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Year: 1876

Uncle Sol. Lickliderlivcs on Jake's
Prairie and has lived there for many
years. During the dry seasons VIC
were so unfortunate to endure some
years since, Uncle Sol, became dis.
gustcd with the ridge and moved
into the valley for the sake of water.
During one of the freshcts his OK
yoke was carried away and lodged in
the bottoms below. A neighbor dis
covered it an to prevent it being still
further removed, withdrew one ofthc
bows and fastened it around a small
tree. In his searches Uncle Sol came
upon the missing property, and was
thundcrstruck at what he considered
its strange position. Said the old
man, d looked up at the tree; not a
limb was broken. 1t could not have
come on over the top. The roots
were undisturbed and it could not
have gone on at the bottom, | had
not an AK to cut down the tree, and
| wanted my yoke, So l climbed
the tree, broke off every limb and
took the yoke over the top, and gen.
tlemcn, the hardest work / ever had
in mylife was carrying that yoke up
the tree. To make the dcrned thing
still more aggravating, just as l got
it clear dropped it, the bow-pin
flew out and the bow went with it,
and just then happened to think
how might have got it off if had
not been bigger tool than Thomp'
sons colt"
Year: 1876

/ A man should live within his in
come, even if he has to borrow to do
1t.


. \ mpn might face death at the
cannon,s mouth and yet shrink from
collecting,an ice bill in October,


Don't ba discouraged about your
mgstache, young man. A beautiful
cloth is woven from the down Of
chickens. lf


A young man Nhomarried for love
last spring, was splitting wood the
other evening, when:the AK slipped
and took off two of his toes. He
wishes now that he had married for
money.


Eln,iitg saiaistzhpx make sisxcel,
lent match safes. Besides the usual
shingle nail and screw accompani-
ment they are large enough to con-
tain a hinge, a file and two corks.-
No family should be without one.


"Pa," observed a returned student
at the morning meal, "are you the
autocrat Of the breakfast table?9-
The mother frowned while the faith
cr gravely observed; "You will
please keep civil tongue in your
mouth, or go away from the table,
The meal was finished in silence.


The advantage of a meat pie is its
chcapness. Meat which is too tough
tobe eaten in any other form is made
into pie. Thecrust should be light
and flaky, and the pie baked until
the crust is done. Some people like
plenty of seasoning, but the chief
requisite for good pie is a broad
and elastic throat, and stomach with
pronounced views.
Year: 1876

Ifdrunkcn men could only realize
what borcs they become when
thoroughly soddcn with liquor, and
how their best friends avoid them
and are ashamed to be seen with
them, and try their best to get away
from them, we are sure it would have
some effect in checking their use of
the poisonous article. Pride is the
strongest principle of the human
brest, and it surely ought to be arous-
ed when the drunkard feels that he
has become curse to his family,
a burthon and bore to the general
public,
Year: 1876

A married couple were attacked in
the street by a dog. Thewife scream
ed and tried to run, but her husband
caught her by the shoulders and held
her firmly between the infuriatcd
beast and his person, while he whis-
percd in hoarse voice: "Don't you
dare to let go of me darling, I'll
stand by you, even if he does bite"
Never losing his presence Of mind
for an instant, the daring man baf-
fed every attempt of the fierce brute
to get at him. The owner of the dog
interfcrrcd, and, as the couple moved
off, the husband was heard to say: "If
you had only let the dog bite you,
Matilidy, l might have sued the city
for $4,000 damages, But You never
did have much sense"
Year: 1876

from kind and sympathetic hands at his own home, to life in hotel on the St. Johns river, with those about him who have no special interest in him, or anything about him except the dimensions of hls pocketbook, is to consign him to martyr dom of suffering terrible to contemplate, and in ninety-nine cases out of 8 hundred hastens with rapid strides the day of his dissolution. Florida may possess, in some of it's inland points and on higher grounds, sections in which sojourn might benefit 8 consumptive, but that fact has yet to be demonstrated. We were kindly handed a paper written on the subject of climate in Florida, by Dr. c. W. Horsey, an eminent physician of Fernandina, which we think treats the subject impartiallY, and at some convenient time not in the far distant flu ture, will publish it in THE NEWS for the benefit of all interested.
Year: 1876

