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Year: 1876

The salaries of all the ministers in the
United States are said TO amount to six
millions Of dollars; the cost Of supporting
the dogs Of the country is seventy nil
lions the fees of tho lawyers Thirty Eve
millions; over six hundred million for
tobacco, and over fourteen hundred mil
lions for liquors. From this it will be
seen that men pay moro for their indul.
genees than for their religion.
Year: 1876

DeSefeL News reD ~ou


To the Bishops and Presiding Elders IN all


the settlements of the Latter-Day Saints!


DEAR BRETHREN: 1t is our desire to
commence again to assist the scattered
poor of Gods people in gathering to Zion.
To aid in the accomplishment of this pur-
pose we request the Bishops and Presiding
Elders in the various settlements to give
especial attention to the collection of the
debts due to the Perpetual Emigration
Fund from those who have been assisted in
past wears. In view of the near approach
of the season of the year when our emigra-
ton leaves the shores of Europe, we desire
that cur brethren give this matter their inn
mediate attention, that we may be enabled
to do as much good as possible this present
year.


1t is the duty of all the Saints who have
the means to assist in the gathering OF
those of their brethren or sisters who are
still scattered in Babylon, and we should
be pleased to have the LEGAL authorities SO
licit donations from those who are not in
debt to tie p. E. Fund, and who are able
and willing to do their part for the gather
ing of scattered Israel.


Your brethren,
BRIGHAM YOU'VE,
DANIEL II. WELLS.
Year: 1876

The tie which bound certain Detroit
youth to a lawyers was severed yesterday,
and his parents were happy. They wanted
the boy to make great lawyer, but he was
getting along too fast. He pursued his
studies with an ardor which cast judicial
shadow o'er the household and created con-
siderable neighbcrhood talk. He got trust
ed for candy and repudiated the bill on the
ground that he was minor He bought q
dog and went into bankruptcy. He bor-
rowed pair Of akates and defied the own
er to get out writ of replevin. He bor-
rowed fifty cents and then made the lender
his assignee.


But the worst Of it was in the family.
He had legal name for almost everything,
and his desire was to prove to his parents
that he was just absorbing dead-loads of
law. If he wanted potato at the dinner
table he would remark


"Father, file my claim against that baked
potato, and Til prove the indebtedness this
afternoon"


IF he wanted bread he said: "Mother,
get me out writ of alta ;hment for piece
of bread''


1t was expected of him that he would
build the morning fires, but no sooner had
he gained an insight into law than he said
to his father


81 am goin-; to move for a change Of
venue unless some other arrangement is
made"


He moved for stay of proceedings when
he was asked TO go to the grocery store, and
if chided for being out late of nights he re-
piled


"F'le your declaration and give me a
chance for jury trial.


When be was in good humor he would sit
and regale his mother with stories about
how Old Chancery was going up town one
night and met Old Equity and asked him
how Decree was getting along. Old Plead
ings and Exceptions came along just then,
and there was big fight, and the young
lawyer would slap his leg and enthusiastic
ally add


eff Indictment had been there he'd have
whaled the whole crowdp'


The other day the long-sufering father
severed the tie. He was trying to bear up,
hoping for reform, but as he sat down to
the tea-table his son frightened up and re-
marked:


The defendant will now take the stand
and be sworn. Now, sir, did you or did
you not come out of Griswold street sa-
loon at II o'clock this morning, wiping your
| mouth on the back of your hand Tell the
jury all about it, sir p
It was little too much, and the boy
doesn't study law any more. He plays with
| q wood pile in the back yard. Detroit
/ Free Press.
Year: 1876

W1NsLow's FINANCIAL SKILL. : The
Boston Traueller says: "one morning
Winslow had note of $4,000 to pay be-
fore the bank closed at two o'clock, and not
ten dollars in his pocket, or the promise OF
single dollar but be raised the money,
and with apparently very little trouble.
Having a genuine note for $4,000 on a
wealthy Boston capitalist, he made three
copies, putting them into as many different
banks An officer of one of these banks
went to the maker of the genuine note and
asked him if he had given any such note
Being told that he had, and supposing that
they had that note, and not an imitation,
the bank officers rested in content until
they discovered their loss day before yes
terday.n
Year: 1876

