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Year: 1876

1t is yet question, whether it is
a benefit or otherwise to earth up
potatoes or to cultivate them in the
fiat way. Once, the Writea of this
made fair experiment with haf
bis garden crop on one plan, and
half on the other, endeavoring so
to halve the lot, as to make each
in all other respects equal The
result was slightly in favor of the
billed potatoes


IL is likely, however, that this
result would not be uniform in all
seasons. 1t is probable that the
sea son has much to do with it. In
a very wet one, it may favor the
plants to be hilled, as in this case
the roots are dryer at time when
drought is beneficial; on the other
hand, if tho season were dry, the
hilling, might have been a disad-
vantage by permitting the ground
20 dry out faster. go also, much
will depend ON the soil itself. 1t
may be an advantage to hill up on
low or fiat land, but an injury on
nigh aud dry ones. 1t is probable,
rom overlooking the condition un-
der which the operation is done,f
that there is so much difference Of
opinion about the good effects Of
earthing up.
Year: 1876

MIR. Seth Green has written a letter
regarding the shad culture in the Con
necticut, denying the truth of the
statement which has been made to the
elect, that he had alleged that
young shad Immediately after their
release from the Matching boxes make
their way down stream" MIR. Green
says that he has never claimed that
they sought the sea the first wear. He
mas himself caught young shad in the
rivers during their first season, and he
knows that they arc Ia the rivers dur
ing their second season. Whether
they stay through their first aud second
season or return from the sea he is moi
prepared to affirm, although it is his
opinion that they seek the sea during
thelr second season aud return at the
Time when they sre three and four
years old. He holds that the young
hsh are for a time driven by the force
OF he current down stream. They
do, in fact, with their heads up stream.
work Intellectually against the current
but when they become strong enough
they work their way up stream again,
hir' Green also says that as soon as
bhad rivers are free from ice in the
'nring' shad seek the rivers, and more
or less shad, both old and young. will
De found there until the ice begins IN
form again in the fall or early win.
ter.
Year: 1876

Our Public School System is founded
upon the most economical basis. In this
city the members of the Board of Public
Education meet at night IN order that
they may render their services gratui-
tously. But il was thought that as the
Secretary was an officer of the Board and
required to be present at each meeting
a small compromising salary should be
provided; and hence no was paid about
$500. There were several applicants for
the Office at this rate. 1t was subsequent
ly found desirous to have the Treasurer
Of the Board present also, and that Office,
which we believe was not compen atory,
was conferred upon the Secretary and
the compensation for both made s400.
There were several applicants for the
position at that time. One gentleman
whom we know tc be responsible and
competent desired his me to be put
before the Board at the last election, but
it was withheld. He thought, and still
thinks, $500 quite handsome sum for
this labor. 1t was fully 81 per hour for
the actual work; it is now about SO per
hour. The amount which has been
added to this Office unnecessarily is just
so much money thrown away and the tax
payers have to foot the hill.
Year: 1876

The House judiciary committee will
request the Attorney General to con-
vey to Mr.. Marsh the assurance that
he will not be criminally prosecuted il
he returns to theUnited States to testi-
fly in the impeachment case of General
Belknap. There is no prospect that the
Senate will pass the house bill for the
protection of witnesses.
Year: 1876

1t is somewhat strange that very many
intelligent people should fall into the
opinion that man was qualified to rep
resent the country abroad because he
had written book. Many fine writers
have been the most lacking in all requi-
sites characteristics that Minister to
Great Britain should possess, and we are
therefore, not, surprised that the Senate
Committee should report adversely to
the Presidents nomination of RicharI l
II. Dana, Jr., for that high position. 1t
should be filed by man of practical
knowledge, of great learning and ability.
1t is even disputed that Mr.. Danna is
the author of all that his reputed work
contains. But this is not all. There is
no evidence that he is such man as the
position requires. He lacks the practi-
cal knowledge and shrewdness that
should distinguish one fit to represent us
at the first court of Europe.
Year: 1876

