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The New York herald., 1878-03-06

IHE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE stand by
the twenty per cent ad valorem duty in the book
and periodical clause Of the new Tariff bill.
The New York herald., 1878-03-06
L RIPPLE SH EFT
NEY YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1878.

IMPORTANT NOTICE To ADYERnsERs.-Io TO
insure The proper classification of advertisements
il is absolutely necessary that they be handed il.
before eight o'clock ere,y evening"
The New York herald., 1878-03-06

The REINTERMENT Of the dead of the unfortu-
nate Huron at Annapolis is commendable, but
what is to be done for the living?
The New York herald., 1878-03-06

To AVERT the awful calamity Of a bald
headed police new style of headdress has been
decided upon by the Brooklyn Commissioners.
The New York herald., 1878-03-06

. A Young FRENCnMAN who fondly kissed q
lady yesterday under the impression that she
was long lost aunt wasted bis affection and O
ten-dollar hill
The New York herald., 1878-03-06
JOHN w. LEEDS.

John W. Leeds, of stamford. Conn.,, died on Sunday
last aged eighty years. the residence Of his soniS
Law, r. H.. Keone, No: IL East Fitysix.h street Tbs
decesscd VAS highly esteemed citizen OF stamford
ana pres,dcut Of Inc Stamford National BANK, IRON
the timo OF lis organ In 1854 to his death Hs
~ss we'll known in business circles both Ia tbs ss1
ana several OF tho larger cities of the Union 49,.
The New York herald., 1878-03-06

The FORMATION Of rowing association
among the New England colleges is again under
consideration. Wesleyan University is earnest
in the matter and three other colleges are said to
be favorably inclined.
The New York herald., 1878-03-06

The Two HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS of
wines, spirits and liquors that have passed
through the custom houses since the first of the
year do not look much like hard times
The New York herald., 1878-03-06

A BUREAU OF FORESTRY is the latest pro-
posed addition to the government machine at
Washington.
The New York herald., 1878-03-06

POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY decides that Con-
grcssmen may legally become bondsmen for
mail contractors, but if Senator Thurman's bill
passes that sort of partnership will be broken
nm
The New York herald., 1878-03-06

The MERCHANTS want the Aldermen to give
che railroad companies increased terminal facil-
tiles.
The New York herald., 1878-03-06
MOSES LOWELL.

Moses Lowell diod a. saco, Me-, last Monday nlshA
He was formerly Mayor Of that place, and a the sms
Of hts death was Collector Of lhe RorI
The New York herald., 1878-03-06
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


ACADEMY OF MUsTC-kIksxL
wALLAcK's THEATRE-MoNKY.
UNION SQUARE THLATRE-A CrLKBRArxp CASE.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-DIAouLxAuau.
BOOTHS THEATRE-uNcLE Toxs cAsr.
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-HESRY v.
NIBLo's GARDEN-OS THE BRIDcE or NorRE DANE.
sTANDARD THEATRE-OUR BOARDING HOUSE.
BROADWAY THEATRE-Tmr ExLKa
LYCEUM THEATRE-GoLp MAD
PARK THEATRE-OUR BAcnELoRs.
NATIONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MAvouRSrEN.
GERMAN1A THEATRE-CoMkpY
NEW YORK AQUARIUM -BRoxcHo HoRsxs
FIFTH AVENUE HALL-HKLLnn's WONDERS
GILMORE'S GARDEN-ArmLErIc FxArA
BOwERy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
TONY PASTOR'S-vARIKrY
SAN FRANCISCO MINsrRELs.
TIvOLI THEATRE-vARIErY
EGYPTIAN nALL--vARiKrY.
OLYMPIC THEATRE-CmAxrIoN PRIZE FIonrRRs
THEATRE CoMlQUE Variety
TAUDEvILLE TnEATRE-vARInrr.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22
Woodworking.

