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SOCIETY MEETINGS.

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e win deliver lecture before the Lodge or InSs
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w WS e tnISEn 5ff G:ai: Recording Sec7eia;
wAuBAss1A LODGE NO. 100. 4. F. = \. NJ
eleson oi o,sers aaa paymcnt 81 ues s held
o. Friday evening Ja1. 10 Vi Masonic Hail. IS Mon
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GARDEN CITY LODGE. NO. 49, a. F. -. NJ
TIE members hereby notncd to attend the lcSnar
9 70 Of II TIL 5e
ensuing year. Visiting brethren arc 1raeraay 1nVtea.
L. L. wApswoETH, Secretary. ~ ~
D.. c. cREe1ER LODGE: No: e!s: A. F:&A.Ma M;
nunica,ion "wednesday evening: Jan: is.a At 7:so
a5p Z; ysS IT Sreen
'.oi; JoHS G1xocHlo. Secretary: ~'o - "
]. 0. O. F.-ExcE1s1oR EScAMPNENT NSI-
FU.MED) No. lu5, will meet At their hall, Twen.
fnaav evening, Jun IL for Installation Of officers.
conferrnE degrees and other important business ny
r.acas & & eHsAsGi2, 1S5 hAx9tsM2Fsa 81
form Brands Hail corner ciaEs nd 0hle.s,s, Mon
day. Jun o'clock p a nj H. 'vssS %zcE e isef ceptan. e.
pgASE LODGE So s:rssv II e and ID
iedec.raon ] Seaday jan: q 80 ,. r.. ior tic ps1oss
Of Installing the oee' fGr thf eF4ns !sf Secretary
TEMPLAR-Stated Corclnve Tuesday evening" jan
for business Ef9s rsS a5e q a'Way 1ns
a. S. TIFFANY, Recorder.
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A. home FOB INCURABLPs

