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Year: 1876

We r-pecttully represent to the political
parties that some care may be wisely shown
in the selection of orators at the great meet
ings of the campaign. We claim the right,
as a religious journal, to criticise the moral
conduct of public men who come as public
teachers into our community. And while
we will in no sense enter into the politics
of the time, We would be unGithful to God
and man not to rebuke and denounce BIAS
phemy and vulgarity wherever it appears
And in this connection We have TO say that
the writer, as tar as he has convictions on
political subjects, is a republican, hut is not
partisan enough to tolerate the ribaldry of
Colonel Ingersoll, who took advantage of
his position last week in Philadelphia, to
assail the faith of the best people in his par
ty and nation, The republican party can
not afford to have the moral and religious
sense of the country outraged in the interest
of atheism and vulgar maligDitH and get
no more than the illogical yaporngs of a
demagogue in return,-Er.
Year: 1876

Beneath the quaint old bridge you hear
The waves make music as they pass;
And winding to the elm tree near
You see the pathway through the grass
Where we were wont to walk, alas
The river wanders aS of old


Beneath the shade OF willow trees;
The sunllt waters CLEAN like gold,
And ripple TO the gentle breeze;
But am far from thee and these!
The sky bends over broad and blue,
And In the soft and mellow light.
You tread the lane our footsteps knew
In former days, when days wcra bright.
Do these day S bring such sweet delight7
And stlll with grass that lane is green;
Wlch fragrant flowers the banks are fair (;
In golden gloss and silver sheen


The bees still haunt the balmy air;
But you viii fail to find me there.
Again, perchance, may not see


The rustllng rows OF willow trees
(Which lent lcafy canopy


When we strulcd underneath at ease y
For l am far IRON thee and these,
our joys forsnke us. Soon does spring
Pass by and for the summer call;
Soon do the birds lose heart to sing,


When fading leaves in autumn fall
And winter Is the end OF all.
Year: 1876

CHOOSING A RULER.-An Eastern pa
per says: We recall vaguely n custom
said to prevail among tribe Of negroes
in the interior of Africa. When the king
dies the heir apparent is first seized by
the people and clothed in the most wretch
cd garments. Then he is seated upon
the ground and the people address him
in the vilest language and treat him to II
perfect shower OF the most abusive terms.
After this they attack him and drive him
through the streets, pelting him with mud
the while and lashing him vigorously
with switches. At the close of this inter
esting performance he is washed, arrayed
in the most gorgeous apparel, treated
with the most lavish courtesy and respect,
crowned with infinite ceremony, n nd tor
ever after implicitly obeyed. This tribe
Is so remote from civilization that only n
few hardy explorers have pene trated its
territory. Hence these negroes must be
acquitted of having deliberately organized
burlesque upon the American system
of choosing q ruler; otherwise it would
be difficult to resist the conviction that
the practice had some such sinister pur
pose,n
Year: 1876

1hE SMALL Boy AT PRAYER.-It is
the hablt Of many preachers to pray
with their eyes open sometimes to see
that their congregations show tho proper
respe t. But AT DR.. Vaughuns lecep-
ton Monday night Gaze was once cited
where preacher was once cured of this
habit. He observed man whose head
was mounted with shock of bInzing red
hair, and he had hi, head eant on the
bench, and very small boy on the op-
po'lIe seat was amusing himself with the
mans hair. He would run one finger
iIto it slowly and ia it out and blow it
rs II it was hot. and then after bit he
kept his finger in the hair aud took it
out and laid it on the bench aud ham.
mered on it with his other fingers as if
the iron was at white heat and he was
cutting it off for horseshoe nails. The
preacher forgot his prayer in spite of
himself, and concluded never again to
keep half M eye open when the devil
could throw such objects in his sight as
that small boy. This is u fact Raieigh
NeioS.
Year: 1876

THEY were talking about emergencies,
and somebody asked mild looking
stranger what he would DO if suddenly
placed in great peril. He said he hardly
knew, but thought he should follow his
usual practice and crawl under the bed -.
The ladies in the party thought he must
bs afraid Of thunder storms, but the men
knew he was married.
Year: 1876

