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Year: 1874

The Long Island Yacht Clubs have this sea-
son fairly established the popularity of the
Z" Corinthian races" by which is meant races
between yachts sailed by their owners and
manned solely by amateur sailors. Within a
few years past yacht racing has suffered from
the fact that the vessels were sailed by hired
masters of experience and crews of the best
seamen. The general adoption of the new
system will revive popular interest and add
to our list of genuine athletic sports.
Year: 1874

ut may be that some mysterious hgament,
invisible to the lay world, still united Bishop
Cummins to the regular Protestant Episcopal
Church, after year of service in the Re-
formed organization, and that the report of
Bishop Smith was necessary to sever it, At
all events, this is now done, and the attitude
of the late Assistant Bishop of Kentucky is
diYested of any further mystery.
Year: 1874

il, having reformed the management they
continue to keep it reputable. Some disap-
pointment has been felt that the Jockey Club
finally declined to assume charge of Mon
mouth Park, but tho new management is OF
character to guarantee that for this season the
professional gamblers will not control and
damage the reputation of the course.
Year: 1874

The bridge over the Mississippi at st. Louis
was formally opened on Saturday with inn
posing ceremonies and demonstrations. 1t has
become, in the opinion of river men. quite too
common an enterprise to bridge the great river,
but none of its dozen bridges can for moment
compare with this superb monument of energy
and science. The bOatmen who have been
compelled to shorten their smokestacks may
suffer for while from injured dignity, but
all others Will feel genuine pride in this
enormous and graceful addition to the scenery
of the Mississippi.
Year: 1874

The opening of the Monmouth Park races


was in every sense encouraging. A fair
day, an immense crowd, and unexpectedly
good running, in spite of heavy track, in
which the fayorites did not have everything
their own way. The new directors OF THIS
course can safely count upon ample support
Year: 1874

Nothing can give livelier idea Of the old and
dreary superstitions still lingering among the freed
men than stories of fetishsm, believed in and
practiced by some Of them. In Richmond news
paper we find report of a commission de tndhos
inq,arendo in the case of Preston Walker He told
the examining physician that when he deserted his
wife, some years before. he had been tricked for
it, From the time when the March winds began to
blow, until December, he felt " something begin at
his feet and up to his head and then start back
and run to his feet again." He didn't say that lie
suffered much from this but it rather trouble
some" and cut him off from most of the pleasures Of
life. The doctor told him seriously that as as
he left the Jail the trick would go into of tho
prisoners, at which announcement he exhibited
signs of intense relief; and he was ordered to bs
discharged.
Year: 1874

The predictions published in THE TRIBUNE
as to the length of the tail of COggia's comet,
its increase of brilliancy and its apparent po-
siton in the heavens have thus far been very
fully confirmed. Even to the unassisted eye,
the length of the tail is evidently in excess of
the measure suggested-the space between the
Pointers On Wednesday next the comet will
make its nearest approach to the sun. 1t GER
tainly is offering a fair field for the study of
astronomers, and it is to be hoped that
the opportunity for studying its light
with the spectrOseope will be fully
embraced. 1t is unfortunate that many of our
leading astronomers are now at distance, on
their way to the stations for observing the
transit of Venus. Prof. Young of Dartmouth
College, who is just preparing to depart to
China, telegraphs that in the brief interval
before leaving he will not be able to give o
detailed statement respecting the spectrum of
the comet, but that its most noteworthy diff
ference from the spectra of other comets Is in
a strong tendency TO become continuous. We
presume this statement applies to the head of
the comet, ard may be probably regarded as
indicating the incandescence of matter not
wholly gaseous.
Year: 1874

COUNTING The sPorS AT THE STATE HEAD


QUARTERs-EX-Gov SEYMOUR AND FRANCIS


HERMAN PROMINENT CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR


TALK ABOUT A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT IN


1876.


