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Year: 1876




GOOD AND BAD.


High mass was celebrated at hafpast ten O'Clock
yesterday morning by Rev Father Moran at St
Patricks Roman Catholic Cathedral, in Mulberry
street The large edGce filed upon the occasion.
Rev. Father Hogan preached the sermon. He read the
gospel OF the day which taken from ST. Matthew,
eighteenth chapter commencing with the first and end
ing with the nineteenth verso Previous to his dis
he called attention to the St. Patricks day SER
vices which would be held in the Cathedral on Friday
morning next at hall-past ten O'Clock. He then pro-
ceeded with bis sermon


THE SERMON.


His remarks were almost entirely devoted 10
a consideration of the sacrament Of confession.
During entire life continually
led into byways Of sin and vice. This was manly
owing to the concupiscence OF our hearts caused by
the sin OF our first parents The world was
beset with traps and snares for poor hu-
manity. 70 fortify against those dangers
Jesus Christ had instituted the sacrament Of
penance In baptism we were made children of God
and heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven But in the
sacrament Of penance We were given a means of re-
turning to SOD when we fall away from the paths Of
righteousness II for this object principally that
the Redeemer had instituted such sacrament. The
reverend gentleman then cxhored his hearers to be
careful in making good confession They should tell
all their Concealment OF single mortal sin was
sufficient 10 neutraze all good effects resulting from
the confessional. 1t was by bad confessions that
great MANY were losI II tney kno"lhgy anu WllIuly
concealed sin from the priest and confessed all the
that very act would condemn them In the sight OF
God. He then narrated the incident OF a woman
who confessing TO priest on. her deathbed. A
companion Of the priest stood apart In the room while
the confession was being heard. Suddenly this
panion black hand pressing the throat OF
the woman. He did not relate the incident to the
confcssor until both had left the house The
priest returned, but the woman dead. Her spirit
afterward appeared and informed him that she had
concealed sin at confession during her whole life
hoping to tell it at the last moment When that time
came the devil got the better OF her and she
able TO comply with her good intention. The result
followed that che had been condemned to eternal
punishment Father Hogan exhorted the congregation
not to be led away from this important duty by the
wes OF Satan They might deceive their coniessor,
but they could deceive Jesus Christ The conessor
olcated as the spiritual physician of the soul; his
mission to heal all the ills to which II subject
After dbatng upon these points for some time Father
Hogan concluded with eloquent ausion to the hap
pnesS VIII ch awaited those who made the confessional
medium for keeping peace with the Almighty
Year: 1876

A warm debate took place i'll tho Conyen-
ton yesterday on the resolution looking to
hostile legislation on the Chinese question.
A motion to strike out tho resolution was
voted down by vote Of nearly two to Que.
The resolution itBc1f means nothing,
Year: 1876

BROGGS' EXPERINENT.-BrOgg who
lives in ElliOts Southern Addition, ran
across the item the other day that Eat
night horse would refuse to step on or
over the body of a man found lying in
the road, but, as if impelled by instinct,
would stop and remain mOtiOnless
until the matter should be inYestiga-
ted


Grave doubts as TO the truth of this
statement arose in BrOggs' mind, and to
settle the matter for himself, he resolved
to give the thing a practical test. Now
BrOggs has no horse, hut does own a
very Intelligent and frisky young mule,
so he thought it just as well to try the
experiment with him. There is q lar
row lane leading from the clover patch
to the water trough, and he sent his little
son boy Bobby to open the gate and turn
out the mule; meanwhile BrOggs lay
down full length across the lane, assum-
ing an apparently lifeless attitude. The
mule had been kept in the pasture all
day, and consequently was very dry, so
he came waltZing down the lane Rt a
great rate, and everything denoted fair
trial of the test. And so it was, but not
exactly As Broggs would have desired,
although it confirmed him in his skepti-
cism. When within yard or two the
mule perceived the PROSTATE form of his
master, and, with an explosion of sound
which was a eOmpromise between the
shrek of a locomotive and the yell Of a
frightened maniac, he bowed up his
back, flung his tail to the breeze, eleva-
ted himself about fifteen feet in the air,
and with ali four feet in bunch lit on
the pit Of BrOggs' "hread-basket.' -
Then, with fiendish laugh, he suddenly
spread out his feet with scraping, lac
Grating sound, and was of like a flash,
not emitting, however, TO give the ex-
perimenter parting kick in she small OF
his back as he departed. The price OF
the mule did not near pay the doctors
bill, and Broggs is now calculating how
many post holes he viii have to mortice
in the ground before he will get even on
his experiment.
Year: 1876