AN Indiana woman recently sent the
following note 10 her husband, who is
serving out three years sentence in
State Prison; Dear Tom Il have OBJ
tanned divorce from you and am about to
marry again. But never mind for when
you come out will run away with you
il you see any way by which we can get
@ living
Year: 1876

WE'VE suspected for some time past
that measures would have to be taken to
check the alarming growth Of the Smith
family. And here now, sure enough, a
Pennsylvania man proposes to exhibit at
the Centennial q "Smith roller aud
crusher. - Boston Globe,
Year: 1876

Yesterday tho atmosphere gained In pressure about
what was lost the day before. There Is avery little
further decline in temperature, and no noteworthy
change in the direction Of the wind the percentage OF
moisture These are better indications for continued
pleasant weather than have been presented for many
days


For this city and vicinity COOL brisk winds and sun
shine with occasional detached clouds may be expected
to-day There Is probability OF more marked coudi
ness and slightly warmer weather tomorrow.
Year: 1876

-Theie seems to be a general Impress
ion that the Senate will fail to impeach the
late See. Belknsp. on the ground that that
body has no jurisdiction over that oficer'
after his resignation.
Year: 1876

There having been expressed very great concern As
to when the vast number Of bets and equally vast
amount OF money stakcd the Presidential election
would he paid, reporter of the HERALD was scnt to
Mr. MorrIssey's last evening for definite inior-
nation. The response that bets would be paid
until tho result s definitely and finally ascertaincd
Year: 1876

About one thousand workingmen met
in Tompkins square. New York on Mon
day and declared that 10000 men out of
employment in this city. daily searching
for work without success and who are
living on the charity of friends and neigh
bors. They then formed procession and
headed by fifteen policemen marched to
the mayors Office in the City Hall.


The longshoremen also struck for an in
crease OF wages. Police reserves were
out to preserve the peace.
Year: 1876

DoDGING.-The committee on banking
and currency failed to come to vote on
Monday. Mr. Goode was absent which
lett the hard-money men in the majority.
A proposition is under consideration to
appoint committee to sit during recess
and refer to it the entire subject, includ-
ing the initiation resumption, currency,
and silver questions with instructions to
make thorough investigation of the
whole subject.
Year: 1876

Money paid under Misrepresentation
of facts, may be recovered back.


Money voluntarily paid with a full
knowledge of the facts and circumstan-
ces of the case, though in ignorance Of
legal rights, cannot be recovered back.


The assignment of note, the pay
ment of which is secured by mortgage,
carries the mortgage with it.


Payment to one partner is q payment
to both, unless strictly forbidden.


A debtor has the right, at the time of
making payment, to direct as to what
debt it shall be applied.


If debtor fails to make such appli-
cation, the creditor may apply the mon
ey paid upon any demand against the
debtor which he may choose.


Where there is no place of payment
agreed upon, the debtor must seek the
creditor at his domicil or place of bus
mess.


Upon the sale of an article, payment
is to be made on delivery, unless some
other time be specified.


Allowing time for payment will not,
however, vitiate the contract.


In case of two sales of personal prop
erty, both equally valid, his is the better
right who first gets possession of the
property.


No man can, by his sale, transfer to
another the right of ownership in thing
wherein he himself has not the right Of
property.
Year: 1876

One day last season, as the barley in
my fields was ripenirg, the blackbirds
begun to gather about it, and my farmer
begun to anathematize them as thieves
and robbers, feeding upon what they
did not SOW. "Why, they come" said
he, "in clouds from Naushon, and all
about u.s." Notwithstanding, told him
I was satisfied that they did more good
than harm, and that they were welcome
to their share. The harvest begun, and
as the mowers reached the middle of the
field they found the stalks Of the grain
were very much stripped and cut up BY
the army worm. When the barley was
down they begun to march ont Of the
field in compact stream through the
barway into the next one, and here we
saw clearly what the blackbirds were
after. They pounced upon them and
devoured them by thousands, very ma
terially lessenirg their numbers. The
worms were SO numerous that they
could not destroy them all, but they ma
terially lessened them and their power
of mischief. All honor, then, to the
blackbirds, which are usually counted
mischievous, and are destroyed by farm
ers like vermin. These army worms re-
turned after an interval of eight or ten
years.
Year: 1876


