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Year: 1876

A sad story of the terrible influence o


the liquor traffic comes to us from Fair.


view, in this State. Some three or four
yaars ago promising young man of that


place married the lovely and accom-
plished daughter of minister of the
gospel. The young couple were highly
esteemed, and for awhile their welded
lives ran smoothly and happily, and
they were all in all to each other. But
the tempter came-not to the wife, but
to the husband. He fell-not at once to
the lowest depths, but slowly and surely
he went down the grade that leads from
moderate drinking to confirmed drunken
ness, until he spent everything he had
for whisky, even selling the family Bible
to procure money with which to crafty
his cravings for drink. A few months
ago baby was born to him-a sweet
little innocent that laughed and cooed
unconscious of the degradation of its
father. 1t would have been well-spring
ofpleasure" in the home of sobriety and
virtue, but here its innocence and
helplessness touched no tender chord in
the paternal heart. The love it should
have aroused was dead, and in its place
was an all-absorbing thirst for intoxi-
eating liquor. The poor mother alone
found some consolation in its presence
for the grief caused by her husbands
fall. But it was to be the means of
adding a sharper pang to her despair.
The drunken father, unable to bear the
torture of his raging thirst, was at his
wits end for means to secure its gratif-
cation. He had nothing left which he
could sell, and the bar-keeper refused to
trust him for another drink. His morbid
craving for stimulants was driving him
frantic, and he was ready for almost any
desperate deed. At this junction he
bethought him of his baby, and, hor-
rible to relate, the unnatural father took
the little innocent from the house, car
ried it two miles to low doggery and
there actually traded it to the barkeepcr
for drink of whisky! Is there a deeper
depth of shame than this? If there is,
nobody but the rumseller can show the
way to it. The distress of the unhappy
mother can better be imagined than
described. She recovered her child en-
paying for the whisky, but her blighted
hopes, her bleeding heart, her wrecked
life still remained to bear damning
testimony against the internal traffic
through which such ruin and infamy
were wrought.
Year: 1876

Remember, o, maiden fair! few
weeks more and leap is gone !-for you,
perchance, forever gone How mex
pressibly sad-how incOnceivably heart
touching-the thought! But within
these weeks, brief though the period be,
much may be accomplished. Pick out
judiciously, and with an especial eye to
his total abstinence from those patent
air brakes to the aspiring youth, beer and
tobacco, the lordly, leal and liquor-con-
temning young cuss upon whom you
would lavish your gushing affections.
Where is the girl, whether fut'cring in
the brocade of princess or wearing the
calico polonaise of the laborer's daughter,
who would be told that three months
is not time enough for the wooing and
the winning of asgood husband as may
be wOOed and won by any other girl with
no better faculties for the businessY 1t
is Shakespeare who knows-that. "that
man who hath tongue, l say, is no man,
If with that tongue he cannot win a
woman" This is scarcely less true, per-
haps, than gospel. IT it be true that any
man who hath tongue eau win a woman,
1t would seem to follow, from parity of
reasoning, as the cheap disputants of
some of the religious newspapers have it,
that the woman who hath tongue of
her own-and there be few of the sweet,
delicious sex to whom the gift is denied
must be very nearly akin to no woman
if she cannot win man--and win him
i'm less than two months, too, and be
ready with the assurance in the end that
she won him and didn't half try. But
enough.


| "Canst thou love me, gentle stranger ~
| Blushing like rose she stood


And the youth at once acknowledged
That he rather thought he could
Year: 1876

IT is a curious fact that in the whole
of Newfoundland there is not a single
grist-mill Of any description. Little
grain Is ripened in that country,
though as fine oats and barley can be
grown there rs in any part of the world.
and in the western region wheat ripens
we'll.
Year: 1876

electors Of this State and this city, to continu,
them four years longer in power And more than All
this only had the Republican party been unfathui
to s trusts but corruption peculaOn and jobbery pep
vaded an alarming extent every department OF ths
Government The welfare OF the country required great
reforms to cOuneract the waste and corruption Of tho
Republican party. Mr. Herman read extracts from tbe
address OF the Fifth Avenue Conference last May urging
the necessity of reform and the selection of pure and
honest for office, and In conclusion eulOg lied the
character OF Mr. Tiiien a rriOrmcr.
Year: 1876

A oKsTLKNAS recently sent his servant
10 druggist with physicians prescrip-
ton and q written request for the return
Of the original prescription by the bearer
The druggist refusing to comply with
the request. the servant returned with
out the medicine aud without tho pre-
scription. The gentleman then wrote
the druggist to inquire ON what author
ity he based his right to retain the
original prescription. which simply elie-
tied rejoindsr that he was entitled TO
IL by law. It 10 satisfactory to say that
the druggist IL wrong. distinguished
Judge Of New York city having satisfied
himsslf, after careful search. that there
Is NO law, In that STATE at least. emitting
. druggist to possess himself SUMMARY
Of another mans property.
Year: 1876

