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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-27

THE WORK OF AN INcENDIARY.
CHICAGO, Dec. &c, 1873
Six Of the most valuable business houses Of Gard
ncr, H.. destroyed by fire early this morning
The loss is $4,000. The fire is supposed to have
been the work Of incendiary.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1878-04-23
(8orHseuna iolat.)
ssy- Gin Iiberoler Serr bier

sas- Gin libsraler Serr bier dubsrts
feline @nF&t iibsr bic neus Yapftwabl oa.
bin rGs 1T bod nod sia SrOit, oab es
tein Seiuit 1T" Serielbe ideint allO
ni9t Su wifen, bab IS bel Seiuiten Or.
oenssslibbe III, tsins ssifli4e 9isnaturen
an,unebmen, es isi benn auf itricten BE.
fsbl bes 9apites, uno baB fi9 untsr ben
"a 9aroindlen nur G n Seiuit, baSu nod
elm 0euti&er (Sirolsr) Sob. gaptiita
5ran5eli b.finoet. Sn boben seift'
li9sn Prdlaiuren finost man feline Seiuis
ten. pobl absr auf Der 8anbsl, i'm 8si4t.
itubl, in Den Wiiionen unter Den Wilosn,
in Der S9ule unb am Stubirtii4.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1878-04-23
Say- Gin 0rof,Nor, Der cine Isbr ilsir

p6s- Gin YrofsHor, Der cine isbr fleins
Raie batte, MARI tuessn oisiss R6rpsrman'
gels oft unb Uiel bon bieiem in oieier BE.
3iebuns ausseitatteten @mtmann gefoppt.
gines Sa9es iasts Der Ssrr amtmann
beim 8olmonostrdnS4en su Dem profei.
for: rS6rsn sic, Ssrr YrofsKor, wenn
sic sinmal alt uno Sbre au9en tribe
ipsr6en, mobin ipolen sic benn Sbre
Yrias ieben? anttport bss profsiors :
Scr Ssrr Imtmann BADEN elm 10 sutes
Serl oaB i'd fsinsn aussnblid bejpeias,
sic wsrosn mir cine bon ben pielsn Naisn,
Die sic i4on srbaItsn babsn, in bisism
Sale leiben."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04
Ladies, Delicate and Feeble.

Those languid tiresome sensations,
causing you to feel scarcely able to be
on your feet; that constant drain that
is taking from your system all its for
mer elasticity; driving the bloom from
your cheeks; that continual strain up
on your vital forces, rendering you irrit-
able and fretiul, can easily be removed
by the use of that marvellous remedy,
Hop Bitters. Irregularities and OBJ
structions ofyour system are relieved at
once, while the special cause ofperiod-
ical pain are permanently removed.
Will you heed this? See Truths"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

REVOLUTION IN THE PIANO Trade
The Mendelssohn Piano company OF
New York, whose card appears in an
other page of this paper have created q
revolution in the piano trade. This
firm stands alone among the first class
makers ofpianos in their determination
to sell their instruments direct 70 the
people, without the Intervention Of
agents, and thus give purchasers the
benefit ofthe various commissions and
profits heretofore made by agents. By
this means all who order direct of the
Mendelssohn Piano Co. get instruments
that heretofore cost from $4OO to 81 600
for from 1925 to $400, a saving of over
one hundred per cent to the purchaser.
The company is regularly incorporated
under the laws of the state of New
York, and composed of eminent Piano
manufacturers, with the express object
of selling Pianos di,ect to the people at
Factory Prices without the Intervention
of agents or dealers, thereby saving
them more than one-hat the prices
usually charged.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

American motrOp0Iis. Yet tho ro10fm
Of the drama must not b looked upon
as an impossible achievement. Fiction
was scarcely less impure in former days
than the drama il now, but the preva-
lence of q better morality has done
much to purify it. The time will come
when the influence that has reached the
novelist will overtake the playwright
and the actor. and when bad plays shall
cease to be respectable. Meanwhile,
let all good people steadily bear witness,
not against the drama as an evil in it.
self, but against the immortality that in
these days makes it an unclean thing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04
The Physiology OF the Liver.

