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Year: 1879

OPPOSED TO Fasting IN LENT.-The Phila-
i.pb;a Record SAYS number of members
d he Reformed Episcopal Church in that
civ propose to discontinue the observance
Of Lent as season of fasting. They urge
tia. the indulgence in worldly pleasure
sbefore and after Lent is increased by way
0. compensation for enforced abstention
during the season of fasting, while they
also urge that uniform moderation of life
is the Church's great need, and that this
nay be better secured without Lenten OBJ
ssrvance than with them.
Year: 1879

The scandals in connection with the New
York Insane Asylums were considered at a
great public meeting at Cooper Union, the
other night, which was presided over by
George William Curtis. In his opening al
dress Mr. Curtis urged the necessity of such
q change in the laws governing them as
would keep every detail of their administra-
tion constantly in the focus of publicity. In
the Union at the present time it is estimated
that there are $4,000 insane persons, the
largest part of whom are under public care.
In the State of New York there are probably
5000 such persons. During the last ten
years the State of New York has expended
S4,S0O,00O in the construction of three asy-
lums and in the enlargement of another, and
within these asylnms at the present time
there are about 27O patients Mr.. Curtis
dwelt upon the fact that for ten years past,
the city of New York had paid five-twelfths
of the taxation of the State, and had, there
fore, contributed S2,000000 towards the
erection of those three asylums, although,
US he said, there were not more than thirteen
patients from the city within their walls at
this time. He thought it was time that an
inquiry was made as to how all the vas; ex-
penditures for the care and treatment of the
insane were applied. The meeting finally
adopted series of resolutions declaring 1t
to be unwise to cntrust the care of the insane
exclusively 10 officials, and that L Lunacy
Commission, modelled somewhat on the plan
Of the Lunacy Commissions that have been
so long in successful operation in Great
Britain and elsewhere, should he appointed
in the State of New York" \ committee
was appointed to prepare bill creating such
a commission and present it to the next legis-
lature, and also to take steps for the forma-
tion of Il National Association for the pro
lection of the insane.
Year: 1879

The Boston T'rdcei,r thus sets forth the
extent of the conspiracy against popular
government, the first outcroPpins Of which
IN Maine Is now arousinS such general IT.
buke:


We cannot believe that even the persons
who have usurpcd the government of Maine
would have embarked in the land piracy in
which they are engaged. had they not had
an ulterior end in view. a far greater eni
than that of keeping, or of obtaining, the
control of any State government We are.
in fact living in the midst of Il great and
widcly-spread conspiracy. the object oi
which is to restore Democratic rule OF thr
Union. hv any means. and 10y all means
within the compass of human power WELD
ed and directed by the worst men of Ia"
country, whose abilities are quite equal to
the infamous task in which they are
engaged. Having made a solid South, and
thus made themselves invincible in every one
of the Southern States for al the talk about
the Republicans getting this or That South
crn State to vote for their candi-
dates. next November, is the drcar-
lest drivcl that ever WAS uttered. the Dem
ocr.iS are at liberty to devote all their cncr-
.ics. and all their rogucry. To the North.
What has been done in Maine is Il fair spCci-
men of their unfair work. They have stolen
the Legislature Of the State, and with the
Legislature goes the executive branch of the
Government and. thus armed with what
they have stolen, they will have the power
to eiyc the electoral vote Of the State to the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency.
Just 50 soon ~ they shall have organized
next wears Government. and the people shall
have arquicsccd in their uSurpali'n. they
can. cunstirutinnally and LEGALLY, confer the
power To choose Presidential Electors upon
the Legislature. and cause them to be chosen
bv the uSurping knaves who will then form
the majority of the Legislature Of Maine. 1t


is this fact that makes it doubtful whether
the people should submit 10 the usurpcrs.
The question oi resistance is one tlnl the
prnplr Of Maine alone can decide.
Year: 1879

a PORTLAND letter says: The people ol
this State are law-abidins people and hesi-
tate 10 resort to violent measures; but there
comes time when forbearance ceases to be
Il virtue, and during the next four weeks the
tempers of the better class Of citizens will
undergo a strain that will test them as by
fire.


