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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-14
A DANGEROUS SPITE.

To THE EpiroR ov the HERALD
Notwithstanding the recent dog law. 1ne. we'll
grown spitz unm uzzlcd. wanders at will up and down
the block Nineteenth street. between Irving place
and Fourth avenue, aud In Irving place. Where arc
the policey A RESIDENT.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-14
A PLEA FOR RowERs.

To THE EDITOR HERALD
You would oblige the rowcrs o! South Brooklyn
through the columns OF your valuable paper, IL an ell
icctivo protest could DO make regard indecent
bathing IN Gowanus Creek and vicinity !. A. b., Jr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
Fashion Notes.

Fringes are among the fashionable trim
mings, and are exceptionally handsome
this season. Both silk and wool fringes
come in elaborate designs.
Hair nets, which are again fashionable,
are brought out composed of Vesuvius
and mandarin braids. There are also
equally frightful ones of white chenille.
Dresses laced in front find favor.
Bodices with round waists are gaining
ground. They always show five seams
in the back, but the waistband begins
under the arms, and is only in front.
Many of the new mantles have ruch-
ings of raveled-out silk round the top
sometimes the silk is of the same color,
while again it is contrast. The ruche
extends round the neck above the stand
ing collar and down the front.
The crepe and curled fringe of hair
over the forehead seem almost necessary
to the new bonnets, which are generally
unbecoming if the front hair is arranged
in fiat, smooth bandeaux. OF the spring
bonnets there is an endless variety,
among which the Fanchon and the Bebe
appear as popular styles. For dress
bonnets Leghorn and Tuscan straws are
preferred.
There is at the present time much
variety in boots and shoes. For drawing
rooms, balls, operas, ETC., it is now
nearly the rule to have the shoes made
in unison with the dress. The shoe itself
is composed of the same material as the
dress, while the bows match its trim
mings. The style Of toe for the season
nclines to be rather pointed, but the
fact that it is more becoming to the foot
to avoid extremes either IN narrow or
broad toes, will doubtless prevent very
marked change. Shoes will be much
worn, in place of boots, during the sum
mer and for ordinary walking the COX
ford tie" made in kid or leather, prom
ises to be favorite. The shoe known
as "The Oriental" when worn with a
colored stocking is effective, and there
are attractive designs in the princess. "
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
Profitable ss ssDamages."

A Hartford paper prints the following
railroad 1omance "The industry of
railroading has developed some thrifty
characters, among whom former EN-.
ployee of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford road deserves high rank. He
WAS at one time at work in the Spring
field depot, and while taking trunk out
of baggage car from Boston he was
thrown over and hurt, the baggage
smashing art being reversed. The in
jured employee suffered terribly, and
crawled around on crutches until the
Boston and Albany and the New Haven
roads united and gave him $4,000. He
was cured the next day. Shortly after
ward man on the Boston and Albany
road was killed, and. the company gave
his widow $4,000. The former cripple,
who had scored $4,000 already, soon
married her, and tIus counted SO, ,000
He recovered his health so completely
that he was able again to work on the
railroad, but, finally, not being hurt
again within reasonable time, he re-
tired to farm which he had bought with
a part of the proceeds of his former ca
lamities." 4"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
Hayes an Early Riser.

