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Year: 1876

BALTIMORE, Sept GA Hayes and
Wheeler meeting, at Cross Street Market
House,w was broken up last night by roughs,
Several shots were fired and Wm Henry
was wounded. c. Irving Dilly, who was
addressing the meeting at the moment of
the outbreak, was badly beaten about the
head and face. Within a few minutes
after the first shot the hall was emptied of
its occupants, many of those present jump
ing out of the windows on the adjoining
sheds. The rioters were promptly ar
rested by the police, several of whom were
in the hall and outside Marshal Gray
states that yesterday being election day
at the Democratic primaries, he had given
orders to the captains of police to have an
extra force of men attend all political
meetings last night. In obedience
to this order about one dozen men were at


the meeting at the Cross street market.
| Within a minute after the econd gun was
| fred the man firing it was in tie hands of
the police. This morning the rioters were
bailed, but were rearrested and are now in
| Jail, and warrants have been issued for the
roughs not captured. The matter has
been before the grand jury to- day and the
authorities declare themselves determined


that the rioters shall not escape due pun
ishmont. The roughs do not exceed ten


in number
Year: 1876

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 9.-The arrest of
the tug boat masters, charged with being
accessory TO the murder of Roster in the
recent prize fight, came up to-day on a
writ of habeas corpus, but at the request
of Governor Hartranft they were deferred
one week to allow him an opportunity to
examine more fully into the matter.


There is great attendance at the ex-
position, this being the last 25 cent daY.
Year: 1876

and extending the whole country, upon its
"mert only" And we claim without fear or favor
it is the best family medicine in the wor d, and
guarantee it the best blood and liver and kidney
syrnp ever produced Send for circulars, read and
judge for yourself. We will be pleased TO send 6
circular to any person who writes lor one.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, July l5.-The committee
of conference on the army appropriation bill
have agreed to recommend that all house
legislation for reorganizing the army and
reducing the pay of officers shall be
omitted from the bill and provisions in
serted for a commission to investigate
these subjects aud report to congress at its
next session.


The senate increased the amount of the
house bill nearly So, 100000, but according
to compromise the bill now agreed to on
this increase will be reduced about 81 400,
600 and although the force and pay of the
army will remain unchanged, the revised
total of the bill will show a reduction of
$2,296,0O0 as compared with the army
appropriations of last
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, j ally l4.-Hay es's par
ticular friends are very despondent. His
letter Of acceptance is not satisfactory to
them, and some of them insist that he
shall formally repudiate Grant and his
whole gang in speech But Hayes will
not do this, for two reasons: He hasn t
the courage and positive determination TO
lead fight against corruption in his own
party, as Governor Tilden did, and, be-
sides, the national committee is in the
hands of the Grant faction, and the
national committee is an important matter
during the canvass.
Year: 1876

THE GRAND UNIoN.-New York
This hotel has gained a wide popularity
both on account of its eligible situation-it
being directly opposite the Grand Central
It's kept. By stopping at this house,
guests save the heavy expense of carriage
hire and expressage, baggage being carried
to and from the depot without charge. 1t
is first class IN every respect, and yet the
rates of charges are lower than at any
other first class house in the city. 1t is
conducted upon the European plan
Year: 1876

[The following hymn was composed
by the late Charlotte Elliott, author o
+" Just as am" during night of grea
suffering, in her eighteenth year Sh
gave it, the night after she wrote it, to
relative. who has found the hymn prov
a comfort to so many aged Christians
that she desires its publication.
In life's evening long and dreary,


From the treasures once possessed,
Is thy spirit faint and weary


Dost thou long TO be at rest?
On this sweet promise fix thy sight;


At even time it shall be light"
Light in sorrow for thee and gladness,
Even in this vale of tears;


Soon will pass the night OF sadness.


Grief will fly when morn appears
Still to Faiths strong. illumined sight
AT even time it shall be light.
Look not on the ills around thee.


Earth grows darker every hour;
Let not crimes increase confound thee,
Limited to Satan's power.


Look to regions pure and bright,


At even time it shall be light"
Dwell not on the growing weakness


That precedes thy frames decay;
Rise above depressing sickness.


