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BROOKLYN POLITICS.

The republicans OF the Seventeenth ward nominated
Thomas H. Rusk Tor supervisor, on Tuesday evening.
In the Twenty -nrst ward Thomas Cobb received tho
republican nomination for Supervisor
rhe Twenty fourth ward republicans nominated John
Dryer Tor Alderman.
David S. Arnott has been repominatcd by the 70.
pubcans Of the Eighth ward for Alderman.
ADJUSTING DEMOCRATIC DIFFICULTIES
Tho Kings County Democratic General Committee,
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touched and while controlled by the spirit, her hand
traced message to the person who had subscribed
the name Of tho deceased friend This had pro-
ceeded successfully In lew instances until tho name
of Merritt was traced by the medium and trium-
phanty declared 70 bc the name Of the spirit which
was transcribed q folded slip. When both
documents were handed round Tor inspection
rich and melhnuous voice proclaimed 70 CON-
panion, "BeRorra Nike that sperrs don't know
how to SPELL" "Whist, will you,' said Nike, 'that
all depinds where hc came from" "why, how Is that
nowY' "Donp you II he IRON Connaught
he mightn't be handy with the pin, but II he camo
from the other place wherc Cromwell used 10 send
the natives to he would be, maybe. one OF the
gentry"
As the medium troubled with croupy cough
the seance unavodaby curtaiied
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DISHONESTY IN A MINT.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 81, 1877.
The ofcers o tho United Mint have just dis.
covered that some dishonest practices have been
going on in tho Refner's Department for some timo
past They are confined, so far Is known at pres.
ent 70 single employee, at whose house about ono
hundred ounces OF silver were discovered. Director
oil Mint Pollock refuses make public any facts the
case on the ground that dong might defeat the snds
OF Justice.
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STATE POLITICS.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct 81, 1877
The democrats OF the Second Assembly district to-
day nom mated John O. Langner.
The republicans OF the First Assembly district, Eric
county, to-day nominated Bernard Gcrtsch, and the
republicans OF the Second district George Hofteins.
These complete tho Assembly nominations for Erie
county,
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WRONGLY LOCATED.

To THE EDITOR or rHE HERALD
In a report of the anray between Edwin NJ. Hag-
gerty and Thomas NJ Lyncn in to-days issue 1t stated
that the saloon of Thomas Gallagher, No 100 Broad
way is undor / no Hoffman House. l would ask you
to correct tuis statement, No l09 broadway being
under the Aibcmarle Hotel CASSlUo ii. READ.
HOFFMAN House., OcL 81, 1877.
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ASSEMBLY NOMINATIONS.

The following Assembly nominations were made
last evening In the districts mentioned below-Re-
publicsn Tenth district, Joseph p strack; independ.
ent democrats Fourth district Nicholas ). Kearney
bread winners party, Twentieth district, John f.
Smith.
The nomination of Joseph p. strack BY the repubii-
Endorsed last night by the anti Tammany and
inde pendent democratic parties.
Thomas Burton, who was nominated by tho bread
winners party for Alderman in the Fifth Senatorial
district has declined the nomination.
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NEW CAPITOL INVESTIGATION.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

ALBANY, N. Y, Oct 81, 1877.
Mr.. syivanus Sweet, formerly State Engineer, has
been subpnnaed In tho BridgordHarris investigation
aud will appear tomorrow. His knowledge OF tho
matter consists solely his experience as inspector
for state OF tho materials 10 DO used on the new
Capitol
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THE NINTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT.

The indications in westchester, Rockiand and Put.
nam counties, which compose tho Ninth Senatorial
district point lively contest between Senator WILL
lam II. Robertson. the republican candidate, and
Colonel Richard Lathers the democrauc candidate.
The District Is strongly democratic; stil Mr. Robert
son has always carried 1t by large majority every
time he has run for the Senate The Twentythird and
Twenty -ourth wards Of this city included In The
district
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Total. ............. $2s. 4S4, 269 -$27, $50, 1856
Assuming that the assessed valuations will remain
unchanged IN amount and deductng 81 800 900 Tor tho
estimated revenues of the general fund 1878 from
the amount OF the appropriations OF the provisional
estimates and adding sufficient amont for deficiency
the product OF the taxes tho proxmate Of
Tor the year 1878 may be estimated not exceed
2 55 per cent The OF Tor 1917 G5 per cent
Very respectfully JOHN KELLY, Comptroller
The estimates will now be the Board Of
Aldermen Tor consideration. This body simply pos
sesses the power to recommend certain alterationsi
they cannot make changes. The figures will then
come back to the Board of Apportionmont, which
possesses the power to reject accept these
mendatOns
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THE Cl7YS EXPENSES
Action of the Board of Apportionment
on the Estimates for 1878.
ECONOMICAL TENDENCIES.
Reduction Of Nearly One Million from tho
Estimates Of the Present Year. \

