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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14

THE SCHOOLMAiAM AT COURT Lima
MOrgenstern, the respected inventor Of
the Kindergarten, attended the court
held in the Berliner Schloss, on the
I1tb ultimO, in celebration Of the
golden wedding. Royal pages, gorgeous
i'm scarlet and white favOrs, were in at
tendance at the doorway of the Throne
room to spread out the trains of the no.
ble DANES aud damsels privileged 10 ap-
pear before the presence and perform
the homage of curtsies prescribed by
etiquette. These high-born youths eX-
ecuted their functions with admirable
neatness whenever the ladies requiring
their miuistratiOn happened to be EN-
bassadresses, peeresses, or even mem
bers Of the numerous untitled aris-
tocraey; but when a lady of the middle
class, haply representing a deputation
of a charitable society, presented herself
at their post, they were observed 10
hang back and withhold their service.
Wheu Lima MOrgenstern's turn came TO
enter the ThrOne-roOm, she paused at
the portal, expectaut of the assistance
eagerly afforded to her predecessor, the
Countess D-f; but in vain. Turning
sharply round upon the proud pyets"
who disdained TO notice mere
burgerliche," she addressed them !:
'Who are you, young gentleman 2" 81
am Prince H" "And you ?'i "I
am Count x" "Well, then, Prince
Hand Count k, be so good as to
arrange my train properly" With
cheeks as red as their liveries, the
youthful mobiles hastily did their Office,
having learned a salutary lesson from a
lady whose exceptional appearance in
managing ill-cOnditiOned children thus
stood her in good stead at the court Of
her sovereign.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14
NUMBER -.

confined to children. A new case Of
small pox was discovered this morning.
/ Il was child in one Of the shanties on
the rocks, on the upper west side Of the
city. This is the first case Of smallpox
reported during the present week. The
reported case Of yellow fever in Cherry
street was a cholera morbus. No new
cases Of yellow fever were received at
the quarantine hospital either to-day or
yesterday. Out Of about eighty patients
received thus far this season, three have
died, and the others, except one now in
the hospital, have recovered aud been
discharged. Last year about thirty
cases were treated 10 the hospital, and
fourteen Of them proved fatal. The Off
GERS of the health department express
confidence that no yellow fever case
Twill eaude their vigilance. The quaran-
tine precautions taken with incoming
vessels are proof against the importa-
tion of the germs of the disease. Last
year five cases Of yellow fever came iuto
/ the city by means Of the railroad Post
master James says there is no danger of
/ yellow fever being disseminated by the
mails coming from the infected districts.
/ No orders have been issued by the post
office at Washington in regard to the
fumigation of mail matter. If the
means for disinfeeting mails are used, it
will be at points where the fever is
known to exist. Mails are received
as usual from the South and from the
West Indies, and no fear is entertained
tina, hey bring with them any seeds Of
the disease.
The palmy days are returning to New
York real estate. II any one doubts it,
let him go to the Exchange aud use his
ears, or traverse the upper portion of the
island and use his eyes. In the former
place be will find real estate brokers
Overrun with business, and hear of vast
profits reapej by shrewd and patient
spectators. He will learn of immense
sales and large improvements, and hear
men talk OF the time when Manhattan
Island, from end TO end, shall he one
solid work Of masonry. People dreamed
OF such a thing in 1871, but now some oi
sound judgment look for its realization
J in the near future. Three months hav,
] done more to encourage such prospects
= than three years did before. They hav,
J shown greater improvements in tn,
eastern section OF the city, from Fifty
; ninth street nOrthward, than the mos
ardent minds foreeasted twelve month
since. IL is there especially that tn,
turning tide is felt. The ring of th,
, trowel and hammer can be heard almos
the entire length Of Second, Third, Lex
= ington, Fourth and Madison avenues
= II is the true ring Of prosperity that yor
J hear amid excavations and bricks an,
= bricks and excavations. AUGUST.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14

