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The New York herald., 1877-09-18
LITERARY CHIT-CUAT,

Tho October Lippincott contains moro illustrations
than usual and vcry tempting array OF reading mat
ter. Lady Blanche Murphy opens tho magazine with
an interesting paper on 'Cheser and the Doc" Henry
James, Jr, contributes article in his best voIn on
"Abbcys and Castles" Mrs Sarah b. wistor writes Of
'Alircd de Musset," and other well known writers
are Contributors
"Echoes from an Old Parsonage" In the October
Atlantic, Is by the author OF the famous paper ON
"The Total Depravy of inanimsto Things,n which
appeared in the Atlantic dozsn years ago Tho sold
Fashioned Ghost Stories" In the same number arc by
the author Of "Lifc in the Backwoods OF Canada"
7. ". Higgins0n, Thomas Gould, tho sculptor; Pro.
fessor William Everett, Mss c. y. Woolson, H. Il.
Scuddcr, w. d. Howes and others are among the
writer's in the Contributors Club aud department Of
Recent Literature. A writer in tho Contributors
Club contends that we should call servants "hcIp"
and share their feelings. Why not speak Of them
and call thom Miss This and Miss That aud Let
them sit at table with us
Mr. William G. Prime, who has long been famous
for his fine collection of old rare china will soon
issue u book on the POTTERY and Porceiains OF all
Times and Nations'' through Harper & Brothers.
This same nrm have In press Contemporary Art In
Europe" by =. g. W. benjamin, and the Book Of
Gold' and other poems by J. 7. Trowbridgc.
Mr.. Claropce Cook, who is probably tho best art
critic in America, will contribute series OF papers on
the old masters to Sc,ibners Monthly
Mr X. IL. Stoddard, not having had o college educa
ton or tho opportunity TO study tho writers OF other
countries in their own language did tho most sensible
thing q man could do under tho circumstances-hc
turned his entire attention 10 English literature and
there is no man LIVING who Is better posted that
subject lie has everything from Chaucer down 10
the present day at his hngcr's ends.
The Acodemy speaks very highly Of 'The Report OF
the Public Libraries Of the United Statcs and wishes
that En- gland had one good
The Rev. Canon Dixon, OF Carlisle, has prepared
elaborate History OF tho Church oil England from the
Abolition OF tho Roman Jurisdiction"
There are very few tree public libraries in London.
The late st additions to ''Osgood's Vest Pockctp
serics arc schilcrs "Lay OF the Bell" Macauay's
"Horatius aud Virginia" and 'Lake Regius" and
other poems; Stcdman's "Mra Browning" selections
from Sir Walter SCOTS poetry, "Miscslaneous
Pocms," by schillcr; CampbolPs pleasures Of
Hope.r Thomson's "Winter." Coleridgo's poems,
Byron's poems, southey's poems and Gocthe's '.The
Tale" There Is excuse Tor a or woman
being unacQuaintcd with the popular poets and essay.
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
WASTING IFS SWEETNESS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THg HEaALD:-
On tho north side Of Eighty ninth street, about ono
hundred and fifty feet west OF Third avenue, is Va.
lo aud In this lot about hundred twenty
feet from tho sidewalk lies largo dead dog. II has
laid there since Wednesday night, though tho police
have repeatedly reported ii and, to my own knowl-
edge, the President of the Board Of Health has re-
ceived letter from private individual asking II tho
dog cannot be removed. The stencil from It has now
become most sickenng, and In order to exclude II
IRON their houses those VINO reside in the Dcgnbor-
hood Obliged TO Keep their windows closed aud sui
icr from the heat This Is not the first case OF tho
kind that has occurred this vicinity In summer
mud the people OF the opinion that would we'll
to have u Board OF Health capable Of doing something
besides drawing salaries SUFFERER
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AS BAD AS A JERSEY ROAD.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Madison avenue at present is like country road
in Jersey The is from three to five inches deop
from Forty fifth to Fftieh street Most Of the dirt
is dropped from tho wagons which cartng II IRON
Madison avenue and Forty nth street These wagons
loaded up full that onchalf of II Is distributed
along tho street before 1t arrives NJ It's destination.
DIRT along the streets Why DO the police officers
neglect 10 put II III iorceY WINDSOR.
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VIOLATING THE EXCISE LAW.

