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Year: 1877

In our last weeks issue we made a mistake, in reference to the time oi electing a representative, supposing that it was to take place this last election. Our attention was called to it, by several and of course we acknowledged the corn. Politics is not our forte. Our intention was to gain a little advice about securing irrespective of mere party, the best man for the position of representative. Now we are certain that those who discovered our mistake, as to date, knew also thai we gave the advice, but they did mol say whether they would heed it or not.
Year: 1877

THE reduction Of The School tax,
and repeal of the dog taS, shows n
strong tend n y on the part OF our
Legislators TO place young bipcds
on an equal footing with the four
legged 'parps'. BE it Resolved,
therefore (which Is more bcneii,
cial TO n community, that her chll
dren shall grow up in ignorance,
or that she shall be ovcrrun by
hal { starved. thieving canine
hrutesY We hope our Dramatics
will debate this subject for the ben
eft OF some OF our state Legislative
soIons.
Year: 1877

than per cent interest The agent at Nashville was
instructed by telegraph to come lmmeu,aeT
home unless the proposition was acceDteI. n
the syndicate stated that rather than consent
to further "shave by the Tennessee Legislature, me
Sew-YorK bOndh0lders would prefer to suffer from re-
pudiatiOn OF the entire debt.


From another it is learned that syndicate u
about tO be formed at Nashville for the purpose OF fund
ing the State debt AID that It will offer terms more iaVOr
able than any that have yet been proposed.
Year: 1877

At a conference between the Funding Asso-
i,tou ana loading Southern bondholdcrs, yesterday
was resolved unanimously to adhere to the 90 cent
Grading proposition the funding bonds to bear no less
Year: 1877

WOULD Nor WITNESS THE COUNT
All the Democrats except Fernando
Wood left their seats and went out of the
Hall Of the House while Ferry COM
pleted the great fraud of counting the
vote for Hayes and Wheeler. Had it not
been for the unanimity on this occasion
it would have been difficult to have de-
termined how many Democratic mem
bers there remained after the bolt to the
Radical side.
Year: 1877

The reports from the New York mar
ket are that enormous transaction in col
ton Tor future delivery have taken place
uurlng the past week, the quantity in
vowed reaching 10000 bales, which is
something almost Unprecedented in the
history Of the trade. This activity
mas been attended with no little excite
ment, but notwithstanding the magni-
tpded OF the sales,prices show a consider
able decline for the week.
Year: 1877

There is general sentiment of con.
graduation in the hope that the city is te
be rid of the Board of Revision.


In the City Council last night, the OBJ
jectionable features which the GAZETTE
alluded to yesterday in the new act to
amend the ordinance relating to the board
Of revision, were stricken out. ln,.


The bill as it passed the Council last
night has good many good points. OF
course we cannot refer to them particular
ly without having read the bill !; but from
hearing part of it read we are disposed
to commend its enactment. 1t is certainly
an improvement on our present system /;
and it is better TO make a step in advance
now if we can, and perfect it more fully
hereafter, if we find it does not come up
to the desires of our citizens.
Year: 1877

The Uses OF THE LEMoN.-Asa a writ
er IL he London Lancet remarks, few peo-
pie know the value of lemon Juice. A
piece Of lemon bound upon a corn will
cure it in few days; it should be renew
I'd night and morning. A free use of le
mon juice and sugar will always relieve a
cough. Most people feel poorly in the
Spring, but if they would eat lemon be-
fcer breakfast every day for a week-with
or without sugar, as shey Eke-they would
tind it better than any medicine. Lemon
Juice used according TO this recipe will
sometimes cure consumption. Put dozen
lemons into cold water and slowly bring
to boil boil slowly until the lemons
are soft, then squeeze until all the iuice
is extracted, add sugar 10 Your taste and
drink In this way ynu use a dozen lemons
q day. If they canse pain, lessen the
quantity and use only FIVE or six a dav un-
I'll You are better, and then begin again
with dozen lemons day. After using
five or six dozen the patient will BEGAN to
gain flesh and enjoy food. Hold ON to
the lemons, and still Use them very freely
for several weeks more Another use frr
lemons is for refreshing drink in spm.
mer or IN sickness at any time Prepare
rs directed above and add water and srirar
But in order to have this kept we'll, alter
boiling the lemons, squeeze and strain
carefully; then To every half pint Of iu;;c.
add one pound of loaf or crushed su.
gar, boil and stir few minutes mors
until the sugar is dissolved, skim careful.
ly and bottle. You will sc, more Juice
from the lemons by boiling them, and the
preparation keeps better
Year: 1877

