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nal heavens she sees them by the mill
ions, and loves the loyalty that creates
such unselfish poverty and such I'M
seemly but UNDECIDED rags. Founda-
ton of the Government! salvation of
the country! representative of free
and enlightened people! will you have
a cigar!"
"Thank you," he said, appreciative-
ly, striking match on the ragged sleeve
OF his coat. "It's getting late. All the
boys have gone home and the band has
stopped playin'. Hohum! 8 all over.
Goodnight
He shufiied slowly and sadly into the
darkness of side alley, going to that
mysterious but never-to-be discovered
somewhere of his class, and will be WIS.,
ible to the public eye no more until the
breaking up of hard winter, and the
first notes of the spring campaign
Rochester Democrat.
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There is an activediscussion going on
in the newspapers respecting the inn
pairment of the sight of the children in
our public schools. 1t seems to be set
tied by examination that the older they
grow the more defective become their
visions-myopia, or shortsightedness,
being especially prevalent It is not
worth while to give the elaborate tables
which prove this point, as it is sufficient
to know that they establish the fact that
school studies as at present conducted
are hurtful to the eyes of the rising gen.
Grafton. Writers and experts attribute
this to the length and severity of the
studies, but may there not be still an
other reason! Has not the question of
color in ink and paper something to do
with the disease of the eye! Black and
white are not colors to be found in ma
ture, and yet the human eye has been
made to suffer from the strain made by
them for generations. In the world
about US, at least in the temperate zones,
negative tints predominant, such as
those of water, both fresh and salt,
the brown earth, the blue
sky; there are plenty of blues,
and greens, and browns and yellows,
but white wherever found is the occa-
sion of ophthalmic diseases; as in the
Arctic SHOWS, the sands of the desert,
the white cliffs Of the Pyrenees-these
all create diseases of the eye. Our
printed literature is black and white,
colors not found in nature, and there
fore unnatural. 1t is surpris-
ing that none of the recent writers have
considered the question of color at all
the objects seen at the greatest distance,
as the yellow star in the dark blue sky.
Instinctively the sign painters give us a
yellow or golden foreground on a
background of black as being the most
striking form for lettering; and beyond
question the time will come when, for
hygienic reasons, we will have to alter
our school-books, so as to print the
words in colors that do not weary or
strain the eye.-The Graphic.
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Useful and Useless Husbands.

The average husband is conceded by
all intelligent wives to be utterly USE
less when at home. He may be acute
and skillful at his business, and he may
be an affectionate husband and father,
but when there is any thing to be done
in the house in the way of repairing
furniture or improvising cheap substi-
tutes for bedsteads or mop-handles, he
IS of less value than his own little boy,
who often helps his mother. While
this is undoubtedly true of most men,
there is occasionally found one whose
chief delight consists in constantly prac-
ticing as an amateur cabinet-maker
plumber, or carpenter. He often prowls
about the house, seeking articles upon
which he can use little glue or varnish,
and devising plans for filing up the
corner of the dining-room with few
triangular shelves, and for putting up
wooden mantel-piece in the hall bed
room. The sound OF his saw and ham,
mer are heard often, and he goes to bed
at late hours, with more paint adhering
to his fingers than his wife regards as
strictly necessary. 1t is curious illus
tration of the perversity of the female
sex that husband with this
fondness for doing little useful
things is held among wives to be
even more undesirable than the kind of
husband who is perfectly useless. He
is charged not only with fiendish fond
ness for late hammering, but is con-
stantly upbraided because he "makes
so many chips" In vain does he ex
plain that planning board necessarily
results in chips, and that saw-dust is
the inevitable consequence of using
saw. He is told that he ought to be
ashamed of himself, and that no decent
man would think of making chips all
over the floor. These things, however,
never dishearten husband of an active
disposition, who can not possibly find
any enjoyment in sitting at home and
doing nothing at all; to him the little
domestic jobs are relaxation, especial
ly when the nature of his daily routine
business is of another kind; and we
earnestly implore wives who happen to
have such husbands to be indulgent to-
ward them, as they are really Of more
value to them and their children than
those who, when at home, do nothing
but fill their rooms with tobacco-smOke
-Mnnuf actarer and Bui der.
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A Canary Which Sings "a Lii /,
Ocean Ware"