PRAIsISG THE WORK OF FRIENDS
There is another matter about which we
are apt 10 be unjust in our friendships
We are so sensitive to the charge of over
estimating the value Of friends work
through prejudice, that sometimes we let
a stranger get the better of us in the eX-
preston of appreciation and praise
This is a small and damnable selfishness.
Why should we not praise the sermon,
the picture, the story, the poem of our
friend? How did he get 70 be our friend
in the first place? Did we not choose
him. from among ten thousand, because
Of those very qualities which attract US
anew in his art t?-The Old Cabinet:
Scribner for February.
Year: 1876

An Eastern gentleman engaged in mining in Arizona has written to friend in New York, giving an acconnt of the difficulties under which mining opera tions are prosecuted in that Territory. He says: The amount of progress I make seems to me small, but you can have no idea of the difficulties which have to be constantly met and over come. The labor is very unreliable, and it is hard to get days work for days pay, and there is strong feeling of Jealousy between the whites and Mexi- cans which is hard to overcome. The weather is hot beyond belief. Never, I think, less than ninety degrees in the shade, and from that up to 12O degrees. There is no lumber in the country, and all the building has to be done with cottonwood poles, and hauled five miles on jackasses to the mine. In addition, I have had to pack water five miles, as we have had no rain, and the tanks at the mine are exhausted. We have now killed three rattlesnakes in the house, besides any quantity of scorpions, etc. In opening my trunk was stung in the finger by scorpion. I bound poul- tice of onions and tobacco on the wound and drank three full pints of whisky. It make me very drunk, and I think killed the other poison, although my whole hand and arm was numb for a day or two. It is pretty hard country, and three men have already died of thirst near here. My last letters were sent here from the - mine (only fourteen miles distant) by an old Scotch man. The letters did not arrive, and we searched for him and found him dead only four miles from camp. He was stripped and his nails were worn from his hands by scratching in the sand fol water. We have sent out twice and brought in men who were crazy anC blind and speechless from thirst. The sun is terribly hot, and the rocks so hot that they blister the flesh if touched

 You can hardly realize what country it is, nor how expensive it is, as well a! hard work, to accomplish much. Trans portation, more than anything else, ii | the great bupbear,
Year: 1876

Dear Sir-From early youth I was in feeble health, troubled with humor in my blood, weakness and debility of the system generally; was unable to labor much, and only at some light business, and then on4y with great caution.

 Seven years ago, the past spring, had severe attack of the diphtheria, which left my limbs paralyzed and useless, so was unable to walk or even sit up. Noticing the advertise ment of Peruvian Syrup concluded to give it trial, aud to my great joy soon found my health improving. I continued the use of the Syrup until three bottles had been used, and was restored to complete health, and have re- mained so to this day.

 attribute my present health entirely to the use of Peruvian Syrup, and hold it in high estimation. I cannot speak to highly in its praise. have in several cases recommended it in cases very similar to my own with the same good results. Yours truly.

 CHARLES E. PRARCY.
Year: 1876

The harder the wood the higher the polish. One man cries: "There's 8 well;" another one quietly puts pump in it. Prayers and provender never hin- der any mans journey. Experience and wisdom are the two best fortune tellers. The covetous man makes half penny out of farthing; and liberal man makes sixpence of it. Look upon bat tie and picture at 8 good distance. Vain glory is flower which never comes to fruit If folly were pain, we should have great crying in every house. Your looking glass will tell you what friends never will. The man that speaks plain truth is a cleverer fellow than he is gen. erally taken for. The snail looks around his house, and thinks it is the whole world. Those who walk the highway, are always throwing stones at those who walk off the beaten track.
Year: 1876

They came at ten A. M. The baby, his grandmother, his papa and mamma and two aunties. They wanted to have his picture taken. The obliging artist got everything in readiness, brought out the little velvet lined chair, in which the babies are usually photographed, and then the trouble begun. The baby s papa wanted to take off it's sack, because it had such pretty fat arm, but it's mamma was afraid that it might take cold. Then one aunty thought it would be so sweet to take off his little stock ings and sit him in big arm chair, but his aunty thought that such perform ance would be very immodest indeed, and conflict seemed imminent.

