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Year: 1876

PROBABILITY that the New YORK Democrat1c


State Convention will Meet Again.


ELMIRA, N Y. Sept 2-Judge Gray,
chairman of the late Democratic state con-
vention, telegraphs to the state committee
that it should not name candidate for
governor, in place of Seymour, but
should either recall the convention or call
new one. Judge Gray says be received
telegram from Seymour declining the
nomination for any office, and withheld
it from the convention by advice OF the
chairman of the state conmmitte who
recommended that no mention be made of
it until the committee to confer with Sey
mour hadkbeen heard from. The chair
man of the latter committee reporting
that Seymour would accept the nomina-
tion made it unnecessary to read the dis
patch.
Year: 1876

MAKING IT WARArFoR HIH.-Ths Bur
lingtOn Hawkeye man says, the ether
night man who lives out sn Columbia
street WAS kept down town on business
until a very late hour and his wife knew
ing how cold he would be when he got
home, put an iron on the stove, and when
she heard him open the front gate she
jumped up, hurriedly wrapping the iron
in piece Of flannel chucked il in bed for
him TO warm his feet by. The man was
cold and taciturn and cross. He crawled
into bed with a growl, shuddered with
cold as he stretched himself out. Then
he gave yell that lifted the roof OF the
house, and Jam med his head through the
hcadboard, and screamed fire, and waltzed
ont on the floor and around the room in
the dark, straddling rocking chairs and
breaking his shins % bureau corners,
and knocking down the brackets with his
shoulders, and upsetting one or .wO
things, and filling the darkness With
weird, fantastic profanity. They lit a
candle and discovered beautiful photo
graph of a fiat-iron on the bottom Of he
mans foot, and il was found that the ran
mel had somehow got OF the fOot-warmer
Year: 1876

When oil paint cannot be afforded for
ienres aud outhouses. a good whitewash
N look well and be durable. The fol-
owing wash is excellent:


lake clean barrel that will hold wa
Tor Put into it half bushel Of quick
lmc and slake it by pouring over it boil
ug water sufficient to cover it four or five
aches deep and stirring il until slaked.
When quite slaked, dissolve it in water.
and add two pounds OF sulphate OF zinc,
which may bc had at any of the druggists,
and one of common salt, and which in a
lew days will cause the whitewash to
harden on the woodwork Add sufficient
water TO bring it to the consistency OF
thick whitewash.


To make the above wash of a pleasant
cream color, add lbs. yellow ochre.


For fawn color add 4 lbs. umber, l h.
Indian red, and H. lampblack


For gray or stone color, add lbs UNI
Der, and lbs. lampbiack.


The color may be put on with com :
mon whitewash brush, and will be found
much more durable than common white
wash.
Year: 1876

As the crew of Footdee fishing boat
were hauling in their nets on board at the
fishing ground, about thirty miles off
very large-sized whale-a finner"-made
a rush at heavily stocked net, and swal
lowed part of it. along with an immense
quantity of herrings which were sticking
in the meshes The somewhat indigesti
bic mouthful seemed to make the whale
rather uncomfortable. the monster look
ING as if it was about to choke but the
fishermen in the boat managed to tear off
bit of the net. and the whale soon dis
appeared with the rest.
Year: 1876

@ President Grant and his family
were treated to the pleasure of genuine
scare last week. A young gentleman
and his tutor, who had just returned
from Europe, arrived in this city and
put up at Wizards hotel. Having left
some of their baggage in the Custom
House in New York. they concluded to
draw up such an affidavit as they thought
necessary to get it released. They be-
gan: Washington, May %, 1876. I
(giving his name,) hereby swear that
the box continuing" When they got
this far they were unable to remember
exactly what was in the box, and so
gave up making the application. They
left the city for Baltimore, and left the
unfinished application lying on the table
ut the hotel. Some wag accidentally
got hold of it, and continued the writ
ing, adding the following to it.: "the
dynamite fixtures arranged for the pur-
pose of blowing up the present admin
istration was carefully deposited under
the White House on Sunday night, the
2Sth. 1t is so arranged that it will ex-
plode on the night of the 30th of May,
at l1:3O o'clock. Hoping that it will
peform its work successfully, I am
yours, etc. He then gave the paper
to u friend, who hurried around to the
White House with it. The scene that
followed there was n lively one. In
slant search was made inside and out
side of the house, and long time was
spent in moving every article under or
behind which the internal machine
might have been placed, but of course
without avail. The matter was then
placed 70 the hands of the detectives,
who traced the two gentlemen to Balti-
more, where they were going to arrest
them. The gentlemen, ignorant of
any wrong, were going to have the de-
tectives arrested, when another lively
scene took place. An explanation was


finally had, the discrepancy between
the two handwritings shown, and the
detectives left, looking as if they had
been sold.
Year: 1876

