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Year: 1876

A correspondent Of the New York Post,
writing from Cairo, Egypt, says -" An
Egyptian water-carrier is the very realiza-
tion Of graceful motion. As the women
come up from the rivers bank skillfully
balancing the huge jars of water upon
their heads, you find yourself owning that
no picture, by whatsoever gifted hand, has
at all conveyed to you the singular charm
of their bearing and action. 1t was i'm
possible that it should convey it, for, al.
though picture can suggest motion, it
cannot portray it and it must surely be
lesson to the women Of more civilized
nations who have been striving for gener-
ations by thousand conventionalisms of
dress, Of pose and Of action to secure the
charm Of graceful movement and aspect,
to find themselves utterly eclipsed by q
statue Of living and breathing bronze,
whose only garment is composed of few
yards Of dirty blue cotton cloth hanging
loosely from her throat to her feet, and
who is, nevertheless, in every movement
of her stately figure, and in every wave
and fold of her simple drapery, moving
poem Of grace and dignity. One could
not help speculating what would be the
effect upon the persons most interested in
the matter, If the young ladies whose only
acquaintance with the Central Park Res
ersOir consists at present in driving Ian
guidly past it, were constrained, instead
to supply their own families with its liquid
stores after the Egyptian fashion. Itwould
be novelty upon the shady side of Fifth
avenue, but it would vastly diminish the
number Of narrow -chested aud consump-
tive young women who now stroll to and
fro through that thoroughfare. When you
go to Sak-Karah to visit its Pyramids,
your donkey-boy, if you eschew the rail
way, will have to run beside you, first and
last, for distance of thirty FIVE miles.
"What splendid lungsl" you think, and
are puzzled to explain such rare endur-
ance until you remember that the donkey
boys mother was water-carrief, as are
all Of the Egyptian women of the lower
| classes to n greater or lass extant and
then you understand where your young
companion got the deep-chested endurance
that reminds you of an Arabian race-horse,
And then you find yourself considering,
after all, whether we do not pay for our
modern convenience" too high price,
and whether fewer stationary basins and
more muscular exertion might not be good
for American as well as for Egyptian
women"
Year: 1876

A letter from one Of the crew of the
Pandora, now exploripp In the Arctic
regions. gives the following sketch Of the
Disco Greenland girls. where the shin
touched aud the crew were entertained,
they in return giving ball on board the
ship. The CORRESPONDENT saws:
We took a walk about the village. The
people, young and old, men, women and
children, all turned out to see us and
greeted us with pleasant smiles, many Of
them giving us agood morning" which
they pronounced very we'll. The girls
were all dressed up id their best fnery,
and some of them, especially those who
had Danish blood, were very pretty; only
it was rather difficult at first to bring one's s
self to believe they were girls at ALL This
is the country for Mrs. Bloomer The
women all wear breeches here, and would
scout the idea of anything else as absurd,
and probably indecent. I should pity the
girl that tried to introduce the fashion Of
petticoats in Greenland. A fashionable
New York belle who should walk down
Broadway in knee breeches, cap, boots
and gentleman's shooting jacket, with a
cigar in her mouth, would not be more
utterly lost in the eyes of society than
would be Disco young lady who should
appear walking about over the rocky slopes
in fashionable hat, ribbons, long skirts
and crinoline. "Oh, the brazen faced
thing" would be the verdict Of every Disco
woman, and Disco society would know her
no more a.'


The Disco costume appears very funny
until you get accustomed to it, but rather
pretty nevertheless. Imagine pretty
girl--and three or four Of the Disco girls
are very pretty-with her hair done up in
a kind of topknot on the top of the head
with a red ribbon, a loose-ftting jacket


made of any kind Of light, thin stuff and
Of any color, trimmed with fur collar and
made to put on just like shirt, but reach
ing only to the waist; pair of seal skin
breeches, with the hairy side out; reaching
nearly to the knee and confined there
with garter; pair of high boots meet


ing the bottom of the trousers, the feet
and ankles of red leather, the tops Of
white linen, starched and ironed, and a
little roll Of fur around the tops, and the
Year: 1876

