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Aew Publications.

A" PRESENTS WHICH OUTLAST TIE
YEAR"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-08

TROUBLESOME SEWER GAs.-At the sugges-
ior 81 ingenious theorists various methods have been
tried for ventatng house pipes that are connected with
,rer. one OF the fayore devices is to carry yont
tn tibe from the main pipe mp the roof and there
allow, the gas To escape Thi. It il supposed viii keep
tho pressure ~ the waste pipes IN equilibrium with that
OF the atmosphere, and consequently the traps OF the
rIumbins will remain hllcd and effective But this mod
ern Improvement has according to correspondent OF
The Chicdgo ErcHug Journal, serious drawback II is
the experience of several householdes who have adopted
me yentlaor that tho which IS carried To the ton OF
lie house is apt be blown down and come in AT mo
wipdone II Is the more likely that such a suit would
be met with ia Chicago because that is very windy
city.
IsTHMUs CANAL PROJECT.-Lieutenant WISE,
OF French Navy. reports fayoraby his Official OK
porauons Of the Isthmus Of Daren, with view 10
project Of an interoccanc canal Ho believes that Is
could he most easily executed directly from the valleys
of a rupi.a and Tisti tho Gulf OF Uraoa. and would
100 require any locks. Another line surveyed connects
to valley OF the Iuyra IA rivernowng into the Pacific
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-08

\ NEW SUMNER SCHOOL OF SCIESCE-The
ball which set rolling by tue enterprise Of tn, late
Professor Agssil at Penkese. makes new aceretions
every year, and the Sumner schools OF science be
coming very numerous. one ~ tne OF these
organizations has headquarters Lincoln Nebraska,
and is intended to provide moving camp study The
natural history and resources OF the Republican River in
that state The district to be is OF
and tertiary formations. Regular of instruction
will be given in the natural sciences Among the teach
ora gcd are Professors C. ID WILDER, :. Aughey, and
q II Baiey The enterprise appears - b. under the
,snires of the rsty OF Nebraska. The school Is
49, lsf,rt from Rel Cloud about July >. and continue
Sr i1lt weeks. Professor Bailey Of Lincoln, Nebraska
i, secretary OF the 0rgADzlton
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-24
WASHINGTON LETTER..
LFum orr Eesaler eorre.peaisnt.l

VsSaIAGro%i ID, y, February :, 1911.
The Senate chamber and tic hall
Of the House Of Representatives are rot
literally deserted A quorum Of each
house is usually on the fioor, ard a
sprinkling of listless listeners are in
the galleries. but il Is easy to see that
the interest centers elsewhere. The
old Senate chamber, where. long ago,
Webster. Clay, Randolph and Calhoun,
Numbered and pressed, iii must be
admitted they were prosy at timesf has
had its semicircular walls awakened by
dogma and argument in a cause rs
important, in its Immediate and
Interior effects, az was ever discussed in
words or arms on this half the globe.
There is no lack OF distinguished
one Is permitted TO enter unless he has
a ticket countersigned by the president
OF the commission, Justice Clifford, and
the wives Of senators and members and
even senators aud members themselves.
are not always able to obtain admission;
FOR the supreme courtroom is small
and viii accommodate but a limited
number. The greatest an xiety has been
to heav Mr.. OConer, aud his great Of
fort on Monday did not fall line be-
low the high expectations that had
been raised. Mr.. Eyarts WAS able az
usnai. and his argument was All the
more remarkable for the poverty Of his
case. Nothing could have been more
reffe<t then the cle.Fnesz and coRepcy
= ths freet Arguznsnt Of NJ Mssrick,
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PURE mllK.