The liver Is the largest secreting organ In the
human body. and the bile which it secretes Il
more liable to vitiation and misdirect0n from It's
proper channels than any other OF the animal
fluids. Luckily for the bilious, however, there is
an unfailing source OF relief from liver com plant
namely, Hostet.er's Stomach Bitters, medicine
achieving thorough cures OF the above mentioned
ailments. fever and ague, dyspepsia, bowel COM
pla!nts rheumatic and kidney affections, and dis
m )reover, q preventive of malarial disease, and
affords protection to thousands OF persons resld-
ing in districts of country where that dire scOurge
ciusl requirements of families, It 10 supremely
desirable, and as means OF fortifying dsblli.
tated system, T. ID thoroughly to BIZ depended
upon.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

A NEW and useful application of cleo
tricity has been made by an American
inventor to the apparatus for reeling
silk from the cocoon. The delicate fila
ments Of silk are carried over wire
arms, which are so nicely balanced that
they do not press against the silk
strongly enough to break it, and in this
relation current is kept open, but if
the filament breaks the arm falls, the
circuit is closed, and an electro-magnet
instantly stops the reel until the break
is repaired. As the work is now done
the detection of broken tilament de-
ponds entirely upon the skill of the
workmen, and the work must be carried
on slowly that the eye can note any
break.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04
The COnsumptive's Paradise.

$50 to Colorado! 1t is a Perfect Ar
cadla for consumptives! Consumption
cannot exist in that climate. People who
&, there even in the last stages of the dis
Use, after q residence of only a few
months, come away perfectly restored. l
tell you a dose of Colorado is the best
remedy for consumption ever discover
el." Such are some ofthe praises lavished
upon Colorado as a resort for consump-
tives, ard only prove how egreglously
ignorant these speakers and writers are
of the real nature of the disease. If
we were not personally acquainted with
some of these praisers and know them
to be honest, well-meaning people, we
should suspect that they had been
"roped" into an advertising scheme,
to augment the price and sale Of Color
ado lands, or were working in the in
terest of some Colorado hotel-keeper.
Persons suffering from a mere intlana-
nation of the lung tissue are doubtless
often completely restored by a brief
residence in Colorado or Florida. But
when scrofulous matter has begun to
&C Emulate in the lungs, no climate,
however healthful, can alone effect a
cure. A thorough course of medical
treatment is required, aided by s1ch
hygienic measures as the condition Of
the patient will permit. The scrofulous
matter must be absorbed and not ex-
PEELED from the system by the use Of
efficient alternatives. DR.. Pierce's Gold.
en- Medical Discovery is a powerful
Alternative, and, added by the Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, is an invaluable
agent for expeling scrofulous matter
from the lungs and system. DR.. Pierce's
Invalids' Hotel, at Buffalo, N. Y, offers
special advantages to this class of pa
tients. The best methods of medical
and hygienic treatment are there pur-
sued, besides the locality is one of the
few which enjoys special immunity
from this disease. ID.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04
Ancient Fever Epidemics.

The lessons of the last epidemic find
numerous precedents in the history of
former times. The black-death that
ravaged Asia and Southern Europe in
the fourteenth century, spared the Mo-
tan, Morocco and Southern Spain
whose inhabitants generally abstained
from pork and intoxicating drinks. In
the Byzantine Empire, Russia, Ger
many, France, Northern Spain (inhab-
tied by the Christian Visigoths, and
Italy, 4,OOO. 600 died between 1873 and
1875, but the monasteries of the stricter
orders and the frugal peasants of Gala
bria and Sicily enjoyed their usual
health (which they, Of course, ascribed
70 the favor of their tutelar saints but
among the cities which suffered most
were Barcelona, Lyons, Florence and
Moscow, the first three situated on the
rocky mountain-slopes, with no lack Of
drainage and pure water, while the
steppes of the Upper Volga are gener-
ally dry and salubrious.
The pestilence of 1870 swept $1,000
or more than two-thirds of the $4,000
inhabitants of Marseilles, in less than
five weeks; but of the 5000 abstemious
Spaniards that inhabited the Suburb Of
the Galatians" only 200 died, or less
than per cent. The most destructive
epidemic recorded in authentic history
was the four-years plague that COM
menced in A. d. 542 and ragged through
the dominions of Chosroes the Great,
the Byzantine Empire, Northern
Africa and Southwestern Eu-
rope. 1t commenced in Egypt, spread
to the cas-: over Syria, Persia and the
Indies, and penetrated to the west along
the coast of Africa and over the Cont
nent of Europe. Asia Minor, with its
plethoric cities, Conctantinople, North
ern Italy and France, suffered fearfully;
entire provinces were abandoned, cities
died out and remained vacant for many
years, and during three months 5000,
and at last 10000, persons died at Con-
stantinople each ddy! Gibbons His
tory" vol. ill.,, chap. xiii. J; and the total
number Of victims in the three CONT
nents is variously estimated from rs, OOO,-
600 to 12O,0O0,OO0 (Procopius, "Anec-
dote.," cap. xviii. ;Cousin's " Hist, tome
H., p. 1877. But in Sicily, Morocco and
Albania, the disease was confined to a
few seaport towns, and the Caucasus
and Arabia escaped entirely.
This dreadful league made its first
appearance in Alexandria, Egypt, then
a luxurious city of 100000 inhabitants,
and Paulus Diaconus, q contemporary
historian, speaks of the reckless glut-
tony by which the inhabitants of the
great capital incurred yearly fevers and
dangerous indigestions; and at last
brought this terrible judgment upon
and their innocent neigh
bors" Glib. H., cap. IVY. Alexandria lost
half million Of her inhabitants in 542,
and $4,000 in the following year, and
for miles around the city the fields were
covered with uNbured corpses; but the
monks Of the Nitrian Desert 5000 Of
them had devoted themselves to the
task of collecting and burying the dead)
lost only fifty of their fraternity. who,
with few exceptions, confessed that
they had secretly violated the ascetic
rules of their order.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04
A New Cross, Of which Great Things are
Confidently Expected.
New York Sun.

