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Year: 1876

Out of the many instances Of indi.
vidual bravery which must have signal.
lied the struggle for independence. few
have been preserved; but one, that has
been, lights up the melancholy dark.
ness of the scene with peculiar bright.
ness. At the battle Of Bunker Hill.
John Calender, captain of artillery,
had Withdrawn from the battle, and had
disobeyed Putnam's orders to return.


The battle over, Putnam declared
that if Calender was not casbiered or
shot, he would himself leave the SER
vice. A court-martial convicted him
of cowardice, and dismissed him g from
all further service in the Continental
army as an officer Coward or not,
he was brave enough to step down into
the ranks of the company be had COM
manded.


The 9th of August found him on
the heights overlooking Flatbush. His
captain and lieutenant had fallen, and
his companions were beginning to re-
treat Springing in front of them he
ordered them to return and man their
pieces. For time his courage nourish-
ed theirs; but at length he stood
alone. charging field piece, while his
comrades were swept away by terrific
onset of the enemy Courting death.
he made no signal of surrender when
the hostile bayonets were at his breast
but brave officer interfered in his be-
half and be was made prisoner.


Washington, hearing of his conduct,
ordered the sentence against him to
be erased and his. command to be
restored to him !; and when, a year
later. he was exchanged, he gave him
his hand before the army, in token of
his great respect and admiration. He
left the service at the end of the war
with an enviable reputation.
Year: 1876

There is very heavy run Of SAL
mon in the Columbia river, and to so
great an extent as to tax all the can
ners to their utmost ability, compel
ling some establishments to turn their
attention to barrelling their surplus
fish.
Year: 1876

on engaged in settling the vast territories Of the
American continent In estim8tWg iis consequences,
hcwevcr must not be mlsied by the position Of this
country IN the days OF protection among ourselves IL
should not be assumed that because vast system or
manufacturing industry has been artiiciaily pro-
duccd IN the Uniied States such manufac-
turing system will derive benefit, just our
manufactures OF natural growth derived benefit
from the relaxation OF restrictions trade.
The principal influence on English manufactures pro-
duced by trade the cheap supply OF food but
no system Tree trade can secure American workmen
food ut smaller cost than that ut which they now ob


tam it, The national injury to them OF the system Of
protection IS that they are called away by artificial
arrangements from the cheap production OF food 10 Gu
gage in manufacturing goods which they have 10 pur
chase at price much higher than what they might pay
Tor EuIopean goods u only the tarii would allow oi
might reduce the price OF clothes, and far IL would
be hostile to artihclay produced manufactures bui It
would not III the United States acct the price OF labor
generally any degree like the effect produced by the
repeal OF the laws IN this country, Tor the
SIMPLE reason that the United States are pur-
chases but producers of food We are told that there
is already decline in the price OF labor, but It is labor
applied TO those nuacturcs of which there is areaiy
great overproduction


RETURN TO TRUE ECONOMIC Doctrines


In tho United States will not render Anorican manu-
iaciurers more formidable competitors. Except in so
far us the general progress OF the nation is retarded by
policy OF protection the question ci trade or OF
projection has little immediate importance for Ameri
can manufacturers II protection Is pciseyered IN It
produces the usual result OF special lcr,sationthc
favored class OF capitalists overwhelmed by com
petition II protection Is abandoned we have "a rccoc
milton OF those natural laws of commerce which have
hitherto, owing to the favorable conditions OF
country gwen prcdominancc IN the markets the
world IL quite true, MS urged by "A Practical Man,
that the wise course Tor English manufacturers IS TO
take lesson from the energy and inventive po~er dis
PLAYED AT Philadelpnu. Both capitalist and Workman
may profit by observing what excellent work Amcri-
can manufacturers can produce, recoectins that
perior excellence OF work Is what NC have always
tho main relied on But the special economic advan-
tagcs which our longer experience Of manufacturing
industry gives Us must remain the same tor many
years aud meanwhile We shall be abe 10 proceed
we have done hitherto. making further advances IN
manufacturing SKILL Everything that Is done 10 IN
sruct tho working people or to improve machinery
TO stimulate energy is an advantage. nrd whc these
ends are being pursued may rest assured that the
ultimate triumph OF FREQ trade IN the United states
will restore commerce to Its natural channels not add
10 cmbarrasSncnts
Year: 1876

The following tables show the manner in which the
playing strength between the Eastern and Western
soctons OF the League has been divided tho style IN
which they played the early part OF the season. ana
the decline which the Eastern clubs OF the League
have been steadily falling.