A correspondent says: The President
at six o'clock in the morning is at his
desk in his sleeping apartment, enjoying
the pleasures Of correspondence with
friends. In another portion of the Ex-
ecutive Mansion Mr.. Rogers, the private
secretary, is at his desk, engaged in the
personal affairs which demand his atten-
ton. About eight o'clock they leave
together to enjoy the fresh air. By nine
o'clock the President and his private
secretary breakfast with the family. At
the table are the President, Mrs. Hayes,
Mr.. Rogers, Webb Hayes, the two young
children and such guests as may be
visiting the Executive Mansion. After
breakfast they begin the duties of the
day. The stated hours Of business are
from ten A. NJ. to two p. NJ, except Tues
days and Fridays, cabinet days and
Saturdays. At two P. NJ. the President
leaves his Office for lunch, after which
he sometimes returns to the cabinet
room to meet some personal or other
person by special appointment. The
dining hour is six P. NJ.
All the rooms are filled with guests,
and at their table any friend of the fam
lily at hand is invited to lunch or dine,
the rule being always to have all the
seats at the table filled, when there are
friends to fill them. After dinner the
President and Mrs. Hayes withdraw to
the reception room, or to the library up
stairs, where Mrs. Hayes receives her
personal friends. The formal social
routine of the Executive Mansion, under
the present administration, will not be
determined until the proper time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
COnstantinOple.

Constantinople, the Turkish capital,
so far as external appearance is concern
ed, is probably the most beautiful city
in the world. Situated at the confluence
of the Bosphorus with the sea of Mar
mora, it stands on the site of the ancient
Byzantium. The seven hills upon
which it is built ascend and then re-
cede from the shore, and beautiful
green hill forms the background. View
ed from the sea, palaces, mosques, baths,
bazaars, domes, turrets and spires tower
one above another in magnificent per-
spective. But the magic of the prospect
disappears on entering the city. The
streets are narrow, dirty and badly
paved; the houses vary in size and
shape, and are mostly built of wood, so
that fires are frequent, and disastrous in
their effects whenever they occur. The
seraglio presents long range Of white
washed walls, relieved against screens of
cypress and tamarind trees. 1t includes
the buildings inhabited by the sultan
and his court, the harem, or women's
apartments, and the public offices, which
are separated from the city by vast
wall, and entered by several gates, two
of which are of magnificent architecture.
The number of inhabitants of Constan-
tinople, including the suburbs, amounts
to about l, 900, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
A Miners Escape.

BY an explosion of fire damp in the
Wadesville colGery, near Pottsville, Pa, +,
seven miners were killed and number
seriously injured. One of the miners
Edward Weakram, young Irishman,
who escaped unhurt- standing on a
low platform beside the gangwaY, shov-
cling coal into mine wagon, when there
came q rush of burning gas down the air
course. It came like flash, and like
flash the quick-witted fellow dropped off
his platform, and, falling full length on
the gangway track, grasped the iron rail
and held on for dear Life. The explosion
hurled the partly loaded car from the
track and dashed it agains The wall 30
as to shield him from the flames. On
either side of him men we're roasted
alive at their work. Weakram lay still
but q moment, and Us soon as the force
of the explosion had passed, jumped up
and ran along the passage to escape the
return draft, which he knew would bring
with it the deadly "after-damp," in
which no man can breathe. His lamp
was out, and he had no time to light it i;
but he stumbled along in the dark, over
fallen timbers and the debris brought
down by the explosion, until he heard a
comrades voice and reached place
where he could breathe with comparative
freedom. The explosion destroyed the
vertilating appliances, checking the mir
currents and filling all that part OF the
mine with carbonic acid gas, the "after-
damp ," or choke-damp" of the mines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
A Nevada Phenomenon.

The Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise says
that much excitement was recently
created in that city by one of the
strangest phenomena of the century.
At first it had the appearance of sparks
of fire coming up through the pools of
water beside the street. These sparks
seemed to explode on reaching the sur
face, in many instances producing re-
ports loud enough to be heard across the
street, and being accompanied by little
cloud of smoke and emitting decidedly
sulphurous smell. After watching these
performances for a long time, and trac-
ing them all along the street, it began to
be noticed that they occurred only on one
side and that under the telegraph wires.
This led to a closer examination, when
the following supposed solution was
arrived at: The sparks seemed to be
caused by drops of water falling from
the wires, which exploded when striking
the pools of water, with the effect above
mentioned. This solution was seeming
ly confirmed by the fact that when the
wires became dry the phenomenon ceased.
There still remains to be explained,
however, why, under the circumstances,
such results shorld follow the falling Of
the water drops from the wires.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
Horse Statistics.

