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Year: 1876

MRS. HEATH has recently moved to
lYI this place for the purpose of meeting
O want which the ladies of the town and
county have for long time known, that
of having dressmaker of experience
among them. am prepared to make all
kinds of dresses in the latest styles, and
guarantee satisfaction. Stamping for braid
Ing and embroidery done in the best man
ner, with the newest patterns. All 1 ask
Is fair trial. Residence on Water Street,
in the house formerly occupied by Jacob
ShriVer. l4tf
Year: 1876

Two billions five hundred millions
of dollars is the amount asked by the
Confederate Democracy in Congress,
last winter, to pay rebel claims. Are
the loyal people ready to pay this
premium on treason? If not vote for
Hayes.
Year: 1876

Can you change this William for
me ?" said ayOung man who presented
a $50 bill at the counter of bank re-
Gently, Yes" said the cashier, "but
why do you call it William ?" Oh,
Pm not familiar enough with that kind
of thing to call it Bill, twas the quick
reply.


Two card playing friends were pass
ing through pine forest, when one
asked the other this audacious conun-
drum, Why cannot the proprietor of
this forest fell his own timber 2" Be-
cause no one is allowed to cut when it
is his own deal.


The few men who are still earnest ad-
vocates of the theory that lager beer
will not intoxieate, still cling fondly to
the good old custom of winding the
clock at two a. N. with hair brush,
Year: 1876

The death of Mr.. Lick reminds us that bis
munificent chartics-his donation made In his
lifetime for literary, scientific, and benevolent
DurpOses of nearly five millions of dollars
hardly brought him either the honor or the
self-satisfaction which he might reasonably
have anticipated. After the conveyance Of
this great estate to trustees, Mr.. Lick had
nothing but trouble until at last he made
legal effort to revoke the trust, upon the
grounds that he had not made suitable pro
vision for his heirs-at-aw; and that the
deed was executed by him when he was
in failing health and laboring under
mental depression. He declared his wish to
rearrange and resettle the whole matter. AT
first the trustees who were gentlemen OF
honor, determined to try conclusions at law
with Mr.. Lick, but they finally gave way for
a new board while the trusts were in some
respects modified. Only a little while after,
Mr.. Lick communicated to the members of the
second beard a request for their resignation,
rs a third board had been appointed. The
request was met by refusal, the gentlemen
declining to act except under legal advice
The new trustees are at present without
trust; and we may safely look forward to
long and wastcful litigation, with no
end of plaintiffs and defendants upon
either side Indeed, we never saw
better opportunity for modern case
of ,Jarndyce agt. Jamdyce. There are two
boards OF trustees to begin with. There Is
son and prcsumptive heir about whose legltl-
macy there exist grave doubts. There is
great number of poor relations, and to crown
all. there is a question OF Mr.. Lick's sanity at
the time of nstituting the trusts! Before his
death he was under medical Surveillance, If we
may credit the report to that effect, being
watched by several physicians at the instiga-
tiop OF the trustees This, it seems, was
card played early against the poor relations,
who might set up Mr.. LickS lunacy against
tie validity of the trust decd.


Meanwhile, the California public must wait
for Che largcss so prOfuSely promised II
wait for the great telescope, the technical
schools. the various charities, and the monu-
mppt 10 the memory OF the author OF " The
Star-Spangled Banner" We hope that the
mischonces of the Lick benefactions Will not
discourage any opulent gentleman who con-
tempIates the endowment of society ont Oh MS
estate in his own lifetime. Any sensible per-
son will see that the trouble in this instance
has arisen from the eccentric character of the
donor, and from uncertainty IN liking the de-
tails. Nobody need be afraid to give away
his money who has Il clear head and can
command the services Of a good conyeyancer.
1t must not be supposed that any fatality
necessarily follows charity and liberality on
large scale. On the contrary, these troubles
we believe to be the exceptions, and about
many rich endowmcnts there has not been
the least legal difficulty.
Year: 1876

