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The New York herald., 1879-07-15

T ONG ISLAND RAILROAD.
IL ROUND TRIP So CENTS
ROCKAWAY BEACH
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS
Leave Hunters Point Flatbush avenue. Brooklyn ten
minutes earlier) at s. g. o. TO- IL A. M noou 80 30
4 80. q and =. NJ.
RETURNING-Leave Beach at 9 40. s:l5 lO:lO A. NJ,
IL 80 20, 24O 3:20, 20. 80, 20, 20 so
=. n.
SUNDAYS.
Leave Hunters Point Flatbush av., Brooklyn. min
ntes earlieD ut 9, TO- ii A. NJ ~ 30 80 30 and
4:3O r. NJ.
RETURNING-Leave Beach at IL so 500, 20. 4 40
10. 80 q 20, and . 80 r. NJ
T oNG BRANCH PIER-oCEAN ROUTE.-THREE
trips daily Long Branch direct, landing at the
grcat iron Tabular Ocean Pier Coolest sa finest
fastest Quick route cheap fare changes
morning boat for Now York. Arrangements been
perfected to the splendid steamer ADELAIDE every
morning from the great pier at rs, arriving
pier l. North River at l5 A. M Excursion and regular
time table The Adelaide leaves nd st. North River
10 A. N. and 80 r. NJ pier l. North River, At 10 30
A. n. and 4 r. NJ. Long Branch. 7:15 A. M, and :l5
p NJ Fare, 50 cents round trip including pier ticket
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The old Fort will bc fortified Sham Battle fought
steamer Join y; STAIN viii leave pier Is. N. H.,
Cortlandt st. at 20 A. NJ 34th st., N. H.. $40
. Excursion tickets, Toe.
All arrangements under respons sibe committee Of the
Wayne Monument Association
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EXCURSIONS.

A -A-ROCKAwAY BEAcH.-THREE GRAND Ex
IA. CURsIONS DAILY AND SUNDAY
by the famous COLUMBIA and GRAND REPuBL.ic
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fI,O CHARTER FOR ExCURsIONs-THE THREE
decked. saloon steamer WALTER BRITT Apply ut
onhcc of BRIGGS Excursions. ss4 West st, opposite
Christopher street ferry.
The New York herald., 1879-07-15

magnheently furnished and fitted and conceded to be
THE FINEST EXCURSION STEAMERS in the WOkLD
combining safety. speed and comfort
The New York herald., 1879-07-15

pARTIBs OR FAMILIES DESIRING A PICNIC Ex.
cursion will Ind IL Ia their advantage to visit ay
View Highlands, N. j. on steamer TiIOMA Al COLI
YER leaving bnlkhead. between Harrison and FRANKLIN
sts at9;fo A. M and Bay View at O'Clock r. NJ on July
10 ~ aud IL Good safe bathing Fare round "Trip 30 cents
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In addition the GRAND REPUBLIC AND COLUMBIA
will make Special Excursions when the tide permits.
Returning leave Iron Pier minutes to p. NJ.
and = T. NJ. LAST BOAT leaves 10 L. NJ
Single Fare, IS cents Excursion Tickets. SO cents,
WHICH INCLUDE ADMISSIONS TO THE PIER
Return Tickets are good ON either boat.
The New York herald., 1879-07-15