 Finally it was agreed that they should take the artists advice and strap him up in the high chair. After much ringing of bells the baby was induced to look with favor on the new state of affairs. The artist prepared to take the mega tive; but just at the critical moment the in ant doubled himself across the strap and screamed Justify. His papa jingled the bells anew, the artist set the music box going, while the mamma drew him out of tine chair and his aunty called him ''putzy, utzy title sing"

 Peace being restored, another nega- tive was taken, this time with tolerable success. But one auuty did not like the expression of the face and the msm- ma thought it did not do justice to his eyes. The next time he stuck both fists into his mouth and shut one eye, and the next time his grandma, who had been watching him intently, ran hastily forward and begun shaking him and slapping him on the back.

 It was twelve o'clock and the ther- mometer stood at ninety-ei degrees in the shade, and that artist ground his teeth and looked to see how tar it was from the window to the sidewalk. Three or four more unsatisfactory attempts were made, and at last the baby, who had been taken out of the chair SO many times and was not properly secured, secured, slipped down on the floor with a thump. A grand hubbub followed; everybody screamed, the timid aunty tainted and the papa swore, while the trembling artist, fearing for his life, secreted himself behind screen in the corner, where he waited until he was sure that no bones were broken and then he came forth, saying that he had sud denly been called down stairs to see a man.

 He was so muchrelieved on being told that they would not try again that day that he forgot to live up to his rules and demand "pay when the negative is taken" As they started down the stairs tue head of the family informed him that they would call again in few days, and he has hired small boy tc sit at the foot of the steps and bring him word at their approach, so that he may have time tolock the door and hang out notice: "Gone to the Centennial. ,
Year: 1876

Two DNNERs.-The marketmen of Boston have had a public dinner with out wins, and the Journal says, con- trastingly: There was a class supper, not long ago, in this city, which tho papers. next morning, characterized as brilliant and successful, but they omit ted to mention that some of the young men who attended it were carried away in such a state of intoxication that they made their way back to college lying prone upon the floor of the car.
Year: 1876

A young housekeeper, says core spondent, inquiries how to make cheese on small scale. I will send my method of cheese making, which have found to be very good Gut the rennet in small pieces, and fill jar half full throw in two handfuls of salt and fill up with water. Strain the nights milk in tub and add two spoonfuls of ren- net to each pail of milk, as sufficient to form firm curd in half an hour. As soon as the curd will break square across the finger it should be cut in pieces an inch square. Let it stand until morn ing, then dip the curd to drain. Scala the tub, strain the mornings milk, and proceed as before. When the whey covers the surface of the curd dip it. When the cnrds are drained sufficiently they should be scalded by pouring on hot water to raise the temperature to ninety eight deg. or one hundred deg, stirring constantly. Let the curd re- main in the hot water until thoroughly done, then drain and hang in cool place. Proceed with the next days milk in the same way. When the curd is cold chop both together; add one spoon full of salt to each pail of milk. Press lightly at first, steadily following up the pressure until the whole is firmly set | together. The cheese must be turned every day, kept we'll buttered, and rub bed often to keep off the flies. If in- clined to spread, a bandage will be | needed
Year: 1876

The will of M. O. Kerr, late Speaker of the House of Representatives, de- vises in substance that all of the law books which he shall be the owner of at the time of his death, and used by him as law library. shall be held in trust by his wife for tho use of his son, Sam uel B. Kerr. He leaves all his property, real and personal, in trust with his wife during her life, and at her death, should her son survive her, the property will be bequeathed to him. He also provides that his mother and his wife's mother shall be provided for so far as his wife's ability may permit her so to do. He concludes by most earnestly beseeching his son to cherish always most sincere love of justice and truth, and to make all his aims in life consistent herewith, and they cannot fail to be high and mo- ble. The paper is dated May 27, 1865.
Year: 1876

