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Year: 1876

There's funny tale OF a stIngy man,


Who was none too good, but might have bee


worse
Who went TO his church on Sunday night,


And carried along his welfled purse.
When the sexton came with his begging plate
The church WAS but dim with the candies light;
The stingy man fumbled all through his purse,
And chose coin By touch and not by sight.
It's an odd thing. now, that guneas should be
So like unto pennies in shape and size.
= Ill give penny" the stingy man said.


81 The poor must not gifts of pennies despise."
The penny fell down with clatter and ring!
And back IN his seat leaned the stingy man
:" The world is so full of the poor" he thought,
&. can't help them ALL give what can"
fla, ha how the sexton smiled, to be sure,
To see the gold guinea fall in his plate!
Ha, ha! how the stingy mans heart was wrung,
Perceiving his b!under, but just too late
"No matter" he said +" in the Lords account
That guinea of gold is set down to me.
They lend to the Lord who give to the poor;
1t will not so bad an investment be.n
Ma. ma, mon," the chuckling sexton cried out;
1.-THE Lord Is ma cheated-He kens thee well;
lie knew il was only BY accident
That out of thy fingers the guinea fell
He keeps an account no doubt for the puir;
But in that account He'll set down to thee
Ma mair o. that golden gulnra, my mon,
Than the one bare penny ye meant to gi'e:"
There's comfort. too, in The little tale
serious side well as joke;
A comfort for all the generous poor


In the comcal words the sexton spoke.
A comfort TO think the good Lord knows
How generous we really desire to be,
And will give us credit in his account


For all the pennies We long TO gle"


81 Nicholas
Year: 1876

Make me no VOWS of constancy dear friend,
To love me- though die, thy whole life long,
And love no other till thy days shall end


Nay, it were rash and wrong.
If thou canst love another, be it so;
l would not reach ou of my quiet grave
To bind thy heart. if it should choose to go


Love should not be slave.
My placid ghost, I trust. will walk serene,
In clearer light than gilds these early morns,
Above the jeaousies and enyies keen


Which sow this life with thorns.
Thou wouldst not feel my shadowy caress.
If, after death, my soul should linger here;
Mems hearts crave tangible, close tenderness,


Loves presence, warm and near.
II would not make me sleep more peacefully
That thou vert wasting all thy life in woe
For my poor sake what love thou hast for me,


Bestow it ere go!
Carve not upon a stone when am dead
The praises which remorseess mourners give
To women's graves "a tardy recompense-


But speak them while live.
Heap not the heavy marble on my head
To shut away the sunshine and the dew
Let small blooms grow there, and let grasses wave


And ain-drops filter through
Thou wilt meet many farer and more gay
Than /, but trust mr, thou canst never find,
One who will love and serve thee night and da


With more single mind.
Forget me when die! The violets
Above my rest will blossom Just as blue,
Nor miss thy tears EN- Natures self forgets;


But while / live. be true!
Year: 1876

An event Of some importance, says an
India correspondent of the London Times,
recently occurred in connection with the
temple of Juggernaut. Throughout the
whole of the empire there is no shrine so
sacred as Pooree, and no spot where q de-
vout Hindoo would rather die than beneath
| this great fame. The temple, which cost
e5O0, 600 of the money of our times, is
literally black with age. The storms of
nearly seven centuries, which are often SO
violent in the hay of Bengal, have pro-
duced little impression upon it, and until a
few weeks ago il seemed as likely to re-
main as many centuries more. Many of
the large temples in the provinces are now
in ruins, but they have not fallen through
the wear and tear Of time. A silent but
eaectual power has been the cause of this
destruction.