The first report of the State Prison C"mnis-
sion, printed elsewhere, is brief and Is re-
stricted to a compact statement OF the evils oi
our .pIison system. The report plainly mt
mates that these abuses, notorious as they had
become. were not known in their full extent
and variety, and while defcrinS till a more
convenient period the detailed account OF the
investigation, dscloscs the present existence
of all the forms of fraud and waste that have
depleted the revenues and destroyed the dis
cipline of our prisons during the last third OF
century The cause of this demorallzation IS
TO be found in one word-politics; politics IN
tbe choice of chiefs and subordinatcs, with
ceaselcss rotation and constant changes The
result has been the decentralization o.
keeper and prisoner, lie steady growth
of petty corruphons, the loss of reVe-
nue. by the decrease of the price OF labor rs
well as by constant theft and improyIdcnco,
all these bringing in their train an annual
deficit of half a million dollars. The first
remedy approved by the Commission Is the
adoption of the Prison Amendment to the
Constitution. This will be one great step
There will be others to come after.
Year: 1876

home by the end of the week. Unless special
attention is directed to this point there Is
danger that the Republican ticket will lose
some thousands of votes in each State. which
it can i'll afford to spare. The Republicans are
largely the travelling as well as the reading
class-the men who are making long stay at
the Exposition, and trying to use it as a means
of education. To many of them it is hard
thing to 90 away from Philadelphia just now,
but it would be harder one to feel that the
cause of good government was defeated
through their absence from home on election
day.
Year: 1876

The new American Mining Board which
began life yesterday under such prosperous
auspices, is bulI on a firmer foundation than
its predecessor of the same name. That floated
on oil, and went out with oil.
Year: 1876

IN the city of L0ndon Engianu, al houses are pro-
vided with tanks. The water turned daily for
lew hours, the tanks filed The waler thon
turned OF by The department. and II the water IN the
tank not sufficient Tor household purposes moro
must be obtained elsewhere than from tho city


The consumption of cities IN this cocn


try greater than In cities OF Europe and the
consumption III New York city exceeds any other IN
the world The following tabic shows the population
and total daily consumption Of seven large cities Of
Year: 1876

A letter in the London Monetary Ga
zette says : I was walking along the canal
banks in the town of Bolton q short
time ago and my attention was called to
a barge load of a pearly white substance.
On examination it proved to be china
clay, and in my innocence I asked where
the porcelain works were located, as l
take great interestin such manufactures.
My inquiry was received with loud
laughter, and was informed the kaolin
was consigned to Mesas. -, well
known firm of cotton spinners. Apropos
of this little incident, and somewhat of
a commentary thereon, let me add that
o gentleman who processes to be ultra
religious told me the other day that an
eight-pound shirting now never contains
more than six pounds of cotton, and on
my asking him if he traded in this fash
ion he piously added: "We must go
with the stream" Perhaps the nsachis-
istes (sewing machines) are not aware
that the frequent breaking of their
needles is mainly caused by the resist
ance and friction of this mineral adul-
teration, which is found in abundance in
almost all the cotton they sew. Geolo-
gists tell us that china clay is deoom-
posed granite; no wonder, then, that it
should be gritty and break needles. 1t
also makes eminenSly unhealthy the oc-
cupatiou of the mill hands, fact which
I recommend to the special attention OF
the society of the protection of women
and children. Manchester, Manchester
this china clay adulteration will be thy
daath
Year: 1876

Notwithstanding the heat of India,
there is, incredible as it may appear, a
daily growing demand for fuel in that
country, and It is suggested by the In.
dian agriculturists that some law should
be framed for counteracting the effects
of the wasteful destruction of trees for
burning and constructive purposes. In
some countries the laws enforce the duty
of planting trees. In Japan every per-
son who cuts down tree is required to
plant another in its stead, while in Bis
cay land owner has to put down two
plants for every tree he may fell. In
Java fruit tree is planted on the birth
of each child, and is carefully tended as
the record Of his or her age. In the dis
tricts of Azimghur and GoruckI ore the
late Mr.. 81. O. Tucker greatly encour-
aged the cultivation of trees by suggest
ing to the land holders that they should
plant six trees on the occasion of every
marriage and two trees on the birth OF
every child. Such a practice, II en-
forced by law or encouraged by advice,
would commend itself to the population
of India, whose natural tastes incline
them to it, and in the end lead to bene'
fetal results, especially if the more talu-
able description Of timber trees were
cu1titated.
Year: 1876

When you first begin life make two
resolutions, and stick to them: First, to
mind your own business; second, to let
the business of other people alone.


