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Year: 1875

The bill introduced in the house by
Mr.. Mathes early in the session, on tre
subject of tax on railroads and every
other species Of property, came up on
third reading in the house to-day, and
after some discussion, was made the
special order for twelve O'Clock Mon
dav
Year: 1875

Heads resolution declaring it to be
the sense of this general assembly that
the rate of taxation for the ensuing two
years should not exceed twenty-five
cents on the hundred dollars, having
been rejected by large majority, the
author Of the same, taking it for granted
that the members of the house do not
know their own mind on this subject,
introduced bill to-day fixing the rate
of taxation at that figure.
Year: 1875

The Ladies' Directory of the most usefl chari-
ties the city Special taken to instruct young
women in the domestic arts, and advice and instruc-
tion given to all women seeking employment The
fair in aid OF the Directory is going Masonic
Temple and Santa Claus appears in all his glory to
gladden. the hearts Of the young people. Numerous
valuable and curious articles, including sewing ma
chimes, pianos a Remington rifle and japanese curl
ostes OF various kinds 10 be rallied for and music
and dancing takes place every evening


The grand dolls bazaar at the drawing OF the
Free Training School, No. 80 West Tenth street, is
progressing favorably and crowds OF ladies and Chi
dren are daily attendance purchasing dolls. The
Training School noble charity and is TO be hoped
the bazaar will realize enough to enable the good ladies
who take charge OF 10 push forward their charitable
work during the winter


The fair in aid of the new Church OF 81. Francis
Xavier is going at the College Hall which is con-
nected with the church. The hail. which is of the
pretes in the city, is finely decorated and the fine
paintings with which the walls hung great
attraction The fair is conducted by the ladies OF the
church. and the object is raise funds for the
displayed the different tables and the attendance is
good


The fair for the benefit of St. Peters Parochia
Schools being held in the basement OF St Peters
church, in Barclay street. has very good assortment
Of articles exhibition, and is well attended.


The chlldren's merry making at the New York Diet
Kitchen which IS TO occur tonight at No. ITO Second
avenue, in aid of the sick poor is TO be series Of in
teresting entertainments Not only will it be chill
dren's merry making, but people of mature ages will
find at It something to please.
Year: 1875

train Of the New Jersey Central was thrown from
the track on Wednesday night whilo crossing the
Newark Bay bridge. The locomotive Kept on the
track by the string piece but the coupling broke
and four cars thrown into the water. No person
was injured. The accident caused by misplaced
switch.


William Gillespie, cattle drover was run over on
the Erie Railway near Rutherfurd Park on Wednesday
night and fatally injured.
Year: 1875

meeting Of the Milk Dealers Association held
last evening at No. 9s Allen street Speeches were
made recommending the presentation TO the next
Legislature of petnon requesting the passage of a
bill which should provide for the testing OF milk by the
ordinary "testing valve" instead OF the actometer
The dealers claim that the latter instrument
curate that IL is utterly useless. The testing of the
milk at the railroad depots is also recommended or
der 10 preclude the possibility Of any aduerated milk
finding its way into the market The members OF tho
association express themselves freely desiring the
punishment OF all aduterators
Year: 1875

lighter laden with oil was on her way from Com
munipaw TO New York on Wednesday night when sho
struck on reef of the island known as 'Black Tom
sprang leak aud settled down IA soon as the cargo
Il removed the vessel will be noalod.
Year: 1875

The following record will show the changes in the
temperature for the past twenty four hours, in
parson with the corresponding date OF last year, as
indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's pharmacy,
m T{ut
Year: 1875