Tho first portion OF their series OF ten games took
place in the East, and lasted from May % June IT,
inclusive. The appended tablo will show how equally
they then matched. from the result OF which II
was thought that the Easterns would give good &C
count Of themselves whi.c III the West -
Year: 1876

Yesterday evening q pale, thin wo-
man, meanly clad. was seen shivering on
the doorstep of fashionable mansion on


Ashland avenue. Her whole appearance


betokened poverty and misery. The
master of the honse, comparatively
young man, clad in costly fur overcoat,
ran up to the steps at the same moment
and gave the poor creature quarter,
tions of gratitude. 1t seems romantic
but it is fact, that eleven years ago
that young woman lived in that same
mansion, the beautiful, accomplished, i,
and idolized daughter Of wealthy parents.
Two suitors sought her hand-one was &
fashionable young man, the other the
plumbers apprentice, who, while visit
ing her fathers lordly mansion to thaw
out the water-pipes, saw and loved the
beauteous apparition. He profered his
suit in a blunt, manly style, told her
that his time would soon be out, and
showed her how the bills were made out
to meet her objection as to his lack of
fortune. The naughty and infatuated
girl rejected his suit and married the
handsome young man with whom she
sat up housekeeping in the costly man.
sion on Ashlard avenue. Wonderful
are the alternatives of fortunel The
plumber rose steadily, became wealthy,
and purchased the family mansion when
the young husband WAS compelled,
through going short on No. 2 spring at
an inopportune moment, to sell out his
property. The young husband took to
drink, and finally was buried in a pau
per's grave, and last evening his starv-
ing widow asked and received aims on
the doorstep of house formerly her
own from the hands of her discarded
lover, now its owner and mil
lionaire. (Slow curtain
Year: 1876

There is great practical truth embod-
led in the following extract: Life is a
school, and it is only through its strug-
giles, its mishaps and disappointmens
that we learn human nature, ourselves
and our fellowmen. Ii is only through
repeated falls that the child learns To-
stand alone and walk. He who is the
architect of his cwn good fortune, char
acter and destiny, is always great man,
and if we will find ninety nine out OF
every hundred of such men have begun
life without any other aid than a sound
physical, moral and intellectual consti.
tuition, and have been successful in al
most all the phases of life-tasting of
poverty, struggling with disappoint-
ment, relegated to obscurity and under
going all the kicks and cuffs of "outra.
geous fortune" and finally by the de-
velopment of their inherent energies in
such a hard, rough school, rising tri-
umphantly over all obstacles at last.


Many an unwise parent labors hard
and lives sparinRly all his life for the
purpose of leaving enough to give his
children a start in the world, as il Is
called. Setting a young man afloat with
money left by his relatives is like tying
bladders under the arms of one who can
not swim; ten chances to one he will
lose his bladder. Give yonr child a
good education; and you will have given
him what will be of more value than
the wealth of the Indies. To be thrown
upon ones resources, is to be cast into
the very lap of fortune, for ones facul-
ties then undergo development and
display. an energy of which they were
previously unsusceptible.
Year: 1876

In many of its habits, and in much of
its anatomy. the tiger is simply huge
cat, a monstrous and ferociuus develop
ment of the sleek tabby that purrs b.
the hearth in every outage. Being a
shy. morose animal, he is usually found
roaming about by himself; but at GER
tain seasons his mate is sure to be not
far from him. His favorite food con-
sists of the ordinary domestic cattle.
which are mostly, in the plains Of India
weak and under-sized creatures. When
he cannot find these he contents himself
W tn the different deer of India and
wild hogs; occasionally preying on mon
keys, pea fowl and even smaller animals.
These are suddenly struck down, most
ly during the night, seized by the throat
and dragged off in some secure spot in
the neighboring jungle which is known
AZ the "kill" Here he eats what his ap-
petite requires at once, and then leaving
The carcass, retires to smooth, irampled
down lair, hard by Gurt as hare lies
in its form, returning after a period
of sluggish repose TO take another meal
at the kill. He will easily consume a
buffalo in the course of a night. If hard
pressed for food the tigress will desert
her young and even eat them. As for
the young tigers, they are far more de-
structive than the old, killing three or
fonr COWS at time for the mere pleas
IRE of killing, when they first set mp in
life for themselves; wheEsaS an older IL
ger rarely kills more than one victim at
a time, and this will last him for a per-
iod of two OF three days, or even for a
week. They apparently develop into
man eaters when they are old and slug
gish, and the teeth are somewhat decay
ed. Preferring human flesh. they find,
when once the awe natural to wild ami
mails at the presence of man IL shaken
of, that he offers an easy and tempting
prey. Such is the power and ferocity
Of these man-eating tigers, that whole
villages are sometimes deserted through
their devastations. Inc on instance, in
the Central Provinces, a single tigress
caused the desertion of thirteen villages,
while two hundred and fifty square miles
of country were thrown out of cultiva-
tion before the creature was shot.
Year: 1876

