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Year: 1876

Mir. Hamerton, in "Notes of Rural Life in France" comments as follows on wine drinking:-

 The wine drunk during meals is always some cheap ein ordiRaiFs. An English. man wonders at first how rich people can be induced to drink such poor wine at all; but, after some experi- ence, he discovers that rin ordina;re is one of those common things which are better in their place than more expensive things. just as bread is better for con- stant use than plumcake. There are, however, very different qualities of rin o'dinGire, and the skill of the master

 of the house is never put to more se- rious test than in the choice of this om- mon wine, the merit of which is not to bear distant resemblance to bon cin but to keep the appetite alive (bon cin cloys it) and to bear mixture with water. A good pin OrtIinaire is not preferred to higher class of wine simply from econo- my. If the two were at the same price, the judicious Frenchman would choose an ordinaire for use until hunger was satisfied. A bottle of better wine is all ways produced at or before dessert if there is guest, but this is generally omitted when the family is alone, unless there is some excu SC for the indulgence; such as birthday, .fete day or the re- turn of member of the family from a distance. In summer white wine is often served as dejeUner and drunk with seltzer water, with which it makes very re-, freshing beverage, perhaps only too stimulating to the appetite. Coffee is hardly ever omitted after dejeuner, even in the most economical families-it is generally excellent, but not invariably. In houses where care is taken about cof- fee, it is roasted in vary small quantities at time and very moderately. The burnt, black coffee of the cafss is only fit for peasants at fair; the true connois- seur despises it and takes the greatest precautions to secure the unspoiled aroma. It is very probable that there may be some natural connection between the wine and the coffee, the wine seems to call for the coffee and perhaps physi- ologists may know the reason. The wine drunk varies from half bottle to bot tie at each meal for each man; ladies drink less, and seldom go beyond the half bottle. In hotels bottle is the regular allowance. Men often drink their wine pure, but ladies never do, except little at the end of the repast The quantity of wine drunk in France. sometimes appears excessive to modern Englishmen, though it would not have astonished the contemporaries of Sheri- dan and Pitt, while Americans rather suspect you of endency to intemper- snce if you drink anything but iced wa ter during meals. I have never perceived that Frenchman was less sober after his bottle of uin ordinaire, nor is there any reason to believe that it injures his health or shortens his exist ence; but if he drinks much wine, at meals he ought to abstain vigorously from drinking between meals, and the wisest Frenchmen are often very severe with themselves on this point. I know sev- eral whom nothing would induce to in- fringe their rule and who never enter 8 cafe.
Year: 1876

EXPLOSIVE POWER OF WATER.-Philoso- phers assure us that when they are en- abled to explode pure water without converting it into steam-as is believed to occur when an unusual volcanic erup- tiOn happens-a destructive instrumen- tality will have been made manifest which will utterly dwarf all our previous experience of explosives. Professor Piaz- zi Smyth said that he had momentarily caught this terrific power on one ocea- sion. when, having pushed Q single drop of water into large ladleful of melted lead, the whole of the metal was instantly dispersed in the air. Probably also, the recorded destruction of . certain copper foundry, through workman spit ting into cauldron of molten copper wes due to the same awful potentiality.
Year: 1876

A NEW R1FLE.-The ingenious rife recently invented by M. Peri of the French army, will, it is claimed, eventu- supersede all other weapons of it's class in present use. The peculiar novelty of this new rife is said to consist in the pe- culiar position of the trigger on the top of the stock, instead of underneath it. The trigger is attached to the cylinder which closes the breech, and forms the rear end of the spring, which retains the striker at full cock, and is protected against any injury by the two wings of the breech shoe. The situation of the trigger on the top of the stock has sim plifed the mechanism for closing the breech and firing, which consists of six pieces held together with screw. This rife has also been satisfactorily tested in other countries.
Year: 1876

A subscription paper was lately circula- ted with the following object in view: eve subscribe and pay the amount set against our names for the purpose of pay ing the organist and boy to blow the same,"
Year: 1876

A simple and effectual remedy for ivy poisoning is said to be sweet spirits of nitre. Bathe the affected parts freely two or three times durino the day, and the next morning scarcely any trace of the poison will remain.
Year: 1876

From Our Regular Correspondent


NEW CASTLE, Dec. %, 1876.
GOOD sLEIGHING AND SLIPPERY SIDE


WALL s-HU N AwAY-THE CORN


MARKEr-A MISTAKEN ORDER, &c.