The Trade Journal is credited with the
following suggestion for selecting a fine
wooled sheep:


Always assuming the wool to be in
spected is really a fine wool, we first ex-
anime the shoulders at the part where the
finest and best wool is usually found This
we take as a standard and compare it with
the wool from the ribs, the thighs, the
rump and the shoulder parts. and the
nearer wool from the various portions of
the animal approaches the standard the
better First we scrutinize the iineness.
and if the result is satisfactory we pro-
nounce the fleece, in respect to tineness,
very even. Next we inquire into the
length Of The staples, and il we find that
the wool on the ribs. thigh and back APP
proXimate reasonably in length to that of
our standard. we again declare the sheep,
as regards length of sample, true and
even. We next desire to satisfy ourselves
as TO the density of the fleece. and we do
this by closing the hand upon a portion Of
the rump and of the loin wool, the fleece
ut these points being usually the thinest,
faulty, and if it again gives satisfaction,
we signify the fact by designating the
wool even AS respects density. Now to
summarize these separate examinations:
If you find the fleece of nearly equal firm
ness from the shoulder to the thigh, of
nearly equal length, shoulder, rib, thigh
and back, and density on shoulder and
across the loins, you may conclude that
you have Il perfect sheep for producing
valuable wool. Selecting sheep for valu-
able feeders is quite another thing.
Year: 1876

quite at the melting point for butter. it
must most certainly be injured; and, if
the working is long continued, it cannot
be otherwise than spoiled. 1t will thus he
seen that there are many causes which may
produce soft butter. If we have, in this
article, given any hints by which those
who may be troubled in this way can de-
termlne the cause in their own practice
our aim is attained New England Farm
Year: 1876

The sun comes up and the sun goes down,


And day and night are the same as one;
The year grows green and the year grows brown


And what is it all, when all is done?
Grains of somhre shining sand,
Sliding into and out Of the hand.
And men 60 down in ships to the seas


And hundred ships are the same as one;
And backward and forward blows the breeze,


And what is it all, when all is done?
A tide with never shore in sight
Setting steadily on to the night.
The fisher droppeth his net in the stream,


And hundred streams are the same as one,
And the maiden dreameth her love lit dream,


And what is it all, when all is done?
The net of the fisher the burden breaks,
And always the dreaming the dreamer wakes.
Year: 1876

81 find by experience" said DR.. III. n
Chapman, THAT lime water and milk is
not only food and medicine at an early
period of life, but also at 4 later, when.
as in the case of infants, the functions of
digestion and assimilation have been seri-
ously impaired \ stomach, taxed by
gluttony, impaired by improper food, in
famed by alcohol, and enteeblcd bv dis
ease OF otherwise untitled for its duties rs
shown by the various symptoms attendant
upon indigestion, dyspepsia, diarrh9a,
dysentery and fever, will resume its work,
and do it energetcally, on an exclusive
diet of lime water and milk. A goblet of
cows milk, to which four tablespoonfuls
of lime water have been added, will agree
with any person, however objectionable
the plain article may be, will be friendly
to the stomach when other food is oppres-
sive, and will be digested when all else
fails to afford nourlshment. OF this state
ment | have had positive proof in very
many cases


The blood being thin. the nerves weak,
the nutrition poor, the secretions defec-
tive, the eXcretions insufficient, the physi-
clan has at hand remedy as common as
air, and as cheap, almost, as water. In it
ali the elements of nutrition are so pre-
pared by nature as to be readily adapted
to the infant or adult stomach, and so
treighted with healing virtues as to work
IA cure when drugs are worse than use
less"


FRENCH DAUBE. If beef is poor and
tough it is made palatable by this French
mode OF cooking it, Season thick steak
with salt and pepper, and fry slowly in a
little lard. Turn it often that sides may
be cooked alike and equally Drowned.
When well Drowned add IL small quantity
OF water, half sliced onion, some minced
parsley and thyme, thicken with a spoon
tul of flour, cover close and leave it for an
hour on the back Of the stove where it may
simmer slowly; after this has been done
add a pound can of tomatoes then let the
daube cook about two hours, or until the
meat is ready TO fall to pieces A good
sized porcelain-lined pot should De used
in preparing this dish We have never
tried it, but are assured it is an excellent
way to dispose Of poor meat and make it
quite acceptable.
Year: 1876