MIR. EDrToR.-Who does not recognize the dignity of honest labor; honest. pro- ductlve industry. every day of which adds just so much to the material wealth of the world The idle droan, with his etemi- nate system, may sheer at the honest la- borer as he passes to and fro0 his daily toil but let the parasite remember that it is the product of this labor that feeds him and clothes his nakedness; without it there would be no place for him to lay his worthless body to protect it from the frost and sun the dews of night and the rains from heaven would beat upon him as upon the wild beasts of the forest.

 Without the product of labor the teaches would dle. He who does not employ his physical and mental energy in some cap4c- ity, performing his part in the social eeon- omy. is a cumbersome nuisance: dead weight upon society. living upon the tolls of others. and filling no honorable station in life. The laborers and mechanics are the palace builders of the world. They do every thing that raises us above the physl- cal and social condition of the brute. Ev- cry adornmsnt of our home or persons, the buried cities of olden times, existing ru- ins, the magnificent monuments of our skill to-day. and the civilization of the | world is wrought by labor.

 Who would not be harer in the honor and glory of this accomplishment Young men and women, to you speak. Are you fulfilling the part assigned you1 Do you contribute to your own needs and the wants of those dependent upon you by the ties of kindred or the weight of years3 If you have not already begun. begin at once. Let it no longer be said you are not at your post in the grand army of toilers alevlating the woes of tho world. Pa. them to labor; inure them to hardship bring them in contact with the cold ohari ties of the world and it's deceptive smiles

 They must go forth sooner or later. Yor cannot always exercise your parental care or offer your supporting hand. Would yor rear an oak. the pride of the forest, yor would not plant it in a hot bed or in th, sheltering wood, but rather set it on hil where frost and rain can beat upon it ana tue w1ntry blast lash it's boughs. Thu you will cause it to take deep, firm root II the soil to enable it to withstand the buff : lettings of the wind and storms, the smile of srnsEine and the falling of the geutl dew.

 Just so with your children. Teach then self reliance. and when the prop IS re moved from their support you will fin, them fortified for the duties of life-stron with principals of justice firmly roote, Tn their hearts. Like the sturdy oak. the will be prepared to withstand the buffet ings of the world with all its allurement } to wickedness, ,indolence and ease, and thu take their place among the noble thron and uphold the dignity of honest labor.

 LABoRER.

 Salisbury. Conn, Feb. 9th, 1876.
Year: 1876

The design of the writer of these brief remarks upon the lessons from week to week has been to provide little help in some of the difficult places. and to suggest few practical thoughts in connection with the lessons. His comments have been very brief. not more than half as long as such comments usually are. Whether they have been of use to ybody he does not know.

 The next lesson, closing the quarter, is a review of the last twelve. and iG is useless to undertake such review here, So there will be none, The next quarter. beginning with the first Sunday in April, tue schools pass to the study of the Book of Acts, Helps to the study of the New Testament are much more plenty, and the writer doubts whether it is worth while to con- tinue these comments. If there are read CTS of THE NEWS who desiIe that we should continue them, let them send a line to the editor immediately, making theiI desire known. If there are many who will do that, the lessons will be continued ii there are few. or none, the space in the pa per will be filled with other matter. Sc please let your desire be known at once,
Year: 1876

A Kentucky judge has decided that a man has no right to harness his wife to 8 blow, no. not even with a mule. And yet women complain that they have no rlehIs,

 They are going to explode 5000 lbs. of nitro-glycerine at Hell Gate next year. say the New York papers. It is not wide enough at present to accommodate the travel from New York and Brooklyn.
Year: 1876

s An amateur vocal concert in which none but doctors participated was recently giv. on in Western town. but the people as general thing didn't attend. They said there was too much male-ar1a about it.
Year: 1876

A VALUABLE WORK Centennial His.

 tory of the United States, from the dis

 covery of the American Continent to the

 close of the first century of American

 Independence By James D. McCabe,

 author of "A Manual of General History

 The Great Republic,' etc., etc.

