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Year: 1876

Nearly the whole Southern Democratic
press re-echo the sentiments recently pro-
mulgated in an incendiary editorial of the
Baltimore Gazette. The language of the


Gazette was 'the time has come when we
must meet force with force. To the bay
onet we must oppose the bayouet That
is the only way to saYe republican institu-
"tions and democracy in the United States. I"


This revolutionary language is aimed at
the circular of the Attorney General The
language of that circular, to which excep-
ton is taken, was first used by Caleb Cush-
ing when he was the Attorney General of
Franklin Pierce, Democratic President


1t was then applied to the return of fugi-
tive slaves, and was considered very legal
and appropriate by the same journals who
now object TO it. There is a great differ
ence between the exercise of Federal po wer


for the protection of the rights, privileges
and franchises of American citizens and
the exercise of the same power for the re-
turn of escaped slaves to their masters. The
former is the Republican version and prac-
tice under the laws; the latter was the
Democratic Interpretation of the same laws
and the powers conferred by them. The
Southern press formerly indorsed the exer-
else of those Federal powers in the States
TO the fullest extent. Attorney General
Evarts issued similar circular few years
ago and no fault was found with its tenor.


1t was all right then. But now, when this
Federal power is to be exercised to compel
white banditti to obey United States laws
and to punish them for hunting. beating
and killing citizens, it is monstrous
power. "It must be met with force, says
the Democratic press. Let US remind this
press that this circular need never have
been issued if the Democrats had not used
mob force to prevent the peaceful as,
sembling of the people. The first assault
was made by armed mobs, as in 1861.
The Government was then forced to put
down these mobs. 1t is now apparent that
history is about to repeat ITSELF The Gov:
eminent will be obliged once more to sup
press armed rebellion. This circular is the
Year: 1876

THE RECORDS of the War Department
contain the explicit information of the
legal and proper disposition by Governor
Hayes of the $400 which the executed
bounty jumper handed to Chaplain Har
per just before he made his last jump into
eternity
Year: 1876

The difference between the two is: Tweed
took money out of the public Treasury, and
Tilden kept money out of the Treasury. To
most people this would seem "as near alike as
two T.'s."
Year: 1876

Isaac Randolph, the negro who MUIR
dered his wife at New Haven in the
spring of 1856, gives notice that he will
apply to the next legislature for re-
lease from the state prison, TO which he
was sentenced for lite. The murder
created great sensation, and the story
OF it is very interesting. He killed the
woman with wash-board during a
quarrel, and probably did not intend to
strike the fatal blow. After the murder,
Randolph cut the body up and buried it
in his garden, planting corn and beans
over the spot. Several days after, Rob
ert Coe, the father of the missing
woman, related with great impressive
ness the particulars of dream which
he had on three successive nights
He said that Mary Ann came to him
crawling on her hands, and when he
asked her why she did not walk, she
replied that she could not, for her legs
had been cut off, Each night she ar
peared to him on the borders Of a small
brook which then ran at the foot of the
garden. At last the garden was exam
ined, and the body was found.-Spring-
feld Mass Republican.
Year: 1876

The celebrated painter, Benjamin
Robert Hayden, gave the following ad-
mirabe advice Ia his son at very criti-
cal time of his life: ." You are quite
right to read history; make yourself mas
ter of the histories of Greece and Rome.
The English people are in many respects
not unlike the Arminians without their
art, and like the Romans without their
profligacy. Read your Bible daily.
There is no more interesting book in the
world, and it is becoming more necessary
to read and study it, because | already
perceive tendency among our scientific
men, in all their pride of knowledge and
what they call discovery, to set the Bible
aside As an oriental legend. DO not be-
lieve them. The Mosaic account of the
creation is the most simple and the most
natural, and will be found, YOU nav reiy
on it, confirmed by science. when science
has got down to the real facts. General.
ization, founded on our present knowl.
edge of the laws OF nature, is the very
thing which our present acquaintance
with these laws does not Justify. | am
convinced that no thoroughly established
and settled theory will be found to con-
tradict the truths revealed in the Bible.
But you are too young yet for me t.
enter further on the subject. | only
tell you Of it to put you on your guard
You will find many men, old and grown.
up men, who will laugh at the Bible
Don't believe them. Mathematics are
all very well; but the diflerential calcu.
lus, my dear 10y, can never prove or dis.
prove the existence Of God. Read your
Bible, do your duty, and leave the rest
to God
Year: 1876

specie payment. So they sat down, and
the man who was on the negative side
carefully fixed his chair leg, on two bars
of the grating over which it stood, and
they began to talk very earnestly.
Things went on all right till, getting ex-
cited, the man on the grating said:


