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Year: 1875

A bill 10 submit to the popular vote an
Amendment to the constitution giving pow
er 10 the legislature to exempt manutac-
tuTes aud capital employed In them from
taxation.


WHEREAS, 1t is vitality important for
the prosperity Of the State TO shape leg
islation SO rs 10 attract capital and pro-
Year: 1875

OF Georgia, met q number Of the legis-
lators in private room at the Maxwell
tonight for the purpose of securing their
influence in opposition to the bill which
proposes to tax sleeping-cars. He made
en- elaborate and lengthy speech in the
interest Of the sieeping-car company,
but it is hardly probable that he can Sc
cure his end, now that cur legislature is
casting about for new sources OF revenue
in order to reduce taxation on the mass-
%
Year: 1875

ROBBERY AT THE EXCHANGE HoTEL.-Con,
ductor William n. Kinney, of the Chesa
peake and Ohio railroad, came into the city
by the express train yesterday morning and
went to bis room at the Exchange Hotel
where he boards when in Richmond, and
retired. When he got up, about l O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, be found that his vest,
in one Of the pockets Of which was his splen'
did gold watch and about $50 in money. had
been stolen from the chair or bed upo1
which it was hanging while he was sleeping
His watch is valued at about $3.50.
Year: 1875

STATE GRANGE PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY.-
The State Grange will meet in this city on
Wednesday the 18th instant at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ. They have secured the hall over
Levy Brothers store in which to hold theil
sessions. The increase in this popular Order
has been very great during the past year,
and it is estimated that there will be about
five hundred members in attendance on the
annual session.
Year: 1875

JUDGES AND JURIEs.-House bill providing
that in certain misdemeanor cases the jury
shall fix both the fine and Imprisonment has
been reported from the Senate Committee Of
Courts of Justice with the recommenda-
ton that it do not pass" The bill is now
living on the table of the Senate.
Year: 1875

ESPECIALLY ASSORTED FOR SCRAP
BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS 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 price intended to
make them popular in every sense.


Envelope No. containing SO beautiful en-
gravings) 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

They have engaged as foreman of this de-
partment, one of the most experienced Book
and Job Printers in the country; and the
presses will be superintended by a Skilled
Freshman from one of the largest offices in
New England
Year: 1875

General Bartlett so well represents
the independent voter, and this part
of his letter declining the Democratic
nomination for Lieutenant Governor
in Massachusetts so well expresses the


Independent voters position, that we


must reprint 1t: II do not see how
you could we'll do otherwise than re-


nominate for the head of your ticket
the man who has for the past year
modestly served the State with clean


hands and honest purpose, not in the


interest of any clique or party, but for
the honor and good Of the whole Com
monwealth. l appreciate and applaud
the spirit evinccd by your convention
iu It's willingness 10 subordinate party


to the public good; but, having no
desire for political office, cannot per-


suade myself that any public interest
demands, at this time, the sacrifice of
my personal wishes. If the time for
such sacradce comes, 7 shall be ready
to make 1t, whether il bo with the
Democratic party or the Republican


party (or, better still, the honest half


of BOTH, so it shall be the party which
the near future imperatively calls for
to lead the way of true reform, pure


administration and intelligent progress
"A party which shall neither be OBJ
liged to content itself with the recital
of its past achievements nor atcne for
its past mistakes
Year: 1875

IN an old churchvard stood a stone,


Weather. marked and stained,
The hand of Time had crumbled it,


So only part remained.
Upon one side could just trace,


In memory of our mother"
An epitaph which spoke of home"


Was chiseled on the other.
I'd gaZed on monuments of fame


High towering to the skies;
I'd seen the sculptured marble stone


Where great hero lies;
But by this epitaph paused,


And read it DER aud DER,
For had never seen inscribed


Such words as these before.
"She always made home happym What
A noble record left;
A legacy of memory sweet


To those she left bereft;
And what q testimony given


By those who knew her best,
Engraven on this plain, rude stone


That marked their mothers rest.
1t was humble resting place,


know that they were poor,
But they had seen their mother sink
And patiently endure;
They had marked her cheerful spirit,
When bearing, one by one,
Her many burdens up the hill,