The number of horses in the various
countries of the European continent and
in the United States of America has been
estimated as follows: In Russia, 49,
100000; the United States, 9,504, 200;
Germany, 3,352,2S Great Britain,
2,79O, ,s5l; France, 2,742, ,73S; Austria
Hungary, 1863, 43S (of which 2,l79,sl1
belong to Hungary); Italy, 657, 54l; ;
Norway and Sweden, 655, $40; Spain,
$1,000; Denmark, ZIG. $40; Belgium,
2S2, 1853; Holland, 260,056; Switzerland,
l00,934; Greece, 9S,93S; and Portugal,
1915. The proportion of horses to
each 1000 Of the population is 227.05
in Russia, 244 16 in America, 1855 in
Denmark, 1869 in Hungary, 114.SS in
Sweden, SO. 10 in Great Britain, 31.64 in
Germany and IS. 25 onlyin Portugal. OF
mules there are found ], ,626 in Germany,
3O3, IT'S in France, 1895 in Austria
Hungary (of which 1926 are in Hun
gary proper, 2O3, 866 in Italy, and the
large number of 6,655, 472 in Spain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
A ThOughtful Undertaken.

We noticed on the street our old friend
Charley Brown, the great mining expert
and principal owner in the Houston
mine, says the Austin (Nev.) ReveiIte.
Every one knows Charles as one OF the
most polite and affable of undertakers
living. Some years ago he presided at
O. mournful occasion in Virginia City,
brought about by the shooting of q gen.
tleman who kept a saloon. He was a
popular man, and was buried by the fire
department.. Several companies were in
attendance, with bands Of music and q
large concourse Of people. The officiating
clergyman was comparative stranger,
acting for the time for one of the resi-
dent clergy. When everything was in
readiness and the services about to COM
mence, the thoughtful Charley quietly
approached and softy remarked: Par
son, T reckon you are a. stranger up
here ?" Somewhat, replied the clergy
man. "Thought so," said he; "look
kind q strange like. You didn't know
the deceased p" emo" "Well, "
added the accommodating Charley, ~
thought nobody but me would be likely
to help you out, so thought I'd tell you.
He was shot innocent, he was. He was
just pourin' out glass o whisky, free,
you know, and that miserable skunk just
up and draw'd and shot him dead, and
there he is. He wouldn't alarmed no.
body, he wouldn't. Why, that man had
a menagerie in the corner of his saloon,
where he kept tanned animals and fed
'em with his own hands every day. Dogs
and rats and cats and mice and little
pigs and lizards and horned-toads and q
monkey, and every darned kind of var
mintlike that eats each other. And he let
the little boys and girls in to see 'em for
nothin'. He was kind to animals and
little children. Put it in. 1t will please
the boys. You hear me? I mean to
have this thing go through clean" The
parson "put it in and it did "please
the boys" At the proper time the pro-
cession was formed with.a carriage at the
head, then q band of music, a fire COM
pany, then the hearse, and so on. When
the clergyman came out he said: " MIR.
Brown, 1 think there is some mistake
about the arrangements. My carriage
should not be OF the head of the process
sion, but Immediately preceding the
hearse." The prince Of undertakers
gave him one severe look, and said firm
ly "Parson, what do you know about
q way-up funeral? You ride head, you're
the principal man in the outfit except the
corpse" The parson took his seat, and
as the sequel proved, he was the princi-
pal man, for at the first blast from the lead
ing band his team started, and ran vio-
lently, reaching the cemetery a full half
hour in advance Of the procession. Char
ley met the clergyman some years after,
and in speaking Of the circumstance, said
"You remember that, do you? Well,
don't you see, I can always make things
pleasant and agreeable in them affairs by
just giving the parson a word when he
needs IL "
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
A Remedy for Diseases,

