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The New York herald., 1879-03-09

land on that sensitive spot and tempt you to lam
guage which Is reserved for grand occasions only.
II you walking quietly along the street and hap
pen to tread barrel hoop the further side OF the
hoop is to rise up and catch you just there. II
you are cropping about the room at TWO
O'Clock in the morning in order to strike
light because the baby has just been at
tackled by fourteen fatal ailments the sharp corner
of the rocking chair though it had been lying in
ambush for just such occasion. takes you right
on the sharp edge of that ossihcation and makes
you feel for single brief moment as though dozen
earthquakes and volcanoes ad hbitum had been let
loose. OF course it is all right and that delectable
bone is undoubtedly in the proper place: STILL the
problem looks little curious when you examine 1t
closely.
One of the finest puns was made by Erskine. See
ing old chest he wrote it the Latin inscrip-
tion "Tu doces" This bit of classic lore when prop
erly translated. means Thou teachest.'
1t is said that there woman illiterate
and uneducated that she would not generously give
the man Of her choice piece Of her mind.
This matter of the heather Chinee and his intru-
sion'on fair landscape is important than 1t
at first seems to be- Our great men in Congress are
wiser than give them credit for. They are utterly
unable or unwilling to take any measures to keep
the yellow fever away but ready to go any lengths TO
expe the Celestals which shows that In their logical
minds the yellow fever is comparatively harmless.
The policy which they have inaugurated TO kill off
all cheap labor is of those things which becomes
moro beautiful the more you see Of it, Now. q
man can't possibly make shirts at eight cents each.
and the whole feminine gender is thus interfering
with masculine prosperity Just soon as the
almond eyes of the Chinese are shut up measures
must be taken to get rid of all the working women
Of the world. They have no native land
to which they be sent but that they can all be
drowned by Legislative enactment there is comfort
in knowing. After that take in hand other
classes Of the community. and. il the principle is
carried far enough. cooperate with the law OF
selection leave the universe in the hands
of few who charge their own prices and grow
rich. 1t may be little hard somo of us who are
willing to work for what get. but even in
starving to death shall have the sublime con-
seriousness that somebody will get larger price for
doing work. and will be glad that out Of
the way.
The power Of association Is greater in some minds
than in others. 1t is not always safe. however. to
give expression to everything that happens to sug-
gest itself Two gentlemen were walking along the
street in friendly chat. when donkey started on
musical bray. "What cold that donkey must
have" said No. 1. Eyes. yes said No. 2. every bad
indeed. And by the way that reminds me; how is
your own cough to-dayY'
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OFFICIAL. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following is q statement showing the real
tate transactions recorded in the Registers Office.
March 8. 1885,
Madison sorne, of 2sth st. 25ss'; A. do .oo
RuhorfSrd mna I" dIsnS paeo r. Of 18th st. eSxss
Mary A. Ferris and husband M 70 Mary G Wss,Sn 100
Charles White and wife to anthony o Kewe. 1000
Meas 10 Benjamin 100
% MURRAY r. NO d Il Of 81 kssch ssS o 600
Csbc and wife to James v Hcrran 500
Harlem River Bernard Kelly and wife to wmP
issh st. a. $. ias Il e. Of ist av 2oxiooii same
iS,6 s., same property; VIM r Kelly to Hannah
BOND st. SO; j. s. Lawrence rcoree) to Grace s.o
7a,h sss $ $. 100 it, w. Of I'd av, issxioa2; W.
A. Boyd referee, TO John II Riker ......:... 5000
si.Gxi2.5ls xrresular; John White to George o.
S assr s,"'ie ST. lot No. ais esd john White 10
ss%s Sssrss pSepsrS o e"sss George 10 NOM SS%
7th is, No ii". a4ssioo; John b. xors' ,oo,,
nth st.. n. =, aCs1 II. v; Of Sd av, ie.7xloas;
Richard II. L. Townsend aud wife to Barbetta S -.
,,th sS w SO II, n Of 4t6 ST. i2xioo also lth
av, n W. corner OF 4e,h st.. 25SsD; William Hin
same s'.. i2ooo
smca. ..........'........ ioo
4th av no 4e4. storc,: Christian sauer to Horny
u.
Aldermen aud Commonaity to Isaac G. Ogden; -
RECORDED MORTGAGES
Of j5th ST. Of sth ~ 3ycars $1,000
Same to Leonard Gtman, same property; year. 90
Glass John. Jr.. to Charles d. Mathews, n. & OF
5Sth W. OF 10th av: month ............... $50
Gocrng, William and wife, to Joseph Stern n. o.
corner OF It'll and AID 81. year. ,...... 146O
Grogan, Thomas. to Anna NJ Cary. g. OF 10th st..
". ut Nv. q; months. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Vuo
EoeGcr, BAbetta :. n. and husband. to II. II. l..
Townsend. n. of 7Ith ST.. OF I'd av.; years <.5D
Johnston Emma J. and husband, to Henry J. -.
Powell e of s5th st, W. OF av. A.; months. 2uo
just. Edward II NJ, to Frederic Wood urustee. -.
xcl, OF l27th ST., OF Sth av Iuo
kecch Isabella texecutrix, &c.) to Joseph T. Muir -
5. of ll1th st.. W. OF I'D av.; yesr....... w
RECORDED NoRrGAGES 49, -.
BALDWIN james g. Co EbeneSer b Beder ......... $3.50
Begen. James, To Robert Aud executor &c)..'....
Mead. Edwip, to the Washington Life Insurance
Wvrrs, J,saah' y a. Rarfha A poane ....,.... 800
panii fwJIvW "a nenis IIorgan .............. 6OUO
Rcgers Aiexandar y to Philip Hoffman. 40
sidenberr Henry TO Mary Stoinkamp ........ 6,i49
Tatnm, Edward aud another trustees, Sc.), 70 49,.
Archibald Graham. A,av"
| vanderpocl. Aaron J. administrator, &eJ to s 49,
Oakley Nanderpoel.
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address the Young Mems Christian Association. of

