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Year: 1876

PoNTIAc. Jan. 10, 1876.
T. he Editor u the wOsEISeSASs ADVOCATE


II mas for a long time been conceded
that the State should furnish education
for the people, and an effort is being made
for compulsory education. But many con
tend that State education may soon degen-
crate into the character Of State political
church, gradually debauching the people,
and preparing them for the subversion Of
the republic.


II it is conceded as principle thar ne
State sho uld furnish education, where sha..
the State stopl Work and wages are Of
more vital Importance than education
Food for the body takes precedence of
food for the mind. If the State should
do one thing, why not another Why
should not the State, or the collective COM
munity, devise means to insure constant
work and wages for all men and women :


This right Of the collective community,
under the name Of The State" to regu-
late various matters affecting the commu-
nifty, has long been acknowledged and ex-
ercised The success of the labor move
ment j. Ltsed on the idea. The individual
calls upon tine mass to help him Labor
demands equal rights With capital-not any
division Of existing accumulations, but
deliverance from serf bondage, and the
enormous plunderings it endures from
other classes The right Of labor on the
farm and in the workshop 70 control its
own industrial an well an political lestinies,
through the instrumentality Of the State,
must be persistently contended for. There
can be no free votes without free laLor.


The financial and employing classes are
daily proving their incompetency for the
control Of the industries Of the country
Unemployed thousands are starving in the
midst Of plenty, because individuals can
not set them TO work. As the people
comprise the State, why should they not
do 1t for themselves, through the State
Why should not every city and towl
throughout the Union provide work and
wages for the unemployed The timsl
now demand an industrial an web as polit
Year: 1876

DETRoIT, Jan. 25, 1876.
To the Editor Oi ths wOEkIxsxAxs ADvocArz


Thinking that perhaps it would interest
your readers to know how the workinQmen
Of our city are getting along, and what
they are doing, take the opportunity to
send you few lines. Business in all
branches of manufacture is dull; but you
know there is prospect Of a good spring
trade, for we have had that prospect two
or three years, and suppose the kind of
trade We have had is good enough for the
hard money and resumption men. Wages
aro being cut down daily Some Of the
men in the Detroit and Milwaukee Rail
road shops are working one-half what
they were getting one year ago. Many
Of our largest builders here have dis
charged every man at the end Of last
December, and told them that if any Of
them wanted work at the rate Of one dolldr
. day, they could accommodate them after
q while.


Shoemaker have been cut down during
the last month from 10 TO % per cent. -
this being the second reduction within the
past nine mOnths Bootmaken about the
Year: 1876

Polteness is to 4 man what beauty
is to a woman. 1t creates an instan-
taneous impression in his behalf,
while the opposite quality exercises
as quick prejudice against him.
The politician who has this advantage
easily distances all the rival. candi-
dates, for every vote, he speakes with
becomes instantly his friend. Pol
ished manners have often made scoun-
drels successful, while the best OF
men, by their hardness and GOODNESS,
have done themselves incalcuable in
jury-the shell being so rough that
the world could not believe there was
a precious kernel within it. Had
Raleigh never flung down his coat in
the mud for the proud Elizabeth to
walk on, his career in life would
scarcely have been worth recording.
Scores of men have been successful
in life by pleasing manners alone. \
pleasing trait of character is we'll
worth cultivating, lads. Never for
get the value of true civility.
Year: 1876

a Rome correspondent says the
carnival season is just opening, and
it is expected that all will now begin
to make themselves merry according
to their means, and no stop will be
put to mirth until the bell sounds the
entrance upon the solemn Lent sea-
SON But Us life goes at present,
there is 4 good deal Of elegant dis
play, both within and out of DOORS
The swells of the Corso and the milk
sops Of fashionable life are brilliant
with those charms superaddcd by the
tailor and halter to the graceS which
nature has bestowed, with not a
stinted hand, upon the Roman youth.
These do not lose their opportunity
to become actors upon conspicuous
scene, where weak heads are made to
turn, and weak hearts to palpitate to
the point of captivation. They car
~ such merchandise rs they have to
the matrimonial market, and the bar
gam and sale goes on while the sea-
son lasts, and foreign ladies with
certain or uncertain incomes, take
their pick from the abundant crop Of
Italian barons, marquises and counts.
The Italians make the charge that
American ladies with fortunes not
less pretty than their persons are
those who have the greatest weakness
for titles, and are most eager IN their
chase for those who wear them
There is no lack of English and 9th
er foreign ladies who have been sue
cesstul in such pursuits, running the
risk of good or bad lrck which fol-
lows matrimonial as we'll rs all other
human ties. Not less than the aver
age amount Of connubial happiness
has followed such connections, and
so far as that is concerned, there Is
not much cause for lamenta ion. But
as for the charge of ladies running
after these masculine beauties, with
their added ornaments of titles, II is
Il nonscn>ical afcctation to hold that
the running is all from one side.
Year: 1876