Of course it would be scandalous for
THg HERALD to intimate that the milk
sod in Dallas is largely adulterateti, or
bat yirtuous miIiSmen 20 so far as to
pour in gallon Of water for every gal
lon of milk, yet, knowing how to make
a cheap lactome-er, far all this. may
not be sn entirely useless piece OF IN
formation, wherefore that information
is given Procure a glass bulb and
ST, m, both hollow load it with quick
sil vsr sand or even birdshot until the
instrument win float upright in milk
known to be pure. Mark on the stem
the point to which il sinkz-the sur
face.point Remove it from the milk
and foat it in pure water, marking the
surface-poiut as before, which will be
considerably higher on the stem than
the other mark. Now take q marrow
81 ? of paper, capable OF being rolled
Ie4gtbwise, and insert it IN the stem OF
the instrument so that the figures on
it wiH be visible through the glass.
Lay of on tAis--iu the direction of its
length--a Space efli.i 10 the distance
between The two eurface.points. NUN
bring the FIRST point o aud the other
100. sabdivide this space into ten or
tventg proportional spaet.s correspond.
in slg numbered roll the slip aud in
sert il in the stem Until the 0 at the
suFfsce point Of the milk, the 100 at
Z! = Of she water. Your lacsometer IS
d complete. Float Il IN your milk.
CO . every morning, and the depth to
which il sinks wiz register the percent
az Of dishonest water If any, the milk
contains. Suppose. for example, the
instrument sinks I'LL the surface line
cuts the figure fifteen The milk con-
tains fifteen per cent Of added water
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-24
A Yer, EmporsuAi r.er.a..xe.

