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Year: 1876

"Well," said the young man, IL
will give you all have, if you will
give me oil that you have, and that
! have not"


Martin did not know what to say;
but the tutor told him to speak freely.


"Oh yes" said Martin then; IL
will change places with you"


But when the young gentleman
stepped out, Martin saw that he was
very lame. His legs were bent so
that be had to walk with crutches.-
His face was pale and thin too, like
that of one who is often i'll. Martin
then began to think that health w>s
better than fine carriage.


"Will you change places with me
uow?" asked the youth IL will give
you all that I have to be strong like
you."


Bot Martin said, "Oh no; not for
the world"


II would gladly be poor" said the
young man, ''if i could run like you;
but as it is Gods will that / should
be lame, try to be happy and thank
ful as l am"
Year: 1876

At Lagrange, Ky, John Finnegan
an engineer on the Short Line rail-
road, met with terrible death
Finnegan was on freight train
when an axle broke and precipitated
the engine and cars down slight
embankment. Finnegan was by
some means caught fast by the ma
chinery and held so that bis coIpan'
ions could not release him. Two
streams OF hot water poured upon
his face and body from broken boil
er. No relief could be extended tc
the sufferer, and after the most horri'
BILE agony be became unconscious
and soon died. The skin from the
face and body peeled of before his
eyes. When a physician from Louis
vile arrived the sufferer was dying
With his tongue almost dropping of
from the effects OF the bot water which
had forced itself into his mouth.
Year: 1876

Is crime really increasing in the
United States, or do we give wider
pablicity to deeds of violence than
was the custom Of our forefathers
The heogeneous and chaneterirg of
character OF our population would,
IN any event. make Us no fair test Of
1ho worlds progress toward e.tDef
virtue or vice. That we are not so
bad as generally supposed, it is very
probable. The wider publicity Civ
en- to crime and even to the grosser
forms Of vice, makes American socie-
ty seem worse than Is is. The old
times were not so nearly virtuous
nor even free from gross crime, as is
generally supposed. There was less
publicity, and social lspses of even
grayer guilt were more quickly for
gotten. There are very few neigh
borhOods wherein grave suspicious
of arson, and sometimeseven Of mur-
der, are not remembered-suspieioD
which in modern days would attain
a wide publicity and culminate in tri-
al and punishment, but which were
left to die a natural death, and all
that can now be heard on the sub
ject is the common remark, Nothing
was ever done about it,
Year: 1876

keep your temper in check. If th
Emperor proves inexorable, why
then leave him without getting an
| gry.'


/ Her husband promised that, too
but the idea that ne should keep hi
temper under any sort of provocstiol
was a ludicrous one. Anna Lizs
learned to know him and mis- cbsrac
ter much better by and by.


The Duke went TO Vienna, and ap
piled to the Emperor for an inter
view. At 6rst Leopold the FRS
was disposed not to admit Leopold
of Anhalt at all to his presence. Had
he adhered to it be would have
saved himself terrible humiliation q


But he changed his mind, and said
to the the chamberlain in waiting.


Admit bis Highnessl'
Leopold was ushered in.


At first he was humble enough
toward the Emperor Of the Holy Ro.
man Empire of German Nationality.
But, when the latter said to him,
My dear Duke, how could you have
been guilty of such misstep as to
marry the daughter OF low shop
keeper?' the Dukes ire was aroused.


Your Majecty,' be replied, would
not allow any one to talk disrespect-
fully about the Empress. In the
same manner | herewith forbid you
to use such expressions about my
wifer


The Emperor raised his eyebrows.
He was amazed beyond expression,
for no one had ever ventured to ad-
dress him in that strain. But q
glance at the Duke, who stood before
him with terrible scowl, convinced
him that be bad dangerous adver-
sary to deal with.


This audience is at an end' said
the Emperor, motioning toward the
door.


1t is not, your Majesty cried the
Duke, no longer abe TO control his
wrath; i shall not leave this room
until YOU have written me letter
making my wife Duchessr


So saying he took from his belt
two pistols, and, throwing one of
them to the emperor, he added:


Il have as good blood in me as
Austrian ever had You have in-
suited my wife, and you shall an
swer for it now and here, pistol in
hand, or give me satisfaction By
writing the letter | demand.'