The following item will prove of
considerable interest to our readers
who wish to be posted rs to eclipses,
etc:


There will be two eclipses of the
moon in 1876 The first occurs short
" after ten o'clock on the night of
March the 10th. 1t will be visible in
every part of the United States and
Canada The second eclipse of the
moon will take place on September
Sd. 1t will be visible in this coun-
try.


The eclipses of the sun are two
The first is an annual eclipse, March
Goth, visible only in its perfect pheno-
mena on n line from Vancouver's
Island to the northwestern shore of
Hudson's Bay. Outside that limit it
will be visible to the United States
as a partial eclipse. A total eclipse
of the sun occurs on the afternoon of
September 18th, not visible on any
part of the American continent.


The year 1876 will be a leap year,
its Domincal letters being b A. The
epact is the number Of days between
the last new year and the first day of
the new year. The epact is used to
tell Easter Sunday. This year the
epact is four, and Easter Sunday falls
on April 10th, Ash Wednesday being
March lSt
Year: 1876

An arrangement for improving the


backsight for rifles has been invented.
It's object is to do away with the hap


hazard or uncertain aim, and blur
from the effects of sun, strong light,
and most especially from wind, the
sighting bar being extra and travers-
ing on front of the old or other ordi-
nary sliding or sighting bar. The
top of the same having reversed V
to aim through, this particular shape
prevents, to great extent, the sun
and light from affecting the aims.
This bar is also made to traverse, by
means of a screw, either right or left,
thus giving wind-gauge on the or
binary or back-sight flap that is suffi-
GENTLY open. With this apparatus
the firer can always aim dead on his
object, at the same time retaining the
ordinary open bar and fixed foresight.
1t can be used on any rifle. a
Year: 1876

f.


JOHN STANLEY, the musician, lost his
sight when two years of age. He had


so correct an ear that he never forgot


the voice of person he had once


heard speak. An instance is given in


which he recollected the voice of


person he had not heard for twenty


years. who then accosted him in an


assumed voice.. If twenty people


were seated at the table together, he


would address them all in regular or
der, without their situations being
previously known to him. Riding on


horseback was one of his favorite ex-
ercises, though it would seem very
dangerous one for the blind, and to-
ward the close of his life, when be
lived in Epping Forest, England, and
wished to give his friends all airing,
he would take them the pleasant road,
and point out the most agreeable
prospects. He played at whist with
great readiness and Judgment. Each
card was marked at the corner with
the point of needle, but these marks
were so delicately fine as scarcely to
be discerned by any person not previ-
ously apprised Of them. His hand
was generally the first arranged, and
it was not uncommon for him to COM
plain of the party that they were too
tedious in sorting their cards. He
could tell the precise time by watch.
He knew the number Of persons in the
room when he entered it; would di-
rect his voice to each person in partic-
ular-even to strangers when they had
once spoken; and would miss any one
if they were absent, aud could tell who
that one was.
Year: 1876

/ have taken up on my ranch on Squaw
creek one stray mare, dun or mouse col
ored, with star in forehead Has no
brand. Also one two year old filly, same
color, belonging to the mare The owner
is hereby notified to prove property, pay
charges and take them away


- sif M DENNIS CROWLEY.
Year: 1876

The editor of the Norristown Herald
thus eliminates himself: A man who
succeeds in passing counterfeit fifty
cent note after carrying it in his pocket
two weeks, goes to bed with deeper
feeling of satisfaction than if he had
earned twenty-five dollars legitimately.
Year: 1876

