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Year: 1876

A WARNING TO COUNTRY G1R1s.-A case of outrage, which should serve as warn ing to young women going from the coun- try into any of our cities, came before the police courts last week. A young girl left her home in Sayres, Pa, two weeks ago, to seek employment in this city. In Jersey City she was, she says, accosted by a man named Fisher, and two women, who pro- fessed to be interested in her case, and of fered to provide her with home until she could find situation. She was taken by them to house of ill fame in one of the freqaented streets of New York, where she was subjected to outrage. She made hel escape almost without clothing. and her case was brought before the police court, which ordered the arrest of the keeper of the house and it's inmates. These cases are constantly occurring, and those living in the country need to be carefully warned against the perils to which young persons coming to the city are exposed. d.--New Fork Paper.
Year: 1876

A countryman had sold abutcher some hogs, and was to deliver them in the after noon at the residence of the purchaser, but did not know where the said residence was. The butcher then gave him the following directions: You choost goes behind de Menger and turns to de right till you comes to fence init hole in it, den you turns up to de right tor while till you sees house init big hog in de yard. Dots me.
Year: 1876

A high toned New York woman won't button her own galters, because it's low business. But she might elevate it consid erably by putting her foot on the mantle piece when she buttons her shoe.
Year: 1876

w We are informed by postmasters the fol- where they have been regularly receiving THE NEWS. and as they did not notify us of their change of post-oface. and are in arrears to the amounts placed parallel with their names we pub fish their only address known to us, and if any of our readers know of the whereabouts of any Of Is it exactly HONEST treatment. to receive news paper till several dollars due, and then leave the postmaster to inform us the paper Is not re- ce ived, and the subscriber gone, nobody knows wheres The following have done this: Does
Year: 1876

THE KELLEY MoToR,-So little has been said about the Keeley motor that many doubtless have supposed that it had become an exploded idea. The Philadelphia Press however, in what IS apparently the report of an interview, announces that the inven- tion has been perfected and will probably be exhibited during the month at the Gen. tennial exposition. The person interviewed would set no tune for the exhibition. but gave the 18th inst. as the latest date upon which the great discovery would first ap- pear in it's perfection before the public This person said in regard to the progress made: We have found that solid wrought iron blocks, when forged together, car be bored out to form the necessary cubes and cylinders, and we have now a machine made in this way which has stood hydro static pressure of thirty-five thousand lbs. to the square inch The motor stands now about eight feet high, and is three feet wide in its greatest breadth.
Year: 1876

To SAVE THE DRUNKARD.-Rev. B. E. Hale's essay on temperance, tread before the Christian Union of Boston, is much com mented on, and seems to have been an un- usually able paper. It discourses the rela- tions of law to temperance and the power of moral suasion, and'speaking of the duty toward those attempting to reform he re- marks as follows:

 'To arrest intemperance we must substi- tute some other quickener or stimulus for the accustomed physical stimulus of liquor. Else we leave the house swept and garnish- ed-but alas! empty-and the devil, who has gone, comes and peeps in and finds it empty, and returns with seven other devils, worse alas, than the first. The stimulus needed in our social order IS what will call social stimulus. Every temperance movement should ai D at supplying social stimulus where the stimulus of the bar room has been taken away. Do not make a man take the pledge and then leave him alone, breeding over it. Let him see, on the other hand, that the moment he made that determination he rose to higher and more spiritual social grade. Surround him with frierds, with music, with good books, with good talk. Let him see and know what it is to live largely, truly and in the elevating company of other men. In our New England society we have no organizs- tions so well fitted to take this duty in hand as the organizations of our churches. Here I am not speaking of the duty of their min isters. In truth, this is line of duty in which they do not largely excel. They are called to service so varied that they have hardly the time. It may be that their edu- cation has made them scholastic or ungen- ial in manner. The more the pity if it have. But for the conscientious members of their churches this is present duty. To young men or young women just wakened to the sense of Gods presence and of Sa- viour's love, here is the answer to the i'm mediate question, What am to do say I love God-how am to show it?' say the first answer is: You are to make this village, or this parish, more cordial, more social, more intimate, more Christian in its intimacies. As member of Christ's church you are to see that strangers have real welcome; that amusement, instruction and society are at the hands of everyone within our reach. The night that a poor repentant throws down the glass in sa loon, resolved never to enter there again, il is to be the night when he is made welcome at your vestry, at your union. at your cha

