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St. Valentines Day.

This day is by no means what it once was,
but it * still observed very extensively. as
the Post Onl.'c clerks can testify, AMI a the
manufacturers of valentines Will report. In
stcad of the uld-flshipnei missivc. OF love,
however. most OF the valantiu,l now sent
are connie oues. and ono of them are really
,cry funny. They are sold fo. cent and
''yo cont apiece. AMI therefore are within
thrrs,rh of nearly everybody. The trouble
with Thorn is tla' they too often allow satire
and rail.ry q, degenerate into ,ul,;nuty.
So that tnrv insult tho persons to whom
they are ~'ut. ami mike of the sender am
anonymous lpe'lcr Sull. as whole they
are harmless amt amusing and the men
who draw the highly colprd carica lures
and write the doggcrcl underneath them,
frequently exhibit real conception of hui
NOR and hit at actual human vanities and
Weaknesses
Twenty-Five or thirty years ago, tho deli
cately con-tru 't"i valentine. with its arrow
pierced heart, Cupids and tender verses, was
quite universally sent 10y youths to maidcus.
These valentines Wcro often very expensive,
and, though the verso might not bear crit
zeal examination. il yet told Of the pang- Of
heart inilaucd with love, aui properly
celebrated the beauty of tho adOroi one. 4
modest youth who had looked from II dis
tanco with cycs OF affection at some fair
being into whose ear he hal never dared "a
pour the tale of his inratuaton, would save
up his money and buy a gorgeous valentine,
which bodily express, l the ar,lor of his feel
ing; AMI then lac would hope that the en-
chtntress might in tine secrecy of her cham
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which ia now presented IN tho Kaleidoscope
Of European politics, we do not mean to say
that they arc imminent. The ball will open
by passage Of arms between Turkey and
Russia alone. That was evident the day "a
furopcan conference at COnstantinoplc was
decided upon, as we pointed out Mt the time;
and it is cxtrcmcly probable that Germany
and even Austria will bo 80 guarded in their
reply to tho Russian note as not to allow
any Indication to appear " their ultimate
policy. Meantime we may consider tho
treaty Of Paris IA torn up, the results Of tho
Crimcan war a. thrown 10 the winds, Europe
rs released from all tho guarantees to keep
the peace which that treaty imposed,
and the various powers that signed it a.
now forming ring, whilo the two nations
whose quarrel was then supposed to have
been definitely settled, are stripping for the
fight.
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BROOkLTN'S loss.
Cyrus r. Smith, cx-Mnyor-A Life OF Benevo
lent Activity.

Ex- Mayor Cyrus p. Smith died at his rcsl-
donoe in Pcrropont street. Brooklyn. yesterday
morning. Brooklyn loses in him ono Of its
social. moral. and pccuniary pillars for moro
than fifty years II recognized influence in every
enterprise tending to the growth and advance
mcnt of the city. Mr.. Smith held many posi-
tons Of honor and trust in Brooklyn-Corpora-
tion Counsel. Alderman. Mayor. and so on-hut
he will be chiefly remembered ~ the controlling
spirit in the three great developments OF the
place. the Union Ferry Company. the Brooklyn
City Railroad, and Greenwood Cemetery. To-
day tho directors Of banks SAVINGS banks. in
suranrc companies. hosp tals and religious in
sttutions in both critics. meet To- iaH- resolutions
of regard for the memory Of the dead. hut al
though h Is presence will he missed from many
OF the boards with which he has a't'd 7rulousiy
and effectively. tho Union Ferry Company Il
chicf mOurucr, and Will most seriously feel his
loss. THIS company - stock organization
with capital OF sl.co0,OoO. and owns the follow
ing icrrlcs
Catharinc ferry. from Main street Brooklyn, to Caha.
wall ,trcetitrr,. from Montague to Wall street
South terry. from Atlantic to Whitehall street
street '''
These tremendous interests. with the care of
all the boats tho maintenance OF the service.
and The responsibility Of trans portaton. though
nOminally vested in Board of Directors. IN
reality rested on a Managing Director. Mr..
Smith. He was always in the office or about
tn" works. With him the ferry system waS a
lu~ lu"--. To It's development he devoted hi-
with il when trr rom NV York 10 Brooklyn
WIS matter Of curious interest. and brought 4
tpulflruX innate perfection in 1850 when ~ 900 pf
tg--0n ..,.rs crossed tho En-t river nn,d i'm / il
hont-. and on To- 1865. when in single year hn
transported nearly 42Untpo. and on again H.
