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Year: 1876

We are emphatically in the age Of
profanity, and il seems to us that we
are on the topmost current. One
cannot go on the streets anywhere
without having hiscars offended with
the vilcst words, and his reverence
shocked by the most profanc tisG of
sacred names. Nor does it come
from the old or middle-aged alone,
for it is fact that the younger por-
ton of the community are most pro-
iicicnt in degrading language. Boys
have an idea that it is smart to
swear; that it makes them manly,
but there never was a greater mis-
take in the world. Men, even those
who swear themselves, are disgusted
with profanity in a young man, be-
cause they know, of all bad habits,
this clings the most closely and in
creases with years. 1t is the most
insidious of habits, growing on one
so inyisibly, that almost before one
is aware he becomes an accomplished
cursor.
Year: 1876

These critical persons eyince q
truly wonderful and painful lack of
Acquaintance with their delicate and
attractive subject. If they knew
even in a slight and partial degree
wha! they were talking about they
would go on the contrary, gladly con
tent that, so far from detcriorating,
the "femalc form divine" probably
exists much morc'frequently in per-
fection of beauty nowadays than it
did in times whose praise they are
in the habit of chanting so loudly
What is here asserted of the figure
may also be applied to the complex
ion and the features. And especial
ly is this true in rcgardto the Amer
ican women, who are confcssedly the
handsomest women in the world.


A great ado is chronically made
about the Venus of Milo and the Ma
donnas of Raphael, but, doubtless,
there are in New Haven, or any 9th
er large American city, a dozen wo-
men as perfectly beautiful in form,
color and feature as any chiseled or
painted by the greatest artists.


Admiration for beauty is very nat
ural and very comrpondable trait in
mankind, and there is no occa-
sion to disparage either the old orthe
new manifestations of human beau
ty in its most attractive shape; and
the indiscriminatc and exclusive
laudable Of the old at the expense of
the new is a practice which has been
condemned ever since the Bible was
written; and indulgence Gn which
savers Of ignorsnco and bigotry, not
to say pig-headedncss.


1t is q matter of devout thankful
ness that we live in an age an a
country when and where our eyes
bear witness daily that tho race is
not dcgenerating in either branch
thereof, in spite of what gloomy wise
acres and pessimists may say, but
rather improving. with the develop
ment of time and civilization; and
particularly that We of the stcrner
sex on this side of the Atlantic are
permitted to gather constant inspir-
alton from the marvellous beauty of
our American women, to whom We
take pleasure in proftering this casu-
al and passing tribute of our respect
ful admiration.-Ne,c Harea journal
and Courier.
Year: 1876

The man in London who suddenly
deserted his family, and lived for
fourteen years just round in the next
street, isa standing instance of the
complete isolation which II is at any
time possible to command in tho
largest cities,
Year: 1876

that look down from richly-gilded frames up
on the wallis 1t shines, too, upon the faces of
an old gentleman and beautiful girl, who
are sitting near the hearth. the former in a
deeply cushioned chair of crimson velvet, the
latter upon an ottoman at his feet.


The gentleman is easily recognizable, for he
is but little changed since we saw him last.
The gray curling hair and keen but handsome
features are the same, and only slight addi.
tional stoop in the broad shoulders, shows that
the weight. of another year is pressing some
what heavily upon the stalwart form. In
point of health and flesh, Mr.. Chase is deci-
dedly improved, and contentment and cheer
fulness beam in his smile as he lays his hand
tenderly on the dark head so close to his knee.