Il is Longfellow who says" In the
lives Of the saddest Of US there are bright
days, whom we feel as If we could take the
great world into our arms. Then come
the gloomy days, when the fire win neither
burn on our hearths nor in our hearts, and
all without and within is dismal, cold and
dark. Believe me, every heart has its Sc.
cret sorrows, which the world knows not
and oftentimes we call a man cold wher
he is only sad"
Year: 1876

The most unfortunate day in the career
Of any young man is the day on which he
fancies there is some better way to get
money than to earn it; for from that feel.
ing springs the many extravagant and
visionary schemes which are indulged in
for the purpose of gaining livelihood
without labor When a young man once
becomes thoroughly infected with this
feeling, he is ready to adopt any means fol
the accomplishment of his object; and il
his plans are frustrated and he is foiled in
his efforts, upon the very crest of the wave
which he has already mounted, and in full
view, is the temptation to crime, to shield
him from the disgrace which he thinks
must inevitably follow in the wake of de-
feat. To those he yields, and the first he
realizes he finds himself the violator Of
the law, and criminal in the eyes of the
community, and an inmate of the peniten-
tiary, waiting trial, all brought about for
want Of a little manly irmncss in the out
set Of life to prompt him to choose an
ayocation in life where the penay earned
would bring with it its sure reward. Then
let our young men spurn the idea Of OBJ
tanning money without rendering an equiv
alent; let them be ready and willing to
occupy positions in life which viii give
them the best possible opportunity to de.
velop their natural talent and do good to
others while helping themselves. In this
way We may have nation of noble men
and women which shall be a source Of
profit and pleasure to US, and an object Of
wonder and admiration to the world at
large. s,ts e,.e 10 ts,-.t.l
Year: 1876

Be cheerful, contented and light-heart-
ed. Always remember that there are
others whose troubles are greater than
yours, In The family circle show the sun
ny side Of your nature. Don't go around
complaining, miserable and unhappy. It
is too much like the uncomfortable custom
of the ancient Egyptians, who never gave
feast without skeleton in full view


that they might not forget their mortality
Year: 1876

The Bolton, England, town
council at their last meeting d.
rected the town clerk to write to
two sons of the late John Hilton,
requiring them to attend before the
burial board and show cause why
the board should not cause to be
removed from the tombstone in the
cemetery over the grave of their
father the following inscription:
Let gods attend on things which gods must


know;


MANS only care relates to things below


Nescio Deos.


Mr.. W. Hilton, one of the sons,
wrote in reply that he should not
attend before the burial board, and
said for his own part he should
never permit the stone to be inter-
fered with or the inscription to be
erased; but if the inscription was
offensive to passers-by he was will
ing to cover it with a waterproof
sheet, on which should be written,
"This sheet to be raised by persons
who are willing to read an inscrip-
ton underneath, which the Bolton
corporation object for the general
public to read"
Year: 1876

is this all. The commune is response
bic for the payments due from the
peasants, and if any of those fall
into arrear through the insuficiency
of the means of the p )orer members,
those who are better off have to
make up the deficiency, filling
which the commune seizes their
horses and COWS. Another restric-
tion on the personal liberty of the
peasant in Russia is the right of the
commune to refuse him 4 pass when
he wishes to seek service away from
his village. The grant of these pas
ses often depends on the arbitrary
will of a clerk, who refuses it from
motives of personal hostility or re-
qnires a bribe before he will give it.
1t very frequently happens that
peasants who have obtained passes
for ST. Petersburg or Moscow are
called back for some trifling reason,
and if they refuse to return they are
taken back by the Police like com
mon criminals, without even being
given the opportunity of winding up
their business in the town. Such
are the circumstances without the
slightest security for the produce of
ones labor, and in constant fear of
what the next day will bring forth
in which not hundreds Of thousands
but millions of pee pie live in Russia. "
Year: 1876

w dSBttS tO1 NaA5i NAeJ Z OE
SIR: have the honor TO submit TO
you report made TO this Department by
Colonel Hoffman, commissary general oil
prisoners in regard to the condition OF
Union soldiers who have until within q
few days been prisoners of war at Rich
mond, aud would respectfully request
that your committee Immediately pro-
ceed to Annapolis to take testimony
there and examine with their own eyes,
the condition of those who have been re-
turned from rebel captivity. The enor-
nifty of the crime committed by the reb-
els toward our prisoners for the last sew
eral months, is not known or realized by
our people. and cannot but fill with hor-
Tor The civilized world when the facts
are fully revealed. There appears to
have been deliberate system OF savage
ana barbarous. treatment aud starvation, /,
the result of which will be that few, If
any, of the prisoners that have been IN
their hands during the past winter will
ever again be in condition TO render
any service, or even to enjoy life.


