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Year: 1876

politicians prescription for reform mI"e
"tbe party" so they stepped out for once AZ
least and from the outside served warning.


What happened Why simply this in 1870
tbe noople saw that several very conspicuous
ner.nns he'd fallen out from the Republican
leadership. Mr.. Buffers whip 10 longer
snapped in the House or in the party at home; (;
MIR. Carpenter and Mr. Chandler had retired
from the Senate; other leaders OF less note
had fallen into the background; there were
Cabinet changes, and changes for the better;
Bristow and Jewell and Pierrcpont were
Initiating reforms in their departments,
and Mr.. DelanO was about to retire from the
Interior Department; the call of Gov Ames
of Mississippi for troops was refused; ana
in various directions there were indications
that the Administration and the party hah
learned several things worth knowing within
the wear. 1t was upon the strength oi these tac'5
that the people acted in the elections of 1919
and restored in part to the Republicans what had
been taken from them the year previous. lie
who rims NAV read the lesson in all this. The
Republican party does not need to work up
political capital ont of the ashes of the past or
the dead issllcs Of the war Ii needs only
show disposition to purify itself and get rid
of IFS bad leaders of the men OF plunder
North and South who trade upon It's
good name and its glorious record. 1t
ia strong as It throws them off; and IN no
other way can it regain public confidence and
keep its hold upon power. President Grant
told great truth when he said long time
ago it was time for the party to unload"
1t will holp some when lie gets off himself, to
be sure, but in the mean time there are sew
eral others WHO can Tighten the partys burdens
considerably by either stepping down and out
or by taking special care not to put themselves
forward
Year: 1876

II is now deemed certain that the Rlpubli
cans can with ordinary prudence control the
French Senate, and secure the new Constitu-
ton q fair trial. The signal defeat OF Minister
Buffet likewise adds to their strength, since it
renders his resignation inevitable as soon at
least as the Assembly meets.
Year: 1876

United States bookkeeping proves as puz-
cling to lawyers as to laymen. In case tried
yesterday, in the United States Circuit Court


the defendants counsel objected to the evil
dence furnished by the Treasury accounts, on
the ground that they were full of errors and
quite untrustworthy. Serious as was this
statement there was apparent proof of it, for
the counsel proceeded to show the jury that
Year: 1876

TIE New York Tribune of Yesterday in
m editorial headed Little States to the
Front" pays the following compliment tc
the small States Of the union, including
Delaware and its worthy Senator Thoma.
F. Bayard There is no State in tie
Union so small or ubimportant that it may
not have candidate, or perhaps two, for
thePresidency or Vice Presidency. There's
no law, written or unwritten, to hinder
any State from cherishing the hope that
the highest Offices in the nation may be
filled by her favorate sons. Here, for in
stance, is Delaw are, with candidate for
the Democratic nomination for President in
rhe person of Senator Bayard, and the party
might go further and fare very much worse.
1t is encouraging to see tho small States
coming to the front with their candidates.
just as clipper and hopeful as though they
were keystones and all that sort of thing.
It indicates belief, in the small States at
any rate, that caedidatss for President and
Vics-President may be nominated on their
merits. and not on account Of the number
Of electoral votea they can carry. 1t may
be a delusion,bu it is pleasing one. Any
ons Of the gentlemen named would fill the
Presidential Office better than-but corn.
parisens are odious. Let the little States
step up then and act as though they
had 4 chance"
Year: 1876

| THE EXECUTION OF WOMEN IN FRANCE
wIFE's LAST REQUEST.


Paris Correspondence ofthc London Telegraph
| Sophie dauthier had been found


guilty Of a horrible crime she had killed
! all her children by means of pins.


which she stuck into their brain. The


death Of this revolving criminal recalls


few interesting facts connected with


the execution OF woman in France


Since 1910, nine women have been


executed, and they all met their death


man and woman were executed at


Chartres for having murdered their


parents. In those days the guillotine


was not the horribly neat and compact


little instrument that 1t Is now there


were steps to ascend before coming into


contact with the executioner. When the


criminal couple reached the foot of the


scaffold the woman said 81 should


like to embrace my husband before
dying. Pray unite my hands; you can


tie them again Immediately after


wards" This supreme wish was re-


luctantly granted, for it was contrary


to the regulations. Her hands were no
sooner free than she gathered up all
her strength, and gave her husband a
ringing box on the ear According TO
custom, she was the first to suffer the
extreme penalty of the law. Before the
man had recovered from the stunning
blow she had dealt him, her head had
fallen into sawdust.