Oh ! let tho soul it's slumber break.
Arouse its senses and awake,


To Soc how soon
Life, with its glory, glides away,
And tho stern footsteps Of decay


Come stealing on.
And while We eye tho rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide


Away 80 fast,
Let us tho present hour employ,
And deem each future dream Of joy


Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind
No happier lot US hope to find


Tomorrow than to-day
Our golden dreams Of yore wero bright
Like thom, the present shall delight


Like them, decay.
Our lives, like hasting streams, must be
That into one ingulang sea


Are doomed to fall
The sea Of death, whose wares roll OH
Der king and kingdom, crown and throne,


And swallow all.
Alike the rivers lordly tide,
Alike tho humble riv'let's glide


To that sad wave;
Death levels property and pride,
And rich and poor sleep side by side


Within tho grave.
Our birth is but the starting place,
Life is the running Of the race,


And death the goal
There all those glittering toys are brought ;
The path alone, Of all unsought


Is found OF all.
Say, then, how poor and little worth
Are all those glttering toys Ct earth


That lure us here?
Dreams Of sleep that death must break,
Alas before it bids us wake,


Yo disappear
Year: 1876

TRANSPARENT ICINa.-Put the whites
OF four eggs into dish, and for each
egg use about a quarter of pound of
sugar. Beat the whites, slowly adding
the sugar. This is better than beating
the whites first, and then adding sugar.
A little lemon juice or tartaric acid
makes it winter and better. Spread the
icing, after pouring it upon the center,
with o knife dipped in water. If you
can, dry in an open sunny window.
Otherwise, harden it in the oven. It
improves it by mixing, when adding
sugar, some almonds pounded to thin
paste.
Year: 1876

denied them. Would you who read
this see your children starve in such
case without making some vigorous pro-
test that would strike right from the
shoulder. The millions wasted in the
last ten years by corrupt officials would
finish the needed public works of the
city, and keep the poor out of want for a
generation. Nay, more, rs cents a
week from the fifty thousand and more
in the city who can afford it would re-
lieve all the distress in the city for the
winter.


The appeals that are made to the diff
ferent charitable associations are pitt
full. A woman and her daughter for
instance. in a hall bedroom, without
fire, light or clothing, sleeping on the
cold floor, with nothing over or under
them, and only such food as they can
pick up in the streets; families destitute
of fuel as well as food and clothing; fami-
lies on the street without even shelter
of a roof. But why enumerate? There
are $4,000 men out of employment.
There are thousands of women in the
same fix, and the cold is intense. 1t is
pitiful. And the trouble is, the charit-
ably inclined are puzzled to know what
to do. The honest poor suffer, die, and
make no sign, while the sturdy profess
sional mendicant fills the streets with
his howl. The benevolent dare not give
on the street for distress is so artfully
simulated that it takes very acute
man to know what to do. 1t is not
pleasant to give charity and feel that
the chances are that it will be quand-
cred in ginmill in half hour. A few
organizations have it reduced down to
system and are doing good. If any OF
your readers want to do good, let them
send clothing, old or new, provisions,
money or anything that can be used to
st. Johns guild, New York, and they
may be sure that some deserving poor
woman has received a benefit.


RENTS


are going down every day. The num-
Der of people who could not afford whole
house, who have gone into flats is enor-
mouse, and the result is an immense
number of empty tenements. The old
rents will never be re-established, for
the hard times have taught people how
to live cheaply. A good fat, which is
one floor of a building subdivided into
nine rooms, which is enough for an or
dinary family, can be had now for from
$25 to $50 month, heated. The same
amount of room in house would cost
not less than $4,000 year.


