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Year: 1877

Resolved, That the interests Of this
Commonwealth require the removal of
obstacles to an extended reciprocal trade
with foreign countries. The opening Of
liberal reciprocity with Canada and
Mexico would promote our productive
energies and stimulate our carrying trade
by land and sea, and enlarge the mark
cts of all the varied industries Of the
Commonwealth, and give her merchants,
mariners and laborers a valuable acces-
sion of employment.


Resolved, That we are in favor of
honest payment of the public debt, and
Of a currency on a gold basis.


Resolved, That we regard with alarm,
as dangerous to the best interests of the
people, the insidious and constant meas.
ures of the Republican party in our Leg
islature in restricting the right Of suf.
frage. The exercise ofthis right, instead
of being checked, should be encouraged.
The registry laws should be so framed
as not to be the means of DISTINGUISHING
citizens, to the end that the largest pos
sibe portion of the community may be
brought under the educational influence
of participation in public affairs, and Of
proper voice in the making Of the
laws by which they are governed.


Resolved, That the present depression
of the industrial, commercial and fnan-
cial interests of the country is largely due
to our inability under the present laws to
dispose Of surplus products which other
countries want, and which, but for re-
strctions and injurious legislation the
United States would to a great extent
produce and sell better and cheaper
than any other nation,


The Convention then adjourned.
Year: 1877

They asked for bread and were offered
a stone. The laboring people want
work, and the Republican party promi-
ses them a bureau that will investigate
their troubles-a Bureau of Industry.
Year: 1877

SINGING IN THE Pharmaceutical
singing in the family. Begin when the
child is not yet three years old. The
songs and hymns your mother sang,
bring them all back to your memory,
aud teach them to your little ones; mix


them altogether, to meet the similar
moods, as in after life they come over
US so mysteriously sometimes. Many a
time and oft, in the very whirl of busi-
ness, in the sunshine and gayety of the
street, and amid the splendor of the
drives in a park, some little thing
wakes up the memories of early youth
the old mill, the cool spring, the
shady tree by the chool-house-and
the next instant we almost see again
the ruddy CHEEKS, the smiling faces,
and the merry eyes of schoolmates,
some gray-headed now, "most lie mould
ering in the grave" "And the song
your mother sang" springs unbidden to
the lips, and soothes and sweetens all
these memories. At other times, amid
the crushing mishaps of business, a
merry ditty of the olden time pops up
it's little head, breaks in upon the ugly
train of thought, throws the mind into
another channel; light breaks in from
behind the cloud in the sky, and new
courage is given to US. The honest
man goes singing to his work, and
when the days labor is done, his tools
laid aside, and he is on his way home,
where wife and child, and tidy table,
and cheerful fire-side await him, he
cannot but whistle or sing.-Occident.
Year: 1877

A CLOSE VOTE.-None are better
aware than Woman Suffragists of the
fact that no revolutions succeed at first,
and that it is only by years or centuries
of struggling that the events of the
world have been brought about. The
vote of the Rhode Island Legislature
upon Woman Suffrage-26 to 25-shOws
that the movement is full of vitality,
and that the time is not far distant when
the suffrage of women will be recognized
in the United States as an accomplished
fact. Rhode Island now presents good
field for the agitator. The next vote
may carry the day.
Year: 1877

A young man fresh from college was
recently boasting in private social
gathering of the various methods of
"ponying' and said the girls in Vassar
did this. Upon inquiry of a student
now pursuing her studies there, she
thus replies:


"You ask about ponying. I never
myself knew of but one instance of it;
and the contempt in which the girl was
held was so general, thought ponying
could not be. 1 know it does not pre-
vail here to the shameful extent it does
in all mems colleges. One reason, l
think, is that girls are not so charitable
to each others shortcomings as boys
are; not so loyal to each other; hence
there is more danger of being sat upon
as the girls say, which is popularity sup
posed to be an unpleasant process. On
the other hand girls are more true to
themselves. Most of US come here to
learn, not to waste our time and
money."-Er..
Year: 1877

