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Year: 1876

Sixteen years ago q wealthy In
dianapolis gentleman had daughter
who was the pet of the household
and y society belle. a young man,
son of another prominent citizen,
wooed the daughter, and, failing to
find favor in the eyes of her father,
projected and carried to successful
issue an clopcment. The young
couple were married and located in
Texas. At the breaking out of the
war the young husband enlisted in 4
confederate regiment, and the wife,
disguised in male attire, enlisted in
the same regiment, and followed her
husband to the field. During one of
the engagements in which the regi-
ment participated the wife was
wounded by a minnie bullet, and the
husband, still ignorant of her dis
guise, helped to carry her from the
field. In dressing the wound the sex
of the dashing trooper was discov-
cred and she was discharged from
the regiment and came north. The
husband was killed in succeeding
engagement. Her relatives never
forgave the marriage, and refused to
recognize the wife when she returned.
The father still lives in neighbor-
ing county, and is counted one of the
wealthiest citizens, while the woman,
now poor and broken IN health, lives
in miserable little house in an un-
frequented alley of this city.
Year: 1876

Who has not heard ladies express
mild surprise because some man who
had been presented to them had not
bowed to them on meeting them on
the street, at the theatre, or in the
drawing-room? If you ask them,
" Did you recognize him?" they will
be apt to reply, "Oh, no; of course
not. He should have spoken first"
Being reminded of the well-defined
etiquette bearing on the subject, they
are likely to add: "I know that
very well; but no woman wants to
take the initiative. Men should do
that; it is their business. 1t doesn't
belong to us. No one expects US to
make ourselves so bold" The truth
is, the majority Of women are natu-
rally SO accustomed to man paying
court to them, to his making the first
advance in everything, that they can't
find it in their sexual sensiti- eness,
in their severely conventional selves,
to obey a mandate they originally
issued and still persist in perpetual
ing. Not one woman in ten thous-
and has any fault to find with the
rule; in fact, we have never known a
woman to object to it. Nevertheless,
she seldom follows it in her own
case. Sometimes woman says, as
sort of selfiustlfcation, "Suppose
l should speak to man, on meeting
him after an introduction, and he
should not remember me? How
awkward should appear; how over
whelmed I should be with shame to
observe that he did not recognize me.
| can't afford to place myself in a
position to seem to be cut off by any
man." If any number of ladies feel
thus, the point of etiquette should be
changed in order to save their sensi-
blllties. In truth, however, the OBJ
lection is not we'll made. There is
not the smallest danger that any man,
presuming him, of necessity, to be a
gentleman, at least in respect to his
observing the ordinary forms of cour-
tesy, would refuse or hesitate to re-
turn the acknowledgment of a wo-
man, even though he might not have
the remotest recollection of ever
having seen her before, OF though he
were convinced she had confounded
llim with somebody else. And the
fact that he had been recognized by
a woman would be the strongest pre-
sumptlye evidence that he had been
presented to her. Men are not likely
either to forget their feminine ac-
quintances or to mistake Mrs. Thomp-
son for Mrs. Robinson, or Miss Blank
for Miss Dash.
Year: 1876

Nine prisoners in the county Jail over.
powered the Sheriff this evening aud e.
capped, and four Of them were afterwards
recaptured, but the leader Of the gang
was shot twice by the Sheriff before he
would surrender.
Year: 1876

There is an impression abroad, derived
from the way in which the election re-
turns have been presented to the public
in certain Democratic newspapers, that
Mr.. Tilden received q majority Of the
popular vote in every section Of the
country. Nothing could be further from
the truth than this. He Is behind in the
Northern States more dGH quarter Of a
million Of role', as the following compila.
ton Of returns will show:
Year: 1876

Italy will make a grand display in the
art department.


Tie Southern historical society Will
send all its official records.


The railroad companies are making
extraordinary preparations.


New England has organized bat
talon called the Centennial legion.


Barracks are to be erected at German
town for the use Of the military visitors
expected.


The grounds now have the appearance
tf a sort of human bee hive. Every
BODY works as if something was to be
done.


ONLY a fifty cent note will be received
for admission. No change will be re.
ceived, made or given by the honest
men at the door.


