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The New York herald., 1879-08-09
SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.

A domestic named Ann Wilson. Who. on being
sharply reprimsnded by her mistress, Mrs. Eva
Jager. proprietress of the Fourth Ward Hotel, for
sleeping in the afternoon. stabbed the latter.
convicted yesterday in the Court of General Sessions
Of felonious assault Judge Gildersleeve sentenced
her to the Penitentiary for two years.
Edward Maher and Thomas Hardy, two youths
who in spirit of revenge against officer Shields.
threw bricks 1t HIM from the roof of the tenement
house No. Al Spring street. and were convicted Of
feionious assault. were brought up in the General
Sessions yesterday for sentence. Judge Gldersleeve
sent them to the State Prison. each for the or
two years and six months.
Judge Van Brunt yesterday granted writs of
habeas corpus aud certiorarl in the of Thomas
O. Iinehan, committed without bail by Coroner
Elias Bendhein by stabbing him in the eye with
cane. the facts of which have been published. The
case will come up for hearing to-day In Supreme
Court, Chambers.
An oysterman. named william English seized Ed
ward j. Mccarthy by the throat the night OF July
10. and forcing him against bale OF cotton pro-
ceeded to rob him, the result the enterprise being
the sum of 50. On alarm being raised Officer
shalvey hurried 10 the scene aud arrested the high
wayman. When called to the bar of the Court Of
General Sessions yesterday the prisoner pleaded
guilty ana Judge Gildersleeve entenced him to five
In the case OF Francis A. d. sanabris aud Joas b.
Bebclaqua. Eeid by Police Justice smith in S2,5
bail each, on charge OF attempting TO issue forged
brazilian Treasury notes. application WAS made yes
terday by Mr.. William Il. Howe, their counsel, to
Judge Van Brunt, in Supreme Court. Chambers. for
writs OF nabeas corpus and certiorari. The writs
were granted aud made returnaule this morning
1t was expected that Charles q. Fisher. formerly
lieutenant in the United States artillery, ex United
States Assistant District Attorney and OF
Judge Fisher OF Washington, would be sentenced
yesterday. He was convicted In the Court of Gen.
eral Sessions lew days ago of receiving money by
false pretences. having in payment of board uttered
worthless chcck to Superintendent Adams, of the
Metropolitan Hotel. Counsel for the prisoner.
however intimated that he was not as yet prepared
to argue the motion for new trial. and Judge Gil
dersleeve allowed the matter to stand over until
Tuesday next.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-07-26
Reciaiming Land i'm Louisiana

An interesting experiment in the line
of land reclamation is being tried in
Louisiana. A company was organized
to recover from tidal overflow large
tract OF swamp and marsh land in the
parish of Terrebonne and devote it to
the cultivation o rice. The work of
dredging and leveeing has been carried
so far that an experimental field of
seventy-fve acres of rice is already in
cultivation, and everything indicates
that the enterprise will be entirely suc-
cesaful. The soil becomes firm and solid
when well drained, and can be drained
at aamall cost compared with the returns
from the crops. As these crops are BEN
Gifted by being flooded from April 10
August, the land, when once well
diiched and leveed, wonld only need q
he drained twice o year, for The aprine
planting and the fall harvesting. the
water being then again let 10 during the
winter months for the beneft Of chs
soil. AS there are counaiess thousands
of acfes of land of thizaort i'm Louisiana
the success of the experiment opens tht
way for large extension Of the state,
agricultural intAFeets.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-07-26
A GIRLS STRATAGEM.
FROM THE GERMAN OF EMIL Mkn1uer.

