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Year: 1876

HE San Antonio Express says that from
tins time forth there will not be cattle
enough to make up such a drive as that now
going out of Texas. Various influences have
been AT work to force the driving away and
selling the vast herds of cattle that former
ly roamed almost unmolested over our i'm
meuse prairies. The demand for them in
all the other States has been increasing
with great rapidity ever since the war.
This has sent cattle buyers and contractors
among US by the hundred, with plenty of
capital for the trade. The need OF money
here, As well as the spirit of speculation
here and elsewhere, have made cattle drv-
ing brisk and growing business. For
tunes have been made by scme and lost by
Others, but money has been made much
more plentiful in the country.
Year: 1876

those of the people of the Southwest. Ii Is
hard tn see how, for Legitimate reasons, an
Southern member can vote to withhold the
privilege of building this second road to
the Pacific from those who offer to do it
with their own means, or how any North
ern member can be opposed to it.
Year: 1876

Tax Gsaesyille Sun says that the contem-
plated Austin and LAmpAsas Marrow Gauge
Road Will control for Austin the whole
trade of Coryell county, and yet there are
few tradespeople and property-hOlders Of
Austin who invest nothing in the enterprise
A narrow gauge should be constructed to
bore them for the simples.
Year: 1876

An old physician asserts that an o ange
eaten every morning half an hour before
breakfast will eventually destroy tho dc.
sire for alcoholic drinks. lie says that
he has never known i, To fsil in .iecting
cure Of the most confirmed inebrieiy
Now, WHO would ask for more agreeable
medicine?
Year: 1876

In spite Of the abuse lavished upon
him in spite OF his Harrisburg letter
in spite Of the anti.third-term resolutions
Of several Republican Conventions in
spite Of the crooked whisky imbroglio,
Grant is still the strongest candidate in tie
Republican ranks-ircodiap.
Year: 1876

Of the five holidays which Americans GEN.
orally observe three, Fast Day, Independence
Day, and Thanksgiving Day, are National.
Of the others one is the great festival of the
Christian world, the other day held in JOY
full observance by all the peoples of the earth.
But the wider holiday carries less significance
than the day recognized by but small pro-
portion of the worlds population. The one
announces that the world has added to its
burden of years, perhaps without bringing
increase of happiness or wisdom; the other
commentaries the usheIing in of an epoch
which has changed the face of the earth and
the character and destiny of its peoples,
which has brought revelation from the liv-
ing God, which has year by year seen increase
of knowledge and happiness and material
prosperity and witnessed the decay of wicked
ness and misery, and which has comforted
the sorrowful heart of man with the assur-
ance of blessed Immortality after his years
here have ended. From the birth of Christ
the enlightened world now dates its age, as
though The time passed before was of little
worth to reckon, or of another aud poorer
existence the memory of which is not 10 be
treasured up.


In the lapse of years Christmas by the
wide influence of the kindly legends of the
Christ Child and Saint Nicholas has come to
be pre-eminently festival of the children.
1t is very fitting that the ushering in of the
Kingdom of Jesus should be peculiarly COM
memorated by the little ones whose place
in that kingdom is SO emphatically recognized
by its Founder, and that the commemoration
of the day should shadow forth and symbo-
lize the making of gifts at the manger where
the elders sought out the Babe of Bethlehem.
But the day brings TO men and women
reminder of their duties, duties higher than
those of gift-making, however much that
gladdens the hearts of the little ones. In
these troublous times when angry passions
are stirred and hot words find favor let us
recall the message of peace which came
down to the watching shepherds of the plain
on the first Christmas night, "Behold 1
bring you good tidings of great joy **
glory to God in the highest, and on earth
peace, good will toward men,"
Year: 1876

The pointed utterance of Senator Key, of
Tennessee, against the Oregon trick, and the
equally emphatic declaration that the people
of his section did not want and would not
have war, have greatly disconnected the ex-
treme Northern Democrats. The indications
now that they will be unable to command
a good part of the Southern vote for any
revolutionary steps in the House or elsewhere
grow stonger every day.
Year: 1876

No man ever succeeded in extinguishing
himself more quicklythan the Governor of
Oregon. He may take his place in the
Senate; possibly that body may not deem it
worth while to make fuss over corpse;
but whether he remains on the surface or
not there is no mistake about his being dead.
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 eommu-
nications that are not used
Year: 1876

The talked of consolidation of the Undine
and Pioneer boat clubs of this city, has not
progressed very far as yet. The commit.
tee appointed by the Undine club recently,
not having completed its work.


