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Year: 1876

At the time when the first court of law
was established in Russia, lady, dressed
with the utmost elegance, was walking on
the Moscow promenade, leaning upon her
husbands arm, and letting the long train
of her rich dress sweep the dust and dirt
Of the street.


A young officer, coming hastily from a
side street, was so careless ns to catch one
Of his spurs in the lady's train, and in an
instant great piece was torn out of the
costly but frail material of the dress.


III beg thousand pardons. madame"
said the officer, with polite bow. and
then was about passing on, when be was
detained by the lady's husband.


"You have insulted my wife"


"Nothing was farther from my inten.
tion, sir. Your wife's long dress is to
blame for the accident, which l sincerely
regret. and I beg you once more to re-.
ceive nay apologies for any carelessuess
on my part" Thereupon he attempted
to hasten on,


"You shall not escape so." said the
lady, with her head thrown back In q
spirited way. "To.dsy is the first time
l have worn this dress, and II cost two
hundred rubles, which you must make
good"


my dear madame. beg you not to
detain me. am obliged to 20 on duty
at once. AS to the two hundred rubles
i really cannot help the length of your
dress. yet I beg your pardon for not hav-
ing been more cautious.


You shall not stir. SIR That you are
obliged to go on duty is nothing to us.
My wife Is right tho dress must be made
good"


The officers face grew pale.


"You force me to break through the
rules Of the service. aud | shall receive
punishment"


"Pay tho two hundred rubles aud you
are free"


The quickly changing color 10 the
young mans face betrayed how inwardly
disturbed be was; but stepping close up
to them both, he said. with apparent self
command:


"You will renounce your claim when
tell you that l am a-a-poor man, who
has nothing to live on but his officer
pay, and the amount Of that pay hardly
reaches tho sum Of two hundred rubles il
whole year. | can, therefore, make nc
amends for the misfortune. except b,
again begging yonr pardon"


"Oh anybody could say oil that bul
we'll see if it is true we'll find out |
you have nothing but your pay. declare
myself not satisfied with your excuse. and
demand my money" persistsd the lady
10 the hard voice of q thoroughly unfeel
ing woman.


THAT is true--you are right" th
husband added. dutitully supporting her
by good luck We have the open cour
just now 10 session. Go with US be
fore the Judge and he will decide tn
matter"


All further protsstation on the officer
part that he was poor, that he was ex
peoted on duty, and so forth, did not bel
matters. Out Of respect for his uniform
aud TO avoid sny open scene, he had /
90 with them to the court room, wher
the gallery was densely packed with
crowd Of people.


Aftcr waiting some time the lady ha
leave to bring her complaint.
Year: 1876

Some prospectors hsye recently discov.
cred and are now engaged in prospecting
an extensive cave in Prospect Mountain,
Nevada. The mouth Of the cave, says
the Eureka Sentinel. is situated on the
southeast side Of the mountain, about
two hundred rods south of the mouth of
the Prospect Mountain tunnel, and con.
sists Of small aperture in the top OF the
ground. Through this aperture q man
was lowered, fastened to rope and found
himself in large, domeshsped chamber.
In tho aoor Of this chamber he discovered
another opening, leading downward fur.
ther into the ground, but this aperture
was not at that time entered. Subse.
quently tunnel was run into the noun.
tain from the surface of this side, which
opened an entrance into the chambcr
which the man had entered, and hero u
windlass was put up and further explora.
tions commenced. Tho man was lowered
down for distance Of about ono hundred
feet, when he rested on the floor OF a
large cavern, distant from the natural
entrance Of the cave at the surface about
one hundred feet. On the floor of this
cavern was piled bank of snow about
eight feet in depth, and here wo found the
bones and skulls of coyotes and deer.
Some OF those bones, which are covered
with mud, which has dried on them, we're
brought to town by Mr.. Berg. There is
a third aperture leading into the ground
from this cavern, which will be explored
by tho parties who discovered and are
working the cave. There is q possibility
that mine may be encountered in the
explorations, as Prospect Mountain is
veiued and dotted with mineral deposits
and if ore is found the parties who find it
will have a ready made shaft to work
their mine with.
Year: 1876

