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The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14
Prophets Without Honor.

A recent American traveller states that although all of the ruder part of the population of Stratford are familiar with Shakespeare's name, very few knew why he was famous.
 Yes, that's the house where Will Shakespeare was born," said one coun- try lout.
 We'll, I'm not certain. I'm think in he held place under Government. '
 Many an ugly duck, even when proved to be swan, has failed to gain recognition in its own barnyard. We remember once to have had as fellow passengers in a stage-coach two stock raisers from Kentucky, neighbors of Henry Clay.
 "What's that fellow Clay doing now?'' said one.
 "Oh, gabble, as usual-gabblel" the other replied. '' Harry had as good stuff for farmer in him as any man in Kaintuck, and as good judgment for a mule. He might have had big plan tation, an been a rich man to-day eff he'd not taken to foolin' with politics. But the gift of the gab was the ruin of Harry"
 Daniel Webster used to tell, with k00u fe11Su, Ol HIS T0buTn IO HIS Olu home in Salisbury, N. H., after his fame had become national. He found his way alone to farm next to that where he had been born, and met a grumpy old neighbor, whom he we'll remembered, driving his cows afield. Finding himself unrecognized, MT. Webster had the fancy to see how much his old friends had enjoyed his success.
 '' A man named Webster used to live bereabouts?" he said, interrogatively.
 ''Yes; Ebenezer Webster. He's dead. !"
 ''I believe the old gentleman had some sons."
 "Oh, yes; he had sons."
 MT. Webster waited minute, but there was no mention of the "godlike Daniel"
 "Ah-what became of the sons ?" he asked.
 "Well, Ezekiel, he's dead. He was as good lookin' man as ever I saw, was Zeke.'
 ''And the younger boys?''
 "Well, Samwell, he's rich. He was a wide-awake fellow, Samwell."
 ''There was 8 Daniel?" at last sug- gested Webster.
 "Daniel? I do mind an ill-favored cub of that name. I don't know what come of Daniel. But no good, I'll wager no good"
 If boy or a man feels that he nas the right work in hand, and well i'll hand, he must not wait for encourage ment from friends or neighbors to cheer him on to success.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14
A Faded Empress.

A letter from Olive Logan, to the Cincinnati Enquirer, gives the follow ing glimpse of the Empress Eugenie and the Prince:
 went to the Waterloo station, to see the last of young Louis Napoleon, who is of to the Cape to have look at the Zulus. He was accompanied by Flu genie as far as Southampton. It really gave me a pang to behold this once peerless beauty, to whom l was pre- sented in the days of her utmost splen- dor, both of fortune and of fame. Her appearance was so pathetic that 1t made the tears spring to my eyes. She was attired in a style which we ladies un- derstand as halfmourning, and car ried in her beautifully modelled hand a large bouquet of early spring violets, the chosen emblem of the Napoleonic dynasty, and the odorous hamburger for us all of lovely days to come anon. Her hair is still the beautiful blonde so inseparably connected with her name, and this is something that puzzles me, unless accept the explanation which has been given by some observers, that she wears a wig. Certainly there is not thread of gray visible. Other wise she has aged indeed. She looked positively haggard. pale as ghost, her dropping, fatigued eyes encircled with the blue rings of care and anxiety. Her faded appearance formed a great contrast with that of her son, rose bud of young fellow, in the first blush of joyous youth, up to anything you like, you know and evidently just bubbling over with pleasurable excite ment at the thought of going out to the seat of war with numbers of the greatest swells" in the British army. One has only to see these two relics of the imperial shipwreck to fully under stand what fearful sacrifice it must be to Eugenie to give up her boy, even for the short period of four months, which is supposed to be the length of his stay in Africa. She is the French mother to the very letter, quite diff ferent being from an English or an American maternal parent. She has no sanQtrOid with him her eyes are in- cessantly upon him idolatry is legible in every glance. Since his departure her condition, I hear has been really alarming. Tears, sobs and faiting fits have succeeded each other almost un- while cries of '' o, mon flS; mon .1its cheri!" have wrung the hearts of her listening attendants.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14
One of MT. Lincoln's ParabIes.

