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Year: 1876

We saw her on Fourth street yester-
day. She wore neatly fitting, plainly
cut and modestly trimmed calico dress.
Her modest face beamed with youth and
beauty beneath the graceful folds of a
gauzy green veil, and her rosy cheeks
shone through it like pair of large
cherries. She didn't carry one-half of
her dress in her hand high up to crafty
the vulgar gaze of blackguards or to
draw forth ludicrous and ungentlemanly
remarks of corner loafers. Nor was she
pinned back so tight she couldn't step,
and her heels didn't kick her tilter as
high as the small of her back. She
didn't walk like mule with loose set
of harness on and flies bad. No; she
wasn't dressed in style calculated to
attract the attention of any but true
gentlemen, and of these she commanded
the utmost respect, and it was paid her
by all who, in meeting, admired her.
Year: 1876




Twenty years ago Wellington Cole
man, then aged sixteen years, disappear
ed from his fathers home in WestpOrt,
Pennsylvania. His room was found in
disorder and bloody garments and dirk
on the floor. 1t was supposed that the
boy had been murdered by his French
tutor, who disappeared at the same time,
and his body hidden. Long and diligent
search, however, failed to reveal the boy,
either dead or alive. The father left the
town, and the affair was nearly forgot
ten, when last week a stranger appeared
at the village hotel, and said that he was
Wellington Coleman. He related the
story of his leaving home, from a desire
to go to sea, and his subsequent wander
ings and hardships. He was drawn home
by desire to see his father, whom he
had not heard from after going abroad.
He was penniless and broken in health
ard spirits. He visited his old home.
which had been for many years deserted.
Some one passing the house soon after,
heard two pistol-shots. Search was made
and the stranger was found dead in one
of the rooms, with two plstol-shot
wounds in the head
Year: 1876

In an emergency almost every nation
here mentioned could more than double
its strength by calling oct militia re-
serves of various kinds. In such con-
dition of affairs, it is no wonder that we
have constant rumors of war, Tor, with
be no permanent peace. When 80 many
men are drawn away from productive
employment, and kept to fatten on the
small spark is needed TO start the confia-
grafton. Such material was never yet
allowed to rust long in inaction; hence
somebody is sure of getting soundly
thrashed before the Turkish difficulty is
settled.
Year: 1876

The question i often asked at what
time in the day should fruit be eaten.
In tropical countries, where fruit is the
chief article of food, the rule appears TO
he that the earlier in the day it is taken
the better, and the later the worst. In
hot weather many wise people will eat
none after noon, alleging that the diges-
tion then declines in power with the
decline of the day and the fruit, instead
of digestion, decOmPoses, owing TO the
presence Of the saccharine matter. The
objection to fruit and certain kinds of
vegetables late in the day, be the
exclamation what it may, is certainly
justified by an ample experiences, though
some persons can eat fruit at all hours
without feeling any Inconvenience.
Year: 1876

Ali people have tangles in their life
and affairs that cannot be unraveled /;
sofrowfui things, which they think can
not be helped. Do not lock the closet
door upon the skeleton; bring it out and
air it; perhaps it may prove to be only
the skeleton of a cat, or even no skeleton
oil oil
Year: 1876

a pint of the juice; bell ten minutes +;
bottle it, and your lemonade is ready.
Put table spoonful or two of this
lemon sirup in glass of water, and you
have cooling, healthful drink.
Year: 1876

There IS nothing young urmarria5
man likes better than to go to a dime
at the house of friend and be askaJ ~
carve the turkey. He never carved
turkey IN his life, and with an old maid
on one side of him, watching him Close
ly, and on the other side fair GIRL fo-
whom he has tenderness, he feels am. M
barrassed when he begins. First h.
pushes the knife down towards ono ~
the thigh joints. He can't find tba
Joint, and he plunges the knife aronnJ
IN search of it until he makes minco-
meat out of the whole quarter of The
fowl. Then he sharpens his knife and
tackles it again. At last, while nakino
terrific dig, he hits the Joint suddeniy
and the leg flies into the maiden ladv,s
lap, while her dress front is covered
with a shower of stufing. Then he
goes for the other leg, and when the
young lady tells him he looks warm the
weather seems to him suddenly N
become four hundred degrees warmer
This leg he finally pulls loose with his
fingers. He lays it on the edge of tbo
plate, and while he is hacking at tbe
wing he gradually pushes the leg over
on the clean table-cloth, and when he
picks it up it slips from his hand into
the gravy dish and splashes the gravy
around for six square yards. Just as
he had made up his mind that the tuI-
key has no joints to its wings. thebost
asks him if he thinks the Indians can
really be civilized. The girl next To
him laughs, and he says he will explain
his views upon the subject after dinner.
Then he sops his brow with his hand.
kerchief, and presses the turkey so hard
with the fork that it slides off the disb
and upsets goblet of water on the pirl
next him. Nearly frantic, he gouees
away again at the wings, gets them of in
a mutilated condition, and digs into the
breast. Before he can cut any off the
host asks him why he don't help out the
turkey. Bewildered, he puts both legs
on plate and hands them to the maiden
lady, and then helps the young girl to
a plateful of stufing, and while taking
her plate in return knocks over the
gravy dish. Then he sits down with
the calmness of despair and fans him
self with the napkin, while the servant
girl cleans up and takes the turkey to
the other end of the table. He doesn't
discuss the Indian question that day.
He goes home right after dinner and
spends the night trying to decide
whether to commit suicide or to take
lessons in carving.
Year: 1876

