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Year: 1876

A SOMNAMBULIsT IN THE PULPIT.-ReV. DR..
Shermer, pastor Of the Methodist Protestant
Church, Broadway and Monument streets,
in Baltimore, was in the midst of his SER
mon last Sunday night when rather
strange interruption occurred. A little
girl about ten years old arose from her seat
in pew beside her mother and walked up
the aisle into the pulpit, passing behind
the preacher. From the pulpit platform
she stepped on a chair, the back of which
was placed against the pulpit platform, and
from the chair on to the top of the COM
munion table, marble oblong slab several
feet long, in front Of the pulpit. She
walked the length of the table, and seemed
just about to step or fall to the floor when
she was caught by member of the church
who came forward. He lifted her down
when sne sank on the floor. She was i'm
mediately surrounded by the pastor, her
mother and other friends, who found that
she was sound asleep. She did not awake
until after her mother had removed
her to the pew from which she had
started on her peregrinations. She
said she dreamed she was in the pulpit.
DR.. Shermer says he thought she was some
child unused to the place who wanted O
drink of water from the pitcher usually
placed at hand for the preacher. He
noticed that her steps were light and
noiseless and her eyes fxed, but he did not
suspect she was walking in her sleep unit
she passed in front of him on the commun
ion table. 1t is stated that the child is no
used to sleep walking, this being her frs
performance.-Bal.S Sun.
Year: 1876

A HAPPY COUPLE.-A man should always
be little older, a little braver, little
stronger, and a little wiser, and little
more in love with her than she is with
him. A woman should always be a little
younger, and a little prettier, and a little
more considerate than her husband. lie
should bestow upon her his worldly goods;
and she should take good care of them.
lie may owe her every care and tenderness
that affection can prompt; but pecuniary
Indebtedness to her will be burden. Bet
ter live on a crust that he earns, than a
fortune she has brought him. Neither
must be Jealous nor give the other 4 cause
for jealousy-reither must encourage senti-
mental friendships with the opposite sex.
Perfect confidence in each other, and a
| reticence concerning their mutual affairs,
even to members of their own families, is a
| first necessity. wife should dress herself
becomingly whenever she expects to meet
her husbands eye. The man should not
grow slovenly, even at home. Fault-find,
ing long arguments or scolding ends the
happiness that begins in kisses and love
making Lovers are lovers no longer after
disturbances occur, and married people
who are not lovers are bound by red hot
chains. If man admires his wife most in
calico, she is silly not to wear it.
Year: 1876

TREATMENT OF CUTs.-In treatment of
ordinary cuts, cleanliness and care arc
generally more requisite than skill. If the
cut be extended. it becomes a moro urgent
matter Accidental cuts from knives, cut
ting tools, scythes, &c, are more likely to
occur on the face and limbs than on the
body. All that is requisite, in general, is
to bring the parts together as accurately as
possible, and to bind them up; that is
usually done by adhesive plaster, when the
cut ceases to bleed. Nothing is so good
for this purpose as paper previously washed
over on one side with thick gumwater, and
then dried; when used, it is only to be
slightly wetted with the tongue. When
the cut bleeds but little it is as well to soak
the parts in warm water for few minutes
or to keep a wet cloth on it. This removes
inflammation and pain, and also tendency
to faintness, which a cut gives some per
sons. If the bleeding be too copious, dat
the part with rag wetted with creosote
If the wound be large, it should be sewet
mn. If the blood that issues be very scarlet
IL NAV be concluded that an artery hal
been touched, and then where the bleeding
cannot be stopped, medical aid must b
procured; the best method to pursue is II
bind up tightly, the wound or to hold
finger against the part that bleeds.
Year: 1876

