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Year: 1877

The proposition of Mr.. HEARN to re-
store to the Governor the appointing
power is one, the soundness of which i'm.
media,ely suggests itself to every right
thinking man The people elect the
Governor to be their chief exc
cutiye officer, and the success
or failure of the administration OF whi;h
he is supposed to be the head is atsrib-
uted to him. II he has 10 bear the re-
sponsibility, he ought to be SO situated
rs 10 control his subordinates. When the
appointing power Is taken from him,
you at once de,ract from the dignity Of
the office and lessen its responsibilities.
There can be no sound reason


why this power should be con-
ferred upon the Board of Public


Works. 1t is true it WAS done at a
time of strong political excitement, ana
when . bitter partisan feeling Was eI-
cited. but even that, while it nigh, serve
as an excuse, was hardly justification
for the innovation upon the prerogstive
Of a chief magistrate of State. But
that excuse does not exist now, and for
the sake of the dignity attaching to the
office Of Governor, for the sake of the best
interests of the State and for the sake OF
common courtesy due our Executive, We
hope the Legislature viii favorably con-
slider Mr.. HkARS's proposition and re-
store the appointing power to where it
properly belongs. ..-
Year: 1877

The Board of Regents Of this institu-
ton recommend cshnge in the present
manner of making a yearly appropria-
tion .pr the wants of the institution, and
ask in lieu thereof the Legislature to
grant an annuity of thirty thousand to
cover all expenses. They also recon-
mend change in the manner of callect-
ing accounts from the several counties
for clothing furnished INDECENT pupils, as
they find themselves unable to collect
these bills under the present Jaw.


From the report OF tha Superintendent
we learn that the attendance Of pupils
for the last two years las been as follows:


Deaf


Mutes. Blind Total.
Year: 1877

Of the number of deaf mutes present
last session, SIX will not return, and OF
the blind one or two may not desire to
continue any longer at school, on account
OF their advanced ages which will reduce
the number present and enrolled last
session to seventy-six, TO which add
twelve new ones, already at the lnstitu-
ton, and nine more yet to come, with
two. who were formerly in attendance,
and the whole number for the ensuing
session will be nlnety-nine, (twenty-six
blind and seventy-three deaf mutes. The
course of instruction Is very thorough un-
der the direction of the Superintendent
and a corps OF competent assistants. in
cludlng all the studies embraced in an
ordinary academic education. Thr sys-
tenn of raised letters being, of course,
used for the blind pupils. In addition
to the literary department there is a
school of handicrart which Is very
commendable feature. What is being
done in this school may be learned from
the Principal, who says:


Four shops have been in quite success
ful operation tor the past two years, dur
ing the period of the schools, in which
are taught, csrpeting, shoe making, tailor.
Ing, mattress making, broom making and
cal Q seating. To these, we should add
the girls sewing room, in which many
garments were made for their own use,
and large quantity OF under clothing
tor the boys The amount OF work done
by these shops, and the sewing room is
shown in the appendix to this report.
The amount SC. apart by you at your
last annual meeting, for the purchase of
a printing press and Lecessary material,
proving TO be sufficient tor the purpose,
the purchase has already been made, and
the Office will be put in operation, as soon
as the new shops building is completed,
thus affording number of our more in
telIgent deaf mute boys employment in
the publication of q paper, devoted to
the interests of the deaf and dumb and
the blind. -


The style OF dress for the pupils is uni
forms and not extrsvagant. We give
the statement of outfit of clothing for the
pupils.
Year: 1877

This institution, together with the
Hospital for Insane, appeals strongly to
our sympathies and deserves liberal
support. The State has done credita-
BILE deed in founding this charity, so be-
neyolent in its aims and so well adapted
to accomplish fruitful results. 1t is a
difficult task to enlighten the darkened
understanding of those-some OF whom
never saw light, and Others who
never heard or srticulated 3
sound. 1t requires patience and
perseverance, but the work when done
brings the greater reward because of the
difficulty OF the task. The exhibition
given in this city last winter was full
evidence of the skill, isitbfulness and
energy of the Principal and his associates
in casting light upon the minds OF
Natures poor unfortunates. The enter
prise being q noble one, we confidently
hope that the people of the State will
cordially sustain and countenance the
good work.
Year: 1877

previously destitute. The hopes
and fears OF those interested in the
problem have latterly been happily
puttO rest, the United States COM
missioner having received on the
10Th of May a fine genuine four
pound white shad, taken at Louis
vile, and forwarded by the fish
commissioners of Kentucky.