THE CENTENNIAL BUILDINo FUND
reached such point yesterday as to
warrant the Commissioners to contract
for the building. A little more help from
the generous public and the work will be
accomplished greatly to the credit of tbe
tremen and all concerned.
Year: 1876

Report sT lnalaa lnspeessr vaaaerveres


Indian inspector Vandervere reports
that at council with the Indians Of the
Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies,
June 18th, the chiefs and Others ex-
pressed willingness to relinquish the
Black Hills country on the terms offered
by Vandervere. The chiefs all promised
to keep their people at home and to re-
main about the agencies. They declare,
and evidence here sustains their dcclan-
ton, that very few Sioux are absent,
and that it is chiefly Cheyennes who
have committed depredations in this
neighborhood and who have gone north
to Join the hostiles. The inspector says:
"The arrangement with the Indians
that regard ~ pFactieable at the pro
sent time is an agreement between
them and the government by which
they shall relinquish all rights TO the
Black Hills, and consent to such d.
minished boundaries Of their resefva-
ton as shall secure this object. In
consideration of this relinquishment,
the government shall guarantee to
continue the supplies Of food and other
articles to them, as under the former
treaty, for FIVE years from date Of new
agreement. I would further stipulate
with the Indians that they shall, when
ever the government requires, consent to
the removal of their agencies from their
present location to any point that msy
he designated for them on or near the
Missouri river, where better farming
land can be found, or to wherever the
government may ch pose to transfer them
to better their condition. As an induce
ment to their consent TO such removal or
transfer, there should be offered them .
reasonable supply Of stock, cattle, oxen,
farming implements, lumber for houses,
cooking stoves and utensils, wagons, ETC.,
to he distributed to those only who take
land and settle upon it for cultivation,
or who engage in stock raising or other
useful industry. Provision also should
be made for schooling the children and
for the instruction Of the young men in
the mechanic arts. Law should be o.
tablished among them and the jurisdic-
ton OF our courts extended TO them the
same as to white men. Iwould give the
Sioux tribes the privilege Of sending one
of their own people to sit as delegate
in congress. Nearly the entire force OF
the agency Indians are here now and are
anxious for peace. Statements repre-
senting different state of things are not
entitled to credit. Nothing could be
more unfortunate than TO stop the
rations Of these Indians at the present
time, and thus drive them to the altern-
stive of stealing or starving"
Year: 1876

The European steamers for Europe
continue -t9 take out large numbers OF
steerage and second class passengers,


chiefly artisans and mechanics and labor


ing men, who are said to be returning
home, unable to find employment here.
On the ether side, it seems, there has
been some incredulity as to these


reasons for this rehux of human tide,
and 40 a correspondent Of the London


Daily News, determined to ascertain the


truth of the matter, boarded one steamer
ON her arrival at Queenstown, which had


four hundred and fifty steerage passen-
gers on board, and the following Is the


Version of the causes Of the British exo-
dus from America: He says he found


both hopeful and despondent people
among them, but on the whole the san
guine had the best of it in numbers and


IN argument. The few described America
as going to the dogs altogether. There
was no work to be got, and they were
coming hsme to try their luck once
more in the land where, when they went
away, they believed no luck was left for
them. The majority, however, had come
back with more OF less of saved money
in ther pocket. some to visit their ffiends,
some tC live on their little store until
times got better in America, and other.
because the low railway fares produced
BY the centennial exhibition, and the
general holiday temper that event seema
To have aroused. gave them such an op.
ror. unity rs might never recur Of visiting
England cheaply and without inconven'
icnce. There were among them all soFt1
and conditions of men and women, bus
the bulk were quite contented Win


their lot in the land Of their adoption,


whittier they intended soonee - later e


return.
Year: 1876

TUE joker who offered a life annuity
to the collector of 100000 old postage
stamps, without any idea that the offer
would be accepted, has been brought to
book at last by the young girl whose
efforts to win the prize have been so
frequently chronicled during the past
two years. Everybody who heard of the
offer, and had any power to assist in the
matter, has seemed TO take malicious
pleasure in helping the young collector,
and contributions of stamps have poured
in from all quarters, one especially large
one being a contribution of 80, 900 from
Paris. 1t helps ones faith in human
nature to learn that the promise made in
jest has been kept in earnest, and that
the young girl has her annuity secured
to her.
Year: 1876

