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Year: 1876

After the meeting Of the highway com-
missioners this forenoon reporter for this
paper asked Mr.. Greneil, one o. the com
sioners, why some excuse was always found
for delaying the building of the new Pleas
ant Valley read. and he said:


"Oh, that is all blind, it is done on
purpose. We do not want to build the
road, as it will only be benefit to small
portion cf the township outside of the city Of
Moline. The people south of Moline won t
receive any benefit from the road, aud we
have been putting the building of the road
of under one pretext or another until now.
when we will have to put it through,
guess.


Mr.. Gronell seemed to consider it a We, Y
funny thing 10 misrepresent the true state
Of affairs to the people of this city for Sc
long time, as he laughed heartily after
making the above statement. The reople
will no doubt be pleased to know that they
have public servant who will so per
sistently try to work against the interests
of a majority of the people of the town
ship. and when he can no longer delay the
work to acknowledge that he has tried t
defeat and delay measure which vii
greatly benefit the people, and that he
will only obey the wishes of the peopl
when he can find no further excuse t.
delay the lmpro cement
Year: 1876

COLUMBUS, April 20.-Governor
Hayes has issned proclamation for cir
culation in the Tuscarawas Valley coal
regions, where a strike is now pending,
declaring in most emphatic terms that
the reign OF terror now existing in that
region must come to an end and good
order must be restored. That the
miners who are willing TO go to work
must not be intcriered with and declar-
ing further that whenever the civil au-
lhorites inform him that they are no
longer able 10 protect peaceable miners
in pursuit of their calling he will at
once order sufficient military force to
the scene of trouble with Instructions to
disperse ri oters and protect all who are
disposed to labor in the mines or else
where
Year: 1876

SOME driveler writes that "Love Is
out of fashion, This is sheer nonsense.
So long as pea nuts are only eight cents
pint. any young man can have some
maiden awaiting his coming whose
mouth will water and whose eyes Will
grow brighter when he comes, Death
alone can extinguish the fires tnat burn
upon the altars Of true affection.
Year: 1876

The Democratic State Convention was
held in Lincoln yesterday. Resolutions
for hard money and reform were adopted
with great unanimity. Two-thirds OF
the Convention favored the nomination
oil Governor Tilden ior the Presidency
but no formal expression was given to
this preference. The delegates chosen
to the National Convention are known
to be for Tilden unat imously.
Year: 1876

A5rER years of civil disssntion and an.
archy, alternating With the exercise o
despite power, it isno wonder that a peo.
plewelcome any form Of government chat
promise the maintenance Of internal tran
guilty and afford protection to the life
and property Of the citizen. The re-entry
Of King Alphonso into Madrid at the head
of his victorious troops, was the signal for
great rejoicing among the Spanish people
When the King entered the Spanish cap
ital, Madrid, shouts of "long live the pa
cifcator King" greeted the youthful mon
arch as the royal procession passed
through the streets. In the present con-
dition of the Spanish mind, monarchy is
mere.truly representative government than
q republic would be. Events have fur.
nished reason to conclude that republi-
can form of government could ouly have
been maintained by the ability of the mi
nority to override the will of the majority
who preferred to be under the rule Of a
scion of royalty. A monarchy is doubtless
the form of government preferred by the
more enlightened and progressive portion
OF the Spanish people.
Year: 1876

The TuIRTY-Two New York Assembly
men who lodged the vote on the "No Seat
No Fair" bill are having their names men
TONED by the press of New York in not
very complimentary manner. Their con-
stituents want to hear from them and know
why they were absent from the Chamber on
the night the vote was taken on the "No
Seat No Farc' bill Six Republicans and
three Democrats out Of the twenty-one
members Of Assembly from the city Of New
York, voted against giving a poor tired
working girl and weary working woman
seat for a fare or the horse cars. The
horse monopolists have been absent when
the vote was taken.
Year: 1876

1t would appear from our telegraph
ic columns. that an honest man can
not hold an Office in Washington. Secre-
tary New has resigned because so all
permeating is corruption, and dishonesty
in the Treasury Department, that the
stealings Of the subordinates politely, called
deficits, is 80 constant and systematic, that
the amount to be "made good" by an hon
est secretary is ruinous hence Secretary
New is driven from Office, by the swarm
of thieving officials under him.


