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Year: 1875

tBF At one Of the large manufactur-
ing establishments in Middletown, Com
necticut., recently. handful of cotton
waste. which had been used to clean
machines, was left on work bench.
and little over an hour after it had
been used was in flames. This excited
the curiosity Of those who saw it and
another piece was saturated with boiled
linseed oil, and in less than two hours
took fire from spontaneous combustion,
Another piece was tried. and in half an
hour was SO hot that it could not be
held.
Year: 1875

An OLD TINE CUsroM.--Thc Babvlo>
mans had a law, which was also follow
ed by the Heneti, an Illyrian people.
and by Herodotus, thought to he one of
their best, which ordained that when
girls we're at marriageable age they
were to repair to place where the
young men were assembled. They were
then sold by the public crier. who first
disposed of the most beautiful one.
When he had sold her, he put up oth-
ers according to their degrees of beauty.
The rich Babylonians were emulous to
carry off the finest women, who were
sold to the highest bidders. But as the
young men who were poor could not
aspire to have fine women they were
content to take the ugliest, with the
money which was given with item: for
when the crier had sold the bansomest,
he ordered the ugliest of all women to
be brought. and enquired if any one was
willing to take her with small sum of
money. Thus she became the wife of
him who was most easily satisfied, and
thus tho finest women were sold, and
from the money which they brought.
small fortunes were given to the uglisst
and those who had any bodily defor-
nifty.
Year: 1875

A WoMAN's DRAWBACK. = The ST..
Louis Republican says: Mrs. Mary
Clemmer Ames has been divorced from
her husband and bears the name of Mrs
Mary Clemmer. And nov she will have
to work several years to get her new
pane up to the point of celebrity which
she had reached under the old one.
The chief drawback to the attainment of
fame by woman is that there Is no GER
tainty this year what her name will be
the next, and thus the work of lifetime
may be swept away in moment. There
is one woman, however, who dues not
labor under any such disadvantage, and
as consequence. she is the most fa-
nous woman in the world. or course
We refer to orr old friend Susan B. AM
thony. Her name Is immutable."
Year: 1875


Mine were the clinging tendrils
And mine the petals fair;
For me thy beauty fingered
And well repaired my care.
Yes thou vert fondly cherished
And did st in beauty grow
And though thy charm have perished
I'll not reject thee now.
Though withered will keep thee
PerchaAce thou yet wilt bloom
And in my sunny window
Thy wonted place resume.
Have not trained and watered
And watched with care DER thee
Yes and though now thou'rt fading;
Thou'rt still the same to me.
III think how have loved thee
And guarded thee from i'll,
And should'st thou meier more bloom TO!
me


I'll keep and love thee still.


WELDON GooDFELLow.
Year: 1875

Ifthere is anything calculated to make
even q man Of the more rugged constitution
nervous, it is to have two or three children
standing around eating bread and molasses
when his new clothes come home.
Year: 1875

The man that halls you Tom or Jack,
And proves by humping on your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such friend that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed


To pardon Or to bear it.
Year: 1875

ALL THE TALK Now, when it comes tc


speculating as to who will be the Demo


cratic nominee for the Presidency next


fall, Is Tilden and Bayard. They are the


popular ones of the hour, and if their


popularity has not come on them so early


and so strong as to spend its force before


the final day, as has been the case several


times, commencing with Polk and ending


with Greeley, they may be the contestants


Tor the honor. 1t is useless to base any,


thing on present indications, however.


what SIX or eight months may bring forth


In politics is beyond all comprehension.


We hope, however, Senator Bavard will he


the man. We would like to see him non}i-
mated. We prefer to see a Republican
elected, of course, if matters stand fairly


balanced between the candidates, but if a
Democrat should happen to get the most
votes we would rather that Mr.. Bavard
should be that Democrat We do not know
that any one who would be apt to get the can.
dldacy would present very many strong
points over him, unless it be wider range
IN craftsmanship. But in a conscientious
execution of the laws, the great duty of the
Presidential Office, he could be relied unon
If he is the conscientious, clear.beodad
man he Is so generally admitted to be-
True, the Washington Chronicle calls him =
"iannelmouthed Bourbon" and his views
ON education and the suffrage. if he is
properly quoted, are more aristocratic than
democratic, still we do not know that these
opinions would have the least weight if ba
were in the Presidential chair. Personal
integrity would be of far more importance
than his private opinion on any of these
points.