A RELIC of the Great Fire Of London
has been found at Eastcheap. The fire
of 1866 is said to have begun in Pudding
Lane and ended in Pie Corner, and the
identical spot where the fire originated
is pointed out by an inscription on an
old stone recently unearthed in the cell
lars OF warehouse in Pudding Lane.
The inscription runs as follows: Hare
by ye permission of Heaven He'll broke
loose upon this Protestant Citye from
the malicious hearts of barbarous pa
pists by ye hand of their agent Hubert,
who confessed and on ye Ruines of this
place declared the Fact for which he
was hanged witt, That here began
that Dreadful Fire which is described
and perpetuated on and by the neigh
bouring Pillar Erected Ammo 1881 in
the Mayeraltie of Sir Patience Word,
Kt." The stone was face downward-a
proof that it had remained undisturbed
for two centuries. Some coins were
near the stone, and probably Hubert's
skeleton is not far of. The pillar re-
ferred to is. Of course, the monument on
Fish Street Hill, on which the inscrip-
ton accusing the Roman Catholics, after
being erased and restored, was finally
effaced in 1881. This stone, although
now broken in half, is Of considerable
historic interest, and Is certainly worthy
Of preservation.
Year: 1876

NEATNRss AT HoME.-Most young
girls, nowadays. desire to marry rich
husbands, and, in view of that pleasant
destiny, neglect to fit themselves for the
humble walks of life. In the country,
we admit that girls are sometimes
brought up with an idea Of work, and
with a suspicion that each may chance
to wed a sober, steady, good looking,
industrious young man, who will be
compelled to earn by severe labor the
subsistence of himself and family. But
city girls rarely cherish such lowly
ideas. From the highest to the lowest
class in life, the prevailing idea with all
is, that marriage is to lift them, at once,
above all necessity for exertion; and
even the servant girl dresses and reasons
as if she entertained q romantic con-
fidehce in her Cinderella-like destiny
of marrying, if not a prince, q wealthy
man, at least. 1t is becsuse girls cher
ish these false ideas that young men
are afraid to marry. Theyoung women
they meet with are all so imbued with
notions Of marriage SO utterly incom-
patible with the ordinary relations Of
life in their station; they are so wholly
inexperienced in the economy of the
household; they have been taught, or
have taught themselves, such q noble
disdain" for all kinds of family industry,
they have acquired such expectations Of
ladylike ease and elegance in the matri-
monial connection, that to wed any one
of them is to secure lifelong lease Of
domestic unhappiness, and purchase
wretchedness, poverty, and despair.
Year: 1876

EFFECT OF REcom IN RIFLK-SHooT-
NG.-It has been q question with
marksmen whether the recoil Of q pistol
or rife occurred before the ball left the
bore. Many have contended that it did
not, and that the tendency Of q pistol to
"throw up" did not effect its accuracy
A recent experiment seems to have
shown conclusively that the recol 90.
ours before the ball leaves the bore and
does affect its direction. The experi-
ment was this: A rife barrel, twelve
inches long for convenience, was Sc
cured TO q solid bed in such q way Is 70
prevent apy movement but that Of recoh
directly 10 the rear and upward. In
this situation it was fred . number Of
times, and the balls followed each other
into the same hole in the target. An IN
cline or wedge was then made fast upon
the bed at the rear Of the barrel IN
such q way that the breech would 1e
raised as L slid back in the recoil:
Fired under these conditions, II sem
the balls lower than before. This
showed that the recoil and subsequen'
elevation Of the breech occurred IN sea'
son 10 affect the direction Of Me hail.
that is before IL had left the bore. VI
course the length Of the barrel has an
affect in several ways upon the degiee
in which the rec0il Affects the shootins'
Springfield { lMlss.) UaiOH.
Year: 1876