While crossing one of the ferries be-
tween this city and Brooklyn, the other
day. We formed one of n knot of persons
who curiously watched an individual
who had clambered up on the walking
beam of another steamboat that was pass
ing us, and who. clinging to the beam,
was swayed up and down as he coolly
scrubbed at some portion OF the bright
work. The general sentiment of the
people about us seemed to be one akin
10 admiration at the mans daring; but
in that view we profoundly differed from
our neighbors, and thought to ourselves
that the workman was, TO say the least, a
fool. Why could he not wait five min
utes until his boat came to rest IN the
slip, and then clean and polish to his
hearts content while the beam was sta
tionary2 In fact there was no reason
that we could perceive and hence we
were driven to the above uneomplimen-
tary opinion, as we always are whenever
we witness a presumably rational human
being peril life or limb uselessly.


Familiarity breeds contempt is a
trite old proverb, and one which appears
TO be especially true in regard to people
accustomed to dealing with machinery.
IL is not so in many other cases; sol
diers who handle fire arms and explo-
siyes all their lives are proyerbially the
most careful persons with their deadly
weapons. They seldom blow of their
fingers or.the tops of their own skulls,
through pure negligence, as many an IN
fortunate sportsman has done: for the
reason, perhaps, that long experience
with gunpowder impresses them with
the merciless nature of that material
when it is ignited. But machine attend
ants somehow manage to get different
idea, and almost, it appears, arrive at
notion that machine is a sort OF sen


tient being which knows them, and won
smash or bite off their limbs as it vii


those OF other people. What scores o
workmen we have seen with stumps o
/ fingers! Machine and circular saws 6


pecially are peculiarly partial to suei
diet We read of a case recently OF
Year: 1876

| Georgia, could have had there that sum


mer of 1864, provided he would hav


shut his teeth to keep the maggots out


Yet, it was O humane prison. Ever
| the guard had compassion on some OF US


so much so that they would shoot into


the prison at night to relieve some poo


Yank that might be in misery, and
have known them to be successful.


have known prisoners to be shot while


sitting on stump as much as twenty
| fise yards from the dead line.


! What did we have to eat? | got


enough to keep me alive while there
| Sometimes We got mush, no, not alway:


mush. for | have eaten it when 1t had


never had been warm, so we will call u
corn meal and water without salt. | have
had corn bread and have picked whole
| kernels of corn out of il, aud have plant


ed the came where | used to lie, and by
doing so have seen green leaves in An
dersonville. ] have drawn my half pint


of corn meal, with my three tablespoon
fuls Of molasses, and also half pint o.
"nigger-peas," as the Johnnies called
them, but never have / drawn anything
to cook my meal or beans in. | used to
get stick of pine wood as large as my
arm once in three days. The above ra
tions were to last twenty-four hours, but
sometimes they had to last for two
days


They would bring in corn bread in
their wagons, unload, drive to the dead
house outside of the stockade, load up
with dead bodies that were nothing but
mass Of filth and carrion, drive them
to their hole, dump them in, and soon
be back with another load Of corn bread,
well seasoned for Lungry men. We
would sometimes get little meat, q
piece as large as your finger, and | have
had some bacon that was good, and some
of it was very lively for a weak man.
Perhaps it was humanity that suggested
TO them that they should sometimes
bring US in some fresh beef tina. had
been boiled long enough to become q
rare slime, and it would rope from one
piece to another as we would pull it
apart to eat it; and again they would
bring US some that was good.


1t has been stated lately that the
hounds kept at Andersonville were not
bloodhouDds l say they were, and
there are some poor fellows that were
unfortunate enough to tunnel under the
stockade who, if still living, can this day
show the work of their fangs. Every
morning, as sure as daylight came, the
pack of hounds used to be taken on q
circle round the prison, and many times
have / heard the loud. prolonged bay
of the hounds as they have taken the
scent, ana when prisoners were caught,
if not nearly torn to pieces, there was
little machine called the stocks in which
they were stretched out This held them
by the necks and heels, with their faces
up to the sun.