The extinction which has lately
threatened the pure breed OF Newfound-
land dogs mas been fortunately arrested
by the importation OF several splendid
specimens of the LeOnberg breed, which
Is tho result of skillfui crossing between
the 81. Bernard, the Newfoundland and
the wolf dog of the Pyrenees. The
dogs were recently brought there in
charge of the famous conchologist,
Herr /. A. Verkruzen. This is notable
news for the outside world, because
everybody has feeling for the saga
cious, brave and handsome brute that
bears the name Of this island, though
few persons would be inclined to credit
the fact that there are not half dozen
dogs in the whole United States OF alb
solutely pure Newfoundland breed.
More markedly than in any other
canine species, this dog perpetuates all
the traits of his breed, even to the pro-
geny Of animals that are very distinctly
removed from his species through mis-
cegenation. Hence the mistake that
many labor under who believe they
possess Newfoundland dogs of pure
breed, while their big pets are only
such in tenaciously preserving a strong
resem blance to their grandsres. The
average height of the true Newfound-
land dog is thirty inches. He is entire
ly black, his claws are webbed at the
points, his paws are massive, his gait
majestic, and his countenance striking
ly benevolent and deeply trustful. But
the renowned qualities of this famous
dog are to be superseded by the splen-
did breed known as the LeOnberg. The
specimens now here are soon ex-
pecsed to propagate, but they will not
be full grown till their third year.
Baron Essig, Of Leonberg, Wurtem-
berg, Germany, was the gentleman who
undertook the production of the new
species. and the specimens brought
here were carefully selected from his
kennels.
Good specimens sell at $3.50, and SUI
perior dogs command as high price as
$500. At all the great dog shows Of
Baden, Lima, Vienna, Paris, and Lon.
don, they received the highest premi-
ums. They attain the height of SO
inches, and are frequently over 100
pounds in weight. Their heads are
large, erect and strikingly noble in their
symmetry. They inherit with large
interest all the genteness of the
Newfoundland, their intelligence
surprises that of any other
species Of dog, and they are capable of
being trained to do almost anything
within the possibilities of dog.kind 1t
will be rare sight to behold four of
these handsome brutes, this winter,
brilliantly oaparisoned, and perfectly
tractable, hitched to commodious dog
sleigh, and flying over the frozen roads
in the environs of St. Johns, or over
the surface of Quidi Vidi Lake.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04
Morality rs Set Forth in The New York
Tkeaters.
Sunday Afternoon,