Horny Fell, Jr, ofNo 10 Gansovoort stroot; Charles
Grossman, Of No. 2s3 seventh avenue; Ernest Alien,
Of No. 533 sixth avenue, and Alfred Rothschd, OF Ma
sos sixth avenue were brought before Justice Bxbv
ut Jefferson Market Court yesterday on charc OF sell
each " answer
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now NOT TO DO 1T.

To THE EDITOR THE HERALp:-
WI you please call the attention OF the Street
Cleaning Department TO Ffy-sccond street, between
Sixth and Seventh avenues. The nlth aud dirt is
swept into piles and lott to be thrown and kicked
around again until the next sweeping. Why Is II not
cartcd away? f.
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BLINDlNG DUST.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Permit to call attention to the condition Of Forty
sixth street, between Eishth and Ninth avenues II
IL in so 1thy condition that whenever . wagon
passes the dust almost blinds a pcrxon. X
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OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.

NorE--Ietters intended for this column must DO
accompanied by the writer's full name and address 10
insure at,eution. Compainnnis who are unwilling 10
comply with this rule SIMPLY waste time In writing.
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AN o3IINoUs SILENCE.

To THE EDITOR OF HERALp:-
why Ia 1t that wo hear nothing of the broken Trades
Savings Bank which closed last September No divi.
dend has yet boen paid. Is the lawyer for tho de-
rositors stiil working In tho interest," aud why
do VIC not got word from him from the rcceivcry
DEPOSlIOR
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UNTOWARD DEATHS.

Dr. Joan r. Prudhomme, aged seventy years, tho
surgeon Of tho steamer Idaho, died suddenly yosior
day OF Brighps dlseasS OF the kdpcya
Thomas Lynch aged twcnty-six years, OF No. $50
Monroe street, Was drowned while batning ut pier IL
East River. HIS body was recovered.
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SIX TIMES A YEAR

To THE EpIroR Tmg HERALD
Bank street has been cleaned only SIX timos since
November, 1876. Tho garbage and ashes have re-
mained uncmptied since Friday morning last, ana
from present appearances are likely to romalp somo
tmo to come Iho stencil arising from tho sumo Is
almost unbearablc. TAXPAYER
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WHERE Is THE BALANCE?

To THE EDITOR OF HERALD.
Is II not about timc that heard from tho 70
cever OF tho Bond street BankY II failed over year
ago and We have had only hity-tvc per cent When
II closed we were promised dollar for dollar.
A DEPOSITOR.
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ROTTEN RAILROAD sLEEPERs.

To THE EDiroR OF THE HERALp-
Please call attention TO the seepers the Long
Island Railroad at East Deer Park. They arc so rotten
that they can be pulled up by hand H. T.
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wRErcHgD STREET CROSSINGS.

To TuE EDITOR OF III. HERALD:-
Please Gull the attention OF tho authorities 10 the
wrctched condition OF the crossing West street,
from Payonia ferry to Chambers street; also to the
ono on Washington and Chambers. NYACk.
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THE BoB-TAILED LINE.

To THE EDIroR or THE HERALD-
In car ~ on the Blocker street line, on two differ
ent occasions, handed the driver twenty-five cents
and each ume received only eighteen cents change
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
CONDITION OF CHRISTOPHER STREET,

To THE EDITOR HERALD
You will do the residents OF the upper part OF
Christopher street favor II you will call the street
Cleaning Departments attention to It's con dition. II
has not been swept Tor SIX weeks and the stencil
tho cutters IL very offensive. b.
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BREEDING A PEsTILENCE.

To Tns EpirOg oP hEEALD;-
There is a pile Of dirt IN front Of the hall on
Twcuty fourth street, adjoining the Fith Avenue
Hotel that promises to breed pestencc The police
havo been appealed 10 IN vain. q. IL
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-30
Didn't 'ind Richmond.
Detroit Free Press