The condition Of some OF the public schools in Jersey
City is disgrace to that community Mr. Jewell, n
member of the Board reports that the furnaces in
School No unable to heat tho building, and that
the class during the winter season
above temperature Of 1ty five degrees The result
was that many Of the classes dismissed. The
heaters do in any deserve the name. School
No Is Is also in very bad condition. Five OF the
pupils died recently and OF the teachers is ser


ousy i'll The floors full OF cracks and II is impos-
sible to keep the children's feet warm. Dphtheria,
bronchitis and pneumonia nnd a congenial locality
there. The heaters, in No. g. are useless. The
walls unsafe, and child struck and injured
by piece of falling plaster. This is one of the results
Of the reckless mismanagement for which several
members OF the present Board responsible and
which was exposed in the HERALD a few months ago.
Year: 1876

tIons or special proceedings wherein municipal cor
porauon Is party, or wherein an olhcer OF any tnu.
ncipality made party account OF some oincal
duty act default t shall not be necessary Tor the
municipality for the officer to execute any BOND or
security unless the Gour. In which 'Hs ne aotcn lion
OF this bond shall not deprive the munich
pahty ofhcer OF the provisional remedy
and stay OF proceedings which might properly
be granted in the action had bond been duly iur-
nshed In case bond is required by the Court, the
Mayor or COMPTROLLER may, may execute 9 1ss munich 10
pality ofhcer. The other bill provides
that action special proceeding shall be prosecuted
complaint that at least thirty days have elapsed since
demand in writing was presented 10 the Conip-
troller for the payment OF the claim upon wnch Tue
action founded and that the Comptroller has neg
lected and refused TO make payments thereof II the
plaintiff Judgment In his action or IN ms special
proceeding for amount less than $50 he shall re-
his disbursements necessarily made and incurred
therein, but other costs. No petition or proceed
ing 10 vacate an assessment shall hereafter be made
after tho expiration of four months after the assess
ment shall have been confirmed nor proceeding TO
vacate which has been heretofore con
1rmed bc commenced after the expiration OF four
months after the passage Of the act


LEGIsLATIvE NOTES


To prevent the dumping in tho waters OF the harbor
OF stun dredged or excavaed IN any OF the ss COCKS
landings along tho shore front OF Brooklyn and New
York Is the object of bill introduced by Senator Rob
ertson.


To allow sloops and oyster boats navigating the
waters OF Long Island Sound the privilege enjoyed oy
river craft as TO half wharfage Brooklyn and
Now York Is tho purpose OF bill introduced by Sena
tor Prince.


The appointment OF Slnnott Marine Court
Judge, place OF Spauldng, deceased will have
TO be confirmed by the Senate, though the
Governor holds there Is necessity for IT, The anti
Tammany element Is sorely exercised over the selec
tion OF Snnott who beaten last fall tor the very
position INTO which Tilden now thrusts him. by u ma.
jorty Of rs, 000 His confirmation by the Senate
is most unlikely


The Senate is well abreast Of the public business and
Notwithstanding It's OF ten days has caught up
with the Assembly, and will soon be waiting again on
The Lower House where the work legislation lagS
through the for talk that has seized some OF
the members


Senator Loomis bill amending the Butter and Cheese
law by inserting the words that any taking skim
milk cheese factory with intent TO defraud" in
place of "knowingy" taking skim milk to cheese
factory, shall be guilty OF msdemeanor was passed
The discussion this amendment last evening all
In the milky way Senator Woodin set himself uD As
authority In laeteal problems hut Senator Loomis
threw Woodn entirely the shade by proclaming
that he brought up farm and MIXED COWS for
hts father
Year: 1876

There was a furry in tho vicinity Of the Hudson
County Court House at Jersey City yesterday over the
announcement that Constable Henry II. Kline had alb
seconded. taking with him large sums Of money which
had been collected by him In legal executions Last
Friday he collected $3.50 for Benjamin II. Wallace, OF
New York on a dstraint warrant, and deposited tue
money the Hudson City Savings Bank. soon alter ne
returned and withdrew that aud all other moneys
deposited there by HIM and decampcd HIS wife, with
whom he has not lived very happily OF late, says she
knows nothing OF his whereabouts and she hopes sac
will never see him again The total amount OF MS dc-
falcation Is not known. Kline Is an old man, and up
to this transaction Hudson County never had more
active faithful officer
Year: 1876