According to their report, some
forty or fifty shad had been taken
daily for some time previous with a
drag seine Of only thirty or forty
yards in length, this being swept
from the shore, outside of the chan
mel, in water not over three or four
feet deep.


1t is well known that large her.
ring is found throughout the waters
Of the United States, both those of
the Atlantic coast and of the Gulf
of Mexico, which ascends the Mis-.
sissippi river, and which has not
unfrequently been mistaken for the
true shad, several specimens of this
having been sent to Washington
under a mistaken impression in re-
gard to them. OF the true charac-
ter Of the one just received there
is no doubt whatever.


Many millions of young shad
have been planted in the tributaries
Of the Mississippi since 1873, and
preparations are now being made
for renewing the work en a larger
scale than usual during the present
season. AS, however, four years
period is well established as thai
required for the maturing of the
shad, and as the fish always return
to spawn to the place from which
I they started, there is every reason
l to believe that the Louisville catch
is a portion Of the stock planted al
Salamanca or in the White river
and which are now on their way up
and that, with the proper means o
capture, they will be heard from al
other points. Any fact bearing on
this point should be communicated


to the United States commissioner,
Professor Baird, at Washington.
Year: 1877

Fraternity between the Northern
and Southern Presbyterian churches
is not so firmly established as has
been supposed. A communication
from the Southern assembly, sitting
in New Orleans, to the Northern,
in Chicago, complains that the
latter body has not taken back the
severe censures of Southern Pres
byterians uttered during the war.
The Southern assembly wishes the
Northern to declare that these sob
noxious things were said and done
in time of great excitement, and
are to be regretted, and that now,
on a calm review, the imputations
cast upon the Southern church, of
schism, heresy, and blasphemy, are
disapproved." The disposition of
the Northern assembly at the time
of this writing is to make to the
Southern church no further over.
lures than have been made.


Very important action was taken
by the Northern assembly on the
question Of publishing Sunday
newspapers, which came up on an
appeal of the church at Sewickly,
Penn. A report was adopted, in
which it is set forth "that any vol
untary participation in the publica-
ton and sale of Sunday newspapers
is inconsistent alike with obedience
to the law of god and membership
in the Presbyterian church"


At meeting Of ruling elders who
are commissioners to the general as
sembly, the question of the partici-
patton Of women in the exercises
of prayer-meetings was fully dis
cusSed. Upon taking vote, forty
elders, or more than half, acknowl-
edged that in their churches the
practice of such participation was
established. Fifteen more declared
in its favor. The board of church
erection reported receipts for the
year of 100000, and a balance in
hand of $4,000; 172 churches have
been built during the year.
Year: 1877

pupal sleep of from five to seven
days, one end of the pupa case is
pushed off, and, with a very strik-
ing change, physical and psyche
logical, the maggot, living a life of
squalor in its revolving food, is
transformed into the volant, curso-
rial being, animated by new in
stincts and mental traits.
Year: 1877

Mormon.


Memory McCrary, a brother of
the secretary of war, has been a
Mormon for tthe last twenty-five
years, and has now gone to Wash
ington to see his brother. He has
two wives. The other day a repor-
ter interviewed one of his sons, who
was quite communicative. He said
his father had taken his second
wife about eighteen months ago.
"She was a widow named Thorn
ton, and had a batch Of young ones
by her former husband. But Lord!
you ought to have seen the rumpus
mother kicked up when the old
man let out that he was going to
marry a second. She hit him on
the snout with a rolling-pin, broke
a wash-pitcher over his head, tore
his best Sunday go-to-meeting coat
to strips and threatened to break
his back if ever he brought No. 2 to
her house. / tell you, there was
lots of fun for a little while now
it's all over. Mother had to give
in.o
Year: 1877

Out OF the Silence." The night has fled


The sun has risen-the east is gay:
And fair, like maiden garmented


For loving espousal, comes the day
Song Is before her, and sound behind


ripple Of river and swell of sea:
Songsters, adjoining, pour on the wind


Chorus Of infinite melody!


out OF the Silence" The hours are feet
And time is d torrent none can stay:
Manhood and youth with feverish heat
Laugh for little and pass away!
80 for summer | seek to soar.