Catch the dawn's approaching ray
Faith can discern the day star bright.
AT evening time it shall be light"
See tbs Saviour bending Ger thee,


Even to old age the same;


Sets liie's one chief end before thee,


Still to glorify His name,


While on Himself is fixed thy sight


AT evening time it shall be light"
Year: 1876

A clergyman recently announced from
his pulpit beneficiary visit of the la
dies of bis congregation to an orphan
asylum. He unfortunately ended the
announcement with an apostrophe, thus
The ladies will take with them their
own refreshments, so as not to eat up the
orphans"
Year: 1876

SMALL BLEssINGs.-If one (says a
writer should give me dish of sand,
and tell me there were particles of iron
in it, | might look for them with my
clumsy fingers and be unable to detect
them; but let me take magnet and
sweep through it, and how it would draw
to itself the most invisible particles by
the mere power of attraction. The un-
thankful heart, like my fingers in the
sand, discovers no mercies but let the
thankful heart sweep through the day,
and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it
will find in every hour some heavenly
blessing-only the iron in Gods sands
is gold.
Year: 1876

This morning as some miners who
went on the O'Clock shift of the yell
low Jacket, were going down the in
cline plane below the 1,700-foot level,
they came upon fellow-laborer sitting
on. one of the timbers, and apparently
sleeping, leaning against the sill, with
his head on his arm. They found that
the man was dead. To all appearances
he seemed alive, as his body was still
warm with the intense heat which stood
at that point at 130 degrees 1t ap-
pears that he went down the Yellow
Jacket last night about II O'Clock to
the 1,700-foot level, and went from
there to the same level Of the Imperial,
en- route for the 2,000-foot level of the
Bullion, to relieve a comrade who was
working there. The man who was to
have been relieved toiled on all night
unconscious of the fact that his friend
was corpse. On the 1,700.foot level,
Gallagher went down the incline six
sets of timbers, and there, it. is sup
posed, exhausted with the terrible heat,
sat down to rest. There was cooling
house few yards beyond, but he did
not know it.-Vsrgtpaa City Chronicle.
Year: 1876

e
Mr.. F. E. Nipher sends the following
to Nature:


l. Fold a sheet OF writing paper into
tube whose diameter is about three
centimeters IAN inch or SOY. Keeping
both eyes open, look through the tube
with one eye. and look at the hand with
the other, the hand being placed close
to the tube. An extraordinary phenome-
non will be observed. A hole tho size
of the tube viii appear cut through the
band, Through which objects are dis
tlnctly visible. That part of the tube
between the eye and hand will ppear
transparent, as though the hand were
seen through it. The experiment. is not
new, but have never seem il described.
The explanation of it is quite evident.


2. Drop blot of ink upon the palm
of the hand, at the point where the hole
appears to be, and again observe as be-
fore. Unless the attention be strongly
concentrated upon the objects seen
through the tube, the ink-spot will be
seen through the tube (apparently), but
that part Of the hand upon which it
rests will be invisible unless special at
tention be directed to the hand. Or
dinarily the spot will appear opauqe. By
directing the tube upon brilliantly IL
Illuminated objects, it will, however, ap-
pear transparent, and may be made to
disappear by proper effort. By con-
centrating the attention upon the hand,
it may be seen wit in the tube (especi-
ally if strongly illuminated), that part
immediately surrounding the ink-spot
appearing first.
Year: 1876

A SILVER QUARTER WITH HIsroRY.
Fifteen years ago Mr.. Louis German
lost a silver twenty-five cent piece. upon
one side of which he had engraved his
name and place of business. The piece
was bright and new when he engraved it,
and wore it as charm to his watch chain
As the trinket was of small value, il was
of course, forgotten soon after its loss
and, after year or two, Mr.. German never
expected to see it again. A few days AGO
an Indiana farmer drove into New Al
bany to purchase goods, and in the money
paid for them was the identical piece Of
coin bearing Mr.. Germans name. The
gentleman, "a New Albany merchaHt) who
received the money came over to Louis
vile yesterday, and returned it to the
owner. The piece bore upon its surface
the appearance of having been in constant
use. As there has been no specie circula-
tion during the last fifteen years, the finder
Of the quarter adopted it as an ornament
for his guard or chain.--LOuisvilEe Con-
rier-J0urndI.
Year: 1876

