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Year: 1876

TIE CENrENNIN. Snow.-Thr New
York Ntil says of the coming Philndrl-
phia Exposition


Only a fifty cent note will be received,
for admission, No change Will be receiv-
ed. made or given by the honest mcn at
the door.


The Queens pictures are to be guarded
day and night by a squad Of policemen
They are sud to be heavily insured in
eight English companies.


The parties who get the catalogue have
4 BIC bonanza. The advertisements will
pay nearly $4,000. and this is exclusive
of the sale of the book on the grounds.


1t is feared that there will be too many
fees cNacted on the grounds. and that
foreigners will have barely enough left to
pay their hotel bills and get home


\ Philadelphia paper says "a polite
justice will sit on the grounds continu-
ally" Why not let him up now and then
to exercise his legs and relieve the
grounds?


Give the hotel keepers u wide berth
They have made up their minds to swim
die You. and they will if they possibly can
Go to a bording- house. or better still, visit
some relatvc
Year: 1876

The greatest iircworl display, probably,


in preparation for the coming Fourth Of
July. is the Government work of under
mining the solid rock at He'll Gate, in or
der to deepen the channel OF that danger
ous entrance on Long Island Sound. This
enormous task is nearly completed. and
the whole rocky bottom of the East River
at that point is now only a thin she'll, sus-
taineI by stone columns varying from
eight to twenty-five feet in hight. These
columns are being perforated, as is also
the lower surface of the rock they support,
in order to lessen 50 far is practicable the
resistance to the contemplated blast. A
metallic. cartridge is to be inserted in each
drii-holc. and when the time arrives the
whole will discharged Simultaneously by
electricity, and the bottom of the river
will. it is expected, subside to the bottom
of thn excavation.
Year: 1876

THE grasshopper scare is reviving. and
Western people are beginning to fear the
Matching out OF the millions of eggs deposited
last year. Some papers are advising the
farmers to hoard their grain instead of SELL
ing it. But the entomologists doubt the re-
appearance of the grasshopper, arguing that
a wet Spring, which is altogether probable,
will destroy the eggs.
Year: 1876

We do rot read anonymous letters and commune
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 CT reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1876

A new plan is to be adopted for the
PURPOSE of transporting oil from tho oil
regions to the principal Atlantic sea-
board cities. The plan proposed is to
run the oil through n four-inch pipe laid
on tho surface the forcing power will
be 900 pounds to the square inch there
are to be stations Mt distances of fifteen
miles, at each end of which an engine OF
100 horse power will be erected to work
n pump to continue the flow from point
to point. Thirty thousand barrels OF
oil are consumed in the United States
daily, and up to the present time the
railroad charges for transporting the oil
aggregate S79,0OO,000. The minimum
cost IF transporting oil by rail is fifty
cents per barrel, and the minimum cost
10y the pipe process it is believed Will be
sixteen cents. The average charge by
il is $1.25.


Tho feasibility of the enterprise, SC
far as the passage of the oil through
pipes is concerned, has been fully es
tablished by the present system in
operation in the oil regions, where the
aggregate length of the pipes convey
ing the oil from the several wells to the
reservoirs is nearly $50 miles.


The first objective point or terminus
will be Baltimore, as being the mos'
feasible and direct route for the pipes
Following which other termini will be
established in Philadelphia, New 4orE
and other places.
Year: 1876

One very strange thing remember
happening OF the house wherel was once
visiting, says writer. L had been
tsld of it, but never fully realized how
peculiar it was until witnessed it my
self. The family consisted of my friend,
her husband, and four children and
when news was brought that puss had
five new kittens, each begged SO hard to
be allowed to have one that orders were
given to save four and drown the re-
naming one. Whether Mrs. -Puss
missed her remaining child or not l
don't know, but she seemed very well
satisfied with those lett ner, and was
more than usually happy when any of
the children would pay her visit ut her
snug quarters under the kitchen table.
A dozen times day or more would the
luckless kittens be dragged from their
bed to be kissed and petted and hinged.
But it so happened, that from some
cause or other, one whole day passed
without any one going to see the kittens,
much to their mothers grief, who had
frequently gone to the nursery ill search
of her young friends. Evening came ;