Detroit Free Press,
\ dozen OK more idlers around the
Central Market were Yesterday taking 70
deep interest in a war map published fn
a New York daily paper, when Brother
Gardner, the old coiored man pushed
his way into the troug and closely studied
the map for minute ~ two.
"Whar bouts va dis map Is ole Nir-
ginnyY he suddenly called out
1T isn't on there at all, answered
one of the crowd.
"Whar bouts ON dis map S. Rich
mond ?' continued Gardner running
his finger over the paper i'm a wild way
GLOW do you expect e., find Richmond
on this map of Europey asked q by.
stander.
Glow do 1 'spect Why, sab, what
has de map Of Europe 10 do wild Rich
mond2 Wasa't dar more ightn ar0uu
Richmond dan you could scarce up Boa
all Europe ia ten years Have dcy zone
an ignored dat fact Have dey got out
a map an left dat town out in de rOId2
Somebody find dat town for me, ana Il
show you de exact spot whar I was hit Boz
DO ohn by cannon ball an wounded an
to pieces
"Go away-this Is a war map of Tur-
key and Russia.
"Widout any Richmond ON itt'
ono, sir-R.chmond ism here
''Den I'm gwine right away--gwiue to
git right outn dis crowd in "a burIyl
After all us folks fought am bIed am
died down dar am loit our bones to bleach
in de sun. its perfeck insult, sab, 10
come around 'heah wild new wah map
shown de Black Sea 10 biz az q meetiu'
house an leaviu Richmond clar of de
fair grounds entirely Come away from
dat fraud, you Guild folks!'
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-30

The President of Medical College in
New York, where there were eighteen
female graduates, in the course of his re-
marks to the class, said:
" In the Turkish lands, where the ha-
rem holds the woman apart from the gIza
of men, it is almost impossible for mis-
sionary to reach the women [ remem-
Der one year when a party of us were
travelling Eastern lands, and tried to
obtain admttance to a harem, and when
1t was finally granted us to enter, the
eunuchs drove the women from room to
room, out of our sight In India the wo-
men, not so strictly secluded perhaps, but
even here those of noble family will not
allow stran gers, foreign men, to approach
them as teachers. Now the people of all
these infdel lands are as ignorant CON
corning their bodies as their souls
Thousands die elch year in India simply
from ignorance and neglect. y woman,
educated and capable of knowing the
healing art and practised in its use,
might go among these dying Indians like
a mighty power for good-and could she
not open a way for curing sick and dying
souls, likewise perishing of ignorance and
neglect? In Turkey, InGiA, China and
Japan, it is the same; the women can
only successfully be reached by their
sisters. and those sisters who will be pow
erful for good are those who have obtain
ed the power Of healing the sick"
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SEuI1um in E'orvo

Expediency is the science of exigeu-
cies. -kos-uth.
Let pleasure be ever 30 innocent.
the exc IS is always criminaL-St Eve
mOnd.
An excuse is worse and more terrible
than lie, for an excuse Is DE guarded.
Pope.
Theories are very thin and unsub-
stantial, experience only Is tangible
Hosea Ballou.
We are often prophets 20 others be-
cause we are our own hIstorians.--
Madame Swetchinc.
Experience is by industry achieved,
and perfected by the swift course of
time.--Shakspeare.
Experience wounded is the school
where man learns piercing wisdom out OF
smart.--Lord Brooke,
As surfeit IS the father of much fast.
80 every scope by the immediate use
turns to restraint Shakespeare.
I scarcely exceed the middle age OF
man; yet between infancy and maturity
have seen ten olutionsl-Lamar-
tine.
Ii is safer 10 afiront some people Dian
to oblige them; for the better man de-
serves the worse they win speak OF him.
Seneca,
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4 MISSING BRIDEGROOM.
a Brief Romance which had It's
Origin i'm TeXn$.
St. Louis Republican. ]

ST. Louis Republican,
Mrs. Betsey Hadley went to Texas
with a little money some time ago to see
about buying some land. While there
she made the acquaintance of one Geo.
A. Baker, very respectable appearing
man of fifty-seven Mrs. Hadley was
sixty, and in a short time 1t became APP
parent to the Texas public that wedding
was in prospect. The couple were evi
IDENTIFY enamored of each other, and when
Baker proposed he was accepted IN due
form. The eefemCay Of marriage was
solemnized in Kansas City On thGrsday
last and the couple forthwith started for
P;ttsburg, where Baker claimed to have
friends aad funds. Yesterday morning
saw them safe on board the steamer John
r Maude with tickets paid for apd safely
slowed in Bakers pockets. The old lazy
sat II the cabin and Baker went ashore
to look around a little. As he stayed
quite a time the cid lady happened to
remember that he had $500 of Her T1Gney
with him. She became alarmed and
roused the police to look her husband up
They are still looking for him. Five
o'clock came bat without the two passen-
oers from Kansas City. As Baker failed
to show up the old lady concluded that
She would 90 back to her starting point.
The clerk of the John B. Maude gave
her back the price of the tickets which
was aaope than enough to pay her rare
back to Kansas City. She refused 10
| believe that Baker has lost his way aooll
town, but took the train west last night
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-30
THE BILLIE OF EAsTON.
HarriaSe 10 an ex.Omeer Of the
french Army-Drm kema.s and
DEATH