The facts in reference to the vote Of Port
land leave little doubt that the Democratic
ward officers of Democratic ward returned
about fifty votes to the city clerk as ''scat-
tering" in order that they might he returned
in this manner TO the Democratic Governor
and Executive Council. and afford that body
a pretext for refusing certificates 10 the Re
publican Representatives elected by major
ity of five hundred. No wonder the decent
Democrats are ashamed of the outrage


THE Boston TraoeYer thinks that the re-
commendation of the President and of the
Secretary Of the Treasury, touching the legal
tender quality of the United States notes, is
not acceptable to majority of either party
in Congress, and will not be carried
out, because there is general opinion
in Congress that the country is well
satisfied with the present financial
condition and therefore satisfied with the
existing financial system; and because there
is also a general opinion that any movement
looking to a change in the system will be
fatal to the leaders engaged in it, and to the
party that shall become responsible for the


undertaking.
Year: 1879

The Chicago JocrnaES reporter tel
egraphed it, and that sheet gave pub
licity to the statement, the Gen.
GRANT was legged at Gales5urg."
The story is going the rounds Of our
exchanges in this form:


At Galesburg. Ill, On Wednesday
evening last, the people, without dis
tinction of party, were waiting the
arrival of Gen. GRANT and his family.
The whole town was excited. Bon
fires blazed in the streets, fireworks
filed the air, houses and stores were
Illuminated, and a large multitude as
sembled to do honor t0their illustrous
guest and fellow citizen. AS Gen.
GRANT appeared upon the platform Of
his car in answer to the united calls Of
thepeople to make few remarks, some
vile Copperhead sC0undrel flung an
egg at the General which hit him
squarely on the head. A gentleman
in the crowd stepped forward and
offered 500 reward for the arrest Of
the ruffian. Fortunately for the
latter, he could not be detected In
all probability he would have been
killed outright by the indignant citi-
zens had he been discovered. It seems
scarcely possible that any man could
be so degraded and so warped by
party zeal or bitterness as to be guilty
Of so low and base an act as to offer
this wanton insult to a man whom
every loyal American holds in such
exalted respect and honor. 1t is
almost a pity that the dirty wrench
who could so far disgrace himself,
his part and the people of Galesburg
could not have been caught and an
example made of him on the spot
which would have effectually cured
his poisonous Copperheadism at the
same time.
Year: 1879

THE unprecedente drain Of gold
from England to this country has
caused the Bank of England to raise
the interest on all mercantile paper
from two to three per cent, The OBJ
ject was to check the expectation of
gold by making money dearer.
Year: 1879

TILDEN is not very well thought of
by the Washington Democratic organ,
and he now thinks of starting a paper
Of his own in that city. Montgomery
Blair and Watterson are spoken of for
the editOr-in- chiefship.
Year: 1879

"A NOVEL way of paying off debt
is being mooted in New Orleans. A
private company proposes to pay all
the present claims against the city,
providing it will assign to them all de-
hnquent tax bills, besides transferring
all the city property to their credit.
Year: 1879

MANY anxious eyes are turned to>
wards the East to catch the
first glimpse of that new MayOralty
star that is to peep up over
the horizon. There is sc me fear. how
ever. that its splendor will dim the
"briNiaGcy.- of the other ones-will
prove q regular moon, in fact of
cheese.
Year: 1879

THE Atlanta Constitution says that
there is no longer any use of conceal
ing the fact that kellogg must go.
This does not surprise us. We have
been expecting this for some time.
The Senate is getting too close to be
comfortable. It will make US $4,000
votes next year.
Year: 1879




