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Year: 1876

HoRyEY HANDED CAREY can hardly
feel complimented at the result OF his
speech to the several hundred working
men, who in the early morning Of yester-
day assembled on theesplanade in Foun-
tain Square, Cincinnati. 1t seems that
he succeeded in rousing spirit oi
communistic riot, since his hearers
rushed off to the Mayors office with the
cry on their lips OF "bread or blood
Perhaps in the interim Of their march tt
the Mayors office, these men may have
reflected that the words they had heard
from the lips Of the Hon. Sam were those
OF a blathering shyster, the screech'
ING OF u bird OF evil omen, oj
perhaps better counsels from the more
Intelligent OF their number may have
cooled their heated passion, or more
likely still, the evident preparation o.
the Mayor to vigorously quell any rio
tous demonstration.may have acted like
soothing syrup on their excited nerves
At any rate whatever the consideration
its no thanks to Sam Cary that the
crowd after some time quietly dispersed
without enacting scene OF blood with
which, like Hamburg, TO crimson the ban
ner OF Democracy.
Year: 1876

THE World and Herald are in great
trepidation for fear that there will be loss
of Republican votes in certain localities in
the North through the influence of the
waving of the bloody shirt. Strange to
say, they undertake to prove it by the
results of the recent elections in Vermont
nnd Mainn
Year: 1876

SECRETARY CoNANT's official figures,
which disprove all the wholesale charges
of corruption and maladministration
laid by the Democrats against the Re,
publican party, are not at all palatable to
the Tilden men. The Democratic press is
as silent as an oyster in regard to them.
Even the Sun is silent No wonder.
Never before were the tables so completely
TUNED agalnst their inventors.
Year: 1876

With the report of the British commissioner,
Mr.. Barring, upon the atrocities of the Bashi
Bazouks in Bulgaria it is not likely that the
popular excitement on the subject among the
people OF Great Britain will be allayed.
Already they are loud in their censure of the
course pursued by the British Ministry in
countenancing Turkey, and they demand a
change of policy. So strong has this feeling
become that convocation of Parliament is
ooked upon as not improbable.
Year: 1876

Mr.. TGLDEN thinks the interest on the
public debt could be reduced seventeen
millions per annum. He Is blissfully igno-
rant of the fact that it has already been
reduced thirty one millions per annum
during General Grants Administrations,


and that the good work is still going on
in like ratio. Great is this "Oily GAM
Year: 1876

The arrival of two companies of Federal
troops at the scene of the late disturbances in
South Carolina had the effect to Immediately
restore peace and quiet, and yet the Demo
Gratis, from one end of the country to the
other, are crying out against Federal interven-
ton. Certainly all lovers of peace should
welcome the conservators of the peace. Hos
tility to those who would preserve order is
hostility to good order itself. Those who
would have disorder at an election can have
but one motive in wishing it.
Year: 1876

gallery to see a new head Of Christ,
which Page was perfecting, winding
up by cordial Invitation to lunch,


and never an allusion to Johnson's
detection. 1t is altogether credible,
too, for he has frequently gone to
the Beecher church, since the
scandal, and listened with evident
satisfaction to the eloquent out
burts of the man whom before the
whole world he had accused Of per-
jury, false witness, and adultery.
But deeper than this outward show
of a mind at ease, the unspeakable
shaft has sunk as deeply into Til
toms soul as it has into Beecher's.
The world that he aspired to lead,
dazzle and command he can do
neither the one nor the other with.
He receives attention it is true.
When he lectures great crowds
accompany, but 1t is less in tribute
to his intellectual leadership than
the idle curiosity which would draw
as great crowd to a circus or a
bufoon. In Washington last win
ter the mans appreciation of the
position he occupies was illustrated


He went to the capitol, and being
recognized on the floor, a few yen-
turesome editors, who had known
him as the editor of the Iudepend-
ent and the counsellor Of Lincoln


arose, and, going to where he sat


shook hands. He told it afterwarC
with tears of pleasure in his eyes
as old women who recall triumph
won by charms which have faded
many a year. The very notice o


such courtesy was the acknowledg


ment that it was not due, and tina


its bestowal was as unexpected a


it was surprising. But the Tilton


Beecher story has not ended. ThOs


who see the last of it will see th,
0trangest and most unexpected part
Year: 1876