The Emperor was speechless with
terror; for the flashing eyes of the
Duke showed him plainly that he
was in dead earnest. He cast a
timid glance toward the door. The
Duke FASTENED to it and locked it.


Will you write the letter? l ask
yvur Majesty for the last time!' roar
ed the Duke.


The Emperor humbled himself by
complying with the Duke's demand.
The letter was written, and Leopold
pVNnctSu IL WIN pipiOuuu oo".
Then be unlocked the door and hur-
riedly left the Imperial Palace. The
Emperor was overcome with shame
and rage.


But what was he to do? The best
policy for him to adopt was that of
silence. So Leopold of Anhalt was
permitted to leave Vienna without
let or hindrance


Upon bis return to Dessau, Anna
Liza was solemnly proclaimed
Princess of the German Empire.
She lived happily with her eccentric
husband, to whom she bore a large
family of children.


The peculiar manner in which be
had obtained the Emperor's consent
to hei elevation 10 the ducal dignity,
did not become known until after
Leopold's death. The Emperor had
died alread in IS05, and there is
some reason to believe that the shock
be bad received at that memorable
was the first nail to his
coffin
Year: 1876

SENATOR SARGENT.-Those who know
Senator Sargent's business qualities as
puolic man, will cordially endorse the
following from the Grass Valley Union,
Democratic journal. in response to the
New York Heratd's suggestion that Sar-
gent would bea good Republican candi-
date for the Vice-P Presidency We do
not agree to any such proposition. SEN
ator Sargent would be entirely out of
his proper place in occupying such n
knot-on-a-log position as that of Vice
President. A Cabinet position, where
there is plenty of work to do and where
lot of strengthening out is needed, would
suit Mr.. Sargent's disposition much better
than would the Vice. Presidency. How
ever the Senator is doing well in the posi-
tion he now occupies. He is doing a
world Of good on that Chinese question,
and he will get that all right before he
quits, if it is in the power of any man to
do so."
Year: 1876

A CHILD WITH THE HEAD OF AN Ok.
A child was born few weeks since in q
valley back of the Mission whose head
was the exact counterpart oft that of All OF,
having q protuberance about half an inch
in hight. like horn, on each side. The
appearance OF the unfortunate creature is
described as revolving in the extreme.
The hideous malformAtion is very plausi-
bly accounted for. The mother was the
daughter Of farmer living near by.
About year ago she married a man en-
ployed by her father. This man soon af-
ter went to farming on his own account,
and being somewhat british In nature
he set his wife to driving a pair Of oxen


with which he did his plowing. The
girl was very much terrified at the ami
mails, but obeyed, and continued in this
employment until short time before her
confinement. Fortunately the unfortu-
nate child died on the third day after its
birth. 1t survived its mother nearly two
days, however, for when she was injudi-
ciously shown her offspring she was so
shocked that she was seized with convul-
sions, which terminated fatally a few
hours afterwards.-Sdn Francisco Post.
Year: 1876

THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFcRh.-The
declaration ofprinciples adopted by the
Democratic State Convention, were evil
IDENTIFY modelled after the Republican
platform. We Rave not word Of fault
to find with it, but at the same time
should feel rather dubious about trusting
the party to carry them out il they once
got power to do so. 1t is very easy to
talk one way and do another. But as
we have no desire to be captious, we are
disposed to give the Democracy credit
for good professions. But it looks rather
strange to see Convention Of California
Democrats get together and get up a
platform which contains no illusions to
either State rights, or inferior races.
Old Calhoun would not rest easy in his
grave if he knew how the Democracy of
this State are conducting themselves.
Year: 1876

