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The Republican journal., 1880-12-16

STEAMBOAT NOTES. At d meeting of the ,li-
rectors of the Sanford steamship Co., held in
Boston last week it was voted to build new steam
boat for the Boston and Bangor line The new
boat is to be 400 tons, which i larger than either
of the others-thc katahdm being .234 tons and the
Cambridge 1887 James I.ittleIirld superintendent
VIM ii. Hill, Jr, Treas, ana VIM. l.. >turteNa amt
director, We're appointed committee o obtain plans
and specifications Tor the new bOat.... steamer
City of Richmond, one day last week. struck 4 rock
going into SedgWick knocking a hole in her bot
tom, near the coal bunkers. The boat returned to
Rockland, the leak temporarily stopped, when she
proceeded to Portland for repairs on arrival lit
Portland the damage was found 70 be very Slight.
Steamer Cambridge had very rough expert
ence on Friday night last. She left her dock at
Boston usual, but when on rhatChcr- Island
ran into severe gale and snow storm. The Wiul
Is said to have blown hurricane and the snow was
thick and binding. The captain turned the boat
round and proceeded back. The steamer was run
as far as prudent, when not making land, both
anchors were let go with forty five fathoms of chain
to each, but they would not hold. Just then the
weather changed, all hands were called, the anchors
hove in, and the steamer proceeded to the lee Of
Deer Island where she laid during the night The
steamer proceeded next day, arriving in Belfast
Saturday midnight.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21
THE LITERARY NAPOLEON.
How he Tried for Admission to the Aosd-
envy, which was Refused.
NEW York Tribune.)

A Paris paper recounts curious and little
known circumstance In the career Of the En-
peror Napoleon Ill. In 1863, after he had fin.
ishsd the trst volume OF his "Life OF Cesar"
but before IL came from the press, . chair In
the Academy became vacant by the death OF
the Duke d'Audlffret-P asquier, and the EN-
peror was seized with desire to fill It. III
my Caesar were only finished" he said to
Madame Cornu, III only the first volume was
publishedl But how shall I preee nt m yselt
now2 some one must take the initiative and
propose my candidacy. True, / might walt.
but In presenting myself now, know whom
succeed. and Of whom shall have to speak,
while II defer may be obliged to pronounce
an eulogy on Octave Feuillet or Victor Hugo,
who knows2" Filled with the notion Of be-
coming an academician, he said point-blank
to two OF the directors OF the institution !:
Gentlemen, labor 70 render myself worthy
OF you" They hastened Of Ia alarm TO Gulzot,
ana repeated the words. There 70 nothing to
Be DONE" said the old courtier, "but to elect
him by acclamatlon." Very different was the
reply Or Ampere, to whom the Emperor sent
u friend To ask for his vote. 1t ID not NJ chief
or the state that Napoleon presents himself
said this person, his candidacy has no polit-
ical character, and you will not have to vote
for the Emperor, but for the writer" THAT
Is my understanding OF the matter" re-
sponded Ampere, land 1t IL for that reason
that / refuse my vote" This refusal put an
end to the Imperial candidacy.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21
TAMMANY HALL.

The Tammany Hall organization consists
OF three parts: first, the secret society known
as the "Tammany Society, or Columbian
month Of WashinRton's administration, and
was Incorporated In 1905; which erected the
building on the corner OF Nassau and Frank
fort streets formerly known as Tammany
Hall, and controls by lease the present ball on
Fourteenth street; secondly, the general COM
mittee and ASSEMBLY district committees Of
the Tammany Hall Democracy, which are
councils OF voters, and date, with many inter-
mediate changes OF detail, from 1922; thirdly,
oae as ss an POI OF
mony with the committees and constitute
the Tammany Hall Democracy.
The Tammapy Society has passed, during
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21