The New York Sun prints a very
clever ieu d'esprit relating to the
adventures of the Prince Of Mo
naco in search of wife. The story
is not so plausible as it might be,
but it is we'll told, and the uncau-
tious reader is likely to be trapped
by the skillful manner in which the
whole is explained in a telegraphic
addition. The Prince, it is said,
had dreamed that he was to find u
wife in a town beginning Mon,
and that the occasion would be
marked by a CONJUNCTION of spades,
diamonds and clubs. After search
ing in vain through his native city
Of Monaco and Monaghan, in Ire
land, he finally arrived at Monhe-
gan, an island off the coast of
Maine. There he found agirl with
blonde hair, digging with spade
in diamond-shaped aowerbed.
AS he talked and trihed with her he
felt a humping blow on the back
he turned and recognised in the
boat.hook in the hand Of an irate
parent the club he long had sought
Spades, diamonds, and clubs were
thus provided; but the Sun, in {
telegraphic dispatch, conveys tn,
intelligence that the Prince wa
afterward discovered TO be q bank
robber in disguise.
Year: 1876

holdingor pressing the food between
the ends, the guests meanwhile
peeping through the partitions and
giggling at our frantic efforts to eat
gracefully. While eating supper
the governor of the place sent
a constable to obtain our names
and residence, that we might
be placed under police protection,
we being the first white men that
ever spent a night in the place.
Supper being over, we took a short
walk through the town, and as
there were many pilgrims in the
place who had never seen a Cauca-
sian before, we were the Z" observed
of all observers" especially our
friend, an Englishman, who is six
feet two inchesin his stocking feet,
making him a giant among them.
Going back to the hotel, our friend
asked us if we wished a bath and
shampoo; answering in the affirma-
tive, he gave the order, and hear
ing long, low and somewhat sad
whistle, which we had heard both
by day and by night in Yokohama
and which, though it had excited
our curiosity, we had failed to in
ouire the reason of-he went into
the street and brought in a blind
man, whom he said was to do the
shampooing. The bath being ready
we went down stairs and were
shown into a room, whose wet floor
proved it to be in constant use.


After finishing our bath we
donned our gown and returned to
our room, where the "blind man y
took us in charge, Commencing
with our feet, he knuckled us all
over, prying in between every joint
and muscle of our back and limbs,
excepting the region of the chest


and which, after he was through


made us feel as Timber as an acrobat


These shampooers, it is said, are


made blind in their childhood, tina


they mayply their vocation withou
] injuring the susceptibilities of an.


one. The sun rose unclouded OF


the following morning, and after


breakfast served on the floor, simi
lar in quality to the supper of tn
evening before, we paid our bill
which amounted to 81 75-this 70
both of us, including our wine.
Year: 1876

of the same thickness all the way
down, and have a sharp point, which
is an improvement that the Eng
lish manufacturers seem to think
quite unnecessary. The French
nails are made Of wire, they are
less brittle than the English, and
can be used over and over again
without breaking, thus proving far
more economical. The French nails
have also another peculiar advant-
age, which is this: when an Eng
lish nail is drawn out of its hole to
a certain extent, it loses. owing to
its wedge shape, all power of hold
ing, whereas, the French nail holds
to the last.
Year: 1876

In their teeth fer there are few teeth that have
not faults of their own. There is but one way
to preserve them without spot or blemish, and
that is, by the daily use Of the best dentrhce in
existence, fragrant SozoDoNT. cool, refreshing
nd opreoahle
Year: 1876

