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Year: 1876

MOTHER ABANDoNs HER CHILD.


About eleven O'Clock on Saturday night q woman
crept furtively along the railing In front OF the
Sisters Convent, and leaving what appeared
to be q bundle Of some sort the steps
of the convent away Mrs Mary Ross, of No
3S East Houston street. who was passing at the time
noticed the action OF the woman and stopped TO see
what was the matter A baby's faint cry told the
story Mrs Ross at once hailed q police officer and
the fugitive mother was followed and arrested She
said she forced abandon her child through pow
ery She gave the OF Sarah Gillen, said she
twenty years OF age and tobacco strpper by occupa
ton She yesterday taken before Judge Bxby
and held TO answer for abandonment
Year: 1876

ExPERTs.-We need more men among ag-
rlculturists and fruit men who are experts
i'll their business. What a satisfaction il
must be to the stock-breeler to be able
detect a pure bred animal at a glance
or by touch. What demand there n
for such men, and how fully is their iudg-
ment respected. TO be able to name fruit
at glance or by the taste is wonderful ac-
quirement-very few have it-and the judg-
ment OF such a man is sought after. 1t IL
only by being students that this expertness
can be attained, and if man desires to
reflect honor upon his chosen vocation, a
benefit to his fellows, he must seek to be al,
expert in some branch of it. And no man
need assume the knowledge of an expert
without hard study and keen observation.
The mask Of assumption is easily knocked
Off, and the real merit only shines the
brighter. r.-Detroit Free Press. oS
Year: 1876

than himself There are SOM other
students of science in the world besides
him, and wisdom will not die when lie
Shullics of this mortal coil" 1t would
also be well for him to bear in mind
that it is very foolish thing to put on
his saccrdota robe to read the burial
service over. and indicate a willingness
/ to pay all the funeral expenses of the
christian church. TlIe first hing that
may dawn upon his mental vision will
be the fact that he is handling the
livclicst corpse that he ever undertook
to bury, and it is altogether probable
that he will hand over the contract to
some other man. Christianity GniCr-
mingled with more or less of huma1
setishncss and sin, and in spite of these
drawbacks,) has lived long time in the
world, and its Great Founder will be
sovereign Of universal empire of peace
and purity, and perfect happiness long
after f. II. NJ, has disappeared from the
stage of time-long after his name has
been forgotten in this little corner of
the world, long after his bigoted un.
belief and miserable free love principles
have gone down to that oblivion where
they belong.


With this letter my share of this cor.
respondenco will close. Permit me to
notice that nothing has appeared in any
part OF il, or on either side of it which
opposes the leading idea of the sermon
which was the occasion of it, namely
that the christianity taught and exem.
plifed by Jesus Christ is good for this
world and good for the world to come,
good for all ages Of human history and
good tor all conditions of men, that
every patriot should support it, that
every philanthropist should be its friend
and every philosopher its disciple and,
that if all men were honest and faithful
disciples and imitators of Jesus, this
world would he Il perfect paradise
When l read the etfusions OF such cor.
dial haters of christianity as your regu
lar sermon critic F. HI. NJ. | think of
the words of Holy Writ" out Of the
abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh"-and crowding upon the heels
of this thought comes another idea
out of the lack of wisdom and under
standing the mouth sometimes speaketh
, great deal more.


remain &c.


j. r. THOMPSON.
Year: 1876

Last year an effort was made to hold
a county fair here, but after the grass
hopper raid twas thought best 10 give
it up. This year, however, as the pros.
pect is good for splendid crops and
bountiful harvests, the movement will
be'again put under way, fair ground
prepared and fair held this fall. We
already have fine race course-thanks
to the enterprising energy of John +;
Davis-and with very little additional
expense the fair ground can be arranged
There is no fair ground in the county.
which we admit doesn't speak very well
for it, and as Mound City is more CEN
trally located than any other town IN
the county, it is plain thati this is the
place to hold the. COUNTY fair-Mound
CITY Glob6.,
Year: 1876

The Lives Insured by the Society are carefully
selected in different parts of North America and
Europe, furnishing by this broad field OF opera.
tons, an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy holders. The assurances are made only on
he Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums are
returned annually to the Insured
Year: 1876

