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Year: 1876

DO you want your future fortold, Brother
Blaine! Well, in regard to your dishonest
bond transactions you will hcnceforth oc-
cupy position very much like Beecher's.
many people will believe in your guilt, many
will doubt, and down by the Kennebec
there will be plenty little fellows, whose
leading strings are firmly pinned to your
political skirts, who will cheer and huzzah
YOU with sufficient energy to keep your
spirits up. You will fail to redeem your
promise to secure for Hayes 10000 ma
iority in Maine in November. You will also
fail to obtain place in the next cabinet, for
the next cabinet vii. be Democratic. But
you will 60 before the Maine Legislature
next January as candidate for Morrill, S
seat in the Senate and you will get it, for
YOU took care of that before you went in for
bigger game. In the senate your smartness
will appear in clearer light, but to worse
advantage, than in the more turbulent House
Your ability and your audacity will make
YOU prominent as long as you remain in
politics but as for Presidential aspirations
you might as well give them up now and
forever. The one opportunity of your life
has passed. You fought vigorously, Broth


er Blaine, but you did not win. You viii


never reach the White House.
Year: 1876

berlin Correspondence Trade KevieW.J


The other day lady had hat sent home
from a milliner's, and put it on to take a
drive. On her return she was very much
surprised, and not little alarmed, to find a
painful, and by no means ornamental, erup
tion covering her forehead. As her hat was
well forward, it occurred to her that that
mipht have connection with the cutaneous
difficulty, and so she had the lining stuff
analyzed by chemist. The dye stuff was
found to be very poisonous.
Year: 1876

Many remedies have been sug-
gested to prevent dogs from suck
ing eggs, but rs good plan as any
is to put something into an eggshell
that will burn the dogs mouth, and
in future he will have no taste for
eggs or anything that looks like
them.
Year: 1876

WELL KNOWN JEwELRY MERCHANT MYsTE-
RroUsLY BURNED TO CRISP IN HIS STORE.
NEW HAVEN, May 2.-Early this morning
the Fire Department., in response to an
alarm, proceeded up Chapel street, when,
opposite Exchange Building, they discover
ed smoke issuing from the windows of
Alfred l. Bethells jewelry store. There
was strong smell of burning cloth, and
the Fire Marshal ordered his men to break
into and enter the building.


A SITTING CORPSE.


This required the work of few moments
only. and resulted in finding the body of
Mr. Bethel in the rear of the store, seated
in chair near the stove, burned almost to
a crisp. The body WAS instantly removed
to the sidewalk and a stream of water
turned upon it, but every effort to recusci-
tate it was unavailing. Later it was re-
moved to the Morgue, where it was inspec-
ted by DR.. Anderson, who pronounced life
extinct. Tho left breast and side were hor-
ribly burned and charred, the abdomen
bloated as if exposed to intense heat, and
every shred of clothing wss In cinders. In
dications pointed to the fact that deceased
had come to his death some hours before
the fire alarm was sounded.


MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.


AnoIo E6olub W 10 uuCu uOuBb DIS W ga
actly how Mr.. Bethel met his death. On
Monday morning he went to his store as
usual; but, complaining Of feeling faint,
was conveyed home in carriage. Toward
night he returned and expressed himself
as in good physical condition. He was seen
by several friends, in the evening, and ap-
peared to be in usual good spirits. In the
opinion of some, MIR. Bethel died of heart
disease while seated in his chair that a
cigar which he had been smoking had fallen
from his fingers and ignited his clothing,
with the sad result as above. 1t is believed
that the fire did not produce suffocation,
and that he died without suffering.


POSSIBLE SUICIDE.


Mr.. Bethel was widely known and highly
respected as a merchant and citizen. He
was member of tho Masonic fraternity,
and had attained his thirty second degree
in that order. His age was about forty
years.