A Swimming Match took place at Long
Branch on Friday last. The contestants
were Andrew Trautz and George Wade,
and the prize was one thousand dollars.
The distant SWAN was about six miles.
The sea was rather rough at the time, and
the start was made at 2.34, Wade taking
the lead. Wade swan easily and finely.
Trautz kept behind for most of the dis
tance, swimming mostly on his left side
and keeping his head well down. Wade's
stroke was forty-tive to the minute and
that of Trautz forty-eight. Trautz at last
dropped off his steady gate and shot out,
but was quickly followed by Wade, and for
half mile it was most exciting race.
For long time they were side by side,
neither leading until they were within ten
feet of the stake-hoat. Then Trautz made
bold dash and won the race by about two
feet Time, hour AZ minutes. A large
crowd witnessed the contest.
Year: 1876

y short time ago n Frenchman, recently
arrived in this country from Paris, introdu-
ced in New York a gambling game hitherto
unknown here, but has long been played
in the French capital. 1t is called Les
Courses" and is intened to represent
for betting which is seen on real race
course. The Frenchman had one table
constructed at cost of $500. 1t is u
square table OF oak, about four and half
feet from the ground, and six and half
feet square. 1t is elegantly finished, and
is a handsome specimen Of cabinet work.
On the top of this table are eight concen-
trio circular grooves, in each of which is
a metal horse, supported on metal road,
each horse having richly dressed jockey.
At four places in each circle is a bronze
arch which represents a quarter or half
mile post. To each of these horses is
given a name. after some famous racers
Pools are sold on each of the horses, as for
real race, and tickets are given to the





placed upon a receptacle in the centre Of
the table, covered with green cloth and
supported on four posts. The bets having
been completed by the touching of lever
the horses are brought to the score, after
which a crank is slowly turned, which sets
them in motion, and they start off neck
and neck. The crank is gradually turned
faster and faster, and with the increased
motion of the crank, the speed of the horse
is also increased. The crank is then re-
moved, but the horses continue in motion,
and by the aid of some ingenious machinery
in the body of the table, pass each other,
fall behind, catch up, and simulate exactly
the performances at a real race. Some
times they arrive at the goal neck-and-
neck, and again, as is not infrequent in
actual life the favorite comes in last. The
whole game is remarkably ingenious, being
exciting, and is said to be fairly conducted,
while the facilities for losing money at it
are as great as those enjoyed at Jerome
Park, Long Branch, or Saratoga.
Year: 1876




A negro who stole three watches in
Omaha, Ncb., last week, was pursuid by
plucky policeman to the bank Of the
Missouri river. Pulling off coat and shoes
he jumped into the water and struck out
for the other shore. The policeman, who
was quite as good a swimmer tool, the
precaution to divcst himself Of every stitch
of clothing, and then plunged into the
swift and dangerous stream. The men
met in the middle of the river, and the
thief swore that he would rather drown
than be arrested. After wrestling in the
water and ducking each other, they struck
out for the shore, but the thief sank before
he reached it.
Year: 1876

NATURAL BEAUTY.-Au our moral feel.
ings are SO interviewer with our intellectual
powers that we cannot effect the one with.
out in somo degree addressing the other;
and, in all high ideas of beauty, it is moro
than probable that much of the pleasure
depends on delicate and untracoablc per.
ceptions of fitness propricty and relation,
which are purely intellectual, and through
which we arrive at our noblcst ideas of
what is commonly and rightly called intel
lcctual beauty. Ideas of beauty are among
the noblcst which can be presented to the
mind, invariably exalting and purifying it
according to their degree. And it would
appear that VIC are intended by the Deitv
to be constantly under their influence,
because there is not one single object in
nature which is not capable of conveying
them, and which, to tho rightly percciying
mind does not present an incalculable
greater number of beautiful than of de.
formed parts.
Year: 1876

Married her for money, did he? Why
did he not kill her outright, and take it?
Indeed, that is what a man who makes a
match with such motives would really like
to do. He wants the hard dollars not the
the soft woman who owns them, and he
hates her because he has to take her also.


Poor little hciresses with such delightful
fortunes-poor little widows, with n snug
sum settled on you by the husband who
had your comfort at heart, how much better
that you should be penniless women, sewing
for your living at ton cents shirt Then.
some strong, loving hand might gather you
up to a tender heart, and you might be
very sure it was all for yourself-all, every
bit. Now, with so many fortune hunters
afloat, what are you going to do?


Married for money, was she? And that
is why her face is so hard and her eyes so
cold. She knows it, one can see.


