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Year: 1876

The New York Herald OF yesterday
says that "the rumors from Washington
that Speaker Kerr's health isso impaired
that he will be incapable Of discharging
the e'duties OF his position, and that a
Speaker pro TEN. will have to be chosen
to relieve him, have a strong color Of
probability from the fact that he has been
for years valetudinarian, coming fire.
quently to this city for the advice Of med
ical experts and obliged at one time to
give up all business and make trip to
Europe in the hope Of recovering his
health"


The Herald says that "brokcn nerves
are the foundation OF the Speakers long
standing malady" and that he is in no
condition to ill an office "whose exhaust
ing duties are a daily drain upon the
nervous system"
Year: 1876

News has been received in this city that the
steamer Mary OF the Morgan Line from Morgan City for


Texas port with an assorted cargo struck on Aran-
sas Bar last Thursday morning and after went 70
pieces The vessel and cargo, valued at S125 000 win
be total loss and there was no insurance No lives
were lost.


The schooner Mary LQuse Of Bncksport struck on
TuckeInuck shOal at noon on Dec. 2 whore she lies
bieed She was afterward abandoned, and nothing has
since been heard Of the crew,
Year: 1876

There is no power in Congress to pun
ish the thieves that have been preying
upon the government for the last ten
years and the idea of bringing any of
them to punishment through the
District Court as it is now constituted,
or under Grants Administration, is SIM
ply preposterous. 1t has been tried.
Congress has one of the District Ring
sters in durance vile, because of his con-
tempt Of its authority, but beyond that
it is next to powerless. To try an official
thief before Washington Court is a
mere preposterous farce than was Bab-
cocks St. Louis ordeal. Around the
Capital they feel pretty much as did a
New Jersey jury some years ago, before
whom a man, charged with stealing
wood, was tried. The neighborhood had
long been notorious for such evil prac-
tices, and hence. when the verdict was
rendered, it read thus, "Not guilty, the
offense charged being no offense at all,
because it Is according TO the custom of
the country"
Year: 1876

The special correspondent of the Times,
writing concerning the CONNECTICUT
election, says" The result is, the Demo-
Gratis, even at this late day, have no
money to spend in close towns, and they
feel very blue in consequence" This
statement covers the case throughout
the country, The Democrats have no
money to spend for political purposes.
while the Administration can make use of
the public plunder to debauch the ballot
box. 1t is well to place the letter of the
Chairman of the New Hampshire Repub-
lican State Committee to C. O. Barney
beside this declaration of the Times cor
respondent" You must carry Canaan at
all hazards. If the 81 500 have sent is
not enough to carry the town, rely up
on you to carry it at all events; and if it
costs 5000 you shall be made whele.
DOM fail There is the whole story told
by the leading Republican paper Of the


country and leading politician of the
party.-Word
Year: 1876

The Commercial is greatly distressed
because Senator Bayard's name is loom
ing up so rapidly as the first in the lists
FOR the Preside ntlal nomination. 1t
ought not to take on so about it. We
think we would be glad to hear of Del
aware Republican rising to so honorable
position notwithstanding he was op-
posed to us in politics.
Year: 1876

In THE struggle over the MacDougall Mis-
sissippi resolution in the House yesterday a
spirit of radical and rotten partisanshiI was
exhibited on the part of the Democracy such
as would have disgraced the council halls of
Pandemonium In the meridian of its deviltry.
Mr.. Wood opposed the resolution on the
ground that in making up the committee
necessary to carry out the spirit of the resolu-
ton Il might leave the House without quo
rum. The next minute he inconsistently
voted for resolutions which required larger
committees to perform the duties involved.
Every Democrat, as far as we could discern,
from Mississippi, voted against the resolution.
These very men have been conspicuous in cry
ing, "Give US an honest count" but when
measures are proposed by which the country
is TO know whether they have been blessed
with an honest count or not they object. A
measure which bids fair to count them out
is in their eyes of no account, and for this
reason they slaughtered the MacDougall reso-
luton,
Year: 1876

JUST as the mourning nation turns sorrow-
fully away from the graves of the poor unfor-
tunates who were sacrificed in the flames of
the play house, It is confronted by the scenes
of horror and sadness which transpired on the
crests OF the ocean wave. Over one hundred
persons perished along our coast and in our
harbors during the terrific gale on Saturday,
and possibly hundred more have gone down
in mid ocean. An unexpected stroke and
two hundred more are dead.
Year: 1876