The question about theater-going is
one of the constant puzzles of Christian
casuistry, and it is d question to which
It is not possible to give, ofhand, suf-
ficient and final answer. 1t will be gen.
orally conceded that dramatic repre-
sensations are not necessarily evil: the
almost universal resort to amateur his
trionism shows what is the popular
Judgment on that subject. But the
question whether we shall patronize the
actual theater of the period Is much
more difficult. In two or three daily
papers that are by no means Puritanic
i'm their notions we have seen references
to the present condition Of the stage IN
this country that do not encourage us to
recommend our neighbours to patronize
it. A writer in the 1ribune-who had
been assured that if he had not attend
ed the drama since his youth he would
find it an entirely different thing from
that of his recollections-concluded to
90 and take grown-up child. The au-
dience he found to be decorous and
respectful bic in the extreme, and the play
was described as u regular old-fash-
Toned, legitimate play" But the things
that this correspondent saw and heard
there are not, it must be confessed,
things with which decent people wish
themselves or their children to be famil-
lar. Profanity, to begin with, was a
frequent condiment of the play; there
was a scene of drunken carousal, and
n song in praise of wit, women and
wine:" presently came can innuendo
to the last degree obscene, so broad that
there was no installing its meaning"
and by and by an interview in which
one player uses all the arts OF wicked
persuasion to break down another's
virtue. These coarse and indecent
scenes and suggestions naturally made
the father doubt the usefulness of this
form of recreation. And his conclusion
as to the theater-going is one to which
good many people who are by no
means prudish have been forced to
come: Gas things are at present it is
too costly n risk, and the good to be
gained is too indirect, while there are
so many unexceptionable avenues to
benefit and recreation elsewhere.
can imagine stage with plays and per-
formers all pure; shall we ever see it ?"
The prospect of seeing it just now in
New York is not brilliant, if we may
credit the newspapers. The plays that
are now most popular in that city are
described as being glaringly immoral;
ths.lew that are above reproach on the
score of morality are disparaged by the
newspapers and ignored by the public.
The new opera, too, that has been
crowding the Academy, is based upon
one of the most disgusting of plots.
THE standard is degenerating," says
the Springfield Republican, If this vul-
carly vicious story, set to perfectly SYM
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

MISS LEWIS, Of Liverpool, formally
and in set terms--in original poetry, it
was-renounced her lover, Mr.. Molly
neux; called him a "deceiver," babe
him "go," and declared that hereafter
she would be dead to him; then, when
he took her at her word and married
another woman, sued him for breach of
promise. The jury gave her EGO dam
ages, but Mr.. Justice Manisty declined
to give her certificate for costs, so that
she is actually out of pocket. Thejudge
said the action was one which should
never have been brought, and that she
had been very fortunate in finding a
jury who would give her damages for
the loss of a man whom she had "spurn-
ed and despised until he married an
other woman"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

A LONDON magazine says that a light
of British science was lately visited by
a kentuckian admirer, who said: "Sir,
We admire your writings, and have
shown it. We had no academic dis
tinction to confer on you, having no
university; but We have done our best.
We are racing people and have named
our best stallion after YOU" '.t.at- "a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

BEST organs as whole and best work.
msnship i'll detail, is the conclusion
reached at the Paris Exposition as to
the Mason e. Hamlin Cabinet Organs.
Organs from thirty best makers in the
world were tested and compared by four
j ,ries-viz the Glass Jury, Group Jury,
Jury of Presidents and Supreme Jury,
who awarded to Mason & Hamlin two
highest awards.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

bank MDtooQ 81 0oaeuQ ~ a1I0 o3k(SI
wards climb uf cataract On olack
rope, with : saIe on her hack, while the
detectives paused frightened on the
brink, it might do.
He had broken his promise to marry
the girl, and her father wanted .
money consideration to help heal .
wounded heart. The young man said
he would consider reasonable PROPOSE
tion. swell, them" said the irate
father, who was seeking justice for his
daughter, young man, how does a
dollar and half strike you'll"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

A GIRL Is years of age was married
to her second husband at Fleming, Ky.
last week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

AUSTRALIAN cricketers, who came a
a great ways to win new laurels at
Philadelphia, take back with them a
score wholly on the wrong side.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

ALL the banks organized under the
state law of Iowa are obliged to make
full reports to the state auditor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

askeo y - h9d -any 36}Sv ~
oeut&nce of dean - ~ ele
him, replied that Is Womb ....,. upon
he named. P"peF' which
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

HOUSEWIVES FAvoRIrE." such has
d. B. DeLand e. Co.'s Best Chemical Sa!
'rntus proved itself Being always full
weight, and of the very oes. quality.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