N Y. SUM-
Olivia TrOxell was one of the prettiest
young woman in Easton, Pa. three wears
ago She was scarcely twenty, and was
the pet of her father, Henry S. Troxell,
a banker. She fell in love and was mar
RED to victor NJ. Gabrielle, an ex-officer
IN the French army. At the close of
the Franco Prussian war he came to this
country, and while on visit to Easton
wooed and won Miss Troxell. She was
then belle, and her marriage Was an
event IN Customs fashionable society
The bride and groom made their home
IN this city. Here the wife took to drink,
and her almost heart broken husband
sent her back to her parents. She return
ed to New DIRK after several months
stay IN Easton, and her reformation
seemed complete. Soon after her arri-
val, however, she az ln became addicted
to the use Of liquor, and was again sent
tn her old home in Easton. Her hus
band then accepted a position in large
estab Ishmeut In Cleveland. In Februa-
ry, 1876, her father died in EAston.
She was in New York at the time, and
her Whereabouts were unknown to her
relatives. When Mr. Troxell died she
went to Easton and there received from
the executor of the estate 81 900. This
money she deposited in bank in Easton.
Then she came to New York and became
infatuated with a strolling Italian must
clan, Mecielli Pantazzo. On the Ssh of
August last year she died in tene
ment in Mott street, and the Italian was
arrested on suspicion Of having poisned
her. Deputy Coroner McWinnie made
post-mortem examination, which show
ed that the young woman died Of what is
commonly called alcoholism The.
body was buried in Calvary Cemetery,
at the expense of her brotherin law, Nj.
Richard ). Gillespie of Brooklyn.
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All was passionate exclamation. wou-
der, joy and clam5r. Many minutes
passed before they missed the woman who
had brought them an this happiness.
She was gone She was already weary
mile on her way. How could she stay
there 10 see him taken by another
She never knew how pale biz little face
was as he clasped his hands and called
to her in piteous words 90 come back.
she never knew how be cried for her that
night till his own weary sobbng sent him
to sleep.
She was lying then in the shadow of
great elm tree, t3oSins up at Che silent
stars, and mu,murug 1T !, enough now,
. Lord T.
cannot tell YOU of her weary Journey
home, because ] should weep. She had
not the hear, to beg now. so she was Ina
want often. And every spot reminded
her OF him, Here he was tired aud .he
had put him % sleep un The soft grass.
and sat, like H1glr, over against him.
watching him. There he had played bv
the roadside, binding mp the flower. she
had gathered, and laughing as he put
them against herwithrred check "t1maAe
his granny pretty And here wa. the
bank where he had sat eating DDS dinner
SO merriv, while she fetched BIN fresh
water from the brook. Oh how cold
and dark the road was without him Eve
/ erything WAS dead.
She got home at last, She knew mot
how, to the old cave and began the old
+ life again. But often when -uc went
ont for roots che forgot Up dig i8r tlam.
! and gathered flower instead. and brought
/ them home and laid them ou the dead
leaves, whore the child had slept I'm
her wanderug., too, she would stop to
! pick up a shining pebble. "a crimson leaf
/ glittering with dew, or a bright feather
dropped from birds wing. forgetting
she could not give them Oh h.m now.
She laid them all uu the little bed am he
should "comc back" The brown rug the
kinds mans had given him was there still
/ She would not take it even when the
| weather was at the coolest Az NIGHT.
rs she sat by her fire she watched tor hiz
laughing face 90 peep from under 3D.. aud
She listened 90 hear his rosy lips cry
Granny granny granny 20 OF uu
evening, i'm the Old days, he would do
this twenty times; and her loneliness sha
still heard the childish voice CRYING
Granny granny o.
But sometimes the little couch of vel.
low leaves looked dead. and -ha would
fancy he was lying there covered up. but
cold; then she would tremblc very much
and cry "a little-the sad, spare tcam
that only aged eyes know.
And thus the autumn and the winter
glided away. She was worn woman
now, mining herself sp liulo thnt L
think She must Layo starved II the good
hermit and the nuns had not helped
her.
She never forgot 70 lay flowers on the
child's bed, though she SD often forgot
her own roots and berries. Every nigh.
/ she kncIt 10y the witherad leaves to pray
and when she rose from her knees She
always said, "C'od will lct me see him
again.
One day IN the early spring, just "a.
the snowdrops were peeplug from the
earth, strange sailor came to her cave
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-30
Melissa wilson's Marksman.hIp.
From the Portland Oregonian.l