She remembers the kisses that were so
much cold "courting,' and did not come
from the heart at all. The VOW that was a
llc, WueH lhSteaI OI saying l take TINS
woman for better or for worse, he should
have said, 9" take this woman for her
property"


Married for money-and yet she was as
sweet and as pretty then as many girl
who is married for pure love--a rosebud
that might have been plucked to wear over
true heart. What did the fortunc-hunter
care for that? A man who wooes a woman
with mercenary motives, is ratherapt to hate
her the more for being worthy of a'better
fate. And in any case, man hates a
woman who adverses the proper state of
things, and "ondOws" h;mwith her worldly
goods" 1t is contrary to the prayer book
| and contrary to nature.
Year: 1876

Power OF BEARING IIEAT.-Itis is generally
supposed that the human frame cannot
endure great heat, and if exposed to it,
will sink in exhaustion. This is true in hot
climates, to which people have not been
accustomed. But in this case the effect
may be due to influence from vegetation,
or to some disturbances of nature. 1t is
certain that artificial heat far greater than
the heat of the sun is in the torrid zone
may be borne without special suffering or
harm. Men in iron establishments work
without inconvenience with the thermome.
ter constantly at one hundred and twenty
degrees, and in pits for making Bessemer
steel at one hundred and forty degrees. In
Turkish baths the shampooers are often
busily engaged for four or five hours in
succession, with the temperature at one
hundred and ten degrees. In the Red Sea
steamers the strokehole marks one hun


drcd and forty-fve degrees, and in enamel
works the operators are compelled daily tc
endure a heat of three hundred degrees


The elastic power of the body to accom-
modatc itself 70 extremes is wonderful.
Year: 1876

Eight mounted and armed men rode into
the town of Northfeld, Mimi, last week,
one afternoon, and, warning all the people
whom they passed to get inside their
houses, made direct for the bank. Three
of them entered the bank, while the rest
stood outside and threatened to shoot all
who intorfered. Those inside of the bank
ordered the cashier, j. l.. Haywood, to open
the vault, and put knife to his throat to
enforce the command. lie refused, and a
slight scratch was made with the knife; he
persisted in his refusal and the ruf1ians put
pistol to his temple and shot him dead.
They then ordered A. E. Bucker, the assistant
cashier, to open the vault, but he said he
did not know the combination. They then
threatened him and he ran out the bank
door, the robbers firing and wounding him
in the shoulder. Frank Wilcox, the clerk


was in the bank all this time but was not
molested. In the meantime the citizens
gathered pistols and guns, killed two of the
robbers who were watching i'll front of the
bank, and wounded third. The robbers
finding it impossible to secure any plunder


rode away with their wounded confederate
Year: 1876

What good example we might take, if il
so pleased Us, from tribe Of civilized
Indians who live near Bangor, Maine, and
who have curious law requiring every.
body to be at home by 9 p. II. What
trouble and pain and annoyance would be
saved were we to DO with our young braves
as they did with couple of theirs the
other night-send them to Jail for thirty
days when found outside of the family
circle as late as ten o'clock.
Year: 1876

Gen. Butler tells this in an interview in
the Boston Herald: "Gen. Butler was glad
that Adams was nominated, as it would be
the end of him, By way of illustration the
General relates and anecdoto of ono John
Adams, an auctioneer of Lowell, in his early
days, who was bored to death by loafer
who invariably bid one cent on everything
offered for sale. Finally the auctioneer
knocked off valuable article to him for o
copper, remarking that he'd break him for
once, in order to get rid of him forever"
Year: 1876

The Divorce ErDENc.-Domcstic in
felicities are becoming so numerous lately
that the lawyers who are in tho divorce line
of business have their hands full. 1t IS
difficult to account for the disruption OF
family ties in so many instances at one
time, especially as in every case alleged
cruelty on the part of the husband is the
cause of complaint. 1t is a sad subject to
contemplate, although 4 fruitful one for
the lawyers.
Year: 1876

ises, While another patent reason for not IA
Horlng the proposition of peaceable Indians
at the agency is that the request does not
come from the hostile tribes. and there is no
ground for believing they desire peace. Gen.
sheridan's views on the proposition are not
yet received at headquarters.
Year: 1876

