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to the stove alters strong expression or two,
in this process there is not trace of the
spirit,ellc The "cruel husband" gives his
wife and children fresh drubbing; the ''fe-
male scold" tells everybody all the unpleas-
ant things she can remember Of everybody
else; the ''lazy man" sleeps later for spite;
s'the sot" gets drunk in chagrin and 1.-THE
vixenish mother-in-law" prepares new ter
rors for her son or daughter by marriage,
suspecting him or her to be the guilty
party. As this course does nobody any
good let it be changed. The use of the
delicate shaft of irony would be at once
more effectual and more artistic. Let the
wife-beater, the ill-user of children receive
picture Of happy home; let the forked-
tongued female get an angel-winged, peace
making valentine; let the sluggard be senta
picture Of early industry; let the drunkard
get the presentment of a temperance pledge
and O bank book, with his name on each let
O chrome be waited to the-cruel mother-in-
law in which she is seen to hover like q
good fairy showering happiness upon the
young couple kneeling in rapt ecstasy at
her feet. How admirably this would work
Human nature is weak. All hearts are open
to Aattery. The valentines would be pre-
served and shown with pride. Then the
world would have general chance to laugh,
not in the face of the victim, of course, but
with sweet fulness gladdening to behold.
Who knows, too but such valentines would
work real good. Follow the thought out
for yourselves, readers. There is good
humor in the honest sense of both words in
it. 1t might reform drunkard or scold,
mayhap q mother-in-law. They would
thenceforth appear to themselves to be what
they had not been,
And seeming blessed. would grow 10 what they seem.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
A Valentine Reform Wanted.

Tomorrow will be st. Valentines Day,
and from the morning betimes the postman
will scatter the dainty paper lace work
enshrining chubby cupids or the ugly
daubs and rhymes that have been faring in
the shop windows for a week past. The
latter are the same gross and disgusting
kind Of caricatures which. have been doing
duty for generation. They are inten ded
as satires, but only express the fat-witted
Englishman's idea of satire, for the vii
famous things first came from London.
They express the humor of the brute.
'Tummas, that be the new PEARSON" ''Be
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13

with trained and seasoned diplomatists
abroad. If Beaconsfield had adhered to his
first order to the fleet to pass the Darda-
nelles-had adhered, though Derby and all
the feebler brothers went out of the Cabinet
together, and had chosen their successors, or
ifsuccessors could not be found had gone out
OF Office with the colors of England nailed
to the mast-he might have been regarded
as lucky till the last hour of his official life
for lie would have retired in blaze OF glory
and have left all the difficulties to his enc
mics. But that chance will not come again
1t is certain that England must go on
with her feet. She must take the fire OF
must send her ships in. She cannot be
stayed now by diplomatic pretences. But
what will follow? Russia will, of course,
occupy Constantinople. Will England treat
that as casus belt and make the possession
Of the city the objective of hostilities? Pos
sibly but an advance of Ministerial resolu-
ton to that point is yet far from certain.
In any event Stamboul and Gallipoli bid fair
10 be lively places as the spring opens; and
if from England's hope to escape humilia-
ton by desperate remedy war results,
where will it end? That is point likely
to be of moment to US on this side of the
Atlantic. With Russia and England in
volved. with the Black Sea closed and Eng
lish industries and energies diverted into
warlike channels, our grain must feed Eu-
roma and our wOrkshD1,c and hi,aS gu pply
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Give tho ex-dcvil his due.
Dick Thompson Is himself again.
We prefer q pancake with 492 grains on IL.
Vienna has turned tho tables on Or. Slade,
Satan will hereafter be spelled with q Titles
Lots MAKE o double standard Of dried apples.
Chittenden is not In favor of Goodyear currency.
Johnny-cak and slap iavorits luxuries at
vassar
Barnum expects to run on the ticket with Stanley
Matthew'S
The Boston Transcript thinks that tho walking is
slushious.
He'll has been uismanaged and Its cashier has fed
to Chicago -..s....
Some peoples religion ia like false hair, but IL
tattooed In.
The Yonkers Gazette says that r. ]. stands for
Purely Ingenious.
J. Madison Wells says he will show Hayes whether
there Ia q hell or not. l..a
David Davis says that II he had his own way he
would give up round dancea
Ingersolrs piety 10 so irayed that Il ought to be
bound over TO keep the peace
some OF the creeds insist that We must forgive our
enemies, but that God is going to roast his.
Ineersoll does not believe that Adam was q born
gentleman. No; bus he never let lady stand up In q
horse car.
hav seen yung men who thought waz too ex.
empary tney Waz 30 gooo tuey want gooo ior notnng
else.-Josh Billings.
The late Lord Middleton used TO hunt for deer Eve
days in the week, ami no was frequently known to
walk thirty miles for q shot.
In Peoria, when they measure David Davis for q
vest, the tailor stands on tho lawn and passes the
tape round the bow window.
The Telegram says that Hayes was land poor when
he into the White House, but that he will be able
to save about $4,000 from his salary.
vienna Journal contains the following advertise
msn,:-"Anna Agrikoi, sick nurse, watches dead
bodies. repairs straw chars, applies leeches and
makes pastry desserts and delicacies.''
Speaking in the language Of tho immortal Cicero.
tho condition OF Main street was better yesterday
that is Il was meior- Worcester Press How much
bonus will you take to sell out that joke?-Boston
GLOBE.
japan correspondent says that hs saw wrought in
nlaid wood door several hundred years old In the
Temple OF Igmoto. scene showing nrst q monkey.
then an ape, then gorilla, and up BY gradual
development until the ana one Of the series per.
foct man. surrounded by elephants and curious birds
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

