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Year: 1876

A MAN in Montana short time ago squatted on another persons land and built small frame shanty. When re- quested to remove he positively refused to do so; so one night a squad of men came around, after the squat,er and his wife were asleep, and, lifting the whole concern, shanty and all, with deliberate care, carried It to the river and set it on a small raft. Then they pushed the raft out into the stream and let her go. When the squatter got up in the morning to go out he was sur prised to find himself about sixty miles down stream, and making good time in a ninc-knOt current. This is all we shall say about the man. It would be extremely improper to re- port his remarks i1 full in this paper Philadelphia Bulletin.
Year: 1876

AN inhabitant of Fontenav sur BOiS, one of the most charming little suburbs ! of Paris has recently departed this life under circumstances which merit the attention of everybody, but more par ticularly of the scientific and medical

 world The man in question had long been a confirmed drunkard. and i'm bibed on an average, quart and a half brandy per diem. Conscious of the degradation of his beSetting vice, he kept aloof from his family, and at times, Sbut himself up in his room for days together, in order to pursue his devotion to BachuS unmolested by the reproach or remonstrance of the inf del.

 He had frequently been forced to abandon the brandy bottle by the ap- proach of dtlirIum tremens, but he was no sooner cured by the doctors than he returned tO his favorite love. Al length he was seized with an ire Sistible desire to destroy himself, which the medical sages call the " nostalgia" " of alcohols. On Easter Sunday he shut himself up again, but remaining secluded longer than usual, the neighbors broke open his door. An overpowering smell of spirits struck them on entering the room, and looking on the bed, there ray the body of a man reduced to cinders The doctors say that spontaneous combus- ton must have taken place shortly af- ter the drunkard lay down to die.
Year: 1876

THE savings bank "scare" in New York has subSided, and depOsitors in the strong banks are becoming satisfied that thelr money IS secure. So many fraudulent banks have suspended dur ing the last year or two, that an uneasy feeling is quite prevalent among all .depositors, and the entirely safe banks have had to suffer from the lack ofcon- fidence

 There is no other financial evil so heartlessly cruel and blasting in its re suits as these failures of savings banks. These banks contain in their deposits the exponent of the hardest, most hon. est and praiseworthy toll and frugality in the land. These deposits should be considered the most sacred treasure in our finances. The failure of a savlnes bank should be the seal of death on every one of its officers, except in case of general financial disaster, and then such failure should result in total con fiscation of property and Imprisonment for life of the bank officials.
Year: 1876

-


eeted in the development Of these
resources and not to be hindered by
G6vefnment Interference. They
have tried the Republicans and fiad
hat such protection cannot be had
at their hands. On the contrary.
wherever Southern State has un-
happily fallen under Republican
rule. thievery and corruption. pro-
ducing the impoverishment of the
people. have been the result, and
this only ceased when Democrats
obtained control. Hence they are
a solid South; solid for honesty and
Democracy. Can you blame them
for it? L think not Nor need you
be surprised when in November next
they send up q solid vote for Tilden.
Hendricks, retreDchment and reform.
Fellow Democrats of Indiana, our
eyes are turned toward you with
anxiety, and our prayers go up for
your success next Tuesday. and
should you be successful. which may
the God Of Peace grant. yon will
have earned for yourself the piaudits
OF the entire country and the CRATE
ful thanks Of the oppressed people
Of tEe South.


And now, my feliow-citizens, when
there are so many distinguished
speakers ready to address you, it
would be presumption in nae to tres
pass on your time any longer.
only wanted to give my humble
honest testimony in favor of an un-
justly maligned apdZpuch abused
people, and thank you heartily for
the opportunity you have given me
10 do this, as well as for your cour-
tesy and attention on this occasion.
Year: 1876

~ If a white man murder
ed a black one in cold blood
and no proof could be made
against him except by the tes-
timohy Of blacks, Randolph
wanted the murderer to 90 free
because a colored man should
not be a competent witness
where a white man was con
cerned. ~ greg
Year: 1876