Another woman, who created great
sensation at the time, was Virginie
Dozen, who had murdered her husband
and two children. She was only twenty
five years of ago, wonderfully beautiful,
and belonged to one Of the best fam
lilies OF France She had not the slight
est fear Of death, and the moment the |
sentence was passed she sent letter to |
the Emperor, begging that there might |
be no delay in carrying it out. Prison |
life and the loss of her long black hair
produced much more disagreable |
Impression upon this delicate woman
than the sight OF the hideous chopping
block and knife. Many summary
executions OF women took place when
the regular troops entered Paris during
the insurrection. / remember seeing
one of the advanced Republican ladies
placed against the wall behind the
Great Northern Railway station. She
had Just been taken with recently
fired rifle in her hand and standing by
the side OF q dying sentry. Did you
shoot this man?" inquired the officer,
to the writhing body of the
sentry. 81 did," was the reply, "and
I am only sorry that did not see you
before, as you were better worth the
trouble" Two minutes afterward she
was lying on her face with twelve
bullets in her body. Death had been
her victim, the soldier,
lived two hours after her, and expired
IN horrible pain,
Year: 1876

The Democratic press begins to see
that the party majority in Congress is
liable to put its foot in it every time it
touches the currency question, and Is
advising the adoption of the passive pol
icy. Thus, the Baltimore Gazette says :
that Congress can do with the question
Of finance is to do nothing at all. AS 1t
stands, the Republican party OF the last
Congress is responsible for the resump-
ton act. Let it have all the glory Of it {;
and so far as it is unpopular that party
will bear the odium so far as it is popu-
lar the Democratic party will be cen
sured for any change that is made in it,
even if it should be to better it by fixing
an earlier date for resumption and ar
ranging the necessary details upon a
sound and sensible plan. No plan that
can be devised will be so good that the
Republican press and speakers will not
argue and declare it to be a disguised
scheme Of imitation"
Year: 1876

Three thousand .tiVe hundred and
torty-nine dollars for signing bonds,
for leaving his autograph among us i,
S23,681 SO in all, to say nothing of the
money received by him for indexing. A
pretty good nest egg for man who
could not tell where he came from, and
the Lord only knows where he has gone
to-whence he cometh or whittier he
goelh. "a voice, he is brakesman on
the Missouri Pacific.) The only wonder
is that he did not make brakesmen out
of the people of the whole county of
Lafayette, or breake them! Now what
have been the expenses of the county
under both parties:
Year: 1876

Ordered, that Mark l.. DeMOtte be and he is
hereby directed TO pay into the county treasury
OF Lafayette county the aum OF twenty dollars;
that being the sum ascertained, by the court,
to be in the hands OF said DeMOtte as funds
placed there by one David Phifer. man of
color, who died ut the county poor farm; and
that the clerk of this court notify the said Mark
L. DsMotte by delivering him u copy of this
Year: 1876

The muddle about finance is fast be-
coming quite serious. The fractional cur
rency is rapidly disappearing and the sill
yer intended to take its place does not
make its appearance. Already currency
is at premium in Philadelphia, and if
something is not speedily done by Con-
gress we will see once again shinplasters,
postage stamps, and all sorts and kinds Of
tokens. This is matter about which it
were wise for business men, in every Con-
gressional district of the United States, to
write to their Representative, plain let
ter, telling him to fool no more:-or play
the role Of statesman, but to vote for any
measure that will ensure to the people
enough Change" to enable them to trans.
act their business, and to save them from
brokers and shinplasters.
Year: 1876

