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Year: 1876

A party of young workingmen in VIII


iamsburgh, N. Y, were drinking in a
saloon. Suddenly Harry Frank, eight
cen years old, fell over in what seemed
to be an epileptic fit. While efforts were
being made to relieve him he begun to
foam at the mouth and to bark like q
dog, and tried to bite those who came
within his reach. Medical aid was sum-
moned, and he was taken to the city hos
pital. A physician gave the young man
thorough examination, but was unable
to determine whether he had hydro
phobia, hysteria, epilepsy, or alcoholism.
During the evening he became so violent
that it was found necessary to put him
in a straitjacket; but the next day he was
quiet, and none of the symptoms of his
trouble required. Frank was bitten by
dog three or four months ago, and still
bears the scar. The wound was at once
cauterized, he says, but as the dog was
thought to be mad, he has ever since
been in dread lest he should sooner or
later be attacked with hydrophobia. He
is spoken of as young man not given to
excessive drinking.
Year: 1876

Where the rocks are gray and the shore Is steep
And the waters below look dark and deep
Where the rugged pine, in its lonely pride,
Leans gloomiy over the murky tide;
Where the reeds and rushes are long and rank,
And the reeds grow thick on the winding bank
Where tie shadow is heavy the whole day


through,


There lios at its moorings the old canoe
Tho useless paddles are idly dropped,
Like sea birds wings that tho storm has


Topped,


And crossed on the railing one DOR one,
Like the folded hands when the work is done,
While busily back and forth between.
The spider stretches his silvery screen,
And the solemn owl with his dull "to-who,'
Settles down Oh the sides of the old canoe.
The stern, half sunk in the slimy wave.
Rots slowly away in its living grave,
And the green moss creeps over its dull decay,
Hiding its moldering dust away,
Like the hand that plants DER the tomb q


flower,


or the ivy that mantles the falling tower;
While many blossom of loveliest hue
Springs up DER the sides of the old canoe.
The currentless waters are dead and STILL
But the light wind plays with the boat at will,
And lazily in and out again
It floats the length of the rusty chain,
Like the weary march of the hands of time
That meet and part at the noontide chime,
And the shore is kissed at each turning anew
by the dripping bow of the old canoe.
Oh, many time, with careless hand,
l have pushed it away from the pebbly strand
And padded it down where the stream runs


quick,


Where the whirls are wild and the eddies are


thick,


And laughed as leaned DER the rocking side
And looked below in the broken tide
To see that the faces and boats were two
That were mirrored back from the old canoe.
But now, as lean DER the crumbing side,
And look below in the sluggish tide,
The face that see there is graver grown,
And the laugh that hear has sobcrer tone,
And the hands that lent to the light skiff wings
Have grown familiar with stsrner things
But love to think of the hours that sped
As I rocked whore the whirls their white spray


shed,


Ere the blossom waved or the green grass grew
Der the moldering stern of the old canoe.
Year: 1876

In the supreme court in Salem, Mass,
a Mr.. Foster asked for the custody of
his child, his wife having petitioned
for divorce. On cross-examination of
the wife, she was brought to the point
of confessing that she had no objection
to living with her husband, when she
tainted and fell down. There was great
excitement in the courtroom, and when
she recovered Judge Ames solemnly ad-
vised the parties to go home, to take no
eutside advice, to use little common
sense and try to live together in peace.
He then ordered them 10 appear again
at court on certain day for further
Of the case.
Year: 1876

Reader, are you liable to headache? Then
you are interested in knowing what
Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil does for
Headache Bathe the head freely with
Magic OH, mixed with water, then put
little clear on the temples Take few
drops clear. or on sugar. Use it faithfully
and freely aud it will cure the worst cases
in from five to ten minutes. Always keep
It In the house
Year: 1876

Whether for use on man or beast, Mer
chants Gar0liug Oil will be found an in
valuable liniment, and worthy of use by
every resident in the land We know no
proprietary medicine or article now used
in the United States which shares the good
will of the people to greater degree than
this. Yellow wrapper for animal, and
white for human fesh.-N. 7. hide
nppdeDt
Year: 1876