 It is a well known fact that the great mass of our people are compelled to rely for their knowledge of the history of their country, upon the outline works intended for the use of schools, which by their very nature are brief designed for the compre- hension of children, and in every way un- suited 10 the adult mind. There has long been felt genuine want of history of the United States, covering the whole period from the discovery of the continent to the present day, and presenting in succinct and comprehensive form the history of our country through its various periods, from higher and more thoughtful standpoint than would be proper in school history. This demand we are happy to say is satisfactori- ly met in The Centennial History of the United States, work which is evidently destined to take rank as the standard his,o- " of our country. The author, James D. McCabe, is an able and we'll known histor- icsl writers.

 We most heartily commend this work to our readers. It is no mass of dry details, no bombastic effort to infiame the national pride, but Is clear, vivid and brilliant narrative of the events of our history, from the discovery of the American continent to the present day. It gives most interest ing account of the Indians of North Amer ica from the time of the coming of the white men. The voyages of Columbus, the explorations of the different nations of Europe, and the wsnderings of the Spsn- iards in search of gold and immortal youth, are told with graphic power. The story of the Revolution is related with all the inter est of romance; then follows clear and succinct account of the formation of the Federal Constitution, the Second War with England, the Mexican War. and the events of our history up to the commencement of the Civil War. The history of the Civil War is related with intense vigor, and with strict fidelity to truth. The author writes throughout with calmness and impsrtiality, and pleads the cause of no section or party, The book contains an Appendix, giving an account of the approaching Internationa Centennial Exhibition.

 It is comprised in one large and hand. some volume of 925 pages. and contains 442 fine engravings on steel and wood. The book is issued by the National Pub fishing Go. of Philadelphia, whose imprin, is guarantee of the excellence of the workmanship. The price is low consider ing the character of the work, and e. ch subscriber is presented with handsome Photographic engraving of the Centennla Exhibition Buildings and Grounds. It i' sold by subscription only, and tho publish

 CTS want agents in every county.
Year: 1876

time, ana are DacK ag2ln With the harness on once more. On the home stretch, his Honor. the Judge, ''took the bit' and ran away, getting in town two CT three days ahead of us, but for that we'll pay him off when we get another chance at him. We have had very pleasant and instructive journey to the extreme southern portion of our country, and return fully satisfied that the New England states, with all their snow and ice, are still better place in which to live than anywhere else. To be sure Flor, ida has its oranges, its sunshine in our win. ter months, it's alligstors and sea beans, but the Judge says he wouldn't give fifteen cents for the whole state Our govern. ment in 1915 thought differently on this matter, and allowed the Spaniards several millions for it; but the state may have been more valuable at that time than at the present: anyway, we quite agree with his Honor on the cash value of Florida It is a most excellent place to move away from. We arrived home last week and found oul affairs in and about the office moving along with quite as much regularity and system as they could possibly were we in com | mand, and we think THE NEWS was little more newsy during our absence than usual. We are more than grateful 10 the kind friends who have watched over our inter ests while we were away. and who have been 50 vigilant, that nothing whatever have we as yet discovered as having been done, but what has written all oyer it soeU done! The paper has been well printed and well edited, as our read CTS will bear us testimony, and with ample evidence that everything in every 1 other department of our business was faith

 fully and correctly attended to, we con gratulate ourself in our most excellent for tune in having within our reach, assistance of rare merit.
Year: 1876

and worse under the growth Of capital and
the competition of labor.


Industrial reconstruction, based on col
lective authority and supervision, such az
will provide constant work and abundant
wages everywhere and at all times, has
kecOme the great need of the hour. To
leave individuals and classes at the mercy
of other individuals and classes for work
and wages, is q monstrous violation OF
the fundamental principles of the Repub-
lie. 1t generates tyranny and absorbs
an amo1nt Of pluAder from labor such an
the ancient feudalist never dreamed Of


Our present political government, State
and National, is q class government-s
class hostile to the rights Of labor. The
wages class have no place in the govern
ment except as voters. Whose fault is
thisl Their own The same votes that
elect their enemies can elect themselves.
All that is needed is the coming together
of trades and labor unions of all kinds,
and . union of all the wages class, into
one great political party, based on the idea
OF industrial reconstruction, and the col
lective control of work and wages.


j. F. BRAY.
Year: 1876

BALTIMORE, April IL, 1876.
70 the Editor Of the woRENeNAS's ADVOCATE.