We desire to remind the friends of La
Dor Reform that the time for holding the
annual sessions Of the Industrial Congress
is fast approaching, and it is essential, in
view Of the depressed condition Of the Ia
bor market, that full representation from
our trades and labor associations should
be secured. Several correspondents have
suggested the propriety of q postpone
ment, and asked our opinion on the mat
ter. While we haze no authority to speak
for any party but ourselves, we are decid-
edly opposed to any such proposition.
There never was q time in the history of
trades unions in the United States when
conference Of their representative men,
bers was so requisite al at the present
hour. The very fact that wages are being
cut doyn that strikes are prevalent-that
business Ia stagnant- instead Of furnish
ing reasons for q postponement, in our
Judgment furnishes one Of the strongest
arguments why it should be the most nu-
msrOusly attended Of any Congress yet
held. An interchange Of opinion by dele
gates from the different trades will no
doubt prove Of incalculable value in arriv-
ing at correct conclusions. II il q mis-
taken and exploded idea that any special
craft or calling il altogether Independent
Of the aid, good will, sympathy or cooper
stion-direct or indirect-of members Of
q different trade. This idea must be sup
pressed-no matter at what cost. II ma
delusiOn-a will o the wisp, which can
only lead to disappointment and disinte-
grafton. Unity Of action in essential, and
while our various national and interna-
tional societies have distinct and peculiar
interests, which it is the duty Of their sx-
ecutives to direct and watch over, it must
not be forgotten, that their various men,
bers have interests in common with each
other, which can only be promoted BY pull
ing aud actiag tOyetksr. We shall be pleas
ed to hear from our correspondents on the
subject, and trust that President Wright
will give this matter his prompt attention.
Year: 1875

There 10 no class Of persons who do 80
much for the TOrld, and who are 50 poorly
paid for what they do ~ the common
laborers who work for others by the day,
the work the month or the year.


Their time is 81 constantly occupied
with fatiguing toll that they have little
opportunity or disposition to attend to
anything else. A weary body and weary
mind too frequently 20 together Physi-
cal exhaustion generally precludss mental
activity, and the mechanic y 10 has had to
walk a couple Of miles TO and from his
place Of business, in addition to his daily
labor, prefers sleep to metaphysics, physl-
cal repose to intellectual labor. rhe idle
and scheming classes in the meantime are
busy in devising and executing plans by
which to convert the fruits Of their toll to
the use Of themselves and their non-pro
ducing families, without returning an
equivalent. In accomplishing their OBJ
iects. their devices have always been at
tended with success, so that it has passed
into . proverb that there Is but six
pence difference between him who works
and him who plays, and that he who plays
gets it"


Must this be 80 Is there no remedy
II there is a remedy what is it : Can the
the lAborsrs remedy this by working less
hours! by shortening days work from
ten to eight No. This alone will never
remedy the injustice under which the
lsboring classes Of all ages and countries
have groaned II they allow themselves
to remain ouyhtless, ignorant and apa-
thetic they will be made to suffer more
when they have resolved to lrofk less. If
they prefer to remain equally thoughtless
and ignorant, it will be as easy to defraud
them Of the fruits of their eight hours
work a. it has heretofore been of their ten


The remedy for the oppressed and de
frauded laboreIs must be Of duplicate
character 1t must be not only less rorL,
but more thinking.


When reduction of the hours Of daily
toll has been secured, the next thing to be
done 10 to use all the leisure thus wrested
from the service Of the non-Prcducing
classes to studying the lers oss their own
nature, and the institutions Of society.
Let thC..I examine into the science of gov
ernment, Of politics, finance, commerce,
speculation in land, provisions, food and
raiment, by which they have been de
frauded and oppressed.


They should seek that Independence Of
thought and action by which they can be-
come their own employers, and thus main
tain an independent position, trusting in
God and their own energies, and not to the
caprioes of man for livelihood For the
purpose of stimulating that activity Of
mind which brings redemption, the labor
ing classes shall provide themselves with
public halls, in which to discuss the issues
of the hour, libraries. reading rooms,
lyceums and all other instrumentIities
likely to educate them to that higher plane
which they must occupy-before they can
understand the nature Of the robbery to
which they are subjected, and the means
by which they can be removed
Year: 1875

the hills % wet they cannot plough, this
ensures an immense crop "f grain this
year while the g',ld dust is beginning to
be taken from diggings that can only be
water.


