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Year: 1877

Many persons complain of always getting
up tired in the morning. This is very often
due to defective ventilation of the bedroom,
or from using an undue amount of bed
clothes and bedding. Feather beds are tco
soft and yielding, and partially envelop the
sleeper, thus producing profuse perfpira-
ton. The habit of lying too much under
blankets is also very pernicious. by reason
of the carbonic acid exhalsd by the sleeper
being respired. Again, it is a common,
error to suppose that, by simple opening a
window at the top, room can be Yentilat-
ed. People forget that for proper venti!a-
ton there must be an inlet and outlet
for the air. In bedrooms there is often
neither, and if there is freplaceit is gen.
orally closed up. Again. it is mistake to


suppose that foul air goes to the top of the
room. Certainly the heated air goes to the
top, but the chiefimpurity. the earbonic acid
falls to the bottom. There is nothing so
effcacious in removing the lower strata oi
air as the ordinarily FIRE places especially
if there is fire burning. The usual de-
feet in ventilation is the want of the proper
inlet for the air. IF the window be open,
the cold air, being heavier. pours down in


to the room. causing draughts; ifthe door
he open. or aiar. the same thing occurs


The projection of ventilation may be OBJ


tanned in any room with fireplace, by
simply providing proper iulets for the air


By means of upright tubes the heavier ex,
ternal atmosphere ascends vertically
through the tubes, like the jet of a. foun.
Year: 1877

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING New.
YoRK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when in New York is the
Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot, kept on the Euro
pean plan--you therefore only pay for
what you get. Everything is FIRST class,
and prices moderate, adapted to the string
ency of the times, You save the expense
of carriage hire, and by leaving your bag
gage check on the counter of the Hotel,
your baggage will be delivered in your
rooms. fifteens minutes after the arrival
of the cars, free of expense. We advise
you to give the Grand Union a trial.
Year: 1877

rs THE ARGUS going to support Glenn
for Circuit Judge2" writes one of our
readers from the country; and ''are the
Democrats going to have candidateY


The irst question is easily answered no,
for the reason that be was nominated by
the Republicans, as party candidate and
by a political convention. While MIR.
Glenn doubtless wanted the nomination
and wants to be elected and is willing to
take both the nomination and the office
through party machinery and political sup
port, he is evidently of the opinion, as are
all members of the bar, that the judiciary
should not owe its place to party. We
Judge this from the fact that he is dis
tributing tickets in this county, where this
sentiment is universal, with the name q
the party left off.


To the second question THE ARGUS car
only advise. Believing that the selection o.
Judges in the best interest of the people
should not be made by political parties, il
advises the Democrats not to make party
nomination. Not because of probable de
feat, for in no instance, where the Office i;
properly political one and where there ar,
not vital local interests demanding other
wise, will THE ARGUS. under its presen
management, adyise the surrender Of tn,
party or falter in its support of its candi
dates. But, concerning the Office of judg
of our oounty~-where men of all parties
creeds and conditions expect equal right
all political influence should be effectu
ally shut out. The opposite of this, a


practiced from the supreme court of tn


United States down to petty county courts
has brought more digrace upon this coup
try as a nation and a people than all othe
things combined.
Year: 1877

When you see family always charae-
terized by the most light and delicious
bread and pastry, you needn't ask if they
use DooLEY's YEAST POWDER or not
Assume it to be the truth and you'll al
ways hit the mark. Another prime advan.
tage of this splendid article is that it cuts
down the grocers bills.
Year: 1877

THE President on yesterday in observ-
ing his usual religious exercises OF the Sab
bath, attended confessional. In telegraph
Ing to KELLOGG, his statement that the
Democratic government of Louisiana had
the sympathy of that class Of people who
could sustain it was an admission, that it
the military was removed, the carpet-bag
governments in the Southern Safes could
not stand single day. They have
arroyed against them the worth, wealth
and Intelligence of the. State,
and it is simply a contest between
honesty and intelligence on one
side, and robbery, Ignorance and
bayonets on the other. If the muskets
are eliminated from the contest the re.
suit is very plain. We are gratiied to
know that the manly, determined stand
taken by the Democrats in the carpet
bag cursed States has had the effect OF
convincing His Obstinancy that he can
no longer wrest their rights from them.
GRANT has evidently received an "eye-
opener from some quarter, which has
more healthy effect than the ones fur
nished by ZACK CHANDLER in his Sun
day carnivals heretofore. RIGHT is
MIGHT and will prevail. HAMPTON
DREW and NICHOLS will be Governors
of their respective States and TILbES
will be President of the United States.
His party has the sympathy of that por-
tion of the people of this country who
are able to give sustensnce to 1t. Clear
the ground and stand from under ior we
are going to sit down on 'em.
Year: 1877

