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Year: 1878

When will parents learn the Importance
of keeping firearms out Of the chidren'S 5
way2 They will play with them if they
can. 1t has been established by innumer
able examples that there never was Il gun
or pistol so crippled, old or rusty, that it
will not 90 off in the hands Of child
and it is also as well established that the
innocent aim of a child is always deadly
Two more cases of this kind alc reported
A boy of twelve years of age was left
alone for few minutes with his one year
old sister. He commenced playing with
the baby with a loaded rifle. The gun
went off, the ball entering his sisters
chin and passing through her head, kill
ing her instantly. The alarmed boy
called for help. He said that a man
came into the house and shot The child
and then ran away. That was lie told
in fright. He attcrward confessed that
he was playing with the gun, pointing it
at his sister, when she, grasping and pull
ing at the ramrod, the gun went off in
his hands And so she died. The other
case was that of fourteen. year-old who
was playing at "burglars' with a seven
ycar-od friend. He had gun which he
did not know was loaded, but which he
had been in the habit Of using to snap
caps. The inside boy took the gun, while
the outside fellow played burglar and
robber at the wide chinks of the door
lie put his face to one Of the chinks, and
this was a good opportunity for the other
to "blow wind" in bis face by swapping
caps. The first cap missed fire, but the
second discharged the gun and killed the
outsider in the game of robbers, in.
stantly.


There is no more to say. If children
will play with firearms they must get
shot sooner or later. 1t is for parents to
prevent such dangerous play.
Year: 1878

In answer to the question, "Why are
farmers so liable to rheumatism" the
Science Of HeaLM says: Because they
wear wet clothing, heat and suddenly
chill the body, oyereat after very hard
work, and because they do not keep
the skin in vigorous, healthy condi.
ton. If farmers would avoid suddenly
cooling the body after great eXertion, if
they would be careful not to go with wet
clothing and wet feet, and if they would
not overeat when in an exhausted
condition, and bathe daily, using much
friction, they would have less rheuma-
tism.
Year: 1878

The fashionable wife looks on her hus.
bands money as spoil--something which
he wants to guard, and she to sie1c. 1t
is no joint property which it is rs much
her interest rs it is his to save and use
wisely; but an enemy's possession which
1t will be her gain to loot. AS for com
panionship-tOUj0urS peririr pals, and
an evening spent with her husband alone
counts as the ne plus UitrU OF deadly
dulIness. Personal love for him has died
out il even it once existed under the
guise of passion because Of novelty; and
whatever she may be to others, her hus-
band finds her uniformly cold and repel-
liant. Motherhood is her bug bear; chill
dren unwelcome intruders; and there is
no more miserable woman eXtant than
the fashionable wife with baby, that
hinders her from joining in the seasons
vulgar pleasures. Essentially selfish and
shallow, love has as little meaning for her
as the doctrine Of duty or the glory OF
sacrifice; and those who know her stand
aside in kind of wonder at the scheme
OF creation which includes, among its
oltsets, being without uses and without
Vlrtues-a woman with presumably a
soul like any other, absolutely destitute
OF the love which saves the world from
worse than death-Of the reality which
seeks truth and lives in it-of all noble
ness Of aspiration and all righteousness
OF lile-a woman whose good ispIeasurc,
and her one sole religion--Gashion.


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hehigher up men go the more lmpera-
i've becomes the necessity that they
should live on; every high impulse, every
feeling Of seIf-esteem, every sense OF dig
nifty and worth, in mankind, calls out for
immortality. Do you say that calling
out for it is not evidence of itl


The law of suffering is inseparable
from the law of existence.
Year: 1878

TIE japanese, instead of spending
their time in listening to long sermon,
march decorously to the temple where
their priests are performing service, throw
in printed prayer and little money,
and go about their business with self
satisfied conscience.
Year: 1878

THE LOC&L DEPARTMENT
VIII be, more than ever, the special feature
Of the paper


TEgE POLITICS OF THE APPEAL
Will be- as always,
YtrictIy BIack Republicans. or EsaiicaI:'
And the editor anticipates with pleasure the
probability that in supporting the next Re,
publican candidate for the Presidency, he
will support


