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Year: 1876

DR. G. F. ]. Colburn. Of this city, has lust
secured patent for an Improvement in bird


cages. The improvement consists in making the
whole cage Of rsticulated or woven wire strong
and durable. It is claimed for this mode Of con-


structing cage that 1t protects the bird from
the enemy, the eat, as pussy cannot insert her
paws between the wires. 1t also prevents the
waste Of seed and gravel creating nuisance by
being thrown upon the carpet or floor Of the
room, and Likewise the access Of mice or other.
Vermin to the food, often the cause Of fright TO.
the bird and the death OF the pet 1t also pre


vents the escape Of the bird through the vfres


Although these cages are made Of woven
material, still the bird can be clearly seen and
receives all necessary air and light This "a re n
also provided with seif-locking fastening giving
greater security, and perch, so constructed thai
4 can readily be removed from the cage without
dropping into i., and frightening the bird by its
removal The Doctor has also invented new
bsthing-eup and 2ucer for bird cages. which
when applied to the bottom not only answers to
hold the sand and gravel and to keep the bottom
Of the cage clean, but provides bathing -fount
for the use Of the bird. The above Improvement
in bird cages furnishes cage fully as ornamental
and ct as reasonable price at the cage in
eQmm0D VEe,
Year: 1876




ANCIENT TouGHENED GLAss-In Book
of Curiosities' we read "There was an ar
ti6cer in Rome who made vessels of glass of
so tenacious temper that they weer as little
liable to be broken as those that are made of
gold and silver. When, therefore, he had
made vial of the purer sort. and such as
he thought present worthy of Cesar alone,
he was admitted into the presence Of their
then Emperor, Tiberius. The gift was prais-
ed, the skillful hand of the artist applauded,
and the donation of the giver accepted. The
artist, that he might enhance the wonder of
the spectators, and promote himself yet fur
ther in the favor of the Emperor, desired the
vial out of C;psar's hand, and threw it with
such force against the floor that the most
solid metal would have received some dam
age or bruise thereby. Caesar was not only
amazed hut affrghted with the act but the
artist, taking up the vial (which was not
broken, but only bruised together, al if the
substance of the glass had put on the tenn
perature of brass) drew out an instrument
from his bosom and beat it out TO Its former
figure This done, he imagined that he had
conquered the world, as believing that he
had merited an acquaintance with Cesar
and raised the admiration of all the behold
ers. But it fell cut otherwise, for the En-
peror inquired if any person besides himself
was privy to the like tempering Of glass.
When he had told him NO. he commanded
his attendants to strike off his head, saying,
That should this artifce come once to be
known, gold and silver would be of as little
value as the dirt in the street Long af.er
this--viz,, in l6l0-we read that, among
other rare presents then sent from the Sophy
of Persia to the King of Spain, were six
mirrors of malleable glass so. exquisitely
tempered that they could not be broken. -
London Times.
Year: 1876

Sarah Alorne is the name OF one OF
Africa's daughters and she's a stabber.
Last night, about half-past ten o'clock.
she was talking to her lover upon the
front door steps of her residence when
u female companion OF hers came along,
named Malta Bailey. 1t appears that
tho new conner had been this chaps
first love, but after he met Sarah he
gave Malta the shake, and instead Of
Malta bowing and keeping on her jour
ney, she sat down upon the steps and
began to engage the man who had pre-
viously discarded her in conversation.
Now this sort OF thing kind OF spoiled
Sarah's tete-tete, and she craved re-
venge, and 1t was not long before she
revenged herself to her hearts content,
for when Malta and her male friend rose
10 depart for the night 1t was more than
Sarah could stand, and drawing her
knife she rushed upon her rival and
stabbed her twice. The melee attracted
the attention OF the officer on the beat,
who Immediately hurried to the scene
and arrested Sarah just as she was in
the act Of making third lunRe at her
victim. The wounded woman was taken
to her residence In the vicinity where
she received medical attention.
Year: 1876

ministration and Legislature pledged
TO reform2


We trust the friends OF the railroad
will drop this movement. and we trust
that Mr. Ogden. who has been aues-
toned through the press US to his opin-
lon on the tax, whatever his position
may be, will decline to answer the
question as not pertinent TO the can
vass.