OF all the people who live at the Cen


tennial hotels, says a letter-writer, 1
think the newly married Gouples-Phil-
adelphi is full of them, by the way-are
the only ones who are thoroughly con-
tented and happy. 1t makes no differ
ence to them whether the potatoes are
watery. the meats dry, or the soup thin;
and they don't care pin whether peo-
pie talk to them or not They live in
little world of their own, and for a time
what pity that it's SO short time
they need no conversation but their own,
have no thought but for each other.
We have all sorts of newly married cou-
pies here now, but notwithstanding the
many various stations in life which they
occupy, and the different parts of the
country from which they come, they all
act wonderfully alike. They all have
certain marks about them which can be
Immediately detected by even an un-
practiced eye. In the first place, it is
noticeable that they all try to act as if
being married was an old story to them,
and still for the life of them they can't
help taking each others hands every
five minutes. Among other things it is
remarkable that the young men, on the
old principle that ga fellow can't wed
every day" are very extravagant with
their money. They are evidently
Sgainst the wishes of the prudent little
helpmates. Another thing which have
noticed is that the brides nearly all wear
new watch-chains, the young husbands,
especially those from the West, are very
hO,,A Ahasr r1ox-a,
upon the warmest and most oppressive
day they carry a heavy shawl, in case
such a covering should be needed by
the dear woman they have sworn to pro-
tect. The patronizing air of ownership
which the young men assume is truly
remarkable, while their attempts to an
swer the many questions asked by their
wives are sometimes very amusing. One
incident will illustrate this A few
days ago in the main building bright
looking Western farmer and an inno-
cent faced little woman who had evi-
IDENTIFY just become his wife, approached
the music stand. At the same moment
the band began to play the opening pas
sage of "The Waking of the Lion"
The little bride listened to the music
for moment, and then looking conf
IDENTIFY up into the face of her lord and
master, she pressed his arm and whis-
pered "What piece are they playing,
Charley?" For moment Charley was
puzzled, but he had just become a hus-
band, and evidently seeing the impor-
tance of maintaining the dignity of the
position, he quietly drew that confding
little woman aW from the stand. saw
ing, "Oh, it's not piece at all they
are just tuning up like" And of course
she believed him.
Year: 1876

THE Goyernoy General of Poland
has resigned because the Russian gov.
eminent refused the appointment OF
one Polish speaking judge in every
governing town. This was a worthy
action on the part of Count de hOtze.
bue, but if the province does not OBJ
tain a governor Ike him until the
Russians do justice to the people Po-
land will have long to wait.
Year: 1876

LET Us HAVE REsT.-Louisiana pro-
poses 10 name General Hancock as
the democratic candidate of that State
for the nomination TO the Presidency.
This will not do. General Hancock
is a gallant and true man, but he is
wanted in the army. We have had
enough of soldiers in civil life to last
US for few years. We propose 20 keep
the army out Of politics for 4 term or
two.
Year: 1876

SEATTLE is making desperate effort to
build the first fifteen miles of her railroad
st Walls WalIa one man has constructed
thirty miles of road. and this without incnr-
ing one dollar OF outside Indebtedness Our
people blow less than their Sound neighbors.
but when it comes to real work they stand
in"
Year: 1876

MAJOR o. S. SAVAGE is the democratic
candidate for county judge of Wasco county
If the people of Wasco are wise they will
elect our old friend by q Tousing majority
With Mr.. Savage in the county board. the
finances viii be faithfully guarded and Tot g
single dollar expended unnecessarily.
Year: 1876

ARE WE AS BAD As WEE SEEM p
1t may be safely assumed, and now is
the fitting time TO say it-now, when
the air is heavy and laundering with
all manner of exploding regulations
that with all of our elf.deprecia-
ton and these countless revelations, ,
we are not, as people, as bad as we
seem. We pay our debts aud do not
condOne crime, no matter in what
shape 1t may come. What is more
We mean, to elect a President in this
centennial year who will not be un-
mindful Of what is due the country.
Year: 1876

For all Diseases of the Liver, Stomach and


Spleen.