An old German, aged eighty, who had
all his lifetime suffered from short sight,
was one day Jogging to market on his
respectable mare, Dobbin. Dobbin
tripped on o stone and flung her rider.
The old man fell upon stone, which
pierced his skulls The dense vapors
which had obscured his vision SO long
were enabled to escape through the
aperture, and, on his recovery, the ven
erable gentleman had the sight of an
eagle. A cavalier Was troubled with the
same infrmity. He saw large salmon
hanging up outside tishmonger's shop,
and mistaking it for a young lady of his
acquaintance, removed his cap and ad-
dressed it with courtesy. Another youth
having made great fun of the mistake,
the short sighted cavalier felt himself
constrained, in honor, to call him out.
In the duel he receivetla sword wound
over his left eye, and this completely
cured his vision.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
A Famous Bible.

The Hartford Co1ra,at says: At the
meeting of the Connecticut Historical
society the chief interest gathered about
the exhibition of one of the rarest and
most valuable books il America, and,
indeed, in the world. DR.. Trumbull
brought out the Mazarin Bible, belong
ing in the collection of the late Mr..
George Brinley. This is one of the only
two copies in America, and only six in
the world. It was printed in 1855. Two
years ago two copies were sold at auction
in London in the same sale, and one,
printed upon paper, brought $4,000
gold the other, on vellum, brought
1922, 900 gold. Usually vellum copy of
any work brings four or five times as
much as paper one but the history of
the Mazarin Bible raises the value of the
paper copies relatively to those on vel
lum. Gutenberg printed the first copies
in 1455, and all those were on paper in
1456 Faust got possession of the types,
and his edition was partly on vellum.
Those, consequently, are not so COM
pletely "original." The Brinley copy
is on paper-one of the genuine Guten-
berg prints-and it is q marvel of the
printers work. Its equal could not be
made to-day. The ink, though four
hundred years old and more, is as dis
tinct as ink could be. and the paper is
still white and clear. The "register" is
perfect, and the appearance Of the page
far surpasses that of the best modern
books. The first letter of each chapter
is an illumination done by hand, and
there are frequently full-page illumina-
tions through the two volumes, also done,
of course, by hand. These are exquisite
specimens of work, and their coloring is
as fine and rich as it was when put on
finer in some cases than it could be made
now. The work is printed in Latin,
with number of curious contract SYM
bols in the text, used to space the lines
evenly. Three different ways of the let
ter S"-broad, moderate width and
narrow-are examples of the care taken
in such respects. This volume was
probably bound about hundred years
after its printing, and must have been
hidden away for centuries in some
monastery. The Mazarin Bible was the
first book printed with movable type.
Its date is not given, but was discovered
by means of certain marks upon the
manuscripts found with one copy. The
oldest dated printed book is marked
MCCCCLIX. The Watkinsonlibrary has
copy of this. A curious feature of
the Briuley copy of the Gutenberg Bible
is that upon each page is a faint pin
mark at the top and bottom. This solves
the hitherto inexpicable problem of how
the register had been made 80 exact !;
that is, how exactly the matter upon op-
posites sides of the same leaf had been
made to cover the same space, lines and
margins corresponding precisely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
AN ARMENIAN WEDDING.
A Quaint Midnight Wedding Ceren