GENERAL GRANT IN 1850.
Meantime the APPEAL will nail the Old Flag
to the mast. and neither surrender to the


Adherents of the Lost CauSe.
Nor give its support to policy which
Demolished the Republican Party Of


the South.
And sought to


HandcuR 1t in the North.
In short, the MORNING APPEAL will keep
on an even keel and stand by the friends Of
principles, Republican usage and
the Republican leaders of tried courage and
ability


But the APPEAL will be especially valuable |
Year: 1878

on to the next iron-clad, and in few
minutes that disappears, and 81 on
through the fleet. In a short time
they are all gone. Then the Des-
troyer will pump out the water be-
tween her decks and the two feet of
black sides will rise and the officers
and men come to the deck and get
breath of air. They are not griny
with powder, and have not been
sutfocated with smoke. All this
Captain Ericsson believes that the
Destroyer can do, and one Of these
fighters in each important harbor
would do away with all need of forts
and make navy for defensive war
fare unnecessary. In other words,
Captain Ericsson believes that the
Destroyer will revolutioniZe and
practically terminate naval warfare,
for nothing that can be made to float
and fightcan withstand it. In speak
ing Of the Destroyer few weeks ago,
Captain Ericsson said that he felt
safe in predicting that the building
of costly iron-clads and coast fortifi-
cations would soon cease when the
Destroyer showed how useless they
would become, and that it and others
like it would do the humane work Of
keeping the sea free for peaceful COM
merce.


Captain Ericsson'S prediction re
garding his little monitor which he
sent down to Hampton Roads dur
ing the war of the rebellion, though
doubted at the time, was true. The
monitor revolutionized warfare all
over the world. The modern iron
clads have been built with special
reference to the monitor. Now,
Capt. Ericsson has developed some
thing that will make the monitor
worthless, as he predicts. If his con-
fidence is as well founded in the
latter instance as it was in the former,
it Is easy to see that naval warfare,
as at present carried on, is practically
at an end.
Year: 1878

Ealied upon to guard. For one, |
Eount on the opposition of parties.
a anticipate the double dealing of
|p0litical leaders. The cause more
than once may be betrayed into the
hands of its foes more than once be
QcSerted by those who owe to it
whatever of prominence they have.


5ut these reflections do not move


ne. They stir no ripple of fear on
ne surface of my hope. No good


nuse can eyer be lost by the faith
sessneSS of the unfaithful; no true
prmciple of government overthrOwn
py the opposition of its enemies; nor
fhe progress Of any reform, sane
Toned by God and promotive of hu-
man veal, long retarded by any force
decentralization which can be mar
EsiiAlled against it. Over throne and
~ ssdsempires the Ucspel has march
ed, treading bayonets, and banners,
and emblems Of royalty proudly un-
der its feet and out of that Gospel
no principle or tendency essential to
the Kingdom that is yet to be estab-
lished on the earth can be selected So
weak or so reDugnant to fallen men
as not TO receive, ere the coming of
that Kingdom, its triumphant vindl-
cation. On this rock l plant my
feet, and from its elevation contem-
plate the future, as a traveller gazes
upon landscape waving in golden
headed fIuitfulness underneath the
azure of a cloudless sky.
Year: 1878

From ali parts of the country re-
ports come of the immense sales and
increasing demand for that deserv-
ingly popular Sewing Machine, The
Old and Reliable "STANDARD," the
price Of which the proprietors wisely
reduced tO $50, including all the at
tachments, and at once secured for
them popularity among the peo-
pie, far beyond that ever yet attain
ed by any other machine at any
price, the consequence of which is,
agents are leaving the old high priced
machines, and seeking territory for
the "SrANDARD." Knowing from
experience that with the best goods
at the lowest price they can outsell
all other Machines, where the supe-
ior quality and low price is made
known. This splendid Machine
combines all the Improvements. Is
far ahead of all Others in beauty and
durability of its work, ease of man
agement, light running and certainty
of operation, is sensibly made upon
sound principles. with positive work.
ing parts all steel, and can be safely
put down as the very perfection of
Serviceable Sewing Machine, in
every particular, that will outlast
any Machine, and at price far down
below any other. 1t is thoroughly
warranted for five years. Kept in
order free of charge. And sent to any
part of the Country for examination
by the customer before payment of
the bill. We can predict equally as
large demand for them in this
section as in others. Families desir-
ing the best Machine manufactured
should write direct to the Factory.
And enterprising persons wishing to
seize the chance should apply for SO
desirable an agency. See advertise
ment in another part of this paper.
Address, Standard Machine Co., Cor,
Broadway and Clinton Place, New
York.
Year: 1878

