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Year: 1876

Day by day a stronger feeling against the
transfer of the Indian Bureau is evinced
throughout the country. The people have
answering faith in the soundness of the peace
policy, and they do not want it molested in
any way. All of the religious conventions
within the past week have adopted measures
decidedly against placing the Indians under
the War Department for the purpose of civil
izing and Outstanding them.
Year: 1876

What can young man do3 Do!
he has immense power for evil and tor
good. He can RUN mis- health; he can
debase his intellect; he can murder his
conscieuce-he can deaden aud destroy
il; he can deteriorate his moral taste
and his moral feelings; he can fill his
mind with gress and debasing imagery,
and his mouth with impurity; he can be-
come sensual and disgusting in his
habits; he can lose the confidence OF
society; he can lose his situation; he can
DC cast of upon the world, as a thng
that cannot be trusted; he can become
coulemptlUle; he can break his fathers
heart; he can make anguish come down
like dark cloud, aud press upon the
brow Of his mother, and upon the coun-
teuance of his sisters. y yonng man
can do al thiS-can act SO that his very
friends shall never wish to hear his
name, and shall only secretly in their
hearts, follow him with their auXietles
and their prayers.


What eau a young man dos Do!
lie eau cleanse his way according to
Gods Word. lie can seek to under
stand the Scriptures;to lovethe Saviour;
to love Gods Word; to save his soul
alive. He can flee to the fountain Of
reconcilliation; he can become holy
man; he can be virtuous citizen; he
may be the pride of his family; he can
take his youn-s brothers, and lead them
forward in life; he can extend the IN
tiuence of a Christian pastor; he can be
his right hand in efforts to be good; he
can take an interest in all the great
movements of The day: he may die a
happy man, with his children and his
grandchildren around his bed, and pass
from the dissolution OF the tabernacle
on earth TO an Inheritance on high. He
can DC all that; young man can do 1t
all.


Only let him take heed to his way,
according to Gods Word Let him
begin 10 mediate upon this Word rs
the rule of the Divine government; he
will soon see the necessity OF that medl-
atorial and restorative process which Is
brought to light in the Lord Jesus
the Fountain open fol sin and uncIean-
ness. Let him then go on, from time
to time, putting away everything that
he feels to be wrong, trying to conquer
every bad habit aud to regulate his con
duet by Gods Word; and he will be
led to rejoice in the sanctifying spirit,
who shall carry on this work. But it
is no use your pretending to desire the
pardon of sin and reconciliation by the
blood OF Christ, if you do not put away
every evil thing, ard seek to cleanse
your way, according to Gods Word.
The two things must advance together,
the putting away everything practically
wrong and the seeking after that truth
which is according to Gods Word. =
Rev. Thomas BHncy.
Year: 1876

In late number Of Fors CIarigsr1,
Mr.. Ruskin advises his girl readers as
follows:


"Dress as plainly as your parents will
allow you, but in bright colors Of they
become YOU, and in the best materials.
that is 10 say in those which wear the
longest. When you are really in want
of new dress, buy it (or make iD IN
the fashion; but never quit an old one
merely because it has become uutasl-
ionable. And il the fashion be costly,
you must not follow it. You may wear
broad stripes or narrow, bright colors
or dark, short petticoats or long Gu
moderation,) as the public wish you;but
you must not buy yards of useless stuff
TO make knot or a tiounce Of, nor drag
them behind You over the ground. And
your walking. dress must never touch
the ground at all. | have lost much of
the faith | once had in the common
sense, and even in the personal Ielicacy,
of the present race of average English
women by seeing how they will allow
their dresses to sweep the streets, as ii
it is the fashion to be scavengcrs. If
you can afford it, get your dresses made
10y good dressmaker, with the utmost
attainab!e precision and perfection; but
let this good dressmaker be poor per-
son living in the country-not a rich
person living in large house in Lon
don. Learn dressmaking yourself with
pains and time, and use a part of every
day in needlework, making as pretty
dresses as you can for poor people who
have no time nor taste TO make them
for themselves You are to show them
in your own wearing what is most right
and graceful, and to help them to chose
what will be prettitst and most becom-
ing in their own station. If they see
you never try to dress above yours, they
will not try to dress above theirs"
Year: 1876

