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Year: 1876




Professor Nixon had advertised that he
would allow himself to be placed in coffin,
screwed down and buried in a grave six feet
deep. He was to remain there for one hour
and a half, and then rise from the grave
through the soil. The grave was dug in Belvi-
dere, 8. c., ard he said that if he failed he
hoped the crowd would be large enough to en-
sure respectable legacy to his wife and chill
dren.


Upon approaching the grave Nixon was seen
on platform performing juggling tricks. He
was dressed in bright yellow coat, pink trous-
ern (short) and about eleven brogars. Mr..
Nixon claims to be an Egyptian. If the Egyp-
tians ordinarily dress in that costume, Moses
was justified in getting out of the country at all
hazards. An Egyptian .taskmaster with a bro
gan like Nixon's must have been able to admin
lister a fearful kick. Nixon soon approached
the grave ard made earnest appeals to the
crowd to get away from it. The coffin was
brought forward and committee was selected
to see that there was no deception. Nixon now
pulled Oft his shoes and stood on the coffin,
holding in each hand a vial His voice
assumed unnatural solemnity. He said
that he wanted silence for while;
that this was life and death matter; his
voice became husky, and perspration began
to start upon his brow. He paused a mo-
ment. A look of grave determination settled
upon his face, and with tremulous sigh he
udSbily SWdllOWeu Tue COutSntS OF LD6 vial. IN
few minutes his face assumed a deathly pal
lor and dark rims appeared beneath his eyes.
The spectators thought he was going to die.
He laid in the coffin and the lid was screwed
down. The coffin was rapidly lowered into the
grave and the earth shovelled in.


The excitement increased as the time for
which the professor was to remain under
ground Thirty minutes) passed. At twenty
eight minutes the excitement communicated
itself to the judges, and they issued orders for
the horn to be blown, which was to summon
the buried man forth As the first note of the
instrument rung out the assembly became fran
tic. Soon scream rose as the earth began to
crack and Nixon came up into sight with
load of dirt on his head. Then howl was
caused by the discovery that the Professors
appearance had been made through neatly
covered chamber, which was divided by only
thin partition from the head of the grave. He
had burst the head out of the coffin, crept in
to the shaft, and emerged from it at the sound
of the horn. He bowed his thanks and with
drew,
Year: 1876

The result of the Maine election enforces
its own lesson. Republican majorities have
been larger, but never has the Democratic
party been in a condition in this state to
make contest with its entire force. There
was nothing in the nature of the Greeley
movement TO disgruntle the country Bour-
bon. The possibility of success in the ma
tional campaign melted the hungry to put
forth every possible effort. For months they
have been organizing, and when election day
came around, the party in Maine had better
organization than 1t ever had in Maine.
Their full force was out, and their full force
has met an overwhelming defeat.


In view of the result, the attempts of
Democratic politicians to break the force of
the defeat they have suffered to find relief
In their calculations of percentages and the
effect of these if the same ratio of voting is
followed in other states will be futile. This
dodge is an old one. 1t deceives no one and
amuses intelligent people.


The fact that the Democracy has lost at
every pont-that they have failed to hold the
ground they have gained in Maine, and have
not succeeded in electing one candidate who
will have any influence upon national ques-
tions, and lose halt of the strength they gained
last year in the Observation-Disclosures the
extent of their defeat. No arithmetical gym
nastics, no legerdemain with figures can be
made to deceive the country. When an ar
my is defeated at every point and driven from
the field, it matters little whether CT not the
aggregate of the killed is two or three thou
sand greater or less than it was on the occa.
sion of some previous defeat.


The Republicans of Maine are entirely sat-
isfied with their victory. 1t is complete and
emphatic, and that is sufficient.
Year: 1876

JOHN FORSYTH, the editor of the Mobile
Register, one of the most prominent Demo
cratic newspapers in the South. said in a re-
cent article in that paper:


What is to be done to get rid of the negro as
vot)r! Sooner or later, with more or less dis
patch, he will be disenfranchised and thrust
out of politics White men of all parties and
OF every grade OF religions or moral conviction
may as well come quickly to the consideration
how to get the negro out of politics with the
least confusion and cost. He must 90 and
there IS no profit In standing long upon the Or
der OF his going.