The prophecy of President GRANT that
there will be another Presidential elec-
tion has had the effect of exciting the
Republican politicians. It's the opinion
of many leading lawyers that in the
event of a failure of the joint conven-
tion, or OF the House, to elect Presi-
dent, that it is the duty of the Secretary
of State to issue writ to the Governors
of the several States for new election
by the people. Senator BAYARD has been
able to resurrect an old law of 1892 au-
thorizing this procedure. This would be
u curious plan for the solution of the
Pres dental problem, and it is not sur
prlsing that it should meet with opposi,
tion from the Republican leaders. They
know that they were fairly and squarely
defeated IN the last election, and now
having resorted to force and fraud to set
aside the popular will, they may well
look forward with fear and trembling 10
another expression from the people. 1t
would be given SO distinctly and en-
phstically and their ranks so badly shat
tered that there would hardly be cor
poral's guard left of them after the elec.
tion. The Democrats would have nothing
to fear from another election, but a! the
same time they do not seriously propose
to adopt such course. In fact 1t is not
at all probability and barely posi-
bili.y. Mr.. HEWITT has been attributed
with the declaration that the only
possible alternative lay between
Mr.. TILpENs inauguration and
new election. This Is denied upon
good authority, as all that Mr.. HEWITT
did say was that he believed that TILDEN
and HENDRICKS had been elected and
would be inaugurated, but in case that
there should be contest and should
civil war threaten, and only IN case that
civil VA, threatened, he would prefer
civil to military contest. That he
would rather make an appeal to ballots
than to bullets, sentiment endorsed by
the entire Democracy. While there
are those who lcok upon new election
as possible, yet the country, as Pro-.
SRELYE expresses it, ioathes the idea


The election is over and decided as
far as the popular vote can decide it in
favor OF Mr.. TILpEN, and all that is left TO
do,ss Mr.. CoNKLING says is to have fair
count, declare the true result, bow to it
and stand by it.
Year: 1877

The Democratic Convention for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
municipal offices meets this morning at
10 o'clock, in the City Building, dele
gates having been elected at primary
election held on Saturday night. The
delegates composing the Convention
have grave responsibility resting upon
them in making y selection of suitable
candidates for the party. Our party or
gsnization is good, the party lines hsv-
ing been closely drawn in the late
state and national contests. The en-
thusiasm eukindled by the late
campaign has not yet died out, and.there
is an evident desire on the part OF Dem
ocrsts to support ticket composed of
their own party friends even for the
smallest local offices. Under these cir
cumstances with an unexceptionable tick
ct there is no question about carrying the
municipal election for the Democracy,
therefore 1t is of the utmost Importance
that the Convention should look well to
the qualifications and character OF the
men whom they may nominate. Ii the
Convention should fail to keep this fact
IN mind, and nominate II ticket COM
posed of persons without qualifications for
the positions to which they aspire or men
whose character would not bear that
public scrutiny which would have to be
undergone in q contested election, we
need not expect success, nor would we
deserve it.


We do not know what basis of repre-
sentstion the Convention may adopt
whether it will be the vote cast IN No
yember, October, or at the last munich
pal election two years ago. We give
the vote by wards ut the election in Jan
nary 1879 rs cost for Mayor
Year: 1877

In addition to the work Of nominating
candidates, 1t will be the duty of the
Convention to appoint new Executive
Committee, and it is important that this
committee should be composed of active
and intelligent persons, who will take
deep interest in the welfare and success
of the party at all times. The work oi
nominating candidates for Council is
very properly left to the respective
wards
Year: 1877