The slight additional fall of snow has
made the sleighing very good and the
bells have been jingling merrily far into
night. Parties from Wilmington are
over every night. One of your citizens,
while returning home on Wednesday
evening, had runaway which resulted
in the smashing of the sleigh and break
ing of one of the horses legs, in conse-
quence of which accident the animal has
to be shot; as the horse was a valuable
one that sleigh ride proved very expen-
sive.


Slippery pavements respect not persons
yesterday the correspondent of the Erery
Ecening and your humble servant, both
kissed mother earth, harder than was
pleasant.


The river is full of heavy ice and very
little shipping is moving bark and a
few schooners are all the vessels now in
our harbor.


The low price of corn has prevented
the usual December shipments from here
and in fact our two local shippers have
brought very little thus far; Messrs. Stock
ly Bros, we understand, however, have
their schooner ordered from New York to
land but they have been unable to get
here ON account of the ice.
The Late Sheriff sold more real estate
than has been usual at any one time. Six
ty deeds having been ordered to be made
out by the Court. Our new Sheriff has
had busy time to get them off by Christ
| mas.


One Of our contracting Carpenterswish.
ing to use some revolving hinges, gave
his order to Delaware street firm fol
them. They wrote to Philadelphia for q
lot of hardware, and amongst it for othel
hinges, and ordered II dozen revolvers in
connection with the hinges. The Phila
delphia firm accordingly sent what they
thought was ordered and now shooting
irons" are selling at 81 each in our city


The pin pool fever struck our city the
first of this week, and has taken general
ly; billiards are lively yet, however.


The Baptist Missionary Association
have met with great success in the supper
and fair. What amount was cleared we
did not learn, but it is very nice littl,
sum.


There will be services in all the churcl
eS on Christmas day.
Year: 1876

any coin which was then a legal ten
der In large As well as small amounts.
When they are SO paid they will be
justly paid. A silver dollar OF 4123
grains Is dollar good enough to
suit US, and we can see no good rea-
son for paying the bondholders a
bigger dollar than was promised.
Year: 1876

DEAL SQUARRLv WITH Your CulL
DREy.-To gain obedience, you must
FIRST yourself deserve ii. Whatever
vou promise your little one, however
small the thing seems to you, perform
it. Never let the doubt once enter
that innocent mind that you say what
YOU do not mean, or will not act mp to
what YOU say. Make as few prohibi
tory laws as you possible can, butonce
made keep them. In what is granted
as N what is denied, compel yourself,
however weary or worried or impa-
tent, TO administer evenhanded jus
,ice. This is a system much more
likely to secure Your ehild's reai atfee
tion than all the petting and humor
ing SO generally INDUCED in, to give
pleasure or save trouble, not TO your
little ones but yourself.
Year: 1876

DIsrAxcgs BEES 90 FOR HoYEY.-
There are instances on record show
ing that honey bees have gone five OF
six niles for honey, when there was
little or Bone nearer. This was prov
ed by sp-inkliDg flour upon them on
certain days, and the same bees being
seen 4: lie above distance. But or
dinariy they do not go over a mile
and n half, and the most of TIE honey
they gather is found within mile OF
their hives. operSon can make bees
profitable unless the most Of the honey
is found within ihat distance. In
windy days bees have hard work TO
lly even q mile against the wind. ID
some foreign countries the extensive
bee keepers are in The habit Of remoV-
ing their bees from place to place,
about three miles distant, twice or
three times in a season, where the hon
ey harvest varies as TO time; and they
consider Il radius Of mile ard a halt
from their apiaFies as far as he bees
generally fly.
Year: 1876

Nothing official has been made public rel
ative to any future action of the Board OF
Returning Officers in regard to the filling
of the vacancy. Speculations on the prob
able choice have no foundation except the
general reputation of the gentlemen men
toned. 1t is stated that no Democrat
would accept position unless another va
cancy was made, and colleague OF his po-
Iitical bias selected to fill it. As none OF
the members have manifested any intention
of resigning, this determination may Of
neceesity cause the selection of Repub-
lican or the keeping open of the vacancy.