Thosepeople who are always meddling
with the affairs of others are nuisance,
and ought to be legally abated Like any
other nuisance.


We would rather live near a soap fat
boiling establishment or petroleum re-
fnery than near one of them.


If you belong to that class of nuis-
ances we PITY you, foryour life is an un-
easy and unsatisfactory one. You can
never be happy, because it is utterly i'm
possible that you can ever find out
everything that is going on in your vi
cinity.


What is it to you if your neighbor
does bring home brown paper package
and covered basketa You will live
just as long if you never know what
they contained. It is none of your
business.


Suppose Mrs. B. has a new bonnet,
how does that concern you9 Your life,
Liberty and sacred honor are in no way
injured by the fact. Suppose she did
pay $40 for it. The money did not
come out of your pocket, and conse-
queEtly it is none of your business.


What if the minister does call on Ann
Eliza Smith twice week. Why exer.
else your brain over it2 What if he is
courting her Let him court away. Sup
pose she has an awful temper and pow
ders her face, as you say he does, her
temper will not trouble you.


Don't be forever poking your nose
into everybody's business. If one
young lady "cuts out )" another young
lady it is nothing to you. He isn't
making love to you nor any of your
folks. -


What if they do have thee pairs of
stockings apiece over at Squire Hills
Haven't they right toa As long as
you don't do the washing it need not
trouble you at all. If Hills shirts are
three inches longer then common, don't
excite yourself about it. If you hadn't t
been watching the clothesline you never
would have known anything about it.,
and '"where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly
TO be wise."
Year: 1876

Itseems that something more inspi1-
ing than his pay as scout has induced
the half-breed Kanaks to offer his servi-
ces to the government and join the ex-
pedition against the Sioux Indians s'nd
quite romantic story is aaoat concern
ing the motives which prompt him to
risk capture, and certain torture and
death if caught.


From various sources it has been
cleaned during the past five years, that
in Crazy Horses village there was cap
tured white girl, now grown into beaui-
full but untutored womanhood. Indeed,
80 young was she at the time Of her cap
ture, that she appears to have no knowl-
edge of her situation, and no recollec-
ton of her past. She is respected and
even reverenced by the Indians to such
an extent, that none of the young men
of the village are permitted to become
her suffers and she remains as pure as
when she was born from the embrace OF
father and mother. Doubtless she won
ders at her fairer complexion, more del
icate physiognomy and softer hair, neV-
er having seen q white nan or woman
since; but it is thought she attributes
the possession of these to supernatural
interposition, whereby she was created
a princess among her people, in which
belief she is encouraged by their unre.
mitting attention and respect. She is
called Petah San, or the White Cow.


Such is the singular history OF this
unfortunate young woman, TOR the truth
of which Frank Gruard vouches. More.
over, he confesses that her beauty and
eentleness first won his admiration, and
subsequently, as his cupidity progressed,
the warmest attachment and devotion,
which we're in q measure reciprocated.
To him she owes the only revelation OF
her condition but they we're either IN
e1pIcable, or else she scorned to receive
them. Frank was, however, untiring IN
his affection and zeal for her welfare.
and before his escape, made as many as
twenty unsuccessful attempts to carry
her off. Last winter he led the troops
to what was supposed to be Crazy
Horses village, BUTT is believed now by
most of the officers who participated IN
the campaign and fight, that it was that
of hittle Big Man-the instigator OF al
most a massacre at the Black Hills coun-
Gil last year-and his band of renegade
Cheyennes and Sioux. The three scouts
will set out on their mission as soon as
it is dark, and will travel only at night.
Year: 1876

Near Clermont Mills, in Hartford
county, Nd, Almira Street, the young
est daughter Of Roger Street. was muir
dered by Christian Klotz, youth from
the Maryland house of refuge. The
Streets are one Of the largest and most
respected families in Hartford county.
Miss Street was seventeen years OF age.
Her body was found at the foot OF the
cellar stairs of the house about half
past seven o'clock, with the head nearly
severed from the body, and an Ak, with
which the deed lis supposed to have
been committed, lying near by covered
with blood. The victim had been en-
gagaged preparing breakfast and had
gone into the cellar for something, when
she was attacked by the young man
with the az, who dealt her repeated
blows, as was shown by several gashes
left on the neck Of the corpse.