In Difference TO the press criticisms on the play OF
'.The Governess," at the Broadway Theatre, Miss
Clara Morris decided last evening cutting oct an
tire act, and will continue to play tho piece In that
form. The action OF tho drama 10 by this means
FASTENED aud rendered more clear.
At the Academy OF Music Mr.. Adams will this even
Ing appear Lohongrin IN tho most popular work Of
the composer Of the ''Nibelungen Lied" and Nine.
Pappenheim will personate Elisa Tho ladys portrayal
OF wagner's chaste and beautiful heroine Is well
membercd Tor It's lyric aud dramatic excelIences and
Mr.. Adams Lohongrin hkey TO be at least as inter-
esting, from tho fact that he requested BY Herr
Wagner himself 10 assume the role at the Vienna
OparA Hausa.
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MRS. MERRILL's PICTURE of some American
men and women in Paris who were caught by
the glare of the Empire in 1857 is nything but
aattering. Their ignorance and extravaganza
are graphically described in one of her letters.
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Il RIPPLE S HE Il II
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1878.

IMPORTANT NoTIcE TO ADvERTIsERs-Io
insure The proper classification of advertisements
ii is absolutely necessary that they be handed in
before eight o'clock ererv ereninq
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THE FURNITURE MEN are wisely endcavoring
to break up the dishonest dealers who seek
credit for mere swindling purposes. Other
branches of business would do we'll to follow
their example.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13

THE ADMIRABLE REVIEW of our common
school system by Mr.. George A. Robbins, chair
man Of the Committee Of the Society Of NUM-
cipal Reform, will be q useful study, both for
the Board Of Education and the State Legis-
lafllre.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13

TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS have been subscribed
for the Castelani collection. 1t would be great
pity to let it 60 back to Europe.
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CHICAGO is in bad way. There is no money
in the city treasury, and the Supreme Court pro
hibts borrowing in anticipation Of the taxes. A
howl about the Eastern bondholders is in order
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13

The STORY of Miss Dickies incarceration for
six years the ground OF insanity, elsewhere
printed, has parallel in the pages of the novel
list, but hardly in real life. How many like her
are unjustly confined in our insane asylumsl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13

THE ARTISTS who wish to contribute to the
Paris Exposition are invited to send in their pic
lures at once.
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IL THE RAILROAD PRESIDENTS will agree to
carry goods rs low possible and trust to COM
petition for the rest there will be no difficulty
about the freight question.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13

ANOTHER CHAPTER OF HoRRoRs was pre-
sented yesterday in the New Jersey State Prison
Investigation. According to the testimony of
several witnesses General Motifs nhuman in
struments of torture were constantly in Use, and
the victims of his cruelty are almost innumera-
IL
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13