MRS. WooDHULL TO SPEAK IN BOSTON,
We see 1t stated that Mrs. Woodruff ia 10
lecture In Boston next Sunday night In tn
Boston theater. We hope that the public
Will be allowed to hear what she has To say,
and Judge for themselves OF her doctrine and
teacnings. 1t ought not 10 be said that Bos-
ton is SO narrow and so cowardly as TO re.
fuse TO listen 10 what q woman, no matter
how roughly she may have been criticized
or how radically she may have written, has
10 say In her own defence. Let her be beard
hrst; condemned, If she is to be condemned.
Afterwards Boston Globe
Year: 1876

and 20 miles long. They may en-.


counter large war party in,the Big


Horn country. They have been il
the field since March, and are poorly
clad for the cold weather and fierce
storms which sweep over the plaina
Year: 1876

An OLD TINE BELLE-Imagine what
a sensation lady would create in these
times should she make her appearance
dressed in the following costume, a de-
scription Of which is taken from "Mal-
CONS Anecdotes :" A black silk petit
coat, with red aud white calico border /;
cherry -colored stays, trimmed with blue
and silver red and dove colored
gown, lowered with large trees yel-
low satin apron, deliberately trimmed a
muslin head dress with lace ruffies a
black silk scarf and a spotted silk hood.
'Such was the costume worn by lady
in I70S." Further on we read of ladies'
head dresses costing from one to two
hundred dollars. A great deal has been
said about the extravagance of women
of the present day but the modern
belle would stand aghast should she be
asked to pay two hundred dollars for a
bonnet; and it is doubtful whether the
head gear referred to was any more be-
coming to the wearer than the jaunty
and stylish hats worn now by the "girl
of the period"
Year: 1876

Believe me, when / tell thee, darling,


That my heart is warm and true;
And the years have only brought up


Hope and love combined with you.
Bitter memory wakes the sorrow
That has slumbered many years;
But the daylight hour is nearing
When we meet in smiles and tears.
The world may scoff and turn coldly
On my track DER land and sea,
Yet III bear the blow more bravely


If it leads to love and thee.
Lonely hours and fading pleasures


Fill the mind with days gone by,
When we kissed our little treasures,
Parting sadly; you and /.
Fate and fortune ever battling


In the ranks of bounding life,
Down to-day and up tomorrow


Is the lesson of the strife.
Loving hearts must never falter;


Hoping onward to the last;
Breast the storm without murmur;


God will help when all is past.
Year: 1876

Do EVERYTHING WELI--1t is the re-
suit of practical every day experience
that study attention to matters of detail
lies at the root of human progress, and
that diligence, above all, is the mother
of good luck. Accuracy also is of much
importance, and invariably a mark of
good training in man; accuracy in OBJ
servation, accuracy in speech, accuracy
in the transactions of affairs What is
done in business must be done well, for
it is better to accomplish perfectly a
small amount of work than;o half do ten
times as much. Yet, in business affairs,
it is the manner, in which even shall
matters are transacted that often dc
cides men for and against you. With
virtue, capacity and good conduct in
other respects, the person who is habit
ualy inaccurate cannot be trusted, his
work has 10 be gone over again, and
he thus causes annoyance, ye1ation and
trouble.
Year: 1876

GOLDEN WoRDs-The habit of look


ing on the bright side is invaluable.
Men and women who are eyermcre reck-
oning up what they want rather than
what they have-counting the difficult
ties in the way, instead Of contriving
means to overcome them-are almost
certain to live on corn bread, fat pork,
and salt fish, aud sink to unmarked
graves. The world is sure TO smile upon
q man who seems to be successful, but
let him 90 about with crestfallen air,
aud the very dogs in the streets will set
upon him. We must all have losses.
Late frosts will nip the fruit in the bud,
banks will break, Investments will prove
worthless, valuable horses will die, and
china vases will break, but all these ca
lamities do not come together. The
wise course to pursue, when one plan
fails is TO form another; when one prop
is knocked from under us, to fill its
place with substitute, and evermore
count what is left rather than what is
taken. When the final reckoning is
made, if it appears that we have not
lost the consciousness OF our internal
rec,ilude; Z we have kept charity to-
ward ali men; il by the various discipline
of life we have been freed from follies
and confirmed in virtues, whatever we
have lost, the great balance sheet will
be In your fayor-Rur0l New Yorker.
Year: 1876

"Ah, what a pity! The fine ship
which has gone so safely through so
many storms has been dashed upon the
rocks at last !" The old sailor drew his
hand across his eyes as he spoke, to
wipe away a falling tear.