A Texas newspaper suggests that the
continually increasing number of men
who have been lynched Or otherwise
murdered in the western part of the
State is not likely to inspire strangers
who desire to make their homes there
with confidence. Not long ago two
brothers, one from Ohio and the other
from Kentucky, went to western Tex
as with view of settling. While trav-
cling along a road one day they came
upon two men hanging to a tree, and
shortly afterward upon a party of
masked men in camp, who had prob
ably committed the deed. They also
happened to be in Oakville when q
mob murdered several men in Jail, and
one or two outside. On their way back
to Austin the stage was robbed, and one
of the brothers lost several hundred
dollars.
Year: 1876

r.. To spare trouble now in any re-.
markable degree to the children that
we love is scarcely anything more
than to insure them q double quantity
Of It by and by. Now, in their elastic
health and spirits, trouble rolls off
them like rain-drops off leaf; but,
having seen it, they are not to be
taken by surprise by it hereafter, and
are not stunned and made helpless by
the shock when they find it: standing
in their path. There are noble quail
ties which only the rude touch brings
out-courage, determination, forbear-
ance, compassion for others, hatred of
wrong and it would be poor and
false affection that would leave their
characters so onesided and imperfect
as the absence Of these and similar
traits would make it. @Poor child -
says the unwise guardian, she is 60
ing to come to his kingdom soon
enough he little knows the coil there
is before him let linn enjoy himself
while he can. I don't mean that he
shall know there is any trouble in the
world till it is forced upon him." Poor
fool says Fate, you are the author of
the first and last trouble he will ever
know-the inter inability to stand up
like man and meet any trouble. The
mother that tolls in the kitchen her.
self, rather than condemn her daugh-
ter to it's hot and hateful duties, feels,
doubtless that she is performing vir-
tuous and laudable part the daughter
will come to them all in good time !;
till then let her enjoy her girlhood.
She does not consider that any enjoy.
ment can be found in the occupation,
when, in truth, with youth and hope
and the intention to abridge her moth.
er's work, the real enjoyment would
be as great in stirring abouta kitchen
as in lolling in a parlor. To do a
young girls sewing for her may be 4
far too frequent unkindness on the
part of tender aunts and indulgent eld-
er sisters, and it is as unwise as it is
to bar her out of the kichen. Yet we
do not mean by anything we have
suggested that we would not have a
child surrounded by happiness. On
the contrary, so far as it is compatible
with moral and mental strength, we
would afford the deepest happiness
possible, and always the best; the
child should have youth to remem-
ber in which satisfaction predominant
ed over everything else, as sunshine
predominates over clouds, and as we
remember bright days and forget the
stormy ones. For if he has not
been spared every trouble, he will
have been taught how to master it,
and there is the best Of joys in such
mastery and since his path necessar-
lily lies in some measure among thorns,
we would have taken care not to make
his feet tender.-Harper's Bazar.
Year: 1876

l observed one mode of Chinese cap
ital punishment known as the ''cage.''
The "cage' was between two and
three feet square, and over six feet
high. Near the bottom was a close
floor of plank. The four sides were
work of open palings. The plank COM
posing the cover were made to fit
around mans neck, close enough to
hang him, but not close enough to stran-
gle him. The condemned man was
put into this cage, his head projecting
above, the cover fitting around his neck,
and under his feet number of bricks,
one above the other, just enough to
enable him to stand on tiptoe. When
this position from WEAKNESS, became
uncomfortable, his only relief was to
hang by his neck. The design is to
make a man suffer as much as possible,
but not to kill him too quickly. Usu.
ally, after criminal has been standing
thus for day or so, one of the bricks
is removed, aud then another, until he
hangs by the neck altogether. It is
said that strong man ordinarily will
endure this torture several days before
life becomes extinct.