As between Mr.. Bayard and Mr.. Tilden
N IS quite evident that the latter is rnucb
the stronger man, personally, at least. He
has established "a record as it is termed
IN his war against the "canal ring" of his
state, IN fight against members of his
own party, in which he is backed by nub-
lie sentiment. His out-spoken declarations
against imitation at the very opening of the
iali campaigns, in the face of the party
management in the West, has also
served to more strongly identify him. |
Indeed, as is often the case, he has made a
record against himself, so far as the West
IS concerned, and the Ohio inhationists feel
disposed to defeat his prospects as thew
believe he defeated theirs.


But Mr.. Bayard has not vet made q
strongly-defined record; and mav-be tbis
is well for him. No element in the Marty
Is dissatisfied with him for what he has not
done. Herein are his chances over Mr.. r
Mr. B. has talked wisely and well both in
Congress and on the stump, but he fights
shy, and has yet to show that aggressive.
ness that marks the leaders. He has vot
fathered no prominent measure in the
Senate, however clear-headed he NAV and
does talk on questions brought up for con-
slderation. This may be the discretion
that Is the better part of valor. however.
A negative record may prove the winning
card, as between Gov. Tilden and himself
Still he is one of the rising men of the
nation, young, able and possessing a char
'cter equal to any in political life. and we
would like to see him nominated.
Year: 1875

SAVED BY a BCTToN.-In Delaware CITY.
on day last week, a man from the country
was negotiating for a revolver. The sales


man ms manipulated the weapon, showing him
an It's intricate workings, but, of course.
without It's being loaded. lie turned for ~
moment to wait on another customer. when
the purchaser, seemingly unable to realize
that the thing would go off, slipped
cartridge IN and said nothing about it. The
salesman s,i. picked it up again, pulled the
could not find out where he had been Lit
but being sure that he was dead man. in'
dulged in such lamentations and cries for
mercy as wrung the hearts of those around
MN. The salesman was equally frightened


put the scare was all over when all search
Tor bullet hole failed to find one. and a
anuge button on the mans vest was found
hattencd by the cartridge.-Eccry Ercn;,a
Year: 1875

have written his faith on his banners.
But religion to him and his antagonist was
really pretext. There were good Catholics
who followed the flag of William and good
Protestants in the army Of James. Catholi-
clsm was only one of the questions between
them, and not in any sense q vital question
1t became so after James was in exile and
largely because he was dependent upon q
Catholic King Tor hospitality. But the Battle
Of the Boyne was no more q religious contest
than the Battle of Gettysburg was an anti
slavery contest. Religion was 10 some extent
an issue in one as slavery was in the other
The battles were for empire on the part of
William, and for union on the part of Lin
coin.


Why, then, should Irishmen, in this far
land and at this. late day, celebrate the Battle
OF the Boyne Why should tradition dark
and bloody, become year after year flaming
brand in free, bipartisan America What do
Americans care about the Battle of the Boyne
Even suppose it to have been purely re-
ligious fight, should we, as Protestants, care
to cherish it ? This is country of religious
freedom, absolute, unquestioning, where Pope
and presbyter have spiritual respect and
power. Why should we brood over these sad
memories Of the time of the Prince of Orange
When Irishmen come to America to leave
its citizenship heritage for their children
why should they cherish such q tor
bidding memory as that of the Boyne?
Of course no one questions their right or that
of any citizen to celebrate any anniversary.
We are only dwelling upon the taste OF these
displays. Americans, whether by citizenship
or birth, should always be Americans. Aliens
should bring with them only pleasant thoughts
CT home. There are many festivals in all
countries, sweet, domestic, religious, which
we are glad enough to welcome. 1t is these
war legacies that we despise-these anniver-
saries of hatred which are rarely celebrated
without bloodshed. Why should the Germans
celebrate Sedan, or the Frenchmen Jena
Why should Englishmen honor Waterloo, or
Protestant Irishmen the Battle of the Boyne
Why should there be any celebrations of
events that have no connection with America,
and that in their intent and meaning are an
insult to worthy fellow citizens of different
creeds and nationalities? Let our anniversa-
ries be those of peace and of amity, celebrating
great achievements in science and art. Let
the dead and bloody past bury its dead. Let
our anniversaries be American in their spirit,
and their coming and going will not be SO
dismal as this foolish memory of the Battle of
the Boyne.
Year: 1875