The hatred of the Californians for the
Chinaman is so very great as 10 cause
them to do very contemplate things. In
order that the superior race might have
undue advantage in order to enable it to
vanquish its interiors; a tax Of fifteen cents
was put on every twenty five cents charged
by the Chinese laundrymen and women.
The Supreme Court Of California has had
the honesty and firmness to decide, in
spite of great public clamor, that this piece
Of petty legislative persecution is uncon.
stitutional. The law was mean endeavol
to force an odious and most unjust dis
elimination against class of persons
who do certain kinds of work best and
cheapest in order to favor another cla>s
who cannot do it as we'll or cheaply. The
edict was one against fair play, and an
abandonment of the noble American motto
"a fair field and no favor" The object o
the law was to prevent "Mongolian' com
petition from driving white men and wo
men out of the business of washing clothes
which if it had been enforced would have
made washing about 60 per cent. dearer il
the Golden State than it naturally woulc
be. 1t was the most contemplate piece
of legislation ever passed by an American
legislature.
Year: 1876

The amount of accommodations Phila-
delphia will be able to afford to Centennial
visitors is immense. One year ago the
total hotel capacity Of that city was esti-
mated at about twelve thousand guests.
Since then all the places Of public enter
tainment have been remodeled until the
same hotels can now accommodate about
eighteen thousand. To these may be
added the innumerable hotels and houses
Of accommodation in the neighborhood Of
the Centennial grounds, which can stow
away many thousands in lots of from one
to five hundred. On the grounds and IN
the vicinity of the Exhibition are many
new and full-grown hostelries, one Of
which is the largest in the world. In the
city new hotels have 'een put up at Broad
and SAMSON, Fortieth and Poplar, Forty
second and Viola, Twenty-ninth above
Poplar and Poplar from Twenty eighth
and Twenty ninth, Broad and Allegheny
avenue, Seventeenth and diamond, Iwen-
ty-ninth and Aspen, and ton Eleventh
between Somerset and Cambria. The
restaurants on the Centennial grounds
alone have dining capacity for two
hundred thousand guests. Every town
within twenty miles Of Philadelphia is
~ prepared for the overflow of Centennial
visitors. In the towns along the lines
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad, Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad;
North Pennsylvania Railroad and the
New Jersey Railroads. With all these
there will be bed and board capacity


one hundred and Fifty Thousand guests. y
Year: 1876

WEDNESDAY next, the 10th instant, has
been made legal holiday in Pennsylvania
by the Legislature of that State. The
measure is an eminently proper one, as the
city ofPhiladelphia will be topsy -turvey on
that day of the opening of the great Exhi-
bition and the transaction of ordinary busi-
ness will be quite out Of the question.
Year: 1876

II the United States Senate regrets the
impeachment trial of Belknap, it will be
because of it bringing up issues that
would impeach many other ex-officials be-
side Belknap. There are quite q number
of ex-gentlemen who could be impeached
at any time by Congress that is inclined
to investigate the past. Some of them are
trembling in their boots.
Year: 1876

In India, where it is often quite impossj


Die to obtain good water, there is kind OF
provision of Providence for the purifying oi
impure and muddy water, which is WORTHY
OF notice. Were it in America, 1t might he
called institution, $50 common is its use


1t Is seed, which on being rubbed again
and again on the inside of the common
earthen water pots of the country. has the
power of precipitating the earth and impu-
rites leaving the water tolerably clear. and
TO degree suitable for use. During onr
ltlnerancy Of two weeks we have had occa-
sion almost constantly to use the yerv re-
pulsive tank water of the country thus M
rlhed. At only one OF our encampmenrs
nave we had well water, ,and then the natives
much preferred common surface or tank
water to this. Habit, usage and custom are
omnipotent in India, and many wears must
pass before Hindoos will learn that their
purifying seed does not remove the poison
Gus taint, that produces fever and cholera


ana Goes nothing to destroy animal life
that brings the very common and trouble-
some Guinea worm, SO often making life
almost or quite burden. 1t is a source of
satisfaction to us that this purified water is
rendered harmless by boiling, and there is
OF course, as much more urgent reason for
tne use OF "the cup that cheers but does
not inebriate, 'than can be found where one
has access to "the old bucket" of former
times and happy memory Missionary
Letter.
Year: 1876

Custom House Inspector McCort sozed Eve barrels OF
smuggcd and quantity OF honey in Brooklyn
yesterday


