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Year: 1878

LIBERTY OF SPEECH.-T New York
Times of Sep. 4th publishes the following
extract from Keaney's Jersey City
speech. 1t is q really refreshing instance
of the liberty of speech allowed in this
great Republic:


"Now, what want you to do for us in
Calilorl in is this: We know what we
Are about, and when we raise in our
might to carry out our programme. we
will clear out the almond eyed heather
and their employers, the bank busters and
railway thieves. When we Gil up the
waters of the Golden Gate with their fes-
tering carcassos, the rotten Government
will try to raise an army in the East to
put us down. | want every Working
man to purchase musket and 100 rounds
of ammunition. What are we TO do with
it? Why, sheet down the first rascal
that asks you to fire on your brother,
shoot down the sconndrsl who orders you
to kill a fellow Workingman. Let US, :"
he continued, "have no secrecy about our
actions. We in the Golden State let .he
sun of heavea shine upon our doinxs, and
you should do likewise"
Year: 1878

The Santa Cruz Courier gives US the
following, but we don I care to conlmencs
the foot ball gams-lst some one else try
that part of it: To prevent lamp from
exploding, take two spongos, large enough
TO I'll the lamp, and crowd them into it..
Saturate the wick in oil, and press one
end into the lamp between the sponges.
Then pour oil into tho lamp until the
sponges are thoroughly saturated. Your
lamp will burn with bright clear fame,
and you may play football with it with
out danger.
Year: 1878

IF the Constitutional Convention shall
so arrange the new instrum ent as to allow
cities and counties to make and repeal
their own laws whenever they So desire,
subject to the Constitution and laws of
the State, great boon will be conferred
upon all the people. The Legislature will
be saved much annoyance, the law max
ers will be brought nearer to the people
and direct responsibility will be the order
OF the day.
Year: 1878

THE money flowing SO freely from The
North to the South. taken frsm the pock-
ct Of Generosity and given by the hand
OF Charity, form links OF Humanity that
will do more than all the eloquoncs OF
orators and the fowery resolutions Of con-
ventions to unite ia tho bonds of Love tho
brothers who quarreIed and fought, who
mutually forgave but who yet feel slight
soreness from the heart wound Sac
Year: 1878

Ak exchange says: 1t may not be
generally unknown that common cook
ing soda is'a sure remedy for the bite of a
rattlssnake if applied soon enough. An
.ncision should be made to the depth of
TIE wound made by the fangs ofthe snake,
and into this cut the soda should be sprin-
kled. 1t will Immediately bubble up
and turn green. caused by tho action OF
the soda in neutralizing The acid of the
poison. This remedy WAS never known
to fail when applied is time.
Year: 1878

As evidence Of what can be raised in
Modsc county, the Independent states
that the editor recently saw timothy 515
feet in height, with heads seven inches in
length; oats over six feet in height, and
thick as they can stand; and club wheat
that would yield from fifty to sixty bush
Year: 1878

WHAT a change in few years The
Democrats, now are for grcen backs, were
all opposed when the first greenback bill
passed Congress. Every Democrat in
the Senate voted against the bill. and all
it could muster in the House was seven
vntosf
Year: 1878

NEW HAVEN Register: An Ohio
woman has recently given birth to four
boys and one girl simultaneously. 1t is
pleasant to observe how the demand for
Ohio men regulates the proportion of the
sexes as we'll as the general supply.
Year: 1878

BLAINE said the other day; what
ever else American people do with cur
rency, let me say to you that there is no
body Of men so little competent to dsier-
mine the question Of money as Congress
men,
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, March IS. In the House today Edmunds, from the Con- mittee on ihe Judiciary, reported ad- versely on the House bill in relation to certain legal disabilities of women, and moved that it be indefinitely post pOned It provides that any woman who shall have been a member of the bar of the highest Court of any State or Territory, or the District of COlum- bia, for period of three years, may 5e admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States. Edmunds said the ground of the adverse report of the Committee was that, by law of the land, as it had existed since the organization of the Government, the Supreme Court as we'll as all other courts, were authorized to make their own rules touching the admission of attorneys, so that there was no obstacle m law prohibiting the admission of women to practice in the United States Courts. On motion of Sargent the bill was placed on the calendar with the adverse report.
Year: 1878

