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Year: 1875

The Compulsory Education Act, passed by
the last Legislature of New York, went
into effect January lSt. 1t requires the in
structon at school or at home of all children
between the ages of eight and fourteen, at
least fourteen weeks in every year, eight weeks
of which must be consecutive; fOrbids the
employment in any kind of labor during school
hours of children who have not received such
instruction; provides penalties for parents and
guardians who neglect to obey the first pro
vision, and for employers who violate the
second, and makes it the special duty of school
trustees to visit manufacturing establishments
for the purpose of removing theretrom children
who have not received the instruction required
by this law. The parent or guardian may have
instruction given to the children under his
charge either in the public day or night schools,
at church or private schools or at home
Two sessions of the night school are, for the
purposes of this act, deemed equal to one
session of the day school. The law meets
with opposition from many different quarters,
and the result of its enforcement will be looked
tor with interest. The school teachers say that
there are not school accommodations for all the
children who, under this act, will have to be
sent to the public schools, and that the class of
children who will be compulsorily brought to
school will introduce discord into well-ordered
| schOOl-houses, and that such children should
be sent to separate schools The parents of
school children are also apprehensivs of the
effect upon their children of association with
those who, but for the law, would be running
the streets and growing Up to be criminals or
vagabonds Employers who have intelligen;
| boys under fourteen years of age, who have
already obtained the knowledge of elementary
studies which the law designed to give them,
dc not think that the boys should be obliged
to stop work for fourteen weeks, that they may
comply with the literal terms of the law. The
best arguments of to day, however, will be Of
little value if not sustained by the experience
gained the present year with the law in opera
ton. 1t has a good purpose, and is designed
to effect that purpose with as little incon'
venience to poor parents and to employers oi
children as possible. The practical dificultis.
which it will have to overcome cannot bC
foressen; they must be met Grst, and then, il


possible, removed.
Year: 1875

grows and the senses deadsn. There S no
need to write a homiIy on temperance, or
preach sermon. The homily writes itself,
and the sermon breaches itself. There s no
such sickening sight in all the world as the
drunken young man or boy; nothing so pain
full to sensibitiss of man or woman; nothing
that seems so harsh, and unnatural, and shock
ing. 1t is such deliberate flying in the face of
Nature and finging away the best gift Of God.
But the procession moves along. Thins out
rapidly to be sure toward the end but the young
men keep stepping in and the ranks are always
full. 1t is the thing that fathers dread for
their sons and mothers pray God their boys
may be delivered from, but it goes right on,
The State cannot stop it, quackery cannot cure
it. Cheerful homes might save many and--in
Washington good examples in high stations
might keep many more from falling How
would it do to try itP
Year: 1875

TALE BEARERs.-ln every society we find
one of those good natured fools" who keep
whole community in hot water, and ALLEVIATE
friends by small tittle-tatte and idle tale bear
ing. The most minute incident in families,
repeated from ignorant servant-maids and
small serving-men, forms the stock in trade of
these weak gossips. OF course, facts are en-
bellished and enlarged upon, and what in itself
was very simple and innocent grows in their
hands to something enormous in iniquity, in
it's silly and malicious repetition. No general
correctness of life is safe from their vile tongues
Some little incident ia magni6ed into a great
wrong or great sin, and men find cold looks
and shrugged shoulders without being conscious
of ever having committed or given offence
Alienation occurs generally where misre presen-
tation takes place aud people find themselves
at daggers point without having anything
based upon truth to warrant or justify it.


1t is all very well to say that character
should be able to stand these small assaults
that it should, like the rocks in the ocean, beat
back the waves of calumny, and send it explod
ing in froth aud bubbles at our feet. But the
continued dropping of vile stories into the ear
like falling water upon marble-wears its
way into our consciousness and memory, and
insensibly affects US. We are so constituted
that we cannot, at WILL disburden the mind of
foul words in regard to others, told repeatedly.
We are impressed by them and, while we
may say we do not believe them, the impres
sion remains, and we unconsciously allow them
to impress our action. There is no remedy but
utter scorn and contempt, and firm resolve
to hear no more from any man who goes about
retailing SANDERS in regard to neighbors and
friends, rolling them as sweet morsels under
the tongue. Every sense of honor, all decent
pride and loving friendship, forbids US to
know such people.
Year: 1875