A writer in German periodical op.
poses tho proposed reoonverting of the
Great Sahara into sea from fear OF the
deviation Of the Gulf stream from it's
present course. He says Europe owes
its moderate climate partly to the warm
water heating by the Gulf stream, partly
to the hot air heating by the wind from
the African desert. That hot wind
known in Switzerland as the Fohn. is q
snow devourer and glacier destroy er


Without it, the sun and the summer
would not suffice to stop the progress Of
glacier formation. The loo period of
Europe explains itself by assuming that
the Sahara was then covered with sea
water. The ice.peliod would return If
the desert were reconverted into lake.
Year: 1876

Little Billy was very cross and tired
the other night, and ho wanted his father
to take him on his knee but his father
was tired, or pretended to be. al want
you to hold me on your knee" he whined.
II tell you cannot do it, am tired"
replied his father, impatiently. "Tirsd
You wasn't very tired last night when
you held Mary on your knee in the
kitchen"
Year: 1876

Been in general use for twenty years. Everywhere
proved the most SAFE, SIMPLE, ECONOMICAL and
EFFICIENT medicines known. They are just what
the people want saving time and money averting
sickness and suffering Each single specific the well
tried prescription of an eminent physician.
Year: 1876

As the season is now at hand when every
housekeeper is about putting up" the
years supply OF pickles, etc, OF which a
pure, strong and palatab.e vinegar forms
the most essential part, some OF our readers
may be at a loss to know what kind of a
vinegar to Use and ask for, that will insure
a good result. for there is nothing in the
world 30 aggravating to a thrifty house
wife as to find, on opening her pickle jar,
that instead of the firm, crisp and refresh
ing pickle, so much desired and locked for
ward to, she has for all her trouble, time
and money simply a mass of soft, taste ess
and insipid rubbish, that has been rendered
so by the Use of vinegar lacking proper
strength or containing all sorts of mineral
acids and deleterious substances. To avoid
this loss and annoyance ask your grocer
for Prussing's White Wine Vinegar, which,
used in the following recipe, will prove a
success.


Pour boiling salt wafer over the pickles
using handful Of salt to one gallon of
water, let them stand over night, then
drain them off thoroughly and cover them
entirely with Prussin.'s White Wine Vim
egar, let them stand few days, then scald
with the vinegar, pour it off and cover them
again with fresh vinegar, cold; spice to
taste, small piece of alum may be added
to improve the color keep your pickle jar
well covered and you will have fine and
crisp pickles for years Memphis AudIanohe
Year: 1876

EDITOR TIMES: The death OF the Leav-


enworth Daily Appeai is not at all surpris'


ing to people who have long noticed its
sickly condition. 1t has for several years


been afflicted with chronic disease, that


was known to be incurable, yet occasionally Y
it received dose Of medicine that gave it


temporary relief. The most efectual doses


were usually administered during election
campaigns by DR.. Candidate Had it not


been for this doctor, 1t would have given up
the ghost long ago. But DIR. Candidate
practices medicine only few weeks in a
year, and consequently the appeal was
forced al times TO locf around Tor other
physician Al last it applied to DIR County


Board for medicine and made affidavit that
il had a general circulation. The doctor
examined the patient, and found that it
had a general circulation of fifty copies,
and that the disease was incurabe and the
patient not fiji subject for his medicine
The Appeai then became delirious and saw
rats, snakes, hobgoblins, etc, from which it
concluded that DR. County Board was cor
rupt and in market like itself. 1t then
took the Court House on the brain and saw
boilers blow up, pipes hur-t and destruction
generally, while On Id man sat there doing
nothing Just think, the County Court
House on the brain of the little appeal No
wouder it could not live. Neither could it
die while there is a great election near at
hand, and the great DIR. Candidate is sure
to turn up soon. In this condition it kept
struggling between life and death until the
beginning Of the week. whe, it yielded to the
grim monster, leaving sickly offspring
called weekly, which may live until after
the election if DIR. Candidate thinks it
worthy of treatment. Is.


August - 1876.
Year: 1876

The latest acquisition to the ranks Of the
Republican party is the Davenport Qowa)
Democrat, an influential newspaper which
heretofore has been independent In an
able leader, which cannot fail to carry con-
viction to the minds Of its readers, it de.
clares against Slippery Sam and in favor
of Hayes and Wheeler.
Year: 1876

and that the latter complaining of the heat,
Phelps advised her to seek the hurricane
deck in patronizing, caressing manner,
which action was followed by alarm and a
scene wholly unauthorized by the circum-
stances
Year: 1876

That won't borry or lend, espesh-
lily lend.