The following extraordinary cure of cancer, which ha been pronounced beyond the reach ot medicine by the best medical skill of New England, certainly merits the most profound attention of the medical faculty, many of whom are daily prescribing VEGETINE ia New ng nd, where 1t has already become firmly established and by all classes of people to be the only reliable Blood Purifier:
Year: 1876

cou unted on it as convenient tool, and sucn


an issue could not be made without mucn


personal sacri6ce. Dishonesty in Puohe
Office has had much influence in WORKING
the present state of general deroralizatlon
it is to be hoped that this instance OF nrm-
ness and honor will prove the turning
point of q reaction which shall make decency
once more respectable.
Year: 1876

ONE year old vines and small trees are
the most profitable to plant. Old vine
yards and old orchards need renewing.
They exhaust the soil around them and
finally fail. Plant your orchards every
twenty-five or thirty years.


AN English farmer recently remarked
that che fed his land before it was hun
cry, rested it before it was weary, and
weeded it before it was foul" We have
seldom, if ever, seen 30 much agricultu-
raj wisdom condensed into single sem
tence.


Just as the harassed Minnesotians be-
gan to congratulate themselves on their
escape from the grasshopper they have
been attacked bya new pest in the shape
of small black fly, which destroys the
wheat, attacking the roots and the base
of the stalk. The wheat turns yellow
as soon as attacked, and within a very
short time withers and dies.


IT is not bad idea, which somebody
has suggested, that of introducing sheep
upon newly cleared land to keep down
the sprouts and wild weeds until they
die out and better class of forage plants
is introduced. There is scarcely doubt
that sheep may be employed for this pur-
pose with profit, provided a farmer has
facilities for keeping flock at other
seasons when the new pasture does not
furnish the requisite amount of food.


You give a hungry cow pint of meal
in the bottom of stable pail, and she
will stick her nose into the pail and lick
and lick till she has secured the in
side clean. But horse so fed will fill
his mouth at once, and then if he is very
hungry or especially we'll pleased with
the meal, he'll begin to swing his head
around right and left, sowing the meal
like an old idiot-especially if you stop
and look at him. Go right away if you
wish to save grain.


WHO would throw away a barrel full
of soft soap or box of soft soap? Were
it not otherwise useful, it would be Of
great value as a fertilizer, if spread, in
its raw state, about our fruit trees or
berry bushes. But after being dissolved
in water and passing through the wash
tub, CLEAN ng the imperceptible elements
of the best manure from sOiled linen, its
fertilizing power is vastly increased. In
deed we may almost say that the average
soapsuds from the kitchen and laundry
is worth more than the soap which pro-
duces it. DO not then, allow your soap
suds to run away wasted while you have
trees which it might benefit.


AN Eastern man writes: l have re-
Gently noticed several remedies given for
the cure of sore eyes and other sores on
cattle and horses. Allow me to suggest
one that has been used with success in
all cases where properly tried. 1t will
cost but trifle to try IT on any sore
Take Young HysOn tea, stepped strong
(about one tablespoonful of tea to one
half cup of water,) then wash the sore
clean with the tea, which will remove
proud flesh from old sores and cause them
to heal, cn man or beast. For sore eyes,
should use the tea with a syringe, SO
as to wash the eye well. 1t is better to
cover the sore so as to keep the dirt out
Year: 1876

In the log pocket of the Boom Com
pany. about two miles above this village,
may be seen a sight which, to the practi-
cal men, is worth travelling many miles
to gaze upon. There are more than one
hundred million feet of saw logs piled in
one immense mass, an eighth of mile
in width, ten to thirty feet in depth, and
three miles in length. The high water
has kept crowding them down until they
are piled fifteen feet high above the
waters edge, and as much below it in
many places. They are stricking up in
every conceivable direction and shape,
some of them on end, with the lower
part several feet above the level of the
water, and within few feet of these
you will step on the end of another
which, standing straight, just protrudes
over the current. 1t seems as if they
had been piled together much as the
glaciers are formed, layer upon layer and
log upon log, until they have reached
their present position. One can imagine
the tremendous force with which this
immense mass would precipitate itself
down the river if anything should give
way but fortunately everything is firm
Something of an idea of the value of the
mass may be formed when it is known
that the logs are worth an average O
nearly dollar each.
Year: 1876