E A plan to make Mount Vesuvius
practically useful has been broached in
London. It is nothing else than to con-
vert the crater ibto receptacle for
dead bodies. A company will under
take to run mortuary trains from diff
ferent parts of Europe to Vesuvius and
up its sides to the summit. on reaching
which they will tilt their contents into
the abyss, leaving nature in its grandest
form to do the work Of canceling the re-
mains of humanity, and then take the
surviving mourners : short excursion "a
Naples and it, environs IN order 10 can
! eel the Last rsmains Of grief.
Year: 1876

The dead man is wise, but he is ST.
lent.


A hopeless person is one who deserts
himself.
Have not thy cloak to make when it
begins to rain.


Hope is the dawn of JOY, and memory
its twilight.


Prejudice squints when it looks, and
lies when it talks.


The slanderer and the assassin differ
but in their weapons.


He who is honest for reward is a
knave without reward.


The speculations of one generation
are the history of the next.


There is long and wearisome step
between admiration and imitation.


Youth is made to wish and dream,
and life to deny youths dreams and
wishes.


Be deaf to the quarrelsome, blind to
the scorner, and dumb to those who
are mischievously inquisitive.


Violent passions are formed in soli-
tude. In the hustle of the world no
object has time to make deep inn
preston.


God breaks the cistern to bring us to
the fountain. He withers our gourds,
that he himself may be our shade.


Charity, like the sun, brightens
every object on which it shines;a CEN
serious disposition casts every character
into the darkest shade it will bear.


Don't look too hard, except for some
thing agreeable. We can find all the
disagreeable things in the world be-
tween our own hats and boots.


Resist every false doctrine; but call
no mar hereto. The false doctrine
does not necessarily make the man a
hereto; but an evil heart can make any
doctrine heretical.


Nothing can he more injurious to
your peace of mind than to have too
many contidents. You live in abject
slavery every day, as you are constant
ly fearing that some of your numerous
confidants will reveal a secret you
would not have anybody know for all
the world,
Year: 1876

~ This anecdote is told of DR..
Samuel johnson and wife previous to
their marriage: He said that he very
much wished to marry her, but there
were three obstacles. First he was of
very humble origin; second, he had no
money, third, he had an uncle who was
hung. In reply, she said she honored
no man more or less because of his par
entage; second, she had no money her
self; and third, although she had had
no relatives hung, she had twenty who
deserved it, and she wished they were.
Year: 1876

FRIcAssEE OF FPAHsNEPs-Boil iu milk
till they ara soft, then cut them length
wise into bits two or three inches long,
and simmer in q white sauce made of two
spoonsful Of broth, bit Of mace, half q
a cupful Of cream, bit Of butter, and
some -four, pepper and salt.
Year: 1876

APPLE FLoAr-Take six large apples,
pare, slice, and stew them in as much
water as will cover them. When we'll
done, press them through sieve. and
make very sweet With crushed or loaf
sugar. While cooling. beat the whites
of four eggs to stiff froth, and stir in
the apples; favor with lemon or vanilla.
Serve with sweet cream. Quite as good
as peaches and cream.
Year: 1876

E Theodore Tilton's four children
two young ladies and two boys-are
all living with their father OF the old
homestead in Brooklyn. The wife and
mother will the next to come, though it
must be as the children have come
without asking.
Year: 1876

In ScriJncr for May, Charles Barnard
has paper on "Some Experiments in Co
operation" in which he speaks as follows
of the Springfield (Vt.) industrial works, a
successful cooperative enterprise: st the
benches are young men and women in about
equal numbers, distributed according to the
demands of the work or their Own ability
Precisely as in any manuIactory, there is 4
regular system of work and perfect subdi-
vision Of labor. BY the peculiar method Of
selection, each one has the work that the
majority think he or she is best suited to
to perform consistently with the best inter
ests of the establishment On going
through the various departments, one can
not fail to notice the quiet and order that
prevail. There is a rigid adherence to busi-
ness that is positively refreshing. Persons
familiar with working people in mills and
shops can readily recall that calmness Of
manner, and ingenuity in doing nothing
with apparent energy that characterize some
of the workers Not trace of this can be
seen in the industrial works