 rade party, at your concert, at your lecture

 at your theatricals. at your home.' This is

 the special business intrusted in our order

 to the church, and it is the business ir

 which the younger people in the church

 have more power than any other."
Year: 1876

Tho change in the weather was most op-
perfume at Joliet, for 1t enabled the people Of
TINT city to witness yesterday fine street
parade Of various bodies Of Knight Templars,
who were present in connection with tie an
nual inspection and reception Of Joliet Com
ruauderY No l.
Year: 1876

A letter to the Troy Times says:
The peculiar misfortune of a woman
thus gifted is that she is separated by
her genius from general society.
This is a penalty which all such per-
sons feel keenly. There are few men
who are sufficiently her equals in tai
ent to command respect. Then as for
love matters it may be asked, who is
there that would fall in love with such
lioness Let none envy her that de-
gree Of talent which must cause per-
petual DISSOLUTION. If Miss Dickinson
ever marries it must be an act Of con-
descension Women of talent, when
they take a husband, must view him
as the weaker vessel" Mrs. Sigour.
ney was in her day noted poet but
who ever heard of Sigourney? lie
was merely Hartford carpet dealer,
unknown beyond the limits of the
trade. Jenny Lind threw herself
away upon an inferior fellow, whose
name she has been compelled to wear


and Mrs. Stowe has always ranked
above her excellent husband, the prof
essor; aud also that famous tragedinne
Mrs. Siddons. There must have beer
u Mr.. Siddons. but though he was 6
clever player he was in the grandeur
Of his wife. Nobody ever heard o
Sidlons except as a small piece o
masculinity attached to wonderful
woman.
Year: 1876

: E@ They were sitting together, he and she, and he was arduously thinking what to say. Finally be burst out with: In this land of noble achievements and undying glory, why is it that women do not come moro to the front; why Is 1t that they do not climb the ladder of fame ? I suppose, sad she, putting her finger in her mouth, it

 is all on account of their pull backs And tbep she sighed and he sighed, side by side.
Year: 1876



 With the close of this day CTuesday) the American republic completes it's first hun dred years. Its growth from thirteen sparsely settled colonies to thirty-eight states, numbering not less than 44,000, 900 people, is the most marvellous fact of our time. It is difficult to comprehend the as- founding progress that has been made since the little Congress at Carpenters Hall for mally resolved to cut loose from the do- minion of Great Britain. We read in the annals of tke Old World of buildings that have existed for thousand years, and mar vel at their antiquity, but the mind refuses to grasp the significance of the creation of a great nation in one-tenth of that time. Perhaps the nearest approach to compre- hension of this wonderful growth may be gained by recalling the fact that there are persons living in Connecticut who were born before the Declaration of Independ- ence, and whose life covers the entire pe- nod during which this great nation has been gathered together. Many fla Yorable circumstances have contributed to the success we now justly celebrate. The last half of the century has been marked by the most astounding progress in the me chanic arts. The application of steam to land and water transportation revolution ized the business of the world. The reduc- ton of the passage from Europe to eight or ten days stimulated the most remarkable emigration in the worlds history. After more than one hundred and fifty years of colonial existence the strength of the thir- teen original states was but little over three millions all told. Steam changed the whole problem. The oppressed peoples of Flu rope rushed across the ocean to occupy the freedom of this broad land. And the enc is not yet. There is in this romantic his tory good reason for boosting, and the universal Yankee nation may be excused for little egotisn. Not only has the re public outlived the predictions of the croak CTS who thought popular government coult not stand, but it has grown in everything that makes nation great and; respectable Our government is as well established am strictly obeyed as that of any other coun try; 1t has outliyed many that were Hour ishing in Europe when it came into exis ence. Our progress in the arts and sciences in literature and all that distinguishes civil :zation from barbarian, has been as marked as our material growth. In many thing we are fully abreast of the ancient peopl of Europe. We have not had time to cu tiYate the purely intellectual, at least not t our own satisfaction; but we print nor books and read more newspapers than an other country, and the next hundred year will witness progress in the higher walk of life, perhaps equal to the astounding at vancement ln material wealth.