Crows are possessed of much more wis
dom than is generally credited to them
and while an immovable bundle of rags
may drive them away for a short time,
we believe that eventually they discover
the humbug, as we have seen the birds
complacently picking up young corn al
most within the shadow of as elaborate
stuffed scare-crOw as was ever erected.
However, we have heard suggested
couple of plans which are calculated to
intimidate even the boldest of these
birds; and as they are easily carried out,
perhaps our farmer readers may make
use of them. The first and best is sus-
pended looking-glass. Take two small,
cheap mirrors, fasten them back TO back,
attach a cord to one angle, and hang
them from an elastic pole. When the
glass swings in the wind, the suns rays
are reflected all over the field, even If it
be large one and even the Oldest and
bravest crow will depart precipitateiy
should one of its lightning flashes fall
ON him. The second plan although q
terror to crows, is especially well suited
TO fields subjected to the inroads Of
small birds and even chickens. 1t in
wolves an artificial hawk made from a
bip potato and long goose and turkey
feathers. The maker can exercise his
initiative skill in sticking the feathers
into the potato 80 that they will resem.
BILE the spread wings and tailof the hawk.
II is astonishing what a ferocious looking
bird of prey can be constructed from
the above materials. 1t only remains tc
hang the object from q tall, bent pole
and the wind will do the rest. The bird
makes sweeps and dashes in the mos


headlong and threatening manner: Ever


the most inquisitive of venerable hen


has been known to hurry rapidly from


its dangerous vicinity, while to small


birds it carries unmixed dismay.
Year: 1876

In is a remarkable fact that as the
wheat belt extends west the enemies OF
the crop seem TO 90 with it. Last year
Minnesota was thought to be the center
line of the wheat crop, and now It turns
out that a new pest, called the Hessian
ay. is following the grain TO the border:
We often hear OF the compensation OF
nature: this seems 10 be one of the re-
vauOes
Year: 1876

In Saoma, TO kill hog, they place
him on his back, put stick across his
throat and sit on each end of il till he Is
defunct. Animals possessed of sufficient
tail, they suspend by that appendage,
melting them to revolve rapidly until
similarly inanimate. The meat is said
TO be greatly improved.
Year: 1876

Do not believe the stories some tel,
to-wit: that the eye of the potato is all
that is necessary to plant to get a good
yield. The potato itself as 1t turns to
decay affords nourishment 10 the sprout,
and will render its growth more vigorous.
Year: 1876

ican people are yet ready to give up the
right Of choosing their rulers by the
free exercise Of the right Of suffrage,
and to suffer them to be appointed by
corrupt and dishonest canvassing boards
in defiance Of justice and the popular
elections.


The cause of South Carolina, and Of
Louisiana and Florida, is the cause Of
the whole country. This thing was not
done in secret corner and, would the
people retain their rights and a free
government, must not be allowed to 60
unrebuked. Every legal and peaceful
means should be exhausted to obtain
justice and to enforce right If they
cannot be obtained in South Carolina,
the case should be assumed by the whole
people, through their representatives in
Congress and the Supreme Court Of the
United States, and the decisions Of that
tribunal enforced at whatever cost.
Year: 1876

A SCANDAL EXPLODED. has often
been said that Ulysses Grant used to
be democrat before the war. We are
happy to be able to state, on the au-
thority Of q resident Of Galena, Illinois,
"a strong Republican, who has lived
there many years and knew Grant init
mately. that he never was democrat
but was always an opponent Of the
party.


Ben. Butler was once democrat and
SO was John Forney and Bill Tweed.
These were bad enough, but thank
Heaven Grant, Shepherd and Kellogg
never were.
Year: 1876

In order to make death by hanging
more easy, writer in the Boston Med
ical Journal proposes to chloroformize
the prisoner, who is to be seated in q
chair under the gallows, with the rope
about his neck. "After the reading
of the sentence" ETC., he writes, "a
physician should step up behind him
and put sponge with chlol oform over
his face. Let the clergyman's voice,
praying for mercy for his soul, be the
last human sound he hears as he goes
off in his last sleep. In few seconds
the physician gives the sign, the
weight falls, the unconscious sinner
hangs with a few reflex quiverings,
and the sentence of the law has been
executed, literally and fully"