Till all Ter work was done.
So when was stilled her weary head,
Folded her hands SO white,
And she was carried from the home
She'd always made 80 bright,
Her children raised monument ...--.,....
That money could not buy,
As witness of a noble life


Whose record is on high.
A noble life; but written not


In any book of fame:
Among the list of noted ones


None ever saw her name;
For only her own household knew


The victories she had won
And none but they could testify


How well her work was done.
Year: 1875

Golden Hair-Since golden hair is
so much in favor, it is well for mothers
to know that they can preserve the
golden color of their children's locks by
a persistent and careful washing with
CASTLE soap and water. The hair should
be braided and d6pped repeatedly into the
suds end then wiped with a towel, and
this operation should be performed once
in four or five days. If persevered in, the
roots of the hair may darken as the child
grows older, but the mass will keep its
sunny tints as long as the owner wishes.
ETcllGuUe
Year: 1875

The other evening when Sixth
street father boxed his sons ears as a
punishment for impudence the lad stood
before him and remarked: "See here,
father, was reading this morning that
the drum of the ear is one of the most
sensitive things in the human system. A
sudden blow upon the ear is liable to
produce deafness, and the practice of
cutting children cannot be too severely
censured. 1t is but a relic of that dark
period when man with wart on his
nose was put to death as sorcerer.-
DGn6u7g Neaos.
Year: 1875

Friendship is good deal like china II
is very durable and beautiful 80 long As il
is quite whole; bat break 1t, and all the
cement in the world will not quite repair
the damages. You may stick the pieces
together 30 that, at . distance. It looks
nearly as well o ever; but It won't hold
hot water. It 10 always ready to deceive
you II you trust it, and it u, on the whole,
4 very worthless thing. at only to be sei
empty upon shelf, and forgotten there
The finer and more delicate 1t u, the more
utter the ruin. A mere acquaintance,
which needs only . little ill-humor to
hreak II up, may be coarsely puttied like
that old yellow basin in the store closet;
but tenderness, and trust, and sweet ex
change of confidence, can no more be
yours when angry words and thoughts
have broken them, than can these delicate
porcelain tea-cups which were splinteled
to pieces Be restored to their original
handsome excellence. Theslightest crack
y III spoil the true ring. and you had better
search for new friend than try to mend
the old one. And oil this has nothing to
do with forgiveness. One may forgive
and be forgiven, but the deed has been


done and the word said; the flowers and
eiidings are gone. Tho formal making
up" especially between two women, 10 OF
no more avail than the wonderful cements
that have made cracked ugliness Of the
china vase that you expected to be your
roy forever Handled de;icately. wash
ed to purity IN the waters Of truth, con-
fided to no careless. unsympathizing hands,
friendship may last two lives out; but il
does not pay to try to mend It Once
brukep. It b spoiled forever.
Year: 1875

RIO LET OR LEASE-A GOOD HOUSE. SIX ROOMS


closets and cellar, and eight of Land suitable
market gardening aud raising poultry hour from city
near sston price Sl0 monthly TO good party only OTIS
All A StrU s
Year: 1875

he vested in some absolutely impartial and unbiased
hands, like those of Congress and the President until
the people Of Alaska become and important
enough organize and sustain Territorial govern
Of their own The statutes Of 1868 provide for
the punishment OF all their violations by extending the
jurisdiction Of the courts OF oregon and Washington
Territory over Alaska, and empower the civil officers
created by these statutes to arrest all offenders
and take them down regularly organized courts for
trial. sc.


In this Mr. Elliott feels constrained to oppose
the bill OF Senator Mitchell for he says that the
tion Of the county offices up there provided for by
the provisions OF that bill will honest who
may accept them TO starve or tempt them TO become
sharks in order to live for is simply impossible for
them TO live by their fees, and unless they able 10
do as the natives do they will have to go begging or
most idlo men, their attention mischief Mr..
Elliott states that outside OF wrangel mining transfer
station for the miners pass up and down from the
British Columbian gold fields on the stckecn River,
known as Cassiar, there not forty white per-
In the whole length and breadth of Alaska not
counting the troops at Stka. The presence OF
steamer along the would at once establish
means of communication between all the most impor-
tant posts and native villages in the Territory and give
sure and effective governmental supervision, carry
ing the mails, &c, and be certain OF suppress
ing the whiskey trade which is now unchecked


THE RECENT VISIT TO THE CENTENNIAL


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IMPRESSION ON THE


CONGRESSIONAL MIND.