The mastery stroke of Mr.. Blaine,
iu the House last Monday, has rescued
his name from the cloud Of suspicion
that for few days threatened to, at
least temporarily, overshadow it and he
again stands before the Country un
tarnished. His enemies denounce it
as an extraordinary proceeding, and it
doubtless was. Mr.. Blaine is the Oh.
ject Of the most extraordinary conspir-
acy on record and if he would extri-
cate himself from the tolls Of his enc
mics be must adopt measures that will
meet the emergency. The Democratic
party, rival candidates and their
friends in the Republican party, per-
sonal enemies aud the House judiciary
Committee have brought to bear every
influence within their reach for the
purpose of destroying him Every
story that any one chooses to tell he is
called upon to explain and disprove by
positive testimony. Every person who
testifies in his favor is denounced as
a confederate in his alleged misdeeds.
The opinions his enimies entertain of
his public acts and private business
transaction are published as evidence
against him. He has been subject to
tests that no man living can stand and
no American citizen is amenable to,
and the fact that he has not been
crushed is conclusive, not so much of
his transcendent ability aud energy, as
Of his more than ordinary personal and
official integrity. To say that every
act performed and word written by a
man during an ordinary life time shall
be such that personal and political
animosity cannot infer anything i'm
proper from them, or falshood and
perjury give some unworthy colorlng
to them, is demanding more than is
within tho range Of human possibilities
Even if Mr.. Blaine had not been able
to accomplish the complete vindica.
tion that he did on Monday, it would
have been an insult to the intelligence
of the people and especially Of Repub
lican voters to have put him aside as
candidate because of his disinclination
to have his private correspondence
made public. The Republican party
is not composed Of the kind of mater
ial that would endorse such injustice
or needs to be handled so tenderly


Mondays performance accomplished
more than the exculpation Of Mr..
Blaine. It demonstrated to the coun-
try that the judiciary committee is
either vepomous partisan faction or a
miserable tool.


We do not regard the Presidency
as belonging to Mr.. Blaine. Wethink.
too, that some Of the other candidates
are emm;pently fitted for the position
but We believe, as we have believed
for months, that Mr.. Blaine is the best
man in the Country for our next Pres
idept.
Year: 1876

TRANsPLANTINa CABBAGEs.-The
cest cabbages we ever raised in this
State wers trausplanted on the 9th day
of July. We notice that in many in
stenoes there is disposition to set out
cabbages for winter use early in the
season. 1t is better to transplant the
first week in July. The time then
will be ample for the plants to reach
maturity in the northwest. and they
will keep through the winter without
decaying to such an extent as If trans
planted so early in the season'-[Farm-
ers' Union.
Year: 1876

had Just come from Boston in search
Of work. He represents the times
there as fearful beyond all precedent,
1857 being no comparison to the pres
ent dullness and distress. Nearly ev
cry other house is either for rent or
for sale; thousands of people are out
of employment and actually uithou'
provisions or means Of living; carts
and wagons on the move IN every d.
rection, laden with household goods
and traps going to new places. they
know not where. He travelled all over
i;oston few days before leaving. and
the entire number of new buildings
gong up in that immense city Of two
hundred aid fifty thousand was three


He intended going a hundred miles
further west. but. seeing so large city
as St. Paul, with thirty three thousand
population and everything wearing the
aspect of life and activity. where he
expected to find wilderness, he con-
cluded to cast his tent here and 90 to
work On some Of the new buildings
which are going up in all directions
to double the extent Of last year. H.
says in Minnesota we have thu soil
with its willing capacity to yield liber.
al pay for work 10 the necessaries Of
life, and soil free to all. Money is not
necessary if We have plenty Of pork
potatoes. and old clothes To the
grunblers and GROWERS of all classes
in St. Paul aud elsewhere in Minneso-
ia, this picture is presented. Let them
thank God that they are citizens OF
St. Paul and Minnesota, which are
about the most prosperous p aces in
the country.-CDispatch.
Year: 1876