liyened by touches OF brilliant color In the
ribbons and flowers worn with them. VI
course the colors chosen must be judiclous,
for however chill or bright q woman may
be, dress can illuminate or cloud her greatly.
TRIMMINGS.
Trimmings for spring goods are not greatly
changed from those used on winter suits.
FrinRes are still the preferred garniture for
materials that do not wash. Laces were
never more In demand, BretOnne, point
d'esprit and Spanish laces holding their we'll
deserved honors beyond dispute. A hand
some lace resembling the duchesse, but
heavier, is coming into favor, but as the
sculbert' is rather expensive 1t can never be
the favorite that the cheaper lace 70. Co!ored
and designs, and will be used In trimming
summer costumes.
HATS, MANTLrs AND FANS.
Rumors OF pretty hats nantes. and fans Of
fine white muslin have reached us, and reuefn-
bering, as we oil do, the charming effect OF
the carleton hats worn some years ago, the
chances are that these, which come OF the
same idea, will be quite as taking. The hats
are OF picturesque shapes, with soft crowns
and indented brims, and are covered with
openwork embroidery In imitation Of Irish
lace. Large clusters OF flowers. or few very
large flowers, complete the trimming. When
pretty trimming ID formed OF yellow butter
cupH or primrOsee, and s'some people think
q suniiower is beautiful as the bright par
tieular ornament The mantle Is In scarf
shape, Ia fitted easily to the shoulders and
hangs In front almost to the foot. It should
be trimmed with lace, LanguedOc or Bre-
tonne, and worn as street wrap. The sun
fan, which completes this cunning trio. IL
really nothing but q Japanese fan with BAN.
boo handle, over which fine muslin Ia stretched
and completed with lace frllls, q compact
cluster OF flowers In the centre and q knot Of
ribbons on tho stem. The last new feather
fan Is In Spanish style. and is made OF three
long ostrich feathers, mounted In fan-shape
and fastened with satin ribbon. Two pale blue
plumes, with pink one IN the centre, Is said
to be very beautiful. and two black with 9
yellow one In the middle is elegance Itself
chatelaines Of satin ribbon, and are no more
expected to do any substantial service thar
royalty ITSELF ..-
| Black Spanish lace scarfs are much used az
neck wear for the streets, and are very be-
coming to doubtful and sallow compilations
ecru and cafe au lait tints, the broad, pure
| whits scarfs now SO fashionable for indoors
and outdoors being available only to cleal
skins. The fashion Of the day, TO wear exu
berant searfs, fichu6. c0llarettes and ruch
| ings has brought forth m untold quaint
ty OF beautiful fabrics and designs for THU
purpose. A new collarette has square cor
nered collar In the back, n full and high fri
| In the neck and gigantic dlrectoire bow II
| front. The chief virtue In these great bow
is that they make a plain toilette dressy ant
dispense with trimming on the waist Of thu
dress. MARIA TUCKER.
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much adroitness IL necessary to exonerate
the candidate from the accusation OF treating,
which 10 an offense equally punishable with
bribery and corruption. It is notorious, how
ever, that the keepers Of the public houses
are furnished with money which enables
them to be extremity generous In the dispen-
sation OF their victtlals and drink during the
canvass, though In what manner these sums
Of cash are furnished is seldom or never
ascertained. Il is somewhat remarkable
which have been held In England since the
passage Of the reform bill, q large proportion
Of the constituencies In boroughs, ag well as In
the counties, refuse to 70 to the polls.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21

xsird pompanion valketh by our side.
VINO Oft enQhRnte ue By her Horcery:
3sre.er Mesgo With us she doth abide.
may have iqated far down liie's stream,
4nd ye!. Mitn memory stAnding By our side,
he Present BY tho Past IL 9lorined.
sss Ia ssst ~ saa . xs
sss saien from lis m Oh Ms loving vi hands.
FL 1tahAn yoyager 10 tho Arctic zone
- frQm his iyy-bound ship fair Italy,
- outllne smoke from the volcanoes cone.
And Naples. ouscnly city BY tho sea.
kroutcast walks the City streets at night,
e wsss Ssss h n s Mns sr 4, g ss
Eho Innocence of childhood once again.
Chs prisoner ~ BIZ dark md narrow coli
fsr IN sns ~ s i bo ~ ss aafs'
~ dim reil cotton from the camp fires glow,
Falling athwArt rugged aoldier'y face.
10 hin mind the embsre burning low
VDon TIC hearthstonc Of bio native place.
ItIhin i raet cathedral old aud grand,
o. traveller kn4Als upon the SABBATH day;
nH In the simple church hts childhood knew.
Zswokshipe with his Kindred fur away.
onsnsryi thou hast walked with us through
hfQugh pleasant ssnltt paths and gloom,
~ now q thy command we must retrase
- pathways which our wandering feet have
n11in tho future. from this very hour,
1Ay We be careful what our lives shall be,
06namh0rlnR that thou hast the wondroui
I power
- make 40 live them Ger again With thee.
-tOottRge Hearth.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21
The Presidents Title.