THE Democratic members of the Naval
Committee of the House of Representatives
claim to absorb all the virtue and honesty of
the Capitol. Judging from the airs some Of
these men give themselves, an uninitiated
person would never imagine that one of these
fellows is characterless debauchee, and that
another was the inmate OF common jail not
very long ago for swindling too confiding
client. We are pursuing some inquiries rela-
tive to the antecedents of the others, and
when the proper time arrives 1t is our purpose
to let them hear from us in Q manner that
they will not readily forget.
Year: 1876

A MEMORIAL of the ladies and citizens Of
the District has been prepared and signed by
most of the District officials and the officers
of the charitable and reformatorY institu-
tions, for presentation to Congress, asking
the passage of House bill No. S765, making
appropriations in aid of the purchase of the
land and buildings for reform school for
girls. This is q project Of pressing import
ance at this time, and we hope will receive
due attention at once. 1t is an appeal in be-
half Of suffering humanity that cannot be
properly rejected.
Year: 1876

Now that the election contest is over and
Hayes is undoubtedly elected we don't mind
acknowledging that the story about Tilden's
counsellng Abraham Lincoln to prosecute the
war to its bitter end is wholly unfounded in
fact and malicious in conception.
Year: 1876

The Duke of Orleans, the Oldest son Of
King Louis Philippe, was the inheritor OF
whatever rights the royal family could trans
nit. He was noble young man, physically
and Intellectually noble. One morning he
invited few companions with him rs he
was about to take his departure from Paris
to join his regiment. In the convivialiy OF
the hour he drank too much wine. lie Gid
not become intoxicated; be was not in any
respect a dissipated man. His character was
lofty and noble. But in that joyous hour he
drank glass to much. lie lost the balance
of his body and his mind. Bidding adicu to
his companions, he entered the carriage.
But for that extra glass he would have kept
his seat He leaped from the carriage. But
for that extra glass of wine he would have
alighted on his feet. His head struck the
pavement Senseless, bleeding, he was taken
into bccr-shop and died. That extra glass
of wine overthrow the Orleans dynasty, con-
fiscated their property of one hundred mil
lions of dollars, and sent the whole fmily
into exile
Year: 1876

4 prominent Sacramento bachelor received
a delcatey scented billet the other day, writ
ten in a beautiful female hand, claiming the
privilege of the Leap Year, and expressing a
deep admiration of him together with re-
quest to meet the writer in designated spot
that evening. This he did, and was met by
a richly apparelled person who poured out
m impassloncd tale of love, to which the
bachelor gracefully responded, and, raising
the veil, i'm printed warm kiss beneath it.
At this interesting iuncture the group was
made the focus of the glare of half 4 dozen
dark lanterns, and the bachelor found HIM
self in the center of a crowd of laughing aC-
look at the lady showed her to be man in
momen sapparcl. \ supper made everything
right, however.
Year: 1876

DIX GOODSs
Special Notice!
We purpose making changes in our business
on the lst OF February next; therefore We offer
our large stock Of


DRY Goods
d GnERLl nlUUGLU IllJla
MANY OF THEM MUCH BELOW COST.
AS we are determined to reduce stock very
considerably by that date,
Year: 1876

COFFEE Fir FOR TIE GoDS.-Aunt Pru-
dcncc writes 10 the American Grocer: If We
Drowned our own coffee, which we confess with
some we never do, we should certainly adopt
plan which we see spoken Of in Halls Journal,
and which carries conviction Of its excellence
to the mind Of any old housckeep"r. 1t is
this w hen the coffee is roasted, and before
ii is quite cord, while you can hold the berries
comfortably III he hand, add to every pound
OF coffee the whit, Of au egg, and stir it thor
oughly through the mass, 50 that every berry
will be wet with it. 1t woald have two aivan


tagps; the first is the one spoken OF by the
writer OF the article, of settling the coffee
without the addition of anything but boiling
water; aud the secoud would he to coat the
berry 50 TO preserve the aroma which will pass
away in measure from the roasted berry.
We feel morally certain that coffee prepared
iu this way, with the addition of the country
cream would be beverage fit for the gods.
Year: 1876

