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Year: 1876

Had it not been for the water furnished from
the Augusta Water Company's work, the granite
block opposite the post offce must have fallen a
prey to the fire. Large quantities of water were
drawn from . faucet in the upper story, passed
out and put upon the roof. The fire remaining on
the scene yesterday was put out by attaching hose
10 n faucet.
Year: 1876

For the Middle and New England States,
severe southwest and northwest gale, partly
cloudy and decidedly colder weather. falling fol-
lowed by rising barometer and in the extreme
northern portions light snow.
Year: 1876

Those in this vicinity who have policies in tue
Security Life Insurance Company of New York,
that has "gone where the woodbine twineth," are
ANXIOUS to ind out where the security" comes
Year: 1876

Deane Pray and family express their sincere
thanks to our very efficient Fire Department for
their prompt response to the alarm OF fire on the
morning of the 18th inst. Also, for the kindly
assistance of their neighbors and friends.
Year: 1876

We glad TO learn that Mr.. W Illam Calder,
the well known actor, whose representation of
Rip Van Winkle will be remembered by our citi-
zens. will appear in this city sometime the first of
Ianuary with Schoolcraft and Goes Combination
Year: 1876

The regular me, ting If tie Reform Club will
be held at the club room as usual at 30. Bro
Geo. ii. Clark o Boston, will be present and will
address the meeting. full attendance of the
members Of the club is especially desired.
Year: 1876

tlat his sickness was caused while in the line Of
duty The simple fact that he was soldier does
not guarantee admission. The new hospital
building at the Home is greatly priced. Under
the excellent manager ment Of General Tilton, the
entire institution is in splendid working order,
and fulfilling is grand mission Of benevolence.
Year: 1876

A gentleman discovered an exquisite
poetic gem, and in his delight at the
discovery, invited the attention of two
ladies to it. They listened with intent
ear while the reader gave voice to the
glowing and graceful thoughts of the
poet. When the reading was finished,
the gentleman turned to his companions
for word or look of appreciation. He
saw their faces aglow, their lips parted
in an intensity of feeling, and their eyes
bright with-what? Shade of Homer!
Lookl look there! exclaimed one of the
ladies with the utmost eagerness, that
woman-pointing to lady on the oppo-
cite side of the street--has got on q
polonaise buttoned up in the back! l
should think, addressing her companion,
she'd have good time getting into il
when she wanted to dress in hurry. !
should think so, too, returned the other,
but it hangs pretty, don't you think so?
Year: 1876

An exchange says: "Why will girls
run away to get married." "We give it
up" answers the Louisville Courier
Journal. But we know a lot here who
would be glad enough to stay at home, or
jump at the chance to walk off and get
married. The boys amt around asking
them like they did. 1t takes more mon
ey to run one of them nova days than
it does to run steam boat, and they can
see more fun with a steamboat. Ali
girls, it's your own fault! Swap of
your silks and satins for lawns and cali
Goes; shut up the piano and dive into a
wash-tub; throw away your fancy needle
work and tackle red hot stove in the
kitchen. Instead of receiving Brown,
the bankers son, in the parlor, keep
your eye skinned for Bill Burns the
blacksmith's son, as he goes home from
work; kiss his dirty face through a
broken pane of glass in the kitchen
window, and after awhile; when be
learns his trade and you know your bu,
siness, get married, go to housekeeping
by yourselves, help each other, live hap


py, raise family that will be an honor
to your names and credit to themselves
die happy, and the angels will not turn


their backs upon you up there.
Year: 1876

On one Of the over crowded passenger
cars that arrived in this city yesterday
lady named Ford was passenger. She
rasides IN Illinois and was on her way


with her two children, to the Centennial.
Some three years ago she and her hus-
band bad difficulty which resulted in
their separation. He quit the neighbor-
hood in which he had resided with her
and took up his abode in New Orleans.
The wife in the meantime lived in entire
ignorance Of her husband = whereabouts,
not supposing that q reunion would ever
be effected. When the train arrived in
the depot here the lady alighted from
the car and partook Of some refresh.