The seeds of the peepul and banyan trees
have got into the foundations. These have
taken root the sapling has forced It's way
through the fissures Of the stones, and In
process of years the whole fabric has been
loosened and eventually brought down, and
it seems probable that the Temple of Jug
gernaut will share the same fate. at the
late car festivals, as soon as the idols had
nual excursion, several large stones from
the inner roof fell on the platform. Had
they failed a few minutes earlier the idols
would have been shattered to atoms, and in
all probability there would have been a
great loss of life. The resident magistrate
applied to the Governor for an engineer to
inspect the damage. This was found to be
a very difficult task, as the temple is so
dark. There are no apertHres for the light;
five or six lights are kept burning in the
daytime, and even with these nothing is
visable but the idols. 1t is but very rarely
that temples are repaired, and the sound of
the chisel and the hammer on the top of
this great temple will do more to weaken
the faith of the Hindoo in Juggernaut than
anything that has occurred in the present
generation. There will be nola ofmoney
for any estimate as the priests are very
wealthy, and the annual incomes of the
temple is said to amount to e68,000. The
question which is agitating all priests in
what is to be done with the idols while the
repairs are being made? The officers of
the temple are most anxious to nave the
idols restored to their thrones. They pro-
pose that an inner ceiling of wood shall be
made to protect the idols and the worship
ers; but there would be so much danger
should there be another fall of stones that
the Rajah will not consent
Year: 1876

AT a ball at Phoenix in New Years eve, 8 man named Young insulted a lady and was promptly put out of the house, when he turned upon the man who elected him and shot him accross the fore head but did not kill him. The citizens present immediately ar- rested Young, took him to s tree and hung him until he was dead.
Year: 1876

COLONEL GREY, Chief Engineer of
the Southern Pacific Railroad, accom-
panied by the Commissioners appoint
ed by the Government to examine
and receive the sections of the road as
completed, yesterday went out to the
terminus at Indian Wells and exam
ined the last section. 1t is first-elass
piece of track, but is built through
region that appears to haye received
the eternal curse of the Almighty.
If any one can name any place on the
face of this earth that is more desolate
and dreary, more of barren desert,
than the country from Whitewater
Station to Indian Wells, we should
not care to hear of it, yet over this
bottom of dead sea to point twen-
ty-four feet below the ocean level the
'sgreat monopoly" has built steel
track that is not surpassed by any
railroad in the United States.
Year: 1876

The much talked of "dead lockn in


Congress is not in fact what the Re-
publican journals seek to induce the
people to believe, nor will its results
prove as disastrous as predicted. 1t
will affect almost solely the Internal


Revenue Department. Unless COM
promise is effected the Internal Reve-
nue. Department will shut up shop on
the first of July. After that date we
shall have no more legitimate whisky;
no more stamped cigars, and not an
other package of regular matches. The
determination of the Democratic ma
jority in the House to reduce expendi-
lures by forty million dollars will de-
prive the revenue officers of their
salaries and the Government of the
moiety of funds that reach the treas
ury from the Internal Revenue De-
partment. The business of the custom
houses will continue as usual. That
source of revenue is governed by diff
ferent laws, and the gold realized from
customs will continue to come in. But
the army of revenue officers will be-
come an Othelle, to the extent of being
without an occupation. All this might
follow the dead lock, if the dead lock
should follow, but it will not. There
are balances in the treasury, and the
President suggests that these balances
be used for the payment of salaries
until the two Houses can agree on
some compromise plan. Thus the
forty million dollars of taxes will be
collected from the people as usual. 1t
strikes US that however well meant
may be the retrenchment movement
of the House, it does not commence in
the right place. In place of cutting
down the salaries of officers it would
be better to abolish the law under
which those officers operate. There
are hundreds of positions in the Inter.
nal Revenue Department in which
every dollar collected is absorbed in
the process of collecting. These posi-.
tions add not one cent to the revenue
of the Government-they are simply
Year: 1876

And now come the knowing ones
with the assurance that it was DoN
CAMERON who dropped the fatal spi-
der into BLAINE's dumpling. There
is good deal in this which the ini-
tiated know and the uninitiated do
not know. One of the things that all
do know is that President GRANT was
uncompromisingly opposed to BLAINE
and used his mighty power to defeat
his nomination. One of the things
that those on the inside do not
know is that GRANT and the GAMER
ON family are all the same in po-
litical sense. Don CAMERON went to
Cincinnati with instructions from the
President and his father to nominate
the White House pet, CoNKLING, if
possible, but to defeat BLAINE at all
hazards. The proceedings of the Con-
vention set forth that Don could not
control the Pennsylvania delegation.
This will do to tell to the "marines,n
but those who know old SIMON CAM
ERON, need no assurance that those
delegates could not have been dele
gates without being his creatures.
Don could have cast the delegation
solid for CoNKLING at any ballot from
the first to the last, but to have done
so, without the move being an effec-
tive one, would have been impolitic,
because it would have exposed the
game without winning the stake.
The grand object was to defeat
BLAINE, but that gentleman proved
so hard to beat that Don found it nec-
essary to throw over the Presidential
pet and join forces with the Internal
Revenue ring. HAYES was the rings
choice, and by going over to it Don
defeated the most popular man before
the Convention and sacrificed CoNK-
LING. This aspect of the proceedings
enables the outsider to understand the
Presidents congratulatory message to
HAYES. Don CAMERON did all that
could be done under the circum-
stances. His task was to defeat
BLAINE first, and nominate CoNK-
LING if he could. The President is
pleased, if not happy.
Year: 1876