The gas was turned of yesterday morning at 2
O'Clock. This gave burglars an hour or more for
tolerably safe operations. They are taking bold
advantage of these dark periods which are ap-
parently designed by some directing power in aid
Of burglarious performances. Monday morning
last between gaslight and daylight the plate
glass show-windOw in the clothing store of l.
Hamburger Son, under the Metropolitan hotel,
was deliberately broken, although it was one
sufficiently large TO admit the hand and arm
of the thief, and two suits Of clothing ex-
traeted from the window. The burglars were
then probably frightened away. This is one Of
the most requented and unlikely spots In the city
for the burglars TO try their arts, because there
is always some one stirring in the hotel. 1t was
this attempt practicable.
Year: 1876

With the largest assortment of Display Type in
the District and the best Cylinder Presses, the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Book AND JOB PRINT
ING OFFICE can execute at the shortest notice any
size or styleof Poster, Handful, Dodger, Gutter
Snipe or Programme that can be desired. South
west corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Thir-
teenth street, second floor.
Year: 1876

New CASTLE, SEPT. IA, 1876.


At last! Yesterday one hundre d
and fifty nine men said the books
should be purchased for the schools and
furnished free of charge. Did these
persons one and ali know what they
were doing? We think not. By figures
furnished the writer by the President
of the Board of Education, there is an
approximate amount 1924. left to buy
books, but he said not who was to pay
for the work and furniture in the room
now being fitted up. Nor of the 500
at least collected from the colored peo-
pie last year and this, and neoer paid
to them or their Trustee, as the laws
direct all tax assessed on colored per-
sons should be. The Board have no
right to create and leave debt unpaid j,
and what is more evident Town meet
ings. if attended to, would soon play
the mischief with them.


VIM. Holschumaker is tearing down
the old bakery lately used as bar Der
shop, and will erect two stores and
dwellings in its place. Building has
taken a start here lately and our peo-
Pile are happy.


When will the Contractor be al
lowed to commence ON Delaware
street
Year: 1876

The following is the amnesty bill
which il before congress. It has pro.
duced the warmest discussion tha: has
taken place in congress for years, The
principals in the contest we're Blaine
and Garfield, Republicans and Randall
and Hill, Democrats.


That all disabilities imposed and re-
naming on any person by virtue of,he
third section Of the fourteenth article
of amendments to the constitution Of
the United States be AID are hereby
removed, and each and every person is
and shall be forever relieved there
from on his appearing before judge
of any court Of record in the State 10
which he is resident and taking and
subscribing the following oath, to be
duly attested and recorded:


l, A. B., do solemnly swear and
affirm that I will support and defend
the constitution Of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and do
nestle; that l will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same and obey all
laws made in pursuance thereof; and
that take this obligation freely and
without any mental reservation or pur
pose Of evasion.
Year: 1876

| We have frequently referred to the
subject Of wool growing in our columns
but will again urge on our farmers its
importance. The wheat is to continue
tho great staple Of tho State no one
doubts, but experience has taught IN
all the older States that to keep up
the land in condition for large crops Of
wheat, sheep raising and pasturing are
the surest aud most economical means.
Even in this new State the succession
Of wheat crops is beginning to tell on
the soil, and diminished yield is the
result. There are instances, however,
where the experiment of sheep raising
in connection With the culture Of
wheat, has been tested with the most
gratifying results not only restoring
the soil by one or two years rest and
pasturage, but the sheep by the clip Of
wool and sale of carcasses of surplus
stock, has proved to pay fully as we'll
al . crop Of wheat. -.