lfOT uie DiSIitcuJ


I noticed a report in your paper OF Satur-
day OF the inspection of the Richmond Fire
Department, in which your reporter was
made to say: g 1t now seems very necessary
that the committee should have the entire
management of the Fire Department" &C.,
&c. The committee have the management
no1o. They should neUer haze the election
OF its officers. II they had the appointment
Of the officers and men Of the department it
would give one man too much authority, Tor
the committee would only actuponthe advice
of the chief OF the department in the selec-
ton OF the officers and men. This Is the
third or fourth time this matter has been
brought before the people, and sincerely
hope it will be the last. The present Fire
Department has been in existence since the
fall OF 1858. We always worked along
smoothly until few years back, when q
great desire got hold Of some people to
change it to department like they have in
the larger northern cities. We acGnt 40
hinq of the kind here; but ,ce do need q
committee on the Fire Department and
officers Of the department that will im-
plicitly conform to the ordinances that Gre
ated the Fire Department. In regard to the
time made at the inspection on Friday night
| would say that in my Judgment thirty
five seconds is as short a time RS any COM
pany in Richmond can hitch and be ready
TO move. FIREMAN.
Year: 1876

The serenity Of the atmosphere OF your
adjacent city was in no wise disturbed yes
terday; not even by the recent bust" OF
the "Jeems," which had not by any means
shown any signs Of conclusion.


Our court, with its able judge, is busily
engaged dispensing stern and eyen-handed
Justice, and our citizens feel that there is
nothing to fear even from book agents or
organ-grinders.
Year: 1876

Quarry Troubles. Green's quarry has
stopped work on account OF work having
been suspended at the quarries below. ,Ss3
The Old Dominion quarry is cutting down
Its force and reducing its wages, and il is
to De hoped that our Democratic representa-
tiVes VIII see that the necessary approprIa-
ton for the continuance Of our granite
works will be soon made.
Year: 1876

Trimming the Green.-The chain-gang
have made things look nice about the court
house green. They were engaged yester-
day in harvesting the crop Of weeds on the
courthouse green, which was very much
needed, as they were about knee-high.
They were also engaged in cleaning the
grass out Of the cutters on Hull street and
around the market-house.
Year: 1876

TIE HAYES CLUBs-A PRoTEsT.-Mr.
William Kelly. who was elected one OF the
vicc-prcsidentS at large at the meeting of the
city Central Hayes and Wheeler Club on
Monday evening, protests against the use
of his name in this connection. He was not
ut the meeting, gave no authority for the
Use OF his name, and is not in sympathy


with the Hayes and Wheeler ticket. Hurrah
for Kelly! .... l .rH
Year: 1876

- The Mu Sigma Rho Society has its cele-
bration tonight. These youthful cxhibi-
tions are appreciated by the public, and
the large and interested audiences show
how strong hold the college has
on the community but we venture
deferentially to suggest that il the two
societies were to hold joint celebration on
one night and commencement address on
the other night by some distinguished ora
tor, such change would be beneficial to the
college and highly appreciated by those
who look with approval upon these college
celahratipnS .a..
Year: 1876

(FIom q Speech by the Hon. Bluejeans Williams in


Greencastls. Ind


We have q number of doorkeepers, O SER
gean t. at arms and postmaster in the House.
elected by the House, and it is customary to
furnish such materials as is necessary to trans
and Fortieth Congresses were very liberal In
furnishing themselves with gold pens, pen
knives, portmonnaies, and visiting cards at the
expense of the Government. Here is q little
item in the Postmaster's account:


Gold pens -.---...................... Sl59 81
HocAeI ID


1t would take me all night to read it all. 1t is
copied from the record kept by Mr.. MCPHERSON,
the same gentleman who presided over the Gin
ciDnatTConveution. As to these visiting cards.
had no time to visit anything but my board
just have gone to the door and rung tho bell or
Knocked, and they wuuld have let in. l
presume some Of these gentlemen got o little
like the Secretary Of War, and made extrava-
CANT expenditures, for it was the greatest place
l ever was at to encourage exGravaHance
with heavy stock OF hardware When came
to look over that large list, in which $l7 900
was expended, it put me very much in mind of
an experience l had with q man who is doing
business for me. He run an account with O
store, and there were charges Of a gallon of
hardware. I asked the merchant what that
was. He asked me if had asked my agent if
he got any whiskey. 80 when these gentlemen
get 30 much charge for stationery" could
understand it. This reminds me of the man
VINO went to Congress many years ago. He
went into the cloak room, and, seeing q glass of
with brandy once in awhile Z" The boy replied
that he would not know what head to charge
charge it up to f1elp
Year: 1876