The Union League of New York
has passed resolutions demanding a
thorough Investigation in every
branch OF the Government wher,
fraud is suspected. They denounce
the policy of sending to the Cincin
natl Convention packed delegation
who are pledged beforehand to the
support of particular candidate,
and refuse, if such action is taken,
to be bound ly the choice of th.
Convention. They further demsnd
that the candidate chosen shall not
only be a man thoroughly identi.
fed with the party, but also one not
connected IN the least degree with
any of the frauds AMI abuses charae-
erizing the recent history of the
party.
Year: 1876

When one of fathers business friends
drives in the yard at about half past eleven.
the goodWife knows he will surely stay to
dinner. Father is a great storyteller, and
he likes to get hold of good auditor. How
aptly comes a frown of dismay and displeas-
ure on the smooth, fair face of his helpmeet.
What can be done! Work is going on &c
cording to the days plan in the kitchen; the
dinner was arranged for none but the family;
the children are coming home from school
and making clatter all is hustle and con-
fusion. She feels that the best dishes must
be used, and something extra cooked for the
inopportune guest. Now, good woman,
don't do it. Your fine dinner, with it's at
tendant irritation and ''upsetting," will taste
no better than what you had prepared.
Make no difference in your plans, but seat
your visitor with a smile and easy greeting
st your hospitable board and he will feel
more comfortable and happy than though
you gave him banquet. You save temper
ard trouble, and gain the enjoyment of Civ
ing your friend real cosy time. A sensi-
BILE person knows that farmers do not have
six courses upon their table daily, and the
wholesome, hearty fare, with good nature
and hospitable cordiality, will be tinctured
with sweet, domestic sense, that Is inc vi
tably lost in grand dinners. Smiles and neat
ness are saucefor homely meals.-Golden
Rule.
Year: 1876

A man OF honor respects his word as he
does his bond


Many q man worth million is utterly
worthless.


Help others when you can, bat never
give what you cannot afford to, simply be-
cause it is fashionable.


1t is beautifully said that the veil of fu-
turity is woven by the hand of mercy.


Too many only see Christ in book as
we see places on map; but to come right
Ito enjoy him-this is delightful and saving.
-RutheJord.


sympathy Is one of the most imposing
and sacred emotions OF an intelligent mind.
and is equally consonant with the genius
OF refined humanity, and the spirit of true
religion. 1t is inseparable from II truly ele.
waited, though unsanctioned mind for it is in
compound of the finest and nohest feelings
OF our nature-of feelings which are. charac-
terzed by all that is touching in tenderness,
and winning in benevolence. 70 the soul
it is what the lucid beams of the moon are
to the pleasant features OF nature. which
are not essential to their, existence but
which adds brilliancy to their beauty, and
suhlimity to their grandeur.-L Laadb,idqe.
Year: 1876

CARE OF THE FEET.-Concerning this sub
ject the Scientific Americam very truly says:
Many are careless in the keeping of the foot.
If they wash them once week they arc
doing well. They do not consider that the
largest pores are located in the bottom of
the feet, and that the most offensive matter
is discharged through these pores. They
wear stockings from the beginning to the
end of the week without change, which be-
come perfectly saturated with offensive mat
ter. Ill health is generated by such treat
ment of the feet The pores are not only
repellants but absorbents, and fetid matter,
to a greater or less extent, is taken back


into the system. The feet should be washed
every day with pure water only, as well as
the armpits, from which an offensive odor
is also emitted, unless daily ablution is prac-
ticed. Stockings should not be worn more
than day or two at time. They may be
worn one day, and then aired and summed
and worn another day if necessary.
Year: 1876

The moment Il girl has secret from her
mother, or has received letter she dare not
let her mother read. or has friend of whom
her mother does not know, she is in danger.
A secret is not good thing for a girl to
have. The fewer secrets that lie in the
hearts of women at any age, the better. 1t
is almost test of purity. She who has
none of her own is best and happiest.


In girlhood, hide nothing from yourmoth-
er; do nothing that, if discovered by your
father, would make you blush. Have no
mysteries whatever. Tell those who are
about you where you 90 and what you do.
Those who have the right to know, mean,
of course.


A little secretiveness has set many scan
dal afloat; and much asis said about women
who tell too much, they are much better off
than women who tell too little. A man
may be reticent and lie under no suspeclon
not SO a woman.


The girl who frankly says to her mother:
" I have been here. met so and so. Such
and such remarks were made, and this or
that was done,'; will be certain Of receiving
good advice and sympathy. If all was right,
no fault will be found. If the mother knows
out of her great experience that something
was improper or unsuitable, she will, if she
is good mother, kindly advise against it's
repetition.