Never mind, Jack !" said his more
cheerful companion. Il would not cry
over wrecked ship!'


SAY, but when that ship has been
ones home, and, said the honest old
tar, show can one help crying


Very true. 1t is always sad to look
upon a wreck; but when it is home
that is broken up, the loss touches the
heart.


/ saw young man in the street the
other day walking with unsteady steps.
His face was flushed, his eyes were dull
and heavy, his hair was in sad disorder.
/ paused to look at him, and my heart
was filled with grief. All, what wreck
was there! 1t was not only a home
that was broken mp, but it seemed likely
TO involve the loss of a soul.


Sam Wilson was handsome, high
spirited boy. l knew him well. He
had fine mind and a kind heart. His
frame was strong and his health good.
But learned to taste that drink which
crazes the brain; then he learned to love
it. All, the boy was ruined strait upon
the rocks, though he did not know it.
And now in his early manhood, with a
fair young wife who loves him, with
a dear little babe of whom he should
take tender care, he reels through the
streets common drunkard. An, what
a wreck


And many such there are. We meet
with them every day. Is it not fear
full thought! Mind, soul, health, peace
all lost in a common ruin And for
what! For the sake of brief pleasure,
soon to become vile habit, a Jcprayed
taste.


Boys, when any one tries to tempt
You to touch that sparkling wine, tell
ing il is manly to take your glass OF
wine like gentleman, think OF Sam
Wilson and les it alone. Do not sec how
near the brakers you can go and not be
dashed upon them. Steer clear OF them
altogether, and you will be safe.
Year: 1876

Farmer at the plow,
Wife milking tile COW,
Daughter spinning yarn,
Son threshing in the barn,


All happy to charm.
And now for the modern improve
meut in 1876.


Farmer gone to see a show,
Daughter at the piano,
Madam gaily dressed in satin,
And all the boys learning latin,
With a mortgage on the farm.
Year: 1876

The Rome (Ga) Courier prints The
following curious story, which the edi-
tor says has never before been publish
ed:


"While Pickett's division was before
Newburn, General Pickett received, by
flag of truce, letter from gentleman
in Boston, accompanied by package
containing $4,000, in which the writer
stated that he had brother, Federal
officer, in the Libby prison; that his
brother was former comrade of Pickett
in the Mexican war, and appealed to
him BY the friendship of their old days,
to forward the money to his brother
The appeal touched the generous heart
of the brave old soldier, and he dis
patched an orderly with the money to
the officer. The orderly, tempted by
the unusual sight OF so much green
backs, basely deserted to the lines and
escaped with the booty. AS soon as
Pickett heard Of the desertion he I'M
mediately went to Richmond, and by
mortgage upon his Turkey Island pre-
perty succeeded in borrowing $4,000,
which he carried to the prisoner with
an explanation of aud an apology for
the delay. The officer. when he learn
ed by what means the General had
raised the money, declined TO accept
one thousand dollars of il ; but with
that nice sense of honor which distin-
guished the true Southern gentleman,
General Pick, tt compelled him to do so.
The two soldiers then talked over the
brave old days of the past, when to-
gether they roughed under the same
flag, and as the conversation ripened
into friendly confidence, the prisoner
frankly told the General that his object
was TO escape, it possible, and that he
intended using some Of the money he
had paid him in the effort. The Gener-
al checked him at once by telling him
that he could not receive his confidence
in such matters That the money was
his own, aad that he had a right to use
it as he pleased but it would be imprep-
er for him 10 become party to his
plans. He then left. The prisoner did
escape. The war ended disastrously to
the South, and General Picketts estate
was sold to satisfy the mortgage which
lie had executed to pay Federal pris-
oner in his hands the money which had
been stolen from him 10y the connivauce
of the enemy. Would it not be better
for Blaine to hunt up such acts as these
than to gloat 50 fiendishly over Anlsr-
oonyilla
Year: 1876

A Marble firm agent, soliciting orders
for tombs;ones in Alameda county, Cal,
was recently badly sold by man who
directed him TO a woman who had just
lost her husband bat when be got
there and found she had just lost him
by his running off with another woman
he thonght himself lucky that he got
off with as much OF his hair as he did.
Year: 1876

he may be called to rule over many.