The Board of Apportionment met In the Mayors
Office yesterday afternoon for the purpose OF dnaly
considering the provisional estimates tor 1878 before
their submission to the Board OF Aldermen. Mayor
Ely, Comptroller Kolly, Alderman Purroy and Tax
Commissioner Wheeler were present.
Mr. Jackson s. Schultz made some remarks TO the
Board In relation to the proposed appropriation for
street cleaning. He contendcd that too many mon
were employed for this purpose VINO performed very
little work. Spawned horses were used and prices
paid for them for which first class animals could 30
procured Il was well understood by everybody that
the streets OF this city wcrc not properly cleaned,
the Department being improperly conducted There
was something wrong, but he did not propose to
charge the present Street Cleaning Board with corrup
tion He Mr. Schultz) did not consider the PROPOSE
tion to crematc garbage feasible he thought The
city might sell this refuse at profitable figure.
The different items OF expenditure tor the year 1878
were then read Off by Mr.. Wheeler, alter winch tho
following report OF Comptroller Kelly was adopted by
an Affirmative vote OF the four members OF the Board:
FINAScE DEPARTMENT.
CoMPTRoLLRRs OFFICE, Oct III, 1877
To THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND AproRrioNMENr-
Alter careful scrutiny OF every item OF the depart
entsl estimates and such reductions appeared TO
be iudtcious ana practicable, without impairing the
efficiency OF any branch Of tho city government, the
estimate has been adopted by the Board of
Esiimatc and Apportionment Tor tho year 1878. The
total amount OF the appropriations made for 1878 Ia
S9O SS4 35 than those Tor 1871 MS shown by the
comparative tabular statement OF the appr0.
for all purposes the hnal estimate tor 1871
and the amounts OF appropriations allowed IN the pro-
v,sional estimate TOR 1878, viz -
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Totals. $50 9S4 269 $32 Ill, 1872 $50, ,0S2 3S5
Deduct estimated rev.
enues OF tho Gen.
eral Fund. .......... q SOC, 900 $500 900
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Objects
and Purposes.
The Common Council.
The Mayoralty. ......
Dept. of Finance.
State Taxes.
Interest on the city
debt.
Redemption OF clly
debt. bt..........-.....
Armories and drili
rooms-rent Of. -.
Wages OF armorers. -.
Coruners' post.lnor-
TEN EXAMINATIONS.
Judgments. .......
Rents-lcases In force
Commissioners oil SINK
ing fund-expenses
Ot...,..ss...'.s...s oil
Real estate expenses.
Law department.
Department OF Public
Works ............'
Department OF Puolic
Parks 8............ss
Department OF Buiid-
tnKS. ......ss..:'
Department OF Public
Charities aud Cor
rection. ............l
Health Department. -.
Police Department. "a
Fire Department. ....l
Department OF Taxes
and Assessments.
Board OF Education. !
College of the City OF
New York. ......,..
Advertising, printing,
stationery and blank
books, including
publication Of CITY
Record. ............
Salaries City Courts
Police courts. ......
civil courts. .......
Salaries JUDICIARY
Supreme Court. 80.
Superior Court. -.
Court Common Pleas
Marine Court. ......
General Sessions and
oyer and Terminer
Speclal Sessions.
County Clerks Office.
Surrogate's Office. -.
District Attorneys Of
flee, including con-
Lingencies ..........
Recorders 0flice......
City JUDGES office. 80.
Judges OF Court OF
General Sessions. -.
Commissioner of Ju-
rors ...............s
Coroners' ices. .......
Sherius fees. ........
Disbursements and
fees OF county off,
GERS and witnesses. /.
Jurors ices. ..........
Election expenses 80.
Support OF prisoners in
County jail. .........
State taxes OF 1874, due
by Towns annexed
from Westchester
coUnty..............
Examining old claims
and accounts, &c.
Salaries Commission
ers of Accounts aud
clerk hire. ..........
Asyiums, rctormato-
ries and Charitable
institutions. ........
q.
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NEWELL IN NEWARK.
Ex-Governor Newell, tho republican candidate for
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A Turkish Army at Prayers.