SENATOR BAYARD ON SUFFRAGE The New
ork Tunes or recent date, remarking on the
desire of Senator Bayard not to have the
District of Columbia governed by popular votr,
but by bureau appointed by the President.
and confirmed by the Senate. says:


I'm this connection, Mr. Bayard avowe1 the
mysterious doctrine that the question, of SUI
trage should be left where the trainers of the
Constitution intended it to be, in the hands Of
those to be affected by the right" The trainers
OF the Constitution have from time to time
been made responsible by Democratic oracIes
for some very curious and absurd propositions
but this, we think, is worse nonsense than
anything we have yet seen. We doubt if Mr..
Bayard himself could tell, in cool blood, exactly
what he meant by it. What he was un-
dOuotedly trying to do was to reconcile the
notion of the suffrage as something which
should be equally enjoyed by all, with the
exclusion of the blacks from voting. But it
would be hard to show that the negroes in the
District Of Columbia are not affected by the
results of the suffrage. 1t determines for them,
as much as for the whites, the administration
OF the schools, the burden of rents as affected
by taxation, the administration Of justice, and
hundred otherinterests. They may not have
the same, or even as much interest as the
whites; but Mr.. Bayard's idea seems to be
that they have none; that they are not, in
short, any part of the people This is the
latest development of Democratic principles,


and 1t Is OF piece in its illogical, inconsistent
patching together Of incongruous ideas with
what has gone before it in the same line"
Year: 1875

A PRETTY ORNAMENT Take goblet with
the foot and stem broken or cut off so that the
bowl will be perfect; take course rcd fannsl
the redder the better, stitch it neatly around
the bowl, or goblet, so as to cover plstely
on the outside dip it in water, so as to wet it
thoroughly, then roll it in faxssed; the seed
will stick 10 and on the flannel be sure that
the seed is distributed evenly, then stand it on
its mouth, or large end, in saucer or small
plate put water in the small plate, or saucer,
and renew or add to it as itabsOrbs. Never LET
tho vessel get dry, nor sufferitto chill or freeze


II can and will grew in any part of the room,
and will be deep green with red ground. "'
Year: 1875

AN ARGUMENT FOR MARRIAGE-Powers,
the sculptor, writing to a friend of what people
call the folly of marrying without the means to
support family, expresses frankly his own
fears when he found himself in this very posi-
ton but he adds, with characteristic candor:
10 tell the truth, however, family and poverty
have done more to support me than | have
done to support them. They have compelled
me to make exertiOns which | hardly thought
myself capable of; and often, when on the eve
of despairing, they have forced me, like
coward in corner, to fight like hero-not for
myself, but for my wife and little ones have
new as much work to do as | can execute, un-
less | can find some more assistance in the
marble; and | have prospect of further com
missions. The truth here expressed by the
gifted sculptor is like similar remark we heard
not long since by gentleman who tried matri-
mOny In the same way, and who found after
wards that the loose change in his pocket,
which he had before squandered in foolish
notions young mems whims, as he called
them-was enough to support prudent wife,
who, by we ell-regulated economy, has proved
fortune in herself and has saved snug sum
OF money for her once careless husband "a
wife to direct man toward proper ambition
and to general economy" he said, was like
timely succOr at sea to save him from destruc-
tlon on perlIous voyage"
Year: 1875

Among the propositions which went
by the board in the closing hours of the
Congress just ended, was that in behalf
of the express company interest, to keep
four-pound packages Of merchandise ont
of the mails. The proposition to double
the rates, however, on merchandise in
the mails, that is making it two instead
of one cent per ounce, was adopted.
Year: 1875

A case of sickening cruelty on the


part of the sheriff of San Antonio
Texas, toward prisoner confined IN


Jail, is reported. The prisoner was
held for murder, and when a clrcue
came to town the other day the sher-
iff refused to allow the man to at
Year: 1875

