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The New York herald., 1879-02-25
RUINED BY RUM.

Catharine Erichsen. who cut her throat at No. IDS
Madison street on Sunday still lies at the New York
Hospital In precarious condition. Her husband.
fair haired, soft hammered. mild tempered Swede. was
visited last night by HERALD reporter and briefly
related the story of his married life. Kate was a
pretty Irish girl. whose bright eyes had been
his beacon when he sailed the seas. He
married her for love- and no honeymoon was
farer than theirs. They put by their little savings
and sent them to the sailors aged mother. far away
in Sweden. Then, they grew more prosperous.
they took liquor store in Cherry street and child
was born to them. Their saloon was popular with
mariners. who made it ring with oatbs AMI coarse
jests and introduced to it women OF more than qes
tionable character From this day the ruin began
The women swore, smoked and drank. and
dared their hostess to match them in these arts. and
stumbled over a senseless body prostrate upon the
floor. II was his wife. Thenceforth her nature
slowly changed. Her grace and winsomeness gave
place to low cunning. To buy drink she would
steal from her husbands purse as he lay
asleep. She threatened him and his brother
with an axe. She swore to kill him un-
less he gave her money. She sank lower
and lower and ut last arrested and sent to Black
wells Island Her term expired. Erichsen received
her back. but expecting to give birth to child she
made it for drinking more deeply than
ever. 1.-The baby was born. said this sturdy,
uncomplaining husband, "and Sunday night,
as l lay in bed, 1 heard strange pattering
in the adjoining room, and then sudden cry.
found my wife calmly seated, mirror set coquet-
tishy before her. razor in her hand deep cash in
her throat. The blood pouring out i'll torrent.
1t splsshed the hoor the furniture the wall paper.
and a few drops fell poor little neglected baby,
which turned in its sleep and moaned Ithen knew that
our ruin was complete Kate had threatened to cut
her throat. and she had done it," As he spoke
note was brought from his wife at the hospital 1t
was scrawled. blotted. ill-spelt appeal that she
this cry of motherhood tardily awakened utterly
unnamed the strong Swede and his voice died away
The New York herald., 1879-02-25

sn Tamsn Sails LSsrpSSl Alert Esek,cT V,": Gssr::
iresnaek: hgost,ne, for harrow iith Nebo. for New
Cleared ssh canesss Padre sehappcsrs Leith; 10th.
RoTrran.S Feb 7-6iaSred. Queen Victoria. croeker.
ASsrsa sps IsSs Fed v.sS, zs"a New Orleans
srSpkRLASp Feb 9-Arrived, camano, Prato' fh'isdeI
SWANSEA Feb 7-o'ieared, swansea for ialifex w..
sss aiT eS S's so Ass & Wcs.
hss,lrpael for for, Boston ANA. n. Costa ycv
York.
:, IN the river ath Nueva orotavo Cabrera, from New
,,sI MIcHAxL's, Jan ae-Arrived. $ E Davis. Kemp.
slMoS's BAY, cGH Jan ls-saed Mallcville, Harlow.
surz Feb s,Entercd the Canal, Glenlyon n, wallscs
THlnsrr, Fob 4--Sailed Argonaut Moe New York.
IiiLAr'Ar. Doc 2S-Sailed, Caprera. Hichborn. Mel
yAsscn, Feb 6-Arrved, Tagus ts, Clark, Palermo @nd
wn1sn .yxs. Feb s-Arrived. wostn,oreland. ratham.
zASzpss. Jan g. g; Arrived; 4 rive Stellar, savory, M.;cat
22d. Tapa Topan. Bachelor. do.
cKrrK Fob s-c.p Toye Of the bark Romance and Capt
caense Of tho Italian bark vesuvio from New York have
rAsovTm Feb 1.-The Forest City from Savannah 70,
ayre eotton has arrived with whs., sier pay
Ion IS ", jan 20 20 ~
HAvne Feb 7-rhe Gauthiod, Landgren, from New Or
on bank between Fas"uve aud Mpnaeur broke her oro
Te r FROM
"as"s r.
both masts On Jan 10 the survivors. consisting o.
the men. taken off tho wreck by tho
Maria Anna, Herbye. Two of the crew were lost
LuvERrooL. Feb s--Ths wingstes s. from Philadelphia
in gallo Jan ID in lat ~ " Ion ~ w sustained damage
To and lower bridges and other parts OF
vessel.
loth-,rhe master of the Bot.ford reports having
boarded American built schooner Jan 10, in lat 80
name on bow or stern vessel. hell marked E.n.,T
The Galatea, from San Francisco. experienced heavy
weather passage had hoats and skylight damaged
and II is feared that cargo is also damaged.
LONDONDERRY Feb S-Thc Autocrat. of Yarmouth (NS),
~ N Ion l w encountered hurricane which hovc
sci down. shifting breaknng ship cabin and
and sundry other damage AS possible got ship be-
fore the wind and and commenced TO hton her for
benefit OF all concerned.
QurgssrowN Feb Tho master tMailetn Of the Addie
here today dsnasted reports her to be strained and max
ing water. .
part cargo during passage
The Santiago arrived here s:Fcb 3 in lat 43 N
endous sea- during which starboard topgssnt bull
warks and stern gratings and shifting cargo.
CArHrRrxE's PoNr NV. Feb 1O-There is nothing
TO be of the wreck o the Apheus Marshall Some Of
along the shore out the creator part
has gone out to sea-
ST MIcHAyLs Feb Tho Emma Escoivet. from New Or
leans for Havre is under quarantine and tho Board OF
and IL the without dischargng the
will have be ransbippcd The mastor reports tas
the under sail makes Is inches Of water hour
charge part cargo and caulk topsides
WELLINGTON NJ, Doc 16-The wreck OF ship South
minister sold by auction Dec g. for f The weather
has been fine and considerable quantity of tho has
beon landed where the vessel shore. and
has been brought to this pace bnt with the ex
ccptiOn of such article kerosene OIL everything
m
The New York herald., 1879-02-25

