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Year: 1876

BE RULER OVER YOUR Own SPIRIT
"A hasty temper often leads young
men into great mistakes. 1t frequently
causes them to misunderstood an en-
ployer's intention. and to resent as az
insult what was meant only as just
rebuke In this way a young man
sometimes losses a valuable situation
and has to begin the world over again
And unfortunately, his hasty temper
does not permit him to learn wisdom
from his experience. On the contrary ii
too often leads him again into the same
mistake, and he is again set adrift. His
temper grows worse and worse, until.
at last. be becomes unbearable, and no.
body will long keep him in employ.
ment. On the other hand, a good
temper and an obligipg disposition,
when combined with honesty and in
dustry, are invaluable qualities in every
one who has bis way to make in the
world.
Year: 1876

A young woman from the rural dis
tricts entered dry goods store the
other day. and asked for pair Of stock
ings. The clerk politely asked her
what number she wore ''Why, two,
you blasted fool! Do you suppose I am
q centipede, or that I have got wooden
leg? How many do you suppose two
legged hairpin like me would wear?''
Year: 1876

IT Is becoming evident to the most Oh
fuse minds that the House of Representa-
tives has made a great, if not a ludicrOus
mistake in its recent attempt to ride two
horse act in the case of Mr.. Hallett Kill
bourn. If he is guilty of misdemeanor,
as the law defines his Offense, then the
court only has the right and the power TO
determine it. He has an undoubted right
to a trial by jury, as guaranteed by the
Constitution. The House is as much amen
able to the Constitution as are the courts
and the Executive. The law of Congress
is mandatory upon the presiding Of
fioers OF the Houses as to certify
ing cases like that of Mr.. Xii
bourn to the judiciary. If these Houses
intend to enforce their claim to higher priv
ileges, they should at least repeal chapter
seven Of the Revised Statutes. There can
certainly be no dual jurisdiction in the
case. If Mr.. Kilbourn is in contempt oi
the House, after having been certified tC
the jurisdiction of the court, then also i:
the House in contempt of the court FOL
disobedience of its process. To hold 10 the
contrary is to set up the will of the House
above the Constitution and the laws made
in pursuance thereof by the two House:
and the approval of the Executive. 1t 1:
to trAmple under foot the dearest rights o.
oitzenship-trial by jury and the writ o
Rabeas corpus. Will any one pretend tha
a single House of Congress has this power
Can any line of precedents, however long
give If such power: Was not the passage
of chapter seven of the Revised Statutes {
tacit yielding of all pretense to such power
of privilege?
Year: 1876

sumption Of authorityi Was there ever
more fis grant disregard Of individual rights
and violation of individual liberty than the
Imprisonment of Hailet Kilbourn1 When
the honest citizens Of this broad land fully
appreciate this great outrage on individual
liberty, whether they are Democrats or
Republicans, their breasts will be filled
with just indignation.


Speaker Kerr might as well have sent
Mr.. Kilbourn to prison for refusing to de-
liver the key of his safe to the committee.
Either he or some one else is culpable be-
fore the law for au unjust, unwsrrantabie
assumption of authority to look into and
examine into private affairs, where no al
legation Of wrong exists against the person.
1t is simply monstrous assumption oi
authority


A citizen is commanded to bring before the
committee many books and valuable deeds
whatever, in fact, concerned his vital in
terests-and place them at the disposal OF
entirely irresponsible persons. Should these
valuable papers and books be lost, to whom
would Mr.. Kilbourn look for pecuniary re-
dress for the arrangement Of his business
This demand seems incredible, when cou,
pied with the fact that nobody has accused
him or his associates of wrong doing.