The Democratic and Conservative
party at Baton Rouge adopted reform
platform. and they nominated n ticket
which. II 1t is elected. is a guarantee
that the pledges Of the platform will be
carried vut. This should and will sat
lsfy oil reasonable men and all men
whose paramount wish Is the restora-
ton of the prosperity Of Louisiana.
Year: 1876

About half past Q o'clock last night
Ephram Sanders, aged 55 years, while
under the influence of liquor and care
lessly walking on the Pontchatrain
Railroad track, was thrown from the
track by the COW catcher Of the inward
bound train and dangerously wounded
about the body and head. BE was
brought on the train to the Fifth Pre-
cinct Station and from thence taken TO
the Charity Hospital, where his condi-
ticn is considered critical.
Year: 1876

The report OF an interview In relation
TO the Quantico plantation. published
in Sundays DEMOCRAT, did not pass
under the supervision of the editor. We
print this evening counter statement
by one OF the counsel In the case.
Year: 1876

Eight hundred members OF the Cleveland Legion
from Jersey City last evening to join the Tden
procession In New York.


Dpntheria and scarlet fever have broken again In
Jersey City. The diseases most prevalent In the
vicinity oil Morgan and Henderson streets.


large democratic torchlght parade will take place
this evening In Jersey City. Tho procession will form
at the Court House and march through the Fourth
district


The congregation Of St Boniface's church (German)
Jersey City. held sociable last evening at Turner
Hail. the proceeds Of which devoted tho liQui-
dation Of the debt on the church


Ninety Ave persons we're naturalizcd yesterday in
the Court Common Pleas Jersey City. Fiy-scven
aliens refused their papers, and put Of till
to-day, as the JUDGES were too busy.


Rev. John $. GIcndenning, the deposed pastor Of
the church Of the scandal, in Jersey City, and who
has been deposed from the Church in Henry, ILL., 10
expected 10 return TO Jersey City next week He will
pursue the study OF law.


The Board OF Education of Jersey City will hold
meeting this evening" when the committee Of teachers
will present their decision whether schools
NiIl be closed Tor twenty days whether they shall
teach gratuisOusly tor that time.
Year: 1876

Hebrew ladies, true to the instincts of
their sex, carried luxury into every de-
partment of their dress; they were par
ticularly dainty as TO their sandals and
latchets, which were made of colored
leather; dark-blue. violet and purple
were favorite cOlors. The ankles were
decorated with bracelets of gold or
dainty silver chaius and rings, with
tiny silver bells. Hair-nets and head
bands were in great request. The latter
were made ofgold or silver, and worn un-
der the net, extending from one ear to the
other. Earrings were also much thought
of; we are tod of some that weighed at
least one thousand seven hundred shekels
of gold, and were so large that man
could easily put his hand through them.
Some of the women wore several rings
with little bells attached to them. They
were generally made of horn or silver.
But the most popular ring was the nose
ring. The left nostril was pierced for the
purpose, and ring made OF ivory or
metal was put through it. Bracelets
we're favorite ornaments, and were gen.
orally worn on the right arm. Some of
them were exceedingly large, so that
they reached up to the elbow. Rings on
the fingers were worn chains of fine
gold, or strings of pearls with little silver
balls or small tinkling bells, worn round
the neck.
Year: 1876

The news from the South and South
west gives promises Of one of the most
magni icent crops of cotton ever pro-
duced. 1t is too early yet, Of course, to
count with any certainty upon he yield;
but it is certain that very la'ae area is
planted. aud the growing season is ex-
ceptioDally fne, and the plants are vigor-
Gus aud healthy. Should the weather
continue favorable for about a month
longer it is probable that the largest crop
ever picked in the United States will be
harvested.


There are many causes that tend to
lower the price of cotton and are now
bringing it down, but the feeling is that
it has not yet touched the lowest point.
The New England manufacturers have
been considering a measure for forcing
down the price at once to the lowest
point, instead of waiting for its slow de-
cline. Some of them have favored
total suspension of work in their fac
ts;ies, thus to precipitate the downward
tendency of the raw material. Dimin-
ished consumption would lower the
price as efectually as increased supply,
and the great supply of the new crop
would keep it down to healthy staple
prices.