The first Senate under the consttu tlon Of
the United States looked upon the ofIic0 OF
President as one Of vast dignity, which must
be expressed In some form Of address to the
incumbent. Custom gave the President the.
title OF ellis Excellency," but the Senate
fancied that such title wasn't sufficiently
grand. It appointed q committee to sit on
the matter, aud. after prayerful considers
ton, hit on this address: Ellis Hig hness the
President Of the United States and Protector
Of their Liberties" The more D emocratic
House, scouting this foolery, decide that
this day, though some Cheap Johns are found
bowling down before Ills Excallency" The
New York World suggests: why not insert
g resolution In the Chicago platform CO ling
ior the adoption OF the shighness' and the
'protectprateY
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UNCERTAINTY.

No IL 10 sof mind, unless 1t be one OF abso-
lutte dex Yatc, lie more t0rturin9 than uncer-
S1aty Like ahip Mt sea, when frequent
EYSsstS b. wv her tall masts and laundering
~ "a Nsever her--when skies, alternately
Sulfd ana black, threaten or encourage hope
AhIs cruel md tempestu0uG uncertainty A9l-
fatee and aGonizes the perturbed spirit. tis
= Woundil " Ill. which gradually but surely
Wears out the springs OF life. Its corrosive
injury evt % patience is pOwerless to heal,
Willie reeti denied Its helpless victim. Ac-
ton being pAralyzed. the suspended soul
Wnyers lie e pendulum, and Intensely feels
Hone siefe red, we are told, makes the heart
eiok, and thi gis only one form Of uncertainty.
Deeire and expectation lend hope her rain
hoV huea. nd all that has been said and
ln1Isa al her power but half discloses her
heoIrn and | laautiful influence But hope.
onlY IN q liz ut degree, mingles with uncer-
tninky: appre hansion drives har from the
field. and clal llss his iron chain about the
ssnrelv haaaf 40 frt.
WHIT with Ag and collapse from over
meeterin0 ernot tondoes one experience whose
NfA hanoa A the balance while he awaits final
dectsion. e Is 0t easy to imagine that aw-
hi interval occu pied by uncertainty, when 9
prisoner awaits ats death doom or acquittat
= Z nry may d. seada. Could such q situa-
waiting TIA dat horror would freeze every
win, ana tine half-COngealed blood would q
turn slovly 70 tbs citadel Of nfe--the heart.
. This form 1T uncertainty ,comprehents, per-
0epG, Its m06C 6ppAlnuA pnasa. y,
4 Nevertheless, In other instances, readily
occurring to the Intelligent mind, its evil
influence often appears. A merchant having
laxRe ventures on the deep, watches the
holxene, tremhles while daily reports Of
weather are spread before his eyes, and finds
III ,slumbers disturbed when thunder
shower sends down big patteriDg drops on
III aomical, be 1t a cottage or more aspiring
mGueon, Uncertainty Ia the demon which
ptaakc his pillow with thorns and makes
m9ht hideous with disastrous suggestions
.s1h5ect to uncertainty its friends or Its for
t., We well Enow Chat when this feverish
.ee4 anxious existence goes out In the sleep OF
d41A, Il will arise to another and stabler state
see1lA and will forever bid adieu to uncertain
ty1d mutation of every kind. Who does
n long for that boiler and better life. or
dtoenot exclaim with the immortal Watts:
TO thst our laboring souls aspire
fifth ardent panHe OF strong deslre!
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21
lJBURrAT1ON.

