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Year: 1875

IMPORTANT TO VoTERs. In view OF the
approaching spring elections, We publish sec
ton Ii OF chapter OF the Code in regard TO
tn. removal OF voters. AT the last session OF
tn. General Assembly i, was amended 80 as to
read as follows


"rhe Common Council or Board of Trustees
Of each city and town having more than 5000
inhabitants shall appoint for each ward as
many voting places or precincts as they may
deem necessary. and shall prescribe and cause
to be published the boundaries Of such voting
places or precincts, and no voter shall cast his
ballot save at the voting place or precinct
wherein he lives provided, however, that
every person otferiug to vote shall have been
reSd nt Of the ward in which be offers to vote
fpr thirty days next preceding any election at
which he Oft RS to vote, provided, that when
any voter rcmOv es from one ward to another
within thirty days OF au election 1t shall be
lawful for him to vote IN the ward from which
he removed until he has acquired the right to
vote 10 the ward to which he removts; pro-
vided, that 10 case of the lawful change or re.
arrangement of wards, it shall be the duty OF
the registrar of each ward to traDster at once,
with application, every voter to the ward lu
which be is placed or thrown by such change
or rearrargement of wards, and thencetorth
such voter shall vote 10 the ward into which
he is so placed or thrown. without having re-
sided there thirty days.


TUE ROAD TO DIVORCE KEEP Our OF IT.
Are you about to marry man whom you do
not love for his money, or his position, or for
the sake Of home


Beware you are entering the road which
leads to divorce.


Are you going to marry man whom you do
not ove, because you are urged to 1t Dy your
parents and your friends


Beware you are entering the road which
leads to divorce.


Are you going to marry one man while you
fondly love another?


Beware you are on the road to divorce.


Are you going to marry for spite ust be-
cause you have quarreled with your former
beau, and to ''come up with hin" are willing
to unite yourself to another


Beware you are enteriog the road which
leads TO divorce.


Are you going to marry mau with whom
you have no sentiments iu common, and whose
tastes and wishes you intend to disregard after
marriage?


Beware you are entering the road which
leads to diverce.


In short, when marriage is anything but the
mnglug OF TWO hearts 10 one, 1t had bett'
not take place. II this principle were unlve
sally recognized, we should hear no more Of d :
vorce, because people would keep out of the
road that leads to it.
Year: 1875

The symptoms Of Liver Complaint are
uneasiness and pain in the side. some
times the pain is in the shoulder, and is
mistaken for rheumatism. The stomach
is affected with loss of appetite and
sickness, bowels in general costlye,
S, metmes alternating with lax The
head is troubled with pain, and dull.
heavy sensation, considerable loss OF
sation of having left undone something
which ought to have been done. Often
complaing OF weakness, debility, and
above sym ,,toms attend the disease, and
at other times very few of them; but
the liver is generally the organ most IN
Year: 1875

Thirteen years ago, as youth Just
touching the marked line Of manhood l
closed my college course of instruction;
and, like many Of the classes before and
since, looked out upon the wide, wide
horizon of action, and, with fear and
tremblinc. saw the drst serious duties Of
;ndependeut labor and manly effort. This
outlook was, in many respects, like unto
that which all had seen VINO
had gone before, but in many
other phases sadly and sorrowtnliy
Year: 1875

CUSTOMS AND TARIFF REFoRMs.-The sec.
rectary OF the Chamber of Commerce OF this
city has received from the secretary Of the
Board of Trade of New York a letter, and a
series of resolutions adopted by the Board Of
Trade of that city, relative to reduction in
the tariff on imported goods, and more strin.
gent measures for the prevention Of SNUG.
Cling. The secretary also asks that the
Chamber Of Commerce of this city will con-
slider how far it can cooperate in the effort to
obtain reforms in customs and tariffs.
Year: 1875

Or TUESDAY EVENING the S'h of June the la
dies Of Centenary church will commence all en-
tertainment ut corner of sixth ami Franklin Streets
to which an who wish TO spend pleasant evening
are cordially invited.
Year: 1875