-, - 9Th is wooipel=-7js-
posed towards any dafnsef, as he value
his happiness, let him follow our advice;
call on the lady when she least expects
him and take note Of the appearance of
all that is under her control. Observe If
her shoes fit neatly-if the gloves are
clean and the hair well polished. And
we would forgive a man for breaking of
an engagement, if he discovered greasy
novel hid away under the cushion of a
sofa, or hole in the garniture of the
prettiest foot in the world Slovenliness
in female will ever be avoided by a we'll
regulated mind, as would a Apestilence.
A woman cannot always be what is called
dressed, particularly one il, ,middlin0 or
in humble life, where her duty, and It is,
consequently, to be hoped her pleasure
lies in experimenting and assisting in ali
domestic matters; but she may always be
neat-well appointed. As certainly as
virtuous woman is a crown Of glory to
her husband, so surely is a sloyenly one
a crown of thorns.
Year: 1876

THE native talent which a woman dis
plays for discovering foreign hair on her
husbands shoulder will always secure her
respect, but when man goes home and
finds that his wife has contributed his
Sunday pantaloons to the home for aged
INDECENT females, it does seem as if the
female mind lacked those fine discrimi-
mating qualities which are essential to
worldly success.-Nerwich Bulletin.
Year: 1876

The following record will show the changes In the
temperature for tho past twenty four hours In COM
parison with corresponding date OF last year, in
d,catcd by tho thermometer At Hudnrts pharmacy,
Year: 1876

There's many rest on the road of life,
If we would only stop to take it;
And many tone from the better land,
If the querulous heart would wake it,
To the sunny soul that is full Of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
The grass is green and the flowers are bright


Though the wintry storm prevalent.
Better to hope, though the clouds hang low


And to keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through


When the ominous clouds are lifted,
There was never night without day,


Nor an evening without a morning;
And the darkest hour the proverb goes,


Is the hour before the dawning.
There's many gem in the path Of life,


Which we pass in idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled crown,


Or the miser's boarded treasure;
1t may be the love of a little child,


Or mothers prayer to Heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks


For cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web Of life


A bright and golden filing,
And to do Gods will with a heavy heart,


And hands are swift and willing,
Than to snap the delicate silver threads


OF our curious lives asunder;
And then blame Heaven for the tangled ends,
And sit TO grieve and wonder.
Year: 1876

A contemporary relates an anecdote
Of an application received by a lady
who had advertised for parlor maid.
The person who applied. in answer to
the advertisement, appeared to be quite
satisfactory; but the lady wishing to
say something kind at parting, remarked:
II am sorry to see by your black dress
that you have been in trouble lately. "
"Oh. no. mum. thank you. not at all, y
replied the young woman; "it's only
for my late missus. I have been par
ticular fortunate in service, mum. My
last three missuses have all died while
I was with them; SO I got mourning
given me every time" It is hardly
necessary to say that the young woman
was not engaged.
Year: 1876

TRUTHFULNEss TO CHILDREN "A par
ent, unlike a poet, is not born-he is
made. There are certain things which
he has at once to learn, or he will have
no more influence over bis child than il
he were common stranger. To gain
obedience, you must 6rst set yourself
to deserve it. Whatever you promise
your little one. however small the thing
may seem to you. and whatever trouble
it costs you, perform it. Never let the
doubt once enter that innocent mind
that you say what you do not mean. or
will not act up to what you say. Make
as few prohibitory laws as you possibly
can, but once made, keep them. In
what is granted, as in what is denied.
compel yourself. however weary, OF
worried, or impatient. to administer
always even-handed justice.
Year: 1876

ACiCWnu VIC PioSoue, c"y suo @As
lanta, Ca, Times, what Mr.. Thornton
says of his experience in his recent feat
Of eating thirty quails in as many con-
secutive days Says he:


Nature has never intended the quail
for constant food for man, and take
them in their natural state, that is. kill
them and cook them the same day,
without parboiling them, and using a
superfuity Of condiments and other de-
vices to destroy the game in them. and
no man can eat them for thirty days
consecutively. The children Of Israel
eat them for forty days, but they were
given them for food as plague set
upon them and they got putrid in their
mouths. In the third place they pro-
duced constipation and dryness and
burning at the stomach. This had to
be remedied by the use of alternatives,
and then not efectually


The FIRST day could have eaten
three or four birds, the second day the
same, and did eat dinner afterward.-
The third day they were still splendid
The fifth day one bird was as much as
I wanted for dinner. On the night Of
the 10th, while sleeping, had dream !
1 thought my room was full Of part.
ridges, flying in every direction. One
had his bill stuck in the corner next to
the ceiling, futtering his wings as if be
wanted to fly through the wall In
another moment the delusion changed /;
I found myself in the top private box
at the opera house and it full Of wild
partridges. Presently l looked down
on the stage and saw quail flying at
my face. I lodged quickly, woke up,
and found my head hanging over the
side of the bad, and the weather cold
enough to freeze Just after eating
the twentieth ! got awful sick. It re-
quired strenuous efforts to avoid casting
up accounts. The twenty second was
splendid there was return Of good
feeling. But, after this they grew
worse and worse, until the twenty-sixth
which was almost fatal to the cause. =
The twenty-seventh was still worse,
but a Turkish bath, and an orange.
with a long nap afterwards, provided
sufficient barriers to keep up the fun
A slight improvement in the digestive
organs rendered the twenty eighth bird
the best to be relished of any. After l
got through all right.


Looking back at it now | don't see
how / succeeded. l had to attend to
work. and in going about the street,
no difference how sick or in what frame
Of mind was regarding the quails, an
average Of three hundred people day
would smilingly inquire: 'How's birds ?
DO you think you will succeed ? Now,
really. what is the natter?' And, not
withstanding the fact that one partridge
is not larger than a small-sized Irish
potato, many would coolly remark. I
believe l could cat two a day for forty
days This was pleasing intelligence,
but when man said he could eat
wild turkey day for thirty days, |
gave it to his superior capacity, and
said, give me little less than what |
was having.


woild like some other person to try
the experiment, that l may see how his
experience comedies with mine.


A week before ] finished. 81 500
was offered me if [ would fail.
Year: 1876

Muscle AGAINST BRAIN.-When
Jackson was moving on to strike Nc
Clellan's flank on the Chickahominy,
be came to stream that had no bridge,
and couldn't be crossed without one
Tho General had brought with him from
the Valley. a rough uneducated man; full
of energy who had served him in emer-
gencies, and in whom he had the utmost
confidence He called. his man and
told him that the stream must be bridged
Immediately, the regular engineers were
advised Of the fact. In short time
the rough carpenter and the polished
men Of science were at the stream, the
former had his plan, the latter theirs
he wished to 60 to work at once with
out drawings. but they objected until
they could perfect the plans on paper.
The engineers retired to their tent to
perfect paper bridge; the carpenter
took his men and went to work to make
a real one. In very short time be
appeared at the Generals tent and re-
ported briefly, thus: General that
bridge is done, but them pictures ain't
come yet"
Year: 1876

The police courts abound in strang


revelations for often there the eurtail


falls upon the closing scene in som


eventful drama which began with mirth


and wine, and pleasure. but which end


in anguish. darkness and despair. A


writer gives the following sketch o
such scene:


johnson. the officer says you were
drunk, and that you haven't drawn Z
sober breath for week. How is thai
johnson 2"


"Yer honor" said johnson, as be
dropped one arm over the rail, and
leaned back heavily on the policeman
who supported him by the shoulder.
Eyer honor, it's true I've been drunk
for week. as you say, an / haven't
got word to say to defend myself.
I've been in this ere court, l guess, a
hundred times before, an every time
I've asked yer honor to let me of light
But this time don't have no fear.
You can send me up for ten days or
ten years its all one now"


As he spoke he brushed away tear
with his hat, and when be paused he
cougbed dry. racking cough, and
drew his tattered coat closer about his
throat.