the whole family were together, the two
Younger ones being on the floor, when,
to their astonishment, in walked the cat,
carving q kitten in her mouth. This
she carried to one of the children, and
80 soon as she saw it was kindly received
ran quickly away. Bump, bump, was
soon heard, and in came the cat with
another kitten, which was deposited near
another OF the children. Curiosity was
now excited !; the two elder children took
seats on the floor, to see if kittens would
be brought to them, and in very short
time they were. Then was pussy's hap
piness complete; she wonld purr loudly,
rub herself against each ono in turn and
try by every means to show how pleased
she WAS
Year: 1876

The New York Sun has the following
We have received several letters request
ing us to employ whatever influence we
NAV possess with Gov. Tilden in the
direction of getting him married. We
respectfully decline. Not that we have
any doubt that his felicity, and even his
public usefulness, would be much
increased in the married state; but love
and wedlock are strictly private affairs,
and must not be mixed up with the
sterner interests of government. For
the benefit of the many ladies who are
beginning to look upon our great phllo.
sophical statesman with that feeling OF
tenderness and of personal aspiration
which woman so naturally cherishes
fora great man, we add also the sugges-
ton that such hopes are likely to be
fruitless. The governor isan old stager,
has long lived life of celibacy, and has
doubtless resisted innumerable attacks
from beaming eyes and smiling lips,
and We have no notion that we will sur
,, render at this stage of the battle. If he
obdurately prefers to remain bachelor,
let us pay the tribute of regret to his
resolution, but not seek to overcome
the purpose of determined and OBJ
stinate man.
Year: 1876

CHINESE NAruRE.-Mr. Margary was
long enough in China to learn that sit
is the nature OF Cinnamon to give IN To
ANYTHING which asserts its superiority.
A kick md few words in his own
tongue telling him heis an ignorant boor
will make common Chinamsh worship
you. Singly or in small groups they are
the pink of civility, but MOB Is rather
dangerous" ..
Year: 1876

No trait of character is more valu-
able in wife than the possession of a
sweet temper. Home can never be
made happy without it. 1t is like the
flowers that spring up in our pathway,
reviving and cheering US. Let man
60 home at mig ght, weary and worn
out by the tolls of the day, and how
soothing is word dictated by sweet
disposition. 1t is sunshine falling on
his heart. He is happy, and the cares
of life are forgotten. A sweet temper
has soothing influence over the mind
of the whole family. When it is
found in the wife and mother, you
find kindness and love predominating
over the natural feelings of a bad
heart. Smiles, kind words and looks
characterize the children, and peace
and love have their dwelling there.
Study, then, to acquire and retain a
sweet temper.
Year: 1876

MANY remedies have peen suggested
to prevent dogs from sucking eggs, but
as good plan as any is to put some
thing into an eggshell that will burn
the dogs mouth, and in future he will
have no taste for eggs or anything
that looks like them.
Year: 1876

The feminine heart is loving and
true, and two young ladies can be the
most loving and constant friends until
croquet time arrives; then those little
winter evening condolences about what
he said and what the other promised,
are all scattered to the winds.
Year: 1876

The manufacture Of oil from pea
nuts is now a leading Industry in
some parts of the South. During the
war, when olive oil could not be OBJ
tanned, this substitute was first adopt
ed. Peanut oil is cheaper than either
almond or olive oil, and retains it's
color and sweetness longer than the
latter,
Year: 1876

HANGING 1NvEsT1GAr1oNs-Profes
sor Haughton, of Dublin, has recently
described some Investigations under
taken by him with view of discover
ing which was the most certain mode of
death, the long drop or short drop in
hanging. The results are that the
most comfortable method of hanging
is to be sure of rope of sufficient
elasticy, to place the knot under the
chin with running moose, and to drop
about ten feet.
Year: 1876