DR. LOTHROP AND DANCING. - 4
better story than the many told oi
West Springfields eccentric pars0n,
Rev. DIR. LOthrop, is told by Rev. DIR.
Nightingale, of GrotOn, Massachusetts.
If IL is not true, il Is good enough 10 be,
not only in itself, but in the telling:
a young lady who was member of
Dr. LothrOp's church went on visit to
BeighbOring town, and while there at
tended party and danced. Tldings OF
her sin reached home before her. On
her return she was visited aud called to
most severe account for the disgrace she
bad thus brought upon herself and upon
the church, aud which had been found
out, Notwithstanding il had been done
among strangers. One staid maiden
was specially earnest in her rehukes,
aud made the poor girl feel very bad.
"What shall | do? ?" she asked.
"YOu had better go aud see DR.. 10th
rop."
She did go, and told him all about it,.
"And 30, my dear, you went To the
party aud danced, did you? ?' he said.
ayes, sir"
"Aud did you have a good time ?"
ayes, sir.n
"Well, am glad Of it, and hope you
will go again aud enjoy yourself. And
now | want you to tell me who has been
making you all this trouble"
She told.
"Go to that woman and tell her from
me that, If she wants TO go to heaven,
she had better make more use Of her
/ feet and less Of her tongue ~
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14

The EngiisIUOmdn's RcUieC for May
contained an interesting article on the
microscope as affording employment
aud recreation for women. As most
persons admit, theoretically at least,
that work is a necessary condition OF
healthy development, natural stimu-
lus 20 the bodily and mental powers, Of
which women, no less than men, stand
in need, one cannot but wish that some
thing might come to break in upon that
melancholy waste Of time and money
which women who are not forced to
work for remuneration are accustomed
to spend in "fsncy work"
To be a musician, a painter or a sculp-
tor, one must have some special fitness
for the work but when a girl leaves
school, if she is not Obliged To go to
work 10 support herself, il is held to be
the proper thing for her to turn her at
tentiou to decorative art; and, between
smearing and daubing la paint and
working green cats against a back
ground Of yellow roses, and other SINH
lar trash, she fills up the time that is
not spent in other fashionable frivoli-
ties. Perhaps it is possible to make
fashionable "A kind of employment or
diversion that should have something
Oh n uttnAhl udAult III w. auAA ilAt hlAhbol
endless variety of effects which are pre-
sented to the microscopist could hardly
fail to have an awakening aud stimu-
lating influence upon mentality, while
ailording a refuge from listlessness and
eunui. Besides, IL would be compare
lively inexpensive and harmless. The
results would not stare at US from the
walls, nor trip us up as we attempt tC
pick our way across the floor. They
would not occupy the chairs and sofas
nor crowd the books and papers off the
parlor table.
The lessons the microscope teaches
and the new vistas OF thought ii opens
up, will be of extreme value to women
who are seriously occupied in home du'
ties, serving as correctives of the per
haps One-sided or prosaic nature OF theil
daily avOcatiOns, while it is emphatic
ally a recreation the tendency Of which
/ is exceptionally elevating and pure.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14

PRINTING OFFICE SECRETS "A prop
erly conducted printing Office is as much
a secret as a Masonic lodge. The print
ers are not under oath of secresy, but
always feel themselves as truly in honor
bound to keep Office secrets as though
triple-oathed. Any employe in print
ing Office who willingly disregards this
rule in relation to printing office secrets
would not only be scOrned by his breth-
rem OF the craft, but would lose his posi-
ton at once. We make this statement
because it sometimes happens that a
communication appears in newspaper
under an assumed signature which ex-
cites comment, and various parties try
TO fiud out who is the author. Let all
be saved the trouble Of questioning the
employees Of the printing office. They
are know-nothings on such points as
these. On such matters they have eyes
aud ears, no mouth, and II anv fail TO
observe this rule. let them be put down
as dishonorable members of the craft.
IL is the same in job printing. III any
thing is to be printed aud kept secret
let proper notice be given of the desire
! for secresy, aud you might as well ques-
tiOn the SphyBx as one OF the printers
so that even the secret books for the
[ lodges are printed without fear.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14

