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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
THE SALE OF POSTAGE STAMPS.

To THE EDITOR TnE HERALD:-
Having noticed remarks IN different papers in re-.
gard the decrease IN sales OF postage stamps in
largo Cities and noticing that II nearly all laid to
the desire OF postmasters to increase their salaries
desire TO givo what has come under my own observa
ton. Since tho small silver has taken tho place
OF fractional currency many people have asked
mo 70 exchange currency tor silver, thoy wisled
them mas been go to the Post Olco and puy stamps
ana SEM tben.' know many have done SO, max IL Z
me sale oil stamps much larger Than before. Now
nearly every one 50 doing has sent them to large
places, and business mon Will corroboratc my state
ment III regard TO this, As they arc the persona
have received them ANA nave Undoubtedly used them
IN their correspondence Thus the sales the large
cities are decreasing, and Will probably do much
more IN tho future. As for myself, am a post
master ana am not Interested any way IN the Of
stamps, but dislike TO hear all the blame thrown on
the poor country postmastrrs, the great majority Of
whom are simply doing their duty.
MAyrOy. Mich, MERCHANT
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
LEWIS MILLIONS.

Some new testimony has been discovered in tho
Lewis will case, when will give some startling
developments before Master IN Chancery Lee, IN Jcr.
sey CITY, IL relates TO conspiracy 70 nvcigIo Mrs
Lewis into position IN which nor reputation might
be attacked. Her counsel, Mr.. Winfield, stated
yesterday 70 n HERALD reporter thai as soon
as the facts made known they will reveal
plot which will show the desperate straits to which
those who seek to prevent Mrs. Lewis from obtaining
her Just portion oil her husbands properly are re-
duccd Tue lady unable TO go cut OF doors without
being bounded by detectives through the streets Tho
examination which was 10 have been resumed yestcr-
day has been iurther postponed. Tue unset Tor the
other relatives Of the deceased determined push
The case 70 Lhe bitter end.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
INrIDELITY IN GERMANY.

TO THE EDITOR OF the HERALD:-
The Rev. Joseph Cook lectured on Friday evening
before the Young Mems Christian As ISOLATION. When
reading the report oil his lecture Saturday morn
ing in tho HERALD fully expected to have that
at It's close the Christian young men took upa col
lection the spot 10 send missionary to Germany
but was disappointed; they didn't The Rev. Mr.
Cook states that OF the principal reasons for tho
rise and progress oil inndolty IN Germany and 10
French teaching aud example. on Mr. Cook, say
you were mistaken, wrongly reported. wrongly n-
terpreted but don'ts that the great German ma
ton threw OIL It's faith III God. It's reverence for
Scripture and iradtIon because it. French fashion.
That is sufficient reason for silly to wear
silly "pulibacks." silly heels 10 their boots and all
other absurdites to the great detrimcnt OF our ma
two artsts who have AS mucn originality and more
taste than the French But Tor such great effects as
you traced last evening before the Christian young
mon, IN my little feminine way oil viewing things
thore must exist greater causes.
SECOND AXENuE
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
AN OBSCENE PICTURE VENDOR.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Please allow mo 10 bring to the notice OF Mr.. Com.
stock and his society certain man, not tall aud Of
spare build with close sandy mustacho and hair on
lower part of lace, who, under the pretence OF vond-
ing tooth powder. offers tho crowd that gathers
about him-mostly young men and boys--obscene
pictures MS IN inducement 10 purchase, and ''a for
ten cents" He mostly operates on Fulton, Beckman
and Nassau streets, and wears his head a red
handkerchief to attract crowd The crowd collected
the handkerchief lest II attract the attcn-
ton OF the police, tor whose whcrcabout his keen ego
Is ever on the alert w. T.,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
BRoOKLYN CIGARMAKERS.

mass meeting OF cigarmakcrs was held last night
ut Nelson's Hail. corner OF Fulton street AMI Gaalin
place. Brooklyn, and notwithstanding tho violence
Of the storm tho attendance was very large,
William schmidt occupied tho chair, ana made
a speech setting forth the object Of tho
meeting, which was to organ izc IN Brooklyn for the
better preservation oil tho trade and IA order
that they might be able to render assistance
TO those who are strtko IN This
city. A delegation OF young women employed
Buchanan Lyle's TOBACCO man ufactory IN
That city we're present ut the meeting and loucd tho
organ zaton. Mary Hessler. Vice President OF the
Central Organization OF Cigarmakcrs OF Now YORK
addressed tho asscmbiage III German upon tho i'm.
poftance Of the association Speeches were also made
by samuel Gumberts. /. Beriner and Il. Hoxicr
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
CRUELTY TO CATTLE.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-

To THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD:-
large amount OF live stock is daily arriving at
Jersey City and New York city. having been upon the
cars from thirty six hours to ity hours without any
thing to eat or drink, aud their deep and inhuman
suffering visbiy manifested by the crazy frantic
rush Tor water and feed when unloaded here
Tho railroad company have ample facilities pro.
vced 10 unload and feed watcr between
Buffalo, Pittsburg and New York city. Is there not
somo way by which The cruel ana inhuinan shipper
can DO compelled to avail himself OF these privileges
IN the interest OF reasonable humanityY How
soften the hearts OF the avarc0us and nhuman ship
pers and to some extent relieve the suffering tho
he pless dumb brutes? A. ID. T.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
CUT DOWN SOMEWHERE ELSE.

To THE EpIroR OF THE HERALD:-
noticed in your issue OF the Goth inst. that
not likely to havo any skating at the Park this
account Of no appropriations having been made for
that purpose Skating Is tho principal and perhaps
the only attraction ut the Park winter, and should
think the Commissioners would sec that It is pro-
vidcd for even II something else Of minor Impor-
lance were left undone. Besides. do not tho
vendors OF eatables. &c, pay The city Tor their
privileges; might that DO used toward the fund
Our new Commissioner would, know, could he con-
trvc TO US skating, have the thanks OF thousands
OF lovers OF the sport. LOVER.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25

THE ATLANTIC MUTUAL LIFE.

circular has been Issued to tho policy holders OF
the Atlantic Mutual Life Insurance Company asking
their operation the endcavor OF the
10 have the Unicd states Court sLcprn aud
me receivers named by Justice Weslbrook Of the su
preme Court. by the appointment oil a trustee. The
signcrs o tue circular claim such plan To the best
interest oil the policy hollcrs.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
DOWN WITH THE FARE.

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD
The communication from ~ E.n on the New York
Elevated Railroad and cheap transit is heartily In
dorsed not only by myself but by every workingman
as well as by thousands OF poor clerks and shop girls
whose business calls them or near tho line OF the
road, and who, because they cannot afford twenty
cents Jay from thor scant wages, must put with
the one horse SLOW coach of the Ninth avenue horse
railroad, with all It's attending discomio Lot
workingmen rise In body and get up petition to
our next Legislature to pass law CON polling this
corporation 10 practice what they have long
preached. ID. Al,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
CIGAR SMUGGLERS FINED.

Before Judge Morgan, at tho Jefferson Market
Police Court, yesterday, Ncoio Fisher, OF No. s
boyer street, charged Antonio Benal.o. residing in
the place, and John Ebenlander, OF No ll2 Null
berry street, WIN having vuueavored ~ sell HIM some
struggled cigars. The prisoners were hned $40 each.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.

fNorK-Letters intended for this column must DO
accompanied by the writer's full name and address 70
insure attention. Complainants who are unwilling to
comply with this rule SIMPLY waste timo IN writing
Write only side OF the paper.-ED. HERALD
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
A pANoERoUs pUILpINo.

To TUE EDITOR THE HERALD
The building No. ~ Broomo street Is In dangerous
condition aud will soon fall II ~ attended to-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11

"A Boston gas company is importing
coal from England.
Nine. Thiers is a most eligible widow.
so far as solid attractions are concerned.
Her fortune Is S3 100000.
The receipts of wheat at Milwaukee
October I'd were The largest ever reported
iu one day-45S $50 bushels.
The treasury department has decided
that hereafter in case of a revocation Of a
pilots license by local board of steamboat
inspectors, they must s. ate the length of time
for which the revocation shall obtain.
Florence, the comedian, made 500 600
by his last engagement at San Francisco.
and invested the proceeds in mining stocks,
at the suggestion of O'Brien, the million
ARE. To-day the market value of these
stocks is estimated at $50, 600.
Chicago is trying the plan of "stiIl''
alarms for hres. The chief of the FIRE de.
partment has allowed no belEringing since
he Feceut riots, and the plan works we'll
Great crowds at fires are prevented and
better work Is done by the unhindered
6remen,
A champion of the cause of Libsrian
exodus assured the negroes of Charleston
last week that the scepter of the world wa,
within their grasp. Negroes, he said, mad
founded Greece and held the jews in bond
! sge; a nd the African, by returning to hi,
native heath, might vet rule the world as in
/ the olden days.
4 stove-desler in Hartford Conn. ha.
died of slight cut made in one OF his fingers
/ by piece of ordinary oIydized sheet zinc
/ The zine inflicted poisonous wound that II
/ a few hours affected the whole circulation
/ a1d bsfied the efforts of physicians who
were then summoned. OXyIIZed zinc, which
is found in numberless houses, should b,
handled as carefully as Woorara arrows o
poisoned Chinese daggers,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
PERSON NsLIrIES.

