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Year: 1876

We dissent entirely from the PROPOSE
ton to combine the Institutes Cor asy-
lums) for the Blind and the Deaf and
Dumb and to place them under the same
management. The classes of patients
requiring treatment are entirely different
and there is no reason why the manage
ment of the two should be merged. On
the contrary, the fact of such difference
is reason why they should not be. Both
institutions should be under the control
of trustworthy, capable and efficient su-
perintendents and of such are the able
and most excellent gentlemen in charge
of them at this time. The public inter-
est would suffer detriment by change
in their management Doctors Carter and
Langley have devoted themselves exclu-
sively, and with hearts and minds intent
upon the one object Of discharging faith
fully the delicate and responsible trusts
confded to them. But it is not for
them we would plead against the unpre-
cedented suggestion to merge two institu-
tions which are incompatible and require
widely different systems of management.
We plead for the unfortunate fellow-be-
ings for whose care the State has wisely
constituted herself guardian. Let no
penny-wise consideration interfere with
the proper and efficient performance of
the sacred trust which she has undertaken.


The highest authorities that can be
cited on this subject emphatically con-
denim the proposed measure. Here is a
resolution which was unanimously adopt
ed by the American Association of In
structors of the Blind at Batavia, N. Y,
August Goth, 1874:


Mr.. Little offered the following resolu-
tiOns


Resolved, That we are highly gratifed to
learn from the communication of Mr.. NOyes
that arrangements are in progress in Mime
sofa for securing the education of the blind
in an Institution in that State devoted di-
rectly and solely to their interests, rather
than in an institution for the deaf and dumb
and the blind together.


Resolved, That we commend the wise eX-
ample of Minnesota in making distinct pro-
vision for the education of these dissimilar
classes to the imitation of such states as still
maintain but one institution for the educa-
ton of both.


These resolutions were advocated by Mr.
Bangs, of Michigan, and Mr.. Young, OF
North Carolina-bOth representing dual in
stitutions-and also by others, and were
unanimously adopted.


At National Convention of the Prin.
cipals of Institutions for the Deaf and
Dumb, held in Michigan, the following
resolution was adopted:


Resolved, That, in the opinion of this
I Conference, separate institutions for the ed
ucation of the deaf and dumb and the blind,
should be established, as the method of in
structing the deaf and dumb is totally diff
ferent from that employed in the instruc-
ti0n of the blind.
Year: 1876

A GOVERNOR who would attempt to
fill the Office of Justice of the Peace by
appointment, knowing that the Constitu-
tion provides that such officers shall be
elected, would fill vacancy in the Leg
islature by appointment if he dared at
tempt il.
Year: 1876

liz any appointed justice of the peace
or constable should attempt to interfere
with the rights of the citizen, either of
person or property, they should be kick
ed out of the way. The appointment is
nullity, and their commissions are
not worth the paper they are written ON,
Year: 1876

QUITE CooL--Mr. Inspector Of the
Penitentiary Avery notifying the House
that the Governor had returned the bill
providing for the election of Inspectors
If the Penitentiary without his approval,
and his reasons therefor in writing and
Mr.. Inspector of the Penitentiary Cessor
voting to sustain the veto.
Year: 1876

THE Times believes strongly in the
appointing power of the Governor, it
would like to see again the halcyon of
1S67-'8-'9, when every Radical in the
State filled fat Office against the will of
the people. by military appointment.
Year: 1876

The French have a new method
Of disposing Of the dead. AT the
decease of an Individual the body is
plugged into a liquid, and in about
five years the corpse IS turned into
stone. The secret Of the petrifca
tion Is known only to the discover
er He says that in a thousand
years time, if persons viii only
preserve their relatives and friends,
they viii be able to build a house
with them, and thus live in residen-
ces surrounded by their ancestors.
Another application Of this process
has been suggested, namely, to have
the petrifed corpse nickel-plated
or electro plated with bronze, and
If q statue Of an individual IS de
sired, to place the corpse On a prop
er pedestal, so as to fulfill the fgne
tions OF being the statue Of the per
son deceased.
Year: 1876