G. H. Mccormick, Of reaper fame,
is spoken Of and strongly commended
for the nomination as Vice President
on the Democratic ticket. If half as
good man should be nominated, the
Democracy will surpass itself.
Year: 1876

and many being almost ruined. The
fencing and smaller houses were swept
of and down to the ocean, and the larger
residences, furniture, etc, much dam
aged. Crops were also affected, and
much debris deposited upon the places
that will require hard labor in removing,
and much that in decaying will create
malaria and increase ievers. The immc.
diatc pecuniary loss along the Columbia,
to say nothing of its tributaries, cannot
be less than 100000, and years will bo
required in many instances to entirely
repair the harm done. After all, our
people are infinitely better off in many
respects than are those of Oregon, and
Puget Sound farmers have an admirable
opportunity at present given them of
contrasting their condition with that OF
their neighbors on our southern border
a contrast that should add much to their
content of mind Tribune.
Year: 1876

Last night the Water Committee
decided to stop work, for the present,
on the Cool Spring Reservoir. The
fund for the reservoir is now reduced
to but little more than $1,000. and it is
deemed advisable to keep this amount
as contingent fund, to pay for a
watchman. and to keep the work al
ready done in necessary repair during
the winter.


About thirty men reported at the
reservoir for work, this morning, but
they seemed to expect that there would
be no work and were not disappointed
at the announcement which met them.
1t is not now probable that any further
work will be done on the reservoir
until next Spring. The work already
done is in such an advanced state that
it is not expected it twill suffer greatly
by the storms of the winter. In the
northern compartment the Clay has
been spread over about two thirds of
the bottom, and covered so as to pro-
tect it from the heat of the sun.
Year: 1876

THAT Norwich man who courted his
wife fifty years before he married her
was a prudent fellow. Fifty years takes
the strength out Of most any arm, and
makes it inconvenient for woman to
get down on her knees to urge the head
OF the house to come out from under the
bed and talk the matter over.
Year: 1876

A CLERGYMAN who was invited to
preach before medical association, re-
turned answer that he would do so, from
the text "In his disease Asa sought not
to the Lord but to the physicians and
Asa slept with his father and died" The
time for the delivery Of the sermon has
not yet been fixed.
Year: 1876

RELIGIOUS ToLERANCE.-An effort
has just been made in the Spanish As
sembly to amend the Constitution so as
to prohibit all public worship, save that
of one church, which should be recog-
nized as that of the State. An over
whelming majority of more than two
to one against the measure, and that,
too, in the most intolerant country of
Europe, is a very encouraging sign Of
progress in the right direction. There
may be still some prosecutions; indi-
vidusls will insult and mob Christians,
but the Governments Of all Europe per-
nit entire freedom of worship.
Year: 1876

The Methodist preachers, at their
meeting, Yesterday morning, says the
Baltimore Sun, discussed the recommend
dation of the General Conference, made
at its last session In Baltimore, last Nay,
that candidates for the ministry should
be forbidden the use Of MbAccO In any
form, and that each annual conference
should take action in the matter. There
was long and divided discussion on the
advisability of such regulation. which
was postponed for further consideration.
There are some devotees Of the weed
among the Methodist clergy in Bsiti-
more. and they will not allow such q reg.
ulation without struggle. aao7
Year: 1876

To make an orange pie, take four good
sized oranges. peel and seed. and cut in
very small pieces, add a cup OF sugar,
and let stand Into a quart Of nearly
boiling milk. stir two tablespoonsful q
corn n-starch, mixed with little water and
the yelks OF three eggs When this b
done, let it cool. aud then mix with the
oranges. Put it IN. simply lower crust.
Make frosting Of the white Of egg. md
1 cup OF sugar. Spread it over the top
of pies. and place for few seconds IN
the oven to brown.
Year: 1876