4 DOUBTFUL CONPLINENT-Aetor
(who has appeared in the first piece
Good evening. May l take me seat
next you ?" Lsdy-"CertalnIy oII 1,I
ActorE"No'" Lady-"Oh, 1 am so
glad! Pray sit down."
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14

Marriage increases a mans modesty
so that after year or two he cau't sum-
mon up enough courage to kiss the
woman whose lips, in the vanishing
past, were glued to his four hours on a
stretch three times q week.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14

After mature deIiberation and with
foil knowledge of the possible effect Of
our words upon our fellow mortals, we
wish to remark that the man who can
play three games Of croquet without
murder in his heart aud general desire
TO punch things, animate aud inRni-
mate, is either too good for this wicked
world or is irst-rate player.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14
G5e na,a aort5weat

a Journal for the People.
Devoted TO the Interests OF Humanity.
Independent in Politics and Religion.
Alive to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly
Radical in Opposing aud Exposing the Wrongs
Of the Masses.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14

Correspondents writing over assumed sigma
lures must make known their names 10 the
Editor, or no attention viii be given 20 theh
communications.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-14
THE HOME.

lIiiis department. Of the NEW NORTHWEST is
to De devoted 10 the household, lawn and gar
den. Correspondents having new and tried
recipes for any department Of domestic occu-
patton will confer a public favor by contribu-
ing to this columuT
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-04

During the last six months of that year
only ~ banks were founded, and the
amount deposited, counting the yen as
equivalent TO the dollar, was S6,l0S.
For the fiscal year ending last Jane,
there We're Mo- such hanks, with SOS.
9l+ deposits, In 1873, the letters, pos.
tal-cardS, newspapers, books, etc, trans
mitted through the mails numbered
some l0,Sooooo; during last year they
numbered nearly S6,000,0o0 Postal.
cards, first used in 1875. increased from
2,eo,0O0 that year 70 over l0,0Oo,0Oo
last year, The foreign mai-matter
augmented in the same years from
ii, lSa TO los, 2OS, which is very remark
able, considering Japanese exclusive
ness. The Japanese income last year
was ~ per cent, III excess of the outlay,
thus paving $+5,2SS into the national
treasury. The government generally is
administered with an honesty which we
enlightened republicans can hardly rva-
lize Last year only to letters were alb
solutey lost Ivy theft, and but 10 oltheso
contained money, $751;, which was
made good by the steamer carrying the
mails Japan is, indeed, All extraordi-
nary land
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-04
Sleeping Together.

II IL no unusual thing to see articles
under high medical or hygienlc author
ity condemn the practice Of putting
young children to sleep with elderly or
sickly persons, but We wonder that such
authorities do not oltener and more
strcnuously object to theplan Of double
beds under any circumstances. The
practice Of two or more persons sleep.
ing together il one which grew out Of
scantiness Of room and the desire to
oconomize in building, labor and Gallo
ric, and is neither conductive to good
health nor good temper. On the con
tnent the sleeping apartments Of PEG
pie OF comfortable means are usually 40
contrived as TO contain only single beds;
il IL only IN America that people Of
wealth and refinement, even IN the
marriage state, occupy the same
couch, even il they do the same apart
ment, though in Britain M well M here,
the common people hive in bedrooms
to an unwholcsome degree.
The reasons to be- urged against the
practice OF sleeping together" are good
ones. Few people can remain in the
same room for many hours, in close
contact Of conversation, without either
one or the other, and frequently both,
being deyitalzed; and when il comes 10
be shut up in the usual atmosphere OF
bedrooms, lying upon the same mat
tresses, under the same clothing, with
the frame open, as ii is in sleep, 20 aIl
the pervading magnetisms, malaria,
and ellluvia, IL is not 10 be doubted that
the influence must be exceedingly bad
upon one Mt least ri the parties. Peo-
pie, who when they sleep alone, rest
well and awaken refreshed and revival
lied, frequently arise dispirited and IN
rested when they have shared the
couch Of another.
Many Of the brcakfast-table conten-
tons which spoils the beauty Of the
morning, and by frequent recurrence
poison the happiness Of families, would
never take place did the members OF
the family occupy separate beds. keep
their magnetisms infect from any ming
ling for at least eight hours out Of the
twenty-four, and thus regain during the
night the balance and harmony which
had been disordered during the day.
There are very few people brought To.
gether in life 10 tremendously organ.
lied that they perfectly balance, and are
not disturbed BY the atmosphere 81 each
other, or do not deyitalize one another.
Children should always sleep alone
after they leave the mothers breast and
the nursery should be invariably on the
sunny side Of the houss, and perfectly
ventilated night and day. As they ad.
vance in years they should have separ.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-04
IN A CELLAR.
4 Maine Physician has nm Exciting Time
With n Wild Cat.
ilanpnr (MeN Whir,