At the headquarters Of the Democratic State
Committee at the Metropolitan Hotel the day after the
election was comparatively quiet. There not many
callers during the day. and the absence OF most Of the
prominent men OF the party in this neighborhOod
attributed their need OF after the long stretch Of
fatigue and excitement they had been through, and
especially TO the feversh strain Of the preceding nght
or leading Democrats other parts OF State there
were none present, their work at their honest was
hardly over, and they were busy In deter
mining the extent OF their victory before
visiting New-Y0rk for consultation aud coDSratu-
latlon. In the talk OF the men who met at head
quarters there much exuation mingled with sur
prise at the completeness OF the Democratic triumph
over so large part OF the country. There was not
much wonder expressed OF the sweeping victory In the
State for hopes at headquarters concerning NewYork
had been very high for considerable time before the
election but the In Massachusetts, and other
unexpected gains. dwet upon with delight But
there much excitement Of conversation and
boasng there would have been If there had not been
enough received the might before indicate the
remarkable achievements Of the Democracy ana to
the assembage headquarters to find free vent
for their feelings in the Eveest demonstrations. The



dicated confident pectston that exGov. Seymour
would be elected to the Senate unless he should choose
to step back in which 1t thought that the Hon
Francis Herman would be chosen 10 claimed by all
that the Democrats would have majority in the House
OF Representatives and be able TO make Important
forms at Washington. Every seemed TO be conf
dent that they would elect the next resident


telegraphlc dispatch was received from the Demo
cratic State Committee OF Olio dated at Columbus.
graduating the NewYork Committee on the victory in
the State and the elsewhere and stating that
salute Of 100 would be fred Columbus in honor
Of the triumph. large number OF dispatches
celEed from various counties in the State giving major
tiles IN many towns, and the result of for As
fembY aud Congress- and in several instances making
reports more favorable TO the Democrats han the press
dispatches OF the previous night, and announcing the
election OF Democratic candidates whose had
before been disputed No details were received
cerning the vote on the Constitutional Amendments,
bat no doubt entertained that they had been
red for statements coming from the interior to
the ofec that while the country vote upon them was
light there seemed to be little opposition to them.
Year: 1874

A FEW CROAKERs AMONG THE ADMINISTRATION


REPUBLICANS EVERYBODY ELSE sANGUlNE


THAT BETTER TIMES ARE coMING-THE COURSE


OF STOCKS


In no quarter were the results of the election
more thoroughly oanvassed than in wallst Democrats
jubiant, and straight Republicans were CORE
spondingly depressed Every one seemed pleased
with the defeat OF Hayes and O'Brien.
Among thoughtful business men. however the material
results Of the election considered How will the
credit and securities the moral aud material prosperity
Of the country be afecedi" That was the main qnes
tion. Some OF The more partisan Administration men
shook their heads in deprecatng manner. declaring
that they entertained serious apprehensons respect
ing the future. The croakers were 'h the
minority, however, the general tone being extremely
hopeful The Administration men believed that the
panic had been the primary OF the trouble that


the result OF hasty action on the part OF the people,
who embarrassed by the recent financial crisis had
vented their indignation by voting against the ADMINS
tration believing that better measures ana an m
proved condition of affairs would come with change OF
men. cast their ballots with view to faeiatinga
change


Outside OF partisan circles the result Of the election
was considered TO be the death of Granism Buterism
Sanbornism and the other isms which had disgraced
present Administration and wrecked the Republican
party. The third term doctrine was condemned and
buried out Of sight. There idea that should

sidered q Democratic triumph. 1t was
simply victory OF the people over cor
ruption and shameless government. The people
tired OF Grant and OF the consequences which he
had entailed. Homes, Republicans had combined with
the Democratic party to set aside the Administration
leaders. The Republicans would probably have pre-
ferred other method of chassing their party but
there was no alternative. II the Democratic party
considered this partisan victory they would be
seriously mistaken II the party acted judi'l3,usy
powerful effort would characterize the Democratic can
at the Presidential election In 1876. Thus were
theories and comments exchanged.