The average woman is the problem of
the nineteenth century, and if there are
"superfluous women" in this sublunary
sphere, you may be sure she will become
one. There are 80 many girls, fine,
sweet, noble young women, too, who
are not yet especially strong on any one
point of literature, science, or art, who
are yet too fine and high and thoughtful
TO be content with the outward life of
ordinary home and society, and do not
possess that divine flame of genius
which shapes to itself life. A possi-
BILE infiorescence of character stirs within
them. They have high, though some
what vague ideal of "nobler life that
once seemed possible" but just how to
transmute the clay of dreams to the
white, shining marble of enduring re-
suits, they know not. To every thought
full girl comes this critical period when
in some glorified vision she sees before
her the "woman she had dreamed" the
woman she expected to become, while
yet,
Year: 1877

Sidney Smith wrote of Miss Mark
ham: "In carving a partridge, 1
splashed her with gravy from head to
foot; and though l saw three distinct
rills of animal juice trickllug down her
cheek, she had the complaisance to aver
that not drop had reached her. Such
circumstances are the triumphs of civil
lied life.n
Year: 1877

A day comes when she starts to the
sudden consciousness of womanhood; !;
when she realizes that the crudities and
incompleteness pardonable in the girl,
are objectionable in the woman; and
now, unless a strong purpose Is hers, she
will lapse into an automatic woman
hood, 81 meant more," she will some
times say with sigh, remembering the
ideals she left with her girlnood, az ex-
pected to be mOre," and then turn again
to the common outward life, ignoring
the finer possibilities that yet exist for
her.


Every new field of labor opened to
woman is pledge of higher life for
her, of safety, growth, and an independ-
ence that does away with the necessity
of making the years only a pontoon
bridge to matrimony. The fields of la
Dor opened to women have been too few,
and it is therefore the more eagerly that
we welcome this new and desirable
work for women offered in the art OF
wood carving.
Year: 1877

The policy of dividing the "solid
South" by inserting heavy wedge in
the slight Democratic split now visible
is being vigorously pursued. Yet much
of the successful working of this scheme
depends upon the final decision rem
dered in the matters of Louisiana and
South Carolina. All the available
craftsmanship enrolled in the Demo-
cratic ranks will be needed if the ma
jority desire to "hold their own" in the
next House of Congress. The meshes of
Year: 1877

Taking for its text statement that a
prominent dry goods house in New
York continues its liberal advertising,
the Courier-Journal thus pertinently re-
marks:


And thereby continues its liberal sys-
tenn of making all the money it wants.
The house has the good sense to know
that if it were to leave it's advertise
ments out of the newspapers, the people
abroad would soon lose sight of it and
half its customers would gradually
drift in the direction of houses whose
advertisements they still found in the
newspapers. 1t may be set down as a
fixed fact that the merchant or manu-
facturer who adopts or maintains a
liberal system of advertising, and at
the same time manages his business
with ordinary skill, is not only panic
proof, but is always enabled to meet
his bills promptly, and inevitably makes
a fortune in the end. A general recog-
milton of this fact would revivify the
dullest and deadest of cities, and give it
a business prosperity of which it perhaps
never dreamed. But there are people
who wouldn't believe it though one
were to rise from the dead and tell them
Year: 1877

For one, love to think of the pure
and simple life of George Ill. As
kings go, he was decent, reputable and
well disposed. His palace life must
have been dreary and humdrum to the
last degree; but it was clean and whole
some, which cannot be said of the life
of some of the Kings and Princes who
came before him or who have lived in
England since his day. His daughters
were handsome and accomplished; that
is to say, they played the piano, worked
elegantly in floss silks, painted impossi-
BILE flowers on white satin and furnished
suites of rooms with their own needle
work. The sons were big, rough, un-
mannerly and much given to rude
sports. Of these the King loved Fred
erick, the Duke of York, the best; and
when York visited Weymouth, where
the King was living for while, a por-
table house was built for him close by
his fathers The fond father clung to
the arm of his dear Frederick, but the
boisterous young Prince was stupefied
by the dullness of the little court circle;
he broke away and fled, after staying
only one night in the house which his
father had been at such pains to provide.
The Princess Amelia was her fathers
darling, and in all the history OF George
there was no more pathetic picture
than that of her sickness and early
death. When her father was old and
blind she was attacked by a lingering
illness. The poor, sightless monarch
spent hours by her bedside, passing his
fingers from time to time over her face,
as if to assure himself that she was
there. She loved him with unalterable
affection when he was deserted by
others, and on her death-bed he was
more than ever assured that she loved
him for himself alone. A touching
sight it was when the King, one gloomy
day, told of the death of Amelia, threw
up his clasped hands and cried: ut is
| too. much. This was caused by poor
Amelia;" and so parted in agony from
his reason. Noah Brooks, in st. Nicho-
las.
Year: 1877