SPECIAL Treasury Agent Tngle is stopping at the
Astor House and investigating the Mason Hirsch
enue frauds He sent here by the Secretary OF
the Treasury. If the Secretary OF tho Treasury
sents to release OF the goods Custom House officials
here will the worthless character Of Custom House
oaths for the future Collector Arthur insists that the
law shall take Its course Although the goods when
seized we're valued by the appraisers at the seizure
room at 80 00O IL Is alleged that Customs Appraiser
Kelly, at the Cunard wharf was In favor OF passing
them free OF duty II is reported that Treasury Agent
Tnglc wall investigate


A large number OF goods we're removed from the
seizure room yesterday 10 public auction where


largo quantity OF cigars, lace, &c, TO bo sold
tho "a OF February.
Year: 1876

Mcciernan OF the Eleventh precinct, noticed him
rapidly beading toward the river at the foot OF fin
street. and following him, just barely succeeded IN
preventing him from jumping into the water. After
desperate struggle the officer overpowered MN anu
took him TO the station house. He there expressed
dosiro 10 kill himself and when taken TO court yestsr
day morning reiterated his wish TO die saying that ne
tired or life and would accomplish his purpose az
the first opportunity. He SAID he had wealthy Ile1qs
and relatives this city and well on himself ne
perslsently refused TO say why he attempted TO XIII
himself He committed to the care OF the Com
missoners Of Charities and Correction.


The would be suicide is o Of fine personal ap,
pearance and intelligence. He dressed well ana
had considerable jewery upon his person.
Year: 1876

The suit OF the heirs OF the cowenhovcn estate
against the city Of Brooklyn has just been concluded
in the Kings County Supreme Court before justice
Gilbert Proceedings Of ejectment begun against
the city by fencing in part OF Atlantic avenue and
tearing up the track Of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad
Company. compromise effected, aud the
was brought before the supreme Court The property
In litigation Is situated on Atlantic avenue, including
norton Of the thoroughfare about eighty feet In
width the whole valued at 500 0oO The property was
seized by the city and an action was begun for the ro
covcry of sl0O 900, the value OF the land The Jury
Yesterday rendered verdict for the plaintiffs for the
uh amount OF the claim. This was the third trial Of
EniL
Year: 1876

The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Transcript gOssipS after this
fashion: Had the leaning spire of the
Metropolitan Church suddenly fallen,
crashing out the late diScOrd of its
chimes, it would never have startled SO
much as the announcement of Senator
Christiancy's marriage. The old gen
tleman has moved about so like a shad-
ow, dropping his head in deep medita-
ton, sitting quietly at his desk during
the hours of Senatorial work, and never
once suggesting to any observer that in
that slender frame there could be any
hiding place for romantic ideas. But
when Senator Christiancy returned from
the holiday recess, fate sent him back
to procure rooms at ChOate's, on In
diana Avenue. ROOming in the same
house was a demure little Deity Dimple
of a damsel, with innocent blue eyes,
fair hair, waving back from a fairer
forehead, and a general suggestiveness
Of reliability. She had a way of curling
herself up in great chairs or nesting in
sofa corners that was very charming,
so the grave Senator turned from alb
struse political cOnundrums with an
indulgent smile, to watch the young
lady. Fate chuckled and made
opportunities for frequent greetings
that should involve handclasps, and the
thing was done. Don't you know how
much there is in the merest touch of q
velvet palm? So, when our Senator
took in his own that warm, soft little
morsel of Miss Lilies, there crept
through all his nerves a little thrill, so
delicious that, like Oliver Twist, he in
voluntary asked for ''mOre )" then grow
ing still more coyetOus, he wanted the
sole right to the aforesaid little hand,
and in month from the time they met,
the momentous question had been asked,
and answered with a sweet, shy ''yes."
That was two weeks ago, but nobody
guessed the secret. The little maiden
went daily to her duties in that fOrlOrn
division of the Treasury known as Nc
Cartee's Bureau till the 1st of February;
resigning then, she has only spent a
week in preparing to join the Senatorial
circle, and this morning there was
quiet wedding, making of Miss Lille
Lugenbeel Mrs. Judge Christiancy!
about as much difference in the relative
social position as in the age of the high
contracting parties, for the Judge Is "a
and his bride not yet 20. There are six
children by the former wife, who only
died nine months ago.
Year: 1876