Hsnceforth we will give column daily
TO correspondence upon any proper subject
for discussion. 1t is expected that commu-
nicatious viii be written on one side only
of the paper, and accompanied with the
name Of the writer. The HERALD 10 not to
be considered as endorsing or being In any
way responsible for the opinion of cores
pondents In this column.
Year: 1878

Ever the most popular as we'll as the best of
Sewing Machines has yearly been proved by ofc al
Of the number sold and by the numerous rre.
prizes aIded 1t at all State fairs ar
hibitlons the celebrated SINGER FAMILY MACHINE has
again the forefront beiDg cheaper than any
other than the bogus limitations of offered
sale quarters During the past twelve ths
the company have reduced their prices as TO put
their machines within the reach of all, and homo,
however humble, need be without inSstima.
BILE n trCnture. Care should be taken by. the pur.
chasers be imposed by parties selling limitations
OF the Singer Tho best safeguard that we know Of
against this danger call at the Company splendid
store so Canal street. whore the very efficient and
AGENT Mr.. S. E. Rundle and his polite as
sstAntS, will that you get what you WiSh and that
| at the very lowest prices
Year: 1878

THE LE1TRIM ESTATES AND THE TITLE.
1t really appears more than probable
that the eccentricity of the late Lord
Leitrim actually bordered on insanity. In
addition to imposing tax on seaweed-
which formed the principal article of con-
sumption Of large portion of his tenants
-he has left, it seems, the whole of the
property which he was able to dispose of
away from the title. The greater part of
the estate-valued at upwards of $50 600
a year-goes to sister, and the present
earl inherits little more than f1 500 per
annum. This is all the more cruel as there
had been no quarrelling between the
brothers, and Lord Leitrim had actually
repented of his intention, and caused new
will to be drawn up in favor of the present
peer when he was shot, but unluckily he
had omitted to sign it. This being 30,
there Is no truth in the report that the new
lord has offered a reward of ElO 600 for the
apprehension of the murderers of his pre-


deceesor.-Tdnity Fair.
Year: 1878

This stock has been selected with great
care, and purchased a. bottom prices, and
to it will be added from time to time all the
new patterns and novelties as fast as they
are produced in the New York market.
The favorable conditions under which these
new and attractive goods have been pur-
chased, enable Us to offer the same at
prices lower than ever before.


The Manufacturing Department as here
tofore will be in charge of Mr.. Henry Good
wip, which is sufficient guarantee that all
Diamond work and the manufacture of any
article of Jewelry wiz be executed in a
manner that cannot be excelled in any city.


The Watch Making and Repairing De-
partment will be in charge of the most
skillful and reliable workmen.


A Designer and EDgraver has been en-
ployed, and all goods purchased can be en-
graved on short notice.
Year: 1878

Tfthou observe any vice in thy brother,
correct him secretly if he will not hear
thee, correct him openly. For such re-
proofs are good, and often better than
silent friendships. And though thy friend
deem himself aggrieved, do thou yet cor
rect him for the wounds of friends are
easier to bear than the kisses of flatterers. ,
-S Ambrose
Year: 1878

A GENERAL CAUCUS was held on the
silver question, in the Capitol, in Wash
ington, yesterday afternoon, when the
remonetization of silver and the recoin-
age of the dollar of 412i grains, was dis
cussed The result was the passage of the
following resolution, offered by Mr.. Foot,
of Illinois:


'Resotced, That the purpose of the or
ganiZation now about to be made shall
be confined to the reconciliation of the
silver dollar and repeal of the resumption
act"


Gen. Butler is said to have made the
speech of the caucus. A correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun says:


He stated in substance that if the silver
bill should pass lighthouses by a respecta-
BILE majority-by two-thirds, in fact, as ii
now seems likely to do-and the Presi.
dent should veto it, that then it would be
expedient and would probably be the
duty of the lower house TO attach pro.
viso to all the appropriation bills that a
certain amount of the money appropria
ted should be in silver and a certain
amount in gold.


Gen. Butler maintained that it was ~
much within the province of the House
Of Representatives as it is of the House
of Commons of England. He said thai
he could not vote for the bill that wa
repealed in the House in the afternoon
as be considered that the government
was bound to maintain its obligation tC
pay interest on the public debt in coin
but he stated that only SS5, 5000 900 annu
ally are requisite for this purpose, Will,
the total amount of customs revenue il
about sl60,0O0,0 900.


