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The New York herald., 1877-01-11
Five Per Cent.

Comptroller Kelly, having invited bids
for quarter of q million of short currency
bonds of the city, bearing five per cent in
terest, received offers for over half million,
at rates varying from par to 1OO.27. From
this it is evident that for five per cent long
bonds he would receive bids at good
premium for investment; yet the bulk of
our large city debt bears six and seven per
cent, and we have gone on renewing our
bonds year after year, for the past four or
five years. without making any attempt to
cut down n rate of interest that is eating us
out Of house and home There is no good
reason why New York city should pay any
more for the use of money than is
paid by the United States govern
ment. Cur security is ample and our
credit unassailable. If the United
States government can get all the money it
wants at four and half per cent the New
York city government ought to be able to
borrow at the same rate. If our whole debt
could now be placed at five per cent inter-
est the taxpayers would save steady drain
averaging our present rate at six and
quarter per cent-of about one million five
hundred thousand dollars Although we
cannot without the consent of the bond
holders consolidate our existing debt and
replace tho present bonds with lorg bonds
bearing four and half or five per cent
interest, we can at least bring down the rate
OF interest on renewals and new issues.
This will be good work for Comptroller
Kelly to undertake, and before his term of
Office closes we may probably have but
very small portion of debt bearing the pres
ent exorbitant rate of interest.
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

The WEATHER-Ihc Western storm centre
dominates the weather at present all over the
country east of the Rocky Mountains. Rapid
changes in the conditions in the Mississippi
Valley occurred during yesterday, resulting
IN the partial filling up OF the depression which
Is central in the lake region and the develop
mcnt Of the low pressure further West into n
decided storm. The barometric gradient from
the Atlantic westward is however, not steep, and
the winds arc consequently moderate, except
in the immediate vicinity Of the centre of dis
turbancc. In the morning snow fell from
Grand Haven, Mich, to Nashville, Tenn, with
n very low temperature from the Gulf to the
lakes Later in the day the temperature rose
decidedly in the Mississippi Valley and lake
region. and also on the Atlantic coast. Snow is
now falling from New York to Bismarck, Dakota
and northwartl Of Tennessee. II is probable that
heavy precipitation will attend the storm centre
M il advances eastward. The highest pressure
il now in Nova Scotia and the lowest in the Mis-
souIi Valley. The weather in New York to-
,luv will bc warmer and cloudy or partly cloudy,
possibly with light snow or rain
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

The STORY OF A broken home, given at length
in another column, is but sample of hundreds
which are well enough known, though they may
forever remain untold. elimination and recrin-
inaton are usual, the staples of the narrative;
but behind it all looms up the great sad, terribly
evident truth that marriage in haste" is work
ing unspeakable woe among people otherwise
estimnlle
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

Loose Screws In tho Insurance Machine.
The HERALD's articles on the New Jersey
Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of
which is given to-day, indicate something
worse than bad management or possible
fraud on the part of the company's mana
gers. They point to a neglect of duty by
the State officials charged with that in
spection which is supposed to be the prin-
cipal check upon recklessness and malver-
sation. A single line of mortgages, pre-
sumably carried as assets, proves to be prac-
tically fraudulent, and the ease with
which these almost worthless documents
have been foisted upon the inspectors as
securities Is good cause for suspicion
that there are plenty of other cases of the
same kind, not only in the affairs of the COM
pany alluded to, but in those of all other
corporations which have found it advisable
to make handsome front out Of rotten ma
terinl. To verify every proffered security
before acceptance is in all other lines of
business considered not merely proper, but
necessary to q degree that admits of no ex-
cuse for neglect; yet no State official seems
to know the truth about these New Jersey
mortgages. A charge of similar nature.
though not so glaring in its specifications,
is made against a prominent Connecticut
company, although proper official attention
to duty would have made the charge itself
impossible.
The gravity of these cases gains special
moral significance from the peculiar nature
of the investors proper. The expense of
life insurance is generally incurred by men
and women to whose families the policies
carried are the only provision that can pos
sibly be made for the future. No moneys
ever invested are harder armed than these :;
in most cases they represent an amount of
self-sacrifice which is without parallel in
the history Of Investments If State inspec-
ton is a mere farce, and if custodians of
insurance funds are as irresponsible as any
chance acquaintance in whose hands money
may be placed, the policy holders should at
least be allowed the scant justice Of know
ING the truth
The New York herald., 1877-01-11
WITH SUPPLE NJ E N T
NEW YORK. THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1877.
NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS.