In THE LARGER CITIES the postal money or
der business is increasing enormously. Let us
have the postal savings banks.
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The probabilities are hat the 'ceather in Ne,o
York and its ricinity today sciH be cloudy and
warmer, wiM rain or light snosc. Tomorrow it
riH temporarily clear, riM a slight taN Of tenn
peratsre, and he tolio~ed by Increasing cloudinsss
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13

The MODEL FAILURE comes from Jersey City.
All the depostors of the Internal Trust Com
pany will be paid in full.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13

II THE House Posi- OFFICE COMMITTEE can
accomplish it we shall have subsidized line of
steamers to Brazil. The bill has been agreed
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13

THE EXAMPLE Of the New Jersey Legislature
in ordering all Investigations to be conducted
in public should 10 followed mt Albany and
Washington.
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WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock market
was more active and closed very strong. Gold
was steady all day at 1O2. Government bonds
were higher, States irregular and railroads
weak Money on call was easy at as per
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THE DISTRIBUTION of ten thousand dollars to
the Havana poor yesterday was an excellent
way to celebrate the marriage Of Spain's young
Kinp
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MEMORIAL SERVICES in honor of the deceased
Pope were held in many Of the leading cities
yesterday.
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THE LATEST News in the Lord case is the
suggestion of q compromise
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TOrpedoes Reported Already Placed
in the BOsphOrus.
ENGLANO's HOUR OF SUSPENSE.
Italy, Germany and France Withdraw Their
Requests for Firmans. Ar
WILL The TURKS FIRE ON THE ENGLISH!
[pY CABLE TO THE HsaALp.l

aoa M LONDON, Feb. Is, 1873.
Mr. William H. Smith, First Lord Of the
Admiralty, replying to question in the
House of Commons last night, stated that
Horribly were clear and distinct, and sent on
the governments responsibility, but it
would be inconsistent with his duty to state
their nature. I'd,
, 1878-08-29
Importance of the Wheat Crop.

The wheat crop of this year, it is
thought by the Department of Agricul-
ture at Washington, will reach 100000
900 bushels. This is the largest crop
ever grown in the country. The yield Of
1870 was 287 7,745, ,626, according to the
census reports. 1t will be of interest to
note the increase over the crop of 1860,
which was l73, 104, 924 bushels.
This wonderful increase is due in part
to the settlement of the Western country
and the opening up Of new wheat lands,
but much of it is the result of improved
machinery for putting in and harvest.
ing the crop. The reapers now common
on most every farm save perhaps five
per cent more grain than could be gath
cred by the old process of grading; then
the threshing machines now in use
throughout the country save much more
grain than was saved by the old process
Of tramping out by horses. Upon the
whole the increase in the crop is not in
reality as great as it appears, for much
is no doubt only saving of what is
grown on the land. If the present enor-
nous yield can be repeated year by year
it becomes evident that America is to be
the future granary of the world. Will
this be done2 Experience admonishes
US that after few years our best new
lands will begin to fail in productive
capacity, but to meet this science lends
helping hand, and by use of proper
means of fertilization the production can
be kept up. Since there seems SO limit
ed demand for the hog product, farm
ers will do we'll to turn attention to such
productions as are more sought after
Wheat seems to be one for which there is
always foreign demand. Let our farm
ers then pay attention to the best way OF
growing wheat. Let them study the ma
ture of the plant and its enemies, and the
best means of protection against the raw
ages of nOxious insects. Then farmers
should know what food the growing
plant requires, and see that it is provided
in the soil. The study of these subjects
by farmers should be pleasure, as it j:
so full of interest and so fraught will
Importance.
, 1878-08-29
The House in Which Napoleon Died
and His Grave.