And she-the slender girl with raven hair
and lustrous, glorious eyes--so simply yet
daintily dressed, and with such an air of quiet
propriety in her reposeful attitude. Can she
be the little wild Indian, the rowing child Of
the forest, whose unerring rife saved Arthur
Leslie's life at the wooded base of the Sierra
Nevada range? So indeed she is-out to
look at her now, you never would dream that
she had once fitted like an antelope over the
western plains, or that her gun and her bow
had often laid the savage denizens OF the
woods low at her feet, and brought down the
Wild birds in their fight. Our White Fawn
Year: 1876

The political horizon in West Virginia never
looked brighter than at present. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY believed by every prominent Republican
of the State that by strong effort she may
be made to redeem herself by rolling up
handsome majority this fall for Hayes and
ing Justify upon their friends to awake from
the lethargic s. ate into which they have fallen
and make a strong fight or West Virginia is
lost TO the Democracy. The action of the ex-
Confederate House of Representatives during
the past session has had the effect of arousing
the Republicans here, as elsewhere, to sense
of the vital exigencies of to-day, as the battle
of Bull Run in 'G2 opened the eyes of every
loyal citizen to the fact that the life of the
country was in imminent danger.


Hayes and Wheeler clubs are forming in
every county, good stumpers are csnvassing
the State, and no stone is to remain uuturned
that may tend to show the boilers or luke
warm Republicans the folly of their ways and
bring them back into the ranks of the "true
blues" ~sz


The resident West Virgnians having organ
lied State Republican association, with Cap
tain Alyaro F. Gibbens, of the Charleston
JoUrna., as their rresiden. h.aye cone earnestly
10 work, and are scattering through their
State such documents as cannot but have a
good effect wherever they are received. The
resident West Virginia Republicans of Wash
ington, although not numerous-since the
State has less than her quota in the several
Departments-have shown that they are not to
be left in the rear ranks in the fight against
the double headed tiger. -
Year: 1876

don't take down their signs in dull times nor
stop advertising.


Small Handbills printed for seventy five cents
per thousand at the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
job Office.


Business Cards printed for 1926 per thou
sand, at the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Job Office.
Year: 1876

Printing offices with small facilities can
save money by having their printing done at
the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Job Office. Our
unlimited assortment of job type and fast
presses will enable us to allow twenty per cent.
on all orders.
Year: 1876

SOME one, it appears, has been
misrepresenting Col Bob Ingersoll
in the matter of some remarks which
he recently made, touching the char
acter of the Democracy in general.
The great orator now proceeds to ex-
plain himself in cold type. 1t will be
noticed that his language is plain:
"Editor Peoria Transcript:


"As a great deal has been said
concerning few gentle remarks that
l made before the County Conven-
tion the other day, and a great deal
about remarks that / never made, l
think it right to tell what did say:


First-I did say that the worst
ward in New York, the ward in which
there is the most ignorance, the most
crime, and the most vice, and the
most lice, would give the largest
Democratic majority.


Second did say, speaking of
General Grant, that he had done
more than any other man, probably,
to save the Nation; that / could not
forget that at Donnelson the eagle
Year: 1876

Heavens not reached at single bound !;
But we build the ladder by which we
From the lowly earth to the vaulted


skies,
And we mount to the summit round by


round.
count these things to be grandly true
That a noble deed is step toward


God
lifting the soul from the common sod
To purer air and a broader view.
We rise by the things that are under our


feet;


By what we have mastered of greed


and gain,
By the pride deposed and the passion


slain,
And the vanquished ill that we hourly


meet.
We hope, we resolve, we aspire, we


trust,


When the morning calls to life and
- light,


But our hearts grow weary, and ere


the night,
Our lives are trailing the soiled dust.
Wings for the angels, but feet for the


men!
We must borrow the wings to find the


way;
We may hope and resolve and aspire


and pray
But our feet must rise or we fall again.
Only in dreams is a ladder thrown
From the weary earth to the sapphire


walls;
But the dreams depart and the vision


falls,
And the sleeper wakes on his pillow of


stone.
Heaven is not reached at single bound;
But we build the ladder by which we


rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted


skies,
And we mount to its summit round by
round.
Year: 1876

BURNED TO DEATE.-On Friday night
about 10 O'Clock Adeline Scott, q colore
girl, aged about nineteen years, who resides
on Third street between Duval and Baker
streets, was so badly burned by reason of
her clothing taking~fre from kerosene oil
lamp that she died on Saturday morning.
At the time Of the accident the girl was
preparing to go to he'd. The burning oil
set fire to the room, and when the girls
clothing caught sue ran out into the yard.
Persons in the house, not supposing any
one had been in the room, went in and put
out the fire. The girl was afterwards found
in the yard, burned almost to crisp.
Year: 1876