The sun goes down, the lamps are lighted,
and the work goes on without pause. Il
is hammer, hammer, hammer, with all the
regularity and twice the energy of clock.
The whirling shafts spin steadily, the shay
ings fly from the planers, the paint brushes
slip along quickly in nimble girl fingers
1t is work, work, work with jolly persist
ence, The six o'clock bell rings, and 10
one seems to discover it till the reluctant
engineer turns off the water, and the clat-
tering machinery runs slowly and finally
stops, as if it also held shares in the COM
pany.


We may join them at their liberal table;
forty or more young men and women in
good health and the best Of spirits They
are we'll dressed, intelligent, with manners
sclfrespectful and courteous. After sup
per some amuse themselves with books,
music, and games, and some return to the
shop for extra work. All are apparently
contented and happy, and all, without ex-
ception, are making money at a rate seldom
equaled by people in their position.
Year: 1876

The Dubuque (Iowa) Times of the 18th
inst. editorially makes this statement ::
1--WE are just in receipt of letter from
a gentleman friend in Washington, who re-
lates to US fresh example of the spirit
that rules the Democratic House, and
vouches for its absolute truth, as he was an
cye-wltress. 1t occurred week ago to-
day, and was as follows: It is a rule Of the
House that Representative Hall is open to
every American citizen until II 45 a. n,
at which time (when Congress is in ses-
sion) the floor is cleared for members only,
and such others as have the privilege of
the House. On the day mentioned a gen
tleman walked into the hall and took the
vacant chair Of member, as did a score of
others, it being a half hour before conven-
ing time. He had been prominent officer
Of the House, and as such was entitled to
the courtesy Of the floor. When he sat
down the deputy Sergeant-at-Arms ap-
preached him and in impudent and lofty
language ordered him to leave tie hall.
The gentleman replied that he had the
privilege of the floor, and besides it was be-
fore convening time, and hence every
American citizen had a right there. The
rebel deputy, more insolent than before, re-
peated his demand that the gentleman leave
the hall. The insultcd man turned in his
chair, and, looking the insolent understrap-
per full in the eye, said: we have met
once before; you in the Rebel army, | in
the Union. You can't forgiveg me for not
being a rebel like yourself / have a right
on this floor. You have twice insulted
me by ordering me to leave as a master
would a menial. You must not repeat
your insult At this the Confederate de-
putty reached out his hand to seize the gen
tleman with the view Of removing him by
force. The man rose up and said: Ifyou
lay your hand on me you are a dead man.
At this bystander stepped forward, and
addressing the deputy, said You are al
untamed rebel, and though an officer ol
this Confederate House you have no right
to lay your hand on this gentleman, stran.
ger to NE. Touch him, and you are dead
man where you are Saying which he
drew his revolver, whereupon the rebel
rufian skunk like coward as he was through
the forty or fifty who had gathered about
them during the few minutes in which the
affair was proceeding Thirty minutes later
| this poltroon officer Of the Democratic
Confederate House stepped near the Speak
er's rostrum from hiding place to which
he had skunk, and respectfully requested
all who had not the privilege of the fool
To retire"
Year: 1876

Men talk about hardening the constitu-
ton, and with that view expose themselves
to summer sun and winters wind. to
strains, and over-eforts, and many unne-
cessary hardships. To the same end ill-in-
formed mothers souse their little infants in
cold water day by day their skin and flesh
and bodies are steadily growing rougher,
and thinner, and weaker, until slow fever
or water on the brain, or consumption, car
ries them to the grave and then they ad-
minister themselves the semi-comfort and
rather questionable consolation of It's being
mysterious dispensation of nature, when,
in fact, nature works no miracle to counter
act our follies. The best way we know of
hardening the constitution is to take good
care Of it for it is no more improved by
harsh treatment than fine garment or new
hat is made better by being banged about.
Year: 1876

