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Year: 1874

The Austin STATEEM4E- fsVors the cleo
ton of Supreme judges, but thinks district
judges should be appointed. We can per
ceive no good reason for this opiniOn. In
the selection of district judges the people
know the qualifications of every leading
lawyer in the district. When it comes to
the State at large, the people are not so
we'll advised, and are consequently not
qualified to determine who should be Sc
lected. The Governor and Legislature,
composed of REPRESENTATIVE men, are better
advised, ana the power ought, to be con.
fided to them in the selection Of Supreme
judges. - GagvestOn Times. --'''


We gave our reasons for advocating the
appointment of the district judges, but as
our worthy contemporary seems not to have
seen them, we, will briefly restate them. 1t
is well known that in some of the districts
the Radicals have a majority of voters, and
as the main-supPoFt of that party comes
from the negroes, there can be no doubt
that they would run man who would be
utterly incompetentg or one not fit 10 pre-
side on the bench. Again, in other districts,
where the vote is close between the two
parties, an unworthy Democrat might run
as an independent candidate, and depend
more upon his sharpness to be elected than
his capacity. He would stoop low to Sc
cure his election, and might defeat the
regular nominee by theaid'of Radical votes.
Not SO with the Supreme judges. They
would be selected from the State at large,
and chosen on account Of their standing as
men and lawyers. As the State is largely
Democratic, there would not be the same
opportunities for scrub races, and worthy
men would be elected. Before the war,
such difficulties were notiin the way of an
election by the people. isl2a.si'.l s


Our only desire is to secure honorable and
competent men who win not drag the judi
cial ermine in the dirt. We shall not OF
ject to the appointment Of the Supreme
judges also, if, after mature deliberation, it
shall be deemed most expedisnt. We have
nopride of opinion about the subject, and
only write in the cause of law, equity and
the well-being of the State. -.--. r.
Year: 1874

DURELL has rendered his resignation to
the President. He was afraid to stand his
trial in the impeachment case. But this
win not save him, II he can be reached in
the criminal court.
Year: 1874

It seems to me that read all kinds
Of cures for ivy poison except the right
one. I have always endea~ored to
keep it before the public, but have
failed. It is to dissolve sugar Of lead,
bit the size of hazelnut, in half
teacuE of sweet milk or warm water.
Apply as warm as can be easily borne
with a soft, lnty piece of linen rag.
Three CT four applications are sufficient
to effect cure. If the poison is on the
face and nearing the eyes or mouth,
this astringent wash may be constantly
applied.


It is a marvellous cure, and by watch
ing closely one can see the fevered bis
ters turn from white to yellow during
the application. This remedy for ivy
poison should prevent a great deal Of
suffering. It is well where a member
of family is easily poisoned to keep
sugar Of lead in the house all the time
Let it be labeled and kept where it can
be found the moment it is wanted.
Keep it we'll wrapped up that it may
not lose its strength.-Cor. Ohio
Farmer.
Year: 1874

Sam. Wilcoxen has small menagerie
Of monkeys, badgers, foxes, and the
like. He also has large Newfoundland
dog, on whose back he sometimes places
one Of his pet monkeys when he is 60
ing for walk about the town-the
monkey fastened to the collar Of the
dog by string. As a general thing
the monkey enjoys his ride; but We saw
him day or two ago when he would
willingly have traded himself off for
some less privileged specimen Of his
species. His canine steed, being al
lowed to roam the streets at will,
saw another dog that he thought he
could whip, and forthwith went for
him like hairy hurricane. In a mo-
ment both dogs were on their hind legs,
and going for each other like two sau-
sage.machines. This made times very
lively for the monkey, as the stranger
dog evidently considered him as part
and parcel of his antagonist. Such
walls Of despair as that monkey uttered.
and such hideous faces as he made, we
never heard or saw. He would climb.
down the side of the dog he bestrode
opposite to where the war was going on,
and thence peep over occasionally
his jaws quivering, his visage dis
torted, and his eyes starting from their
sockets with terror. As the dogs were
constantly changing si;es,it made times
awfully lively with the monkey!
When he jumped to the ground the
string held him, and he found himself
trampled under the feet of both friend
and foe-and he was glad to get again
upon the back of the steed and face the
battle. The poor monkey was in a
worse fix than the boy who stood on tho
burning deck, and, had not the dogs.
been separated, he must soon have been
rendered fit subject for the insane
asylum. AS it was, he did not get
over examining the end ofhis tail for.
wounds for four hours after the battle.