WOMAN AND TWO GIRLS NARROWLY


ESCAPE suFFooATIoN BY COAL GAS.
A farmer living on Mr.. Latimer's
farm on the Newport Pike near this
city, was aroused about 3 or q O'Clock
this morning by cry of dirtress
coming from one of the rooms in the
house. Arousing himself he proceeds
cd at once to the room in time to dis
cover and relieve n woman and two
girls who had been overcome by ,he
tunes of gas from coal stove. the
draft of which had been careiessly
closed. But for his timely cnterfer.
ence they would have lost their lives
People who sleep with coal fires in
their rooms cannot be too careful as
serious results often follow when the
coal gasescapcs and poisors the air of
the room.
Year: 1875

II had but known in the morning,
How weatily all the day
The words uukiud would trouble my mind
That | said when you went away,
had been more careful, darling,
Nur given you needless pain;
But We vex CUR own with lopk and tone
We can mover take back again.
For, though in the quiet evening
You may give me the ki,s of peace,
Yet it we'll nj hit be that never Tor me
The pain Ia the heart should ceasol
low many 60 firth in the morning
Who never come back at night
And hearts have broken for harsh word


spoken,


That sorrow can ne'et set right.
We have careful words for the stranger
And smiles for tho sometime guest,
But oft for CUR own the bitter tone,
Though We lovc cur own the best
All! lip with the curl inpatiout,
All brow with the Shade Of scorn,
'Twere cruel fate were the night too late
10 undo the work Of morn.


--lYavgiy Mayaziae
Year: 1875

A lady, leaving one of the summer re.
sort hotels last week, was charged fol an
entire China toilet set, only one piece Of
which she had broken She raid the bill,
and, pleading the excuse of having for.
gotten something, returned to the room
and broke each and every article OF he
set for which she had paid.
Year: 1875

II lived with him nine years." says an
Indiana applicant for divorce. "and all
the clothes be ever bought me was a
huach of hair pins and a tooth brush
You can see by this what a hard time
have bad to keep we'll dressed"
Year: 1875

1t is stated that the Quicksteps will now
lay off for at least week in order to recu-
perate. They have been playing with q
crippled and irregular nine for sometime
past-in fact, the most important games of
the season have found them in condition
unfit for the winning field. Almost all the
players have received severe injuries, either
to their hands or some other part of the
body and our wise man tells us that the
physical" is the thing when you are re-
quired to skip over the turf like our Light
ming g-steps.


1t is hoped that when they re-commence
playing the HERALD will have victor les in
stead Of pefeats to chrouicle,
Year: 1875

no EAST TWENTY. THIRD STREET, ONE BLOCK
liz from Fifth Avenue Hotei.-Elegantly furnished


Rooms let with Board also fine Basement suitable for
Office or young gentlemen furnished or unfinished.
Year: 1875

at that time seriously desired any such

 arrangement. The House of Commons

 was hardly representative body in those days, and it was much too large already. The Atlantic was practically twiceo three times wider there than now, and all Amer ica wanted was, ''to be let alone" Hence necessity offered England, only her choice between notification and tyranny. A statesman like Chatham might indeed see the wisdom of choosing the first of these evils. Bnt can we wonder that 8 stubborn king. stubborn parliament, and a stubborn people, should make 8 pretty hard fight for little tyranny rath- CT than yield peaceably to nulliication or
Year: 1875

About four years since, Walter P. Cham berlin, the Chief of Police of the City of Hartford, became involved in scandal which resulted in his dismissal from office. The charge against him is thus set forth in Mondays Courant:

 Four years ago Walter P. Chamberlin was found guilty of soliciting a young woman whom he met in the course of his official business, to commit a criminal offense. The proof was letter, couched in filthy language, and written on the off cial paper of the police department. He was then a man about sixty years of age. The act was no youthful indiscretion. The letter was evidence not merely of a single act, but of bad life and a loose character. It was conclusive proof that Hartford had chief of police who would use his official position to pander to his lowest vices.