The Congressional labor committee seems
to have Jared much as did that prehistoric
king of France who with twice ten thousand
men marched up hill and then marched down
again. The committee is headed by one OF
the most blatant demagogues now in public
life-IIendrick B. Wright of Pennsylvania
but even his eyes We're unable TO discover
the grindstone on which he claims the
laboring mans nose is bcins ground. 1t is
announced by a gentleman who accompanied
the committee in their percsrinations
through the country that the depression of
labor and business, into the cause and the
remedies for which the committee was to in
quire, were not very perceptihle anywhere
on the route, and the farther West the conf
mittee travelled the more difficult it became
to discover any traces of such depression.
At Chicago there were communists, social
unfortunate real estate speculators who had
their various opinions on the way to improve
society and To- bring about the millennium of
the working classes, but their views, il they
ever make part of the committees report,
will not add much To the stock of the worlds
wisdom and on the whole the principal
thing achieved by the committee appears To
have been Il pleasant trip 10 Chicago, Salt
Lake City and San Francisco at the public
expense
Year: 1879

Fellows Compound Syrup is composed of
Ingredients identical with those which consti-
tutc Healthy Blood, Muscle and Nerve and
and Brain Substance, whilst Life itself is d-
rectly dependent upon some of them.
Year: 1879

s general excitement goods at old prices
may assured that large force will do their best
supply be waited these short days The increase
Of clerks quite noticeable, but at times in the day it is far
from ample Please take kindly any disappointment in not being
served and again. We have lately gotten hold of lots
Of Dress Goods that for orde and sold
- q. s.sss A very desirable quote in Ladies' Dress
Goods:
Year: 1879

lSc1entlhc American.


In hilly locality bell will not be heard
half as far as if the land were level, or nearly
So. A bell will be heard great deal further
lengthways of valley than over the hills at
the sides. 1t is frequently the case that bell
rooms are lower than the surrounding build
ings and trees, and these distractions break
the sound and prevent its free passage to dis
tance. 1t is frequently the case, too, that tow
ers have small windows and openings, with
the lower board 30 close together as to almost
box up the sound. In cities the noise of steam
and horse cars, manufacturing establishments,
carriages and carts rattling over the pave
ments, ETC., is so great, that bells are not ex-
pected to be heard at any considerable dis
tance, and this is the reason why in all cities,
several bells are used for fire alarm purposes,
it being impossible for one bell, no matter how
large it may be- to be heard above the thousand
and one noises incident to every largo place.
The largest bell ever made in this country
weighed $1,000 pounds, and before it was frac-
tured, hung on the City Hall in New York.
On one or two occasions this bell was heard up
the Hudson river 13 miles, in the night, when
the city was comparatively quiet. Water is a
good conductor of sound, and aided materially
IN making the Dell HeafQ as ABOVE nenJlOneu.
1t is great mistake to suppose that bells can
be heard In proportion to their weight; that is,
that bell of 1000 pounds will be heard twice
as far as bell of 1000 pounds. This is not so,
for the reason that the larger bell does not
possess anything like twice the resonant sur
face of the smaller one. What is gained and
admired in the larger bell is its deep majestic,
dignifed tone, which it is impossible to secure
in the smaller one, the weight of bell inva-
riably governing its tone. A bell of 100 or 200


z1f H. H..
factory in the country, is frequently heard at a
to one of 1000 pounds in church tower near
by; and instances of this kind frequently cause
no little comment in the way of comparison.
The reason for this is, that the small bell has a
sharp, shrill, penetrating sound, that must, OF
necessity. be heard a great deal farther in pro-
portion to its weight, than the low, mellow,
''church going' sound of the church bell.
The same principle applies to the whistle OF a
locomotive, and it is heard long distance
simply because its tone is shrill and penetrat-
ing When hung stationary and struck, or
toled bells will not be heard, as rule, half
as far as when swung. The swinging motion
throws the mouth of the bell up, and not only
carries the sound off, but imparts to it rich
ness that is always absent when the bell is at
rest and struck. A great deal is to be gained
by ringing bell properly, throwing the mouth
we'll up, and not lazily jingling it. 1t is not
physical strength that is required in ringing a
bell so much as getting the knack" of catch
ing the rope Just right, particularly on the
second "down pull The windows in the
tower should be as open as possible, and the
tower should be ceiled Just above the windows
Year: 1879