Your obediend servant.


EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Year: 1876




:he arrest Of Escaped Priso-
ners and for other purposes:


Be itordained by the Board
Of Mayor and Aldermen of
the Town Of Beauregard, CO.
piah county, Mississippi, That
if any person charged with a
violation of any of the Or
dinances of fsaid town. or shall
commit any offence in the
presence of the Constable, or
shall be attempting to escape
from the Constable or the
town Callaboose and shall re.
sist an officer attempting to
arrest him, it shall be the du-
ty of such officer to summons
to his aid Il sufficient number
of persons to assist him in ar
resting such person so viola
ting the law or making his
escape.


I'd. BE it further ordained,
That in case any person shall
violate any Of the ordinances
Of said town in the presence
of the Mayor, or shall be at
tempting to escape from law
full authority or the town cal
laboose, (the Constable being
not presently, it shall! be the
duty of the Mayor to sum-
MONS a sufficient number Of
persons to arrest such person
so violating the law or at
tempting escape.


Sd. BE it further ordained,
That should any person so

summoned by said Mayor or
Constable to arrest any pCr-
son under the provisions of
the foregoing sections, shall
fail or refuse to obey the com
mand Of such officer, he shall
upon conviction before the
Mayor be fined not less than
twenty five dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars.


4th. BE it further ordained,
That any private person may
arrest any person violating
the ordinances of said town
or escaping from lawful au-
thority OF the town Calla-
booSo; P,'oridcG, that such
person making the arrest,
must first make known tho
cause of such arrest.


5th. BE it further ordained,
That should amy person char
ged with the violation of any
Of the ordinances of said town
or shall in the presence of
any officer of said town or
any private person, commit
an offence against the laws OF
said town or shall be attempt
ing to escape from lawful au-
thority ort,le town Cali!aboose
and shall resist such officer or
private person IN alresting
him, such person so resisting
shall be fined OF imprisoned,
or both, at the discretion of
the Mayor Provided, that
the fine shalt not exceed one
hundred dollars or the i'm
prisonment thirty days.


9th. Be it further ordained,
That this ordinance 60 into
effect from and after its pas
sage.


@. A. RAY, Mayor.
Year: 1876

How to Fry Pork.-SIice
thinly, parboil, then roll in
dry flour. The frying pan
should be hot and a little fat
put in to keep the flour from
scorching. Fry quick, and
when taken I'D crisp and
brown, sprinkle -four in the
fat to which add sweet milk,
season, stir and boil till well
cooked, for a gravy.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Henry Watterson, editor of the Lonis
vile Courier r-Journal, who was recently
elected member Of Congress, claims to be
able to take care Of himself, and asserts his
personal responsibility for his person with
considerable cleverness. Printing the
journalistic comments on his election he
says: ut is the opinion of those who have
fair means of knowing that the subject of
these comments will not march down to the
footlfghts or fire off any horse pistols what
soever, but that he will try to do his share
of the routine work, and may be able to
resist the Establishments of the capital. in
which he was born and passed the greater
part of his life.
Year: 1876

The Young Mems Christian Association
will hold praise meeting in the open air,
corner of Adams and Elm streets, West
Wilmington, to morrow evening at 6 O'Clock.
1t is intended to make this meeting credit
to the association. 1t is hoped that all the
members may make some effort to bo
present. After the prayer meeting they
Will hold u devotional meeting at Olivet
Chapel at 7:30.
Year: 1876

nary cd'sei, and PAR OF nlppers. The
other tools had evidently been taken
away since the lock on the iron-grated
door had been sawed off.


1t should perhaps be stated that the
sarcophasus Was in the catacomb and
not IN The crypt, being thus placed in
order that visitors might see it. The
damage done Is paratiyely little.


