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Year: 1870

Much has been said and written about
the great reduction of the public debt and
the economical management of the Grant
administration, compared with the admin
istrations under Democratic rule. We
take the following, as an illustration, and
recommend its careful perusal by every
honest man, to whatever political party
he may belong.


The average yearly expenses of sevcra
Democratic administrations are given,
as follows:
Year: 1870

The spirits of the rink-managers fluctuate
inverey with the mercury in their thermometersas the
quicksilver rises their spirits fall it falls, they rise
Night before last the mercury fell below the freezing
point, and yesterday found the rinkmen full OF hope
For four weeks business with these has been at a
stand-stl, and during this time some OF them have
made frugalty practical study. At rink visited by
reporter yesterday the managers found dining
and liver. which they declared purchased
the prospect Of good cebed and that for fortnight
previous they had paraken OF nothing but humble soup
The alterations OF the weather lately have been anta
hzng the rnkmen filling them with hope one day.
and despair the next. but 1t IS trusted that this cold
snap" will stay long enough to enable
them TO relnqush soup as constant diet.
The great Central Park Lake almost open sheet
OF water yesterday Notwithstanding the severity Of the
weather the previous evening The OF this lies with
the high winds, which keeps its waters In such agitation
The small lake at Fifty ninthst frozen but the


ice thin that the Commissioners did rot deem II
prudent TO invite the people TO it, At the Empire Rink Ice
had formed, also at the Flfth-ave., where, II the
weather continues cold yesterday skating be
enjoyed this afternoon
Year: 1870

SIR presume others, as well as myself, have
been deeply moved by the brief report In your
issue Of to-day Of ihe agans 9! the bodies of the poor
children lately lost at WynOcke, n j. The dead are at
rest after their suerngs-hey arc beyond our aid but
the remaining members OF the family not and many
OF your readers would probably like an opportunity ol
extending kindly hand TO them in their trials Could
you not in short notice, call attention to the easel
presume you would take charge Of and forward to the
family any contributed for their use, and as be-
ginning l incOse herewith ST. IL able would gladly
make II more but little ii IT, scarcely feel satisfied
family at night without having done this
at least for those sadly tried the unhappy parents
have becn-not only In the loss sustained but In the
just suspicious Of portion OF the public regarding the
cause OF the disappearance OF the children.


Yours, respectfully, AN iRisHAAF


Netc York, Feb. 4, 1870.
Year: 1870

The Christian Radical, published
at Pitisburg, Pa. is very much exer-
cised over the way some of the Bos-
ton choirs conduct themselves. It
seems that Rev. T. A. Noble, tai
ent9d clergyman of that city, recently
supplied the pulpit of one of the
Boston Orthodox churches, and at
che close Of his sermon gave out, as
usual, hymn to be sung, and read
two verses of it, when, lol it was
found that choir and organist had
disappeared, and the singing had to
be omitted. The Radical evidently
does not approve of this course. and
it gives vent to its indignation in the
following terms:


I'VE say shame, therefore, to a
choir and to o church lordcd over By
a choir even though it be in Boston,
that have neither the brains nor the
breeding to appreciate an earnest,
eloquent and apprehending preacher.
Breedingl Well, not long ago we
had q Boston preacher down here.
who preached IN Brother Mobiles
Church, aud kept on his kid gloves
while he preached, aud his sermon
was neither luminous nor muscular,
and yet the choir did not run away,
nor did the church behayo unseemly.
Ii the preaching did not rise to any
very high levels, the choir at least
had some self respect"


This reminds the Boston journal
Gas President LincoIo used to say
Of little story" A year or two ago
the eloquent DR.. McCosh preached in
the same pulpit alluded to above.
The quartettc choir sang the opening
piece in the most finished and artistic
style-so artistic that neither minister
or people could understand one word
of what was sung. When it was end
ed the Doctor waited q moment as if
he expected the applause to come in,
but as it did not, lie rose and gravely
said, And aol0 zoe loiH commence the
soorshtp of God IN the use of the 27th
hymn"