The finding of pistol near the chair
where the boiy was found would seem to
indicate suicide, So one barrel Of the pistol
had been discharged, but at the inspection
Of the body no wound of any kind produced
by bullet was found, nor was there any
| blood to be seen,
Year: 1876

under the efficient management OF Messrs Tut
Fox, who will offer every accOmmodatiUn Of a first
class livery The Inspection and patronage Of the
public is respectfully invited


my9Sins GEO A. WILMINGTON
Year: 1876

A small quantity of either sulphate of
iron, tannin, or chlorate OF potash, put
dry upon the tongue, and allowed to dis
solve there, once in every hour, have all
been found to be most efficient rem
edies in the early stages of diphtheria.
This terrible disease appears under three
varieties of forms 1st. There is a
fever, severe pains in the back, bones
and limbs, and very great prostitution.
There may be no soreness OF the throat,
but, on examining it, small white specks
will be noticed on the tonsils, but few
or none on the rest of the throat. These
cases will recover under any and every
variety of treatment in four to six days.
The great, but false, reputation of many
remedies and physicians is based upon
the necessarily favorable results of these
cases. I'd. Large patches OF false
membrane will be observed, both on the
tonsils and back of the throat; but the
glands OF the neck do not become swol-
len. The majority of these cases will
also recover under very simple treat
ment, unless the disease extends down to
the wind-pipe, which it rarely does. 3D..
True malignant diphtheria, with swelling
of the glands of the neck and under the
jaw; profuse and often offensive exuda-
tons in the mouth and throat; more OF
less discharge from the nostrils.
Chlorate of potash is disinfectant as
well as curative remedy, and, if given
pure and dry upon the tongue, every
hour, night and day, will rarely disap-
point the practitioner. A small dose,
every night, may act as preventive
remedy. Sometimes tannin may be
given more readily than the chlorate oi
potash. The sulphate of iron is rather
more irritant, and must be in smaller
quantities. The main points in the use
of the remedies are to give them dry
upon the tongue, and frequently and
regularly, both by night and day.
Year: 1876

A Bridgeport family were the recip-
tents of a singular visit few days
since. The lady, whose rooms were in
the third story. went into another part
of the house for few minutes, leaving
her infant in the room asleep, and her
pet canary upon the floor under his
cage, enjoying his morning bath. Upon
her return she found in one corner of
the room weasel that had entered
through the window in her absence, and
was engaged in making breakfast Of
the bird. The windows were open, but
the blinds we're closed, and the proba-
bility is that the little animal assembled
a tree near the house and sprang upon
the window-sill, forcing his slender
body through the spaces between the
Stats of the blinds. The weasel was
killed. The old ladies say that the child
would have been the victim had the
bird not been in the heroom.-NeW Haven
Conn. Palladium.
Year: 1876

For sensation of the serio-comic or
der, the town of Saco, Me-, is now pre-
pared to furnish an excellent illustra-
ton. A young man belonging to the
United States navy returned home one
day last week, and, before meeting his
wife, learned that she was about to go to
the Centennial Exhibition with another
man. He Immediately plackened spot
on his breast soft coal, pierced vein
till it bled, proceeded to the
house with revolver in his
hand, eutered the family room with his
bleeding breast exposed, discharged q
revolver under his arm and fell to the
floor as if dead. There was great con-
sternation in the household for a few
moments, which was then followed by q
storm Of indignation at the fright the
man had caused.
Year: 1876

To-day We present to our readers the ad-
vertisement of the Hughes Riding Plow
Company, No. 9Ol North Main street, St.
Louis. The points Of superiority in this
are 1t runs lighter because We hitch di-
rect to the beam, hence no side draft The
driver can see his pillow easily. Turns a
nice square corner without throwing out.
No wheel in the furrow to clog up in sticky
ground. Lays of and finishes up land
with ease. A small boy can Use it, as no
levers are to be handled while piowing.


The farmers can notice the main points
by looking at the cut in another column
This company warrant their plows to cut
and turn from two to four inches more land
with the same draft than any other sulky
or common plow, and to cover weeds per
fectl', no matter how high when weed
hook is attached.