Only oae motive can be attributed
to these despoilers Of the grave, and
that is the hope Of 4 reward for the
restoration of the remains. If they
had succeeded in carrying them off, it
cert'inly could not lave been their in
tentloL to take away the casket, for ii
must weigh from 500 to 900 pounds
and half dozen men could not have
carried it to the fence for transfer to
wagon in he road. 1t is more than
likely that they intended to cut open
the casket and gather up the bones
and dust Of the martyr President and
put them into bag What would
have been the indignation Of the coun-
Try had this been done The scheme
concocted by these men is certainly
unparalleled in the history Of crime,
and now. that there is evidence OF
minds SO debased. it is certain that
measures will be taken to guard the
movement and prevent future attempts
The facts given above did not come
until early this morning, and are known
TO only few, otherwise the outrage
would have occupied as great share
of the attention OF the community as
the election. Words cannot express
the feelings Of those who do know it.
and it is earnestly hoped that the
double distilled perpetrators Of this at
tempted robbery OF the remains OF
Americas most loved President will
soon be brought to Justice,
Year: 1876

Of all the people who live at the
Centennial hotels, think the newly
married couples-Philadelp phia is full
of them, by the way-are- the only ones
who are thoroughly contenteu and
happy. 1t makes no difference to them
whether the potatoes are watery, the
meats dry or the soups thin, and they
don't care pin whether people ak OF
them OR not. They live in little
world of their own, aud for time
what pity it's SO short time they
need no conversation but ihelr own,
have no thought but for each other
We have all sorts of Eewly-married
couples here now, but, Notwithstanding
the many various stations In life which
they occupy, and the different parts of
the country from which they come,
they all act wonderfully alike. They
all have certain marks about them
which can be Immediately detected by
even an unpractlced eye. La the first
place, it is noticeable that they all try
TO act as if being married was an old
story to them, and still they can't help
taking each others hands every five
minutes. Among other things it is re-
markable that the young men, on the
old principle that "a fellow can't we'd
every day." are very exIravagant with
their money They are SO, evidently,
against the wishes of the prudent little
helpmatcs. Another thing which |
have noticed is that the brides nearly
all wear new watch chains; the young
husbands, especially those from the
west, are very particular about their
gloves, and even upon the warmest
and most oppressive day they carry a
heavy shawl in case such a covering
should be needed by the dear woman
whom they have sworn to protect. The
patronizing air of ownership which the
young men assume is truly remarkable,
while their attempts to answer the
many questions asked by their wives
are sometimes very amusing. One in
ClUGUL W al i!IuEtIdtt. IL Jew UdvS
ago, in the Main building, bright
looking yuung western farmer and an
innocent faced little woman, WHO had
evidently just become his wife, ap-
preached the music stand. At the
same time the band began to play the
opening passage of The Waking of the
Lion. The little bride listened to the
music for a moment and then, looking
confidently up into the face of her lord
and master, she pressed his arm and
whispered: "N hat piece are they
playing, Charley p For moment
Charley was puzzled, but he had just
become a husband, and, evidently,
seeing the importance Of maintaining
the dignity of the position, he quietly
drew that confding little woman away
from the stand, saying: ooh, it's not
any piece at all; they are just tuning
up like" And Of course she believed
him.
Year: 1876

There is now in operation between
the signal service section of the Cen
tennlal exhibition aud tie CHIEF sis o..
ofice at Washington, on a circuit al ,out
100 miles long, an instrument witch
transmits by telegraph the weather
maps OF the signal service, heretofore
only preserved in Washington. This
Invention reproduces the map entire,
with ts lines and figures The map
or message. to be sent is first written
upon ordinary paper with ink in which
little glycerlne has been mixed; then
before the ink is dry it is sprinkled
with some powdered shellac, which adj
here's to the ink. The manuscript is
then passed between rollers with the
face against piece of hot zinc; the
latter takes up the shelac, and mega
tive is produced in shellac, the best
non-condactor Of electricity, upon ENC,
good conductor. This plate is then
bent around cylinder, which is rap
idly revolved, while metallic point
connected with the conducting wire is
held to its surface by a spring and
makes spiral line over the face of the
cylinder At the receiving instrument
similar point traverses the surface Of
a similar cylinder upon which is placed
piece OF chemically prepared paper.
AS the transmitting point comes to the
line of writing the receiving point
makes dot on the paper by deeom-
posing the chemically prepared paper,
and as every portion Of the writing is
touched by the transmitting point the
result will be fac simile of the origi
nal writing or device. To produce
this result it is necessary, of course.
that the two cylinders should revolve
exactly together, as if one should go
faster than the other the discolorea
paper would be confused mass Of
dots. In this consists the great nov
city of the invention. Isochronus mo-
tion Of the cylinders is secured by a
magnet at the receiving station. which
at each revolution Of the transmitting
cylinder accelerates the motion of the
receiving cylinder if too slow, or re-
tards it if too fast.