It is when mothers discover that their girls
are hiding things from them that they re-
| buke or scold Innocent faults are always
pardoned by a kind parent.
| You may not know, girls, just what is
right, just what is wrong, yet. You can't
be blamed for making little mistakes but
you will never do anything wrong if from
the first you have no secrets from your
mother.-N. Y. L.
Year: 1876

When o FER our heart-strings softly sweep
The notes of some dear name
Whose music like Il vesper bell,
Charms more than wealth or fame;
How sweet, in dreams, to fly away
From scenes of din and strife,
And spend alone with loved friend
An hour of calmest life.
1t nerves our fainting spirits up,
When thus we sink to rest
And mystic hands our souls convey,
To those we love the best;
1t gives the heart fresh strength and will,
This union pure and sweet
And proves cordial for the gaze
That meets lis on the street.
But flecter far than can be told
Haste these sweet hours away;
Even swiftcr than the weavers reed,
Or than the wild birds lay;
Even than the rain, that falls
Upon the thirsty sand,
Or than the winds that scud by night
Across the sleeping land
oh! is it true, as good men say
A spirit world on high,
Awaits the sons of men who live
BY faith in God, and die?
And shall we there be ever near
The loved ones of our heart
Then speed your way, oh, Time, and Death
Play quick, play well your part!


-Dirigo Rural.
Year: 1876

Not long ago a farmers son stated IN
the writer's hearing that he hardly knew
how to pass his time during the g Idle sea-
son of the year," as he called the winter
months. He did not possess a taste for
books and positively declared that he had
no time to read-eXcept a single weekly
paper With no love for literature, no
wonder that he did not know what to do
with the tagging hours. Yet, such con-
fession, the poet Cowley thinks would have
been ill-timed by Mathuselah, in the 969th
year of his life. Certainly we short-lived
moderns have no reason to complain of sur
plus days, and ought not to have an hour
hang heavily once q year. With desire
for knowledge, and the material for its ac-
cumulation always at hand, dullness can
never attach itself to time. The custom of
having book i'll ones pocket or at hand
was strongly recommended by DR.. johnson,
and he said that much of his knowledge
was thus obtained. In imitation of Beetho-
ven. who walked the streets of Vienna with
tablet in hand, and Pliney, who carried a
memorandum book while hunting, that he
might note down his thoughts, if he had
any worth treasuring, with a book in hand,
or within his reach, the merest mechanic or
farmers boy may CLEAN many facts worth
treasuring as long as memory endures.


No time to read Why, the most active
business men can read newspapers half. an
hour every day. and digest twenty or thirty
duodecimos every year. 1t requires no
great industry to read an octave once q
month most of it while waiting tor meals.
1t has been done many time. A studious
man, finding he was called to dinner every
day few moments before it was ready,
employed those odd moments in writing a
work which eventually swelled into several
volumes.


VIM. Clifford, the critic; VIM. Carey, the
missionary; Samuel Drew, the theologian ;
and Roger Sherman, the stateman, all shoe
makers in early lite, found time to read
while working OH the bench. John Kitto,
while boy, was an apprentice at the same
trade, and some of the material for his bib
lical works was completed while working at
shoes fourteen or fifteen hours day! Rob-
ert Nicoll. the Scotch poet, herding cattle
IN very early DoyhOOu, used TO read MS
book while on the road to and from his
work. Though but seven or eight years
old. he had learned to drive his studies as
well as the cattle.


The writer once knewa lad who never
went to mill without taking book wortl
reading. He went with an OK cart, anc
read not only while the grist was being
ground but while the team was on the road
He took his newspaper into the hay field
and read in the spare moments while his co
laborers were wiping off sweat under shad
tree, drinking cool water with ginger an,
molasses in it, and talking nonsense.
Year: 1876

An IMMENSE VASE H-oUr.-There muet
have been a terrible freshet in New York
in 1873 which the public have heard
nothing of. At least such would be the
inference from one cf the bills allowed
by the Canal Commissioners for DANA
ges done mans farm from a break in
the canal, in which the State was char
ged for twelve acres of land washed
away and likewise six tons Of iron spikes
The bill was allowed. 1t did not appear
what farmer was doing with 80 many
spikes. He would have been wise had
he used them to spike down those
twelve acres.-Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1876