How the Southern Democrats propose to
disenfranchise the negro is shown by the tes-
timony of hundreds of witnesses before the
Oxford, Miss, Grand Jury. We select that
of George W. White, colored, a candidate for
the Legislature. Mr.. White testified under
oath:


One week before the election I was going to
Bluff Springs to speak. On the road met
DR.. ). 81. Green. He stopped me and tried
hard to prevail on me to come on and support
Gen. Tucker for the Legislature 1 told him
would not do so. He said he would not be re.
sponsible for the blood that would be shed on
the day Of election. He asked me if thought,
after they had gone to so much expense, that
they intended to allow us to carry the election.
He stated to me that they did not intend that
any colored man should have an office; that it
would make no difference whether he was
elected or not. He said that the Democrats
had determined to carry the election at all haz-
ards-not only in Chickasaw county but
throughout the State. DR.. Green finally asked
me If was going to Okolona on the day of
election. I told him was. he advised me not
to go, and said that if did go would be shot
dow n; that they would think 10 more of shoot
ing than if I was hog. He then asked me
how many guns thought they had at Okolona.
| told him 1 thought perhaps 300. He said
they had gone to great expense to provide gans
ann that they were fully determined to carry
the election; that no coored man ought to have
an Office, and that they did not intend that he
should. DR.. Green told me that he would not
shoot me himself but that there were plenty of
Democrats who would do it; that he was not
Democrat, but an Old-Line whig.


There were hundreds of witnesses who tes-
titled to facts similar to the above Lefore this
Grand Jury; and yet not a.true bill was found
because their lives had been threatened if
they brought in single Indictment!
Year: 1876

THE political and personal friends of
Henry B. Cleaves, Esq, who is returned to
the House of Representatives by the largest
vote which was ever given to candidate in
the city of Portland, will present his name
and urge his fitness for the position of
Speaker. Mr.. Cleaves is gentleman OF
ability and integrity, and possesses that tact
which would make him popular and eff
cient presiding officer. OF the members
elected to the House there is an unusually
large number who could fill the honorable
position of Speaker with ability, but among
them there is no one better qualified than
Mr.. Cleaves.
Year: 1876

we DO not read anonymous letters and communI-
Cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used
Year: 1876

How refreshing it would be to see an addi-
ton to the conscience-money fund with this
acknowledgment from the Secretary of the
Treasury, "The Department acknowledges
the receipt from New York, man who desires
to have his name suppressed, of 100000 for
incOme-tax. The money came in a barrel.n
Year: 1876

Mr.. Hill, in alluding to the Union, explained
wherein he believed true loyalty consisted, and
the reasons why we are never to have an hon.
est government. In answer to the latter he
said it could never be brought about until the
Northern people recognize that the South shed
her blood for true principle, and while they
were yet imprudent in the choice of mode,
they were for our true liberty, and for the
Union. 1t is generally conceded that the effort
of last night was one of the grandest ever
made by the coming Senator.
Year: 1876

A REMARKABLE LOVE TRAGEDY
The tennessee papers describe remark
able love tragedy that took place in the
village of Pennington, in that state, last
week About year ago young man
named Hurt came to Pennington in
search of employment, and being needy
and destitute was kindly treated by a
worthy family with whom his mother
had formerly lived. After lapse of
several months it was discovered that a
little love affair had sprung up between
the young man and theyoungest daugh-
ter of the family-a beautiful and ac-
complished young lady whereupon her
father gave Hurt his walking papers,
with peremptory goders not to come on
his premises again. However, letters
were passed and few clandestine meet
ings were had Finally the young Mis-
sourian got revolver, hired a horse and
boldly rode down the pike towards Farm
| ington. He told several persons on the
way that he was going to see his girl,
| and then and there kill himself that if
he could not live with her he would die
with her." lie arrived at the house at
about 10 o'clock in the evening, hitched
his horse at the gate and walked into the
house. When he knocked at the door
|