nsnts. When about 10 take her piacs
Year: 1876

Jones says that the white flannel suit
he bought year ago, proved very
economical investment, and has been of
much use in his family. Jones weighs
250 pounds, and when he bought it is
fitted him remarkably we'll. After the
first washing, his eldest SOD, who weighs
100 pounds less than Jones, senior, found
it an excellent fit. Two washings more
made it delightful for youth of nine,
and at the end of the season the baby
was adorned with the habiliments,
which had shrunk just enough to make
them a fit for a child out of creeping
clothes. Where all that flannel has
shrunk to Jones does not see, and says
he would willingly take his whole fami
ly and his mother-ln-la to a lecture
which would explain it, and pay double
price.
Year: 1876

The red and gray squirrels do not lay
by winter stores; their cheeks are made
without pockets and whatever they
transport is carried in the teeth. They
are more or less active all winter, but
October and November are their festal
months. Invade some butternut or
hickory nut grove on a frosty October
morning, and hear the red squirrel beat
the cuba" on horizontal branch. 1t is
most lively jig, what the boys call a
regular break down" interspersed with
squeals and snickers and derisive laugh
ter. The most noticeable PECULIARLY
about the vocal part of it is the fact that
it is kind of duet. In other words, by
some ventriloqual trick he appears to
accompany himself, as if his voice split
up, part forming low cultural sound,
and part shrill nasal sound John
Burroughs, in Scribner for October.
Year: 1876

The Memphis Ledger tells this sto
ry:


Naturalists have made many curious
discoveries during geological investiga-
tions, but discovery was made on Mad
ison street this forenoon which calls for
the attention and investigation of scient'
lists. The city street force was removing
paving rock from the levee at the foot
of Madison street. One of the bowlders
had to be broken in half. and on apply
ing the hammer il burst open. One
half appeared on oval cavity some six
inches in diameter, and this cavity was
half full of water Assistant City En-
gineer Murray put his finger down in
the water, and withdrew it suddenly, as
if he felt something move at the bottom.
Making the orifce larger a live frog
leaped out of the little lake that had for
SO many years lay entomb bed in the rock
ribbed cave. The rock is of blue lime
stone, brought from the Ohio river, and
it has been in use as a paving stone on
the landing for nearly fifteen years. The
upper face Of the rock has been worn
smooth from the constant wear of dray
wheels. The questions are, how long
was that frog in that rock tomb? and was
it possible that it could live and grow
therein without light, and only such air
as could pass through the rock, all rock
being supposed to be more or less por-
Gus? 1t must have been hundreds OF
years ago when the frog lay in the little
lakelet which formed in the mud on the
bank of the Ohio river, and lay there
until the mud covered it in, rendering
escape impossible Then the chemistry
of nature set to work, and year by yeal
the mud became harder and harder, un


til after centuries Of ages it became rock


known as blue limestone. Fifteen year.
ago the rock was dug out and boated
down to Memphis, where it has beer


used as paying stone on the levee. Al


these long weary years the frog has list


ened to the rolling of wagons and dray


over its tomb, and it heard the rum mblin,


of the artillery during the gun-boa


fight of 1862. When the day of its de


liyerance came it hoped out and ava


as lively as any other frog. How old
| that frop2 It mtlst be a "centurion - a


Mrs. Partington raid, and it may be two


three, five hundred or a thousand year


old. Long live old Sitting Bull-fros
8 say We, becausesit comes down to L
with the glamour ofantiquity around i
and old age should be respected, eve


though in itself not respectable
Year: 1876

on the car again her eyes met those of
gentleman standing on the platform
whom she at once recognized as her hus-
band. The recognition was mutual. The
memories of the happy days of old came
back to both of them, cordial reunion
took place in The cars, and they proceed
ed eastward together in the cars. Mr..
Ford had passed the night IN this city,
having arrived here on the Atlantic the
evening previous, and not desiring to
continue his journey by night Altoona
Mirror of ThurEdav.
Year: 1876

How SHE CoRNERED HIM.-"Hand-
some is that handsome does," quoted a
Chicago man to his wife the other day.