 On Saturday night. by vote of five to one, the Hartford Board of Police Com missioners restored this man to his for mer place. He had been punished enough" they thought, and he resumes his position as chief guardian of the mor- als of the capital city of the "Land of Steady Habits!" Three Democrats and two Republicans voted for Chamberlin, so that his restoration is not the crime of any political party. It is the crime of one sex against the other. Can anyone won- der that crimes against chastity are so no- torious in our cities when such are the men employed to prevent them? While chief of police is levying horrible black mall on the prostitution within his pre- cincts, and his subordinates are emulating his example, are we to wonder that pros- titution is on the increase!

 But what remedy offers Simply this: good women are busy with Houses of Refuge when they should be busy with the Ballot. Till they stop their weak la- menting and do little indignant voting, such outrages as that under consideration will continue. Men are careless, if not indifferent. To the male mind, Walter P. Chamberlin is sufficiently punished, not by few years in State Prison, but by few years abstinence from his natural function as guardian of Hartford morals! Does any man in his senses believe that with woman enfranchised. any political party in Hartford, or combination of po- litical parties in Hartford, would dare to affront whole sex with such an appoint ment as that of Walter P. Chamberlin, for Chief of Police?
Year: 1875

I. O., himself and his associate counsel-''nnd
no suspicion that like agencies had influenced
the construction OF the highest court" He
even goes SO far as TO throw out an intimnton
against Chief Judge Church. Abiding to Gov
ernor Tilden Mr.. O'Conor says, "a glance at
the names that during the preliminary canvass
came into notice as his rivals for nomination
to the executive chair would be suggestive of
pertinent inquiries" Considering that the
most prominent Of those rivals was Judge
Church this is a curiously suggestive hint in
such connection, as Is also the allusion to
the fact that the Court of Appeals was elected
when the Tweed regime was at the height of
its power in tho State. Mr.. O'Conor suggests
a possibility of further impeachment of
judges, and states that four-fifths of the men,
bers OF the Court of impeachment are soon to
be elected. He indeed mentions only local
judges in this connection, but the whole bur-
den of his argument is against the judges of
the Court of Appeals, who have SO often de-
feated justice and saved the robbers by over
ruling the local tribunals If the local de-
oisions had stood Mr.. O'Conor and his asso-
ciates would have triumphed in each of the
Ring suits. Speaking of the final decision of
the first by the Court of Appeals he says,
'"This was the peculators' first triumph"
He goes on to describe the second, and
adds, at was the second triumph of
peculation Coming to the cnse i'm
mediateiy in hand he says Whatever
may become Of these two decisions the
third is likely to live in story" Live in story
it undoubtedly would if it should be made
ground of impeachment against the Judges OF
the Court of Appeals. Reminding them of
the fact that the thirty-two Senators who form
four-fifths of the Court of Impeachment ''will
soon be elected" is very noteworthy in pro-
duction whose main intent is to bring the
Court of Appeals INTO discredit and vindicate
the decisions of the local courts. If further
impeachmcnts of judges are necessary in
order to secure justice upon peculators the
readers of Mr.. OConor's letter can hnve no
doubt as to where, in his opinion, this great
remedy should be applied. The public rob-
bers escape because the eour. of last resort,


sswth unvarying constancy," reverse the
decisions OF the local courts against them
and have given the peculators first second
and third triumph. This is bold hint
which the menaced judges will not be slow to
understand, and it is only with a view to i'm
parchment that there would be justification
in assailing their character with SO much
severity by the head of the New York Bar.
Year: 1875

The uuwillingness of the Wimbledon au-
thorities to extend the usual courtesies to the
members Of the American team has produced
an un willingness on the part of some men,
bers of the team to take any part in the
meeting. We always had the utmost conf
dence in the manliness and self-respect of the
team, and it is not to be wondered at that
some of the members resent strongly the un-
friendly attitude assumed toward them by the
Wimbledon Council. We can understand the
effect of letter such as that sent 10 the captain
of the team by Mr.. Parson, of the English
eight, on gentlemen like Colonel Bodine
and Mr.. Yale, and the natural resentment
they feel toward the men who had the bad
taste to send It, The acceptance of the elee-
mosynary cup proffered by the Wimbledon
Council was probably only an act of ordinary
courtesy in the opinion of Colonel Glider
sleeve, but il will be seen by our cable de-
spatches that it does not commit the team,
and that some of the members may refuse to
take part in the contest. We cannot see what
English rifemen have gained by the course
they have seen fit to pursue. In refusing to
meet on their own ground the American team
they have acknowledged the superiority of
our marksmen, and their refusal to fight is
more disastrous to their reputation than would
have been an overwhelming defeat. We hope
the differences existing at present between
our rifemen and the Britishers may be salts
factorily arranged, so as to allow our men TO
measure themselves on equal terms with the
English and Scotch marksmen. If not we
fear our people will consider that the Ameri-
can rihemen have been shabbily treated by
their dear British cousins.
Year: 1875