Remember that in writing, per
spieuity Is half the battle. The
want Of it is the ruin Of more than
half the poetry that Is published a
meaning that does not stare you ip
the face is IS bad as no meaning
because nobody Eill take the pains
% poke for it.
Year: 1876

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph lthus1 mean thai your sub
scription Is out OF unpaid, and that you
are requested 70 pay up At once. We
would take great pleasure IN extending
credit 70 cur friends and patrons. but
cash alone VIII way our expenses, ana
We are forced TO adhere 70 strict cash
rule. We hope you VIII comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and renew your subscription


without delay We solicit yoer favor.


~ We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Day having married a Miss
Week, a local newspaper makes the
following comment:


GThe Day is made. Week is lost,


But time should not complain
There'N soon be little Days enough


To make the Week again
Year: 1876

As to the issue Of the Presiden-
tiaI contest, Judge Black advances
the novel idea that it will result in
the election of TiIden and Wheeler
in the following manner: He be
lieves Louisiana and Florida gave
majority for Tiider, but that the
vote of each will be counted for
Hayes, and, as a result, the votes OF
these States will be thrown out by
Congress when it shall meet to
count the Electoral vote. This viii
throw the election of President into
the House and Vice President into
the Senate. The former would un-
doubtedIy elect Tilden; the latter
Wheeler.
Year: 1876

A Washington letter says of
Grant. HE is not fully decided
where he will take up his residence
after his term expires. Probably he
viii make a European tour. and then
come back and settle down here or
in the West. His inclination, some
time ago, was to make Washington
his permanent home, but he will
get over that. To live as a nobody
in place where, for eight
years he was king, will not be pleas
ant. In the West there are many
places where, simply as General
Grant, his social position viii be
high enough to satisfy MIN, or 8
man of still higher ambition"
Year: 1876

1t has always seemed to us that the title
of a somewhat familiar subject of discus.
sion ought to be changed from "women's
rights" to "women's wants" The ques-
ton is not whether women have a right to
do this, that or the other thing; but
whether they want to do it. If the want
exists, the right is pretty sure to follow.
There is no privilege, social, political or
commercial, which women have shown a
strong and unmistakable desire for that has
not been conceded to them. Do they
want to share in what is called the higher
culture? There is but little difficulty in
their doing SO. Do they want to write
books? The books will be printed and
bought if they are worth reading. Books
written by women are bought in large
quantities. Do they wish to paint pictures
or carve statues? There is no obstruction
to the activity Of their genius in these
specialities. Do they want to work in shop
or factory? There are ample opportunities,
provided they Work we'll. Do they want
recognition as a class by the laws so that
they may hold their separate property
when they marry, free from the charge of
their husbands debts-a favor which is not
shared by men in respect to their wives
debts? The statutes Of almost all the States
have granted them these and other favors.
In respect to the 6nal and extreme right.
the right to vote, many persons-and
among them are persons who object most
strongly to the concession Of the right
believe that if women really wanted the
suffrage it would be given to them without
delay. Y. EUening Post.
Year: 1876

Whenever you see a man active in poli.
tics, spot him at once. He has an axe to
to grind. In all your past recollection
where can you find an unselish politician
Can you place your finger on a man who
babies politics all day and half the night
who will give the last dollar to his party
and not one cent to the church, or for char.
liable obejects-who sacrifices ease and
comfort for party, but does nothing for the
relief of suffering humanity-can you find
such man, we say, who has not had hold
of the political teat or has his nose so very
near it that his mouth is already open to re.
ceive it? The laboring, honest men ofall par.
ties should keep vigilent eye upon all such
political paupers. They are the bummers of
parties-the bane of social life Spot such
men, if found in either party, and let them
go to work in an honest way and make an
honest living. The paltry, pot house poll
tician is to be despised. The office should
seek the man, and not man the office. This
is the shortest route to politicalreform, and
will place honest, deserving men in Office
Er
Year: 1876

A remarkable little book was published
some years ago by Mr.. George Catlin, an
American artist, under the title "Shut Your
Mouth and Save Your Life" In it he
told how he had discovered, during a long
intercourse with the wild Indians of the
American Continent, that one of the great
causes of maladies which affect civilized
men is the habit of breathing through the
mouth.


