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Year: 1874

talk And then somebody else will answer.
And then we shall find that behind the grave
seeming of these leading statesmen there Is
not much conference, notwithstanding they
make such a show of q solid and united front.
Here are mere names Of parties with nothing
behind them only people answering to them
who on one side are in the enjoyment OF office.
and on the other hope to be. Let pebble
of discussion upon any vital issue Of politics
drop in among them and they scatter like
hits of glass and beads in Kaleidoscope,
crossing over and mixing up In new hgures
and new combinations and having entirely
new relations.


Tho points upon which the members OF
either party are in accord are for the most
part utterly trivial and unImportant. Not
upOn the questions Of currency and finance,
Of tariff. of civil service reform, of any feature
of foreign or domestic policy, not even upon
the question of Civil Rights, which is almost
the only surviving issue of the war, can
either party boast of being at one with itself.
The Democrats in the House dare not touch
the question of the Currency, which lies ut
the surface of politics and must have atten-
ton soon. The Republicans also fight shy OF
it, 1t is an element of weakness IN both.
Each sits waiting for the other to touch 1t
and develop its own weakness. In the
mean time, on the Republican side, there
is unusual sensitiveness with reference to
the late defeats and the causes. The grave
and serious question "WhO killed. Cock
"Robin 9n is trembling on the verge of utter
ance from a hundred lips OF more, and as many
different answers are waiting to be delivered.
1t is scarcely possible that tho whole session
will pass without one side or the other, or
both, breaking out upon some of the questions
that demand attention, and upon such out
break discovering to the people anew the
hollowness of the party professions and the
absolute chaos of current politics. The pres
ent attitude of Congress is beautiful because
it is so studiedly polite and decorous, but it
is also amusing. When the period of tactical
maneuvering ceases perhaps we shall be able to
discover who is who and what IS what, by the
acts and votes of men; and not merely
whether they are in or out of office by their
marty names.
Year: 1874

do anything to put up tho addition to tho new
building, which 10 to occupy the ground on which
two Of the old buildings still stand until the LIST OF
May, 1875 BY that time ii will be seen whether the
demand for Offices in this vicinity. in these hard
times, is sufficient to fill up the entire eight stories
and Easements. now for rent in the now structure
already erected and to indicate the immediate no
cessity for additional accommodation.
Year: 1874

The Rev. DR.. II. c. Potter has declined the honor
conferred upon him by the Episcopal Convention IN
Iowa, and DIR. Huntington, one OF the most distin-
guished accessions the Church has in recent years
received from the Unitarian ranks has been elected
Bishop of that Diocese. II is only the most power
full of Commoners who prefer activity in the House
of Commons to the more tranquil glory of tho House
of Peers and only the most eminent parish priests
who refuse to be made Bishops. Of course 1t Is not
all abnegation which should induce young and
brilliant clergyman rather to remain Rector OF Grace
Church than to be Bishop of Western State. There
IL work enough here to satisfy any reasonable appe-
tite, and distinction enough to crafty whatever
worldly aspirations might linger in minister's
mind But after all this, it must be said that New
York has an attraction of its own, which grows
every year moro and more powerful. There are
thousands of people living in NewYork to-day, who
would decline any offers to live elsewhere if fac
companed by the promise of largely increased COM
pensaion This comparatively recent feeling but
its existence is mono the less undenable Americans
have been formerly regarded as being to greater
extent than other people, destitute of local attach
ments. We have rarely thought of New-York as
possessing the imperative claim of Paris, or Vienna,
or Rome, upon Its inhabitants But it has now be-
come one of the great cities of the world with
character and charm of its Own, and the outside
universe may as well be warned that II they have
need of NEWCOMERS, they must lay before them
either extraordinary temptations or clear case OF
dufv
Year: 1874

The spread of diphtheria has been as rapid
as its origin was mysterious. There Will be
many to echo the Inquiries Of sufferer pre-
sented in another column. who arraigns our
officials for neglect in taking action to arrest
the progress of scourge which has already
brought mourning or CONSERVATION into
hundreds of families, and may some day
assume the terrible proportions of plague.
Year: 1874

