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Year: 1875

Tammany Hall ns n Secret Society.


The more we consider the recent election
and the issues at stake the more we are
instructed by the result. There never was
time when Tammany Hall could have ex-
pected to win more easily than in the last can
vass. The issues were few. SO far as politi-
cal considerations were concerned Governor
Tilden's reform administration had been SO
successful that there was general
tendency in the minds Of the peo-
pie to support any ticket it repre-
sented without regard to politics. Really
Tammany Hall entered the fight with more
than the usual chances in its favor These
were strengthened by the fact that its leader,
Mr. Kelly was man held in universal re-
spect, and admitted even by his opponents
to be much BETTER or at least as good, as any
who had held the position in the last
twenty five years. Moreover, the men who
were nominated for office on the Tammany
ticket were with scarcely an exception of
character and ability, who had earned the
right to recognition by the democratic party
and whom it would have been pleasure
for that party to honor.


The only reason that party thus strength
ened thus rich in candidates and opportu-
mites should meet with on overwhelming de-
feat is that it represented principle at
variance with the spirit and institutions Of
our people. This principle is the same as
that of secret, dark lantern, Know Moth
ing lodge. Here it was that Tammany Hall
failed. The society which came into life to
crafty the infamous ambition Of Burr, which
lived to aid the monumental scoundrel-
ism Of Tweed, could not be expected to main
tain q lasting power in o city Of freemen, and
especially Of democrats, who had been taught
to believe in the glorious doctrine Of popu-
lar sovereignty. 1t is impossible that the
democracy should under any circumstances
retain power in New York until this whole
Tammany legend is destroyed. We had
hoped that Mr.. Kelly himself would see
this and take the lead in the movement, but
it seems that he is disposed, like Pharaoh, to
be stiff-necked, and to refuse to obey the
voice Of the people, which is only another
form Of that voice of God which the Egyptian
monarch would never respect.
Year: 1875

The FAILURE OF FITz JOHN PORTER to
meet public expectations as Commissioner
of Public Works is perhaps not so much due
to that gentleman himself, who would do
well if he were allowed to follow his own in
stincts, but to the interference of the bane-
full political system controlled by John Kelly
in our public affairs. Mayor Wickham, who
has suffered more by this than any other
man in New York, and with less RESPONSE
bility for the disasters it entailed on his
party, should respond to the wishes of the
people, as expressed at the last election, by
nominating to the position to be vacated by
General Porter citizen gifted enough to dis
charge the duties of Commissioner of Public
Works, and brave enough to defy any dicta-
ton on the part Of John Kelly. Such man
we have in John Agnew, and Mr.. Wickham
could do nothing more grateful than to NOM
mate Mr. Agnew for the Office of Commits
soner of Public Works.
Year: 1875

Assembly is not constituted according to the
principles Of this measure, it is to be urged
that the present body has lasted too long,
and is not strictly representative of the
French people.
Year: 1875

THE END OF THE FREScH ASSEMBLY seems
near at hand. II is understood that its dis
solution will be moved to-day This course
is the natural result Of the passage Of tho
ElaGtnral bill. Asida from the fact that the
Year: 1875

IsDEPENDESc1A DE CUBA.-The promoters
Of the independence Of Cuba who fight the
battles Of the Republic in this city are too
dasty in denouncing the HERALD as inimical
to the Cuban cause. We are as much the
friend Of the Cuban patriots as ever; but
because we desire their success is no reason
why we should favor an unnecessary and
causeless war between the United States and
Spain, especially at this time when peace is
an imperative necessity with u.s. The inde-
pendence of Cuba must be gained by other
means than by the American army and navy.
Year: 1875

The BRITISH EoN-cLADs seem destined to
misfortune. Not long ago the Iron Duke ran
into and sunk the Vanguard, the officers of
the latter vessel being tried and severely
punished for the mishap, while those Of the
former escaped. Now the Iron Duke herself
went near sinking, and all through careless
ness In leaving o sluice open. Somebody
who escaped before will now be tried, and
the Vanguard disaster will add to the Sc
verify Of the punishment as it certainly en-
hances the offence which SO nearly led to the
loss Of the ship. Our special cable despatch
this morning shows that there must have
leon extreme carelessness on the vessel, and
!. few more instances Of this kind will lead
1, the opinion that the boasted efficiency Of
tie inai.sa uAx is thiaG alLae Qask-(
Year: 1875