This is a sad condition Of affairs, and one
which demands nothing short of an abso-
lutte clearing out OF the whole corrupt gang,
who are now eating away canker-liks-,
the life of the Republic. No palliative
will do, the disease is beyond all empirical
treatment. Heroic remedies alone will
do. To save the life of the Republic,
there must be such a complete change of
government, as will insure the dismissal
Ct the officials whose dishonesty is sys-
tented, that they compel the retirement
Of the head of the department. confessedly
unable to do aught but pay for the steal
ing-being impotent to check or detect it.


What is the remedy? To give another
term fpower to any class or shade OF Re-
pub]cans, would be only palliative Of
honest. AZ the system Of peculation in
Washington is so complete, that it cannot
be reformed by the party under which it
grew up. To save the nation, the Democ
rscy must govern it, and direct its policy
Year: 1876

THE New York Herald says: "Senator
Bayard has been compelled by the pressure
of his duties in the Senate to decline with
great regret the invitation extended to him
by the committee Of the Tammany Society
te address that society on the birth day of
Thomas Jefferson. At this moment the
capital is clearly the post of duty of every
public servant who understands his duty SO
well and does it so courageously as Senator
Bayard."
Year: 1876

If Colorado and New Mexico which are
knocking at the doors of Congress for ad-
mission, should be admitted during the
present session, at the expiration Of onr
hundrcdth year Of Independence, from thir-
teen States, we will have increased to the
number Of forty, which is certainly very
rapid progress for our first century. Start
ing out with thirteen States one hundred
years ago, we have now thirty eight States,
almost treble the :original number. with
two more seeking an entrance.
Year: 1876

A SPECIAL to the Nashville American
from Murfreesboro, says that the spet ch
delivered in that place on the twelfth
instant by Ex-Governor Esrfjs excited
more enthusiasm and was better received
than sDy speech Of the canvass, ard be
holds warm place in the hearts OF the
people for his vigorous effjrts in behalf
OF reform
Year: 1876

Dr.A. ID. Warren, of this city, has
remarkable production in the egg line,
which is attracting much attention and
causino considerable discussion. Mr..
Warren is a well-knOwn poultry fan
cier, and his game bantams have at
tracted a great deal of attention. A
dav or two since he noticed that one Of
his hens was in trouble, she having the
appearance of having had an egg
broken in her. She was accordingly
killed and opened, when perfectly
formed egg, as large as a goose egg,
was discovered This upon being put
in the scales was found TO weigh four
and three-fourth ounces. The egg was
then blown, and after the white and
yelk had been forced out it was found
shat inside was a second perfectly form
ed egg, which was also blown, and
found to contain a yelk and white in
ttheir proper pro portions. The only
difference between the outer shell and
the shell of an ordinary egg is tnat 1t IS
exceedingly brittle, and has to be ham
/ died with the utmost care to prevent
its breaking. The hen was but 2yearS


old, and weighed before the egg was re-


moved two and one half pounds -Wor-


cesteT Spy.
Year: 1876

There's alittle shaver of our acquaint-
ance, three years of age, of most re-
spectacle parents, who has been an IN
yeterate tobacco smoker for several
months. He is never so happy as when
he is indulging in his regular puff at a
cigar or pipe, and strange to say the in
diligence of the pernicious habit does
not seem to harm him in the least. 1t
is amusing to watch him as he loads his
pipe, with what esgnerness he slows
away the charge, strikes the match and
pulls away. If you give him money ne
will treat himself to cigar and take
the most keen enjoyment while srnok-
| inc it. His father is quite a smoker
and it has been argued by some thai
the boy directly inherited the habit, and
| it is hoped that it will soon leave him
At any rate there is no help for it a
present; the boy will smoke, and effort:
TO deprive him of his tobacco have
decidedly i'll effect on the little fellow
/ It Is a singular case, and he seems Il
thrive on tobacco smoking, winch, i
INDUCED in by any other children of hi


age, would be likely to produce seriou


if not fatal r sults.-Cdpe Ann Mass.