A NAN by the name of GREEN, Of Cul-
pepper, Va, has shown his verdsncy. by
writing a book advocating dual e1ecu-
tive. He wants President and q Gov
ernor-Genersl-one TO control the civil
and the other the military department of
the government-one TO be chosen from
the South and the other from the North.
We will do we'll If We succeed in getting
one executive officer for the nation, from
the complications now threatening the
country.
Year: 1877

We are disposed to believe the Wheel
ing Inteli,gencer mistaken when it claims
the meeting held in Steubenviiie last
Saturday was a failure. People in this
section are of the opinion that the meet
ing was successful in every particular
notwithstanding the Inteiiigeneer TO the
contrary.-Ste.benviile Gazette.
Year: 1877

The Democratic Legislature passed a
joint resolution declaring the canvass OF
the late election by the returning board
to be null and void and instructed the
Judiciary Committee to prepare All act
providing for aproper and legal canvass
OF said election returns.
Year: 1877

NHTrI III YOUR own fcllglOn.


Never both be angry at once.


Never taunt with a past mistake.


Let kiss be the prelude of rebukc.
Never allow request to be repeated.
Let sclf-abncgation be the habit of
both.


81 forgot" is never an acceptable cx-
cusc.


A good wife is the greatest earthly
blessing.


If You must criticisc. let it be done
lovingly.


Make marriage matter of moral
judgment.


Never make a remark at the expense
of the other.


Give your warmcst sympathies for
each others trials.


Marry into Il family which YOU have
known long.


If one is angry, let the other part the
lips only for kiss.


Let each strive TO yield of1cnest to the
wishes of the other.


Never talk at one another. either
alone or in company.


The greatest felicity is in the mutual
cultivation of usefulness.


Neglect the whole world beside. rath-
cr than one another.


Never speak loud to one another un-
less the house is on fire.


Marry into different blood and tenn
permanent than your own.


Always leave home with loving
words, for they may be the last.
Never deceive, for the heart once mis-
led, can never trust wholly again.
Never find fault unless il is perfectly
certain a fault has been committed


Ii is the mother who moulds the char
acter and fixes the destiny of the child.
DO not herald the sacrifices you make
TO each others tastes. habits or prefer
cnces.


Let all your mutual accommodations
be spontaneous, whole soulcd and rs
free as air.


A hesitating or erum yielding to the
wishes of the other always CRATES upon
II loving heart.


They who marry for traits of mind
and heart will seldom fail of perennial
springs of domestic enjoyment


Never reflect on n past action that was
done with good motive, and with the
best Judgment at the time.


They are the safest who marry from
the standpoint of sentiment rather than
of feeling, passion, or mere love.


The beautiful in heart is million
times of more avail, as securing domes-
tic happiness, than the beautiful in per-
son. Good Words.
Year: 1877

loUNG GIRLs-NoUNG MEN.-The
poorest girls in the world are those who
have never been taught to work. There
are thousands of them. Rich parents
have petted them; they have been
taught to despise labor and depend upon
others for living, and are perfectly
helpless. The most forlorn woman be-
longs to this class. 1t belongs TO par
ents to protect their daughters from this
deplorable condition. They do them
great wrong If they neglect it. Every
daughter should be taught TO earn her
own living. The rich as well as the
poor require this training. The wheel
of fortune rolls swiftly around-the rich
are likely TO become poor, and the poor
rich, and Indispensable. TO the poor


Wcll-to-do-parcnts must educate their
daughters 10 work; no reform Is more
imperative than this.-[Cal. Farmer.
Year: 1877

A WHISPERING CANON.-The Gold
Hill (Nev.) News says: "Words spok-
cn on one side of Gold Canon are heard
with striking clearness upon the other
The sounds are telephoned across the
intervening space, and may be as dis
tinctly noted as if the speaker We're
standing by the side of the listener
This is of course due to the peculiar for
nation of the country. Neighbors who
i've on opposite sides of the canon talk
together quite readily when they live
as much as mile apart by the way the
road runs. II is not 80 far by the air.
line, however" ..s
Year: 1877

There is Just one Thing about il. The
lady who insists on carrying good
share Of her dress in her hand has got
TO keep her shoes tied up or let every
body know that she left home in hur-
fV
Year: 1877

work; and the energy it took to get it on the
wires would furnish capital to half a dozen orln-
airy men. 1t has been followed daily by others, and
The Ne,cs is rapidly resuming its lead of 1870.