address the Young Mems Christian Association. of
Yorkville, this afternoon.
Rev. L. H. Burch will administer the Lords Sup
per this morning and Mr.. Samuel Halstead will con-
duet revival meeting this evening in the Twenty
fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
At the Anthon Memorial Protestant Episcopal
Church the Rev. r. Heber Newton will preach this
morning and in the evening will continue his series
of discourses to young people on the culture of
character, with special reference to circumstance
on Character" On Thursday evening Mr.. Abram
S. Hewitt will deliver lecture in this church on the
Mutual Relations of Capital and Labor"
In the Swendenborgian Church this morning the
Rev. S. S. Seward will comment on the parable of
the wise and foolish to illustrate Spiritual
Housebuldipg; or. The Only True Foundation Of
Spiritual Life"
Rev. A. D. Mayo. OF Springfield. Mass. will preach
in the Church Of the Messiah this morning on the
phrase "For loves Sake" and in the evening will
analyze the grounds of MOODY and Sankey's Great
Success in the New Revivalism."
The Rev. DR.. Rowland will minister in the Church
of the Heavenly Rest this morning and afternoon.
and on Wednesday evening will speak on "rhe SIN of
Rebekah."
Dr. F. c. Ever will preach in st. Ignatius' Protes-
tant Episcopal Church at the usual hours to-day.
Divine service will conducted in English this
morning the Russian chapel. by Rev. N. Bjerring
Easter Day in this Church occurs the same day as
with other churches this year-the difference in the
old style and the being lost at this time.
The Triennal Convention Of the Jewish Order
Kesher Shell Barrel will open in Pythagoras Hall this
morning and continue in session during the week.
It will embrace delegates from 100 lodges in different
parts or the country.
At tho Church of the Divine Paternity Dr. E. Fl.
Chaplin will preach to-day as usual.
Rev. A. d. Carter. d. D.. will minister in Grace
Chapel this morning and evening.
.Hndrances in Life" will be pointed out by Rev.
E. Guibert this evening in tho Church Of the Holy
Spirit Morning service as usual.
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THE SIXTH CORPS BADGE.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HKRALD:-
Veteran" IA militiaman) says. in his answer to
vermont Brigade" ian old soldier Of the Army OF
the Potomac) that "the Twenty-third regiment.
N.GS.N.Y., wear the Sixth corps badge by right Of
actual service therein" The Twenty-thir regiment
served in the Sixth corps. and this fact Is
clearly shown in communication furnished by the
undersigned and published in the Brooklyn Eagle
January &C. 1879. In that communication Veteran"
will find account of the service OF the Twenty
third regiment in the Pennsylvania campaign. called
by them "Our campaign around Gettysburg, and
the reason why this regiment and some other New
York and Pennsylvania militia regiments were not
attached to tho Sixth corps or to the Army Of the
Potomac and also why the Twenty-third regiment
have no claim to wear the badge OF the sixth Army
corps. SWOhD ANOI.
CENTRAL PARK AND THE NATIONAL GUARD.
TO EHE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The usual hue and cry against anything which will
be of benefit to the National Guard is now being
made against the proposed parade ground in Central
Park. What could be more appropriate than this
bill? 1t would afford ample room for drill in the
necessary street man9uvres well other move
ments essential to the efficiency OF the National
Guard. It would also afford opportunity, to
those who desire to. to witness the drill; and the
fact their spelling the grass. &C., is very poor
gument. the police can regulate that At present.
the only available space the streets which lowing
to the corrupt jobs in played out pavements and
surface railroads. well the fine condition in
which they are kept by another '.job'-the Street
Cleaning Department. are anything but passable or
safe to march / fail to how great injus-
tice" or ''irreparable wrong can be done by the
passage OF the bill 1t would be only partial recog-
milton Of the services Of the National Guard by the
city, who very loath to give them their DUE but
are very anxious to sec them in case OF o riot.
doubt if any of the military authorities opposed
it. for they fully alive TO its importance AS
member of the National Guard cannot conceal my
indignation at this evidence OF narrow mindedness.
selfshness and ngrattude. There is room for base
ball. but for those who give their time thereby
rskng their situations and lives in defence OF the
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TEMPLE AHAwATH CHESEr