THE BRIuKLAAK


have gotten through with their work on
the Palace Hotel they have broken down
the eight hour system among the members
Of the old Bricklayers Union. and now
have no work for themselves. 1t don't
matter much during the winter months
for the short days prohibits them making
much more than All eight hour day /;
though while ON that immense structure
they we're made TO work by gas light to
put in the ten hours Ralston has his
enemies, but he is n most energetic man
rand gives more men employment than
any other one in the city A few more
such men IS VIM. Z R4lston and Henry
+. Williams would be great advantage to
workingmen here.


THE CARPENTERS


are nov bnsily engaged on the Palace
Hotel, and generally have employment
throughout the city, indeed. for this time
Of year, business is very brisk and better
wages are paid than any other part II the
world. The plumbers ami gss filters.
plasterers, painters, etc, are also busily
engaged, though there are plenty of work
men here for all improvements, IN the
city, still they cone, and our city expands
with the facility Of gutta percha band,
while the Increase IN the value u property
Is beyond all expectation. "r hope, of the
most sanguine real estate speculation. nor
can any one have the slightest idea "
stopping place


THE AINEks


are now paying more actual dividends than
they ever did before; the immense Bon
anga" discovered On the California" and
Consolidated Virginia has set our people
crazy, and the stocks went 10 such enor-
nous prices there is not coin enough IN
the world to buy them, vet it is a fact
that more than $50, 600 of dividends have
been paid on nine Of the prominent mines,
For the last week prices have 50 broken
that hundreds are ruined, particularly
those who bought ON margins, that is they
paid twenty-five or thirty per cent. hoping
it would go up, but going down and hav-
ing no money to keep up payments, they
lost all that had been paid


THE MECHANICS AND FARMERS
having united in the Temperance Reform
Party" are likely To carry the State on
the next election, the producers here are
working more in harmony than they have
ever done before. Every day something
transpIres to unite them more firmly f,
the last is the issue Of the 'sRmmRc Grocei "
which attacks the Grangsrs ~ account Of
their policy this is nuts for ,the mechan-
les and temperance men, There is a great
change come over the spirit Of our dream
all producers and religions people are now
politicians and even mechanics no longer
dread the idea Of entering the political
arena.
Year: 1875

the hills % wet they cannot plough, this
ensures an immense crop "f grain this
year while the gpld dust is beginning to
be taken from diggings that can only be
worked when there is an abundance Of
water
Year: 1875

FIRST CLASS BAY COUPE HORSE, OVER l6
"A hands warranted sound also set coupe Harness. sill
MOUNTED to be sold in consequence Of owner gong to
Europe. 70 be seen at l62 West Eighteenth street.
Year: 1875

THE VICE PRESIDENCY COMING DoEE.
Vice President Wilson lowered the posi-
tion he holds By presiding at a political
convention yesterday In his speech he
said he strongly favored the policy Of
specie resumption. and said eve cannot,
as Americans, take pride in the singular
fact that stray note from an unknown
bank in one of the British provinces can
be sold il State street for premium of
more than twelve per cent. over one Of
our legal tender notes, with all the
wealth Of 4o,ooo.OOo people behind it,
1t IS no less singular than true. We feel
deeply ashamed Of the fact Bnt it must
be remembered that the Vice President
and his party and his Radical fanatieal
doctrines put our money in the condition
he now finds it.
Year: 1875

OUR City EXPENsEs.-lt is absolutely
necessary that our city expenses shall
be made lighter The Democratic party
IS fairly pledged 10 it aud cannot retain
power if it deceives the people. There
We're too many ofRce-holders under the
late management ard it was expected
that unnecessary assistance would be
dispensed with. If the Engineer : Do
partment was reduced to chief and an
assistant the city would not suffer. Or
II the Office was closed entirely for the
time being and the old city surveying
system adopted, saving Of six or seven
thousand dollars woald result to the
city. \ change Of oihcels is not ali that
Is wanted. Our people demanl retrrurh-
ment and they will have 1.-THE party
that refuses tAis must 20 under. Tie
taxes on real estate, with the present
difficulty in securing rents, il entirely
too heavy and will not bear an inrfras e.
And just here N the face Of tli fa5t go
find the Denocratic party coming into
power with an almost empty treasury.
The outgoing Republican party having
carefully laid out work which has alb
sorbed the whole OF the proceeds ot last
years income. This is a difficulty which
our people should remember th. Demo-
cratic majority IN Council lave got to
meet, and it is no trihing one. W. hope.
Therefore, there will be sone lrnicncy
and sympathy shown them in their car.
nest efforts to serve TIE interests of the
whole people
Year: 1875