UeurpAtion Ia term usually applied to
tho1e desiring empire who plot against au-
thrifty. kingly cr otherwise. The usurper
atns against Justice and established law, as
lN0ll ~ precedent, III d political sense. But
low many usurpers are there abroad In the
world, apart from offenders against nm exist
ing and established dynasty
On q bare and wind beaten rock grew a
stately tree. Firmly grappled into the assures
II this tremendous and overhanging promon-
tory, tho CONTEMPLATING oak rose ma estically.
HI hundred branches waved grandly when
tempests were abroad, and rested quietly In
noontide calm, when sunshine gilded creation.
waxing greener beneath the solar ray. But q
yane embodied the brave old tree. wrapping It's
plant tendrils about his trunk, clinging low
in4iy TO his every spray and spreading It's
myriad, delicate and scented flowers over his
tpmost verdure. BY slow degrees and un-
perceived the parasite overran It's gigantic
supporter, tt2l, excluding sun and air, too
~ the forest king found that he had been
dggeroyod ~ usurpatton wholly invidious
and unsupported. So he withered In his might,
while that frail thing, allowed to cling about
him % though glorying In his strength and
endurance, Asunted It's garish blossoms over
IN dead frame while bees reveled and birds
1AA 6sAAuag Vp6AAuH Uuu0 hAA GAphAucA
blossoms OF the usurpinK vine.
lnsidi0Nsn6e8 makes usurpati0n every
where In nature and life. It's approaches are,
toE the aost part, pleasant, It's words courte.
o. 40 denneanor modest: neither does II
- 0e0spt Md. till able To strike down the
k91ping. u boldly asserts supremacy, and,
without dlsgNiee, wraps itself IN the mantle
~ dominion. Nothing argues the want Of In
nt1e greatness OF spirit In the young as does
uds attempted usurpstion Of the Wisdom, expe-
rtsnoe and foresight OF advanced life, by those
Id q entering upon Its stage who should be
co ntent TO learn while they attempt to teach.
II Wy may, IKE the intruding and short-lived
WI II. overrun the old gnarled oak; but when
VII iter storms come thronging on their
m Rile and eagerly overspreading stems,
II e foliage will wither and blacken. glad to
tn fainting on the bare trunk OF the dead
IN It by whom they were lifted from feeble.
NJ with magnanimous generosity.
N lie ain OF ueurpAtion flows abroad through
Hi go many channels and minute ramifl.
cat& na, that little observation on the part
otkh Oae who would not live with closed eyes
q q ,pSiIIng. Nobility OF mind rejects Its
eo6it sstAons. knowing It for the serpent which
b6aut led Ia the fragrant bowers OF Paradise
JuSf1t e soowls on the fend, and religion lifts
her i k1te robes from Its pollutinH touch
Merit seorns 1t as q brave man does thief
Oando Axerts her celestial face from Its pres
once. !. Nna Mercy weeps In its rem0rseless
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OLlo NO. 0.
Usurpation and Uncertainty.

II MRS. NJ. 3. wH1TAKEI, AUTHOR OF AL
BERT HASTINGS"
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Rsedsaut 1dse Toaae casss seysr saa an,
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The most recently published figures show
that suicide Ia on the increase In France. Be-
fore the Franco German war the average
number OF suicides only slightly exceeded
five Thousand q year, and now they exceed SIX
Thousand. In Paris there are three times az
many suicides committed as In the country.
Most Of the men who destroy themselves are
bachelors. The spring is the time OF year
when suicide Ia most frequent, and death by
hanging is more usually resorted to than any
other mode Of seli.destruction, being con-
sidered more expeditions.
Paris journal has announced that papers
relating to the Mexican war, which were
transported to Mont ,valerien during, the
Siege, have just been discovered In that for
tress. The ministers OF Napoleon LII. tried
to certain extent to Disguise the immense
sacrifices which this war entailed upon the.
country. M. Rouher, when In Office, de-
clared the cost to be covered by 800, OO0, 900
francs, while M. Theirs offered to prove that
the mere money loss amounted to more than
q miIliard, besides the many human lives
sacrificed.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19

in this matter in the rural distric
where good physicians cannot be at
deathbeds of sick persons, and where
rich and poor alike are often intrusted
to doctors who are neither famous for
learning nor intuition. The writer in
Belgravia is inclined to think that one
Of the needs of the world at the present
moment is simple test, and not a COM
plicated series of tests, which would be
out of the reach of the poor and beyond
the power of inexperienced or badly
paid doctors. 1t will be reassuring to
have that test as soon as possible
Chicago Inter-O Ocean.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
For This Year.

Leap year has arrived, and maidens
fair and otherwise are now at liberty to
enjoy certain privileges which for the
past fortv-eight months have belonged
exclusively to the opposite sex. In OBJ
servance of time honored custom, it
will now be quite the "proper caper
for manageable ladies to take the in
itiative in love matters, and reverse the
social order of things generally. 1t is
now their privilege, in fact we might
say their duty, to study the comforts
and pleasures of their gentleman friends
for the next twelve months, and be al
ways ready to play the gallant when
the occasion demands it. They will be
expected to give balls and parties during
the season, escort their lovers to the OPP
era, treat them to an occasional oyster
supper afterwards, sleigh ride them,
promenade them in the moonli ght, hack
them home from the academy in 2:l2a
gate (even if the driver has to be
''stood off" for his f,re), ice cream
them, fill them full of Strawberries, and
in fact bestow upon them all the atten-
tons which good society demands. They
are now in the enjoyment of that privi-
lege which permits them to pay three
dollars for u two hour ride behind
livery horse, whose best record is con-
siderably over ten minutes they will
be expected to take their fellows" to
the skating rink and pay the bill; to
the church fare and pay the bill to
sum up, they will handle the reins of
social government for the next year and
assume all financial responsibilities.
They will firt with whom they choose,
fall in love with whom they choose, and
do their own counting every time. We
cannot begin to tell all things the dear
creatures will do in the line Of love
making. Breakfast Table.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
Women and Girls IN English
Mines.