Sidonie was pretty, clever girl. and
at the same time very unhappy. Why
For the simple reason, because every
opportunity was lacking for her to SHOW
her preference for the male sex. Sine
lived amongst her parents and younger
brothers and Histers, the monotonous life
of all young girls who live in large
city and are not wealthy. Her daily
tasks were divided between Homework
and discontented fhoughts--.and in the
evening when she retired to rest abe
knew that the coming day would bring
but the sane as the day before. Her
future seemed to her like hot, dusty
highway, along which she must travel,
one stretch 8 day, until she ut last
reached the ei d, to die. Her parents
were poor; balls and parties were not
thought OF, for money and acquaintance
were lacking, they never even walked on
the promenade, for they had no toilettes.
Sidonie liked best to stay at home and
read q French novel. Then Ehe could
often weep in earnest if an elegant bouA
doir or dress was described. Love scenes
she read with coldness. The few ad-
mirers that abe had possessed were
treated with unparalleled GOODNESS. fsOfl
what can these people be thinking ?"
said she, nearly beside herself. GAS if
one could live on love. / should hold
myself too highly for that meagre price
To me my poor girlhood is horribly un~
pleasant; but to be Obliged to plsy the
needy wife seems still more terrible, for
there is no changing it. Mol Rather
will ] remain in my old prison. a second
] could not endure p
She was often scolded for her discOD-
tentedness; they reproved her, but she
worked willingly, her thoughts always
busy.
"Of what use is my industry Who
is interested In q diiigent girlf They
are only good for poor devils, that are
compelled from sheer necessity, 10 found
8 home. Rich gentlemen do not need
diligent, but pretty, piquant wives. ]
am both. Where shall I find the rich
young MANI
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-07-26
The Evolution Rib,e
Londen Freeman

Londen Freeman
The preparation of the neu A,.,-
which is to be inspired by sweet reaa,r'
ableness has not made much advspc. u
yet. We lay before our readers tia 4.
proved version of Genesis. 4 Th,-.
never was q beginning. The Etrns,
without us that maketh for riphta,,,.
ness, took no notice of Anytime. )
And Cosmos was homogeneous and una;s
ferentixtsd, and somehow another evoln.
ton began and molecules appeared 4
And molecule evolved protopsasm, ana
rhymic thrills arose and then there ws.
light. 4. And spirit of energy wa,
developed and 1ormed the plastic caIl
whence the primordial germ. And tbe
primord al germ became protogene, and
protogene somehow shaped cocoon. than
was the dawn of life. 6. And the be,b
yielding seed and fruit tree yielding fruit
after its own kind, whose seed il in isself
developed according to its own fancy
And the Eternal, without us that maketb
for righteousness, neither knew nor cared
anything shout it. z. The cattIe after
his kind, the beast of the earth after hin
kind, and every creeping thing became
evolved by Heterogeneous segregation
and concomitant dissipation of motion
8. So that by the survival Of the fttem
there evolved the simiads from lns ieIlv
fish, simiads differentiated themselye
into the Rnthromorphic primordial types
9. And in due time one lost his tail and
became man, and behold, he was most
cunning of all animals; and loi the fast
men killed the slow men. and it was
ordained 10 be go in every age. 10. And
in process of time, by natural selection
and survival of the fttiest, Mathew
Arnold, Herbert Spencer and Charles
Darwin appeared, and behold, it wa
very good"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-07-26

-ldonle had Young cousin, who had
placed his hopes little on her, and one
Sunday when she had chosen to remain
at horne alone, instead of going in the
heat and dust with her parents and the
children on an excursion, he came and
brought her little box of freshly pub
lished poems. Holding his cousin as an
unhappy and very poetical being he
thought to give her great pleasure.
Sidonie, who was lying in her old,
every-day dress, on q leather sofa, as
nonchalant and piquant as countess on
her divan-.for prettier and mere peevish
than ever Archaeological to glance ut
the poems, and turning the leaves, read
. Spring" Loves Presentimsut"
Longing" then said col how insipid ~
But listen to these" exclaimed her
cousin, as he read a few aloud. "They
are as good as the production of the
majority of poets, who, because they feel
poetical, believe themselves to be
poetsl" A bombast of beautiful senti,
ments; no new thoughts, no great addi,
tion, nothing individual in the whole
book.
80, be atill," said she, and excuse
those ardent lines, these pretty little
poems no more. But perhaps you ere
yourself the author"
"Ono," exclaimed he laughing. 81
have no time to write poetry; but i am
acquainted with the author"
Who is he, then?"
"The SON of the lately deceased Gov
ernor IT,
Sidonie raised herself little.
"1s that 80? Governor T., who lie
such q large fortnne?"
+" Yes, certainly"
g. And the Young poet is the only
ohild9"
/" Yes, the only SON"
(" Already married, probablyT
No, he is only twenty-five"
Engaged, perhaps?"
81 think not; but why all These que
sionsf"
Sidnnie only laughed
After her cousin was gone abe read fha
poems through hastily. Then sat dowr
and wrote long, heartfelt, enthusiastic
letter, at which she could not helT
Laughing. The letter cost her some
trouble; she brought ii, however, &c
completion, and hurried out to carry Il
10 the postofice.
q What harm can it do, !" ahe thought
And for many yeara'ahe had not gone
to bed withHuch q hopeful, happy heart
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-07-26
The Cattle Disease i'm Georgia
Atlanta Constitution.