the mother of the girl, thinking it was
the doctor-some of the family being
opened it, and was greeted with
the words " You are the cause of"-and
then came the report of a pistol. The
mother thought Hurt shot at her. Her
husband thereupon seized double-bar-
relied shotgun, loaded with bird-shot,
and, getting a glimpse of the intruder,
who was still in the hall, fred upon him.
Hurt then staggered out of the hall and
was found lying dead in the orchard,
about one hundred yards from the house.
1t was now seen that instead of shooting
at the mother he had shot himself in the
right breast. The force of the shotgun
discharge was broken by his clothes, but
twenty-three shot were extracted from
his side.
Year: 1876

TWAS EVER Thus esterday as an
elderly married couple were passing up
State street, lady on the opposite side
of the street stubbed her toe and tum-
bled down. The old gentlemen rushed
across the street, raised his hat and of
fered to assist her in any possible way.
His wife followed him across at a slow
pace, and witnessing his devotion to the
stranger, she got mad and shook her fist
at him.


I" It's all right-it's all right" he
whispered.


Yes, / know it is she hotly ex-
claimed. Here is an unknown woman
stubs her toe and you plow across the
street to eat her up with kindness. The
other day when ] fell down stairs you
stood at the bottom and laughed, and
chuckled and tickled your ribs, and
wanted to know if was practicing for
a circus l"-Detroit Free Press
Year: 1876

Most parents are prone TO prohibit
children from laughing and talking at
the table; it is unphysiological; it is
cruel Joyousness promotes the circu-
lation of the blood, enlivens it, vigor-
ates it, sending it tingling to the remotest
part of the system, carrying with 1T
animation, vigor and life. The louder
the little ones laugh the better, the faster
they talk the better, for they eat less
in given time, consequently chew their
food more thoroughly.


Discard controversy at the dinner Ia.
BILE. Discourage all subjects which in
vite political or religious rancor Let
every topic introduced be calculated to
instruct, to interest or amuse. Do not
let the mind run on business or previous
mishaps or past disappointments. New
er tell bad news at the table nor for an
hour before. Let everything you have
to communicate be, if possible, Of q
gladsome, joyous, hilarious character,
calculated to bring out pleasant remarks
or agreeable associations.


On the other hand, never administer
a reproof at the social board to either
servant or child find fault with moth
ing; speak unkindly to no one. If re-
marks are made OF the absent, let them
contain some word of commendation
which, if repeated in their hearing after
wards, will kindle kindly feelings, and
thus will thoughts of the family table
come across the memory i'll after years,
when we have been scattered and some
laid in their final resting place, bring
with them sweetness of emotion which


makes it pleasure to dwell upon them,
Halls Journal Of Heath.
Year: 1876

Any new departure in the methods of
Christian work will be very incomplete
--nugatory, in fact which does not rec
ognize lay preaching in public halls as
an important part of its policy. We
have seen just how the poor are to be
reached and lifted into the churches.
During the efforts of Mr.. Moody in Lon
don, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and New
York, thousands whom no pulpit could
ever influence have found their way
through the audience-rooms into the
Church. He has officiated as media
tor between the world and the Church,
and has been thousand times wiser than
he knew, or the Church suspected. He
has solved the one grand problem that
has puzzled the Church and its ministry
for years, and they will be short-sighted
and stingy, indeed, if they fail to make
his work the basis of permanent poll
cy.


In every considerable city of the
United States all Christian sects should
unite in the establishment of halls for
the work of evangelists- of men who
have special gift for preaching the sim
pie gospel. The example of such man
as Mr.. Moody cannot but be fruitful in
calling out from the ranks of Christian
laymen little army of talented and de-
voted workers, who will enter into his
methods and swell the results of his
work. All evangelists whose work is
worth the having should labor in this
field No man should be in it who care
more for building up one church than
another, for one of the prime conditions
of his success is, that he shall not be re
garded as the mouth piece of any sect
or party. The essential thing is, that he
shall be a Christian moved by the love
of God and man, and desirous only o.
bringing men to God. If the Churcl
does not see a new light upon its path
poured upon it by the events to which
we have alluded, it must be blind in
deed. But it does see the new light, ant
we believe that its leaders and teacher
are ready to walk in it.-J. g. Hollant
IN Scribner for June.
Year: 1876