"Yes," replied she in winning tone,
as she held out her hand, "for instance
a husband who is always ready to hand
some money to his wife"


The moralizer was cornered, and this
is why the wife will appear at church to-
morrow with bran new bonnet.
Year: 1876

WINTER SPINACH. who wish
to raise winter spinach for early spring
greens, should remember that now is the
the time to SOW il. The ground should
be made rich, deep, mellow and fine and
seed Of the prickly or winter variety
sown in drills one inch deep and about
twelve inches apart. just about wide
enough to work between conveniently
with hoe. 1t should be kept clean un-
til the ground freezes and then covered
with straw.
Year: 1876

A subscriber writes to the New Eng |
land Farmer upon the above subject as
follows:


l was much interested in the statement
by, Mr.. Putnam published in the Farm
er of the 10th inst, to the effect that
good profitable farming" could be car
ried on in England without manure
His idea seems TO be to have portion
of each years crop, as fertilizer, as he
illustrates in his reference to rye. Now
it seems to me, if his idea is correct land
shall not attempt to criticise it), that
some of the positions taken by our
teachers of agricultural chemistry are
entirely wrong. Two of the inorgonic or
mineral elements of plant food, are not
to be found, in inexhaustible quantities
in our our soils. These are phosphoric
acid and potash. In some cases they are
furnished by the wash. of rivers, but
| these intervale lands are the exception,
and we who do not have them are told
that we must apply these substances


Unlike the organic elements they are not
distributed in the atmosphere to be
brought down by rain and snow. This
is said to be fully correct in regard to
potash; and although phosphoric acid
does in a degree partake of the nature of
organic matter, yet the natural supply is


so small that we cannot crop our fields


and not apply it artifcially without re-


ducing their fertility for want of it. OF


the organic elements, too, an artificial


application of nitrogen is required, in


some of its combinations.


Now, when we remove crop from a


field we take a certain amount of potash


DIR. Nichols says there is not plant ir


field or wood which does not contain it.


The retention of a part of the product


on the field is only retention of par


of the potash. Will not such a system


of culture make the field barren?


l know there are cases where this prin


ciple seems to apply in manner to b,
hardly evident in one mans lifetime, a
in the case of swamp meadows. Perhap
it may be claimed that the crops of sucl
soils contain smaller proportion o


these elements than others, and their re
moval is SO slow as not to be readily ap
parent; or that tfrese soils contain lar
ger amount of them; or that the genera
conditions are such as to make muc


larger proportion soluble, and fit for tn
T food of plants, while in other soils the
o remain in crude state. Any of thes
T circumstances, however, do not prever
the application of the principle.


The result is simply retarded. Can


field, the soil of which is about an aver
II age in its adaptability to the cultivate
>, of grass, as compared to the cultivate
,, soils in Massachusetts,, be sown to TIL
y crop, all the work being properly don
- and degree of fertility produced to il
Ia sure good crop in an average seasol
,. and this fertility be maintained ft
- years, while part of the crop is reno,
20 ed, and no manure applied? Will it |
, necessary to plow occasionally or to r.
20 tate with other crops? What are IL
4 details of the process?
Year: 1876

stirring III the soil can be made without
any extra expense. These are points
that tell in the growth and productive
ness of fruit-trees, either in the garden
or the orchard. If planted in the fall,
the soil settles closely around the roots
and fbers by the time the spring opens,
and an earlier growth is started than
with spring setting, which is often push
ed back until the season is we'll advance
ed, from causes over which the planter
has no control, The spring may be
back ward enough to hinder planting of
trees in way in which they should be
set out to insure success. All other
things being equal, there is no doubt
that spring would be the better time to
plant trees But this does not often


happen to be the case, as every practical


fruit-grower well knows. 1t is there


fore wise to transplant in the fall if the


trees and the ground are in readiness
P. T. Quinn; Scribner for October.
Year: 1876

Every little while We read OF some one


who has stuck rusty nail in bis foot or


some other part Of his person, and lock-
jaw has resulted thereirom. All such
wounds can he healed without any fatal
consequences following them. The
remedy is simple It is only to smoke
such wound, or any wound or bruise
that is intlamed, with burning wool OF
woolen cloth. Twenty minutes in the
smoke OF wool will take the pain out oi
the worst case Of inflammation arising
from any wound We ever saw. -
Year: 1876

1t is a curious fact that in Newfound.
land there is not single grist mill. Lit.
tie grain is ripened in the country,
though as fine oats and barley can be
grown there as in any part of the world
Year: 1876

A SERIOUS MATTER. 1.-The only item worth
having at the slation.houses last night was
that of young man charged with attempt
log to set FIRE to dwelling house in the day
time, and this the parties interested endea.
yored to keep out of the newspapers. The
facts are simply these A manufactures,
standing at one OF the upper windows OF bis
establishment on Monday afternoon saw ON
the opposite side of the street man scratch
ing matches and putting them through q
knot-hole. He called one Of his hands to
witness the operation, and then went to the
nearest policeman, reported the fact, and
had the accused arrested. Last night be
was bailed, and at the earnest solicitation OF
some of the police force, as well as the par
ties interested. names are withheld.
Year: 1876

Aeeinss.-A meeting iD the interest of
the Methodist parsonage will oe held at the
church of that denomination to night.


