle, and perhaps have
worn dirty boots up the stairs. tool


But there is little introspcction | may
ask you to make this evening, not con-
ncctcd with tidy looms so much as with
tidy hearts and well kept tongues. Boys,
who Of you have spoken cross or unkind
words to your sister or to each other to-
day? Who has been unwilling to rest
mother by tending the baby? Who has
felt fretted and thUrny when asked to help
about some work or ChOre? Girls, who
has said, go, | can't" when little broth
er or sister has asked you to lace a shoe,
to give string, to find toy, to come and
play? Well, as you think of it, and the
little monitor within says, wrong,
wrong" do not shrink from going and
saying, /" am sorry | spoke cross to you
to day" or, II am sorry | did not help
you when you wished. | will next time"
Because these little confessions are Won
derful helps to start right again, and WON
derful strengtheners OF family Affection
Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1876

A SIMPLE and harmless application lor
ring worm is found by washing with a
solution made from the root of the CON-
mon narrow-leafed dock, which belongs
to the botanical genus Rumex. Use
vinegar for the solvent.
Year: 1876

The most serious blow which Turkey has
yet received comes from the London Times,
The Porte hnving declined the request of the
Crest Powers for an srmistice, the Times
says: Although the Porte has said it's
last words, the Great Powers have not said
theirs It remains for them to signify, bv
collective act, what ter1ns of peace are ad-
missible, and Turkey will indeed have begun
a new chapter Of her history if she should
resist their united counseIs. Her unbendine
attitude almost warrants the suspicion that,
to save her own dignity in the presence of
har vassa1s, she is waiting for the pressure
Of these Powers, which, rs they protest,
must also command" The additional
threat Of the Times that an autumnal session
nd Parliament will be called is very signid-
cant, as well as the general attitude Of t' The
Thunderer." Turkey !.as evidently lost her
best friend in losing the English people. The
support of the Tory Government can count
for nothing in view Of the threat of an "au-
tumnal session" for if that session comes
the Tory Government will go.
Year: 1876

We repeat to the politicians and party


managers that, independent and above all


party considerations, the people Of Chicago,


at the coming election, will insist upon hon.


est, intelligent, competent, and experienced


men to represent this tax-ridden and debt


burdened community in tho State Legisla-


turs. 1t is of no use to appeal to people to
vote the party ticket, when the party ticket
Is not fit to be voted for. The affairs Of this
men, and the public will vote for these, on
whatever ticket they may find them, without
reference to politics. It will not do to say
that candidate for the Legislature is good
fellow, is q rising man, that he would be
helped in his business, that he is respecta-
BILE, and good party man the question is,
Is the candidate experienced, and has he any
interest in or knowledge of the peculiar en-
barrassmcnts, legal and financial, of the city,
and the pressing necessity for legislative re-
Lief? This is no timo for compliments.
When man is sick, he does not wanta good
fellow, nor a respectable man, nor one who
can make speech, nor a strong
party man, unless he be also COM
petent and experienced physician. The
City OF Chicago is in sore distress,
and wants men to so to Springfield who
understand her wants, who are acquainted
with all her circumstances aud know the
remedies needed, and it will be criminal folly
to elect any other persons to represent the
city. If the Republican party cannot find 1G
men in Cook County of the character and fit
ness needed at this time to represent Chicago
in the Legislature, then the people will Sc
lect the men without reference to the Repub-
lican party. So with the Democrats. The
people are in no temper to put up with mere
machines,-men seeking their own personal
gain They ask the two parties to nominate
6rst-class men, and whichever party will offer
candidates Of that class may depend upon q
large popular vote which will be given forno
others, no matter by what party nominated
There is growing list Of a very miscella-
neous character Of persons named as pros
pective candidates for the Legislature, and
this list gives but little promise Of any benefit
to the city. The only remedy for bad nom
ination for the Legislature is to beat the
at the polls by voting for a better
man, and party conventions may as well un-
derstand that that policy will be adopted by
q large body Of citizens of all parties-
Year: 1876

making tia experiment. The people are
willing to endure any temporary inconTen-
ience necessary to make the trial, and it
may prove that as satisfactory q street-light
can be obtained from the use of oil at cost
of less than one-third per lamp than that
which the city has been paying for two or
three years for gas. The prospect is GER
tainly attractive enough to warrant the e1-
perimeut.
Year: 1876

These statements clearly show the much greater
ratio Of consumption in cities Of this country
those in Europe, and OF the City OF New York over
all other cities.


Taken as whole, the water-system Of Chi
cago at this time is the best and most COM
plote in the United States, and admits of in
Of protection against fire it is without an
equal, both US regards the supply and the
adequacy and completeness Of its distribu-
ton. In quality the water has no superior
With the new works the supply will permit
its use without STINT and the supply will be
as Liberal in the suburbs as at the lake shore.
And pure water in abundance is ono of the
greatest blessings that can fall to the lot Of
any community Of people
Year: 1876

A JEALOUS BIBLE-STUDENT.-Abo bout
three weeks ago a San Antonio father
promised his ten, year-old boy dollar if
lie would learn by heart chapter in the
Bible. The other morning the boy asked
for dollar, as he had learned the chap
ter, and the old gentleman gave it to him
not without suspicion however. that the
coming circus had something to do with
his sudden industry in learning the chap
ter.


SO he inquired 81 hope Johnny,
you don't intend to spend that dollar in
going to that wicked circus. You are
going to put it in the plate on Sunday for
missionary purposes, amt you, sonny ?"


The boy burst into tears and said husk-
lily: "Why, pa, you didn't think I'd
spend money to go to n circus %


Whereupon there was tabeau like
little George Washington and his hatch
ct. The old man cried out, "My noble
boy !" and wrapped his arms several
times around Johnny, who blubbered
like he had not friend left.