In regard to the admission of others than
members to the sessions it is said commu
nication will be addressed to both political
parties, suggesting the appointment of five
representatives from each. This will be
determined on to-day.
Year: 1876

New ORLEANS, November l6. 1876.
EDITOR REPUBLICANS:


You had an article in your paper taken
from the Vicksburg Herald, saying that the
nurses who went from here to Brunswick
during the late epidemic got $1,000 each,
which is not true. We only got 80 day,
and the mayor of Brunswick said that it
was the doctors fault We did not get -
per day. l am one of the nurses and can
testify to the trials we had to undergo at
the side of the sufferers bed from dawn till
dawn again. Many poor soul was saved
by the untiring care of the nurse. The doc
tors were we'll paid for their "brief visits"
Your article is doing us an injury, for many
think we have made 60 much by our trip
that we need nothing more. Please, cir,
correct it, and you will oblige your humble
servant, ONE oF HE NOhSEo.
Year: 1876

When Archimedes was asked if he
could find out whether the jewellers
had, in making the crown, kept back
some of the gold, and supplied its
weight with some other metal, the phil.
osopher was put to thinking and expert
menting; and one day he exclaimed,
with excited energy "Eureka Eure.
ka !" wI have found it I have found
it!")


What had he found9 He had dis
covered that any solid body, put into a
vessel of water, displaces its own bulk
of water; and Therefore e, if the sides of
the vessel are high enough to prevent it
running over, the water will rise to a
certain height. He now got one ball of
gold and another OF silver, each weigh
ing exactly the same as the crown. OF
course the balls were not the same size,
because silver is lighter than gold, and
80 it takes more of it to make the same
weight. He first put the gold into a
basin of water, and marked on the side
of the vessel the height to which the
water rose. Next, taking out the gold,
he put in the silver ball, which, though
it weighed the same, yet, being larger,
made the water rise higher; and this
height he also marked. Lastly, he took
out the silver ball and put in the crown.
Now, i the crown had been pure gold,
the water would have risen only up to
the mark of the gold ball: but it rose
higher, and stood between the gold and
silver mark, showing that silver had
been mixed with it, making it moro
bulky. This was the first attempt to
measure the specific gravity of different
substances.
Year: 1876

He stood on the corner, whiting for a


Car. He was dressed up to kill, and he


knew it. His hat shone like the head


light of q locomotive. He had an UNI


brella in one hand and sachel and a


bouquet carefully wrapped in tissue


paper in the other. The car came along.


He did not hail it. He did not want it


to stop. He could get on it without put


ting the driver to that much trouble. He


had seen others do it, and knew Just how


itshould be done. The front platform was


crowded, but that made no difference to


him. He would show the passengers
standing upon it how to do the thing
gracefully. He stepped to the track,
took his umbrella, sachel, and bouquet
in one hand, and, as the car passed
him, grasped the brace on the front plat
form with the other. The car was going
at good rate of speed. His feet flew
into the air, and as he assumed the per-
pendicular he managed to get one Of
them on the step. Then he shut his hat
up like an accordion against the stomach
of fat gentleman who was at that mo-
ment drawing in mouthful of smoke
from regalia, and who was, in conse-
quence, too full of indignation-and
smoke-for utterance. Then the
+" killer" laid his sachel, bouquet, and
umbrella down upon the platform very
suddenly, and apparently without any
intention to do 81 on his part; and then
he laid himself down upon them. This
was also done in an irresistible way.
At this moment the driver put the
brakes on very suddenly, and he rolled
over on his back. The man who was
behind him stepped on his stomach and
leaned over the dashboard-gazing in
tently at tho track, as though he saw
something there to attract his attention.
Then the passengers righted themselves,
and our hero gathered himself up and
went inside the Car, amid suggestions
about learning how to get on car"
etc. But he only smiled sarcastically.
He knew what he was about. The next
time they saw passenger attempt to get
on car he thought they would make
room for him. Aud the passengers, on
their part, made up their minds that the
next time he attempted the feat, they
would,
Year: 1876

