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Year: 1875


CHARACTERIZATION AMONG THE FREEDMEN-DR.


sPEER or PHILADELPHIA, AND THE CHINESE


CLOSING SCENES or THE SYNOD.


SCRANTON, Pa, Oct 20, 1875


Contrary 70 the opinion Of a large number OF the
reverend delegates the cghty-seventh or the
Philadelphia Synod brought TO a close at Pitts
ton last evening, after disposing OF great deal Of
important work. The greater part Of the morning
session was devoted TO the discussion Of report pre-
scnted by the Rev W. b Noble, on behalf Of the
Freedmens Committee, in which s'the Synod cnoin
all the churches 10 take up collection for the freed
men y


IL was decided also TO recommend the use Of infer
mcnted wine at the communion of the different
churches.


The synod took special action in reference TO the
jealous Dr. Spcer OF Philadelphia who for twelve years
has been missionary TO Cnna and only returned to
tins country when his health began fail He was for
some time editor OF the Oriental newspaper printed
the Pacific coast half in English and one-haf in
Chinese and for the past ten years has acted as
tary Of the Board Of Education the Phila
delphia Synod or late he has resolved
among the Chinese, and resigned his position
Secretary of the Board that account Of
resolutions adopted regretng his departure and
wishing him ample in his field oflabor His plan
s TO return TO China in February remain there year
and then back TO this country To prosecute his
abors among the Asatc emgrants coming here in such
large numbers. He has been active member OF the
synod during the session just closed and has many
friends f.
After taking this action the Synod disposed OF several
matters of minor interest and at ton O'Clock last night
adjourned TO meet in Philadelphia next year.
Year: 1875

THE BURIAL POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER ELECTION.


MONTREAL, Oct 26, 1875.
The latest phase Of the Gubord matter is postpone
ment OF the burial until the 18th of next MONTH that
being the anniversary OF the death the poor fellow
whose remains havc disturbed matters, political social
and religious in Canada, since 1869 Tho burial was to
have taken place during the present week. but an eec
tion is pending in which the government is trying to
secure for its candidate the French Roman Catholic
vote and for that purpose the matter put on not
withstanding that the coones Of all the volunteer
corps in the city warned TO hold themselves in
readiness on Monday last.
Year: 1875

EFFoRTs TO SECURE AN UNDERSTANDING BE-
GOVERNMENT


ROME, Oct 26 1875.
1t is stated that some German bishops recently asked
the advice OF the Vatican what line OF conduct
they should pursue SO to terminate their conflict
Win the German government


Cardinal Antone consequently sent circular TO all
German bishops asking for their opinion concerning
the means OF arriving understanding between the
government and the episcopacy
Year: 1875

To THi FRIENDS OF ADMINISTRATORS REFoRM:-


We congratulate you in advance upon the victory
whichyour work is to make overwhelming the fact
that all the corrupt elements OF the State
are tesiring our defeat is generally under
Stood Its effect has been To unjto
and iFprc our friends in every election district while
tens thousands who have heretofore been against us
arc with us now in our battle for reform and lower
taxes The honest Of all parties IN making
war ulon corruption and extravaganza and where the
issue so plainly joined it Is here there can be
no oher result than an unprecedented triumph
Of tina ticket which represents the warfare against The
rings, md for the defeat Of which every corrupt inter-
est in he State hopes against hope Let tho remaining
days the canvass be devoted securing full vote
and sub majority shall show that where the pco
pie haze chance to approve real reform they do it in
no halbearted way.


D. MAGoNE, Jr., Chairman


L. ArGAR Secretary.
Year: 1875

SOMEBODY tells in the Troy Times the
horrible tale that ths three greatest law
yers in the National Senate are so
troubled by dyspepsia that they have 10
be constantly ON their guard; that. in
consequence Of the same. IL used to 10
said that the approach Of tho dinner
hour rendered il unsafe for anybody to
dispute With Senator fessenden: and
that one OF the most prominent mein-
bers Of the House has bsen known 10
drop down in tho streets in dyspcptic
awOOn
Year: 1875