No "GUsH. From the deprecatory
manner in which the Democratic journ-
ais have alluded to the "bloody shirt"
wherever Republican happened 10 al
lude 10 anything calculated to prelude a
display of that necessary garment, we
were led TO infer that the coming cam
paign was to be conducted during this
Centennial jubilee in spirit of gush
and brotherly love that would bury
the dead past in oblivion. We were
mistaken. The unwashed Democracy
Of this Congressional district opened our
eyes to the knowledge of our mistake.
Some OF the the delegates, knowing that
Democracy dotes on the defunct Confed-
eracy, raised little of the "rebel yell"
whenever point was to be made there
by. For instance there was Tinnin, who,
when placing Clay Taylor IN nomination
as delegate to Cincinnati, deemed it
good policy TO preface the nomination
with the no doubt acceptable information
that Taylor had " borne the banner aloft
when it was dangerous to be Democrat
etc. Not to be out done by any noun
tain man, Major Biggs, (whether ina
jor" in the Confederate service or not we
have no means of knowing) trotted his
man out and informed the admiring
crowd that he had dared TO be Democrat
"when it was death to q man to be a
Democrat" OF course the man who
stood face TO face with death for his De-
mocracy was more acceptable to the un-
terrified than the one who had merely
seen danger, and the gallant Major had
the satisfaction of seeing that his man
was successful, proving thereby that the
Democracy, in the present, as in "the
past, are unalterably attached" etc.
The Convention however recognized
Taylor's merit by electing him as ono OF
the delegates at large. We may be pre-
JUDGED, but to the best of our recollection
there has never been time when it was
either death or danger TO man TO be a
Democrat, unless he showed his devotion
to the principles of that most Union
loving party by entering the rebel ranks
TO take n chance against Federal bayo.
net. And, if our collection is cor ect,
Mr.. Taylor will hardy claim that he was
Democrat in those days that tried mems
Democracy. We think his Democracy
dates back to '67. But that is none Of
our fur al. Only, when party pro-
fesses to have such hoy horror Of see
ing the ensanguined neither garment
waved TO the breeze. it had ought to go a
little slow in reviving old recolections
itself
Year: 1876

By order Of the President OF the Six
Chinese Companies, number of placards
were posted up on the dead walls in Chi
natown Monday afternoon. These pla-
cards set forth that inasmuch as the
whites are expressing in various ways
their dissatisfaction ut the presence of
Chinese in this city, and are doing all in
their power to prevent them from OBJ
tsining honest employment, it behooves
the Chinese to use thoir influence to pre-
vent their countrymen in China from
coming to this place. The placards say {:
"Writs to your friends; tell them that
San Francisco is no logger q paradise
for the Chinese, and that il they come
here they will have to starve and will
not find employment"
Year: 1876

FITzHUGH, tho letter writing door
keeper who lost his place in consequence
OF few strokes OF the pen, intends to
die hard. When he vacated his office he
carried away some index books and val
uable records and all efforts to get them
back have been unavailing. He says
he has important information, which
will make Democrats tremble and injur
the party itself if it becomes known pub
licly, and he intimates that he may use
it to get even with those who have dis
grsced him. We think Fitzhugh will be
apt to get the worst in this little difficult
ty between himself and brother Confed-
crates.
Year: 1876

PREPARING TO FIGHT.-The Nevada
Transcript and other papers say that the
Chinese are buying up all the firearms
offered for sale, and draw the inference
from that that they are expecting to be
attacked and are not going to yield with
out struggle. The Chinese act coward
ly with Americans but in their disputes
smong themselves, show that they are
not only brave enough, but as barbarous
as Indians. They are well aware of the
feeling against them, and know also that
there is class that would like no better
amu-ement than to attack and annoy
them until they left the country. No
doubt they are preparing to de fend them
selves If attacked, and if brought at bay
would fight desperately. The attacking
party would find they had no child's
play before them.
Year: 1876

ONE of the greatest and most powerful
of the thrones Of Europe is about TO tot
ter for lack of a male heir. The wife of
the reigning Prince of Montenegro has
just given birth to daughter, which
gives His Highness an interesting family
of seven female children. But as he has
no son, and as the Salic law prevails in
his vast domain, his throne will proba-
bly, have to advertise for a tenant if
Prince Nicholas should happen TO die.
Year: 1876

Two immense white whales, the only
specimens ever taken alive, are now on
the way to New York from Labrador.
They are in large tank, drawn by a
steam tug, and intended for the gigantic
aquarium now being fitted up at the cor
ner of Thirty-fifth street and Broadway.
Year: 1876

SAN QUENTIN presents busy picture
just now, about 200 of the prisoners be-
ing engaged in clearing place for the
foundation of the new workshop TO re-
place the one destroyed py fire recently,
besides large force which is at work in
the brick yards.
Year: 1876