Intemperance is not Il mere local
affair, but strikes at the very vitals
Of the nation. The liquor traffic is
the fruitful source of woe, crime,
misery, taxation, pauperism and
death.


Bear me witness if [ eXaggerate
when | say that the country is rap
idlV becoming one vast grog shop, to
which half million of its youth
are yearly introduced, and over
whose threshold sixty thousand are
annually carted to a drunkard's
grave. The streets Of our cities echo
to the shouts and oaths of drunken
jewellers, from whom society seeks
protection through police regula-
tion and within hovel and mansion
alike, not entirely smothered either
by physical fear or social pride, is
heard the sound of insane violence
and Wailing.


There are some who say the tenc
rerance movement is a sentimental
affair, and that the reform will not
90 on. The reform will 90 on. Point
me to a reform which ever stopped
Why, reform is motion, and motion
cpaselessIy acted upon by the i'm
pulse Of acceleration so is it with
the temperance movement. FrGm
whatever standpoint you look at it,
it is seen to be in exact harmony
with the age; nay, it is a part of the
age itself. The great civil revolution
is to be supplemented with a great
social revolution. God has SO writ
ten it down. He has blessed the eff
forts of its friends until it has al
ready taken a strong hold on the pop
ular heart. Its champions are not
fanatics; they are not sentimentalists;
only terribly in earnest. Back of
them are memories which will not
let them pause. Broken circles and
ruined affairs, and fallen roof-trees,
and the cold, sodden ashes of once
genial fires, urge them on. No fear
such men and women will falter, un-
til YOU can take out of the human
mind painful recollection until you
can make the children forget the fol-
lies and vices of parents, over which
they mounted to usefulness and hon
or; until the memory Will surrender
from its custody the OathS Of drunk
en- blaSphemy and the pains of bru-
tai violence; until you can do these
things, no man, no combination of
men, can stop this reform. Its cause
lies deep as human feeling itself. The
reform, then. will go on. 1t will go
on because its principles are correct
and its progress benificent. The
wave which has been gathering force
and volume for these fifty years will
continue to roll, because The hand of
the Lord is under and back of it, and
the denunciations of its opponents,
and the bribed eloquence of the un-
principled, cannot check, no, nor re-
tard, the onward movement of its
flow. Upon the white crest of it
thousands will be lifted to virtue and
honor, aLd thousands more who put
themselves in front of it will be SUBJ
merged and swept away. The crisis
through which this reform is PASS
ing will do good. twill make known
its friends and unmask It's foes. The
conclusions above and around Us
will purify the atmosphere and
when the clouds nave parted and
melted away, we shall breathe purer
air and behold SUMMER skies.


We know not, indeed, what is
ahead what desertion of apparent
friends may occur ; what temporary
defeat we may have to bear; nol
against what intrigues we NAV be
Year: 1878

Ericsson's torpedo boat the De5-
troyer is practically built, and is now
receiving the last touches of the
skilled artisans who made it. The
boat was tloated few days ago, and
is made fast to the pier at the foot Of
West Thirteenth street.
Year: 1878

Speaking of Gen. Grant and the
nomination in 1880, Senator Conk-
ling said to Graphic reporter that
General Grant would probably do
exactly as his friends wished. If they
asked him to run because the good of
the country demanded it, he would
do it. \ chance of defeat would
make no difference with Grant, as he
sis the. .truest and most magnanimous
of men,"
Year: 1878

One of the tricks of the Democratic
campaign in the South is to urge that
the South should be paid for the
emancipated slave, and to promise
share of the money to colored men
who will vote tho Democratic ticket.
This argument is not meant for
Northern ears.
Year: 1878

WHAT To TEAcH OUR IELs.--Teach
them self reliance


Teach them to make bread.