After square has been formed in this
way, it may be changed in general ap.
pearance by transposing certain OF the
horizontal rows of figures. If the cen


trail row be allowed to stand it is mani


fest that transposition of the second
and fourth and of the first and fifth can
make no change in the results. The
process is nothing more than that OF
turning the square upside down. Sc
also its appearance may be changed BY
turning 1t on one side or the other. 's
Year: 1876

AS q revival of Know Nothingism, but un
der a new name and with modified pro
gramme, the "Order of the American Union
was started up last summer by lot OF seedy
politicians at the east who had run out" in
all the other parties. The order seems early in
It's inception TO have captured Gen. Grant
who, by way of giving it a grand impetus for
ward, made his astonishing speech against the
pope at Des Moines last fall. We do moi
gather from any publications in its behalf
that the order is making much progress in
|capturing votes for Grant and third term
but to avert the odium into which 1t was rap
idly falling from its suspected unaduterateo
Know Nothingism, its head center manager OF
chief fugler-one George d. Weeks, whoever
that may be-has furnished the press of Ne"
York city for publication the following epi
tome OF its "principles:"


a. We accept the Bible as the basis OF all
moral, religious, governmental and educa
tional undertakings.


III. We yield an unhesitating support to
the Constitution and government OF the Unit
ed States and of the several states.


Iii. We urge that the present system OF
our general unsectarian free school organZa
ton Shall be maintained lnviolate.


nv. We claim that no part of the pupllc
funds shall ever be used for the support OF
maintenance of any sectar:an school or insti'
tuition whatever.


I'VE are opposed to any interference 10 po
litlcal affairs by any man or body OF men
acting in behalf or by direction of any eccle
siastical body or power yet we make no war
upon anv mans religious creed.


THE objects and purposes Of our order are
few aud simple, and we give them publicity
The ways and means Of conducting our busl-
ness matters, the methods by which We pro-
pose to secure the desired results, are recu-
liarly our own, and we intend to keep them
to ourselves. Third term or one term,
Democracy or Repubicanism, Hard mon.
ey or soft money Crooked whisky or
straight, fare entirely outside of our aims and
plans, and receive no attention whatever.


Well, if they stick to that text, they are
likely to find few to fight with them or about
them, and will doubtless soon find themselves
dropping into sweet oblivion.
Year: 1876

AS the national platform OF the rag-money
party, if such party shall appear next yeaE'
will doubtless be written in the Office of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, the following extract
from one of its latest utterances on the cur
rency question is interesting;


"The people of Ohio have now better cur
rency without specie basis than they ever
had with It, The specie basis Is fraud III
was always fraud There is no such thing
as a money basis. Money is money. II Is
money il wants nothing behind il TO redeem
il. If it is not money, It should not oe az,
lowed TO circulate. Greenbacks are legaf
tender for all debts and all taxes save custom
House duties. The decline or the increase IN
Tho ya,ne of cold doesn't affect domestic
nrices-doesn't affect the value OF green
back at all. Gold lntrinsically is worth
nothing. The government stamp upon pa,
per, leather, or anything else, IS Jus' as goo''
Year: 1876

The interest on the National debt of the
United States is S!03,000,000 year. Before
the war that was about the principal What
tax is that? 1t is more than twenty dollars
upon every voter III the country, if we take
the Ohio election as a test. In little over
twenty years we pay as much as the princi-
pal. But still the principal remains. What
a terrible cancer is interest!


The above, from the Cincinnati Enquirer
is pOlntedly suggestive of the fate OF Ameri
can Industries, unless some relief in the mat
ter of interest is speedily attained. Add tc
this the interest on State, railroad, and other
bonds, and on the private Indebtedness OF the
country, and we reach an annual aggregate OF
interest which will average over fifty dollars
for every man, woman and child IN the ma.
tior, and an average of something over four
hundred dollars for every producer The
producers, of course, have their burden to
bear, and when it is considered that the an
nual interest of this country exceeds its an
nual increase of wealth, 1t must be plain to
any one that it is only a matter of time when
production will be crushed out and the coun-
try become bankrupt. There can be no mis-
understanding about the matter, and men who
oppose an effort to reduce the rate OF interest
are simply human ghouls preying upon the





dustrial Age.