About ten minutes alteward, while on
his way to see dog fight in the company
of another boy, Johnny mentioned the
occurrence and said: You can just bet
your boots I'm not the bairpin to pay q
dollar to get into the circus when | can
crawl in under the canvass nor will the
heathern ever get that dollar / learned
pains for unless he can beat me playing
Year: 1876

Washington to take part in national solemnity
for commemorating one of the grandest facts
in the history Of humanity"


Last Thursday, in the House, directly
after action concerning the Centennial,
Mr.. New, of Indiana, offered a resolution
to the effect that the fraternal feeling and
general good will now existing in all sec
tions of the Union, and the manifest dis
position and purpose of the men that bat
tied against one another in the late civil
war to join hands in fraternally ushering
in the Centennial year, and while the peo-
pie of the whole country are making an
honest effort TO live together in peace and
uphold the same flag, their Representa-
tives in Congress should do no act to dis
turb the patriotic concord or wantonly re-
vive the memories of the past On this
Mr.. New demanded ths yeas and nays,
which demand was seconded by members
on both sides and the resolution unani-
mously adopted-yeas PAT, nays none.


In speaking for herself Russia spoke for
all foreign Governments and their good
will. We have resolved to "join hands
in fraternaly ushering in the Centennial
year" Shall this happy meeting of the
nations of the earth on our own soil be
baptized in distress for the want of few
pennies in comparison with what we could
easily give2
Year: 1876

S,rce the lection in Ohio and New York
TIE Drinocrhic papers and politicians o
the West an South have not been so much
in favor of G " Tilden as the Democratic
candidate ar President as they were be-
fore that time. They have been scanning
the O,d and rather worthless material they
have on hand in search of proper timber
out Oc which to construct a Presidential
candidate The search has been co-exten,
s:vc with the limits of the country, and
the rubbish brought to light is generally
oc the antique Bourbon kind, that has the
smell Of the ark still on it, and is unfit for
use. But every effort is still being made,
notN Nithstanding their bad success hereto,
fore, t. find suitable material, and to ignore
the smiling Governor of New York as the
champion. The assistant Democratic pa
pers, directly under the Governors nose,
have joined in this crusade.


AL this was TO be expected. The average
Democratic editor is as liable to change as
is the chameleon, but what was our aston
ishment to find the following extract in the
Washington correspondence Of the New
York World commenting on the debates in
the Senate. That paper says speaking OF
BaYard and Morton:


"The tilt between those champions is talked
Of as the one brilliant episode in prosy ses-
sion. There seems to be natural antagOnism
between the two men, and it is not strange
that they have often ClaShed since the former
came into the Senate. 1t would be difficult to
find q more complete contrast, mentally and
physically, than they form. Bayard is frank,
generous, eloquent. His form is the perfection
Of manly grace, and his face suggests study,
pure motives, great designs. There is not the
trace Of mean sentiment in it. In a word, he
looks as noble as his name, and is one of the
few who carry with them the idea of great
goodness and great power"


Well might the smiling Governor ex-
claim. as did the expiring Caesar when h
sank at the foot OF Pompey;S -.


meath the blow OF Brutus' daggA- DG tn,
Brute' Here is the evident intent il the
home organ OF the Governor to exalt the
horn CT a dangerous rival; or Is it merely
hint fer the smiler 'tO come down" not
in the sense Of retiring from the canvass,
but with 'the stamps?" We are posi-
lively lost il the field of conjecture that
rises as We read these words. There is q
ludicrous aspect to them that should not be
overlooked. The compliment to Senator
BaYard's personal appearance is not over
drawn. He is fine looking, but men who
have measured his intellectual ability and
that Of Senator Morton and read the
World comparison of the two will be in
clined to laugh at the writer, unless they
think he is ''poking fun" at Senator
Bayard. Il may be that the correspondent
believes in contrasts, like the managers of
travelling shows, who always place the
dwarf alongside the giant to make the one
look larger and the other smaller. AS we
said before, however, we are lost in con-
lecture as to the meaning fthe sentence.
1t may mean any Of the things We have
suggested, or, like most of the writing in the
World, it may not mean anything, and be
only intended, like boarding house hash,
10 fill up IN the cheapest way possible.
Year: 1876

md lies at this early stage of the session.


The World named fifty one points for in
vestigation not long since, and boosted that
it could point out the evidence to substan-
tiate them all. If this is sample of its
Year: 1876

TITS A PITY that Judge Kelley cannot
find time to go and demonstrate to the
workingmen of New York that due-bills,
interconvertIble into long notes at half
legal rates of interest, are better currency
than gold or silver or their equivalent.
Such mathematical genius should never
hide its light under bushel
Year: 1876

THE DAY is near at hand when the share
holders of the Washington and George
town Railway will determine between
Chatham street and District management;
between no dividends and dilapidated
road with dirty cars and careless and i'm
pudent employees and the present efficient
stock an1 lorce. Let the judgment be
given with q uncertain voice.
Year: 1876

Nevada is rapidly taking her position as one
of the leading States in the Union. She sends
us remarkably good Senators, and astonishes
the world by producing fifty millions of gold
out of the ninety millions secured in this coun-
try last year. California can now transfer her
title of "Golden State" to Nevada with the
utmost propriety and good taste.>
Year: 1876

SO much has been said about lightning
striking the crooked-whisky men in Chicago
that the distilleries are surrounded by light
niug-rod agents, each pleading the particular
virtue of his own material.
Year: 1876

1T Is COMPLETED AND READ TO THE CABINET.


associated Press Telegram.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The cabinet is now
in session, and the President is reading his
message to the members. The document
is complete, but it has been decided not to
send it to Congress to day. 1t may be that
some alterations will be made to the docu-
ment before it leaves the executive man
sion