A Quaint Midnight Wedding Ceremony.
A recent wedding in Armenian high
life afforded an interesting glimpse of a
curious marriage ceremony. The bride
had the melodious oriental name of
Srpouhi Dadian. Doubtless it's oriental
pronunciation is melodious. She was a
beauty of Pera, where the ceremony
took place. She is handsome and young.
She wore white dress, with veil fall
ing to the floor, and heavy brocaded
train. A bunch of silver strips were
fastened at the back of the neck and
hung over her dress. She wore wreath
of orange blossoms, her breast also
being decorated with the same flowers.
Mingled with the wealth was tira of
diamonds. The groom, like the parents
of the bride, is very wealthy and of high
social rank. His name is Agap Bey
Bal;an, and he is a member of large
trading house in London, where the
happy pair will reside. The bride was
attended only by her godmother. His
best man was his brother, young man
who was fortunate enough to win the
hand of daughter of Nubar Pasha, OF
Egypt.
Tie ceremony, according to the Ar
menian custom took place at midnight
halfway up the aisle of the church.
The bride slipped away from her three
companions, land, gliding suddenly be-
fore th5m, took her seat in the middle
one of three chairs placed in the nave.
This symbolized her coyness and mod
esty. Immediately, however, the groom
and his best man came up and took seats
beside her as if to capture and imprison
her. Then the godmother advanced and
helped the bride to her feet, and carried
her train, as she was escorted mp the
aisle to the chancel. Before the steps
of the altar the party stopped while a
hymn was sung by choristers who gather
t ed around them in semi-circle. The
service was very long. The bride and
groom frequently knelt down, and rose
again during it's continuance. At length
they were bound together with a verit-
able golden chain. They stood facing
each other, and the chain brought their
faces very close together. Each ones
eyes we're cast to the floor. This chain
was laid on the heads of the couple again
and again. In the meantime the grooms-
man held o little silver crucifix between
their faces, while the prelates in the
sanctuary held similar crucifxes, sus-
pended by little pieces of spangled
gauze. There was no ring used, though
the hands of bride and groom were fre-
quently clasped. The language used by
the patriarch was ancient Armenian,
though afterward he delivered homlly
to the couple in the modern tongue.
Afterward q tray was brought, on which
were three glasses of red wine. These
were offered to the bride, bridegroom
and groomsman. Then followed more
singing by the choristers, and finally
demonstrative congratulations from near
ly all in the church. The bride speaks
English perfectly well.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-30
The Lost Island of Atlantis.

A few years ago the ingenuity of his
torical students was largely applied to
the task of disproving the old myths,
traditions and records. The tale Of Troy
divine, the very existence Of Homer, the
founding of Rome by Romulus, and at
least dozen other prominent recorded
occurrences that mankind had accepted
as facts, were whitfield down into legend
ary nothingness by those sharp and in
credulous investigators. The tendency
of the researches of the present day is
precisely the reverse. What the ex-
plorations at Hassarlik and Mykenae arc
doing for Homeric localities and heroes,
fossil botany aud deep sea soundings
may accomplish for the lost island OF
Atlantis, of which the tradition is pre-
served in the "Timaus of Plato. 1t is
described as land beyond the pillars OF
Hercules, where dwelt q powerful race
of people who bore sway over Africa as
far as Egypt. The island with its in
habitants was said to have been after
ward submerged by earthquakes. Unger,
botanist of distinction, in 1860 ad-
vanced the theory that the extension OF
the tertiary fora between the Eastern
and Western hemispheres could be best
explained on the hypothesis that the lost
island of Atlantis furnished the pathway
for the spread of the fossil plants. The
recent soundings made during the Chal.
lenger's voyage, supplementing similar
work of other expeditions, give evidence
that there is q ridge in the Atlantic,
coming to the surface in the islands
known as the Azores, st. Paul's, Ascen.
sion and Tristan d'Acunha. The ridge
is of a curved shape its northern ex
tremity connects with the telegraphit
plateau" between Ireland and New
foundland, about midway thence il
trends somewhat west of south till i
connects with South America near the
mouths of the Amazon then with very
irregular shape and stretching far to the
southwark in mid-ocean, it eventually
reaches the African coast in S. lat tel
deg. The theory that this tract may
have been the submerged Atlantis wa
advocated by W. Stephen Mitchell in 1
recent scientific lecture at South Ken
sington, and a page is given by Nat,tr'
to mapof this hypothetical land.-Nco
York Tribune.