Teach them to make shirts.


Teach them not to paint or pow
der.


Teach them to wash and iron
clothes.


Teach them to wear thick, warm
shoes.


Teach them how to cook good
meal.


Teach them how to make their
own d esses.


Teach them to say mo" and
mean it.


Teach them how to wear ralico
dresses do it like a queen.


Teach ia in how to darn stockings
aud sew on buttons.


leach them to regard the morals,
not the M ney OF their beaux.


Teach them that good, round,
rosy romp is worth fifty delicate
consumptiyes.


Teach them the essentials OF life
truth, honesty. uprightness--and a
a suitable time let them marry.
Year: 1878

original color, soith the gloss and freshness of youth. Thin hair is thiel1ened, falling hair checked, and badness often, though not always, cured by it's use. Nothing can re- store the hair where the follicles are destroyed, or the glands atrophied and decayed. But such as remain can be saved for usefulness by this application. Instead of fouling the hair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it clean and vigorous. It's occasional use will prevent the hair from turning gray or falling off, and consequently prevent badness. Free from those deletericus sub stances which make some prepara- tions dangerous and injurious to the hair, the Vigor can only benefit but not harm it. If wanted merely for a
Year: 1878

A disgusted correspondent writing from
Saratoga, says: ''The loud and vulgar
people who frequent watering places are all
too numerous. They wear diamonds as
large as the riost successful and comical of
negro minstrelsr and gold chains as heavy as
any that the swell mob glitter in. They are
disgustingly oyerbearing in their demeanor,
and move about with the imperiousness of
cloyer-fed bulls"
Year: 1878

An OHIO woman gave birth few days
ago to five children, four boys aud one girl,
all of whom were Lying at last accounts. 1t
is a well known physiological fact that in the
times of war male births largely exceed the
female. The demand for Ohio men for Of.
fee seems to be having the same effect on
the population Of that state.
Year: 1878

JOHN MoRRIssEY has gone. He was o
remarkable man, the history Of whose varied
life will furnish themes for innumerable and
speculative reflections. There was probably
more blunt personal and political honesty
in his makeup than is ordinarily found
among men of his type, and the worst thing
that can he said of him-at the same time
among the hest that can be said of bis
party-is that he was leader Of the De-
mocracy. But he was human and there is
volume in the fact that, after all he had
passed through, his heart yearned for the
home of his boyhood. There was a deep
sentiment in this yearning desire that gave
certain indication of the possession Of gem
tie and pure aspirations, albeit his career
was one Of trouble, turmoil, and question
able activity. 1t proves that under rough
exterior JOHN MoRRissEY carried soul
capable of the warmest and most generous
aspirations.
Year: 1878

THE Senate amendment to the Bankrupt
repeal bill is good enough in its way, pro-
viding as it does, that the act shall remain
in force until after specie payment shall
have been resumed; but it does not go far
enough. No reasonable man who studies
this subject closely will deny that perma-
nent system of national character for the
benefit of insolvents is n protection to cred
itors and debtors alike. The experience Of
every commercial nation on the globe
teaches this fact.
Year: 1878

THE supine indifference Of Republican
leaders in the face Of attack by the Denoc-
ncy upon the Administration, rs illustrated
In the renewal of the effort to prove that
TIDLES was elected in 1876, would he as-
founding If President HAYES policy had
knitted to him the friendship and approval
OF those who supported him and elected
him in that campaign. As It is, proper de-
fense against this attack is made with some
reluctanoe; not, however because of any
unbelief in the legitimacy Of his title But
the time has come when the party must
rally to his defense, regardless of personal
or petty differences The situation demands
this kind OF abnegstion Of prejudice, and
the battle, forced upon us by the common
enemy, mast bs fought in behalf of the
party itself let no time be lost in making
preparations
Year: 1878

