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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-16

The merits Of DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup are a.
knowedged by all who have ever, used 1t i0T
tho diseases Of Infancy. Price only IS cent
bottle
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-16

ARTIFICIAL BABIEs-Tho Paris j, Sport
describes an ''ari6ca baby" which is to be
exhibited at the great exposition and which, it
is claimed. is an American invention. These
babies arc designed to promote the convenience
of travellers by railroad. 1t is based upon the
principle that nothing is more vcxatious than
to have disagrocable companions and neighbors
10 the same compartment when travelling. One
occupies the corner you had set your heart on,
another prevents you from stretching your legs,
third insists on shutting the window, fourth
is not willing for you to smoke, &c. The jour.
ney thus becomes torture.
1t is to remedy this that the artificial baby
was invented.
1t is of India rubber, clad 10 thick wraps and
hood, so much like nature as to deceive any
one. There is valve 10 its stomach. Your
ncighbors have not yet perceived it. You take
it softly from under your cloak, nurse 1t tender.
y, and press upon the crying apparatus. ln.
stantly it begins to shrek. You show anxiety
aud work tho valve still more energetically.
''Ah r! poor little one 1t has = ut! Don't
cry, my treasure. &C.. &c.
With these lavish caresses you all the time
increase the pressure, and the responses OF the
machine get sharper and sharper until they be.
come intolerable. Your neighbors stop their
ears; they grumble, they protest, but what is to
be done? You ply the valve; the infant no
longer cries-it howls. At the very first sta
ton all your companions depart 10 haste in
search Of other seats, and you have tho entire
to yourself. Victory
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-16

COLoRED MEN FOR LIBERIA.-During the
last two months applications scekiug aid to
reach the frccdmen's land Of promise have
been received by the Liberia COLONIZATION So
cicty from over forty places 10 every State in
the Union, many OF the applicants Offering to
contribute themselves toward the expense OF
the passage. Many of the letters are from
students in universities 10 Pennsylvania. Vir.
GINA, North Carolina and Tennessee, who are
dcs:.-nus Of being sent out 10 tho Interests Of
religion. 1t is calculated that there are no
less than $4,000 freedmen who are eager and
anxious to be afforded az opportunity OF cml.
grating.
The PENNSYLVANIA Colonization Society has
authorized the American Society to send out
an expedition of fifty emigrants on May J.
The men will be selected by VIM. Coppioger.
eso, and the Pennsylvania Society will defray
the entire expense. The colony will be located
adjacent to the Furnishing settlement OF Brew
erve, ten miles from Monrovia.
JOHN MoRRIssEY' CONDITIONAL dis
patch from Mrs. Morrisscy says that there is a
slight change for the better in the Senator's
condition, and that there is no Immediate dan
ger apprchchded. She thinks the crisis is
past.
In an interview correspondent of the New
York Herald had with him, he said -
Its the hardest fight ever had. [ expect.
cd to die on Tuesday night and had 20 idea |
should live through yesterday; but / did not
give up, but foug hit hard against it. lreazed
fully my condition. | think now | will get
through"
The Senator kidneys arc acting freely, and
there has been marked decrease 10 the swell
ing in his body and legs. The doctors think
change would do the patient good, and have
accordingly recommended that, ~ soon as he
is able, he shall roturn to Now York.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
GLASS HOUSES.