DR.. CURRY's LECTURE AT ASSOCIATION
HALL ON THE SoUTH.-The lecture an
nounced for Tuesday night next, under
the auspices OF the Lecture Committee
OF the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, promises to be one Of unusual
interest just at this particular time. DR..
Curry's public experience, both before and
after the war, as a representative OF the
South in the United States and Confederate
Congress, gave him ample opportunity to
study the subject well, and, after conside-
rabe labor, to prepare lecture that will
reflect credit on himself and the topic Sc
lected: The lecture will commend itself to
every rejecting mind from the fact that it
will take comprehensive, retrospective
view OF the South from various stand
points without partaking OF party bias or
feeling. The members OF the Association
will be admitted free on lecture tickets.
Year: 1876

4 TROUBLESOME CUsToMER.-Thornton
Carter, who nowadays gets into the hands
OF the officers about two or three times 4
week, and has become q public nuisance,
was taken up Saturday night in a drunken
condition and lodged in the First station
Year: 1876

''lcanuot wish my TREND 4 better audience than he
will have in the American people, and cannot wish
them better actor than they will have in my FREUD
My appreciation is not the result Of personal regard
hut personal regard has sprung out OF my apprccia-
t!ou."-LhuritS Dickens.


This Emincat Artist will be supported by the
talented
Year: 1876

The question whether bees have the power of hearing is amooted point among naturalists. Sir John Lubbock has tried experiments with his bees in order to elucidate the matter. Thus he has played the violin close to his bees, he has tried dog whistle, shrill pipe, a tuning fork, aud shouting, but no noise seemed to disturb them in the least. Nevertheless a curious occurrence took place few days since at Windsor.

 Colonel Stewart, commanding officer Second life guards, reports that few days since, when the regiment was re- turning from field day, @ swarm of bees, attracted by the music, followed the regiment into barracks, flying about over the heads of the band. On ar irving at the barrack yard the band formed up to play the regiment into barracks; the bees followed their ex- ample, forming up also and settling on q branch of a tree over the heads of the bandsmen. They were at once taken prisoners by the corporal of the guard, and arc now hived in the barrack yard.

 The distance over which the bees fol- lowed the band was more than a mile. We have heard of spelling bees, but these are musical bees with 8 vengeance. It is common practice ill the country to collect bees by means of rattling a warming pan with a piece of iron, o, shaking stone in tin kettle, and the idea that bees will follow sounds is as old as Virgil.
Year: 1876

A new plan is to be adopted for the purpose of transporting oil from tho oil regions to the principal Atlantic sea- board cities. The plan proposed is to run the oil through four inch pipe laid on the surface the forcing power will be 900 pounds to the square inch there are to be stations at distances of fifteen miles, at each end of which an engine of 100 horse power will be erected to work 8 pump to continue the flow from point to point. Thirty thousand barrels of oil are consumed in the United States daily, and up to the present time the railroad charges for transporting the oil aggregate $79,OOO,OO0. The minimum cost If transporting oil by rail is fifty cents per barrel, and the minimum cost by the pipe process it is believed will be sixteen cents. The average charge by il is $1.25.

 Tho feasibility of the enterprise, so far as the passage of the oil through pipes is concerned, has been fully es tablished by the present system in operation in the oil regions, where the aggregate length of the pipes convey ing the oil from the several wells to the reservoirs is nearly 250 miles.

 Tho first objective point or terminus will be Baltimore, as being the most feasible and direct route for the pipes. Following which other termini will be established in Philadelphia, New York and other places.
Year: 1876

'His mother was as delighted as he expected, and that is saying good deal.