say this without an atom of feeling one way or
the other do not know the men who are proyid-
ing The Daily Telegraph with the :" news" II prints
in double-leaded bourgeois. and though know Mr..
Forbes and his colleague Mr. MacGahan, have no
interest IN their performances than any other
reader has. have. however a considerable inter
est in my profession, and certain pride in seeing
some Of its most difficult work so exceently done
some regret alsoa seeing it so badly done in jour
nal so popular The Daily Telegraph


1t is must say slightly ludicrous 10 discover the
London correspondents of the provincial press hold
ing their breath in awe as they speak of the tremen-
dous sum which Mr. Forbess dispatch cost 'for tele-
graphing alone.p The tremendous Is about
$3.50. But this may well seem considerable to jour
nalsts who are in the habit of getting their inland
teerraphing done for them by the Government at
about So a column.


The effect of the war on the circulation of the
London papers is felt at once Their daily Issue
jumped up twenty thirty. fifty thousand, and per-
haps more. Some of them print second editions
when there is any news, and frequently when there
is not at an expense not trilng, for the practice
involves keeping steam up and men waiting, who
must be paid whether tne expected news comes or
not and good deal of the profit has to be- taken
out in that same reputation for enterprise" which
the Briton has sometimes scoaed at in his American
cousin / suspect the true Conservative passes
much of his time in lamenting the rapid American
ization of some of bis least American institut as
1t is not often that there is any to call in
question the honesty or Intelligence Of the work
done by the correspondents sent out from London.


G. W. 5.
Year: 1877

the amount and character Of the work done by every
emoye OF the Bureau be known to those IN charge
at the close every No such thorough organization
has previously existed in this important branch Of
the Government For instance. the particular work OF
each person hereafter be Identified after u has
LEFT the Bureau. that it will be- Impossible Tor any
muerecun be discovered without those IN charge OF
the work being able discover not only VINO examined
and passed IT, but who was responsible Tor the Orlsha
mistake.


RE-EXAMINATION OF RAILROAD ACCOUNTS.


The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is
causing the Of the various railroads throughout


the country 10 be reexamned in order 10 ascertain their
Liabilities to the Government any o. the grounds upon
which they have been taxed such gross pts AZ
manufacturers and expressmen He has far succeeded
in rolling up quite charge against several Of the roads


He has found the Of many of the roads
relative the aforementioned subjects have not been
turns upOn which assessments were made we're tur-
nished by officers Of the roads and taf the Internal
Revenue Assessor did not examine the books OF the road
as it was his duty 10 40.


ORD AND TREvINO


While it is undoubtedly true, as has been re-
ported that formal order has sent 70 Gen. ord
modifying his first instructions regard to the protec
tion border it Ia nevertheless believed
here the very best authority that he understands the
Administration be desrous Of leaving the repression
Of raids and punishment Of marauders the Mex-
can e Of the Rio Grande River to the forces OF Gen
Trevno unless the latter shall for reason be unable
with them An understanding ~ believed Ia exist
that conflict between them IA anticipated by our ON
Year: 1877

We'll, nO--I'm on other business this
time. The old woman is gone at last.
and she was so particular about the
place she was to he buried that we had
to promise to bring her back to B0stan.
She never got entirely wran,d of from
the home of her Childhuud In fact she
often thought Boston the best place in
the world. And here have brought
her to CRAFTY her last request.


John--Ah then your mother rs ctAel-
vou seem to he quite "busincss like
about it.


Glib-Well YOU sec she ouiliyed her
usefulness, and she WAS 80 helpless that
i, WAS II great task to take care of her,
each one tried to- shirk the job, and let
some one else attend to her.