There is no doubt that 10 many
churches there needs to be a great
reform in the matter of music. In
some cases it costs more than the
preaching. and is better fitted for the
opera house than the church. lie
must be very discriminating man,
and man Of very feryent imagina-
ton, who can discover any element
of worship or praise in it. We shall
be glal to see the day when the pres
ent style Of church music shall give
place to real worship, and when all
the people shall with one voice and
heart unite in the praises of the
sanctuary. F
Year: 1870

STRANGE V1c1ssrTUDEs-An old lady died the other day at Uxbridge. in England,

 who prayed herself to have been in more

 ways than one remarkable person. Not only had she for many years successfully deted the inquisitorial gossip of country town, but she really had in early days llv- ed romantic life; although her latter years had been passed in the deepest se- elusion. Having been found dead in her bed at the age of ninety-two; an inquest was held when it came to light that she was the daughter of a Spanish nobleman of high distinction. In early life she con- tracted 8 clandestine marriage with the Count de Chantal of France, who was 6 general in the French army under the first Napoleon, and who fell at Waterloo. Ex- fled from her native country, as well as from France, she took refuge in England soon after the restoration of peace, and lived on her scanty income at Uxbridge in the manner described. It is supposed that she had lain dead for several days befUre her body was found, and it would be hard to find case presenting stronger features of utter loneliness to which human being may be reduced.
Year: 1870



 THE UNDERSTANDING OF FUGUEs.-As a rule fugue music Is perfectly puzzllng and unintelligible to popular audience. Mir. Henry Harter, organist of St. Stephen s Church, Providence, has written the fol- lowing aid to the understanding of them, which will doubtless be gratefully received by many unartistic listeners to that kind ot muic:-

 eff you want to understand a fugue, lis ten closely to the first twenty notes or so. They are given out distinctly, one at a time, and will constantly repeated through out the piece. After the first twenty notes a duet commences, in which the upper or lower part must repeat the melody already given. After the duet comes a trio, with the same first melody in tue highest or lowest set of notes When the tr1o is fin ished, quartette begins, and then, as be- fore, you will find the first melody or sub- iect uppermost or in the lower part. The reason the people hate Juyues is that they expect the melody always in the upper part, and seldom find it. Hunting for the melody, when obscured by three inferior melodies or accompaniments is source of keen enjoyment to an uneducated musical mind. A musician, once in the habit of unravelling and dissect1ng intricate fugueS looks upon compositions, where all the beauties are on the surface, much as a chess player looks upon cards. In Bach's tfugues, do not look for contrasts of light and shade; for quiet sentimental effects, for dramatic power. They have a charac. ter of their own, healthy yigor and man. Illness, as we'll as being full to the core of intellectual strength. They may be com pared more fitly to huge sublime rocks than to sweet violets and the charming forgot-me-nots. Listening attentiyely to fugues opens the vision to a vast field of musical beauty. He who imagines the whole interest of music to consist in a pretty melody or the effect of chords. knows not the charm of the orchestra with its musical instrumentation, its arts and intrigues of figure, nor can he fully enjoy any fine composition of more intricacy than simple ballad. A good way to un- derstand .fugues is to hear them performed by first class quartette of violins. but the most practicable way IS to hear and practice the choruses of Handels orato- riOS "
Year: 1870

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN COLCHESTER Two men were instantly killed on Richard Dooley's section of the Air Line railroad in Colchester, on Monday morning, be- sides several severely, and one or more fatally wounded. A rock was heavily load ed with glycerine and powder, but for some reason the fuse failed to explode the charge. Several of the men gathered around and commenced to dig it out with steel bars, when 1t unexpectedly exploded, killing two instantly, the fragments of one of them being blown in all directions, all of them not having been found. A horse standing near was reduced to shapeless mass. Dr. Robinson was promptly called to the spot and did all that could bs done for the wounded, one or more of whom will probably die from the effects of their wounds. The men had just returned from their monthly drunk, and it is supposed they were more or less under the influence of liquor. The people of Colchester are beginning to think 1t about time to put a stop to this thing, and town meeting has been called for next Saturday to see If the town will vote to suppress by law the hells that furnish the liquor. The Irish citi- zens have live temperance society in the village, and are moving in this matter as If they mean business.
Year: 1870