81 tell you, if ever specie payment is
resumed there will be the greatest fall, "
and then he gave his chair hitch and il
settled back as though its hind legs had
sort Of struck in, and il went back so far
that he shot out over the left hand side
and bit his cigar in halves and skinned
his elbow. When he got up he had for
gotten the thread of his narrative, and
observing, too, the bland appearance of
the bystanders, he suddenly remembered
that he'd got to catch that car, and he
went and caught it.-Detroa Free Press.
Year: 1876




DIR. Frederic r. Marvin gave the
library club last evening a physicians
view of death, his subject being The
Physiology OF Death" The history of
death embraces three periods, the fabu-
lous, the superstltious, and the philo-
sophical. The fabulous was in mytho-
logical times, in which death was per-
sonified as goddess Mors, the glance of
whose eye was fatal the superstitious
era was that long period in which death
was regarded as an instantaneous change;
a stroke that came and cut off life from
the whole body at once. Ours is the
philosophical age.


The lecturer had experimental on
dogs, to discover the order of time in
which the senses die. To one dog he
gave arseneous acid. The second died
instantly upon his introducing needle
into the medulla oblongata; and the
third he bled to death. In the last, the
order of death was, sight, taste, smell,
hearing, touch; which established the
fact that senses disappeared in the same
order as they do in sleep.


The human body is an aggregation of
cells. Life is the augmentation of these
cells death their disintegration. Each
cell dies for itself. Every moment cells
are springing into life. Every moment
cells are dying. Our bodies are COM
posed of these little points. Take them
away and there is nothing left of us but
the connecting shreds There are dead
cells in your body, and when you are
dead, there will for some time continue
to be living ones. We shall all at some
time be resolved into carbonic acid,
water, and the mineral elements.
The whole surface of our globe, said
the speaker. has been dug over one hun
dred and twenty eight times TO bury its
dead, even not reckoning the long age of
the world which is given it by modern
science, and we inhale, we feed upon
elements, the very atoms, that have been
living human beings before. The dead,
he continued, live again, and we greet
them in the perfume of the city, in the
thousand leaves of the forest.


Death, the doctor says, is painless.
There is no moment in our lives in which
molecular death is not going on in u.s.
The last words of multitude of persons
indicate that mere disintegration is pain
less. To die of cold, after the first agony
is over, is luxury. so is drowning.
The smileof death, the placidity of death,
comes to all features after the rigor NOR
lis. That is over in three days.
Year: 1876

Lime and milk. according TO the
testimony of an experienced physician,
Is most useful compound, not only
Tor infants, but at later period
Of life, when the functions of diges.
tion and assimilation have been seri-
ously impaired. A goblet of milk to
which foui tablespoonfuls of lime water
have been added will agree with any
person, even when other food is oppres-
sive and fails to afford proper nourish-
ment.


Take one Tablespoonful Of corn starch
wet with cold water, thicken with
teacup Of boiling water; then add the
yoiks OF two eggs, one teaspOOnful OF
lemon extract, half teaspoonful of tar
taric acid, and sweeten TO taste make
a nice crust and put in the mixture let
it bake until nearly done; then beat the
whites Of the eggs with two spoonfuls Of
pulverized sugar, TO froth, and spread
over the top Of the pie, and let it bake
TO light brown.


RECIPE FOR STEAM PUDDING.


Chop cup and half Of suet and one
Of raisins together; take one cup of
molasses, two of sweet milk, three and
half of -four, one teaspoonful Of soda
steam three hours. II there is any left
il will he just as good the next day by
steaming il just long enough TO heat it
through. Use sauce.


VINEGAR PIE.


One cup of sugar, one cup OF vinegar,
one cup of water, one teaspoon of lemon,
butter the size Of an egg ; let il come to
a boil thicken with cOrp-starch, about
two tablespoonfuls of starch; put in the
starch until it becomes thick. The above
will make two pies.


RICH JUMBLEs.