THE Kingston On. " Freeman Is about
the only sterling Republican newspaper in
the country that has offered opposition to
our proposition to combat the Proposed
Democratic inquisition against President
HAYES by counter inquisition against
TILDEN, which shall expose the gigantic
frnuds that gave him such pretentious
showing in the Electoral Count. We agree
with the Freeman that the people are tired
and sick Of these investigations, and that
the question Of President HAYES title has
been definitely settled. We would fur
ther agree to the policy of peace and quiet,
and an attempt to restore confidence and tran
guilty by avoiding are-opening of these dis
turbing questions But the Opposition will
not permit this. Already the House Judiciary
Committee has begun steps for the revival
of the controversy, aud next Monday will
undoubtedly witness determined and con-
certed effort by the Democrats in the lower
branch Of Congress to sustain the BLAIR
KIMMELL quo udrrdnto movement At a
distance from Washington, the scene OF
these political contentious, this determine
ton may not be apparent; but even to the
most casual observer on the ground the
Necessity of.beginning to fight fire with fire
is alarmingly imperative. Our idea is sim.
ply to overcome charges of fraud, sustained
only by bogus statements or so-called
confessions" with positive proof of violence
and corruption of the most colossal kind
Thereby the public mind will be freed from
the influence Of "a pdrte statements. That
L. all
Year: 1878

The Paris Exposition is now fully under
way but thanks to the niggardly economy
and inexcusablc delay of our Democratic
lawmakers, the United States is disgraccd
by tie incompleteness OF its preparations
for participation In IT,
Year: 1878

of the most stylish and tasteful de-
signs, embracing the handsomest
products of the European markets.
More than usual effort has been made
to make this opening a success, it
will include in addition, a beautiful
line of Domestic Cloaks. We have
decided to make Our store the popu-
lar resort for all who wish to look at
the newest and best goods at the
lowest possible prices.
Year: 1878

Did you ever think, dear reader,
what it Is that constitutes the nameless
charm of some books and their hold on
your fancy. even after your remem-
brance of them has grown dim with
years: The contents, of course. you
respond-the truth they embody. Ger
tainly. but not altogether. either. There
is great, mysterious force, even yet
but little understood, which we know
as magnetism. II you have ever at
tended any of the many scientific ex-
perlments every day being tnade in it,
you will have seen this, as one Of the
simplest


The subject is seated in chair and
told to make himself perfectly passive
and receptive. A few passes of the
hand from the magnetizer, and he Is
told TO recount what he sees, what he
is TO see being previously arranged in
the mind of the experimeater. This
he recounts clearly and decidedly. and
while the power of his whilom master
continues, no one can make him believe
differently Water Is the strongest #
brandy, white is black, if 80 ordered.
while the spell Is cn his senses A
slip OF paper, glove, ribbon, or any
inanimate object, may be emagne,ized ia
the same way to produce certain inn
pressions or conditions of mind on
holding them in the hand Water is
impiegnated with the same subtle
power, and acts rs remedial agent.
These things have come IN be matters
of positive medical knowledge, AMI can
no longer he laughed at as the outcome
of dreams and fancies. II. then. the
senseless bit of paper, conveying no
visible thought to the mind, acting on
it by means of an invisible. intangible
power, can be capable of such effects.
how much more must a book. the most
powerful mode of expressing human
thought, be able to express TO US. CON-
bining the printed truths that appeal
directly to the eye aud the mind, and
this same invisible force. Tor the author
goes 10 work with the same deflnite
purpose as the mesmsrist tocs-that Is.
ta make the reader think as he does on
the subject he writes OF How Tar he
succeeds depends upon bis magnetic
power; or. In other words. on how tar
he can impose his own personality In
place of your own. Some books are
fuller than Others of this peculiar lie
are as vivid and sparkling as sunlight
ON moving waters-a although the Ian
guage may be even commonplace,
while the same subject. illustrated by
the same figures of speech and written
with apparently greater care and know
ledge of the subject, fall Hat ON the