Of others in endorsement Of bis notes.
The 6rst step having been taken the
progress was thenceforward easy and be
went rapidly onward He doubtless
had no idea, at first, Of continuing in
such course, but thought to gain = lit
tie more time, in which some at least Of
his debtors would pay their indebtedness
and be could pay Of his ill-gotten loans
and bis sin would not be known. But
those debts were not paid. and the second
wrong had to be committed to hide the
6rst Thus was be led from one wrong
step to another because those whom be
trusted neglected to keep their engage
ments. Men who thus incur debts when
they have no reasonable grounds to be-
lieve that they will be able to meet their
obligations when they mature. though
they may intend to do no wrong. are
frequently the cause Of great financial
embarrassment to others and often. un-
Intentionally it may be, cause great in
jury and harm to their creditors. In this
view we repeat that d Woodall & Co.'S
long winded debtors should at least be





lenient in their judgment Of him.
Year: 1876

The daily papers have been for some
days past filled with the details Of an
awful and heart-sickening catastrophe
that has just happened in Brooklyn


During the performance of THE Two
Orphans at the Brooklyn Theatre on
Tuesday evening last the flies and deco


rations caught FIRE from gas jet, and
the flames spread rapidly through the
building. which was packed to its utmost
capacity with an immense crowd of
spectators. The cry Of fire. greatly
alarmed the audience who at once rush
ed, panic stricken, for the doors, knock
ing down and tramplirg upon one an
other in their hasty fight. amid the
most fearful aud hesrt-rending shrieks
and cries from the frightened and suffer
ing multitude As soon as a cessation
Of the flames aud the appearance Of
daylight, afforded an opportunity fire.
men began the work Of clearing away
the rubbish and searching for bodies.
The scene was a horrible one
where the balcony fell vast number
Of corpses were found packed in together
many Of them ournsd and disfgured
beyond all recognition Up to the las!
accounts 800 had been recovered and
it was feared the number would he
swelled to $50. The terrible calamity
cast a gloom and feeling Of sadness
over the entire nation, and for time
caused a lull in the excitement and
anxiety about the Presidential election
Year: 1876

production is not greater than the de-
mand


The Centennial Exhibition receives
warm praise because of its "great sue
cess" and Of ''the enduring advantage"
which it is expected the country will
reap from it, The Governments own
share as an exhibitor is strongly lauded,
and the management Of the Government
officers highly commended.


Santo Domingo is the last topic. The
President expresses his conviction in
strong terms to the effect that if Con-
gress had concurred 10 his views on this
subject "tbe country would be in a
more prosperous condition to-day both
politically and financially" If Santo
Domingo had been annexed to the
United States we could have produced
to advantage from our own soil the
sugar We now get at such disadvantage
from Cuba. and also products imported
from Brazil. These take great deal
Of coin cut Of the country. and We have
no corresponding benefits by return
trade. American -four from the Missis-
sippi Valley going to Cuba may be
taken right past Havana harbor all the
way to Spain and be there resbipped
on Spanish vessels to 60 back to
Havana, at less cost than by the near
direct voyage The possession Of Santo
Domingo would have corrected this ;
and besides the emancipation race at
the South would have found there
a congenial home, where their civil
rights would not be disputed. and
where their labor would be SO much
sought after that the poorest among
them could have found the means to
60"


The following is the concluding pas
sage Of the message:


with the present Congress my Off
cial life terminates. 1t is not probable
that public affairs will ever again re-
ceive attention from me. further than
as citizen of the republic. always tax
ing deep interest in the honor. integ-
rity and prosperity of the whole land +"
Year: 1876

While We make no apology for bis act,
and offer no excuse for the inexcusable
conduct Of Gen. Woodall. We may say


that there are circumstances attending
the commission Of the deed which should


induce some men At least to be lenient
in the judgment Of him and. while they
denounce the crime, be charitable in


the condemnation Of the man. When


Daniel Woodall cane to Middletown in
the spring Of 1874, be came with an
untarnished reputation and, as far as
anything to the contrary was known, an
unblemished character. He began bus
mess as . mauufacturer Of drills and
other farm machinery. and for . time
maintained an excellent reputation for
integrity and promptnsss in liquidatisg
bis business obligations and meeting his
engagements. His capital. however.


vas limited and in little while was en-
tirely exhausted, and the financial prob
lem Of how to conduct business without
money began to embarrass him. Bills.