1t is a somewhat startling fact that
there are still nearly 5000 women and
girls employed about the coal mines of
Great Britain. In the official summary
of persons employed in and about the
mines, under the Coal Mines act, it is
stated that p girls under the age of Is
years are employed. OF girls between
the ages of ID and l6 there are 433 EN-
ployed; of young women above the age
of | 6 there are no less than 4,502 en-
ployed. In the mines registered under
the Metaliterous Mines act there is a
larger proportonate employment OF
women. At the tender age of between
S and Is years, there are 96 employed,
chiefly in the Cornwall District /;
between the ages of Is and Is, there
are 9sl girls employed about these
mines, Cornwall and the North Wales
district employing the bulk; and there
are also l,1il women above the age Of
Is employed, Cornwall, North Wales
and Ireland employed all these except
20; and of this score, somewhat singu-
larry, the chief part are employed in the
North of England, which has been re.
markably free from womens pork in
the unfit employment of mining. The
proportion of women employed is said to
be decreasing, but the fact ths. girls of
such tender ages are put to mining OPP
erations, or to work "above ground" at
the mines, is sign that th~nlnsatisfac-
tory symptom is not likely to entirely
die out-San Jose Mercury.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
How to DO It.

For more than forty years there has
been a great desire among thinking men
and women for movement that might
bring about much needed reform in
the orthograph of English words. Our
system of spelling is not only disgrace
to our civilization and to the progress of
the age, but it is barbaric in the highest
degree. Young men and women may
devote half dozen years to the art and
then they will not understand it-for
there is neither art, nor sense, nor sys.
TEN about it. 1t is hap hazard al over.
There is no invariable rule But with
all this anxious desire for so needful
thing, the Swans, the scholars, the pro
fessionals, those who attempt to lead
society in such matters, have done
nothing with the exception of the little
Noah Webster has accomplished, have
not even offered to do practical thing,
and now this reform devolves, as do all
other reforms, upon the press to begin
and carry it on to completion. 1t may
be considered strange, but the observer
will recognize its truth nevertheless, that
any reform in society to be successful,
whether it be political, financial, reli-
gious, moral, physical, asthetical or
sumptuary, must be taken hold of by
the press and pushed by it into promi-
nence; hence it is that the Chicago Trib
une has taken hold of this photographic
reform. 1t drops the silent letters in all
cases, and spells quartette, give, granite,
etc, quartet "giv," grant" etc. The
letter Of" is substituted for "ph," as
"fantom" for phantom; the unnecessary
double letter is dropped, as Evil" and
"shal' for will and shall. 1t dispenses
with cough in the words tough, cough,
etc, and spells them ''tuf," 'cof," and
50 on. The Tribune says that by this
system of spelling it saves one per cent
in space. If leading paper in every
great city, or even in a few of the great
cities, were to do this the smaller Jour
mails would soon follow, and in a few
years the work would be accomplished.
which Other wise will require generation
after generation to bring about. There
IS a terrible loss of time imposed upon
mankind now by the inhuman manner
of attempting to spell English words
If each word We're spelled according to
the sound, as it ought to be, one week
would be sufficient to teach a ten-year-
old child how to spell correctly every
word in Webster's unabridged and
every word that shall hereafter be added
thereto, whereas now no man in the
world can spell all English words as the
books do. Let us hope that some of
the New York, Boston, st. Louis and
San Francisco papers may unite with
the Chicago Tribune on this point and
push this so much needed reform along.
If few of the leading papers enter
upon it in earnest the work will soon
be accomplishment this is Show to do
it sacramento Bee.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-19
Pitting in SMALLPOX.

Somebody has ascertained the curious
facts, in smallpox, that poor people are
pitted least, rich people are pitted most,
and no class are pitted under their
dress. Poor people have less light in
their homes, the rich plenty of light, and
under the dress there is, of course, less
light than in either case. The explana-
ton, according to this observer, is a
scientific one. The sunlight consists of
three primary colors. The red, the blue
and the yellow rays have distinct and
characteristic properties-the yellow
gives light, the red, heat and the blue,
sctinism. Now the pus OF variolar pus-
tules absorbs, by its yellow medium, the
actinic rays, which results in corrosion
of the tender flesh at the base, and thus
leaving ''pits