The prices of cotton were greatly in
nated by the war, and in their rise car
ried up with them the prices of flax,
hemp, and wool. We have never been
able to get back to ante-war prices, but
the tendencies are all in that direction.
The New York Bulletin points out several
facts which lead to this conclusion:


Not only here, but in all the countries
of Europe and in the great Asiatic mar.
kets especially India, business is still
$, o,,ect to very severe depression. In
England, the chief manufacturing coun-
try, there is reaction in progress like
that through which we have passed in
this country, which is likely to produce
before it is sconsummated a far more severe
depression of business than exists there
at present. The India market on which
Manchester is SO largely dependent, is
thrown into such a condition of derange-
ment through the depreciation of silver
tha there is no telling what disaster to
the common goods trade may arise from
that cause. With such influence affect
ing all the great markets for cotton
goods, and with every prospect of a full
average crop of cotton, II would seem in
evitable that further material decline
in the price of cotton must occur; and
this prospect appears the more certain
from the fact that the crisis of depression
in the European and Asiatic markets
has not yet eliminated, and that the
point at which affairs may be expected
to take favorable turn is distant.
Year: 1876

A LIAR is tolerated when he tells what
we wish to believe.


~ WISH was pudding, mammal
"Whyw "Cause / should have such
lots OF sugar put into me-"


The individual who called tight boots
comfortable defended his position by
saying they made man forget all his
other miseries.


BE what you are. Ape no greatness.
Be content to pass for what you are
worth. A good nickle is better than a
counterfeit dollar.


THOSE only deserve a monument who
do not need One that is, who have
raised themselves monument in the
minds and memories of men.-HazliH.
THERE are many recipes for getting
rid of the currant worm, but there is
nothing so sure in its results as to blind
fold him and back him under pile
driver.


THIS is the season of the year when
undertakers have "spotters stationed at
the corners of the Streets taking down
the names Of men who lug home water
melons.


CUsTER's death-its exact manner and
time-was predicted by medium three
years ago. He had the moral courage
not to boast of his prophecy till it had
been fulfilled.


DETROIT Free Press: Boston has
opened war on unlicensed dogs. Can
dog get a license for himself? Is he to
blame that he has no license? Then,
doesn't it follow that the dogs master is
the one to be shot?


A MAN never really understands the
doctrine of total depravity till he has
worn pair of white pantalOons to pic
mic, and sat down on custard pie.
An event of this kind will simplify a
whole system of theology.


Do LEWIS may blow around about
the virtue of oatmeal, but hot biscuit
9TH bit of white clover honey skIr-
mishing around on top of it will ever
maintain hold on the affections of the
American people.


The Turks are trying to compel the
citizens of Bucharest to take an oath on
the Koran. See here! Isn't it about
time to give that Bucharest ?-Grophic.
TcbJy ROOu lOI IulS ScdoOu VI buC yCdIs
We feel like en-Koran that one.-PhiLa-
delphia Bulletin.


AUGUST.


Silence again. The glorious symphony


Hath need of pause and interval Of peace,


Some subtle signal bids all sweet sounds cease,


Save hum Of insects aimless industry.


Pathetic, summer seeks by baZonrv


OF color to conceal her swift decrease.


Weak subterfuge Each mocxing day doth fleece


blossom and lay bare her poverty,


Poor middle-aged summer Vain this show


Whole fields of golden-red can not offset


One meadow with a single violet


And well the singing thrush and lily know,


Spite of all artifce which her regret


Can deck In splendid guise, their time to 60


August Atlantic.
NoRRlsTowN Herald: A young man
wants to know why, when he walks out
into the country with his girl, all the
flies and other insects circle around his
head and annoy him, and completely
ignore the presence of the young lady.
The insects certainly show very bad
taste. 1t looks as if they prefer beer
and whisky to honey and sugar.
Year: 1876

FULTON Times: An Indian is not Q
bad looking man. It's the war-paint
that makes him look hideous. Nothing
else in the world could give him the same
awful appearance except pair OF linen
pants,
Year: 1876

THEY manage the drug business, also,
better in France. A druggist in Paris
was recently punished by the courts for
failing to test or analyze the contents of
the phials aud packages handed down to
him by his predecessor. At about the
same time New Jersey druggist was
putting up laudanum for harmless
syrup and will probably escape with a
scoldipg from the Coroner.
Year: 1876

Girl is very nice. Everybody who has
not the misfortune to be girl will allow
this Nice girl will allow it also as far
as itself j. concerned. Strsr re girl is
objectionable i'll the eyes OF girl gen.
orally.


Powder Improves girl sometimes, but
it seldom finds this out until it is suggest
ed to it by one Of experience.