The "conquering heroes" have come.
During the civil war they came near, but
did not enter Washington, unless singly
and in disguise. Now they are here, and
with the strong arm of privileged and per-
verted power, aided by their Northern al
lies, they imprison a citizen without alIeg'
ing that he has been guilty of fraud, oI
aught indeed that in any way conflicts with
the proper pursuit of his vocation.
Year: 1876

THE friends of the adventurer, d. H.
Chamberlain, are at present busily en-
gagged at an attempt to blackmail the South
Carolina Republicans into sending him as
a delegate to the Cincinnati convention.
They act upon the hypothesis that because
Chamberlain has temporarily laid aside
his role as corrupt lobbyist and prates so
loudly for reform he is too influential for
the party TO slight his claims as candi-
date. The following extract from letter
addressed TO o member of Congress from
South Carolina by prominent Republican
in that State fully explains the Chamber
lain tactics:


<tChamberlain and his friends are industri-
ously circulating the report that the Governor
has been invited by the Republican Congress
sioual committee at Washington to head 4
bOlting delegation to Cincinnati, with the
assurance that under no circumstances would
the committee favor the seating OF a regular
delegation composed Of such men as Elliott,
GleaYes, Jnlson and Others


We positively state that no such intima-
has been given the man Chamberlain or
any of his friends. The fact is that the
indecent anteccdents of Chamberlain create
the hope that he will not be sent to Gin
cinnati as delegate, and South Carolina
had far better be unrepresented there than
TO send this creature. The party remem-
bers how he has been catering to the worst
prejudices of the rebel Democracy, and he
has recently been made so odious to the
masses of the North that his presence at
Cincinnati would work serious detriment
to party prospects. Chamberlain has been
recently shown up IN his true colors, and
we advise South Carolina Republicans to
leave him severely alone, thus giving him
an insight to the insignifcance to which he
will be remanded in November next
Year: 1876

mere bagsteile to such men as Jay Gout.
who evidently inspired the srticle; but it
is a matter of some interest to the general
public, who desire to be released from the
despotism Of Jay Gould's monopoly and
to have route ACROSS the continent that
can be Travelled at all seasons of the year
Such an error in geography can be over
looked in newspaper which adds up three
times three and four and makes twelve of
it. But such displays of ignorance and
stupidity or falsehood do not inspire conf
dence in the paper that is guilty Of them.


The same article says the friends Of the
Texas and Pacific bill are afraid to bring
it before Congress. The Nation,
if it knows anything, which we
are disposed TO doubt, ought to
know that the delay in bringing
forward the Texas and Pacific bill is more
attributable to that Gear load Of money"
which jay Gould's friends bossted they
would use. and a portion of which was
so judioiously expended in the Virginia
Legislature, than to any other cause. The
friends Of the Texas and Pacific bill are
anxious for that measure to be judged
upon its merits, and it will be before the
session is concluded.
Year: 1876

THE Ku Klux triumph in Mississippi is
now complete. Governor Ames, for some
reason bes: known to himself, has resigned,
AID the government OF the State has passed
into the hands of the White Liners. The
explanation of this unexpected step on his
part is yet TO come; but it is not improba-
bic that he took it for the purpose Of avoid
ing the penalty OF dIsfranchisement and
ineIigibilitY which would have followed
from his conviction under the articles of
impeachment preferred against him.
Year: 1876

CUSTER made a gallant picture, as it
were, with his velvet jacket and long hair
during the war, when he was known as
the 5eduS SoJreur Of the army. He makes
another kind of picture now, however,
with his long tongue and velvet stories.
Year: 1876

a recent date, says it Is proposed by the ma
tives Of that section to run Bea Hill, jr, on the
ticket for the Legislature from Fulton, aud,
by way Of recommendation, that there never
was smaller bundle of hard sense than young
Ben" We i1fer from the size and quality OF
the capacity alluded to by " Sox that young
Ben must be a relative Of the irrepressible
General" OF that name.