Perhaps he had fears of hydrophobia!
Year: 1874

Apgely, as you choose--just as you
have bsea accustomed to dance in Vi
enna.' Angely now knew what he was
about, and, clasping his distinguished
partner round the waist, he danced
three or four times around the saloon
at rate enoagh to make one giddy to
look at it. When being conducted
back to her seat by Angley, her impe-
rial highness turned to him and said :
so that is the way you dance in Vi
enna-well, l must say that never
found SO much pleasure in dancing
Berlin Letter.
Year: 1874

Residents of Boston and vicinity
have been excited by the operations of
a man who has been killing fish at
Quincy Point, Mass, by the explosion
of nitro o-glycerine. Large numbers of
the sea bass have of late appeared off
the Glades and in the waters around
Quincy Point, and it was upon these
that the man made his experiments.
His first attempt was with a small bot.
tie Of nitro-glycerine, the explosion of
which under water brought to the sur
face only three or four dead bass. a
second trial, with an extra charge Of
the explosive compound in a can,
proved more destructive, all the fish
within circle Of forty yards
being shocked by the conclusion and
rising to the surface in great
numbers. About one hundred were
found to have been instantly killed,
and were captured and sold. Many of
the bass were quite large, one weighing
forty pounds, while one which was but
slightly shocked-being beyond the
area affected by the explosiOn-made
his escape, and was Judged to weigh
seventy pounds. 1t was estimated that
the death Of nearly two hundred bass
resulted from this experiment, as many
which we're not instantly killed or cap
tured with gaffs were so seriously af-
fected by the shock as TO perish. A
careful inspection Of the fish killed
showed, in every instance, that the
second or air bladder was rent and
filled with blood. The fisherman has
been warned against a repetition of
this experiment which is punishable
by fines.
Year: 1874

They have gone and done it. Hor-
ace Maynard was yesterday nominated
for Governor by the Radical State
Convention at Chattanooga, and the
semblance of a campaign is about to
open. For the epresent we merely notice,
as the most significant features of the
proceedings, that the Civil Rights bill
is lodged in the platform and that the
negro element of the party are pro-
foundly disguised with the cowardly
policy adopted by theconvention. What
is written is written. Maynard
will speak his piece throughout the
State, but there will be practically no
canvass. A more God-forsaken, hope
lessly demoralized party never went
into contest than the Radical party
of Tennessee, with Horace Maynard as
its leader.
Year: 1874

An examination of the correspon-
dence from Gen. Clusters expedition to
the Black Hills indicates that the al
legged gold discoveries were not Of such
a promising character as to inf ct upon
the country at large another
gold fever. The finding of the
shining particles at the roots of the
grass is TO be set down rather
as rhetorical flourish than
ANYTHING else Gold was found in
that position, but the grass was on a
bar in a little stream. In most cases,
nothing but the color was found. The
grand discovery was a bar, yielding
from five to seven cents perpan, which,
the correspondence adds, could be
made to pay if water were more plenti-
full there" We apprehend that little
sentence tells tn, whole story. But
even if gold existed in paying quantl-
ties the lands belong to the Indian
Reservation, and the Government
would, therefore, not allow mining to
be done. The Indians, also, are nu-
merous and powerful, and would be
able to destroy any ordinary mining
expedition.
Year: 1874

IT seems that the President insti-
gated the writing Of the recent edi-
torial articles in the Nelv York Herald
advocating a national convention to
consider the Southern question. For
the purpose of establishing a cOmmuni-
cation with the Herald whereby 1t
could for the nonce be used as his or
gan, he invited a member Of the edi-
torial staff Of that paper TO accompany
him on his late trip to Martha's Vine
yard camp-meeting and through New
England generally. Orders have been
sent to the Administration organs
everywhere to support the movement.
Year: 1874