1870, when about 6pOn.UD Of people trustee
themselves to his protection, with a confidence
as wise ~ IL WIS blind.
In 1870 Mr.. smith conceived tho idcn of pub
lie cemetery. The then rapidly-growing city
WIS d"pendent upon ohur' nyurds in the city
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thoy hold by tho tenure Of good behavior
while il ii is judicial tribunal it is un-
constitutional because ten VI It's members
do not hold office by that tenure, required
by the Constitution of all Judges.
These are but part Of the wcl-groundcd
objections which may bc urged against thu
con-'itutionality Of this extraordinary and
unprecedented Commission.
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was uO.rNhuuStiNc ARGUMENT mad" on this
point ia the Senate or the House, and W. do
Iut understand that IL has been luiscl before
the Commission II scrns to us the most
Important question to be settled, and II
/ NOT too late 70 make it yet. II could
property lee pat ia the form of the first OBJ
i,ctiun { % receiving he vote of Oregon, thus.
ghf CDH.sUs,i0R has uO j'Wi'8iTlp ~ N
,l0i,r. IL j. a new ease, and II n'cd be. fur
inc saln II consist ucy, although that
H. of minor Importance. it may be-
made hy some other Of tho counsel
II il by no means certain that
re;or thorough argument a majority u thu
Commission would not sustain the plea.
Iptight and able Judges d,-p~" crnsi- teneN
when 10 stands ga the wD. ~ duty. Sums %,
the mo~t memorable judicial opinions
ever delivered haNo Lcon those OF
Judges reversing their own previous
d .isiuu4 The pr,ulc-t distinction oi
IT, late Chicf ia ticc Cuisr in the minds uf
many, WITS hi- decision. uu the bench, tha'
ia, Legal Tender act "a" very measure Of
which, ~ Sn,'sctlry Of the Treasury, he had
brcn tn" author Wa unconstitutional We
GrGM vh..l.' hc will h' 40 long hlnorcd
fprany rfrrr ore act MS lfr
Tou- it appears sDciolr that She Electoral
Commission is an W,au tiiutonal booty
thai wrArc not without e'uc desr,cof com
iiicncc that "a plea toi,, jurisdiction. en-
forced ~ II could hc by some Of the cn.i-
mont couu~el employed, would ho si-tpincd
L., least eight OF it, fifteen members.
We wll s.A4..; a few propositions On this
r,nt.
I. h, NE hco Hoas,s If C,agrcss is rcs'ei
mr poref 10 d.fcrHu, cbtiher an oH'. d'd
a go, who, td. t,cp clerfri PrsHch
ThcNcry passage of the Electoral bill is an
reirmancc of this proposition. in which
TIE Seuat', the House, and .hc President AN
united
II. Ifhc Commission hts am jlais3i'ipa
H. The pr,iniSes 4 * mat r,si,d hg III Cons g.
tfi,n m m hrn II uts's Of Cpg,. az: ami T.
must hare b,.a It tgea I by C'ayr ss to "a
Cuamiss.n.
The points q tho decision I'm the Florida
case a. pul ll~hci hy the Associated Press
and furnished, W. arc ni.rmrl hy mom-
Der 90 tho Commission began ms follow:
First Ite COMMISSIONS crrcisng n.
1orors of boh Io.ts., us!r NJ tuc"-
This form was not adopted ia the actual
port yet IT must have been thc cXart
description OF th' powers which the Com
ni-~.on dill exercise; f.r, with ANY utl :
Understanding on the subject. th, Comui5-
go" ''u'" n'' nave "'',' ~ "'' ,' .''''
''77'''' ,'., '''' "'N ''
I'"'i7 %. '",,n ~ "''7 81 ''''7'' l''"' 90
|"'''''''''' ''''
powers" ,"'7 ""' P"'7 wy "''''
tpNKLIN0', language, while advocating tn'
tn, is worry etrkirs on this point The
Committee he said ncrnatcs the tN,
lu7' " @ ne ''D i',,N, - !. ''''.,N,
',"' ',''' '''V '''','.,'s VI '''V mimi
'''''''''''s Wv w. ''u7'' ''''''' IL CIV
Z" l"' NV" houses
~ -" ''''"''1,''' "'.' '' P''H T."
", P'D''' -" "'
ono ,'|''"" " @" 'y' i,'"'H ." 'o'D' ~
,",''' "' '" ~ re-" - ""y "rH'''.
"''N' comp q" "",' ~ XII a. ,t,,i...
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Father TAFT admits that it required just
about twelve thousand deputy marshuls to take
charge Of the country upon last election day.