FACT, FACT, | ASSURE, YoU."-A
man named Langley recently went to St.
Mary's Bay goose-hunting. Seeing
moose on the opposite shore he fred, and
at the same time porpoise leaped from
the water, and the bullet killed both it
and the moose. The porpoise ioated to
the shore, and the hunter used it as
raft to paddle across to the moose. There
he found that the bullet, after killing
the moose, had gone into hollow tree,
in which was a store of wild honey.
which was flowing through the hole
made by the bullet Reaching for what
be thought was stick to plug up the
hole, he caught a rabbit by the leg.
Rather startled, he threw it violently
from him, and struck covey of eigh-
teen partridges, killing them all.
Year: 1876

HINTS AS TO BEAUTY. There is moth
ing more unfavorable to female beauty
than late hours. Women, who either
from necessity or choice, spend most of
the day in bed, and at night in work Of
dissipation, have already pale, faded
complexion and dark-rimmed, wearied
eyes. Too much sleep is almost as hurt
full as too little, and is sure to give the
person unwholesome fat. Diet, also has
marked influence upon personal beau
ty, gross and excessive indulgence in
eating and drinking is fatal to the fe-
male charms, especially where there is
great tendency to making flesh" Reg
ularity of time in the daily repast and
good cooking, are the best means of
securing, not only good health but good
looks. The appetite should never be
wasted during the intervals between
meals on pastry, confectionery, or any
other ticker Of the appetite, which graf
ifies the taste, but does not support the
system. Exercise is, Of course, essential
to female beauty. 1t animates the whole
physical life, quickens the circulation Of
blood, heightens the color, develops the
growth, and perfects the form of each
limb and the entire body. 1t also gibes


grace and beauty to every movement.
Year: 1876

A USELESS BABY BURIED. The Aus
tin New Revelle of recent date con-
tains the following: A couple of days
ago squaw died at Yankee Blade, and
the Indians buried her and her infant
together without the trouble of making
corpse of the latter. 1t isa custom of the
Piutes and Shoshones to bury the dead
mother and living child together when
the latter is too young to help itself
In this instance they dug hole, threw
the woman into it and laid the infant on
her breast, covering them over with
brush. In explanation of their conduct
one of them said, baby no good no
got milk bimeby heap cry die pooty
soon anyhow" 1t would be an impossi-
bility to convince an Indian that he was
doing wrong by thus abandoning help
less infant as prey to the coyotes and
carrion birds it was the custom of his
fathers, and he can see no wrong in it
A white man does not like to interfere
in such a case, for to try and tear the
child away would be a hopeless task, and
no white man would feel justified in
dashing its brains out with stone. Be
sides, the Indian would feel greatly ag-
grieved at any interference with this
pleasant usage of theirs.
Year: 1876

We have heard Of minister Of Christ
who once said TO his congregation that any
man who would honestly seek the favor OF
God and the forgiveness Of his sins would
not fail within brief period, 10 find peace
and blessing at His hand. 4 skeptic heard
the remark aud decided within his own
mind ! will follow those directions, ]
will faithfully test this natter aud will
come then to this minister, and tell him that
his statements are false. and that his relg-
ion is a delusion" lie went home, and in
honesty Of soul bowed the knee before a
God of whose very existence he was not as
sured. and asked that if there 'ras God,
he might receive the knowledge of His eX-
istence and of His Will. lie did not pray
in vain. Strange emotions were awakened
within his heart new impulses stirred his
mind: the power Of the Holy Spirit was
present to win and save, aud when the ap-
pointed time had elapsed he went to the
house OF prayer, not TO contradict the state
ment of the minister and brand his religion
as a falsehood, but to testify that by per
sonal experience he had proved that the Son
of Man had power on earth to forgive sins
and that there was peace in believing in the
Lord Jesus Christ.