n CO4& 4AV0AA61kES.
4 small sect made an unsuccessful st,n,
gle for existence some years ago in Eno1,ss
(under the h anne Of Euthanasiasts, Or SON.
thing of that kind), who advocated M.
merely the theory Of the ancient utilita1i,n,
that suicide is justifabie and commendAk,'
under certain circumstances, but thst r..
general good Of society demands the kilIinc
off of such people as have grown imbeeij.
from old age or disease, and those who ha,,
become hopeless charge upon the COM
munity or their friends. Besides the ohds
tian and humanitarian objections to III,
doctrine, the danger naturally suggests itse}}
that such prete1t might be made in q eooa
many cases whore it did not exist, in or3a,
to get people out Of the way for mercsnn,,
or other selfish purpose. A suggestion
good deal more in keeping with the spirit a
the age was that made by DR.. ]. N. H7D,
the other evening before the Medical
Press Association that House for In.
curables should be established, whar.
such unfortunates should be proyM.
ed with the necessities and comfort
Of life till death should release them. D.
HYDE emphasized his suggestion in power.
full way By the exhibition of leper, whoss
incurable and loathsome disease would hard
1y be suspected from his appearance when
dressed, and who has been in the habit ot
going about among lodging-houses, where his
presence would create CONSERVATION and t..
L. -.n1 4ro,, 1,r.ovv,4 M.
poor creature is without means, and must 20
to. the .Poor-Hor1se, unless some other pro
vision is made for him, since he must look
forward to eight or ten years of gradual d.
cav before death shall claim him. While ths
disease Of 1eprosy: is exceptional (there ara
said to be only 100 casez in the countryl
there are many people in every large CON-
munity who arc hopeless and loathsome ID.
valids, and who should not be taken into
public poor-house, or asylum, OR hospital :
A Home for Incurables would be the prope,
refuge for all such people. and it is
to be hoped that the necessities Of
those unfortunates, the good Of society, and
tie general excellence. of the proposed
CuAE1k9, WILL 4Qu0Co 6OA4C EC49O14 VI tE1aul9
able to undertaken it to establish such an in.
stitution It should be private charity,
and subject to such regulation as can only
be secured when private citizens donate tha
funds and assume the management. To
have already enough public charities. They
hava become part Of the political machinery
Of the country, and they would always b
filed if they were multiplied tenfold. But
this suggestion offers new field for private
charity, and it should be preferred in any
indiyidnal endowments or gifts over ths
ordinary orphan asylums, private hospitals
Or homes which already exist. Such an in
stitution, properly founded and managed,
would always attract the. willing and useful
cooperation Of physicians, medical colleges,
aud students, who wou1d maku it serve sciea-
tihc ends and at the same time help protect
the charity from imposition and abuse.
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ming down the stinks to their origin, and n,A
curing the evidence Of nuisance which ~
warrant the revocation Of the license Inv;
the offending parties; and that is the MI
course which can put stop to the stinl,
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prosperity, TEE TRIBUNE 1s 1ncnneo 10 neA.
,ily agree with him; but it is a little remarh-
able that he omits one very important 1actor
in our political system, em,-unfortunately ln'-
portant only for evil, namely, municipal
government, especially in our large cities IN
his long and otherwise exhaustive article ne
makes no account o. it, and only incidentally
allules to it in attributing Tweed1sm in New
York City to the demoralizing effects OF the
War and the mania for personal enrich
ment, no matter how it might be attained.
It is all the more remarkable that this om1s-
sion should have occurred, because it is ap-
parent even to careless observer thnt the
great danger to our institutions is the COZ
rupting influence of municipal governments,
and that this is the great problem awaiting
solution: Seventy-fve years ago THOMAS
JEFFERSON deprecated their influence, and
foresaw that they would become p1ague-spots,
though in his time cities. were small, their
populations were mostly homogeneous and
nimost entirely free from the vicious and
ignorant elements that now abound, and
public sentiment reached a higher standard
than now. In his day not 90 per cent Of the
pcoplelived in the cities now more than one
half congregato in them, and their ranks are
constantly swollen by the streams Of emigra-
ton from foreign cities. The great Cities
Of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia have
governments whose influence is demoral-
izng and whose, tendencies are towards cor
ruptiop. Under their administration the
revenues are squandered, taxation is made
an almost intolerable burden, the property
Of the citizens is mortgaged in the interests
Of tax-cators, and contractors, jobbers, lobby
lists, and officials banded into rings hold high
carnival with the peoples money. Tho de-
moralizing influences of such administrations
have affected all classes and conditions Of
society, and private dishonesty keeps almost
eve en- pace with public rascality. Chicago
timent that characterizes some OF the
other cities, but even here it is constant
fight with corruption, and, although the en-
tire press is leagued with the better citizens
on the side Of the right, the wrong is upper
most large part Of the time, and it is not
mob and the dishonesty of the rings or the
honesty and intelligence Of the better classes
are masters. In foreign countries the large
cities are more fortunate, because their gov
ernment is in the hands Of q few, and their
officials are appointed without reference to
the mass Of the people, who have no voice in
their selection: In our cities we have COM
plete popular government, which enables the
dcpraved, the ignorant, and the vicious mob,
led by dishonest demagogucs and corrupt
professional politicians, to gain control and
vote away the property of the people in
taxes that are levied only to be stolen, while
every other form of dishonesty thrives, and
laws are deded with impunity. So long as
this problem remains unsolved there is little
hope that township government will greatly
enhance the prosperity Of the entire people.
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III Randolph -st-Members hereby notified to tc at
ledgc-roon Monday, Jan. $50 p nl TOR the purpose
uf Installing the oficcrs for tho ensuing term.
Ii, L. HOPKINS, Secretary.
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laws are both general, but they are also capa-
bic Of being adapted to circumstances With
out being any less general. The earnest and
best efforts of the members Of the General
Assembly from this county can be no more
benefcially directed than to this subject and
to the preparation of such legislation as Will
enable large cities to disentangle them
selves from theoompicatons of the township
machinery Of government, especially in the
matter Of securing honest, intelligent assess
nents in place Of the unjust burlesques upon
valuations now annually produced.
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APOLLO coMMANpERy.: NO. !. KNIGHTS
Corclnve Tuesday evening. jan
Z. 1873, for business Visitors arc always welcome
Ey order OF TIC Commander.
n. S. TIFFANY, Recorder.
, 1879-01-05