The appropriation bond was signed
by one hundred Philadelphians whose
wealth combined is $780, 100000.
Year: 1876

WE saw recent lcttei from one of the directors of the Southern Pacific railroad, in which 1t was stated that the company expected to reach the Colorado river with their road by Feb ruary 1. We sincerely hope this may prove true and that it will not stop un- til it passes through Arizona and makes connection with the Atlantic seaboard. We shall welcome any and all railroad enterprises to our Territory, but we are beginning to settle down to the conyic- tion that the Southern Pacific is the only company possessing money and willing to run a road through Arizona. With the completion of railroad through Arizona our immense mining resources will be developed, a market will be opened for our surplus cattle and sheep, our agricultural lands will be utilized and made profitable, towns and cities will spring up as if by magic and general prosperity will be assured. Let us give a hearty welcome and all assistance in our power to the first rail road builders that reach Arizona.
Year: 1876

At the recent general election in Grant county, New Mexico. vote was taken for aud against the annexation of that county To Arizona. which re- suited in nearly unanimous voie in favor of the proposition. The Silver City Herald says;

 We are greatly reioiced at the una nimity of our eople and hope lnal the Furty-tifly Congress will impart new life to our county by severing our connection with New Mexico. and place Us where we geographically be- lOng-tO AriZ0na-and where We can tructiiy by reason of her wise and be- nefcent legislation.

 Now that the people mainly to be effected by this change have spoken m decided manner and by thelr votes at the ballot box nearly unanimously agree that the change is desirable, and we can see no good reason why this desire should not be gratifed. It is a matter of no importance tn the Feder- al Government whether this piece of territory IS retained by New Mexico or annexed 10 Arizona. |. will not IT. ceive any additional expense in any event. This being the case the first and most important question to decide is in which condition will the people 10 be effected by the change be most prosperous and cOntented, and this question has been decided by the peo- pie themselves. They say in unmis- takable terms that they prefer to be- come a part of the Territory of Ari- zOna

 There are many good and substan- ual reasons outside of tine complaint they make of unjust laws in New Mex icO The trade between Grant county and Arizona is large and constantly increasing; the people of that county have already large mining and mer- camille interests in Arizona; the pre- dominating interest at thIs time. both there and here k mining, and ncyl~ the same fostering care, and in any and every point of view, the change it seems to Us would prove beneficial both to the people of that county and Arizona. We hope therefore thal Con gress will act promptly in this matter and give a willing assent to the united " ice of the people who are interested
Year: 1876

A correspondent writes the following
interesting story from Paris, which is
too good not to be true: Some time ago
there was in London for the season O
lady who is very well known in the
French fashionable world. One day
she happened to see in the streets q
monkey begging pence from the public
in the prettiest manner for the benefit
of his master, an organ grinder. The
marquise took fancy to it., bought it,
dressed it in the gaudiest raiment, and
made it a pet. The lady the other day
had in Paris fashionable reception for
the benefit of the Lnondes, and, of
course, her pet was the wonder of the
room.


In the course of the evening young
lady sat down to the piano, and, ac-
companying herself, sang with exquisite
taste little drawing room song.


AS soon as the lady had finished, the
monkey, who, though now partially
civilized, had not forgotten his former
duties, seized hat, and holding it be-
fore each guest, according to his Gus
tom, commenced collection. The vo-
calist laughed, the marquise looked vex-
ed, but, to the amusement of everybody,
the animal went the rounds and collect
ed large sum.


His task ended, he jumped upon the
knee of the singer, and, amid shouts of
laughter, deposited the contents of his
hat in her lap. The collection was, OF
course, devoted to tho charitable fund,
but Bibo made distinct hit, and mon
keys are just now in strong request in
fashionable society.
Year: 1876

When brothers leave the old hearthstone
And go, each one a separate way,
We think, as we go on alone


Along our pathway, day by day,
or olden scenes and faces dear


OF voices that we miss 80 much,
And memory brings the absent near,


Until we almost feel the touch
OF loving hands, and hear, once more,
The dear old voices ringing out,
Az in the happy time Of yore,


Ere life had caught share Of doubt.
II you should place against your ear
The shell you plundered from the sea,
Down in its hidden heart you'd hear
A low and tender melody,
A murmur Of the restless tide,