One likes to be informed Of the superlative OF
everything. and so we read with qualification OF a
mule NOW deceased) in Sonoma County, Cal.-the
frmest.minded Of any animal of the kind on record
He was pulling load Of lime which sudden ram
put into state of spontaneous combustion. The
wagon ignited. The mule stood stock STILL The de-
vouring element attacked his hanks, and still he
moved not butremaned as self possessed as amartyr
They wanted to detach him from the consuming We
hicle, but he wouldn't be detached, biting and kick
ing those who would fain have rescued him. He
endured the heat calmly as Hindoo widow, while
bis despairing owner stood by. rendering himself
liable to similar fate at some future time by the
most reckless use of proane language. Peace TO the
ashes Of that mule!
Year: 1874

As the excitement at Vicksburg is abating,
and the immediate disturbances are at an
end, an investigation of the causes of this
extraordinary uprising is in order On our
fourth page we present details that will
throw light upon its origin and character.
Facts such as are here narrated sufficiently
show what kind Of government is vouch-
safed to reconstructed States.
Year: 1874

In letter from Washington City
dated July Is, to the Liberty Her
aid, J. H. Slime has this to say OF
judge WILSON, who stands to day
in the estimation of every fair mind,
ed and honest man in the District
as decidedly the BEST active and
reliable representative in Congress,
the people ever had:


"The Republican party has really
commenced q new era IN party
politics, for it is the first one that
ever carefully examined its own
faults and corrected the same
The District of Columbia has had
a pretty thorough investigation,
and the old burnt District can
claim great honor in the matter,
through It's able Representative
Judge Wilson. Under no circum
stances would I have referred to
the acts of Judge Wilson, was he
candidate for Congress, for many
would have said it was designed
for political capital; it would have
done him no good, but on the con
trary. enlivened jealousy. We have
enough of that already. Let's have
peace"
Year: 1874

ined that the government could not
constitutionally remove an Obstruc
ton from river or harbOr, or engage
in any other work of internalimprove-
ment. On the currency question the
address says:


THE currency is in an abnormal
condition, and must be reformed. 1t
is undoubtedly true that the Republi-
can party is not agreed how to effect
that reform. Neither is the Demo
cratic party. Neither party, as such,
yet sees clearly the right way. But
there are two reasons for believing
that the Republican party rather than
it's rival can best treat this great ques-
ton of the finances.


81. As the former has, hitherto,
found the true way through graver
difficulties, so we believe it is more apt
to find the true way through this.


"2. You already have abundant as
surance that when Republicans dis
cover the true way they will pursue it.
That assurance h; not as yet been
given by the other party.


So. The Republican party in the
future, as in the past, will see to it
that the national credit suffers no
detriment, and that the national honor
is preserved


The address concludes by calling on
the people if they cherish the deeds Of
the recent past, and would not see
them undone, if they respect the pres
ent and would not disgrace it, or il
thoy have hope of the future and would
realize that hope, to send Republicans
and not Democrats to the next Con-
gress. By the same token We appeal
to those of this State to elect Repubh-
cans and not Democrats to the State
and county offices and to the Legisla-
Year: 1874

els, giving freedom for peace, when
in 1868 they said again, Restore us
to power and We will abrogate three
great amendment to the Constitution,
secure government to white men, and
return slavery to colored men," it
could only be replied that such invi-
tations were very unattractive. But
when, in 1872, they cried, Restore
us to Office once more and We will do
everything that anybody wants done, -
the invitation was utterly repulsive.
And when they supplement this bra
zen Indifference to principle by a
stolid Indifference to truth, when
weary OF opposing the measures Of the
majority, they combine to assail their
characters; when they abandon false
reasoning only to resort to false asser-
tion, they exhibit an opposition hard


if not impossible to parallel.


With this endless iteration Of dis
| graceful promises are contrasted the
bold and manly course 0. the Repub-


lican party in responding to the wishes


Of the people and the demands of pro-
gress, the unfaltering determination il


has shown to correct the abuses which
have been practiced in its name, and
TO purge itself of all unworthy mem.
bers, and the advanced position which
| it has taken on all the great current
| issues of the times. The great ques


ion Of cheap transportation is dis.
cussed, and facts cited to show tha,
the Republican party is not only
!, committed to the solution of tha


question, but is well advanced in tn,
/. work. But, whatever Republican,


may or may not do in this regard


nothing can be expected Of the Demo


cratic party, which long ago determ
Year: 1874

A NOBLE ANSWEB TO The APPEAII Of 81. JOHN


GUILD.