1t has been quite q while since have
had an opportunity to write to TIE ADvo-
CATE; but ] have been a reader Of your
paper every week, and am very much
pleased with the consistent stand 1t has
taken in the greenback cause and against
that national burden-I may say national
curse-vlZ. the present national bank
system, which ImpOverishes the oOr and
makes the rich richer And yet We 6nd
hundreds of thousands of men hanging on
the skirts OF the blUated bondholders and
their tools, the intriguing and dishonest
politicians When will the


BONE AND sINEw


of our land learn to govern themselves, or
are they ready to surrender all their rights
in this free government, bcquesthed to US
by wise and honest ancestry But oh,
how degenerate are the sons of the sires
1t sees to me, sometimes, that the mass Of
the American people we're ready to extend
their arms to receive the shackles which
we will wear if We do not learn to assert
our rights and dare defend them. What q
a change has come over us within the last
fifteen or twenty years How proud and
jealous we were then of our liberties,
which We are now ready to surrender to
the god Of Mammon But


THE CLOUDS IN THE HEAVENS,


that have been so lowering and dark for
years past, seem to be breaking, if the
people will only be true to themselves, and
sever their connections with corrupt poll
tical parties. But if our eyes are not
opened now, with all the exposures before
us daily of our servants placed in high
positions to serve us, but instead of being
public servants, they have been proved
public thieves have been robbing us for
years of that which we have had to earn
by toll and sweat; as | said before, if our
eyes are not opened now, then. indeed, we
are beyond redemption, and when it is too
late, we will see what our apathy has done
When that time comes God grant it never
may), then such men as you, Mr.. Editor,
and your co-laborers, can stand on its ruins
and defy reproach. E.. j.
Year: 1876

The forewoman Of shoe factory stitch
ing room in this city was recently request
ed by her employer to notify the help un-
der her charge that it was intended b re-
duce their wages some twenty per cent.
This the forewOman declined to do, from
the fact that the girls have Of late had
their pay cut down On two or three Occa-
sions, SO that at the present time they can
barely earn enough to support themselves,
and the forewoman could not ind heart
enough to ssk the poor creatures TO submit
to another turn of the wheel. The en-
ployers, however, soon found . way to no
tlfy the girls, and they timidly yielded to
the imposition. IL the stitchers and other
female operatives in the shoe factories oi
this city do not speedily organize aud stand
up for their rights, they will soon find il
necessary to seek other employment. II
is pity that such an intelligent body oI
operatives do not take more interest ir
matters of such vital importance to them
Since writing the above We learn that some
Of the operatives gave up their situations
m they found it would be impossible fol
them 10 earn aliving if they accepted tn,
reduction. Lynn Record
Year: 1876

We consume Of all that is useful, the more
work, the more content, the more wages
We have He must be fool who asserts
that society in 1873 was not in a more
healthy condition with all the people en-
ployed at good wages, than it is to-day,
with our estimated 5000, 900 in idleness,
and large proportion Of the balance on
short time. Yet this is the very argument
that is used every day when we are told
we must consume less than we have been
doing | claim to reach the state We were
in in 1873, which was a much better one
than the present, We must consume more,
and to furnish the means to this end, as l
understand it, is the aim Of the lndepend-
ent party. JOHN JAMES.
Year: 1876

people Of this grand country free from the
bondholders, who now rule and rob them,
as well az the blacks.
Believing you will give the enemy the
best you have in the shop, and hoping
your good work may be crowned with sue
cess,


remain, yours in the cause,


C. w. A.
Year: 1876

AT The HALL.-This morning, his
Honor, the Mayor passed sentence on
one case, that OF drunken tramp who
was wheeled in from the causeway,
last night. Being too poor to pay a
fine and too fat and lazy to be entitled
to free board and lodging, he was or
dered to leave town Immediately,