Healthy girl costs its parents less money
for doctors bills, but persons who write
romantic tales for circulating libraries
choose unhealthy and pasty-faced girls
to write about the swooning kind pre-
ferred.


Lately l bought si1penny worth OF
penny illustrated journals and l found
therein ten pictures illustrative OF girl in
swooning state. hope it was all real
or else there ought to have been a lot OF
smacking all around. =,


If l were not bov think should
like to be girl. It's best fun to be boy
where there's plenty of girl about
T,,f,I
Year: 1876

PITTSBURGH, December Sl.-Another
large meeting was held at the Chamber
Of Commerce to-day TO consider the plans
proposed for the improvement of the
Ohio river. A fall and lengthy discus
sion was had after which resolutions were
adopted approving of the improvement
Of the river and urging upon members OF
Congress 40 early appropriation OF sum
sufficient 10 test at least three new and
united plans.
Year: 1876

Who'll press for gold this crowded street


A hundred years TO come:
Who'll tread your church with willing
feet,


A hundred years TO come?
Pale, trembling age and fiery youth,
And childhood with its brow OF truth,
The rich and poor, on land. oD sea,
Where will the mighty millions be,


A hundred years TO come?
We all within our graves shall sleep.


A hundred years to come:
No living soul for US shall weep,


A hundred years TO come.
But other men our land will till.
And o hers then our streets Will NIL,
And other words will sing as gay.
And bright the sunshine as to day,


Ahundred years to come.


ANONYMOUS.
Year: 1876

NOTICE.


THE BALANCE OF GOODS ON HAND
i belonging to the late firm of Pretzfelder y
Bendheim will be sold at and below cost at the
old stand, No IA King street, till the 5tn in
stant and all debts due to the late firm are to
be paid to me. d. BENDHElM.
Year: 1876

In tho French market there Is a GER
tain baker who employs youth named
Henry Thompson, Henry, 1t appears.
has the entire confidence OF his en-
ployer and Friday morning was ordered
to watch a basket OF bread; he watched
his charge with the eye Of hawk, and
at half-past four o'clock he noticed a
negro stealthily move up to the basket
and attempt to steal a couple OF the
loaves. Henry, like faithful guard,
drew forth his gun and sent a leaden
messenger into the breast OF the thief
to inform him that somebody was
watching that bread.


The wounded man was talen to the
Third Precinct, where he gave his name
as David Jones; he was afterwards sent
to the Charity Hospital for medical
treatment.


Henry Thompson was arrested and
lodged in the Third Precinct.
Year: 1876

Sir Walter Scott is said to have writ
ten or dictated the whole OF 1.-THE Bride
of Tammermoor'' in morbid condition
OF BODY and under SO intensely concen-
trated an excitement Of mind that he
could not recall writing any part OF the
story as his own afterward, and heard it
as il it were all new to him.
Year: 1876

That some ort-lived feelings Of Bit
terness and resentment should not re-
main in the minds Of both parties to "a
four years struggle is not TO be looked
for. Our war was long and desperate
ly fought contest, and the victory that
crowned it was hardly earned and dear
ly paid for; but that widespread and
ineradicable spirit of hatred and re-
venge should survive years Of returned
peace, would be fatal TO our existence as
a nation; and an attempt to revive such
feelings for personal and political ends
when time is accomplishing its natural
and beneficial work Of softening their
rigor and bringing about a kinder era,
is cold-blooded and deliberate assault
upon the nations safety thousand
times worse than the more open and
honorable outbreak Of armed treason
IpdidnnDOEs Sentinel.
Year: 1876

Now that the wheat crop has been har-
vested and gathered, the next thing to be
considered is how to protect it from the
weather. In the absence of barns this is
done by stacking in the open air, and to do
which requires no inconsiderable amount OF
skill and judgment.


In preparing for this work, first choose a
level piece of ground, on which lay foun-
datfon of rails some ten feet wide for large
stack. and so in proportion. In building
the stack commence in the center of the
foundation by setting up sheaves as if for
shock in tie field, only placing the bundles
more compactly together, and SO continu-
Year: 1876

ing until the stack bottom is sufficiently
large, taking particular care not to make it
too small, as the butts of the sheaves will
gain faster than the heads, by the time this
bottom course is large enough to be built
upon it is fiat. By this method the
heads of the bundles will never touch the
ground, and as the center bundles support
the greatest weight of the stack, and are
kept firmly in their position by the sur
rounding pressure, their firm condition will
prevent the middle of the stack from settling
as much as the outside, and consequently
prevent the admission of water into the body
of the stack.