How 1T HAPPENED. She led him to a sofa
end in a deep bass voice called him her soul s
idol, and inquired what his monthly salary
was. Seeing his gaze fixed on her beacon
strictOr mouth, she remarked. Darling,
see you notice my large and beautiful potato
trap; let me explain to you the reason of its
unusual size. When was quite child |
was playing on papa'S cellar door; it gave
away; | was precipitated down into the base
ment, and caught by the mouth on a project
ing meat hook, which ripped up my face and
extended my mouth several inches" With
his eyes full of sympathetic tears he rose
the door: "My angel, you are perhaps mis-.
taken. Probably, in the excitement of that
awful moment, you left your mouth down in
the basement and accidentally brought up
the cellar. We shall meet again in better
world. Adieu."
Year: 1877

WOEK FOR WoMEN-A great problem
of the day seems to be to find something
for women to do whereby they can sup
port themselves. The tendency of the
times is to compel women to seek resour-
ces of Independent livelihood. Social ex-
travagance is an obstacle in the way of
marriage to the same general extent as
formerly, and bachelors and spinsters are
now SO common that We have to take it
as matter of course and act according
to the demands of the situation. Further
more, young and middle aged women of
good education and attainments cannot
bring themselves to the position of house
hold service until almost every other ex-
pedient is exhausted; and the Boston
Post says when it considers the surround
lngs of that service they can hardly be
blamed. Any occupation that will offer
something apart from and above domestic
drudgery will doubtless be taken up by
as many as it will accommodate as soon
rs its limits and requirements are well de-
fined. Decorative art, which has Just
begun to tempt the fair sex, has still un-
tried and almost exhaustless RESOURCES
The display at Philadelphia, though nat
extensive, showed what women could do
in the way of wood carving and kindred
arts. Cincinnati has surpassed all her
sister cities in making this positive in
dustry for women, and the work that is
accomplished finds good market. The sex
has the taste and delicacy for Just this
kind of service it ought obe more pleas
ing than shop work or teaching, and We
hope it will speedily attract our young
women in California who are seeking after
employment.
Year: 1877

4 Coon DAUGHTER There are other
ministers of love more conspicuous than
good daughter. but none in which a GEN
tier, lovelier spirit dwells, ard none to
which the hearts warm requitals more
joyfully respond. She is the steady light
of her fathers house Her idea is indis-
soluably connected with that of his hap
py tireside. She is his morning sun and
evening star. The grace, vivacity and
tenderness Of her sex have their place in
the mighty sway which she holds over bis
spirit The lessons of recorded wisdom
which she reads with her eyes come to his
mind with new charm, as blended with
the beloved melody of her voice. He
scarcely knows Weariness which her
song does not make him forget, or gloom
which Is proof against the young bright
ness of her smile. She is the pride and
ornament Of his hospitality, the gentle
nurse OF his sickness, and the constant
agent of those nameless acts of kindness.
which one chiefly cares to have rendered,
because they are unpretending but ex-
Pressive proofs of love.
Year: 1877

THE PorE's HEALTH. Roman cor
respondent of the London Times, writes
thus of the health of the Pope: "There
is no doubt that the health of the Pone
has considerably deteriorated. He may
sill linger ON for some time, but that Sc
rious apprehensions are felt in the Vail
can that it is Just as likely he may pass
away at any moment, is evident from in-
functions to his physicians not to absent
themselves from home"
Year: 1877

