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Year: 1876

He entered car door. When tho
brakeman come inside md took key
out Of his pocket, unlocked the stove,
put in some wood, and locked tho door
again, he asked him what he locked the
stove for. The brakeman shut his left
eye, and said he locked tho doors so tho
fire couldn't 90 out.
Year: 1876

maintaining Of echooihouss thereon for the bensnt
the poor Roman Catholic children OF tne
parish or Rye; said school to De built 10
the parish oi Rye, county Of Donegal
Ireland and to have aud 10 hold the same to sa't
Bishop and his forever. The estator gave
TO the Bishop all HIS personal property in trust Tor tn'
Of this lie directed his real estate Il
he sold by his the EXPIRATION o four ycara
after his death and the proceeds TO DO paid TO the
Bishop After reviewing tho law bearing on the VIII
Judge Barnard says-My conclusions therefore are:-


The power OF sale TO operate after the end Of four
years rs invalid


same Is invalid not being limited by lives


8 That the gilt OF the land TO the Bishop OF Raphoe,
az lard is invalid under law, for the thst
the trust Is authorized by the statutes.


That tho four years accumulation OF the rents to
form part the resduary cSatc is invalid under our
statGte and that the amount collected lor rent belong
ng 10 that OF the next eventual estate which that Of
the heirs at law OF the tesiator.


j. That the office OF Bishop OF Raphoe has no power
Of SUCCESSION in law, and the holder of the office
not take title acquired by his predecessor ir
Office or do any cga. by virtue Of his olhce ~
successor preceding bishop and hence the whole
plan proposed illegal Ia Ireland and falls for tnAi



O. The gilt to the Orphan Asylum is good for the
reason that tho two 2 months limitation OF the law OF
ls4S does not apply 10 benevolent association not
founded general law OF lSsS and the charter
OF the Orphan Asylum and tho amendment docs mol
subject IL 10 that restriction.


!, After the payment o, the three legacics urs
named the will that the residue of the estate oe dS
trbueg among the heirs law and next Of KIN OF de-
ceased same AS u, such residue, he had deA
wholly intesiatc.
Year: 1876

Last weeks Democrat, edited by
" little Hurley" the trick pony"
contained the following pnt.up Job
on George 7. Bryan, the republican
candidate for Probate Judge, which,
when tie reader comes TO understand.
he will realize how small and un-
worthy trick is attempted to be
palmcd of on the people. Such things
generally react disastrouSly on the
party making use of them, and can
have 10 other effect in the present
instance. We copy entire:


The following card is n fac similc
of one we received the other day
We don't know any such Judge of
Probate, in this county. We know n
man by that name who is candidate
for Probate Judge oil the radical tick
ct, and having, no doubt. by this time
become convinced that the aforesaid
official handle would never he attach
ed to his name b. the people, had n
curiosity to see how George Tccum-
sch, Judge Of Probate" would look
in print
Year: 1876

Is 1t He is aroused completely by a
loud knock and a mates voice calling
out: "Coming over to read that little
bit of Sallust? ? Amt sick, ell p


This is one side: another could be
given but who would wish even to
dream it Let us all improve our time
here in the best manner and we shall
all he glad to go to our several homes :;
hut we must not idle long there. for this
world is busy place and impartS its
nature to its inhabitants.


'Ah! happy days! such feelings pure


They will not, cannot long endure;


Condemn'd to stem the worlds rude tide


You may not linger by the side;


For fate shall thrust you from the shore


And passion ply the sail and oar
Year: 1876

quite as good as AT French res
taurant, but the animated American is
apt to find each dish as ii is brought on
an interesting problem. 1t appears 10 be
the aim OF the Italian cook 10 prevent
the diner from becoming acquainted with
his dinner except through the process OF
digestion. The Germans appear in this
matter as well as in other national peca-
liariiies to take their cue from tho Ital-
ians instead of their traditional enc
mics across the Rhine. OF German
restaurants in general, except those
which have been 80 transformed as no
longer to be German, it may be said in
brief that they combine the heayiness OF
the English style with the ambiguity of
the Italian, and are original only in the
presence and prevalence on their tables
of lager beer and soured meats.
Year: 1876