One cup of butter, three cups of sugar,
eight cups of flour, six eggs, one table
spoonful Of soda, two of cream of tartar,
one grated nutmeg. Roll tolerably thin,
form in rings, and bake on fiat tins.


WHITE POTATO PIE.


For one good sized pie take half pound
potatoes boil and mash, and while hot
squeeze one-half lemon into it, with a
good sized piece of butter; add one cup
full white sugar, two or three eggs, half
teaspoonful Of mace, and crate nutmeg
on top Of the pie.


WELSH RAREBIT.


Cut piece Of bread about six by three
inches take of the crust, toast it and
butter it on one side; cut slice or rich
cheese of the thickness of the bread and
sufficient 20 cover the bread place il
before clear fire at an angle Of forty-fve
degrees, where IL will toast briskly.


HOW TO COOK RICE.


The best way TO cook rice, or, indeed,
any other farinaceous food, is to ioil it
in a double kettle or in pail set within
a kettle. .
Year: 1876

"lf you has been bitten by dog /
don't know muffin about it. used to
own little dog but he's dead now If
dar's any more talk bout damages
around heah I'll climb over de fence and
hurt some white mani"


There wasn't any more talk.-Detroh
Free Press.
Year: 1876

WHAT STOPPED THE ARGUMENT. =
Two men, with spare time on their
hands, seeing some arm chairs in front of
4 furniture store on the sunny side OF
the street, thought they would sit down
{ minute or two and Wloke and talk up
Year: 1876

THE editor OF the Richie Gazette does
not appear to be familiar with modern
history. He writes an elaborate article
to prove that Tingle il not legally the
Sheriff OF this county, basing his remarks
on an enactment OF the Legislature in
the years 1923. He Is not aware that
the net which he quotes was superseded
by a later one, got up (it is said) to meet
the very case that has occurred, at the
last session. The fact Of Republican
holding the responsible and lucrative
position Of Sheriff OF Ohio county, has
been an eye.sore to the Democracy for
years past. We presume there is no
bill that the party would not have
passed in order to secure the place,
in case OF vacancy, to one OF the
faithful. However, had some OF
the brethren from the Third District
known that Tingle was to become the
appointee, it is doubtful whether they
would have voted for it. To Sam Miller
for instance, who is outof pocket S25 tc
$50, clear money, on account OF Capita
expenses, the sight Of Tingle holding the
office must be narrowing.
Year: 1876

Nathan Lieberman returns bis heartfelt
thanks to the people for the increased
patronage that has been bestowed upon
him the past year of 1875. which has been
with us the best business year Of that OF
any clothing housein delaware. Our prices
are still the lowest, and We shall continue
to use our great increasing business advan-
tages, and give the people the benent OF IL,
as we have sold last year 80 per cent OF the
ready made clothing that has been sold IN
WI mipgton. We can buy goods from l5 to
% per cent. lower thsn any other house In
the city, and OH that account we can AFFORD
to sell the people clothing at retail what
others have to pay wholesale, and for the
New Year Of 1875 we must swing clear OF oil
combinations and customs,-with all de-
partments reconstructed, we anticipate
\ marvellous and unprecedented increase
of business. Respectfully,
Year: 1876

A general meeting of Republicans will be
held this evening at the head quarters OF
the Boys in Blue, Seventh and Walnut Sts.,
for business.


The Third Ward Republicans will meet
this evening at the headquarters Sixth and
Market Streets at u O'Clock.
Year: 1876

A MULE WHIps A LIoN.-Many
years ago q Elorentine gentle
man had mule so vicious that his
groomS and servants could hardly ap-
proach it without receiving a kick
or bite. It's master, after employ
ing IN VAIN every means to render it


more tractabIe resolved to expose the
creature to the beasts in the menago-
RE Of the Grand Duke A lion was
accordingly let loose, whose roaring
would have frightened any other ami
mall but the mule wisel y retired with.
out showing any sign Of fear to COR
ner Of the court, in which it could
which it could only be attacked from
behind, where its great strength lies
and there awaited the attack of its
enemy, observing him all tn, while
from the corner Of its eye, and present.
ing its cruppar. The lion, sensible of
the difficulty of the assault, employed
all his address to catch his foe at
disadvantage. At length the mule
found an opportunity to give him so
violent Il kick that nine or ten Of his
teeth were broken heterogeneous flying
in all directions. the king of beasts
acknowledged u defeat and retreated
10 his den, leaving the mule master of
the field.
Year: 1876