Advertiser,
Year: 1876

OH YOUR HARNESS, was the advice
Of an Ohio farmer, who first explained
what should net be done, and conclud
ed with what must be done. Don't
said he, go TO work and oil ap old
harness that has been allowed to hang
away until hard and dry, thinking ii
will prove of any service, for it will
not (; oil does not impart strength to
that which is already weak, it only
ASSISTS in preserving good leather 10y
preventing it from cracking anoint-
ing Old hard leather only weakeuS it
the more, and the harness and tardy
labor are alike lost. Neither is there
any benefit gained by oiIing dirty
harness better leave il alone than
grease over the dirt. If you want 10
preserve harness twice the usual time
begin with il before the tibreS Of the
leather have lost anV OF their tenacity.
Take the harness to pieces and wash
thoroughly with CASTLE soapSuds, then
while tGe leather is still soft with he
water, bat not too vet rub in the oil
and hang up to dry for a few hours
until the oil Is absorbed
Year: 1876

THE TRANPERs.-In this country.
ldleneSs from necessity and enforced
yagabondage are new features alto.
gether. There IS land enough, and
all can be fed by their labor. But it
so happens that with our growth as
people we are more and more depend
ent on the machinery of production
and distribution, All cannot live on
farms, where manufactures and com.
merce collect such large bodies Of pop>
ulalion- Mems labor Is divided up.
50 that if one branch utterly fails for
time 1t throws an entire class ON its
resources. That Is just our present
candillon. And large proportion of
the tramps of today Is made up of
men thus afflicted. But there is
another element among them, and
against these society has soon got to
protect itself. This class is roaming
across the country east AMI west at
present, aud fears but little from i'll.
organized eanstabulary force, but
when winter approaches it will be.
come the special and troublesome care
of The police of our large cities.
Year: 1876

TIE MRRcY oP FLIGur.-Tie up
horses and bullOcks in a stable, where
they can hear outside lion orr tiger
roar, and no doubt they endure ago
ries of terror. Sweat runs down them,
they shiyer and are exhausted by their
own emotion. But this is not their
position in wild nature they are
brought into il only by the arIitice of
man. The wild cattle take to flight
from the fierce beast, unless strong
enough TO turn and face him. In
either case the exertioD, or the prepa
ration TO fight, absorbS terror. While
the sailor has something to DO against
the storm, activity subdaes fear but
when nothing can be done, and lie
sits helpless, then it is that fear may
unman him. According to Ilomeneus
in Homer, the greatest trial OF mans
bravery is SO sit in ambush with foe
men near outside the thicket. When
it is his duty 10 sit still and do moth
ing, then il ls that I" the coward's hue
changes and bis teeth chatter" In
action being the state which brings
terror to It's maximum, We may justly
doubt whether an animal which Is
straining all lis nervous and muscular
energy 10 escape, really suffers agony
from fear. Fatigue may at length iu-
duce distress, with symptoms similar
to those of fear, bat violent exerIion
is part Of the life of such creatures,
and does not impair their happiness
Rapacious animals must XIII, day by
day, III order To 1--we it is part of
the natural system By which the bal
ance of species is maintained. But
no inference, shat the birds and beasts
which, are the objec OF prey, have
unhappy lives, can at all be sustain


ed. They evidently enjoy life as do
human communities, though exposed
to many dangers and alarms. To say
that lie is precious is 10 avow hat
the good largely predominales
Year: 1876

a gentleman is rarer thing than
some of us think for. Which of US
can point out many such in his circle
men whose aims are generous ;
whose truth Is constant aud elevated /;
who can look the world honestly in
the face, with an equal. manly sympa-
thy for the grea, and the small We
al know q hundred whose coats are
well made, and a score who have ex
ceilent manners, but OF gentlnmen,
how many Let US take little scrap
Of paper and each make his list.
Year: 1876

ABoUr DREss,-Dress as plainly a.
Your parents Will allow you bat In
bright colors Gf they become YOU. and
ID the best ma;erialS-tnat is to say,
in those which Will wear the longest.
When you are really in want Of new
dress, bay it Tor make i) in the fashion
but never quit an old one merely BE-
cause it has become unfashionab!e and
if the fashion be costly, You must not
follow 1t. Ioa may weaI broad stripes,
or narrow, bright colors, or dark sEo:t
petJicoats or long (in noderation), a.
the public wish you; but you must
not buy yards of useless stuff to make
a knot or tiounce of, ncr drag them
behind you over the ground, and Your
walking dress must never touch The
ground at all. ! have lost much Of
the faith | once had in the common
sense, and even in the personal deli
cacY, Of the present race of average
English women, Icy seeing how they
will allow their dresses to sweep The
streets, if il is the fashion to be Scav-
engers. Learn dressmaking yourself,
with pains and time, and use part Of
every day in neeilework, making as
pretty dresses as You can for poor
people who have not the lime or taste
to make them nicely for themselves,
Iop are to show them IN ycur own
wearing what is mos, right and grace
fUl, and help them to choose what will
be pTettiest and most becoming in
their own station.
Year: 1876