If "two heads are better than one, a dozen
ordinary noodles ought TO have Ii common q
suficiency of brains to arrive at a decision of
considerable Importance. It is possible that
the noodles belonging or attached to the
jurors in the Brewer Clarke case, just decided
in Baltimore, were not ordinary ones, but the
decision was an important one, at all events
important to the Brewers. We feel justified
in saying that no one man, not even either of
the Messrs. Brewer, could alone and unaided
arrive at a similar conclusion to that of the
combined intellect of the jury which they were
iortunate enough 10 have sit on their case.
The uncontradicted testimony shows that one
of the Brewers came unexpectedly on
Colonel Clarke and fired q pistol into
his head. The ball did not pene-
trate any vital part, Wnio1 Clearly Pio'es
that Mr.. Brewer is an excellent shot, as it is
not every man who can put a bullet through
another's head without serious, if not mortal,
injury. Now, the average mind, If left to
itself, would not perceive in the action ol
Mr.. Brewer that there was no "intent to KILL
A common man would at once suppose that
the selection of the head for his target meant
business. Not so dozen men. They delibe
rate, they reflect, ard in due season conclude
that Mr.. B. was perfectly innocent of mur-
derous intention, and merely endeavored to in
fict mild chastisement upon his victim
which his expertness in the use of fire
| arms enabled him to do satisfactorily
1t is to be hoped, however, that the substitu-
ton of revolvers for horse-whips will not be.
come the prevailing fashion in cases where
personal chastissment, or as the law calls it
common assault" is the object sought. AL
pistols are not perfectly true, or they are
liable to get out Of repair, and perhaps put
some worthy gentleman to considerable in
convenience by unexpectedly sending cart
ridge into all opponents brain.
Year: 1876

DEAR EDIToR:-In reply to the letter
of Mrs. Houston, in your last weeks
Times, 1 would like to say q few words,
providing she will accept an old bach
elor's" views. While 1 cannot say what
constitutes a good wife, 1 think I know
what good mother is. The old adage
that " A boy is what his mother makes
him." is virtually true; and, my dear
woman, rest assured that in after years,
perhaps when you are in your grave,
no matter how dark the clouds may be
hanging over you now, your boy will
often think and ponder in secret on the
precepts taught by you, and will not
forget them, for they surely will bear
fruit, even though the harvest may be
long delayed.


1 have travelled over most of the
world, and many, many times, after
spending the night with idle compan-
ions in drinking and carousing, have
thought and pondered over the advice
and teachings of that now sainted
mother, and it would most always end
by bringing me on my knees with q re-
solve to do better; but as I only tried in
my own strength. the same indulgences
would again be repeated, and no one
would think that snch wild, reckless
fellow ever had a solemn thought of the
future. So, do not get discouraged, a,
madam, for the very teachings that you
are now giving your boy will be thorn
in his heart every time be commits sin
after leaving his home and is thrown
among strangers. and will uleerate and
inhame until he will find the only cure
is to accept the same Savior for his
master as you now think he is so indif-
ferent to acknowledge.


Hoping you viii never cease those
good teachings, or feel disheartened,
will close by saying, God bless our
mothers" for they rule and control all
our after lives, and are doubly rever-
enced by-AN OLD Cincin-
nai Times.
Year: 1876

He CAN VoTE.-A gentleman in New
Orleans writes to inquire whether a
man born in the United States, the son
of foreign parents not naturalized, is or
is not q citizen of the United States;
whether naturalization papers are in
any way necessary for such a man; and
whether he is eligible to the office
of President. We answer that, by the
very fact of birth on American soil, he
is citizen, needing no other naturali-
Zation. Whether his parents are natu-
ralized or not makes no difference.
Every man born in the United States is
a citizen of the United States, unless
he expatriates himself and becomes a
citizen or subject of another nation.
As citizen he has all the rights that
belong to a citizen, including the right
to vote under the limitations of law as
to age and residence; and he is eligible
to the Office of President; although his
father may be foreigner and remain
such to the end of his days.-MslO York
Sun.
Year: 1876

FIRES YEsTERDAY.-About half past one
o'clock yesterday morning, some persons
passing by noticed smoke issuing from
the cellar of W. @. Martins livery stable, at
Third and Orange streets, Upon lnvesti-
CATION some loose hay was found to be
burning, it having caught from the pipe of
a tramp who had taken up lodgings there
for the night. The fire was extinguished
by few buckets of water


Another alarm of fire, in the afternoon
about 3 O'Clock, was caused by the burning
of some loose dry leaves in one of the cellar
window recesses of the Central Presbyte-
ran Church, catching, it is supposed by a
lighted match having been thrown icare-
lessly amongst the leaves. 1t was easily
extinguished, though the fire department
it had been needed.
Year: 1876

Another favorite son turns up just in time
10 save tho country. The Now Jersey Dam-
ocrats earnestly but respectfully suggest to
their brethren Of other States that the aomi-
nation Of JOEL PAnkER would insure tho
'uccess Of tho Democracy in tho approaching
Presidential contest.
Year: 1876