Little attention has boon rs got paid 10
Woodworking i'll schools. The nrthcst
progress has been made by the School
of Design Of tho University of Cincin.
nati, which furnished the seyenty-four
articles exhibited in the Woh,an'1 Pa
yilion 1T the Centennial. Tho Uni
yorsity was founded seven years ago,
under State law Of 1870, "to enable
cities Of the first class to MD and pro-
motto education II has three depart
mcnts tho Academic, the School of
Design. md the Observatory il is
maintained Ivy funds given in trust to
tho city has II four years course in
each department gives instruction
free to residents of Cincinnati, and to
others Mt thirty dollars year for II sim
gle study, and sixty dollars for full
course. Non-resldcntS of Cincinnati
may also he admitted 70 the School Of
Design without charge, in ensc OF va
eancics. The School of Design was or.
ganizcd in 1869, under the name Of the
M'Mickcn School of Art and Design, but
started in 1851, III the gift ot paintings
and statuary by the managers Of M Art
NtNuCll1 lcillutl ~ NNliiIlil wiz WY
Says the catalogue conccrningit "The
special aim Of this school is not merely
Che study Of painting and sculpture, but
also the Improvement of the industrial
arts, by aiIouling to the citizens Of Gin
cinnat. and particularly to the opera
1.-Two classes, thorough technical and
scientific education in urt and design Ms
applied to manufactures, thereby inn
parting to them such taste and skill in
tho form and finish Of their works,
whether large Or small. rs will always
command remuncrative employment
and ready sale Of the products OF
their industry The advantages which
will be derived from this school iii
properly sustained 10y our pcoplc) can
scarcely 10 nycrestimatel. Schools 81
Design, which III foreign countries (and
III France especially have long been
literally sustained nj the expense Of the
government, have given great SUPER,
GRITTY To their manufactures in many ol
The most important branches Of indus
Try. This is proved not only by the rc.
suits oI the great competitive cNpusi
tons, but by tho contents of our OWL
stores and shops, There can he nc
doubt hut that the workmen of thi,
country possess fertility Of invention
and MI cNpertness III tile application q
their knowledge which will enable then
60 excel III whatever they have the %
portunlty Of thoroughly learning
During the last academic year tn,
school Of Design had .iai pupils. 0
whom 243 we're females. The depart
mcnt If drawing and design had ~
males 10 % females, and TINT Of sculp
ture Is males to 10 females but III,
department. Of Woodworking shows
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22

striking reversal of this disproportion,
having II males to l3S females. At the
els nth annual exhibition, June, 1876, Of
tho 254 specimens Of drawings finished,
113 were by the female pupils; Of the
q specimens Of sculpture, IA were by
females Of the 7G original " industrial"
designs, 43 were by females and of the
1876 specimens Of wood-carying, 1873
were by females These comparisons
indicate either greater industry or great
er proficiency, Or both, On the par. o.
the female pupils. The Woodworking
branch is in charge of Mr.. Benn Pit
man. originally by occupation a teacher
of photography. who has taken up
carving because he loves it, and he pur-
sues il with M Infringing enthusiasm,
which he manages to communicate to
his pupils. Julius IIiIcor, N Ho'pr's
Hoqo.jne for March.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22
Early Rising.

There il another class 81 slpcrstltlOn-
borne down to us from the grabbed
times ofour Puritan ancestry which
fancy we shall also somewhat shame.
faccdly own. They were the daily
maxims which formed part Of the
teaching in every genuine New England
Of our mental constitution Is an en-
couraging circumstance to educators
who sometimes are inclined to think
that even line upon line and precept
upon preccpt fail to make their i'm
preston upon the hayward mind Of
youth. TO remove this fear, We stand
ns living monuments, boldly avowing,
first, that we find il constantly difficult
to convince ourselvcs--though our rea-
son tells us that we arc absurd--that it
is not moral duty to rise before, or mt
least, with the sun. Day by day, rs we
decchd to our cight-oclock or nine
o'clock breakfast, we are conscious Of u
certain sense Of moral torpitudo which
we know to be unreasonable. II is in
this effort to shake Off this sense, which
is only tho remnant Of III old suporsti-
ton, that write. The general axioms
on the subject of early rising, which
helped to mako the New England Pri-
mcr and tho Farmers Almanac II
ver-fniling source Of supposed inn
provcmcnt, and which were a1crward
recommended by Franklin, don apply
to the present day to city life What
is gained even for useful work by rising
Ut six, and then being obliged to take n
nap in the middle Of the day. Why not
do up all sleeping III once, and have u
clcar sweep for work? ! { again, Il man
could carefully rake up and cover the
cmbcrs of his fire vt nine +. NJ, and
sleep the sleep of the righteous till six,
he might possibly rise ut six, or even
five, though why, even III that case,
any sane person should insist on doing
two hours work, before eating, and call
such action virtue, could never under
stand. circumstances alter rules as
we'll ~ cases, which is what we of Puri-
tan stock find it hard to understand
myself know two young women Of
| New England birth and training who,
! though they 70 into much evening So
ciety, and are frequently awake at
midnight CRATER, each week during the
New York winter yet persist in being
punctual every morning Mt the half
past-scven breakfast OF the family
True, they have noappctitcs; true. they
tako long maps in the afternoon; true,
they break down every year 10y March;
yet they calamity return to the assault
every autumn, and would feel ashamed
and guilty if they did otherwise. So
strong is the force Of superstition
In the future more perfect days il
will be considered u sin to awake any
one from sleep except in case of life
and death, and our grandchildren may
perhaps be free from the inherited
weakness Of believing because the
flowers and the chickens and the birds
wake when the sun does, that
therefore human being should do so.
BY what logic do we select the one
action of waking as suitable for our
imitation? limo G. Bracket. ~ Ha-
prs Mtm,inc Jot Nurh.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22
Absent-Minded.