John When We were little folks tow
urthrr, | always thought you had such u
rood mothcr-she was 50 kind, and al
ways seemed 50 conlented, when she was
entertaining such crowds Of folks that
used tr come to your house


Glib-Oh. yes she WAS good in her
young days, but she got old and helpless
and AS said before "she ont lived her
usefulness" when one gets SO old, and OF
no turthcr use in this world they ought
"ts draw up their feet and give up the
GHOST" ike jacob of old, or they ought
to end their days--that is the why III d"
when GIT to he old and helpless,
strongly urged it on mother, but there
was always some one to urge her to iIvr
on as long MS possible, she wouldt have
had so much "tenacity OF life, and
would have given up and gone long ago,
if folks only minded their own business,
and not BIZ prying intopriyate family at
fars. which WAS IN impcrtlnence to all
and of course un impropriety, and ~
brother Fry would remark, 1t wonld
have been better for me it they could
chad less spnsitiveness y have been in
other business, and let my private hmi-
" affairs alone--and l could persuade
her to feed the soul instead of the body.


John--Ah! how could that be DOG,
one "teed the soul instead of the body
Glib. "Why-by eating little less, every
time until they would not need any more
and they could draw up their feet like
Jacob OF od--and give up theghost, and
some of my intimate friends thought as !.
| did" ~,


Juhn-"But don't you think thaf


be running good deal of risk2 Y
that the way they do with old folA'
China, seems to me you have chang,
very much in regard to your opinion oi%
your mother"


Glib don't want you to think that
don't respect my mother defy any
man to say that ever said one disre--
spectiul word OF my old mother.


John-You had better not get excited
on the subject, You and | are old and
fast friends, and not going to quarrel
about trfcs, come let US have a good
glass OF Lager. We went into the saloon
and had gay old tlme," while the Sun
dertaker was getting the box ready for
the old lady" as Glib-expressed himself.
| could not help feeling faintness come
C,er me as contemplated what an n
enviable life that dear old lady must
have lived the last few years while she
was helpless--and would live to see the
day that my children would feel and
talk thus about mel All the tickleness
OF this frivolous age-we neither know
our beginning nor our endipg-"But
vengeance is mine | will repay saith the
Lord" JOHN VIGILANT JR.
Year: 1877

THE EAST RIVER FILLED WITH ICE AND TIE


FERRIES STOPPED.


An immense quantity OF ice came up from the Lower
Bay last night with the tide A. related another ati-
clio in todays paper, the East River u, OF floating
fields Of icc nearly all OF yesterday though so
full to any delay in ferry travel or
traffic. Nearly AL OF this ice went down with the ebb
tide and neds hoated down IRON
the North River, that the Bay was
full OF leo from Governors Island down as far as
old Fort Lafayette When the tide turned the ice be-
denser and usual the greater carried
into the East River.


At ten O'Clock tho entire rivcr, from Buttermk
Channel up far Waabout Bay. was one
unbrOKen expanse OF ice, IN huge masses, all
In rapid and constant motion the tide
rose. Onlv two boats succeeded in getting safely
at Fulton ferry after halt past nine T. ~, the
Wall street line beng completely shut OIL Only ono
boat able to get from New y Ork on the lians-
burg linc alter ninc tho boats beng compelled
to lay up In tho slips the ice prevented any steer
age and they unable cut tn ough the fields


Tho Grand street line made trips ut long Intervals.
One OF the boats on the Fulton Ferry started from
the Brooklyn side AT hai-past ten =. NJ.
ana after an exciting and helpless passage
up ana down the river finally reached
tho New York slips 10 A. NJ. Tho ferry houses
crowded up to late hour this morning oy
passengers who compelled wait for the iurn OF
tho tide TO get across tue river.
Year: 1877

OPINION OF PROFESSOR LOOMS on THE SUBJECT.


BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. i, 1877.
Professor LOOMS, of Yale College, to-day, In
vcrsaton with HERALD representative reference
the burning Of the in the constellation OF The Swan
stated that his attention had been called several weeks
to the tact that the star had suddenly increased
brightness TO perhaps the third magnitude. Since
then the star had fallen two three magntudcs. II
had not burned out but still visible. Such
atoIs In brightness of stars according TO the Profess
s0r, was not uncommon The cause Of such phenomena
is yet matter OF conjecture among astronomers. 1t
Is not improbable tha the the falling the
star OF some luminous body, such as comet n
shooting star. Ii Is common theory that the
tinuous intense heat OF Is caused by the
sion OF comDustble bodies.
Year: 1877

The following record will show the changes in tho
temperature for the pnst twenty four hours IN COM
parson with tho corresponding date OF last year. as
Indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's pharmacy