The guests OF the Centennial authorities, who have
returned from Philadelphia, express themselves
much gratfcd with the liberal in which they
entertained both in the city and the Exhibit
ton grounds and say their hopes of the of
enterprise much strengthened by being made
quainted with the progress OF the work, the large
amount of money already subscribed and tho interest
manifested by foreign governments which have
cured ample space for the exhibition of their respective
products. In addition to promised support by tho
members of Congress who attended the banquet many
others have privately expressed their to the
effect. So that It may be safely stated that
the ST. 500 900 asked for by the commission will be ap-
proprated by Congress- in order to place the Exhbi-
tion beyond the possibility of failure.


THE CASE OF FITZ JOHN PORTER.


The friends OF Ftz John Porter say they have
for believing that the Executive authority will
take action the request OF General Porter for
review OF his case he having been dismissed from the
army and excluded from holding any federal Office of
profit emolument, in accordance with the sentence
OF a court martial
Year: 1875

SUPPOSED TO BIZ OF INcENDIARY ORIGIN


nre broke out yesterday afternoon in tho two story
brick stable in the Of No 100 Fifth avenue which
is occupied by Dr. Guernsey, of No. is West Twenty
third street. II was ten minutes past two o'clock
when negro named William A. Jones aged eighteen
years, was seen by some citizens, VINO passing
the time, 10 rush through the stable door into
the street without giving any notice Of a
fire. Immediately after flames and smoke
made their appearance out OF the windows
and doors OF the building Two three OF the citizens
at once seized Jones guessing from his apparent want
OF desire to cxtngush tho flames he had boon the
ofthc nrc, while others ran in search OF police
officer 10 alarm the nremcn. As usual In cases Of
emergency, no policeman at hand and two blocks
had to be gone over before one could be found AT last
officer notified OF the lrc and he the alarm
from station No $40, which Is between Twenty fr$t
and Twenty second streets The engines too were
somewhat tardy and before tho flames could 30 stbducd
81, 900 worth OF damage done the carriages and
harness in the stable, and about $500 worth to the
building, which Is owned by the Miner estate All tho
horses four or Ave carriages and part of the harness
rescued from the burning building by the citizens
before either policemen rcmcn arrived at the scene
and that property was all that saved There
strong northwest wind blowing at the OF the cona
grafton, which carried the dense smoke up against the
SIDES and fronts Of the Union Club House cornc.
Twcnyhrst street and Fifth avenue and tile Hotel ST.
German, Twenty. second street and Filth ave.
nue., making those buildings present very black ap
pcniance.


Jones the suspected incendiary, was taken to tho
Twenty ninth precinct station house where he stated
that he did odd Jobs for the sabcman, John H. Jones.
He said that ho was asleep N the stable when he
awakened by tho crackng OF the burning tmhcrs, and
barely escaped 10 the street IN mc 10 save his ifc


Fire MARSHAL sheldon was notified OF the affair aud
he VIII hold searching investigation TO the origin
OF the fire to- day
Year: 1875

FATHER GRACE IN DEFENCE OF HIS POSITION
HIS REMARKS FROM THE ALTAR-INDIGNA-
TON OF THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED
ECCLESIASTICAL PROCEEDINGS TO BE TAKEN.