Atlanta Constitution.
Some weeks ago there were rumors of
new and destructive disease among the
cattle In southwestern Georgia. Atfrst
it was supposed that it was merely some
slight disorder that would prove only
temporary in its nature and local In iis
limits Gradually more and more wa
heard of the disease until now there
comes reports of it's presence in several
sections of the state. 1t lis quite pre-.
valent in Wilkes, Washington and neigh
boring counties. In Morgan county the
COWS and exen S-e said to be suffering
and dying from it. In southern and
southwest Georgia it lis spreading and
growing more malignant. The farmers
in that section are Justly alarmed ut q
danger which has not harmed them o.
yet, but which threatens terrible de.
struction of valuable property. The dis
ease is said to be new in its symptoms
and effects. Country COW doctors and
veterinary surgeons OF better skill have
not as yet seiven it sufficient study 10
find out exactly it's causes or its remedy.
DIR. Jones, the gtste commissioner Of
agriculture, has taken the matter in
hand, and has written to all the local.
ties where it has appeared to find outa
much as possible about this new disease
His correspondents are sending prompt
and intelligent replies, and we hope soon
to give an accurate statement of the
extent, damage and nature of the malady
which is spreading among the cattle 10
Georgia.
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Unskllled WOrkmeHl.
Railroad Gazette.

hAltfuhu ddNetke.
In nearly all railroad shops at the
present time it will be found that large
numbers of unskillsd nen-.that ia, men
who have newer learned. 9 trade--ars
employed at comparatively low wages
Many of the machine tools and much o.
the woodworking machinery are under
the charge of such men, and, as tine
knowledge required to /" run auch ms
chimes is easily learned, men of fhs
class soon become experts In one kind o.
work. and If kept at that kind alone
they soon do as much of it as Ehe mos
skilled mechanic would. OF course, y
the management Of q large establishment
all such men must be under the difec'
tion of some ne who has Q thofeusp
comprehension of the whole business
and who sees clearly what the ltltimaE
end 10 which should be aocompLaneu
There Inust be, and are, men who nH
take all the different parts of locopv
tive or OF car, and who know just nOs
these should be made and how 10 pp'
them all together no as to make 2 CON,
plete machine. TheseSmen must nav y I
great variety of knowledge and ~
and necessarily are of a higher gFade y.
the mere machine tenders Over tD's
are the foremen of different depsrt !.
and then the chief or master n'ecnA
who directs, or should direct, al.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-07-26

announcement daughter; it made one
more happy marriage, and made one
poor poet the less in the world. j think
to work much more good is seldom in the
power of q woman.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-07-26

There are very few authors who car
leave letter overhowingw ith praise and
enthusiasm unanswered, for masculine
vanity is great.
How natural that our young poet. hal
beside himself with joy at the first lette,
of admiration, should sit down at ones
to answer it.
He was young man of poetical per
ceptions who had found by closer knowl-
edge that man and life are trife rude
and prosaic, and therefore he IMAGINED
himself to be unhappy and misunder-
stood.
The young girls letter, written so
prettily and enthusiastically, charmed
him. He begged an answer and was sue
cessful
Photographs were exchanged and at
last they came to the conclusion that
they must become acquainted. Sidonie,
whose practical mind shrank from any
mystery, let her mother into the secret,
and obtained permission to invite the
young man to the house.
He came and ,Sidonis conquered. He
found her little different than he ex-
pected. In writing one can always dis~
semble better than in speaking. Her
cool, almost harsh mind, which was in
terested neither in love, spring or nature,
but solely and only tor brilliant wed.
ding was daily disturbance.
But the girl knew how to chatter 80
prettily and looked so charming, that
abe seon had the susceptible young poet
over head and ears in love with her. IT
was not delayed long, and Sidonie
reached her longed-for goal--they were
welded.
The newly married couple journeyed
to Italy; Sidonie had already seen Paris.
They returned after several months to |
Vienna-he all love, she all happiness
that ehe might at last wear diamonds and
silk dresses-and not a little tired of
hearing the many, many, poems that her
handsome husband dedicated to ner and |
for which she must necessarily appear
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-07-26

:. When asked now the lad'es W.
dressed at fashionable party the ~ !,
evening, q moaest yonth zssied I X
as much as an oyster on the hsl'-a''st,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-07-26