or course. different views are entertained as to the
probable Of the next Congress, some believing
that there would be conflict between the Eastern and
Western members on the subject OF the finances. On
the Stock Exchange much eagerness was felt TO learn
the effect the price Of stocks aud Government bonds
Prices Of stocks declined from to per cent. Govern
ment bonds. however. were firm: and strong
buying spirit manifested at times
prominent Republican banker said that his house had
received during the dav orders buy more than three
the number Of United States bonds than they had
received day within several months People had
waiting how the elections would and the
effect having been felt they Quickened their purchases
This was an excellent nGex, it thought, OF the
manner in which the result was regarded.
Year: 1874




In the United States Circuit Court Yesterday
before Judge shpman in the Of The Unit States
against Polhemus and Jackson, Mr.. TremaiD. counsel
for the plaintiffs moved that tho verdict for the defend
be aside the ground that it contrary to
the preponderance OF evidence and to The law in the
announced by the Court Gen. Prior counsel for
the defendants argued that the questions raised could
not be disposed OF on motion to set aside the verdict
and that the proper way to got them under discussion
by bill of exceptions. After further discussion
the Judge reserved bis decision. Polbemus & Jackson
the brokers OF j. G. Hodge, the defautng army
paymaster, and action brought against them to
cover $00,OO0 tho ground that, knowing 1t To DO
money to the Government tney used and lost
II in stock specuations for Hodge Tue tried
last week. and the jury found verdict for tho defend
Year: 1874

vrougnr mp m tAis Court on q writ Of habeas cor
pusL IL appeared that she defendant had been ad
Indicated bankrupt on the 10th ef November on
his own petition. Subsequent thereto he was ar
rested In civil actions instituted against him in
the supreme Court OF the city OF New YORK. The
defendant, Immediately after his arrest, presented
has petition to the United States Circuit Court
alleging that the debts involved In the suits In
Inc state Court were debts which were provAOe
IN bankruptcy and from which he would receive
discharge under the Bankrupt law. ON the ar
gument before Judge Blatchford IL transplred,
from tine reading OF the affidavits that In one IN
stance the defendant had purchased goods lor
cash At ten days; that Immediately after SAID pur-
chase DEFENDANT solo she goods at prices less
than wnat he paid for them: and that ne was
arrested on board @ steamer, about TO start Tor
Europe, at an hour previous TO the time hxed for
his appearance in Court TO answer the suit n the
State Court. Judge Blatchf0rd, at considerable
length reviewed the law applicable 10 the case,
and said that the af1dAvits In the present pro-
ceedlng disclosed . state OF facts which led him to
the conclusion that the defendant mad created
dent by fraud, that ne had purchased goods never
intending To pay for them, and that debt created
In such way was one ron which the defendant
could not receive discharge IN bankruptcy. Tne
writ was therefore discharged. ana the defendant
RENTED to tae custody OF the Shelin.
Year: 1874

We all know how it Jared with the
bean that, after being planted, was dug
up every morning to see if it had begun
to grow, and which, after having made
a brave struggle for life and got its
head above ground, was declared out Of
order, and ruthlessly pulled up and
turned upside down. Much of our in
reference with children is no less i'm
pertinent, and In its results no less mis-
chievous. Nature abhors meddling TO
reverent cooperation she yields her
happiest results; but she will not be
diverted from her purpose by your
homilies, nor submit her plans for yOur
revision. Handmaiden of the great
architect. she never loses sight of the
original intention. If you thwaTt her,
it is at your peril, and she leaves on
your hands the work you have spoiled.
The child in his normal condition is an
embodied Interrogation. He cannot
wait for the eyes alone TO report the
objects about him every finger-tip is
pressed into the service and made to
convey tidings to the eager intelligence.
The little creature is overwhelmed with
impressions, stunned by the music Of
tbe spheres, blinded by excess of light.
His greatest need is a wise and tender
Interpreter some one to walk beside
him and explain the significance of
what he sees and hears, to distinguish
between the important and the unim-
portant, the high and the low, the near
and the far. Do We realize what we are
doing when we sit stolid and dumb IN
der q child's questions, allowing the
keen intelligence TO be blunted against
our indifference, the glowing enthusi-
asm to be damped by our apathy, the
buoyant hopScrippled by our unbelief?
Having eyes we see not, having ears We
hear not, and standing before the g.eat
wonder-book of Gods universe, we
watch the turning of its leaves with
scarcely an emotion. Verify, We need
to be Taught of the child. What cne
is, determines his possessions, and
whether the child shall be bsggar OF
prince depends upon the training of
his faculties and the education that be
raceives Celia BlErIei0h
Year: 1874