The Beecher-Tilton trial, for plain
tiff as well as defendant has been ar.
raigned, is nearing the end. Yester
day the taking OF evidence was finish ed
and the court took a needed rest until
next week. Mr.. Evarts declared thai
he and his associate, Judge Porter
would not consume more than six days
in their closing arguments, and as MIR.
Beach is known TO have resolved to be
brief in his summing up, there is a
prospect that ten days hence we may
be waiting for the verdict.
Year: 1875

Thousands of loyal hearts which have
been overfowing with devout thankfulness
during the past few days will say a hearty
Amen to this sentiment in the Philadelphia
Times:


The beauty, purpose, and glory of these
Centennial celebrations, in which there is
no North. no South, no East. no West, are
dawning upon the nation. The sun which
rose so brightly Thursday on Bunker Hill
will reach its MONDAY splendor in 1876.
Instead of few scattered regiments from a
half dozen States, the armies of the Union
will then march through our streets, and
the hosts of the dead who, whether a
hundred or ten years ago, gave the last full
measure of devotion for the cause they held
holy. will be with them in the spirit-the
spirit of Union and liberty forever"
Year: 1875

MORE SMUGGLING AT THE BREAKwATER.--
A Washington dispatch gives the manner
IN which the smuggling of cigars is carried
on Mt the Breakwater, as follows: Certain
members of the gang would 90 to Havana
and purchase considerable quantities Of the
highest price cigars and convey them ON
board the vessels bound for Philadelphia.
Their confederates would be on the lookout.
and when the vessel was signalled off the
Breakwater, they would go down the river
and take their stand near a point before
arranged upon, and when the vessel came
along they would signal to the party on
board, who would quietly drop the goods
overheard, done up in waterproof packages.
with buOys to mark and float them. Afteyr
the vessel had passed a sufficient distance.
the parties lying in wait would row out and
Plok up the goods. Quite an extensive bus.
mess Of this kind has been carried ON for
some time, but the little game has been
detected, and arrests will soon follow.
Year: 1875

A MEASURING PA1L.-A very
handy thing is a pail so graduated
and marked that one can tell at a
glance how many quarts Of fruit or
milk are in it. A six-quart pail can
be measured carefully, and then
marked with little ridge running
round the pail-made by running a
groove on the inside of the tin, like
the ridges that are put on to stove
pipe. Any good tinsmith can make
one, and make it accurately enough
to serve as q measure for quarts.
Pals thus marked become almost in
dispensable.
Year: 1875

The promiscuous kissing of child


rem is a pestilent practice. We use


the work advisedly, and it is mild for
the occasion. Murderous would be


the proper word, did the kissers know


the mischief they do. Yes, madam,


murderous, and We are speaking to


you. Do you remember calling on
your dear friend, Mrs. Brown, the
other day, with a strip of flannel
round your neck ? And when little
Flora came dancing into the room,
didn't you pounce upon her demon
stratively. call her precious little
pet, and kiss her? Then you serene
ly proceeded to describe the dreadful
sore throat that kept you from pray
er meeting the night before. You
had no designs on the dear child's
life we know 5. nevertheless you killed
her! Killed her as surely as if you
had fed her with strychnine or arse
mic. Your caresses were fatal. Two
or three days after, the little pet be-
gan to complain of a sore throat, too.
The symptoms grew rapidly alarm
ing and when the doctor came. the
single word "diphtheria" suficed to
explain them all. To-day a little
mound in Greenwood is thesole memen-
to Of your visit. 1t would be absurd
to charge the spread of diphtheria en-
tirely to the practice of child-kissing.
The are other modes Of propagation,
though it is hard to conceive Of any
more directly suited to the spread Of
the infection or more general in its
operation. 1t stands to diphtheria in
about the same relation that promis-
cuous hand-shaking formerly did to
the itch. It were better TO avoid the
practice. The children will not suf-
fer if they 60 unkissed and their
friends ought for their sake to forego
the luxury for season. A single
kiss has been known to infect fami-
ly; and the most careful may be in a
condition to communicate the disease
without knowing it. Beware, then,
Of playing Judas, and let the babies
alone.-Scie,atifc american.
Year: 1875