Each man takes his place in the ranks,
Ills haads hanging close by his sides.
Then he lifts them to his ears as If to
shut out all worldly sounds. Then he
laws them on his knees, and bowling his
body forward seems lost in contempla-
ton. After a few seconds he sinks to
his knees, and leans back upon his heels,
and then, bowling with his forehead to
the earth, exclaims, or rather chants:
Allah Akhabar" God is great. Three
times he thus bows and chants, and then
he stands up, bowling forward, chanting
three times, LA Allah il Allah" there
isiIo God but God). The remainder OF
the somewhat tedious prayers which
follow consists principally as far q !
can make out, of long verses OF the
Koran" In all his simple religious ex-
ercises, the Turkish soldier is devout-
ness and attention itself, and it is per.
hays most in privacy that this is most
apparent. l have frequently come un-
expectedly upon some rugged soldier in
u of the wild, lonely ravines that cash
the hillsides around, standing beforeth
ragged overcoat which served him for a
praying carpet. and going through his
, rather active religious motions with a
ze3 that would do credit to the most
self-conscious Pharisee. The stra nge
who for the first time witnesses the uni
ted PRAYER of Turkish soldiers in camI
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A Suspected Race.

Gypsies have for seven hundred years,
been objects of suspician. All sorts
Of romantic storie, have been told
about them, and an endless amount OF
villainy. which they are only Inspected
of, has been attributed to them. They
have been prosecuted, and have been
sometimes all but petted. At the pres.
ent day they are viewed with more or
less suspicion, and in no country IN the
world are there fewer r%epressive laws
aimed at them than England. They
run rivalry with Jews and Scotchmen
in being citizens of the world. There
is not kingdom in EurOpe-unless it be
Lapland-that has not some of them,
and the United States is yearly receiv.
ing more and more of this kind of inn
with its great wastes, is rapidly becom-
ing the happy hunting grounds OF these
yacabond tribes of wild men. There
are SAID to be about five millions OF
them wandering over Europe, of which
number eighteen thousand are found
in England and Scotland. BY turns
thew have been set down as Egyptians,
Nubians, Tartars, Silesians, Mesopota'
mians, Assyrians. Philippians, Moors'
Armenians, Banditti, Manlcheans. Ger
man Jews, and of course, the lost Ten
Tribes of Israel.
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Singing in the Family.

Cultivate singing in the family. Be
gin when the child is net yet three years
old. The songs and hymns your moth
er sang, bring them all back to your
msmory. and teach them to your little
enes: mix them all together,tO meet the
similar mOods,as in after life they come
owe us SO mysteriously sometimes. Many
a time and oft in the very whlrl OF bust
ness. in the sunshine and gayety of the
streets and amid the splendOr of the
drives in a park, some little thing wakes
ND the memories Of early youth-the
oldNmill. the cool spring, the shady tree
by the old school house-and the next
instant we almost see again the rudy
cheeks, the smiling faces and the merry
ewes of school mates, some gray headed
now, most 'lie Wondering in the grave"
And 1.-The song your mother sang
springs nnbidden to the lips.and sOothes
and Meetens all these memories.
At other times amid the crushing
mishaps of business. a merry ditty OF
the olden time pops up its little head
breaks in upon the ugly train of thought
throws the mind into another channel
light breaks i'm from behind the cloud
in the sky, and new courage is given t.
us. The honest man goes singingto hi:
work, AID when the days labor is done
isfools laid aside, and hejs on his way
home where his wife and child. and
tidy table, and cheerful fireside await
him. he cannot but whistle or sing.
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There was a wild gorge in the Ara.
bian hills, where the chain drew near
the shore. AS we approached it l saw
that it was flooded with mellow light.
Soft breezes bore us slowly against the
river current, and we nOiselessly ap-
preached the mouth of the gorge. Oh,
vale of enchantment! Fantastic crags
leaped into the air and hung suspended
by some mighty magic. Between the
golden walls, in the bed OF the valley,
a grove of palms rustled their plumes,
in the delicious air, and just above these
palms rose a splendid noon. Every
leaf was lustrous in its light; every
rock sparkled family, and out OF the
mouth of the valley poured a deluge Of
light in which we were all crowned
with glory and TRANSPORTED. Our barge
was silver, our sails of sOftest silk, and
bright flames played upon the waters
under us. 1t Was one of the gates of
paradise! There was a great bend in
the river, beyond the valley, and when
we had rounded it those gates were clos
ed on us forever and ever. The moon
climbed up into heaven and did what
she could to smother the stars; they are
noteasily OutshOne in these crystal skies.
The cabin went to sleep in a body. l
hung around the ship and burned my
weed with the spirit of n who offers
a sacrifice to some adorable but invisi-
BILE object. l scented the incense Of mar
gileh and heard the water bubbling in
the shell OF the c0coanut. / knew that
the hasheesh eaters were sleeping their
fatal sleep-we have six of them in our
crew. And very shortly one Of these
slaves Of sleep began muttering a story
to the moon in a sort of a slng-sOng that
attracted about him an audience Of in
tent listeners. The stOryteller reclined
on his bed of rugs between decks; the
hatch was drawn back, and a great
square of moonlight brought him into
strong relief. Dark Nubians lay full
length on the deck and listened as steal
thily as spies. Two or three hasheeSh
eaters sat near and applauded the mar
ration with foolish delight, ~chuckling to
themselves continually.
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HrSI's RENEDI.-We cali The attention cs
persons afflicted with droIey, and all diseases
OF the Kidneys, bladder and urinary organs, 10
the Advertisement or W. 4. Clarke, II PrOyi-
dence, K l., who Is The proprietor ~ Hunt
celebrated remedy for these and other dis
eases This medicine has now been In Use for
y years, and has been found 10 stand the
test, being used by many OF the hest physi-
clans Of the country for these and all similar
complaints. II has Teen we'll and fayorabiy
known and extensively used by all classe.,
with and without the advice OF physicians, and
has been the means 81 saving thousands from
unttmely death. William r. Clarke, Phsrma-
cist, Providence, r Il J., has purchased the
sole night 10 manufacture the remedy. Itis
entirely free from anthony, mercury, or other
mineral bases, being compounded from pro
auctions OF the vegetable world, where nature
has.provided remedies for most 81 the ills that
human flesh Is heir %. Mr.. Clarke Il a lead
ing chemist OF Providence, and manufacturer
the Remedy for Wholesale. IL Is kept by all
leading druggists throughout the country, and
should be kept on hsnd by every family, es-
pecially In the West, where the diseases for
which 1t is q specific, are SO prevalent and
fatal.
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..u,oue and Sinew"