NEWPORT, r. l., Dec. 10, 1875


St. Mary's Roman Catholic church crowded at
ten o'clock this morning, Notwithstanding the
extreme cold many being there for the purpose OF
hearing what the PASTOR Rev Philip Grace would have
to say in relation to the charges brought against him
by the Defray family, at whose chd's funeral he
fused to ofciate. He defined his position according
the Church discipline and in a manner satisfactory to
his congregation and the official members OF the
church. Some of Mr.. Deiray's family present,
and highly ncensed at the reference made them
by the reverend gentleman, and intend to have an
explanation at an early day. In the course of


HIS REMARKS,


he sad he would not do otherwise than he had done In
relation to the until he had been convinced that he
wrong, and that he would spend So 900 to vindi-
himself from the charges brought him by
The Defray faily The afflicted mother upon hearing OF
the remarks said that If IL took every dollar that she
worth she would have satisfaction and would APP
peal TO the Bishop Of the diocese, furthermore She
said she intended to have her daughter buried accord
ing to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, and
that she would take such measures would compel
Father Grace to do his duty as her spiritual adviser
Year: 1875

SERIOUS INJURIES TO soMNoLENT ATTENDANT.


WASHINGTON Dec 10 1875
Last night young man, who had entered the Ma
tional Theatre in intoxicated condition, seated him.
self the dress circle and foil into profound
slumber. When all the spectators had retired he still
slept on, none having thought OF waking him. When
he did open his eyes he found himself darkness and
alone. He attempted to make his way to the door but
in his bewdered state fell the dress circle railing
10 the parquet below, distance OF about eighteen
His head struck OF the chairs, which laid open the
dcsh and inflicted quito


A SEVERE


the right side OF the face, just below the temple
He also badly injured about the back and side
Three chairs werc broken by his rapid descent the
noise Of which was heard by the waichmen, who were
about closing the theatre for the night and they pro-
ceeded TO his assistance carriage was procured and
he taken to his home The full extent OF his inju.
is yet KNOWN and It is supposed that several
OF his ribs are broken.
Year: 1875

Tho following record will show the changes in the
temperature for the past twenty-four hours in COM
parison with the corresponding last year as in
dicated by the thermometer at Hudnuts pharmacy,
HERALD Building:-
Year: 1875

WE CAN'T TALK


without showing the condition of teeth Every laugh
exposes them order not 20 be ashamed OF them let
that standard dentrce which keep
them white and spot M them,
canker affect the enamel species of decay nest the dem
tai bone IL SoZopoST Is regularly used 1t Is botanical
preparation. and its beneficial effects the teeth and
marvellous all discoorations and renders
the gums hard aud rosy.
Year: 1875

A NEW device to facilitate robberies at
railway depots has lately been success
fully practced on the public. Some in
genious person it appears has hit upon
way by which a trunk can be made
to steal another trunk and portmanteau
to annex to its fellow. In the adventures
of Sinbad the Sailor we are told how the
merchants got at the precious stones in
the valley of diamonds. The merchants
threw down pieces Of meat, which fell on
and absorbed the diamonds; the eagles
swooped on the pieces of meat and flew
with them to the upper air; the merchants
shot the eagles with arrows and thus got
at the meat, the eagles and the jewels.
So we read the plunderers at the railway
depots lay trunk artfully contrived on a
smaller trunk; the latter clings to the
former and the owner Of the larger carries
both away. The decoy trunk is said to
be fitted with false bottom which goes
up when it is laid on a smaller trunk, and
with mechanism inside which does for the
innocent trunk what Polonius recon-
mended to Laertes to do for his friend,
and grapples it to its heart with hooks of
steel In fact the decoy trunk-we do
not know how better to describe it's
made to perform an Office like that of
certain flowers which suddenly close at
the pressure of fly or other insect with
in their cup and imprison it there. 1t
would be well if the ingenuity of detect
ives kept pace with the progress in in
genious contrivances to perpetrate robber


les at the depots, where they are increas-
ing so fast and have become such an evil
of late 1t is certain, however, that the
dodge of the trunk will not explain all
these robberies. In some cases valuable
articles have been taken out and articles
of the same bulk but less valuable put
in This sort of jugglery does not look
like the business of the ingenious trunk.
This trunk, in fact, means open robbery;
but there goes on a good deal of pilfering
which must be done by less accom-
plished class of offenders, ~ -Erchange,
Year: 1875