A visitor to St. Helena in 1877 writes
as follows to CdsSelI'S Wagaziae in refer
ence to the principal points of interest on
the island: However thorough "A Briton
you may he, | think the feeling on see.
! ing the desOlate little one stOried house
must be, "What terrible place for a
man who had lived the active, restless
/ live of the fallen emperOr.N High up on
a barren cliff, bleak and unShelteIed, with
watch-houses and signal stations on every
| point OF vantage, with regiment en-.
camped upon the adjacent plain and a
Gordon ofsentries round the house, he may
well have felt that he was needlessly re-.
minded that he was a prisoner, and have
instituted imaginary comparisons be-
tween his condition there and the way he
would have been treated had he surren-
dered himself to the Emperor Alexander
of Russia, or the Emperor Francis ii. Of
Austria. 1t is easy to realize the feeling
that must have been in his mind when, on
seeing Longwood for the first time, he
exclaimed; Nous n'aurons de tr0p que le
temps.
Old L6ngwood and Napoleon's grave
were bought by the French in 1853, the
house having then been allowed to fall into
a very diltpidated state. The buildings
were repaired, and each room was re-
papered with paper of the pattern used
when Napoleon was in residence there.
The French Government, with character.
istic good taste, forbid the attendants to
receive any gratuity from visitors to the
house or the grave, the one condition be-
ing that you shall inscribe your name in
the visitors book. Perhaps at some far
distant date, Frenchman will be able
to visit the tombs of Wellington and
Nelson in our metropolitan cathedral
without being pestered for sixpence at
every turn.
The first room you enter (they are all
miserably small and low is the drawing
room, in which are placed the French
and British flags. From it you pass into
the room in which Napoleon died. Where
the head of the bed stood is now a inc
marble bust Of the Emperor, surrounded
by wooden railing; with those excep-
tions, the rooms are destitute of any fur
h'saiSs W. pass mum tnC ulhlbS -lODll
in which Napoleon died, to his bedroom,
bathroom, library, and billiard room.
Leaving the house, you pass through the
garden, in which Napoleon used to work
so vigorously, and turn your steps to New
Longwood.
This house was built for Napoleon's
use after his arrival, but he never lived
in it. An iron railing still sepsrtes the
garden from the field adjoining, and
Napoleon considered it was put there to
remind him that he was captive. Of
course nothing of the kind was intended,
and Sir Hudson Lowe gave orders to have
the railing removed; but before this was
done, Napoleon's increased illness rem
dered it unnecessary.
The grave is down in the valley, by a
stream of deliciously cool and pure
water. Napoleon was in the habit of
walking down to the stream and sitting
by it in the shade of the trees, and he de-
sired that when he died he should be
buried by it as the only thing that had
given him any pleasure on the island.
, 1878-08-29
How to Laundry Blue Linen Suits
Doing Up" Straw Hats.

| My laundress, last summer, used gum.
arabic entirely in starchng colored linen
suits, making blue linen, which, when
starched in the usual manner looks "hOr-
rid" have the appearance of being quite
fresh and new. And this is the way she
did 1t: Put tablespoon even full OF
gum arabic in a saucer or bowl; pour on
warm water, adding more water rs the
gum dissolves. With her finger or with
a cloth, she dampened the fabric in
places not over half yard square at a
time, as she proceeded with the ironing,
as the gum starch quickly dries; iron on
either side of the goods as is found to be
most convenient. A little practice will
teach one more show to do it" than a
yard of directions. Of course, the guam
tity of gum. arabic required depends
upon the amount Of surface to be
starched. A tablespoonful will stitfen a
very great deal.
1 also use gum.arabic for stiffening
straw hats, which only need to be
"pressed over" and not re-shaped. 1t is
economical so to do, and Oltentimes de-
cided convenience. AS often as other.
wise use my mucilage bottle for this
purpose, pouring in hot water to thin the
mucilage to the required consistency "a
few grains of gum added afterwards will
make it all right again for other pur-
poses); and with the brush give the
hat coat of mucilage On the outside. |
then lay pasteboard along the edge of a
table, and iron the brim of the hat on
the wrong side, the right side being OIL
the pasteboard. Of course, the hat must
be turned around as the ironing proceeds.
To press the crown devise various ex.
pedients; but as usually do things in a
"jiffy," as the boys say, and without
much circumlocution, l often make q
large towel or piece of cloth into bunch,
and holding it in the crown with my
hand, press it over that. The hat, when
done, looks fully as we'll as if it had been
sent to the millner's; while the cost is
about two cents worth of gum m-arabic and
fifteen minutes of time. This, for black
straw I never tried "my hand" on white
one.-RvraI Neoo Yorker.
, 1878-08-29
Sunday in gland.