Friendship Lodge, Knights OF Pythas,
will have an anniversary supper at their
lodge.room tonight.
Year: 1876

men as the times require. They will be
supported with enthusiasm, elected by
great msjorities and do gallant service
upon the capital question. Kanawha
has met her match and will go to the
wall upon any conflict she may invoke.


Tllden and Henricks are before the
people fighting for the cause of our com.
mon country, Mathews is battling for the
state, the county ticket is contesting the
county, and a whole-hearted, liberty-lov-
ing, God-fearing, united and harmonious
Democracy must rally under their
glorious flag, and win for the people, for
the cause, and for the laws that victory
which will ensure the final destruction OF
the rascals who have thriven and grown
rich 10 rascality, and revive for the
world, IN their loftiest perfection, those
principles of liberty, justice and equality
which, in former times and better days,
were the glory and the pride of our noble
Republic.


Let us have no boiling; let no man
sacrifice principle for personal pique,
and let us not forget that in unity there
is strength, and that success follows in
the wake of concord and harmony.
Democrats must, can and will do their
duty. and in doing SO, will have the pleas
ure of triumphing over the best TICKET
which can be selected from among the
many good men and honest citizens who
are found in the ranks of the Republican
party. Very Respectfully,


JOHN y. PENDLEToN.


1u1usf IN
Year: 1876

The returns show Democratic gains
everywhere. Enough have been re-
celved to warrant the statement that the
Democratic majority will be 10000.
Many counties heretofore Republicans,
send Democrats to the legislature, and
the majority on joint ballot will be very
large. The vote by the Congressional
districts show seven of them Democratic
and one Republican. As far rs beard
from, there has not been disturbance of
anv kind in the state. The utmost good
feeling prevailed everywhere.
Year: 1876

In making so good ticket as the one
nominated yesterday, of course many
good men who were named Tor POSITIONS
ware omitted. ltcould not be otherwise,
when so much good material was offered
Year: 1876

Tho womans Social Education Society, OF which
Mrs Gabriel Kent Is president considered yesterday
the official recommendation Of tho Committee on Crime
the Legislature Of this State, TO license prostitution
Mrs Laura NJ. Bronson appointed to prepare pro-
against any such enactment, to be signed by the
officers OF tho society and sent TO Albany at the proper
Year: 1876

With every advance of emigration into the
far West, new demand is created for Hos
tetter's Stomach Bitters Newly peopled re-
giOns are frequently less salubrious than
older settled localities. on account Of the
miasma which rises. from recently cleared
land particularly along the banks Of rivers
that sre subject to freshets. The agricultural
or Mining gniisfgat coon learns, when he does
not already know, that the Bitters afford the
only sure protection against malaria and
those disorders Of the stomach, liver and
bowels to which climatic changes, exposure,
and unaccustomed or unhealthy water or diet
subject him. Consequently. he places an es-
innate upon this great household specific and
preventive. commensurate with its intrinsic
merits, and is careful to keep on hand a 70.
storatiYe and promoter Of health SO implicitly
to be relied upon in time Of need.
Year: 1876

J
Hon. f. A. Burke. Administrator of Improve


Dedr Sir-In your communication OF
the 8th inst. am asked my opinion with
regard to the present peculiar condition
OF Lake Pontchartrain in connection with
the Bonnet Carre crevasse and the
waters Of the Gulf; and to submit the
probable damaging results Of heavy
| gale in OverflOwing the rear Of the city.
| l consider the situation serious one,
and in the present condition Of many Of
the back levees no time should be lost in
raising and strengthening them.