He would therefore provide that Ger
tain proportion, say As per cent, of Gus
toms dues should be receivable in gold
the rest in silver or legal tenders. H,
would also provide that of the appropria
tions certain amount of money SHOULD
be voted in silver and certain amour
in gold, and that provision should b.
made for minting silver.
Year: 1878

Considerable excitement pervaded the
streets, this morning, over the public
rmor that had been circulating for more
than week in private circles, that one
of our substantial business men Of this
city, and member of the City Council,
had been swept under through thefailure
of Philadelphia importing house. We
express our sincere regret for the gentle
man, and hope the rumors have been
somewhat exaggerated, But this is
another evidence of the evil of the credit
system. 1t is not so good a thing to have
an extensive credit as some suppose.
Year: 1878

THE advocates of the single gold stand
ard exhibit as much heartlessness toward
those whom the destructive, unwarrant-
able and oppressive act which demone-
tized silver, asthough it had not crushed
ont thousands upon thousands of good,
generous, honest hearted men, and robbed
them of all they had in their homes.--
That act put more property under the
Sheriff's hammer than any act which
ever passed Congress. 1t was as terrible
and crimpping in its effects toward
debtors as a declaration of war, and it is
surprising that after its effects have been
witnessed it should have defender in
the country.
Year: 1878

1t is not often that ghOst-stOry is
so consistent with itself, so careful i'll
detail and so well-tOld, as the follow
ing, written by lady-guest at hotel
in New York, to one of the dailies of
that city:


In the first place, do not believe in
ghosts at all | am not a nervous wO-
man, afraid of my own shadow, and l
do not give heed to supernatural things.
Therefore l cannot explain what l am
about to relate. If any one who may
read this, can, | shall be glad to read
the explanation.


In the latter part of April, 1872, be-
fore sailing for Europe, made a stay
of few days at the Metropolitan Hotel
in New York. l was assigned to room
292 on the second floor. | had dined,
and had written little in the evening.
Finally l left off work and sat down by
the fire, and as l sat there, l noticed
particularly the disposition of the fur
niture in the room, and the room itself.
AS that has direct bearing on my
story, will briefly describe it.


The room was long and narrow, and
at the end nearest the main hall had a
curtained alcOve for bed. By making
this alcove, narrow hall was formed,
which opened into the main hall. There
were two doors to this little hall, one
opening into the outside corridor and
the other into my room. There were
two small transOms, one over each
door. Directly facing the door was a
large French window, opening into the
street. A little iron railing passed in
front of it outside. The Fireplace was
by the side of the window. Just back
of where sat, on the right side of the
room as you entered, there were large
wardrobe, and small drab reps lounge
On the left side of the room was a sta
tiOnary wash-stand, and next that a
bureau. The gas was Just over this
washstand. A few chairs and small
marble-tOp table completed the furni-
ture.


had been writing, as 1 said, and to
have sufficient light, had rolled the lit
tie table over close against the wash
stand, and had covered it with manu-
scrip and photographs. had not been
reading anything to give rise to bad
dreams, had eaten moderate dinner
was ia superb health, and my writing
had been commonplace correspondence.
At about ii o'clock l went to bed
| after having carefully locked the two
doors and lowered the gas. l went tc
sleep Immediately, after my usual hab-
it, and slept | do not know how long
| woke up with start and cold feel
ing of terror. | sat straight up in bed
My room was brilliantly lighted and l
saw that the marble table had been
cleared of the manuscript, &C., and had
been drawn over to the side of the
lounge, while the easy chair in which
had been sitting had been placed OPP
pOsite the lounge. Two men were seat.
ed there, playing cards.