Sala tells a story about a young French
man, who, being engaged to a beautiful
creature, happened to get glimpse in
time of her laundry bill. In horror and
amszement, he made rapid calculation:
To support her and her linens il would
be necessary to commit forgery. So he
broke off the match in despair. This
sounds extravagant enough, and yet here
is the bill Of items furnished by one who
knows all about the necessary outfit of a
genteel lady of the period
Year: 1876

MR. KELLY (he Of motor motor
iety1 though nearly forgotten by the readir z
public, is still alive and quite sanguine that
he wall yet run train of ears from New
York TO San Francisco with thimbleful OF
water He informed Philadelphia Times
reporter recently that he expected to be
teady TO exhibit the miraculous qualities OF
his Z sat invention 10 the Centennial visitors
in tangible rin about June /, in the shape
of motor that will develop s, 800 horse pow
er-euough to run all the cars in PLiladeI-


hia and New York put together, and can be
charged with 70 gallons Of vapor per minute
and viii contain pressure Of 81 tons to the
square inch. He has 50 men employed per
fccling the model
Year: 1876

For kissing another mans wife
before she died, John Bunce, of
New York city. had four shots fired
at him by the husband with intent
to kill. The huhband was sent TO
the penitentiary for seven years, and
Bunce vows that he will kiss the
corpse hereafter.
Year: 1876

Rev. JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE
hit the nail squareIy on the head:
''Fhat We have to fight against now
is that false and poisonous principle
that Offices are for the sake Of the
party, and not for the sake of the
nation" These are worcs to re-
member.
Year: 1876

The business of mott of those
enumerated in the first column
has been largely increased, and
many new branches of business
established, which are not here
mentioned. The population of
the city in 1861 was estimated
at about 1900; it is now little,
if any, short of $500; nearly
1000 of which has been added
during the last year, and the
prospect Is that nearly or quite
as many more will be added dur
ing the next year.
Year: 1876

WHILE in the last quarter of a cen tuy two thousand millions of dollars have been added to the gold product Of the world, only about three hun dred millions have been added to the silver product, only about one dollar to every three people of the nations which use silver as their highest circulating medium.
Year: 1876

\ Christian young man from Maine, engaged in the wool growing business in Arizona, wishes to secure a Chris tian young man of intelligence and activity, as partner, with a capital of 5000 or $j0OO. He also wants trusty Maine man or boy tn take charge of a herd of sheep, and another to drive a team. Name and reference given at la, Maine.

 The above, as will be seen by the reader, is clipped from the advertising columns of the Name Farmer, publish ed in Augusta, Maine We give it the benefit of an insertion in THE CITIZEN, SO as to afford Christian young men in Arizona, with the necessary trifie of five or six thousand dollars capital, an even show. Trademark Christian young men are rather scarce in this vicinity, but THE CITIZEN circulates somewhat at Prescott. where the desired breed does more generally abound, and the above may catch the eye of some one there with the necessary qualifications No son of Belial need apply. No such are wanted. The editor of the Miner, since his late installation as a Church trustee, might fill the bill, especially if he has the requisite filthy lucre. And he ought to have lucre enough since his services in behalfofthe census f. aud scOundrels, and the lucre ought to be sufficiently filthy to suit even a Christian young man advertising for stern-wheel Chris tian young man 10 go into a Christian wool growing business. Or If this chance don't prove sufficiently tempt ing to the Miner saint he might call his friend Behan's attention to the of fer. It is no particular interest of ours but we dislike to see good material going to waste and if the above adver- tiser is honest in his intentions and is looking for genuine copper-bottOmed air tight compartment Christians, sIn gly or in group, we would advise him to get Behan for a Christian partner and Butler for a Christian sheep herder and teamster.
Year: 1876

IF couple of tumble bugs should fall out and turn to pushing their mutual ball of dirt in opposite directions we might regret their fool ishness, while charging it to the results of Adams fall But what can we say when the Damon of the Albuquerque New Mexico) Review turns the cold shoulder to his Pythias, Judge Dunne, |" dear Toms" old friend, and erst while of Tucson. We find this in a late number of the Review; the read CT can make the connection :-