j. G. Christopher, a barber Il
ton Spa, is the possessor Of sfems|
canary bird, the voice Hwfhch
developed in a peculiarly. psibs|
manner, so that now tliisAsedu]
sCngster can successfully itni]s|
well-known air, ga Life on the
Wave.' The bird will comme,s
MARBLE like any other sef these
but after uttering a few notes #Eiii i|
diately strike into the tune, and
its voice has attaiaed,,fuA heien'
above tune will be sung entire, Il
manner that sounds singnlarly \
GUS and attractive, literally seHl
note its natural vocalr,powen
was only achieved after the maa|
gent and patient attention. ASH
the bird was old enough to piek'
living it was put in room apart
all others, and a music box also \
in the apartment that was keH
petually going, repeating the OIL
over and over again, SO that this
lar pupil had no other person III
from but that. After four mptl
such apprenticeship, the owner \
warded by hearing his littl6 \!
render i" A Life on the Ocean n
as naturally and perfect as 4 AZ
the song of its ancestors. = Mimi
Tr. tu7ae. ~
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If a man thinks it in 0fieI
drunk on his wedding day, tss :!
put off the "drunk'l nntaatter' 4
rage ceremony. This niue
advice is suggested BY the iais Z
low D. Frazee Of Philadelphia. |, Z
engaged to marry . young !
Plainfeld, Ocean Beach, n 8
day was set, and the bride W.
but the bridegroom did not con-
wedding was necessarily pe
On the way to Ocean Beas 'l.'
met some congratulating fris IS
they drank him senseless. 1 ~.
DAYS of sobering-np be went pr |.
The young lady aud her I me-
the door in his face. he nsp
the house, and the young lay
gave him a black eye and e. s.. y
Of the village. He hung w Y,
outskirts of the village, s1d u |,
police told him to move o.:
too mean to stay on Jersey p "
went back to Pennsylvanisfs =
q sad man, -
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AN infant child of Mr.. Gaddas, Q

An infant child of Mr.. Gaddas, Of
Amesbury, Mass, was left in the cradle
under the care of its two sisters, whose
ages were not above years, and they
endeayored to play nurse. HayiHg seen
their mother take from the cupboard a
vial, they followed her example, but in
stead of the castor-oil bottle, took one
containing bed-bug poison, ard gave a
spoonful to the little one. The mother,
who was employed in the kitchen, heard
the child cry, and entering the room,
saw the condition of things and admin
istered an andidote, and thus saved its
life.
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Representative Price Of Low, &
the American East -

Do not compare this couph
any other. There is mo- c wv.
compare it with. There !. = uOaaa
make a country to comn : =
[Langhter]. In England vos =
a railroad cartin the morn' ny y !
out in a straight line and belo, y \
sets you will run over the sd.s
plause and laughter Yog
compare MOLE hills with n.'
You may contrast them, but wv ssl
compare them. Step out f;s ~
Eastern limit and see the XIV .iOa
shaking the water from his ~
takes his course westward
miles. only, nor 1000 miles ~ !,
nor 5000 miles only, but he M n.
ersed nearly 1000 miles wha, i, !.
to rest behind the golden vsss.
Pacific. Laughter and appIas.
take your stand up at the fro,s I
where the Ice King reigns. sDS i
downlthrough all the DEGREES Il
tude until you have reached 4. I.
the orange and the pine, and ma
have a country which, for divs
climate and products, has 10 =
the globe continuous lauuhtars
plause and you can not msfs
country anywhere else, for tlssi
other place to make it in. aIIss,
This is our country. It has oas1
tuition, one flag and one destiDv'
purpose, so far as my ability eris
keep it in the pathway Of duty =
shall arrive at the goal, and 'tls|
stone shall be put upon ii i
[Shouts of laughter and applaua,]
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CHICAGO brags of the champs
bling boy. lie is only 10 yearsa
they call him Charley La Vine,
been kicked across the coniinlI
back, is still in good condition, Z
evidently pluck enough to be IN
over the United States for the
of rambling. Charley has q moEs||
has never been able to put hs|
on, her boy with accuracy slncsI
able to walk. He Runaway troy
a dozen times before he wss9
old, and lied and suffered and
little starving vagabond. As yeg
always returned home When tlfa
is at home now-aftet,a six mon
sence. He made the trip 10 81
cisco and back this time. and =
great hardships. The conducsos|
ed him off the train at every g.!
he expected when he started NJ
nickel. Heboarded the next q
waited for the next kicking. ~!
kicked to San Francisco and pee
he is now az home lying,up To- 4
He will not black boots and sel
long before he is off for anQtnel
ure trip. EsAs
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The Princess OF Wales ~
the whole Of her head . iaI ~
false hair, arranged in . =.
curls and. crinklets, from %
back to where it meets the p1I5
back hair. The piece = 81 s II
petite, and was inven1ea ="
cess.
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We pladly welcome 70 oaI !