The manufacture of corsets has become so perfected that hugging girl is about as satis- factory as squeezing parlor stove, we have been tOld.-DanLuTy Nescs

 A shrewd paper is that 'Danbury News !! That item is so, contrived, that no editor can copy it without giving credit. The unmarried journalist accused of originating the thing would be cut by every lady of his acquain- tance; and even the callous married editor would quail before such suspicion. It is a squib that Bailey was afraid to fire of himself without that bit of fuse-''we have been told!"
Year: 1877

Owing to the crowded state of our columns we are unable as yet to find room for our Clubbing Rates Harpers publications and the Enquirer can now be had for $5:90, but the rest will remain substantially as last year.
Year: 1877

Never rub soap upon il. Make a suds
BY dissolving The soap in warm water.
kiDse in warm water; very cold or bot
water viii shrink flannel. Shake it out
several minutes before hanging 10 dry.
Blankets can be washed III the same way
Year: 1877

Charles Kaiser, who has the only hive
of bees In town, says that when be first
got his swarm, his old cats curiosity was
much excited in regard TO the doings OF
the little insects, the like OF which she
had never before seen. AT first she
watched their comings and goings at a
distance. She then fl4ttened herself up
on the ground and crept along toward
the hive, with tail horizontal, and quiver-
ing. 1t was clearly evident that she
thought the bees were some new kind OF
game. Finally she took up position at
the entrance to the hive, aud when bee
came in or started out, made dab at it
with her paws This went on for time
without attracting the special attention
of the inhabitants of the hive. Presently
however, Old Tabby struck and crushed
a bee on the edge Of the opening leading
to the hive The smell of the crushed
bee alarmed and enraged the whole
swarm. Bees by the score poured forth
aud darted into the fur of the astonished
cat. Tabby rolled herself in the grass,
splitting, sputtering, biting, clawing and
squalling as cat never squalled before.
She appeared mere ball Of fur and bees
as she rolled and tumbled about, She
was at length hauled away from the hive
with a garden rake, at the cost of several
severe stings to her rescuer. Even after
she had been taken TO distant part OF
the grounds, the bees stuck in Tabby's
fur, and about once in two minutes she
would utter an unearthly yow and
bounce yard in the air. On coming
down she would try to scratch au ear,
when sting on the back would cause
her to turu succession of back somer-
sets and give vent to running fire Of
squalls. Like the parrot that was left
alone with the monkey, old Tabby had a
dreadful time.


Two OF three days after this adventure
Tabby was caught by her owner, who
took her by the neck and threw her
down near the beehive. No sooner did
she strike the ground than she gave a
fearful squall aud at single bound
reached the top Of fence ful Fix fee in
height. There she ciung for momen
with tail as big rs roliug-piu, when
with another bound aud squ.ll she was
out of sight, and did not again put in an
appearance for over week Virginia
City (Ney.) Enterprise.
Year: 1877

II is folly for Mr. Hayes, or any one else, TO
attempt build up party Out Of The fragments OF
old Wing party 10 IL easier 10 make the comm OF an
old party the cradle Of one, bu either is be-
yOnd the constructive capacity OF any though
the White House, with all its vast ma
ehnery, be his workshop. The doors OF the
great Democratic party swing easily on
Lhelr hinges WbososVer Will may enter. The
Year: 1877

Work has already been begun on the new A
per cent bonds in the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
The first plates will go 70 press by July 1. Secretary
sherman IL receiving many letters from prominent
hnanciers IN al parts Of the country congrauatins him
his success in placing the new loan and warmly ap-
proving the feature OF popular subscriptions. The
writer's say that this viii meet with a hearty response
from the people Letters also received FROM business
who think that tine effect the new loan Will be-
the rate OF interest private loans maxim.
mo
Year: 1877

An inventor proposes a vessel that


will not be affected by waves at sea. A


hollow body is TO be submerged several
yards below the surface Of the water;
and above the surface, supported by
strong posts, is 10 be the part of the ves-
sci for passengers. The propelling ma
chinery is to be i'm the submerged portion.