FooD For YOUNG TURKEYs.-I'
is recommended that to each yo'
turkey, at first, there be gi'
grain Of black pepper. N
them curd made by the
to milk Of rennet, or b.
milk be thoroughly
will seldom die if
less suffering o.
Year: 1875

AAs :I'e!I oT!s1A auu npOut seO4tn o


the weed, and their Blood still tr+ce
able in some Of the most distinguishes
families of the British peerage.


Instantly the question occurs


Why did Shakespeare, who undoqbt


edly knew this important fact,' ignore
it in the tragedy; when he might { have
even intensified the character II the
murderess by showing { I, helr' l'il IN The: ad.
ditional character Of the murrderoua
wife? To this the answer is obvious,
and the study involved one Of, the
most interesting in all Z literature.
"Maebeth" wa. one Of his latest
works, as one of his most powerful: pc
Years before he had written iaa1ld and r 'giv.
en- the world "Hamlet," y" in" which
then evidently with no thought Of
the after-use of his materially he had
used the character Of the murdereus
queen SO forcibly and 80 clearly Is to
debar bis doing SO again in any SINH;
lar connection. Well was it for his
great fame, perhaps, and for the in
terests Of dramatic literature, that
this bar existed: for he was under NO
obligation to the world to write verit-
able history in the, the drama 4 p (indeed he
had been too wise to make the ex-
pertinent, in dealing with the Eng
lish Richards and Henrys, a. Tudor
on the throne y and there is no doubt
whatever that in the Imaginary wife
whom he was thus literally driven to
create, from his previous abduction


and transference Of the original, he
gave to mankind a character a. much


more generally commanding itself to
both reader and spectator than the
real woman could have been in any
Of her possibilities, as Lady Macbeth
transcends in force and interest the
comparatively shadowy drawing from
the original, Queen Gertrude Of Dem
mark. Possessed, in his own creation
Of her, ola creatur e ''of imagination
all compact in a different sense from
his own use of that phrase, the great
dramatist was able to blend the WON.
an of bloody and boundless ambition
and cruelty with the madly and even
tenderly loving wife-the temptress
with power to touch the heart as we'll
as spur the passions,-as he could not
possibly have done with the wife Of
the man foredoomed to murder, with
no bond existing between the two
great plotting criminals, except the
single one of guilt, and ambition out
of the question for the woman who
had no crown to win and could Sc
cure no gain except a change Of roy
al partners In this view, q knowl-
edge Of the person who became the
everything Lady Macbeth becomes Of
the highest Importance in under.
standing the master-tragedy, as well
as once more measuring the tive
genius OF the master-dramatist.- t.
From the Aldine for February. -
Year: 1875

CABBAGE SALAD.-Shave a hard
white cabbage into small white strips
take the yolks of three well-beaten
eggs, a cup and half Of good cider
vinegar, two teaspoonfuls of white
sugar, three tablespoonful Of thick
cream, one teaspoonful of mustard
mixed in little boiling water; salt
and pepper to suit the taste. Mix all
but eggs together and let it boil; then
stir in the eggs rapidly; stir the cab.
bage into the mixture, and stir we'll.
I always make enough for two days
at once, and it keeps perfectly, and
is an excellent relish to all kinds OF
meat.


FRUIT PUDD1NG.-Make crust Of
graham flour, sour cream, soda and
a pinch of salt. Pass the -four
through a coarse sieve so as to re-
ieve it of the larger bits of bran. For
a family Of six persons line a quart
basin with the crust, quarter of an
inch thick. Fill the basin thus lined,
with ruit-plums or peaches are best.
Let the fruit be of the choicest varie.
ty. Cover the whole with a rather
thick crust, and steam until the crust
is thoroughly cooked. Serve with
white sugar and thick, sweet cream.
This is the queen ofpuddings and can
be eaten with Comparatively clear
conscience.-Herald Of Health.
Year: 1875