Another phase of life we find almost as
sad. The young girl just out of school is
fascinated by the attentions Of young
man, and nothing can persuade her that he
is not the brayest and best of men, What
does she know Of the secret lives of these
gallant gentlemen? She might read the
legend Of excess in the bleared eye and
tremulous lip, but she cannot understand
it. She may hear whisper of prodigality
and scandalous indulgence, but she stops
her ears and loves her hero all the better,
because he is the victim Of detraction. She
knows nothing of his daily occupations,
nothing Of his associates She little
imagines that his soft compliments conceal
a cruel temper, and the hand which presses
hers so tenderly is brutal hand, fit only
for deeds of violence That he is a gambler
and drunkard-false, quarrelsome, idle,
selfish and sensual-she might know, if she
exercises as much thought and caution as
she does in selecting a new bonnet. But
young ladies have notion that it is grand
and noble to take lover on trust, to
despise good counsel and flial obedience,
and they hug themselves with the sweet de-
lusion that they are heroines, when they
are only fools. The girl triumphs, of course,
over father and mother Those who really
love her follow the wedding festivities with
aching hearts, and watch the future with
sorrowful apprehensions. The sequel is
often not long delayed. For little while,
life is a dream Of sentiment then the truth
begins to dawn upon the poor heart. She
has sold herself for passing fancy-"sold
herself and got no pay" Neglect is soon
followed by angry words and contemptuous
looks and brutal jests. Her jewels are sold
to buy bread there is hideous bruise
upon her white arm OF shoulder she shud-
ders at the sound of footsteps whose coming
she once watched with JOY. With the
courage that is given to some women, she
holds proud and smiling face to the world,
covers up her heartaches, bears the blame
and censures to screen him, and if she has
strong physical life she may bear it for
while, but the end must come Either
she must be brave and pure enough to
break the bonds that have grown hateful,
Year: 1876

a story is circulating which tells how a
fair young lady went to druggist and told
him to make up one dose of caster oil and
to mix it with something to take the taste
away. The man told her to wait. In a
few moments he asked her if she would
ike to take glass of soda water. She ac-
cepted the invitation, and drank the bever-
age. Presently she asked the roller of
pills why he didn't give her the castor oil.
The man smiled triumphant smile, and
said, Madam, you have taken it. | mixed
fearful dose with that soda" She turned
pale she sank into chair she gasped,
"Great Heaven | wanted it for my
mother"
Year: 1876

a Detroit lady purchased jacket at a
Woodward avenue store the other day. and
the clerk said he would send it right home
inside of half an hour In about 4 hours q
package boy appeared with the garment,
and the inpatient lady exclaimed


"Iou boys are the greatest nuisance in
town. | suppose you stopped to play mar
bles or hunt up a lost dog ?'


Indeed, [ didn't" he replied. II went
up home to change hats, and ma she had
to try on the jacket and parade before the
glass. Then Katy she put it on to make
call, and when she got back ma was deter
mined to walk over on Woodward avenue
to show it off, and got here as quick as
ever | could"
Year: 1876

The following bill passed both Houses of
the Legislature and was sent to the Gov
ernor


That members of lodges of the Order of
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and other
organizations of a similar character, shall
not be individually liable for the payment
of weekly or funeral benefits or other
liabilities of the lodge, but that the same
shall be payable only out of the treasury of
the!lodge; provided that the provisions of
this act shall only apply to unincorporated
associations.
Year: 1876

We arc not going to say word against
1t. Oh, no The boys would not like it.
1t Is all the 60 just now 1t is more in
repute than horse-racing or any other di-
version.


Every young man who aspires "to be
anything, has got set of striped stock
lngs, tri-colored cap and pair of tights
which he calls his uniform.


In this uniform he develops his muscle.


To get muscle is the thing nowadays
but 1t is not gained in the old-fashioned
way. In the days of our grandparents,
nobody dreamed of getting strong by
swinging from trapezes, jumping over
poles, or playing baseball Muscle was
mostly obtained in those days By follow
ing the plow, swinging the scythe, and
performing with the wood-saw on the
winter fuel.


Baseball playing is one of the most ap-
proved methods of getting muscle.


We freely confess that we know nothing
whatever about the game. We are in pro-
found ignorance as to pitches and
catches" and ''innings," and ct cetera
We have seen the game played hundreds
OF times, and we know Just as much about
1t as We did when we were a baby.