At an entertainment given under the auspices of the Hebrew Young Men s Association, recently, Rev. Dr. Szold, rabbi of Hanover street synagogue, delivered Q lecture on Abraham Lin coin, in which he related several short anecdotes concerning the great man. pr. Szold said that MT. Lincoln had the most remarkable faculty for solving difficult problems by telling simple little stories or parables. He compared him to Alexander the Great cutting the Gordian knot, for he would unravel the most intricate question by the sword of his keen and incisive wit. It was not Mir. Lincoln's nature, he said, to argue a point, but when per sons would come to him with com plaints he often gave them his views on the subject in short and comprehen- sive parable. As for instance, some gentlemen from the West had called at the White House, and had been har- anguing MT. Lincoln in an excited man. ner about the omissions and commis- sions of the government. He heard them patiently for time, and finally said |: Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold :; and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara Falls on tight rope, would you shake the rope while he was passing over it, or keep shouting to him, Blondin. stoop little more;' Go little faster?' No, am sure you would not. You would held your breath as well as your tongue, and keep your hands of until he was safely over. Now, the govern ment is in the same situation, and is carrying across a stormy ocean an i'm mense weight; untold treasures are in it's hands; 1t is doing the best it can ; don't badger it {; keep silence, and 1t will get you safely over. .''-Baltinaore American.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14
Florida AlligatOrs.

The habits of Florida alligators are thus described by the Savannah Ne,cs " Although alligators are very clumsy, their quickness in some cases IS re markable, as when in the water a speed of from five to eight miles an hour Is made, and on land they are able to throw themselves over half a circle, using the fore feet for fulcrum, strik- ing their enemy with their tail with tre- mendous force.
 "In getting food the alligator shows a remarkable degree of cunning. Fish Is acceptable, and to catch them num- Der of alligators form in line, driving the fish before them into a cove or in let.
 "Then eachs alligator makes rush, catches a fish in his open mouth, rises to the surface, losses the fish into the air, at the same time expelling the wa ter by current of air drawn through the nose, and is ready to bolt the fish when it falls.
 lowing to the formation of the teeth the alligatorscannot masticate his food, but bolts 1t in small chunks. The gullet is not large.
 ''Prey of size is concealed until 1t begins to putrefy, when it is sought and deYoured. The largest animals are attacked if they get into the water, dragged down and drowned.
 ''Last spring large OK when into the waters of Lake Jackson, not far from Tallahassee, to drink. An alliga- tor fastened to the fore leg of the ami nal, crushing the bone. The OK strug- gled on shore, dragging his antagonist with him.
 "At this time the shore was black with alligators, attracted by the smell of blood, and some crawled upon the bank. The OK fought valiantly, tossing one of the monsters high into the air.
 '' From the effects of the fall it lay on the ground stunned considerable time. But the wounded OK again got into the water, and mammoth alliga- tor closed on his nose and dragged him under"
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14
Artificial Flowers How to Renew
 Them.

When a spray of artificial flowers be- comes what many would call ruined. they may be made over to look nearly, if not quite as good as new. Take the flower or rose, for instance, and fold each petal in the center, and with the scissors trim around deep enough to take of all the folded and ragged edges, one petal at time. If it is a soiled white or yellow flower, dip a pen into red or purple ink, and vein the center of each petal. the heaviest strokes near est the center.
 Make some spots of red on petals the more the flower is soiled the more spots and veins make All flowers may be treated in this way. After the edges have been neatly trimmed, they may be touched to a little bright dye of any color. If flowers look scKaggy fold each petal into folds, or once in the center, and rub until the fold remains. Rub folds in all alike, no matter if it changes the shape of the flower.
 The leaves, if badly crumpled, may be ironed, but don't iron them unless really necessary. then paint them with shoe bronze, which dries immediately. and makes the leaves stiff and glossy. To the spray may be added small timo- thy heads, tickle grass, heads of oats and other grasses, picked just before ripening dip your fingers in glue made of gum-arabic, or the beaten white of an egg will answer, and moisten the grasses we'll then roll in gold bronze in saucer, one piece at time shake we'll. A little of the gold bronze sprinkled over the leaves as soon as the shoe bronze is put on, and before 1t dries, looks handsome and makes a variety.
 You can get plain green artificial leaves with stems for from 50 to 75 cents per gross of dealers in wax mate rials.
 Ask for and insist on getting the medium size of leaves for artificial flowers, such as rose leaves, large size. etc. bronze the leaves if you like; also jet glass grape balls by the gross, and bronze if not already painted; arrange balls in small clusters, adding leaves, grasses and mosses. Mrs. NJ. A. Sim mons, of Springfield, Lane county. Ore gon, sent me some of the largest and incest mosses have seen, just suitable for artificial flowers.
 Vines made of leaves only with a few grape balls added occasionally are beautiful and cheap.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14
Out of the Jaws of Death.