The Washington correspondent Of
tha Chicegn Tribune says it is quite
discouragins 70 people who imagined
thai the high character aud function Of
ths commission would LEAD is members
% rise above the common level OF part
san poiitics to find that even upon AZ
simple q question As that Of adjourn.
Inent party feeling swap every nian OF
them except the obi Judge. lie 4 in
aet the court. aud the fourteen other
commissioner arr only party make
weights 70 balance each other. Justice
Bradley . the modsfa warSick He
viii make the president just a. csYec.
lively AZ II he Were thosoie arbitrator
&C the controversy. Whether Raves or
Tilsien Is 10 gil tho exscntise Office nftey
the fth % March depends aolely ana
sh<o!ately upon his decision. The ar.
,funasnts Of counsel are addressed 70
him His vote Is waited for with hated
breath. For tie moment he Is tAe
most powerful man in America.
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rious. arrogant fraud. The divine hope
for true and noble government, for
reconciliation and peac 3, has passed
away like vision of the NIGHT. This
IS one side d The piesa.Te. The one We
are staring stendily At today
The other IS not altogether 50 dis
hrarteniag. As Far as the saaisrstl
interests Of North Texas are concerned
the inauguration Of Hayes eiii not
preve . great disaster. The South hav-
ing lost al, may now join hands in claim
ing FROM the government the necessary
aid 10 complete at once the Texas aud
Pacific read This small boon should
and vii naquestioaahly be granted If
50, tins VII pour into our midst S3109e,-
ls0 European capitalists prefer the
government Of Hayes 10 that Of Mr..
'riisien, AMI they stand ready at this
nozuellt 70 advance upon 2e0 miles OF
Dallas and Wichita road $4,000 per
mile.
I ne Da9tng brothers, VINO thopEnt oil
/ withdrawing their. capital from the
South in event OF Nj Tilden's accession
! to power, aill nov willingly and prompt
| " advance TO Afr. Allen ample means
TO extend the Iron Mountain road
from Texarlsana to Dallas The Pales-
tine road viii be swiftly built and
/ wherever an opening presents itself in
North Texas, there viii foreign capital
be placed
Tus HERALp does not speak idly upon
these railway interests but from a
/ knowledge Of facts wileIeupop 70 base its
utteGancss
Then viewing this SIDE Of the picture
let Us rake heart again. The words,
never despair 81 the Republic" may he
erIel ruegA-ry 10 us no@, and the fear
may enter oar hearts tAat the heritage
we Leave our children may not be
worth their acceptance yet It Is cow
ardice and weakness for Grave men To
ever despair and the South has teo
much OF manhood left to yield to
I either.
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much respect as if the election had
not been contested. This comfortable
and Characteristic theory may rs well
be abandoned II is decidedly too
thin to have any weight with the
popular mind. OF course should the
tribunal. now IN session, award the
presidency 10 Hayes, the usurlation
would he relieved OF its most iinpn-
dent aud aaaaeious features bat,
nevertheless, the sam and substance Of
ths asurpttion viii be as apparent as II
the corxumation had GENE through the
action OF the presiding officer Of the
senate In deciding not to 60 behind
the returns the commission did not de-
clare, or even intimate that the returns
were fair and square The commission
did not say that Che charges brought 10y
tue Democrats against the Florida re-
turning board had 40 foundation in
fact and that majority Of the people
Of Florida voted for Hayes and not for
Tjiden. All this--the real kernAl Of the
question--was quietly ignored. and the
electoral voice OF Florida given TO Hayes
because certain electoral documents are
IN the opinion of eight out OF
I the fifteen commissioners, technically
correct What these documents concenl
( the eight commissioners deolln to say
but thecountry knows too we'll. II
/ a similar decision is rendered IN the
Louisiana case il Will have precisely the
same force---not an atom more The
I : 800 Democratic majority viii be set
aside because, IN the opinion Of eight
commissioners out Of fifteen, the Wells
returning board had legal right 10
/ ialsiiy the verdict Of the ballot box, and
4 the constitution provides no remedy
/ for legalizcd scound~elism.
Yet the Republican organs would
/ have US believe that president thus
/ made will enter upon the discharge 81
/ high duties with uusoiled garments
Z Fortunately for mankind honor and
( honesty are not vet extinct in Tia,
f. human breast, aud lie Is lie and &
. fraud d iraud though cousecrated by
/ the Joint benedictious Of church an,
state Hayes viii no more be the nhoi0,
of the people OF the United States thar
Packard 3 the people Of Louisiana HI
wall have been created Icy the same naA
chinery which created Packard and a
an official parsonage, he viii be no NOR
[ respectable or respected than Packard
The carpet-bas governor may embrace
the cafpet-bag president and say. 81
hold we are brothcrs-ict us love on
j another Hayes may endeager to rui
wisely and we'll, bat were be Washins
ton and Jefferson combined he caupo
shake OF the foul corruption whie
. t.lfurs - him.
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Its freedom from ail the vertsiage and
show Of brilliancy into which a smaller
and even an older man might have
been ienptea, his perfect oemprehen-
sion OF the inoneutoas case, and his
admirable adaptation Of it to the tribn-
nal aich is TO decide, was noEe the lass
TeFne ksi,ie bee euse il was expected.
When the lsgd leyiatian, Judge Blaek,
fofiowed, saying, that to add anything
would be but to gid refined gold, he
uttered no empty compliment bat the
eonY elton Of all. Mr. Marriak il the
youn segt OF the distinguished counsel
on ei her side, but it has been known
by many that he required only an occa-
sion 20 make national that reputation
to which his ability and learning entitie
nin.
Next TO the supreme courtroom, the
committee Of the House having in
charte the investigation OF the
Louisiana election frauds, Is tie
chief centre Of interest. The
committee sit around long table
The witness sits by the stenographer.
Hon David Dudley Field propounds
ques tons with telling effect, and the
ohst macy and silence Of the witness are
I frequently more significant than his an
swers Yesterday, when Casanaye and
Wells. Of the returning board, testified
! ooald not help wishing that every citi
zen If The United States coald have been
pres ent. There is something in the
! pres ncr, tho sir and manner Of every
witness that goes far with the Judge and
/ spec tator in assisting them To form az
/ 0piu ION in regard - the credulitv oi
/ the evidence II the American peopi,
could but see these worthless they
would get an insight into this Louisiana
! busi ness that they haze never had be
fore C.laanave, the fat mu}atto under
I takec, i tool aud a tool After tryiue
! in vain 10 get something more from
/ him IN relation to the simplest matter
/ d he count than an Il don't know.
/ add 4 lon i rscoseci, Mr Field saiJ
{ SOTO gass 70 one OF the committee neal
/ him he don't know anything: he hai
( no intelligence CasanaYa. trying {.
say Consahulated returns. after ,nan1
( Efforts aad contractious Of the brow
/ use the expression, Contaminated IA
turns" With the exception a Well
all he members Of the board have eyi
der tly been chosen for their Elasticity
| Wells is the Immediate moving Mephi,
top liles OF the entire rasc4iity lie is
vet ran rascal healthy, alert, Undue,
win deylllsh energy, q man TO whom
dark and crooked ways ERE clements
and essential In appearance, CONVEX
sat on and action he IS strikiHgly lis
tha old political Grateus, ex-Goyerno
Foote, Of Mississippi
Il would seem idle ta make predit
tons in relation 10 the decision o. CD
commission, upon the Florida case Tn
r dc Ibtratious OF the Judges are strict
) private, and intrusion - guarded aRains
wlth scIaPUlols precauti0H. Weshjn.
to} Is full OF audacious reporters, eac
I one OF whom is aware that il would no
= on he feather, bat au entire 0striel
: in ais journalistic cap to bring his nos
ior news IN communication with I'll
key-hole of that august chamber, bat
would be entirely tutiIe to attempt it.
C. A. s.
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rms OLD eaAsE.