The Adams Express Company run special news.
paper train over the Pennsylvania Railroad and its
connections leaving Jersey City at quarter past four
A. NJ. daily and Sunday, carrying the regular edition
OF the HERALD lar West Harrisburg and South to
Washington, reaching Philadelphia at quarter past
six A. NJ. and Washington at one p. NJ.
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

A CHARGE OF MURDER by flogging is made
against Keeper Shevlin, of the Kings County
Pententiary. Whether it is true or not it will
probably bring out some facts concerning insti-
tutions of class which the people are as curious
to know about as if they were Warehouses;
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

From oar reports this morning Me probabilities
are that the ,rc0thcr in New York today miH he
rarmcr and clomdy or partly cloudy, possibly
rilW H1hk rain or s,Otr
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock spec
uation was attended by considerable irregular
ity; but at the close there was a reaction from
the lowest prices of the day. Money Oh call
loaned at z, q and 5 per cent. Gold sold at 100
1O6ls 1858 and finally Mt 1868 Govern
nlent and railway bonds were moderately active
and steady.
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

both houses are now engaged in investigat-
ing. If it were mere question of the Gov
ernorship of Louisiana it would not be in
cumbent on him to exercise SO much eau
ton but the decision of that question vir-
tually decides whether the electoral votes
of that State belong to'Tilden or to Hayes.
Under some circumstances it is the right
and even the duty of the President to decide
who is the legal Governor of a State
but he is destitute of any authority
to decide what are valid electoral
votes. And when this latter question is
involved in that of State Governorship, and
SO involved that the election of President
depends on the decision, the whole subject
should be left in the hands of those who are
alone competent to decide the greater of the
two questions. President Grant is acting
with irreproachable wisdom and decorum in
taking no sides on the minor question until
Congress shall have decided the greater one.
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

QUERY.-f two policemen cannot arrest one
man without assistance from their clubs is it
not time that an invalid corps should be formed
from the police force!
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

CAPTAIN GRIFFIN, of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company suggests new system of fog
signals, which is simple that readers will natu-
rally wonder why it was not sooner thought of.
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

The PAY OF THE LABoRERs in the parks has
at last been reduced, and croakcrs will have a
short breathing spell
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

THE REroRT of the work of the Life Saving
Service in 1876 is an encouraging document,
both with regard to economy and results.
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

THE OLD EXPERIMENT Of trying to catch 'the
tiger" asleep has been tried again, with the usual
results See reDOrt,
The New York herald., 1877-01-11

A LETTER ENTITIEe. 1.-THE Shcriffs Cormo
rants" will be understood by great many suf
(crers
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-07-19

ober nm btutIi9er ju reben, bic 1aupt-
perfon In Der 9ruppe lei. Nu@ Der.
ipra& e. unierem 9eloen, ii@ ieiner
anSunebmen unb ipe9ew ieines engage.
ments nit benz Director 3u ipre&en.
llno iuenn @eeb, ,pie id ni9t 3,peifte>
auf raeinea @ori9las eimsebt, fi9te
Sam bei, 70 Mil id Sid aaes lebrsn,
,pas i4 felbit fann.
Shells Grmibuns. tbeiIs bic 8eru.
bisuns. tueI@e Sid aus Der podnungs
idOpfte, BON nun an ni9t mebr 70 alein
auf ben Sben QanoitraBen bobin man.
bern uno unter freiem 9immel iiber-
nadten 5u miiiien, betuirtten, bab er
enblid auf's Neue Die Musen i6lob
unb felt bis am anoern Sage einen er-
quidenben S@Iaf ssnob.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-07-19