With complete assessment and corrected
lists Of real property in the large cities there
would be no necessity for reassessment of
real estate and farms oftener than once in
three or five years, and the duty Of the As
SCISSOR would be confined to corrections
growing out of subdivisions, and to an in
crease Of assessment whenever improve
ments may be made. The Assessor would,
therefore, have. sixty days in which to de-
vote his energy to the. discovery and valua-
ton Of personal property. The regulation
Of how often there shall be an assessment is
within the powers of the Legislature.
There was law passed in 1877 which
authorized the County Bonrd OF any county
to consolidate al1 tile "towns" lying within
the corporate limits Of city into one town,
in which case Chicago would be one ''town"
instead of three, md would have but one
Town Collector, one Assessor, and one Su-
pervisor, in place OF three of each, and the
functions of the three Town Boards would
be exercised by the City Council. Even un-
der this arrangement, if the Legislature can
devise any mode for an extension Of the time
for making assessments, the assessment of
property in large cities would be greatly i'm
proved and facilitated. It would abolish q
few Offices, it is true, but would greatly
improve the service. The abolition of
township organization by popular vote
might take place at tho next April
election; but to do this would abolish the
present F." township divisions of the country
towns; it would also prove embarrassing,
perhaps, in the matter of park assessments,
which are now confined within the limits Of
towns supposed 10 be benefited by the re-
speetive park systems. This complication
stands even in the way Of reducing the whole
City of Chicago to one town. Unless the
Legislature can devise some way whereby
the existing park debts Of the existing towns
within the city limits and the taxes therefor
can be held to be exclusively chnrge on the
property now subject in each town to taxa
ton for such purpose, it is not likely that
there cnn be any disturbance Of the present
township organization, or even any con-
solidation of the present towns within the
city limits.
Nevertheless, RS we have pointed out, the
Legislature has full power under the Consti
tut1ou. The Revenue law and the Township
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Stay at Homo.
ycl...r.I...,

Young man, if you have home in the
country, stay there. Don't help to over.
crowd the city. City life is hard life,
especially at the present time, when for
every vacant situation there are half a
dozen applicants. One out of hundred
in city may be able to lay up little
money, aud one Of 1000 may become
wealthy; small portion will live in COM
paratively comfortable circumstances !;
the rest, even if they get and keep con-
slant employment, are drudges, who work
hard, get poor pay, besides being con-
demned to unwholesome diet, AMI to
breathe foul air. In the country very
few men have an ex.use for being
wretchedly poor. The nation would be
richer, happier and better if the excess
of population in the'cities wonld remove
to fertile farms. of which there are an
abunda, ce, and engage in tilling the soil
1t is an occupation quite as honorable as
selling dry goods, and far more desira-
BILE than the drudgery or confinement Of
city life, that wears out the body before
old age comes, and offers no adequate
wages to sustain life in return. II you
are wise you will not desert the cry.
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Good resolutions are an honor to any
heart that may form them. But thai
honor takes to itself a new luster and
that heart is nobler still when these res
Olu,ions are not broken.
Patience has its charms as we'll as its
reputed virtue The charm is in Its
cheerfulness; the virtue in its qniet for,
titude to wait and trust. One adds to
the others beauty, just as moonbcam
resting upon placid sea adds to the
beauty OF the peaceful waters.
In the bazars of Turkey apples and
pears are frequently exposed for sale,
marked with the impression Of leaf =
While the apple is green leaf is glued
or fastened upon it, which prevents the
suns rays from acting on that part, and
the impression is distinctly produced.
The work of fortifying the sub treas
ury in New York against any possible
assault by mob is to be begun at once,
the contract having been issued. Steel
turrets are to be placed on the roof, and
the doors and window shutters are to be
made bullet-proof and pierced for mus
kerry.
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MisrfAa,,m
For Better or Worse.