After Forty Years trial it is
still receiving the most unquall-
fed testimonials of It's virtues
from persons of the highest cha
racter and responsibility.


1t is eminently Family y NJ ed
icine, and by being kept ready
for Immediate resort will save
many an hour OF suffering and
many q dollar in time and
Year: 1876

Referring to Victor Hugo's late
speech, in which he unreverently
connects the name of John
Brown with that of Jesus Christ
the st. Louis Republican saax.


To call John Brown a hero and
a martyr, in the ordinary acccpta
ton of these terms, is an insult
to reason, and Il burlesque upon
decency and justice. He is sim
ply a distinguished criminal, who
happening to die in behalf of a
cause which subsequent events
carried to a successful conclusion
has managed to cover his shame
with II mantle of pinchbeck re
nown, aud thrust himself into u
nlehe in American annals where
it is for the interest Of a power
full political party to keep him.
Aud we are duly thankful that
these annals have but one such
niche and one such tenant {; and
we should think it a theme tor,
national congratulatiOn if Victor
Hug0fs idol had been born III
France and not in America.
Year: 1876

At Hawkinville, Ga, recently
one of tho two convict in the Pu.
laski county Jail tore out part Of
the wall and escaped, and the
other complained bitterly next
day to tue Sheriff that unless the
walls were mended so that he
would be kept warm ned 90 too.
Year: 1876

"A lady was telling a friend FROM
the country of a very grand party
she had given recently. ave had
two generals, one judge, a popular
author, and a play writer" eyes,
chimed In her wicked son, "and
there was a deputy sheriff too,
who said he wanted to see dad,
and they went out before supper,
and dad hasn't come back yet"
When that youth went to school
the next day with his head all
tied up, he told the boys be had
a dreadful tOuthache.
Year: 1876

Governor Hayes has signed the bin increas-
ing the fees and emoiuments Of Ohio officials
s5,0OO,OO0 per annum In the aggregate. such a
man may be an Mious for reform, but hc gives
us no promise OF rCtrenchment.-lJacksOn Her
aid.


What bill2 Give US the title, please.
Does not the editor Of the Herald know
that there is no truth in the statement
Is he so stupid as to suppose the Cover
nor OF Ohio has the veto power2 Does
he not know that the Governor does not
sign bills?


The truth is that any newspaper man
in Ohio who will make the statement
above, gives evidence Of being either a
fool or knave The editor Of the Her.
aid cannot name any bill Of the kind
mentioned. He never saw or heard oi
such a bill. and is beyond question pub.
fishing to the world that he is a fraud in
the editorial professioR.-[N Ninton Rec.
ord
Year: 1876

lures he perhaps one of the most quiet members


the senate gentleman Of excellent sense and ihy re-


spected by the Senate regard him as one of the best
men ever met always in his place prompt in the dis
charge of his duties and with the ut at courtesy for the
opinions of his fellows be has in all his bills before the
Seuat the respect and kind assistance Of all the Senate
to further the interests of his constituency


And for Hon WIN. Msrtindale of Greenwood
You perhaps his history complete If ~, and fail


do your old friend justice would be glad In hav. Won
ill the points omitted in this brief sketch He was
born in Oho-a good State be borp in-has lived In
Kansas nineteen years old line whig when
there longer whg party he espoused the cause
Of the Republican party and has an active part
two terms this his fourth Winter in the
Liberal giuus views yet friend Of Christianity
in its bruadest is Chairman of the Committee
County Lines as well a member Of the Ways and
Means ami other important committees tie Is an exten
sive aud dealer, suI is largely interested in
the First National Bank of Emp rs well the bank
Eureka and by the way, he gave the definition Of
that Greek ,cord clearly slti saction. He is Of
the be and pleasant gentlemen have met in the
State enjoys good jke and is proverbal in the Senate
for asking the gentleman question. His long exPe
rience makes him excellent pariamenarisn quick 20
discover point debate and take advantage of the
weak parts Of bill he may be unffiendly to- His judg
mt is of the st nrer and his opinions always


eriG,d with He is Of the Senators the whole
pride in and it is hoped that the sands
Of his political hOur-glass may out


LYNX"
Year: 1876

V The Committee of the Lower House of
Congress have reported In favor of reducing the
salaries of Congresamen to 3, 500 year. We
presume this self,sacrificing spirit of economy
on the part Of the Democracy will stop with the
recommendation, and that the reduction will not
be made, at least until it longer affect the
salaries of the present Congress.
Year: 1876

y The Supreme Court has decided that Mel
Lewis is the legally elected Clerk of Marshall
County. Glad to hearit. The other fellow must
hsve had an immense s,aovnt of cheek, to at
tempt to hold on to the Office.
Year: 1876

A hen trod on ducks foot. She did not
mean to do it and 1t did not hurt much.
But the duck said, "I'll pay you for that r.
So the duck few at the hen but as she did
so, her wing struck an old goose, who stood
close by.