! The effect of the Bonnet Carre Gre
vase is clearly proven to raise con
siderably the normal level OF Lake
| Pontchartrian, because the capacity Of
the RigOlets is not equal to discharge
the Mississippi water as fast rs it comes
| in, when the river is at anything like
food height. And these difficulties
must increase in proportion to the rise
Of the river and the consequent increase
Of the volume Of water to be discharged.
| This Is the third successive season
that the Bonnet Carrc crevasse water has
poured into Lake Pontchartrain, besides
the crevasse Of 1871, and it is contended
with good reason that the deposits from
muddy water is tending to shoal the
lake IF this be true it follows that the



sened each year that the crevasse water
is received into it, and of course, the
same volume passing through the lake
this year in given time will cause the
water to raise cOrrespondingly to q
higher level than the years preceding.


The notes in this office snow that the
average level OF water in Lake Pontch-
artrain during the crevasse period Of
1874, when not disturbed by winds, was
r. RI ho tf,l, e,t al
ard height Of Metairie Ridge, in 1875
four feet and one-tenth, and up to the
present time Of this year. three feet and
four tenths, proving that the theory Of
shoaling is not without some founda-
ton for correctness.


OF course the same bulk Of water did
not pass through the crevasse each Of
the above mentioned years, but near
enough 50 to enable some idea to be
formed Of the enlarging effects Of the
crevasse upon Lake POntchartrain in
elevating the water line. And to sus-
tain the fear that each year that the
crevasse remains unclosed, adds to the
danger OF q disastrous overflow in the
rear Of the city, whenever the winds
should so combine as to produce it.


In the present situation Of Lake Pont-
chartrain, with the water nearly two
feet above the usual level, and already
hll1nS all the swamp basins contiguous
to it, it can be easily conceived that
furious gale, similar to the one Of June,
1871, would so hold in check the accu-
mulating waters Of the crevasse, that it
would only be question of the dura-
ton Of the storm to carry the water
bodily over the natural barrier Of Me-
tairie Ridge, and thus mundate almost
the entire city.


1 would, therefore, earnestly recon-
mend that all Of the back levees, which
are now too low and weak, should be
siren gthened and raised at least to the
standard level Of Metairie Ridge.


/ herewith have the honor to transmit
memorandum showing the points
where work is required, and the nature
and probable cost of the same.


Respectfully submitted,


.Signed) THOMAS S. HARDEE,


City Surveyor.
Year: 1876

his som Samuel. yesterday. Tho
father and son met OIL tho street, and
were about TO enter the house OF u
friend, the father in advance, when tho
sOn fired two balls into his back. He
fell immediately to the sidewalk, and
pleaded for mercy, the son all the time
taking aim for another attack, which
he made ut once, sending two moro
bullets into his body. The cause of
this heartless brutality is said to be
momentary insanity, caused by ill
health, extending over period Of sever
al years. 80 ..- -.
Year: 1876

1t don't pay to have fifty work.
ing men poor and ragged, in order
to have one saloon-keeper dressed
in broadcloth and flush of money


1t don't pay to have these fifty
workingmen live on bone soup and
half rations, in that the saloon
keeper may flourish on roast tur.
key and champagne.


1t don't pay to have the mothers
and children of twenty families
dressed in rags'and starved into the
semblance of emancipated scare
crows and living in novels in or
der that the saloon-keeper's wife
may dress in satin and her children
grow fat and hearty and live in a
bay window parlor-


1t don't pay to have one citizen
in the county Jail because another
citizen sold him liquor.


1t don't pay to have ten smart,
active and intelligent boys trans
formed into hoodlums and thieves,
to enable one man to lead an easy
life by selling them liquor.
1t don't pay to give one man for
SIS quarter II liconsess to sell IL
quor,and then spend $4,000 on the
trial of Tim McSaughIin for buying
that liquor and then committing
murder under its influence.


IL don't pay to have 1000
homes blasted, ruined defiled and
turned intoshells of disorder and
misery in order that one wholesale
liquor dealer may amass large
fortune.


1t don't pay to keep six thou
sand men in the penitentiaries and
hospitals and one thouand in the
lunatic asylum at the expense OF
the honest, Industrious taxpayers
in order that a few rich capitalists
may grow richer by the the manu-.
featuring whiskey.


1t never pays to do wrong; your
sin will find you out; whether
Others find it out or not, sin knows
where you are and will always
keep you posted of the fact it don't
pay.-GatJornja Rescue