There was no sentiment whatever
about Mark Kaller Of Augusta county,
Va. There was no sentiment in his
courtship, none in his marriage and
none In his married life. He lived
without it. He had soma property
and a house and he wanted a house
keeper. He paid an agent S25 to get
him a wife. He married her without
word of lOve-making, and put her In
his house, and went on with his life.
The couple were entirely congenial and
exceedingly harmonious in one respect
both loved whisky and they drank a
great deal of it. They never quarrel
ed over the bottle, and life flowed
smoothly on. They drank as much as
they could and got drunk together,
and went to sleep when they were
sleepy, and it was nobody's business.
They got old together in Old Virginia.
One day they had some distance to
walk on 8 public highway. Old Mark
tramped ahead with his cane and the
old woman trudged along behind smok-
ing her pipe. There was a good long
distance between them as the woman
was fat and wheezy, and waddled with
difficulty. By some means her cloth
ing caught on fire, and she was burned
to death there in the public road. Two
gentlemen came along on horss back,
and saw the roasted woman. They es-
pied man, just disappearing in the
distance. One of them rode ahead
and, overtaking the old man, informed
him Of the occurrence. Mark expressed
neither sentiment nor emotion, but
with a grunt turned around and re-
traced his steps. There lay his wife,
50 charred and disfgured as scarcely
to be recognized. Mark hobbled up to
the body, and giving it a punch with
his stick, said: "Humph, I told her
she'd better leave her pipe at home.
Now, what'n I do for a housekeeper ?"
This was the only thing like a senti-
ment he ever uttered in his life. Old
Mark Kaller is dead now, but his type
still lives in a good many men who
hobble through life without the color
of sentiment.
Year: 1874

The following in relation to newspa-
per postage is Of general interest. AT
the last session of congress, the subject
of postage on newspapers and periodi-
Gals was taken into consideration by
that body, resulting in the passage of a
bill compelling advance payment OF
postage. and fixing the rate at two cents
Der pound on all of that class of matter
published once q week or more fre-
duentlv, and transmitted to regular
subscribers through the mails, and
three cents per pound on such matter
issued less frequently than once a week.
The provisions of this law are to go into
effect Jan. /, 1875. The postmaster
general being by law confined to
choice of one of three modes of collect
ing the postage by means of stamps,
considerable attention has been given
to the matter by this office and after a
careful review of the plans proposed, 1t
was deemed best to recommend the
adoption of the system Of prepayment
by postage stamps affixed to memo
Tandum of mailing, or, In other words,
to a stub in q book retained by the post
master at the mailing office, a receipt,
showing the weight OF matter and the
amount paid, being given by the post
master to the person mailing the same,
the stamps afixed to the stub being can
celled by a cutting punch, thus pre-
venting their reuse. This plan, it Is
believed, is more practicable and less
expensive in its operations than either
of the others, while at the same time it
will be quite as efHectual In collecting
the D. stage. A series of stamps have
been devised of "a denominations, by
means OF which any sum which is


multiple of either the two or three cent
rate. from two cents to S72, can be made
by the use of not more than five stamps.
It is expected that, notwithstanding the
reduction of rates by the law, the sys-
ten of compulsory prepayment of news
paper postage will yield a larger reve-
nue. to the department than has ever
been collected. In the city Of New
York alone, a comprehensive inquiry
seems TO warrant the belief that not less
than 5000, 900 per annum viii be paid
a sum which is little less than one-half
of the entire revenue from newspaper
postage throughout the United States
during the fiscal year just closed. 1t
is. however, impossible TO estimate the
actual increase for the whole country,
owing TO that provision Of the law which
allows the mail circulation of newspa-
pers in the counties IN which they are
11T-intad
Year: 1874