OLD MEMORIES AND YOUNG LEssoNs-sERMoN
BY RABBI HUEBsCH.
The Rev. DIR. Huebsch delivered . sermon yester-
day to his congregation In Temple Ahawath Dhes~d
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Table Etiquette.
.Cinclnnati saturday Nlrnt

Bread should be broken, not cut but
If you don't like bread, "cut" it, In
breaking bread use cuIb hit
DO not fill your mouth too full rather
allow some of the food to get into your
mustache
Split a biscuit with your fingers. in
stead of opening il with knife like an
oyster. II the biscuit hc hard. beetle
and wedge are admissible in the best so
ciety.
DO not pick your teeth at the table
Pick them at the dentists. if he has a
good assortment to pick from.
Salt should never be put on the table.
cloth, but on the side of your plate. If.
however, you want to pickle the table.
cloth IN brine, you must put salt on il, of
course barrel of salt table-cloth
would come in play should your pork
give out during the winter.
do not rattle your knife and fork. A
knife and spoon will be found moro mu-
sical.
Eat your soup from the side of your
spoon, either inside or outside.
DO not take game i'm your fingers
lhis, however, does not apply to a game
of cards.
40 not rest your arms on the table
cloth. Stack your arms i'm corner Of
the room before beginning dinner.
When asked what part of the fowl
you prefer answer promptly. II YOU
want the whole of il don't hesitate To
say So
DO not drink with the spoon in your
cup; put 1t in your pocket Forgetting
it. you will be so much ahead. (
close regard to this rule has enabled
Ben. Butler 10 accumulate com
potency.
1t Is bad taste for the host and hostess
to finish eating before their guests. 1t is
better To move their chairs - as To finish
behind them.
Never leave the table until all are
through, without sufficient excuse. The
sudden entrance of policeman with
warrant for your arrest, il generally
considered sufficient excuse in polite
circles.
Pay no attention to accidents or
blunders on the part of servants. If
Bridget blows herself up while cncourag-
ing the fire with kerosene, keep right on
eating just as if you had never (kcro)
sene il.
Never help yourself to articles of food
with your knife or fork. Use harpoon
or n lasso.
When you have finished your meal
lay your knife and fork on your plate
side 10y side, with the handles towards
the right n little south by SOU west,
bearing northcrly when the wind is of
the sideboard quarter.
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A Grizzly Bear Adventure.
Trinity tCcll Journal