WHAT HOME Is - Home is the one
place in all this world where hearts are
sure of each other 1t is the place of con
fdence 1t is the place where We tear off
that mask of guarded and suspicious cold
ness which the world forces us to wear in
self-defence, and where we pour out the
unreserved communications of full and
confding hearts. 1t is the spot where ex-
pressions of tenderness srIsh ont without
any sensation of awkwardness, and with
out dread of ridicule. Let man travel
where he will, home is where "his heart,
untravelled, fondly turns" He is to
double all pleasure there. He Is to di-
vide all pam A happy home is the sim
gle spot of rest which a man has upon this
earth for the cultivation Of his noblest
sensibilities. And now my brethren, if
that be the description of home. is God Is
place Of rest Your home! Walk abroad
and alone by night That awful other
world IN the stiffness and solemn deep of
the eternities above, is it Your home
Those graves that lie beneath YOU, hold
ing III them the infinite secret, and stamp
ing upon all earthly lovclincss the mark
Of frailty and change and tieetness- are
those graves the prospect 10 which in
bright days and dark days You can turn
without dismayl God in his splendors
dare We feel with him atfectionate and
familiar-so that trial comes softened by
this feeling-it is my Father; and enjoy
ment can be taken with frank feeling
my father has given it to me, without
grudging. to make me happy. All that is
having home in God Are we at home
therel
Year: 1877

DOES 1T MEAN YOU1A man who
prided himself on his morality, and ex-
pected to be saved by il, was constantly
saying: Il am doing pretty well on the
whole. | sometimes get mad and swear,
but then am perfectly honest. work
ON Sunday when | am particularly busy
but | give good deal to the poor, and L
never was drunk in my life. This man
hired a canny Scotchman to build fence
around lot. He gave him very partlcu-
lar directions. In the evening when the
Scotchnan came in from work, he said
"Well, Jack, is the fence built, and IS it
eight and" i cannot Just say it is all
tight and strong" replied Jack, " but it
is a good average fence anyhow. If some
ira strong; | don't know hut | have left A
little gap here and there, a yard or So
but then made up for it by doubling the
number Of rails on either side Of the gap.
] dare say the cattle will like it though
cannot Just say it is perfect in every part.
"What" cried the man, not seeing the
point, edo you tell NE you built fence
around my lot with weak places and gap:
in it! Why, you might as well have built
no fence at all If there is one opening
or place where an opening can he made
the cattle will be sure to fnd 1t and g
through. Don't you know, man, that ;
fence must be perfect or il is worthless! !
81 use to think so" said the Scotchman
"but hear you talk so much about aver
aging matters with the Lord. it seems t,
me that We might try it with the cattle
If an average fence will not do for cattle
am afraid an average character will no
do on the great day Of Judgment.
Year: 1877

SAVING. Here is another man who
commenced, at eighteen, saving up the
money he would have spent for cigars,
and has now built him e handsome house
with it. 1t may be further remarked that
If most any man of forty years had saved,
from the age of eighteen, and invested
at compound interest, the money spent
for his clothes and beefsteak, he would
have enough to set up carriage and rent
church pew.
Year: 1877

An electric belt for LADIES. which is said 10
have a tranquilizing effect upon the nerves,
is the latest invention. For steady comfort.
however, it is not likely to supersede the old
and popular belt which is composed of a coat
sleeve with young mans arm inside Of it.
Year: 1877

A HORRIBLE DEATH.-Sandy Palmer a
colored man, near Milton, N. c., fell from his
OK cart loaded with wood, and the wood fell
on him and the front wheel ran on his breast
The OK stopped still and stood there all night
The old man threw up his hands and rubbed
all the skin from the inside trying to push
the wheel OIL. His little dog stood by his side
and barked all night. His child heard the
dog barking in the woods, and found her
father next morning, his arms stiff aud
hands up, as he had grabbed the cart wheel
He was buried in that position. His arms
We're so TIFF they could not be bent Norfolk
Landmark.
Year: 1877

AN INDIANS SUICIDE is unusual, bat
. brave recently took his own life ct Eureka,
Nevada. He was disconsolate over the
death of his squaw, and being almost help
LEES with rheumatism, he opened Q vein 10
his arm and bled to death before he was dis
covered.
Year: 1877

YOUNG LADIES WHO WANT ONLY WA
TER.-A great temperance revival, under the
direction of the Murphy Club OF Philadel-
phia, is now in progress at MorrisviIIe, Pa
With one exception every hotel and saloon
has been closed, and nearly everybo ody has
signed the pledge. On Monday evening a
filled with young ladies singing "Give us
water and no whiskey" paraded the streets
while in tie centre of each boat stood q
young lady attired in the habiliments of the
Goddess of Liberty, and held in her hand a
large glass of water This was said to have
been one of the most striking and interesting
features of the occasion. ALI the hotels aud
saloons, save the one alluded TO above, were
brilliantly Illuminated.
Year: 1877

