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Year: 1875

he goes beyond this and urges Christian peo'
pie TO unite with him In praying Tor tho ac'
complishment of political purpose and ioi
the success of an individual candidate, he IN
yiles discussion and criticism. This matter cl
prayer IA not so empty and meaningless q
thing to the devont mind that it may he taken
to bear up frivolous petitions or anything o"'
the weicbtiest of human affairs, mans pro-
foundest needs, and highest aspirations. That
must be grave emergency In polltics Whch
should unito all Christian people III all ihVo-
cation of Providence for % specific interference
in a specific manner, such a. Tor the success
Of a particular candidate for President. There
may have been times. perhaps during the war,
when the success or defeat Of one party seemed
to be the success or defeat OF what was held
dearest and most sacred, when Bishop Haven
and many other deyOut aud earnest men prayed
for party success. In much less critical tine
he calls for the united prayers of his fellow
Christians, not merely for the success oil q
particular party, but of particular man within
that party. He could hardly have believed
that all the praying men TO whom he adj
dressed himself were Of his opinion with
reference to the necessity for Republican sue
cess. lie nllht Ctlltlnil IidNt hhoNu
were wide differences of opinion as to the ne
cessity for rcGecting Grant. In his position
and upon such an occasion he doubtless knew
that his utterances upon that subject would
excite comment, and that the attempt 10 com
nit his audience to the support of third term
by asking them to pray for the denomination
Of Grant would be criticised. His only excuse
for it must have been an overwhelming sense
of peril to the country and 10 the Christian
religion which could only be thus ayeited. If
he had it, he failed to communicate 1t. The
impression that has gone abroad is that he per-
sonally is very strongly in favor of President
Grants denomination, and that he so TAR for
got the dignity and responsibility of his Office
as to undertake to add the functions of politi-
cal leader to those of spiritual adviser.


The question ~ not whether he had the right
TO do as he did, but whether on the whole it was
wise; whether there is any political ener-
gcncy that warrants such M extraordinary ap-
peal. We have never doubted his sincerity or
his earnestncss; we have questioned hs dis
cretion, and We suspect that, since he has OBJ
served the effect upon the members of his own
denomination outside Of his immediate audi
encc, hc himself will admit that his action was
not in all respects wise.
Year: 1875

women who are forced TO stand from a. m.
until from z to 10 p. m. are expected 10
possess to q certain extent the capital OF edn-
cation, refined manner, and neat dress. For
this they are paid as rule from S3 to Se per
week, half Of which must go for board. How
great must bo the extremity which drives them
behind the counter on these terms, our readers
can surmise.


When their employers (many OK whom are
eminent protesting Christians, and foremost
in every public good word and work. consider
this extremity they will, we are sure, gladly
endeavor to make their labor as light as
possible. There will be no sacrifice In the case
for after public attention has been thus urgently
called to the matter, the effect upon the
customer of the tired woman behind the
counter standing upright all day to await his
order, will be, not admiration of the thriving
business of her employer, but simple disgust
Mt his wanton cruelty.
Year: 1875

The officers here deny any knowledge of an
impending strike Of the operators of the West
em Union Telegraph Company. On the other
hand, reports continue to come from the West
and South indicating consultation among the
operators, and a probable effort at a
combined strike. Their principal grievance is
that many of them were subjected to heavy
reduction in salaries some months ago; that
the Company is paying dividends, and claims
to be making more money than it ever did
before; and that, under such circum-
stances, it ought not to be reducing
wages already too low. The Company
is doubtless in better position to resist
strike than il was when it suffered from the
last one, since its operators have been spe-
cially pledged not to become members OF any
union. On tie other hand the Inconvenience
to the public from strike would not be 80
great, since the opposition lines ale now more
extended and better managed.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Randall has introduced once more that
most sensible amendment to the Constitution,
which wo hope yet to see adopted, providing
that the Presidential term shall be heightened
to six years, and that the President shall be
Ineligible for reelection. Nothing would tend
more directly to simple politics and pure
civil service.
Year: 1875