 He (Maior Sena) had the audacity the cruelty to bore the convention with a speech of more than one hour length, and principally consisting of an attack on Judge Dunne. What in the world do the people of New MeXi- co care about Judge Dunne. Why should Territorial convention be held for one solemn hour at the close of a hard days work to hear Major Sena's opinion of Judge Dunne What is Judge Dunne to us or we to him. that We should be talked to in this way about him.
Year: 1876

AFTER reading in some correspond

 ence of the Arizona Miner that there Is a handwriting on the wall which seals the doom of the interruptions clique who, by mendacity and fraud, have SO long controlled the political destinies of Arizona, it is somewhat of relief and reinsurance to the good citizen of Arizona to learn that the people of southern New Mexico are seeking connection and utilization with this Territory mainly because we are so we'll governed, because our Leg islature cOnvenes in the interest of the people. because our delegates to Con- gress have always been live men, be- cause our people are alive to the neces- sities of education, because a public school system equal to that of any of the older states has been established here, (under the leadership of one of the mendaciOus,) because taxes are low and are levied and used for legitimate and praisewOrthy purposes and be- cause we are an energetic people, slow ly but surely advancing under wise, honest and capable leaders From able journals and public and private citizens of California and other States come equally favorable comment and praise, gratuitous, and necessarily hon. est because there can be no selfish mo- tive therein. The verdict is universal that Arizona with all her enforced poverty and geographical OstracIsm is the best governed Territory on the Pa cific coast.

 But the editor of the Miner through the columns of his prostituted newspa- per and with the aId of few choice spirits will reform all this. It seems to be the order of the day for the pet tiest, meanest and wOrmiest williams throughout the country to assume virtues that they never had and which they can never by any possibility ac- quire, and to ascribe vices and cOrrup- ton to men the latchct of whose shoes they are unworthy to unloose and whose boots they could not be entrust ed to black because of their known thieving propensities.
Year: 1876

To a person of weak nerves there is nothing more dreadful than the spec tacle of a red-headed woman attempt ing 10 blow down a pOwder-horn.-Ex change

 While we are entirely unprepared to deny the dreadfulness claimed in the above, we have lost considerable time in trying to conceive a case of a ration al red-headed woman attempting tC blow down d powder-horn. Facclious and witty paragraphs are the sparkle to newspaper champagne. But we are afraid this Is an imitation or Jersey cider champagne paragraph. Or else it is Bagstockian in its depth and sly ness. Or else there iS some undiScOv. cred country where red-headed wo- men contract the habit mentioned. II the woman referred to had d bad breath. We should suppose she could more efTeciually stir up the weak ncrv- ed person by blowing in his face But there it is.-we have nothing Co 20 upon. We are carried out on a shore less sea of speculation and left adrifi on a ed-headed woman. with nothing but a powder-horn for rudder or chart.
Year: 1876

GEORGE ELIOT says that a young mans eyes first open 10 the world when

 he is in love. This is not always SO. T-suallv it is when he has gone away from home and had hIs washing sent out for the first time, and finds among it when it is returned an odd stocking with two red stripes about the top' and long enough to button around his neck.
Year: 1876

AN Illinois Judge has just decided that a washing bill cannot be collected. There is nothing new in this to the woman of the wash-bench, although it is a great comfort L them to have their past experience and belief sus- tained by the wisdom of the other bench.
Year: 1876

Should there be any grounds Of suspicoS Of randu-
lent counting either side should be reported and de-
nounced at once


No man oortay the Office Of President should be scill-
tn0 to hold If counted in" placed there by any
fraud Either party can afford to be disappointed in
the result but tie country cannot afford to hare the re-
suit tainted BY the suspicoa Of illegal false retu'ns