For further information, address Hughes
Riding Plow Company. No 9Ol North
Main street, st. Louis. Farmers cannot do
better than by dealing with this company
for 1t is reliable, straightforward and
honest.
Year: 1876

tertained by men who have got rid of their
Indians. and the other BY men who are
subjected to their atrocities. During the
last eight years, in which the peace policy
has been in force under the present Admin
i.,ration. net less than one hundred and
fifty of the citizens of my State havs been
brutally and outrsgeou-iy butchered. They
were not men who we've invading Indian
reservations; no. men who were engaged in
harsssing the Indian tiibes, but men who
we're in the peaceful avocationr OF lie, who
had every guarantee to maintain peaceful
relations with the Indians, who had their
wives and their children and their property
at the ekirmish line of civilization. By the
operations of this peace policy not less than
one hundred and fifty citizens Of my State
who have been invited thither BY the Gov
ernment itself and assured Of protection
have been massacred, their property de-
stroyed, and their wives and children hur-
ried into q brutal and revolving captivity.


DO YOU suppose that those who have e1-
perienced these bitter results Of the peace
policy of the Quaker system are inclined to
regard it with any particular appreciation !?
Do you suppose that they are inclined to
listen with patience to appeals such as
have been made By the Senator from
Maine? On the contrary, those who have
been wronged and outraged believe, and /,
as their representative, believe that We have
had enough Of this that any change will
he for the better and that the best time to
consider whether this change shall be made
Is now. The Senator goes into eloquent
periods in regard to the necessities Of the
country upon the appropriation bill The
lives and property OF the citizens OF the
frontier are of infinitely more Importance
than appropriation bills; and before l
shall consent te vote more money for the
payment of Indian apnuities, or for the
civilization and Characterization Of the In
dian tribe-, shall insist upon the protec-
tion OF citizens of my State by the transfer
of this Bureau to the War Department, be-
lieving that it at least offers US the promise
of something better in exchange for the
wrongs that we have suffered during the
last eight years.
Year: 1876

Nor disagreeable; hardly more bitter
than lager beer, and much more sstisfacto-
ry and pleasant. Simmons Liver Regu-
lator can be taken at anv time, without
interfering with business or pleasure. 1t is
so gentle, safe, and such a good digester,
that it is often used after hearty meal
to settle the food and relieve any apprehen-
sion that the meal may disagree with you.


d,yNlt
Year: 1876

TIL Wakefield Earth Closet, the advertisement Of
which vii be found in another column, is. without
doubt, the most insenousy constructed eontrivznce
for the use Of DRY EARTH yet offered to the pub
lie. Every family in the land should have an Earth
Closet; besides the comfort and convenience which
they afford they are continual source Of profit To
every cultvsior Of the soil. 1t is impossible to des-
eribe, here the PeculiArties Of the above closet,
but to every one interested the company will send
one of their illustrated pamphlets, on application.
Re sure and write to them.
Year: 1876

those Who have used the household remedy


Ponds Extract, scarcely q family
can be found in which it is not the rule te
keep it constantly on hand. The one diff.
Guilty is that it is 20 valuable in relieving
and curing in almost every accident fam.
lily is subjected to that the medicine is often
exhausted when an urgent and sudden M
for it arises. 1t is ecooomical ~ to price
and important for the greater surety Of hav.
ing it when suddenly needed to buy ths
largest size At Sl.75. This bottle contain
Eve and one-half times - much - the Soc
size. eod6U
Year: 1876

SENATOR BAYARD VERY SEVERE ON FISHER


BE DOES NOT FOLLOW SALISBURY.