DIR. {, +, Ware, of Buoksport, had
rather an exciting experience with
loup cewier las. Tuesday evening.
Some Of his friends had been spending
the evening at his house, which is stu.
ated on Seminary Hill, and at about .
O'clock the doctor took small lamp
and started fol tho cellar after some ap.
Piles. a portion of tho cellar is used for
pilng wood, and, Ms he ncared the bot
tom Of the stairs, he heard footsteps,
and then some of the wood ratified down,
rs il n man was moving about in the
cellar. Raising his lamp in order To get
u letter view, the doctor advanced y few
steps, when he saw " large loup oervier
that had made its way through base
mont door tha; had been accidentally
lctl open. He picked upa stick ofwood
to club the animal, hut il jumped from
one side Of the cellar 70 the other so rap
idly that he could not strike il. He
then went up stairs aud procured y re-
volvcr, and, after telling the folks to
keep the sitting room door closed, he
returned to the collar. This time he
found the loup ocrvicr pcrched on the
edge of the coal bin and shot NJ il, when
the animal jumped to tho top of the
wood-pllc, some feet distant, The doc
tor then tried another shot, and rs the
lamp.okimney fell oil, leaving him in
total darkness, he was obliged to 40 up
stairs and get another lamp. On his re-
turn to the cellar he fired two more
shots, when the lamp.chimnoy again
fell oil, and while in tho dark tho loup
coNlor bounded past him aud ran up
tho stairs and started up second flight,
but, being unable to proceed on account
of door. ho came down again and
rushed into the pantry. Here he perch.
ed himself upon u large oil.ean, where
he remained until tho doctor .irod an
other shot, when he started out OF the
pantry, and being attracted by tho light
coming through window over tho sit
ting.room door, ho made jump for ii.
but fell back again and ran down cellar.
His course was marked with blood,
which was flowing quito freely, and, af.
ter procuring II lantern, the doctor fol-
lowed him to the cellar, whore ho again
fired, when, much to his disgust, the
coneussion put tho lantern out. He
went up stairs and lighted il again, but
on his return ho found that tho loup
ceryicr had disappeared, and, as there
arc ne tracks leading from tho house, il
il supposed that tho animal crawled UNI
der the wood and diod II was quite
remarkable that during the whole fight
tho loup ccrvior did not attack the doe
tor,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-04
Walking 10 Some Purpose.
New York Times