There has seemed much needless delay in
the important prosecution by the people OF the
Brooklyn Ring officials and contractors, some
time since ordered by the Attorney General.
1t is qualification, therefore, to announce that
the first positive ard earnest action in the
matter will be begun to-day by the service OF
summons and the attachment of the property
of the alleged plunderers of the people of that
city. The corruption existing in Brooklyn has
long since been more than suspected; it has be-
come notorious throughout the whole country,
and the assurances that tho legal proofs have been
obtained and formulated viii he received with
hearty satisfaction. The corruption of the
Democratic officials there has provoked n rev.
olution at the polls; there ought now to be a
reformation through the courts. Exposure
should be thorough, punishment certain and
severe, and they should "let no guilty man
escape"
Year: 1875

Mr. O'Conor was surprised wien he learned the
other day that the newspapers were giving daily
bulletins of hls condition. Evidently he does not
appreciate the degree OF admiration and regard III
winch he is held by Of all parties and religions
in the community who watching hopefully every
days change in his symptoms He gave them the
greatest encouragement himself on Monday. for
their expectations went mp with bound when they
learned that parts of tho Presidents message had
been read to him and that he was still improving


There could scarcely have been more cheering sign
Year: 1875

the virulent outbreak of discussions concern
ing the churches and the schools, and
welcome any means Of removing the
dangerous question from politics as
speedily as possible. Mr.. Blaine's amendment
does it; none of the other propositions do.
Reports from Washington indicate that the
ex-Sreaker is already sure OF considerable
Democratic support, and it would not he sur
prising if we should yet see his amendment
passing almost by common consent.


The "snow-plow case" as the suit OF MT
Prime against the Twenty-third Street Rail
road Company is called, will excite interest
among all househoders whose dwellings lace
a street railroad. The nuisance of having
snow, which has been at pains and cost shoveled
into tho roadway. flung back into the gutter
and on the sidewalk by the railroad plow,
would scarcely be endured for an hour III
any other country. In cutting pathway
In deep snow for the cars, the ROAD
Is made impossible for other vehicles except on
tho tracks, and turning out from the gully
thus formed can only be done Mt the risk OF
upsettng or other damage. Unless 1t can be
shown beyond all doubt that there is no other
practicable way to clear the track. the mere
convenience of the railroad companies cannot
be set off against such positive injury to
property.
Year: 1875

WONDERFUL WEALTH.-The won
derful story of the Brazilian wedding,
with its tantalizing description of linn
itless wealth in gold and diamonds, has
appeared in not less than five thousand
newspapers in this country and will
doubtless be translated into the langua-
ges of the civilized globe


"To dazzel when the sun is down,


And rob the world of rest"


This roseat romance has bewildered
many people; and, in fact, it came
pleasantly to the imaginations of mil
lions of people who derived immense
comfort from reading about fictitious
wealth, in the absence OF individual
bullion. But the romance of Diamen-
tina is utterly cast in the shade by real
and tangible discoveries of crude bull
lion in the Nevada silver mines. A gi-
gantic bonanza or pocket of silver of
seemingly boundless extent has been
brought to the light of the day, and
the material wealth therein is set down;
at moderate estimate, in the hundreds
of millions of dollars. The accounts of
these wonderful discoveries, are fairly
Oriental ir their expressions of wealth.
1t would seem from this grand silvery
exposition of mother earth that nature
herself intended to rebuke disposition
to legislate paper currency upon the
country. Feverish speculation has fol-
lowed npon the Developments Of the
Comstock lode, and California street,
in San Francisco, is the scene of more
frantic cupidity and the delirum of
speculation than was ever manifested
in the old Argonautic days. The world
stands astonished at the magical ac-
cumulation of fortunes. Two wel[known
and worthless bummers, Flood and
O'brine, have, from absolute penury,
in few weeks become the masters of
millions of money. While all this crazy
speculation is but temporary, and a
crash in stocks is imminent, yet the
wealth is there and there will be eau
tious men who will hold it and work
out their pecuniary salvation. The last
report from San Francisco, gives some
of the minor, yet thrilling, incidents of
the change from penury to sudden
wealth, and of the lost opportunities
which, if seized, would have led to for
understandable Courier Journal.
Year: 1875