People who prefer wetting the winters
store of coal to lay the dust on putting it in
their cellars, do not, We believe, generally
know that they are laying up for themselves
a store of sore thTOats and other evils con-
sequent upon the practice. But so it is
said TO be. Even the fire-damp, which es-
capes from coal mines. arises from the slow
decomposition Of coal at temperatures but
little above that Of the atmosphere, but Ui-
der augmented pressure. BY wetting a
mass of freshly broken coal and putting it
in a warm cellar, the mass is heated to
such degree that carbureted and sulphu-
reted hydrogen are given off for long
periods Of time and pervade the whole
house. The liability Of wet coal to mis-
chievous results under such circumstances
may be appreciated from the circumstance
that there are several instances on record
of spontaneous combustion of wet coal
when slowed into the bunsers OF holds Of
vessels. And from this cause, doubtless.
many missing coal vessels have perished.
Year: 1874

THE future of the hog crop is yet
uncertain. Many bell eve that the pro-
duct will almost equal that of last year,
while others are predicting that it viii
show a decrease Of from 10 to 20 per
cent. on account of the short crop of
corn and the smallness Of the hogs now
being sent forward. The serious dam
age to the corn crop in Kansas and the
neighboring section has forced hogs to
Illinois and Indiana, where they Will
be highly fed by the most extraordina-
ry crops of corn and wheat ever grown
in those two States. Chicago will have
these stocks at her door, and, as a con-
sequence, Will be able to dictate prices,
to great extent, throughout the
coming season.
Year: 1874

THE Baltimore american declares
that it has retired from the field dis
gusted, and resolved to have nothing
more to do with party affairs, and that
those who worked to build up the Re
publican party in Maryland have no
more influence at Washington than
procession of newsboys and boot
blacks.
Year: 1874

Knoxville Correspondence Of the New York


Sun.


There has been some talk of May
nard for Governor; but whatever his
object in the advocacy of the Civil
L .hts bill, either wholly or partly, it
has certainly killed his chances for the
position, if ever any existed; for the
whites, and especially the poor whites
who have nothing but their color, are
rabid aginst any candidate who
has the odor Of the Civil Rights bill
about him, no matter how judiciously
he desires TO administer It; and IN this
furore it is easy TO confound man who
is laboring for the good of a race with
one who is working the strings of the
peoples wrath in order to shift himself
into place; shrewd people, who prob
ably don't know anything about it, say
that Maynard's Civil Rights speech is
a bid for Northern support toward the
nomination for Vice President in 1876.
Year: 1874

THE City Executive Committee met
last night and planned out a vigorous
campaign. Morton B. Howell, the
nominee for Mayor, was present, and
expressed great satisfaction at the re-
ports made by members of the commit
tee as to the feeling in their respective
wards with regard to the municipal
election.
Year: 1874

LOUISVILLE is preparing to express
sympathy with the citizens of Louisi-
ana. Let the good work go on. The
whole country should speak and pro-
lounce against the foul wrong which
Grant is about to perpetrate.
Year: 1874

GERRIT SMITH opens bis last bulle-
tin with these words:


Il am asked by one and another
whether l am in favor of a third term
for Gen. Grant. Ny invariable answer
is that / am in favor Of anything and
everything which will serve to keep the
Democratic party out of power. If his
denomination IS essential to this end,
then by all rIeans let it eome-yes, and
come as often as there shall be the Ike
occasion for il.
Year: 1874

WASHINGTON, Sept. l5.-The President
has puzzled the politicians not little dur
ing his recent visit here, which closed to
night by his departure for Long Branch.
The carpet-baggeTs who poured in on him
in clouds were utterly bewildered by the
reception he gave them, and the vehemence
with which he charged upon them the re
sponsibility for having fOmented the
troubles in the South. He has broadly
conveved to them the idea that be has not
the high opinion Of the Republican party
that he once had. Altogether, he seems TO
he in A cantankerOus mood Just now.
Year: 1874

Ten thousand human beings set forth
together on their journey. After ten
years onc-third at least have disappeared.
AT the middle point Of the common meas.
ure of life but half are still upon the
road. Faster and faster as the ranks
grow thinner they that remain till now
become weary and lie down to rest no
more. At three score and ten band of
some four hundred still struggle on At
ninety these have been reduced to hand
fol Of thirty trembling patriarchs. Year
after year they fall in diminishing numbers.
One fingers perhaps q lonely marvel till
the century is over. We look again and
the work of death is flushed
Year: 1874