A baby is a very tender thing, people
say but most of them are very far
from knowing how tender. Imagine
how nervous you are in certain states
when recovering from illness, say, when
the fall of a book or the slam of a door
makes you quiver and feel faint, as if
some one gave you q blow. That is the
way young baby feels at its best. A
puff of wind will set it gasping, its
little breath blown quite away. A noise
makes it shiver, a change of summer
air makes it turn death cold. A baby
is the most nervous of beings, and the
tortures it suffers in going to sleep and
being wakened by careless sounds when
just dropping off" are only compar-
able TO the same experience of an older
person during an acute nervous head
ache. Young babies ought TO pass the
first months of their lives in the coun-
try, for its stiffness no less than its
fresh air. But where silence is not to
be commanded, baby may be soCthed
by folding a soft napkin, wet in warmish
water, lightly over the top of its head,
it's eyes and ears. It is the best way to
put nervous babies to sleep. I have
tried it hundreds of times for a child SO
irritable that paregoric and soothing
syrup only made it wider awake. A
fine towel would be wet and laid over
its head, the ends twisted little till it
made a sort of skull Leap, and though
baby sometimes fought against being
blindfolded in this way, five minutes
usually sent him off into deep and bliss
ful slumber. The compress cooled the
little feverish brain, deadened sound in
his ears, and shut out everything that
took his attention, so that sleep took
him unaware. Teething babies find
this very comforting for their heads
are always hot, and there is fevered
beating in the arteries each side.
Year: 1874

spread burning oil, and increase the


danger. Before passing through smoke,


take full breath, and then stoOp low,


but If carbon IS suspected. walk erect.
Suck poison wounds, unless your mouth
is sore. Enlarge the wound, or, better,
cut out the part without delay. Hold
the wounded part as long as can be
borne to O hot coal, or end of cigar. In
case of poisoning, excite vomiting by
tickling the throat, or by water or mus
tard. For acid poisons, give acids in
case of opium poisoning, give strong
coffee and keep moving. If In water,
float on the back, with the nose and
mouth projecting. For apoplexy, raise
the head and body; for fainting, lay
The person fat
Year: 1874

What Jerry Black has darkly limited
is now boldly stated in some of the
papers, that Secretary Stanton hastened
his death, during the last days of his
desponding illness, by a partially sue
cessful attempt to cut his own throat.
It was one of his customs, runs the now
extraordinary revelation. to be shaved
at home, and the duty was performed
by a cOlOred barber who came regularly
for the purpose. In Mr.. Stanton's pri-
Vate apartment stood an improvised
shaving chair, and to this the trusty
valet would go at the appointed time to
perform his duty. Mr.. Stanton had
been apparently failing in health for a
week, and had become so despOndent as
to almost excite fears of an alteration
of the mind. On the evening of the
23d of December the colored valet
called to shave Stanton. They were
left alone in the private apartment, and
Stanton took his seat in the chair, The
barber had partially finished his task.
and, laying the razor on a little table
beside Stanton, stepped across the room
for some water. A movement startled
him, and he turned inst in time to see
the glistening steel fash by the barred
throat, leaving a streak in its wake


huSQluB TO the blu9 OF stanton, tine
barber caught the razor before another
stroke could ; q made. He called for
help, and in q few moments there were
at the bedside the surgeon-general. q
few trusty attaches of the government.


and one or two members of the family.
The work had been done, however, and
the life current reached. at three
o'clock, next morning, Stanton was
dead. How we'll the secret Of his death


has been kept, those who read this may
know.-SpTinatfeld Republican.


PRoF. LYMAN, of Yale college, thinks
that there Is no deception IN the opera
tiOns of Brown, the mind-reader, but
gives no satisfactory explanation of the
phenomena. He simply callsst them q
SORT Of mental telegraphy, and says


that man physically strong and having
/ the power of mental concentration IS
/ the best sort Of person to operate with.
Brown has performed some Of his featr
+ while connected with another mar
merely by a copper wire, and with q
/ good degree of success, though the re
! suits were not so striking as when there
! was direct contact Of flesh With flesh.