 With rich and prosperous country with government strong enough to rept any invader; with schools and colleges an churches all over the land, the America has right to feel proud, to throw out banner and fire salute. Hartord Post
Year: 1876

An apparatus has been attached to the rear of the pay car used on the middle di- vision of the Pennsylvania railroad, which is expected to be of important service to the officers of the road when on tours of in. spection. A roll of white paper, 700 feet in length, encircles cylinder, from which it is paid out at the rate. of three feet to the mile run by the car, its forward movement being regulated by the revolutions of the nearest axle under the car. A lead pencil placed about the centre Of the paper indi- oates by it's mark the condition of the track. The more uneven the track the len ger will be the mark which the pencil will make. Another way of showing the in- specting parties that the track is uneven i! by horizontal piece of iron or steel. .whict oscillates like the pendulum of clock al the train moves. When very defective point is reached, the pendulum comes ir contact with piece of metal on each side circular in shape, and creates sound lik' that of bell. This new invention is ex- pected to work much more satisfactorily than the telegraph apparatus formerly il operation.
Year: 1876

tITOm bno OOmmeICiul AuV6TuSot.l


A California paper compliments tho westchester
Polo Club which has done much introduce horsc-
manshp In its true meaning and TO nstil desire
excel In the art The paper adds-"The country
which produces the best polo players will in OF
necessity, produce the best cavalry In tho world 4"
We will expect to cavalry regiment this city
OF the Polo Club. II IL true, doubt. that
good polo players would make grand cavalry officers
Tor not only most Of the different sabre cuts, TO-
gciher with original notions used In this game,
but from tho continual melee. the rushing to and
fro, stopping aud starting turning around and
around and the continual changing OF position in tho
saddle OF the player gives them that seat that gentle
men In the cities cannot otherwise acquire. We have
the magnificent Seventh regiment made up OF the
sons Of the best families In New York-a regiment
that furnished regiment OF otiicsrs during the late
civil war. Why not have a cavalry regiment made up
OF tho material as the Seventh regiment. What
a magnificent regiment the westchester Polo Club
might organize aud what magnificent military feat
such q regiment would make. "ft would be a
thing Of beauty and Joy forever" IL s for the
Wcstchcster Polo Club to give the most magnificent
cavalry regiment IN tho world
Year: 1876

Several hundred members Of tho sporting fraternity
met yesterday in the yard OF ono OF the slaughter
houses the New Jersey Railroad. near Communi-
paw, 10 witness cooking main between Long Island
and New Jersey fowls. Each sido showed fifteen
BIRDS and it agreed that all coming within lbs.
o. and 8 lbs or should nght Tho betting st tho
start favor OF New Jersey, 500 to SIS. Tho
heavy weights OF the DIVISION were hrst brought Ia.
In the hrst battle, alter severe struggle OF threo
minutes, Long Island vas victorious. The second
battle was between Two Ine BIRDS, each weighing s
lbs Or THIS, too, was won by the Long Island rep
rescntative The third battle q and was
won by the New Jersey bird. In the iourth
battle both sides pitted line fowls The
night lasted nearly six minutes and by Long
Island. The score now stood three for Long Island
and for New Jersey. Tho betting turned in iavor
OF Long Island by sIight odds The nth battle was
again by the Long Island iowi after hard fougnt
struggle. The sixth, seventh and eighth battles were
Ny the New Jersey represc ntatives amid much
excitement This made record iour Tor Long Island
and four Tor New Jersey. Tho ninth battle was won
BY New Jersey In the tenth light the light weights Of
the division were brought forward. and Il proved
OF the severest battles Of the man, lasting fully eight
minutes and was eventually won by the Long Island
bird Intense excitement followed As tho scoro stood
hve for Long Island and i've for New Jersey Consid
cradle money was invested tho result. New Jersey
again having the call Both sides plttcd nnc birds,
and after Of -four minutes duraslon,
tho battle Was won by Long Island, thus Winning ak
out VI eleven beAe-A
Year: 1876

