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Year: 1876

TIE Brooklyn disaster is not without
its effect. An examination of the means
of egress in the theaters of most of our
large cities is revealing the fact that few
of them can be considered safe in the
event of n panic.
Year: 1876

THE Amador Ledger tells story of a
man who attempted to commit suicide
by cutting his throat, because his kidneys,
panied him. He did not succeed in kill
ing himself, but he cured his kidney
and is now satisfied to live.
Year: 1876

h.biiually disTegsrded. A division Of
political parties resting mereiy upon
distinctions Of race and upon sectional
linss IL slwsys unfortunate and may
be disastrous The welfare Of the
South, like with that # every other
section Of the country. depends upon
The attraction. i. can offer to labor. 10
immigration and To capital; but labor
srs will net go. and capital will not be
ventured where the constitution and the
law are set at defiance. and detrAction.
apprehension aud alarm take the place
Of pesce-loving and law-abiding social
life. All Parts Of the constitution are
sacred and must b. sscredly Observed;
the parts that are new no less than the
parts that are old The moral and
material prosperity Of the Southern
States can be most cifectuslly advanced
by healthy and generous recognition
Of ths rights Of all. by . recognition
without reserve or exception. With
such = recognition fully accorded. it
will be practicable to promote by the
influence offs legitimate agencies OF the
general government. the efforts OF the
people OF these States to obtain for
themselves the blessings of honest and
capable local government If elected.
l shall consider it not only my duty.
but /. will bs my ardent desire TO labor
for the attainment Of this end. Let me
assure my countrymen of the Southern
States that If I shall bs charged With
the duty of organizing an admins
tration it will be one which
will regard and cherish their
truest interests. the interests Of the
white and Of the colored people both
and equally. and which will put forth
its best efforts in behalf Of civil pol
icy which will wipe out forever the dis
tinction bet wecn the North and South
in cur common country. With . civil
service organized Upon a system which
will secure purity, experience, efficiency
and economy; strict regard to the
public welfare solely in appointments.
and the speedy, thorough and unspar-
ing prosecution and punishment Of all
public officials " ho betrsy official trusts;
with . sonnd currency; with education
unsectsrian and free to all; with SIM
plicity and frugality in public and
private affairs, and with q fraternal
spiri. Of harmony pervAding the peo-
pie Of all sections aud classes, We may
reasonably hope that the second century
If our existence Is a nation will be, by
the blessing Of God. pre-e'ninent IS On
era of good feeling and = period of
progress. prosperity and happiness.


Very respectfully your fellow
citizen, X. Is. HAYES.
Year: 1876

That the Democracy have lost hope and
courage since the New Hampshire election is
very plain. They are bewidered and inefic-
lent to degree that almost provokes sympa-
thy. The retirement from the House, on the
sick-leaVe, of Lamar and Wood perceptibly
Weakens their disposition to debate. One
effect of the New Hampshire election was to
silence Ben Hill. 1t is borne in upon him,
we suspect, that his loose tongue has already
done more damage to his party than can be
repaired in the longest session, and now
when he is assaled be judiciously clings to
his seat. The Pennsylvania convention gave
no comfort to that wing of the Democracy
which has cherished hopes of lifting the party
to the modest height of virtue necessary to
compass the nomination of Gov. Tilden.
Hendricks has given new evidence of his
weakness by publishing letter on the cur
rency problem, which commits him to moth
ing but an expectation of the future prosperi-
ty of the country. But it looks more and
more as if the Democracy would take up with
Hendricks, and, on the whole, nothing could
bo more fit. He is the best embodiment of
the party's utter want of right aims and use
full virtues.-Bost0n Advertiser.
Year: 1876

A FIERCE dispute is raging between North
ern and Southern Democrats as to which are
the biggest fools. The Northerners point to
Ben Hill, the Southerners to Daniel Marcy.
Republicans incline to the opinion that the
Northern Democrats will rank the others in
idiocy; for it is hardly to be expected that
Southerners should not still feel the smart of
defeat, and allowance is made for that nat
ural feeling Butss the Northern Democrats
rise to the height of foolishness when they
nominate and support the most Objectionable
of fcopperheads for high office. 1t is curious
to note that Southerners have quite as deep a
contempt as have Republicans for the disloyal
men of the North.
Year: 1876

THE extent of an argus misapprehension
is as vast as the desert of Sahara. That
journal utterly fails to see, though the fact
was recalled in its telegraphic columns, that
the proposition to reduce the salaries of Con-
gressmen to S2,7O0 is in effect the same as
that reducing the salaries of clerks ten per
cent. As regards the currency it is fast getting
itself befogged about silver resumption, and
is quite in the dark as to funding. 1t still
adheres to its statement that contraction will
increase the redundancy" of the currency,
but has apparently forsaken the position that
it will "aggrevate" the evils of our present
system. Taking it all in all it is in a pitiful
state
Year: 1876