The Indian child, be observed, is never
allowed to sleep with its mouth open; the
savage mother, as her infant fell asleep,
never failed to press its lips together till
she had fixed a habit that was to last for
life; when the child grew up, sleeping or
waking, he kept his mouth shut. And
thus it happens, according to Mr.. Catlin,
that the native race of North and South
America enjoy such good health and physi.
cal perfection and escape the deplorable
diseases and mortality of civilized commu.
mites. Amongst two millions of wild peo-
pie, he never heard of a hunchback or
crooked spine, or an idiot or lunatic, whilst
premature death was far from common.


The nostrils are evidently made for
breathing through; they form the natural
outlet of the lungs. The sides of their air
passages are lined with hairs, which in
some degree at least, prevent the ingress of
noxious matters in the air we breathe
Dust is strained out; and it is confdentially
asserted by those who have tested the mat
ter, that miasmas are prevented from enter
ing the blood if one only breathes through
the nose. Some persons have lived in
malarious districts and slept on the banks
OF malarious rivers for years without suffer
ing from any of the forms of fevers that
haunt such neighborhoods. And they have
ascribed their exemptions solely to their
settled habit of breathing in this way. All,
or almost all, the air taken thus into the
lungs, comes in contact with the mem
branes of the nose, and these are supposed
to possess some power of neutralizing NAL
arious and contagious poisons.


1t is also to be remarked that, by draw
ing our breath only through our nostrils, the
air is warmed by contact with the mem
branes before it reaches the lungs, and SO
Inflammation and congestion of these organs
are avoided.


No perfect sleep can be obtained with
the mouth open. Now quiet rest we must
have; it is the great physician and restorer
of mankind. Contrast" says Mr. Catlin,
"the natural repose of the Indian child ed
ucated to keep its lips closed, with the un-
comfortable slumbers of the infant of civil
ization with its mouth wide open and gasp
ing for breath" The frm-shut mouth, too.
promotes good looks. Who ever yet saw
an open mouth that was not insipid and
unattractive?


Keep your mouth shut, then, when you
read, when you write, when you listen,
when you walk, when you are running, and
by all means when you are angry. The
habit is difficult to acquire, but improved
health is worth taking trouble about.
Year: 1876

A CLOAK OF FEArnEEs.-Tho Kingston
Freeman says; 'SThere is an industrious
young lady in the country who is making
cloak entirely of partridge feathers. 1t
will be a unique piece of clothing and very
pretty and comfortable, though it requires
an immense amount Of labor and persever
ance to put it together. In it will be at
least ten thousand feathers Of different
sizes, the lower portion of the cloak being
made of the tail feathers, and then ranging
up, the breast feathers coming next, while
the variegated plumagc around the neck
of the bird will encircle the white throat
Of the lady. 1t will require about one
hundred partridges to fill out the regular
courses Of feathers. The birds arc shot by
her brother Bill. who pops them over
whenever she wants them, only asking
that she will nicely cook what is left for
himself to make square meal of Of"
Year: 1876

The State Constitution of Minnesota has
been amended forty-eight times since she
was admitted to the Union, and the people
only. want fifteen or twenty more changes
before they will be entirely satisfied.
Year: 1876

A Georgia colored debating society was
lately discussing Which is the best for the
laboring man, to work for wages or part of
the crop?" An old "uncle" spoke the
sense of the meeting when he thought
"bofo was de best, if dcy could only be
brung together somehow"
Year: 1876

When you reflect that at picnics hun
dred years ago it was the custom for the
girls to stand up in row and let the men
kiss them all good-by, all this enthusiasm
about national progress seems to be a grave
mistake.
Year: 1876




New York city has l006 bakeries and 5Sl1
liquor saloons-proof positive that they
drink nearly six times as much as they eat.


REMOVING SMELLs.--An unwholesome
odor can be removed from a room by burn
ing within it sugar or ground coffee.