SENATOR PATTERSON wants 1t to be I'M
derstood that he is not to be counted on as a
democrat. He says he votes for the admis-
sion OF Gen. Butler to a seat in the Senate
because TO do otherwise would be to decline
TO accept that pacificatiOn SO eagerly sought
for by The democrats and SO generously dis
pensed under the administration of Presi-
dent Hayes
Year: 1877

SENATOR CoNOvER called on the Presi-
dent yesterday and explained to him the rea-
son why he had east his vote in the Senate
with the democrats last Wednesday and
Thursday. He informed the President that
he should vote for the admission of both
Kellogg and Buffer. According 20 Senator
Conover the Pres expressed himself as
satitfied with the reasons given by the SEN
atOr from Florida for his action. Mr. Con-
over declined TO say which way he would
vote on a question to give the Kellogg case
precedence over the Butler case for consider
alton in the Senate,
Year: 1877

THERE IS GOOD DEAL OF MANEUvER-
ING and canvassing among members Of both
political parties, with q view to settling
upon line of action to be taken at Mon
days session Of the Senate The almost
even balance OF the Senate, now that on the
election contests, Patterson and Connoyer
vote with the democrats, makes IL necessary
for both sides TO feel the general pulse before
showing their hands openly In the Senate
IheIe ls disposition among not q few re-
publican Senators to ha We the appropriat
commlttee report the appropriation bills,
pass the same speedily, and adjourn with
protract the special session to dispose of
them.
Year: 1877

SOME UNEAsINEss is felt at the navy
yard for the safety OF the torpedo boat Alarm
that is on the way from New York here
she is somewhere between New York aud
the capes, but she has not been in sight.
Year: 1877

that evening be took cold. Acute pneu-
monia followed, and he died on FridAy. Il
was his funeral that occurred on the same
day Of Miss Rosevelt's wedding.


The Castellain collection is arranged for
exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum
much more effectively than it was at Phil.
adelphia. The managers propose buying
it if possible, and there is little doubt but
our rich and art loving people will sub
scribe the necessary amount. The Metro.
politan Museum is rapidly ranking with
some of the more noted museums abroad
in lis art treasurers, and is eagerly sought
by the student.


Two new plays last night attracted large
audiences. Every one was anxious to see
the local draw "Fifth Avenue" by Rowe,
especially as it was said to contain view
Of the Nathan house, and scene represent
ing the Nathan murder. In fact this was
universally acknowledged the Nathan boys
tried to be present at rehearsal, and be-
ing obliged to leave before the scene was
Represented, indcavored to get an injunction
laid on the play. Had nothing been said
about the connection with the special mur-
der. probably it might or mil ght not have
been noticed by the audience, as it was
however, it really became sort Of special
advertisement, and gave it notoriety that
is an insult, not only to the family, but to
the community at large.


The theatre where, this. :. breach Of COM
mon decency is permitted, is in the same
block where the mysterious murder occur.
red, and is really tearing open Of the half
closed wounds which the family suffered
at the time.
Year: 1877

New YORK, Feb. 8, 1877.


Our local question at present seems to
refer principally to our docks and water
front. Probably no city with the advan-
tages which ours present ever had them
so completely ignored. We are possessed
of waterfront, which if properly enlarged
and beautiied would make New York
worthy to rank with any city in the world.
At present our docks and piers are not
only entirely too small but they are in
wretched condition. The small amount
of revenue drawn from them, compared
with the large sum theDock Commissioners
are allowed to draw from the city funds,
may easily be accounted for by their con-
dition, and their inadequacy for business
purposes. The streets which front these
piers are narrow, dirty and crowded by
street railway, the result being a continu-
GUS blockade. Woe betide the traveller,
Year: 1877

Mary Flood d,whose murder in New York
was published in the Herald" a few days
ago, was comely young Irish woman, un.
faithful to her husband. Last Sunday
morning Flood, maddened by finding his
wife in another mans apartment, pursued
her with the first weapon he could lay bis
hands upon. an iron reamer, ,and killed her
on the threshold of the home she had dis
honored. The police are searching for the
murderer, who, when arrested, will doubt
less meet the punishment for murder; the
law being both absolute and finely graded,
as we all know, to meet every degree of
that crime. The woman is dead. Her
paramour was arrested, but as he had not
violated any law he will be required only
as witness.