own stupidity. The excuse made by their
spokesman for voting against the water ordi-
nance was desire to obtain information on
the subject When that information was
rendered by the Commissioner of Public
Works they objected to receive it, Tho
course of Alderman Morris and his associates
proves the folly Of the minority representa-
tion principle. If these Aldermen, without
constituencies at their backs and denied the
confidence OF their districts, had not been
legislated into Office the public business would
not have been obstructed, the impending
danger of destructive confngration would
have been averted and the abominable nui.
sance of the pestilential Harlem fats would
have been abated.
Year: 1875

The RAPID TRANSIT COMMISSION was again
in session yesterday, but its proceedings
were yelled in secrecy. We publish q COM
munication sent to the Board by Mr.. Daniel
Butterfeld, advising that no specific plan of
construction be determined on by the Com
missioners, but that the choice of materials
and mode of building be left in great meas
ure TO the contractors II is fatal OBJ
lection to this advice that the Commission
ers cannot adopt it in consistency
with the law which requires them TO
decide on plan after examining such as
may be offered for their consideration. The
Law under which they act also requires them
to fix the amount Of capital stock and divide
IL into shares. How can they estimate the
cost Of the road and fix the capital stock ex-
cept on the basis of some definite plan of
construction which prescribes the kind and
amount of materials? Moreover, the public
authority must judge whether the conditions
imposed on the contractors are complied
with, which is impossible il 80 much is LETT TO
thoir discretion.
Year: 1875

CUBA. Exactly who is maneuvring the
latest plan for the termination of the war in
Cuba, or even who is man@uvring the pub
lished story in regard to that plan, we cannot
say; but the story is put forth adroitly and
is one of the sort that should be true. If
there is no such plan it should be invented
Immediately, for the story involves the right
parties-the United States, England and Ger
many. Germany is quite ready to take q
hand in the hope that her good influences
will inure to her advantage in the possession
of q port in the West Indies England would
like to help in order to see the dispute in
Cuba settled on basis that would keep the
island out Of our hands, and we should be de-
sirous to further every step of the inevitable
progress of Cuba manifest destiny" So
there is not such plan on foot it should be
put on foot at once. What does Uncle Dick
know about it?
Year: 1875

INDICTMENTS AGAINST LOADER AND PRICE,
were found by the Grand Jury of Kings
county yesterday, and they are expected to be
arraigned to plead to the indictments to-day.
They will doubtless get their deserts in the
State Prison, but their conviction will depend
as much on the confession of Price and the
observation-disclosures of Loader as on the testi-
mony of Mr.. Beecher and Mrs Tilton, the
only witnesses against them. IF their filthy
story had been consistent with itself and
steadily adhered to it would have been diff.
cult to convict them, because the parties to
such illicit intercourse as they swore to would
equally contradict them whether their story
were true or false. It's intrinsic improbability
make very strong case against them, and
their trial may not occupy more minutes than
that of Mr.. Beecher did days. They have
really no defence and will receive speedy
retribution. Moulton will never be tried for
perjury, and it would be absurd to attempt it,
because he could never be convicted if guilty.
The law requires two witnesses in case Of
perjury, and from the nature of the circum-
stances Moulton could be confronted with but
one. If he committed perjury it was in
swearing to statements made to him by Mr..
Beecher when they were alone, and Mr..
Beecher is the only witness who could be
brought into court to contradict him. There
will be no perjury trials except those Of
Loader and Price