Mr. Bayard. in his speech of Saturday
evening, showed that ho did not coincide
with Senator Salisbury in favoring the ap-
pointment of Fisher. He refereed to it as
showing that the Republicans could not or
would not give administrative reform, and
asked ''What do you Republicans think
of that 1t is enough to make every honest
man blush with shame"


At the close of his speech he again re-
ferred to the matter, without mentioning
Fishers name, and said he felt 1t his duty
to oppose the elevation of person of such
antecedents to public place.
Year: 1876

parts of the constitution are sacred, and
must be sacredly observed, the parts that
are new no less than the parts that
are old. The moral and material pros
perity of the Southern States can be most
effectually advanced by hearty and gener-
GUS recognition of the rights OF all by all,
a recognition without reserve or exception.
With such recognition fully accorded it
will be practicable to promote by the lntiu-
ence of all legitimate agencies of the gen
eral government the effort OF the people OF
those States to obtain for themselves the
blessings of honest and capable local gov
ernment. II elected, / shall consider 1T not
only my duty, but it will be my ardent de-
sire o labor for the attainment of this end.
Let me assure my countrymen of the
Southern States, that if shall be charged
with the duty of organizing an admlnlstra
ton, it will be one which will regard and
cherish their truest interests, the interests
of the white and of the colored people both
and equally, and which will put forth It's
best efforts in behalf of a civil policy which
will wine out, forever, the distinction be-
tween North and South in our common
country. With civil service organized
upon system which will secure purity, ex-
perience, efficiency and economy, strict
regard for the pubic welfare
solely in appointments, and the speedy,


thorough and unsparing prosecution


and punishment of all public officers who


betray official truet; with sound currency,


with education unse sectarian and free to all


with simplicity and 'frugallty in public enc
private affaire, aud with a fra erNal spirit q
harmony pervading the people of all sec


tions and classes, we mayssreasonably hope


that the second century of our existence as


nation will, by the blessing Of God, be


pre-eminent as an era of good feeling ant


a period of progress, prosperity and happi


ness. Very respectfully your tellow-citi


zen,
Year: 1876

The weather report is anxiously scanned
about this time, for probabilities of cool
er SPELL The telegram elsewhere, giving
predictions for this afternoon, announces
'higher temperature" for the interior OF the
Middle States, but cooler near the Coast.
This is all right for Wilmington we always
did think people we're foolish who moved
far AWAY from the coast.
Year: 1876

6rH-The Patent A1le is SO constructed that
the bearings are all on the outer and inner
parts of Spindle, causing the Drill to run
lighter to the team, and more steady, than if
bearing was all on center of spindle.


7TH-All we can say for the Putent Guano
or Fertilizer Attachment is that it is the only
one that will sow or distribute properly all
kinds of fertilizers in all conditions.


The BEST also has Patent Hoe Shifter, by
which the Boots can be changed from straight
to zigzag line, or vice versa, while seeding
along. The Grass Seed Attachment is perfect
In fact, it would be impossible to give all the
good and superior points possessed by this
Drill, without occupying too much space.
Suffice it to say, our Drill is just what is
claimed for 1.-THE 6est-AND HAS NO EQUAL


For further information call on any of the
following
Year: 1876

We cannot fail to recur to the singular
tenn which we noticed yesterday. Ten years
ago there were as many uptown lines as
there are to-day, and there are fewer cars on
most of them now than in the beginning.
In the meantime the population of the city
has largely increased and the difficulties OF
transit have grown with the increase OF
population. Overcrowding, always q nui-
sance, has become intolerable, and no
measures have been taken either to prevent
or mitigate the evil. The remedy is q seat
for every passenger-cars enough at all
hours to afford every passenger seat
This the companies must give; volun-
tarily if they will, but compulsorily
if they fail much longer to afford it.
In other cities, notably in Paris, the pub
lie vehicles carry only as many passengers
as they will seat The same rule must be
applied here. The railway companies must
give us more and better cars and devise
means for conveying all the passengers who
desire to be carried. To this end why not
adopt cars after the German pattern and
carry passengers both inside and out 1t is
the idea of the old-fashioned stage coach,
and is equally practicable. A car of this
kind will carry almost as many passengers as
can be packed into one of the unwieldy
things which now traverse our streets, and,
what is more, every passenger may be pro-
vided with seat Which of the companies
will bo first to give us the double-deckers
Year: 1876

gyros into the air and shoots seven times al
these peculiar substitutes for birds, his score
being l, l, l, l. l, l, l. The tableau which
closes this act, the last, represents the tall
figure on horse rampant, with dog couch.
ant, fox leaping over bar sinister, a goose
reversed and gyro pendant. The drama
ends, as we are given to understand, with a
grand transformation scene, representing the
fable of the old man and his son who carried
the ass to market. Sometimes the ass is on
top and sometimes the old man, but as
general rule it is the ass. This effect is en-
blematic Of the moral of the drama.