The Boston Globe says: Among the
 cars injured in the accident at North
 Beverly was one used by the Eastern
 Express Company and owned by the
 Eastern Railroad. The night train
 from Bangor last Wednesday night
 contained this car, and in it, just be-
 fore the train reached Portsmouth,
 were the conductor, messenger and
 baggage Suddenly one of the
 gentlemen felt a jolt, as if the car was
 dropping from under him, and sprang
 to his feet and caught hold of some thing firm in the hope to save himself
 in the expected crash. The conductor,
 seeing the movement, seized the bell
 rope, but as he felt nothing strange
 did not ring, and the train passed on to Portsmouth. No examination was made here, as was formerly the uni
 versal custom, and the train proceeded toward Boston. It had hardly left the depot before the night watchman found on the track between the rails a lateral car spring, and thinking it could come from no other place but from under this and sent dispatch to Greenland, the nearest station, five miles away, to stop the train and see if & spring had been 4OoOs LAO SACCA Al M1o displayed and the train brought to a standstill, when it was found that the spring had come from under one corner of the express car. It was the falling of this spring upon the track which caused the jar. already spoken of. and which awakened the gentleman from his doze beyond Portsmouth. If it had fallen upon rail a wreck would have been inevitable. Had the car lurched badly upon the bridge at Kit tery the signal tower there would have been struck and disaster would have re- suited. Had the spring dropped else where than within the range of the watchman's vision the train would have sped on until 1t had reached some curve at speed, when the cars would probably have been torn from the road bed into ruin. Thus the benefit of running a road by telegraph is exemp- lified, and thus the tell tale click over the wires saved life and limb, and also the entailing of heavy financial loss upon the road But Providence ruled that there should be prompt dis covery of the danger, and not only the but the whole community should have feelings of profound thanks giving.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14
The Great Northern Packet, Hudson
 Bay.

Communication Is maintained be- tween every post in the vast territory and headquarters during the long months of winter by means of the Great Northern Packet, which leaves Fort Garry annually about the 10th of December. The appliances for the carriage of this important mail are snow-shoes and dog sledges. The lat
 ter are two in number, drawn by four
 dogs each. Upon each of these sledges there are bound pair of stoutly con structed boxes, measuring about three feet in length by eighteen inches deep and fourteen wide. These wooden mail-bags. when properly packed, con tain an astonishing amount of written and printed matter. The dogs run at a regular trot, the drivers accompany ing them on foot at the rate of about forty miles per day. The frozen chan nels of the rivers and lakes form the general roadway, and Lake Winnipeg is traversed to Fort Carlton, near the eastern end of the Saskatchewan Val ley, the chief center of the winter packet arrangements. Here the entire mail is overhauled and repacked, branch packets being sent of east and
 west, while the Great Northern Packet
 journeys on to the remote arctic regions to which it is con- signed. From the morning when the packet left the office at Fort Garry to the evening when the solitary dog train, last of many, drags the same packet into the inclosure of La Pierre s house, more than one hundred nights have been passed in the northern forests.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14
Dear Friend.