kDetrOlt Free fresS
The old man Bendigo keeps pretty
sharp eye on his daughter Mary, and
many a would-be lover has taken walk
after a few minutes conversation with
the hard hearted parient. The old chap
is stuck this tima, however. and cards
are out for wedding After the lucky
young man had been sparkling Mary for
six months. the old gehtlemsn stepped
in, as usual, requested a.private cdnfasl,
and led off with:
You seem like nice yoang man, and
perhaps. you are in love with Mary ?"
"Yes, am,'' was the honest reply.
"Haven't said anything to her yet,
have your"
swell, no; hut l think she recipro-
Gates my affection"
"Does. Ell! Well, let me tell you
something Her mother died lunatic,
and there is no doubt that Mary has in
herited her insanity"
'I'm willing so take the chances" re-
piled tho lover 1s fi'
"Yes, hut you sec Mary has terrible
temper, She has twice drawn knife on
me with intent to commit murder
"I'm used to that-yot sister just
like her." was the answer g
sand you should know that / have
sworn q solemn oath not to give Mary a
cent of my property" continued the ia
ther.
"a.
"Well, I'll rather start in poor and
build up There's moreFomancefn in it, =
The old man had one more shot il his
carbine, and he said:r
"Perhaps ! ought to tell you that Ma
ry's mother ran away from my home
with butcher, aud that all her relatives
died in the poor house These things
might be thrown up in after years, and |
new warn you"
''Mr. Bendigo,' replied the lover, I've
heard all this before, anil aIsn that you
were on trial for forgery, had to jump
Chicsgo for bigamv, and served a year
in State prison for cattle stealing. I'm
going to marry into your family to give
you decent reputationr There-no
thanks+good-byI22e slszs $685. .,af},
Mr. Bendigoelookei after the young
man with his mouth wide open, and
when he could get'his jaws together he
said: - a.5a 97 a4 II
"Some internal hyena ha, went and
given me away on my dodge!'
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p@The cxodas of negroes from
Louisiana aud Mississippi to Kansas
shows no signs of cessation. The st.
Louis Repubticaa of Monday states that
hundreds OF colored emigranis bad ar.
rived in that city on tue previous day on
their way to the Northwest. and on the
same day the steamboat Darfee started
up the Missouri River with seven hundred
emigran's 1t was reported that thou
sands more were on tue banks Of the
Mississippi awaiting aa opportunity 10
60 North. The land owners in the par
ishes of louisiana most affected by the
drain are taking m assures TO induce the
negroes to stay at home, but so far all
efforts 10 stop the flight of the blacks
have proved Intellectual.
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Prescription for Fits.

For Fit OF Passion-W out in
the open air. You may speak your mind
to the Wind without hurting any one, or
|proclaiming yourself to be a sim pleton.
"Be not hssty in your spir to be an
cry, for anger resteth in the bosom OF
foelsa' "a r- r-s 49, -
For Fit of ileness Count thcfic
ings of the clock Do this for ons hour,
and you will be clad to pull or your
coat the next and work like man -
"Slothfulness casteth into deep sleep.
and an idle soul shall suffer hunger"
For Fit Of Extravagance and Folly
Go to the workhonse or speak with
the ragged and wretched inmates of the
jail, and you will be convinced that
Who makes his bad of brier and thorn
Must be content to live forlorn.
Wherefore do .ye spend money for that
which is not bread, and your labor for
that which satis6eth not2"
For Fit OF Ambition-Go to the
churchvard and read the gravestones.-
They will tell You Of the end of man at
his best estate "For what is your life ?
1t is even vapor that appeareth for a
little time and then vanisbeth away" -
"Pride goeth before destruction, and q
naughty spirit before fall"
For Fl Of Repining-Look about
for the halt and The blind, and visit the
bedridden, the sffl cted and the deranged ;
and they will make you ashamed of your
ligh. affl ctions Hs Wherefore doth liv
iEg man complains" 5.es T.
For Fit Of Envy-Go and see how
many who keep their carriages are af-
ficted with rheumatism, gout and drop
sy; how many walk abroad on crufches
or atay at home wrapped up iu flannel ;
and how MANY are suhj ct to epilepsy or
apopiexy. ga sound heart is the life of
the flesh. Envy is the rottenness of the
bones" sH as
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CHARLES RoUMFoRT,
Champion Snake Handler and Eater Of
= America.
Richness Both Ways.
= Detroit Free Press.)


He had been sitting still so long that
the mother expected to find him. asleep
when she looked around AMI asked:
"Well, Harry, what are you thinking
Off"
"Ma,@ are we very richi" he solemnly
inquired by way Of reply.
Ia one way we are," she said; "your
father SAYS he values me at SO. 600, 600,
you at S2,0Oo,O00 and the baby at al
{ That closed the conversation on that
subject, but the next morning as Harry
was getting on his overcoat he examined
the new patch which had been added land
coollv observed:
"We.l, think father had better SELL
ahnut half Of you, or the whole of the
haby, and get the rest Of us some decent
duds 20 put on"
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The Pet Boy in College.