:. TIE BEEcHER TnToN SCANDAL-The N.
Y. Tribune thus concludes: The Great Scandal
becomes for the present mere mess of gossip
and conjecture. most of which is not worth a
moment consideration. Of genuine testimony
we have already had all we are likely to get
through the agency of the Plymouth Commit
tee, and the solution OF the problem resolves
itself, as we predicted it would, into balancing
Of probabilities, each individual making up his
own mind without much regard to the official
verdict The case has been enveloped from
the first in q maze Of subteriuges, plots, bar
gains. petty treaties, and lies, and almost every
soul concerned in it comes out with damaged
reputation.
Year: 1874

There is Well Known Tradition that the
wife of one of the eany printers of the Bible,
just before the sacred volume went to press,
removed the not" from the seventh com
mandment. Some modern clergymen seem to
have a similar dislike to the negative, and
have dropped it from their practice if not
from their profession. 1t is great pity that
the Bible was revealed to the Jews; if the
Americans had written it religion would be so
much easier.-N Y. Herald.
Year: 1874

The political campaign in New Jersey is the
more interesting because of the doubts enter
tanned by politicians OF both parties as to the
issues of the election in State often so closely
contested. The Hon. George A. Halsey seems
to be the lavOrite candidate for the Republican
nomination of Governor, while Judge Bedle
is apparently the strongest man likely to be
brought before the Democratic Convention.
Year: 1874

President Grant left New York on Monday
for Newport He will proceed thence to
Martha Vineyard, where he will be the guest
Of the camp meeting association. He will be
accompanied by his family and Gen. Babcock.
1t is understood that, after the close of the
Long Branch season, the President will remain
in Washington for couple of weeks, and will
then visit st. Louis to attend the Missouri
State Fair.
Year: 1874

A man in Whitehall kicked another man
before justice of the peace, he informed his
Honor that the man he had kicked was a
lightning. rod man. The justice at once dis
charged him with the remark 1.-THE man
who wouldn't kick a lightning rod man wEer
ever Re finds one. is unfit to enjoy the liberties
for which Washington fought and Thomas
Paine wrote" That justice had paid FIVE
hundred dollars for lightning rod on his house
last spring
Year: 1874

Bishop Potter has declined the invitation
to preside at the approaching Episcopal
Church Congress-, to be held at Cooper Insti
tute, New York city. at the same time that
the Diocesan Convention is sitting. The
Committee of Arrangements make public
announcement of the TACT, but refrain from
therefor
Year: 1874

An independent spirit is still displayed in
the political movements on foot in Missouri.


Partisan politics are becoming unpopular with
the masses, and it the effort at Reform is
unsuccessful the responsibility will lie at the
door Of Bourbon Democrats and hide-bound
Republicans who are unwilling to give up party
traditions, even to save the State from misrule.
Year: 1874

Cremation is an old institution
among the Kohls. . native people in the
East Indies. Soon after the persons
death the body is placed on = pile Of
wood, with the head to the south and
the feet to the north, and burned. The
prosperous relatives of the deceased
send presents Of gold, clothing and rice,
which are placed upon the funeral pyre
and burned with the body while oxen
are sacrificed in order that the dead one
may not be in want Of anything in the
next world. All these rites are Der
formed in silence, the men standing
around the pyre in groups and quietly
watching the flames. The ashes and
the unconsumed bones Of the deceased
are gathered together and placed in an
urn. The urn is kept for some time i'm
the dwelling house, but is finally depos-
tied in the family vault, which is formed
by a large fiat stone, three feet
IN width by five in length,
resting on small stones foot high from,
the ground. The urns are placed side.
by side under this stone. The ashes
OF each Kohl are buried in the same.
village from which his family originally
GENE. Although the deceased may
have been living for many years. in q
distant village, his relatives carry his
burial urn back to the place from which
his ancestry came. After the place for
the urn has been prepared in the vault,
q cross is made out Of two blades Of
grass and placed on top Of the urn. The
burning of the body and subsequent


burial OF the ashes are accompanied by
costly banquets to the friends and REL
atives of the deceased. The death Of
IN adult thus costs his family about
one.fourth of their personal property
In order to check the gluttony Of the.
guests at these funeral festivities, large
quantities Of pepper are put in the
1o0o.eii ii / u s::1gr .,tss.,:...s ~: -,
Year: 1874

1@-THE DIAMOND PLow which is
warranted to scour in any soil, is the light
est draft plow in use owing to its shape and
exceeding hardness; does superior work
in both sod and stubble, is the most dur
able, and the best, and therefore the cheap
est plow made, besides, it is sold by Nelson
q Peterson at their new store opposite the
Post Office. and you can call and examine
and see for yourself. 6v44
Year: 1874