In washing table-linen, it has been the
custom in some places to sprinkle little
lime-water on the cloth before pressing,
as il gives the linen a hard and brilliant
surface. This practice has been found
to destroy the fabric in 4 short time,
through the grinding action OF the crys-
tails Of hydrate Of lime formed in the
threads.


Ventilators for admitting fresh air at
windows are now made with screens of
cotton supported by the wire-webbing,
after the manner of n respirator. The
design Of this pattern Of ventilation is
to initiate the filtering action of the res
piratoT, and to thus exclude dust and
dampness from the house while securing
4 constant supply Of pure air.


A new form of emery-wheel for knife
grinding has been introduced. 1t is
made in the form of n cap, and is hung
horizontally on its longer axis. The
knife to be ground is placed before the
open end or tops Of the cap, and held
against its circular edge as the cap is
turned rapidly on its axis. This style of
grinding surface is said to give a smooth
edge admirably adapted for grinding
straight knives.


Mr.. Richard A. Proctor, in his recent
and writings, has considered
the objections to the theory that the
planets Jupiter and Saturn are still so
intensely hot as to shine, 10 some extent.
by their own light, and he pronounces
the objections untenable. He thinks it
demonstrated that these giant planets
are really in a state Of intense heat, and
says that if they are ever to be the
abode Of life they will probably not be
ready TO subserve that purpose for hun.
dreds OF millions Of years. He thinks
that one fifth Of Jupiter's light is due to
the inherent luster of the planet, and
the rest to reflection from the clouds
which surround it,
Year: 1877

whether they secret too much or too little
water; or whether they be afflicted with
stone OF gravel, or with aches and pains set
tied in the loins or over the regions of the
kindnevs, these Pills should be taken accord
ing to the printed directions, and the Oint-
ment should be well rubbed into the small
of the back at bed time. This treatment
will give almost immediate relief when all
E,s
Year: 1877

THE SEIZURE OF THE STEAMER DEN
M RK FOR SILK SMUGGLISo.-TheT Treas
MY department has declined to interfere in
the matter OF The seizure of the steamer Den
mark. "A telegram has been received from
u. s. District Attorney WOOdford, stating
that libel is being prepared and will shortly
be filed. Mr.. John ChetwoOd has been here
for several days seeking TO have the steamer
relea sed from seizure. The U. 8. district at
torney say S that with the present rate of duty
on silk the temptation is SO great that he
thinks II impossible To prevent smuggling
excepting by compelling owners and officers
Of vessels TO watch their subOrdinates, and
prevent si1tS from being brought on board
In a fraudulent man e;
Year: 1877

TO THE EDITOR OF THg HEaALD:-


On tho north side Of Eighty ninth street, about ono
hundred and fifty feet west OF Third avenue, is Va.
lo aud In this lot about hundred twenty
feet from tho sidewalk lies largo dead dog. II has
laid there since Wednesday night, though tho police
have repeatedly reported ii and, to my own knowl-
edge, the President of the Board Of Health has re-
ceived letter from private individual asking II tho
dog cannot be removed. The stencil from It has now
become most sickenng, and In order to exclude II
IRON their houses those VINO reside in the Dcgnbor-
hood Obliged TO Keep their windows closed aud sui
icr from the heat This Is not the first case OF tho
kind that has occurred this vicinity In summer
mud the people OF the opinion that would we'll
to have u Board OF Health capable Of doing something
besides drawing salaries SUFFERER
Year: 1877

A boy who suddenly finds himself with
both his legs broken, strug Cling for his
life In deep water, and who yet has the
manliness to think of and save helpless
girl who had trusted herself in his care,
is boy who should not be lost sight of.
That is what William J. Hamilton did on
Sunday evening, in New York; and some
rich and philanthropic citizen should
make it his business to keep an eye on
the brave lad and see that he has fair
chance in the world.
Year: 1877

From the Buffalo Commercial dvertiser.