Correspondence Liverpool Ilmeal


Does the German Crown Prince show him
self hostile to the Catholic Church as his
father Z" is question to which know many
of your readers would like to have positive
ans "er. Doring a long tour through several
provinces of Prussia, did my best to get en-
ligteDed on the subject, and heard the opinion
Of good many people in whose Judgment 1
have reason to place implicit cor fdeuce. The
result of my Inquiries was every where the
same. viz, that the Catholic Church in Ger
many bas nothing to expect from the Crown
Prinoe,-that he is, on the contrary, perhaps
more prejudiced against her than his Royal
Father Brought up under the influence of
freethip kers there never was any room in his
beart for Catholic even Christian sympa-
thies; his religious notions being those Of
Freemasonry, the interests of which he has all
along promoted openly and with an earnest
ness which the wise call imprndent in him
who will one day rule over millions of good
Christians. Quite recently he made q speech
at a great gathering of Freemasons at the
Hague, where he declared his full agreement
with the principles and aims of the order, aud
expressed hope that Freemasonry would gain
the fnsl victory in the struggle for popular en-
lghtenment and intellectual freedom, viz,
Kultur Kampf. This is not the only occasion
on whioh his Imperial Highness has let the cat
out of the bag. When the Jesuits were driven
out of the country, although not q shadow Of
crime or wrong could be brought against
them, the Crown Prince, whom people call just,
honest, and generous, did not shrink from
pressing his great satisfaction with the new
laws, and the hope that the internal enemies
of the Empire would soon be successfully
overcome as the foreign national foe had been
by the army" The prnoe's anti ipathies against
the Catholic Church are indeed secret to
the German people, the Liberals rejoice at it,
bnt the hearts of Catholics filled with sad
apprehensions when they come to think of the
princes accession to power. That their fears
are well founded, there can be no doubt but
am sometimes inclined to believe the anecdotes
q little exaggerated which circulate in Catholic
circles about the Princes dislike to Catho-
lies. Popular Imagination is very inventive in
such cases. To mention one of the many
speeches attributed to him, the Prince is be-
lieved to have said to some of his friends: IF
I had the power for it, should bundle up all
Catholic bishops, have them carried on board
q ship and sent adrift on the ocean" The
mother of the Crown Prince, Empress Augusta,
on the. other hand, entertains very different
feelings towards Catholics; in fact, she is as
friendly towards them as he aud his father are
hostile to them. The Inhabitants of Coblentz
and neigh bort ood often wonder how it came
that comparately 30 few of their priests had
to suffer from the present persecution. They
have since heard that this happy state of
things is solely the work of the Empress, who
is said to have made strong representations at
Berlin, demanding the cessation of prosecu-
tions in Coblentz. as she wanted peace in tn Q
place where she lives.
Year: 1876

We arc not in the third Con. grcssional District and have no direct interest in the fix-up of matters. But it is clear to our mlnd that Cravens don't intend to assent to any accommodation whatever. Run or die is the word with him. And we think the Cravens organs are linked in some measure with the Radical party, as they throw dirt at the Democracy of Pulaski on the management of the late State election there. We don't know that they have sCld out to the Poker Jack" party, but they are bidding for the alliance. No ob- server can fail to see that much. That it will win, so far as to give the Radical party the member, we do not doubt. That this is the most that IS expected by Cravens and his party we are just as con tident. Will the Democracy make themselves party to such irreg- ularities and to such persistent determination not to have new deal AFTER new shuttle. Why need the party consult the candi- datesI Let the party act, let the candidates subside.-Texarkana Democrat.

 The foul charge that the papers

 Shlch support Craycns have form