This morning Mrs. Cooney who has
lust finished term at New Castle
for vagrancy was again arrested for
drunkenness. In the cells, Mrs, Coon
ey raved violently, swearing in the
most blasphemous manner, and max"
ing the air resound with her oaths.
She will probably be returned to Jail
without delay.
Year: 1876

Body SENT FoR.-About a month
ago. the dead body of man named
S. F. Carrigan was found near St.
Georges, and after the usual inquest
was buried. Yesterday the Coroner
received a letter from his mother and
sister, residing in Lancaster. Pa. 4,
stating that they desired to have the
body sent on which will be done as
soon as practicable. Carrigap was e
member of the Methodist Church and
at the time of his death was in search
of employment.
Year: 1876

The Republican call for National
Nominating Convention, to be held in
Cincinnati on the 14th of June next,
which appeared in our columns yesterday,
is an invitation of great breadth and scope.
But the Republican party may feliciate
itself upon. the fact that its Executive Com
mittec Cvinces no signs of weakness on
any of the vital questions with which the
organization has been identified Those
are called who would maintain the national
honor and credit intact, who would restore
into general Use as measure of values in
this country that measure which is recog-
nized throughout the rest of the CONNER
cial world; who would protect and defend
the rights of every man 10 vote and ofevery
child to be educated in all sections and
States, regardless of race, color or previous
condition of seryitude; who would detect,
expose and punish fraud, wherever found
and whatever party ermine it might SOIL


who favor economy in administration of
the Government, and oppose all attempts,
however insidious, and all approaches,
however gradual, to a union of Church and
State, or uses of public funds for sectarian
PURPOSES. All who subscribe TO these
suntiments and think they should be cult
Year: 1876

they would have had more chance of car
rying their point and establishing con-
federation of Independent sovereign States
on this continent with negro slavery as its
corner. stone. But whom the gods
would destroy they first make mad.
The fury of the Southern Disunionists,
with Rhett and Yancey as leaders, over
whelmed Mr. Stephens, and the sword was
drawn outside of the Union. This re-
united the North and saved the nation.


In the light of these events, Mr.. Hills
''regret" comes as a timely warning to
the people of this great country. We now
know the full measure of the Confederate
sorrow for the late war, as VIC know the
unalterable purpose which they bring
hack into the Union. We know, also, the
terms on which we can have peace. These
are the same terms offered us under Bu-
chanan, before the opening of hostilities in
1861. They are the same terms offered by
Mr.. Stephens Immediately before the close
of the war. These terms are, in brief, the
recognition" of the Confederate power as
power co-eQual with the United States
on this continent; the remanding of the
negro to the political custody Of his former
master; the expulsion Of Republican insti-
tutions from each of the late slave States,
and rebuke to the ''anti slavery fanatics
ofthe North. Perhaps reconciliation with
this Confederate power would be sweetly
scaled if Wendell Phillips should be hung
from the top of Bunker Hill monument.
These terms are inadmissibie. We are
told that unless they are accepted we can
have no peace at the South and no rest at
the North We are informed by Mr.. Hill
that the Confederate South has lost neither
its courage nor its power; that the Con-
federates are inside tho Union lines ''to
stay" and that in the next contest the
sword will be drawn under the national
flag. We are conscious that in such
struggle the Confederates would have ad-
vantages they did not possess outside of the
Union; that they will have allies in every
Northern State. who in the late war were
ranged on the Union side. But notwith-
standing all this, VIC tell Mr.. Hill that the
Republican party is ready to meet the enc
mics of the Union either inside or outside
of the national lines.
Year: 1876

TIM growth OF the Confederate power
in Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Ala
bama and other Southern States is be-
ginning to be understood by the people of
the North. The debate on the amnesty
question has not only revived feeling of
confidence in the Republican party as the
bulwark of national safety, but has, at the
same time, opened the eyes of the people
TO the fact that while they have been
lulledinto unsuspicious slumbcr by the Gush
professions of the Southern Democracy,
the traitors who tried so hard to destroy
the Union have quietly crcpt into danger
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