'Tis an OH, Old grave the SHOWS and rains
OF 4 hundred years have Jeff their stains
% the broken sien, whicA some kind nalid
Eas pierced with an iron bolt ami band,
LodG slucs-tOT thu headstoae seans awFy,
Like wheat sleaf when ttls wind sweeps by
IT'S an old Old grave; Tue once trim mound
Is leVel Dow with the slopinS g4ound;
Prom the tangled grass the oufercup,
" tS a startled, wild-4s y n saif LOOKS up.
And the coaTse-ieayed hura9cks make their
home
Where the mowers scythe has ceased 70
come,
rs AN cid, old xrave-bow game i here9
I don't know. - is many gear
II &c went from Rome, and yet to-day
II GEMS We been bet an hoar away
lie = odd that I'm standing here alone,
W III the Past so blots ed cut and gone
know the plaee-as boy have played
With my mates beneath thst walnrts
shade,
1t vas smaller then-noi declare,
Twas 81 CT smut tree mat once stood there
How all Il Changed IN the spot kueg--
How thick ere the graves that ohce were
few
Hog the moss has spread; how the wall sass
Issw il baiiti why, ] think he
town
g nearer now than II used to be
W aen was 3 boy. What's this Il
AZ scrape the lichen from The stone
" dat name do rsad2 Good God, nay own
fsssa, The -JflaRite.
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an experiment addition has Just
been made TO the long list OF Am
orlcan exports to England. The
article is tue American lobster, aad
the port from which the frst ehip-
nent was made is Portland, Maine.
For seine Years past the Portland
paeki ing have shipped the can lob
ster to England in ever increasing
quantities. The taste thus acquired
has created 3 demand for the article
in iresher and more patatable
state. To supply this demand the
Portland firm ot Aarston & Sons, ex-
tensiVe dealers in fish. have con
eeived the idea OF shipping i've lob
sters by means Of the Engiihs
seteamers which ply between Liver
| pool and that port. On Saturday
last the Dominion steamship Sar-
dinian took out the first eons,en.
ment of this novel merchandise
! On her main deck was built tank
20 feet long, eight feet wide and
1 three feet high, with ii cover work
ing On hinges Through this tank
q stream Of salt water, pumped from
the ocean by donkey engine and
supplied by six taneets, constantly
| flows. The present occupants OF
the tank are 200 1--WE Holsters. The
! projectors of the enterprise are con
fident OF its success, their only fear
being that shat the change nom ex.
eessivety cold water to that of the
comparatively warm water of the
Gull stream may prove disastrous
Should the experiment provo sue
cessfal Il viii lay the foundation OF
an important business. and is there.
fore being watched with interest
by the Numerous lobstermen OF the
| Eastern coast.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-24

Cicero said that men approached
nearest to God when they tried to
give health to other mon. The
battle, fields of the Revelation vel
coined Drs. Mercer, Warren and
Rush. God has honored the pro
fession all the way through. o, the
advance since Hippoerates tried to
cure the great Perieles with heIle-
bore and iiaxseed, far down the
centuries to when Harvey discov-
cred the circulation of the blood,
and Jenner baked the worst dis
ease that ever .stalked across Eu-
rope, and cinchnna bark has cured
the shIvering agnes OF the world,
and Ashley Cooper, and Abernethy,
and briseom, and Valentine Mott
taught death with their keen seal
peis. II is estimated that in fifty
years Jehner saved more lives than
all the battles of any one century
destroyed. In Edinburgh saw the
photographs of DR.. James Simpson,
who first used chlorolorn1 as an
anesthetic-that heaven descended
mercy of God, ehloroforgg. The
medical profession steps into the
court room, and by chemical an
alysis proves the guilt or innocence
of the prisoner. O. what this pro
fession mas done for public hygienel
How often ii has stood between this
nation and Asiatic cholera or yellow
fever. Adam started with an eier.
nifty of earthly existence before him,
but the duration Of human life was
cat off until it came to an average,
of fifteen years; then medical science
came IN, and since the sixteenth
century it has raised the average
OF human life from eighteen to forty
four years, and it will go on until a
man will have no right to die before
ninety, and the prophecy of Isaiah
will be fulfilled, "And child shall
die au hundred years Old The
millennium of the soul will be the
nillealufn of the body. Sin done,
disease done.
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20, ~ 10 ye elvea a uar vessel for
nrnsc AID stunv