CoTroy U>Es.-According to TIE
Boston Journal of Chemistry there is
now produced class Of goods made
entirely of cotton, but called merino,
and which have the look Of the latter
fabric, owing 20 the woolly surface i'm
parted 10 them in the process of man
ufacture. These goods are found both
in the United States aid Spanish
America markets in large quantities,
especially in mems underShirIs and
drawers. To cause the cotton TO thus
resemble wool Is scratched and the
surface raised by a particular opera
ton. On drawing out a thread or
two and burning them in the fame
Of a taper, if the material be cotton it
will consume TO a light, impalpable,
white ash, cotton being a vegetable
fiber. but if, on the contrary, it is
wool, and theref re an animal fiber,
i; Will twist and curl in he flame aud
show a black ash, accompanied by a
smell which will at once indicate its
origin. Cotton Is now SO cleve-ly
treated that is frequently taken for
siIk-aIso an animal tiber-and the
simple test referred TO can always be
applied when there is any doubt upon
this point.
Year: 1876

Ir takes long while to teach men
that they must return TO the good Old
way Of making money and their liv


inc. For some years nothing was so
popular as speculation If men had
only but ten dollars they could not for
bear to invest it in some OF the exag.
gerating speculative enterprises of the
day, and whether they lost or won,
the influence was the same. They
had tasted of the way, and they would
taste more, Judgment, prudence,
caution and honesty suffered fearfully
as 4 consequence, and it will require a
long education and severe training to
get the passion killed and the taste
turned the other way. When we are
ready TO come back to the belief that
money ought to be earned before it
was owned. and that the slow process
es of legitimate trade are surer and
safer than the haSty efforts of CONNER.
cial gambling, then, and not till then,
will there be real enterprise in bus
iuess and true revival Of trade.
Year: 1876

TaE Moon AND THE WEATHEa.-Ihe
notion that the moon exertS an IniiG-
enee on the weather Is so deeply root
ed that notwithstanding all the at
tacks which have been made against
i, since meteorology has been serious
Iy studied, il continues TO retain lis
hold upon US. And yet there never
was q popular superstition more utter
IL without basis than this one. If the
moon really did possess any power
owe. the weather, that power could
only be exercised in one Of three ways
by reflection of the suns rays, by
attraction, or by emaaation. Now,
as the brightest light OF full moon is
never equal in intensity or quantity
TO that which is reflected towards US
by q white cloud on summer day, Ii
can scarcely be pretended that weath
er is affected by such a cause. lhat
the moon does exert attraction on us
is u1anifested-we see its workings IN
the tides but though it can mcVe
water, it is most unlikely that 1t can
do the same 10 air, for the specific
gravity of the atmosphere Is 50 small
that there ia nothing TO be attracted.
LapIace calculated, indeed, that the
Joint attraction of the the sun aud
moon together could not stir the at
mosphere at a quicker rate than five
miles day. As for lunar emanations,
not sign of them has ever been dis
covered. The idea of an influence
being produced by the phases of the
moon is therefore based on no recog-
nizabie cause whatever. Furthermore
il is now distinctly shown that no va
riations at all really occur in weather
at the moment of the changes OF quart
er any more than at any other ordin-
ary times. Since the establishment
OF meteorological stations all over the
earth, it has been proved by millions
of observations that there Is no 81
multaneousneSs whatever between the
supposed effect. The whole story Is
a fancy and superstition which has
been handed down to us as uncontra>
dicted, and which we have accepted
as true because our forefatherS bellev
ed it. The moon exercises no more IN
fluence on weather than herrIngs do
on the government Of Switzerland
Biack2c0Od.
Year: 1876

SToYEwALL JACKScy's WDow.-
Every now and then some admirer of
Stonewall Jackson dies and leaves the
gallant soldiers widow a handsome
legacy. She threatens to become rich
under these repeated benefsctions.
We are glad of il. 1t is better for a
man tc lay his treasures at the shrine
OF so much beauty and virture than TO
peep through the crack of doom and
behold his legal heirs snatching each
other bald headed in q Surrogate's
Court.
Year: 1876

CAPITAL AND LABoa.-A large
man, who sat on the warf fishing
Yesterday, gave his opinion with re.
gard TO The hard times. He said the
trouble was that capital was opposed
to labor, and, no matter how anxious
a man was TO work. capital would
make no concessions. He wanted
work himself. he said, and once he
thought of giving up, but now bis
wife was able TO take in washing and
he would never yield, He intended
TO say more, but he was obliged to 90
OF 10 attend a ball match.
Year: 1876

