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Year: 1876

To the leeward of one of the Blessed
Isles little boat lies moored; she rests
lightly upon the beautiful blue waters
that ripple carelessly against her sides
and fringe them with tiny drops that
change to pure crystal in the clear light
of the moons silver hair. She is idly
waiting for tho summons that some day
will send her to convey one of earth's
children across the deep waters to the
heavenly shore. When freighted with
the precious burden of human soul
she floats down the river of time, ont
into the sea of eternity, and stops not
till she reaches the pearly gates and
transfers her charge into the holy keep
ing of the Angel of Resurrection.
Year: 1876

A printer sat in his Office chair, his
boots were patched and his coat thread
bear, while his face looked weary worn
with care, while sadly thinking of buis-
ness debt, old Morpheus slowly round
him crcpt, and before he knew it he
soundIy slept; and, sleeping he dream
ed that he was dead from trouble and
toll his spirit had fled, and that
not even COW bell tolled, for the
peaceful rest of his cowhide sole. AS
he wandered among the shades. that
smoke and seorch in lower Hades, he
shortly observed an iron door, that
creakingly swung on hinges ajar, but
the entrance was closed by red-hot bar
and Satan himself stood peeping out,
and watching for travellers there about,
and thus to the passing printer spoke,
ana wIy1I growing voice the echoes woke:
"COme in my dear, it shall cost you
nothing and never fear; this is the place
where cook the ones who never pay
their subscription sums. for though is
life they may escape, they will find when
dead it is too late; will show the place
whero I melt them thin, with red-hot
chains and scraps of tin, and also where
[ comb their heads with broken glass
and melted lead, and if of refreshments
they only think, there's boiling water
for them to drink; there's the red-hot
grindstone to grind down his nose, and
red-hot rings to wear ON his toes, and if
they mention they don't like fire, I'll sew
up their mouths with red-hot wire; and
than, dear sir, you should see them
squirm while 1 roll them over and cook
to turn" With these last words the
printer awoke, and thought 10 all prac-
ticle joke; but still at times so real did
it seem, that he cannot believe it was all
a dream; and often he thinks with
chuckle and grin, of the fate of those
who save their tin, and never pay the
printer
Year: 1876

A DETRoITER who was deceived by the
warm weather in March, into taking his
parlor stove down, had it back again i'll
four days. Next week he took it down
again, and the next restored it. He re-
membered of six different changes, and
as he sat with a-leg on either side of the
grateful heat, he patted the top of the
stove and remarked: "Don't blame you
at all-I'm the fool; you are up here for
5000 years now, and I hire man to
keep you red hot all through July and
August.
Year: 1876

SALT RIsINGs BREAD.-A lady in
Rockville, Mo-, sends the Inter Ocean
the following: One teaspoonful of new
milk, one of boiling water, teaspoonful
of salt, one of sugar; stir into this flour
until it will cleave from the spoon.
Then set it into a kettle of very warm
water, and keep it as near the same
temperature as possible. IF you wish
to have good bread use no soda, and
use half as much yeast as water to wet
up the flour needed: make sponge as
for hop yeast; it will rise in an hour.
Year: 1876

THE WIFE.-It is astonishing to sec
how well man may live on small in
come, who has handy and industrious
wife. Some men live and make far
better appearance on six or eight dollars
a week than others do on fifteen or eigl-
teen dollars. The man does his part
well, but the wife is good for nothing.
She will even upbraid her husband for
not living in as good style as her neigh
Dor, while the fault Is entirely her own.
His neighbor has neat, capable, and
industrious wife, and that makes the
difference. So look out, young men,
before you go into matrimony it is a
lottery in which most men can only buy
one ticket, and if that turns out blank,
your whole life had better be blank
too. Luckily, no one need go into tho
wedding state with his eyes closed, as
is the case with lotteries, and we Judge
all who are sensible enough to use their
optics may draw prizes.
Year: 1876

In Machinery Hall the visitor can see
the business of matchmaking by ma
chinery actually carried on, in part, at
the stand of the Waltham Company,
above the Corliss engine. This is one
of the most interesting exhibits of me-
chanism shown. In watch, complete,
there are 156 different pieces and parts,
of which 81 are screws. On some of the
latter the thread cannot be seen with the
naked eye, and holes are drilled out that
must be sought for with the microscope.
This perfection of mechanism is not the
least of the many triumphs of American
invention and skill.
Year: 1876