On the other hand there are occasions when judges can not resist the impulse to be little facetious on the bench, as was the case with all English judge. who ad- dressed criminal who had been sentenc- ed to death for uttering forged e1 note in this wise: ''I trust that through the merits and meditation of our blessed re- deemer, you may there experience mer- cy which due regard to the credit of the paper currency of the realm forbids you to>hope for here.
Year: 1870

TIE THEArRE-M'ue Ravel made her
appearance last night before good au-
dience in a role in which she has gained a
reputation, aud the performance was fully
equal to expectation. Tonight she viii
make her last appearance this season, and
our theatre-goers will doubtless turn out in
force
Year: 1870




Paris journal OF the nth OF March sums up the
points OF the reply given by Cardinal Antonelli to
Count Beust's recent despatch as lollows:--


The fun unconditional liberty the fathers OF
the Council deprives the Pope of AL right to interfere with
appreciation. But what forbidden TO the Pope belongs of
right the bishops of the Austro Hungarian monarchv
within the Council have full liberty modify resist the
scBu nsquesiion. The Holy See, however, has
believe thai the bishops do not share the
imperial cabinet concerning xii, xix TX,
which the note OF Count de Beust seems to refer
condemnation of the doctrines propounded by the
italian JansenIsts mt the Council OF Pstoja,
ton pronounced against those doctrines by the bull


d promulgated by Plus W. in 7S4 Being directed against
the Jansenss this condemnation has q purely dogmatic
character. AZ regards Canon XIX, condemning the
trne that the Church deprived of all authority other than
themselves protested, collective memorial addressed
to the President of the Coanc Count Auesperg against
the tendencies which were manifested two years ago
IN Austria to reduce the Catholic Church to the position Of


religion existing only by liberation The schema merely
aims ut confirming the legitimacy of their protest. 1t should
not be forgotten that the Council in Its ecumenca char
view of the Church II Is In this that Canon de-
ermnes the supreme Of conscience regard to public
and social actions But this rule be modified in
Its application by concoas concluded between the Holy See
and the various Sates for the Pope being the guardian OF
the emanaiing from the Council, has also the
power to make such notifications in them may
As regards Austria whatever may the
Council the Concordat of 1855 win be conscientiousy
served BY the Holy See, which by thinks Of
poying i authority for turning away the bishops from the
obedience due to the organic OF the
monarchy The Holy See still less
the supremacy OF the Church the civil power in the
of the Church do assert Altogether the
of the wentyono canons does not tend In to
proclaim doctrines OF the Catholic Church, leaving
mems conscences tree to conform to them not
Year: 1870

paragraph appeared in this column yesterday
mentioning the decease OF Mrs. Emily Miller, whom
the police reported to have been under the influence
OF st.nuants at the time OF her death Mrs. Miller
was not addicted LO the use OF intoxicating DIR nks,
and her decease was the result of flt of apopexy.
Year: 1870

THE REGISTRATION BILL.-The act Of
Assembly providing for the registration of
the voters of the State is eagerly looked for
by the people, as the time for registration
is rapidly approaching. We have been
frequently applied to for copies, but they
cannot be furnished, as the bill has not
been yet put in the hands of the printer
Hurry up the matter, as the clubs in this
city and the people everywhere want tc
usp If
Year: 1870

Who Is the Mayor Of Richmond? Is question
which seems difficult to decide; but who sells the
best wood fullest measure) for less money Is
easily decided by calling at the Office OF W. J'
Mellow ELL. First and Broad streets.
Year: 1870