Before the arrival of the sheriff and
States attorney, Klotz confessed the
crime and said he had no motive for
killing Miss Street, but that he com.
mitted the murder out of pure wicked
ness.


A rope was procured and Klotz was
taken to the woods, about one hundred
yards from the house. The rope was
placed around his neck, the end of the
rope WAS thrown over the limb of tree
and he was pulled up from the ground.
Some persons in the crowd objected to
hanging him and he was cut down be-
fore he was strangled. Klotz, seeing
that death was inevitable, asked for
gun that he might shoot himself. 1t was
then suggested by him that he might
Just as well hang himself, and he agreed
to do so. He climbed the tree unaided
and placed the rope around his neck.
He then asked if it was properly ad.
justed. Upon being informed that it
was, he coolly tied the end of the rope
around the limb on which he sat and
saying "good-bye," let himself drop.
Year: 1876

An angel wandering out Of heaven,
Aud al too bright for Eden even,
Once through the paths Of Paradise
Made luminous the auroral air,
And walking in his awful guise
Met the Eternal Father there
Who, when he saw the truant sprite.
Smiled love through all those bowers OF
- Z light.
The while within his entranced spell
Our Eden sire lay slumbering near;
God saw and said it is not well
= For man alone to linger here
Then took that angel by the hand
And with kiss its brow be pressed,
And whispering all his mild command,
HSlaid it near the eleeper's breast,
Wish earth enough to make it human
He chained its wings and called it Woman.
And il perchance some stains Of rust
Upon her pinions yet remain,
'Tis but the mark OF Gods own dust,
The earth mold OF that Eden chain.


T. B. Read.
Year: 1876

The young Lady WAS Miss Mary M
Cochran, of Boston. She is remarka
bly, fine looking person, apparently
twenty one or twenty-five years OF age
She was very stylishly dressed, and pre-
sented most interesting appearance.


It seems that two years ago this spring
Miss Cochran, accompanied by hermoth
or and number of friends from Boston,
went to Europe to. spend the summer
During brief stay in Carlsruhe, Ger.
many, Miss Cochran became acquainted
with young German named Charles a.
Brandenburg. he was young man OF
great ability, well educated, and OF re-
spectacle parentage, although they were
quite poor. The many noble qualities
Of heart and head completely won the
heart of the young American, and she
fell desperately in love with him. This
feeling was mutual, and during the IN
terview this young man related the con-
dition of things at his fathers house.
The family was in the hands OF cruel
house owner, who not only owned the
small house In which they lived, but
was also proprietor of the mills in which
the father, son, and brother earned their
scanty pittance. On account OF some
difficulty, which occurred some years
before, this man, whose name was Stein.
man, cherished q deadly hatred against
the Brandenburg family. So deep was
this hatred that he would do everything
in his power to keep them down, al
though some of the greatest improve
ments in his mill had been made by the
elder Brandenburg. He 80 exercised
his authority that they were kept in pow
erty, and every effort they made to bet
ter their fortune was overthrown by the
relentless land owner. At last Charles,
the eldest son, determined to come to
Americ', and try to do something to
help himself and family in this country.


Such WAS the state of affairs when she
knew him first and loved him. Two
months after they plighted their troth,
and Brandenburg sailed for America.
Soon after Miss Cochran returned to
Boston. A correspondence was kept up
for over a year following their separa-
ton. Then the young German, who had
been working in New York, and Phila-
delphia set out for the West and the let
ters came less frequently, and finally
there were none at all. During all this
time the young lady remained true to
her first love. When she heard no more
of her lover she was almost crazy, and
as the time grew on, her suspense be-
came almost insupportable. At last.
about two weeks ago, she learned
through roundabout way that the OBJ
iect of her affection was in Indianapolis.
She determined to ascertain the truth OF
the report. So she and her mother left
Boston for Indianapolis.