A Memphis "lady killer" at tended a picnic not long ago and the girls put up a job on him. They organized secret society to which there was a single de- gree, but that was a nice one and consisted in blindfolding the can didate and leading him into the center of a "magic circle" formed by the young ladies, when he was made to kneel and was kissed, be- ing subsequently, made to guess who kissed him. Such program me would suit most men, and some of those initiated wanted very badly to take another de- gree. Finally the young ladies admitted that one gentleman, @ real killer, should be allowed the privilege he asked for and he accordingly 'kneeled down with a look of intense 'complacency up on his face that he should be thus selected as more attractive than other men. He was kissed and

 the bandage removed from his eyes, only to disclose to him the laet that his lips had been press eu oy those of colorea girl who .,au accompanied the;party as
Year: 1875

"rhink Of my Jane marrying a man with one eye! And a red neck! And limp! O-h.h! When l think of that skulking Jasking sneaking around my innocent Jane to make her his wife, could tear this house downw-DetrOit Free PreeS.
Year: 1875

FLOOR STAIN-We have just manufactured
A. fresh supply of the above article, which
has given such great satisfaction to all of our
customers who have tried it. In color, it is of
rich dark walnut, and it is prepared all ready
country in any quantity desired Sold by the
pint or gallon by


oct rs JANNEY & co.
Year: 1875

z. +. Clarkson, agricultural editor of
the State Register, is making tour of
the South, and is from time to time writ
ing most interesting letters to his paper.
MIR. Clarkson is well known to the people
of Iowa as a gentleman of sound discreet
judgment, far removed from anything
sensational. In his letter from Charles
ton, S. c., he says:


'The upper crust of white population
here are not in the least resigned to the
situation. They have not the conviction
that the present status of the negro, po-
litically and socially, is an established
thing. They say, and evidently believe,
that so soon as they again have Demo-
cratic president, things will be righted ac-
cording to their notions. And they say
the Democracy of the North is with them
in sentiment and sympathy. They are
sanguine that by some hocus-pocus the
negro will again be restored to servitude,
for which they think they are only capa-
BILE. But these people never propose to
secede again. They are now for the I'm
ion, but believe that by terrorism in the
South, aided by Northern Democracy, they
will gain control of the Government, when
they will make it so warm for Northern
Radicals that they will rebel, when they
propose showing the North the sweets of
being whipped into submission. This is
no sensational paragraph. This is the
idea here, and it is talked of freely.
Last week, when we were in Rich
mond, Va, the State Grange was in ses-
sion. We conversed with sturdy, in
| dustrious Patron, member of the State
Grange, living some sixty miles south.
west from Richmond He said the South
was ripper for rebellion than in 1860. But
he said they did not propose to effect
their object this time by going out of the
Union, but By driving out the radicals,
and then by the aid of the strong arm of
the National Government whipping them
into submission. This man said Mis aoas
their plan-that it was freely canvassed in
his region in private clubs and public dis
cussion, and that he desired only to live
long enough to see It,
Year: 1875

To remain after school-hours, as a prac-
tice, either to infuse new life into e pupil.
or for the purpose of punishment, in our
judgment is measure that defeats its
own end. The teacher almost of necessi-
ty becomes nervous and irritable, as a re-
suit of already exhausted energy and pos
sible disappointment, and the pupil is
made restive under what he recognizes as
an artificial restraint, becomes obstinate,
observes the loss of power in the teacher,
and is determined to defeat the object of
his detention, and in large majority of
cases an issue at once arises between
teacher and pupil, which could have been
and ought to have been avoided.
We beg leave to offer to teachers few
practical hints as aids in the abolition of
this nefarious practice:


l. Map out in your thought thorough
plan for each days work. A well digest
ed programme of exercises viii be inyalu-
able in this respect.


2 Make yourselves thoroughly familiar
with the topics to be presented and studi-
ed each day, and their order, so that the
mind may easily accommodate itself to
the change of exercises.


3. Exemplify each day in your work
the great value of the motto "a time for
everything and everything in its time
never permitting one recitation or exera
else to trespass upon the time of another.


4. Remember there are five days in a
week and four weeks in month, and that
it is impossible to do in one month what
in the nature of things will require as
many as three, at least.