 "Ob, sir, she said to me, he's been a good son since his father died. Every morning, summer or winter, he's up and makes the fire while I'm dressing, and while I get breakfast he brings up all the coal for the day, so I won't have to go into the cellar; and every step he can save me he does. But how ho ever made all the money to buy machine out of school hours, cannot under stand

 "' got dollar and half a week, mother, for errands, and twenty or thirty cents extra when there was snow to clean off the sidewalk, or any other job, and MT. Weston gave me twenty dollars.

 "No, you earned that as well as tho rest, said, and his mother fairly broke down and cried when told her about the roll of money.

 "So, Lucy, now you know what pleased lle so much to-day. Tomorrow Harry becomes my errand boy, and l know he will be a faithful ono. There is the making of noble man, Johnny, ill the boy who can work steadily and faithfully for such an object es Harry had, never taking one cent from his hard earned money for his own pleas ure, never failing in his self-imposed duties. Harry is boy only twelve years old, but honor him.

 ''But, papa," said Lucy, "you are rich. why didn't you give his mother machine z"

 "Because the pleasure would not have been so great to either Harry or his mother. Think how proud she will he of her good son every time she touches her machine, and how glad she will feel that he persevered so well when ever she sees it. It is a little sunbeam in the dull routine of business for both them, as for me-"

 "Any mother would be proud of such son." said Mrs. Weston, gently, "and when he has holiday you must let him spend it here. We will be glad to see him, will we not, children2"

 There was very hearty "yes ma am" !" and then the brother and sister, thank ing their father for the story, opened their school books, and went busiIy to their duty for the evening, Johnny won dering & little if he could have the self denial, industry and patience of Harry Cummings.
Year: 1876

The New York Sun has the following: We have received several letters request ing us to employ whatever influence we may possess with Gov. Tilden ill the direction of getting him married. We respectfully decline. Not that we have any doubt that his felicity, and even bis public usefulness, would be much increased in the married state; but love and wedlock are strictly private affairs, and must not be mixed up with tho sterner interests of government. For the benefit of the many ladies who are beginning to look upon our great philo- sophical statesman with that feeling ot tenderness and of personal aspiration which woman 80 naturally cherishes fora great man, we add also the sugges- ton that such hopes are likely to bo fruitless. Tho governor isan old stager, has long lived life of celibacy, and has doubtless resisted innumerable attacks from beaming eyes and smiling lips, and we have no notion that we will SUI render at this stage of the battle. If he obdurately prefers to remain bachelor, let us pay the tribute of regret to his resolution, but not seek to oveIc >me the purpose of d. dstermired md ob- Stinate man.
Year: 1876

which are introduced for the first time in
the present edition have been added not
for the sake of pictorial effect, but to give
greater lucidity and force to explanations
in the text, They embrace all branches of
science and of a natural history, and dep ct
the most famous and remarkable features of
scenery, architecture, and art, as well as
the various processes of mechanics and
manufactures, Although intended for in
struction rather than establishment, no
pains have been spared to insure their
Year: 1876

The work has been begun after long and
careful preliminary labor, and with the
most ample resources for carrying it on to
a successful termination.


None of the original stereotype plates
have been used, but every page has been
Year: 1876

have been made by the indefatigable ex-
plorers of Africa.


The great political revolutions Of the last
decade, with the natural result of the lapse
of time, have brought into public view q
multitude of new men, who's names are in
every ones mouth, and whose lives every
one is curious to know the particulars.
Great battles have been fought and impOr-
tant sieges have been maintained, of which
the details are as vet preserved only in the
newspapers or in the transient publications
of the day, but which now ought to take
their place in
Year: 1876

theerist. He had learned to administer
jua ice. And in the judicial Office the
mind becomes educated to discard theo-
ries and avoid hasty conclusions-it is
educated to weigh and to balance, watch
and detect; to avoid being carried away
from law and from justice. The late
Chief Justice once remarked to us he
was no humanitarian-the law would be
fully administered" by him and yet he
was as kind and gentle as any man we
ever knew.