~ An interesting decision has just
been made by the Supreme Court Of
Appeals Of Virgins in reference TO the
debt Of the old State, in which the
States OF Virginia aud West virginia
were held TO be jointly and separately
bound for its payment. The present
State has only held that West yirgi-
MIA was liable tor onc-third Of the debt,
aud that State has repudiated that
claim on the ground, principally, that
the money was expended mostly for
the benefit of East Virginia Under
this decision the question arises ~ TO
how Virginia State creditor can "a
cover cut Of the Jurisdiction Of that
State. The Supreme Court will dispose
ofthis interesting question, which will
involve the constitutiouaIity Of the act
Of separation Of the two Common
wealths. The final settlement OF the
case win be locked for with much iu.
tcrest
Year: 1875

For New England, the Middle States
and Lower Lake Region decidedly
cold, and generally clear weather, brisk
northwest and northeast winds and
rising barometer, followed by easterly
winds and falling barometer in the
Lower Lake region.
Year: 1875

A young mechanic recently got
married to the girl OF his choice, and
the happy pair went to housekeeping.
After TIE honeymoon was over the
young wife discovered that her huby's
temper was none Of the sweetest, and
that all attempts at modifying him
by sweet smiles and kisses were gen
orally flat failures while his "dander'
was up. So, like q sensible young
woman, she resolved on another plan
of action, and soon bad an opportunity
TO try it. Hubby was rather captious
about his steak, but she made no ex-
cuse. Its tough said Hubby, and
its not cooked enough The young
wife smiled, but made no defense.
Then Hubby got teartully mad, lifted
bis plate and dashed it on the floor
with the remark, BLAST that steak y
His wife raised up her plate too, and
dashed it on the stove, with the re-
mark THAT me- Hubby stared at
the plate, and at the floor, and then
said: "Whv, Eliza You shouldn't
mind me. If l an little hasty, |
soon get oycrit. She has chcctually
cured him.
Year: 1875

OF within our little cottage,


As the shadows gently fall.
While the alnlight touches softly
One sweet face upon the wall,
Do we gather close together,


And in hlshcd and tender tones,
Ask each others full forgiveness


For the wrong that each has done.
Should you wander why this custom
At the ending Of the day,
Eve and voice would quickly answer,
ut was once our mothers way.
If our home be bright and CHEEKY,
Tit hold, welcome true,
Opening wide its door Of greeting,
70 the manv-not the few;
five share our fathers bounty


With the needy day by day,
'Tis because our hearts remember


This wa. ever mothers way.
Sometimes when our hearts grow weary
Or our task seems very long,
When our burdens look too heavy,
And we deem the right all wrong,
Then we gain new, fresh courage,
As we rise to proudly say,
"I.ct us do our duty hravcly-


This was our dear mothers way.
Thus we keep her memory precious,
While we never cease to pray
That at last when lengthenns shadow
Mark the evening of life's day,
They may find us waiting calmly


TO 20 home our mothers way.
Year: 1875

Tue worst case Of selhshness that
has ever been presented to the public,
emanated from a youth who com
planned because his mother put a big
GER mustard plaster on his younger
brother than she d.l On hyn.
Year: 1875

The Pope had occasion lately TO rebuke
an EngIishman for rudeness TO his HoIi-.
ness in the Vatican. The person had
gained admittance in some way. and, M
stead of rising when the Pope entered,
he sat during the entire audience. In
the midst of the benediction the Pope
demonstrated with him in this way "Do
you come here to insult me in my own
house? Is it gentlemanlike thing to
sit down when all the others are stand
ing or krleeling?" After this outburst
the guards promptly put the intrudef
out.
Year: 1875

fair win be begun this evening at De Garmos Hall
West Thirty third street for the benefit Of the Homo
for the Blind very deserving institution. The fair
will be continued tomorrow and Friday, and, II Is
hoped Will reap full Harvest
Year: 1875

The Forty.seventh regiment N.GsNY., had q
dress parade at their armory North Second and
Fourth streets Brooklyn, y. D. last evening" for the
purpose OF presenting marksmans badge to the
member OF the regiment who had won H. The affair
came or very pleasantly and the friends OF the rcgi-
meat had good evenings amusement
Year: 1875