On the present occasion death was
hastened more quickly. The man was
put into the cage on Sunday afternoon,
I believe, about one o'clock. heard
of it on Monday morning, and went
over to Annoy about 2 o'clock in the
afternoon to see him. He had been
dead sometime. The guard said that
he just died before daylight; that he
was conscious of having committed
great crimes, and had hastened his
death by kicking the bricks from under
his feet. But the people said (private-
ly) that the guard wished to get rid of
their charge that they might prepare
to keep New Years day (the Chinese
New Year was near at hand, and there
fore had taken the bricks from under
his feet during the night. That was
probably the fact.
Year: 1876

In Spencer, Wis, there is a secret
society in operation, of which the pub
lie will probably learn much soon, as
the members are to be- tried for the
murder of candidate while undergo.
ing initiation.
Year: 1876

New York, Nov. lO.-The Tribune
tomorrow will publish the following:
A meeting was held to-day at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, at the invitation
of Secretary Chandler. 1t is under
stood that a proposition was fully
discussed and finally unanimously ap-
proved, to the effect that the national
Republican committee be advised to
invite the national Democratic COM
mittee to unite with it in sending to
Louisiana Il number ofgentlemen rep
resenting both parties, Of national
reputation, and enjoying the conf
dence of the whole country, who
should look into the details of the
late election and witness the action
of the board of canvassers and re-
port whether the result indicated the
free and fair vote of the state Dis
patches were received from the governor
of Louisiana, Kellogg, inviting such
scrutiny, and all republicans present used
the strongest expression with reference to
the imperative necessity that the count
should be absolutely honest, no matter
who might De elected. Secretary Cband-
ler and Senator Edmunds were compelled
to leave last night for Washington, but it
is understood hat the committee are
likely to take prompt action in the direc-
ton indicated. The Herald considers
the election still in doubt.
Year: 1876




Did you see man try to find a shirt
or handkerchief or something in the
bureau drawer where his wife keeps her
clean linen? 1t mostly happens when he's
in hurry, when he has got his fire.
works temper on, and his wife has got the
baby on her lap, or she is sup to the ell
bows" in dough. He finds the white
clothes arranged in such symetrical layers
as only woman after long practice can
accomplish, and he dives in good deal
as he would fish for nubs of kindling in
barrel of shavings, pitching every
thing right or left to the floor. Mean
while, as he fails to get the required
article, stewing and swearing and Offering
mp selected expressions of relief to his
feeling in suppressed tone of voice, and
vowing in way especially designed in a
way to reach the ears Of his wife, "that
it does beat the old Harry a thing can't
be put where it can be found" About
this time his wife yells right at the top,
when he sarcastically wants to know if
she supposes he has "got no eyes," then
tears around into that linen at more
furious rate than ever, swearing that the
shirt amt there, for he has got clear to
the bottom And then he gathers every
thing up in bunch and rams them back
anyhow, just as he can grab them, in saw
age handfu,s, tearing around and jerking
things all over with looseness. Then he
sings out in sort of abstracted way, as
if addressing no one in particular, that he
can always tell where to find anything he
needs at his place of business in mo-
ment, that he keeps place for every
thing and everything in its place. Just
about the time he has worked himself
into red-hot worry of passion
and got the whole room in a lit
ter, his wife glides in and lays her hand on
the missing article-right in the drawer
where he jerked it out and then rammed
it back again in that quiet way that wo-
man has Of maddening q choleric hus-
band into fit state for the lunatic asy-
ium.--DeafMut almanac.
Year: 1876