You would almost doubt my word if

 I were to tell you of the greenness of some of these Centennial visitors. There was never such chance for gu,

 ing in the world. l. proved too much for John T. Raymond, and he could not let so rare an opportunity slip. He would go up to the waX-wOrks in the Main building, which really are very life-like, and pretend that he thought they were alive. So innocent did he look that two young gIrls took some time to explain to him that they were really only wax. Another time he made be- lieve he was a wax-wOrk, and got q friend to call attention to the villainOuS expression of his cOuntenance, until those in the crowd who saw that he was not wax, cried shame when, to their astOnishment, he took the arm of the rude fellow and walked of with him. while the crowd stared with indignant wonder MT Raymond was standing in the Art Gallery in front of a bronze statue of a negro Of the most decided ly African cast of countenance, who held his freed arm alOOf, while the broken chains fell at his feet A .cOuntryman came along and gazed in open-mOuthed admiration; then he turned to Mir Raymond and said 5: " The Greek Slave, ain't it," Yes, by the Powers, it is, said the actor Well, I'm glad I've seen it, said the man, for I've always wanted to see that statue. heard it was pretty, but dern me if see any beauty in that, but it's more like natur than them marble figgers."
Year: 1876

DEEP WALNUT STAIN FOR LIGHT WooDs-The employment of alkaline manganates for staining light woods in furniture and floors a beautiful, uni form and durable walnut brown, is highly recommended by Viedt. The action depends upon the decomposition of the salt in the pores of the wood, with the separation in them of very finely divided brown hydrated peroXi- ed of manganese. In practice, addi- ton of magnesium sulphate to the solution hastens the reaction. The process may be conducted as follows Dissolve equal parts of manganate ot soda and crystallized Epson salt Tn twenty to thirty times the amount oi water, at about 144 deg- and brush the blamed wood with the solution. The less the water employed, the darker the stain, and the better the solution, the deeper it will penetrate. When thoroughly dry, and after the opera lion has been repeated, if necessary inc furniture is smOOthed with oil, and finally polished. It is well to wash Il carefully with hot water before smooth ing. to prevent the etflorescence of the sulphate of soda formed. For floors the solution may be employed boil inr hot. and if the stain is not dark enough, a second application of a less concentrated solution should be made After it is perfectly dry, it should be vanished with a perfectly coioresS oil varnish. On account of the depth of penetration of the stain, fresh ap

 plication will not soon be required.
Year: 1876

From the Baltimore Amerlcan-l

 The Rev Father P Ryan, assistant pastor of St. Peters Catholic Church, corner of Poppleton and Rollins streets delivered an interesting sermon yester- day morning, in which he adverted to mixed marriages, or marriages the par ties to which are of different religious faith The effects of these marriages were often ruinOus tO the peace and happiness of families The subject had received the serious consideration of the archbishop and clergy of the diocese at a meeting held at the close of the recent annual retreat. As a re- suit, parish priests were not now per mitted to give abSOlutiOn tO a Catholic young man who was paying attentions to a Protestant young lady, or to a Catholic young lady who was receiv- ing the attentions of Protestant young man, with a vIew to matrimOny In cases where members of the Cath olic Church did contract such mar riages they would be compelled first to receive the consent of the archbishop before the parish priest could marry them. It had also been determined that all marriages in the Catholic churches in this city must take place in daylight
Year: 1876

THE great Centennial Exhibition was to have closed its career on No vember 10, and although we have nothing as yet in regard to such clos ing, we suppose that the great show IS already numbered with the past. IL was undoubtedly goodly sight and one that will afford those who were so fortunate as to be able to attend, a theme for life time How the years speed by. How interminable does the thought of hundred years hence seem, ana the conceit of being or not be ing present at the next centennial has furnished food for numberless small wits and yet it is but briefspan, and we can contemplate the round of another hundred years and conjecture its pos sible and probable dangers and results and achievements with a calmer assur- ance than could our fathers an hun dred years ago. We think we see dangers crowding thick and fast around our beloved country, and we shrink from fast accumulating prob lens and crises which like Alps on Alps arise immediately in our way. But if our fathers faith was firm and immOvable in the almost hopeless night of our national nativity, we must be weak and degenerate sons to falter and waver in regard to our future des- tiny. We have serious questions to solve, but we have such a grand pur- chase on which to plant our levers of thought and action that we shall verify move the world in the next century, or our promise greatly bellies results. There are serious questions to solve. There always will be until the perfect day is reached when man shall stand out as like God as he was originally made Godlike. Let us forth to the next century's contests concerning sui frage, education, church and state and all the weighty matters just before us, firm and steadfast in our faith and con fident of the result.