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Mr.. SALEM II. WALES, the President o. the
Dock Commiss ION. admits that the books OF that
ornamental dcpartmrn, are not kept in such
manner that amy sound figures can br obtained,
from them. This is u difficulty Of these books
to which we have ourselves advcrted. We SEQ
only one way Of improving this state Of things.
and that Is % abolish the department altogether.
so that il shall have no books t. keep Mr..
WALES can then return to the scientific studies
to which his experience and his tastes adapt
him. The Dock Commission il too useless and
expensive an institution for New YorA in these
hard times
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nam, nr-e@ D.. ntil .I'Jr. month or $3.50
gear. po.uail with sanifv edition. $40.
srsrW = Nag' 81. si.sO per year. POSTPAID.
MESSY = rafcsI ~ ger wear postpaid
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The facility with which indic'm may
ho procured from thr AVERAGE Gr1'i Jury 4
ior ''y illustrated ln tho report OF M, comm O.
tee that West .hest'r c,unty's supervisors r,-
Gently appointed 70 nN.-ti.,uts number OF
SERIOUS chars 3 upon w.iHh a W,st.hosi"r
GRAND jury hal inlt-tl knrpar lhNMoNp of
tho i""rlous". Anr examining for'ytvo
IS Illnesses. tl. SUPPORTS rs commit .c find ouly
h.ar-ny 10 su. IN amy charge. oy eit uat
Keeper IlAMNoNp employed the county's ovon
ana uNir aul some puupors on hi. farm n
lirns mtyille. and did not enter on his books
nnycrclit tothn couuiy until nftor am uye-tisl-
uDn hal been tom lu.t 1t Is salthAt an tAn
fuss whi' has a-,it.tal ralt of Westminster
county for many months erw ont ~ HAM
MoNps Tossing his sou-iu-laN fDr vLtpllu,;
his wife. Keeper liAaIMoNp's daughter.
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Mr.. SALEM II. WALES. the President 90 the
Dock Commiss on. admits that the books OF that
ornamental department are not kept in such
manner that any sound figures can bc ohtainedr
from Them. This is a difficulty Of these books
to which we have ourselves advcrtod We seq
only one way Of improving this state Of things.
and that is % abolish the department altogether.
SO that it shall have no books t. keep. Mr.
WALES can then return 10 the scientific studies
to which his experience and his t,st's adait
him. The Dock Commission il too uscioss and
expensive an institution for New YORK in tn,sc
hard times.
Tho engineers who have examined into the
stability Of the foundation of the Washington
Monument at Washington. find il bad and rec
ommend tho pulling down OF the structure and
tho removal Of tho stones elsewhere. This il
we'll. That monument. like our state Capitol.
will host serve ~ n stone quarry from which to
get material for a better building elsewhere.
WASHINGTON. Fob. i2-Unin further notice
"". a ~. p' MI, ,i. M m ~ ts , ~
a., 90, pasa'ufy 30 NHcauns sac White House.
GRANT does well in thus beginning carly to
ct his traps together for moving out Of the
Whit House. During the eight years Of his
residence there he must have gathered good
many things which he will wish 10 take awuy (.
but when he takes himself on. he will do the
host thing he can for the country. lie has in
PRODUCED into the White House and encouraged
al Washington "A vulgar and shoddy display
which has damaged our Who'll, social life
Brother liNfs is 70 pious man. and W. pro
~ufn"'li9f Vhnnhr 10 -Nuu''l u n- our Fruuiu-
lent L, ~id no boz. ~ ID h' rather .stp-.d mot o.
make fhr wac. "a u4r the f.unftn head o..
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Tho engineers who have examined into the
stability Of the foundation of the Washington
Monument at Washington. find it bad and rec
ommend the pulling down of the structure and
tho removal Of tho stones elsewhere. This il
we'll. That monument. like our State Capitol
will best s"rvc ~ n stone quarry from which ~
got mMlerlm for h.llnr hmLLhlmg nLsnHlorc.
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II HAYES is made President it will be by n
bare majority Of one. counting good. bad. AMI
Indifferent votes in his favor. How will it suit
him Ia take IA the odd vot" that Of PIERCE, the
Florida clrotor. who defeated at the polls
in November and was .iso convicted Of bribery
some years ago?
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The Florida business Is not yet ended in
Congress. The House spent yesterday in de-
batting the report OF the Committee on the Elcc-
ton in Florida viii n declares that tho TrIDss
electors were elected in that STATE. The speech
which Mr.. PuEMAS Of Florida. n Republican
member delivered on the TfLDEs side Of tho
debate was the novelty of the occasion.