or our country have Often-especialiy ABOUT
election time--been made the subject OF laud-
alton; but when those useful parts OF the hu-
man structure become % visible In conse,
ouence of leanness, they can scarcely De called
graceful. The eye delights not to dwell upo
angles and ridges in either man or woman;
;mnerfect digestion and consequent poverty
OF the blood. Both these evils are remedied by
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which render d.
restion ami assimilation certainties, In conse-
Snence of which the blood acquires richness
and the body substance. Thus are the hollow
places filled up and the angles t tSan 0ssr1 En:
aid sdI to digestion and promoter Of physical well
being, the body rapidly gains in vigoI, color
returns to the hollow cheek, the spPetite I'M
proves, nervous symptoms vanish, and q
healthful impetus is given to every vital iunc-
ffOO
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is considerably puzzled by the selection
Of heterogeneous articles brought for
ward to the place Of worship when:the
Muezzin's call has concluded. Religious
custom requires that each man be pro-
vided with a praying carpet Of u de-
scription or an0tber, and that he take OF
his shoes u well. One man brin s a
jagged sheepskiD, another q goat.hide,
a third the saddle cloth Of his horse, a
fourth. msyhap. his jacket; every one
has something OF another on which he
may kneel. To see some hundred
men thus hurrying to the spot where
the blue-roi'ed, white-turbaned Imaun
stands, one might be easily led to imag-
inc them so many persons eager to dis
pose Of superhOus garments.
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s.AlIber.l n,..sss..