1t was the study of the necessity Of in
flicting punishment, that brought him to
that conclusion. His associates on the
bench have not differed with him. They
have never sought to interpose theory
for law; they have assisted to save our
State from being disgraced by inroads
of thieves, and from rascalities innumer-
able, by administering the Delaware Code
loudly though it has been abused by
theorists and false philanthropists. 1t
may be true that the Democratic party
has never furnished Chief Justice to our
State; but it is not not true that our
State laws would notIhave been uprooted
had it not been for the Democratic party
and the able men it has kept at the head
of the State. 1t will be bad time for
this country, when the Democratic party
in the States discard their ablest mem
and fill the chief Offices with men who
disavow its connection and repudiate the
doctrines and opinions of its people,
Those who discard politics will discard
religion. Politics and politicians made
the country Republic-politics and pol
iticians must preserve it if it is preserv-
ed. Every Democratic President has
been scoffed at by the opposition, and
every Democrat that had been elevated
to the Supreme Court Bench was scofed
at; but they provedIthe very preserva-
tion of our jurisprudence and the power
had to be legislated out Of their hands be-
fore the anomalies that have disgraced


the Supreme Court could be carried out
The very power which the fathers in
their wisdom had made to check hasty
legislation was crushed out by the opps-
nents of the Democratic party. The
Democratic Party must elevate it's men
if it would elevate itself. If its men are
kept out of position they will be deprived
Of the natural opportunities to display
ability. The way TO crush party out is
block up the way to place and powe ?.
Hedge up the way to distinguished posi-
tions to Democrats, and you destroy tho
ambition cf the young and hopeful ana
give plausibility to the harsh and un.


truthful sentiment that "all the respect.


ability" flows in other veins and is to be


sought for in other ranks.
Year: 1876

Celia Logan writes: "Apropos


of the atricals, [ have heard my


mother tell a little story of the


late Mrs. Butler and of Ben Butler


as a lover. Miss Hildreth was


lovely young creature who had


espOused the stage, and was fair


ly successful for those days when


no such fame and fortunes were


made as in these. She came to
Cincinpati to play an engagement,
and had hardly began when B F.


Butler, who had fallen in love


with her some time previously,
came after her. 1t was under
stood by the company that al
though she favored his suit, she
was not disposed to marry as soon
as he desired. He had to go to
New Orleans on a short trip and
told her that he would give her
until he came back to make up
her mind. He left the city, was
gone for a short time, and one
night made his appearance in the
green room. Miss Hildreth was
playing Pauline in the Lady of
Lyons and when she came off
the stage, found the impetuous
and then obscure Ben, waiting
most impatiently his answer. She
gave it in the affirmative, and he |
hurried her away with all the ar
dor of the first Napoleon on his
second marriage. At that time
Ben was a strong. well-knit young
fellow, with remarkable cOnver-
sational powers. They must have
been great indeed to have won
so lovely and SO desirable part
ner for life. Long a sufferer from
one of the most agOnizing mala-
dies to which female flesh is heir,
cancer-Mrs. Butler bore ner tor
ments with more than mere pa
tience-with resignation and dig
nifty, and comparatively young,
has just lain down her life a mar
tyr TO disease"
Year: 1876

A couple from Berkley came to
Oakland the other day and pro-
cured license, and were married
in due form. They left on the af-
ternoon train for San Francisco to
spend their honeymoon. They
attracted the attention Of every
passenger by their lavish display
of affection. The young man kept
his arm tight around the BRIDES
waist, as if he was afraid she
would vanish before he knew it,
and she didn't seem to care if he
hugged her right along for half a
day. She was so terribly hOmely
that everybody wondered how he
could love her, and by and by he
seemed to think that an eXplana-
tion would be in order. He bor-
rowed a chew of tobacco of a man
near the door and remarked, "Pm
going to hug that girl all the way.
though know she isn't purity"
Il wouldn't" briefly replied the
man. And there's where you'd
fool yourself" " continued the
young man. "When Pm hug
ging hundred dollar lot in
Berkeley with a nice little cottage
and row of blue gum trees IN
front Of it, l can make the home
liest girl in the world look like
an angel to me."-WeSt Oakland
Press,