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Year: 1875

Do you know you have asked for the cost

 Hest thing Ever made by the Hand above A wOman's heart, and q woman life, And a wOman's wonderful love Do you know you have asked for this

 priceless thing

 As the child asks for a toy, Demanding what Otters have died to win, With the reckless dash of a boy ? You have written my lesson of duty ont, Man-lke jou have questioned me Now stand at the bar uf my wOman'S soul Until 1 shall question thea. You require your mutton shall always be

 hot,

 Your socks and your shirts be whole; require your heart to be trus as Gods

 stars,

 And pure as His Heaven your soul. You require a cook for your mutton and

 beef,

 require lar DetteI IhIHSi A seamstress you're wanting for socks and

 shirts,

 l look for man and a king. A king for that beautiful realm called home, And a man tbat the Maker, God, Shall look upon as he did the first And say, "It is very good" am fair and young, .bnt the rose will fade From my fair cheek one day Will you love me then, mid the falling

 leaves,

 As you did mid the bloom of May Is your heart an ocean, so strong and deep 1 may launch my all on its tide A loving woman fluids heaven or hell, On the day she is made bride. require all things that are grand and

 true,

 All things that man should be; II you give this all, l would stake my life And be all you demand of me. If you cannot be this-a laundress and

 cook

 You can hire, with little to pay But wOnan's heart and Womuns s life Are not to 5e wen that way.
Year: 1875

ESPECIALLY ASSORTED FOR SCRAP
BOOK KILLUSTRATIONSA AND DRAW


ING CLASS COPIES.


A large collection OF pictures of different
Lies and on almost every conceivable sub
Ject have been put up in an attractive envel-
ope and are now offered at a price intended to
make them popular in every sense.


Envelope No. containing SO beautiful en-
gravingsl is now ready, and will be sent, post
age paid, to any address for ONE DOLLAR.
A liberal discount to agents and teachers.
Year: 1875

wiped out, tnai nothing 70 do with H.


Poor Thompson excites te commiseration OF every
body. He also born lave, but evidently had no
early advantages whatever He neither read nor
write He reminds you oIa big house dog, who Will
be quiet as long as you " him alone, but who has
teeth, and Will show them 10 OCCASION Ho has more
real heart than any other the condemned lie WIZ
SIT for hours in one position, his eyes hxed on the


Moor exactly thinkingperhaps, but at least ruin
mating As Tor moral naLIre he may have u, as All
people have t. but It IS ct latent Those VINO nave
been through the Southen States IN the OLD days Of
slavery have hundeds just like him lie
has tho silence and doom about MIN whlch
slavery impressed IS victims lie never
speaks except when spolen TO, and then, In "a
mild and somewhat pahtivc voice he simply
your question andrclapscs into silence again.
When his clergy makesa prayer with him he keeps
up a quiet sor; Of noanirg which was the character
isiic OF religious meetings among the slaves of the
South He admits hts pat OF the murder, and seems
TO be sorry Tor II. Whom he time comes he will die
bra7ely and without moving muscle


Yhcse three men arc ctmponcIt parts OF very
strange element OF society and ~hat TO do with and
how 70 elevate Il is q deep lark problem. They have
no religious consciousness 10 speak or and appa-
rently no more moral responsibility than animals.
Fear seems 10 be the only motive 10 appeal TO in tho
class which they represent Taey remnant OF tho
slave system introduced int the blood ofNew York life
an introduction entirely Unnecessary and one that
could easily be dispensed With, since we have already
material equally bad Thedread and awful sentence 20
the gaows seems necessary under tho circumstances,
since that is the only OF Kidding society OF these
pests 1t is heroic remedy, but one which the times
demand
Year: 1875

LOOKING INTO THE ABUSES THAT PREVAIL IN


cITIEs-AN ORGANIZATION EFFECTED.


meeting held last evening at tho rooms Of the
Bar Association, No. Twenty ninth street. by the
members Of tho Municipal Commission appointed by
Governor Tldcp, for the purpose OF organization and
the transaction of business The purpose of the
mission stated in message the Legislature last
May by tho Governor, in which he drew attention
to a clause in article OF tho constitution,
which says, at shall be tho duty OF the
Legislature to provide for the organization of
cities and Incorporated villages and to restrict
their powers OF taxation assessment borrowing money,
contracting debt and loaning their credit pre-
abuses and in contracting debt by
such municipal corporations" Basing his message
this section law the Governor pointed out the degree
in which IL had been abused He nstanced numerous
where tho failure to observe It's provisions had
resulted in high taxation that was proving oncrous
burden on the people, dcprccatng values estate