Hon. T. II. Wilde. member Of the House
from The Lottery Company. yesterday rose
TO d privileged question: and delivered him
self Of speech which is likely to give him
little notoriety Az Ia usually the case now
when member rises TO n privileged question,
the subject of the speech Of the member from
the Lottery was d complaint against the
DEMOCRAT.
As Committee Of investigation has been
appointed to inquire into the charge we made
Friday morning That Mr. Wilde had been the
day before engaged IN fixing" Radical
members against the convention, we shall
push that matter no further at this time.
More than passing notice, however, is due
tho audaoious and reckless charges the lot
terry agent in tho House made against the
DEMOCRAT. He charged that without the
public printing tho DEMOCRAT could not live
a week, and that the friends OF the lottery
gave tho DEMOCRAT its contract; he further
stated that the DEMOCRAT had succeeded to
the position Of The Republican, with the mo-
nopoly Of the public printing, and finally that
not long before the Legislature met the DEM
ocRAT borrowed $4,000 from tho lottery to
keep going. Either Mr.. Wilde is the most
brazen-faecd falsiiier we have ever encounter
cd or his employers have led him to make an
egregousass Of himself.
From the day of it's inception TO the present
time the DEMOCRAT has been the enemy Of
the Lottery Company. Large Inducements
have been offered lis TO print it's advertise
ments, and we have time and again refused &c
do 40. There has never been a line In our
columns friendly to that pernicieus ipstitu-
ton. If any manager or employe of 1t ever
hoped to obtain support from us, the hope
was inspired by his disbelief in human in.
tegritv. born of the long and success
ful practices of his company in buying
up Legislatures, courts and newspapers
If, therefore. there was any friend of the
lottery who aided the DEMOCRAT in obtaining
the printing contract. he must either have
been a fool or had some other purpose IL
view than concilating our antagonism to that
institution This charge. therefore, OF tht
Young idiot from the lottery company is sim
plv ridiculous, as is his impcrtineut assertion
that the DEMOCRAT could not live weel
without the printing.
What Mr. Wilde meant by saying that the
DEMOCRAT occupies the position OF the old
Rcpublican. is not very clear. 1t seems that
only few days ago he WAS otficiously anxious
10 sustain the DEMocRAr IN the State con
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
MARRIED.

PtTNAM-GERIENA On Wednesday. January
40 at the Church Of the Annunciation, by the
Rev. II. T. Stuart Fearn. daughter OF John III.
Putnam Of this city. and james 7. Geren.
Sherman, Texas No cards.
Jackson. Miss. papers please copy.
RICHARD BIGL Lyon January 90. 1878, j..
A. Richard to Georgiana Bigley. No cards
LAWRENCE g USTINE-In New Orleans, on
February g. 1878 at the residence OF the bfide's
father, 81 Jackson street. by the Rev. Hugh Mil
Ter Thompson. d. d.. Wesley Il. Lawrence to
saltie Davis CUISINE daughter of Dr. r. W..
Cuisine. all Of this city.
Boston papers please ropr.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
A CARD.
A NEW ERA In THE
GENTS FURNISHING Goods TRADE.

New ORLEANS. February 10, 1873
About to make our spring purchases. we are
determined to clear out our entire WINTER
UNDERW EAR and our entire WINTER STOCK
at less than the original cost This Is no false
representation. Mr.. q. W. MOODY. fully
alive to tho rapid changes In the manner of
doing business, has determined. at The GRAN
TIE PALACE. to institute u new era in the
FURNISHING GOODS trade. and will offer his
customers for tho next thirty days, GOODS
below their original cost.
In guarantee If what we say. We can only call
the attention OF our uatrcns to the straightfor-
wardemanner Of doing business ut this house in
the past and that we warrant to do as we repre-
sent In the future. Let the eredulous come and
be benefited: the incredulous come and bs con
vinced. An early call Ia requested. Remem-
Der. for THIRTY DAYS ONLY. at
MOODY'S GRANITE PALACE,
Corner Of Canal and Regal streets.
tn.1..
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
DIED.

FTRONG-At Natchi'oehes, at . D. m, Sat.
llrday, February 9, 1878. David Strong, son 81
Captain Woleott A. Strong aud Elizabeth
O'Quinn. aged Is years.
East Wiosdor, Conn, and st. Louis. Mo-. pa
pers please copy.
HARRELIf--On Friday, February 9, 1873, at
4.45 n m In the seventy ninth year Of her age,
Mrs Mary farrell. a native of Elizabeth City.
N. g.
BRIGGE-At ] p. m, February 4. 1873. MARY
FOKt HAdAN. wife Of Col Edmund b.
Briggs.
HAWARD-On Wednesday. February 9. 1877,
at Ills residence, los IRENE street Z. j. Harvard,
aged "a years.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10

ton from TINT quarter. Subsequent issues
Of bonds being funded at fair and
equitable rate, our city affairs would
be put on firm and substantial
basis. We could then confidently look
forward TO release Of tho city from the
tolls and troubles Of litigation. and restora-
ton OF It's credit. It's prosperity and good gov
ernment. And this result would be attained
wi bout an increase Of taxation and without
the retroacl Of attempted population.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10