In all the world there is no more charitable
people than those who are residents of New York.
or course the appeal OF ST. Johns Guild for Aid
always carries force that allows OF hesitation.
because II never comes save in the hour OF most
extreme need. But the prompt cheerful and
generous reply 1t has received shows how thor
oughly our people are moved by right influences.
Yesterday, at the Guild showed something OF the
silver lining which clouds that lower over u.s. ike
those In the present, viii sometimes present.
Carriage after carriage rolled up to the
Guild doors, and, though most OF them
brought only words and promises OF good
cheer, some contained bundles OF cloth
ing and orders for food, to be furnished
during the coming week, that gave encourage
ment to those busily at work inside the building.
Ladies from all the fashionable quarters Of the
upper part OF the city worked steadily in the sew
ing room and spoke enthusiastically OF the under
taking In which they are engaged. The outer
room was as usual crowded to ovefnowing by
applicants for work and applicants for bread.
And oftenttmes, too, some poor mother
went away disappointed because the Guild has
not yet Its storeroom filed with hour and CO rn-
meal and oatmeal as in former winters. But
happy homes with the coming OF Christmas time,
will add to the comforts OF the poorer classes, and
make many voices glad to join In Christmas
carols.


the following list will show with what prompt-
tude the appeal OF the HERALD i0r st. johns Guild
a =
Year: 1874

STUDY OF NATURE.-When Smeaton was in
search of that form best fitted to resist the
combined action of the winds and waves, he
found it in the oak When Watt was en-
ployed to conduct the supply of water across
the Clyde to the city of glasgow, he borrowed
his admirable contrivance of flexible water
main from considering the fexibility of the
lobster tail. And so, when Mr. Brunei was
engaged in experimenting the construction of
the tunnel under the Thames it was from
observing the head of an apparently insignif-
cant insect that he derived his first conception
of the ingenious shield which he introduced in
advance of the workmsn, to protect them from
being crushed by the falling in of the earth.
1t becomes us then, while we trace the opera.
rions of human ingenuity in adapting means to
its proposed ends, to raise our thoughts
to that Divine Architect, who has imprinted
traces of His wisdom aad power in all His
works
Year: 1874

A popular clergyman says it is interesting
TO observe how many people go 70 the circus
Just to please the children, and very curious
to notice that sometimes it takes several able
bodied men and motherly woman to look after
Que little boy or girl on such an occasion.
Year: 1874

Douglas Jerrold says, in his Hedgehog Let.
ters," that Responsibility is all very we'll for
folks who can have it for ready money but to
be obliged to run in debt for it is enough to
break the heart Of an angel"
Year: 1874

A Connecticut town boasts Of young man
so timid that he cannot look needle in the
eve. Many young ladies are troubled With
similar fears whenever they can get any 0ne
else to do their sewing.
Year: 1874

allegiance to Him. Let US remember that
He will exalt the righteous though He slay
the wicked. Let us glorify Him, and confess
sing our impurity, and shuddering as we re.
feet that we stand constantly in His holy pres
ence, let US pray that our lips be touched with
the Holy Fire from off the Altar of Sacrifice,
and that we may be purified, 10 go to the
people and proclaim His judgments, His mercy
aud His truth.