The English Patent Journal describes
combination of a foo t-warming ap-
paratus with boot. The heel of the
supply of artificial fuel. The heat
from this is made to pass through chan
nels in the inner sole, a part of which is
placed upon spring, 50 that tho action
of the foot in walking acts like bellows
drawing in the cold mir by an aperture
in the heel, and driving the heated air
into the boot. A modification of the
apparatus can, it is thought, be applied
to horse shoes.
Year: 1876

To CURE CoRNs.-Take a lemon and
roll it until it is soft; cut q thick slice
and bind in on the corn on retiring at
night. In the morning, il the corn is
white and disintegrated, pull it out with
your finger nails-never cut corn.
Sometimes several applications of the
lemon slices will be necessary, but the
corns are bound to succump, and you
can dance the next night if You like.


After you remove the corns wear shoes
that fit and are not too stiff in the soles.
Year: 1876

SMALL FARMs-Small farms make
near neighbors they make good roads;
they make plenty of good schools and
churches; there is more money made in
proportion the the labor; less labor is
wanted; everything is kept neat; less
wages have to be paid for help; less time
is wasted; more is raised to the acre;
besides, it is titled better; there is no
watching of hired help; the mind is not
kept in a worry, stew, and fret all the
time.-IHe Semi TroDicdI
Year: 1876

One of the most remarkable human
beings ever seen in this country, or per-
haps in any other, arrived in this city
last week, and is stopping at the ST.


Charles Hotel, with her parents, direct
from Mexico, and unknown to the Amer
was born at Vera Cruz, and is said to be
II years old. She is twenty inches high
and is said to weigh scarce'v more than
five pounds. Imagine a French doll
walking and talking to you and some
idea of her appearance can be had
Standing on q parlor floor her head
reaches about to the seat of an ordinary
chair, and yet her limbs and body are in
all respects well proportioned. Mrs.
BelEnap could get no more than one toe
of her foot into the Mexican girls shoe.
Her head, about as big as mans fist, is
we'll shaped and covered with soft brown
hair. The only thing out of line with
her size Is her nose that was evidently
made for a larger girl, but it will do
She has bright, black eyes, and is intel
igent, conversing with q little voice in
the language of her parents. She runs
and plays about the room as if she en-
joyed her little life, and salutes and bids
adieu to her guests with evident proprie-
ty, In the way of joke she offered to
carry a fat reporter on her back, and
STOPPING over asked him to climb up on
her shoulders. The little midght will
astonish any one who sees her, because
she is so tiny and SO human. Standing
by the side of Tom Thumb she would
reach his elbow, and the General would
look like an evergrown and bloated aris-
tocrat. The Liliputian is to be taken to
the Centennial Exposition, and stops
here for few days to consult dolls dress
makers about fashionable wardrobes for
herself. In the meantime she will hold
receptions at the Academy of Music
Year: 1876

way to keep hams through the summer
free from faint or insects, than by hang
ing them up in the moke-house, which
is, of course, TO be kept perfectly dark.
Where there is no smoke-house or dark
room, sew each ham up in canvas bag
and thoroughly whitewash it. We have
also kept. them perfectly by rubbing in
to them wood ashes, hacking them and
covering them with ashes.
Year: 1876

DANIEL JOKES, of Iowa, has for sew
eral years been the victim of tubercular
consumption. A few days since an alb
cess which had formed on one lung
broke externally, on his side, thus form
ing an open passage to the lung through
which respiration can be had by simply
closing his nose and mouth.
Year: 1876

THE whirligig of fashion nav bring
round the most sudden and dazzling
changes, and the duties of the toilet
may multiply like leaves in Valambrosa,
but there is nothing that will make a
woman stand before Iooking-g glass SO
long as sunburnt nose.
Year: 1876

eff had leisure I would repair that
weak place in my fence" said q farmer.
He had none, however, and while drink
ing cider with neighbor the COWS broke
in and injured prime piece OF corn.
" If I had leisure" said a wheelwright
last winter, 81 would alter my stove
pipe, for I know it is not safe." But he
did not find time, and when his shop
caught fire and burned down he found
time to build another. elf I had
LEISURE" said the mechanic, 81 should
have my work done in season." The
man thinks his time has been all occu.
pied, but he was not at work till after
sunrise; he quit work at five O'Clock,
smoked cigar after dinner and spent
two hours on the street talking nonsense
with an idler. IF I had leisure" said
a merchant, " I would pay more atten-
tion to my accounts and would try and
collect my bills more promptly" The
chance is, my friend, if you had leisure
you would probably pay less attention
to the matter,
Year: 1876