But the players enjoy it. People go to
see them play who know just as much
about the game as we do, and they call it
splendid y And of course it is. How
the local paper sets forth in glowing col
ors the triumphs of its own town club,
and how all the friends and relatives of
the various members Of that club purchase
the paper and send it off to the friends
and relatives at a distance, that they may
know that the Stool Oaks have beaten the
STOPPING Willows by 50 many runs


Through hot and cold, wet and dry,
storm and sunshine, your genuine base
ballist will play his favorite game.


The first may purple his nose, or the
sun Of Jul y may broil him alive in his
uniform, but he will not give up. The
balls will very likely miss their aim, and
hit somebody on the skull, and crash in
somebody's nasal organ, or stop up an
eye here and there, but none Of the club
take warning thereby. Accidents, they
say, will happen everywhere. A man is
just as likely to get his eyes bunged hoe
ing corn, or laying bricks, as he is at base
ball playing. Who is going to give up
such a noble game because he gets little
hit now and then?


All other business has to yield to base
ball plying.


Pos mother want Tom to help her
about any household job Tom looks at
her in amazament. Doesn't she know
that he has got to play ball? Does father
need him about making things snug for
winter, why the work must wait. Tom
club meets that very day to see about
playing game with the Dropping vii
low Club


The uniform claims a great deal of at
tention, and the sisters of these base
ballists have to lay aside their crochet and
their tattins, and attend to demoralized
tights, and twisted stockings, and cham
pion belts.


And though checks be bruised from
blows Of bats and random balls, and
hands be swellcd to twice the size de-
signed by nature, the boys do not mind it


"Our club beat EN- say they, and
that is glory genough.-Katc Thorn, ii,
y. !. Weekly.
Year: 1876

The object of attack on GEORGE H.
PENDLEToN is not generally under


stood. The fact that as an attorney
he administered on.the estate of Bow
LER and collected large amount due
the estate from the government was
no cause for complaint. He is law
yer of the first order of talent, and a
friend of the family who employ him,
and it was but natural they should
employ him. And as frequent efforts
had been made to collect this debt
without success, the heirs were more
than willing to give large fee to Sc
cure it. He took hold oft, as he does
any business placed in his hands, with
a determination to collect it possible
and he succeed. There is nothing un-
usual in this; he nearly always sue
ceed. But it was his success that
brought him into trouble. Others
had tried and failed, Repu ublicans and
Democrats, and these were the men
that smelt out the snake. But no in
quiry would have been instituted but
for the fact that the Republicans were
more than anxious to divide the obi :
um of public plunder with the Demo-
Gratis, which up to that time seemed
to belong exclusively to Republicans.


PENDLEToN is prominent Democrat
and if they could rub their smut
OH him, they could at least say
'theft is not confined to one par
ty.n They did all in their power
to ferret out something, but
failed. There were few Democratic
aspirants who winked at the investi-
CATION, who would not have wept If q
little smut had been found. They
imagine PENDLEToN stands in their
way. AS he has come out unspotted
we can look at the probabilities of his
guilt, In his own personal right, he
is worth about two millions of dollars,
and is by no means avarcious, there
fore money was no temptation. Judg-


ing from his conduct through life, no
man living possesses higher sense of
honor. In all his public and private
life, there has never been whisper by
friend or foe against his integrity.
He is open hearted and candid, and
though politician, he knows moth
ing of cunning nor wire working.
Year: 1876

San Francisco on this subject is like
a boiling cauldron. Meetings are be-
ing held every night and the papers
are filled with accounts of speeches
and resolutions. To stop further emf
grafton, and to get clear of the Chi
nese we have in the country, every
speaker has plan of his own and ad-
herents enough to applaud when he
speaks. All the speakers appologised
for not having had time to mature the
subject, which is very apparent, if
their speeches were correctly re ported
The starving-out process of getting
clear of the Cinnamon apparel to
have the most advocates-cease to


employ them, or to patronize those
who do. This is an utter impossible
ity, for while they are here, we cam
not expect to receive other labor to
supply their place. They must work
or perish and no humane person
would permit human being to per-
ish at his door. If the government
will abrogate the treaty and prevent
others from coming these will soon
return to their own country. -