Now, get on the stack and continue build
ing in this way, only keeping the middle
a little fuller than any other part of the
stack, kneeling down firmly every course
and keeping the outside of the stack as near
perpendicular as possible, until it has at
tanned height of about four feet, when be-
gin increasing the diameter, little by little,
very carefully and uniformly, by adding on
course after course, until the stack is
about eight feet high, at which point the
diameter should be greatest. Now, begin
contracting the diameter by /" drawing in :"
the outside course and keeping the middle
considerably fuller than the surrounding
parts. At this stage of the work cease
walking on the outside course, and to pre-
vent the outside bundles from slipping stick
the butt ends of the bundles firmly into
those of the course below it, and so on until
the stack is finished.


1t is not necessary to give the bundles
much slant in the lower half of the stack, as
they are not apt to slide out, but after be
ginning to draw in = from the shoulder o.
bulge of the stack, the slant should gradual
ly increase until the top Of the stack !
reached. Nor should it be forgotten tha
the sheaves as they come from the shocks IL
the field have one side longest, e., from
the bands to the butts, and in commencing
to form the swell or bulge OF the stack, th'
longest side of each bundle should be KEEP


upward, but as soon as the "drawing in
begins the short side should be placed up


ward.


One of the most difficult parts of buildin!


a stack is to know how to form the swell O


shoulder, !. e., where the roof of the stack


to join its body and unless the turn


made very gradual it will in settling be to-


abrupt, and thus not only affect the symmet


ry, but the safety of the stack. To keep tn


middle fullest from where you begin, III


creasing the diameter until the top of tn


stack is reached, is one of the direction
which cannot be too rigidly followed by tn


stacker.


The stacker should, of course, alway


have some person to hand him the bundles
as it not only assists him very materially
! his laborious and difficult task, but the yer
act of walking over the stack aids in packin
the bundles much closer in the center, an
! thus prevents its settling as much as the otl
er parts of the stack. If the above dire
E tions are followed the stack or rick will nj
, only present smooth, uniform surface, bl
: never take water, and therefore escape a


loss from loose and careless stacking.-Ba


tinaore Sun.
Year: 1876

THE CUSTER MONUMENT FUND.-A proml-
nent movement is on foot in this city to rem
der aid to the Custer Monument Fund. we
trust it may meet with success, as there Is
not soldier in our midst that does not SYM
pathize with the brave fellows who fell in
that fatal charge at the Little Big Horn.
1t would be singularly appropriate in this
centennial era for the city Of Richmond to
pay tribute to the memory Of brave man
land his followers) who did as much toward
the capture of the capital as any in
dividual officer in the Federal army.
1t would show that we had forgotten
that even he fought against Us, and died gal
lantly fighting common foe. An interest
ing fact in connection with this movement
is contained in the announcement that there
will be grand subscription ball given
at the White Sulphur Springs in a. few
weeks. It was at first intended to give a
ball for the Lee Memorial Fund. Parties
interested in this intention gracefully With
drew their first proposition and gave away
for the Custer movement, which IS fresh
and needs be carried out at once. They
stipulated, however, that the Lee fund
should be next remembered. We doubt not
but that this concession will do much to
show that we Of the South appreciate brave
men wherever they fall, and especially II
they be Americans.
Year: 1876

RUsAwAY.-Saturday afternoon horse
attached to buggy (both owned by General
Newberry) moved quietly and slowly from
the stand where he had been placed by bis
owner near the Capitol-street entrance to
the City Hall. He soon ran the vehicle into
another standing in the same vicinity. The
aggressive horse being deaf, and feeling the
shock behind, felt evidently that tidal
wave was coming up behind him: he
started briskly forward, and in doing Sc
threw the buggy to which he was hitched
on its beam ends. The deaf horse,
usually very quiet before this period,
then grew reckless, and started out at .
rapid rate. But most buggies don't run
easy on the face Of the hub, as was proven
in this instance; and the deaf horse flnding
this out, allowed himself to be stopped be-
fore he had proceeded more than block
and half. He was brought back to his
moorings, and it was found that but little
damage had been done except that caused
by the grinding of the hubs and the break
ing of the Spatter-bo ard.