Sing through the season the roses reign
Ar. ! will listen to doubt no more.


One must adventure ii one would gain
out OF the Silence,' For veal or woe.


kobed III the ralment of modest trust:
Nobler to strive with a stronger foe


Than rest in slothlul ease. and rust
50 for the day and / kneel and pray


The tates would favor an early light:
SWeeten the way for first essay


Out Of the Silence to sound and liglt,
John Bower
Year: 1877

\ NEW CURE FOR ASTHMA. \ new
remedy for that somewhat intractahlc
complaint. asthma, is at present adNo-
Gated. 1t is said that the smoke of the
leaves OF belIadonna is even more ellica
cious than Stramonium for relieving asth
matte persons. The m0Tius opeya,tdi is to
smoke the leaves OF the belladOnna plant
in long pipe, drawing the fumes deeply
into the chest. Should the patient be
suffering So violently that he cannot use
the pipe. the breathing of an atmosphere
in which the leaves are burned will be
found beneficial
Year: 1877

\ DURABLE W IIITEW ASH. For Il good
Out door WhiteWaSh that will not rub off,
mix ulslacllcd lime With about as much
water as will be required i'll use, and add
about half Il pound ot talloW for each peek
of lime. The heat of the lime in slack
ing mclts the talloW, which should be
thoroughly stirred in and the stirring
continued while using. Spoiled lard or
other grease will answer in place Of the
t1liOW.
Year: 1877

In the vicinity of one of the small rail
way stations in Washoe valley resided.
a short time ago, Il beautiful young lady,
who was greatly admired by all the SwanS
in the valley. one of the number who
was greatly infatuated with the fair maid
en- was exceedingly annoyed, owing to
the fact that he could never have the OPP
portunity of speaking with the young
lady alone. Go whatever night he would.
he always found half dozen of his hated
rivals at the house in advance OF himself
At length, growing desperate, he pro
posed to the Young lady in the presence
of one of the enemy, and was accepted.
Overlovcd at his success, he asked the
Young gentleman to act as second man
at the wedding. The other declined the
invitation, saying that if he could NOT br
first he did not care to be anything.
Year: 1877

KISSES. Beat three fresh eggs to Il
still troth and stir in five spoontuls of the
finest powdered sugar; flavor with lemon.
Butter Il pan and lay in white paper;
drop the mixture on il in cakes of u tea
spoonful each. Silt sugar over and bake
in a Slow oven for half an hour
Year: 1877

Young men have many, very many
battles to fight in this world; obstacle
after obstacle is thrown in their path ;
but there is a time when life seems a bur
den to Il young man, and his heart is as
crushed is puIvcrized sugar. That time
is when he engages to escort a young lady
home. They take the street cars, and
when the conductor comes around the
young man finds he has only eleven cents
to pay two fares
Year: 1877

The conclusions reached by the
"Tramp Convention" in Baltimore
are entitled to great respect on ac-
count of the high character of the
delegates and their familiarity with
all aspects of the subject under dis
cussion. The convention was called
by the Prisoners Aid Society, the
purpose of whose corporate existence
is to befriend the criminal and the
outcast, and to restore them to ways
of honesty and industry, Eminent
clergymen, jurists and philanthropy
lists were invited to be present, and
the meeting was one of the strongest
representations of those and other
good classes ever held in Maryland
If such a convention had leanings
and prejudioes, these would be sub
posed to be toward the tramps as an
abused and misunderstood race of
men. Ali that charity and kindness
could plead in his behalf might be
expected by the tramp from such a
body. He cannot complain that the
Convention did not give him q
fair show" for his case occupied their
time and thoughts for the best part of
two days.