SOME of Mr., Blaine's opponents for want
of a weighter objection reproach him for his
skill in always getting upon the popular side
of every question that comes up. Really
this is one of his highest qualifications for
the presidency. Quickness to apprehend the
drift of public opinion, and readiness to re-
gard it, are traits very desirable in man at
the head Of popular government. This
semsitiveness to national opinion was one OF
the most admirable qualities of Abraham
Lincoln, and obtuseness on his part, disregard
of the sentiments Of the people, have been
attributed as serious fault to President Grant.
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
uications that are not used
Year: 1876

IT is among the possibilities that Winslow's
Boston friends will not have the pleasure of
seeing him unless they go to London. The
British government has requested that before
he is surrendered the President secure the
passage of law by Congress, providing that
he shall not be tried for any crime but for
that for which he stands convicted. The
proposition has been rejected, and the sur
render of Winslow called for under the treaty
of1042. In 1870 the British parliament pas
sed an act authorizing treaties to be made
with other governments in regard to the
extradition ofcriminals, but requiring pro.
viso TO be inserted in all such treaties that the
criminal shall not be tried for any other of.
fence than that for which he is given up.
An attempt is made to give it retroactive
effect and apply it to the treaty of 1912.
Year: 1876

ner. How many votes will be turned against
him bv tbe absurd accusation that he has stolen
railroads. or by the still more. absurd charge
,bot he was intoxicated when he received the
news of his nomination These are laiSelioo"S
too transparent and too mean to aiicct votes,
except as they excite disgust for the men ana
TIE party responsible for them. 1t Is prac-
teal question whether that sort OF campaign
ing does not hurt those who resort to 1t more
tbo, those AGAINST whom it is directed.
Year: 1876

Secretary Robson gets a vigorous defense at
the hands of the Republican minority III the
Naval Committee. They find that for some
things he observes the thanks of the entire
Country" while in hone has he been g"ii'y
"of any official misconduct or corruption, OF
"anv willful violation of law" The criticisms
of the minority on the majority report seem just
enough. In spots that non-partlsan document
reads more like an article from third-ciaSS
Democratic newspaper than an Official report
to the House of Representatives. Whether the
conclusions Of the minority are also sound re-
mains to be seen.
Year: 1876

INC CUItIdfJ' s PfUIess0IS ePOfs tut uIndtsS
and the novel writer The knowledge OF our physicians
daily increasing but they could hardly expect
to be perfect, because new forms OF disease w0lld
always arise stll, the physician had ct the present
day attained position OF immense Importance and tho
world was well that the very highest class Of hui
man ability was directed to the art. There was
therefore firm and solid foundation upon which 10 rest
the public OF the profession But Its students
must not rest; society was becoming more complicated
and more luxurious every day. and every dny would in
consequence become complicated In its various dis
Year: 1876

at COmErIz!


The action of the National Demo
| cratic Executive Committee in fixing
| npon the 9th of June as the time and
st. Louis rs the place for holding the
| next National Convention of the party
to nominate candidates for President
and Vice President will doubtless meet
| with neither objection nor criticism
anywhere in the 8 ou'h. The Demo
Gratis of the South have no axes to
grind nor can it be said even any very
strong preferences to crafty at the
coming G 'nver ton and we're therefore
perfectly well content to leave both
time and place to the discretion Of tie
Committee in the full confidence too
that what ever was done would be
done for the best. The result has
shown that confidence not to have
been misplaced.


Day 10y day indications of the coming
conflict thicken a round us; day by day
the proportions of She mighty struggle
| begin to assume more definite shape.
Before tile first Of July the candidates
| of both national parties will be in the
field, and both sides will be ready to
| begin work in earnest. Our State con-
| ventions too will have met and put out
tickets.


Meanwhile there is much to be done
aud something to be left undone by
Democrats in North Carolipa if they
would redeem the time for their party g
success and their country's good. Some
thing must he done % secure full
attendance of the meeting of the State
Democratic Executive Committee, TO
take place on the 18th of March, to fix
the time and place of holding the State
Convention. Much is to be done to
secure a full representation of .-.the
party in every county in the State in
that convention when it shall meet
Much, very mich, must be done tc
bring the party into that state of di=.
cipline and organization SO necessary
l.
its ranks faithless to its organization
and discipline the party must steacE
them the needed lesson at once for the
reason that it is not probable there
will be another convention of the en-
tire party in the State for four years to
come. Unity of plan and concert o.
action in the coming campaign we
mu.t have or we shall be defeated.