In connection with the consolidation,
there is a rumor current among the boat
men, that the new club does not propose If
the consolidation takes place, to engage in
any contest with any other club, but that
the club will be mainly pleas
ure one, for the practice and
amusement of its own members, and that 1t
will refuse to join the navy, which will of
course practically do away with the usual
Ngattas unless another club is formed. The
Bachelors claim that the movement is one
which was inaugurated because the other
clubs are afraid to contest with them, and
that if the decision ia made not to have q
regatta, they will challenge any four oars
men in the State to contest, and that q
failure to accept will entitle them to the
championship flag


The matter seems to be creating some in
terest among the lovers Of the sport in this
city, and general impression is preya-
lent that the movement may result in the
breaking up of the sport, and prominent
boatmen express their disgust at the state
of affairs, but state that they will make an
attempt to revive the sport by the organi-
zation of Centennial club for the season.
Year: 1876

Something for the official Snsellers.


Investigation is wanted in Chestertown.
It is in the postof1ce department and some
body is doing the thing so awfully crooked
that 1t would not look straight even to q
blind man. The Kent County Railroad is
paid for all the mail matter carried over it
by weight, and this has led to fatter look
ing mall bags than when the transportation
was paid for the matter in the bulk. A
mail bag that a man could have tested his
muscle easily with when the latter mode of
payment was in practice, the man with the
iron jaw could now scarcely gravitate upon
the top of bis head. One might exclaim,
"And pray how has all this been done" and
it could easily be answered with "Why by
stufiing the mail bags"


Rumor has it that the man who has done
the crooked work is very much interested
| In the road, so much so that he sends at
least dozen sacks of mail matter over the
line a week, filed with that interesting
class of literary matter known as public
documents or sometimes called for short
"public docs" some of them dating back
a. far as 1867 and handsomely embellished
with cobwebs and mildew. They are all
consigned to one party in Chestcrtown and
that party says he has no idea who sends
them, but he is much indebted to the donor
for the heart-rending stories they relate of
new patent washboards, spring beds,
churns, paper collars, sc. And as he has
already about ton of this literary material
on hand, he can easily make donation to
some Centennial library. This is clear
case of BelknaperyEor Cresswellism and
should be looked into. Such is the state.
ment of Chestertown correspondent.
Year: 1876

The following decription Of a prof
table hog was reported by the COM
mittee at the Swine Breeders Asso-
citation at indianapolis, Ind, and is
we'll worth the consideration Of the
farmers hereabout, as it may assist
them in the selection of such hogs as
will best pay them to raise:


He must have a small, short head,
heavy jowl and thick, short neck;
ears thin and tolerable erect, not OBJ
jectionable if they droop slightly
for ward; must be straight from the
neck back to the flank; must be let
down to the knees in qrisket :of good
length from head to tail; broad on the
back, ribbed rather barrel-shaped must
be slightly curved or arched in the back
from shoulder to setting on Of tail; tail
small; loug on the ham, from mock to
letting off Of loins sholder not too large
symetry to the animal; ham broad
and full; hair smooth and evenly set
on; skin soft elastic to the touch;
legs shert, small and we'll set under,
broad between the legs; good depth
between top and bottom OF the hog;
with pleasant. quiet disposition,
should not weigh more than 800 or
400 pounds gross at twelve or eighteen
months old, according to keep; color
may be black or white, or mixture
Of the two. The above decribed hog
will measure as many feet from the
top of the head to the setting on of
tail as he does around the body, and
will measure As msny inches around
the leg below the knee rs ho does in
in feet in length around the body;
depth of body will be four-fifths OF
his height"
Year: 1876

Yesterday morning in the Street Market
on King street between Second and Third
streets, boy, name unknown, snatched q
cabba belonging to lady. There was nc
charge made against him, and the Officer
refused to arrest him.
Year: 1876

reauire. The Commissioners, by their acts,
say openly and fairly and emphatically that
tbey mean to reform the whole force by pun
ishIng first the responsible heads whenever they
can detect them.