At this time, there are in this State
not over 100000 sheep. OF these,
nearly or quite 10000 will be slaugh.
tered during the season. A wool dealer
informed US that he should purchase
$4,000 pelts this year. There are
being driven into the southern part Of
the State some Aocks of sheep, but not
to any great extent, while in the north
ern and western portions no additions
are being made to the Aocks. The
whole clip Of wool in the State is not
sufficient to keep the single woolen
mill in this city running much over
half the year, and prices paid during
the season for wool would make its
raising profitable to the farmer in it.
self, besides the advantage to his farm
Another reason why every farmer
should have a flock Of sheep on his
farm is, that the wool crop is one that
grasshopper raids do not affect. When
all other crops prove loss, he will
have his clip Of wool to fall back on.
We again urge every farmer in the
State to commence, if only in a small
way, the raising of sheep.-Farmers'
Union.
Year: 1876

The Republican Natioa,l Committee
has selected Cincinnati as the place for
holding the next national convention


The contest was = close one. The
time fixed for the convention is June
18th 1876.
Year: 1876

The minority Of the House Judiciary
cor,mittee favors an amendment to
the Constitution extending the Presi-


Dental term to six years and making
the President ineligible for re election.
Year: 1876

It was recently announced that Geo
Reynolds, one of the prominent latter
day saints, had been tried and convict
ed by jury, composed Of mormons
mostly, on the charge Of pol lygamy. 1t
appears that the case was brought on
by command Of Brigham Young, as a
test case, and conviction secured with
the design Of appealing on the plea
that the act of Congress forbiddiug
polygamy is in conflict with the treaty
with Mexico; known as the treaty Of
Guadcloupc Hidalso, by which the
United States acquired a title to the
territory between the Rocky Mountain
aud the Pacific, aud that the act, being
in disregard Of treaty obligation, is
void. The clause Of the treaty on
which they rely, is that which guaraa
tees to all the Inhabitants of the region
acquired from Mexico the free exer.
else Of their religion At that time
the Mormons had recently established
themselves on the present site OF Salt
Lake City, and they claim, therefore
that their religion and polygamy,
which il a part of it. are protected by
the treaty. That the Mormon practice
Of polygamy was not contemplated in
the treaty, is evident from the fact
that they were as a body unknown tc
the Mexicans at the time it was made
and that this theory will be recognized
by the Supreme Court, is hardly prob
able. Journal.
Year: 1876

This leaves DR.. Howe in possession of the
trophy, which he must win tw,ce more be-
fore it will become his personal property.
The wind, during the contest was high, and
of the most aggrsvating kind; it appeared
to shift with every shot, and its effect
against balls sent on the long range could
scarcely be estimated by the incest iudg-
ment. Under the circumstances the average
shooting vas very good for mem bers of an
amateur club, gentlemen who practice for
their own amusement, as they have leisure
During the afternoon the club entertained
several invited guests, including ladies, who
were RECALLED with music, cakes and cream.
A few of the ladies tried their hands at the
rife with good success.


The Crescent Club is we'll organized it's
team for the interstate match is getting
well in practice and will doubtless make a
good record on the twelfth instant, when
pitted against other teams from various
parts of the Union.
Year: 1876

Insist on yourself; never initiate. Your
own gift can present every moment with
the cumulative force of q whole life's Guilt
walton; but of the adopted talent of an
other you have only an extemporaneous,
half possession. That which each can do
best, none but his Maker can teach him.
No man yet knows, or can, till that person
has exhibited it. Where is the master who
could have taught Shakespeare Where is
the master who could have instructed
Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or
Newton' Every great man is q unique.
Emerson.
Year: 1876