Herschel V. Johnson, whom Alexander
H. Stephens recommends for a supreme
court judge, is sixty-fve.
Holman Hunt hasn't made much
headway with his great picture of Jeru-
salem.
A lodge has been built near Brigham
Young's grave and guard kept there night
and day.
Mrs. Annie Chambers Ketcham, the
southern poetess, is the author of a volume
of poems called Lotus Flowers"
Alexander H. Stephens favors the
Texas Pacific railroad, regarding it as the
route to the Pacific ocean, which would
benefit not only the south, but the whole
country.
Mr. Archibald Forbes, the great war
correspondent of the London Daily News
receives 5000 a year, whether he is EN-.
pIOyed or not.
The Boston Golden Rule states that
Moody and Sankey are paid Il fixed salary
made up by several wealthy gentlemen III
different parts of the country.
The crown princess of Germany and
her imperial husband will send their eldest
son Prince William, to England for lone
residence, that being 90 the only country
SAYS the princess, "wheTe he can learn how
to become gentleman"
Miller & Lux, California firm, own
! zoe, 600 acres in allan area nearly equal to
| that of Rhode Island. They own about so.
| OOO cattle, and last year their ne,g-borF
calves numbered $1,000. They have vast
number of sheep, as well as of hogs, aud
! they furnish the largest share of fresh meat
/ for the San Francisco market,
NJ. Theirs has left an unpublished
| work in which he attempts to refute, on the
authority of history, the doctrines of Oar
/ win, Comte, Littre, RenaD, and Spinoza
NJ. Theirs was, IN his last days. eminentiy
religious in has principles. He is reported
to have said, in one of his latest conver. p
tions, The fundamental truths Of the ex
| istence Of God and the soul are not onlv in
| contestable from the point of view of rea
son, but also indispensable in social life ,
| and he added, II have abdieated phiIoso
phical pride"
General Grants charge, that Mr.. Sum
ner was untruthfuI in the matter of tht
annexation Of San Domingo evidently haC
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
DON'T Drink.

The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal gives the following salut-
ary advice:
The short run of players, rifiemen,
billiard cham pioDs, and men of sporting
life generally, is a remarkable feature Of
New York life. Drink is at the bottom
of this. Men who indulge in the cup
can't control their nerves, and men who
can't do this 90 to the wall. The bad
shooting of some men, of whom so much
was expected, resulted from their cup
indulgence. One of the best marksmen
in the city said yesterday that lin rife
shooting the variance of a hairs breadth
made the difference at the muzzle of one
foot in one hundred yards; and a man
must have absolute command of his
nerves. A man who would win must
not steam" Dan Mace, when he was in
his prime on the ford, drank only lemon
abe | heard him say A single glass
of whisky effects my nerves. Men who
drink on the road would not trust their
valuable teams to me if ! was not in the
driving season a teetotaler." When the
billiard congress was in session the cham
pion player said 1--WE can't drink and
do anything. We have to abstain totally
from all stimulating beverages while we
play. We have a season of preparation.
We have to be clear and keep cool, or we
fail The reason that so many eminent
PLAYERS pass out of sight is-they will
drink. Then the nerves grow unsteady
and the eve fails, and all is up with the
player The drinking goes deeper and
the PLAYING worse
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
Sun Spots and Famino.