DAYTON, Ohio, Dec Is. lss6


Dayton this afternoon and evening bursting her
sides with excitement and enthusiasm was as
premium. The occasion was . social visit OF Gov
ernor Hayes, who his return home
After having paid an Official visit 10 tho
charitable Institutions OF the State. Governor Hayes
arrived in tho afternoon and quietly proceeded TO tho
residence Of Colonel Richard Anderson, on Water
street. II became known throughout the city
that Governor Hayes was here. and salute Of lss
guns fred in his honor.


Al seven O'Clock In tho evening procession was
and preceded by tho Fourth Regiment Band
marched TO the house OF Colonel Anderson


SPEECH OF GOVERNOR HAYES


The Governor responded as fo,lows:-


MY FR,sxDs-l will not detain you longer than four
five minutes here = short
visit TO your beautiful city OF Dayton, not
on any political mission or TO talk
any OF the political questions OF the remarkable
canvass that has just been closed understand that
these greetings hero tonight much in honor
OF as ON account OF tho peculiar interest," tnat Is
felt in the present condition OF the country. In tho
excitement that has pcrvadcd beoro and since the
election people OF ardent semperaments have said
and done things that are indiscreet, but As the
excitement subsidies begin Il return our better
wisdom and judgment have too much faith In the
saving common sonso OF tho American people TO
think that they dosiro to In their country
the result which the Lawful authorities shall arrive
you and will quietly submit, and have sufficient
respect confidence in tho great majority Of the
opposition party TO believe that they will do the same.


was glad to see in . paper this evening article
from the London Times respecting the condition OF this
country such state OF affairs said, '.could not
anywhere slso IN the world Tho entire area OF
tho country agitated by the uncertain issue Of
political condct. yct not shot hred,
not man lied; no breaches OF tho
peace" wo have this Centennial year
tho wonders OF our growth displayed In the exhibition
Of agricultural and mechanical arts. and We ara now
Afforded an opportunity OF giving TO the world
ample OF the value of republican government


In speaking to you this evening have referred
without previous thought TO what must have occurred
TO every Of standing here, and take my leave
Of you with tho acknowledgment Of this
expression OF your friendship ana good will
Year: 1876

by q great effort that even tne


Democratic party can restore this
noble Office to its proper place 1t can
be done if we nominate TIlDKN or
some man of equally high character,
some man whose name alone will be
taken by the country as a guarantee that
the Democratic party Is sincere in Its
professions of reform, some man whose
name would stand out we'll in the broad
sunshine of the Centennial year. We
want no demae ogues this time. Give US
a statesman, of the JEFFERsoNIAN type,
for example.


The JEFFERsoNIAN test has gone into
retirement of late. Indeed, with the
GRANT test in full working order, it was
crowded entirely out OF existence. SIS
he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful
to the Constitution" These queries sound
like voices from the tomb. "Is he rich?
Has he made me presents2 Does he be-
lieve in q third term?' These have
beer the heads OF the GRANT test that is
shortly TO pass away. The Demo-
cratic party will see to it that some
statesman is elected President, who is
not only honest and capable himself,
and learned IN the Constitution, but who
will have men in his council who are
also honest and capable and will be
faithful to the Constitution. Just here
it may be we'll enough to suggest that
President who knows something
about the Constitution would be
good thing to have. The
recent message of General GRANT veto
ing the bill reducing the Presidents SAL
ary showed that he could hardly have
read, much less remembered, the Consti
tuition of the United States. He refer
red number of times to the rates fixec
ain the Constitution" for the salaries OF
the President and members of Congress
evidently in ignorance of the fact that
the salaries were fixed by law and not by
the Constitution!
Year: 1876