1t cannot last forever, thought Sido-
nie--Eo one morning ahe arranged the
writing table of her husband and threw
out whole load of unpublished poems,
which were carefully laid one upon the
other, and specified to be sent to the
publishers.
Quietly, Sidonie seized the pile and
threw it in the fire.
When her husband came home, the
following dialogue took place:
edo you know what / have done,
Carl 2"
a"Well ?"
But you must not be angy."
What is it, then"
But you must not get angry. Ihave
burned your manuscript"
Carl turned pale
"My poemss" he stammered.
Yes, your poems. They were of no.
use"
]" Yes-.but were they worse than my
first ones ?s.
:" No; not exactly 1.-THE first ones
were of no use either"
Carl is speechless.
Eidonie draws the astonished man to
her side ON the sofa, and embraces him
tenderly.
/" Iknow what you would say" she
whispers, Z" Why did ] write to you
81 will be truthful" and she pictured
to him her sad girlho0d, and pictured it
go dssolate, so sad, that he was already
half .convincsd.
Z" j perceived from your poems that
you were no poet, hut noble, excellent
nan," said sine in conclusion. :" Fer
this reason j wrote you. You are 60
loving, 80 good, that it seemed like sin
toleave you longer in error. A stranger
i could deceive, but my husband
neverl
"1n The end this deceit has led to our
happiness. Did it not, Carl? For i
love you and you love me SO very
much.
81 cannot reconcile myself TO my
husbands spending his time, his knowl-
edge, over something worthless. L
wish you to turn yourself toward earnest
work and give up writing poetry.
Carl, if You do not wish me to perish
from SORROW sind pain, stop looking at
me so nnkindly- IfIhave lost your love
through my confession, tell me; then
viii 90 away and die. Unjust confess it
all, Carl"
No; he was not angered by her confess
sion, though it gave him no joy. He
forgave her halt and half.
And while Carl by exception was a
most modest man, he saw after q little
while that she was right, that his poems
were worth nothing. And his pretty
young wife, always fresh and amiable,
made him 80 happy, what wonder is it
that he at last forgave her so fully that
he could laugh when they looked back
and spoke of the time when abe pre-
tended TO be interested in his poems.
And no the girls stratagem bore good
fruit. her parents were freed of IN
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-10-18
SAVED ny HIS wIFE;s LETTER.

The following story was told recently in
a Denver court;
On hot day in July, 1860, herdsman
was moving his cattle TO pew ranch fur
ther north, near Helena, Texas and pass
ing down the banks of a stream his herd be-
same mixed with other cattle that were
grazing in the valley, and some of them
failed 20 be separated
The next day about noon band of about
a dozed Texan rangers overlook the herds
man and demanded their cattle which they
said were stolen.
Il was before the day of law and court
houses in Texas,and one had better kill five
men than steal a mule worth So, and the
hordsman knew it. He tried to explain,
but they told him TO cut it short. lie offer
ed to turn over all the cattle not his own,
but they laughed at the proposition, and
hinted that they usually confscated the
whole herd, and left the thief hanging on
tree, as a solemn warning to other cattle
thieves.
The poor fellow was completely overcome.
They consulted apart for few moments,
and then told him if he had any explana-
tions to make or business to do, they would
allow him ten minutes to do so and defend
himself
He returned to the rough r'''s an" COM
menced:
"How mo-y of you have wives?" Two
or three nodded.
How many of you have children ?"
They nodded again.
"Then know who | am talking to, and
you'll hear me- and he continued: 81
never stole any cattle have lived in these
parts over three years; | came here from
New Hampshire; | failed in the fall of
1857, during the panic have been saying;
have no home here; my family remain
east, for l go from place To place; these
clothes l wear are rough, and | am a hard
| looking customer; but this is hard country,
days seem like months, and months like
| years to me. Married men, you know that
but for the letters from home The produced
package of well-woln envelopes from his
wiiel, / should get discouraged. l have
paid part of my debts. Here are the re-
ceipts. expect to sell out and 60 home in
November. Here is the testament my mo-
ther gave me; here is my little girls pic
ture. Now, men, if you have decided to
/ kill me for what | am innocent of, send
| these home, and send as much as you can
/ from the pottlp when | nm 1ao1 Cnn't unu
send half the value? My family will need
| it."
"Hold on, now stop right tharl" said
rough ranger. "Now, say, boys, say let
him go. Give us your hand, old boy that
picture and them letters did the business.
You can go free but you're a lucky man,
mind ye."
"We'll do more than that" said rough
ranger in Texan garb and carrying the Gus
tomary brace of pistols in his belt, "let us
| buy his cattle here and let him GO"
They did, and when the money was
. paid over, and the man about 10 start, he
was too weak to stand. The long strain on
his hopes and fears beng away from home
under such trying circumstances, the sudden
deliverence from death had combined to
make him helpless as child. He sank to
/ the ground completely overcome. An hour
later, however, he left on horseback for the
nearest stagecoach route. and, as they shook
hands and babe him boodbye, they looked
the happicst band Of men ever saw.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-10-18
If not paid in advance, $1.25.
THE BEST WAY.