 For right is right since God is God,

 And right the day must win;

 To doubt would be disloyalty

 To iilter would be sin.
Year: 1876

TIE news that the next German Par lament would be asked to increase the silver coinage because there was not enough in circulation, has already been referred to in our columns. The scare ity of currency in Germany indicates that the limit of the area within which gold can be made the single monetary standard, is beng rapidly reached. The English government has recently avOwed that it greatly desires the sub stitution in India of the gold for the silver standard. The United States, when it resumes specie payments, will need a large amount of metallic money gold or silver, as the case may be. An influential school in France are urging that country to adopt the single gold standard Does it need to be argued that if Germany, with the gold standard, finds herself short of currency, that France, the United States and India cannot adopt ihe same standard without producing the most serious monetary Arrangement? To throw SO vast a mass of silver aS would be demOnetized out of use, would in fiict great loss on the holders of silver, either as bullion or currency, and the supply of gold cannot be spread over so vast a surface-ChcsgO Tribune.
Year: 1876

THEY attempted to take one of Bar nuns new giraffes across Rhode Is- land last week, but just as it was on the Massachusetts line it reached over and ate up about half of a hay stack in a farm-yard in Connecticut, and when the farmer came out and at- tackled the Connecticut end, the Mas .sachUsetts end got mad and kicked d man in Boston and nearly killed him. It created a good deal of excitement al the time in Rhode Island, and most of the people stepped out of the State till it was over-Norwich Bulletin.
Year: 1876

On last Monday afternoon about four o'clock as Joseph and Newton Brown were hunting cattle on the Mohave be low HOltOn's ranch, the latter came suddenly on a large grizzly, travelling leiSurely down the river bed. He turned his horse and rode a safe distance from his bearshIp and called to Joe, who immediately rode up and, aScertaining the difficulty, started in pursuit of bruin with his lasso. The ground being sparsely covered with vegetation gave him an opportunity to follow his game, and a few turns of the lasso and a skill ful throw of the same brought MT. Bear to a sudden stand still The bear then started tO run and Joe followed him until coming 10 tree he turned his horse on one side while the bear ran on the other, giving a purchase by which to hold him fast Newton now came up and the two taking a turn around the tree started their horses to pulling and Tn a short time the bear was "blaCk in the face" First mak- ing sure that there was no danger, Joe diSmounted, cut bruIn's throat and taking one of his paws as a memento. rode tO HollOn's to tell his adventure. MT. HOltOn sent out team and took the dead bear to his ranch, while Joe returned upon his laurels with huge paw, which can be seen by the curious at AL Rodgers salOon.-San Bernar- dino Times, November f.
Year: 1876

A London Times correspondent in
Spain writes an amazing account of the
terrible neat which afflicted that country
during the past summer. The unusu-
ally high temperature scorched and melt
ed all interest in everything else. Rev
olutions were comparatively cold, and
politics made no figure at all. The peo-
pie turned the twenty-four hours of the
day inside out, and all business neces-
sary to be done was done at night. The
day was utterly dead, and the sun shone
on very few animate forms. Near Cadiz,
the location of the correspondent, the
temperature rose to 166 degrees in the
sun, and field laborers refused to at
tempt 10 work under it at lad per day of
twelve hours. The chronicler relates
that while he was writing,at IL 80 p. m.,
the two candles on his table mad bent
and twined like snakes from the heat,
and were burning-fame downward,
and wasting on his table. Under such
conditions the sunshiny day was lodged,
and the night was converted into busi-
ness purposes. Only enough work was
done to sustain life for the time being,
and to do this the whole country was
illuminated with artificial light. The
people all abandoned the daytime by the
instinct of self-preservation and swarmed
under the umbrella of darkness for
safety.