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Year: 1876

While a burlesque opera troupe were
playing at Cheyenne last week, one of
Gen. Crooks wild Indian scouts crowded
past the doOrkeeper and took a seat, but
when the curtain arose and the prima
donna began to sing, the savage gave
terrific war-whoop and bounded into the
street.
Year: 1876

BLAINE TO TAKE THE STUMP.-Mr. Blaine
announces his determination to actively
enter the canvass in the advocacy Of Hayes
and Wheeler. 1t is believed that lie will
contribute to make the campaign quite
an enthusiastic one. He will, at all events,
be the Henry Clay of the Canvass. He is
not at all dispirited by not receiving the
nomination, and is exceedingly grateful to
the hosts Of friends who stood to him to
the last
Year: 1876

Fires in Russia of large extent are con-
constantly among the reports from the
Empire OF the Gar. They are mostly in
cendiary and are attributed to the socialists
who take this sinister method of protesting
against property in a country where the
people have no voice in its affairs.
Year: 1876

An enormous block of granite was being
lowered into tho foundation for a dock at
Haulbowline, Ireland. A laborer fell under
1t unobserved, was crushed into the layer
OF concrete upon which the stone rested,
and his body will remain there, as the
truth was learned to late too recover it,
except at great expense and trouble.
Year: 1876

Lucretia Mott sent the following letter
in favor of opening the Centennial Exhibi-
ton on Sunday to the Philadelphia Press:
" Friend FOrney: Please add my name to
the petition for opening the Centennial
doors on First day-as half loaf is better
than no bread and oblige thy working
woman F."
Year: 1876

From the monthly Llboral review


People who 90 TO the "bad have,
strictly speaking, only themselves to
blame, and it may be argued that those
who choose to make fools of themselves
ought not to be shielded from the effects
of their folly. Nevertheless, it may be
pointed out that the offenders frequently
wander astray at first as much through
inadvertance as by virtue Of their innate
depravity. Putting on one side the fact
that example is potent force, which
weak natured people often find 1T lmpos-
sible to resist, it may be safely asserted
that many persons commit themselves
imprudently in their desire to do some
thing, as if from the horror Of sitting
still with folded hands doing nothing.
Thus there is reason TO believe that II
homes were made more attractive, ana
if those who live in them were always
provided with something to do which
would have the effect of exciting their
interest and rousing their energies, they
would not be led to seek diversions at
public billiard room or Il fast theatre.
As it is, too many mothers are impatient
of what disturbs the established order of
things, and too many fathers are inclined
TO sulk and snarl if their comfort is in
anv way interfered with. Perhaps they
ought not to be severely blamed on this
account, for il is natural for elderly peo-
pie to study their own comfort, and to be
blind to many things which they ought
to see, so long as they are not disturbed.
But, then, neither should young men
who are not of a literary turn of mind
and therefore care not for books-by the
way, we cannot all be literary - be Sc
verely censured for seeking what their
nature demands in quarters where they
are exposed TO danger. Let 1t he re-
membered that the man whose heart Is
thoroughly in his work or his pleasures is
not likely to be tempted by attractions
which, ii denuded of their " naughtl-
ness and the false atmosphere by. which
thev are surrounded, would excite the
contempt of every reasonable person.
1t is the excitement which people derive
from playing with edged tools rather
than a love of the tools themselves which
induces those VINO are going to the
bad" to trihe with them. The moral TO
be drawn from this is 80 obvious that we
hope that the time will shortly arrive
when reeking bar-parlOrs, the fetid haunts
of sharpers and highly cmbellished te-
male divinities, will cease to do the
amount of mischief which they now,
unhappily, effect, to the distredit alike
of the intelligence, morality, and taste
of those who are injured by them.
Year: 1876

MARY CLEMMER has gone to Washing
ton to live, and from the capital she
writes as follows about the decay of con-
science that afflicts the whole body pol
itic just now:


What a comment it is upon the dis.
tance We have marked downward as a
people when to " steal from the govern
ment " is spoken ofas apiece of prowess,
to be laughed at and boosted over; as if
stealing from the treasury of your coun-
try were a very different matter from
stealing from the Golfer of your neighbor?
No doubt somebody Will assert this is a
dreadful thing Tor me to say. But / am
perfectly aware of what am saying. l
am not repeating anybody's croaking."
Instead, if | should report in these col
umns the small pilferings and the names
Of the pillerers with which I have be-
come personally cognizant in the last ten
wears, you would think had been "put-
ting it" very mildly, and you yourselves
would be very much astonished. Iknew
a senator's wife, now gone out of Office,
who took all the Christmas and New
Years presents she made her friends(and
of course they were many) out of the
government Outside of her own per-
quisites the government paid for them
all. This may seem little thing 1t was
for the United States treasury to pay for
one woman's presents. But it involved
the underlying principles of honesty as
much as taking hundred thousand in
the same way.
Year: 1876

A poor Turkish slater of Constantine
pie, being at work upon the roof of a
house, lost his footing, and fell into the
narrow street upon a man. The pedes-
trian was killed by the conclusion, while
the slater escaped without material inju
ry. A son of the deceased caused the
slater to be arrested. The cadi listened
attentively, and in the end asked the lat
ter what he had to say in his defense.
Dispenser of Justice answered the
accused, ait is even as this man said,
but Allah forbid there should be evil in
my heart. l am poor man and know
not how to make amends" The son of
the man who had been killed thereupon
demanded that condign punishment
should be inflicted upon the accused.
The cadi meditated few moments, and


finally said. Thou shalt stand in the
street where the father of this young
man stood when thou didst fall on him."
And to the accuser he added: "Thou
shalt, if it please thee, go up on the roof
and fall upon the culprit, even rs he fell
upon thy father. Allah be praised"
Year: 1876

The Berlin correspondent Of the Lon
don Daily News writes to that journal:
A case which recently came to light here
through the courts throws singular
light upon one phase of Prussian life.
Some time since a nOn-cOmmissiOned Of
ficer of regiment stationed at KOnigs-
berg committed suicide, and just before
the act wrote a letter TO a Berlin journal
explaining his motive. He had pre-
viously published certain facts highly
discreditable to two officers of his regi-
ment, and from that time they had per-
secuted him with every form of military
cruelty that the superior can visit upon
the subaltern. No opportunity was of
tered to him to prove his charges, and
the standing of the officers screened
them from any investigation. Life,
Therefore, became intOlerable to the poor
man, and he decided on suicide. The
allegations against the two Officers-a
paymaster and, | believe, lieutenant
were repeated in the testamentary letter
But as coon as they were published the
entire line and staff of the regiment
which seems TO have been less sOlicitous
about vindicating its honor 80 long as the
accuser Iived-hastened on his postum
nous publication to prosecute the news
paper for libel. The case came before
the civil court here, and, much to The
surprise of all parties, the journal was
acquitted. 1t proved the truth of the
allegations.
Year: 1876

THE Turkish revolution was cOnspir-
acy of the ministers to got rid of sui
tan who had yielded more to foreign in
fuence than the pure and unadulterated
mussulmans could quietly allow. 1t is
the mad protest of the conservatism of
the Mohammedan Turks against Euro
pean reforms and every sort and kind of
foreign Intervention except that which
loans money on Il promise of interest that
is never to be paid. The new sultan is
anti-Russian in his prejudices and ten
dencies, and while he can speak French
and has some knowledge Of western Eu-
ropean affairs he is more likely to form a
Franco English alliance than one in
which Russia has leading voice. But
the situation of Turkey is critical, and
Murad Effendi will be compelled to let
what he would wait on what he must,
with the moral certainty of being showed
aside as suddenly and as remorselessly as
Abdul Aziz one of these fine mornings.
Year: 1876

THE death of Abdul Aziz by his own
hand is the last act in the drama which
began with his overthrow. Driven from
power through the agency of his own
nephew and trusted friends; deprived
OF his treasure, and treated as a prisoner
in his own capital, it is not surprising
that the disgraced ruler sought relief in
death. RumOrs Were current that his
mind was derangod. These reports re-
ceive credence in tLc official account of
the tragic deed which has been sent to
Washington. His ,,ath is not likely to
effect seriously til affairs of Turkey.
His overthrow complete, and the
probability of his eading a revolt was
very right.
Year: 1876