Our Philldelphia contemporaries are
making a great ado editoriaIly over the
fact that Judge Biddle, in a recent
homicide trial, charged the jury that
drunkenness was no excuse for murder.
We are tolI that the Judge, referring to
the growing opinion" that drunkenness
is an excuse for cri.4ie, and that it was
only necessary for a criminal TO bring a
few of his boon companions into Court
to swear he had be n drinking To relieve
him of the full penalty of his crime,
said there never was a greater mistake
or greater libel on the administration
of justice" While Judge Biddle is to
be commended for speaking out so plain.
ly in a community where murder il sci
dom punished, except 1t be in cases Of
such monsters as BrObsi, il is humiliat-
ing TO learn that the growing opinion"
in the Centennial city il that drunken
ness IS an excuse for crime. In nearly
every case of homicide tried in Allegh-
eny county in the last twenty years.
from the lamenled Judge McClure's ac-
cession to the bench to the presented by
the defense IN mitigation Of the degree
Of the crime, that it rather aggravated
than palliated the ofiense. Indeed, Juged
Mcclure used to hold that drunkenness
was an ingredient Of every crime, and
that if the plea Of drunkenness we're TO
be admitted for one day As an excuse,
there would be more homicides than as
saults and batteries on the calendar, and
crime would go nnpunished.
Year: 1876

A CROOKED RAILRoAD.-The South
ern Pacific Railroad is decidedly crook
ed at Tehachape Pass. About twenty
miles of the road is succession of cuts,
fills and tunnels. Within this distance
there are thirteen tunnels ranging from
100 feet to few yards in length. The
greater part of the way the road bed is
cut through solid granite. and the eleva-
tion is SO great that the first mile and a
half is attained by laying down eight
miles of track. In one place the road
runs through tunnel, encircles the hill
and passes a few feet above the tunnel.
After completely encircling the hill and
going half way round again, the track
doubles on itself, and after running sew
eral miles in the opposite direction
strikes up the canon. Once the track
crosses the pass and this involes the
building of long and very nigh bridge.
On another part of the road is tunnel
a mile and half in length, in places
over 900 feet below the surface
Year: 1876

At festival at reformatory institu-
tion, recently. a gentleman said, of the
use of Intoxicating drinks: 81 over
came the appetite by a recipe given to
me by old DR.. Hatfield, one Of those
good old physicians who do not have a
percentage from a neighboring druggist.
The prescription is simply an orange
every morning half hour before break
fast. Take that" said the doctor,
"and you will neither want liquor nor
medicine. ] have done 30 regnle rly,
and find that liquor has become repuI-
sive. The taste of the orange is in the
saliva of my tongue, and it would be as
we'll to mix water and oil as rum with
my taste"
Year: 1876