5. Cultivate the habit of finishing
task within a prescribed time, and require
the same of your pupils


6. Never attempt to supplement or
patch recitation Chicago Teacher
Year: 1875

When / look out of MY window, the


image of very large tract falls upon my
retina. see at once a multitude of
houses, and the infnitude of objects that
go to make up the picture, and apparent
ly see everything distinctly, but this is
really far from being the case. If / look
suddenly out upon a landscape that
have never seen before, and fix my gaze
upon church-spire for few moments


the image Of the landscape falls immoy


ably upon the retina; but, if now sud
denly withdraw and try to reproduce by
sketch or writing what I have seen, |
shall find myself totally unable. l have


only an indistinct impression of the church


spire, and perhaps of few prominent OBJ
jects in its immediate vicinity. | have
seen the landscape, but | have not observ-
| ed it. Now let me return, paper in hand,
to sketch the same landscape. / deliber-
ately run it over the leading lines of view,
and then trace lines upon the paper that
produce the same effect upon my eyes as
those in nature have done. My sketch at


best viii be imperfect, but its accuracy


win be in proportion to the care with


which have examined the outlines in


landscape. In observing an object We do
not then look fxedly at i've run the
Year: 1875

So MUCH is being said just now about
President Grants Cuban policy by the so
called Great Dailies of New York that the
public is liable to become unduly excited
over comparatively unimportant matter.
The idea that war would follow with Spain
in the event of recognition of the indie
pendence of the Cuban insurgents is ridicu-
lous. Such a recognition would simply
place the belligerents on an equality as re-
CARDS the United States, the same as Ger
many and France enjoyed during the late
war between those two Powers. Any one
who is at all versed IN the usages of inter,
national law will at once recognize and
admit this fact. In short, the United
States would, under such a contingency,
assume position of friendly neutrality as
regards two nations, with each of which
they would have friendly relations. But
the question after all is whether President
Grants Cuban policy contemplates any
such results. The Great Dailies assume
that it does; but like many other of their
assumptions there is doubt about the basis
upon which it rests. They have, in fact,
no authority for presuming that the past
policy of the Government as regards Cuba
will be changed, and they are simply
afraid that the President will add to his
undoubted popularity by so changing it as
to make it accord thoroughly with the
sympathies and aspirations of the Ameri-
can people. As they are enemies of his
administration they are anxious that he
shall not do anything to increase its popu-
larity. At the same time they pretend to
be apprehensive of that great national-dis-
aster-a Third Term.
Year: 1875




bond at par. And this viii be the legiti-
mate effect of the action of Mr.. Fairchild.
If Secretary Bristow obtains the authority
of Congress to issue the four and four and
q half per cents in sums of fifty dollars and
snultiples thereof and offers them in such
sums to the people for their small savings,
the latter will withdraw enough of their
deposits from these banks in single year
to take up the entire balance of this loan.
We hope that the Secretary will ask the
necessary modification of the law for this
purpose, and thus give our own people an
opportunity to keep portion of our bonds
at home. Such bonds would form the most
attractive security in the world, on account
of its negotiable character and the facility
of realization whenever funds were wanted
for other purposes. VIII the Secretary
consider this matter9
Year: 1875

The "Sovereigns Of Industry" are over
whelming us with inquiries for the names of
the firms who decline to advertise in journal
that publishes statements based upon their
data. They not only reiterate the correctness
of the figures, but add that not half the sick.
ening details of these "shoddy" clothing shops
have been printed yet, and promise to furnish
another batch for next Saturday. Perhaps no
one would have suspected the renowned pala-
tial establishments of A. Saks & Co. and liable
Bros. of containing such goods ifthose firms had
not made such indecent haste to resent what
they denote as an insult to them and their
business. TWAS this implied acknowledgment
of guilt which attracted public attention to
these large houses. Their haste to put on the
cap and proclaim the ft warns the "Soy-
ereigns" to go elsewhere for the genuine article.
We regret exceedingly, for their own sakes,
that they appear to be in this category of
"shoddy" " dealers. We do not say that they
are, but we must admit that their conduct
looks very suspicious. The article to which
they take exceptions did not intimate that
there were any "shoddy" establishments in
Washington. We did not suspect there were
any, but least OF all did we suspect liable
Bros. and A. saks g. Co. How are the mighty
fallen, indeedl We are informed, upon the
best authority, that these offended clothiers
have even been going about to others in the
trade and soliciting their cooperation in an
attempt to withdraw advertising patronage
from the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. We are
happy to know that their efforts were not
crowned with any iattering success. Their
rivals In trade could not see in the article in
question any attack upon legitimate trade.
And they do not propose to be made cats
paws for the rescue of the burned chestnuts of
others
Year: 1875