Old SPeckleback, was of eqdal celebrity;


she was by Old Celer, one of the Janus


blood, which, wherever it touches, will
show speed. Kentuckians have often been
laughed at about their Whip stock, but
no state in the Union can boast of better


Kentucky gained her great renown in
every place where horse-breedcrs went,
as being the nursery for breeding and
rearing thoroughbred horses, and the
Whip stock ranked highest. whether for
the saddle, single or double harness In
my humble opinion, for beauty, dociiity,
and usefulness for every purpose, the
Whip stock were unrivaled. l could
mention many more of the get of this
famous horse, but it is unnecessary, for 1
think that l have shown clearly enough
that, to breed the thoroughbred, stations
or mares must not be used that do rot
possess speed, and that in the highest de-
gree, for speed and action are the two
most essential and indispensable qualities
wanted in the racehorse.
Year: 1876

There is an admirable association of wis
dom and amusement in the following
fable, which we extract from a volume
by Mrs. Prosser:


What can bring the people into the
groves to hear those nightingales sing?"
said an owlet to his mother.


The owl didn't know, and she didn't
care-she was busy watching bat.


81 am sure / have as fine a voice as
any nightingale, and far stronger"


"Stronger, certainly y my son" said the
owl. with a blink, for the bat had es-
capped.


E'I shall go into the grove tonight,
and give them a song" said the owlet.


The owl opened her round eyes very
wide, but said nothing.


Accordingly, when night came, and
the hour for the sweet trilling of the
singing birds drew near, he flew heavily
along, and placed himself in conspicu-
GUS part of the grove, that he might be
seen and heard to a proper advantage.


Now the nightingales did not by any
means admire the prospects either of his
company or his cooperation in their con-
cert so those who were bent on singing
sought another grove, while those who
were content to be quiet for the night
kept snugly at roOst.


Where can the nightingales be ?'
said the people who came to hear them.


Upon this the owlet set up hOOt so
loud and so long that it nearly frightened
them into fits.


"That creature has terrified them,
and scared them all away" said one. 81
will soon dispatch him. Where's my
gun ?"


But the disconnected Owlet took the
got back to his mother.


"Your feathers are ruffied, ray son.
Have you been singing ?'


The owlet reluctantly related his dis
grace and narrow escape.


"It is just what expected, and | am
Glad you are safe back"


"Then why did you suffer me to go p
answered the Owlet, Indignantly.


Because was sure it was point on
which nothing but experience could con-
vince you. / don't understand music,
and cannot tell why people should take
the trouble to go and hear nightingales
sing. and at the same time shoot owls for
hooting, but / know it to be fact.
There is much difference between our
voices, which can myself discern every
time l hoot. Ours may be superior, for
ANYTHING / know but as the prejudice
of the public mind is strong on the
other side, shouldn't think of disput-
ing the point; and probably, now you
have experienced the effect of your per
formance on their ears. you will be sat
isfied, with me, to leave them alone i'll
their mistake"
Year: 1876

The door ropened to my heavenly guest,


And listened, for thought heard Gods voice
And, knowing whatsoer He sent was best


Dared neither to lament nor to rejoice.
Then, with SMILE that filed the house with light


any errand is not death but light !" he said
And ere answered, passing out of sight,


On his celestial embassy He sped.
Then fell upon the house sudden glosm


A shadow on whose features fair and thin;
And softly, from that hushed and darkened room
Two angels issued, where but one went in.
All is of God If He but wave His hand


The miSts collect. the rain fails thick and loud
Till with smile of light on and land,


Lo! he looks back from the departing cloud.
Angels of life and death alike are His;


Without His leave they pass no threshold e'er
Who, then would wish or dare believing this,
Against Hi messengers to shut the door?
Year: 1876