Editing a paper is nice business. If we
publish jokes people will say we are rattlehead-
ed If we omit jokes they say we are an old
fossil. five publish original matter they damn
US for not giving selections. If we publish
selections folks say we are lazy for not writing
something they had not read in some othe-
paper. five give man complimentary nor
tice we censured for being partial. If we
do not give complimentary notices folks say
we are hog. If we insert articles that please
the ladies the men are jealous. If we do not
cater to the wishes of the ladies the paper is
not fiji 10 make hustle. If we speak we'll of
the acts of the President folks say we dare not
do otherwise. five censure them we are call
ed a traitor. If we remain in our office and
attend to our business folks say We are too
proud to mngle with our fellows. If we go
out they say We never attend to our business.
If we do not pay our bills promptly folks say
we are not TO be trusted. If we do pay prompt
~ folks say we stole the money. If we wear
poor clothes folks say business is bad. If we
wear good clothes they say We never paid for
them. Now, what are We TO do? Some may
say We stole this item from some other paper :;
and so We did.
Year: 1875

will do still more sensible thing if he
being competent man,-will take his
child by the hand and lead him from the
swamps Of literature, where day school
reading books and Sunday school library
books have placed him anil where the me-
phitic vapors and noxious exhalations are
stupefying his intellect, to the higher
ground of literature where the air is pure
and bracing and rigorous.


The defects of poor arithmetic may be
remedied by good teacher; a competent
teacher can correct the errors of an incor-
rect geography or history; live teacher
can put life and animation into dead,
dull, heavy grammar the best, the wisest,
the most skilful teacher cannot mould in
to healthy mental food the heterogeneous
mass of scraps that compose our school
reading books.
Year: 1875

The following artide-written before
the adjournment of Congress, and when it
was thought the Fore Bill might pass
the Senate and become LAWS from
the y. \. Tribune. Notwithstanding the
failure of the bill 10 pass, it is not too late
to publish the article, furnishing as it
does, i'll addition to what we have already
said in these columns on the subject, mat
ter for the serious reflection of every low
er of our republican institutions. The
TriLu1.s saws:
Year: 1875

This is the first time in the memory of man,
says the Salt Lake Tribune that Great Salt
Lake has been frozen, and the mercury has not
been below zero this winter. Here is nice
question for scientists to explain.
Year: 1875

n de FonviIle made balloon ascent from
La ViIlette on the % instant, with view 70
elucidating the causes Of tie late Zenith bal
loon catastrophe, reaching the altitude OF
about y 900 feet No effect was experienced
by the human excursionist; but bird IN a
cage suspended from the netting, where it
was exposed 10 the inhalation OF the eseap-
ing gas, died OF hemorrhage into the brain.
NJ de FOnville had previously surmised that
the fatal result in the case Of the Zenith
aeronauts vas due rather to the inhalation Of
this gas than to the height attained, and Is
convinced that with proper precautions scien-
ti6c experiments may be safely conducted al
an immense altitude.
Year: 1875

AN Eastern exchange, in Its column of
" seasonable fashionable gossip" gives the
following: The ladies have all got the
neuralgia in their shoulders from wearing
spring clothes, and many new dresses ara sup
plemented across the back by porous plasters,
and next 70 vest front mustard poultice Is
generally most worn. Young ladies alternate
between a necklace for street wear and fan
mel rag for the house. Diamonds are worn
in the ears with much effect abroad, but a
lock OF cotton and little roast onion is the
usual adornment at home. Pearl powder Is
applied to the shoulders for full dress, but
camphorsted oil and hartshorn iniment are
considered very pretty also by the sufferers.
Silk stockings, with colOred cloakings, ara
the things for low-slashed shoes, bat pals of
hot mustard water and warm bricks ara also
much worn on the feet"
Year: 1875

The New York Post speaks Of peo-
ME who believe a tax on whiskey to
be as great an outrage as q tax on tea
seemed to onr fathers, and who rebel
against stamped barrels as instinct
iyely as the men of the revolution Te'
belled against stamped paper.
Year: 1875