The action which they finally
took was that to which all true
philanthropists and all upholders
of law and order have been for
ced in every country where the
tramp has been intelligently trea-
ted. Their object is, primarily,
the good of the tramp himself by
curing his vagrancy, and second
ly, the protection of the public
against him. This they would
accomplish in Maryland by the
adoption of law providing in
substance that all professional
tramps shall be arrested and sent
to work in the House of Correc-
ton. The effect oi such a statute,
if enfroced, would surely be to
keep these vagabonds out of
Maryland. This has been the
uniform operation of such a
system wherever int reduced in
the United States
Year: 1877

enlightened pross and people Of the
North, ho can afford to pass over il
silence tho petty mouthing of those
Radical papers whose political creed
begins and ends with hatred to the
South and her people.
Year: 1877

Judge Lawrence, q Republican
member of tho Congressional CONF
mittee in Columbia. regards any
thing with black skin as an ebony
cherub without wings. IIe had
thirty-fve of these wingloss angels
of dark complexion hanging
around the Wheeler House efor o
week drawing per diem and mileage
from tho government The other
night one Of them stole his boots,
and the noxt day the Judge might
have been seen skipping around in
his slippers, looking very disconso-
late, and wondering how any por
ton of the colored race could
be 80 degraded as to steal
Congressman's boots.
Year: 1877

DEATH OF MIss Nancy ELLIoTT.-


This old lady. who lived to be %, and
who recently died at her residence in this
county. could read without spectacles. sho
was ford of poetry and enjoyed it to the
last.-DaRriRe Times.
Year: 1877

Difficulties well nigh insuperable are
commonly compared to the labor Of finding
needle in haymow, but it would appear
that some needles are very hard to lose even
when cast loose in what seems far more
hopeless place. Cleopatra's Needle. re-
ported one day as cut adrift in heavy
storm and at bad place on the rough
French coast, is less than day later re-
ported found on the coast of Spain, having
driven fair across 1.-THE Bay of Biscay o, and
having never, it is reasonably to be hoped,
come into collision with the rocky barriers
Of that part Of the world. It seems a won
derful chance that this iron tube, lying SO
low in the sea and not visible certainly at
great distance, should be SO soon espied and
brought in, and the fact indicates, at least,
how little the great Atlantic is q mere waste
of waters. There is, of course, as yet some
uncertainty whether or no the hard usage
of the storm has left the treasure within the
tube unharmed. Perhaps there was not at
any time much danger that the tube would
90 down at sea but if the sea should have
beaten it on the coast for few hours it
might without opening the tube have
broken the bearings that held the stone in
its place, and thus eventually presented to
the eyes of the learned in England the
sight of pulverzed obelisk. But the good
fortune OF the recovery is SO great that we
may readily trust it reaches yet little
further and touches the condition Of the
monument. Had, however, the persons in
charge of this removal noted the HERALD's
prediction of that storm, which reached
Europe many days in advance of the storm,
they could have prevented altogether the
exposure of the needle to such dangerous
| possibilities.
Year: 1877

rangement would not apply to Congress-
men, State Legislators and Aldermen, or to
Presidents and Governors who shape and
carry out the peculiar principles and policy
Of the party they represent. 1t would, how-
ever get rid of great deal of the political
place hunting and patronage which lie at
the foundation Of our civil service short
comings. AS sound basis of reform we
commend the suggestion to the attention of
the civil service reformers. 1t may receive
the serious attention of political parties if
the Presidents laudable effort to separate
the public office-holders from politics should
unhappily prove failure.
Year: 1877

All the American journals reproduced q
few days since recent article in the Lon
don World, purporting to be an interview
with General Grant, in which he was repre-
sented to have made remarks about the late
Commodore Vanderbilt and his son, Mr..
William II. Vanderbilt, which are so un-
called for and so unjust that we can hardly
conceive the possibility of General Grant
having made them. 1t seems great deal
more likely that the reporter of the inter-
view misunderstood what General Grant
said, and then in writing out the conversa-
tion from recollection exaggerated his own
misconception. Had the interview been
with some flying European tourist who
had just returned from this country it
would not have been more absurd than the
notions which credulous travellers fre-
quently carry home with them but General
Grant should be too intelligent to fall into
such mistakes. 1t is more probable that an
English interviewer, in reciting from men,
ory conversation which he represented
to have lasted several hours, should have
got things as badly awry as tourists in this
country often do in relating what they think
they have heard from Americans on this side
of the Atlantic.
Year: 1877