SO other skeptics may find rest, and their
distressed aud troubled souls end their long
struggle, in the peace of God which passes
knowledge which shall keep their hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus. - The
CLrisftpu
Year: 1876

The Charter Oak Stove in our kitchen Is
. grand success, the best stove thst ve have
ever used, and we cheerfully recommend it
with q clear conscience, knowing We do our
friends and neighbors favor who are look
ing fer q irst-class stove. Wit
Year: 1876

Why, mother, how bright and
cheerful you look tonight What has
happened? ?''


4 feel very happy, my dear, because
my little boy has really tried to be good
all day. Once, when his sister Katie
teased him and he spoke quick and cross
to her, he turned round of his own ac-
cord, and said he was wrong, and asked
her to forgive him. l believe l should
grow young and never look tired or un-
happy again, if, every day, my little boy
and girl were as thoughtful, unselfsh and
loving as they have been to day"


Here's a grand secret for you, little
ones. And now that you know how to
make mother happy, may yeu keep her
face always full of sunshine.
Year: 1876

The great rewards which a vigorous
aad scientific explorer may obtain in
virgin country of recent geological age,
like the great basin country of our west,
are illustrated by the results of professor
Marsh's six years of labor in this field.
Tne expeditions under his charge have
unearthed no less than three hundred
new species of fossil vertebrate animals,
and among them are some of the most
significant forms ever found. Those
which prove the progressive development
of the horse are an example. The
OdontornitRes, er birds with teeth, of
cretaceous age, include Two orders, one
of immense swimming birds, with rudi-
Inentary wings, and the other small birds,
with strong wings. He also found the
first remains of Pterodactyl, or flying
reptile, which have been discovered in
this country, and has collected so many
remains Of reptiles that he has been able
to clear up many doubtful points abou
their structure. In the museum of Yale
college there are are parts of more than
five hundred Individually 9losasaurold
reptiles, one hundred individuals OF the
new order, Dinocerata, two hundred in
diyiduals of the Brontotherida group, be-
sides large representation of other i'm
portant groups. OF fossil horses alone
there are over thirty species. 1t is the
intention of Prof Marsh to rest from the
severe work of exploration in which he
has shown such energy and had such sue
cess. Hereafter he will give himself to
the study and description of the i'm
mense collections in the museum of Yale
college, in which probably one hundred
new species remain to be described
The thorough study of this mass of an
cient life cannot fail to throw light upon
the extinct fauna of our country and
vii probably be an important addition
10 the knowledge of life development in
general
Year: 1876

A father was walking one day in the
aelds with his two children. The wind
was blowing over a fine field of ripe corn,
and making the golden ears wave like
the waves of the sea.


.Is it not surprising said one OF the
children. that the wind does not break
the slender stalks of the corn?',


my child, said the father, "see how
how flexible the stalks arel They bend
before the wind and rise again when
the wind has passed over them. See,
roo. bow they help 10 support each
other. A single stalk would soon bend
70 the ground, but so many growing
close together help to keep each other
up. If We keep together when the
troubles of life come on Us ike a
stormy wind, we shall keep each other
M. when ore trying to stand alone would
fall"
Year: 1876

ONLY few days ago little boy died
ofhydrophobia in New York city, and
on Saturday another was killed by the
same dread disease. In the latter in
stance the lad had recently been bitten
by cat, and that the aiiment really was
hydrophobia is attested by Mrs. Ham
-anond and Flint, besides the attending
physician. That cats can have this dis
ease has been strenuously denied, but
this case seems to be indisputable.
Year: 1876

TOBACCO leaves" forthe manufacture
of cigars are now being produced in New
York by the progress OF chemical science.
The material used IS a kind of brown
wrapping paper, made of straw especial
ly for this purpose. The paper, after
coming from the mill, Is saturated with
the juice pressed from tobacco and other
offal; then sheets are pressed through
machine, which gives them the perfect
appearance OF the tobacco leaf aud the
-PsUuT1EF spots are printed on them as on
tobacco.