A letter from New Preston, Conn, to
the Litchfeld Enquirer, contains this
anocdote: A man who had been sort
ing tobacco for one OF his neighbors.
stopped at one of the stores on his way
from work and purchased n Fair of
shoes. He threaded his dinner pail
upon his arm, took the shoes in the
same hand, and with the other thrust
deep in his breeches' pocket, started for
home. Having got opposite DR.. Eds
he missed his dinner-pail, and, thinking
he had left it at the store, back he went
for it, As he went through the door it
swung to, and hit the pail strung on his
arm. Ills only ejaculation was, "Thun-
der | thought I'd left it,
He's the same man who took his watch
to New Milford to he repaired, and two
days afterward found il in his vest
pocket.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22

full of turpentine in n small quantity OF
lard or sweet milk, and it generally
effects cure. Give one dose day un-
til cured. | feed my hogs salt, ashes,
charcoal, stone coal and soft soap, and
have never had case Of cholera. Nv
WILLIAM ALDRIDGE In Rural World.
WHAT CAN he DONE BY READING
Some farmers are not content to close
their eyes to the value of book-farm-
ing, rs many are pleased to term the
published experiments and practice 81
their brethren. A case in point is given
by a correspondent of that sterling old
journal, the Ncu England Farmer
The first important step | took" said
he. { under its direction. was in the
matter Of fences. had been over my
fences in the spring, patching here Il
spot and there u spot, building so as to
appear well; but alas! feeling that
it would not withstand having COW
scratch against it, or that some strong
wind would lay il low In the next
issue Of the Farmer appeared an article
on the Importance of close, high and
substantial fences. 1t struck me very
forcibly, and l thought of my poor sick
ly fences, and after Illuminating further
on the subject, resolved to have some
fences on my place Of which | need
not be ashamed, went to work, and
in ten days had q set of good, strong
fences, and at the end OF the season |
saw it paid. 1t was the same in other
matters. After a year or two, by follow
ing its suggestions, ! was enabled to
turn to account many things which |
had before allowed to 60 to waste. 1t
assisted me wonderfully in the manage.
ment and feeding of my stock: helped
me greatly in the making of my butter
and cheese; opened my eyes to the
great importance Of warm and more
comfortable barns, and to the making
and using Of manure; it has given val
liable aid in the matter of blowing and
narrowing, and, in short, there are
very few things in the doing Of which
| have not improved since | began its
acquaintance. believeit has been the
means, under God, Of securing to me u
happy home, for, considering the four
years Of business stagnation through
which we have passed, without it |
should not have been worth y dollar"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22
THE FAMISHED CREW.
Further Details Of the Cannlballsm ON
Board the Sallie N. Strelman--Seyen
Days without Food.
Vow YORK sneclnl. Fcb. Il.