The gale Of Wednesday was one
OF the severest that ever alarmed
New York. Out in the country .
gale doesn't matter, but in crowded
city il is quite another thing. The
seven story buildings, standing alone
and towering in the air, the sign.
boards projecting over the sidewalks,
the immense cornices insecurely at
tached all combine to make gale a
thing to be dreaded; for it is not nice
when walking home with your head
down to the gale to have q sign
board twenty feet long come whist
ling down upon you. Nor is il com.
Portable to have building seven
stories high fall upon you. There is
as much shammy building done in
New York as in any other city, and
it is not pleasant to try to sleep with
the walls of your house swaying. In
short, gale in this city is terror,
any way it can be taken. The wind
moved At the rate of sixty.six miles
an hour; and while no casualties are
reported, there were many narrow
escapes. A great many buildings
were badly twisted, and thousands
of signs and cornices blown off.


THE HPPoDRoME


Is nearly ready for the reception OF
Moody and Sankey. A choir Of 100
voices is being trained every night,
under the leadership of General
Dodge, to lead the singing under the
charge of Sankey. 1t will be mag
nlhcent to hear this immense chorus
giving the popular music of the sing
ing Evangelist. This feature alone
will keep the vast building filed to
its utmost capacity. The meetings
will commence. about the middle of
the month.


PIETRo.
Year: 1876

For some shorteoming a'St. Louis
woman--a strict church member
knocked her husband down with
pudding stick and then held bis head
in a tub of dirty water until he was
just ready to expire. Then she laid
him on the lounge, and, sitting by
his side, read aloud chapter from
the bible, and wound up the exercises
by asking him if he didn't believe
the time is coming when all men
shall be good.
Year: 1876

One day last season, as the barley in
my fields was ripenirg, the blackbirds
begun to gather about it, and my farmer
begun to anathematize them as thieves
and robbers, feeding upon what they
did not SOW. g Why, they come," said
he, Gin clouds from Naushon, and all
about u.s." Notwithstanding, I told him
I was satisfied that they did more good
than harm, and that they were welcome
to their share. The harvest begun, and
as the mowers reached the middle of the
field they found the stalks of the grain
were very much stripped and cut up by
the army worm. When the barley was
down they begun to march out of the
field in compact stream through the
barway into the next one, and here we
saw clearly what the blackbirds were
after. They pounced upon them and
devoured them by thousands, very me-
terially lossening their numbers. The
worms were 80 numerous that they
could not destroy them all, but they ma,
terially lessened them and their power
of mischief. AL honor, then, to the
blackbirds, which are usually counted
mischievous, and are destroyed by farm
crs like vermin. These army worms re-
turned after An interval of eight or ten
years.
Year: 1876

Oh ! let the soul it's slumber break,
Arouse its senses and awake,


To See how soon
Life' with it's glory, glides away,
And the stern footsteps Of decay


Come stealing on.
And while we eye the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide


Away 30 fast,
Let us the present hour employ,
And deem each future dream Of Joy


Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind
No happier let us hope to find


Tomorrow than to-day;
Oar golden dreams OF yore we're bright
Like them, the present ehall delight


Like them, decay.
Our lives, like hasting streams, must be,
That into one ingul6ng sea


Are doomed to fall
Tho sea of death, whose wares roll on
Ger king and kingdom, crown and throne


AID swallow all.
Alike the rivers lordIy tide,
Alike the humble riv'let's glide


To that sad wave
Death lovels property and pride,
And rich and poor sleep side by s;do


Within the grave.
Our birth is but the starting place,
Life is the runLing Of the race,


AMI death the goal:
There all those glittering toys are brought
The path alone, Of all uusought


Is found Of ALL
Say, then, how poor and little worth
Are all those gittering toys Of earth


That lure us here?
Dreams OF sleep that death must break,
Alas before it bids us wake,


Ye disappear
Year: 1876

THEIR IMPORTANCE IN MURDER TRALs-oAN


HUMAN BLOOD BE DISTINGUISHED FROM


OTHER BLOOD BY SCIENTIFIC TESTS?


In the trial now In progress Of Pesach Rubenstein
for the murder OF Sara Alexander the blood found
the prisoners boots and clothing, and the scientific
testimony in regard TO IT, naturally excite great in
terest and will become very important elements Tor
the consideration of the jury It frequently happens
that in regard TO testimony human blood it thus
becomes of vital importance to know to what extent
reliance be placed upon such evidence justice
demands that the actual powers OF scientific experts
shall be defined and recorded form that those
engaged in criminal Jurisprudence may hereafter
ceve report OF such witness without fear Of un-
justly preudcing the ofthe prisoner violating
the precepts OF humanity in boldly maintaining the
rigor OF the law.