APPLE SNow.-Pare and core
eight or ten tart, juicy apples, boil
them in water sufficient to cover
them, till they are soft, taking care to
keep them whole; then remove them


from the stew pan, making a sirup Of
nice, white sugar, and replace them !;
let them simmer slowly till they are
amber colored, then place in glass
preserve dish; beat to stiff froth
the whites of eight eggs, and two
thiFds 4a4.e' Of ...:.p = cup Of sugar, and spread
over the top. It is improved by be-
iihg kept on ice, and is grateful to
the eye and palate, either for desert
. Or tea tea , The yolks Of the eggs may
be used in making a boiled custard.
Year: 1875

COURAGE is always greatest when
blended with meekness; intellectual
ability is most admirable when it
sparkles in the setting of modest
self-distrust; and never does the hu-
man soul appear is strong as when
it toregoes revenge and dares to for
give an injury
Year: 1875

THE utmost we can hope for in
this world is contentment; If we ann
at anything higher, we shall meet
with nothing but grief and disap-
pointment. A man should direct all
his studies and endeavours to make
ing himself easy now and happy
hereafter,
Year: 1875

1t has been TO Us a painful necessity
which constrained US to oppose the nomi-
nation OF Louis Z. Fisher, Esq. for Gov
ernor. But: we did SO simply because
we were profoundly convinced that he
would not. if nominated, receive the
support Of that large element to which
alone we were obliged to look for sue
cess. We felt, too, that he would be
held answerable for every unfortunate
expression which had appeared in the
old. Pioneer during his connection with
il; and that our campaign would there
fore have been . defensive instead OF
an aggressive one from the very start.


There was no personal hostility to Dir.
Fisher in the Convention; it was q
mere question Of the possibility Of sue
cess, and it was believed that MIR. Buell.
had better chance TO win than any other
man in the state. And this feeling nomi-
mated him.
Year: 1875

can elect it, we will revOlutiOnlze mat
ters at the State capitol; we will apply
the knife of retrenchment; we will cut
off 100000 of useiess taxation; we
will produce splendid results. to which
the Anti Monopollsts can point, and say !:
"Without us, you could not have &C.
complished these things. See to it that
you do your whole duty, or you cannot
have our support hereafter. We will
veto you if you 60 back on the pledges
you have made to the people"


In this way the 10000 Anti-Monopoly
votes become tremendous power in the
State. and cannot fail to enforce respect
and compel reform. For this reason,
and this alone, we entered the Opposition
convention as delegate, and labored to
nominate a ticket which Anti-Monopo-
lists could support.


And SO we say to our friends, attend
that Owatonna convention. Make it a
splendid success. Counsel together 10
candid and dispassionatc spirit; and
unless there is something in the record
OF the men nominated on the 9TH inst.
repugnant to your principles, give them
your endorsement and hearty support.
Buell. you can certainly support. He is
farmer, a Granger, an Antl-Monopo-
list, and an honest man. If you can
help to make him Governor, it will be
in itself, mighty triumph, productive
OF far-reaching consequences.


Whatever you do keep up your or
ganization put your speakers into the
field, and wage vigorous war against
the enemies of the people.


The Republican party are in authori-
ty; they have misgoverned the country,
but, we admit, with no intention on the
part of the masses Of that party to so
misgovern it. They must be dislodged
from their fortified places. If the
Democratic-Liberal- Republican party at
tack their camu from the right. and the
Anti-Monopolisis attack it from the left,
each having the same object in view, but
fighting under different banners, they
are necessarily, in some sense, allies.
Let them treat each other with the kind
ly forbearance and in the tolerant spirit
which becomes allies. Wherever in
local affairs they can coalesce, they
should by all means do so.