obtudltet! Selne S0rrte serfuuter
meine eeele nit Der abnuns zines Der
bre&ens! unb ba iie, unseo@tet eins1
tbeatralii&en g1altation, bic i'd BE
jeoer @eIeeenbeit tunbeob. Elm portreH.
li&es 9er3 beiub fdste iie bS4it pro-
ioii& BEL: 3ait 0u 9unser? uiqit 81
etuos eilen, mein Steiner?
8enn i'd Sic bitten bari. ia, ent.
9e9nete Sid, Der nur bic Iebteren @ort,
Der 2om6oiantin ~peritanoen ju baber
idien.
Misnonne Mnb ibr 8rnber itritter
id, tuer BON ibnen Dem arraea Rnaber
Ieinen She'll beg Na9teHens geber
oirfe. @eeb aber its0te ben 0rieber
wieoer Der, iubem er perii&erte, bab fiji
M0e senus 81 efIen oa iei.
Dor Nlem sos bic iorsiame gupbro'
ipne, bic in sewiHeu Jd0en aud prat.
tii4 iein tomnte, unierem 0eloen iein'
naHe glouie aus, nm lie an Ofen 81
trodnen. bann iesten ii@ Mae ju Slid,
no Sid nod 9ersensIuit ab, oenn ieir
Maeen NOR leer, urb obwobl bas glcr
icbr einfad mar, mcinte CT bod, iciN
mebre:en Monaten feline 10 gut bereite.
ten Speiien iiber feline 9ippen scbra4'
gu baden.
Mls bas MabI persebrt mar, ri9tstt
Der Director orei Glider @ros auredt
eines fir iid uno Die beioen anoersr
fir feline Trau uno fir Cog.
Mlio bait Du ben @es p%erloren
froste er udbreno bieier 8el9dfti9une
ben &naben.
Nsin, mein 9err. seitano Sid often,
i'd bin ent1oben.
Nber ba bait 9u elm sroBes unred1
be9an9en!
@irtlid, mein 9err? fragile unier
9sIb iiberraidt. Sd oa@tc es ni@t.
@un ersdble uns ben 9ersans Del
ea9e, fubr @eeb fort, benz Der &nabe
ssiiel. SIR beute Nadt bIeibit 0u ia
bod bel uns.
Mcine Mutter bat iid wieoer Der
beiratbet, besann Bid. ., i'd ,ual
uorber 10 sIldli&, 10 iebr slidlid
gbcr als Mmen Corner ing 9aus fam
l9lus er mid uno ct ldlus aud meme
Mutter, fustc er nit leiier stimme bei
aIs idame CT lid, es gu seiteben.
Ser Glenbe! REF Miitreb @eeb bas
llnsebeuer m0@te i'd iebeu, ,peI@cs &C.
gen mid bic 9ano su erbeben ben 0tutt
bdtte!
l1nb i@ aud, iaste @isnonnc, mi
iuiiroe i'd Cog aaf i'm besen!
Ser &ieie nidte ld&elno nit ben
8opfe, als uolle er iasen, oab er ii
einem iol4en Sale ieine starte Seisel
,piiroe.
Mmen Corner, fubr unier tleiner Sell
fort, bebauptete, oaB i'd Elm 8ctteltinl
lei, er ouIoetc mid nidt mebr bel lid
uno fibrte mid -. ing N%rmenbaus.
} 9os lit jddnolid! iaste Gupbro.
ipne.
Niebcrtrddtig! fiste ibr damn bin
SIT.
Misnonne ,pubte nidt redt, mos eli
Mrmenbaus mar, olein aus ben beioel
gDorten niddnolid, nieoertrddtis'
i, ldloB lie, baB es elm entietli@er Or
lein miHe.
Il Sn's Mrmenbaus F.! mieoerbolte @eeb
? 0, Der spitbube! Sd mO@te meme,
Suno nidt bineinl@iden, Sort lit maj
,i9le6ter baran, als in einem @efdns
t niHe. ., i'd weib, tpas Gin Mrmenbau!
beoeuten mill: masere Soft, raub
Worte uno srauiame 3ii9tisunsen, bi
oas 9sr3 10 bart miro ruie Elm &ieieI
itein. Sd lernte bieB Nles tennen.
3 Gusenie! iaste feline Grau in gu
re9tmeiienbcm Sone.
Gusenio mar Der Same, ben gupbro
lpae ibrem Manne aug &ucii4t fiji
lire eisene @iiroe CAB, oa Sobn, mi
Nr. @eeb eisentli& bieb, ibr gu semei'
tlang..
: 9ur@ BeldreibunSen, meine 2iebs
c MUIR bur9 8el@reibunsen Iernte i9'
. tennen. perbe0erte ii9 Der 9irecto,
8 Mie hdtte id's anbers oIs burh Be
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-07-19