THE vote in the Senate upon the ques-
tion ofjurisdiction was 81 to 30 the legal
ability of that body being nearly evenly
balanced. Eleven Republicans voted
afiirmatvely while but two Democratic
votes were recorded in the negative. 1t
looks as though the chance of going for
a Republican scalp, albeit only that of a
dead duck" was too great a temptation
to the Democratic portion o. that august
hodu
Year: 1876

A SUBSTITUTE for the postal card,
that is being considered by tho Post
Office department, is a stsmp-d sheet,
about note paper size, with gummed
edge, to serve as both paper and envel-
ope, and to cost two cents.
Year: 1876

A LIGHTNING TTAIN,-On the first Of
June a special train was to leave New
York for San Francisco, and will make
the through trip in 80 hours. There are
about twenty passengers on the train.
Year: 1876

sc. Bell, who acquired notoriety as
witness before an investigating committee
Of Congress, in the matter of babcoeS
connection with the crooked whisky trials
in st. Louis, was in New Castle yesterday
inouiring into the feasibility of establish
ing paying weekly newspaper in thai
place. He is native of Delaware arc
formerly resided near and in New Castle
He is practical printer and newspaper
man, and claims to have many acqualnt
ances and friends to encourage and support
the enterprise. As to his success or deter
mination nothing is known.
Year: 1876

Yesterday the cars of the city passenger
railway commenced running on the double
track. As soon as in thorough working
order, this will give the road facilities for
quicker trips and avoid delays that have
been made heretofore at the switches. With
the exception of single rail from Madison
street to Talnall, the company has double
track it's entire distance in the city limits.
Year: 1876

The Special Patrol for the Brandg,rine


Owing to the unavoidable absence Of Mr.
Martin Farrell from the session of Council
last evening, the resolutions in relation to a
special Police Constable to patrol the
Brandywine walk, was not offered. 1t will
be offered at the next meeting of Council.
Year: 1876

organized under the Limited Liability aco Of
this State has created additional desire the part
Of our business attach themselves to It, BY a
resolution OF the Executive Committee only those who
apply Tor membership before the lst Of October will
entitled TO become shareholders the Incorporated
company. Applications alter that date will be for
operating memberships merely, md. of course, with
out the privilege OF holding stock participating IN
the profits OF the business The Francisco Stock
Exchange, organized In similar manner, pays each oil


its members dividend oil $3.50 per month
Year: 1876

bel Young in the belfry of Warren ave-
nue. Church, Boston, has made sworn
statement that she received injuries
that caused her death from the trap-door
falling upon her head; that he was
frightened lest he would be accused of
numbering her, and therefore denied all
knowledge of the matter, trusting that
his connection with IL would H0t be dis
covered,
Year: 1876

BY American Press Association to the STAR.


SAN FRANCISCO, April pa man
named Barnes mas been arrested OH a
requisition of the Government of Mex
leo on a charge of forgery. He was be-
lore the Fourth District Court on habeas
corpus, but on examination was sent
back to Jail. He will be sent overland
to New York.
Year: 1876

friends and relatives at Lancaster, and
will be absent about week.


At the last meeting of City Council
the bell on the eastern engine-house was
ordered to be taken down and placed in
the new building ON Market street, but
Messrs. Whitley, Fossler and Kelly have
placed an injunction against its removal.
they claiming that when they purchased
the house and lot the bell was included
in the sale,
Year: 1876

nominated for Congress, and Paren Eng.
land, Of Lancaster county, for Cover
nor. The resolutions passed endorse


the action OF the st. Louis Convention;
arraign the Republican party for broken
pledges Of economy, denounce the policy
Of the Republican party in furnishing
arms to the Indians and placing an army
in the South, and demand strict economy
in the administration Of all the depart.
Year: 1876

CENrENS1AL FARES charged by the owners
Of the steamboat lines between Boston and
New York appear to depend solely on the
capacity of the travellers to be squeezed by
the enterprising boat officials. The rate has
been raised, according to q correspondent,
without any previous announcement, and
passengers are preyed upon by the steam
boat harpies in the most discreditable man
ner. There is only one remedy for this kind
of thing. and it is to refuse to patronize the
steamboat lines until the companies awaken
10 just recognition of the rights Of travel
lers and their own obligations.
Year: 1876