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"Ill pull your nose il you repeat Tint"
said a lawyer yesterday. in court to Il prisoner
who charged him with iaschood in the statement
Of case. Justice BfxBy should not tolerate
such manners. or such language. from the law
ycrs who appear before him.
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Not for many a day has any funeral in
this city cxcUed az m.rh interest as that Of
JouS O'MAHoSY. the Prnian chief whose rc-
mains were yesterday put on board IA steamer
lnr Irlluul-
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JustloeJoE BRADLEY, the President maker.
ana the other Supreme Court JUDGES ON tle
Commission would do well 90 reflect before they
order the vote OF Louisiana to be counted for
II Ayrs
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When JoHN MoRRIssEY and DoRMAN Il.
EATON diflcr. the difference is that between
man of sense and fool and the fool is not
john MoRRIssEY,
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The caro- with which CYRUS T. SMITH,
Managing Director of the Union Ferry Com
pany. who died yesterday in Brooklyn. man
aged the ferries over the strong and variahl"
currents OF the E1ei river. Is shown by tho fa't
that no serious disaster ever occurred to the
hundred million Of persons transported an
nually under his charge. This was. no doubt.
due in great measure to his close personal
supervision.
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The Electoral Commission listened to de-
bate upon the Louisiana casc from IL yesterday
morning till . last night Tho CONGRESS Objcc-
tors from both sides were heard, and SO were the
outside counsel
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why do you keep your eyes shutW
asked his wife Of CosMo DE MIDfcf, few
hours before his death. ITO gct them in the
way Of IT," replied CosMo. Some Of the poll
ticians who voted for the hill 20 enable jos
BRADLEY to make "a President may Us well bc
getting In the why ~ H."
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conspiracy tn set up HAYES and cheat TIL
DEN out Of tho Presidency, has borne hcavi-
ly on the laboring people, az on everybody
else, and they have hard time to gctalong
Every butcher, baker, and grocer can tell
you that, though we are glad to think that
OF the most terrible and unallcviatcd suffer-
ing from poverty, We have not 80 much as
might bc expected. This fine weather ia
great boon to tho city, and the health Of the
town Is very good.
IL IL certainly good time in which to fast
and pray, for the country il experiencing %
great trial, the result OF which no ono can
safely predict. Let the pastors, therefore,
preach with unusual earncstncss, and be
specially assiduous in the performance of
all their duties. If tho rich people Practise
little abstcmiousncss, It will doubtless be
n good thing for them; but the poor will
probably have less need Of Lcntcn fasting,
for they have been on short commons for
some time nnst.
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TO BULLDOG negroes who confessed Democratic
proclivitcs. TO circulate Republican campaign
arguments in the form Of brickbats and razors.
and to spread the story. started by CHAMBER
LAIN & agents that the United States troops had
been sent to South Carolina with orders to muir
der every coorcd man vino should vote for TIL
DEN and lIAMrTuS. On the whole, Mr. RUTHER-
FORD b. HAYES had better not read the report Of
Judge AnBoTTs interviews with the poor
African. 1t might cause another hcmorrhagc
from the heart.
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The Senate yesterday, under the lead 81
TfIrrLE MtTcHrLr.. debated the question rcla-
tive to the use Of money in Oregon. and order
cd tho arrcst Of the cashicr ~ the Third Ma
uonal Bank of this city. who has failed 10 APP
pear and t.st.fy ron 'crning the accounts Of Mr.
TuprN. IlrrLE- MITCHELL deserved the re-
huke administered to him for Cabling about
things Of which he had no knowledge.
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The republic may attain good old age,
but the Ele ioral Commission Of 1871 is an cx-
pertinent that will never be repeated in any
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The House Committee ON Appropriations
thinks there will hc no trouble in cffc ting re-
duton Of sl1,0n,oll on last years appropriate
lions unless the economies urged by the House
Hrc IA tously opposed by the Senate Moro
than this sum could be saved on the single it'm
of the War Department appropriations II tn
army were reduced t. ten thousand men. That
Is rs many soldiers as We need in time OF peace.
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A silly follow out West has been arrested
for att 'mpting to bride Secretary CHANDLER 10
puss favorlbly upon n land claim. Tho bribo
was Indignantly spurncd by tho Secretary. who
promptly put tn" matter in the hands Of the po-
Ice. Tho lrihcr II should BE- added. thought
that 500 WIS enough to fetch IACHARIAH.