We regret to learn Of the death OF David
Strong In Natehitochrs yesterday evening.
This young man was the brother Of Hon. W.
A. Strong. Secretary OF State He was a
youth Of great promise, and the whole com
m1nity. In which he lived and was beloved,
sincerely mourn his sudden and untimely
drath
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

NWNEsgE NV ER7NF EHS"s
TAX Col1EcroR's OFFICE. FOURTH DISTRICT
241 Josephine street. o.
New Orlsans. February ]. 1878.
In compliance with section 81 of act No. sc of
1877. | hereby give notice to all parties con-
cerned that this office is NOW OPEN for the
collection Of current State Taxes and Licenses.
r. G.. BOND.
res 10 IL II State Tax Collector.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE. FIRST DIsTR1Cr,
No. Al Carondelet Street.
New Orleans. February /. 1878.
In compliance with Section 81 OF Act No. 90 Of
1871, l hereby give notice to all parties con-
cerned that this Office is NOW OPEN from a
~. to b. M, for tho COLLECTION of State
taxes and LICENSES. e. A. BURKE.
fe5f of2l5 Stste Tax Collector.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
MASS III EETiNH.

mass meeting Of our fellow. eitizens OF New
Orleans and of the State present in our midst
will be called at Lafayette Square, on NEXT
SATURDAY. February 1s. 1874. at O'Clock .. m
in the interest of that vital necessity-a consti-
tutiona convention. Further notice will be
given In due time. Until this meeting speaks.
we ask the House Of Representatives to delay
action on the amendments.
O.. II. TEBAULT. M, D..
President Central Executive Council Real Estate
and Taxpayers Union. felo
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

TAX COLLECTIONS OFFICE SECOND DISTRICT
No. AZ St Louis street.
New Orleans. February /, 1878.
In compliance with Section OF of Act No. 96 OF
1877 / hereby give notice to all parties con-
cerned that this Office is NOW OPEN from . a
M. 10 3p. M. for the COLLECTION Of State
taxes and licenses. p L. BOUNY.
3lolb State Tax Collector.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
WATCHES WATCHES.

few extra small, exauisitely enameled
WATCHES, with is kasat CHAINS to match.
newly imported, for sale very low. MT
A. .. GRtSWOLD b Co..
fetn1t Corner Canal md Rnvnl streets.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
SEWING MACHINES AT s15,

d-hnnd Singer. Weed. Wilson Have. Grover
Il Baker, Wheeler 4 Wilson. American. D1mes-
tie ana Wilcox Il gibbs, MT sl5 ench. Az guar
store 3sB Camp street. corner of Camp and
Eratp fe1n 9bt"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
Memorial CemnlemOratiOn
4 OF HIS HOLINESS
POPE PIISs TX.

The following named gentlemen are requested
TO meet ut the Arclliepisnopal Residence on
SUNDAY. the tenth instant, mt o'dl EEK p. m.
fpr the purpose of making suitable arrange
ments to commemorate th 9 dea h OF II Is Holiness
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
BODLEY BROTHERS.
I27 and I'D Common street. l27 and 70
Between st. Charles and City Hotels.
ADM MT ,rIlM INAGnMa
FARM AND PLANTATION WAGONS.

Cane CARTS, Bagasse Carts, Small Carts Of MI
sizes. Timber Wheels, Wheelbarrows, spokes
Felloes. Shafts. Wagon Material Axle Grease
etc.
This ia tho oldest and largest wagon establish
meut in the sou h. manufacturing their own
work and guaranteeing everything they SELL
fn1 v adm
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-18