A horrible miscreant walked delib.
erately into a certain store in this
place day or two ago and registered
an awful vow that for once in his life
at least, his wife should have sensi-
BILE present AS it is to be a surprise,
We mention no names, but will simply
state that the sensible present" is to
be new Domestic" sewing machine.
Year: 1876

VAGARIEs OF THE WEATHER.-In
view of the fatal antics of the heated
term here and northward, it is some
what singular to learn that in Char
lotte, North Carolina, there has not
been single case of sunstroke this
summer; and that last year, when the
heat was not so fervent as it is now
there were numerous deaths there from
that cause.
Year: 1876

The BUSINESS SITUATION OF THE
WEST. = The business situation
throughout the West and Northwest
is thus characterized by the Chicago
Tribune of Friday: TRADE is not
stagnant, but is reduced in volume,
and the rate ofproft is also low. No
change is looked for among bankers or
business men until midsummer is over.
The fall activity should begin by the
middle of August, and there are many
reasons for thinking it will show an
improvement over preceding seasons.
No one looks for sudden leap into
good times, but with good crops there
ought to be fair trade and an i'm
proved tone in commercial and fnan-
cial circles"
Year: 1876

SENATOR MCLEARY,s bill, proposing to
regulate the license and practice of law, was
the subject of much discussion among the
lawyers in the Senate on Monday. 1t pro-
vides that any person proposing to practice
shall study law for two years before his ad-


shall be admitted to practice only on
satisfactory examination, or he may present
diploma from regular law school of


good standing, which shall admit him to
bill further provides that any person con-
victed of any felony shall not be permitted
to practice law; that no Judge of any
court, justice of the peace, peace officer, or
or plead as an attorney; that any attorney
or counsellor who shall be guilty of fraud
ulent or dishonorable conduct, or of any
malpractice, shall be stricken from the roll
of attorneys; that lawyers shall be held
amenable to the law for any Often to
courts, or for grossly immoral conduct;
that attorneys shall pay over money col
lected for clients promptly, and, upon re-
fusal to do 20, shall be subject to suit and
heavy damages. These are the main fea-
lures of the bill, and all the lawyers in the
Senate seemed united upon the point that
some stringent law is necessary upon this
subject, though they differ as to lis speciti-
cations. II will pass with slight moditica-
tions
Year: 1876

This year Loufsiana viii have the largest
banana crop ever grown. The winter hes
been so mid that the fruit continued 70
grow throughout the season, and while the
leaves were badly burned BY tho ice, yet the
fruit was entirely uninjared, and large clnst-
ers Of half-grown bananas can be seen on
many trees.
Year: 1876

The announcement that arrangement had been
completed between the New York and Boston Railroad
and Colonel Scott OF the Pennsylvania Railroad by
which passenger will be run through from Boston
to Washington without change Of was made some
days ago The companies propose 70 make connection
between the Pennsylvania Railroad depot and the Port
Norris branch OF the New York and New Haven Rail-
road at Mott Haven by means Of the steamer Mary
land which is reported to be a very fast vessel On
the arrival Of the express trains Mott Haven the
sleeping coaches will be run upon the Maryland be
transferred to the depot OF the Pennsylvnia Railroad
at Jersey City. The railroad officials interested claim
that this arrangement will enable passengers between
Boston and Washington TO save from twenty minutes
TO half an hour, and thus avoid the annoyance OF a
transfer coaches across the island. All arrange
ments have been completed with q view OF hav
ing the through on or before the
1st of May. IL seems however, that the railroad off,
cials have not calculated upon the opposition OF the
municipal authorities Of this CITY, taking II tor granted
that they make this detour OF the Island without
the consent Of the city.