FORT LEE PARK and STEAMBOAT COMPANY'S
LEAVE Canal st. for FORT LEE DAILY 30 10 and
IL A. NJ; l. 2 $780, s. g. T. and IL y. NJ. SUNDAYS,
y 10 and IL A. M IL NJ 2, 3. 4, S. ., =. NJ.
10 minutes later.
For PLEASANT VALLEY EDGEWATER and SHADY
SIDE landings card time tables. Boats leave FORT
LEE daily. 545 80 80 aud II 30 A. M; u NJ; q 45
:45 and 10 +. VI. Boats leave Fort Lee Sunday
g. ~. IL A. I'm; 2.3,4,5;e, z. 8 and l0P. N.
Ferryboxt ABBIE leaves Manhattan Vile 3th ST. for
Fort Lce hourly from 80 A. M. r. NJ Fare lOc
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EXCURSIONS.
4 DELIGHTFUL MIDSUMMER CRUISE
EXTENSIVE AND EcoSoXlcAL PLEASURE TRIP
PICTURESQUE NEW SSs 'IEsseLASp. COAST,
''' NARRAGxSsETT BAY.
il @ vsx E, the s the States
WITH LOSS OF ONLY one DAY FROM BUSINESS,
ELM CITY.
FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY AND MONDAY,
This favorite steamer will leave her pier, No 25 Peck
slip East River az half past aye O'clock on
touching the foot Of 23d ST. East River O'clock
the Famous Cod Fishing Locality;
49, The wealthiest City of its size in the Union;
the Great Rhode Island Clam Bake Resort;
America. Most Fashionable Watering Place;
the Celebrated Camp Meeting Grounds;
ITINERARY OF ROUTE.
Leave New York at 30 r. M. ..... Friday, July IL
crwo hours for cod hshng)
Leave Block Island att A. Saturday, July 10
Arrive Providence ut A. Saturday, July 10
Leave Providence IL Saturday, July 10
Arrive Rocky Point at L. Saturday, July 10
Rhode Island Clam Bake at 80 =. M Saturday July 10
Leave Rocky Point at T. M. Saturday, July 10
Arrive at Newport at 80 r. Saturday. July 10
Leave Newport at A. Sunday, July 70
A. Sunday. July 20
Leave Oak Bluffs at +. M Sunday, July 20
Arrive at New York at A. M....... Monday, July n
No CHARGE FOR BRRrHs in CABINS.
Meals on boardBreakfast and supper 5oc dinner 75c
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LEAVE R0CkAWAY II A. NJ 4 80 and 80 r. NJ
FARE, 10 CENTS. EXCURSION TICKETS. so CENTS.
EXCURSION TICKETS, which include fares BOTH
WAYS ON the STEAMERS aud ELEVATED ROADS are
for sale at all stations at SO cents.
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MANY MUSICAL ATTRACTIONS ON EACH BOAT
Military Bands. Martial and Operate Music,
Cornet Soloists. Violinists, Xylophonists, &C.
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Sailing from pier 81 North River, foot Beach st.
For NORFOLK, PETERsBu RG aud RICHMOND direct,
TUESDAY THURSDAY and SATURDAY. 3P NJ
For RICHMOND, via WEST POINT MONDAY. WE'D
NESDAY and SATURDAY. . T.. NJ.
Steamers for LEWES, Del. and REHOBOTH BEACH
and connecting railroads, MONDAY. WEDNESDAY and
FRIDAY, ats r. NJ
Through tickets and bills of lading to all
points Insurance effected at "A per cent.
Freghts recciy oil daily NJ pier 81 North River
General Office. lD7 tireen Mich st.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-15
A Famous Old Street in Paris.

Baron Hausmann and his successors
have left undisturbed, thus far, in the
heart of Paris, street which has an air
about it of great antiquity. The time
was, remarks the London Globe, when
Paris was the most difficult and awk-
ward city to drive through in the whole
of Western Europe. But the wonderful
changes in late years make it very curl
Gus that in a quarter the most fire.
quented in the city, and where i'm
provements have been the most general,
there should remain street dating from
the seventh century, and famous for its
association with Queen Brunehild, the
contemporary of the not less famous
Fredegonde. 1t is called the Street of
the Withered Tree" and it was there,
at the place where the street is crossed
by the modern Rue de Rivoli, that the
execution of Brunehild took place in the
year 613. She had fallen into the hands
of Clothaire, the son of Fredegonde, who
accused her with having caused the
death of ten Kings, or sons of Kings,
and arraigned her before the officers of
the army, by whom she was condemned,
at the age of eighty, or as some assert, at
ninety, to punishment considered
worthy of her crimes. For three days
she was exposed in mean and ragged
garments on the back of camel, and
on the fourth was attached by her hair
and one of her legs to the tail of an un-
broken horse, which, so soon as he was
let loose, dashed her to pieces against
the stones of Withered Tree-street."
Through the Middle Ages the street was
the resort of seditious Parisians, and
the scene of constant disorders. There
were in it three noted coffee-houses
which, in the latter half of the eigh
teenth century, were frequented by the
cyclopedist fraternity
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-15