A yearning, born Of memory,
And, though it's longings be denied,


The shell keeps singing Of the sea.
And sometimes when old memories throng,
Like ghosts, the chambers Of our soul,
We feel the yearning, deep and strong,
A longing we cannot control,
To lay our cares and business by


To seek the old, familiar ways,
And cross homes threshold, and sit down
With comrades of our earlier days.
For though our paths are sundered wide,
We feel that we are brothers yet,
And by-and-bye wo turn aside


From burrying care and worldly fret,
And each one wanders back to meet


His brother by the hearth of home;
think the meeting is more sweet


Because 30 far and wide we roam.
We cross the lengthening bridge of years,
Meet outstretched hands and faces true;
The silent eloquence of tears


Speaks welcome that no words can do.
But ah, the meetings hold regret


The sad, sad story, often told,
OF hands that ours have often met,


Close 1, lded under churchyard mold,
or eyes that smile into our own,


Closed in the dreamless sleep Of God;
A sweetcr rest was never known


Than theirs beneath the graves white sod
A tender thought for them tonight,


A tribute tear from memory
Beneath their covering of white


Sweet may their dreamless slumber be.
Year: 1876

Other cities are preparing for the Gel
ebration of the centennial fourth of July.
Norwich should do the same, says the
Bulletin. Let us have something ap-
propriate and practical which will please
everybody. We do not refer to hanging
a book agent, but to something that will
be impressive as well as pleasurable.
Year: 1876

When one of Gathers" business
friends drives into the yard at about
half-past eleven, the good wife knows
that he will surely stay to dinner.
Father is a great story teller. and he
likes to get hold of new auditor. How
aptly comes frown of dismsy and dis.
pleasure on the smooth, fair face of his
helpmeet. What can be done? Work
is going on according to the days plan
in the kitchen; the dinner was arranged
for none but the family; the children
are coming home from school and max
ing chatter; all is hustle and confusion.
She feels that the best dishes must be
used, and something extra cooked for
the inopportune guests.


Now, good woman, don't do it! Your
fine dinner, with its attendant irritation
and "upsetting," will taste no better than
what you had prepared. Make no diff
ference in your plans, but seat your Wis
itor with a smile and easy greeting al
your hospital board; and he will fee
more comfortable and happy thar
though you gave him a banquet. Yot
save temper and trouble, and gain th'
enjoyment of giving your friend rea
cozy time. A sensible person know
that farmers do not have six course
upon their table daily, and the whole
some. hearty fare, with good nature An,
hospitable cordiality, will be tincture,
with sweet, domestic sense that is in
evitably lost in grand dinners. Smile
and nentness are sauce for homely meals
Year: 1876

Over four years ago package valued
at $50, was mailed at LindenviIle to a
post Office in Pennsylvania, and as
means of security the sender had it reg
istered; but somewhere on its passage 1t
disappeared and could not be found.
The case was investigated by special Of
ficers, and everything possible done to-
find the lost package, but without avail.
Lindenville is a country post office and
from there the mail is carried to Will
liamsfeld, railroad station, by route
agent, and in all cases registered mail
matter has to be receipted for before he
takes it away. In this case the Linden
vile postmaster had receipt from the
agent, but as the agent had none from
the Williamsfeld postmaster the pack
age could be traced no further. After
q yigilant search the package was given
up for lost, and the route agent was
compelled to pay the loss. The matter
was almost forgotten, until few days
ago the package turned up, and it had
been all those years lying within an
arms length of the WilliamsfieId post
masters desk. 1t had been received
from the route agent in a small pouch,
together with about forty letters, and as
the pouch was an extra one, only occas-
ionally used, it was by mistake hung
upon hook near the desk, and there


having been no use for it since, it had


been there all these years. One day last


week the pouch was taken down for use,


and its contents found intact [Cleve-
land Herald.
Year: 1876

All agree that this is a wonderful age.
Without having very clear and defin-
ite idea Of Its wnndertulness, most peo-
pie feel that the world is going out at
rapid rate, and that life is crowded with
excitements. They see enough to salts
fly themselves that many get rich rapid
ly, that many go to ruin post haste, and
that everybody is living at a much
higher temperature than before. The
thoughtful few look deeper into the
heart Of things, and, with conflicting
feelings, stand perple1ed before the
growing anomalies of the times. New
forces strike their imagination. On ev-
cry side energies well nigh superhuman
are rushing into forms and shapes that
defy calculation as to future results. To
all such the problem of good and evil is
more than ever beyond human solution.
The inspiration, whatever be its course,
is certainly intense. Men are battling
with nature, with chance and fortune, as
they never battled before; and verify
their powers grow mightier with the
strife. And as to the degree and extent