AS knowledge Of the characteristics Of blood and
the form Of its corpuscles is necessary for due ap
probation of the subject 1t may be convenient by way
of Introduction to give brief but comprehensive de-
scription which will be of service those who ap-
proach the subject for the first time Blood is an al
most colorless fluid containing a vast number of
floating bodies called corpuscles, which single
cells and present the form of nattened disks,
circular in and most mammala and oval in birds,
reptiles and fishes, also in few mammals all OF
which are Of the camel tribe, while those of the
oviparous vertebrate distinguished by a central
spot nucleus, composed Of aggregation OF minute
granules which clearly seen when treated
with acetc acid which increases the opacity OF the
nucleus by rendering the remaining portions more
transparent.
Year: 1876

There two kinds OF corpuscles-one having red
dish tnge, and called cred corpuscos" and another
cass which almost transparent and named "white
corpuscles" " Thus. in the examination of blood, a
glance will determine whether it has been taken from
animal or from bird fish reptile But with the
single exception mentioned the form OF corpuscles
in all animals is alike difficulty exists in proving
from what particular animal a precise specimen has
been extracted In making such diagnosis Of blood
chemical is of service and the expert has but
guide, and that is the size OF the corpuscle
which, from the mnuteness OF the object,
must be found by the aid Of the microscope
The red corpuscles mammals appear TO
have nucleus but in fact have none the dark spot in
the being merely the effect of refracton conse-
quent upon the double form OF the disks This
be at proved by diutng the blood with
little water when the form OF the corpusce changes be-
coming first fat and afterward double convex, when
the dark spot disappears


The corpuscies vary In size, but for those in man
average standard has been fixed OF 1920 parts OF
inch In diameter. but they really range from 14O00 TO
12S00 and although generally observed TO be circular
In iorm they occasionally assume steate shape and
other forms when In contact with fluids Of an unnat
ural density.


The white corpuscles, from whatever source usually
present circular outline, and are thus Immediately
recognized in blood having oval red corpuscles but in
man and most animals the red are not SO easily dis
tnguishcd from the white


In fresh blood the red corpusces have tendency TO
adhere TO each other BY their dscoidal suraces the
white corpuscles on the contrary show no such dis
position and may be noticed taking isolated positions
generally IN the centre Of circle made by a
row OF red corpusclcs There about $50 red
white corpusce, that very few of the latter will be
seen the field Of the microscope time and may
be at once detected by singular power Of movement
which they exhibit somewhat similar to that OF the
am9ba, rolling over and over in slow. sluggish
ner All white corpuscles are very constant In size,
being seldom more OF less than 1900 part OF inch
in diameter.


The size Of the red corpuscles In the blood Of animals
varies much and is not uniform In the same
blood but is in general proporonae TO the OF the
m n of
different orders; thus the larger ruminants and
rodents the red corpuscles larger than tho
smaller ones, while those OF the Geld are as
large those OF the horse and in the common mouse
they are larger than that OF the


The annexed list contains the recorded measure
ments OF the average Of the red corpusces the
blood OF the animals mentioned, which may be con-
suited bearing Ia mind that those In range from
14OOO TO 1880 parts OF an inch and have mean Of
Year: 1876

and the old man was equally anxious for his liberty
but the Judge said he would have disappoint them
ho had not the power them 10 single bless
edness, and the old couple became silent Being inl
formed that this divorce court they agreed
10 take the pledge from the Judge and left the court
much better frends than when they entered.
Year: 1876

The POLICE AND THE RIoTERs.-In re-
sponse to a courteous inquiry from Mayor
Darlington, Judge Guigon has written the
Mayor letter giving the language used by
him in the remarks about the conduct Of
the police on the occasion of the late riot.
The Judge also gives the basis Of the opin-
ion he then expressed, and furnishes the
names OF the witnesses who testified before
him, and whose evidence has important
bearing on this point.


Mayor Darlington left the city for the
South yesterday, and therefore his letter
and the reply Of the Judge could not be OBJ
tanned for publication. tits, however, ex-
pected that the matter. will receive attention
from the Board Of Police Commissioners
upon the return of the Mayor, which will
be in week or ten days.