A TRAMP applied for food at the house
of suburban agriculturist recently, and
while he was eating the rations that had
been furnished at his solicitations, he
was asked
Why do you not 60 to work?'
81 have looked long for place that
would suit me-" he replied, "but have
never found itp'
"Is there not plenty work at farm
ingP' asked the interrogator.
"Oh, yes" said the tramp, "plenty
of it; but you see, sir, want to find a
vineyard where the man who goes in at
the eleventh hour is the first to come
out and receive full days wages. In
the old time, they dealt fairly by man
That is New Testament treatment, and
that is what am looking for."'
At the close of his meal he started
again in pursuit of that coveted agricul
tural opportunity.-Noracich Bulletin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-15
Gen. Jackson's Reply to a Letter Of
Mock Coincidence.
lCauseur in Boston Transcript


Not long after Gen. Jackson's retire.
ment from the Presidency, rumor got
abroad that ne was bankrupt. This was
too good chance of banter for the
Wings, whose detestation. of Old Hick-
ory followed him to his retreat at the
Hermitage, to neglect. A Whig firm in
Cincinnati, taking ironical pity on the
old hero, pasted two cards together, in
serted two of the large old fashioned
copper cents between them, and in
closed them in an unprepaid letter to
the ex-President full of mock condo
lence. The postage on the letter was
seventy-six cents, which Gen. Jackson,
not knowing what was within, promptly
paid. He at once sat down end penned
Characteristic reply, inclosing the two
cents back to his would be prosecutors.
This reply they did not see fit to take
out of the post-office, and it found its
way to the dead letter officeAt Washing
ton. The original is now in the posses
sion of Mr.. Geo. NJ. Towle, who kindly
permits Causeur to insert it here. 1t is
full of Old Hickory's gruff, sarcastic
humor, as well as his bad spelling and
grammar, as will be seen:
HERMITAGE, May II, 1887.
"QBNTLEMEN-You kind letter, convey.
ing your charity of two copper cents, which
you forwarded on hearing that was broke,
and bill drew by me for $4,000 had been
returned protested, has been received; and,
as you have been imposed upon by the vile
falsehoods that are daily circulated by the
Whiggs, your kind charity is herewith re-
turned to you, that you may dispose of it,
in charity, to such Of the Whiggs that may
have been employed in trading in stocks
and land, and in swindling the poor. Have
the goodness to inform all your friends that
I have not drawn a.draft for any sum, on
any one, for twenty years, nor have any
use for your Kind charity, having long since
learned to live within my osUn means. Your
charity is, therefore, returned to you in the
same envelope you sent it, supposing, from
the material and great care taken, it is your
only charity repository, and the objects OF
charity in your city would be much injured
If not returned to you.
Your mo. obt. servt., TIL dsoth,
~ 'ANDREw JACKSONn :
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-15
"AccErrED AND WILL ArrEAR.