We gladly welcome g 81 n
table, once more, the ions M
familiar face of that sPica5 ~
sheet, the Congressional WI, M !
Globe is the official organ q =.
can Photographers AssocIan assts
columns are replete with esps
sense. Ha,okeye. s
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DIR. Schweinfurt, the well known
African traveller, is about to return to
Africa, and the reason he assigns for
this intention is, that he g is not able
to support the Berlin climate. -
Mayfair describes this as IS the cruelest
blow that ever was struck at the reputa-
ton of town.
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Seven years ago Methodism was
first introduced into the dominions of
Brigham Young. Now there are six
Methodist churches and Is Sunday
schools in Utah.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-10
sures as are referred to in the Governors
message shalt be referred. Adopted.
By same: Bill In reference to Jurisdiction

sures as are referred to in the Governors
message shalt be referred. Adopted.
By same: Bill In reference to Jurisdiction
Of justices.
BY Mir. KEYsER: Resolution instructing
the Committee for Courts OF Justice to in
quire into the expediency Of amen ding
the law so as toIincrease tue Jurisdiction Of
magistrates courts In civil and criminal
cases. Referred. .,s,-s,s-',-', ,s's.
Mr.. P. j. CARTER offered resolution for
the printing OF 5000 copies OF the Cover
nor's message for the use OF the members OF
the Legislature. He said 1t must be adj
mitted that IL is an able financial document,
and that we should have few copies ct
least, so that we may be prepared on such
questions Referred.
Mr.. MUsHBAcK, OF Alexandria, introduced
billfor the assessment Of taxes and making
provision for the payment Of interest on the
public debt. .r.s, IL.
By Mr.. JORDAN: Bill in regard to the
erection Of q pier-head at the wharf at
Booths landing, James river.
By Mr.. FULTON: Bill In regard to admis-
sion, to the public free schools:
By Mr.. HIEER: Resolution instructing
the Committee on Privileges and Elections
to inquire into the eXpediency OF amending
treasurers, without additional compeu sa-
ton, to furnish each voting-precinct Of their
respective counties with q list OF all delin-
auent taxpayers. .a.. 49,
By. Mr.. FAUNTLERoY: Resolution in
structing the Committee for Courts OF JUS
| tice to inquire into and report upon the eX-
pediency of amending the law Of appealfrom
Judgment Of justices OF the peace so as to
! permit appeals without restriction.
REPAIRS TO THE CANAL.
The bill in relation to the use Of convicts
In the repair OF the James River and ka-
nawha canal came up on its passage.
Mr.. BoCocK spoke in favor OF the bill.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Giles, moved to amend
the bill by the insertion OF the words :" In
no event shall the cost incurred by the
State in feeding, guarding, clothing, and
furnishing medical attention exceed tue
average cost OF guarding, feeding, CLOTH
ing, and furnishing medical attendance for
the same at the penitentiary."
The amendment, after some discussion,
was withdrawn.
The two following amendments were
then offered by Mr.. WALKER, OF Northum-
berland, and agreed to: After word "ne-
cessary," in sixth line, ipsert the following !:
"With reservation OF the power to recall
said convicts whenever. in his opinion, the
public service requires it." Between the
fourth and fifth lines, after the word con-
troll" insert the words, "and may not be
actually employed in the workshops OF the
institution" t@.,asa . ~
The bill was discussed by Messrs. An
DERsoS, FAuNTLERoY, PoPHAa, MoFFETT,
and others. "a
The time for the use of the conIicts was
limited to December, 1879.
Mr.. ANDERSON placed upon the calendar
a bill to enable the City Council Of Rich
mond to lend money to the James River
and Kanawha Canal Company. The bill
was ordered to its engrossment and third
reading. ..: ..'.
The House then adjourned.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-10