1t has been suTmised that some reIa-
ton exists between sun spots and nreva-
lent weather on the earth, and the
theory has been proposed that periodic
variations in climate bear some relation
in recurrence to the cyclicsl periods when
the sun spots are most or least numerous.
DIR. Hunter, official director-general of
statistics, has recently directed the atten-
tion of the government of India to this
alleged connection between the periods
of maxima and minima sun spots and the
amount of rainfall at corresponding times
in the Madras presidency, where a great
famine is now impending. General
Strachey, however, in a recent commu-
nication read before the royal society,
aftera careful examination of the recorded
rainfalls in Madras, Calcutta, and Bonn
bay for the past sixty fOHr years, comes
to the conclusion that no real connection
has been established between rainfall
and sun spots, and shows that, even if
such we're apparently the case as regards
Madras, the same would be true in Cal
cutta and Bombay, whereas the rain tables
ef those localities show no such coinci-
dence.-tScieRtifc AmeTicdH.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
Agricultural Rnrean.

General lie Due, commissioner of
agriculture, proposes 20 establish sys-
tenn of inquiry in various sections Of the
country, with view TO the propagation
Of plants adapted to certain localities, but
hitherto not cultivated in those sections
He also proposes to adopt measures to
stimulate as far as practicable, through
the agency of the department. cultivation
of those agricultural products for which
we are now largely indebted to foreign
countries The reports thus far received
by the commissioner show that the
climate and soil of the Pacific coast are
admirably adapted to the cultivation of
teas. He also finds that sugar, though
now cultivated in the south only, might
be produced elsewhere by proper manage
ment. A liberal series Of experiments in
production il proposed through the Co
operation of agriculturists, for the pur-
pose of producing articles which are of
commercial value, and are now largely
imported. He wants information as to
the character Of the crops, the posaibili-
tics Of the soil and climate, and any data
Of interest, and suggestions as to the
peculiar wants of each locality. - T5gE
FieJf nHd Farm.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
CRIMES.

The Indians have murdered all the
white inhabitants, - III number, in Cooks
canyon and on Whites ranch, between Silver
City aud Fort Yuma, Arizona.
Frederick A. Sawyer, ex~assistant
secretary OF the treasury, Frank w. Brooks,
Philip D. ROddy; and others charged with
conspiracy to defraud the government of
S 1913, have been tried before Washington
court and found guilty. An appeal will he
taken.
Frank Wait, a prominent citizen of
Memphis, was shot and killed on the 5Oth
by Alexander Woodbridge, formerly of Her
nando, Mississippi. The shooting was pro-
vokcd by some insulting remarks made by
Wait regarding Woodbridge.
Sidney Myers, president of the defunct
Merchants, Farmers and Mechanics bank
of Chicago, has been indicted for the embes.
element of $500, 900 i'll funds Of the bank, and
held to bail in the sum of $4,000. The cash
assets of the bank are $40 in greenbacls and
IS in plutlated currency, while large por-
tiou Of the securities are of little or no value
The late officers of the Protection Life
Insurance company of Chicago have been
indicted by the grand jury for mis- tppro-
priation of funds. President Hilliavd and
Secretary Edwards were rtle 8Sed on $780, 900
bail, but Sawyer, the cashier, was unable to
obtain bondsman, and so went to Jail,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11

There was an exhibition in store in
Dupont street, san Francisco, last week, of
mammoth bunch of grapes from the great
grape vine of Santo Barbara "a cutting from
the monster sent to the centenniaI). This
cluster weighs one hundred and twenty-five
pounds, is six feet in circumference and three
ieet long. The vine from which this is cut is
sixteen years old, and produces annually
10000 TO II 90 pounds of grapes. This is
probably the largest bunch of grapes ever
grown. ~
Deadwood gamblers are remarkably
superstitious. One says he is always lucky
when wearing g certain shirt. He won $1U,-
600 in one day while wearing it. Others read
their luck in dreams, in the weather, or in
the number of men they meet in walking
certain distance When luck is against
them they change their clothing.
Mr. John w. Keely, of "Keely Motor"
fame has been induced by some remarks in
a recent number of the Scientific American
derOgatOry to his 81 MOTOR to invite an in
veStigatiOn of the machine under the aus
Isiees of the New York Herald. That paper
has accepted the invitation and named a
competent engineer name withheld at
present1 to prosecute the investigation at
an early day.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11

Three infantry divisions of the Rus
sian Guard reached Diela on the 25th, one of
which will remain in that neighborhoCd
while the others will be dispatched to Plevna.
1t is stated that the Russian and Roumanian
losses before Plevna exceed 25,OOO killed and
wounded. The Turks have succeeded in
reviCtualing the garrison at Plevna.
Dispatches of the 9th state that Me-
hemet Ali, whose forces recently met with a
disastrous repuse by those of the czarOwitch,
has commenced a retreat to his former pO
sition on the Kara-LOm. A Russian official
dispatch admits the further reinforcement
of Plevna by 10000 Turks with artillery from
Sofia, who broke through Russian cavalry
posted to intercept them. Accounts of the
extensive prevalence of discomfort IN the
Russian army are confirmed. \ Bucharest
dispatch says the ROumanians have failed
in their attempt to capture tae GrIvitza re-
doubt at PIena, having suffered severely. a
telegram from Erzeroum reports that hostili
ties are imminent in that quarter.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
EOR REIGN.