Thus far the removals have been secured
only by the personal efforts of the four Com
missioners. They were forced, we understand,
TO secure the evidence against Van Dusen ana
Irving by personal exertiOns they received no
assistance from their immediate subordlnates.
We should not like to add further that they so
far distrusted them that they did not dare to
call upon them for information. But the
Commissioners should no longer devote
their personal efforts to this sort OF de-
tective work. If the superintendent ana
inspectors cannot be trusted to watch the
captains and sergeants if the captains cannot
be depended upon to report delinquency on the
part of any of their commands, then superln-
tendent, inspectors, and captains are unfit for
their duties, and the whole system of discipline
in the force is wrong. Heretofore under the
old organization these higher officers have
been leagued in sort of common de-
fense, each protecting the other by silence,
and sometimes by false swearing. Hereafter
1t ought to be plainly intlmated to them ana
clearly understood by all of them that they
are 10 be a check and watch upon each other
for the protection of the general good. Ihat
is the ONLY correct basis for the disciplining OF
a semi-mitary force like the police of great
Year: 1876

POLICE REFORMATION AND DISCIPLINE


The dismissal of Capt James Irving from
the Police force is bit of justice long de-
layed. II former Commissioners who tried
him two years ago had been half as positive
and conscientious in the discharge of their
duties as the present ones, Irving would have
been dismissed for his grossly corrupt collusion
with mcdonnell, the Bank of England forger.
For that Oliense he may yet be tried, if the
agents of the Bank in this city carry out in
stiuctions to lay the facts before the proper
authority-the Distlict-Attorney.


This decision is a second important step
taken by the Police Commissioners in the
work of thoroughly cleansing the police force
of the corrupt meh who rose to power i'll the
department under the Tweed Ring. The dis
missal Of Capt. Van Dusen ought to have indi-
Gated clearly enough the new policy to have
warned the whole force of what was coming
in the way of reformation. The dismissal of
Irving ought to be The last warning which
superintendent, inspectors and captains should
Year: 1876

An Albany letter observes of the Greenback
party in that section what is doubtless true of
it throughout the State-that its vote is drawn
mainly from the Democratic ranks. There Is
no probability however, that the Republican
bunder in Indiana is to be repeated in New
York under Democratic auspices. Once Is
enough with mistakes of that kind, and the
Greenback candidate for Governor Is more
likely TO have offers from both parties to come
out for the other side than to be asked for a
preference which so recently proved fatal.
Meanwhile another correspondent speculates
upon the future of the Grcenback party in
general, predicting that Democratic defeat VIII
be almost equivalent to disbandmcnt, and Will
turn over a large share of its voters to the
Greenback movement. Those wcIl-meanng
people who are supporting Gov. llIdcn Win
the idea that Democratic victory will bring
Democratic "chaos" might do well to consider
whether Democratic defeat is not a shorter
and a surer road.
Year: 1876

leading Liberals have demanded. The post
pOnemcnt lacks political significance, inasmuch
as the Government is resolved to act without
parliamentary counsel, unless an extraordinary
emergency should arise. In that event the
Crown can summon Parliament at fourteen
dayS' notice
Year: 1876

Tweed will rub his eyes when he gets back
and finds his lawyers still arguing in the same
old way, and men at work building an extern
sion on the new Courthouse. 1t will look very
much like old times.
Year: 1876

One by one ancient customs, sanctiied by
time and heightened usage, yield to the
modern spirit of innovation. Up to the
present time the policeman has always sup
posed that the small boy was his legitimate
prey. Now it seems Superintendent Walling
proposes to make it unpleasant for an officer
who merely dubbed one. This seems to be
carrying the desire for a change too far.
Year: 1876