If THE President would only tell the
Great Dailies of New York exactly what
he intends to say about Cuba in his message,
he would relieve them from great deal of
anxiety. They may find some consolation,
however, in the illusions he has made to
this subject in his previous messages, and
in the certainty that he will not deyiate in
the future from the consistent course sug-
gested by those illusions.
Year: 1875

In ORDER that our readers may know
the merits of the latest controversy, and
Just how much cause the clothing mer-
chants of Washington have for complaint
we reprint in another column the article to
which exception has been taken by two
large houses. 1t will be observed that in
it no intimation is given that any of our
city merchants were engaged in the line of
business described.
Year: 1875

ABOUT this time, according to the News.
paper Row almanac, look out for absurd
speculations regarding the contents OF the
forthcoming annual message of the Presi-
dent. Cuba will probably furnish the basis
for Them
Year: 1875

Some little boys in Connecticut, who have
made it regular and persistent practice to
take their Sunday-school time to rob birds
nests in, undertook recently to break the dull
monotony of the present hard times by soaking
a kitten with petroleum and burning 1t to
satiate an uncomfortable desire to have q bon
fire. There were eight of these youngsters,
but, fortunately, four little girls caught them
in the cruel sport, and in less than one minute
after they came upon the scene they pulled the
boys back hair down and walked of with
the kitten in triumph. They say that they
would have whipped q whole academy Of boys
rather than have that kitten suffer. Boys are
not of much account nowadays, so long as
there is a little wizen-faced, shaggy, ribbon
robed poodle or milk-lapping kitten around.
In fact, the girls are getting so peculiar that
we know of cases where they actually refused
to give young men the mitten-such paltry
thing as a mitten, mind you-when it might
have rescued the boys from life OF unremit-
ting wretchedness. But then girls are SO funny,
you know, under the reign of Pull-back, the
sovereign can't-sit-down of fashion, that we
don't wonder the boys seek consolation in burn
ing cats at the stake.
Year: 1875

And now that nervous, active, restless, gen.
erous French people propose in an impulsive
moment to abolish the old worldwide familiar
courtesy of handshaking. Susceptible to the
moving influence of wild suspicious, as they
are, in this custom, they see the traces Of
something of weird significance, born away
back in the days of Masonic infancy, and wish
to introduce the simple custom of slight bow
of the head in order to dispel the monster.
There is something about decorous bow or
modest "good morning" that seems so cold
and unfriendly, so Indifferent and formal that
it makes person of generous impulses shud-
der. Men are strange enough to each other
without introducing a custom which must
necessarily make them much stranger. What
humanity needs now more than anything else
is knowledge of humanity, and the world
would pass faster on towards the goal of that
perfection which it must acquire before the
effulgent millennium will dawn in all its
brightness upon it, should man meet his fellow
man with more frankness and an honest heart
felt shake of the hand.
Year: 1875

TIME MAGNOLIA HAS BEEN FITTED


up in the most attractive style possible,
with view to the convenience and comfort
of patrons. The proprietor desires to call the
attention of customers. friends and the public
to his superior stock of
Year: 1875