That l won't advise anybody until
i know what kind of advise they are
anxious tew follow.


That won't wear any more tite
boots if haf to 90 barefoot to do it.


That won't swoop dogs with no
man unless can swoop two dogs for
| one.


That poverty may be blessing,
but if it IL, it IL a blessing in dis
guise.
/ That the world owes me living
pervided i earn it.


That no man shall beat me in po-
liteness not az long az politeness
kontinues to be az cheap az it is
now.


That if a man calls me phool
won't ask him to prove it.


That will lead a moral life even
if 90 lonesome and lose good deal
of fun by it.


That if man tells me mule won't
xix, will believe what he says with
out trying it.
That the best time to repent of a
blunder il just before the blunder IL
made.


That when i hear a man Dragging
on his ancestors won't envy him,
but will pity the ancestors.
Year: 1876

One day, as an old knife grinder
was turning his wheel in 4 street in
Naples, y young painter came up to
him and said:


"Do you manage to get enough
work to keep you, my good friend,
and are you never in want?"


"No, thank God" replied the knife
grinder. 81 get plenty of work, and
live in as much comfort as a man in
my station need wish for


The poor painters eyes became full
tears, and he said, sadly:


"Ah! how / wish | were as well off
as you are"


care you in want then, my friend?"
returned the old man.


"Indeed I am," said the artist
"Some years ago | left my native
country to visit Italy, and learned
painting here; l soon became able to
support myself by my pictures, and
managed to make a comfortable llv-
ing; but about ten months ago I be-
came so i'll that | could not for a
long time earn penny, and all the
money l had by me was soon spent.
Three days ago the people of the inn
where am staying turned me out of
their house because could not long
er pay them anything, and | have not
a farthing to pay for either food or
medicine with, though am starving
with hunger, and still feel very ILL.,"


The knife grinder made the poor
painter accompany him to the garret
where he lodged, up five pair of stairs
in a poor house, and there he nursed
and tended him for more than 4
month, until he was quite strong
again. During the time he was the
old mans visitor, he received sup
ply of money from his home. He of
tered the larger portion to the knife
grinder as payment for his care and
the expense he had put him to, but
the old man refused to touch 4 penny
and said:


"You have put it in my power to
pay off an old debt. Five years ago
| was in greet distress and want in
Rome. a generous stranger took
compassion on me, and helped me
out of the difficulties l was then
in. | wanted to pay him before |
left Rome, but his reply was, 1T you
ever find any one in similar trouble,
do the same to them as / have done
to YOU l have found in you, my
friend, the sufferer to whom | could
pay my debt, and if the Lord directs
any fellow creature in distress to your
door, I give You leave to pay me
through him."


Is not this the way in which God
asks payment of us for all the bless
ings He is never weary of giving us?
He has everything; We cannot make
Him richer; but the one return we
can make Him is to love Him, and to
help those who are in trouble.
Year: 1876

|


Mr.. Belknap was a very affection
ate, sympathetic, warm-hearted man,
almost etfeminate in this respect, and
the tears would come III his eyes at
the slightest provocation. l was sit
ting in his office once when woman
came in to ask a place for her son, a
boy 13 years old, whose father had
been soldier and died in the war
before he was born. She showed by
her pension papers that she was draw
ing So a month from the government,
and with that and what she was able
to earn at washing and ironing she
had gotten along quite nicely, and
had "eddycatcd" her boy, as she
SAID. But q treachcrous sidewalk
had tripped her, her wrist had been
broken, and her pension was all she
had to pay her rent, her food, and her
doctors bill. She told pitiful story
and the Secretary was quite affected.
He made a place for H." boy, gave
the woman Il SIS bill and sent her
away.


Another time | was present when
a poor Irish woman came to plead
for the reinstatement of her husband,
who had been discharged from his
place as watchman, for drunkenness.
Most men would have sent her away
unheard; but the Secretary said:


"I will hear what YOU have to say,
madam, If you will be brief; but |
cannot take your husband back. He
is a worthless, drunken fellow, and
not only does the government no
service, but he does it injury, because
of his bad example and carelessness."