A MAN ALMOST BURIED ALIvE.-An
incident, published in our local items
Yesterday, should not be suffered to pass
without further notice. A labOrer fell
in some form of fit, grew stiff and cold
and was supposed to be dead. He was
carried to the shop of an undertaken and
put Immediately into coffin and the
lid was screwed down, preparatory of re-
moving him to his residence. Before his
removal he recovered from his fit, kicked
the coffin to pieces and returned TO his
work. There would seem to have been,
in this case, a want of good Judgment,
of common sense, and of consideration
amounting to gross culpability. 1t must
be decidedly unpleasant to find ones
self enclosed in coffin, and to some per-
sons with some diseases, the shock from
this alone might be sufficient to cause
actual death. In this case, if the coffin
had been stronger and more perfectly
air tight the man would soon have died
from suffocation. So far as our report
shows there was no medical examination
of the case and no coroners inquest
upon the body. Such an occurrence
should be absolutely impossible in any
civilized community.-PrOUideace jour.
Year: 1876

IT takes a long time to finish a new
building in Toledo. A man up there
advertises: To clergymen-Ministers of
the gospel desiring a reliable type of eter-
nifty for illustrating their sermons will
please call at my new building, now in
course of completion. This is not rare
opportunity, but it is good one"
Year: 1876

THE Portuguese arc preparing to exer-
else little coercion on the Chinese.
Portugal never makes much stir in the
world, but when her trade is interfered
with she is very apt to do a little fight
ing or protesting on her own account.
The mail from Shanghai brings the intel
Irence that the Portuguese authorities
n Macao "threaten to remove the Chi
nose Instructions to the trade of that
mort by an armed force of five thousand
troops" The Instructions" consist of
the vessels of the Chinese revenue service.
which have been trying to prevent the
prosecution of the maritime trade of the
city. Macao is situated on a narrow
isthmus on the Chinese coast, at the
mouth of the Canton river. The place
was given to the Portuguese in 1885 by
the emperor of China as a reward for
their services in repelling the invasions
of japanese pirates. In 1S45 the port
was opened to foreigners, but the Chi
nese we're subjected to a tariff until 1S49'
Until 1874 Macao was the great point for
shipping coolies to the west, but the Chi
nese stopped the traffic at that time.
The population is 100000, of whom 80,
600 are Chinese. In the event of a war
growing out of the overt acts of the Chi
nese government, the Portuguese would
doubtless be triumphant.
Year: 1876

The following fish story comes from the
mining regions of the west, and is told
in the Territorial. 1t is about a most
singular discovery, as the editor truly
saws, that was made in the mines called
the Savage, Hale and NOrcross


Living fish were found in water that
is now flooding those mines. The fish
found were five in number, and We
hoisted up the incline in the large iron
hoisting tank and dumped into the pump
tank at the bottom of the vertical shaft.
The fish are eyeless, and are only about
three or four inches in length. They are
blood red in color.


The temperature of the water in which
they are found is one hundred and twen-
ty-eight degrees Fahrenheit-almOst
scalding hot. When the fish were taken
out of the hot water in which they were
found, and placed in a bucket of cold
water, for the purpose of being brought
to the surface, they died almost instant
ly. The cold water at once chilled their
life blood.


In appearance these subterranean
members of the fnny tribe somewhat re-
semble gold fish. They seem lively and
sportive enough while in their native hot
water, notwithstanding the fact that they
have no eyes nor even the rudiments of
eyes. The water by which the mines are
flooded broke in mt depth of twenty
two hundred feet in drift that was be-
ing pushed to the northward i'll the Saw
age. 1t rose in the mine-alsO in the
Hale and Norcross, the two mines being
connected-to the height of four hun-
dred feet; that is, up to the eighteen
hundred foot level. This would seem to
prove that a great subterranean reser
voir or lake had been tapped, and from
this lake, doubtless, came the fish hoisted
from the mine.


Eyeless fish are frequently found in
the lakes of large caves, but we have
never before heard of their existence in
either surface or subterranean water the
temperature of which was so high as is
the water in these mines. The lower
workings of the Savage mine are far be
low the bed of the Carson river, below
the bottom of the Washee lake-bei low
any water running or standing anywhere
within a distance Of ten miles of the
mine.
Year: 1876

" A MAN." says the New York Times,
"may be a failure as a United States
senator; he may even disgrace his coun.
try in foreign official position or he
may steal the peoples money, wear
prison stripes, and still manage to rub
along very comfortably through life.
But to fail as a car conductor is to be a
social and moral wreck. To have ones
bell-punch and twenty-five dollars de-
posit taken away is to be sent upon n
cold and heartless world vagabond."