Almost similar history of misery and
crime has just reached its elimination in
Philadelphia. Four years ago a beautiful
girl Of respectable parentage was tempted
from her home to career of vice. During
these four years her brother, decent, hon.
orable, middle-aged man, has followed her
in vain striving with tenderness, arguments
appeals of every kind, to bring her back to
a pure life. The woman's nature was
hopelessly corrupted. If she returned for
a season, temptation was near at hand, and
she fell again, each time lower than before.
The brother was driven by grief and shame
at last to drink, and few weeks ago, while
crazed with rage and liquor, he discovered
this poor Alice, who had been so dear to
him in his childhood, in an infamous house
in St. Mary street, and shot her through
the heart. So this woman is also dead.
Another innocent, happy home is held up
to public shame, stained indelibly with
crime and blood. The brother "whose
lead," as Judge Allison said while SEN
fencing him, chad been heavier than many
men are called upon to bear" is justly con-
demned to wear out the best years Of his
life in the penitentiary. The seducer can
read the story at his ease in the morning
paper, quite satisfied that there is no point
where the crude, cropping fingers of the
law can touch him. Even public opinion
as no heavier punishment for him than
half-amused rebuke.


The law and society provided prompt
remedies for the injuries inflicted by blows
with iron clubs or pistol shots ; but of
hurts which 60 down into the soul and life
corruptins the one and running the other,
they have no cognzance. Hence it may
be in place even for a merely secular jour
nal to remind its readers now and then that
there is Reality more mighty and endur-
ing than crime in tenement houses or its
punishment in courts, wider, more stable
life, in which the errors of this preplexed
world will be set right in calm and Ger
tainty.
Year: 1877

struction. No one he said. was more sur
pri-ed than himself at the serious charge
made against him and OF course he stoutly
protested his innocence.


He was impatient at the long delay be-
fore his trial, and longed for the day to
come when he should be arraigned. The
agony arising from the general suspicion
against him and from his disgrace had now
passed. and in few days more he thought
he should be all right.


He is undoubtedly man of wonderful
nerve and possesses marvellous power
Of hiding his feelings. Whether iRHOce nj or
gully. one could hardly suppose that in
view of the awful and cold -booded crime
with which he is charged. that he could so
school himself as TO be so apparently in-
different to the ordeal he must pass through
or to the fate that may await him.


So far as we have any knowledge. the
general impression in the community is
unfsvorable to the accused. and it cannot
be denied that there is a terrible array Of
circumstances surrounding him which only
a fair and impartial trial can elucidate.
Year: 1877

The cabinet was in session two hours
TODAY and discussed various subjects.
one of the most important being pro-
claination concerning an extra session
OF Congress. The suggestion was made
that the session be called TO meet June
18th, instead of June 4th, a. already
agreed upon, and the proposition was
favorably received, though it was not
finally determined to-day to change ;he
date
Year: 1877

W =
\ report i circulated though it can
not be authenticated, that The subject OF
reducing the number OF Pension Agen-
cics throughout the country has been
considered by the Administration and
the number will be reduced to 20. There
are now about 30.
Year: 1877

selfdefense to excuse my inferiori-
ty in this respect on the plea that
/ left my "goOd clothes" at home.
l would not answer for the bodily
consequences to any man who
would tender one of these gentry
a dime by way of doucemr, as they
call it. l pass over the spectacle
Of q dozen white girls of decent


modest mein, whom l saw dow


on their hands and knees scrnbb


ing a half acre of the states of a
billiard room floor. The single
comment will suffice for this and
similar instances, that if any ne
gro laborer, male or female, in
South Carolina, were required to
do for one day what / have seen
these girls doing day after day
from dawn to dark such laborer
would "cnss and quit in the fore.
noon of the first day, only leaving
behind him or her a remembrance
in the way of a very large size,l
"piece Of their mind."-Cin. Cor.
Charleston IS. o. Ne,cs and Cos-
rier. i
Year: 1877

whether produced by indigestion, improper food,
change OF water or diet, too free indulgence in ice
watt r. exposure to sudden changes OF tenn perature
are Immediately relieved by it. one ounce added
to gallon Of