The proceedings had in Congress
just now are doubtless very interest
ing, if We may judge from the imper-
feet reports sent to us by telegram; but
as none of our mem hers OF Congress
have deemedit of sufficient Importance
to send us the Congressional Record
with the proceedings and speeches re-
ported in full, we are unable to speak
with absolute certainty. The JOURNAL
goes regularly, We believe, 10 each
member of the Hou.e and of the Sen
ate from this State. free of charge.
Year: 1875

"It is duty of every legislature now
in session, or about to meet, to pass
resolutions denouucips the high hat d.
O. outrage just perpetrated in New
OIl.sns Let the people speak through
their agents SO that the condemnation
Of the villainy may ring from one end
of the country TO the other.
Year: 1875

l had not proceeded far before he
overlook me, and accompanied me to
near Point Lookout, when Ben Allen,
now acting as doorkeeper of this room,
slgnaled Owen, who stopped, and l
came on and reported to Colonel Miller
what l had seen; he told me to secure
Crosby; went to his house and found
Ben Allen there; when told Crosby |
wanted him he declined to GO; l start
ed TO draw pistol and he surrender
ed; after taking him to the Court
House l went ont To where Mii.ers
crowd was; Colonel Miller asked me TO
get the women and children out OF the
valley IL trout, and theu to take Owen
to SEE Crosby. which l did; when we
saw Crosby he told Owen to lay down
his arms and home; Owen said he


would obey the command If I would
take him back; when we got back
Owen asked me to please write down
on paper, "Tell the damned Radicals
to go 10 hell, for I am done with them
aud now intend to act with honest
people, and to pnt s:.is i'll the papers;


he then asked me to get some cavalry


out of his rear and he would take his


men home; / got some mounted men


out of gap i'll his rear, and he march
ed off while 1 returned to the Court
House; saw no fighting; the negroes


were moving off when / left; l saw
some excited men following, and told
Colonel Miller, who stopped them
Year: 1875

by side and arm in arm to the worlds
end.


The very last words fierce old Dame
Heatherclough wrote with her own hand
were these: " May the house be leveled to
the ground, and Heatherton Park sown
with salt, before this property shall come
into the hands of a Clough" But for all
that, Clough and Heatherclough, wife
and husband, 1--we together in that very
same house, and they are as happy as
two angels-which is saying consid-
erable.


The two ancient enemies who are
sleeping SO quietly now would have had
their hate outlive the grave; they would
have handed it down to unborn genera
tions if they could, and, behold! this very
hate brought the two young people to-
gether, and changed into love.
Hate cannot last the devices of spite
and avarice pass away as summer cloud;
and it is all one in the grave. What is
there of earth that can last? Listen!
Sometimes Wolf Heatherclough clasps
his wife's hand and looks into her face
with his bold black eyes, now moist and
gentle and tender, and says to her:
"Nothing is enduring in this world but
love."-Harpers Bazar.
Year: 1875

THE youngstown (Ohio) Register tells a
tough story. A man employed in one OF
the iron mills in that place had finger
cut off IN the large shears. The Register
closes the item" with this statement:
!" The first intimation that Mr.. Cook had
Of his misfortune was from fellow
workman, who picked up the end of the
severed finger from under the shears and
handed it to him" If that man should
be hanged he wouldn't know anything
about it until some kind friend called
his attention to the account of the exc
cution In the newspapers.
Year: 1875

HyHE MAGNOLIA HAS BEEN FITTED


il up in the most attractive style possible.
with view to the convenience and comfort
of patrons. The proprietor desires to call the
attention of customers. friends and the public
to his superior stock OF
Year: 1875

PAVING CoMrLETED.-The repavng OF the
roadway Of Cary street with new granite
s,alls trom Thirteenth to Pearl street was
completed yesterday morning. The side
walks Rave been narrewed on each side OF
the street, in accordance with the suggestion
of the Committee on Streets and the ORDER
OF the City Council, and the rcpavipg OF the
sidewalks will be commenced to-day. This
Is undoubtedly the greatest street improve
Iuenl made for long time.
Year: 1875

TIE FOUNTAIN ON SHoCKoE SLrp.-A neat
granite capplng has been put around the
fountain on Suockoe slip, and yesterday the
water was turned on, which nude things
look cool, even though the mercury was up
in the uineties. The fountain will be en-
closed in u substantial and attractive iron
rail and post, and when 1t is entirely COM
pleted will De quite an ornament to that part
of fh6 eity
Year: 1875