We REPRINT this morning from the st.
Louis Journal an editorial showing an in
side view of the st. Louis whisky frauds.
It is chiefly interesting as an illustration Of
the strategy of the real depredators of the
revenues of the people and their diaboli-
cal sagacity in their. endeavors to throw
the agents of the Government off the scent.
Nothing is sacred from deflement by them
in order to screen themselves. The repu-
tations of deceased friends are blasted with
out reserve. In the case of the late G. W.
Ford, who WAS ''poor but honest" the
animus of the chiefs of the swindle ismade
fully manifest He is dead and gone be-
yond the power of self-defense, but the
Journal takes up the cudgels for Elm in a
manner which not only clears his name
from all stain in this matter but turns the
charges upon his defamers with most
damning effect. The Journal has done
herculean service in the exposure of these
frauds, and now rests its case with the de-
fense of Mr.. Ford, and leaves to the courts
the vindicafiun Of the majesty of the law
and the punishment of the thieves
Year: 1875

country; In the meagre villages; in the busy,
bustling, restless town; in every place where
the footsteps Of man beat the same dull sound
of daily life from week to.week. are TO be found
ateyery hour of our existence objects fit forthe
profoundest sympathy and commiseration.
This is sad fact universally known. Those
who are laboring with the Pagan element that
dwells in barbaric lands are conversant with it;
those who spend their lives in building up the
waste places where the light of Christianity
could never have penetrated but for. their indom-
table perseverance and energy, know it: those
who rear at an incalculable cost the gothic piles,
of mouldering stone in which the tales of mystic
rites are to allure the soul into straight and
narrow ways, know it; those whose philan-
thropy adorns the land with the magnilcence
of gorgeous temples dedicated to the gods,
know it; those whose wealth leads them into
the luxurious extravaganza of private palaces,
where millions are buried to appease a morbid
desire of worldly display, know it; those who
fast and pray amid the dazzle of jeveled par
sonal adornment and the rustic of costly silks
and the melody of purchased vocal music,
know it. In short, the whole country knows
that every dawn of day ushers in an era filed
with human suffering, and every evening twi-
light lowers upon scenes of misery and woe.
Our land is filed with objects which deserve
compassionate sympathy, and which wealth,
attention and kindness could easily alleviate.
While millions are expended annually by
philanthropists to ameliorate the condition of
the heather masses in foreign lands,
cruelty, barbarity and starvation brood
like grim shadows over the poverty and sim
efr In midst Whfla
gilded palaces grow and fashion into things of
luxury, ease and comfort, squalid misery
looks yscantly up from the damp and disease
of dreary alleys in vain for relief; while men,
pretentiously humane, stop to lift a sickly dog
from the gutter, or stay the fierce blow about
to descend upon the cringing form of some
obstinate brute, they often pass q suffering
fellow-man horne down by want and grief, un-
mindful of his cries for help and sympathy,
and this is why we speak of Bergh's new de-
parture in words of heartfelt praise. Hereto
fore and even now while men of Mr.. Bergh's
peculiar calling have spent and are spending
their energies and the better part of their val
liable existence in hurrying into the loathsome
dungeons of the tombs, men who by the nat
ural cosrseness of their nature and the sore
lack of the milk of human kindness do per-
chance weigh down the form of some dumb
brute with burdens which they can not bear,
they fail to interest their sympathy in the pain
tul wretchedness of men who may be dying in
the by way close at haud. There is altogether
too much of this overlooking immediate OBJ
jects of want and pity in order to grasp that
which does in Imagination or reality exist far
beyond. In the distribution of our charity let
needy mankind be reached the first and then
the brute
Year: 1875

The Tribune, of New York, is evidently
improving under the tutelage of the Ish-
maelite of the Sun. Its editor has philo-
sophically and silently submitted to the
scathing and sometimes very silly structures
and criticisms of the moral leper who edits
the Sun, but still we are glad to see that
the teachings of that ingenious debaucher
of public tastes and morals have not been
totally devoid of effect. Whether the re-
suit viii be good or evil, upon the general
average, cannot yet be determined. "The
young editor of the powerful mind" ap-
pears inclined to initiate the pernicious
example of his diabolical meltor in the
matter Of splitting hairs upon questions of
taste and grammar. We have been favored
with slight notice of this character which
evinces an interest in our education, for
which we hope we may be made duly
grateful Still, we doubt whether the
Tribune will ever be able to reduce itself
quite to the debased level of its mentor
in the field of criticism and faultfnding