IT is well known that, under the influ-
ence of a strong electric current, body
which is a good conductor, when connect
ing the two poles of the current, may be
heated to such point as to become lumi-
nous. This phenomenon is turned to ac-
count by Mr. Lodygin, of ST. Petersburg,
for obtaining a constant light, which is
both reasonable in cost and also capable
of being used under all circumstances. In
stead Of producing the electric light by
means of the wearing away of the cleo
uodes, as has hitherto been the practice,
that is to say, by the ignition of the parti
cles of charcoal which are transported
from one pole to the other in body Of
air heated to high degree between the
electrodes, Mr.. Lodygin employs short
stick of charcoal, in a single piece, and
reduces the area of its section between the
two electrodes in such manner that it
offers considerable resistance to the cur
rent; so that the portion between the two
poles, being heated to high degree, be-
comes luminous, just as a metallic wire
would do. The lamp consists Of cylin-
drical glass vessel, closed with metal
covers so as to be air-tight both at top and
bottom. Occupying the center of this
cylinder is the stick of charcoal held inits
place by two pieces of metal communicat-
ing, through the covers, with the two
electrodes of the battery. In order to rem
der the light more intense several sticks of
charcoal may be placed in the same lamp.
The conducting wire which leads the
electricity from the battery communicates
with an insulated rod connected with the
cover and in contact with the first piece
of charcoal; the electric current then
passes into the second piece of charcoal
through the lower cover, and from thence
to the next lamp or to the battery. On
account of the heating of that part of the
charcoal which is reduced in thickness
the surface rapidly becomes oxidized
when in contact with the oxygen of the
air, and the charcoal is consequently
worn away, a circumstance which would
tend to considerably limit the duration o
the lamp. To avoid this drawback, how
ever, the lamp is filled with nitrogen,
which is prevented from escaping by the
two air-tight covers; in this manner OK
idation cannot take place, and the pieces
of charcoal preserve their original dimen-
sions. The experiments have given such
good results that the inventor has been
awarded the Lomonossov prize by the st.


Petersburg Academy of science.-N. Y
| GyoroLir
Year: 1875

less pleased with himself than he did
when he first spied the caterpillar.


Thank you. You're as clever as you
are lovely" said the caterpillar TO the rose,
as soon as he had gone.


"Glad you think I'm lovely. Sorry I
can't say the same for YOU" replied the
truthful flower. " You're not pretty-not
at all and really don't like the way you
eat my green leaves. Do stop and wind
yourself up in your cradle or coffin, or
whatever it is, and turn into butterfly as
soon as possible. Won't you?"


But the caterpillar went on eating. He
wasn't ready for his coffin just yet. So
the rose turned her back on him and be-
gan to throw kisses to the slender white
lily that grew in the next garden and was
deeply in love with humming bird
Margaret Eyttnge, in " Y. Independent.
Year: 1875

THE telegraphic administration in
France propose to encourage the introduc-
tion of private wires, and to offer such
inducements that no great factory and no
rich mans house in the country shall be
without its means of communication with
the outside world,
Year: 1875

Me doubt if our merchants have been advantaged by the shipment of freight via Guaymas, taking all sides of the matter into full account, and some of them who have had most experience, are of that opinion; and we are authoritatively ad- vtsed that the supreme government of Mexico is opposed to the transit as here tofore permitted. Commission houses in Quaymas have been informed direct from the City of Mexico, that no extension on "open policies of permit" will be granted, and that hereafter permit for each ship ment must be obtained. This decision is regarded in Guaymas as one that will necessarily stop all freight passing over Mexican territory destined for American, and as our merchants have not always had either pleasant or profitable ex- periences, they will not regret that the somewhat delusive privileges heretofore granted, have been withdrawn.

 We may remark that the people of So- nora are not pleased at this new order. They grumble and say that the supreme government seems indifferent if not op- posed to the progress of the frontier States. But this phase of the subject, it is not our disposition to discuss.
Year: 1875

THE State government of Sonora is re- gently in receipt of petition from lead ing MormoRs in Salt Lake City, asking permission to settle colony of the saInts In that State in some uDinhabited portion along the frontier or elsewhere. The pe- tition has to be forwarded to the City of Mexico, before any response can be made tO the petitiOners.