."Gor EN- !'-The proprietor of
Front street saloon had fine live tur-
tie which he was going to have made
into soup for his guests. 1t was under
the ice-box, waiting for his time to
come. On Wednesday night Mr..
Turtle meaudered out into the bar-roolD
and waddled along up to where two
soakers were sitting by table taking
in sustenance of liquid nature. The
turtle quietly passed under the table
and found an obstruction in the shane
Of a schooner made Of leather, with q
mans foot in the :hold." TIE turtle
hadn't time to go round the foot. so he
started to climb over it. The man
who owned the foot felt somethiog
and looked down. The turtle saw hin
and looked up with an appealing look
The nan turned pale and said: "Bays
Ike me home and send for doctor
! We got 'em "-Lo Crosse Sun.
Year: 1876

HIRED GUNNERs.-Men employed and
paid for shooting game for sale, should
be rigidly excluded from the lands OF
others. If they make merchandise of the
sport let them be confined to shooting Oh
their own enclosures.
Year: 1876

In the Fifth District Court from twelve
to fifteen judgments have been rendered by
Judge Cullom each day this week. Wed
nesday was the last day that judgment
could be signed, and he remained in court
till lats in the evening.
Year: 1876

The Alphabetical Business Directory


n this mornings REPUBLICAN contains cards oi
frst-cIsss establishments in all branches Of bust.
ness'in the District. Many persons daily feel
the need Of just such Al arrangement TO snaS!s
them 10 easily ind what they want. We hsTc
aimed to make this as complete and easy Of
reference as possible, and are sure that IT Will Be
frequently consulted by all having any kind o.
business to transact We intend to keep 1t up IN
Q reliable and conTenient form, and improve u
from time 20 time. Any persons not represented
In It, that would like to be, should send In their
cards at once, so: as to get an even start with
thsir peig hbors In os desirable an advertising
medium, and one of such universal and constant
reference as our large circulation among the best
classes must make of this.
Year: 1876

~ celebrated Medieated Porous Plaster, forming
the grandest curative agent in the world OF medi-
cine and utterly surprising ell other Plasters here
tofore in use They accomplish more in one week
tn n the old Plasters in whole year. They do not
palliate, they CURE.
Year: 1876

There is more to be learned about
pouring out tea and coffee than most
ladies are willing to believe. IF those
decoctions are made at the table,
which is far the best way, they re-
quire experience, judgment and exact
ness; if they be brought on the table
ready made it still requires judgment
so to apportion them that they shall
prove sufficient in quantity for the
family party, and that the older men,
bers shall have the stronger cups.
Often persons pouring out tea, not be-
ing aware that the first cup is the
weakest, and that the tea grows
stronger as you proceed, bestow the
poorest cup upon the greatest stranger
and give the very youngest member
of the family the strongest, who
should have been without. Where
several cups of equal strength are
wanted you should pour little into
each, and then go back inverting the
order as you fill them up, and the
strength will be proportioned proper
~. This is so well understood in


England that an experienced pourer
OF tea waits till all the cups are re-


turned to her before she fills any a
second time, that all may share alike.
1.-THE Housekeepsr.
Year: 1876

RECENTLY in New York a dozen
wine merchants were arrested for
making and selling crooked cham
pagne. They took cider, or Sauterne,
or California wine, and put it into bot
ties with acid enough to make it pop.
This they sold as extra dry and dry
Verzenay; but it made no odds to the
wine drinkers who generally pretend
ed to delicate discrimination of the
brands, until the fraud was discovered
by the proprietor of the genuine brand
of the wine counterfeited. 1t was found
that three-quarters of the wine drank
in the United States is made SINH
larly, which is rather Disappointing to
champagne drinkers. But as compar.
atively few people quench their thirst
with champagne, comparatively few
people will care how it is made