And now to Him that hath raised us UP as
nation, aud made us to sit in honor among
the princes of the EARTH that hath filled our
land with fullneSs, and blessed our households
with plentiful supplies, hath not left us
to 90 through the wilderness alone, but in for
bearance hath said will go with thee and
will give you rest, to Him be glory By the
Church i'll all ages. Amen! Amen!
Year: 1874

The deletcrious effects produced by
the use Of arsenical green in paper
hangings, which have long been


known, are commonly attributed to
the inhalation of the dust mechan-
ically detached from the walls. The
occurrence, however, of arsenical


poisoning i'm rooms where no such
mechanical abrasion was possible has
led DIR. Fleck, of Dresden, to submit
the question to the test of Ofexperiment.
-Four glass jars were employed for the
purpose. The interior OF the first
was lined, with paper covered with
Schweinfurt green, a paste of potato
starch being used as the adhesive ma
terial, every square centimetero OF sur
face having upon it fifteen MILL
grammes Of white arsenic combined
In the copper salt. The second jar
was covered on its interior with q
thick layer Of gelatine mixed with
Schweinfurt green, applied while
warm. Under. the third jar was
capsule containing Schweinlurt
green MIXED with water to n thick
paste. Tho fourth was similarly pre-
pared, except that white arsenic was


used instead OF Schweinfurt green
Each Jar was closed at the bottom


by a glass plate, and at the top by 9
cork carrying two glass tubes, one o
Year: 1874

Give us the boy or girl who smiles
as soon as the first rays of the morn
ing sun glance in through the window,
gay, happy, and kind. Such a boy
will be flt to snake up" into man
at least when cOntrasted with a
sullen, morose, grabbed fellow, who
snaps and snarls like surly cur, or
growls and grunts like an untamed
hyena, from the moment he opens
his eyes until he Is confronted by his
breakfast. Such girl, other things
being favorable, will be good material
to aid in gladdening comfortable
home, to refine, civiliZe, tame and
humanize rude brother, making
him gentle affectionate and loveable.
IL Is a feast to even look at such q JOY
inspiring girl, and see thesmiles flow
ing 80 to speak, from the parted lips,
displaying a set of clean, well brushed
teeth, looking almost the personiiica-
tion OF beauty and goodness, singing,
and as merry as the birds that COM
mence their morning concert long be-
fore the lazy boy dreamed that the
sun was approaching and about tO
pour n whole flood of light and
warmth upon the earth. Such girl
Is like q gentle shower to the parchetl
earth, bestowing kind words, sweet
smiles and acts OF mercy to all around
her the JOY and light Of the house
hold.
Year: 1874

Sometimes, in glancing over the


police news, an item Is found stating


that some miserable pauper has viii


fully transgressed the law, that he


may receive the benefits OF some sort


of u home, even though that home
he within prison, but doubt if
such an experiment Is frequently re-


pcated for the dull routine Ofa prison
Is simply terribly. A contributor to
a leading New York journal giving q
well-written description of the AL
bany penitentiary, remarks upon the
utter listlessness visible i'm every
movement of the miserable men
shut out from the world by the grim
walls of their prison. No wonder !
Think, for moment, what their lives
must he; forced to remain silent |;
obliged to turn out just so much
daily-asa machine might; contin-
ually watched not even allowed to
look at surrounding objects during
working hours; and, though they
work and eat In company, In the
midst OF the crowd they are so bitter
ly alone that the heart of the most
depraved must feverishly long for
the home, however poor, which his
sin has laid waste. But he must reap
as he has sown, for that IL the em-
bodlment of human justice. In the
penitentiary above mentioned, the
writer tells US that the prisoners are
employed principally In making
shoes, their labor being let out by the
Year: 1874

A MAN was seen coming down
Montague street, Brooklin, OH his
way to the Wall Street Ferry. Over
his shoulder hung a bag containing
potatoes, and I'm his hand he carried a
stick. Being under full sail, mo-
mentum acquired In coming down
the steep grade carried him nearly
through the gateway, when, seeing a
boat about ten feet from the dock, he
made an astonishing burst of speed
and jumped. Just as he reached the
boat the potato-bag swung from his
shoulder and laid out Broad street
clerk, who was smoking cigar,
through meerschaum holder, while
the stick hit q rotund South street
merchant i'm the waistband, and Pat
himself assumed an involuntary de-
votional attitude. He was the first
to recover himself, and as he replaced
the bag, he complacently remarked,
swell, / got the boat, anyhow ~
"Got the boat" screamed he of Broad
street, splitting the broken pieces OF
his cigar-hOlder out of his mouth,
"why, you idiot, this boat is coming
I'm ~ And so she was.
Year: 1874