OVER billion cigars was consumed in
Austria during the year 1875, equal to
one hundred and two for each person Of
the male sex in the entire population.
This enormous quantity was exceeded in
1874, when the figures footed up sixty
millions more. Hard times have caused
some peOple to fOrego smoking.
Year: 1876

A SINGULAR murder case is pending
at the Cudapah sessions, in India, in
which the accused, being assured by a
juggler that he could shoot at him with
a loaded musket without the slightest
fear of hurting him, took him at his word
and fired. The ball penetrated the Jug
gler's brain, killing him instantly.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Boxer did not believe, however,
that the situation would be at all i'm
proved under the new sultan. The fault
is in the system of the government and
not in the man. Murad had been adopted
by the new Turkish party as a sort of
figurehead or standard, around which to
rally as a defiant point, and personified
sentiment to catch the national feeling.
He had never impressed him as a man of
special ability or strength of character.
Year: 1876

THE proposition Of the Chamber of
Commerce to take the census of the
city is generally approved. On the
plan proposed of dividing the city up
into small districts and detailing a
man to each district, will secure the
accomplishment of the work inside of
two days. BY SO doing the work will
be thoroughly and satisfactorily done.
The actual population of the city is
probably not less than 10000, and it
will be worth the trouble and expense
it will cost to determine the tact.
Year: 1876

EDITOR HERALD: When the editor
of the Express offers such conundrums
as the following, which l clip from an
editorial of Tuesday, think it would
be no more than justice to his readers
to send with each issue of the paper
an explanatory diagram. BY so doing
he might render less frequent the ex-
clamat.on: eyes, that's very nice, but
what is it all abOut?u


The wonderful benignancy of our climate,
supplemented by the astonishing fecundily
Of our soil affords "a theme OF endless resource
To the facile writer.


And when our advantages in this respect
are skillfully contrasted with the conditions
existing In the Eastern States and Europe,
the influence ex+rted upon all who seriously
consult such mpilations is to create a desire
TO participate with us in the benefits of our
favored locality.
Year: 1876

The question of what has become of
the apparent 100000 deficiency in
TEMPLE Il WoRKMAN's bank is at
tracting no inconsiderable amount of
attention. The semi-official state
ment Of the Express clearly indicates
that this sum ought to be accounted
for in the report Of the assignees.
What has become of it? Surely it is
charged to some account-mines, stock
speculations, CerrO Gordo water works
or some other undertaking which has
turned out unfortunate. The checks,
If nothing else, will throw some light
as TO the flight this money has taken.
II the books have not been written up
for a year or more the neglect was
part of plan for the attainment of
purpose. The sole management of the
banks affairs was entrusted to one
who understands banking business
and is as capable as any man in the
State for the position he held as CASH
ier. This being admitted it is fair to
presume that every night before per-
mitting his clerks, book keeper and
assistants to leave the bank he would
have complete balance made out and
every mans account posted. If there
was failure to do this it cannot be
excused on the plea of ignorance If
the proper method CT conducting
banking business. The fiorid picture
of the Express regarding the assets
and values is as unfortunate as its con-
tinued exaggeration of the wealth of
Messrs. TEMPLE and WORKMAN. This
exaggeration, and the continued mis-
statement of the financial condition of
these gentlemen, have deceived-cru-
ELY deceived-the people. The paper
may or may not be Intentionally
guilty of this wrong, but the damag-
ing effect is the same in either case.
Now, its statements are just as inju-
rious as its valuations, and if needed
will only result in loss to those who
have their means in whole or in part
tied up by the assignees. The liabili-
: ties, according to the offered state
ment, are about $l,lO0,OOO, while the
assets that may be collected and real
lied will turn out to be very near as
follows:
Year: 1876