Our efforts to secure for the readers Of the
HERALD the fullest intelligence regarding
meteorological changes, both in the vicinity
Of New York and even in distant parts of the
country have been eminently successful.
In nearly every instance our predictions OF
the approach of storms and other phenomena
have been verified even beyond our own ex-
pectations, and we can point with satisfac-
ton to the heavy rain and thunder storms of
yesterday as the most complete verifcation
of our announcement Of Sunday morning.
We then stated eat present the area of low
est barometer is central between the Missouri
and Mississippi rivers on the forty-second
parallel, and this depression will bring with
it violent storms, which may be felt even in
this city by Tuesday or Wednesday next.
The storm yesterday commenced about two
P. M. and continued over an hour. After q
lull, which lasted until seven O'Clock p NJ,
another storm area advanced over the city,
and lightning flashed and thunder rolled
with extraordinary violence The tempera-
ture sensibly lowered during and after the
disturbance and a considerable amount of
water fell to refresh vegetation. This rain
will be regarded as providential favor at O
season when certain parts Of the country and
even New York city itself were threatened by
water famine. Cisterns will now be re-
filed, possibly to overfowing, but we would
advise our readers to be economical with
their water supply until the termination of
the hot season. Many terrible and fatal
off hxy ho lnn
during the progress of these storms over the
country, an account of which will be found
in another part Of to-day's HERALD.
Year: 1876

STILL SETTLING.-The break in the
mountain back of Douglas City settles n
little at each heavy storm, and has now
crowded the base of the mountain out
to where the wagon road luns. The
worst feature of the slide thus far, ha
been the annoyance it has caused Mr.
Tourot, whose ditch to Fillibuster Flat
runs over it. They have been compelled
to dig and fume the ditch anew several
times already in places, but it is hoped
that with settled weather there will be
no more trouble this Spring.
Year: 1876

SHAMEFUL.-Th conduct Of few full
grown men, at the Theater last Saturday
evening, was a source of great annoyance
to those taking part in the Concert as al
so to the audience. If men do not behave
themselves at places of public entertain
ment, in the presence Of ladies and chill.
dren, they should be "put out" without
ceremony. Such noises as disturbed the
people in attendance at the Concert
should not be tolerated.
Year: 1876

RUNAwAY.-While stan ding in front
of j. Bark a S residence on East Weaver,
one day this week, Jun kan's team became
frightened at n boy and a sled and came
to town on the double quick. They
brought upa the store in good order, no
damage being done other than the break
ing of one of the wagon springs.
Year: 1876

A MoKELUMNE HILL man found a
nugget worth forty dollars, washed into
sight by the water he throwed out when
cleaning his well. We hope this item
won't set any of our Weaver folks to
well cleaning, though we do not doubt
there are many forty-dolar nuggets in
side the town limits.
Year: 1876

WELL SoAKED.-The past season has
be N a remarkable one in several respects
notably the large rain and snowfall


md the absence of floods, or even freshets.
Three or four previous seasons having
been on the dry order, tho ground seemed
10 have lost all moisture, and when the
first rain come, in October last, il was
greedily devoured by the earth which
had become parched TO great degree.
Since the first storm, the greater portion
of the waterfall seems also to have been
absorbed by the earth, for at the pres
I time it is full 10 owe 20 wing
Wherever hill or mountain is cut by
ditch or wagon road grade, the water can
be seen to o)ze out from every percepti-
bic opening, and from surface to founda-
ton the ground is filed with water. 1t
has taken five months Of almost continu-
GUS storm 10 bring about this condition
to which may be added the deep and solid
banks of snow or the higher mountain'-
and it is but reasonable to suppose that
this water will not drain off in rs short n
time az was taken to absorb it. Such
being the case it is not an exaggeration
to state that the water supply in our rprin-
cipsl mines is more than likely to keep
up until freezing weather next Fall, and
we confidently expect that sluicing will


be kept up until S, ptemler, if not later
Year: 1876

THERE are teams on the road from
Reading loaded for this place, which
will probably have a rough time making
the "trip. The roads are now in very
rough condition and more storm is threat
ened.