Several weeks ago, in the neighbor-
hood of Hettcnshaw, i'm this county. a
remarkable bear hunt occurred. IL ap-
pears that Dr. Stanley, while ON visit
to Hettenshaw, expressed an earnest de
sire to 20 bear hunting and accordingly
one morning he started, in company with
Greene French, George Burgess, and 10
llghttoOt Arriving at thiCket the
dogs gave notice OF their near approach
To bear, and the party decided TO sta
ton themselves at certain points and let
the dogs go in and drive the bear out.
This was done; but the Doctor, becom-
ing impatient, entered the thicket him.
self. The heavy underground made his
progress slow, but he fought his way
ahead until he came 10 fallen tree
lying in little gulch Helping himself
along by the limbs, he arrived at the
upper end Just in time TO be confronted
by huge grizzly bear. Retreat was
impossible, as il had been with the ut
most fliculty that the Doctor had ad-
Nanccd so far; there was no tree i'm con
venient distance, aud, IA the grizzly
showed fight, there was nothing left for
him TO do but shoot. Taking deliberate
aim with his Henry rifle. the Doctor
fired and the bear fell mortally wounded
Another load was sprung from the mag
azine into the rife, and the Doctor. look
ing toward his prey, was surprised to
see second bear in the same spot This
he shot also, and, quickly reloading. was
yet more astonished to sec third bear
I'm the same place where he had shot the
other two. Again the lever moved aud
fresh charge went into position, and
again the Doctor looked up and discov-
cred fourth grizzly coming toward him
from the same opening i'm the brush.
Whang went the gun again, and down
went bear No. 4. by this time the Doc
tor had got warmed up and excited, and
he kept moving the lever and firing into
the bodies of the bears until the sixteen
shots in the magazine were exhausted.
Meantime his companions, hearing the
shooting and presuming the cause, made
their way to where the Doctor was, with
the intention of assisting him, but found
him on the top of the largest bear, with
theothers strewn about, swinging his hat
and shouting Justify. One was an i'm
mense grizzly, so large that the hunters
could not handle him. and the other
three were good-sized grizzlies, probably
about two years old. The shooting Of
four bears by one man, without ever
changing his position, is something hith-
erto uhheard of, even i'm the most highly
colOred annals Of the Western wilds.
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Alligator Life.

Alligators are found in large mum
bers throughout Florida, in some places
naturally more numerous than i'm 9th
crs. All the swamps and lakes and
rivers and marshes, the bayous and
lagoons, are peOpled more or less densely
with this amphibious lizard. He il
found even in the shallow bitches on the
farm and in small water holes among the
sandy wastes. In times Of drought he
is met with i'm the woods and i'm the
openings, and indeed, almost anywhere,
searching for water aud for food. The
hunter, or the lonely traveller, following
the -andy paths, will notice furrow,
more or less deep, according to the
weight Of the reptile, in the sand before
him. He sees it trailing from one small
water hole to another, here and there.
giving unmistakable signs of a recent
origin.
Coming upon some depression in the
soil, he will see, stretched Immediately
at his feet, apparently obliviOus Of all
save his own grOtesque dreams, the dark,
repulsive body Of an alligator. He lies
usually in a straight line, his head and
whole form close 10 the earth, and. if
unmOlested, will usually remain quiet
"a the grave. If large and hungry, he
may show disposition to attack, but. if
resolutely met by any one familiar
with his ways, he almost always avoids a
fight, and is evidently glad when the
disturber Of his quiet moves on. If Sc
verely wounded, in any manner, be
thrashes the ground and bushes with his
tail, opens his fearful-looking Jaws TO
their widest extent, and makes sudden
forward rushes, his whole action and
movement being startling in high de
gree. A ball through his head, in the
language Of the old highwayman' Is
song, will "perwail on him % stop
but unless put i'm precisely the right
place, it is not safe 10 count on his stop
ping long touch him on the back or on
either extremity, and you may see some
Of the liveliest antics 10 was ever your
fortune to witness
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Thought 1t Made No Difference.

That tenon does not fit the mortisc
10y quarter of an inch, said an en-
Ployer 10 young carpenter who had
just begun To- work for him.
" ! thought that for garden gate
you would not he particular, and il
would make no difference" answered the
young man.
But 1T did make difference. IL made
Just the difference between the Young
carpenter havinga steady summer lob
at good wages, and having his time un-
occupied upon his hands.
The employer found no further fault (:
but when the gate was finished, he paid
the maker without another word and
dismissed him The next day there was
another man in his place. He happened
to be Il man who thought il did make a
difference how everything was done he
always did his best, and he kept his
situation until the end of the season.
80 1T happens. Frequently some lit
tie thing which was not expected to at
tract attention, is noticed by some one
TO whom the excellence Of the work has
commended itself and the man who has
made Painstaking the rule Of all his
labor, is surprised by sudden and un-
lOoked-ior accession 10 good fortune. He
has been brought into note by some un-
considered trille, which was we'll done
merely because it. was his habit 10 do
everything rs well ~ possible
On the other hand, many a man who
is lamenting his i'll fortune, and don't
know what 10 attribute il 10, owes il to
some such carelessness in the way Of
doing his work as that which doomed the
young carpenter 10 summer Of idle
ness.
Men are by no means always told by
what particular act they are Judged :
but any good performance is always
liable 70 make, and any bad perform
ance is liable 10 mnr fnrfnne
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Executions IN China.