Now ioTh Hle'lhlt Ffb,
The terrible features Of the story told
by tic furnished crew Of the Sallic w.
Stcadman arc intesilied ~ the details
arc more fully developed. The Stead
man was bound from Charleston, ,. q,
10 Baltimore, and after tossing for forty
,lays in the recent storm, the provisions
gave out, and for several days the crew
did not taste food. In an alteration
between George Seamon and Walter
Sampson, two negroes, SeamOn was SHOT
dead. The crew then Toasted of the
the body of the mur1 crcd man. Samp-
,on cut his victims head off, sowcd il in
n sack and threw il overheard. David
y. Burrett, one Of the white sailors,
cut M tho body, took all the flesh on
tic legs. calves and thighs, and AL he
could get from the breast and back.
Before no did this he boiled and ate u
piece, and was 40 far strengthened that
he was able TO finish the job. The rest
Of the body waS put into bag and
thrown overheard. "Thcn,p says he,
we all had supper Oft the flesh After
that VIC sailed the rest down in u barrel.
There was about fifty pounds Of it, /
think ate about two pounds. was
the cook, and | parbolcd some of the
flesh, aud some Of il broilcd. We Gov
cred the flesh with pepper and salt be-
fore eating it. We only ate two meals
of the meat. for the next day the
schooner Spreadwol took us off," Capt.
IIigbec says that the Sprcadwcll rescued
his crew about one hundred and sixty
MI ,AriI, ,,G Al lu
ing 10 the exhaustion Of the colorcd
men, double work dcvolycd upon the
others. The pump had to -c kept going
at the rate Of four hundred strokes per
hour, and then the vessel was barely
kept above water. There was plenty Of
fresh water and tobacco, and on this
they had existed. Some Of the men
took the slaves from flour barrels and
chcwcd them. On the 3Oth Of January
they had been seven days without
food. The mon were like skeletons,
and seemed half crazy. " There was
lquarrcl in the forccnStlc,' the captain
said, between Scamon and Sampson
and pretty soon heard pistol shots
found that Seamon had been killed.
think both men were crazy from starv.
alton ] nic some Of Scamon'a flesh
/! covered il with mustard 20 could
not taste anything else, but my stom-
ach could not stand il, and made up
my mind to eat no more, even if
starved to death. The captain Of the
Sprcadwcl says of the furnishing crew
that they could hardly stand when he
rescued thom, and were utterly incapa-
bic Of managing their vessel The
crew is still aboard the Sprcadwcll, ut
her dock. They have not been allowed
To land, but await what official action
may be taken nndcr the circumstances.
The district attorney says he Inns not
5ocn officially notified yet Of the matter.
and will make no move toward an in
1eatigation until ho is notified
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22
Rubber Bails--The GuriouS Process Of
Making These Paintings.

The process Of making the hollow
rubber balls used by children for play
things is quito curious, and may be in
tcrcstng to those not familiar with it,
a IIolyokc writer thus describes it,
The upper room of the mill is prepared
to push this branch of the business Tor
few months, and it will probably turn
out some $4,000 dozen Of those balls
between January and June These
balls have Il solid surface, are made by
different process from that Of making
the soft rubber balls which are perlor-
ated by an opening, and, of course, are
much moro firm, durable and elastic.
The sheets Of rubber prepared for the
balls are cut into strips Of double con
vex shape The edges Of the strips are
moistenod with a preparation of rubber
and naphtha, by which they are joined
firmly together, three ofthc strips being
used for one ball
This part of tho work i done by
girls, and a skillful girl can earn about
$3.50 per day. When the strips are
joined together, the ball is very near
the shape of Brazil nut. Before the
last opening is closed, a small quantity
Of carbonate Of ammonia is nut inside,
which, when subjected to strong heat,
will make the rubber expand and fill
out the ball mold. The opening is then
closed with the adhesive mixture and it
is placed in an iron mold Of the size and
shape of the ball desired The molds
are packed into frames in which they
are subjected 10 the heat of the vulcan
izcr.
They are kept in place in the frame
by iron rods along the side, and when
the frame is full, iron plates ut the ends
are screwed down tightly upon the
molds Ia hold them in place. These
iron plates arc about three-fourths OF All
inch thick, and SO strong is the expans-
i've force Of the rubber in the molds
that they have bent this thick iron into
curve If one of the molds should
work out Of place while inflammation
is III process, the molds will fly out with
Il noise like the report of II dozen pis-
tolls, and the work is spoiled. The ac-
ton of the heat does the rest. When
the molds are opened they contain the
perfect round balls, with no mark Of
the places where the pieces were
placed. The slight ridge made BY the
mold is ground off by . stone used Tor
the purpose, and the ball is done This
is but ono process of rubber work. Be-
sides the hollow balls are made SOLID
balls of rubber, etc.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22