A CoRREspoNDENT says he breaks
his horses of the habit of kicking back
the bedding in the stable by placing
rops closely behind the horse, across
the stall, and drawing 1t tight. Then
he ties the animal short and uses saw
dust for bedding a few nights, when
the habit will be overcome.
Year: 1876

A FARMER gives in his experience
in the management of horse that
pulls at the halter. He sayes ne had
four year old that pulled at the hal
ter, and she was cured of the habit by
taking a rope two feet long, fastening
one end around her body just back of
her shoulders, and passing the other
end through the ring of The halter and
tying TO the post. She lay back for
her usual pull fer a few times when
fixed in this way. but soon found she
was drawing from her body instead
of her head, which she did no. relish
and soon gave up in entirely.
Year: 1876

ANY good Shorthorn bullock, at
two years Old, will weigh from fifteen
hundred to seventeen hundred pounds,
and can be sold at five to six cents per
pound, or from seven: n:y-five to one
hundred dollars This Shorthorn steer
will eat no more than the scrub, and we
think far less. II both these animals
be equally and literally kept, the
scrub viii not exceed at two years
old twelve hundred pounds and the
best market for such is from three to
four cents per pound, or from thirty
six to forty eight dollars ;thus making
a difference in favor of the Shorthorn.
E. f. Noel, IN Rural Sun.
Year: 1876

WAR OF THE RosEs.-rThe ladies OF the
Second Presbyterian church propose to have
festival at their lecture.room early In


March, at which time the rival claims OF
York and Lancaster will be discussed and
decided. The novelty of the entertainment
and the benevolent objects to be assisted will


give them an extensive patronage, no doubt.
Year: 1876

@, A statement has been published to the
effect that you informed Judge Stevens that
he would either have to surrender part OF
his winnings or meet Captain Fowle in NOR
tai combat. Was there any truth in this
statement; il so, how much of truth.


A. informed him that the condition of
nv friend was such that unless some ar.
rangement could be made ! could not be re.
sDonsihle for his actions.
Year: 1876




The executive committee Of the American
Printing House for the Blind and the American
University for the Blind" earnestly call atten-
uon, in the appeal that they are making to the
public, 10 the above national institution which Is
to be established In this District for the purpose
Of giving the blind Instruction in the higher
grades Of liberal education They urge that
contributions be made to enable them to provide
accommodations for establishing the institution
formally and in fact. The importance and neces-
sity Of the work made 1t proper to press this be-
nevOlent claim at the present time, and the OBJ
ject is Of such . nature as should meet quick
and substantial support from this community.
A building subscription has been opened to be
paid when called for by the executive committee,
bank Contributions may be left with WIN. Bal
Iantyne, as Seventh street northwest, and re-
mittances may be made to Hon. VIM. Suckney,
at the National Savings bank, corner of Fifteenth
street and New York avenue.
Year: 1876

Burr Beggarly, a convicted mur-
derer in Wilson county, Tennessee,
under sentence to be hanged on the
26th instant. was baptized the other
day in a pool specially pepared for
the purpose in the Jail yard. As the
clergyman led him in he sang, "Alas
and did my savior bleed2" and when
he had been dipped in the cleansing
flood he shouted, "Glory to the
Lamb! Two weeks more and shall
see my Jesusm OF course such 8
baptism would not be resorted to
except IN the belief that the process
would save the soul of Beggarly
But how about his victinl Will he
reach heaven, tool Maybe he was
one of the chosen when Beggarlv
closed him out, aud in that event
perhaps the theory is that Beggarly
may plead:
Year: 1876