As many of our teachers remember
the hints given on reading during the
examinations and the suggestions CIV
en- on how to rid your exercises of that
monotony characteristic Of the aver
age reading recitation, we append n
valuable article on the subject, and we
hope il will find a place in every teach.
er's note book
Make your reading classes as inter.
esting as possible. Children become
so tired OF listening to the same thing
read over and over from one end OF
the class to the other. OF course we
must teach them to read, but il can be
done otherwise than by reading par.
agraph around. II you wish them to
enunciate distinctly, have them read
one word around, doing it promptly,
sometimes beginning at the end OF q
lesson and reading backward they
are obliged to watch every word and
they enjoy the exercise.
Concert exercises are good for drill
in teaching expression; select the
shortest and most suitable pieces in the
Reader for that purpose.
Teach them the meaning and use of
words; select all the new or difficult
words in the lesson and write them on
the board have the class spell and
pronounce them. Then ask them to
give sentences containing these words,
In this way they learn the spelling,
pronunciation, and correct uses Of
words, and il keeps pupils eager and
attentive; for children like TO acquire
knowledge when the way is pleasant
When your class have new lessons,
call on some one TO give the outlines
of the story in his own words; this is
an exercise in composition, and an ex.
ccllent one, too, as il helps pupils to
express their thoughts correctly. Ask
them for the principal and most i'm
portant thoughts in the lesson, also
what it intends to teach. This makes
them study carefully, and teaches
them to think.
Teach them TO learn tho name Of
the writer, (pupis can find the names
in the index. Ask them 10 tell you
something else the author has written.
Let the children find out what they
can about the authors at home, /. G., to
what country they belong, whether
they are now living or not, and any.
thing else they can learn, and bring it
into tho class the next day. Thus
they learn the names and thoughts OF
different writer's, and cultivate u taste
for literatutc. II is well, if the teacher
has time, to tell them something Of
tho writer bat anything that chill
drcn can learn for themselves, never
tell them, but at the same time use
every means in your power to inci ease
their intelligence and to stimulate
their desire for knowledge.
Vary your reading lesson as much
us possible; do not let to.day's lesson
be repetition of yesterdays read
one word round o,day, tomorrow un
ill they make n mistake, the next {
paragraph round, the next day il
concert, ctc. be sure they nam'
the marks Of punctuation in each les
son; never give long lesson, but whaI
you do give have thoroughly studied
be sure they understand the names
and uses Of punctuation marks. II you
work thus you will be surprised Al
the results accomplished little eve
Try day sums up in the end
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-18
HOLE NO. CLEARFIEID Pa WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 49, 1878
oNERoUs TAXES ON BANKS AND BoR.
ROWFRs

oNERous TAXES ON BANKS AND BoR-
RowERs.
The taxes thus imposed and paid
by the banks, have a double effect
The people pay Them through the
rates of interest charged by the banks,
and the price Of money is enhanced by
the same cause. The whole amount
Of interest paid to the national banks
upon their bonds held for circulation
during the last fiscal year was. sl7,-
597994, and the aggregate amount of
taxation collected from them was &c.
998,926, leaving balance Of Sl0,599,-
O6S paid to them in the last year tor
the privilege OF endorsing their paper.
Why shall this continue2 Stop taxa
ton Of the national banks, stop pay.
ment Of interest to them upon their
bonds deposited for circulation, issue
TO them in lieu thereof n four per cent.
bond running from five to fifty years,
retire tho national bank notes and
close your redemption agency at Wash
ington. Then permit your national
banks for the present to deposit their
four per cent. bonds and receive IN
room thereof their par value in the
Treasury notes | have described, the
interest upon the bond to be suspend.
cd whilst the notes are outstanding,
and the semiannual installments ma.
turing to be covered into the Treasury
as payment for the franchise of bank
ing and for the notes issued. Such
system may require the enactment of
statutes providing for series of bonds
for use in the mode suggested, but if
il will save to the people seventeen
millions of interest annually and tend
to the reduction Of the rate of interest
upon money in the rural districts, now
so utterly prostrated by reason OF the
high rates thereof, it is worth that
trouble
Would it be wrong outilize the credit
of the government to the extent of the
capital of the national banks? Nay, is
il not our duty to do so if that credit
and the needs OF the government Will
equallze these notes with those OF the
banks as circulating medium2 Is it
unjust to any one to save the interest
upon these bonds 7 Is not our own
paper to an amount equal to the ma
tional bank issue, or even ten per cent.
more, as desirable to the people as that
which We now guarantee? viii we
not have uniformity of note; security
OF the note-holder; protection of the
capital invested by the banks; ease of
convertibility, and absolute confidence
by the people2 The national banks
arc the creatures of the Federal Gov
ernment, and cannot object to such a
change. They are to be treated with
justice, but our first duty is to the
whole people.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-18

In order to make us content with
our present condition, many Of the an
ciont philosophers tell us that our dis.
content only hurts ourselves, without
being able TO make any alteration in
ourcircumstances This rather silences
than satisfies. They give despair
rather than consolation. A man might
reply to ono of these comforters as Au.
gustus did to his friend, who advised
him not to grove for the death Of a
person whom he loved, because his
grief could not fetch him to life again.
at is for that very reason" said tho
Emperor, "that | grievo." On the
contrary, religion bears a more tender
regard TO human nature. ltprescribes
to every miserable man the means OF
bettering his condition nay, il shows
him that the bearing of his Affections
as he ought to do will naturally end
in the removing of them; II makes
him easy here because it can make
him happy hereafter
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-18