The ANTI-MONOPOLIsr will try to do
its whole duty, and asks no higher re.
ward than to see the sun of the I'd of
November next 60 down upon a re-
deemed State The editor OF this pa
per will doubtless be the subject OF a
good deal of complaint and misrepre-
sentation; he expects it; and abuse has
been to him so long steady article of
diet that. like an opium eater. his sys-
tenn would sink without the necessary
stimulus. All he asks is that those who
are not positively hostile will believe
that he means we'll. and is laboring tor
the right. There was once famous old
Greek rhetorician called ..Heraclites the
Obscure profound but vague writer.
Some one asked philosopher what he
thought Of his works. He replied,
''What l understand l admire; and
what / don't understand l suppose is
equally admirable" And so we ask all
the doubling Thomases to believe that
the ANTI-MoNoPoLIsT is working steadi-
ly towards the right, and for the truth,
whether they understand it or not.
Year: 1875

the present year are especially opportune.
good market for the kinds of commodities
of which we produce most is great lift. Not
only have the country merchants correctly
judged that the ability of their customers
warrant larger purchases than at any pre-
vious time since the panic, but the great
transportation interest is equally encouraged.
Fleets of lake vessels which lay idle in the
harbors during the spring and summer have
been manned and put under sail, and expect
full employment during the season of navi-
cation. The boats which navigate our New
York canals are equally sure of all the freights
they can carry until blockaded with ice
The railroads will also be taxed to their full
capacity and will continue to do a heavy
business during the winter. This prospect
emboldens them to make additions to their
dilapidated rolling stock, and large orders
have already been given for new locomotives
and cars, which orders, and the prospect of
more, impart hope and impulse to the iron
interest and other subsidiary industries. OF
course we are not to expects great heyday of
prosperity in the present state of the eur
rency, but it is something to have made a be-
ginning. We have passed the ebb and,
although the new tide may come in but
slowly, there is reason for congratulation that
business is at last giving trustworthy signs
of a healthy revival.
Year: 1875

We are glad that the perpetrators of one
murder have been tracked out and captu red
by our police with reasonable promptitude.
A more inhuman murder than that of the


pedler in the town of West Farms has sell
dom been committed nor so great risk in
CURED ON so trifing a temptation. The
criminals were such bunglers that their de-
lection was comparatively easy, but due
praise should be awarded to the officers for
their diligence in following the clews. Sus-
picion fell at once on the three negroes who
had been seen hanging around the neighbor
hood as tramps and were observed seated Just
outside the wood in which the body of the
murdered pedler was found AS soon as
they were discovered Identification was easy.
Two of them had handkerchiefs and one had
on woollen shirt like those found in the
pedler's pack. They all confess to having
been present at the murder, one saying that
he was a mere spectator, having nothing to
do with it and refusing any share Of the
plumber and the others accusing him as the
instigator. They are all in fair way to get
their deserts, and we rejoice that for once
the police have vindicated their activity and
skill by prompt success, and that, too, in
case where they could expect no other reward
than the credit of doing their duty.
Year: 1875

companies themselves, for the time is near at


hand when the people through Legislative


enactment will compel the abolition of over


ground telegraphs and force their transfer to
tubes in the earth. Hence the expensive and
elaborate masts now going up will prove 50
much money thrown away. The evil
of their offence as public eyesores
is not changed by the fact of their
newness and better finish. On the con.
trary, the evil is enlarged with their size,
for with brief exposure to the weather they
will discolor, gap into seams and become as
dilapidated and unsightly as were ever the
old ones. We are outgrowing our patience
with these and kindred nuisances, and the
companies are foolish to believe they can
rely upon the public sufferance much longer.
Year: 1875

The BLACK HuLs.-Somewhat interest
ing, not to say startling, to the Commission
ers must have been the approach of the In
dian tribes, painted and in battle array, to the
bringing about a cession of the Black Hills
1t is to be regretted that amid all this fuss
and feathers and paint the proposed treaty
is likely to come to the ground, owing to the
jealousies and chickering's among the redskins
themselves.
Year: 1875

DEFAcNd PUBLIC SCENERY. The erection
of another massive telegraph pole at the side
of our palatial Post Office is not only viola
ton of good taste, buta downright trespass on
the rights ofthe community. The policy which
the telegraph companies are pursuing of sub
stituting new and lofty poles for the old
supports Of the wires running through
the city must be condemned as an
pRwise onA, even. from the standpoipt Of the
Year: 1875

to the Attorney General some days ago that
a sufficient force of citizens could be got in
any county in Mississippi to act under the
orders of the Governor in maintaining the
peace. We quote the above to show that he
was accurate. Evidently Governor Ames
does not need federal tSoops to keep the
peace