From Ohio we hear there is nothing to
expect but decentralization and defeat.
We do not pretend to Justify the men who
hang back and refuse to help the cause,
even though they may have excellent
reasons for thinking it has fallen into bad
hands in their state. But we do regret
that the prospects of the party have been
blighted in most important quarter OF
the field, and all because set of political
tinkers insisted upon having the party
certificate of approval put upon themselves.
Year: 1877

means to get detached; but the navy
department refused to order it with
out a better reason. When he found
his efforts had failed he left the HUI
ron in the manner stated, with the
intention not to return. For this
he was placed under arrest and tried
by court martial, at Washington
navy yard, in August last. In de-
fense he made a statement in sub
stance as above, and called Commo-
dore Clitz, Commander George P.
Ryan, of the Huron, and other Off
GERS to prove that before leaving
the ship he had told them Of the
dread-in fact, horror-he had Of
finishing tht cruise in the vessel.
This is matter of record, on file
in the navy department, and,
though such a line of defense was
laughed at when made, the fate Of
the Huron will cause many super
Stitious people to think that Mr..
Fletcher's premonition was fully
proven to be a true one by tht


wreck off Kitty Hawk, North Caro-


lima.
Year: 1877

Publishers of newspapers, and
moro particularly local newspapers,
have to depend mainly upon their ad.
vcrtising columns for their support.
Yet how many arc there who seem not
to realize this fact. Instead Of giving
their paper liberal advertising pat
rouge, they perhaps give it nOnc.
Now ii all the patronage that paper
can expects that Of the locality for
whose interest it works, it would seem
that everyone should give it the alver-
tising that Icgitiulatcly belongs to it,
and not try to get it without paying
for it. There is class of people that
seem to bcgrulge every dollar that
gees to their local papers; and still
borrow it and read it, and arc the Sc.
ycrcSt critics Of its shortcomings.
The publisher has to pay for labor and
paper, and every notice Of any kind, in
the nature Of aa advertisement 10
ought to have his pay for. lie has
got to get bis living out Of his alvCr-
tising columns, and any society or in.
dividunl can with just as much pro.
pricty beg live dOIIa's Of any other in.
diyidual. as to expect gratuitOusIy Of .
newspaper. Any man who docs not
think enough Of his towns pa.
per ; and every trader who does not
believe in advertising, should move
into somo town where they have no
paper.
Year: 1877

oo hie ouSo poIiecbiy "aon He
attempts to serve the public for paw.


Wlth how much more consistency can
the law compel man TO understand his
| profession when he undertakes to deal
with human life. True, it is difficult to
draw the exact line OF his legal response
bility. There are some instances in
which the physician is justified in ex.
perimentlng. There are some instances
when the case is desperate, and the result
of the necessary treatment cannot be de-
termined IN advance. But in all these
cases, il the best and most available med
zeal skill is employed, there is no danger
of the law. Yet when d case requiring
! surgical skill or heroic treatment
of any character is presented TO q
physician, though he be competent,
ard though he az, ,pted the proper
course, and If he bungles he should pay.
He has no right TO bungle in such 3
matter. He has no more right to thrust
his knife into my vitals professionally
than has the "quack" to do it uhprofes-
sionally. Ii he doubts his ability he
ought not to make the attempt. The law
and justice will hold him guilty in such
a case until he proves himself innocent


There are too many quacks living on
the conmunity-quacks MOI only in
medicine. but in law, in tho pulpit, in
al the responsible positions of society.
Our laws are too lax toward the species.
There are too many who live by adulter.
ating food and drink, by man
ufacturing shoddy of all kinds
in word, there is too
much humbuggery in American
society, and if our courts cannot rid US
of it, we know OF no other resort.


AS regards the merits of the case call.
ing in question the skill Of DR.. Edwards,
we have not word to say. Thejury
failed to condemn him, and so do we.
1t is hard case for unprofessior ais to
determine. DR.. Edwards certainly
made good defence and LETT n
good impression upon the spectators
who attended on the trial, He is a
young man of marked intelligence and
sprightlness. He showed on the witness
stand close familiarity with his profession,
| and sustained himself under a long and
searching cross-exsminstion as we'll as
any witness we ever heard. He has had
a large experience for man OF his years
and he evidently has the courage and
self confidence to force any problem
his profession may present. We don't
think his usefulness is at an
end in this community. The mere
fact OF his professional skill being ques-
toned and impugned in this one instance
is no reason for adiudging him of no
skill nor would it be had the jury found
against him,


While we claim the right-and sdvo-
cate the policy OF the citizen holding the
profession responsible for injuries occur
ring through malpractice, 1t is but chsri-
ty that we do not condemn him upon
mere suspicion, or upon positive charge
improved. We arc pleased to learn also
that IN this case the majority of the ply
sicians sustain him.