1t is the easiest thing in the world to find
fault 1t is especially easy to call news
paper writers to account for not squaring
with the rules of Lindley Murray or John
Kerl. Writers on the daily press, as no one
knows better than the editors of the Iri-
6une, are usually hurried SO that they are
frequently compelled to write against time
and send up copy without revision,
trusting to the proof.reader to right
or ''query" all palpable errors. The
business of pointing out such mishaps
when the proofreader fails to correct
them, or 10 call the attention of the author
to them, is pleasing duty of all cotempo-
raries of powerful minds" In fact, the
picking up or pointing out of such speci-
mems of tautology and verbs of the wrong
number as may creep into a journal through
the gate above described is the chief diver
sion of the immaculate editors of independ-
ent journals. 1t tends to the elevation of
the tone and morals of the press far more
than refutation of argument or even the
discussion of political principles. L! is
matter for congratulatIon that Dana and
Reid, the two great moralists of the Ameri-
can press, have joined hands for the pur-
pose of criticlsing accidental errors in the
compositions of their contemporaries. Such
a combination of talent must prove of essen
tial service to the public, and result in an
elevation of the standard of newspaper
writing. What though one is the mouth
piece of stock gamblers, and the other the
main sewer for the distribution of every
body's filth, calumny and SANDER? These
public teachers have no idea that the char
acter of the stream is affected by the i'm
purities of the source. They are doing
good in their own ways. They ought to
be encouraged, and we, at least shall en-
deavor to prove duly grateful for all the
lessons they may volunteer to devote to our
own improyemept,
Year: 1875

AND now we learn thtt the gentlemen
of the Democratic Club of Baltimore-the
high.toned, honorable men-are refusing
10 receive the money they won upon the
recent election in that city upon the ground
that that election was carried by fraud.
This fact speaks volumes.
Year: 1875

There will be twenty-four contested seats in
the lower House of Congress, nine being occu-
pied by Democrats and fifteen by Republicans.


1t is said that when the Spanish soldiery
depart from their native shore for Cuba they
seem so conscious Of the certain death that
awaits them that they act like criminals being
led to the gallows.
Year: 1875

A great Federal movement is now in pro-
gress looking forward to the confederation
of the FIVE States of Central America into one
grand Republic, fashioned after the principal
features of our own Government. This con-
solidation will make formidable Power OF
the now unsettled provinces, and If properly
founded and controlled will be prosperous
and important nationality.
Year: 1875

"Uncle William denies emphatically
the story that he is about to retire from
the Democratic ticket In Ohio on account
of physical infrmitics. In speech few
days ago, the old gentleman told his
hearers that he had never in his life been
seriously sick that he had never from ne.
cess'ty spent three days upon bed that
ne then stood before them with five per-
feet senses and with a vital organization
which promised TO him as much life us
any man had right 10 expect who had
lived to his age without experiencing in
any particular the impairment of his vi.
tai organs, and finally that hc "ncycr
had and never would withdraw from a
conflict in which the liberties ofhis coun-
try were involved Thus William Al
len. and OHIO Democrats are once more
happy.
Year: 1875

Frederick Bartels of No PIT East Seventy fourth
street, held for examination at the Fifty
street Court for stabbing his father in the left
The prisoners mother, who the complainant ad-
mtted that the boys father would probably have
stabbed him with fork had he not acted he did.
Year: 1875

There are certain young ladies in
the world (writes a philosopher who
hold peculiar notions as to the atten-
tion they receive from gentlemen.
They seem to think that if a man is
polite and agreeable to them, if he
appears to take pleasure in their So
cicty, and calls frequently, that he is
bound to propose marriage. We live
in a fast age, and it would almost
seem that courtship must be conduct
cd with the same railroad speed as
other things. Marriage is serious
matter, requiring long and earnest
consideration. Two young people
may be amiable, afectionate in dis
position, and yet, because their tastes
do not assimilate, they will live q
very unhappy life together. How
are these young folks to find out each
others temper and disposition if it
is not by time spent in each others
company before marriage? There
can be no doubt that the numerous
!4snheppy marriages which are made
in the present day arises entirely
from the fact that the Sourtship is so
short. Marriage is not regarded
with sufficient reverence; it is often
hurriedly entered into and speedily
repented. Truth compcls US to state
that this is caused in 4 great meas
ure by young ladies.