IN. y. Evening fuSti


There is no sign Of timidity in what
the New Jersey Democrats said IN their
State Convention yesterday; and 1t
must be admitted that what they said
was pretty nearly right. " Restoration
of gold and silver as the basis OF cur
rcncy "a soon rs practicable; no IN
conditional or qualified repeal OF the
pledge to resume in 1879; no evasiye
schemes fol gradual resumption" no
compromise with the soft money fanat-
les this puts the State right on the
financial question without any waste Of
words. IT hard money Democrats
.ayorywhere would say as boldly what
hey mean, and would mean what the
New Jersey Democrats say. their party
would suffer less from the folly of ONO
infationists. A tariff for revenue,
equal political rights, fidelity to the
Constitution, including its amendments,
rctrenchment, economy and purity IN
the public service these are the re
naming planks Of q platform which II
adopted in substance the St. LOUIS
Convention would not go far astray.
Year: 1876




There was once an awful little gifls
who had an awful way OF saying aV-
fur to everything. She lived IN al
awful house, in mn awful street. ln an
awful village, which was an awful dis-
tance from every other awful place. She
went to an awful school, where she had
an awful teacher, who gave her awful
lessons out Of awful books. Every day
she was 80 awful hungry that she ate an
awful amount Of food, 80 that she
looked awful healthy. Her hat was
awful small, and her feet were awful
large. She went to an awful church,
and her minister was an awful preacher.
When she took an awful walk shs
climbed awful hills, and when she got
awful tired she sat down under an awful
tree TO rest herself. In summer she
found the weather awful hot, and in
winter awful cold When it didn't rain
there was an awful drought, and When
an awful drought was over there was an
awful rain. SO that this awful girl was
all the time in an awful, and II she dees
not get over saying awful about
everything she will, by an by, come 90
an awful end. And this awful iittie gtra
lives in this awful city.
Year: 1876

he sea -slck-my conclusion being drawn
from the fact that he chose to walk from
Iroas to Assos, rather than go by boat,
when he could just as well as not. We
set out by the same road that Paul took
| suppose in going from Troas to Assos,
but soon left it turning off farther into
the interior. may here state that we
now left the magnificent forest of oaks
Ill which we had been riding for so long,
nut could see it stretching off for miles
along the sea coast towards the Gulf of
Adrymittum.


We now passed over Il very rough
country, up hill and down, for two or
three hours. breaking the monotony by
our frantic efforts to draw water from
IN old we'll. We were very thirsty as
we had not seen any water for some
time, but the naked well reminded us
Of the words of the Samaritan woman,
Thou hast nothing to draw with and
The well is deep" These wells are not
u'r"mmGn here, and could well i'm
aglne the feeling of Jesus us ''he waS
wearied with his journey and sat thus
on the we'll"


As said. we were thirsty. and were
determined to have some water, so we
improviSed Il bucket and rope by faSten-
ing together the bride straps of our
horses, and tying on the little teapot
that we brought along with us. 1t
struck II sensitive chord in Jones or
ganism and he laughed.
Year: 1876

gard to the circle in which he moves, nor
in his style of thought, nor in his whole
political career has he ever had any
thing i'll common with machine politi-
clans against whom he ten years ago
took stand in Congress in favor of the
improvement of the civil service. and
he WAS always the one who most active
! V supported Jencks. from Rhode Island.
in promoting such reform.
Year: 1876

repeal-or repeal so tar as the democracy
of the house could accomplish it-seemed
assured, but alas for human calculations,
Cox had as sudden a call to go home, as he
did from John Kelly to go to st. Louis and
vote against 1'ilden, and he went leaving
the committee again tied The democracy
anxiously await his return, and will labor
strenuously, but with doubtful success, 10
get both him and Wike in the COM
mittee room at the same time, for
upon the accomplishment of this
feat the hopes of the democracy
rest, the situation being about this; The
democracy Of the country is waitingfor the
house the house is waiting for the com
mittee; the committee is waiting for Cox
and Wike; and Tilden don't dare commit
himself in writing until the house commits
itself, and Hendricks says he won't accept
unless the house does commit itself; and
80 they continue TO wait, the democracy,
the house. the committee, Cox, Wike,
Tllden and Hendricks, all trying TO per-
form the impossible feat of balancing on
the same pole. What hope has the coun-
try from such party, from such men,
whether for the resumption of specie pay
ments. or for administrative or other re-
form?