Efforts will be made by this Congress to
so amend the federal constitution as to
avoid in future the dangers which assailed
the Republic last winter. A motion has
been made in the Senate to appoint COM
mittee OF able and experienced men to de-
wise and digest plan, and Nh. Springer, Of
the House, has already matured plan Of
his own which he will soon present. We
are glad that the necessity of such amend
ments is generally recognized but we do
not think it expedient to discuss the details
of any particular scheme until after the sub
ject shall have been submitted to an able and
responsible committee. Mr.. Springer's plan,
which We print elsewhere, has plausible fea-
lures. Its substance is direct vote in each
State for President and Vice President, and
a division of the electoral votes to which
the State is entitled among the candidates
in proportion to the number Of popular
votes which they may respectively receive.
We sec no urgent reason for starting this
subject in the extra session, and should
Senator Morton be able to attend the regu-
lar session he ought to be the chairman of
the committee as he has bestowed more
study on this question than any other pub
lie man Of equal ability.
Year: 1877

The House was not in session yesterday,
and the Senate was occupied nearly all day
on the question of the admission OF the
Louisiana Senators, which was finally re-
ferred to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections. The debate did not touch the
merits OF the question except in general
way, and the speeches on either side were
as rule free from partisan bitterness


Both sides seemed to be reluctant to open
up the old story and to be conscious OF the
fact that the country is sick and tired OF the
dreary tale. The contest was whether the
credentials of Mr.. Spoford should be re-
terred to the committee, and that course
was decided upon by strict party
vote of SO to 33, Mr.. Davis, Of
Illinois, voting with the democrats. Al
though Mr.. Christiancy voted for the refer
ence he made the significant declaration
that he should be governed entirely by the
legal and not the party considerations in
volved in the case Senators Booth and
Matthews also voted with the republican
majority, which plainly shows that the Presi-
dent has not made the admission of Mr..
Spoiford an administration question, in
which position he will be fully sustained by
the good sense of the country The second
vote, on instructing the committee to report
on the first OF next month, was perhaps more
significant than the first one. If the motion
had been sustained it would, of course, have
brought the question squarely before the
Senate in O short time I: but it was defeated
by nearly the same strict party vote, and
if the committee is so disposed it can hold
Messrs. Spofford and Eustis in their present
delightful state of uncertainty until the end
of the session, unless, which is not very
probable, the Senate should order other
wise. This action looks like an indefinite
postponement Of the Louisiana question.
Year: 1877

At the last session OF the Legislature the
HERALD had occasion to call attention to the
names Of certain New York members of AS
sembly who had disregarded the wishes Of
the people and the interests of the city by
opposing rapid transit and laboring in the
service of the horse car railroad companies.
1t is probable that some Of these unfaithful
representatives may again be candidates for
the State Senate or Assembly, and the
people should in all cases vote against them.
The main difficulties in the way Of rapid
transit in the courts have, happily, been re-
moved by the decision of the Court of Ap-
peals declaring the law OF 1875 constitu-
tional; but bad legislation may embarrass
the work and postpone the great public i'm
provcmcnt on which the future progress
and welfare of tho city 50 much depend.
No Senator or Asscinblyman who will sit at
Albany the representative Of horse car
corporation rather than of the people of
New York should receive support at the
polls. Party ties are OF little consequence
rs compared with a question involving the
best interests Of the city and Of it's inhab-
itants
Year: 1877

A meeting is to be held at Steinway Hall


on Monday evening next to urge upon the
people of the city and the State the impor-
tance OF securing the submission Of the pro-
posed constitutional amendments providing
for the future management Of municipal
governments on an honest efficient and
economical basis. The Committee of Ar
rangemonts is headed by Royal Phelps, and
comprises the names of some of the
wealthiest and most prominent merchants
and bankers Of the city. There is danger
that tho machine politicians, who do not
desire well guarded and economical city
government will secretly labor to secure q
large vote against these amendments, and
should the friends Of retrenchment and re-
form neglect to agitate the question they
may be defeated by default, although really
favored by large majority of the electors of
the State. The meeting is timaly, and the