Dear friend dear words, if wisely used, But trace them with no hasty hand; Let not the sentence be abused,
 Though an impatient pen command While impulse speaks the souls desire, And executes at once it's aim, Reflection oft will cool the fire Of friendship-or put out the fame- "Dear friend " should be a sacred phrase; In truth conceived. in love expressed; Not made the sport of idle ways, The game of rude and thoughtless jest Beware the tempting of distrust, Which saps the confidence of youth Its mouldy atmosphere will rust The fresh sincerity of truth. The breath of selfish interest dries The native fountains of esteem; Deception lives candor dies, And men are not just what they seem. Give with the hand, faithful heart, The welcome of constant love; {" Dear friend '-the very words impart, The promised trusts of Heaven above
 ". Polyblank Parker.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14

ENcoURA GINa SUICIDE. the most extraordinary of the regulations of the Russian police is one which strictly forbids any one to touch dead or dying man without the sanction of the police. In consequence of this ar bitrary enactment, it is no uncommon thing to see a man lying bleeding and helpless from a severe fall in the streets of Moscow or St. Petersburg without any one daring to assist him. To what an extent this curious tyranny is carried may be judged from single instance. An English gentleman residing at Pe- terhof, a coast town about sixteen miles from St. Petersburg, one morning found his Russian groom hanging by the neck in the stable, and cut him down at once, just in time to save his life. The next day he received visit from the local Inspector of Police. who, far from commenting his prompt hu- manity, vehemently abused him for daring to transgress the law. The Eng lishman heard him to the end without a word, and then said quietly: Well. Mir. Inspector, I'm extremely sorry to have done anything, but I'll make all the amends in my power. If l find yoat hanging anywhere, pledge you my honor won't cut you down."
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14

AMERICAN MANNERS Wherever I went I found all classes of the Ameri- cans not only civil. but highly civilized, as compared class for class with the English ; not only amiable, but as a rule, kind and courteous, and, with rare exceptions, well-informed, we'll bred, and having more refinement of manner than any other people I have ever come among. What struck me es- pecially in New York was the invariable civility shown by all classes of men to women, whether the women rustled in silk or wore linsey-woolsey or home spun ; however crowded the car or the footway, room was at once made for the lady. Does not this somewhat contrast with the surly, grumpy incivility that is shown to the fair sex in our public carriages and streets If one entered aroom in club or hotel one was not met by those assembled with Q t Who the dash is this person whom none of us know, and what in the dash does he here?" sort of look nor, enter in con- versation with some one in 8 railway car or steamer, was one greeted with that truly British stare which, in this country of insults, prejudice and arro- gant assu mption, conveys as plainly as words, the question, "What the mis- chief do you mean by speaking to me without waiting for an introduction !? J
 Lord R0nGld Goaoer, i1a Vanity Fair.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14

A Providence young man was in Bos- ton with friend the other day. They went to leading hotel for dinner. and after eating, the former called for two cigars. The waiter asked what kind of cigars he would have. This made the young man indignant, for he is high toned in dress and looks, and he said l: '' You heard my order, didn't you Now you be sure and bring ne the best" He got the best, and he had to pay three dollars for two of them.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14

An old Pennsylvania burgher paid his forty-fifth yearly subscription to a local paper few days ago, remarking {: z. I never learned to read, but I have a good wife and she always reads the paper to me-" He made nc reference to her reading him curtain lectures.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14

A subterranean forest has been dis covered in Germany, in a valley watered by the River Fulda. Doctor Maesta, Government geologist, who made the discovery during an official exploration, pronounces the trees to be of enormous size, and to date back in their orign to remote period. They are entirely buried beneath the surface of the valley but several hundred of the outermost trunks that border on the banks of the Fulda, have been laid bare by the gradually encroaching cur rent of the stream. The wood has ac- quired deep black color, and has be- come exceedingly hard. It is believed that it was excellent material for sculpture. One trunk that was found in the bed of the river, has been re- moved to Berlin, to be placed in the National Geological Museum. Whether these trees are of a species now in ex- istence, or one that is extinct, has not been determined.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14

An exhibition of the sewing art in Boston school must have been a novel sight. One thousand pupils were en- gagged in fitting Things to dresses. On show were 166 finished garments, the work of the pupils during the two hours which are allotted to sewing in each week of the school year. There was a pair of pantaloons made by girl of Il. There was a boys suit made by a girl of 13. Another girl of 13 had com pleted thirty-five large garments dur ing a years sewing hours. And in many ways the pupils proficiency was demonstrated.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14
That Mysterious Transparent Clock.