The country we inhabit Is of such q
character that we can safely recommend
it to citizens Of other localities without
fear Of creating disappointment in those
who are induced thereby, to come and
make q settlement among US. It has
been we'll tasted by several years resi-
dence and cultivation, and both in rela-
ton to its soil and climate, it has
proved itself both fertile and healthy.
Our need ofpopulatiou to fully develope
it and secure to us advantages of good
roads, good schools, and moro perfect
highway for the shipment Of our sur
plus products, makes it Incumbent in
those Of us who are now here to make a
reasonable exertion to induce immigra-
ton to and settlement upon our thous-
ands Of acres of rich, uuoccupied lands.
Just at this time, when there is found
in the older states so much discomfort,
and desire for change Of location, there
is every encouragement to believe that
our efforts in such direction will be
attended with much success. Va Eae
Having during the past season visited
several of the eastern states and wit
messed the great number Of robust and
healthy people entirely destitute Of any
remunerative employment. and yet. de.
sirious of obtaining it, and heard their
expressions Of desire to emigrate to a
country where land is cheap and whore
labor can produce something for their
support. We are fully convinced that
very moderate efforts made to induce
immigration from that quarter would be
attended with good results. At present
there is there, great ignorance of the
resources Of this western coast, and still
greater ignorance of the character and
resources of Eastern Washington and
Northern idaho. One could hardly
credit people, who in other respects
are so well informed, with possessing so
little knowledge of our section of coun-
try, as the mass of the people there ex-
hibit in relation to US. This mani.
tests itself in the singular and extraor.
dinary questions they ask Of visitor
from our section, and the remarkable
incredulity they at first exhibit when
told facts relating to this country which
are as familiar to us here as household
words. This incredulity can be easily
dispelled by well authenticated state
ments Of these facts printed, and circu-
lated among them, for they are read
ing people and easily moved by facts
and good logic. The truth is, the news.
papers of the east seldom If ever publish
anything touching our soil, climate or
productions, or other matters concern
ing US to inform the people there, and
we have never made any publication
here Of our resources which has ever
had Q general circulation there among
the people. Hence their ignorance in
relation to us: We presume the peo-
pie OF many of the older states are
equally ignorant Of our situation aud
advantages. aaigd .lw ..aA sa.a3e
+ Why can not some concerted effort
be made to disseminate abroad a fair
and truthful statement of our var;ous
resources and advantages? Only a
short time ago we received letter from
Boston making enquiries il parties there
could not cooperate with some of our
prominent citizens here, in inducing
from that section from two hundred to
Eve hundred families, having means
and skilled in farming, to enigratc and
Year: 1876

Efforts are still being made to get the
steamer Falcon afoat-the boat that found
cred in Smyrna Creek, at Rothwells two
miles from that town, last week. The boat
rests with her bow and stern on the banks
of the creek, and the weight of DER engine
in the middle has bagged her so badly that
it is thought her hull will be useless. Her
machinery is good. Capt. Hallinger has put
another boat, the Novelty on in her stead.
Year: 1876

IN million Tor his life He might as we'll
have put the pistol to his head and blown
his brains out at once as to fight at that dis
tanos with an antagonist armed with rifle.
His death was certain at the hands even Of
an ordinary marksman. Had the distance
been 10 feet, and the signal to fire from the
word, be would have had an equal
chance; but, under the circumstances,
his death was absolutely certain, and,
as We have said, the death Of his enemy was
only one chance in million. Although he
foolishly and recklessly flung his life away,
the duel Was none the less positive, cold
blooded murder, and the murderer, if be is
ever apprehended, should be made to suffer
the penalty Of that crime. It is little sur
prising that on the frontier, where fair play
is considered jewel, the murderer was al,
loved to escape by the crowds of people who
witnessed the murder.
Year: 1876

There is an erroneous impression that there
Is going to be long and fierce struggle at
the Cincinnati Convention, extending over =
great many ballots and perhaps several days


This idea comes from the belief that there
are some three candidates whose partisans
will obstinately adhere to them to the last,
ind that there can be no majority 80 long as
This goes On, nor until the Great Unknown !"
be found and accepted as q compromise on
nj Sides This might be the case if the two
Thirds rule prevailed in the Republican as it
does in the Democratic Convention but,
ince it requires only majority to nominate
1t Cincinnati, the man who shall first succeed
in approximating it is most likely to
be the successful contestant. There
IRE unpledged delegates and delegates only
partially committed 10 "favorits sonnies
gho will scramble for favor with the winning
man By changing their votes over to him the
moment it appears probable that he will get
the prize. There is contagion in this sort OF
thing, and, once fairly started, it rarely ends
without nomination "by large majority"
It il the "hurrah" that is to be feared as