Yesterday we mentioned the fact that Cru.
tance Guida, who is accused Of the murder Of
John Badrack, was apparently suffering OF in
sanity at the County Jail.


His condition to-day seems to nave grown
worse, and Prosecutor Gerard states that he
will consult with eminent physicians, and if
they pronounce his mind deranged he will
send him to the Asylum.


According to the law this can only be done
after trial before a jury of twelve men, Of
whom nine are required to find him insane.
Year: 1875

Major Travis was arraigned in the Police
Court this morning on charge of obtaining
So by false pretensrs from John H. Lewis, who
was locked up in Hammond-street Station
house as witness in the case Of Smith and
Nilsson.


The following certificate, signed by Lewis
yesterday in the Mayors office. was the means
Of clearing the barrister from the disgraceful
charge:


Gin. o. Sept 81 A. d. 1875.
Rec Of VIM Travis three so dollars for money
pady to him for henry nelson and william smith
by me for thar case in the Police Court Sept Z
1874 for them only his


S Lewis


mark
Year: 1875

So far as information in detail can
be obtained up to time of going to
press we give below the names Of
parties who have subscribed for
stock, with the amount subscribed
by each, in aid of the Quincy d st.
Paul project. The amount required
to secure the road to Knoxville this
year is $4,000. OF this amount, Us
will be seen by the list, s60,5Oi is
now secured, not counting anything
in Clay township, as amounts there
subscribed are contingent upon the
raising of sums sufficient to secure
their depots. Supposing that Clay
and the townships east and south of
it will raise $4,000 or $4,000, there
remains balance of about $l2, 900
yet to be raised west of Clay.


Several members of the Board of
Directors are now i'm favor of giving
up the cause and allowing the whole
thing to "go by the board" unless
the amount is secured by next Tues
day, when our extension of time will
expire. There is no assurance that
any further extension will be grant
ed If our Board should decide to ask
1t. There is now less than one week
left for us to work. Shall this pro-
ject now be allowed to fail for lack OF
the small amount yet wanting :
Shall we lose all we have done,
and do without a road here for
years to come? Every man should
give personal attention to this mat.
ter, and if he has not done his whole
dnty he should not delay another
hour. Days are years to Us now.
a grand success or an inglorious
failure will be the result Of a few
days activity or ineXcusable falter-
ing. Three thousand dollars of orig
inal stock, which cannot be counted
on the SSS 900, is credited to mem
bers Of the A. X. d ID. Company in
this list, and is hence deducted from
the total footings. A few small
amounts, probably not $500 in all,
have been subscribed that do not
here appear, but this will not more
than make the list good. The bal
ance shown below is very nearly
correct:
Year: 1875

Oh, yes! the Republican party is a
party of hate and revenge, and the
reconstruction of the South shows it.
But in the next Congress "sixty-
eight gentlemen who served in the
rebel armies will take their seats,
while but twenty-five Union soldiers
will be there to meet them. All
these sixty-eight rebels owe their
lives to the enemy, and hold these
positions to-day by the generosity of
the Republican party. But that isn't
enough. 1t is not enough to have
three rebel soldiers in Congress to
each Union soldier there. 1t is an
outrage to the Democrats and to the
South that single Union soldier is
forced into the membership of that
body. The rebels i'm the South and
the fire-in-the-rear fellows In the
North are the only men who can be
trusted in power, and depended upon
for loyalty to the government. Its a
bad country this where the men and
the party who tried to destroy the
Government, cannot have everything
entirely their own way, instead of
having only three rebels in office to
one Union man.--RegiStT.
Year: 1875