All the mombcrs Of tho commission attended last
evening consisting William NJ Evarts, Oswald often
dorfer, William Allen Butler, James c. Carter, Judge
Lott Simon Stcrne, Joshua Van Cott, Edward Cooper,
Samuel Hand, of Albany, and Professor Anderson Of
Rochester


Mr. Evarts was elected President OF the commission
and Simon Sternc temporary secretary. An informal
discussion was entered upon of the various suggestions
contained in Governor Tdens message The delay
the appointment of the commission has left but ttlo
time prepare full report unless the incoming Icgis
lature should remain unusually long period in
IL appeared the sense of the meeting that the
scope OF the before them being very great
was possible only, within the limited time allowed
to embrace few practical suggestions thrown
into the form of constitutional amendments.
Had the gentlemen of the commission time they
might succeed in framing pretty full scheme for the
remedy of municipal abuses, but they happen to be all
absorbed in urgent business from day to day. Judge
Lott who is very familiar with the topics the
is supposed to treat OF. spoke at length and
suggested plans for the rectcatlon OF many abuses.


Mr. Evarts spoke OF the great need for simplicity in
municipal forms OF government They were cum
brous and old fashioned, just like the stage coach.
They out OF harmony with an age so fruitful of
time and labor-savng inventions. Every business in
the land was conducted on moro or less improved
SCALE except that of municipal government.


Judge Van Colt spoke Of the injustice in the methods
of asscS5:aents tho fatal facility allowed municipal
corporations or borro wing money and oaning their
credit Other gentlemen expressed their views at
or less length and 1t was concluded to hold another
meeting at carly day and determine tho possibility
of preparing u and comprehensive report for the
incoming Legislature as might be commensurate with
the Importance OF the subject
Year: 1875

Az ten minutes past twelve o'clock yesterday lrc
discovered IN the primary department of the public
school building in rhrtycighth street, between SEQ


oud and Third avenues Fortunately IL was the hour
Of recess otherwise many OF the children might have
been injured In making their escape from the building.
Owing to the prompt action OF the iircmcn the flames
failed obtain any material hcadway and cxtn-
gulshcd IN n few minutes But little damage was done
Year: 1875

Yesterday afternoon tho HERALD received in.
formation that further details respecting the abduc.
tion OF Eta Potter OF No. 81 Lewis avenue Brooklyn
could be obtained in tins city from her father who Is
freight agent ~ pier 'e East RIVER reporter was
despatched there and found Mr. Potter. who states
that his daughter had not disappeared hut had
been abducted from her home by former housckceper
who had taken her to house in the neghborhood,
where he was fully persuaded she would be ruined
Year: 1875

Harrington resigned and OF Judge Fisher nominaly
filled his place II 10 the son all the blame OF his
fathers disgrace was attached and the Judge thereby
forced to resign.


RELEASE or scHNEIDER


Yesterday Assistant United States Attorney Charles
G. Fishcr sent note the Clerk OF the Criminal Court
to the effect that bail in the sum Of So 900 would be re-
garded in the case Of Schneider sufficient Bail was
accepted and the prisoner discharged


The report that young Fisher with the released prs
oner went to Baltimore dispose Of the goods not re-
covered by police of which he was TO receive share
and receive 5000 for his services in enectng
the release.


Judge Fisher dsclams any knowledge OF the trans
action he also did in the release of Benton through
the Intervention OF Harrington, and many OF
the citizens of Washington who condemn his
course in the Benton matter disposed TO sympa-
thze with the Judge, the misfortune which has now
befallcn him like the blow which wounded the
feelings of the late United States Treasurer who waa
defrauded by young man whom he had put in ONCE
and had known from childhood. Young Fisher has
been arrested, and the accompces in the transaction,
il is said, will be brought TO justice.
Year: 1875

NO SCARCITY IN THE SUPPLIES ANTICIPATED.