IS GRANT
Year: 1876

Considering that the Advisory Council began
its session late in the afternoon, IT showed
commendable diligence in getting its laborN
fairly under way before nightfaN. In spite oi
the size of the Council il was quickly or
gained, and 1t does not appear to be All un-
wieldy body. In Mr.. Beecher's address OF
welcome, in the formal statement of the ease
of Plymouth Church. and in the opening ad-
dress of the Moderator, 1t is made very evi-
dent that both the Church and the Council
recognize the right to 90 just as deeply into
the scandal history as the assembly may choose.
Year: 1876

and the Commission assert that fuiiy
10 per cent of this immense sum
has been wasted. The Commission have
not attempted to probe those fruitful sources
of fraud-the present system OF appralsing
canal damages, Encouragement Of the lateral
canals. and contracts for ordinary repairs


The Commission have traversed only snlaii
section of the field they have made beginning
ond that is all and yet they have accumulated
overwhelming evidence that the interests OF
the State have been systematically sacriilced
to a powerful political ring. The sources
of fraud are clearly defined IN the
report. They arc unbalanced bids, the
mode of measuring work done under con-
tract. and the facilities afforded for procuring
legislative relief. The remedy for these
abuses is very simple. 1t is the concentration
of responsibility IN fewer hands. Nine state
officers now share the responsibility for non
compliance with the law, and whenever the
State is defrauded it is impossible to bring
any of them to justice. The Commission
would make one man responsible 1Or the
acts of all his subordinates, and would pro-
vide ample means for the suspension, renewal,
and punishment of unfaithful servants of the
State. The Commission accordingly favor the
Constitutional Amendment by when the
powers of the Canal Commissioners VIII be
transferred to a Superintendent OF Public
Works. But good system is not enough
The laws must be enforced; faithless engl-
neers must pay the penalty for Incompetence
or crime plunderers must be punished, ana
corrrlption be rendered odiOus. This Is the
philosophy of the Commissions canal policy,
and very sound philosophy it IA.
Year: 1876




The Democratic statesmen who are address
ing themselves with 80 much earnestness 10
the task of harmonizing their party upon the
currency question do really deserve commits
Grafton. Soft money ia ghost that will not
down Their William Aliens riso up and roar,
and the people set them back. The Ohio
and Pennsylvania Democracy embraces the
delusion, and the popular verdict Is 80 decid-
edy hostile that tho leaders take comfort in
the thought that the party must see the i'm
policy Of continuance in that direction. Every
day, almost some misclicvous Republican
introduces a resolution or bill in Congress AZ
serting in terms that money Is money, but the
leaders succeed in staying of IA vote upon so
revolutionary a proposition, and so IN pOstpon-
ing the breach in the party and now caucus
committee has been appointed to which has
been committed the delicate duty of adjusting
the differences in the party on the money ques-
ton. and agreeing upon some measure that
will either be satisfactory TO both sides, or 50
entirely unsatisfactory to everybody that each
side will be content with defeating the other
tho usual form Of compromises. Thus
tar the leaders are rejoicing at having
avoided coming to an open issue among
themselves. They are devoting themselves
to-the next Presidential election not legls-
lating for tho country. but managing" for
Year: 1876

made littlo progress IN lowering the interest
on our bonds, and none ut all in retiring our
yreenback. and French credit IL fully on a
oar with our own. Just now both nations con-
Template borrowing at four and half per
cent. We shall try and keep orr reader, IN
formed "a to tho methods adopted by the two
nations aud the success they respectively meet
Year: 1876

Some opposition is said to be offered by coiored
men in Washington to the confirmation OF one OF
their own number, William Henry Smith, as one OF
their Metropolitan Police Commissioners lney
make serious mistake but ii is scarcely likely 'hat
they can influence the Senate Everybody about
the capital. but particularly all who have had any
thing TO do with the House Of Representatives,
know Mr. Smith to be one Of the most efficient ana
capable employees the House has ever had. lie mas
been messenger in the House Library for many
years. and is in his way, as indispensable man as
was Mr. Barclay. He has lived in Washington all
hi, life. has educated himself, has lived correct
and upright lfc has done all ne could lor MS race
and has always been thoroughgolng hepuoiican'
One of the few things for which this House deserves
credit il that in the rush for Office it has had the
decency yet to keep away aspirants from Smiths
place His action IN the Police Board has been
equally correct and the Senate can DO no Detter
thing than to confirm him.
Year: 1876