One evening while reclining
In my easy chair, repining
Ger the lack Of true religion, and the dearth o
common sense,
solemn-visaged lady
Who was surely on the shady
Side OF thirty entered proudly and to crush me did
commence:
" 1 sent poem here SIR"
Said the lady, growing 6ercer,
And the subject which I'd chosen, yeu remember
iHi sir, was Spring. ,a7 ifi 1le
But, although Tve scanned your paper, \
Sir, by sunlight, gas and taper,
I've discovered of that poem not solitary thing
She was muscular and wiry ~
And her temper sure was fiery,
And knew to pacify her would have to lift
like fun.
E So told her ere her verses, so
Which were great. had come to-bless us
We'd received Just sixty-one on Spring" oi
which we'd printed one.
And added we've decided
That they'd better be divided
Among the years that follow-one to each succeed
ing spring.
So your work, Pm pleased to mention,
Will receive our best attention
In the year Of nineteenforty, when the birds begin
'i TO singl Free Press
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-15

WHEN student at the bar is called
up for examination he is asked the
question, What is law?" Whereupon
he replies, his eye in fine frenzy roll
ing: Law, in its most general and
comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of
action. In this sense it is applied indis-
criminately to all kind of actions,
whether animate or inanimate, rational
or irrational" !" Three years after he has
begun practice. If he is asked what law
is, he answers disgustedly: "Law is 8
deuced uncertain Maysef making a pre-
carious living. NescafkstdA.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-15
A RUNAWAY TRAIN. !
A Terrible Ride Taken While the Engineer
and FIrernnn were Fishtinx ff ouk
Topeka CommonNeaith.f
Last Monday eyeuing passenrel

lIopekn CommOuHeaitnsI
Last Monday evening passenger
train on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railroad came rattling up the valley
between Parsons and aEmporis, with
Dave Dunham at the throttle and Johnny
Haley at the furnace, just IS it has
every evening for the past six years.
E As engineer and fireman these two
boys haye stood side by side on this run
since the spring Of 1873, and have not
only registered on time but have, BY
their strict attention to the rules of the
road, gained the confidence Of their en-
ployers and the friendship of, many
people living along this division of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas. They
have been the best of friends--a kind of
friendship that danger cements and
makes stronger has held them together
for years-and but for the altercation
giving rise to this item they might have
filled their respective statio for q ife-
time, and their names never appeared
in the newspaper prints. As the train
pulled out from the low land on the
Neosho and struck the prairie the con-
ductor noticed sudden change IN speed,
but thinking the boys might be lift.
ing . her little to meet the grade, paid
no attention to it. The grade was met
and passed as though no grade was
there, and then down the hill she started
at terrible rate. As, she skimmed
along the passengers began to show
signs of nervousness as they saw farm
houses rushing along as close together,
apparently, as in Kansas town, and
the conductor, too, began to think all
was not right at the " steam end. As
the speed increased at every revolution
of the wheels, cushions, lunch baskets,
bundles and babies flew around the car
like mad; and now the thoroughly
frightened passengers appealed to the
conductor 70 stop, the train. BY this
time he realized the danger himself,
and, knowing that a. Santa Fe freight
train had the g right Of way" at the
Emporia Junction, and that it would be
certain death to reach there ahead Of
time. he ierked the bellrope as though
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-15
cstewayo IN His wsf.eear.

= ~ a.. 3 Il. ..4k
An 0Old Colonist contributes to an
English paper the following description
of the King of the Zulus:l = His eyes
we're exceptionally large and brilliant,
but his forehead, though broad for
.Kafir, was very receding, while the
lower part of his face denoted deter
mined and brutal nature. He was very
elaborately dressed. Over his shoulders
was fastened leopard skin keeros or
cloak, reaching down to the back of his
knees; round bis loins he wore hand
some moochy-that is, a band of tiger
cat skin, with deep fringe Of stripes OF
the same skin hanging downward. His
wrists and ankles were decorated with
rings of red, white, and black beads, and
his hair with several ostrich feathers.
In the slit in his right ear (the distin-
guished mark of the Zulus who are aid
a SO cut in the lobe of both ears in in
fancy) he carried very ornamental
snuf.box, made from piece Of bamboo
cane, carved and decorated with beads.
and in the slit in his left ear he Carried
a comb. The Zulu comb is about six
inches long, and is made of bone or
ivory. The top of the handle is of the
shape of the bowl of spoon, and with
it they measure out snuff. The lower
part is elaborately carved. The teeth,
Of which there are only thfee, are fully
four inches long, and resemble the
prongs of fork. In his right hand
Cete 1ayo carried a hunting assegai, and
on his left arm his shield. The hunting
shield is. much smaller than the wal
shield, and is made in this way: A bull
locks skin is sdried, and out Of the center
a piece is cut of the required size and
shape, only one shield being obtained
| from one skin.s The center Is supported
by slips of tough green hide, and from
top to bottom on the inside a stout stici
is fixed, by which the shield is held; ant
| mostly, as was the case with Cetewayo's g
the top1of the stick is surmounted b,
the tail of the tiger cat"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-15
The Emperor OF Russfa's Own Account
of the Attempted Assassination.