One of Houdin's most puzzling con- trivances was clock, consisting simply of brass hand and a glass dial, and which, ia spite of its complete trans parency and absolute lack of anything Corresponding to an inside pendulum or weights, kept accurate time, and what was more curious still, returned to cor rect time if purposely moved backward or forward. There were other per formances of this mysterious timepiece, but the chief source of interest was the veritable keeping of time by clock without any works, and the same kind of mechanical mystery has since been frequently exhibited, very much to the bewiIderment of people in general. if not to the moro ingenious of mechani- cians. The French Society for the En- couragement of National Industry has recently been Investigating and report ing on the subject. They have issued s bulletin" illustrated by engravings which lay bare the mystery in all its details. Without entering into the minutie of the matter, it may be ex- plained that the mechanism, 1t appears, lies coiled up in the ornamental knob in which the hand terminates behind the central pivot-at the end of the hand opposite 10 the pOlnb 1nulcAI1nS the time on the dial. This knob con tains the whole of the clock-work, con- sisting of handspring and system of wheels which carry round little plat mum weight once in twelve hours. The motion of this weight round the inside of the ornamental knob keeps altering the center of gravity of the delicately- balanced hand, which thus by its own weight moves in o circle round the dial once in twelve hours, or, by simple modification of the ma chinery, once every hour. It is easy to see that as any external inter ference with the hand or hands of such clock does not affect the motion of the little platinum weight, they must natur- ally revert to the position in which that weight will sustain them on being all lowed to move freely again.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14

SPANISH RAILwAYs.-Hon. John D. Washburn, of Worcester, in letter in the Worcester Spy, describing his tray els in Spain, says:
 Spanish railways are very safe. The trains move so slowly that no damage could occur from collision or running off the track. The Spaniard is never in a hurry. The most painful delays are submitted to without murmur, and the timetables are so made up as to ad- init of long stops, never less than five minutes, and from that to twenty. The length of stay is cried out at the mo- ment of stopping, and you may calcu- late with absolute certainty on little more time than is promised. The great express trains which run between Mad rid and Barcelona, which you would compare naturally with our fast trains between Boston and New York, are set down to accomplish eighteen miles an hour. The Spaniard is perfectly satis- fled with this, and smokes his cigar or cigarette with complacency which nothing can disturb.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-14

The daughter of Canadian post master has lately gained the plaudits of the '' fire brigade" On seeing house on fire she took ladder on her shoul ders, mounted to the roof, through which the flames were blazing, and with a dozen pails of water soon subdued them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-08

w edHe>Gay, NoVem"et ~ 1910.
AFTiRxO0N Board net
Ia suant to ali ijyurnment. Ii. MuI-
beruer ID the chair. MEETING called
lo, order by he char. Roll called by
he Clerk. Members all present except
Walker.
Clerk presented report with a
lit of county orders remaining two
years uncalled for, accortlhs t. chap
ter SO laws Of 1873, which was read
and bv the Chair referred to proper
commit e
TO the Honorable Board Of Super
yisors cf Il. J.ferson County:
The County Clerk bess leave to
to present t, your honorable body a
list of uucaled for County orders re-
maininy two years uncalled for in the
Uourty Clerk Office, according t.
chatter SO general laws of 1878. aud
herew tn pre- ents list Of same, with
number of the order, date, amount
aud payee, and would respe, ttuiy ask
of your honorable body the llst be re-
ferred t. the committee on comparing
uucalled for orders.
W. II. HAKE, County Clerk.