A SULKY AND GANG PLow is one of
the new things for the making farm work
easy, and Of enabling one man or boy to do
the work Of two men, to be found at the
hardware store Of Nelson s. Peterson in
Red Wing. These plows, the Sears Sulky
and Gang Plows, with the Diamond Plow
a:tached, are arranged with two plows at
and drive turning two furrows at once, re


lieving the fatigue Of this part of farm
work. They are said to do work with the
least labor to both team and driver of any
thing that has been offered in the market.
Year: 1874

0. B. Dodge & Co., of this city, had
on exhibition at the State Fair, very fine
specimens Of their shoe pacs and plow
shoes. Among these specimens we noticed
particularly the plow shoe, which is An in
vention Of the foreman of the shop. The
shoes look as though they would be very
easy on the feet and neat for the purpose
for which made. The firm received silver
medal and diploma and the first premium
on all their work. We visited the estab-
lishment Of this firm the other day and
witnessed the process of stitching the bot
toms on these shoes and pacs by means Of =
machine made for the purpose. The rapid
ity with which the work is done is truly
wonderful, the operator taking pac fitted
and prepared for the purpose, ran the
seam around the sole, q piece Of work that
would have taken a man unaided by ma
chinery, an hour and half, in just % Sec
onds.
Year: 1874

Ward.


Now that the committee of the Council is
about to select q location for public mar.
ket-house in this ward, let me call their at.
tention to the suitablepeSs of selecting Broad
street as the proper location. This street is
quite convenient and accessible to the cti.
zens of this ward. Its northern boundary
is Leigh street its southern boundary is
James river; Adams street is its eastern
boundary, and $50 feet west of Richmond
College is its western boundary.


Broad street is the widest street in Rich
mond, and it is the main thoroughfare for
the farmers of the upper part OF Henrico
and the counties of Hanover, GoOchland,
and Louisa, to enter this city. Besides being
accessible to the citizens of Clay Ward. this
location is quite convenient to mlny Of the
people residing in the southwestern part OF
Jackson Ward and the west part of Monroe
Ward.


Broad street Is more of a commercial street
than any of the others in Clay Ward. The
building of market-houSe on that street
would not ipjure the adjoining property Us
would be the case if they were fine dwell
ings), but would add to the commercial value
Of the contiguous property. Lots on Broad
street are cheaper than on Grace, Franklin,
or Main streets. There are many vacant lots
on Broad street, especially on the south side
of that street. A location near the Connec.
ton railroad would, in the opinion of the
writer, he a very desirable one-accessiblet TO
the people of Clay Ward, and convenient to
many of the citizens of Jackson and Monroe
Wards. 49,


Trusting;that the committee having charge
Of the.subject may give this suggestion a
fair consideration, remain wel-wisher OF
the city's PROSPERITY.


Richmond, November &c, 1874.
Year: 1874

STATE UNIFORMITY OF TEYT-BooKs IN


PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPINION OF DIR. RUFFNER.


DIR. William II. Ruffner, superintendent of


Public Education, in his forthcoming re-


port to the General Assembly, says in rela-


tion to uniformity of textbooks:


"My own opinion, formed after careful


study of the subject in all its bearn gs, is that


the central Board ought simply to make
REGULATIONS providingfor uniformity of text
books in the various schools, and excluding
in general terms all books containing false
or offensive statements. For example, the
State authorities ought unquestionably to
forbid the use in our schools of any history
which would fail to do justice to the honor
and to the martial deeds Of our people in
their late struggle for constitutional govern
ment. Aud so with every other book which
might contain sentiments unit to be taught
| to our children.


"These regulations should be so strictly
enforced that If any book Of this character
shouId by chance be admitted it would be
expelled without mercy. This mode OF man
aging the subject believe to be perfectly
consistent with the language OF our law,
both statutory and organic. For reasons
which gave in 1872, think it most dan
perous and incongruous arrangement to SET
a State Board composed chiefly of civil OIL
GERS to selecting schooi.books.


"But if THE State Board will insist on
making selections, the only safety is IN their


selecting a considerable number-say half
dozen of different books on the same SUB
iect. or such number on each subject as the
Board can recommend, be the sane more OF
less. Then let local board composed ol
school officers and teachers select from tnl:
list, and enforce uniformity in respect to
their selections"