When the gates of youth close be-
hind a man, and he Is about to go out
alone into the battle of life, he should
be rich in all the wisdom that father
and mother have to give, for if they
have been true to him, his whole life
thus far has been spent in gathering
from the rich fields that their great love
has opened. He has stood upon the
mountain tops of their lifelong expert
ence, while they have been pointing out
the winding way in all their added years
of wisdom. His pilgrim scrip is filled
with kindly words Of counsel and ad-
vice. and hopes and prayers shed their
fragrance upon him, and when the part
ing hand is given he feels in his par
ents', anxious hearts the words that may
be unspoken. MY son, if you fall.
even among the thieves of temptation,
and in the ways of sin, and if in the
darkness you cannot find your way,
arise and come back to your father S
house" This young man cannot waste
in sinful ways all the best years Of man
hood, cannot do anything that is not no.
BILE, true and manly, for wherever he
may be he can see the home-lights and
the loved faces pressing against the
windows looking out toward him.


The daughter needs yet more of the
home influence, for in her heart must
an ideal home be reared to be wrought
out in all the years of her Efe-and she
is always a daughter, though her chill
dren come with her to visit the old
home that grows more beautiful in
memory's golden light as the years go
on. How often must the young girl go
to strangers, or go alone, when q word,
an hour, a step, may change the destiny
of life foreverl How the cries of the
lost come up to us because home was
not home to their hearts hungry yearn-
ing and the young souls deepest needsl
Homeless might be written on the rec
ord of every sinner, as the cause Of the
shame that curses it. More than all, 4,
should children have in their tenderest
years the sweet influence that can only
be found within the sacred walls Of
home-home in its deep and broadest
meaning. Without it the buds will
never come to fruitage, even if there
should be flowers, and might have
been" must be the judgement.


This home power is mighty in its in
Auenee for the worlds good, yet faith
ers and mothers stand careless and in
different as day after day waits before
them full of grand and glorious oppor-
tunities that reach down to generations
and ages yet unborn; toying with the
gilded tappings Of an outward life,
they do not see the gates closing up to
be sealed forever.
Year: 1876

" Wait but little, sweetheart" you said


Her hne hair under your finger tips,
watching the droop Of her fair young head


And ne death-like curve Of her quivertng lips-
await tin the violet beds are allied


By the bountiful hand Of the maiden Spring;
wait till the birds are beginning to build;


wait TIN the brooks are beginning to sing
d" Wait, with a song in your heart, my girl


For the life bear in the land sonsW-
life as pure a. the purest pearl


And whita as 4 hly, because OF you
And, obi remember that come what may,


Ere the robins call TO her mate IL heard
I shall lean to the light Of your eyes and say,


Our nest is waiting, my wounded bird
Hard v.s the snow on the hills that day.


Winds were cruel As want or war,
The sky vas sullen and cold and gray,


And ships were WRECKED on the harbor bar.
And. "Oh. but, my love, my love and mine,


WhithersOevef your way may be,
Ny heart shall cling to your faith divine


Till his pulse is under the dust
And 20 Won parted. The desolAte days


Went lettering on the longed-for time,
when ali the glittering garden ways


We're red with roses and rAre with r1me
The birds were merry In every tree,


TIE wind sang high and the brooks sang low,
And he ships sailed eheerily ont to sea,


And the sea was summers in foam and now.
And she-your darlingf l smooth your hair,
But words fall back from my pitying lips,
And faint on my heart For how can bear
To poison your life in . social eclipse2.
Here Il 4 picture. She bade me say


Your faith had failed her lGod help you friend
But added, Bury my face his way;


He viii know loved him unto the end
Year: 1876

An EARNEST LRE.-Earnestness does
not always move with q clatter. There
are other things in this world which are
quite as pleasant and edifying as the
rub-a-dub-dub of q snare drum. In
fact, this kind of melody is not general
ly the highest style of music. Have
you never known a man bustling and
oficious, clamorous and loud, but who
did not weigh heavy after alba thing
very well understood by everyone ex-
cept just the man who might have
profted by that piece of information.
And have you never known man quiet
and unostentatious and faithful, and
who has perpetual blessing, a golden
man, deep-souled and true, whose mem
ory fingered long after he was gone, like
light upon the hills after q gorgeous
sunset?