notes and other obligations due him for
goods sold came due and were not paid
and to meet his obligations be was
obliged to borrow money on bis own
notes. These would come due and find
him still unable to collect from his debt
ors, and being thas unable to meet his
engagements, be could no longer procure
the endorsement Of bis friends to aid him
10 borrowing funds and at last, in an
evil hour, 10 fit Of desperation. be
yielded to temptation and resorted to
the easy but dangerous and criminal
method Of counterfeiting the signatures
Year: 1876

The New York OBSERVER is out with
its prospectus for the .tyty.ftfh gear
It is large paper Of the 6rst class. and
should be in every family in the land.
Those who do not take it should send
for specimen copy at once, or, better
yet. should send the price for year.
Any person desiring comprehensive
weekly newspaper. filled with just the
news that every family wants, and free
from clap-trap or Objectionable matter
Of any kind. will hardly do better than
to send $3.15 to S l Prime & Co.. 81
Park Row, New York. and receive the
OBSERVER postpaid.
Year: 1876

THE Russian Court invited DR.. Aver and bis
family to the Archduke's wedding in the
Royal Palace. This distinction was awarded
him not only because be was an American,
but also because his name as physician had
become favorably known in Russia on its
passage round the world.-Pas6l0 Col. Peo-
Dk
Year: 1876

Ben HAYDEN was the democratic
candidate for State Senator from Polk
county, and was badly defeated.
When a member of the legislature
few years since Hayden was badly
compromised in certain railroad mat
ters, and as a result he has been un-
popular ever since.
Year: 1876

GooDL LUCK.-Some young
men talk about lack. Good
luck is to get up at six o'clock
in the morning; good luck,if
you have only a shilling a
week, is to live uron eleven
pence and save a penny; good
luck is to trouble your head
with your own business, and
let your neighbours alone; ;
good luck is to fulfill the COM
mandments, ana to do unto
other people as we wish thenf
to do unto us. They must no.
only Work but wais. They
must plod and persevere.--
Pennies must be taken care
of, because they are the seeds
Of gitineas. To get ON iii the.
world, they must take care OF
home, sweep their own door
ways clean, try to help other
people, atoid temptations,and
have faith in truth and God
Year: 1876

Do IT NOw.-Don't live a
single hour of your life with
ont doing exactly what is to
be done in it, going straight
through with it from begin
ming to end. Work, play stu
dy,whatever it be take hold
at once,a and finish it up square
ly and cleanly; and then to
the next thing without letting
any moments drop out be-
tween. 1t is wonderful to see
howillany hours these prompt
people aontrive to make of IA
day; it is as if they picked up
the moments that the drawl-
ers lose. And if ever yoa find
yourself where you have so
many things pressing upon
YOU that you hardly know
how to begin, let me tell you
a secret; take hold of the We
ry first one that comes to
hand. and YOU will find the
rest will all fall into line and
follow after. like a company
Of wen-drilled soldiers, and
though work may be hard to
meet when it charges in a
squad, it is easily vanGuished
if you can bring it in u line.
You may have often seen the
anecdote of the man who was
asked how he had &C, omp-
lisned SO much in his life.
MY father taught me- was
the reply, when / had any
thing to do to go and do it,
There is the secrel--the ma
gic word now.
Year: 1876

Fight your own battles. -
Hoe your own row. Ask no
'favors of any one. and you
swll succeed a tl,pusand times
better than those who are al
ways beseeching some ones
patronage. No one will ev-
er help yen as you. can help
yourself, because, no one will
!, be 40 heartily interested in
your affairs. The first step
will not be such a long one;
carving your way up the
mountain, you make each
step lead to another, and
stand firm in that while you
chop out still another. Men
who have made their fortunes
are not those who had five
thousand dollars given them
to start with, but started fair,
with q we'll earned dollar or
two. Men who have, by their
own exertions, acquired fame
have not been thrust into
popularity by puffs begged
and paid for, or given in a
friendly spirit. They have
outstretched their own hands
and touched the public heart.
Men who win love do their
own wooing, and ! never
knew one to fail as signally
as one who had induced his
affectionate grandmother TO
speak a word for him. Wheth
er YOU work for fame, for
money, for love, or for any
thing else, work with your
hands. heart and brain. Say
4 will and some day you will
conquer. Never let any man
say, Il dragged you up Too
many friends hurt a man more
than none at all.