Recently occurred the annual exccu
tiOn day in China, when seven prison
ers were dcCapitatcd This does MOI
represent the sum total of those who
suffer the capital sentence during the
year, for all burglars and highwaymCr
are speedily put out II the way. The
ordinary criminals only are reserved foI
a day. especially appointed, shortly bc
fore the winter solstice.
There are some curious customs In
connection with these executions The
night before these unhappy mon are
brought To die regular iollfication
takes place within the gloomy precincts
of the prison. The doomed men arc
loosed from their chains, and have n
feast spread before them. with IA much
wine and meat, etc, as they desire.
The feasting goes on all through the
night, and IL is not until the time of
the starting of the procession draws
near that the shackles are put on
At the appointed hour each criminal
~ put into Il cart from which the cush.
ions aud the cloth covering have been
removed, so that the unhappy man
looks as If he were i'm cage on wheels.
His appearance shows that, however he
may have Jared during the previous
night, his general prison fare has not
been ovcr-abundant.
The road from the lIsing.pu to the
execution ground is through the
Swenchihmen. Through this gate the
emperor never passes. From the gate
to the ground the distance is two-thirds
of mile. About midway there il a
winc-shop, which, for the last two hun
dred years, has supplied the criminals
with as much spirit az they like to
drink; so that most of them are i'm n
state of intoxication when the fatal
moment arrives. The ground was
called " the vegetable market" II is n
wide portion of the large east and west
street of the Chinese city.
One very particular system is that all
the men conveyed To this place are not
executed three or four out of ten are
taken back 10 the prison TO bear y part
i'm similar procession the next year
When the men leave the prison no one
knows whether he will be bcheaded or
not. OF those thus repricved, eight out
of ten will be repricved the following
year, after which the sentence will he
commuted into Punishment.
If the man escapes for one year only
1T il thought to bo AN act Of imperial
grace. A list of those executed during
the year, and of their crimes, is burned
by the emperor on the altar of heaven
at the winter sOlstice. He is thus sup
posed to inform heaven of the manner
in which he has used it's delegated
authority.
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THE SHINING LITTLE noUSr.

II hung In the sun, the little house
IL hung IN the sun and shone.
hui through the walls ! could hear his voice
Who had IL al for his own.
The walls were OF wire. ~ bright a. gold.
w wrought la pretty design;
The spaces between for windows served,
Aud the door was clean ami hne.
There was pieHty, too. 90 eat and drink
IL this little house that shone:
lucky thing, io be sure, you'd say,
houte Ike this for ones Ownl
But The door was shut, aud locked all tight,
The Key was on the outside:
L ne one no WAS IN could uoHVet out,
NO matter bow much he tried
Twas oNly prison after all.
his bright little house that Ehone:
An, we would not want a house like that
No matter " tive re our owni
And yet, through the walls heard the voice.
Ot the one who lived inside.
10 Warble swecter song each dav.
IL did seem As II he tr ed.
To open the door, he sever sought.
Nor hutts red In idle strife:
Re ate, and he drank, aud slept, and sang
And made the best Of his lie
And |, TO myself, said every day
As his checry song heard
There's lesson for us iR every note
Oi that little prisonCd bird
We all Of Us live life like his
We arc walled on every side.
We al long to do n hundred things,
Nhlch W could not II W. tired
We can speId our strength all fooishly
- In dlsfIonteuted strife,
vi va 'aII De wise, and laugh and sing,
Aud rake the best Of our life
H. II - Nicholas for february.
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Grains Of Gold.

Perseverance il the best school for
manly virtue.
An angry man opens his mouth and
shuts his eyes.
Let not modesty take away thy cour-
age in good cause.
Keep clear Of the man who does not
value his own character.
He who smiles at another's mistake
forgcts his own ignorance.
Everybody complains Of bad memory,
bnt nobody Of bad judgment.
The man who minds his own business
has a good steady employment.
Never attempt TO draw the attention
Of the company constantly upon your
self
Never pass between two persons who
are talking together without an apology.
Never lend An article you have bOr-
rowed unless you have permission 10 do
so.
Never exhibit any anger, impatience,
or excitement when an accident hap
pens
Anything we can love and reverence
becomes, rs it were, the Sunday for the
mind.
Politeness is money, which enrches
not him who receives it, but him who
dispenses it.
A man that astonishes at first, soon
makes people impatient if he does not
continue 10 do il.
Reproaches, unsupported by evidence,
affect only the character Of him who ut
ters them.
Philosophy, like medicine, has abun-
dance Of drugs,-few good remedies,
and scarcely any specifics.
In general, there il no one with whom
life drags 50 disagreeably as with him
who tries 70 make IL shorter.