The heavy wind registered on Pixies
Peak the other day seems 10 have struck
earth about Cuchnraa, and judging from
the reports received from that quarter II
must have been n pretty severe zephyr.
Considerable damage was done along its
track, and all work and business was
perforce suspended during the prevail
ence Of the gale. A Cucharas eorrea-
pondent Of the Chieftain relates the fol-
lowing among other effects Of the storm;
"While the proprietor Of the Cucharas
Sample Room was at break 'ast this
morning. the back door Of his establish
ment WAS hurst open by the force Of the
wind, and his bar and bar fixtures were
carried through the front window and
scattered over the broad pampas in wild
and dire confusion. There was about
ten dollars in currency in the drawer,
and all was lost. Mr.. Mitchell, one Of
the leading merchants here, has been
engaged all the morning removing his
goods from the shelves and putting them
in place OF safety. His house sways
and vibrates so much that he fears il
may 20 down at any moment" He also
relates a touching story Of a mule being
blown ont Of its harness, at a grading
camp, and carried away bodily. The
same paper also learns from n gentleman
just arrived from Walsenburg that the
most tremendous storm Of wind ever
known in that section commenced about
daylight on Wednesday morning. The
air was full uf flying dust, the roar Of
the hurricane was deafening, and il was
almost impossible TO stand on ones feet
on account Of the power Of the storm.
The houses Of Sheriff Thomas Sprout
aud Jose Rival, as well as Mr.. Ben Arm
old's stables, were unToofed, and the
timely use Of ropes alone saved the roof
Of the Masonic Hall from being carried
out on the prairie. Doors and windows
were blown in all parts Of the town,
outbuildings overturned and unroofed
and the whole place looks as though IL
had experienced a heavy bOmbardment.
Fortunately during all the -uproar no
one was injured; though the air il said
at times TO haye been full Of flying
boards, shingles, etc.
Year: 1876

A WIFE's PowER.-A good wife is
to man, wisdom, strength and courage;
a bad one is confusion, weakness and
despair. No condition ia hopeless to u
man where the wife possesses irmness,
decision and economy. There is no out
ward propriety which can counteract in
dolence, extravaganza and folly at home.
No spirit can long endure bad influence.
Man is strong; but his heart is not ada
mant. He needs a tranquil mind; and
especially if he is an intelligent man,
with whole head, he needs its moral
force in the conflict of life. To recover
his composure, home must be a place of
peace and comfort. There his soul re-
news its strength, and goes forth with
renewed vigor to encounter the labor
and troubles of life. But if at home he
finds no rest, and there il met with bad
temper, jealousy and gloom, or assailed
with complaints and censure, hope van
ishes, and he sinks into despair.
Year: 1876

After great snow storm, little fell
low began to shovel path through the
large snow hank before his grand moth
er's door, He had no thing but small
shovel to work with.


"How do you expect to get through
that drift?" asked man passing along.


"By keeping at it," said the boy
cheerfully: chats howl"


That ia the secret of mastering aim ost
every difficulty under the sun. If a
hard task is before you, stick TO it. Do
not keep thinking how large or hard it
is; but go at it, and little by little it
will grow smaller, until il is done.


If hard lesson is to be learned, do
not spend a moment in fretting, do not
lose a breath in wing, 81 can't," or al
do not see how" but go at il and keep
at it-study. That is the only way to
conquer it.


ia fault is cured or bad habit bro
ken up, it cannot be done by merely be-
ing sorry, or only trying little. You
must keep fighting until it is got rid of.
Year: 1876

The latest fashion in china is come
thing entirely unique, and needs little
explanation for the uninitiated. A lady
announces her intention Of getting up a
sentimental tea SET" This means that
she desires each of her friends to pres
ent her with cup and saucer, whose
size, quality, and coslliness are left to
the tastes and generosity of the donor.


When sufficient number has been
presented the nondescript collection Is
as n sentimental tea set. The
lady is then in duty bound to give n tea
party to her contributors and friends in
which the cheering weed Is served in the
motley china, gathered together in this
polite way of putting ones friends un-
der contribution. or conrSe the ladies
vie with each other in seeing who can
collect the greatest number OF offerings.
and the gentlemen are warmly welcomed
who come bearing in their hands costly
cups of delicate Sevres, or the petite
GtcdtibalS Ot OTltnldl tdHtes w KNOW OF
a lady in a neighboring city who num-
bers already twelve of these oddities,
and she has just begun her collection.
Her tea service thus far ranges from a
tiny cup and saucer one hundred years
old to an Offering large enough for a
bowl. The intermediate range includes
variety in form, size. and material. Great
was the sport at the first tea-drink,
while the unique display afforded an
abundant subject for conversation. We
are told by those in authority that the
fashion promises to be quite universal
this winter, and we are sure it will be
provocative Of endless fun and perhaps
Just little rivalry, for will not a wo-
mans attractive powers be measured by
the number of these fragile offerings she
receives from her friends7 What a re-
surrection of odd tea cups and saucers
from long-occupied hiding places will
take place, and what search there will
be in the china shops for specimens
rich and rarel
Year: 1876