The shallow stream rattles along its
course; but when it is met and drowned
by the majestic tides rolling in from the
sea there is silence on the hills. In the
great tide there is the power of more
than hundred rivulets, yet its coming
is almost as quiet as the celestial forces
that bring it. The tide flows down and
shallow grows the stream, and again the
empty Gathering goes on. And this is
what we wish to say, that things most
potent, although demonstrative, as in
deed they must be from their effects,
are not necessarily noisy. A strong,
earnest life need not make what people
are in the habit of calling "a fuss" It
is better known by the lead that strikes
than by the bang of the gun that sends
it.
Year: 1876

How CRICKET SAVED A SHIP.-ln
Southey's " History Of Brazil" he tells
how Cabez de Vacca was in q great ship,
going to South America with 400 men
and 30horses, and after they had crossed
the equator. the commander discovered
that there were only three casks Of
water left. He gave orders to make for
the nearest land, and for three days they
sailed for the coast. A poor sick SOL
dier who left Cadiz with them brought
a grillo, or ground cricket, with him,
thinking its cheerful voice would amuse
him on the long, dreary voyage. Bai
to his great disappointment the Little
insect was perfectly silent the whole
way. The fourth morning after they
had changed the ships course. the
cricket, who knew what she was about
set up her shrillest note. The soldier
at once gave warning to the officers u
charge Of the vessel. and soon they
saw high, jagged rocks just ahead o.
them. The watch had been careless,
and the great ship in a few momenn
would have been dashed to pieces on
the ledge If this puny creature had no.
scented the land and told them of then
danger. Then they cruised along iof
some days, and tho cricket sang ioI
them every night Just as cheertully =
if she had been in far-of Spain, tli
they got to their destined port, the
island of Catalina.-YoRkers Gazette.
Year: 1876

He complained that life was failure;
that there was nothing new under the
sun; that he had found out the coldness
and hollowness of friendship, and that
no sensation could arouse him from the
apathy that was stepping his soul IN
torpor, when q man tossing packages OF
brown paper from warehouse to
wagon, smote him on the pit Of the
stomach, and gave him . sensation
which knocked the wind and the nom
sense out Of him ut one and the same


time.
Year: 1876

IMPURE IcE.-There is q prevalent no.
ton that ice purifes itself by the pro-
cess of freezing. This is not based on
trustworthy scientific observation, and
indeed, is not true. In the recent an
nual report of the State Board of Health
Of Massachusetts, are given the details
of an outbreak of an intestinal disorder.
clearly attributable to the contamination
of impure ice. The malady broke out
last summer in one of the principal
hotels at Rye Beach, N. H., and while
not attended with fatal effects, extended
to large number of people. After
long and unaYailing search, the cause of
the trouble was found in the pond
whence the ice used In the hotel had the
winter before been taken. The outlet
whereby the body of water emptied
itself had become obstructed, so that
the water was rendered nearly stagnant.
At the lower end where the feeding
brook entered, and over a space five
hundred feet long by one hundred and
nifty wide, had accumulated homoge-
neous mass Of putrescent matter, COM
posed OF marsh mud and decomposinQ
sawdust. This foul matter, held in sus-
pension in the water, was conveyed by
currents and winds to every part of the
pond, and an analysis of the melted ice
showed it to be heavily charged with
such impurities. It is obvious, from
this, that the same care given TO wells
and other sources of drinking water
should be given to the bodies Of water
from which the usual ice supply is
gathered.
Year: 1876

How TO BEeIN.- Girls, you can learn
how to be thoroughly neat and clean by
attending properly to your own rooms,
if your sphere of usefulness is confined
to small space. Keep everything in
perfect order, in the first place; neatness
is one great principle of beauty. Cher
ish your Instincts of taste and fitness in
every little thing that you have about
you. Let it grow impossible to you to
put down 30 much as pin-box where it
will disturb the orderly and pleasant
grouping upon your dressing-table, or
to stick your pins in your cushion even,
at all sorts of tipsy and uncomfortable
inclinations. Take upon yourself grad
ually-for the sake Of getting them In
hand In like manner, If for no other
need-an the cares that belong to your
own small territory at home. Get to-
gether things for use in these cases.
Have your little wash-cloths and your
sponges for bits Of cleaning; your furni-
ture brush and your feather duster and
your Light little broom and your whisk
and pan; your bottle of sweet oil and
spirits Of turpentine, and piece Of
flannel to preserve the polish or restore
the gloss, where dark wood grows dim
or gets spotted. Find out, by fol-
lowing your surely growing sense Of
thoroughness and niceness, the best and
readiest ways of keeping all fresh about
you If you are of an inventive turn
Of mind, processes viii readily come to
you. When you have made yourself
wholly mistress of what you can learn
and do in your own apartment, so that
it is easier and more natural for you to
do it than to let it alone, taking q real
interest in all your small improvements,
then you have learned enough to keep
q whole house In order.
Year: 1876