But enough. don't wish to dig any
more of this corruption out Of the old
sore. But / do hope that l will not live
to see the day when any man shall have
the privilege of voting for jeff Davis for
any office that our Government has the
power to bestow. No man would dislike
to hear of another war with the South
more than /, but if such should be the
case, should like to belong to a regi-
ment made up of Andersonville prison
ers, and our war cry should be, "Remem-
Der Andersonville."
Year: 1876

the creature is only about sixteen inches
long. il has teeth nearly as large as those
Of a shark These fish abound in all the
rivers Of Guiana They are very yora-
cious, and there IL scarcely any animal
which they will not attack.


Some fish employ others to hunt their
prey for them. There is, for instance.
the little Pilotfsh. which leads the
shark 10 his prey. This has been dis
puted. but Il appears. in some cases, 10
be beyond doubt. Probably tho Pilot
fish accompanies the shark. principally
for protection, and is on the lookout for
its own dinner


Many weapons Of offense and defense
are possessed by fishes. The sword is
represented by the blade Of the sword.
hsh. This fish possesses n tremendously
powerful weapon, backed as IL is by the
great weight and impetus which u can
bring 10 bear on its thrusts. Akin to
the sword-fish in is offensive capabilities
are the saw-hshes. Though their weap-
ons resemble rather such as are used by
certain savage tribes than civilized saws
yet they are terrible weapons, and the
Indians who edge their spears with
sharks teeth, almost reproduce the
weapon Of the saw-fsh. The weapon Of
the narwhal. which Is found chiefly In
the Arctic seas, is n very complete and
efficient spear, composed Of the hardest
ivory. and tapering gradually 10 q point
OF daggers, there are many specimens,
more particularly among the family Of
the Raudc; and fearful weapons they
are, some OF them being serrated and
barbed, and capable Of inhicting terrible
wounds. Many other fish are furnished
with spines. either upon the fms or as
horns. or in sharp projections from the
gill-covers.


Perhaps ono OF the most formidable
weapons possessed by any fish is the nat
ural pair Of shears formed by the jaws OF
the shark The only similar weapon Of
offense that can be cited. as used BY man,
would. perhaps. be the spiked portcullis.
The knout also has n rival in tho tail Of
the thresher or foxshark. The upper
lobe is nearly as long as the body OF the
fish. and very muscular. IL is curved
like the blade Of a scythe in shape. and
the blows which IL inilicts with this liv-
ing fail can be heard at a great distance.
The lasso is represented in the foot Of
the eephalopod. 10 which nature has also
furnished another curious weapon OF do
tense in the shape Of bag Of black fluid
commonly termed the ink.bag The cut
tie. when closely pursued, sends out q
cloud Of this substance 10 hide him from
view
Year: 1876

y Only a rosebud,


All fresh with the dew,
wee bit Of heaven escaped from the blue.


Ofihe bright, golden morn;
But the earth grew in glory the day she wa


grain in the life-sands;
A leaf on the tree;
But whole world Of love Is my darling to me


Only gIeam
OF the sunshine to come,
To tinge with new luster the day-dreams o


In Iifes deep-rolling sea,
But that drop is an ocean OF JOY unto me


In earth's census-roll,
But what is all space TO my little ones soul?
Two tiny feet waiting


Life's ladder to climb,
Just pressing the verge of the causeway oi


Bright eyes, full of wonder
And beauty and grace,
Looking out on the Infinite, forth into space,


The angels last kiss
As she passed through the gate between that
world and this. ..


o dewdrop of Heaven,


Sent down from above!
o fresh life, God-given, TO hearts full OF love!


% sweetest OF eIvesl
Lol here at thy altar we pledge the ouTselvesl


To crown thee with wisdom


And rear thee in truth
Shall be our one task through thy oncoming
youth.
-r- Only an atom,


A monad, n clod!
But cleaning and glowing with life, fresh from
God. .t


Only a mite!