One ridiculous sight at the Grand
Union garden party, says Saratoga let
ter, was that of little three-year-old, !,
who was dressed in a rose colored silk,
with yard of her mammals point lace
founce for an overdress, and who wore
tiny white gloves, pearl fan pendant,
pink silk stockings, and with kid boots
the same color. Well, this baby started
off well pleased to dance with another
baby of her own age, but, seeing COM
panion of the like tender years dancing
with boy several years her senior, she
came down the lawn with her mouth
wide open, and her hands spread In
frantic fashion, screaming vigorously,
and when she reached her anxious
mother yelled out with the passion OF an
enraged child I" want to dance with a
boy I won't dance with girl" Poor
little thingl That is her beginning OF
woes, for there are numerous maldens
oil forlorn who would cry aloud If they
could for masculine partners.
Year: 1876

OF the enthusiasm of all Servia, and OF
all Sclaves outside OF Servia, i'll favor of
this war, q correspondent writes, there
can be no doubt. The atrocious rule Of
the Turks when they governed this
country, their bad administration in
Bosnia, Herzegovina and Bulgaria at
the present time, and the barbarous
cruelty practiced in times of insurrection
on even the most peaceable of the Chris
tian subjects of the sultan by Bashi-
Bazouks, Kedifs, Circassians, and other
irregular troops employed in the work
of endeavoring to put down these risings
by fire and sword, have sunk so deeply
into the souls of the Servians, that never
will there be peace in this country until
the last trace Of Mussulman rule is q
thing of the past.


The monks have left their converts to
march with the columns going to do
battle, and inspire them by the cross
which they hold aloft at the head of the
battalions. Every man aud woman in
Servia regards the war as one in the
cause of Christ and country, and b I've
not met one OF them in any class Of life
who could be made to understand why
Servia should lot have the sympathy Of
every Christian nation.
Year: 1876

There are some things in the history
OF the honey bee which shows fidelity
and devotion that is really touching.
There is something almost human in
their loyalty to their sovereigns. Several
instances are upon record where bees
watched over and guarded the remains
of their queen for days, licking and
caressing her as though they were try
ing to restore her to life. Though food
was supplied they refused to eat, and at
the end of four days every bee WAS dead.


When queen makes royal progress
through the hive she is always attended
by body guard, not particular num-
he, of bees which are devoted to her
person, but body guard which forms
itself at her approach out of the subjects
through whom she is about to pass, but
who fall back into their regular work
when she has gone by. She never lacks
the most dutiful and devoted attention ;
those about her, whenever she moves,
caress her, offer her honey, and cluster
around her to keep her warm if she is
chill.


When swarm loses a queen, they are
at first in deep and violent grief if a
new queen is Immediately given to them,
they refuse to accept her. Il, however,
twenty-four hours is allowed to elapse,
they reconcile themselves to the idea OF
her loss, and receive substitute with
royal honors.


The instinct of the bees denies all our
traditions of instinct, it adapts itself to
circumstances, overcomes lew and un-
expected obstacles, benefits By e1pe-
rienoe, employs temporary expedients,
and then casts them aside when the occa-
sion for their use is gone, in way
which is marvelously like reason. 1t is,
indeed, difficult to draw any line be-
tween the two qualities when looked at
in minute detail it is only in it's cumu-
lative power, which produces such differ
ent effects, that we can dare to make the
distinction, and then we are at loss for
a definition. It is strange to find in the
insect world, among an order OF beings
80 low in the scale of the naturalist, a
faculty so near akin to the divine gift of
reason which is mans crowning glory.
But it is just here among the bees and
among the ants that it is most marvellous
and most perfect. .,-Scientyfc american.
Year: 1876

Experience is torch lighted in the
ashes of our illusions.


It is beautifully said that the veil
OF futurity is woven by the hand OF
mercy. t.,...


Thefts never enrich, aims never i'm
poverish. and prayers hinder no work.