No LUCK ABour Ir.-Twcnty clerks
in a store twenty hands in a printing
office twenty apprentices in a ship
yard twenty young men in 4 village
all want to get along in the world,
and expect 20 DO so. One Of tie clerks
will make q fortune; one of the com


posi'ors will own a newspaper, and
become an influential citizen one Of
the apprentices viii become a master
builder one Of the villagers will have
a handsome farm and lige like a patri.
arch. But which one IS the lucky in
dividual ? Luck ; there Is 30 luck
about II. The thing Is almost as Ger


tain as The rule Of three. The young
fellow who Will distance his cons
petitors is the one who masters his
business, who preserves his integrity,
who lives cleanly and purely, who de-
votes his leisure TO the requirement Of
knowledge, who gains friends by de.
serving them, and who saves his spare
money. There are some ways TO for
tune shorter than this old dusty high


way, but the slaunch men who achieve
something worth haying-good for
tune, good name, and serene old age
all 90 IN this hard, dusty road.-Ec.
Year: 1876

TAKE REsT.-SlrIct attention to
business is commendable in all Inen,
and it is one OF the requisites Of sue


cess. But this caHn5i be continued
indefinitely withou. serious deteriOra-
ton, or serious injury. When the
strain OF care and labor has been Sc
we're and long continued, the brain be


comes bcnumbei and the hand loses
part Of its cunning. The strong will
may overcome this for time, and
force both brain and hand to continue
dgiy; but the greater the force thus
used the greater will be The reaction,
and unless due precau,lon be taken,
the silver cord will be broken, and IN
sanity, PARALYSIS or death ensUe. To
one who can so arrange his affairs,
frequent periodical stoprageS OF labor
though they be but brief are pre-
ferable to running at racehorse speed
for eleven months Of the year only TO
get respite for the other monte. Bet
ter so manage your business as to take
for yourself and give TO your en-
ployees a part or all Of Saturday after
noon for sensible recreation. Then in.
stead of rushing of to base ball, to re,
turn with black eyes and broken
fingers, entailing days and weeks Of
discomfort and misery, take rod OF
gun and wander away in the greer
fields, where you may get breath OF
Heavens fresh air. Then when the
Sabbath comes, you viii be prepared
to make it in reality day Of rest.
Year: 1876

BOYS NOT SUITED TO THE FARM.-lf the
only good boy did about the farm was TO
repair the pump, hang gates, make mole
traps, put in rake teeth, file the saw, and
hang the grindstone, and ho did these things
we'll, obviously the farm is not the place
for him-but the machine shop is. If
boy will walk balf-a-doze miles aner the
days work is done, to hear a political
speech, If hetakes time from play to attend
trials before justice OF peace, and sits up
half the night when he is going to school
to learn declamStions which bring down
the house at spelling schools, most likely
he will do the most good if you put law
book and not a manure fork into his hand.
II he can earn more money trading jack
knives and fish lines on rainy days than
he does hoeing potatoes and cutting grain
in fair weather, give him chance at the
yard-slick. Again, If a boy is skillful in
skinning small animals aud stulIing small
birds; If he practiced making pills of mud
when he was child, and extracted teeth
from the jaws Of dead horses with pincers
when he got older; If he read physiology
while his brothers were deep in Robinson
Crusoe he will be far more likely to sue
coed with lancet than with a scythe.-
chronological Journal.
Year: 1876

A CozY HoME.--A Vlcksburg wife in
formed her husband the other morning
that she was working herself into the grave
for the want Of hired girl, and as he went
out, she leaned back and fell to weeping.
The children were making a noise In the
ball as he passed out, and he called out;


"You want TO stop this racket! Your
mother won't live week, and when you
get a stepmother here next spring, she
won't put up with any such foolingp


When he came home to dinner his wife
met him with a smile, and said;


'Isn't ours cozy home, Richard, with
only our own little family 10 look aflerS-
VSskSbaIy Herald.
Year: 1876