When business is depressed and times
are hard, city people are apt to wish
themselves settled in the country, and
seriously think of buying farm. 1t Is
the universal panacea for pinched pock,
cts and metropolitan misfortunes: Let
a merchant fail, and the first thing he
proposes is to save money enough out OF
the wreck to buy a farm. If broker
suspends, if tinancier's pretty bub'
bles break or float away in the air, If q
lawyers clients withdraw their patronage
and leave him without briefs-in short,
if anybody experiences a business col
lapse, he Immediately turhs his thoughts
countryward, and as the last and unfall'
ing resource proposes to buy farm
1t is assumed that anybody can run
farm, as anybody can edit a newspaper,
and it is also taken for granted that 9
farm is q sort of horse that not only
takes care of himself but feeds ano
clothes his rider. 1t does not seem to
occur to any of these men that farming
is business requiring special knowl
edge, experience, and skill for success
full management, and that the average
city man is quite as much out OF place
and at his wits ends on farm, after ht
has bought it, as he would be at the heae
of a manufactory or in command OF
man-of-war.
Year: 1876

The present season is exceptionally
mild, and although those who dwell in
towns and cities may congratulate them
selves upon what they may term favor
able winter, yet the farmer views it with
apprehension. The usual protecting
covering which shields the wheat from
constant changes of temperature, so
detrimental to the tender plant, is en-
tirely wanting. A succession of frosts
and thaws in place of steady moderate
cold may result in the destruction of our
most important crop, and one which can
not be replaced or replanted as spring
crop ian. While the farmer is power
less to avert the evil, he may at least
moderate it's effects to some extent. The
greatest injury may be feared upon un-
drained and wet lands. Standing water
is utterly fatal to the wheat crop, while
upon dry soil it will resist much un'
favorable weather with impunity. The
farmer should therefore see to it that
surface drains are kept open, and the
fields relieved of any accumulations OF
water. A top dressing of coarse manure,
or even coarse litter, marsh hay or straw,
will afford much protection to the
plants.
Year: 1876

The San Francisco Alta says some
time ago novel rejoinder was made by
a distinguished attorney in that city to
a suit brought to recover money, and Tor
which he had given three notes. Like
many others in those days, he at times
had a passion to "buck the tiger" IN
the old Gel Dorado" One night he
made a large winning at the game and
had stacked up bef' re him large piles
of twenty-dollar pieces. Among those
who were present in the room was the
party to whom the attorney had given
his promissory notes. "You have got
more money there than you owe me, SO
paw me-" said the holder of the notes.
The attorney, without saying word,
placed all the money before him on one
card and lost, then turning around to
the man he said: "Ill never pay you
q cent" On the following day suit was
commenced against the attorney, to
which he made the following answer,
filed on March 9, 1858: -,


In the District Court of the Fourth
judicial District of the State Of Cdtt'
fornia.-John Doe, defendant, John
Roc. plaintiff: The said defendant, fol
plea and answer to the complaint of the
said plaintiff in this behalf, says that he
never intends to pay the said plaintiff
ga red" of the sum of money claimed
in said complaint or of two other notes
held by said plaintiff unless and until
(should such unlocked for event evel
happen) the said defendant shall have
more money than he knows what to dc
with or how to dispose of otherwise
and should the said plaintiff succeed II
getting said money otherwise or sooner
the said defendant will be glad to be
advised thereof. Therefore the SAID
defendant Gin lieu of the usual prayer fo'
Judgment in such cases) says "l't he'


JOHN Doe Gn proper person..