LONDON, August 81, 1875.
The Times, In its commercial column says:-The
grain market is inactive, but previous prices OBJ
tanned for wheat 1t seems to be the opinion that tho
prices of wheat will be well maintained this
This has sustained the market in spite of heavy arri-
walls of foreign wheat The British wheat far brought
TO market has not been % good quality, There is not
much that is new to report about the condition of the
trade abroad Harvess will generally be three per cent
below fine YIELD but with old stocks to draw there
can be nothing approaching scarcity, and moderate
advance on last seasons prices is likely TO secure
abundance


Tho improved feeling recently manifested in the
sugar market has subsidized and several parcels have
been withdrawn from the public sales account of re-
duced offers
Year: 1875

For the upper lake region and Upper Mississippi and
Lower Missouri valleys clear fair weather. low but
slowly rising temperature; light winds shifting to east
ery and southery, and high but falling barometer
during the day


For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, partly cloudy
weather and lower temperature than Saturday with
norherly castery Winds rising barometer and poss
bly, light rain in Tennessee


For the South Atlantic and Gulf States local rains
and lower temperature, with east to south winds and
continued high barometer.


For the lower lake region rain, followed by partly
cloudy and cooler weather, with variable winds from
the north and west and rising barometer.


For the Middle States and New England, clear fair
weather and southcrly to westerly winds during tho
forenoon, followed by lower temperature, rising
barometer, threatening weather. and possible of
rain during the afternoon or evening


The Lower Ohio River and Mississippi at the stations
above Helena will fall slowly. At Vicksburg and Helena
the river will remain stationary rise very slightly
Year: 1875




THE SILK BURGLARY-ARREsT OF THE son
OF JUDGE F1sHER--scHNEIDE RELEASED ON
BAIL


WASHINGTON, August 21, 1875
In June last the large dry goods store of Perry &
Brother, on Pennsylvania avenue robbed on Sun
day afternoon Of $4,000 worth of silks and
laccs The store was in tho most frequcntcd
locality and the detectives sought a clcw to the
robbers tracing tho property and Of the burglars
Baltimore Two-thirds OF the goods were recovered.
A party who gave the of Schneider was arrested
and identified having been oungng in the local
ty OF the store the day Of tho robbery Tho boncss
Of the theft, in connection with the fact
that the senior member Of tho firm is
an old resident OF tho city of the mcmoralists in
connection with the District investigation and had been
as much an object of persecution as Columbus Acxan-
der, upon whom the District Ring attempted to lascn
couson in tho we'll known safe burglary robbery cX.
cited the attention of the merchants who were free
in the expression OF the opinion that this was
another desperate effort TO put oboquy upon
firm that had by is integrity helped to encourage the
Congressional investigation The prompt action Of the
detectives did lessen the suspicion in the minds of
the Perry Brothers, who Immediately removed their
valuable silks to Now York. and announced that they
would no longer keep on hand duplicate patterns


A SAFE BURGLARY DEVELOPMENT.


Tho sequel of tho robbery is repetition OF the safe
burglary When Schneider was lodged in jail he sent
for Richard Harrington, who, in the capacity of As
sisant United States Dstrst Attorney, had caused the
release of Benton of New York the party apprchcndcd
for blowing open the District Attorneys Safe and
in whose possession, on the steps OF Mr..
Alcxandcrs house, found the books and
papcrs that were TO destroy Alcxandcr's
influence before the Congressional Committee 1t will


hat tl,. hail YInH f.,sn
worthless and the prisoner has never been heard from
Year: 1875

VERDICT OF THE COURT OF INoUIRY-AN ERROR
OF JUDGMENT BY THE CAPTAIN.


LONDON, August q, 1875.
The investigation by tho Board Of Trade into the loss
Of the steamer Abbotsford has resulted in verdict
that her captain mado Of judgment, but his
certihcat is returned to him.
Year: 1875

THE WILCOX GIBBS SEWING MACHINE COM,
PANY have just laced upon the market their SILENT
SEWING MACHINE, with


AUTOMATIC TENSION
This is the most marvellous Improvement OF the day
sewing machines In practical utility It ecpses everything
hitherto There is of tension required OF
machine perfect work is guaranteed kns
or thickness OF material Main office 6oS Broadway, n. Y
Year: 1875

FINE THING FOR THE TEETH.