lllE United States consul ut Glasgow,
reports that, in his opinion, there is
danger that Great Britain, in seeking
unrestricted marl,tes for her own pro
ducts, will find and develop III other
quarters Of tic globe ample source 81
supply, and eventually cease to depend
upon the United States for breadstutlS.
1t is suggestive fact that during the
first nine months of 1877 the United
Kingdom received almost rs large \
supply Of wheat from British India
alone. ~ from the United States east ~
the Rocky Mountains, and at a time
when famine prevailed over large
part Of India.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22

lS Japan the crows and hawks are
used rs public scavengels. They arc
never molcsted, and the result is that
all the carrion and other stuff left in the
streets are pounced upon and carried
off i'm mediately.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22
mi n TO
OVIU FARMERS.
EVERY PACKAGE or
SLoAN'S CONDITION POWDERS

Given TO your Horse, Cow or Hog, will
return many times its cost in the i'm
provement of the flesh, and health of
your stock
The horse will show more life, and nc
complsh more work The COW will
produce more and richer milk The hog
will take ON flesh, and prove less liable
70 disease SCANS are the only Condition
Ponders compounded upon scientific
principles. Your horse having worked
hard for you during the past season, II
s your duty to take good care of the
animal after the service he has performed
lor you. Plenty Of warm bedding, good
feed, and bran mash once week, with
some Of Sloaas Condition Po,nltrs, will
nut him IN goodorde for next season.
II your Druggist does not keep the
'owder, send % or 80 cents, and you will
ceivc package by return mail.
r. IRVING WALKER, Proprietor,
~ Nsrkst Street Chicago, N.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22

Il MASSACHUSETTS soldier, whl was se-
yerely wounded II the battle Of Freder-
icksburg, and who applied years ago for
his back pay and pension, being re-
duced to starvation lately stole some
bread and milk to appeasc his hunger.
was detected and sent 20 the state farm
for year a few days aflerward papers
came giving him i pension and sl,ioo
back pay.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22

The difference between II crocodile
and M alligator il thus set forth by one
who evidently knows whereof he
speaks; ~ know the alligator IA |
know u buffalo, and theNile saurian is M
more like the South American alligator
than u subsidized, bargain-hunting
missionary is like a sincere Christian.
The reptiles before us were from fifteen
10 eighteen feet long, sandy-yellow iii
color, not ut all black, thicker and
shorter in the head than the alligator,
and so supple and 1.-the MS toturn them
selves almost double when alarmed
with the case of m acrobat. The ALI
gator when turning moves the entire
body. The Nile crocodile Is always il
dangerous antagonist. The alligator in
Southern swamps is, ut best, sport for
eonvalcsccnts in Florida and, boys,
Even III his native element the alligator
will flee vt the approach Of man,
whereas ann told by native hunters
here chat in the water the crocodile III
Sariahy attacks. dccming himself It's
mighticSt inhahitant
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22

4 negro minister was married rather
sooner after the death of his wife than
some or the sisters thought proper and
becoming, excused himself rs follows
" My dear brcdren and sisters, my grief
was greater than could bear. | turn
cd cbcry way for peace and comfort,
hut none came. sarchcd d. scrlpturs
from Ginscr u Recitation, and found
plenty promises to az widdor, but nary
one to dc widderer. SO took ii dat de
Lord didn't waste sympathy on man
when il was in his power t. comfort
hisself and hahbn 4 fuss-ratc chance
10 marry III DO Lord, did 81, and
would 40 NJ again Besides, hredcrcn,
consider dat poor Patsey vas iuss "
dead ~ She would cher he
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-22

T. IRVING WALKER, Proprietor,
~ ssrSst Street Chicago, IA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-03
MEDICAL, &c.

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SI mea41eo11& sfreSS 4a cnS;h h; REEVES
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