A few years after the attorney left
San Francisco for trip to the East, ano
met his death on the il-fated steamer
Central America.
Year: 1876

my friends passed by and asked me
what I was doing. Il am making
new friend" "He may be witty, but
he is not handsome. II find him ad
mirable, and I would like to see you In
his place. He has been out since mid
night. Here. you want to help me in a
work of charitya" "With all my
heart" 80. :,


every well. Let us buy this ass and
put him on the retired list. This good
woman will take care of him." The rag
picker looked at us severely, fearing we
were laughing at her. But when she
saw the shine of the Louis dor, she
smiled. "How much did Pierrot cost e
"Ten francs" "Wen, you 60 back to
the abattoir and buy another ass, and
take good care of this one." I gave my
card to the woman and said goodbye to
her and the donkey. The miracle was
complete. The ass started off in high
spirits, the woman pushing the cart
from behind.


That evening the poor woman came to
me in tears. I understood at once.
"Ah, sir, he is gonel" "Poor Pier
rot" eyes, sir, we got to st. Ouen
one way or another. But when he came
in sight of our hut he fell on his knees.
tried to raise him, but this time it was
all over. My children came running
and crying. They talked to him and
kissed him. He looked at them so sadly
as to break our hearts. I tell You, there
are lots of people in the world not worth
half so much as poor Pierrot. Think Of
II. he wanted to die at home after finish
ing his days work" Like soldierwho
dies after firing his last cartridge. The
raepicker opened her hand, and I saw
the money 1 had given her in the morn
ing. "Here are your hundred francs,
sir"
] do not know whether I most admired
her or the donkey-the ass who did his
duty to death, or the woman more dell
cate than our charity.
Year: 1876

the card he picks it up every time. He
can run on in this way and burst the
bank. 1 know a man who is now mer-
chant in Middlebury, who had his bank
broken in this way, and went into a
more certain business


"Where did you make your last ven
ture, Nedi" asked the reporter.


cit was on the Ohio and Mississippi
road, near Olney. I used to work that
road back and forth pretty thoroughly.
One day got an old fellows watch and
chain, all his money, aud even his plug
hat, and he squealed. The passengers
went crazy. They locked the doors,
jerked down a section of the bell rope,
and were going to hang me, whether or
no. They had the cord around my
neck, but I begged so that they changed
their mind, and, stopping the train, took
me out, tied me to sapling, and let me
remain there. If it hadn't been for
some hunters passing that way, don't
know how I ever would have got out.
Since that time I've been out OF the
business, and mean to stay out"
Year: 1876

A young lady from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in yesterdays Republican pathetically and poetically remonstrates against being stared at. Now, no one can blame a young man for liking tO look at a pretty girl and no one can blame us for being pretty and trying to look preitier than we are, but after we have dressed ourselves in way calculated to make that beauty as conspicuous and noticeable as possi- ble, l don't think we have any right to complain if men do look at us, and l guess we should complain if they didn't. 1 know that when, iu.t after ;he first of this month, I had got a new bunch of waving feathers for my hat. and l tripped past Willard's with the regulation two yards cardinal ribbon fluttering behind me and a fashionable. tilted hat, and just showed as pretty an ankle as they ever looked at, I should have felt mad If they hadn't looked.- National Republican.
Year: 1876

FoRTY-FIvE girls and young men, together with Rev Albert Meilensky, pastor of the Polish Catholic Church in New York, were arrested and taken to the Station-hOuSe one night lately, for holding a dance in the hall of the church. The place had become so no. torious as a nuisance to the neighbor- hood that an abatement had been or. dered.
Year: 1876

GRAND OPENING

 LORD & WILLIAMS TWILL DISPLAY FOR PUBLIC IN w spection one Of the Largest and Most Attractive Stock of Goods ever before Brought

 to this Market. The Great Eastern show Ot New

 Goods. They have arranged to have arrive Month ly, a complete assortment Of such goods as the people Of Arizona want. and they Can Sell them at Wholesale and Re- tail Cheaper than they can be

 Afforded from any other

 Market, Not excepting the much extolled Gusy-

 mas route. We have taken especial pains to import ine goods, such as we can warrant. and in he line Of