The original copy of the Declara-
tion of Independence, which has
been preserved in the Patent Office
at Washington, has now SO faded
that the signatures are scarcely visi-
Bile. Congress, at its late session
adopted a resolution providing for
their restoration by the employ
ment of a skillful penman to go over
thedocument, with the aid of a mi
croscope, and so retrace the sigma
lures as to render them distinct.
Year: 1875

HARD TO SATIsFY.-An imDecunious
cltlZen Of Chicago wandered into a lager
beer saloDn one day that lie might partake
OF glass of beer and plate of soup, all
tor the modest sum of five cents The
soup and beer were brought him, and as
he was lifting the first spoonful of soup to
his mouth. he saw something on the end of
the spoon which bore a striking resem-
blance to an old cotton sock, Calling the
landlord to his side he said to him Heres
an old cotton stocking i'll this soup"


''Nell, mein Gott.' exclaimed the wait
er' you dlnk you vos gong to get silk
stocking for .fue cents?"
Year: 1875

He held the old shirt up by the neck
before dscarding it forever, but he wasn't
mourning for the garment. He only said
Il wish had all the drinks again that
have gone through that old neckband!"
Year: 1875




was at Cousin Clemmies for tea the


other evening. Everything was very


nice; brown bread and white biscuit, and
such good sweet butter, and honey, and
canned fruit that had all the glory and


the freshness of the balmy October can
ned with it; jellies, custard and cake,
and the table was set with Clem's best
ware and fine table linen She appeared
little flushed and worried, and her
eyes were unusually bright and spark
ling; / noticed this and felt sorry as l
always do when l see hostess over anx-
lous and not at ease. Cousin Clem is
good woman and noble mother; she
wants to bring up her children in the
way in which they should go-that was
one reason why she had them to eat at
the first table She wants they should
learn chow to do as Polly Lawton says
of well-bred people.


Before we left the table, her little four
years old, Harry, said to me, II like to
have you tome to our house; l wish
you'd tome every day"


THANK you, my little man" said l


iattered by his words "why do you like
to have me come? Is it cause 1 love
little boys and tell stories to them ?"


Eyes, a little bit that, and more'n that,
too, said he, grinning all over and show
ing his " hite millz-teeth like to have
ye tome toz we dit to grinl1 out O. the
doblets an eat with the pretty dishes"


Oh, dear, l felt so sorry l know
cousin was mortified beyond expression,
for she looked the ''eokor of the dolphin
when it dies" Now I don't expose Glenn
mie when l tell this for not one of you
ever saw her. l tell it not because l like
gossip, or want to be chatty or meddle-
h,,H I Il L. 6
beautiful things ministered unto which
is in the heart of every little child Dear
baby Harry when company" was not
with them he drank out of a coarse yel-
low-white mug minus handle. Why,
the creamiest milk in the world wouldn't
taste as good to him as would sparkling
water from a crystal gobletl How
child loves to put the pretty glass to its
Hps-how it admires and appreciates
bright teaspoon and new and clear and
glistening table ware!


If you would have your child love the
beautiful and pure and exquisite, let him
be brought in daily contact with beauti
ful things. Let his clothes be neat and
pretty, too; don't let his little everyday
panties be baggy and ill-fitting and faded;
don't let the little dear have to stand up
and be measured by other little ones, as
old ''rag-tag," or old "rag picker" or
''peddler," when a smart clean apron
every morning would save his sensitive
ness and good temper. This can be done
and no pride fostered, or no bad princi
pie strengthened. Calico is so cheap now
that there is no excuse for lack of sensi-
BILE little garments. And if you would |
have your wee ones learn polite.and |
pretty ways, accustom them daily to the |
frequent use of such things as we call |
''the best the house affords" Don't save
for company perhaps for those who
care nothing for you-and treat your
family to the rude and old and coarse
and ugly things. If they are dear to you
and you love them, prove it by your con
duet. Make beautiful the home pic
lures that all through their lives will
'fadeless hang on memory's wall