52 pieces DRESS Go9Ds at TX worth J IGc;
g P psess BLESS BLESS G S99Bs at at
'0n PLAIb, FIG TIRED, kS1CKERbocKER and
DRESS GOODS.
In BLACK ALPACAs, CACHEMIREs. ,0lERl-
NOS, aud other black goods our stock Is COM
pletc, and at prices to suit any one.
A full line of BEAVER-CLOTHS. CHINCTlILLA
CLOTHS, WATERPROOF CLOTH, CASSI-
MkRES, &C., for CL0AkS, SUITS, &c, at very
low prices.
IL to S25-all the newest styles ana trimmings
very low.
BLANKETS. QUILTS. COMFORTABLE. CAR
PETS. SHAWLs, SHIRTS. &C.. at extra low
prices TO effect sales. Call and STE lis on these
goods.
LADIES. CENT? Ea1EN'S, and CIIILDREN'S IN
.DERWEAR-a full line 1T all prices.
KID GLOvES-We have just received the largest
supply we have ever had. from soc. To s. .3O
Cali aud see our TWU-GUTTON COLORED
WHITE, BLACK, and OPERA SHADES KID
GLOVES at SOC.
WHITE, STRIPED, and SOLID CoLORS,
tau:i nosfERY GDEPARTi1EST. ~ ~ "
Also a large line Of nANDKERCHIEFs, CoRsETS,
Combs. SCARF and HAIR PINS, JLwELRY
and Il great many other goods too numerous to
mention.
We keep all shades TRIAlslING-SlLKS to match
DRESS GOODS At S5c. Il yard.
We keep all shades WORSTED PRINCES at 20
rs. so, and CSC. 10 match goods.
We keep all shades SILK BUTTONS, ,-,.,,,
We keep all kinds OF BUTTONS for DRESSES
CLOAkS. &c.
We keep everything contained In lrst-class DIR,
goods store at prices to defy any competition
and all we usk Is q call to he convinced of til,
fact at THALHIMER BROTHERS.,
&C.. COL Broad street. corner Skin street.
n. B.-MR. CHARLES HUTZLER Is with us
and will be pleased to see his many friends ant
customers ut THALHlMER BROTHERS.,
de COL Broad street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-10

RACE TRoUBLEs.-Mr. SHELLEY, OF Ala
BANANAS was seen in our report Saturday
of congressional proceedings OF Friday
introduced into the House a bill to repel
Chinese immigration. 1t proposed fine OF
$3.50 per head on Cinnamon coming into this
country. 1t would, Of course, interdict
Chinese immigration. A good joke "got-
ten off" by the reporter was that General
SHELLEY wanted to protect the colored Ia
borers OF the South from the perils that
threaten the white laborers Of California.
Is this intended to capture northern votes
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-10
MT GRAND DISPLAY
OF
GOODS
FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT EVER En-
HIBITED IN RICHMOND.
ARTICLES SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS FOR
MEN, WOMEN, GOYS, GIRLS,
AND BABIES.
MT GRAND DISPLAY

a large stock of WRITING DESKS, WOR h
BOXES, JAPANESE JEWEL-CASES;
TOILET-B0TTLES. VASES, MATCHSAFES,
CHINA TEA, DINNER. and TOILET-sETs
RUBBER, CHINA. WAX, and INDESTRUCTI-
BILE DOLLS;
JUVENILE BOOKS, ALPHABET. PICTURE,
and Bull DING-BLOCKS
DRUMS, CORNETS, HORNS, RIDDLES, HAIR
MoNICANS, PIANOS, CLARIONETs. and
other musical Instruments;
NOAus ARKS, SHEEP-FOLDS. VILLAGES,
SOLDIERS; ....
GAMES in great variety-thc largest display in this
line ever made.
MAGNETIC TOYS, CHINA MUGS, CUPS and
sAUCERs, and CUPS. sAUCERs, and PLATES
in sets;
MONEY-BANKS, MECHANICAL Toys, SUP
PLE-JfCKS, INDIA RUBBER BALLS and
INDIA-RUBBER TOYS, HUMMING-TOPS
PEG-TOPS. MARBLES, JACKS, TABLE and
PARLoR-CRoQUET, GRACE HOOPS, and
BATTLEDooR AND sHuTTLECOCK, JACK
STRAWs, MAGIC LANTERNS, CHRISTMAS
CANDLES, CAND1ESTICKs.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, DRAWING-SLATES,
sLATE-DEsKS and sCRAP-BOOKs, SCRAP
BOOK PICTURES;
POTTERY for decoration, and all the necessary
material. Thousands of articles not enumerated
in this advertisement. -
de -.. LEVY BROIHEhS.
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spLCrAi. NOTICES.