It was none too soon to sound the alarm
and arouse the people to the danger threaten
ing the State and country from the combined
efforts of illegal voters III the two great Demo-
cratic cities. Further inquiry elicits more
startling evidence of the conspiracy to steal
the vote of New-York State by fraudulent ma
iorities in New-York and Kings Counties. We
urge Republicans everywhere not to forget the
necessity of defeating this scheme The issue
is vital to the whole country.
Year: 1876

A large number of lawsuits have been begun
against life insurance companies to recover
claims where the yearly payments were inter
rupted by the war. In the majority OF IN
stances, however, these claims have been COM
promised without resort to law by the leading
companies. A series of decisions in the United
States Supreme Court puts this matter on a
legal basis. The insurance companies are not
required to renew the insurance from the date
when it expired by the failure OF the insured
to pay premiums. But on the other mana the
insured who were prevented by the cessation
of intercourse between North and South from
having their premiums will not be total losers.
They must be paid the value of their policies
at the date when their payments stopped. The
fairness of this decision Is obvious. 1t may be
mentioned that most of the compromises nth
erto made have been based on similar prln-
cipleS
Year: 1876

Superintendent Ellis meets the issue forced
upon him in the case of the Mechanics and
Traders Savings Bank. As he states it, there
is no evidence that he could have foreseen or
done anything to prevent the disaster. 10
prove him guilty of negligence, it Will be
necessary to show beyond question that lie
knew or could have known the insolvent con-
dition of the bank which the statements OF It's
officers did not reveal. Without such proof
the attack on him is unwauantCd.
Year: 1876

and making these up into bundles; the
latter are sold in the markets, and are
often procured from long distances.
The second stage is that of forming the
bowl of the spoon; the third shaping
the handle; and the fourth and last,
dyeing them of a yellow color.


In Hindoo districts, the Brahmins, for
a consideration, promise the people i'm
munity from smallpox. At one place
an ingenious chamar, having found out
strange oval-shaped hole in rock,
gave out that all those who passed
through the hole would escape small
pox. People came with their offerings,
and at last the Thakur of Marwar
brought his child to pass through the
rock. AS some people who were actu-
ally suffering with smallpox had been
through, it is not strange that the child
caught the disease. The Thakur was
so angry that he had the chamar seized /;
but the chamar was equal to the occa-
sion, and declared that the child was
bewitched by village woman. She
was therefore burnt with hot copper
pice till the authorities interfered. The
people still believe in the power of the
chamar and in his story about the
witch.
Year: 1876

Courage is vital element of Christ
ian chivalry. Without it, indeed, neither
truth nor fidelity to promise can be
hoped for. The coward is sure to lie
when truth means punishment, and sare
to retreat from his engagements when
they involve peril. We need valiant
souls that have learned to endure and
scorn pain, and to face danger fearless
ly and promptly when duty requires.
Some parents evade this vital part OF
training by CLOSES and deception. A
mother who has taken her boy to the
dentists to get tooth out will often
say, if he is shrinking, I" Sit still, my
boy; it won't hurt you.'' Now, she
knows it will hurt him, but thinks if she
can only get him by this device to sit
still and let the dentist get hold of the
tooth, then his discovery of the pain
will not hinder its extraction. This is a
double mistake. 1t destroys her boy 8
confidence in her; for he detects her in
a lie. And though it gets the boy this
time to sit still, it is under the delusion
that there is to be no pain, whereas he
should be taught to face the pain and
to scorn it. This makes the difference
between the towards and heroes. A
regiment of poltroons could march up
to battery as cheerfully as regiment
of heroes, if they thought there was no
enemy at the guns. The difference is,
that heroes know the danger, and yet
face it valiantly.
Year: 1876

In the whole range of sacred and pro-
fame literature, perhaps there is nothing
recorded which has such staying prop
critics as good healthy mortgage.