While a Texan was fighting prairie fire
near his house, his daughter ran away with
her lover and was married.


Eleven hundred girls are employed at
one artificial flower factory in France, none
being over twenty.


Il there yeast manufacturer in America
whose cakes didn't take the highest medal
at The Centennial 2"


Itwas Detroit woman who vanished
an old bureau and stood it close to the stove
to dry.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Lincoln was an eminently social
man, and was fond of talking with every
body. Whatever might be mans occu-
patton or station, he would always, if
thrown in his company, learn something
from him. He was inquisitive and COM
municative. If he saw anything he did
not understand, he stopped and made in
quiries right and left until the mystery
was solved. If in walking the street he
saw new piece of machinery upon the
sidewalk exposed for sale, he would stop
to learn what it was, how it worked, and
what it was an improvement upon. He
met everybody upon terms of equality,
and made them feel at ease in his pres
ence. Fred Douglass said of him that he
was the onl man in whose presence he
ever was for half an hour who did not in
some way remind him that he was a me-
gro. An Irish woman anxious about her
son in the army, or wanting something
done, could make her way to his presence
at the White House and gain friendly
consideration. He had no respect for
rank as an artificial distinction. The
soldier lost nothing in his estimation be-
cause he was in the ranks, and the Gen





lets. Each stood before him on his merits
on the question pending. The etiquette
Of the White House is that as members
come from an audience, the Cabinet min
listers in waiting are received first, then
any members of the Senate, then the
House, and lastly, the public. Once l
was waiting in the ante-rOom with some
Senators and Members, and after our
cards had been sent in, and while we were
waiting, we heard tramp, tramp, in the
hall, and what was the indignation when
it was found that some private soldiers,
just from the battle of Balls Bluff
ranked us all, and had an hour with the
President while we 'cooled our heels in
the ante-rOomp In eating and drinking
he was very temperate. He ate simply be-
cause it was necessary, and not for en-
joyment. Indeed, it might almost be
doubted whether eating furnished him
enjoyment, or that he knew the difference
between what was good and what was
not. When in the White House, he GER
tainly lived we'll, and seemed to enjoy it,
but when on the circuit he seemed to en-
joy 1t just as we'll. l never, in the ten
years Of circuit life l knew him, heard
him complain of hard bed or a bad
meal Of victuals. We would go out, for
instance, at Mrs. Scott's at Danville, and
be sumptuously entertained, and nobody
would enjoy it more than he, but never
heard him say the food we got was any
better than that which was furnished at
the tavern. l remember his saying few
years before his election that he had
never in his life tasted alchoholic liquors.
l never saw him drink, and never heard
Of his having done so, except upon one
occasion, some wine. While at the White
House he used-tO drink glass Of cham
pagne with his dinner, but believe that
was prescribed for him. He could not
play any game respectfully well.-LeOH-
ard Soeet.
Year: 1876

and French boots, and have occupied
iWself, mayAap, with looking regret
ly forward.


A8 the time when loVe-matches are
bq6ually mSle, all idea Of practicability r.
ignored; and yet matrimony is eminently
practical. The raw lovers deem ii un-
worthy, unromantic, ungenerous, to he
stow any thought upon the actualities
0flife-upon. such vulgar entities as food
and raiment, expenses and income, health
and investments. They have vague
notion that they shall live in the ideal
fashion; shall be above the low needs Of
appetite and apparel; shall enjoy a con-
dition so exalted that none Of the wants
and weaknesses Of earth shall ever reach
them. They fancy they shall sit perpet-
ually on a sofa, their arms about one
another, talking emotional nonsense, and
occasionally condescending to glance out
at the passing world as they might at a
poor panorama which had lost its inter
est to souls enjoying such beatitude
as theirs.


What a rare frame Of mind is that to
cope with the manifold obligations Of
wedlock! 1t is as if one should advance
to battle with the belief that the side
should be victorious that would assume
the more graceful attitudes, and deliver
the more finely-turned compliments.