- SOVbo ~Ooo0UO1S
Bot . few yea1 aGo the pssoo vas reglsasd
~ An article de luxe, only 70 be ATTAINED BY
those who belonged 20 Whsa The void calls the
vG11ehy, Sedoe4ao1 0istorra:ic clAssea- Nov
II IL regarded simply An Absolutely Necessary
accompaniment 20 home life Without . piano
no k0usehold ls complete II forms Al integral
part Of The lares and penstaA Every piano
should poAsess these three Requisites even,
fulltooed register, scientific and artistic con-
struction, and cheappesa,-alvsys besrtaG IN
mild the 1n1 yvo. There Are sDcaI!ed cheap
pianos, but theee Are deaT q any pr5es. There
are Thousands Of music boxes which, When new,
are veil calculated 20 d~eceiTe, su: they poaseaa
no stsying qualities, and . siI mouths' vear
develops the fact 70 the modification and d.
gust Of the owner, that they we're amply MADE
20 sell and not 70 be used in interpreting the
delicious strains OF . Strauss vslif or . souA;A
By Beethoven The Mathushek piano meets
all the conditions named, and IL Q marvel Of
ger ius In every way. It's tones are clear, full
and onnd; lie register Is a. even - can be DE-
handed by the moet acute ear, and In work
mAnship IL cannot be surpassed /; 10 Scieu-
tieca1y put together. The factory il An I'm
mense single story building, lighted from the
roof. The preparation OF the various portions
OF the instrument 10 conducted In one room, In
which the temperature Is always constant
Hence when the fnisher comes 70 put the dif-
ferent pieces OF the Instrument together they
are all under the same atmospheric conditions
~ thN tSAN tA9b = & SS1 Nc IN
dispaYities In the contraction or eIpAnsiOn.
Whatever change takes place Affects all parts
alike. Contraction and expansion are Always
uniform. Hence the instrument viii keep
longer In tune, and wear better and longer,
than those which are made without any re-
gard 70 these important scientific conditions
In point Of cheapness the Msthushek de0es
competition. The ground on which the fac
tory stands, valued at <l2,5O, and . cash bon
US OF s5,Go were donated 70 the Company;
and, in addition, the people Of W6t Haven, BY
. popular vote, exempted the Company from
taxation for . space Of ten years. Any business
enterprise which is exempt from taxation and
rent OF ~ e9niVa3sate interest on the money
invested IN IL realty can sell its manufactures
At smal3erpeol9 I'm The producer who does
mt enjoy tiese privileges. Mr.. Edwin Rowe,
q prominent member OF the Company. was In
the city q few days ago, with whom . Tribune
reporter had a very pleasant interview on the
manufacture 81 pianos, and from him obtained
the facts relative 70 the liberslity OF the West
Haven people. Pelton & Pomeroy, the Agents,
l62 State Street, take pleasure In showing the
Mathushek TO admiring purchasers.
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A Strange Story.

Romance ola Garrett County Farmer Who
aaaaaIca MS olster'
Thirty.three years ago, a family nom.
ed Benton, consisting of father, mother,
son and daughter, resided in one of the
western States, near a small town called
Blank. The father was wealthy M
lived in style, and his daughter, Mabel,
a child between two and three years OF
age, was always elegantly dressed, and
George, the son, q boy of seven. was pre-
pairing to enter an eastern school. One
day, little Mabel disappeared, n her
parents never heard Of her again, al
though they spent thousands of dollars
in searching for her. The h~eart-brokeR
mother died soon after the loss OF her
darling, and the father wandered g
this country and Europe, and finally
| settled i'm New York, where he died.
| George grew to manhood, and the men,
ory of his lost sister was almost effaced
from his mind. In his twenty-seventh
year, while visiting a married friend.he
fell in love with the g%overness of his
friends children, a beautiful girl OF
about twenty.three, and after some
months they were married, and lived
happily for five or six years, q boy and
a girl being born to them during that
time.
BY the death of an uncle in San Fran
cisco George was left a considerable
fortune, and the lawyer who conveyed
the intelligence to him also stated that
his sisters career had been traced.
A tramp on his death bed in a St.
Louis police station confessed THAT he
and two companions had stolen little
Mabel Benton for her clothes and a
locket which she wore, and that she
had continued with them for several
years, when her bright, pretty face at
tracted the attention of a ~kind-hearted
lady in Ohio, who adOpted her and sent
her to school, where she remained until
her patroness died. Mabel then became
a teacher in . large school in Cincin
matt, but as her health began to fail, sht
, applied for position as governess, and
was now in the family of MI. NJ. or a
least that was the last place lie ha<
heard of her being in.
"What was the name of the famil!
: she was withf r asked George.
sM-"was the answer.
!, "What name did my sister have?"
. mabel Ferris"
:: my GodT' cred George, in agony
'She has been my wife for five years"
Upon further investigation this prov
g ed to be the truth, and the girl nearl
e went crazy. as she was . devout Epil
4 copalian. A separation ensued, all prof.
q erty being equally divided. The childre
l were plAced with friends, as neither p
rent could bear the sight of what w
to them the fruit of . crime again'
T. God and man. The poor gil. is stl
living in . quiet city in New Englar
1t while the husband and brother, aft
d spending all his property, save a fe
n hundred dollars, in dissipation, sh'
N himself off from all communicate
10 with his friends, and is to-day q pc
a farmer in this county of Garrett, amor
Is strangers, and where few know his r
markable story.-Oakland, MorylGn
81 Correspondents Wheeling Register.