Miss Melissa Wilson of Sheridan,
Yamhill county, of panther notoriety,
has again made herself famous by kill
ing another Of these animals. Yester-
day morning she was out looking for a
COW, and found where a panther or bear
bad killed large sheep belonging to her
father. The animal had dragged it
some three hundred yards up noun
tain Melissa returned home and took
her small rifle and her fathers dogs. She
then went back to the place where the
sheep had been killed, and put the dogs
on the track. They soon freed large
panther up a lofty fir tree, and Miss
Wilson put bullet right between his
eyes, bringing him down dead at the
first shot.
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Heart-sick over Deferred Hopes.

Women scrape together small sum
Of money and come here firmly convinced
that they have only to present their ''pa-
pers" to be Immediately installed in a
Government position. There are men
who are too good natured tosay disagree
able things; therefore, instead of telling
the anxious applicant for his good will he
cannot do anything for her, he smiles
blandly, says complimentary things, and
thinks lit will be all right" her to
call next week. If she has been modest
and unassuming he forgets her before
she is out of sight, and only remembers
her again when she appears according to
agreement. He again smiles sweetly,
says more pretty things, and assures her
he has been interesting him self in her
behalf but 1.-The Secretary is away, and
u pthing can be done now" but entreats
her to have a little patience" Day
after day b T face gets sadder, her purse
lighter, and her cherries room in an
upper story IS exchanged for one smaller
and more cheerless and higher up yet.
But one day she realizes the cruel truth
and then The lesson is not far to seek
Washington Capital.
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Leeches, like lancets, have gone out OF
fashion, and some statistics given by one
of the French papers as to the annual
consam ption of leeches by the hospitals
ia Paris for sone years East show how
great has been the falling Oft ip the ped
Zeal demand for these reptiles. FROM
1900 to 1924 the number Of leeehes used
annually was 1S3, 900; from 1924 to 1880,
Sos 600: from 1880 to 1912, 82S, 900 !;
from 1912 to 1850. 100000; from 1850 to
Is55. a26. 600 from 1855 to 1868, l3S,
600: from 1858 to 1870, 50, COG; end from
1870 to 1875, s., 600. In 1885 the c0sr
of Ieeches for the year to the Paris hospi-
taIs was 80, 900 francs ; whereas at the
, present typps i does not exceed l.ooo
francs.
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GROWING OLD.

| looked in the tell tale mirror,
4 nd saw the marks Of care
Tue crnw's ieet and the wrinkles,
And the gray in the dArk-brown hair.
Nv wife looked DER my sh Dulder--
VI - beautiful was she;
Thou wilt never grow old, my love- she
>aid.
Never grow old to me.
FIR age i the chilling OF heart,
And thine as mine can tell,
J. as young and warm when first we
head
The sound of our bridal bell,f
| turned ana kissed her ripe, red lips:
Let time d. it, worst on me,
II ia my soul. my love. my faith,
never EN- old To thee -
christian at Work.
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How TO GET RIGH. = Nothing is more
easy than to grow rich. 1t is only to
trust nobody, to befriend none, to get
everything and save all you get, to stint
ourselves and everybody belonging to US,
to he the friend of no man and to have
no man for our friend, to heap interest
upon Interest, to be mean, miserable and
despiSed, for some twenty Or thiFtg years,
and riches will come as surely az disease
and disappointment. Aud. when pretty
near enough wealth is collected By dis
regard OF all the charities of the human
heart, and at the expense of every en-
5qgHeut. save that of INDUCING in n1iser-
able m6hAhass. aesph comes TO finish the
work, the body is buried ia hole, ths
heirs rtjaice over it. and the spirit goes
--Whither?
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Singular Marriage Custom.

In a large fishing community in the
northeast of Scotland a marriage custom
prevails a. follows: Bride and bridegroom,
followed by a large procession of friends
and neighbors, march out of the village
to a farmhouse at some distance, where
they are married. Thereafter, bride and
bridegroom separate. and followed by
their friends. proceed to their respective
homes. From the moment of their
marriage they are strictly kept apart, the
bride entertaining her friends and the
bridegroom his. At certain hour a
party or young men from the bridegroom's
house proceed to the brides house
and bring her home to her husband
They seem to go through the form of
feiguing to steal the bride, or carry her
Of from her relations by superior force.