The fragrant SozopoNr has taken very prominent place
among the approved dentifrces Of the day II is
popular article for the toilet, highly recommended by
all who have used n beautifer and preserver of the
teeth refreshing the mouth sweeenng the breath and
resting the progress of decay.
Year: 1875

SUN AND WIND DISFIGURE MANY A LOVELY
complexion our fashionable rural resorts Their effects
NAV however, be prevented with GLgNS's SULPHuR
SoAP which being pure wholesome purifier and beautheI
of the skin is infinitely preferable to any cosmetic
Year: 1875

by the South. The people refused to be
deceived then. Let us be equally vigilant
now. National patriotism can never be
to fervent, or too suspicious of those who
deprecate its free expression.


1t is now nearly twenty years since the
result of a presidential election has been
peacefully acquiesced in by the defeated
party The choice of Buchanan, in 1886,
was followed by no dangerous expressions
of the deep discomfort it created; but
Lincoln's authority was resisted by eleven
States, from the day OF his Inauguration
until a month after his second term began,
and when the rebellion was driven into
| the last ditch, he was assassinated by one
of its natural outgrowtbs, within week.
/ That Grants authority has not yet been
openly defed is true, but the embers OF
/ rebellion are carefully kept alive, ana
peace has not been restored.


The rebels and malcontents now pro-
pose to drive enough Republicans away
from the polls at the South TO give tne
Democracy OF that section voice entirely
out of proportion TO their numerical


strength AN insolent and revolutionary
subversion of the right Of the people tC
the choice of President. Terrorism ano


violence are TO be substituted tor the


peaceful decision Of the majority. The


past ought to admonish the late rebels


aud their abettors, to beware how they


thus challenge the manhood Of the North


The knavery which, under the thir
guise of local interests, strives to wholly


divert public attention from the grea
I overshadowing question we have herr
presented, is clearly in the interest o
! those who are preparing to strike blow


at the vitals of the Nation. The enemie
| of the Nation cannot be friends OF tn
4, Stotn
Year: 1875

WASHING NOT TAKEN ma good
old minister in one of our New England
Baptist churches was agreeably surprised
by the intelligence from one Of his flock
that five individuals had expressed de-
sire on the next Sunday to have the bap-
tismal rite performed upon themselves
After the performance, however, he wa:
somewhat chagrined that only one out o.
the fv4 joined the society Of which he
was pastor.


A few Sundays after the same worthy
elder waited on him with the. Intelligence
that ten more desired immersion.


And how many of them will join the
society ?" queried the minister.


"Two, l regret to say are all we car
depend on"


Very wei )" said the good old man
"you may as well inform the other eigh
that this church don't take in washing
Year: 1875

THAT was an irreverent youth who, his
aged parent desiring to retire from the re-
tail trade aud take Government position,
said " You in the post-oAice Nice old
party you'd be in the post-office. What
would you do except stand in the doorway
with your mouth open for folks to wet
postage stamps on your tongue ?"
Year: 1875

WITH all his faults and crotchets,
Senator Andrew johnson has rarely IN
the course of a long public career,
been accused OF improperly using
money TO secure political Advancement.
Personal honesty has been one Of hls
strong points in nearly all his hard
fought contests. He can therefore
afford to smile, and people generally
may look skeptically upon the charges
now made against him IN the Tennes-
see Legislature, namely, that he bought
his way to the United States Senate.
But it is proper that such accusations
should receive attention whenever made,
and the ex-President has so many
jealous enemies In Tennessee that there
Is no reason to believe that In this case
there viii not be a thorough inTestiga-
tiOn.-Ne1U York Tribune.