He heard her patiently, as she
begged for another trial for her Eus-
band, and told how they had been
TUNED out of their house, how their
stove and furniture and clothing had
been pawncd for bread, how the baby
had died from exposure, how hard it
was to get work, and how the lesson
Of discharge had taught her husband
to be better man. | saw the tears
coming into the Secretary's eyes, and
he said:


"My good woman, will give your
husband his place again, but you
must come here and draw his wages,
and the first dollar he spends for
drinks will be the last he receives
from the government"


While she was gathering up her
thugs to leave and was calling down
upon him the blessings OF the ''howly
muther," he went into the antc-room
a moment to wipe his eyes. As he
came out he said:


"I'm fool to take that man back
when so many better men want
places, but | can't hear any one talk
about dead children without thinking
OF my own"


I went to him once to ask place
for one-legged soldier whose family
were in terrible plight, and after l
told him the circumstances, he So d.:


"Fll give that fellow the first va
cancy if you'll remind me Of him
every day or two. That will help
him out for the present" and he hand
ed me a $40 bill.


These are but few Of many similar
incidents that | might relate. What
ever Belknap's crimes may have been,
there are brighter spots on bis record
than adorn the life pages of most
men; and 1 cannot help believing
that he has some reward LAID up in
the hereafter that will go far to bal
ance the grave otlense with which he
is CHARGED.
Year: 1876

In the long run quality is more i'm
portant than quantity, and the high
est quality is never dear at any price.
"Cheap advertising" is snare and a
deluslon. 1t is only the most mex
perenced and gullible class of busin-
ess men who have failed to under
stand the arrant folly of wasting their
money in advertising in almanacs,
'Strangers' guides" organs of speci-
alties and obscure papers of small
circulation. Sagacious tradesmen
who mean to obtain 4 full dollars
worth of benefit for every fifty cents
expended in advertising, have abund-
antly realized the fact that their
money is simply thrown away If in
vested in that class of mediums that
have no legitimate circulation among
that portion of the community who
have money to spend and are IN the
habit of spending it freely. a col
umn advertisement in a paper the
bulk of whose circulation is among
the ignorant classes, is of less real
value than stickful in paper whicn
is read by the prosperous and the in
telligent.
Year: 1876

The wife OF Mr.. Joseph Whisen-
hunt, of Burke county, N. c., gave
birth to twins the last night OF the
old year-one was born ten minutes
before IL o'clock and the other ten


minutes after -. So one was born


on Friday and the other on Saturday,
one in 1875 and the other in 1876
Their birthday is not the same, yet
they are twins. A like circumstance
probably never occurred before in
the history of the world. Another
noticeable feature of this event is
that one is a boy and the other a
girl; the boy was born in the old
year and the girl in this-leap year.
Year: 1876

The other day Boston belle rush
ed excitedly into the house of friend
to exhibit $l75 silk dress she had
Just purchased, and incidentally men.
toned, just before her departure, that
her father had failed the day previous
and shut up his store.
Year: 1876

footprint of the creature they were
searching. Early the next morning
the Captain carefully beat the
neighboring water-course, but with
out avail. AS he was sitting down


to breakfast, however, some men


brought in word that about a mile
and a half from camp the tiger had
that very night taken away one of
them out Of the midst Of their
drove of bullocks as they were
starting from their nights encamp-
ment. Instantly securing some
food and bottle of claret, the Cap
tain mounted the elephant and pur-
sued. Soon he started the monster
from the lair where he was deyour-
ing the unfortunate victim, but the
grass was so thick he could not OBJ


tain shot. All that day he held
after him, carefully tracking the
footprints through "a difficult coun-
try, and allowing him no rest. At


night the Captain slept ina tent he


had ordered on to the other river,
the CANAL. Next morning the
trail was renewed, until at length
the tiger was fairly ringed in a dense
cover of tamarisk aud jamon, sur
rounded by the river. After a brief
rest this cover was beaten out and
the indefatigable Captain obtained
two shots, which told on the tiger.
Immediately the brute turned, and
with loud roars, charged him, being
again dropped into the water
course by a shot fired within twen-
ty yards. Once more, but more
slowly, he picked himself up, when
the sportsman'S elephant being
badly handled, spun round, and,
with a loud, whirring noise, the
tiger sprang on to its back and be-
gan clawing its quarters. At
length, the elephant stopping its
frantic career for a moment, the
Captain turned round in the how
dah and, seizing the opportunity,
put the muzzle Of his rife to the
skull Of the tiger and blew it into
fifty pieces.
Year: 1876