One of the iolicst sights to be seen on
Sunday. is wagon with the family
bound for a day in the country. There
is tie husband, the wife, the haby-anu
ouite often two babcs-aud from three
10 a dozen children of all ages, size ami
sexes, packed in like herring, and all
aglow with excitement and anticipation
Under the seat is basket, plcthoric with
sandwiches, cold chicken, bottles ot beer
and n flask of choice old brandy.
Away they 90, rattling cheerily over
the London paycments. Aproud man is
,,1terfIailias as he draws the rens over
his powerful nag and deXterously touches
him up occasionally with flick from a
whip, long and imposing enough for a
ix.in-hand turnout. A proud mother is
matsrfamilids as she admires the horse
manship of her husband, and adjusts the
multifarious white wrapplngs OF the
chubby, bue.eyed haxenhaired baby.
Proud are the older children as they ex.
ercise commanding oversight Of the
Younger ones, whose hats are ever getting
loose or awry, who are ever on the eve OF
being jolted into the street, who are
twisting and changing to see this, or hear
that, and who are ever cause OF pro-
found anxiety to the mature miss OF
twelve or the lordly boy Of sixteen.
Away out into the country they 90 at a
slspping pace. They select the quietest
roads and travel along at famous rate,
between trim green hedges and skirting
fields of barley, coming suddenly to
brows of hills where vast panorama
unfolds itself of fields yellow with
ripened grain, green groves glinting with
sunlight above maze of slumbering
shadows, low, vine, clad farmhOuses with
their red-tied roofs and their yards
ablaze with gorgeous flowers, while here
and there a stately residence, with col
umned piazzas and pointed gables, its
stretches of lawn and its winding walks
bordered with geraniums and rarest of
plants.
By and by grove is reeched, halt
is made, the jolly load is tumbled out,
and all the sunny day the husband
lounges, lies, smokes beneath the trees {;
the children rare and romp, the wife
nurses and cares for the baby and keeps
a vigilant oversight upon her numerous
brood. When the shadows lengthen
there is q return. The tired young ones
sleeep with head pillowed on each other,
and faces yelled with wandering curls;
the elders discuss the events Of the day {;
and an hour or so after the darkness has
shrouded the great city they are at home
and demonstrative in their belief that it
has been the jolliest day they ever saw in
sll their lives.
, 1878-08-29
EggS-HOw Increased.

If an increase Of eggs be desired in the
poultry yard, before large sums of money
be expended in the purchase of everlas-
ing layers, we would recommend the sys-
tenn Of keeping no hens after their first
or, at the most, their second year. Early
pullets give the increase, and the only
wonder is that people persist as they do
in keeping up stock of old hens, which
lay one day and stop three, instead of
laying three days, and stopping one. In
some parts of England it is the invaria-
BILE rule to keep the pullets only one
year. Feeding will do a great deal "a
surprising work indeed) in the produc-
tion of eggs; but not when the old hens
are concerned. They may put on fat,
but they cannot put down eggs. Their
tale is told, their work is over. Nothing
remains to be done with them but to give
them a smell of the kitchen. fire, and the
sooner they get that the better. Ofcourse,
there are some old favorities whose lives
ought TO be spared as long as they can
send forth their representatives. Judi
cious mating-by which we mean the
advantage of comparatively youthful
cockerel-m be the means of even ex-
hibition poultry making theirappearance
from the eggs Of the good old hen; and
here we have the exception to the rule
upon which we insist.--LOndOn AgrieuI-
turdl Gazette.
, 1878-08-29

The failure of several of the insr..
companies established during the graud danee nc
glorious period of initiation alarmed iT "rita ana
numoer, OF people, The principle, ho1wa,e. 1SsSe a
is sound. The failure Of those commeSer, meSer,
was due solely with their being started d3"1ies witS
heavy expenses in such hunters as 70 randol mita
profitable business impossible. THe ,eTGer Rps
winlan theory Of the survival of the sttas, ap
twiPeu Them out OF existence. But tb'Use tbeso
Ini,ures IiH never injured the established mutual
faiurn I insurance of companies any more than the
men from lodging their cash in the b.SNSem,sd Nerasd
Bank VIC nevada
In view of the fact that the exilpd lfo +.
surance companies OF the East ARE con',r Iro ,u-
BACK TO once more resume business In a,,S
midst, the foregoing sketch of the largest ou ouE
eldest OF them all will be read with no IiltIo iu
interest.-Sdn Francisco Post, NV ''''le