Of this inspiration, its amount of excits,


bic and diffusive force, we may truthful
ly speak Of it rs sudden and startling.
Year: 1876

Directly opposite the Winter Palace,
in St. Petersburg, and one of the most
conspicuous objects on the whole line of
the Neva, is the citadel, or old fortress,
in reality the foundation of the city
the golden spire of its church shooting
toward the sky and glittering in the sun.
This spire, which rises tapering till it
seems almost to fade away into nothing,
Is surmounted by large globe on which
stands an angel supporting a Cross
This angel, being made of perishable
materials, once manifested symptoms of
decay, and fears were entertained that it
would soon be numbered with the fallen
Government became perplexed how to
repair it; to raise scaffolding to such
a height would cost more than the angel
was worth.


Among the crowd which daily assem-
bled to gaze at it from below was
a roofer of houses, who. after long and
silent examination, went to the Govern
ment, and offered to repair it without
any scafolding or assistance of any kind.


His offer was accepted, and on the
day appointed for the attempt, provided
with nothing but coil of cords, he as
cended inside to the highest window,
and looking for a moment at the crowd
below and at the spire tapering away
above him, stood on the outer ledge of
the window. The spire was covered
with sheets of silded copper which, to
beholders from below, presented only a
smooth surface of FURNISHED gold; but
the sheets were roughly laid, and fasten-
ed with large nails which projected from
the sides of the spire.
He cut two pieces of cord and tied
loops at each end of both, fastened the
upper loops over two projecting nails,
and stood with his feet in the lower;
then clinching the fingers of one hand
over the rough edges Of the sheets of
copper, raised himself till he could
hitch one of the loops on higher nail
with the other hand. He did the same
for the other loop, and so he raised one
leg after the other, and at length ascend
ed, nail by nail and stirrup by stirrup,
till he clasped his arms around the spire,
directly under the ball.


Here it seemed impossible to 60 any
further, for the ball was ten or twelve
feet in circumference, with small and
glittering surface, and no projecting
nails; and the angel was above the ball,
as completely out of sight as if il were
in the habitatiens of its prototypes
But the daring roofer was not disheart-
ened. Rising himsel: in his stirrups, he
encircled the spire with a cord which be
tied round his waist, and, SO supported,


eaned gradually, until the soles of his
feet were braced against the spire, and
his body fixed almost horizontally in
the air. In this position he threw q
cord over he top of the ball, and threw
~ ~ Coolly duu SklliluIiy, Luat on tne
first attempt it fell down on the othel
side, just as he wanted it. Then ht


threw himself up to his original posi-


tion, and by means of this cord climbed


up the smooth sides of the globe, and il


few moments, amid thunders of ap


Plause from the crowd below-which a


that great height sounded only like


faint murmur-he stood by the side o
the angel. After attaching cord to it


he descended, and the next day carrie,
up with him ladder of ropes, and ef


fected the necessary repairs.
Year: 1876

The frat recollection Of early life il
amid the shrubbery of my mothers
garden. To me Eden was just such a
place. ] have carried the picture
through long years since, and, in town
or country, home OF abroad, the one de-
sire has been to possess just such spot.
The future culture and enjoyment in
this country is to be upon the farm. Not
the dreary, slovenly, uncultivated farm,
but the art garden and the landscape
garden, the fruit garden. A possessor OF
agriculture and q director Of any Of the
many operations Of neat, handsome
thoroughly titled and embellished home.
stead are 10 be among the most elevated
and respected positions in the nation
The future of the nation is the farm ant
the fruit. art and landscape garden
Wed yourself to q piece Of land ant
make 1t an Eden, and hold to 1t in spit,
Of all the temptations Of the world
lBonsss.
Year: 1876

We are having many questions as to
whether these can be set in the fall sue
cesstully. AS a rule, We would not aj-
wise extensive setting for market plan
tations in the fall, in sections north of
Philadelphia, unless i, is on sandy soil
that is we'll drained. and that does not
heave. But for family nae, where the
fruit il wanted next season, they can be
set from August t, October, if properly
planted and cared for, and ny being well
mulched with hay or straw, yield one
fourth to one-third of q crop mex. sea-
son, and make growth next year OF
double those set next rpring, and conse
quently much larger crop the year
following.