THE Record Union maintains that
the nomination of HAYES was grave
error. 1t will certainly prove grave
matter to the party that permitted the
GRANT CoNKLING CAMERON coali-
tion to force the acceptance of the
third choice man. There is almost
always a funeral where there is
grave, and HAYES will be the subject.
Year: 1876

blood-suckers or the people. Would
1t not be better to wipe these offices
from existence than to reduce the sal
aries of the officers who fill them? 1t
is always better to strike at the root
of an evil than to begin with looping
off its branches.
Year: 1876

In consequence of the action of the Turn
Verein Society. at a meeting held last even
ing, when they decided not to rent or lease
their hall to travelling or other companies in
the future, the management, acquiescing to
the persistent demands of the amusement
loving pubic OF Los Angeles, and desiring to
cater to the better class wish to state that
nothing but necessity compelled the occu-
pancy of any other than what is or has been
styled the popular Hail." Still, at the same
time, they trust the public will appreciate
their efforts in presenting an entertainment.
the very ''acme of excellence" and upon
which occasion no pains or expense will be
spared to make this engagement the most
enjoyable OF the decade.
Year: 1876

Adventure OF a Berks County Boy


While Hunting Grapes.


A correspondent writing from Hereford
township, gives the following description
of how young boy narrowly escaped be-
ing starved to death in tree top On Sat-
urday, December 2, Amos Hefrich, aged
thirteen, son of Zacharius Helfrich, who
resides on the road leading from Yost's
store to the swamp school, went into the
woods about three 'ourths Of mile from
home, on hunt for chicken grapes. He
took with him basket and the house dog,
dark red animal of mixed breed.


He left home in the afternoon at 2
O'Clock and said to his brother that he was
going down in the meadow to bring home
some walnuts that were there. When sup
per time came Amos was not about. At
bed time he was still absent. Sunday
morning the father told the neighbors his
boy was missing. In the meantime the
dog returned, but appeared to be uneasy
and restless. They tried to track him
through the meadow, but could not. A
number of the neighbors then searche for
the boy, but on Saturday night they return,
ed nome unsuccessful and the neighborhood
became alarmed.


They kept up the search with lnaterns
until after midnight, when they again re-.
turned home. All day Sunday they con-
tinued the search, but it was not until
Monday morning at o'clock that the per-
ilous condition and the whereabouts of the
boy were aseertained. Two charcoal
burners named Rudolph were going through
swamp, and when under large tree they
saw basket lying. They picked it up
and looked up into the tree. The first
thing they saw was hat hanging upon one
of the lower branches, and to their great
astonishment they saw, wedged in between
the limbs, the body Of the boy.


Both men Immediately mounted the tree
and to their great amazement they found
young Helfrich unconscious, nearly dead
from hunger, thirst and exposure, and so
thoroughly wedged in between the forks OF
two branches that it was with the greatest
difficulty, considering the condition of the
boy, that they were able to lift him out and
get him to the ground. He was carried
h ONE a. gently as possible. where he was
tendelly cared for and Medical aid provid-
ed. Yesterday be revived and was strong
enough to tell his fearful adventure.