Members of the Common Council claim that this rail-
road movement which is intended to be permanent
will iujure New York and hence they opposed TO IL
They clam that under the Montgomery charter secton
3Il all the waters surrounding the island OF Manhattan
to high water mark vested in the CITY, and that the
corporations Interested will be compelled to secure
ferry franchise before they carry out the arrange
ment The first opposition 10 the movement exhibited
itself on Thursday last when the Board OF Aldermen
passed resolution calling upon Corporation Counsel
Whitney for opinion II Is likely that the companies
for the franchise before they carry the scheme TO
ceseful issue
Year: 1876

The pastor delivered an eloquent and pathetic dis
course In which he alluded 10 the many noble virtues
which had marked the life OF Judge Herring, whose
term OF existence had far exceeded the allotted span


who had made OF the very few links between the
days Of the Revolution and the present time. There
were pallbearers After the services the remains
Year: 1876

SIS 900 yeES an temporary alnonx -e.r
large counsel fee was awarded mr. u would not SUI t
The emergency. Thirty thousand dollars year LOT e
or want as an invalid and death the issues before
her that her hands should DO made strong 70 oeieno
her rights great estate OF which she was "a iaes
the author and enable her 10 enforce the rights 81
her children in what cannot be settled divorce suit
The nature Of her defence dem nds second suit per-
haps many and commission In lunacy. She produces
testimony which readers probable the husband 10
person OF unsound mind and upon that probability she
is entitled TO act and TO the money TO enable her 70



Mr. Dyou opened his argument In reply but nAa
only spoken q few minutes when the case was ad-
journed till tomorrow The other side Of the story,
shown in the papers and brief opening OF counsel
present the In very different light, but this OF
course Is the great feature OF suits In courts ano TOT
the adjudication Of which courts are established
Year: 1876

It is pity that so many young ladies
look upon domestic service with marked
contempt. Many of our social difficult
ties would be almost entirely mastered
if young ladies would consent to become
lady-helps in their own homes. Moth
ing can be more intolerable than the
mismanagement and discomfort to be
found in countless households, whore
there are plenty of grown-up daughters,
who have really but little to do but
grumble at the dreariness Of their lives,
and fret themselves into permanent i'll
health. Perhaps they take sufficient in
terest in the housekeeping to wonder
contemptuously how their mother can
be troubled with such inefficient ser
wants, " creatures" who cannot even
make palatable coffee, or keep the sill
yer Bright. They have no patience with
the shortcomings of the overworked
housemaid, from whom they expect as
much attendance as if she had only
lady's maids duties to perform. How
ever unreasonable their demands, they
expect any servant in the house to be at
all times in readiness to answer them.
Half the young women one meets sink
into O state Of semi-imbecility, from
idleness and want of interest in their
surroundings. From mere thoughtlessF
ness and ignorance they grow up exact
ing and unreasonable. From want Of
active exercise they become the preyfof
hysteria, dyspepsia and spine complaint.
They marry any one who will have
them, simply because they are so bored
that any change is welcome. They make
bad wives, because they have never
learned the rudiments of domestic econ
omy. When the unfortunate mother Of
such daughters allows herself to be per-
suaded, against her will, to add lady
help to the establishment, the hight Of
absurdity is reached. -Four or five com
monplace, stupid girls may lounge
about the house-one with piece of
soiled fancy-work, another playing
snatches of dance music, a third reading
French novels on the sofa, while per-
haps a pretty, graceful lady lays the
fire, dusts the room, and endeavors-
probably in vain-to bring order into
the uncomfortable and chaotic establish
ment.
Year: 1876

1t is no exaggeration 30 saw that not
one farmer in ten in the United States
takes the interest in poultry keeping it-
importance demands. some arr too
careless to make il successful. others too
Indifferent to undertake IL. and others
still think it too insignificant an indus
try TO occupy the attention of full
grown man.


On very large farms where there are
many things to look after. the poultry.
if there is any. has to shift for itself in
the majority Of cases. and u generally
voted a nuisance, as II Is under such cir
cumstances.


Many a farmer who does not hesitate
to invest in fancy cattle, or horses, or
swine, loses all patience II fancy Poul
try is suggested To him. To this, how
ever, there are many honorable excep-
tions. The time is coming, and not far
distant, when the exception will be the
rule. A general waking mp TO the im-
portance Of improved poultry is spread
ing among farmers. In a few years the
farmer who does not keep improved
breeds of poultry and furnish them good
care and accommodations will he con-
sidered an old fogy.