Late dispatches from Augusta go to con-
firm the reports of yesterday that the Gov
ernor and the Executive Council, taking
advantage of immaterial errors in the re-
| turns, putting the hardest construction
| upon those laws which can be strained to
| give color of legality to their conduct, dis
regarding or impudently and recklessly
declaring unconstitutional the statutes which
make against their scheme, and in
defiance of the will of the voters of Maine
expressed in the ordinary way at the polls,
have refused enough certificates to Re-
publican members-elect and given enough
to defeated fusion candidates to throw the
control of the Legislature and the choice of
Governor into the hands of the Democratic
Greenback combination.


In this matter the Republican party whose
Legislative candidates having majority of
votes are deprived of their seats, has right
to complain. But the wrong done to it is
also wrong done to the voters OF the State;
for the wish of the majority has been disre-
garded and their choice ignored. No atten-
ton has been paid to'the popular will. and
the foundation principle of government by
the people impudently disregarded. 1t is a
wrong that every well-meaning citizen of
the State cannot help taking home to him
self Candid and patriotic men, to whatever
political organization they belong, must feel
aggrieved at this obvious usurpation. and will
take the earliest opportunity to rebuke it,


That these are the views taken by men
outside of the political party which he's been
defrauded of control of the State is evident
from the interviews with leading Democrats
published in our local columns The Hon.
William l.. Putnam, whose fidelity to the
old-time principles of the Democratic party
no one will presume to quesriOn, is es-
pecially clear and emphatic in his opinion.
The reported action of the Governor and
Council is, he says, neither according to law
nor justice; and, he adds, though that body
in no sense represents the Democratic party,
yet the National Democracy must bear the
blame. The remedy he points out will, we
are persuaded, commend itself to candid
men throughout the State as the proper
means of correction. He believes it to be
the duty of every citizen of Maine, what
ever his position on National matters, who
desires henceforth fair dealings in the
matter of elections, to unite with the Re-
publican party in this State for the purpose
of crushing out the coalition which now
controls the State government. OF that
belief great majority Of the people of
Maine Will be found next September.
Year: 1879

The Skowhegan Republican majority of
four hundred is to be thrown out because
the names on the Republican ballots were
printed in double columns. The manner of
printing is claimed to be "a distinguishing
mark" For that matter the Republican
ticket generally was more distinguished than
the other. Perhaps that is the reason the
Legislative majority is overthrown.
Year: 1879

A SPECIAL despatch from Washington
says that Congressman Reed, in speaking of
the news from Maine, said that he hardly
dared to contemplate the result. He feared
it meant trouble ahead. He thought the
plot could not permanently succeed without
there being very serious trouble, and he
feared that the action of the Democrats in
Maine, which was certain to be followed by
a choice of Democratic Presidential electors,
was but forerunner of a revolutionary
programme, determined on by the Demo-
Gratis of the House and Senate there, to count
out the Republican President at all hazards.
Year: 1879

THE Associated Press agents at Augusts
seem to have been asleep for the last two
days. Are they exhausted with their efforts
in sending protests and replies? Or do they
decline to be the bearers of bad news?
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for pubca-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
mumcatlons that are not used
Year: 1879

SPEAKING OF dull times. q wicked Mo-
bile man says that q few weeks ago a
stranger arrived there and bought bale
OF cotton. and rumor was at once
started that the cotton buyer had ar
rived. IL only proved to be a Chicago
man with the earache.
Year: 1879

When Chastine Cox was arrested by the Boston
police for the murder of Mrs. Hull and made con-
fession that he perpetrated the shocking crime, it
thought that there was but little to do but to
try and convict him Of the commission of the start
ling tragedy. His trial. however resulted in four
days discussion, which terminated in Cox's sentence
to be hanged the Goth OF last August Since that
time however. Cox's counsel. Mr.. William F. Howe,
has contrived by technical objections to delay the
execution OF the sentence and on writ OF error took
the appeal to the Supreme Court.