Notwithstanding the election excite
ment, the horrible act of vandalism at.
tempted at Springfield has caused gen.
eral thrill of horror. If there had been
no election pending, the deed would have
reused the whole North to desperate de-
termination that the vandals should be
overtaken and punished. The facts have
already been related in detail in the Tfib-
,lne, but may be restated generally. Some
time since Mr.. Robert Lincoln was in
formed byAn anonymous note that an at
tempt would be made on election night
to break into the chamber of the Lincoln
monument, containing the remains of his
father, and carry them off. He concluded
to put the matter into the hands of FL
mer Washburn, who, with his customary
vigilence and promptness was Oh the spot
at the time announced, and would have
arrested the vandals or otherwise sum-
marily disposed of them had not one of
his assistants prematurely discharged his
pistol, which had the effect to alarm them
while they were at their work. Before
the detectives could reach them they had
disappeared in the woods near the mOnu-
ment and made good their escape.


What was the exact motive OF this out
rageous vandalism it is very difficult to as
certain. 1t may have been that these in
famous rihers of the tomb selected elec-
ton night as time when they would be
less likely to be observed, and when their
opportunity for escape would be surest,
to despoil the sarcophagus, carry off
the remains to some secluded and mys-
terious spot, and then negotiate with
the authorities for their return, hop
ing for large reward. In these days
Of ingeneously horrible crimes, such
theory is not altogether improbable. LII
gang of desperadoes could abduet the
boy Ross and hide him away SO skillfully
| and surely even while negotiating for his
| return, it certainly would be a much less
difficult operation to steal the ashes of
Lincoln and defy detection, and perhaps
eventually secure a large reward without
| any danger of punishment. 1t is not i'm
possible, also, that the motive was simply
morbid desire on the part of the van
dals to connect their names with deed
unparalleled for infamy, and immortalize
themselves like the fool who fired the
Ephesian dome, and that other fool, who
threw himself into the crater Of the vol
cano. Whatever may have been the mo-
tive, the deed was infamous and dastardly,
and betrays recklessness Of purpose and
baseness Of heart difficult to understand.
To rifle the humblest grave Is unnatural
and only the work of monster. To dis
turb the slumbers Of the great and good
President in his sacred chamber built by
the love and gratitude Of the whole nation,
is doubly monstrous. 1t il to be hoped
the miscreants who attempted the infa-
NOUS work may yet be spprshended, not
only that they may be punished, but that
they may be held up to the execration of
the world. The passing excitements Of
election should not be allowed to blunt
the vigilance Of the authorities. If the
perpetrators Of the infamous crime are to
be captured at all, it can only be effected
by immediate effort.
Year: 1876

Excitement over present aspect of
presidential election is intense at
no time since day of election has
there been anything approximating
to the feeling manifested. Demo
Gratis claim Tilden has been honestly
elected and if there is to be any
trouble over the matter the people of
the North must decide the question.
Republicans generally sustain action
of the President.
Year: 1876

have seen the little lady whom mean to we'd


one day


In a number Of extremely pretty dresses.
But her bathing suits certainly her handsomest
As my heart. while going. plt-a- pat. confesses.
1t Is made Of scarlet flannel. and it fits her to
And It's furbelowed and frilled in manner


charming;
And 1T has, a jaunty skirt that only reaches to
Though you mustn't think the fact at all


alarming.
For among all little ladies who have ever learned
She's conspicuous In modest airs and graces
And with dainty little trousers either dainty


little limb


1t is useless to remark she encases.
And these dainty little trousers. that perfectly


adore.


At the ankle have dainty little ruffe;,
And my dainty little lady dances lightly down


the shore


At u dainty little kind of double-shufIle.
And the foam upon the breaker. when along the


sand il steals.
Is not whittier than her bare feet goodness
While the eea-shells are not pinker than her


rosy little heels,
Or her rosy little. cosy little toes arei
It's enough to turn the senses of the most
cold-blooded chap
When her course towards the ocean wave she
With her lovely auburn tresses In yellow


oil-skin cap,
And her dainty little hands upon her launches.
But tho moment that her graceful shape within


the water melts.
And she swims about with ease and exultation,
Then you think of sirens, mermaids. and Of


heaven knows what else
That Is noted for its deadly fascinationl