A correspondent of the France at st.
Petersburg states that as soon as the
Gar had entered the. Winter Palace
after the attempt had been made to
shoot him, he gave orders for all his
friends and the high State officials to be
admitted to his presence, and repeated
to them the event which had Just oc-
Cured in the following terms:
81 was taking my usual walk this morn
ing at nine o'clock, and, feeling rather
tired, was about to return to the Pal
ace, when / saw coming toward me
along the deserted flags good looking
young man of about thirty years Of age.
/ looked at him mechanically as he ap-
preached, thinking the while if that
man wished to kill me it would be very
easy for him to do SO. This strange pre-
sentiment was all the more inexpIicable
as there was nothing in the strangers
appearance to suggest his being con-
spirator. He wore the dress of clerk
in the Finance Department and his de-
meanor was perfectly correct. AS these
thoughts were passing through my mind
| saw him put his hand into the pocket
of his cloak, take from it pistol and
aim at me. Instinctively | darted
aside. The shot went off and missed
me. Just as / was on the point of call
ing for help second shot went off, and
| thanks to the movement made to right
myself, it likewise missed is aim. 1
then called for help Policemen ap-
peared Immediately. l walked straight
toward the would be- assassin, who stood
still a few PAGES off. His arm seemed
suddenly paralyzed. The men rushed
at him. He then seemed to recover
himself, and fred two more shots, one
of which unfortunately wounded one of
my preservers, while the other hit the
wall near me. At last the wretch was
secured and disarmed. Thereupon, to
tell you the truth, 1 felt rather faint,
and was brought back to the Palace.
Let us praise God, my friends. 1t is
He who has spared my life"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-15

ADVICE to the dressmaker ?--Be sure
you are right, then gore ahead White
hall Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-15
How Much Can One Read !.

The longest single poem, believe, ex-
tant, isan Italian poem, the "Adone"
of Marini, who lived in the time of
james of England. 1t contains forty
five thousand lines. As for Spain, one
single author of the seventeenth CEN
tury, Lopez de Vega, wrote one thousand
eight hundred plays. His works al
together fill forty-seven quarto volumes.
Alonzo Tostado, Spanish bishop of the
fifteenth century, wrote nearly forty
folios, covering with print three times
as many leaves as he had lived days. To
come to England, William Prynne
wrote two hundred different works.
Chalmers's collected edition of the Eng
lish poets only comes down to Cowper,
who died in 1900, and fills twenty-one
volumes royal octave, double col
umns, small type. The volumes aver
age seven hundred pages. This gives a
total of fourteen thousand seven hun
dred pages, or twenty-nine thousand
four hundred columns. Now, it takes (I
have made the EXPERIMENT. four
minutes to read a column with fair
attention. Here is good years work
in reading over, only once, q selection
from the English poets The amount of
reading which a student can get through
in given time hardly admits of being
measured by the ell. The rate of read
ing varies with the subject-the rapid
glance with which we skim the columns
of newspaper being at one end of the
scale, and the slow rate which is re-
quired fer page of, say, Kant's
"Critique of Pure Reason being at the
other. Still, just to get something to 60
upon, make calculation in this way |:
Suppose man to be able to read eight
hours day. No one can.really sustain
receptive or critical attention to written
matter for eight hours. But take eight
hours as the outside possibility. Thirty
pages octave is an average hours read
ing, taking one book with another. This
would make two hundred and forty
pages per day, sixteen hundred and
eighty per week, and eighty-seven thou
sand three hundred and sixty pages in a
year. Taking the average thickness of
an octave volume as four hundred pages
only, the quantity of reading which a
diligent student can get over in a year
| 10 AO ulOlO uiidh Oh udl W
about two hundred and twenty volumes
octave. 4....
THE Russian papers tell singular
story of filial devotion. A woman in
Stavropol, sixty years old, had repri
manded her son, full grown man, and
was excited to still greater anger against
him by her daughter. At last she grew
I so infuriated that she raised her arm tt
strike her son; but he grasped hi
mothers arm and prevented the blow
For this action the old lady made com
! plant against him before judge, ant
he was ordered to appear in court
Whereupon, filled with remorse for hav
ing tried to avert the wratbful blow o
| his mother, he seized an ak and choppet
7 off his offending hand.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-11