In reply to the question referred by the Dis
trict Commissioners to the attorney for the
District, as to whether the District has the
property right in the cobblestones of the paved
track of the Washington and Georgetown rail-
road, Mr.. Birney says ''I think not. If any
such right existed in the District 1t would have
been received by it from the late corporation
of Washington. But that corporation never
had, to my knowledge, any property right in
the pavement on Pennsylvania avenue. The
cobblestone pavement of Pennsylvania avenue,
Of which the pavement of the tracks of the
railroad is part, was originally put down in
or about the year 1S47. An. appropriation of
$4,000 for paving this avenue was made
March 3, 1874. This cobblestone pavement
was in good repair at the date of the building
of the railroad track. The charter of the rail-
road company was granted in 1862, and
the road was built soon after. 1t was laid
down upon the cobblestone pavements, of
which only so much was displaced as was
necessary to give room to the cross-ties and
tracks. The chatter required the company to
keep the tracks, the spaces between the tracks,
and two feet outside of the tracks ''well paved
and in good order" All subsequent repairs
by the company have probably not required
any appreciable addition to the cobble-stones.
1HC dIb VI NOuSLOsc VI oulJ Q, lOIO, JHG
paving of this avenue, section s, provides that
the cost of laying down said pavement shall
be borne and paid for by the company "for
that portion of the work between the tracks
and distance OF two feet on each side there
Of" The act gives to the company the right
to construct that portion of the pavement
which it ic required to pay for under the direc-
tion of the Commissioners, and If said COM
pany shall not construct that portion of said
work with the same material, except between
the rails and the tracks, and In as salts >
tory manner, and as rapidly as the residue
of said work shall be constructed, then the
same shall be constructed under the direc-
tion Of said Commissioners in the same
manner as the other portion of said work.
The company shall have the right to select
the material with which the pavement be-
tween the rails and between the tracks shall
be made. l am advised that the railroad
company, in making the pavement required
by this law, used the cobblestones already
there, and which were the property of the
United States. 1t would be we'll, think, to
inquire into the truth of this. If on inquiry 1t
should prove true, no, right In the stones was
acquired by the railroad company. The ma
terial, therefore, of the pavement Of the track,
between the tracks and two feet outside of
the same is that of the original pavement laid
down under the law of Congress of 1S47. 1t
belongs to the United States, and is under
charge of the engineer-in-chief of the United
States army.
Year: 1876

Some of the ladies in the Treasury feel natu-
rally sensitive on account of the Paul Pry in
quisitiyeness of a great many of the visitors
from the Centennial Exhibition who try to do
Washington before they return home, but who
persist that in seeing ihe sights they should by
all means take an observation of the Treasury
girls" People should begin to understand
there is no such tLi0g as Treasury girls"
Seven eighths of the ladies employed in
the Treasury Department are ladies in
every sense of the word, end Indignantly repel
the iOea of being target for the eyes Of the
Centennial visitor. Walk through the Depart
ments, ladies and gentlemen, and shake hands
with the President if you get chance, but let
the Treasury girls alone.
Year: 1876

New YORK, March 2S.-The Evening
CATION of charges preferred against
Special Deputy Collector Lydecker, the
treasury department has found evidence to
warrant the investigation of many other
prominent officers.
Year: 1876

Several hundred members OF the trade societies stood
shlvcrng in the last night waiting for the
doors to open at Cooper Institute. They we're not
opened as the executive committee bad finally decided
postpone the mass meeting until next Friday even.
ing account OF storm Those present went away
much dsgusted at the unwarrantaDle delay that had
kept them shivcring 80 long Va The streets
Year: 1876

A New York paper gives us some
interesting facts concerning the
time required to transmit a message
by cable across the Atlantic. There
is no fixed velocity for electricity,
After contact with a conductor at
the other end Of an ocean cable no
effect is perceptible at this end for
about two-tenths of a second; then
a faint force is received, which in
creases perceptibly. After four
tenths Of a second only about
seven per cent. of the maximum
force is at hand. In one second it
reaches about half its final strength,
and after about three seconds its
full strength is attained. 1t does
not therefore come in a single
shock, but with increasing force
for three seconds. 1t takes four
tenths of a second as a rule to make
any signal felt, but the length OF
time it takes to send a word through
the cable is governed, as it is in
writing, by the length of the word,
or the signals necessary to deliver
it. 1t requires an average of three
and a half signals to the letter. II
we take an average Of six letters to
th1 word, it requires twenty-one
signals to transmit it, and two
hundred aud ten signals to send a
message of ten words. If every
signal required four-tenths OF
a second, then eighty-four sec
onds would be required for
a message of ten words. But
after the electricity has been APP
piled the succeeding signals do not
take as long as the first.