She was bound to find her lover, and
if he cherished the same sentiments as
he did two years ago, when they Last
met, and seven months ago when she re-
ceived hnr last letter; there would be q
marriage.


The wish was gratifed, and the young
couple, who'loved each other devotedly,
are now united for ife.-Toledo Blade
Year: 1876

How TO CRYsTA1n1zE FRU1T.-Pick out
che finest of any kind Of fruit, leave on
their stalks, beat the whites of three
eggs to stiff froth, lay the fruit in the
beaten egg with the stalks upward, drain
them and beat the part that drips off
again, select them out one by one and
dip them into a cup of finely powdered
81 gar; cover a pan with sheet of fine
paper, place the fruit inside of it, and
set it in an oven that is cooling; when
the icing on the fruit becomes firm
pile them on a dish and set them in a
cool place.
Year: 1876

VARIOUS CHANGES IN THE CONSTITUTION


OF THE LEAGUE PLAYERS.


From the Plltsburg Leader Of last saturday.


At the meeting Of the National Base
Ball League, in Cleveland, in addition to
the expulsion Of The Mutuals and Athet-
ics, mentioned in this paper yesterday,
various amendments to the constitution
were presented and discussed A part OF
these were adopted, by which the clubs are
aIlo we'd to join the leagues anv time be-
fore the playing seasons opens. The con-
stitution was also changed 50 as to allow
any club to make complaints before the
board Of directors, and permitting any
league club to play clubs outside Of the
league after the close Of the champion Sc.
ries. Various changes were made in the
rules Of the league. BY these the first.
second and third bases were enlarged to
fifteen inches square. Each was formerly
but foot square. 1t was decided that the
home-nine shall always go to the bat, in.
stead of Tossing up" as has formerly
been the rule and that fair ball shall
hot he lower than the knee. Such action
was also taken a. will greatly narrow the
duties OF the umpire, making his course
very plain. One of the questions which
took much Of the time of the league was
that of adopting live ball. The meeting
decided this in the affirmative and selected
the double-cover one-once ''Mahan ball"
The league adopted an address taking high
g ounds in favor Of making the game more
honorable.
Year: 1876

the boys, opposition to the order
of the Pope was useless, and the
father hastened to the gate where
he had left the carriage. Mean
time the aunt had heard of the
rescue, and followed the girl from
the convent; she implored her by
tears and prayers, to reserve her
decision. The Doctor cut short
the scene by showing his sons in
to the carriage and rapidly driving
away. Nor did he trust them
long in Rome.


The subsequent career Of the
boys is not dwelt on with pleas
ure. One Of them enlisted in the
Turkish army, married a Turkish
wife, and, after some years, des-
erted her and ran away to Eng
land. His wife was taken into a
Pasha's family. who offered to
adopt her only child, a boy Of 4
years; but the mother preferred
to bring him to his grandfather.
None of the family had seen her,
but she established her identity,
and begged that her child might
be adopted by good man, which
he knew his grandfather to be,
and receive a Christian training.
The Doctor. therefore. adopted
the gYandchild, which had come
to him in such a strange way, and
the mother shortly after died.


The daughter, whose acquired
accomplishments matched her in
herited beauty, married, in time,
a Venetian Count of wealth; and
the idler in Venice may see on
the Grand Canal, among those
moldy edifces that could reveal
SO many romances, their sumptu-
ous palace, and learn, if he cares
to learn, that tits the home of a
family happy in the enjoyment
of the most ielicitous fortune. In
the gossip with which the best
Italian society sometimes amuses
itself. he might hear that the
Countess wss the daughter of
slave of the Sultan's harem. ]
have given, however, the true
version of the romantic story; but
| am ignorant Of the social condi-
ton, or the race of the mother OF
the heroine of so many adven
lures. She may have been born
in the Caucasus.