THE VAGRANTs.-It would be right
interesting to know what our esteemed
friend who, over the signature Of "Peach
Pluck" took us so severely to task for
what we said about these worthless vag-
abonds who crowd our streets, short
time since, thinks of them now. If
they were nuisance then they are four
fold SO now The people have grown
tired Of feeding them and thoroughly
disgusted with their presence in our
midst. They won't work, and if they
hire with anyone they quit as soon as
they get their maws full, or enough
money to get drunk on. All, who will,
and fortunately there are some, can get
work and are at it. Yet our streets are
still full, and the question is continual
ly asked, F" How are we to get rid Of
them p Certainly some way will have
to be found pretty soon.
Year: 1875




fruit market this week has fully demon
strated. the truth of the oft repeated
declaration of commission men, con-
sumers and even the growers them
selves. that it is of no earthly use to
send poor fruit to market. Had all
growers acted upon this principle and
culled their fruit closely and sent moth
ing but the choicest fruit, or extras, to
market it would not have been so over
stocked, and prices would have been
better. Surely they might have UNDER
stood, from past experience, that when
there are such immense quantities as
there are this year they cannot expect
to sell all. 1t does not pay the growers
to pick the fruit and pay freight and
commissions and then receive but 20 or
25 cents per basket. They had much
better let the peaches remain in the
orchard. But there is no necessity for
taking such prices. Good fruit will
always-6 unmixed with poor trash
sell at reasonably fair rates. Growers
often say that half crop will pay much
better than whole one. This, no
doubt, is true. Now it is an easy mat
ter to make half crop from whole
one. Let every shipper Gull his peaches
so as to make ertras and they will soon
see . vast difference in prices, There
is not peach man on the Peninsula
who, for use in his own family, would
give 10 cents basket for little peaches
scarcely larger than hulled walnuts.
Yet because there have been o great
many of that size among the varieties
shipped thus far, men have hated to
Gull them out and SO sent them to
market and-got nothing for them
the plagued little things iinjjuring or
rather spelling the sale Of the better
peaches that they were mixed among.


The markets in all the cities are COM
pletely over-stocked, and as "a 8 conse-
quence peaches are bringing nothing at
all. The growers have the remedy
partially in their own hands. We do
not believe in this stuff Of quitting send
ing peaches to market. There is no use
in stopping altogether. Send good fruit
and mothiag but good fruit. and the
market will take them. We know one
gentleman. who has sent only his good
peaches, and, despite the glut, they
have realized him, clear of commissions
and % cents freight, an average Of 33
cents per basket. This. too, on early
varieties at time when Others fruit
brought them in debt. If all had done
as that man did there would have been
no glut and no dependency from low
prices. ' a


There are great many peaches to
ship yet, and if men will do as that
man has done, and is still doing, they
will stand chance Of making up some
Of their losses. With such an immense
crop as we have this year it is sheer
nonsense to expect the people in the
cities to buy oil our little peaches just
because we want to sell them. Send |
nothing to market that we would not |
use at.home and there will be q differ
ence in prices very quick.
Year: 1875

the result of that arbitration would be to
give to the Conservatives q majority OF
eight in the Louisiana Lower House, and
that while there would be 4 small RepuD-
lican majority on joint ballot, it was prooa-
bic that the balance of power in that ma
ioritv would be controlled in the interests
Of the Conservatives. II has also been as
certained that teleerams were receivedfrom
New Orleans by the Pinchback leaders here
urging them to postpone final action, If the
vote was likely to be adverse to Pinch
back. 1t had been certain for a week that
the vote would reject him. Accordingly
the plot was formei, and formed not to
bring peace to Lou isiana, or to remove that
disturbing element from politics, but to
prevent the possibility of the election OF
Conservative to the United States Senate by
the Legislature as it will be constituted III
the event of the success Of the Wheeler ar
bitratiOn. Senator West characteriZes the
Arbitration Committee as the "New York
Legislature" and admits that it was his
purpose to defeat the legitimate results OF
its action.


The Casey faction is not pleased with
the result, which was as much surprise
to them as to anybody. 1t destroys what
ever chance Casey had to become United
States Senator. The Conservatives like
wise do not like it, as their hopes are
thereby ruined. Senator Morton, Who had
charge Of the Pincaback case, says that he
did not know of tie plan until the motion
was made. LOgar had heard Of it but
few moments before. Judge Christiancy
is much disturbed by Morton's sharp criti-
cism of him, and it is said that his vote is
lost to the Republican party.


Pinchback does not conceal his gratihca-
tion at the turn affairs have taken. He
terms the adoptioa Of Vests resolutions
"My victory"