XIV. Did tuirb acoptirt. eia DiebRabI.
@ie oft 8el9iebt es i'm 2eben, bob
ii& atpei perionen 5ufdqis auf elmer
uno ocrielben Sbec beSesnen! Oieb
,pibtrfubr au@ i'm p%orliesenoen Sale
Der @attin bes Directors unb Dem flei.
men Sam. Mliitreb @eeb unb Gam
badten ndmlid bsioe, bab Sid nidts
8e0eres tbun t0nnc, als ii9 ibnen an-
sui9lieBen. Sic Golse bapon NOR, eab
Sam ben Director AM onbcrn Gage
lebr m%ilfdbris fanb, dig er ibm ben be.
treHenben @orldlas madte.
Mr. @eeb mar Elm Mann BON wobl.
tpollenbem gbaratter, er beoauerte ben
armen &naben, Der bilfos in bic @elt
binausseitoben mar, aber ben Nus-
idlas binI9ti9 Der Mnnabme beiTel-
ben CAB bod nur Der @unI& ieiner
Grau. Gupbroipne fiibIte ii@ our&
ben @ebanten sei&mei@elt, bic Mbop=
tipmutter oieier in~terciianten @aiie, bic
gsIditerin bieies psrfolsten Grben
zines boben @eidIe6tes 81 ,uerben,
oenn oab Sid beiocs lei, lieb iie ii@
ni6t nebmen. sic mollte aus inn ibren
S4aIer MAIDEN. ,uollte i'm bcranbiloen
gum eriten 5rasOoen Der brei &bnis=
rei9e unb taute ma9reno Der furaen
0ouer Der 9la@t mebr 9uftidI0Ier, als
Sid ielbit in bunoert Sabrsn 5uIam-
mcnsebra9t tdtte.
9u uilit alIo, u1ein tleiner Mann,
laste @eeb, ols @og unb Gam binaus-
se9ansen ,paren, nm o ibrer Mbreiie
oas Yferb unb ben Giel ;u ~fiittern, 9u
,piuit alto bel uns bIeiben?
M@ ia! ,penn sic cs crlauben wo0=
ten, rief Sid bo@crfreut.
Mber tpos tannit 9u? fraste Der
Director.
Sic Musen beg armen &leinen fill
ten lid nit Sbrdnen, er fonnte tpeoer
auf ben 9anoen seben, nod &aocr
|ldlagen, trauris iab er ben Director
an, obne Elm @ort 5u erpioern.
@enn er nur wenisitens einise
Spriinge MAIDEN fOnnte, meine Giebe>
iaste @esb gu ieiner Grau.
Sic quite G%upbroipne psrabi9eute
aber bic Spriinse, obwobl lie oieislben
nit GROCER &elisnation ouloete, uno iie
liebte ben &naben nur nm 10 mcbr, a!s
ii4 berausIelte, bab er ni4ts BON elmer
&unit peritano, bic lie als eine bo9it
scmeine betradtete. sic rief Sid 3m
jib bin uno fragte i'm, ob CT lelen
fDnne.
. ii REF er, frob, ioser gu tonner,
Dap er ~,uenisitens et,uas miiie, @itoIous
Yim bat mid oarin unterri4tet, CT
lebrtemi9 bic 8uditaben an ben @rab'
~ieinen.
l1no tannjt 1u oud betIamiren?
lfraste MiifreB @eeb nit seipannter
Neusieroe ueiter.
Sid wuBte ni@t re9t, mas iie meinte,
als es inn aber @upbroipne ertlarte,
Iaete ct cine Der Gabeln Der, nit uels
den i'm Martba 10 oft uaterbalten
bate.
Mifreb Weeb ,par entsadt.
0u BORT es, Gmsenio, rief lie; ,psl@e
stimme! sic brinst mir in bic @ceIe
uie Der Rlang elmer Aeolsbarfe. Gin
'ol9cs @enie oarf ni@t brad liessn!
Dura meinen llnterridt, bur@ meme
MnIeitunsen miro er lcrnen, miro ct bic
@et in @taunen iescn. SD aooptire
Sid, fiiste lie nit b04iter Geierli4te't
1in;u, inbcm iie lire runoe fette Sano
auf ben &opf beg aiaoes leste. Set
fortan mein @obn unb fibre als loldsr
ben Namen carleton, ben Nanel1 met
ner ebrli9en Gltsrn, Die unbef lsdt uno
rein i'm mir iibersaben, mie i'd i'm Dir
ii6eraebe. lnb ,uenn Dein @elbid es
nil, bab Dn Die @eIt bur6siebt 10
;ieben mir Sulammen unb bletcn 3ulam=
men Den Stirulen Srcs.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-11-15
Matrimonial Mems.