A child was born some weeks since in
a valley back of the Mission, says the
San Francisco Post, whose head was the
exact counterpart to that of an OK, hav-
ing protuberance about half an inch in
height, like q horn, on each side. The
appearance of the unfortunate creature
is described as revolving in the extreme.
The hideous malformation is very plaus-
IDLY accounted for. The mother was the
daughter of farmer living near by.
About year ago she married man en-
ployed by her father. This man soon
after went to farming on his own ac-
count, and, being somewhat british in
nature, he set his wife to driving pair
of oxen with which he did his blowing.
The girl was very much terrified at the
animals, but obeyed, and continued in
this employment until short time be-
fore her confinement. Fortunately, the
unfortunate child died on the third day
after its birth. 1t survived its mother
nearly two days, however; for when she
was injudiciously shown her offspring
she was so shocked that she was seized
with commissions which terminated
fatally few hours afterward.
Year: 1876


Jesus thy saints have waited long


For rcnded sky and wrath divine,
When thou shalt como with angel throng,
And in the pomp Of glory shine;
But holier than such cloudy throne
Thy watch and walk beside the ses,
When midnights stars In beauty shone
On tho still wavos OF 0aliloe.
The ministers Of pride and power


Have wrought change in human things
And seen, In somo propitious hour,
Thy kingdom pstronized by kings,
But nearer TO thy hoart was laid


The humblerlearne at thy knee,
Drinking the gracious words that made
Tho night divine ON Galilee.
GrAndly tho skill Of art may show
In pictured wall and ohantod hymn,
Where high barbsrio windows throw
Strange light into tho chancol dim;
A scene of simpler art was thine
The song Of maidens by the sea,
And fishers nets In bonded line


Along the shore Of Galilee.
The foxes find sure retreat


In holes upon the mountains breast,
Where tho greon olive branches meet
Tho birds have built their sheltered nest
Tho cows and sheep, since night began,
Homeward from wood and wild have sped
And left them to the Son Of Man,
Who has not whore to lay his head.
Oh, Christ! Whatever men may say,
They, not thyself, in pride have grown;
And lot them not expect tho day
When they shall soc theo on throne,
Nor look for wonder and for sign,
But thy full soul Of life to sec
In eyes whose light Of love divire
Outgleams the stars on Galilee.
Year: 1876

Some time last April, Leslie Brown
lee, who is the head of small family,
and lives about twelve miles southwest
from Leavenworth, Kansas, was visited
at his home by an oldish looking gentle
man, who stated that he had been au-
thorized to present to his astonished
host either sum of money or deed OF
the farm upon which he was living as
tenant. Thinking the matter q joke,
Mr.. Brownlee said he would prefer the
farm. The stranger said all right, and,
requesting a few days time, drove away.


Mr.. Brownlee soon forgot the occur
renee, and was attending to his farm as
usual, when one day afterward he was
called to the house, and there found the
same individual, who, to his further as
tonishment, presented him with clear
deed to the promised property, in the
visitors name, and told him that it had
been drawn up in order that he might
not discover the right name of the true
giver. He then told him to ask no
further questions, but that he might ex-
pect to be visited again next fall by q
party of workmen, who would procure
material and build for him a comfortable
home on tho premises. The stranger
would talk no further than to say that he
was the agent of a gentleman whose
income was $40 day.


Shortly after he left Mr.. Brownlee re-
ceived a postal card, which informed him
that if he would call at book store in
Leavenworthh he would find book which
would be worth his while to look after.
He went to the store and there found a
fine 500 Bible, with an inscription on
the title page, which read: |" This is
from friend and relative. Read it and
profit by it,


Mr.. Brownlee says he has no knowl-
edge of the giver of his most acceptable
presents, but thinks he is the second
husband of his grandmother. He, it is
said, enlisted and went to the Mexican
war, and was never after heard from,
and was for long time supposed to be
dead His wife, Mr.. Brownlee's grand
mother, was token. in charge by her
grandson and cared for until her death /;
and he thinks that the old gentleman,
in payment for his care, is thus making
him the recipient of his attentions.
Year: 1876