A mortgage can be depended on to
stick closer than brother. 1t has .
mission to perform which never lets up.
Day after day it is right there, nor does
the slightest tendency to slumber inn
pair its vigor in the night. Night and
day, on the Sabbath and at holiday
times, without moments rest for sick
ness or recreation, the biting offspring
of its existence, interest, goes on.


The seasons may change, days run
iuto weeks, weeks into months, and
months be swallowed up into the gray
man of advancing years, but that mort
gage stands up in steepful vigilance,
with the interest, perennial stream.
ceaselessly running on.


Like huge nightmare eating out the
sleep of some restless slumberer, the
unpaid mortgage rears up its gaunt
front in perpetual torment to the mis-
cradle wight who is held within its pitt
less clutch. 1t holds the poor victim
with the relentless grasp Of a giant; not
one hour of recreation not a moments
evasion of its hideous presence. A ge-
NAL savage of notifying aspect while the
interest is paid; very devil of hopeless
destruction when the payments fail.
Other liabilities may be evaded or
smoothed aside; but mortgage hangs
on with the pertinacity of bulldog, or
the grip blacksmith's wise. If the in
terest is not paid, it is added to swell
its grim parent, the principal, and holds
up its horrid front with harder SEEM
ing than before. It will have the pound
Of flesh which is nominated in the bond
and, more terrible than the fearful
witches in Macbeth, the threatening
fend, Foreclosure, rears up its dreaded
menace with the crushing weight of
hopeless despair.


Pity for the poor man who has this
grim fiend in his household. Every
hour Of his life is fraught with one in
tact endurance of misery and dread en-
bittered with grievous load he is pow
erless to shake away.-Kansas Plains
man.
Year: 1876

l have seen young girl marry q
young man of dissOlute habits and re-
pent it as long as she lived.


l have seen man depart from truth
where candor and veracity would have
served him to a much better purpose.


| have seen the extravaganza and fol-
ly of children bringing their parents to
poverty and want, and themselves to
disgrace.


| have seen prudent and Industrious
wife retrieve the fortunes of family
when her husband pulled at the other
end of the rope.


| have seen a young man who despised
the counsels of the wise and advice of
the good, and his career ended in pow
erty and wretchedness.
Year: 1876

Some one who has seen goodly share
of the world tells some things he has
seen:


/ have seen a young man sell a good
farm, turn merchant, and die in an in
sane asylum. M


| have seen a farmer travel about so
much that there was nothing at home
worth looking after.


I have seen a man spend more money
in folly than would support his family
in comfort and independence.
Year: 1876

We are called upon to chronicle the
most horrid accident the history OF our
town has known, in the burning of little
Jay, aged about three years, infant son
OF w. j. and Mary Franklin, on Friday
last. He was playing with his brother,
two or three years his senior, in small
out-building in which lot of straw had
been thrown, when one or the other set
fire to it. The door having been nailed
up to keep the little fellows out, they
pulled off board and got in by this
means, having to climb over tho fatal
pile Of straw. After fire was set to it,
escape was almost impossible, but the
elder of the two managed to get out in
time to save himself. The cries OF the
little fellow We're heard. but not IN time
to render him any assistance, he being
almost literally consumed by the
ilames.-Siaysville Register.
Year: 1876

Judge Kelly was fortunate enough
to have his barn insured in Mr.Stilc's
agency, and therefore as consequence
had no trouble about adjustment of
loss by the damage done by lightning.
Mr.. Stiles does not stand upon the
order Of doing, but goes ahead and
fixes up his losses promptly and with
out annoyance to the insured. His
agency represents over seven million
dollars, and people wanting reliable
insurance should bear that fact in
mind, and when getting get the best.
Year: 1876

A correspondent of the Bethany
Republican, writing from Eaglcvillc,
in the north part of the county states
that a horrible accident happened
near that place recently. II appears
that Mr.. Brown went to town ,ieav-
ing his wife, who was In delicate
health, at home with young child.
After finishing her mornings work, IL
seems that she laid down and went
to sleep, but was aroused by the fall
ing In of the roof, and in her endeav-
ors to save her child she was so badly
burned that she died in few hours.
The child was burned IN the building.