A Kentucky paper tells a story of u
backwoodsman who, few days ago, saw
n carpet for the first time at Bowling
Green, in that State. He was some.
what confused at first, thinking it was
some kind of probably an
oil painting-but, perceiving a bare
stepped back few PAGES, and with a
running jump, struck the floor about
six inches from the edge of the carpet.
When his heels struck the floor he slip.
ped and fell back, but quickly arose and
after looking with complacency at the
distance he had leaped, exclaimed:
"By gosh, cleared her.
Year: 1876

From the New York Mercuryl


The astronomical features Of 1876 are
Of sufficient interest TO Justify mention
The year will contain 366 days, Of
which ffty-three will be Sundays. April
Is will be Easter Sunday being the frat
Sunday following the passage Of the sun
through the vernal eqninox. There will
he four eclip~es in 1876-two of each
luminary. 1. A partial eclipse of the
moon in the night following March 9,
virIble from every part Of the United
States and Canadas, if weather permit.
Al the middle of the eclipse 0 of the
moons diameter will be in the shadow.
2. An annular eclipse of the sun March
% The annular phase will I've visible
on this continent only at places very
near line from Vancouver's Island to
the northwest shore of Huds0n,s Bay.
Ii will he visible, as a partial eclipse
from all parts of the United States and
Canadas outside that limit, except in
Florida. 8. A partial eclipse of the
moon at $50 p. NJ. of September 3. not
visible on this continent. A. A total
eclipse of the sun at 4:30 o'clock in the
afternoon of September IL. not visible to
any part of the American continent.
The sun will rise eclipsed in the eastern
half of Australia, and the phenomenon
will he visible from large part Of the
South Pacific and Antarctic oceans. the
limit of the partial phase passing very
near the South Pole.


Venus will be an evening star till Ju
ly IA, and rise before the sun during the
remainder of the year. Mars will be an
evening star till August II, the date Of
his conjunction with the sun, when both
will BE- in conjunction with Uranus and
nearly in opposition TO Saturn. lie will
rise before the sun for the remainder Of
the year. Jupiter will he the morning star
till May II, the date Of his opposition to
the sun, and an evening star from that
date till December A, when he will be in
conjunction with the sun and Mercury.
Saturn will set after the sun till Febru-
ary IL, the date of the conjunction.
From that time he will rise before the
sun till August 27, when he will be on
the meridian at midnight, and will be
an evening star during the last fonr
months Of the year. Uranus will be ON
the meridian at midnight Of February 6,
and in conjunction with the sun August
II. He will be just visible to the naked
eye on fine evenings in the spring and
early summer months. Neptune will
be on the meridian at midnight October
26. His right ascension at that date
will be 2 hours minutes, and north de-
clInation II degrees 6 minutes--nearly
on the line from Hamal TO Menkar. He
cannot be seen except through the tele-
scope.
Year: 1876

GENERAL MERRITT who has just re-
turned from the Black Hills, says, the
gold yields at the best will not pay more
than wages, and wherever there seems to
be promising location, it is already COW
cred with experienced and practical gold
miners with whom the crowds Of people
going there now could not possibly COM
pete, even if they had chance. The men
who suppose they can become suddenly
rich by rushing to the Black Hills, ought
to consider calmly the statements Of intel
ligent and disinterested observers coming
from that valley of diamonds and hills of
gold. The fact is that not single relia !
BILE report has yet been received which d3es
not contradict the golden visions Of the
sanguine.
Year: 1876

Is Col. H. q. Whitley, ex-Chief Of the
Treasury detectives Of Washington, now
trying to besome a Government witness
in order that he may escape the punish
nent he deserves He is now in Washing
rington safe burglary: but why did not
the ex-Chief of the Treasury Detectives
come to the front at FIRST like man, and
unbosom himself Of all he knew about the
then mysterious safe burglary, and not at
this time when he finds that others are
now ready to tell tho truth about it. 1t
would have been much more honorable
and creditable for Mr.. Whitley to have
unbosomed himself at first.
Year: 1876

A BEAUTIFUL city has sprung up as if
by magic amid the beauties of Fairmout
Park, and few more weeks will see it
peopled with the vast throngs that will
swarm from all quarters of our own coun-
try and Of the world, to wonder at, admire
and enjov the splendid trophy of a nations
completed century. From Georges Hill
the whole seems like fairy scene; every
thing being 40 new, bright and fresh look
ing.