John Dalton, Jr., of Concord, Fla, sends
us, under date of the 23dt., the following
remarkable story: "There is great excite
ment prevailing in this section of the
country about the story of q negro fisher
man. The story is that a negro living in
the adjoining county of Leon got up very
soon on the morning of May the 18th and
declared that he would go down to the lake
and catch q mess of fish before the Almighty
woke up. The report goes that he is fish
ing there now. l saw a gentleman "a Mr..
POstenl who says that it is perfectly impos-


sible to move the negro. He declares that
the boat in which the negro is sitting is
cemented, as it were, to the water. No
wind nor wave nor human force has yet
moved it from the spot where, ten days
ago, the negro threw out his line. In
position, the negro is leaning over or
bending forward from the middle seat, and


there he sits the whole day long, staring all
the time as iDtently at his corks as if he
momentarily expected some large fish to
bite but, they say, hungry or not, NO fish
has yet taken hold of bis line. Mr.. Posen
informs me that story which has been
circulated about the blood gushing from the
negrO's hands when you attempt to move
| his pole has no foundation in truth but he
solemnly declares to me that he saw the
n negrO, boat and pole in the lake as late as 1
o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday, up to
which time no effort had availed to move
him from that harbOr wherein some super


natural power aeems to have anchored him."
Year: 1876

4


al intercourse. l have been anxious,
and have made efforts to enlarge its scope,
and TO make new treaty which would be
| still more efficient agent for the punish
ment and prevention of crime; at the same
time Ihave felt it my duty to. decline tosen-
| tertain proposition made byGreat Britain,
pending its refusalto execute thezexisting
treaty, TO amend it by practically concoding
by treaty the identical conditions which that
Government demands under its act of Par
Lament.


In addition to the impossibility of the
United States entering upon negotiations
under the menace of nm intended violation
or refusal to execute the terms of an ex-
isting treaty, l deemed it inadvisable to
treat of only the one amendment pro
posed by Great Britain, while the
United States desires an enlargement
of the list of crimes for which extra
dition may be asked, and other improve
mcnts which experience has shown might
be embodied in new treaty.


1t is for the wisdom of Congress to deter
'mine-whether the article of the treaty relat-
ing to extradition is to be any longer regard
cd as obligatory on the Government of the
United States or as forming part of the
supreme law of the land. Should the attitude
of the British Government remain unchanged,
Ishallpot, without ar expression Of the wish
of Congress that should do so, take any ac-
ton either in making or granting requisi-
tions for the surrender Of fugitive criminals
under the treaty of 1912. Respectfully sub
mitted, U s. GRANT.
Year: 1876

THERE are other ministers of love
more conspicuous than Il good daugh-
ter, but none i'll which Il gentler, love-
licr spirit dwellS, and none to which
the hearts warm requitalS more joy
fully respond. She is the steady light
of her fathers house. Her idea is i'll
diSS0lubly connected with that of his
happy GrcSide. She is his morning
sun and evening star. The grace,
vivactv and tenderness of her sex have
their place in the mighty sway which
she holds over his spirit. The lessons
of recorded wisdom which he reads
with her eyes come to his mind with u
new charm, as blended with the be


loved melody of her voice. He scarce
" knows WEAKNESS which her song
does not make him forget. or gloom
which is proof against the young
brightness of her smile. She is the
pride and ornament of his hospitality,
the gentle nurse of his sickness. and
the constant agent of those nameless.
numberleSS acts of Kindness which one
chiefly cares to have rendered, because
they are unpretending, but expressive
proofs of loVe.-Chu1ch Union.
Year: 1876

AS FAR as the expense of living in
Philadelphia is concerned, it all de-
pends upon the choice OF the visitor.
AS in any other city, he can live at a
high rate or he can hire a room and
procure meals at a restaurant, of which
there is no lack, at a price according
ashe can afford. Three dollars per
day will make. one comfortable, and he
can, of course, add to that, ad lib.
Year: 1876

TIE Southern Methodists are in furry
over dancing church members. Their
discipline makes this practice an oflense
grave enough for exclusion but in many
places to exclude all the pious dancers
would be equivalent to shutting up the
meeting house altogether. What they
should do, therefore, is grave question
under the circumstances. One minister
writes about it as a plague, and declares
that he will do his utmost to destroy and
root ii out Of tue church.
Year: 1876

The Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
has decided that inasmuch as the salaries
Of the Professors in the University Of
Michigan are payable out Of the State
Treasury, they were not liable 10 m in
come tax upon SO much Of their incomes
as was derived from such salary. .js
Year: 1876