No Democratic convention has heartily


expressed acquiescence in their settle


ment; nor is there ANYBODY who does


not know that, if the Democratic party


came into power, every one Of those
questions might instantly become threat
ening. ~


|; 1t is not time, therefore, to assume that
the Old things having passed away, all
things have become new and that it is


not of very vital Importance whether or


not the Democratic party is successful.
Old things have not passed away. So
tremendous civil convulsion as the war
cannot suddenly subside and leave it, in
five years., q matter of indifference to the
country whether those who strove to de-
stroy 1t shall control its government It
is forgetfu1ness 6f this fact in Washington,
and by many Republican papers, which


bas caused an appearances of discord in
The enormous frauds at the New York


polls, which the Democratic party could
prevent, and does not, are now an essen


tial weapon of that party for securing its


ascendency in the country With that


ascendency comes no acquiescence in the
settlement of the war but the bitterest


hostility to them. With that ascendency
comes possible reputation and the at


tempt to invalidate the Fifteenth Amend


ment. Gould there be any political catas-


trophe more to be deprecated? -5 -


|tofUpon what principle of patriotism or


honor does any Republican excuse his
indifference ?9oWhat conceivable advan-


tage to, the welfare of, the, country Is


promised by Democratic success? The


sole hope of the undisturbed industry
| I - "a H. l.


continued predeminance of the Repubi-
ran marty
Year: 1870

Out on the Pacific Railroad, the other day,
Kickapoo Indian saw a locomotive coming
down the track toward him at the rate. of
forty miles hn hour. He thought it was an
imported breed of buffalo, and lie was anx-
ious to secure it so as to take the prize at
the annual exhibition of the Kickapoo Ag-
ricultural Society. So he fastened one end
of his lasso to his waist-belt, and when the
engine got near enough he threw the moose
nicely over the smoke stack. Perhaps it is
not necessary, but we may as we'll relate that
the locomotive did not stop. The engineer
and fireman witnessed the most successful
attempt to do the flying trapeze made by
any Kickapoo Indian upon the plains since
the first of last January. There was an abo-
rigina1 funeral at the next station when the
engine arrived. The grave was not large,
for they only buried small piece of copper
colored meat tied to string and enclosed
in sardine box.
Year: 1870

THE CHINEsE.-In teaching the Orientals
shoemaking at North A ans one of the in
structors, getting poor nails, broke off three
in succession in driving them. OF course
he put other nails in Immediately beside the
stumps. Some time after what was his SUE
prise to find that his pupil had followed his
example literally, and broken off three nailsin
the heel of each shoe. This story is vouched
for as literally true. About fifty of the
seventy five Chinese are said to attend meet
ing regularly on the Sabbath, the number
being divided among the Congregational,
the Methodist, and the Baptist churches.


A letter in the Iraueller from Hong Kong,
confirms recent statement by one of our
own contributors, that the families left be-
hind, by Chinese who come to this country,
are sometimes actually sold, to cancel the
debt incurred by the father and husband in
securing money to pay his passage to
America.
Year: 1870

Is SUMAC CoMBUsTIBLE AS sumac is
very important article of commerce with US,
and number of our citizens are largely en-
gagged in preparing it for market, the ques-
tion whether it is liable to Spontaneous
combustion" or not is an interesting one. A
week or so ago large lot was burned at
Tappahannock, and the impression there, Is
already stated in the Wing, is that the fire
was occasioned by the combustion of the
sumac. The Fredericksburg Herald says
that some years ago Mr.. Hurkamp, the pio-
neer in that business in this State, lost
quantity in this way, and had in conse-
quence his storehouses so constructed as to
give the sumoc free ventilation. Knox e
Brother and another party of the same town
found that this was the case with some
they had stored away before it was prop
ely cured. IF the sumac be properly cured
before stored in bulk there is no danger, it
is said, of combustion Whig.
Year: 1870

Long Branch Correspondence Springfield Re-


publican.


How to Make Blonde out of a Brunette.


/ have learned some interesting details of
blonde manufacture l heard much this
summer of manufactured blondes, and one
was pointed out to me as unquestionably a
manufactured article. l believed it vaguely,
but my interest in the matter was aroused
one day recently, when called on friend
in the city and saw most wonderful change
in her. Her hair, week ago light brown,
was almost light, with decided tinge of
red in it. l asked explanations, and they
were frankly given: she was undergoing the
process of being changed into blonde She
told me something of the process. The
hair is first shampooned to cleane it thor
oughly of all grease and dirt, and then the
liquid is applied to few strands of hair at
time. The liquid is colorless and war
ranted harmless, of course. The hair first
turns red, and then gradually grows lighter.
My friend logically and good-humoredly le-
plies to remonstrances, that her hair is her
own; her husband likes light hair; that she
is assured by the highest authority among
hair dressers that the application is not in
furious to hair or health. The process costs
where long, thick suit of hair is to be
colored, one hundred and fifty dollars
Year: 1870