And if the discord and dissensions
that prevail in our own ranks, the dis
position to convert personal strifes into
party issues shall abate, it will be we'll
1t will be we'll for US also instead Of
delaying by the wayside in unneces
sary criticism upon our own party, tc
devote our whole time and all our en-
ergies to assaults upon the snemy.


It is time for us to think seriously oi
these things.
Year: 1876

1.-THE loss OF life by the sinking of the
steamer Strath Clyde, which came into
collision with the Franconia at Dover,
was frightful, and more deaths have
occurred since the first report. Only
five passengers are known to survive.
The frequency with which accidents
of this kind occur in the Channel and
on the English coast points to iaxity
in the administration of the shipping g
laws which would be a reproach OF
this side of the Atlantic.
Year: 1876

A special dispatch from the st.
Louis to thu New York Times says
that District Attorney, Dyer stated on
Saturday last that Immediately after
the termination of the Babcock trial
he will tender his resignotion. Dyer
claims that he has not been properly
sustained by the President and Attor-
ney 4eneral Pierrepont. If this state
ment shall prove to be true what lit
tle of reputation President Grant may
have left will speedily, very speedily
vanish into the very thinnest of thin
air. We shall see what we shall see.
Year: 1876

A private company for the explora-
ton of Africa is organizing in Berlin
under the lead of a spirited young
Prussian officer, who has been granted
long furlough. The expedition will
land on the east coast and penetrate
into the interior as far as the country
of the Somalis, where Baron Won der
Decken lost his life. A steamboat in
portable sections is in course of con-
struction for the company, which is
entirely independent of the Berlin
African Association.
Year: 1876

Devotion to his friends is one of the
strong points in the Presidents char
acter. Mckee and Mcdonald were
very near and dear to him. To tie
consistent he oughtnot to allow them to
remain in the penitentiary under fire.
Year: 1876

EVERY act CT sleep is metamor-
phosis OF body and a metempsychosis
Of soul. We lapse out of nature into
the proexistent lives of memory
through the gates OF dreams memory
and Imagination being the two-leaved
gate of the spirit, opening into its past
and future peTiods.-A Bronsoa Atcott.
Year: 1876

Cnlcago Tribune, January 81


Some months ago the Tribune re,
ported a number of serious cases of
poisoning by wearing colored stockings,
which are Just now so fashionable among
ladies and children, and it was shown
that deadly poison lurked in the stripes,
and that even life itself was endangered
by wearing these articles and in iu-
stances permanent injury had resulted
from their use. The Tribune, for the
information Of the public, had an analy-
sis made by Professor Mariner, showing
how dangerous the wearing of colored
stockings was. Another case has just
come TO light. 1t is that of threeyear
old child of Mr.. Collins, a letter-carrier,
who lives on the third floor of No. 1872
South Clark street, A few days ago
he bought pair of brown stockings
from the store OF leading dry goods
house on State street for his Ettle girl,
The child wore them Wednesday for
obout twelve hours, when she complained
greatly of pain and itching in her legs.
But little was thought Of the matter, as
she appeared all right on the next morn,
ing when she put the stockings on again.
She wore them that entire day, but com
plained greatly OF the pain. She had
them on all day, and wheRO they were
taken off her legs were found to be very
much inAamed and swollen, and the skin
was yellowish.green, indicating poison
ing by arsenic or copper. A reputable
physi9isn was summoned, who so pro-
nounced 1t, and stated that he thought
the cause had been the wearing of the
brown stockings.


One of the most peculiar features of
the case is that the child scratched
her face with the same hand. The
poison was carried under the nails
and acted on the face, which also
turned the color of the legs aud became
quite inaamed, giving clear indications
of arsenical poisoning. 1t is thought
that the child having worn thestockinge
in hot room somewhat accelerated the
action Of the poison. She is improved
in condition now, and thought to be do
ing we'll.
Year: 1876

lecture halls. There was plenty of
conversation among the people on the
platform, and their was conversation
and patient waiting among the many
thousands that looked on from below
and around. The national airs by the
orchestra formed a pleasing amuse-
ment.
Year: 1876

The confidence men are necessarily
men of genius-full of expedients; for q
new dodge is but rarely successful after
it comes to the attention Of the newspa-
pers, and is once thoroughly exposed.
These fellows are, therefore, compelled
to invent new avenues to popular favor
to the end that they may handle some
ones hard earned cash without being
compelled to endure the drudgery of
manual labor. The latest thing on the
boards occurred in Belmont county, and
the Wheeling Intelligencer tells how it
was done:


One day, not long ago, two men call
ed upon farmer in Belmont county,
several miles back of Bridgeport, and
representing themselves as United
States detectives, said they had been in
formed thar he had $500 counterfeit gov
ernment currency in his possession. The
farmer, of course, pleaded not guilty to
the charge, and remarked that he had
only about forty dollars of money in
the world. The pretended detectives
asked to gee this, and the farmer pulled
out his pocket book and displayed one
| twenty, one ten, two fives and two one
dollar bills, and a Fifty cent scrip One
of the sharpers took the money, and af-
ter a pretended critical examination
pronounced the twenty, ten and fvei
counterfeit, and made an entry Of theil
number in his note book and handed
them to his companion, excepting ths
ones and scrip, which he returned to thu
farmer. They then made several in
quiries about the neighbors, and finally
concluded, as they had some business il
the locality, not to make any arrest a
that time, having sufficient confidence il
the farmer to believe that he ~ould b
on hand when they should call for hin
that evening or the next morning ant


left, taking the forty dollars with them


1t is hardly necessary to state that thes


beauties never returned-that they wer


sharpers, and that this is one of tn
numerous tricks of fraud and rascality
known as confidence games" that ar


being daily transacted in the country
Year: 1876

Very many years ago, l made up my
mind that when there was quarrel be-
tween a man and horse, in nine cases
out of ten the man was the wrong. Con-
Continued observation has only served
to confirm this belief.


The radical error into which drivers
fall, is, that the horse knows perfectly
what is wanted of him, and will not do
it. Then the driver proceeds to show
that he is the master, and in the vast
majority Of cases, the horses is punish
ed without the slightest idea why he is
80 treated


For a horse to understnd instantly
what his driver desires, there must ex-
ist pleasant feeling between them. The
horse must feel confidence in his dri-
yer, and with one driver horse will
show himself fearless of locomo-
tives, and with another he will dread
them. One man will drive horse fif-
teen miles with no more fatigue to the
animal than another will produce in
driving him ten.


Noihing tends more to cruelty to ami
mails than does cowardice. The man
who has lurking fear of his beast, il
the one who treats him the most harsh
ly, The man who is afraid of no horses
is just the man who treats all kindly


He is perfectly aware that there is al
ways danger with horses; but he also


knows that this does not depend upor


the horse, but mostly comes from aom'
extraneous source. the bad driving o


others whom he meets on the road, o
accident of some sort. He has friend
ly feeling towards his beast, as being


willing and useful servant and compan
ion, ready to do his whole duty, an
I more than his duty. So there spring


up q pleasant feeling on both sides, tn
o horse is encouraged and cheerful, an
. gets through his work easily and vel


Such driver gets vastly more from h
n horses than does q cruel one. The


come in fresh, they feed and sleep wei
n and begin the next days work und'
o favorable conditions. Age tells b.
b slowly on them; at fifteen and sixtee


years, such horses still show speed ar
70 endurance, and are still gay and fir
~ goers.


There should be kindness simply fro
e, kind feeling, but it does not the le


certainly bring its material reward.
-FOUR Dumb Animals.
Year: 1876




Drums and flies are probably the
most ancient, as they are certainly the
most familiar, of all our musical para
phernalia; and they have been through
many ages associated with scenes OF way
like interest and display. Whatever be
their origin, there is charm which is
alien to all other instruments and which
makes the music they produce more ap-
plicable to military purposes than any
other. 1t would be difficult, if not
wholly impossible, to describe the
cause of this, bnt it is certain that on
the line of march men find it easier TO
keep step to the lively tones of the fife
and the brisk roll of the drum than to
distinctly heard further than about half
the length of battalion. 1t is q singu
lar thing, however, that it is only the
English speaking people who make this
kind of music national, for the French
and other continental armies generally
march TO the sound of the drum and
bugle, when their brass bands are not
playing But this kind of music has
never found favor with our British regi-
ments, though many attempts have been
made to introduce il. 1t has a foreign
ring about it which makes it unpleasant
to English ears, and it is very monot-
onous character, there being no more
than FIVE notes on the common bngle
consequently the few tunes that can be
played upon it have samenes about
them which is exceeding wearisome tc


the ear. But this does not prevent its


being used occasionally, as a change te


the music of the from bone or the fife
The chief glory of the drum lies in The
criapness of its sound and the beauty o
its appointments, though of late year
this useful instrument has been sadly


used, by being cut down to mere skel
eton, composed principally of bolts ant
screws, with scarcely any body to it a
all. The handsomest specimens of tn
2 drum which have been familiar to u
from childhood and to preceding gener
), ations are those borne by the drummer
of the Guards, which are beautiful
j emblazoned with the royal court of arm
!! and the names of the battles in whicl
: each regiment has been engaged, and tn
: bearers take a pride in keeping tn
: plain brass brilliant, while the emblaa
u oned portion is always we'll polishe


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