He said he had climbed up tree about
thirty feet after some chicken grapes, on
Saturday afternoon about three O'clock
The limb was slippery and he lost his foot.
hold and field toward the ground. In hir
descent he was caught In the fork of the
branches, where be was so tightly wedged
that he could not possibly free himself. HI
was bruised and very weak. He screamed
at the top Of his voice but was not heard
That night he Thought he would die. All
day Sunday and Sunday night he was
delirious and toward Monday morning he
became unconscious and remained 30 unit
ound.
Year: 1876

The correspondent of the LONDON
News says: "The women to-day
wore on their heads red kerchlefs
with the ends hanging down their
backs. and bound on their heads by a
velvet fillet, embroidered with coins.
in which were often stuck flowers,
chiefly of red and white. They were
generally dressed in white, but in
Variably with the brilliant apron
scwed down 10 the skirt, and often
with a gaudily-embroidered stomach
er, or perhaps breast-plate would be
the more descriptive term, studded
with coins OIL black velvet. The
working dress OF the women in the
fields is a short jacket, braided and
siashed in the fashion and of the cat
of that worn by the men, a red and
yellow kerchief crossed over the
bosom, a petticoat striped mostly i'll
the parallel stripes of Moorish pattern,
but occasionally in checkers, which
make the pattern tartan, a tapestry
like apron of brighter colors than
the petticoat, and bare legs and feet.
The men are fine race, tall, with a
certain stateliness and self-respect IN
every gesture; their faces are almost
always good, and often quite intellec-
tual and chivalric, but i'll muscular
development the peasant women of
Seryia can give their husbands a stone
and beating. took the trouble to-
day TO measure the waist Of lass
who was lounging against the pillar
of a tavern where we were having
some refreshment. Her waist was .
good inch more in circumference than
mine, and | am by no means a small
boned man. l noticed as we came
further south how the ruddy COM
plexion and fair hair, bleached almost
to the hue of shabby brick, were
being left behind, and giving place to
faces of all Oriental type-a blending
of the Greek aud Arab, with clean
cut profile, straight nose, and black
hair and eyes, and a noble carriage.
Occasionally among the women face
of pure Egyptian type was to be
noticed-a trace probably OF the ill.,
fusion of gypsy blood which is far
from uncommon in Eastern Europe.
One woman, noticed leaning dream
lily over u garden fence with face
cast in the very mold of The Sphinx" 7"
Year: 1876

The steamship Amerique, of the
General Transatlantic Steamship
Company, has been provided with a
new electric light for the purpose of
illumination at sea. The apparatus
used is one of Mr.. Gramme's electro
magnetic machines designed for illu-
minating purposes. The propelling
power is small but powerful engine.
The lamp consists of two pointed
coke pencils, four or five inches in
length and one-half inch square, kept
at the proper distance from each
other by a clOck-work arrangement,
and which will last some four hours.
The light, it is affirmed, is visible
at sea at distance of fifteen miles,
and lights the ship 80 perfectly that
all the details of her equipment aud
rigging can be plainly seen at a
distance of over mile. The especial
design of the lamp is to afford light
for working the ship. The Amerique
is the first vessel that has been equip
ped with the light, and the system is
said to work with the greatest salts
faction.-[ Editors Scientific Record,
in Harper's Magazine for September
Year: 1876

y.


This crime could be easily stopped
by law. Let the law provide that
every man guilty of rape, or attempt
ed rape. shall, in addition to lmprison-
ment, be unsexed. A penalty of this
kind upon the statute books of the
st tie, enforced in every instance where
the crime is committed or attempted,
will soon make women secure again
i'll their homes, OIL the street, Oh the
highway, everywhere. The law in
its present treatment of crime is fool
ishly and unphilosophicaIly indiffer-
ent to all the disclosures Of modern
science as to the propagation of crime.
We hold it to be the duty of the state
to apply the law of natural selection
and inheritance to the treatment of
social evils. Let the state by its
penalties adjust its policy to prevent
the propagation as well as the perpe-
tration of crime.


The fear of a reinstatement of the
negroes seems greatly to disturb the
more radical of the Hayes Grant Or
gans. Let the whites of the country be
emancipated from the slavery of tax
alton and debt which the profligacy
and corruption of radicalism has i'm
posed upon them, and then they may
think about the condition of the
negro, but the negro will in all prob.
ability have to lock out for himself
until this is done, for charity begins
at home. White slavery is question
just now, of much more concern te
the North than black bondage, aud
all this talk about the negro is moi
going to pursuade the country tha
four years more of Grantism is goinf
to better the condition of either
white or black.-[Chicago Courier.
Year: 1876

and the large number eftestimonias which are con- stanty being received from persons who have bsen cured by its nse are concve proof of its great val ue. It Is recommended by physicians and apOtheca- ries. As Blood-Purher and Health -Restorer it. has no equal.