1S4S Upon the return of Canrobert from
the Crimean war disabled, Mcmahon was
appointed to succeed him as general of die
vision, and had the great glory of carrying
the Malakoff by storm, for which service he
was decorated with the Legion of Honor
and made an honorary Knight Grand Cross
of the Order of Bath. His title of Duke of
Magenta was derived from the battle of that
name in the war in, Italy, where he showed
conspicuous gallantry in command of the
Second Corps. He was personally known to
Ring William of Prussia, having represented
France at his coronation at Berlin in No
vember, 1861.


His ill-starred but gallant career in the
conduct of the Third French Army Corps,
during the disastrous chances of the past
six weeks, is too fresh in the mind of the
reader to be retraced. What might have
been the result of the .fcampaign had he
been unembarrassed by his incompetent
master. it were idle to speculate. He was
fortunate at all events, in the time of his
death, ,sand as to soldier he would proba-
bly, have desired not to survive the annihila-
tion of his army.
Year: 1870

JOLLY ELoPEMENT.-The wife of farmer
residing near Buffalo recently became so
much enamored of COW doctor, who went
to attend to her husbands cattle, that she
proposed to elope with him to a distant
State. He informed the husband about the
matter, and, much to his surprise, the latter
told him to crafty her little whim. 1t was
then arranged that he should meet her on
the outskirts of the farm on Monday last.
In the meantime the husband persuaded
him to exchange clothes, and when the time
arrived for the elopement, he (the husband)
was promptly on hand. Qn the darkness
she mistook him forher lover, and the '.joke"
was not discovered until their arrival at one
of the Buffalo hotels. The cow-doctor was
on hand with his own wife and between the
four of them they managed to do justice to
an excellent supper aud make away with
several bottles of wine. If elopements were
usually to have such a jolly termination, the
divorce market would soon he obliged to
close from lack off business.
Year: 1870

The directors of the fair which is to take
place at San Antonio, Texas, on the 9th of
October have made proposal that every
handsome lady in the State shall send a
photograph of herself to the fair and a conf
mittee will select the most beautiful and
have picture painted of the lady, according
to the photograph, and present it to her as
a prize. The ladies who expect to compete
are requested to assume standing position,
dressed in a flowing robe, in order to give
better effect to the painting, which is to be
life-sized.
Year: 1870

protect the purity of the ballot boxes in
November, and meet the country with vote
from the metropolis that shall redeem the
State and secure an old fashioned union vic
tory In this contest men are nothing. We
seek to crush corruption, to enforce the right
of the people to honest elections, and to sus
tain the administration Of our pure and
brave President. Let US. one and all, forget
every difference, take the old touch OF elbow,
all heartily resolve to do our duty, and rev.
erently commit the result to that sure Prov
idence which rules alike among men and
over States.
Year: 1870

The police of London are cautioned mot
to use irritating language, even to those
offending the law" They are not to inter-
fere unnecessarily, but when it is their duty
to act. they are to do so with decision and
boldness. "The police" says the order,
"are not to use language to ward persons in
their custody, calculated to provoke them;
such conduct often createsa resistance in in
the prisoner, and hostile feeling among
the persons present toward the police" And
again; 1.-THE more respectful and civil the
police are on all occasions, the more they
will be respected and supported, by the pub
lie in the proper execution of their Duty
Year: 1870

Attorney General Hamilton has been
lying very sick at his family residence here for
the past week, from severe and dangerous at
tack of pneumonia. At one time the Physicians,
several of whom were III attendance considered
his life in extreme danger, but he is bow i'm
proving, with good prospect of soon being en-
tirely WE'LL
Year: 1870

YouNG man. when you wish to take lady out
riding on horseback why do you go all over
town trying to borrow sde-saddle when you
can just step into Nelson's saddler shop and buy
a new one cheap? Your coming wife will want
one afterwhile, and to be the owner Of one now
might help you to get wife