The distinguished economists from the
South. who form the bulk of the reformed
and remodeled patriots now controlling the
action of the House. have begun their
measures of economy by cutting down the
Government allowance to West Point
cadets $50 per capita per annum. This
touches us in tender point. If there is
anything that we were proud of as a nation
it was the trim and tight appearance of our
young men who occupy the heights Of
West Point And, now, to reduce them to
one shirt a week, or to cut off their supply
of clean handkerchiefs so as to oblige them
to appear on the parade ground lon a chill
ing day without the means of smuggling
their noses into an oblivious "wipe." is a


hardship both to them and us. Well may
they cry: ga magnificent Government
took my shirt and stole my red bandana.
But it is suggested seriously that it is rather
q mean revenge for the South to take of
their eretime conquerors. The latter have
flung aside the sword and yielded to South
ern domination. OF course their prede-
cessors from the same academy made their
power felt, and to ordinary minds it would
seem as though they earned q debt of
gratitude which should shield the institu-
ton from the annoyance Of petty embar.
rassments for all time. But republics are
ungrateful" ful"-proverbially SO. Still we did
not expect to see the reformers attack the
West Pointers upon that most sensitive
portlon Of the human anatomy-lhe nose.
1t IS the Achilles heel. A more noble re-
venge would have been to abbreviate the
articles first mentioned, for after all shirt
tail is not an absolute necessity. and the
fact that it IS not possessed can be dis
creeuy concealed. This would have prob
ably saved the trifling sum gained to the
Government by this economy.
Year: 1876

Mr. WILsHIRE's bill to restore the
ranking privilege will hardly become a
law. though the incentive to pass it will be
very great as soon as the Presidential CAM
paign begins. There is no doubt, how
ever. that the present law should be
amended so as to do away with the pro-
vision requiring the several Executive
Departments TO purchase stamps for official
use. The present system is simply rob.
bling Peter to pay Paul, and in the end
the Government is called upon to pay the
cost of manufacturing the stamps, to say
nothing Of the wear and tear of the tongues
and iiFs of the clerks who are employed TO
stick them on the envelopes.
Year: 1876

until every lOyaI 60iQier mas been DISPLACED.
The coming up and going down Of the sun Is
no more certain than this, and It can be safely
predicted that every one of these loyal men
will be removed before the present session Is
ever.


Martin Tupper never did good thing In his
life without doing doubtful one to couuteract
1t. He promised faithfully that he would
come to the Centennial and personally super
intend the rendering Of his great drama, and
now he sends word that possibly he will not
be able to fulfil his promise. There is some
thing searchingly sad about this intelligence,
something that the American patriot will
dwell upon with unmitigated sorrow. That
We arc to have the drama is really bad enough,
but add to this affliction the fact that we are
not to have Martin Tupper, and the Centennial
will have q grief greater than 1t can bear.
Still we would not say anything to impede the
progress of the great Exposition or mar the
hopes Of the American public. However.
Martin Tupper's drama without Martin Tupper
will be worse than ship without q sail.


Following close in the wake Of the Macken-
zie and Bridge escapade comes little episode
from Brooklyn, which is a very fair specimen
Of the everyday occurrences which transpire
within the hailoued circle of our social exist
ence. Margaret Gunner, a dashing blonde,
and Kate Carroll, q pretty brunette, both ap-
pear to have had a sort of mortgage on q
spruce young man named Gerrity. By strategy
Kate endeavored to foreclose her mortgage,
but Margaret, ever alert and watchful, took
immediate action to forestall the scheme of
her fair adversary by administering to her
snarting chastisement. But Katie demurred.
While Margaret was attempting to pluck out
her eyes she busted herself in erecting great
bumps all over Margaret's countenauce, which
enterprise resulted in Disagreement for life.
When the case was brought into court the
judge. with that justice peculiar to the bench
of Brooklyn, said that any "two robust and
buxom women who are willing to wage war
over the possession of one man ought to be
allowed to wage it to tho bitter end, ," and dis
missed the case. On the other hand, any
man who will stand by and watch two women
destroy themselves for his sake will never be-
come president of any respectable humane
society. -