Nothing ,s easier than to string words to-
gether like the above, yet there IS quite q
coterie of politicians, and they are not with
out degree of proSperIty, whose sole stock
in trade is such fanfaronade. Mrs. Wood.
hull can declaim for hours IN the same way
against the vices of society at the same time
that she is stepped in them herself up to her
ears. Why not ascend occasionalls to the
plane Of common sense and make just one
practical suggestion as TO how the evils con.
nected with the subject of interest may be
avoided! In itself the payment of interest is
certainly no evil. A man has an opportunity
by the payment of one thousand dollars OF
ready money to purchase property that is
certain 10 be worth two thousand to him IN less
than year. He can afford to pay 20 pei
cent. interest for the money, and by the oper
alton both borrower and,lender are benefited
Such opportunities are always occurring, and
IT would be hea,henish stupidity to punish
borrower or lender IN such cases. But another
man, who thinks he sees an equally good
chance TO double his money, mortgages his
house to raise it, and the venture proving un
fortunate, is ruined. Now will some of oul
"reformers' have the goodness to explain.tc
us how law is to be framed that will at the
same time avert the latter mans 's"misfortune'
and yet deal out exact justice TO the othel
men? Now don't bury us in a wordy swash
but give us, in a few pithy, comprehensive
Ineligible sentences, your plan.
Year: 1876

Special to the Chicago Times -


WAsHINGToN, Dec. 27.-Senator
Morton spends all Of his leisure during
the holiday vacation in wearing a many
hued bloody shirt, which he proposes to
faunt in the Senate when he presses his
resolution calling for an investigation
into the method of conducting the late
State election in Mississippi. The Ames
gang of political pirates are working
with him in the heaping up of mount
aims of testimony, which is to labor and
bring forth a mouse as a result. The
faithful colored brother has been invited
to correspond with Morton concerning his
grievances. Local thieves, fresh from
the penitentiary, whose career of official
stealing is becoming rather circumscrlbed,
contribute also much to Morton's demand
for testimony as to intimidation. The
hoosier Senator fondly hopes that all Of
this testimony will have an effect upon
the Senate 1t may, but the admins
traton majority there does not take as
kindly as it once did to


sANGUINARY ROMANCEs ABOUT SOUTH


ERN AFFAIRS.


Logan, the cheerful backerof Morton in
this sort of fiction, will not be active
this winter. Mr.. Morton will have to
carry the burden of his effort nearly
alone. If he is successful in securing an
investigation, it can amount to nothing.
No administration could afford to attempt
to set aside an election such as was con
Quoted in Mississippi last fall, withou
expecting a rebellion in return.
Year: 1876

Runaway Coal Train DashinG Down the

 Mountain Side Over nm Inclined Plane

 Shocking Fate of R Workman.

 The widest and most improbable of Jules Verne's "Scientific Romances " contains nothing more thrilling than an accident that occurred at Dunmore, one of the suburbs of Scranton, Pa., and the great shipping center of the Penn sylvania Coal Company. The coal trains are hoisted up series of steep planes over the undulating mountains that in- tervene between Scranton and Hawley, by finely regulated and admirably equipped system of machinery, and where gentle slopes and long "levels l" occur are sped onward by gravitation, under control of an experienced corps of brakemen.

 A runaway train down one of those sharply sloping places is 8 rare occur renee, every precaution possible being taken to avert such an accident. Yet, occasionally, there is runaway, and it's headlong flight is something terrific. The train of which I speak, says cor respondent writing of the affair, consist ed of four cars laden with coal. They were drawn up the plane by stout wire rope, and were preceded by 8 small truck known Rs the "balance car." Just as they had reached within few feet of the headhouse the fastening gave way, a moments pause and the coal train commenced its wild career down the mountain side, striking terror into the hearts of the workingmen at the engine house as they saw it speed away. Down, down it dashed with a rush like whirlwind, gaining in momentum as it went until it neared the front of the plane.

 A workman named Durkin, who was engaged pushing car along branch track at the foot, immediately in the way of the runaway, saw it approach him and was paralyzed with awe. It was yet several yards distant, and he made desperate effort to escape. But with velocity almost as great as that of a cannon ball 1t struck him and the car by which he was standing, sweeping both distance of two hundred yards until Durkin and the car collided with a large coal train lying on the level. The scene that ensued baffies description. The crash WAS followed by thick cloud of coal, pieces of wood and iron, and in the midst of the destructive tumult poor Durkin was torn to pieces. The men who saw him when he was struck looked for him after the force of the shock had been spent, and were mortified to find him cut up into fragments, the largest of which weighed no more than pound. The strength of the shock may be im- agined when I state that heavy car wheels were flung as high as the car shops fuilV a heipht of twenty feet in the air. The accident, which is the first fatal mishap that has ever occurred on No. 6 plane, is described by those who witnessed it as being wildly grand when the rushing train descended, like thunderbolt, down the steep track. The plane is constructed on Q grade of one to every three feet. Durkin was over sixty years of age, and had been in the employ of the Pennsylvania Goal Com pany for twenty years.
Year: 1876