This morning the will be heard by Presiding
Judge Davis and Judges Brady and Ingalls,. and the
points that will be raised here to empanel-
ment OF the jury and the admission of jurors who
will settle the question to whether the pris-
Will be afforded another trial and have chance
to escape the scaflod
Year: 1879

Captain Charles p Williams, prominent and very
wealthy citizen stonngton. Conn, died yesterday
forenoon of sostening of the brain. He was for
many years largely engaged in the whaling business
as part owner and agent of the stonington whaling
nect At one time he the president of the New
York. Providence and Boston Railroad Company aud
also OF the Ocean Bank He had, till within two
three years. been identified with the business inter-


es;s OF the In which he resided. and was known
special friend to the widows and the fatherlcss
Year: 1879

Prof. A. S. Webster, whose name as
a teacher of the art Terpsichorean is a
household word among the amusement
loving portion Of our citizens, will open
the ball season of 1S79-S0, at his rooms
in the Masonic Temple OIL Wednesday
evening, Octoberl. As the incoming
season promises to be an unusually
brilliant one the Professor is deter
mined to make the opening fitting
introductory, and to that end has made
arrangements for his party on the lst,
which promises to make it the "affair"
of the season. The band of Philadel-
phia musicians (six in number) which
furnished the music at Ocean City dur
ing the past summer under the Prof
fessor's direction, will be present at the
opening, out of compliment to him
With such music, beautifully decora-
ted and spacious hall, the lovers of
Terpsichorean have indeed treat in
store for them on the evening Of Octo-
Der lst,
Year: 1879

About half past fur o'clock, yester


day afternoon, reporter of tho RE.


PUBLICAN, had his attention called to a


couple of darkies, employed in carting


dirt from the old building on Market


street, above Fourth, who were largely


examining an object which one of them


had jus. found among the dirt of the


cellar, as the reporter stepped up, one


Of them had just succeeded in removing


thin shell Of rust with which the ar


ticle was corroded, and beneath the dirt


a bright coppery gleam shone out. The
darks were all excitement in mo-
ment. 81 tols yer" said one exult.
ugly 81 tole yer, it was, look dere,


watts dat. IT," and then rubbing it a


little more he examined it a little
closer. "Yes sab, shuah's yer born,


II, tell yer dat's valyable." Here
the reporter took the valuable object
in lis hand and discovered that it was
an old brass button and the II which
so excited the darkey was of the
word plated on the inside OF the but
ton. When this was explained to the
lucky pair, the deep so Sho" which
rolled from between the double rows
of ivory had a ring of sorrow in it that
was painful.
Year: 1879

Yesterday afternoon about $3.50
quite an excitement was created on


Fourth street by the team of Eising g.


Lang, Pork packers, starting off on a


jaunt OF their own by Fourth street


from the depot to Orange street. The
driver had left the team standing in
front OF the depot when an idea seemed
suddenly to strike them both that they
were wanted up at the stable. An any
rate they made that place their objec-
tive point, and from the manner in
which they went up the street, they
appeared to be in hurry. One young
man described the affair by saying that
they went up the street "ell bent fer
lection" whatever that means. They
brought up at the stable however. on
Orange street above Fourth without
any apparent injury to either horses or
wagon.
Year: 1879

Seven new cases of yellow fever and
seven deaths were reported in Memphis
yesterday. Five cases of fever are said
to have developed among the negroes
on Presidents Island, five miles south
of the city. The State Board of Health
yesterday directed the local Health
authorities to continue the enforcement
of rule number 6, against the introduc-
ton of cotton, to endeavor to obtain
"an early dissolution of the so-called
Injunction" and to maintain the quar-
antine intact "for the few days which
remain before the abatement Of the
yellow fever"
Year: 1879

artistic taste of Mrs. r. s. Kirby, 2Oz
King street, in everything connected
with the millinery business is too we'll
known to need comment. The ladies
seem to rever tire in gazing upon those
beautiful goods in her handsome win
dow and shown over her counter at
prices to suit those who wish to pur-
chase. 24-4t.