As We have just, stated, they ap-
pear to think that if a man is polite
and agreeable to them he is in love,
and is bound at once to declare his
intentions. They forget that in
seeking for wife man ought to
look for something more than bright
eyes, a brilliant complexion, and
white teeth.
Year: 1875

Do not take your paper to the post,
master and tell him to send it back;
in nine cases out Of ten you will fail
to stop it in this way. Do not at,
tempt,t to return it yourself, and write
on the wrapper to discontinue; this
is against the law, and lays you open
to a fnc. Before your subscription
expires, send to the editor postal
card, saying your subscription ex'
pires on such . date; please discon'
tinuc at that time. Sign your name
also the town and State where youl
paper is sent, in full. If the paper
has been sent two weeks or more
over the time for which it was paid
don't send postal card; it will do nc
good; rather write a letter andinclose
what is due for arrearagcs, always
allowing that one number will be
sent before the letter reaches the
publisher and his list is corrected
BY observing these rules, your re
quests viii always be promptly at
tended to.-PiiatcS' CircuIcr.
Year: 1875

Captain Webb is confident he will
yet swim across the English Channel
because he is Webb-footed. But in
his first attempt he made ducks and
brakes of his hackers money. The
next time let Webb foot it.
Year: 1875

The most attentive man to busi-
ness on record was he who wrote on
his shop door "Gono to bury'his
wife; return in half an hour" He
was no relation tothc lawyer who put
upon his Office door: "Bc back in FIVE
minutes" and returned only after a
pleasure trip Of three weeks.
Year: 1875

4 merchant who does not adver-
tise can no more succeed in draw
ing custom, than can a young lady,
without a hustle and a few pounds Of
false hair, succeed in drawing beaux.
Whitehall Times.
Year: 1875

representation was to be given. So great
was her weakness that she was carried
to her box by two liveried footmen.
That was her last gayety, and the last
time she quilted the house.


More fortunate than the heroine Of the
drama, she was watched over in her last
moments by tender and loving woman
1t was the hands OF that devoted friend
that decked her for the grave. She lay,
enveloped in lace, with bouquet of
csmellias between her clasped hands,
and crucifix on her heart. Her beauty
returned to her after her death: she was
almost startlingly lovely. Her coffin
was filled with cameilias, and for year
after her death it was the fashion among
a certain set to 60 to the cemetery Of
Montmartre to lay wreeths and bouquets
of camelliss on her tomb She died in
l847, and, five years later, the drama Of
Alexandra Dumas enshrined this weak,
erring, but most unhappy creature, in a
living Immortality. Unlike the majority
of her class, she never ceased to feel
shame and remorse for her position.
What would you have thought" some
one said to her when she was at the
hight of her career, IF your future life
had been predicted to you while you
were still poor peasant 81 should
have drowned myself, or else died Of
horror" was the passionate reply.
Year: 1875

When the physical energies are overtasked
or flag through weakness or disease, they
need prompt reinforcement. Renewed vigor
is most speedily supplied through the medium
of tonic stimulant. aud among medicinal
resources Of that class, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters assuredly deserve prominent place.
Weakness, whether constitutional or arising
from disease or over-fatigue, cannot be better
compensated for than By resort to this prime
strengthening cordial. The enfeebled invalid,
the convalescent and the aged and infirm find
that 1T is an uniailing source OF vigor and
comfort. Its combined tonic and Alternative
properties also constitute it an invaluable
remedy for indigestion, weakness of the or
gans. of urination, constipation, torpidity Of
disabilities, and render it an invaluable pro-
lection against malaria, as well as disorders
of the stomach and bowels.
Year: 1875

Never reproach child with the misdeeds of
Its parents, no matter how deserving they may
be of your censure. 1t is the very refinement
OF cruelty, aud in the heart of the child there
will spring up hatred for you which will never
be eradicated,
Year: 1875

IMpUDENcE. While the House was in ses-
sion yesterday (says the Richmond Enquirer)
a negro, we'll dressed and toppish in appearance
approached the door of the Hall, and was about
to push his way 10, when Assistant Sergeant
at Arms Wilkinson politely informed bim that
he could not be admitted except by invitation
of "a member and that be would send 10 for
any delegate be might wish to see. Straight
ening himself up, the negro demanded in an
impertinent manner by what authority the rule
had been established. Wilkinson replied that
makes no difference; such is the rule of the
House," but the intruder Informed him he
must be more polite in addressing him, and at
tempted to force himself into the Hall. By
this time Wilkinson, tall and powerful man,
nettled at the impudence of the fellow, seized
him by the collar and drawing him into the ro-
tuoda gave him stroke that made his teeth
chatter. Holding on to bis prisoner he was
about to report the case to the Sergeant-at- Arms
when the House adjourned and the scamp was
released.