GRAYsoN Nov. 11.-At Piketon. Satur-
day, Jacob Cline, peaceful citizen, was
brutally murdered by Harry Scott who es-
caped.s
SHELBYvILLE, Nov, 11.-Dr. VIM. A. Will
son, an old citizen of this county, was
found dead near his residence last evening.
His neck was dislocated. He is supposed
to have been thrown from horse.
Mt. VERNON, Nov. 11.-Robert Randall,
who shot and killed Price Price at Pine
Hill last Saturday, was surrendered by the
Sheriff at midnight to Judge George w.
Mcclure. His trial comes off to-day.
ELlzBErHrowN, Nov. 11.-Joseph Pierce
suicided in Breckenridge County, few
miles from Sulphurville. by shooting HIM
self in the head with pistol.
HENDERSON, Nov 1l.--Saturday night
Bob Hite cut Eugene Proctor so that he
bled to death, in drunken quarrel near
Morganfeld Near the same place that
night at colored dance, Pat. Spalding was
cut to death by an unknown assailant.
WINCHESTER, KY, Nov. 11.-Dave Kim
brell, an Estill County desperate, charged
with horse stealing in Powell, after being
twice hanged bv disguised men, confessed,
and is now in Jail at Stanton.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-11
Union Bethel Sunday-school Teachers.

The officers and teachers of the Union
Bethel sunday-school met in the parlors OF
the Children's Home last evening for the
purpose Of holding their first regular meet
ing of the season. There were sixty of the
one Hundred and twenty officers and
teachers present, and after devotional exer-
cses, effected reorganization for the COM
ing year by electing the following officers:
Superintendent. Rev. Thomas Lee; Assist
ant Superintendents Messrs. Philip Hin
kle, Geo. N. Boyce, Dr. J. Taft, Levi Z.
Stevens and Edmund H. Pendleton: Gen.
eral Secretary, w. F. Boyd; Assistant Sec
retares, Messrs. Charles K. LINDSAY, George
R. Chisholm and DR.. w. H. Falls; Order
Committee Messrs. Frank K. Thompson,
Geo. II. Gibson, John Gates Jr, and Frank
T. White; Musicians--O Organ, Robt Gram
dell; Tuba, VIM. Crates; Cornet, James E.
Evans
Committees were then appointed on
Teachers Meetings, Christmas Dinner and
Obtaining New Members, and the report
was made that the school was never in so
prosperous condition as at present. The
attendance was larger than ever before at
this time of year, and on several occasions
| II had been necessary to remove several of
| the classes to other rooms of the building,
the Sunday-school rooms being too small to
contain them.
Last spring reward of family Bible
was offered 70 the person who should OBJ
tain the greatest number of new scholars
| from the 1st Of Nav to the LIST of October.
The reward was gained by little girl liv-
ing over the Rhine, whose name we could
not learn. She obtained as many as eighty
new scholars.