'pll pay you for thati" cried the goose,
aud she few at the duck but as she did so,
her foot tore tho fur of cat who was just
then In the yard.


"Tll pay you for that cried r. the cat, and
she few at the goose but as she did so, her
tail brushed the eye of a sheep, who was
near.


"I'n pay you for thatp cried the sheep,
and he ran at the ca!; but as no did his
foot hit the foot Of dog that lay In the
sun.


"I'll pay you for that r. cried he, and he
ran at the sheep; but as he did so, his leg
struck an old cow, who stood by the gate.


"I'll pay you for that r. cried she, and
she ran at the dog but as she did so, her
horn grazed the skin of horse, who stood
by tree.


"I'll pay you for thatp cried he and be
ran at the COW. What q run there was
The horse few at the COW, and the COW at
the dog, and the dog at the sheep, and the
sheep at the cat, and the cat at the goose,
and the goose at the duck, and the duck at
the hen. What a noise they made, 10 be
surei


"HiI hill What is all this :" cried the
man who had the care Of them 81 cannot
have this noise. You may stay here" he
said 10 the hen. But he drove the duck 10
the pond, and the goose to the field, aud the
Year: 1876

Fohi, in the course of his wanderings,
coming to a village, knocked at the door OF
rich woman and begged permission to
enter. "Whati" said sue, 'do you think
receive into my house every rowing vag-
abondf No, indeed; it would be unbeft-
ting a respectable woman! Go your way"
Then he went TO the cottage of poor
woman. who at once kindly begged him to
enter. She set before him the only food
she had, little goats milk, broke piece
of bread into it, and said, "May Fohi bless
1t, that we may both have enough" She
then prepared for him couch of straw;
and, when he fell asleep, perceiving that
he had no shirt, she sat up all night aud
made him one out of some linen she had
made by her own hard labor. In the
morning she brought it TO him, begging he
would not despise her poor gin. Aher
break fast, she accompanied him a little
way, and at parting Fohi said, "May the
first work you undertake last until eve-
ming" When sic got home she began 10
measure her linen to see how much was
left and she went on measuring, and did
not come to the end of it until the evening,
WuVu uCt hOuSO auu Jaiu- WchO iuii W I'M
en- In short, she did not know what to do
with her wealth. Her rich neighbor, see
ing this, was sorely vexed and resolved
that such good fortune should not escape
her again. Amer some months the travel
er came once more 10 the village; she went
to meet him, pressed him TO go to her
house, treated him with the best food she
had, and in the morning brought him
shirt OF fine linen, which she had had made
some time before; but all night she kept
candle burning in her room, that the stran-
ger, If he awokc, might suppose she was
making his shirt. Amer breakfast she ac-
companled him out Of tho village, and
when they parted he said, "May the first
work you undertake last ill EVENING""
She went her way home, thinking the
whole time of her linen, aud anticipating
its wonderful increase; but just then her
cows began to low. "Before measure
my linen" said she, 81 will quickly fetch
my COWS some water" But when she
poured the water into the trough, her pail
never emplied she went on pouring, the
stream increased, and soon her house and
yard were all under wafer the nelghbors
complained that everything was ruined
the cattle were drowned, and with Difficult
ty she saved her own life, for the water
never ceased flowing until The setting OF
the sun.
Year: 1876

leememDeEea NHyns
remember morn behind the mill,
when blackbirds sang,
And sheep-bells rang,
Far OF. and all things else were still,
But the rising Dream


Ii the pictured stream,
And the noise Of water about the mill.
remember maid in her sweet youth,
whose gentle days


In village ways
Were passed in simple works Of truth
The Summers day
Sped fast away
In a dream OF love, in q time Of youth.
l remember the Spring in gArb Of green,
The Light heart glee


That came to me
With the smile Of my love atseventeen
Her laugh that went


Like woodland scent
To my soul-thAt time on the dAlsed green.
And though know the days are spent,
That love was lost


When came the frost
At Summers close Of my content
Yet some joy stays


In Winter days,
And brings its Joyous complement.


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