The gem cannot be polished without
friction, nor man perfected without ad-
versity.


Waste of wealth is sometimes re-
trieved; waste of health seldom; waste
of time never.


David's pen never wrote more sweetly
than when dipped in the ink of aflic-
ton.


Self-denial is the most exalted pleasure,
and the conquest of evil habits the most
glorious triumph.


There is no reader way Of bringing
your own worth into question than by de
traeting from the worth of others.


God will not refuse the poor offerings
of poor people; but he will not accept
the poor offerings of the rich.


The teacher who governs well gains
more by waiting than talking. Many
words areEan evidence Of weakness, not
of strength. ".,,


Losses may be about the most profta-
BILE outlays you ever made, If you take
into account what they sometimes save
you afterward.


Some men make a great flourish
about always doing what they believe
to be right, but always manage to be-
lieve that is right which is for their own
interest.


Fear small temptations rather than
great ones. These come only now and
then; those every day. Beware OF be-
ing witty at the expense Of reverence;
sarcastic at the expense of charity; en-
tertaining at the expense OF truth;
coarse ct the expense of purity.
Year: 1876

To organize war party, q few bucks
will 60 around the camp at midnight
singing love songs to the squsws, and
finishing with a signal song, saying
they are going to the Medicine rock "a
well known landmark about twenty miles
from the camp, and will wait four days;
all those wishing to join procure their
ammunition and necessaries, leave camp
quietly at different times, and on the
fourth day all are at the Medicine rock,
where they agree upon the route and
choose q leader: They start for the
enemy's camp by an outside, untrapeled
road, to hide their trail, travelling about
twenty miles day, keeping in the tim
Der as much as p ssible. If the enemy
should discover their trail they would be
cut off and few escape.


When within ten miles OF the enemy's
village they leave the extra horses, etc.,
with the boysin in the timber and proceed,
with their war rig and horses, to the
village at night and get under cover be-
hind knoll or in the woods. They are
very cautious, and prefer waiting to find
some buck looking for his ponies, or
squaw going for wood, that they may
have suro thing of getting scalp and
little danger of losing one. On finding
their victim in safe position, they
charge on him, like pack of wolves,
and the first warrior striking the enemy
with a hand instrument counts the
coup and some of the others scalp him.


The firing is heard in the village and
all is excitement and confusion, the
bucks and squaws rushing for their


ponies, children crying and dogs bark


ing. The attacking parties have got the
scalp and are off like the wind and the
others after them, taking different routes
to try and head them of; but it gen
orally proves useless, as the Sioux have
the start, and the hardy war horse will
carry them two hundred miles in twenty
four hours If necessary to escape. ~.


On their return to camp, the war
horse, being now reduced to mere
skeleton after his long race, is turned
in the herd, and on the nutritious buf-
falo grass soon recuperates and is able
for his masters next service. The war
riors are feasted by nearly every lodge
inssthe camp, and repeat over and over
every little incident and detail of the
whole trip. They are. listened to with
the most marked attention and approx
ing words and gestures by the men,
women and children. The little young.
sters' eyes glisten and almost pop out
with Joy and admiration at the account
OF twenty or thirty warriors charging an
old man or squaw, counting the coup,
and scalping them, and wind up by say
ing that if it had not been 80 cold they
would have killed all, when they ran like
scared coyotes the moment they were
pursued. ,
Year: 1876

A decision was given yesterday by Judge Brady OF
The Supreme Court special interest alone TO tho
benenciarics OF the Police Pension Fund.- but to the
multitude Of our city guardians living calmly in hope
OF some day having their added the list This
decision shows that this pension fund business s rather
chlmerca in character since depending the caprice
OF the Police Board trustees of the fund.- therefore
that it is not evidently worth worrying much about
The calling the decision was that OF Dr. Ere
ligh, formerly police surgeon Who after some dozen
years so OF service retired on a pension and
then the payment OF the pension stopped, and
who. such stoppago Of payment applied to
the Supreme Court for a mandamus against the
Police Board directing the restoration Of his name to
the pension list We give below the opinion in full
The relator surgeon Of police and prior TO the
9Th OF February 1873 on the sth OF February of that
year he was by resolution dismissed from the force
Iessss"re BY nc, Of 8pr 20 fsio declared sha, the