If this is true abstract of Mr.. Berghs new
play, and the plot is as probable as any OF
the others, there can be no doubt that it will
have great success. Mr.. Bergh will no
doubt emulate the example Of Mr.. Oakley
Hall and play the hero of his own play. No
other actor could do justice to the character.
The public will rejoice to see Mr.. Bergh in
the double role Of author and actor, and we
do not believe the rumor that the useful
society of which he is the President will at
tempt to prevent the performance of the play
by applying to the courts for an injunction.
Year: 1876

Our neighbor, the World with kind of
have a monopoly, tries, by an artful use of
language, to convey to its readers the i'm
preston that the HERALD has renounced,
on behalf of Mr.. Jay, the opinion
that the preamble of the consti-
tuition confers upon Congress authority to
pass the Centennial appropriation. Our
readers know, and the World knows, that
we never took such position, and we made
it plain enough that it was not the position
of Mr.. Jay. The World blundered into
making that unwarranted accusation, and,
on the strength of it, proceeded to tell Mr..
Jay that if the youngest attache of his en-
bassy at Vienna had made such mis-
take he should have had his ears
boxed and been sent home on the next
steamer When we had shown by evidence
which defied refutation that this license Of
abuse was founded on total misapprehen-
sion of Mr.. jays meaning, the World, in
stead Of having the candor to acknowledge
its error and the manliness to withdraw its
insults, coolly assumes that the HERALD has
retreated from an untenable position We
know not by what code of honor or accepted
rule of manners, nor by what standard
of veracity, such course can be justified.
Mr. Jay did, indeed speak of Congress as
having constitutional power to provide for
the general welfare, and the World, quoting
these words, said that the youngest clerk
ought to be punished if he should perpetrate
so fragrant blunder. And now the World
itself is forced to admit that Congress has
such power, as nobody can deny it with
the language of the eighth section of the first
article before him. But it attempts to cover
its retreat by contending that the general
welfare for which that section expressly
authorizes Congress to provide is limited
and defined by the other specific grants OF
power


This is point on which Mr.. jay expressed
no opinion. and the. Worlds argument on it
Year: 1876

them. Mr.. Blaine has aimed at nothing
higher than to make himself conspicuous
by annoying the democrats and putting them
wrong on the record. He was willing that
the Amnesty bill should pass, even though
it included Jefferson Davis, and merely
sought to have the democratic vote Recorded
by yeas and nays on that naked proposition.
For this paltry and pitiful purpose of annoy
ance he did not hesitate to rake open and in
flame the worst animosities of the war,
and parade in all their horror the
most exasperating circumstances of the con-
test reviving memories which all patriotic
men would wish to bury in everlasting
oblivion. A man ''who noble ends by noble
means pursues" would have scorned to tear
open the old wounds of his country for so
ignoble purpose as that of forcing his
political opponents to vote for the amnesty
of Mr.. Davis by name when he had no objec-
ton to the bill passing after he had thus put
speech is display of the same order of
statesmanship-a mixture of demagogism
and political cunning. And yet these two
men are the leading republican candidates
for the Presidency, aside from General Grant.


There has never been period when there
was such a poverty of political genius in
Congress, nor period when first class
ability was more needed. General Banks,
though never great nor always wise man,
has acted more in the spirit of a statesman
than any other member of the present Con-
gress His speech on the Amnesty bill was
altogether the most judicious made in that
debate; but he is outside of both political
parties The party leaders on the democratic
side are weak and divided on the republi-
can side ambitious, reckless and wrong
headed, with no true perception of the
wants of the country or the drift of opinion.
The Presidential contest of the centennial
year seems likely to be one of the most ac-
tive and vehement, and at the same time one
of the most vulgar and debasing, in the his
tory Of our politics.