''THE solid South and the solid Catholic
Church" is the phrase used by certain
class of Republicans to explain the result
of the late campaign. This is mere bosh.
The alliance of the Southern rebels
with the Democracy is natural, but
there is nothing natural In the alleged
alliance of the Catholic Church with
the Democracy. There is no such thing
as an Established Church or pre-
dominant religion in this country, and
consequently sectarisnism cannot enter
into political contests as an issue unless
both parties are willing to make it so.
Irish and German Catholics worked and
voted for the Republican cause last Tues
day the same as native Methodists did,
while others worked and voted for the
Democracy. Perhaps, if these facts were
more generally recognized by Republican
leaders, different results would follow in
future contests.
Year: 1876

Buzz,


The case of Ex-Governor Shepherd is
one In which all real estate owners, bank
ers, merchants and trsdesmen in Washing
ton have vital interest. II his business
affairs are in sound and healthy condition
with the exception of such embarrassment
as has arisen from the prevailing depres-
sion in real estate, his fellow. citizens of the
classes above named cannot well afford to
allow him to be borne under by the pres
sure If it is in their power to sustain him.
II bankers and capitalists who hold large
amounts of his paper can tide him over the
crisis they msy by so doing prevent the
widespread disaster in this community
which will be almost certain to follow his
failure. They must know that to force
him to immediate settlement In this crisis
will involve q numerous train in the COM
mon ruin. Where such disaster would
stop 1t Is impossible to foresee. A little
courage now in combining all efforts to
avert the threatened storm may not only
save Mr.. Shepherd but all others whose
safety would be imperiled by his dovnfs y
The serious question for all to consider
Just now Is whether those who by prompt
and energetic action have the power 10
avert disaster can afford 10 withhold the
succor. The effect OF the sudden stop
page of the immense business of such q
firm as that OF Governor Shepherd ss this
time would be too fearful for us to attempt
10 depict II would be felt in almost every
household In the District II would pene-
trate every shop. factory, store, bank and
brokers' Office. II IL impossible to predict
its orbit or to limit its boundaries. Il
would throw out of employment an army
of lsborers in the beginning Of q hard win
ter, and precipitate upon the market lch
an amount of real estate as would cause
an irresistible depression. The ramifca-
tons of such failure and Its followmgs
would threaten the whole community with
distress and bankruptcy. Can 1t be
avertedi Ifso, can it not be done without
serious loss to any of those who will In
evitsbly be greatly damaged If 1t is t
donef The influence of his known en-
tarrsssmeut Is already apparent in the
feverishness of the money market and the
difficulty In making collections. A slight
paralysis Of circulation was felt on Satur.
Year: 1876

PRESIDENT GRANTS letter to General
Sherman regarding General Ruger's in
will go down to history as the utterances
of true patriot and devoted statesman.
Just now they serve to assure sympathizers
with republIcanism in foreign lands of the
permanency OF our institutions. They are
as follows:


''No man worthy of the Office Of President
should be willing to hold it if counted In or
placed there by fraud. Either party can afford
to be disappointed in the result. The country
cannot afford TO have the result tainted by the
suspicion Of illegal or false returns"
Year: 1876

IT IS TO be hoped that those of our citi-
zens who feel an interest in the form of
government to be adopted for the District
will place some simple and well defined
plan for 1t before the committee now in
session at the Capitol. The members have
invited suggestions, and the views of expe-
rienced men should be placed at their dis
posal. Let all complicated machinery be
discarded and let US have a government
with responsible unit for head, which
shall be held to rigid accountability for
the economical execution of such laws as
shall be passed by Congress.
Year: 1876

BIGoTRY is closely akin to sectarianism,
and the two combined are apt to result in
disaster n the best Interests of the religious
sect interested. There has been plain in
dications of this combination in the late
campaign. For example, it is charged
with show of fairness that certain leaders
Of the Catholic Church in New York and
elsewhere used the power of their ''cloth, :"
SO to speak, in behalf of the Democratic
majority. The result is a revival of the
anti Catholic feeling which produced SO
much bad blood in Philadelphia and else
where few years ago
Year: 1876

We HAVE no additional returns tending
to change the opinion that Louisiana,
Florida and South Carolina have all cast
their electoral votes for Hayes and
Wheeler. The Press dispatches from the
South are all of Democratic inspiration and
wholly untrustworthy. They simply main
tain as the result what the White Liners
have all along sworn it should be, by fair
means or foul, and are sent in order TO carry
out the contract made With Tilden for
snlid South