protection against famine. In seasons
of great scarcity the prices of grain
become too high for profitable dis
tillation, and at the same time the con-
sumption of spirits necessarily falls off, be-
cause when mans whole meaLs are needed
to purchase food for his family he has no
money to spend for liquors. The additional
crop raised to supply the market for distilla-
ton insures sufficient supply of food for the
human race in the worst Of seasons. and inter-
national commerce has created and keeps in
constant existence the means for its prompt
distribution. While deploring the great
calamity which has befallen unhappy France
it is allowable to rejoice that we can feed her
out of our abundance and to appreciate
the relief which heavy grain trade will
bring to the depressed business of our own
country.


The vigorous preparations which will soon
be made for moving the new grain crop of the
West will inspire our long despondent bust
ness men with fresh confidence, and we may
reasonably expect brisk and active autumn
under benefcent Providence which 'sfrom
seeming evil still educes good.
Year: 1875

The NATIONAL TEMPERANCE CONVENTION,
which closed its annual session at Sea Cliff
yesterday, no doubt did great deal of good.
The evils of intoxication are so many and so
painful that all agencies which are arrayed
against them deserve the sympathy of all who
seek the welfare Of the community. But the
temperance crusaders frequently injure their
cause by their extravaganza. Drunkenness is
bad, but what aid does a speaker give to
sobriety by frightening mothers with such
language as this, 'Oh, how many have gone
down AS you press your child to your
heart you don't know but you are nursing
murderer" OF course, the mother don't
know, and we cannot see the relevancy OF
such remark unless the lecturer means that
if the child is to be brought up by hand, like
Pip, there should be no milk punch in the
bottle Nor do we think much good is
achieved by telling such stories as that OF
ga Mrs. Laverty, in Cincinnati, by whose
labors whole family were saved from intem-
perance and brought to Christ within an hour
and half" There is temperance in speech
as well as in drinking, and we are compelled
to think that these worthy champions of
good cause would sometimes do well to re-
member it.
Year: 1875

A D1sGRAcEFUL AFFAIR happened in thiA
city yesterday among number of negroes
who were gambling in a saloon. In fight
which followed quarrel over the cards one
man was slashed with razor, and in return
killed one of his assailants with knife and
mortally wounded another.
Year: 1875

We do not see how the President can deal
with the Indian question, as presented with
SO much eloquence and detail by our CORE
spondence from the Sioux country, without
removing Mr. Delano. the Secretary Of the
Interior, and Mr. Smith, the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs The facts cannot be dis
proved. They are incapable of explanation.
They are confirmed by the evidence of Pro-
fessor Marsha who has been in conference
with the President on the subject What
makes it incumbent upon the President to
act with frmness and promptitude is the fact
that bis own brother is storekeeper in the
Indian country, that he is sustained in his
monopoly by the government and that the
President cannot protect him without bring
ing upon his administration the darkest
odium. n4segF te1i hm, <


From one point of view 1t may be argued
with fairness that the Presidents brother is o
free citizen, and if he chooses to sell goods to
the Indians he has right to do so. But the
country will draw an inference most disas-
trous to the President if it finds his brother
largely profting out of frauds as base and
persistent as those perpetrated upon the
Indians. Orville Grant is allowed to open O
store in the Sioux country and to join the
Indian Ring solely because he is the brother
of Ulysses S. Grant, the President of the
United States. If the President fails to take
summary action upon the facts as presented
it will be said that he prefers 4e interests Of
his brother to those of the people. r