Even a journal as able and as gene
rally well-posted as the Tribune gets
things mixed sometimes. 1t all comes
at the little word Gin, !" which we have
italicized ,on that account. Had the
Tribune writer glanced oyer the Nash
vile papers with ordinary care, he
would have understood that the charges
are not made 'sin'' the Tennessee Leg
islature, or Gin" the State Of Tennes-
see, but In the Net0 Orleans, Times. A
dispatch was sent to the proprietors of
that paper, on Thursday last, by the
investigating committee, with view to
eliciting the evidence upon which the
article was based, but no answer has
yet been received. In its issue
of the 18th, the day after
the dispatch of inquiry must
have come to hand, the Times
thus editorially introduces the resolu-
ton adopted by the House: eff we are
not disappointed, we shall shortly be
able to publish further evidence Of a
| character that cannot be snuffed out
with a resolution" This would look
as if the Times people had actually
come into possession Of some damning
testimony, but for the fact that the
authorship Of the charges is beginning
to leak out. The Memphis AUalanehe
says they are generally credited to one
Smith, who was dismissed from two
different papers of that city last yeal
for corrupt conduct. He drifted
down to New Orleans, and at last
found a harbor in the Times
Office. Smithf-we must have
heard the name before. Can it be the
same fellow who, when the yellow feVel
was at its worst in Memphis, some
eighteen months ago, sent to the st
Louis Republican and Louisville Courier
Journal and other papers slanderouI
dispatch charging the citizens Of Mem
phis with gross inhumanity toward
those who had been stricken down witt
the pestilence? Public indignation
we remember, forced that member o.
the Smith FANNY into a humiiatinl
retraction, and he has been in disreput,
among newspaper men ever since
Should the responsibility for thes'
charges be fastened on the Smith We
have IN our minds eye, the investigat'
ing committee need go no farther
They must simply consider the source
and drop the subject.
Year: 1875

THE Cincinnati Enquirer thus at
tennis 70 500, ,tbe the many furiously
loyal persons " 'bo have prOfessed to
feel great alarm fo- the safety of the
country, because a Lsrge number of ez-
Confederate soldiers have been elected
to Congress. ''The great mass OF the
intellect, wealth and manhood Of the
South was engaged in the late war
against the Federal Government.
To exclude It from participation IN
the General Administr ratiOn is
really to exclude that great sec
ton of the Union itself. We don't want
TO make ex-President Lincoln and ex-
Secretary of State Seward liars when
they announced to foreign govern
ments that the vacant seats OF the
Southern Representatives in Congress
were only waiting for their return; that
no opposition would be interposed by
rs to their return, but that the war WIS
being waged for that purpose. For the
first time since 1861, these vacant seats
in Congress are to be filed in pursu-
znce Of these promises, and because OF
it there should be congratulation from
one end Of the Union to the other"
Year: 1875

AND now we are told that Attorney
General Williams is going to resign.
The Washington gossipers insist on
predicting Carpenter as his successor,
in spite Of the fact that the Wisconsin
lawyer, in his last speech before the
Senate, held that the Civil Rights bill
is unconstitutional In each and all of
its provisions.
Year: 1875

In South Hadley, Mass, recently, an
absent-ninded man ordered coffin for a
deceased friend, and left his own name TO
be inscribed on the lid in place Of that Of
the dead man. The mistake was not dis
covered in season to rectify it.
Year: 1875

Now let the Keely Motto: be brought
forward. The country is ready for some
powerful novelty The motor is one of
that class, and its inventor will do the
newspaper world priceless favor by
giving public exhibition of its power.
Year: 1875

One Of the most prevalent fnlIacics that
disturb the public: mind to-day is the
idea TINT it III harmful to 20 into the
water when heated with work, walking,
running, or exercise Of any kind. How
many times, when boys, have We had that
injunction laid upon us by anxious moth
crs, not to go into the water when we
were warm or pcrspiring. But We often


used to see our playmatcs 90 into the


water when literally dripping with per-
spiration, and could not understand how
they could escape the dread consco uenccs
which VIC always had been led to believe
would follow. The true rule seems to be,
rather, not to battle when The system Is
tired or exhausted, and if this rule is
faithfully carried out; any one in good
health may take n plungc-bath in cold


water, however warm they may he. When
the system is fresh, it reacts quickly from
the numbing effects of tho cold dash,
leaving the person feeling freshcr and
clearer than before; on the contrary, when
worn with toll and fatigue, there is not
TINT reserve force to draw upon, and. the
consequences are often quite serious. Let
parents and all others disnbusc themselves
of that exploded notion, and onl bear in
mind the rule here brought forward, never
to bathc when the body Is tired and the
system not in condition to ,sustaia fur
ther demands upon it.-Seienee Of Health.