BUSINESS


is exceedingly dull in everything but
holiday goods. Everybody, rich and
poor, who can raise anything is buying
something to gladden. the hearts of low
ed ones, and the retail dealers are do
ing lively business. But business in
general is dull, and will be till the pres
idential scare is off. There is one en-
couraging feature in it, however. The
excess of exports over imports and The
tolerable certainty of the inaugura
tion of President Hayes has sent gold
down to the lowest point it has reached
since the war, and business will here
after be done on a sounder and surer
basis. So. after all. the business men
are feeling very well, even if they ars
not handling the goods they were. They
are hopeful. PIETRo.
Year: 1876

Hereafter TO Legal Advertise
ments will be inserted in the TINES
unless payment is made when hand
cd IN. 1t requires money to carry
ON our business and wo are com
PEELED to adopt the cash principle.
This rule will not be dcviatcd from
in any ease.
Year: 1876

The helmets adopted by the Police
Commissioners of Washington as the uni
form hat for the force, have arrived, and
the men are reluctantly supplying them
selves with them. The hats now worn
by the force are entirely satisfactory to
them. SO that that the new hat has but
few friends on the force; in fact the men
say they would cheerfully purchase them
for the purpose ofthrowing them away, if
allowed the privilege of retaining the old
style to wear. The London Style is not
beautiful, and does not seem to be useful
and the question is for what reasons tho
hats We're adopted
Year: 1876

Des Moines Correspondence.


Last summer man engaged work as
farm hand in Clinton county with Adam
Dunn. He worked two days and departed
taking a watch and coat belonging tc
Dunn. Officers were sent after him, who
arrested him at Sterling, Ill. He was
brought back and committed to Jail by q
magistrate, under the name Of Lewis
Miller.


Soon after it was discovered that Lewis
belonged to the petticoat sex by Jim
Bell, "A robber, with whom Lewis was
bunked in the cell. But the Grand Jury
treated her AS man, and indicted her n
Lewis Miller; the court tried her as lie Wi
Miller and the trial jury convicted her
as a man, and sent her ITO the peniteutiary
rs a man. What the warden will do
with her is uncertain. She declares she
will not wear petticoats, and she would
pass for beardless man without sus-
picion. She is well-known to the Chicago
police, who told her she would do better
as man than a woman, and so she
donned the pantaloons
Year: 1876

AN ACT prevent the manufacture sale aduteraed


impure candies.


SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted by the Legislature
Of tie State of M&SiSSippi, That it shall not
be lawful for any person to manufacture, sell
or keep, offer or exhibit for sale, in this State
any candy in which terra alba, or any other
preparation Of lime, or other deleterious or in
furious earth, drug mineral shall be mixed
used in the manufacture or preparation
thereof; and any person violating the provi-
sions of this Act, SHALL on conviction thereof,
be fined any not exceeding five hundred
dollars, or imprisoned in the county Jail not
exceeding sixty days, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment, at the discretion of the court


APPROVED, April 5, 1876.
Year: 1876

All this enjoyed, and took the opportu.
nity to severely discourse upon the sacredness
of honor, in defense of which asserted that
any man ought to be willing to lay down his
life ... .-.,.:.., ..s.... =.


In the course of the afternoon p had the
pleasure of witnessing the sailing Of the Ariel,
with Captain Brown on board. Whether
this circumstance had anything to do with
inspiring in me these elevated sentiments, l
leave the reader to judge.


The next morning, at an early hour, pro.
ceeded to the field With my second.


Captain Achilles Brown was nowhere to be
found.


professed great deal of disappointment,
and insisted on waiting three hours to allow
him time to appear. Of coursei it was in vain.
All, however, testified to the remarkable
courage which I displayed under the circum-
stances, and rendered their congratulations.
The affair found its way into the papers, and
l found myself all at once elevated into q
hero. I could not walk Broadway without
being furtively pointed out as the celebrated
duelist Among the ladies, particularly, l
became an object of great attention. cir
cumstance that may we'll excite surprise when
it is considered that ny only claims to their
regard lay in my having been implicated in
an affair which the moral sense Of the COM
munity condemns.