LOve-mates are curious through their
ingenuousness and ignorance. The few
opinions they have are palpably absurd.
aud the more absurd they are the more
stubbornly they cleave to them. One Of
these is that they were made for one
another, which, from their unconquerable
Stiffness, and the fitness belonging to
mutually amOrous folly, might indicate
malignant design on the part of Nature
This, however, it is hardly necessary TO
say, is not their meaning. They affect
TO believe their souls so eXquisitely at-
tuned that but for their immediate union
each must wander aimlessly, misunder-
stood, and unappreciated foreTerm0ue.
CallOw creatures, they think fables, and
talk vacuity. They are made, like all
men and women, for any one of dozen,
or hundred, or Thousand, whose tastes
and temperaments accord with theirs.


Nature has few peculiar moulds in her
foundry of humanity. They are pretty
much alike. When first taken ont, the
casts have the same shape, and must de-
pend for their variation on future hand
ling.


While we are very young, while the
early consciousness of sex is restless
within us, we are liable to love or 20
think we love, any one of the proper,
gender who does not persistenfly driRe
us away. Love, as we call il, is, then,
simply propinquity. He or she who \
nearest, and is not positively hostile, wins
all the heart we have to win in the days
of our midsummer madness.


And then 70 hear those precious Enouns
prating Of being born for one an
other; that they never shall or can love
anybody but Clara or Paul, and that
without their kindred soul there must
be wasting away, and a distressing
funeral, and little grave decksd with
violets and whitest rOsebRdsi Some
thing occurs to throw them apart
-'~rle3 -o'kes the place of Paul, and


- and Harry Of willie,


aa'f-lan ellIu the
Year: 1876

CONCORD, n. H., January 12.-The
Democratic State Convention met to-day
and nominated Daniel Marcy for Gov
ernor and Thos. Densmore for Railroad
Commissioner.


The platform adopted recognizes as
final the settlement OF the issues involved
in the late civil war and the binding force
OF the constitutional amendments, favors
the return to specie payments, reform Of
all abuses IN the State and national ad-
miniStration, retrenchment and economy
in public expenses, equal and Just taxa
tion and tariff for revenue only. The
resolutions upon the school question and
third term are as follows:


ResoIued, That our system OF common
schools and our no less valuable scheme
OF religious toleration are the workman.
ship OF Democratic hands and tho fruit
ofthe Democratic policy, and that it is
the exclusive-right and duty Of the State
to provide for the education Of its child.
rem. 1t is the unalienable right Of every
citizen to worship God according to the
dictation OF his own conscience, and no
political disabilities should be excused
BY reason of religious belief; and while
we defend these principles and in
stitutions TO the fullest extent, we depre-
cate all attempts to raise sectarian issues
in politics as utterly uncalled for, and
meriting the condemnation OF every good
citizen.


Resolved, That while the illustrious cx-
ample of the spirit Of our insti titutions
is opposed to third Presidential
term, the present Chief Executive by
using tho great trusts intrusted to his
office for personal family aggrandizement,
by inlaming sectarian animosity and by
interfering with the cause Of public jus.
tice toward defaulters OF the revenue and
their abettors, demonstrates the wisdom
Of our fathers and eniorces the belief that
a third term would be dangerous to the
liberties OF our citizens and the prosperity
Of the nation.
Year: 1876

THE National Republican Committee


meets to-day, at the Arlington houSe IN


Washington City,t 10 decide upon the time


and place Of holding the next National
Convention OF the party. Cleveland and
Cincinnati will be prominent candidates
We fear that Wheeling has no show. II
We can no. get the Republican COuven-
tion tho next best thing is to put in for
the Democratic Convention. West Vir-
eipia is SO powerfully. represented at
Washington by glib takers and expert
manipulators, men OF brains and
greenbacks, that we ought to stand
good chance for the Demo-
cratic Convention. II the delegation
couldonly find time to let up for day or
two with their multitudinous appropria-
tion bills and attend to this business they
might stand a chance to achieve some
thing practical. Col. Ben cannot do half
as much any other way to re-elect himself
to Congress, so far as this end Of the dis
trict is concerned, as to persuade the
Democratic National Committee to locate
their Convention hero next summer.