NJ COHEN BROTHERS ARE AGAIN
opening large stock Of goods purchased to great
advantage, md as usual they offer the benefit TO their
customers.
They will offer on Monday an extensive stock of
DRESS GOODS ut 1sKc.. heretofore sold at 16hc.
All the better class of DRESS GOODS reduced at
proportionate rate.
DRESS GOODS reduced from 3se. to &c.; ga
ALL-WOOL DAMAssEs at $780, 3ra
They are in receipt also Of several cases OF BLACK
ALPACA ar rs and SOC. worth from 12iz to
15c.a yard more;
A large lot of FRENCH CAsTIMEREs in BLACK
and COL0RED. ..s.i
Also from retiring importer. large additions to
their stock Of BLACK aud C9LORED SILKS
In SILK GOODS prices have recently undergone
constant changes, and COHEN BROTHERS
offer every advantage to compete with the New
York market
| $50 pieces OF WHITE FLANNELS Of the cele-
brated Quechee mills at rs per cent. less than
| the former price;
Another large addition to their stock Of LADIES'
! CLQAKS;
| You can also save 81 yard by buying your BEA-
YER CLOAhING at COHEN BROTHERS;
In BLACK and COLORED SILK yELvETS they
| 'onef the most extensive assortment;
| Also, large stock Of MERINO VESTS (sec their
| LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S MERINO
VESTS at 35c.), nearly Atwood, at 55c., marked
| value being 1925;
The KID GLOVES sold at COHEN BROTHERS
for 75c. i pair are fully worth $3.50 pair;
They are selling CARPETS at Is and 1896, IN
| GRAIN at 80 and 35c., .PENITESTfARY
MADE at 37kc., ALL-WOOL TWO-PLY at GO
| In and 65c.; also, some exquisite patterns
| THREE-PLY and TAPESTRY:
UPHOLSTERY REPS, 90 inches wide. at soc. and
| 81 worth fully $3.50;
| CRETONS In various designs;
In HOSIERY, GLOVES, RIBBONS, PRINCES,
| FANCY GOODS, and general sma-wear, they
offer many Inducements;
Also, SO pieces ENGLISH GRAPE At 4 great sacri-
| frp no %
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The Indians.

The history OF the Indians OF North
| America and their relations to the Unitea
States is history Of which we CANNOT DC
very proud. But It Is similar 70 the nis. To-
ries 8, many wars OF conquest--ail policies
q, civilized races that end in dispossesing
sayaees Of their lands. a Washington lei
tor states that serious war with the In
dams is possible. and that Justice 1s on the
side OF the Indians. Well, and what Of u!
Is there any probability that the oni1ea
states Government will take up the cause
Of the Indians, or leave them to do what
they ulease on that accountf Not the least.
The United States Government has no such
philanthropy to bestow upon the savages.
The philanthropy OF The Grand Republic
Is reserved for the African. " 49,.
Every now and then some northern phi.
lanthropist utters a wall about the INDIAN
and then flors down Ind leaves him to bis
fate, feeling as little interest in it as did
SIDNEY, SMITH in that Of the ,missionag
when bidding home adieu he trusted that
he would agree with the savage who ate
him. The Indian policy should be one OF
business" q Philanthropy Is fraud
whenever 1t interferes with shat. 1t can
only succeed in yoSing things and making
the Indians fate all the worse. aH :"
1t is pretty we'll ascertained that the In
dian cannot be absorbed by civilization.
He persists in savagery, and will not alb
stain from hostilities. What is left for CIV
ilizatiou9 Nothing else than determination
OF the Indian. 1t is painful to intelligent
and rejecting people; but 1t is very true.
The Indian has traits that rank him, in the
scale OF man, above the African. He
has pride, and its opposite, shame,
and he is a hero. His very walk
and department reflect his manhood
and stoical pride. But by nature he Is saw
age, and man cannot change him. He can
never be enslaved. His1heroism is uncon-
querable, and he can never be made to
wear the yoke. In this respect the North
American Indian is without an equal among
the savage tribes. "
Being unconquerable and as much beyond
the power OF civilization to reform him as
the untamable beasts of the forest, he must
be. exterminated. Indeed, there are some
few Indian families combined with half
breeds who are leading kind OF civil life
in filling the soil and garnering crops for
winter use, but they are not bright exam
pies OF civilization. They are but exceptions
which prove the general rule. From the
East the Indians have been pressed back to-
wards sunset, and in time. and that not q
long time, the last of the red men will sink
beneath the waves of the Pacific.
Philanthropy be hanged. The Cauca-
sian has the Indians land. The latter won't
live in. peace and enjoy all the miseries OF
civilization, but will continue to fight US.
We must put him down, and there an end
on it. H..
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The tax upon the people Of Chicago is
four dollars upon the hundred dollars value
Of property, and the Chicago Times says
this is independent Of "specials,' which we
do not understand further than that they
are more tau. And yet the people OF Chi
cago arc prosperous. and the city is grow
ing. What kind Of taxation would this be
considered by the enforced-eauity peo-
Pile" OF Virginia? And still the people OF
Chicago have no idea Of Reputation"