Those who marry for physical characteris-
tics or external consideration will fail of hap
piness.
Marry in your own religion.
Never both be angry at once
Never taunt with a past mistake.
Let a kiss he a prelude OF rebuke.
Never allow request to he repeated.
Let self-abnegation be the habit OF both.
II forgot" is never an acceptable excuse.
A good wife is the greatest earthly bless
ing.
If you must criticise, let it be done love-
ngly.
Make marriage a matter of moral judg-
ment.
Marry into family which you have long
known.
Never make remark at the expense OF the
other.
Never talk ut one another, either alone or
in company:
Give your warnest sympathies fol: each
others trials.
If one is angry, let the other part the lips
only for kiss. .........
Neglect the whole world beside rather than
one another.
Never speak loud to one another unless 'ne
house is on fire.
y
the wishes of the other.
Always leave home with loving words, for
they may be the last
Marry into different blood and tcmpera-
ment from your own.
Never deceive, for the heart, once mlsled,
can never trust wholly again.
It is the mother who moulds the character
and fixes the destiny of the child.
Never find fault unless it is perfectly GER
tain a fault has been committed.
Do not herald the sacrifices you make 10
each others tastes, habits or preferences.
Let all your mutual accommodations De
spontaneous, whole-souled and free AS air.
The very felicity is in the mutual cultlva-
ton of usefulness. :,
Consult one another in all that comes with
in the experience, observation, or sphere OF
the other.
A hestatiug or grum yielding to the wishes
of the other always CRATES upon a loving
heart.
They who marry for traits of mind and
| heart seldom fail of perennial springs OF
domestic enjoyment.
Never reflect on past action which was
done with good motive, and with the best
judgment at the time. ~,
They are the safest who marry from the
standpoint of sentiment rather than OF 1eel'
ing. passion or mere love.
The beautiful in heart is million times OF
more avail, as securing domestic happiness
than the beautiful in person.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-11-15
Things to Remember.

Remember that mirrors should never be
hung whe the sun shines directly upon them.
They soon look misty, grow rough
and granuated, and no longer give back a
correct picture Amslgam or union OF tim
foil with mercury, which is spread on glass
to form a looking glass, is easily ruined by
the direct, continued exposure to the solar
rays. Remember that lemons can be kept
sweet and fresh for months by putting them
in clean, tight cask or jar, and covering
with cold water. The water must be chang
ed as often as every other day, and the cask
kept in cool place. Remember that a
tablespoonful of black pepper will prevent
gray or buff linens from spottlng, If stirred
into the first water in which they are washed.
1t will also prevent the colors running,
when washing black or colored cambrics or
muslins, and the water is not injured by it,
but just as soft as before. the pepper was
put in. Remember that one can have the
hands in soap suds with soft soap without
injury to the skin if the hands are dipped
in vinegar or lemon Juice Immediately after:
The acids destroy the corrosive effects OF
the alkali, and make the hands soft and
white. Indian meal and vinegar or lemon
Juice used on the hands when roughened by
cold or labor, will heal and soften them.
Rub the hands in this, then wash Oft thor
oughly and rub in glycerine. Those who
suffer from chapped hands in the winter will
find this comforting.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-11-15
THE EFACCOUNT.''
How n Veteran HOtel.Keeper of Indian.
apOlts Kept Even.
trrom the Indianapolis Herald.]