CARE or THE EAN.-In his treat
ise on physiology, Hinton gives to
understand that the passage oE the
ear does not require cleaning by US;
nature undertakes the task and in the
healthy state fuIhIls it perfectly, Her
means for cleansing the ear is the
wax, which dries up into thin scales,
peels off and falls away impercepti-
ble. In health the passage of the ear
is never dirty, but an attempt to
clean it will infallibly make it so.--
Washing the ear out with soap and
water is bad it keeps the wax moist
when it ought to become dry and
scaly, and makes it absorb dust But
the most hurtful thing is the intro
duction Of the corner Of a toWl
screwed up and twisted round. This
proceeding irritates the passage and
presses down the wax and flakes of
skin upon the membrane Of the tym-
panum, producing pain, inflammation
and deafness. The washing should
only extend to the outer surface as
far as the fingers can reach.
Year: 1876

a very daring Kentucky girl lately
rode her horse close up to the edge OF
yawning chasm and proudly deGed
any gentlemen Of the party follow her
example. Not soul stirred except one
youth, boldly backed his into the
same position and, standing on his
head in the saddle, dared her to d.
the same. She concluded not to.
Year: 1876

Regularity and punctuality in at
tendance are among the first things
necessary to make a good school. As
there can be no real success without
them every effective teacher uses his
best efforts to secure them. And, as
a rule, it is the teacher who makes
his school room and school duties
most attractive that is most success
ful in this esPcct. Though the per
cent. of attendance in our schools is
up TO a good standard, that Of pune
tualty can be much improved. The
teachers have made strong efforts to
break up habits of tardiness. But it
seems that some Of the parents either
neglect to see that their children are
punctual or fail t2 appreciate the
necessity for it. frregularity has
bad effect, not only upon the charac-
ter Of the child, but it detracts very
larg ely from the interest and eflici-
cncy of the school. When a pupil is
absent from school day he loses a
link in the chain he is making which
cannot be replaced without extra
help. If the teacher gives this help
it disturbs his regular work and is
taking time from the many and Civ
ing it to the few. Many of the tar
illnesses can be attributed to the
want Of bell large enough to be
heard, except under the most favora-
bic circumstances.
Year: 1876

poor discipline. Though our schools
are not up to the high standard we
wish to attain, there has been no
conduct that seriously disturbed or
impedcd our work. We refer with
pleasure to the fact that corporal
punishment has been necessary in but
few cases. Generally speaking the
school governed without force is the
one under the best discipline. Did
the parents visit the schools more
frequently and show their interest in
and appreciation Of the work being
done, not only the schools but the
teachers would be held in higher es-
teen by the children.


In conclusion let me say that the
school year has been pleasant and
successful one. The teachers have
moved forward in their work har-
Their thanks are due the
Board for their cheerful co operation
in the enaeavors made TO promote
the efficiency of the schools.


Respectfully submitted,


A. G.. Ross.
Year: 1876

New CHURcH.-The members of
the Methodist Episcopal denomina-
tion in the vicinity Of Eureka school
house this county, have in contempla-
tion the erection Of commodious
church building. Already a oonsid
erable subscription has been made
for the purpose, and it is still increas
inc. Some idea Of the ability of the
neighborhood to build, and its liability
to use, such an edifce will be gath
cred from the fact that a sabbath
school has long been maintained at
Eureka which now averages an ar
tendance oil from sixty TO eighty
weekly.
Year: 1876

GIVE hope it isn't true, but we are
"told," etc, is way some people
have of getting into circulation a
silly lie for which they would be
ashamed to become responsible. The
informant of the Conservative relative
to what some member OF the School
Board "asserted" about teachers and
patrons is evidently zone Of them
fellnrs.o
Year: 1876

Two or three incendiary fires great
ly excited Stanwood last week. They
were extinguished before much dam
age was done, but their circumstances
were very mysterious, to say the
least.
Year: 1876

TlrroN, Iowa, June 10, 1876.
To the Board Of School Directors.