At the last regular meeting Of the Lime
kiln Club, there was a grave-like silence
among the members as soon as the gavel
raped to order.
"Gemlen,' said President Gardner, as
an old oyster can fell off the shelf with Il
loud bang, 81 find dat de older 1 grows de
mo- I.6nd out dat didn't know muffin in
my younger days.
"Dar was q time when, if any Niger in
ole Virginey had called me liar, should
hev lit down upon him like a catamount
on hoss-hy, no matter whedder l did lie
or tell de truf. Up on the Fair Grounds de
man. simply riz up one eyebrow at HIM
had axed him to prove it for money, an de
vilyun skunk away like dawg.
"If man calls you liar you can knock
him down all you want to, but his opinion
remains de same. you AK him to prove
it, and argy de matter wild him, he will see
his mistake and apologize.
tell We, if war Baptist and Samuel
Shin war q Methodist, do you 'spect
could win him ober to my side by abusing
his belief and knockin him down wild
grindstone.
"De world am too ready to strike out from
de shoulder kase hard words come, and too
quick to sot down on de man who can't be
lifted up by de collar and his opinions sha-
ken out his pockets.
"Argyments, my friens, am heap better
dan cuss-words; opinions am way ahead Of
blows, an mindin your own business and
keepin your head shut am de brightest elm
ker in de coal stove."
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-10-18
GRANDMOTu FRS SERMON.


The supper is over, the hearth is swept,
And in the wood-hre's glow
The children cluster to hear tale
or that time, so long ago.
Wh'n grandmamma's IS hair was golden brown,
And the warm blood came and went
Der the face that could scarce have been
sweeter then
Than now in its rich content.
The face is wrlnkled and careworn now,
And the golden hair is gray;
But the light that shone in the young girls
eyes
Never has gone away.
And her needles catch the fires light
As in and out they 20,
With the clicking music that grandma loves,
Shaping the stocking toe.
And the waiting children love It too,
For they know the stocking song
Brings many tale of grandma's mind,
Which they should hear ere long.
But it brings no story OF olden time
To grandma's heart tonight;
Only refrain, quaint and short,
Is sung by the needle bright.
"Life is a stocking" grandma says,
"And yours is scarce begun:
But 1 am knitting the toe of mine,
And my work is almost done.
With many hearts we begin TO knit,
And the ribbing is almost play;
Some are gray-colored and some are white,
And some are ashen gray.
But most are made of many hue
With many stitch set wrong,
And many n row to be sadly ribbed
Ere the whole is fair and strong.
There are long, plain spaces, without a break
That in youth is hard to bear,
And many n weary tear is dropped
AS we fashion the heel with care.
But the saddest, happiest time is that
We court, and yet would shun,
When our heavenly Father breaks the thread
And says that our work is DONE"
The children come to say goodnight,
With tears in their bright young eyes,
While in grandma's lap, with broken thread,
The finished stocking lies.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-10-18
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice,
had placed in his hands by an Fast India
missionary the formula ola simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent euro
for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asth-
ma, and all Throat and Lung Affections, also
a positive and radical cure for Nervous De-
bility and all Nervous Complaints, after hav-
ing tested its wonderful curative powers in
thousands of cases, has felt it his duty 10
make it known 10 his suffering fellows. Act
uated by this motive aud a desire To relieve
human suffering, | will send free of charge
TO all who desire it, this recipe, in German,
French or English, with fun directions for
preparing aud using Sent by mail by ad-
dressing with stamp, naming this paper, w.
W. SnERAR, l49 Powers Block, Rochester,
Y. II. l2.e.o.w.