| Lucy III. Hooper writes from Paris to


the Philadelphia Telegraph: Large
| baskets filled with snails are now to be


seen in the windows of the fruiterers


and the green-grOcers. The edible
snails of France appear to be OF pc
culiar species. They have all shells of
a pale gray hue and vary in size from
that of small English walnut to that
of filbert. The best and most recherche
qualities come from the wine-growing
districts that produce the Bordeaux
wines. Horrible, Shiny little beasts
tat they are. how can any civilized
being pretend to eat such nasty crea-
tures2 An American gentleman, whom
| met lately at a dinner party, gave me
an amusing account of the sutferings tO
which his politeness towards snail
eating party once exposed him. lie
was on visit to a French family resid-
ing in the country near Bordeaux. His
host was in anticipation of a visit from
some friends who were extremely fond
of Snails, and he wished to prepare for
them a treat in advance. SO n large
number of snailS were procured, and
were plentifully supplied with fresh
vine-leayes, while buckets of cold water
were thrown over them every day to
keep them in clean and healthful cOndi-
ton. At last the appointed day, as well
as the expected guests, arrived, the
dinner hour came, and finally the dish
of the occasion was brought in, an inn
mcnSe tureen full of snails in their
shells. 81 did not dare to refuse to take
some," said my informant, "knOwing
how very sensitive the provincial French
are respecting any slight offered to their
manners and customs, etc. | took few
snails on my plate and looked round at
my fellOw-guests to see how they were
going to dispose of the creatures. Each
person was provided with Il small one
prOnged steel instrument like a nut
pick, wherewith they adroitly drew the
animals whole out of their shells and
then popped them into their mouths.
initiated the example set me, and got
the snail well out of its shell and into
my mouth without any trouble. But
once | got the hOrrid creature on my
tongue, | found that it would be impose
sible for me to swallow it. My whole
nature seemed to rise up in revolt
against the Shiny, sickening, unnatural
mOrsel, and | was forced to conceal it
in my napkin" 'What did it tiste
like?'' | queried 81 have not the faint
est idea," was the answer; 81 was so
sickcned and disgusted that all l could
think of was how to get the creature out
of my mouth as quickly as possible
Year: 1876

AYoUNG lady asks: sis it proper for
a gentleman to put his arm around a
young lady's waist when taking her out
for a ride, they not being engaged?n
That depends altogether on the kind of
horse he is driving. If it be hard on
the bit he had better hold the reins with
both hands. A gentle horse is always
the best for drive with lady, how.
ever.-Wdrerly Advertiser.
Year: 1876

Through the misdirection of the en-
velope she was not sure at first that it
came from her husband. So she tele-
graphed to the steamship company to
inquire, and thay sent detective to
Dresden to bring her up to Bremen
haven. She had heard about the great
explosion there and fancied for a while
that her husband had been standing by
and received some injury, but the de-
tective, while concealing the facts of the
case, intimated that Thomas had been
wounded by his own hand. This intelli-
gence increased her anxiety and dismay,
and served to divert her attention from
the curious crowd which gathered at
every station on the route to see her,
Year: 1876

That project or undertaking on
which rest not the approving
''smiles of women begins in fail-
ure and ends in discontinue and
this especially is true, in regard
to temperance. Much Of the good
that has been already accomplished
in this cause, is justly attributed
to the good women of the country
who have at heart the moral and
social interests of the human race.
But, Notwithstanding, woman bas
done so much and SO well, there is
yet large field in which she is
called upon to work vigorously,
earnestly and continually; much
of this field has yet to be touched
by her. Now the question is -
will she be equal to the the task,
and enter boldly upon the hitherto
unoccupied portions of this field,
and there accomplish that amount
Of good that society has reason to
expect from her?


If women as a body would dis
cOuntenance every man who so
far forgets his dignity as to become
beastly intoxicated, and would
spurn him from their society, they
would by this bold step work rev
olutiOns in the conduct of the
young men, especially, that would
be difficult to estimate on account.
its extent. And the advantages
accruing from this reformation
would have so salutary an influence
on society, generally, that they
cannot be comprehended until
they are experienced. A step of
this kind should be taken with
caution and not abruptly; those
that are most addicted to this evil
should first be ostracised in order
that those who have just begun to
tread the paths Of intempeFance,
might see to what danger they are
subjecting themselves, and have
timely warning and flee therefrom.