So much delay has bcSct the organizing oi
the Fishery Commission provided for by the
Treaty of Washington. that 1T may prove more
satisfactory to devise other means for ADJUST
ing our differences with Canada. 1t ought 70
be possible for our Government to determine
how far the Dominion may be entitled to com
pcnsation for the Use of her fishing grounds
If our statement in that event be made clear
and equitable, the Canadian Government can
hardly afford to insist Oh the tagdy procedure
Of a Joint Commission.
Year: 1876

For many years the air of the House has
been notoriously bad; bad in fact as well "a
in metaphor bad, even for Washington; so
bad that the Congressman themselves complain
of it. Naturally enough. the prime reason is
that the room is surrounded by lobbies. En-
eneers have long endeayored to pump the
pure air of heaven INTO the House, but have
never succeeded in getting any that did not
come from below. 1t now appears that even
tlis source of ventilation has been yltiatcd.
and sundry nastnesses have been contributing
TO the air supply No wonder that Congress
has so often been III bad 0dor.
Year: 1876

More work was done in the Senate yester-
slay than in the House. Whether the work
WAS of value may however be questioned,
since it included the passage of the bill to re-
move the restrictions which have preserved
,ablic lands in the South for homestead set
tiers
Year: 1876

In the Babcock trial there was interesting
evidence given yesterday to show the direct
effect of the famous "Sylph' telegram in pro-
moting the manufacture of crooked whisky
The prosecution rested their case somewhat
sooner than was generally expected. The pop
ular notion seems to be that the jury will not
BGrce.
Year: 1876

A body of ore, the extent of which
is not yet known, has been discov-
cred in the Rye Patch mine. We
learn from a reliable source that
assays from this new ore body run
up to 81 coo a ton in silver.
Year: 1876

One hundred years ago not pound o1


coal or cubic foot of Illuminating gas haC


been burned in the country. No iron stoves


were used, and no contrivances for economic
ing heat were employed until DR.. Franklin
invented the iron framed fireplace which still
bears his name. All the cooking and warm
ing in town and country were done by the aid
of fire kindled upon the brick hearth or the
| brick oven. Pine knots or tallow candles
furnished the light for the long winter nights,
and sanded floors supplied the place of rugs
and carpets. The water used for household
purposes was drawn from deep wells by the
creaking ''sweep"


No form of pump was used in this cOun-
try, so far as we can learn, until after the
commencement of the present century. There
were no friction matches in those early days,
by the aid Of which fire could be speedily
kndled anu if the fire event out" upon the
hearth over night, and the timber was damp
80 that the spark would not catch, the alter
native remained of wading through the snow
mile or so, to borrow brand of neigh
bOr


Only one room in any house was warm
unless some of the family was i'll in all the
rest the temperature was at zero during many
nights in the winter. The men and women
OF hundred years ago undressed and went
to their beds in temperature colder than
that of our modern barns and wood sheds,
and they never complained .--H0me Journal.
Year: 1876

They had quarrel Sunday evening. He
got mad and swore he'd leave her. Then
she got veXed, and told him he could do as
he pleased. He left. The next night he
came around again. He asked to see her
| alone. She readily complied. She was all
| of a trelhor. Her heart went out to him in a
gnsh Of sympathetic love. She stood ready
to throw both arms about his neck and cry
ont her Joy. There was not much color in
his face, and his voice was husky. He said


IL have been with you six months, Matilda
and | tried in all that time to do what was
right He paused an instant to recover the
voice which was fatcring rapidly, while her
trembling increased. Il know that | have
got considerable temper and that I do not
control it always as ought. But [ have tried
to be faithful to you, tried to do everything
that though htwould tend to make you happy.
And feeling this have called tonight to see
it you wouldn't be kind enough to give
me sort of testimonial to this effect so that
could show it to any other young lady l
might want to go with. It might help me-"


He looked at her anxiously All the color
left her face in flash. She made great
effort to swallow something which threatened
to snffocate her. Then she spoke:


''You get out of this house as quick as you
can, you miserable whelp, or my father shall
kick you out"


He didn't toy with time He left without
the testimonial