GESTLEMEN:-I have the honor
herewith to submit to you for con-
sileration my first annual report Of
the schools under my supervision.
The following are the statistics for
the school year ending May 20, 1876,
which give evidences of real progress
and show that the maintenance of
our public free schools is a measure
Of the highest wisdom and economy
in the eduction Of the youth of the
community. As the statistics of
previous years are not at command,
no comparative statement can be
given. Averages are found to the
nearest unit.
Year: 1876

In the examinations held at differ
ent times during the year, and at the
close. each pupil was thrown entirely
upon his own responsibility. No
helps were allowed. The endeavor
has been to make them real tests of
the pupils knowledge. The results
generally show efficient work on the
part of both teachers and pupils.
Promotions are made not onl Y at the
close of the school year but also at
such other times as pupils or classes
are prepared. Thus every pupil has
an opportunity to make the best use
Of his time knowing that his advance
ment depends upon his own ability
and industry. The number of pro-
motions at the final examination was
233. The whole number during the
year about $50.
Year: 1876

The course of study has under
gone careful revision during the
year and as adopted, and about to be
published, is similar to that in the
best schools Of the State, except that
the High School course is not SO ex-
tensiye. Writing with pencil and
written work in arithmetic have been
introduced into the lower grades
with results that are highly satisfac-
tory. The introduction Of text
book in arithmetic combining both
mental and written problems has
given general satisfaction. There is
saving not only of one years time
but of two dollars in the cost of a
series of the books. A similar change
has been made in textbooks on geog-
raphy whereby there is a saving of
time and money. Oral instruction in
the natural sciences and in language
has been given in familiar talks to
the children. They have thus re.
ceived much useful and varied infor-
nation without being less proficient
in the usual studies Of the course.
DISCIPLINE.


Intimately connected with instruc-
tion is discipline. Very rarely do
we see successful instruction with
Year: 1876

Nothing, only that STEWART is
heard from F.! We rise to explain that
the reason we have been so quiet Is be.
cause the times. have been so lively with
us we have not had chance to COME
OUT. We are selling heaps of
Year: 1876

SERMON by THE REV. RICHARD S. sToRRs-


''roR uE KNEW WHAT WAS IN MAN."


The biting air that mockcd the sunshine yesterday
and caused tho worshppcrs TO hasten their way to
the churches did not diminish pcrccptby the several
congregations At the Church OF the Pilgrims in
Brooklyn, the morning service conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. Richard s. Sorrs who selected for the
text Of his sermon the latter portion of tho twenty
fifth OF the second chapter of the Gospel accord
ing to st. John-"For he knew what was in man.,
In illustrating tho knowledge and love held by tho
Saviour, the preacher said that John while writing
this book the close OF his life many years after
the therein had taken place. was taking
bird's-cyc view OF the life OF Christ In tho
chapter referred to John speaks OF what ne had him
self discerned, that which he felt a certain impress
sion made on his own mind, that Christ ''know what
was IN man." He had seen tho power Of Jesus to
read the thoughts and impulses OF others when the
pcnitent approached HIM; ho had seen Il when the
Pharisec came, when under the outward religions cx-
prcsslon jesus perceived the anger and scorn that
had struck through the outer shell clear the heart
beneath. He i when the Young man came to Him
urging that his worldly work should save HIM. and in
Judas when IIc bchcid the mind which was so soon 10
explode and destroy His earthly life Hc saw II in tho
answer of Jesus TO Plate and when upon the cross lie
committed His mother to the caro- OF His
disciple. He felt that the Master knew every
ccntrc. This power became
more evident TO tho mind of the apostle later years.
Greater than quciling the storm with words is the
power to know what Is in man. We do not know our
selves perfectly, nor the forces which may be do
vcopcd in us IN the great crisis The temptation aud
the crisis may develop IN US new and dangerous
powers Until a man Is tempted and tried ne can
never know how much Of resistance or Welding there
Is in him. How impossible u IS 10 pierce beneath
the reserve OF The stranger who among us and
TO Know Y he IS SAINT or rnnian, suppcant for
charity or the spy OF burglar To ono man the
stranger may appear 10 be the mcancst aud


MOST AMBITIOUS DESIGNER.


while to another he may appear pure aud upright II
u Ia 1 no ~
secretly M the hearts Of othcrs The glory OF the
genius OF Shakespeare consists his power projecting
the ideal man in various shapes; but Christ and
read The meaning Of the actual man. Think OF a mind


that could akc iaio u the minds OF the people this
congregational Think OF one that could take into II the
MINDS OF all Of tho people in the city, the country, tho
world, the univcrsci II tho mind of Christ How
much there must have been In l In literature