Had the American government entered
earlier upon the policy of disarmament
which General Crook put in practice in the
case of Red Clouds band, the country would
have been saved the expenditure OF much
blood and treasure. This policy has been
time and again urged on the authorities at
Washington by the military officers having
known reason was until lately received with
coldness and Indifference. Yet wherever
it has been tried it has succeeded admirably.
1t is only few years since the wild Apaches
and Arapahoe tribes were the terror of the
Southern frontier, but since their disarma-
ment by General Miles they have been rs
peaceful as lambs, and are even said to be
making steady progress toward civilization.
With this example to guide US, as we'll as
the dictates Of common sense, there ought
to be no pause in the good work. When
ever Indians are under the protection of the
United States they should be compelled to sur
render absolutely their arms until tomahawks
become as scarce among the Indian tribes as
spades and shovels are to-day. We do not
at all approve of the proposition made by
Spotted Tail of sending a portion OF his
young men with Crook. The army ought to
be able to do its own scouting, and the last
summers campaign showed clearly that very
little reliance could be placed on Indian
scouts. Let Spotted Tails young men give
up their arms and put on the garb Of peace
or be treated like their brothers. The rule
of disarmament should be strictly carried
out. as otherwise abuses will probably creep
in, and after few years we shall find the
whole Sioux nation armed to the teeth again,
and we shall have the same trouble to disarm
them. The army ought to be able to do its
own work, and we hope General Crook will
try to teach the Indians that the white man
can make war on Indians without the aid of
Indian allies The moral effect could not
fail to be good
Year: 1876

The REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION
This body met last evening, but transacted
no business beyond organizing, appointing
Committee on Nominations and adjourning
until next Monday. The postponement in
dicates that the several parties opposed to
the regular democratic nominations have
not yet been able to reach a satisfactory IN
derstanding or agree on ticket which they
will all consent to support. The republic
cans do not despair of gaining the co-opera-
ton Of other organizations, or they would
have made their nominations yesterday.
The intervening time will be spent in busy
negotiations. The only noteworthy feature
OF the Convention was the reading of letter
from the venerable Thurlow Weed, resign
ing his place as a delegate on account Of
physical feebleness and admonishing the
Convention to do its work wisely. Mr.. Weed
comedies that the result Of the national con-
test may depend OH the vote Of this city,
which, though not a new opinion, will be
strengthened by his Endorsement.
Year: 1876

In spite Of the misguided opposition Of
portion land justice requires us to say
small though noisy portion) of the news
received great impetus by the reduction Of
price. The gain has already been eleven
thousand, and seems likely to exceed twenty
thousand before the close Of the week.
Some Of the newsdealers are recalcitrant,
but majority Of them accept the situation.
They will recover great part Of their loss
by increased sales. There is no news stand
but will find the sale of the HERALD the most
profitable part of its business, as it has
always been heretofore. reporter gives
lively account Of the visits he made yester-
day to numerous shops on several avenues
at which newspapers are sold and
Of the colloquies he had with the per-
sons in charge. The greater part of
them are selling the HERALD at the new
price, but some are not yet reconciled. Some
are asking four cents Of transient purchas-
ers, and one establishment charges three
and half cents to its regular customers
The public will, Of course, insist on having
the paper at the reduced price, and within o
few days all the dealers will consent to fur
nish it at that price, or rivals will take
away their business. Arrangements have
been made with the out of town railroads
by which passengers get the paper at one
cent reduction from the former price. In
the city cars and the streets the greater part
of the newsboys ask'only three cents Mr.
Brentano, the best known and most popular
dealer in papers and periodicals in the city,
charges only three cents, and arrangements
are nearly completed for giving readers in
the neighboring cities and towns the full
benefit OF the reduction. The experiment
is already great success and threatened
opposition futile.