Perhaps not one man in ten thousand
has any idea Of the magnitude OF the
poultry interest when taken in the ag-
gregate. 1t will doubtless startle some
people to be told that in all the Eastern
and Middle States the aggregate value
of poultry is greater than the aggregate
value of any other kind of stock in
those States, or any one of tbem taken
separately, but it is nevertheless true.
If any one is disposed to doubt it, let
him go to the statistics of the last census
and satisfy himself.


Another fact that will startle some
people is the enormous aggregate con-
sumption of poultry and eggs in the
large cities. From figures furnished by
the Produce Exchange of New York
city, it appears the annual consumption
of eggs in that city Aimee. at wholesale
prices, amounts to the astonishing sum
of S8, 900, 900.


Bucks county, Pennsylvania, alone
furnishes Sl50,000 worth of poultry to
the New York market every year, be-
sides sending more than twice that
amount to Philadelphia, Trenton and
other markets, while large amounts are
consumed at home by those who raise
them. Bucks county, however, is ac-
knowledged to be the banner county in
producing market poultry, although
Burlington county, N. j., is not far be-
hind. 1t may be truly said that if farm
ers throughout the country were to
equal those of few counties adjacent to
the large markets, the business would
be overdone. No such apprehension
need deter any one from improving the
quality and increasing the quantity
of his poultry products for many years
to come. The large city markets are
not the only ones where fine poultry
and eggs are sold. These are cash arti-
cles the country over, and will be as
long as any of US will be living to pro-
duce them.


Farmers in the vicinity of large cities
are alive to the importance and profits
of poultry raising, and the time must
come when those more remote will give
the subject greater attention.-Prgctical
Flumer.
Year: 1876

A DAUGHTER of Erin-the new cook,
on receiving "short" notice to leave,
with hint that she had given a false
character can is it me false eharac-
ter ye're after casting in me teeth As
if I'd be bringing me thrue character
wild me to lose it in your dirty ser
vice."
Year: 1876




And he grinned horribly.


my newly-found friend" he contin-
ued, "offered most kindly to help me
out of my difRculty-he did not know
Brighton very well, but having listened
to the description Of the position OF Lilo
nel's house, he decided I should have q
quarter of an hour at least to spare.


"'I will take the pattern boot, and
match it in no time at the first boot
shop you can wait at the station. 1
will not keep You long.


"He was as good as his word when we
reached Brighton. Islt in the waitlne-
room, while, with the pattern boot IN
hand he hurried off on his generous
mission. 1t was a ridiculous predlca-
ment to be left there with one slipper
on and dependant on the word OF a
stranger. shall never forget that time
Year: 1876

that the facts of the sale of the leadership at
Fort Sill "will for long years constitute rec
ord OF official corruption and crimes such as
there is no parallel of in our own history, or
in that of any other country that
know Of" he must have thought he was talk
ing to those who knew nothing of our own
OF any other history. In the DEM
ocratlc regime in this country such an
act would have been regarded as legitimate,
ana any Democrat who exposed it would
nave 1een en- ostracized from the party. 1t is a
contracts in PENNSYLVANIA under Buchanan.


When republican house investigated and
exposed them the whole democratic party
denounced the investigation as mere parti-
sanship.-Cincinnat Gazette. F'
Year: 1876

PEOPLE are anxious to know why Hester
Clymer let the witness Marsh escape, thereby
doing away with the evidence against Bel
knap. 1t locks as though Mr.. Clymer wished
to make all the political capital he could out
of the exposure, then to so embarrass the
government in the collection of evidence
that it could not secure a conviction, and
then to claim that Belknap was allowed by
the Republicans to escape the consequences
of his crime.
Year: 1876

AMONG the comments of English journals
npon the Belknap scandal we clip the follow
ing from the Standard: 'Happily'-it says
-"the countries are few where so gross an
abuse of trust would be possible" How
about the land of Eden? There an abuse of
trust was both possible and actual-yet
even the Standard would hardly dare lay
that to the charge of the government.
Year: 1876

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Journal
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 OF reserve commu-
nications that are not used