The cable therefore, when in good
working order, will send about
twelve words a minute. Under q
pressure fifteen and even seven
teen words have been sent in a
single minute. Gable messages Of
twelve words have been sent all the
way from New York to London in
side of two minutes. The return
service from London is not as
prompt. The attention of scientific
people has been called to the fact.
Most of them laugh at any sugges-
ton that this difference is due to
imperative natural causes. They
say the English clerks are dilatory,
full of angularity and the spirit Of
red tape, not prompt or pushing
in short, not as wide-awake and
active as their American competi.
tors. This may be a partial reason
for the delay, but it does not &C.
count satisfactorily to our mind fol
the indisputable phenomena Of the
passage. There seems to be more
sluggishness in the messenger 60.
ing eastward than westward, and
we await the result of some inyesti
cation now in progress with a view
of settling the question.
Year: 1876

ness frequent alleviaton of their
miseries.


Every one will remember the tes-
timony of John Stuart Mill to the
worth of his wife, which is to be
found in the dedication to her
memory printed at the commence
ment of one OF his essays: "To
the beloved and deplored memory
of her who was the inspirer, and in
part the author of all that is best
in my writings-the friend and
wife whose exalted sense of truth
and right was my strongest excite
ment, and whose appreciation was
my chief reward-I dedicate this
volume. 1t is said that such was
Mr.. Mills sorrow at her death that
he continued to reside at Avignon,
the place where she was buried,
that so he might continually visit
her tomb, and he never ceased to
lament her loss. Thomas Carlyle,
one Of the greatest intellectual
lights Of this century, has recorded
his testimony to the worth of his
wife on her tombstone: "1n her
bright existence she had more sor-
rows than are common, but also a
soft amiability, capacity for dis
cernment, and a noble loyalty of
heart which are rare. For forty
years she was the true and loving
helpmate Of her husband, and by
act and word unweariedly for
warded him, as none else could, in
all of worth that he did or at
tempted" The wife of Sir William
Hamilton, professor of logic in the
University of Edinburgh, was a
true helper to her husband; indeed,
it is more than probable that with
out her many of his best works
would never have been written.
When he was elected to the prOies-
sorship some of his opponents de-
clared publicly that he would never
be able to fulfill the duties of his
position, as he was nothing but a
dreamer. He and his wife heard of
this and determined to prove that
it was not true. They, therefore,
arranged to work together. Sir
William wrote out roughly each
day the lecture that was to be given
the next morning and as he wrote
his wife copied it out and again
and again they sat up writing till
far into the night. When Sir Will
liam was struck down with paraly-
sis, the result Of overwork, Lady
Hamilton devoted herself entirely
to him-wrote for him, read for
him and saved HIM in every way.
Year: 1876

The boys in Sioux City have a good
deal Of fun with the occasional squsws
who ramble in and around town.
"Winnebago Jane" is the favorite OF
these ramblers. She is honest, she
doesn't steal, and she's q full blown
Indian girl, with her ears full of
rings and her head full of mis-
chief. She comes to town for
money, and an Indian will do almost
anything for money. Winnebago
Jane went into corner drug store
where there were three men, rather
one man and two boys. The man
was stately, ehureh-gOing city Of
fetal, conscientious and correct.
The two boys slyly gave Winnie
bsgo Jane a nickel apiece il she
would capture and kiss the stately


official. She flew wildly at him, and
the two finally fell to the floor in the
squabble, and they rolled over
and over and got sadly mixed up.


When the contest was over
and WinnebagO Jane had won,
she joyfully departed with her
honestly earned ten cents. That's
the way the boys Of Sioux City have
fun with the Indians. The stately
official begged the boys to say nothing
about his experience with the abo-
rigines, Tut the boys couldn't keep it.