''Steal!" said the old man, in accents of
intense scoru. ''Steal! Why, you would be
astonished to find how large proportion OF
the travelling public are Internal thieves.
They steal the bed clothes, pillows, boot
lacks, soap, soap-dishes- in fact,
which they can carry off. Everybody steals
soap. We expect that, and don't kick. You'd
be surprised to hear that-(a noted Indiana
poitician) makes practice of pulling the
soap into his valise every time he pays his
bill. He doesn't seem to use much OF 1t HIM
self, but think he takes it home to his chill
dren. The first thing to be done when TEL
low comes to the office to pay his bill is to
send the porter up to his room to see If any
thing is missing: When fellow comes
down with his valise IN his hand we are un-
usually suspicious. The only way to get even
with the thieves is to keep thief account.
Whenever anything is missed l charge 1t up
at fair value, and the next time catch
thief in the act make him pay the entire
amount or 20 to Jail. One day nice-look
ing fellow came down with valse in his
hand and enquired the amount of his bill.
The minute saw him knew he had stolen
something, so rang the bell and gave the
porter the wink. lputtered about the books
while the porter was gone, and l could see be
was getting uneasy He had notion to bolt,
but Just then the porter came down, and l
saw by his eye that something was missing.
l Jumped over the counter and grabbed the
rascal by the throat Open that valise you
id thief says l. He got very white about
the gills, and began to beg When the valise
was opened, sure enough there was new
bed-spread for which had paid SIS. Bill,
says /, bring me the thief account | footed
it up, and it amounted to just $50. You pay
that says l, 'or go to jail He thought it
was id hard to have to pay for other men S
stealings, but on the whole concluded it was
cheaper than to go to the penitentiary. Com
pounding felony? Well, yes it did have that
complexion. But maybe it nipped thief in
the bud The girls are generally honest,
! though once in a while we catch one of them.
One time there was an internal tree-peddler
stopped with :;s, and he had black satin
vest stolen. l paid him S. for it. He de-
scribed it very accurately. There was vel.
| low spot on the collar. where be had dropped
some acid on it, and his name in full was
written on the leather with which it was
hound at the bottom. / suspected the girl
Mary. We watched her for week or two,
and concluded we were mistaken. when one
day fellow came in with black satin vest,
and there was round yellow spot on the
collar 1t was Mary's sweetheart collared
him, jerked up his vest and found the name
of the tree-peddler on the leather. He owned
up that Mary had stolen the vest and given il
to him. At that time the thief account was
only So, and so he got off cheap"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-11-15
The Paine Discussion.
from the Inter-Ocean.]

The recent tilt between the New York Ob-
server and the Hon. Robert IDgersoll, adds
nothing to our knowledge. Itmakes but lit
tie difference whether Thomas Paine recant-
ed his almost forgotten opinions and suffered
for his errors when he came face to face with
the grim monster. The Christianity of the
Bible does not stand upon the opinions or ut
terances of men who, through interest or ed
ucation, have ever antagonized its teachings;
but, standing upon all eminence Of eighteen
centuries, it shows an adaptability to mans
wants, measures his civilization, and marks
every step of his advance to higher and
purer life.
Christian newspapers, teachers and public
sentiment can more certainly serve the age
and benefit the world by addressing them
selves to living issues, rather than to the
doubtful opinions of men long since dead.
AS the ages come and go error. falls, not 10
rise, and truth comes uppermost. The man
tie of Christian charity is broader in this age
than any before There is more disposition
to lay aside polemics and dogmas, and en-
ter the golden harvest field, ripe under every
sun, and, with reap-book and song, gather the
Weld of centuries.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-11-15
A Scientific Chapter Of Genesis.

Norman Macleod once attended a meeting
of scientists in which the meteoric theory was
discussed. He seems to have been greatly
stirred by the assumptions of what is called
advanced thought, for he made Q speech
whose wit charmed if its logic did not con
vince. He afterwards wrote to friend that
''perhaps the men of science would do we'll,
in accordance with these last results, to re-
write the first chapter Of Genesis in this way
/. The earth was without form and void.
2. A meteor fell upon the earth.
3. The result was fish, flesh and fowl.
4. From these proceeded the British AS
sociation.
5. And the British Association pronounced
it all tOlerably good.