which extended to the bottom Of the
jar. Blue litmus paper was attached


to the cOrks, and the temperature


was maintained at about 640 +. AT
the end of six hours the litmus paper


in the fourth jar had become red,
that in the third jar at the end oil
twenty-four hours, and those in the
first and second jars after the lapse of
three days. Moreover, In the first
jar mould soon formed between the
paper and the glass. The air in the
interior of these jars was subsequently
tested for arsenic. That in jar three
showed trace In eight days, that in
jars ono and two gave the reaction
distinctly I'm three weeks, while none
could he detected i'm thatO the fourth
jar. Upon investigation the arsenic
in jars one two and three found to
exist there as hydrogen arsenide or
arsented hydrogen, mixed i'm the
third jar with acetic acid. The rem
dering of the litmus I'm the fourth jar
was due to sulphurOus oxide con-
tained in the arsenic employed. AS
a cOnfOrmatOry experiment white
arsenic was mixed with flour paste
end placed under glass bell jar
Four weeks afterward the mixture
was covered with a thick mould, and
dark band of crystalline metallic
arsenic, reduced by the process of
vegetation, surrounded the jar near
the upper edge of tho mould. The
air OF the jar contained hydrogen
arsenide. A mixture of starch paste
and arsenic gave the same results
1t appears certain, therefore. the air
of a room whose walls are prepared
with arsenic green may contain
arsenic proceeding not from mechan-
ical abrasion, , but i'm the form of hydro
gen arsenide produced by the action
of the moist organic matter, particu-
larly the paste, upon the Schweinfurt
green. To this exceedingly poison
Gus gas, therefore, chronic arsenical
poisoning is doubtless due in many
pnSnq
Year: 1874

1t Is curious fact, illustrating
the necessity Of cleanliness, and Of
keeping the pores Of the skin open,
that IL a coat of varnish, or other sub
stance impervious to moisture, be
applied to the exterior of the body,
death will ensue in about SIX hours.
The experiment was once fried on d
child at Florence. On the occasion
Of Pope Leo the Tcnth's accession to
the Papals Chair, it was desired TO
have q living figure to represent the
Golden Age, and SO a child was So
lected and eilded all over with var
nfsh and gold leaf. The child died In
a few hours, > =
Year: 1874

KISSING BY A CONDUCTOR. The
Baraboo Republic gives synopsis of the
case decided in the Circuit Court there e
in which young lady, Miss Craker,
was awarded $1,000 damages against
the Chicago and Northwestern railway
for having been insulted by conduct
or of au accommodation train, by kiss
ing her when they happened to be left
alone in the car.
Year: 1874

By their own showing negro suffrage is
a crime. We do not assert that it was
perpetrated in spirit of revenge upon
the South as well as to secure Offices and
profit in the North as well as the South
for Radical politicians.


But crime has been the result Of Negro
suffrage in the South. In addition pov
erty and distress has arisen from it botf
in the South and the North.


Had the negroes preponderated in the
Nothern States as they did the Southern
States, the Radical party would not have
admitted negroes to the right Of suffrage
without some guarantee that they would
vote their ticket.


If Republican institutions can only be
maintained by education and the intelli.
gence OF the people then it was manifest.
Iva crime against republicanism to IN
troduce to the polls such mnss ofignor.
ant and illiterate creature as the negroes
and more shocking offence against lib.
erty and reason TO permit such beastly
ignorance to assume to legislate for the
people, even OF their own race.


The Commercial need not tell us it az
proved of this policy, we know that il
advocated its Introduction and sustainol
it after it was introduced in the South
It would have approved OF the same pol
icy in Delaware had it been able by lore,
of arms to have sent a majority of negroes
in the Legislature and thus secured th,
choice Of United States Senators.


Suffrage must be dealt with in lii,
Southern States i'll such manner as " il
secure intelligent, accurate and economi
cal legislation. In no other way can til,
Southern States ever recover their form
er prosperity. In no other way CAN they
be made u fitting habitation for thei
own people and the sons Of the Notherl
people who may desire to emigrate thith
er and cultivate the productivoand fruit
full and most inviting Southern soil In
teiligence must govern and negro ignor
aEce and Radicalism be held in abeJ
ance.