FLOWERS. Amongst all the pleasant
things of liie--and the all bountiful
hand of Providence has scattered the
path of our days with innumerable
pleasant things, If man would but en-.
ioy them-there are few more pleasant
than walk in the flower garden be-
fore breakfast on n sunshiny morning.
To see those mute and still, though not
motionless creatures-we mean the
blossoms--opening their painted bo-
SONS to the beni6cent rays which give
them their color and their loveliness,
welcoming the calm blessing of the
light, as if with gratitude, and seeking
in their tranquil state of being for
nothing but the good gifts of God,
might well afford a monitory lesson !;
for everything in nature has its homily,
TO us, the eager hunters after fictitious
enjoyment. How calm do they stand
in their loveliness, how placid in their
limited fruition of the elements that
nourish them-how, in their splendid
raimcnt, do they sparkle in the sun,
how do they drink up tho cup of dew,
and gratefully give back honey and
perfume in return.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-18
THE NEGRO CREA TED BEFORE
ADAM

Professor Winchell Of the Syracuse
University, has reprinted in pamphlet
form, with the title "Adamites and
Pre-Admimite," an essay originally
published in the Northern Christian Ad-
vocdte, designed to show that the ne.
gro race was in existence on this globe
long before the time OF Adam. He
favors, also, reforming the popularity
receiving chronology, and would place
the creation described in Genesis TO-
500 years before the birth Of Abra-
ham, or 14,s7S years before the pres
ent era. At the same time he would
bring down the stone and lake dwell
ing ages TO within period OF not more
than 5000 years ago. In this way, he
thinks, the Biblical record can be made
to agree with the established facts OF
modern chronological, phiological and
geological research. Some special
interest attaches to bis views, because
the publication of them has led to his
dismissal from the Vanderbilt Univer.
sity, at Nashville, Tennessee, where,
in addition to his Syracuse professor
ship, he held the chair Of historical &C.
ology and zoology. ln spite of his
earnest protestation of orthodox, the
President Of the University insisted
that he was an evolutionist, and an
enemy of "the plan of redemption"
and he had to go. The principal rea-
son assigned by DR.. Winchell for be-
lieving that the negro is not descended
from Adam is that the word Adam,
signifying tired" or "ruddy," cannot
have been intended to describe n ne
gro. He refers TO the monuments OF
Egypt and Assyria, in which the nc.
gro is depicted with the same pecu-
liaritics which he possesses at this day,
and hence he argues that if the 1000
years since those monuments were
sculptured have produced no alteration
of the negro type, it would not do to
assume that the 1000 years previous
could have developed it from the
white to the negro is a degradation,
not an Improvement, and this is cen
trary to the usual course of develop
ment Of the human race, which is for
ward and not backward.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-18

SoNG OF THE STARTLING AND Bono.
LISK.-lf California has no mocking
bird, like the South, and no bobolink,
like New England, IL nevertheless has
a starting The song of the bobolink
is sort OF ecstacy-"purc rapture,
as Ike Marvel says--the inspiration o.
its favorite cline in the Carolinas, and
it sings never SO well as when sway
ing blithely on a wind.rocked bush
The mocking-blrd, too, sings with a
Southern abandon, shaking from his
little throat "hoods of delicious music
But the startling has the richest voice.
1t sits all the morning in the modest
place 1t loves-generally hidden in the
husband, from the fhllness Of its own
deep and quiet joy, pours forth the
Incompatible sweetness of its prisons
1t needs no spurts and jumps of co
quetry, no fitting and swinging on
the bush, and flashing of gaudy colors
in the sun, to trick forth its peerless
song In my opinion the California
starting Is the one perfect singer oil our
continent. France has never produc'
ed contralto singer, and Italy can
boast but little more; but icc-bound
Scandinavia gives us Jenny Lind and
Nilsson. The fiippant songsters OF the
sunny South (for the bobolink is near
" Southern) can never compare with
the starting, dwelling in the cool and
changeless mountain valleys Of Cali
fornia.