Among the most famous of tho worlds
walking matches are some Of those re-
corded in military history where the
obstacles oi heavy burdens and difficult
ground were added TO those Of time and
space. The mnioh of the heavily
armed Spartnns in 800 b. c., from Lac
odmmon to Marathon, covering $50
miles Of almost roadloss country in
three days, would have earned high
commentator in an age Of sporting
papers. Tho consul Nero's march to
the Metnurus, to surprise tho Cartha-
ginians (20l Il. g. lasted two days and
night, with tho lightost possible inter-
mission, tho soldiers taking food from
tho hands OF the country people, and
eating il as they went. Hannibal's re-
treat from Iama upon Carthage brought
him to Andrumetum, siSty-three miles
distant, between dawn and nightfall,
tho pursuing Romans accomplishing
the same distance in oven less time.
Crsar's Tenth Legion achieved par
ing order. The Bornoso Swiss, when
summoned to MD those of Soleure in
repelling mn invasion, are said 10 have
answered the call no promptly that the
newly baked loves which they carried
with them were barely cold on arrival.
Frederick tho Great, on the hottest day
Of the terrible summer of 1860, had q
kind Of race with Marshal Daun for the
occupation Of m importont post, both
armies making such speed that 200
Prussians and 800 Austrians dropped
dead on the line Of march from sheer
exhaustion. trcdericks younger
brother, Horny, during the same war,
marching for flty hours, with only
three intervening hats. Napoleon's
"Old Guard repeatedly made sixty
miles in day during the great cam
palgn Of 1918; and one OF the Russian
regiments in Central Asia is stated. on
good authority, to have accomplished
seventy-cight. The slmilar exploits
achieved during the Indian mutiny OF
1857, and the American civil war OF
1915. are too well known to need
repetition.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-04
Ecccntricitics of the Swordllsh.
Hartford Courant.

Visitors ut New London, Block Island
or other Of oar fishing ports, have no
doubt noticed that at the end of the
bowsprit of the larger sized fishing
boats there is often an iron cage for y
man to stand in it. This is the place
from which the fisherman throws the
harpoon to capture the swordtish. and
the swordiish is just now the subject of
considerable discussion. Its ways have
at least as much mystery rs the shad,
salmon, herring or any other unac-
countable that we have.
Professor G.. Il. Goode is studying up
the matter, preparatory to II report to
the government. Some of the inter
esting features Of the fish are these: 1t
is found here and there from spring to
fall in the ocean on our coast, lying
"asleep" the sailors call it, on the very
surface of the water. Nobody on the
American coast, Ms far as reported, ever
saw q little swordtsh. The smallest re-
corded by correspondent Of the
Forest and Stream weighed forty-six
pounds. They run up to 600 pounds.
Their only known breeding ground is
in the Mediterranean. There the same
fish are found weighing half pound j;
from that they go up to very heavy
measurement. II is naturally inferred
from this that all oar swordtish are
Mediterranean products. What mys-
FERROUS ocean current guides them over
here? Or is it an instinct that teaches
them that here they will find the mack
erel and menhaden that they feed ON ?
One can almost imagine that the game
flight and pursuit kept up by these two
species starts at Gibraltar, and is run
TO Block Island every day.
The swordfish darts upon school Of
prey, and by skillful use Of its sword
wounds that which il afterwards cap
lures and eats. Until this season no
body ever thought Of catching il except
by harpoons. This year, however, il
has taken the habits Of the travis M
bottom lnes-of the Cape Ann goldfish
ermen, and many swordfish have been
caught in that novel way. What they
come up and sleep for is one Of the
puzzles Of their nature. They come
and 90 as the mackerel and menhaden
do, and from that il il naturally con
cluded that they spend their'time chas-
ing these small fish. What with sharks,
swordfish, porpoises, blueiish, sea gulls,
eagles and seins and all the rest after
them, the fish Of the herring tribes have
led such lives Of flight and terror that ii
is no longer wonder that the move
ment Of any school Of them seem az
ways guided by an inherent idiocy. II
is less strange Of them that they are all
the while victims than that being caught
BY millions yearly they should steadily
Increase. There were never more men.
baden on our coast than this year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-04
The Postal system Of Japan.
New York Times

No country on the globe, unless il be
our own, improves so rapidly and
steadily al Japan. Within a very short
time il has had new birth; has revolu-
tionized itself in nearly every depart
ment OF commerce and trade. Us pos
tai business, which is usually reckoned
AZ mark Of growing civilization, has
vastly increased within few years.
The system was established only in
April, 1871, and yet i embraces All our
facilities except the assortment Of let.
tiers in cars in transition, which is i'm
possible in the absence Of railways. To
compensate for this lack, postal savings
banks were established IN 1875, and they
have been received with great favor.