The telegraph line from Deadwood
to Fort Keogh, NJ. T., has been COM
pleted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

A young man in this city, who sent
a manuscript play to theatrical man.
ager, had it returned to him with the
remark that if he would only work it
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04

ofieinI cheerfulness and strength. The Doctors
.kil in the trea, ment Of Seminal weakness
or Nervous Exhaustion cannot he s1osusd IN the
nnalius Art A1Circulars sent free. -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-08

Since our last report we have received
notices OF meetings at jacksonville, where
there was large attendance and deep
interest; and at West Randolph, where
have assembled the largest audiences ever
known in the town, and where many con-
versions have been made. At Bennington
Miss rOwnley and Mis-. Buck are holding
meetings, and correspondent reports that
a deep asd general interest in the work is
felt in the town. Among the less extern
sIve movements We note meetings (some Of
them denominational) Mt East Hubbardton,
Bradford, Montpelier, Worcester (where a
number OF conversions are reported) North
Hero. East Dorset. and other points. In
all these places the work has been more or
less fruitful. In Rutland county nearly
every church has experienced more or less a
quickened religious interest. and large ad-
ditions have been made to the churches as
the result. Altogether. though there is not
so great an outward movement in the inter
ests of religion as a few weeks ago, yet
many Of the churches of the State are reap
ing a rich harvest of good from what has
been done, and it Is confidently believed
that there is an abiding thoughtiulness and
seriousness among the masses, not srpar-
ent before for many years. The outlook is
most encouraging.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-08

The Springfield Republican gave Mr.. Moody
pretty cool and critical reception. at the
commencement Of his work in that city /;
but Mr.. Moody has fairly captured his critic.
as be has so many before. The Republican
now SAYS of him
Mr.. MoOdy's secrets of power, from the
human standpoint. are worth inspection.
First Of all,-his genuineness; it shines
through the man and makes him personally
attractive. We 90 with prejudices and con-
trarietIes. but, on looking him we'll over,
we like him lie speaks what he mean,
ard means what he speaks. and without
the least suggestion of ministerial airs, or
| holy tones. or piOus mannerisms, he
pitches right in. without introduction
| or clrcumlOcutlOE, Just as an earnest man
would talk on the sidewalk, wholly nncon-
| strained. unartitcial, and unconventional.
IL is like a fresh breeze, on Spring morn
ing, coming through pine woods. We like to
draw it in. Mr.. Moody is unlettered but not
unlearned. A man OF one book. he has
studied It, believes in 1t, Interprets it SIM
| ply, naturally and transparentlY. with small
regard to any niceties of exegesis. but in
| just the homely. VIVID. Saxon, John Bur
! yan-lIke way that the people relish. lie
| also redus men, anu taxes In the character
AMI moods OF his audiences with a ready iu-
sight, lighting and shading his discourses
by apt anecdotes and illustrations. with a
spice Of natural humor which may flash
broad smile over the assembly, but not to
mar the Just proportions Of the final effect.
| And 1t rs the effect Of one thought at
| time. struck at once. deity turned over and
| over, thrust into the conscience and pound
ed under glowing heat. into q sledge ham
mer or a cleaning scimetar, but dropped in
season, before the appeal has time to cool
! OF the benedictiOn becomes a relief. Mr..
MOody's ecqnence is that of warm heart,
an earnest, glowing purpose. a perfect self
| control, strong common sense, and pun
gent, hOmoly, rugged and rapid speech,
always graphing tho conscience at close
quarter, but never forgetting to speak the
| truth ia love.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-08

N,upIvn AZ I,sr-A uennine Love ro-
u,,,o, ,;,h, IN tho midst If ,b;s nrosaic
Al. oam - - A.
- =. -. ho,;,n .h.
80 ,.uof FL. IN
marriage tne o'ner 10. y, I,on "anousn'
Oh MiuuI'ouiy' anu N''',n MIA Vi Nof'n,
neia' Ice long E years "so - "Uo'u ON
won the loSelV ElIsn' anu 'n' "euuing Jay
was set; out a lover quafiei LOOK piAoo
and the gallant gay ho'nAr,o "al'Zed Oh
on i.'S ear as II ~efe' Vi w. o'Aei means
OIL placihg mucn teffi'p,S Do'"oon uins,"
anu tue iair Hi'en' n N III INV =
poetic OUT unremunera'ire oo0upa'ioh u