Ijust sat and looked at them, moi
knowing what to do or say. They had
evidently mistaken the room, 1 thought
Year: 1878

SIMPLE AND EFFECTIvE.-About one
pound of cOpperas (sulphate of iron), at
cost of few cents, put in water
closet will entirely deOderize it; five
pounds dissolved in a bucket of hot
water, thrown down a cesspool will
have the same effect. There is no un-
pleasant Odor from it, as there is from
chloride of lime or carbOlic acid. The
above is worth knowing, especially at
this season of the year. If repeated
once month, or Oftener, if necessary
there will be no trouble from ''seweI
gas" or other effiuvia.
Year: 1878

but either-handed and bowl either
handed; this would entail waste of
time and loss of skill. AS to throwing
either-handed, every sea-beach with
shingles is natural gymnasium. The
boy of seven or eight should be trained
to stOop, raise with his left pebble the
sea has smoothed for him, advance his
right foot, and throw with his left, at
some mark, the body erect and grace
full, the right foot well advanced. He
should then stOop again, raise pebble,
advance the left foot freely, and throw
with the right, and so on in rotation,
This is invaluable practice, especially
if the instructor insists on graceful,
easy, and ardent carriage of the body
in the act of throwing. Use hammer,
hatehet, gauge, saw, foil, and single
stick with either hand. Do not let your
son squint down the barrel of gun or
rifle because the government orders it.
1t is needless, fatal to even sight, and
governments are often very ignorant.
Should any inequality appear in the
legs, practice digging, hopping, and
kicking football, with the inferior limb
only, for a while; but the hest practice
OF all, perhaps, is to stand on each leg
in turn, and swing the other as high as
possible both forward and backward
this will soon reveal any deficiency that
exists, and, if persisted in, will do won
ders to cure it. Never let stays in any
form come near growing girl. It is
wicked action. Hang her petticoats by
braces, as a boy does his trousers.


| offer these crude hints to parents as
friend, not an oracle. L am sure of
the general truth but as to the best
mode of applying it, why, we are all
cropping our way out of heather dark
ness six thousand years old. We must
put our heads together: and my great
hope of helping parents in this great
benefit to their offspring and TO man
kind lies in this that am willing to
be medium of communication between
one parent and another. Their love
and their intelligence will, dare say,
soon make me their pupil, whom, at
first starting, they have been pleased
to accept as a teacher.


CHARLES READE.
Year: 1878

To DRIVE OFF RED ANTs.-Grease
plate with lard and set it where the ants
are troublesome; place a few sticks
around the plate for the ants to climb
upon; they will desert the sugar bowl
for the lard occasionally turn the plate
over the fire where there is no smoke,
and the ants will drop into it !; reset the
plate, and in few repetitions you will
catch all the ants: Also good way is
to sprinkle powdered bOrax over the
shelves and blow it into their haunts.
Year: 1878




THE PEER OF vANDERBHT-THE
BROOKLYN BRIDGE-34, 100000 b.
BLES.


NEW YORK, May 10, 1873.
To the Editor of the Oaledonian:


New York is just at present in what
might be called ga state of mind" The
cause of this sad condition of things is
smells-smells numerous, smells pene-
trating, smells nauseous and outrageous.
What makes it worse is the fact that it
is not not the lower, plebeian, business
portion of the island that is afflicted,
but the great brown stone district lying
north of Madison square, and typically
known as Murray Hill. just think of it.
Murray Hill smells bad Shades of
Sybaris and Cyprus! Can you imagine
it 2 Murray Hill that wears lace and
diamonds, and always rides behind a
liveried coachman, that can digest no
cOarser diet than roseleaves or spiders
ankles Oh toast, and to whose delicate
senses the perfume of the wood violet
is vulgarly strong and oppressive
Why, no such low word as smell would
be allowed in its vocabulary. And yet
there stands the grievsome fact that at
this writing this sanctum sanctOrum OF
fashion and refinement is for the most
part wrapped in the loathsome embrace
of horrible stencil. Is it any wonder
that New York is on its hind legs al
such an unheard-Of, such an impossible
outrage?


The immediate cause of this audacious
invasion of GOtham's most aristocratic
olfactories is cluster of rendering es-
Establishments and glue factories down
by the East River, and the prime cause
is lazy and inefficient Board of Health
that licenses these nuisances. Until
lately this august body of two members
has totally ignored the many individual
protests which have been raised against
the constantly growing infiiction, but
now the press and the Grand Jury hav-
ing taken the matter up in a spirit
which leaves no doubt of their intention
to bring about reform, the haughty
"BOard of Disease" as tits called, i.
coming down from its lofty height and
Year: 1878

The movable property for CASH on
the day Of sale; the landed property,
one half of the price of adjudication
CASH, and the balance payable in one
and two years, respectively, from the
day of sale, the same to be represented
by notes furnished By the purchasers on
the day of sale, payable in one and two
years from said sale, respectively, to
the order of the administrator Of the
above succession, with good and suf-
fcient security in solido, the same con-
dltioned to bear interest at the rate of
eight per cent per annum from their re-
fspectiVe maturities until paid.