Soon afterward I left my boarding place,
to the great regret of the fair Sophronia. l
afterward learned that, had I shown the white
feather, it was arranged that Lieutenant Eus'
tace should force me into marriage with bis
cousin, on pain of duel with himself. The
extraordinary show of courage which ex-
hibited, imposed upon him to such an extent
that he did not think it advisable to offer the
alternative, lest I should accept the duel.


I have heard nothing of Captain Achilles
Brown since the memorable day on which he
did me the service to sail for Cuba. Had he
possessed little more courage, I shudder to
think what might have been the result
Year: 1876

nR Eighteen hundred and seventy-six is
great wear for this American nation. 1t is
leap year, Presidential election year and the
centennial anniversary Of our independence,
and for the purpose of giving US a rest during
so much excitement, there will be one extra
Sunday, or ffty-three in all. .
Year: 1876

1t is only lock of golden hair,
Bound round by ribbon blue:
But he gave it to me in the days of yore,
AS walked by his side on the shell paved


shore,
In the long, bright days that will come no


more,


When his heart beat tender and true.
" am going away on the morrow" said he,
Far away from home and you;'
Then, pressing his lips to my tear stained


cheek,
"Grieve not, for your tears will but render


me weak,
Sigh not, though the future seem dreary


and bleak


My heart shall be tender and true
| look tonight on my lock of hair,
Bound round by the ribbon blue;
And my tears fall fast, while my head


droops low,
For the days may come and the days may


go,
But frozen and still meath the Winters
Lies the heart once tender and true.
Year: 1876

OMAHA, Feb. 4th, 1876.


DEAR WHIG:-On to the Black Hills
would seem to be the watchword, Judging
from the tone of the Western papers gen.
orally. Nevertheless we would venture a
word of advice to those contemplating a
visit to the new Eldorado. In the first
place they must anticipate much colder
climate than that Of the Eastern and Mid
die States generally and at this season of
the year mining for gold would be imposs-
ble as water is indispensable, which is now
c0ngGalcG in all that region and will be for
some months; the SHOWS are heavy, rem
dering travel laborious and expensive, and
to transport supplies of any kind, it is
impossble; therefore great privation and
much suffering will be evident, more par
ticularly TO young and inexperienced per-
sons, who are likely to be led by the excit-
ing stories published, not more than one
half of which are reality. Gold is said to
glitter great way off. Persons young or
old, who are employed at living wages,
should ponder well before they start on a
gold-seeking expedition. You will find
thousands out in the mountains who have
spent years of hard labor and exposure,
who are worse off than when they left com
Portable homes and good employment, ex-
pecting to find fortune in short time.
This dazzling of gold in the distance is
very deceptive, and many have lost their
all by its allurements; besides, the young,
as well as those of mature age, are thrown
with the very worst associates conceivable.
As soon as there is sufficient inducement,
there will be hundreds of the most vicious
class of gamblers and cut throats follow up
the mining camps, with no other purpose
than to rob every one of their hard-earned
dust; they have no scruples of conscience
whatever, and will resort to every strategy
to induce the unwary to fall into their decep-
tive meshes. All the thoroughfares lead
ing to the hills are lined with this class of
individuals, and Notwithstanding the pa
pers are filled with cautious remonstrances
against their deceptive games, it seems
hard to convince strangers of their adroit-
ness.


April or May will be quite early enough
for those who contemplate mining for gold,
as this cannot be successfully done until
the SHOWS are melted away and the ground
thawed, which will afford water, SC indis-
pensable for gold washing. The mines Of
California and Nevada are mostly worked
by expensive machinery where but few
men are required; not so in the Black
Hills. Yet this may be the case hereafter
if the deposits are as represented, which
representations should be treated with lib
eral allowance.


That gold is to be found there, there is
no question; but as to the quantity, there
are various opinions. No doubt there will
be thousands who will be willing to risk
having the scales lifted by the Indians in
search of it. But as we said, better wait
until the proper season, and avoid much
suffering and great expense of Transports
tion and living, which will amply compen-
safe all for the delay. Yours,


OCCASIONAL.