The annual report of the Massachu-
setts labor bureau contains some sugges-
tive facts as to the relation of rent and
other costs of living to the wages of the
working classes. While in the cities
the daily wages of male workmen may
be nearly averaged at 81, throughout the
State they do not exceed 91.33. The
rental paid on a total average is be-
tween fourth and q fifth of the in
come, but almost twice as high rent is
paid in Boston as in some of the rural
towns; and while in general twenty
three per cent. of the male workmen
are house owners, in Boston this is only
the case with nine per cent. But in
Westfield and Springfield there is the
highest average cost Of living. A Gu
rious circumstance shown by the re-
turns is that where the head of the faml-
ly works alone and his wife and children
receive no wages, he earns more than
when either wife or children are at
work; and that when he is thus assisted
by both wife and children he earns the
least.
Year: 1876

Anextract from Burman missionary &
letter reads as follows: When we ar
rived at tho village of None the people
there were looking for the governor OF


the Shwaygyeen district to see what
could be done to rid them of fierce
tiger. His haunt was near the path
leading from this village to Karen
mountain little to the east. This mon
ster had killed and eaten nine persons,
and now no one dared to go that way.
He was great fellow, about seventeen
feet from tip to tip, very bold, and
afraid of no body of men. He captured
whoever came near him, whether Karen,
Shan or Burman. If there were several
in the party, he always sprung upon the
last one. He was so heavy and sprung
from SO great distance, that he killed
every one the moment he struck him.
The last party he attacked contained
seven men. The last one carried o
spear, and said that he was not afraid of
the tiger, but before he reached the top
of the hill the tiger had captured him,
breaking his spear and killing him in
stantly.


A little while after we left this village
man came up behind our train riding
furiously. He was an Englishman, and
wore dagger and revolver in his belt,
and was rather formidable looking
man. He was chief of police in Shawy-
gyeen, and, glad to see white face. I
cantered on with him for mile or two.
He had in his pocket the claws of tiger
who had recently killed five Karens.
n11 1,,1k xx-.k j,
very little hair left on him, and very
laxge. He came to him in this wise:
Two Karens were ascending the noun
tain together; each carried a spear, the
one pointing backward, the other for
ward. The tiger leaped from behind,
and came upon one of the spears. He
was mortally wounded and very soon
died.


There was one very sad story con-
nected with the death of these persons.
A father and his little girl were going
home from their bazaaring, when the
tiger sprung upon the child and carried
her away. The father, crazed with the
sight, pursued the beast, and caught
hold of the child's legs and tried to free
her from his jaws. The tiger let go his
hold, and the father placed the dead
child on his shoulders and started off on
the run. The tiger came up again, and
scizing the child carried it off into the
Jungle. The village was aroused by the
cries of the man, and came to the place.
While they were standing and looking
at the child's blood the tiger came up
behind them, sprung upon a man and
carried him away. The monster, who
has killed nine persons, still lives, not
withstanding the fact that $3.50 is offered
for his head.
Year: 1876

Or the margin of your paper indi-
Gates that your time Is out, or will eX-
pire with the next paper. Remember
our rule-CASI ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
If not renewed, We take it for granted
you do not want the paper any longer,
and your name will be dropped from
our list. We intend to publish the
5cst paper in West Tennessee, and
the more subscribers We get, the bet
ter We can make the paper. Let eve
ry one renew and bring another with
Elm,
Year: 1876

WHHE-WHIPPING IN RUSSIA. - The
married women of Russia, according to
various writer's, look upon sound whip
ping on the part of their husbands as an
expression of affection. The story Is
told of handsome Russian lady, mar
ried to a Frenchman, who after fourteen
days of supreme happiness, became very
sad and melancholy, showing signs of
most profound grief. The young hus-
band being very anxious to know the
cause of her sorrow, she explained the
matter, after much questioning on his
part, by saying GLOW can I believe
that you love me? We have already
been united nearly four weeks, and you
have not beaten me once - The hus-
band was delighted to learn that her
grief could SO easily be assuaged, and
lost no time in procuring tender and
elegant rod, with which, on suitable oc-
casions, he bestowed upon her the ne
cessary tokens Of his love.