The President has done so well in hiA
recent Cabinet changes, and has given his
administration so much strength by them,
that he should not fail now. He gave us
Brstow for Richardson, Pierrepont for Will
Jams and Jewell for Creswell. The country in
every instance approved the change. Now
let him give us some strong sound, hones
man in the Interior Departmental man Of
sense, integrity and courage-whose going
into the Office would mean reform and JUS
tce. If the President can find such
man, even though it is necessary
to dive as deeply below the surface Of
apparent availability as when he selected somS
of his present advisers, let him do SO. A
strong appointment in the Interior Depart
ment-such man as the late Mr.. Stanton,
for instance--would immensely strengthen the
administration. The removal of Delano would
give us the most popular Cabinet we have had
since the time of Pierce. Fish, Bristow, jew
ell and Pierrepont are unexcepionable. Now
and then we have growl about Robson and
Belknap, but they have in the main done
well. If Delano is not directly involved in the
Indian frauds he has not suppressed them,
and this sin of omission in Cabinet Minister
is as fragrant as any sin of commission.


Let the President remove Delano and
Smith, and then send for Orville Grant and
bring him home and give him some honest
employment. Let it be Fred Dents old
place. if none better Offers to carry in the
cards and talk craftsmanship to the boys
from Newspaper row. But he has no business
in the Indian country, making money out Of
the poor, starving squaws 1t is dishonor
to the President and a stain upon his admin
istration.
Year: 1875

THE ENGLISH REPUBLICANS are making all
the political capital they can out of the in
tended visit of the Prince of Wales to India at
lhe expense of the nation. Twelve thousand
persons held an Indignation meeting yester-
day in Hyde Park, and after violent speech
by Mr.. Bradlaugh adopted resolution of
protest. The bitterness of feeling is shown
by the facts that eight persons who voted
against the resolution were mobbed and that
the police had to protect them.
Year: 1875

LONDON has her fashionable season in mid
summer. and autumn is the time when every
one goes out of town. Our English corre-
spondent furnishes q lively description of
the meeting of the celebrated Four-n-
Hand Club in Hyde Park, each member of
which is his own coachman. The four-in-
hand team is peculiarly British institution !;
in this country two swift trotters are preferred
by the lovers Of fast driving.
Year: 1875

SINCE the war there has been no
legislature in Virginia that gave
promise of such determination to
econOmize, as the present one. 1t
is doubtful if the Governor will be
accorded the position of Defender
of the Treasury. The two Houses
already show a sitter front in this
respect, than he does. His centen-
nial appropriation scheme is likely
to meet with sturdy opposition
Nor will his plan to have immi-
grants exempt from taxation likely
to succeed. The fact is, this
latter is pretty little scheme to
have the ugly nose Of cur public
debt kept ont Of decent faces away
from home. 1t admits that immi-
grants are already afraid TO pass
under SO fearful load as we are
carrying for the bondholdcr. 1t
puts US in the humilisting attitude,
Of both begging aud paying people
10 come here and live. We guess
if We are to pay this debt and re


lievc the lands of Va. frem their
burden, We viii try and leave them
SO We can cnjdy them ourselves
80 sell our lands without leaving
them subject to the bondholder's
mortgage, bGt TO double that mort
gage over on to what we keep, Is
what we don't mean to 90, and ali
the Governors of Virginia in the
past, if jhty could rise from their
graves, and ask il, would not get
these people to submit to it.
Year: 1875

"Boss" TWEED, the great, has
escaped. AS the champion tibet
of America, be has had a large
share Of the public attention. In
many respects he answered TO the
American demand for pre-eminence
in everything that furnishes sensa-
ton or notoriety. His steslagcs
were on the most magnificent scale,
and although his origin was worse
than humble, yet 50 high had he
risen in the public gaze, that after
his arrest, he was elected to the
State Senate. Having deGed all
the appliances of the grectest city
of the continent, it was rather TO
be expected, that he should sit
stolidly in his Legislative seat and
allow the civil power to lay its
hands upon him. His trial was
long, tedious, and even mOnotO-
nous, but st the end, the country
was surprised that he was irOned
and sent to the city prison on
Blsckwells Island. The public
delight at the result, was only tenn
pered by the conviction that these
were but acts in great force, for
his incarceration was little less
than circumscribed splendor. His
lot WAS made very comfortable
Day by day his ill-gotten gains
were decided to friends while he
was in prison, and then the cry of
i'll health was set up until he was
allowed on this plea, to ride about
the city and visit his friends. a
week ago he was missing, and now
it is believed that on tie wings Of
his wealth, he has flown to parts
beyond the sea. See wha: bribery
can do.
Year: 1875

The question as to the right of women TO
vote under the provisions Of the fourteenth
amendment Ia. been decided adversely to the
claim by the United States supreme court.