The invader of the potato fields of
Hereford, England, was not the bug with ten
stripes, but only beetle with seven spots,
and England resumes free resii alton.
The London papers give discOUraging
accounts OF the potato crops in England.
They speak OF the result as "total destruc-
ton" For twenty years there has been no
attack of disease $50 swift, so general, and
SO complete"
A proposition was made in England a
short time ago to open the British museum,
National Gallery, and other public buildings
on the Sabbath; but when the question came
before the house of commons, the measure
was promptly put down by vote of 27s to 81.
An extensive collection of postage
stamps, consisting of 1900 varieties, was
recently sold in London for $500; and a
magistrate of Middlesex, England, was re.
Gently. offered, but refused to accept, 5000
FOR his collection of stamps. In France the
mania has gone to greater lengths, no less
than G3, 600 having been paid for what was
| probably the most complete collection which
| has ever been made.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
Mercantile.


]. G.tKAESTLE, Grand Junction, boot
and shoe maker Work done in the latest
style and n fit guaranteed.
G. l.. PEELER, Grand Junction, watch
maker and jeweler. Repairing and cleaning
done on short notice and at cheap rates.
Work guaranteed.
VIM NICK. HALL, Drugs and groceries.
Now and full stock. Goods sold at Memphis
prices.
w. w. HAWKINS, dealer in all kinds of
dry goods and genreal merchandise. New
and complete stock.
IRWIN & MAULDIN keeps constantly on
hand a complete assortment Of dry goods
groceries, etc.
COLLINS & CO, druggists, have a full
stock OF drugs, oils, paints, lamps, glass, etc.
p STINSON. WELLS & co, manufacturers
of glass monuments, Orders solicited. Work
Guaranteed. Office opposite depot
DIR. A. J. ADAMS, proprietor of the cele-
brated Asland Flour Mills, Orders solicited
and promptly filed.
DENNIS FLANNERY, proprietor of the
National Saloon. Full supply OF fine liquors,
Opposite Stenewall House.
JIM. PREWITT, dealer in dry goods, gro
cGries, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, hardware
school books, etc. Large new stock. Chesr
for cash.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
S 200 Per Annum.

next day { Wednesday was brilliantly
repuIsed and the enemy driven as far as
the outer line of their camp. The Rus
sian loss here is three hundred killed
and wounded" From these conflicting
statements it is apparent the Judgement
was not Ofany Importance, the subsequent
assault by the Turks only resulted in
being driven to the outer line of their
camp. Finally the Turkish bulletin
concluded: We have gained a brilliant
victory and inflicted a loss of over five
thousand on the enemy" The Russian
bulletin concludes: To-day, Thurs
day, our right flank viii withdraw from
the positions occupied by them on Tues
day on account of the difficulty in OBJ
tanning a supply of water"
The Turks estimate the Russian force
engaged against their lett at thiTty-tive
hattaiiOns O. infantry and nine regi-
ments of cavalry. Little Yagni was FIVE
times assaulted, taken and retaken, and
the movement against the Turkish right
flank came so near succeeding that
Mukhtar Pashas communication with
Kars was one time actually severed.
Eventually, however, the repulse along
the whole line was complete, and the
Turks remained in possession of the field,
which was covered with the Russian
dead. Grand Duke Michael commanded
in person.
A Berlin dispatch says the imperial
ukase sanctions the conversion of the
share-capitsl OF five of the principal
Russian railways from metallic 10 paper
standard, at the same time reducing the
guarantee of annual receipts to the same
standard measure. This inficts serious
loss on the shareholders and creates ap-
prehension The measure is to be eX-
tended to other lines, and even to
government bonds It is said that the
shares subscribed abroad, and in foreign
gold, will not be exempted from the
operation of the ukase.