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sommiti'e in South Carolina haNe proved the
existence of n oolorod organization known
Naliou7ly ms the Union League, the l4,horns
Union and the brotherhood. tine members If
which were bound 10y oath 10 vote Tho lrIuh-
lican ticket. The fun tons of this league wcre
, 1877-08-31
Life Insurance Claims.

The Supreme Court OF New York State has
decided that the law allowing six months
from the date OF the first publication of Re.
ceivershlp to file claims must be complied
with, and that it would not be sufficient to
file claim after that time, even II done before
the payment OF the second dividend There.
fore, claimants must take prompt action in
order to protect their interests because in
some instances the time allowed has nearly
expired.
James Munsell, Jr., has made special ar
rangements in the East for presenting In
due form claims against Life Insurance Com
panies In liquidation.
Parties filing claims through this Agency
will be relieved OF all further trouble, anC
tinal settlement will be made with them q
this office on the first, second and third diyi
dends, as fast as made by the Receivers.
For the direction OF claimants who are un
acquainted with these matters, special refer
ence is made to the Agents and Managers o
the principal Life and Fire Insurance Com
panies in San Francisco. Correspondence
from the interior will receive prompt atten
tion, and the necessary blanks for maxim g
claims furnished on application by mail.
Office, 224 Sansome street, corner California
over the Bank of British Columbia, Sar
Francisco.-S. Il. Bulletin.
, 1877-08-31
The Independent Farmer.

The following is the experience of a
thorough farmer, one who farms to profit.
He says, ~ have farmed thirty years,
and always had large family, and kept
a large stock, but | never yet bought a
bushel of corn, except for seed, and but
one barrel of flour. Possibly at some
times would have made money by doing
so, but you see when fall comes | have
forty bushels of wheat in my bins and
two hundred bushels of corn in my corn
barn, and then l haven't got to keep
looking around all winter to see where
| am going to get the money to
paw my meal and flour bills with; and,
furthermore, feel better to be independ.
ent. can show you neighbor who
thinks he can't afford to raise wheat or
corn, and who has not now bushel of
either. He will tell you that he raised
other crops in the place of them, but be-
fore he gets through will probably groan
over the war in Europe, which has lifted
the price Of grain; and doubt nightly
whether he don't owe at the store for all
the -four his family has eaten this winter
and know he hasn't wintered any hogs,
because ne raised no corn and couldn't
afford to buy. l tell you this talk that
farmers can't afford to raise corn and
wheat, pork and beef, is very much like
mans talking that he had better do
nothing than work for seventy-fve cents
day. 1t amounts to the same thing. /
can have some patience with man who
argues that we cannot afford to raise
grain to sell, but one who says he can't
afford to raise it to eat | set down as Il
shiftless fellow, whose farm will shortly
be owned by somebody else" There is
much solid sense in this talk. A farmer
of course, should figure to make his crops
pay, and there are some who are engaged
in specialties who can make money by
buying their grain, but the corner stone
of farming in times like these is its inde-
pendence; its certainty to give man
enough to eat and drink and wear; and
he who plans his operations with this
view is quite as likely to make something
in addition as anybody. The farmer who
raises a years stock of corn and wheat
and potatoes, which includes also a stock
of beef, pork, butter and poultry, is sure
of having enough to eat next winter, and
he who don't raise them is not sure Of it,
The one is independent. There may be
European wars, hard times, bankruptcy
and ruin generally, but you can't starve
him out. The other is dependent on the
market, on prices, on all sorts of things
and contingencies.
, 1877-08-31

EGGs-How INCREAsED.-If an in.
crease Of eggs be desired in the poultry
yard, before large sums of money are ex.
pended in the purchase of everlasting lay
ers, we would recommend the system OF
keeping no hens after the first, or at the
most, their second year. Early pullets
give the increase, and the only wonder is
that people persist, as they do, in keeping
up stock Of old hens, which lay one day
and stopping one. In some parts of Eu.
rope it is the invariable rule to keep the
pullets only one year. Feeding will dc
great deal-a surprising work indeed
in the production of eggs, but not when
old hens are concerned; they may put on
fat, but they cannot put down eggs. TheiI
tale is told, their work is over; nothing
remains to be done with them but to give
them smell of the kitchen fire, and the
sooner they get that the better. OF
course, there are some odd varieties
whose lives ought to be spared as long as
they can send forth their representatives
Judicious mating-by which we mean
the advantage Of a comparatively youth
ful cockerel-may be the means of even
exhibition poultry making their appear
ance from the eggs of the good old hen,
and here we have the exception to the
rule upon which we insist.--London Ag'
ricuLturaL Gazette.