IL the plants are TO be ordered from a
distance, give the following directions
for doing them up: Take up carefully
with the whole root, shake of the earth
and keep from the sun; nip off all the
leaves and runners; prepare oiled paper
to wrap around them; on a sheet of this
paper place a thin layer of moss, but
slightly moistened, and on this put
layer of plants, and then q layer of
moss, and then another layer of plants,
and so alternate. Then, after putting
moss on top of the last layer, roll them
up together with oiled paper around
them and around this dry paper leaving
packages open at leaf end to show what
they are" If packed in this way, they
can be sent in August, hundreds, yes
thousands of miles by mail or express
with perfect safety. AS soon as the
plants are received, unite the strir & that
binds them, and lay in a cool, moist
place until ready to plant.


The next important step is to plant
right. Having ground we'll prepared,
mark off where rows are to be, by draw
ing cord or small rope, and pressing
it to the ground. Have rows for gar
dens eighteen inches to two feet apart,
and plant - to 10 inches apart in the
rows. Use a common garden trowel for
planting. Dig hole, shake roots we'll
and place in the hole. Then pour hole
half full of water, and draw in quickly
to earth up. OF course if weathe,
should be damp and ground wet, the
water is not essential. If weather
should be hot and dry, shade for three
or four days with piece of newspaper OIL
large leaves of any kind, but if thus
shaded, don't water too much as they
will damp off," AS soon as they com
mence to grow, take off the covering
Never plant on ridge, but on the level


If you have an old bed and wish tt
change it to another place, prepar,
ground we'll for new bed. Then dil
holes six to eight inches deep and to
inches square, and Immediately after
heavy rain, when ground is saturated
take up plants from old bed with 500
of earth large enough to fill holes il
new bed, and after placing them there
in. press them down firmly, and worl
earth around them and over them part


iy covering the plants, picking out al


grass and weeds. Also, give them


good dressing with we'll rotted compost


Ifyou have no strawberries, and desir


the fruit next season, or wish some kim
of fruit next season that you have no


got be sure TO set them now Frni
Recorder
Year: 1876

Judging from his article in a recent
German periodical, the Clinic thinks
thai DR.. Franz Zeller is an enthusiast in
the administration of caustic ammonia
in rheumatism. For several years he
had been sufferer from severe muscu-
lar rheumatisml. in the right shoulder;
be had taken all the anti-rheumatic
remedies, with but little alleviation,
when he began TO reason that in rheu-
matism as in gout there may be uric
acid drathesis. He thought that liquor
ammonia, on account of it's rapid vola-
tilization, would be the remedy most
readily absorbed and the most prompt
in action. In almost the same moment
in which he took one drop, diluted with
water, he felt complete relief from the
pain, which had lasted for ten hours,
and he was now able to move freely the
arm which an instant before he could
scarcely bear to have touched. The
remedy, he claims, has proved q positive
cure in all recent cases of muscular
rheumatism which have fallen under
his observation. He cites numerous
cases in which relief, as instantaneous
as his own, was experienced. He also
observed its effects in several cases Of
acute articular rheumatism, in two of
which six drops sufficed to subdue the
pain and swelling within a period Of
twenty-four hours. In one case of
chronic rheumatism of finger joint,
which had lasted for over half a year,
the simple administration of the am
monia completely dispelled the infiam-
nation and pain in the joint within


two days. DR.. Zeller believes the effect
due to the ammonia acting as nervine


directly upon the nerves.
Year: 1876

In consequence of the scarcity Of
money in North Carolina cows are now
used as a medium of exchange, and
merchants say such currency is next
thing to bully, though we never herd OF
such an idea before. Perhaps such me-
dium of exchange suits North Carolins
as well as any udder kline Norris,own
| Herald.