This claim was first urged in an argument
before Congressional committee four or five
vears ago, which Is said TO have been the
work OF Mr.. Theodore TiltOn. The cass
upon which the decision was rendered origin
ated in Missouri. The court were unani-
nously of the opinion that the constitution
does not confer the right Of suffrage upon any
one. that being an affair Of the several States.
Year: 1875

tic revolts and fill our land with paupers
to force resumption. We fully realize
that with ten thousand millions of in
debtedness, public and private, and the
vast volume of business represented by
it, that speedy resumption is absolutely
impossible without bringing immense
distress and disaster to every class ofour
population except the bondhOlder and
the money changer. The Congressional
pledge of resumption in 1879 hangs like
a pail over the business Of the country,
Prudent men have been following the
example of contraction set by the gov
ernment They have been drawing their
means out of active business and seCur-
ing it in real property; they are closing
up their manufactures they refuse TO 60
into new enterprises, and the result is
that the panic of 1874, which should only
have had temporary duration, has settled
down into a season of business prostra-
ton, which will continue until the policy
of the government is changed; the con-
tinued tampering with the currency
checked, and the active men of the coun-
try can have faith to resume operations
without fear Of being overtaken by ruin
through government influence. II re-
sumption is reached in 1870, a steady
contraction and depreciation in values
must continue, and what sane man will
invest his means0in business under such
circumstances. Let us reach specie pay
ment as speedily as possible, but let the
laws of business and circumstances un-
der which we are placed govern the
matter, and not the special interest OF
the banker and bondholder.


The Republicans of America are not
responsible as individuals for all the bad
doings of their representatives. If the
honest Republicans had known the state
of the country the year after the war they
would have turned every dishonest man
of their party out of Congress, as they
assisted the Democrats to do year ago
The Republican leaders ran about the
country hallooing about the war, the
war, the war, and the people of the coun-
try who stood by the Union, listened to
them. They deceived their constituents
year in and year out until their gullibility
ceased, and now they are determined to
have an honest administration Of the
government through the Democratic
party.


Now, my friends, this is very hot
night, either to speak or to listen, and ]
ought to be excused for not saying all
the things that desire to say. l may
visit you again during the campaign, and
for the present will say good night.
Year: 1875

THE MCCRACkIN MINE.-Dr. George D. Kendall. who was called to attend two men who had the misfortune to be blown up and badly injnred by blast in the McCrackin mine, returned on Saturday. He found the men very seriously injured, but not necessa- nly beyond recovery.

 From him We learn the following facts with reference to that great mine which the su- perintendant, Mir. McNevin, had the kind ness to show him in all the details of its de- velopment. The tunnels, shafts and levels, reaching depth of 3S0 feet. reveal sn aston isbing amount of high grade ore, running from $50 to $500 to the ton. The Doctor went through all the ramifications of the mine, so far as it is opened, measured the vein-matter at various points, which he found at the depth of 3S0 feet to be 2S feet wide, examined the walls which are clearly defined, and pronounces it unmistak- ably true Assure vein of far greater extent and value than any lode he has ever seen ex- cept the Comstock. He brought with him specimens of the various grades of ore found in the mine, all of which bear evidence of being sll that the Doctor has described them to be. The ore is not so rich as the Peck. Prince and some others, but there is such world of it that it is particularly attractive to those who know what permanent mines are. The Doctor was unable to estimate the amount of ore at the various dumps, but is of the opinion that there is enough already out to clear the mine of all the expense of its development The Greenwood mill hay ing been put in order is about to start, and their milling ore is being sent there, while the higher grade is sent the other way to be snslted.
Year: 1875

SINCE the Rev. McLafferty, of Oakland, Cal, preached tie educational sermon about which so much noise has been made by hide bound advocates of religious shools, he has baptized nearly double the number of con- verts that any other minister of his church in the State has been able to gather into the fold. The tendencies of the age arc to trust those who have the will and courage to do right in defiance of custom, though said GUS tom be gray and wrinkled with antiquity. Modern right is better than ancient wrong.