Board OF Police OF tho Police Department OF the city Of
New York should have the power in their discretion,
Whenever their opinion the Interests OF the depart
mcnt would lie benefited thereby, by resolution 10 DO
adopted by a unanimous vote and expressing such
opinion, 10 dismiss from Office in such Police Depart


any captain sergeant and place the person
dismissed the pension roll Of the life insurance
fund and allow him retiring pension OF not exceeding
amount one half the annual salary compensation
Of such Office In 1871 by act Of March IL laws, r. 252
g. concerning the Police Life Insurance Fund and
the powers and duties Of the Police department. OF the
city OF New York, the les ature enacted the section
quoted from the Of 1870 adding thereto the words


clerks anu surgeons, and TIC pension granted 10 the
Teator given under aud by virtue Of the authority
conferred thereby. The act however declared iol
lows -''N Nothing herein any other act contained
shall render the granting payment Of any pension
obligatory The Board Of Trustees cbargcabe
matter OF right upon said Life Insurance Fund This
provision immediately followed giving the Board
OF Police discretion az any time 10 order any pension
granted Tor any cause mentioned in the act to a mcm
bcr or any part OF IT, to cease and il s evident from
this connection that was intended 70 treat all PEN
sions alike making distinction between oncer and
member ~ regard TO the continuance Of the pen
ton Of the Board OF Police or Board Of Trus.
sses The granting Of the pension rested IN
Year: 1876

the sound discretion "a .As Board OF Police
and not an absolute right The act left no doubt
shat subject because the Legislature not content to
make II subject 10 the discretion mentioned added as
have seen language therefor, that the granting
it-that is, that It's allowance-could not be de-
manded as matter OF right The act also declared as
sons TO cease In Its discretion granted under certain OF
its provisions and then provided that nothing that
act or any other thus including all legislation the
su0ecp should render the granting payment Of any
pension obligatory upon the Board There be little
doubt, therefore, that the Legislature intended
thal the payment well as the grant
ing OF all pensions by the trustees should
rest in their discretion both as to
members and officers and there and justice
In placing him upon the same footing. This view Is
confirmed by the fact that whatever there might have
been IN prior legislation that subject 70 the contrary
was also further swept away because the same act
declared that all acts and parts OF acts inconsistent
with its provisions were repealed The design 10 con-
ierrng this large discretion doubtless TO enable
the trustees TO provide for moro meritorious
cases to prevent tho exhaustion OF the
fund by payments which not essential
to the comfort OF the pensioners II the trustees
cannot be compelled TO pay the pensions-if in
tho language OF the act payment Is not obligatory-it
cannot be required to be done by mandamus The
right to payment is by clear cven If there be


doubt about the right of the trustees w withhold it,
The fund charitable and would seem TO bo gov
orned by absolute discretion in all its stages both
to its disposition by pension and the continuous pay
ments OF the pension when granted For these
the motion must be denied
Year: 1876

Patrolman Burke, of the Fifteenth precinct, was
tried yesterday a charge OF grossly insulting Colo
mel Frederick A. Conkling, who testified that on the
night tho sth inst, fire broke out at No 20 East
Tenth street. in the house adjoining his residence.
hold he went outside 10 learn the extent OF the fire.
He met at tho door by officer Burke, who pushed
him violently away and refused TO listen to him. Coun-
sellor Smith corroborated the testimony of Colonel
Conklng, having been eyewitness of the occur
renee He appealed to the officer at the time and
urgently requested to be allowed to investigate the
OF the Ore but the policeman rough his
treatment that he also obliged TO give 1t up.
In his defence Burke claimed that the witnesses used
abusive language TO him, and that he not rough
in his treatment of them.
Year: 1876

chester England


Counsel for Mra Kane stated that the case was pro-
viously postponed for the same reason and he was
informed that defendant had told some OF his riends
that he intended TO remain away for four years He
asked that the Court set the down for trial peremp
torily In May that IL be referred to a referee at
once The Court said that II would make
special in the case for May but that the trial
would be called that month and advised counsel to
stpulate and have a commission TO take defendants
testimony In Europe. This will be done.


Rev. Chaplain Kane who is Baptist minister, Is
well known IN the United States Navy having served
during the war at New Orleans in the Gull squadron,
undor Farragu and at Fort Fisher acting ensign
He was commissioned chaplain IN 1860, and held his
last official post on Marc Island, California