The supreme court has just adopted ihs
following ruloin relation TO appeals In Oh
vii actions, to watch We direct the attention
Of our legal patrons:


In oil civil actions in which an appeal 10
this court shall bc taken from Judgment
Of the superior court. if the appellant shall
fail to bring up Transcript Of tho record,
and to cause the case to bo docketed ac-
cording to tho rule aof this court Of june
Term, 1869. before the end of the week
assigned TO the district. the apelle may flo
transcript Of the record aud cause the case
to lc dvcketed, aud may thcreupon move
to dismiss the appeal at the cost Of tho ap-
pellant. which will be allowed unless causo
10 shown to the contrary.


In such case no order will be made setting
aside the dismissal, or allowing the appeal
to stand, even though the appellant may be
otherwise entitled to such order, until the
appellant shall have paid the costs Of tho
aPpelle in procuring the transcript Of the
record and in causing the same to be dock
eted. Sentinel.
Year: 1876

The action of City Council in donating
the sum of $500 to the family of the late
John R. Baylis cannot be too highly com.
plimented. True, there could, under the
circumstances, be no claim on the city other
than that of sympathy, we are gratified to
note how truly alive our councilmen are to
the feelings Of the afflicted. The amount
award I'd can, by no means, take the place
of the once happy husband and father; but
the intrinsic value will not SO much be
counted as the spirit that prompted its do
nation, and the unanimous vote that Coun-
Gil passed the other evening will live long
IN the memories Of the children and wife
OF the deceased, aud be regarded as testi-
mony by them Of the appreciation with
which the services of John R. Baylis were
held by our citizens. The act may not have
been strictly in accordance with the law of
Council, but we are satisfied that it will
meet with the hearty appreciation of every
one who is acquainted with the circumstan-
ces the sad affair.
Year: 1876

A RESOLUTION offered in the Senate and
adopted, to instruct the Committee on the
Washington Monument, at Washington, to
finish building the same, has also passed
the House, and work will be commenced
as soon as the proper appropriation is
made. 1t has been disgrace that the
monument has remained unfinished SO
long, and still greater the disgrace that the
country should be ablaze with celebrations
Of the bright deeds of an hundred years
ago, and the father of his country cannot
even have a monument. We are glad
that steps have been taken to wipe out this
stain.
Year: 1876

IT is an old saying that in dry weather
all signs fail, and it may he as truthfully
said Of hard times, that while they prevail
all signs of a revival in trade fail. We
have heard SO many predictions that we
almost begin to think that it is like many
plants, the more they are let alone the bet
ter they get. There is reason for encour-
agement, though, in the reports that reach
us Of the splendid condition Of the crops in
all sections Of the country. In the West
the wheat crop is unusually good, and the
prospects for corn very bright.
Year: 1876




We see it announced that fashionable
young lady, blessed with bountiful share
Of beauty, is to make her debut in Meg
Merrilles, July II, at the Arch Street Thea.
ire. That she is an ambitious lady,it would
seem their can be no doubt, and makes her
first attempt-as is too often the case-with
the hope of achieving triumph through
her good looks and costly wardrobe, but
rather through her excellent acting. In
due time. no doubt, this remarkable lady's
name will be made public. One who can
forget personal charms and surroundings.
and instead depend wholly for success upon
her intellectual eudowments and artistic
training must have uncommon self-reliance
and faith in her powers. Such an attrac-
tion will probably awaken great CURIOSITY
and large audience of the bon ton may be
expected.
Year: 1876

The Irish World, Of New York, publish
es a centennial supplement Of sixteen pages.
The paper is volume within itself. 1t is
we'll illustrated with the most important
events in the history of the century lust
ended. 1t is appropriate and instructive
and we congratulate the proprietors upon a
dash Of enterprise which cannot fail to be
recognized.
Year: 1876

KNOWLEDGE has just reached us tina,
several have complained that THE Sun.
DAY TABLET is of the same size as THE
MORNING HERALD. This may he all true;
but then it must be borne in mind that the
amount Of reading matter published in it
trebles that published in The MORNING
HERALD, and is four times as much as that
published in any fthe other dailies of this
city. This is something that the reader is
very apt to overlook, but it is nevertheless
true