The landed property to remain spec
Year: 1878

We hear men making fight upon
this or that man, because he is loan


broker, because he is q banker, or a
man Of means Of any kind, and they
alludc to such men with q sneer as
though they were dishonest and the
enemy of the mechanic, the laborer.
They decline to support such men for
any position, and they urge among


themselves that they should support
men of their own kind. These men
at the same time will go about upon
the streets and complain that they
have no work; they will find fault
with men in business because they
don't employ them; because they
don't find work for them to do, and
some of them 60 SO far as to make
common cause among themselves to
break down the very men they ask to
them. Now it does not set very
well with those men who struggle
along to keep up their business and
whose profits are largely and almost
paid out from week to week
to the men who are in their employ
to be the object, day in and day out
of the anathemas of their employees.


Whether acceptable or not, let us
presume to advise some Of theae men
who are ON the howl continuously
about what they are pleased to term
the dishonesty sad grssping meanness
of men of some capital, Ybo pre- jn
Year: 1878

How Senator Blaine can declare, as
he docs, that the demonetization of
silver was unconstitutional, and at
the same time vote against the silver
bill, is little remarkable. Itis true,
he would appear to favor silver
dollar Of 425 grains, but he knows as
well as he knows that he has head
on his shoulders, that the unconstitu-
tional act of demonetization had
much to do in decreasing the value
Of silver and we cannot see his consis-
tency in agreeing to SEQ an unconsti-
tutiCnal act have the effect to dcbase
silver and to treat it as verify as
though It were just and lawful act.
1t does seem to US that Mr.. Blaine
ought, to be consistent, to have voted,
to neutraliZe the unconstitutional act
of Congress and given silver its prop
er place for time before undertak-
ing to fix the size of the dollar
More thaa this if, as Blaine says, the
demOnetization was unco Institutional
fheA the old silver dollar Of Biz
grains pure silver is now aRd always
has beea the unit Of value and his
vote for tie bill would simply have
brushed aside Sae unjust and unwar-
rsntable effect of ap Unconstitutional
measure.
Year: 1878

The Democratic House at Wash
ington, has pet measure of pension
ing all the old Mexican soldiers with
out reference to whether they are dis.
abled or not, but including them all
and the widows of those deceased.


The number thus to be added to
the pension roll is estimated at rs, 600,
which would add to the yearly ex-
penditures from seven to nine mil
lions Of dollars. A very large pro-
portion of these pensioners would be
from the southern states and it is safe
to say that more than one-third of
them would be of those who
were voluntarily rebel soldiers in
the rebellion. Many of them
would comprise those who were high
in the rebel service, including Jeffer-
son Davis. If there be any call for
such bill, the more especially in
these hard times, it would be diff
cult for any good or reasonable man
to point it out. jeff Davis writes to
Washington to exclude him from the
operations of the bill if this will only
aid its passage. The bill, as it ought,
Is meeting with sturdy opposition
from the republicans of the House
and it is thought some northern dem.
ocrats will oppose it-enough of them
to defeat the measure in the House,
or course such a bill will stand no
show in the Senate.
Year: 1878

business, that perhaps it would be


better to treat their neighbors with
some degree of fairness: treat them
as one decent man should treat anoth-
er. We opine that if they should
adopt this course they would find
themselves much better Off after a
fair trial of our plan, and indeed that
they would have more respect for
Year: 1878

President Hayes, according to
Washington specials, is nettled over
the manner in which Congress passed
the silver bill over his veto. He has
been pleased in his wrath to call it
Indecent haste" We apprehend
that the Congress saw the vital neces-
sity Of settling this matter in the in
terests of the business of the country.
But aside from this it would appear
to any ordinarily fair-minded ::man
that the President had been treated
with all the consideration he deserves
since he had the audacity and the
foolishness. to denounce nearly three.
fourths of Congress as.dishonest.