Washington correspondence Of the
CinciBnnti Enquirer II il understood
that when the presidency is settled
peacefully. ~ Il will be- now. n rcso!u.
lion will he introduced into both houses
oi Congress Cor tao next decentralization
70 let President Grant have the couf.
tesy % an idle ship of war Tor a tour Of
the ports and dclsnscs 81 tho world. Tie
has never been out ~ the United States
Mftker than Mexico end Canasia and
ns he viii be a volunteer citizen after
March =, aud PASS out Of political no
tioe, his military Virtue may, NJ some
other tIae, be neerled and a naval ves.
rel can ~ once discharge genial obi
CATION. give Ulysses a rest. and let him
b0rnish mp bis military science. u is
understood that Defaocrats - well a.
Republicans desire 70 relieve Grant from
political prejudice. and remit him to
private life without injury to his scli-es.
teen. AID Seem to ssy. lie is more
siunod against than shining
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one os the Democratic cosp.e,.
IFTom Ne claolnnail Frqulrrr.I

ltfom the Cincinnati ErguiFur.i
Mr.. Richard Morrick. who made a
mastery argmcut before the electoral
commission the other day D. one of the
first lawyers 81 tie land, aud an orator
who should bear % relationship 90 Demos.
themes or Cicero Mr. MerriclS is small
in stature, bat great ia intellect. Some
years ago he was counsel in the defense
Of John " Surratt who was charged
with being an accomplish In the assassi-
nation Of Precedent Lincoln President
Grants friend Judge Fisher, was then
on the bench, Sufmtt was acquitted.
and he owes he acqaitial in large
measure t. Mr. MrrricEs legal sagacity
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THE AGONY ENDED.

The great law SUIT is practically ended
and Democrats can look as coinpiaeens-
" as they may upon the ruin wrought.
Il would fatigue cur imagination 10
find words 70 describe The feelings of
0. Southern men. Hope and belief in q
Republican form Of government has
gone from their breasts. They look
VI on il as . huge jess: a terrible annihi-;
iation of all patriotism. Of ail pride Of
country. bitter noekery upon the his.
tors aud traditions Of the Hast. Belief
IN human integrity when confronted By
. mighty temptation no longer obtains.
Tie sppils az Office, dehHssshed partisan
a u. possibly the greed for gold. have
81 sneei tho voice Of justice and truth.
+ zero rises M before Us tho specter Of
n Hated faisb, trenpled Iavs and Yictgs|
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I'VE ALL Do FADE a. LEAF.r
Failing all around.

Failing all around,
Floods Of wonGrOss gIary,
Silsnt oS the Snow fakes,
Breathing each sttrY;
Lake shower OF sun beams
Il the agtamn mFlio
Fail he leaves 81 crimson,
Russell, brown aBd yellow.
Subbiug out low Tausic,
~ hen '.Is Ielnd Is gui0g,
4 { he huu sht 50 ntaurnfui
Ihst tbs yer Is aytEgi
+ en- tine leaves ara fading;
with the Thought comes sadness.
All ray epiFit lougs
Fog thst land Of giadness,
Fer the gotlsB pavement
For tine Towers Immortal,
hatn Tay feet w0uld rross
Toward the peisriy portal.
EltiiiEg ri around,
fioOuS Of wondr0us glory,
All things here mugt fade
This the ieGiist'- story.
- TIE Christian NJ HOFk