People who are disposed to look con-
descendingly IN the Bible as IN obso-
lete book-a volume whose teachings
have been superseded by those of sci
ence and philosophy-a book which is
interesting only to theologians-must
be greatly perplexed by paragraphs
which occasionally creep into print,
even in newspapers which make no
pretence of supplying religious news.
The latest of these is that the British
and Foreign Bible Society has distrib-
uted during the past year nearly 10000
Bibles in Russia and Prussia, and that
new editions are necessary. Although
a demand for any particular book does
not necessarily prove its value, the
frequent recurrence of such bits Of in
formation about the Bible, shows that
the old book does not lose its interest,
and that neither the attacks of its foes
nor the wisdom of its friends can pre-
vent its retaining its influence upon
the human mind.-ChaiStian Union.
Year: 1875

| A London correspondent of the New

 York Herald writes :3 I suppose all my English friends will feel outraged by it, but truth compels me to say that, in some respects, the English people are the greatest towards in the world. Phy- sical danger and suffering they will en- Iicounter readily enough, but ridicule and public disapprobation have terror for lthem which they dare not face. One of the most charming Englshmen I ever met was narrating to me only the other day how a young American, common friend of both of us, used to wear, when

 he first came to London, 8 Scotch cap in the street, and how he was finally

 obliged to tell him that unless he put on

 the orthodox stovepipe he could not ac-

 company him. in Hseems that etiquette forbids gentleman to appear in public

 with any other headgear than the afore- said stovepipe, and my English friend

 dared not countenance a contravention

 of the law A gallant captain of the

 queens body guard, to whom related

 the matter, sustained his countrynah,

 and, declared that he himself, altho ough of a profession which requires courage as it's first essential, would not venture " OAAOW AAh4oCAA 41OA4O bUk0Ou O1 bu0 park with soft felt hat. .,,os-s ,.s

 Pursuing my inquiries, I have found that a similar tyranny prevails in innu-

 merable respects. Mr.. Gladstone is re- ported to have said that a cabinet minis ter might better commit any blunder rather than have his front door ened by maid servant q Custom demands that 9 man shall, be employed for that duty, and whoever infringes the custom

 becomes an outcast at once. So,' too.

 the carrying of parcels in the street by ladies or gentlemen is forbidden, and I have no doubt been set down as luna tic by shopkeepers many time, because l would insist upon taking, home my | purchases in my own hands I believe an exception is made in the case of books, provided they be not wrapped up in paper. These may be, carried without loss of caste, but everything else is a mark of infamy. To walk with the coat unbuttoned in front is likewise improper,

 and is regarded very much as walking without any coat at all. Nor may gen tleman, not in business, wear sack coat in London. No matter how hot the weather may be, his outer garment must be frock coat buttoned up as I have mentioned Only in the country,

 and while travelling, is luxury of loose ness and comfort permitted. 'aH '1
Year: 1875

Brooklyn, June At the Beecher
trial, Beach, before closing for the
day, remarked that he had good rea-
son to believe that members of the
Jury had teen approached, which he
would present u the Court mt another
time. IIema,ie no imputRtion against
any of the Jury, but could prove that
they had been approached. Abbott
protested against the uuprofessional
mode in which these statements had
been put forward She;trman also
challenged the gentleman 10 produce
the proofs tLen and there. Beach re-
piled that Shearman spoke without
knowledge. inasmuch ms parties in
sympathy with the defendant could
easily use money for purposes not
known to him. He repeated that he
had not charged any of the jury until
lie was called out by an appeal from
u Jurymau; he would bc sorry If
he had said anything offensive to the
Juryman, or had done anything to
injure the cause of his client, for that
he would have no right to do. but as
he had been challenged he would
now ask his honor to name the time
and place for the production of the
proofs. Judge Nelson suggested that
the proper time would be at the close
of the case, when somebody would
have to be punished. The matter was
then dropped and the Court all
journed.
Year: 1875

Chicago, June 2l.-Reports from
various parts in the central portion Of
this State say that vicinity was visited
to-day by the most destructive storm
known for many years, doing great