 VEGETINE is not preI ared for fancy drink made tends to destroy health instead of restoring it.

 Are not the many testimonials given for the differ ent complaints to reasonable the olnerent given, and dOubt

 In many of these cases the that their pam and suffering cannot be expressed. in cases of scrofula, where, apparentE, the whole body was one mass of corruption If VEGETINE will relieve pain, cleanse purity and cure such diseases restoring the patient to perfect health after trying different phys clans many remedies, suffering for yearsis it not elusive proof if you sufferer you be cured? Why is this medicine performing such great cures It works in the blood, in the circulating fluid. It be truly called the Great cod PuTifer The great source of disease originates in the bioc and no me

 cine that does not act directly upon it. to purify and renovate, has no just clat, upon public attention. When the blood becomes lfeess and stagnant either from change of weather or climate, of exercise irregular diet from any other cause, the VEGETNE will renew the blood, carry of the putrid humors cleanse the stomach, regulate the bowels and impart tone of vgor to the whole body. The conviction is in the public mind well as in the medical prUfes- that the remedies supplied by the Vegetable King dom are more safe more successful in the cure of dis ease, than mineral medicines. VEGETINE is composed of roots barks and herbs It is pleasant to take and is perfectly safe to give infant. Do yn need Do not hesitate totry it. You will never regret it.
Year: 1876

James Gateley was dangerously stabbed on Thursday
night by an unknown Italian. HIS condition was SO
critical yesterday that Coroner Woltmau was sum
moned to Bellevue Hospital to take his ante morem
statement which is as iolows:-


ION Thursday, about nine ten o'clock !, in com.
pany with my partner, LOUIS Perrio, coming from
our house, No SO Crosby street, went into No.
IS Marion street for the purpose Of getting
some beer. Al we entered the alleyway found on
whom believe TO be Italian, who got into quarrel
with my partner. went up to my partner. placed my
hands his shoulder and was trying to get him away
At THIS time standing between the Italian and
my partner did not speak to either OF them they
to 1 did not the knife in the hands of the
Italian, but felt the stab. Ny partner had lett
before that then out and cried i am
stabbedp Shortly after this a policeman came
aud took to q store From there was brought
here TO Bellevue hospital In ambulance. did not
know the man that stabbed me; had never seen him
before. Before being brought here taken to the
station house Some men wore brought before and
thought recognized tho one who stabbed no. I
gave provocation for the assault assign rea-
son why he stabbed me. was wounded in the abdo.
men,
Year: 1876

Hon. Thomas +. Stewart OF the committee appoin ted
by the joint subcommittee Of republicans aud liberals
to draft plan for the reorganization the republican
party Of this city, is to present plan of which the
following is the substance at meeting o. the JOINT
subcommittee. to bs held at eight O'Clock this evening
at the Fifth Avenue Hote:--


That on the 2sth and 3oth of November an enrol
Twentythird and Twenty fourth wards Of the city
New York of all republicans who voted tho repub-
lican national and State tickets at the November
election this year, the enrolment in each
district and ward TO be made under the direction
OF two inspectors to be appointed by the JOINT sub
commttee that the inspectors be required TO give
days. notice by advertisements of the nromsnt, and
ject to an appeal to the joint subcommittee, Who
as the case may require, can order enrolment
remove inspectors aud nll vacancies That the JOINT
sub committee election to be held tho 10th
OF December for officers Of the district associations
and delegates to tho Republican Central Com
mittee upon the same basis now exists
with the exception that no person shall bo


delegate to the Central Com or 10 convention
who holds any public appointment other than that Of
notary public or commissioner OF deeds that all
tcrs of dispute relation 10 the election be referred
to the JOINT subcommittee to determine, the commit.
tee to have power to order election and
remove inspectors; that the delegates elected tn
the Central Committee meet on some evening
In 'nuary for organization under the direc-
ton Of tho chairman Of the joint subcommittee That
alter the enrolment, election and organization have
beea effected all other republican In the
city be dsbanded and cease exist that tho State
Central Committee shall report to the Republican
State Convention the action thus had.