The success of the new popular loan in Russia has been such as to give the czar full assurance that, in case of emergency, he can raise large amount of money from his own subjects before going abroad to borrow. The Russian czar has been so long in the habit of re- sorting to the money markets of western Europe when the funds were required that most people had supposed ho would be helpless in case these were closed against him. But, during the last twenty years, and especially since the emancipation of the serfs, the financial resources, as well as the military power, of the Russian empire have undergone great development; and we have no no doubt that, as the czar has raised his hundred million rubles at once in two of his cities, he could raise ten times as much on short notice in his empire at large. The success of the present loan must give the Russians a new sense of financial independenCe
Year: 1876

Printers ink is recommended as a cure for driving bands that slip off their pulleys. Lay little ink on the under surface of the strap as it is running the ink is soon carried over the whole surface, and cling is got which will last for six or eight weeks.
Year: 1876

CHIEF JUSTICE CoMEGY's CHARGE
We gave much of our room yesterday to
complete report of the evidence in the
seduction case Just closed in our Superior
Court. and We devote great part of the
GAZETTE again to-day, to the very inter
esting, impressive and earnest charge OF
Chief Justice CoMEGYs in giving the case
to the jury. 1t will be seen that the jury
has sustained the justice and equity ofthe
ease. Honorable men of all shades OF
society when they examine the minutia,
of the case and bring it home to their
own feelings will, we believe, sustain the
action of the jury.
Year: 1876

which, Basin Street or Water Street:


RICHMOND, September 7, 1876.


Editors Dispatch: / have heard the name OF
"Water street" applied to the Improvement
now going on upon what has been known
since the Basin was made as !" Basin bank .
would suggest the name Of "Basin street"
as the one most applicable, because it at
once designates the locality, while Water
street would be appropriate to anything
along the river from Hollywood to Rockets.
Numbers of persons in the city not inter-
ested doubtless are unaware that any i'm
provement is going on here, and they, as
multitudes in the country, would be at
loss to know-where Water street is should
they see the advertisement OF business
firm or any allusion to the street at all. AS
I wish to advertise some myself about this
time / have a special reason for knowing
whether the name is established. Some
seem to be little preiudiced TO the name of
Basin in any way, but ! find nothing often
siye in it, and think 1t at once places the
locality which will lead one TO the point de
sired. zs CITIZEN.
Year: 1876

To secure termination, the essen
tials are proper degree Of moisture,
heat, and the nurturing mantle of
mother earth to enfold them The
most usual hindranccs are, that the
earth dries down beneath the plant
after growth has begun, and that a
crust, through which the tender
sprouts are unable to push their wav,
forms over the delicate seeds. Hence
they should be given covering that
is porous and light, SO that it will re-
tain moisture aud not bake and form
crust. Leaf mould is excellent for
this purpose. Well rotted spent hops
and old sifted manure are also good,
the latter TO have small portions of
soil mixed with it. Generally the
covering should be eight times the
thickness of the seed, and is best ap-
piled by sitting. This covering should
he kept moist, bu, not wet, till the
delicate little plants have come
through. The moisture is best re-
tanned by spreading newspaper over
the surface and keeping it d,wn with
sticks or stones two or three days.
Roots Garden Manuel.
Year: 1876

ocrstic leaders is one which will make
the poor poorer, and strike down the
credit Of the country, interfere with
the growth and stability Of business,
and plunge the nation eventually into
an almost hopeless bankruptcy.
Year: 1876

correspondent calls our attention to the
amusing objection of the Sun to the general
desire that when a passenger rides in a car
he should have seat. The Sun thinks that
this is a violation of the passengers right to
stand up if he wishes to do so. No one
questions this right and since the Sun so
gallantly comes to the rescue of the COM
panies it would be good idea for the Presi-
dent of the Third Avenue Railway Company
to send the editor free strap for the season


The question at issue is simple. A fare
should mean seat. If we pay for a roll
or crumpet we want something to eat. Ii
we buy cigar we desire something to
smoke. If we ride in a car we are entitled
to seat Standing up in the cars and hold
ing on to the straps is an annoyance to the
passengers who are seated. They are enti-
tied to be free from this when they enter the
cars. The passenger who holds the strap as
we'll as the passenger whose toes are trampled
are all entitled to their rights, and espe-
cially the right of taking the ride for which
they pay in a comfortable manner.


There is one way in which the criticism Of
the Sun could be met. Let there be
cars without seats and with liberal
supply of straps for passengers who object
to being deprived of the right to go dangling
home from their places of business. Our
point is that when a passenger pays for a
seat he should have it. If he only wants q
strap the company will, we have no doubt,
be glad to establish a ''strap line" for his
accommodation.