] had not been home many hours; the
female members of the family had not
exclaimed more than thousand times.
"Why, Fred, how yon have changed !!
I'd hardly know youi" My youngest
bl other had only JUS. succeeded in smash.
ing my first cane, when word was brought
that, "Your father would like to see you
in the study, Mr.. Fred."
..Ah, Fred, my boy, sit down and tell
me how you are getting along ut Har-,
vard.'' i..,sss 40,
20, first rate, PLAYED football at the
fall, am training this winter for the crew
and think of foot ball for the spring"
"Y,s, yes; but how about the Greek
and Latin 2" mn
80, they'er all right; I'm in the ad-
vanced section in both studies.
81 am very glad to hearit; for. Fred.
I've been little worried by two notices
received from the college, something
about you doing poorly in Greek and
Latin examinations. IS,
"Dii you really get such letters, fa-
lherp Taal's immense! Why, they 'er
Deturs!"
sEn?"
"Why, Dsturs, gifts from the college.
From the latin, do, dare, dedi, detum, to
give. The college gives them only to
thetwen,y best scholars in the class. It's
great honor to get one, fellows that get
Dslurs hang them up in frames. You
hardly ever get more than one; my hav-
ing two is superb, sqial to getting dou-
BILE first at Oxford"
"Indeed, always thought yoa wcro
bright, Feed; but what does it mean by
saying if you don't do better you viii
have to sever your connection with the
college p
"Pooh! That's nothin ;, father. mere
form: relic of an old custom. You see
about hundred Years ago The twenty
best men in the class used to contend in
an examination for the first place. The
nil eteen who didn't win were told that
they might go away into the couniry,
that is sever their connection with the
college for awhile, study up and try their
fate again. The custom has died out,
but the notices remain, and now they are
sent around TO show that you are OF the
first twenty Of your class A great hon
or to get one, assure y.u."
IL am glad Of ii; you have taken quite
load fl my mind, for l feared that you
we're in danger of dismissal. Nell, Fred.
l won't detain you longer, your sisters
are dying to know all about college; but
before you go here's specimen Of spt Gle
payment from me as a De,ur for ytur
good work in Latin and Greek. - Har.
vdrd Crimson.
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When Christ was about to leave the
world he made his will; his soul he be-
queathed to his Father, his body be be-
Queathed to Joseph, to be decen,ly inter.
rel, his clothes fell to The soldiers, his
mother he left 10 the care OF John; but
what should he leave to his poor ,iisci-
Piles, that had lett all for him? Silver
and gold he had none, but he left them
that which was infinitely better, his peace.
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Fascinating.

When delightful odor surrounds the
person, by the use of DR.. Prices cxqui
site Perfumes. then it is that the utmost
destinations Of beauty come in play and
caplivates it's admirers. DR.. Prices On.
ique Perfumes are appreciated for their
peculiar delicate fragrance.
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EF 1t takes just SO many turns Of the
potter's wheel to make vase or cup,
and the pitcher CT life requires just SO
many turnings Of the wheel of grief =
Gods wheat is not ready to be taken
into the garner until the hoofs Of calam
ity. and the hoofs Of prosecution and
the hoofs of death have trampled it out
Do you realize, then, that you are in
Gods keeping2 Elch person is as much
the searching care Of God, the fatherly
care OF God, the motherly care Of God,
as though he were the only person in all
the world, in all the universe.
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The woman who works in some hon.
orable way 10 maintain herself, loses
none Of the dignity nor refinement of
true womanhcod. and is just as much,
even more, an ornament TO her sex than
the woman whose days are passed in
luxurious Incidence and indulgence.
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/. r. FARQUHAR. Nj. ID.
fFormerly of ZanesvilIe, 0hio,)

Physician and Surgeon,
Aice and residence in the Kirkbride property,
WOOD DSF[E D, y q l o.
Having located at the above place, offers his
Professional services, whore he hopes by
close attention to business to merit public
90 afdenca and patronage.
Chronic Diseases will receive spscisl
aSention. msy4,!5r
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s@"what does your husband do ?'

R"Wha does your husband do T
asked the census man.
"He amt doin' nothin' at this time of
the year" replied the young wife.
"Is he a pauper ?" asked the census
man. She blushed scarlet to the ears.
"Law,no." she excIaim I'd somewhat in
1--WE ain I been married more'n
months"