And little one, too;
But without her, o wise man! suy, what should
Only q whisper
In lifes shifting scene;
But she's stiil my own daughter, my wee Ger
D. aldine.
Year: 1876

ism in remote quarters the mild in
timidation'' in Mississippi; the single
voting precinct in Savannah, Of which
we spoke last week; the exclusion OF
negroes from the jury lists in Georgia,
which Mr. NordhOR reports-these facts
and such as these are illustrations of a
feeling and policy which is certainly not
surprising in view Of the antecedents Of
those States which we have mentioned.
But it is not the feeling nor the purpose
to which the government of the United
States should be confided
Year: 1876

Louisville has been amused by . row
in a fashionable boarding house. A
boarder refused TO either pay his bill, or
90 away until the month for which he
had bargained had expired. The land
lady was told by the lawyers that the
money was not legally due until the end
Of the month, aud that she must fulfil
her part Of the contract before she could
sue him She next took the case into
her own hands, put damp sheets on hi.
bed, fed him on the poorest yiands, and
put a whining puppy IN the room mex
to his lie retrcated after three days o
] endurance.
Year: 1876

Show me Thy face


A cheering beam
Ofloveliness divine.
And i shall never think or dream
OF other love save Thine.
All lesser light will darken quite,
All lower glories wane,--
The beautiful of earth will scarce
Seem beautiful again.


Show me Thy face


The heaviest cross
Will then seem light TO bear;
There will be gain In every loss,
And peace with every care.
With such light feet the years viii fleet,
Life seem as brief as blest;
Till have laid my burden down,
And entered into rest.


Show me Thy face
And shall be


In heart and mind renewed,
With wisdom, grace and energy,
To work Thy work endued.
Shine through the veil, Emmanuel,
Until, the veil removed,
In perfect glory i behold
The Face that have loved!
Year: 1876

The New York Herald says: Senator
Bayard has been compelled by the pres,
sure of his duties in the Senate to de-
cline with great regret the invitation er-
tended to him by the committee of the
Tammany Society to address that society
on the birthday of Thomas jefferson
At this moment the capital is clearly
the post of duty of every public servant
who understands his duty so well and
does it so courage ously as Senator Bay
ard"
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, March 90 The Grand
Jury have agreed upon an indictment in
the case of Hallett Kilbourn for refusing
to answer question as to the real-estate
pool, before the Select Committee, of the
House
Year: 1876

There was no additional proof neces-
sary to establish the venality, treachery
and corruption OF the man who assumes
to be the sole Senatorial representative
of Louisiana. No man Is more fully
understood and appreciated than West
is by this community, as the most auda-
cious barterer Of votes and patronage,
and unscrupulous venalist ever known,
even In the circles OF the corrupt party
whose representative he is. IT such
confirmation were needed, however, It
will be found In his recent action In


the Senate, In shackling the small


appropriation of one hundred thousand
dollars for dredging the bar of the Mis-
sissippi with the proviso that the money
should not be applied to dredging any
other pass IL eighteen feet of water
should be obtained ut the mouth of the
river at South Pass. This proposition
means simply that the dredging at
Southwest Pass, the present safe and
certain exit for our shipping shall cease
when Mr.. Eads secures eighteen feet at
the lower bar OF the South Pass.
without regard to the water on
the upper bar, at the passes
where Eads finds his great difficulty in
establishing sufficient depth for the
demands Of our commerce. This is to
be taken as Congressional construc-
tion OF the contract OF Eads, that he has
executed his contract and become en-
titled to his money, ii he can secure the
depth OF water required at the bar at
the mouth, leaving the upper bar at the
passes to be dredged at the expense of
the Government. Meantime,
good, safe and certain passage
at the Southwest Pass, made
SO by the dredging under Capt.
Howell is to be left. neglected and un-
dredged, to enable Eads to employ the
boats in helping him to do what he un-
dertook to do with his own means. No
wonder that so fragrant an outrage and
serious blow at the great commercial
interests OF this city has excited the in
dignation Of our whole mercantile pub
lie, and ELECTED petitions Of protest and
remonstrance from all classes. We fear
that they will not reach Washington in
time to arrest and defeat the pernicious
scheme and action, SO cunningly sprung
at the close Of the session by the cor
rupt schemer who devised it.
Year: 1876

was for the Danaides to fill their sieve
with water. It takes just one genera
tlon to conflsoate the earnings OF one
generation. Tho Government keeps up
with the productive and manufacturing
capacities Of the country, absorbs every
cent we make over and above bare
support. The impossibility Of laying
up any reserve fund. Of saving anything
from year TO year to meet q bad crop or
any public misfortune, Is tho cause Of
our late panios, the reason why we can
not escape from the present utter pros
tration of business. We have got
barely enough for today, "tho morrow
must look for ITSELF" Is the lesson our
present system Of taxation breaches.