"When went before, he continued,
II always counted the days an the
hours till I'd come off. This time I'll
count the blocks to the Potter's Field
I'm most gone, Judge"


He paused again, and looked down
upon bis almost shoeless feet.


"When was little country boy,
my mother used to say to me /: Charlie.
if you want to be man never touch
liquor:' an I'd answer No, mother.
/ never will If I'd kept that promise.
you an me wouldn't have been so we'll
acquainted Judge. If | only could be
boy again for half day; if | could
go into the old school house just once
more and see boys and girls as used
to see them in the old days, could lie
right down here and die happy. But
it's too late. Send me up, Judge Make
it for ten days or for life. It don't make
no difference. One way would be as
short as the other. All I ask now is
to die alone. I have been in crowded
tenements for years. If I can be alone
for little while before go, I'll die
contented."


The shoulder Of the muddy coat fell
from the policeman's hand, and the
used-up man fell in heap to the floor.
He was carried to the little room behind
the rail. His temples were bathed and
bis wrists were chafed But it was no
use. Though his heart still beat. he
was fast going. The shutters were
door was closed. He might
die contented, for be was left alone
Year: 1876

The New Hampshire State Board of Ag-
riculture are trying to devise some plan to
reclaim the two thousand or more de-
serted farms in the state. One prof.
Get is to appoint commissioners, with power
to arbitrate between the owner and the set Z.
tier. A fair price should be put upon the
property, and bond for deed given, al.
lowing the would-be purchaser a term, say
two or three years, TO improve the land aud
repair the buildings with no expense but
taxes, and, at the close Of the specif ed term,
the purchaser to buy the property at tho
price previously agreed upon, payment to be
made in easy installments, with moderate in.
terest.


This is favorable time for such move.
ment, and we are glad to learn that our
friends Of tho New Hampshire Board pro.
pose to cooperate with the forces which the
hard times have brought to bear in restoring
to the cultivation Of the soil the surplus pop
ulation stranded by the tempest which has
shaken the business interests of the country.
1t is feared that the coming winter will teach
many men that the farm is their only refuge.
If they will return to it with wholesome no.
tions of industry and economy, their cond.
tion will be improved.
Year: 1876

The greatest of wastes on the farm, is in
not using our brains: the greatest, be.
cause at the bottom Of all the other wastes.
A little thinking often saves much labor.


After accomplishing almost anypiece of work
the most of us can look back, and see how
we could have improved on it, if we had but
thought. As we review our crops of this
year, we see how they could have been easily
increased, had We only thought The ditch
we dug through the meadow, was not done
in the most economical way. We dug too
deeply at first, and did not allow for the
settling Of the land. Hence waste of labor


We omitted buying an implement that would
have saved nearly its cost in this one years
use, until we had spent much in trying to
accomplish our work without it. Here was
another waste. We carry a water pipe too
near the surface to save the expense of dig
ging it to proper depth, and the winters
frost necessitates a replacement of the pipe,
and an additional digging. Certainly, a
waste here, We allowed the weeds to grow
on one piece of land, not thinking to what
proportion they would grow by the time the
crops were too far advanced to admit the hoe.
A waste there which might have been obvi-
ated. And so on, wastes, little and big,
everywhere, all arising from our not thinking
sufficiently because not necessary
and easily obviated. We omit the ordinary
wastes from neglects, from laziuess, from
want of appreciation of cleanliness and thor
oughness, wastes from our stock, from
our manure heap, from our household.
Verify, little thought will save to the far
mer much, and the saving, through this
means, even on a small farm, will represent
the interest on a considerable capital. The
wastes arising from ignorance can very read.
lily be diminished, and are in large part in-
excusable those arising from carelessness,
are not deserving of sympathy. The farmer,
as well as the business man, must use bus
iness principles, to secure the largest success,
the and the one should be as careful of the
outgoes as tho other.-Scieatifc Farmer.