Fire Marshal sheldon was called by the prosecution
and testified % substantially The facts ON the
previous trial. Counsellor Fox then subjected him
to a rigorous crossexamination particularly inquir-
ing TO the of the presence OF fire insurance
official at the private examination of the prisoners by
Fire Marshal sheldon at a room in Police Headquar-
ters. The next witness Fireman Dempsey. whp
also repeated substantially his testimony at the pre-
vioiis trial Counsellor Fox cross-examined him for
two hours A little before eleven O'Clock the
Court adjourned, and the prisoners were handcuned
and take n back to the Tombs.
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
THE OATH OF OFFICE.

Collector Merritt filed his bonds yesterday and
took the oath Of Office before Commissioner Shields.
who swore him in Collector of the Port of the
District of New York The bond executed in the
sum Of $2OO,O00, justified in double the amount.
The sureties are the gentlemen who signed for
General Merritt when he was appointed acting Col
iector--Messrs. Marshall o. Roberts, Congressman
s. B. Chittenden, Hugh Allen and William Walter
Dha1n
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
MARITIME MISCELLANY.

STEAMER viRcSiA before reported damaged by collision
Wilmington Del been repaired and is ready TO sail
for NortolK.
su,r optrxr 33 tons built At Port smouth In 1852.
ut New Orleans, has been sold for $24OOU
Sur Snow 4 BURGESS from Hsvre. al Delaware Brcak-
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
FIRE IN CENTRE STREET.

Fire was discovered in the five story brick build
ing No. 1870 Centre street and No. 2O6 Hester street.
shortly before o'clock this morning. The house
occupied by large metal spinning establishment
and by Charles Ellis hot air furnace manufacturer;
W. Ii. Bauerhen, grinder: Townsend Preston.
machinists, and Others Two alarms were given
The damages to the stock and building would It was
said, probably reach 5000 or 5000. The hre was
confined to tho third and fourth stories.
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

OrrcE LIGHTHOUSE INsrxcroR,
THIRp DISTRICT. roaPKINsvIILx NY. Feb ~, 1879
Tho automatic fog signal buoy off Fire Island has dsap
peacd 1t will he replaced by another buoy rs early as
practicable j " McCLITZ
Commodore USN. Inspector.
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
Feb ~. bark Achillc r tAus,, Pereich,

Sailed from Feb ~ bark Achlc r Aus>, Percich,
United States.
LospoS Feb 24-Bark Alma Ger. Tobias, from Now
York for stetn put into Arendal 2lst inst badly dam
aged by collision.
steamer Peace tBr, from Philadelphia which sunk in
dock at Havre. has been hoated
Bark Jane Rowland (Br Jones. from New York Jan =.
for Lynn, abandoned in sinking condition $50 miles
from Fayal Her rescued and landed Mt Ant
THE Jane Rowland built nj Aberyswiih IN 1857
whence she haled and registered 3iS tons Her cargo
consists Of 95S lbs of oil cake
Bark Stefano Padre HtaD, Fascis from New York Tor
Aberdeen is ashore Berwick onTweed and will prob
ably become wreck. Her crew. except three persons,
saved
Brig Bessie Br), Traynor. has foundered in collision
Her saved
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
SAILED.

Barks Etmoicsia CItaD, for Queenstown or Falmouth
FioreIia Marseilies Serrnno (Br,, do Navigator No
stockholm Freeman Dcnnsl Hamburg; briggs LAURA
tf,rl, 81 John. NIB; Fairfield tBr Baltimore
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
WHALEMEN.

Arrived At st Helena H. bark Gay Head, Jenney OF
Nh from cruise, with $50 bbs sp and 300 do viii and
sailed 2ls 10 cruisel .-.,-
Arrived at do Jan H. barks Pioneer Trpp. Of Nh. from
a cruise with 700 bbs SD: 21st. Piana. Howand NIB do,
with bbls sp tand both remained in port 18th,
cruitingl
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
WEATHER REPORT.

HoLyHEAD Feb 24-Wind EN- moderate gale.
PLYMOUTH. Feb 24-Wiud L. moderate. with snow; ba.
romeser 2a.7O.
scILLy Fob o4-wind Ne moderate. with snow squalls
barometer %
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
SHIPPING NEWS
OCEAN STEAMERS.
:. lsd,s. IDe.,inatioaI 0ei@e.

DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK Fon THE MONTHS
FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
YACHTS. sTEAm mHOATs. sc.


WANTED To Bry rOg UAsil-A rci.oU.,i SUT
w less than i6inch cylinder must be IN good order. Ad
drcss r., 2z2 west ~. New York
The New York herald., 1879-02-25

IlURfNd THE PAST ~ YEARS nYArrs LIsr sAn
)SAM has been verified by innumcablc certificates OF
In rheumatism, scrofula aud diseased biood
The New York herald., 1879-02-25

WESTERN UNION TIME BALL.
NEW YoRK, Feb 4-Noon.
The Western Union time ball day fell correctly.
The New York herald., 1879-02-25
ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK THIS DAY.

HERALD YACHT WEATHER OBSER-
VATIONS.
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4 HannE Little Family,

The other evening, at 7 o'clock,
policeman found a family of five persons
and two old trunks under shed near the
foot of Second-street, waiting to 60 uT
the river on a wood-barge which w0uIdn't
leave until the next forenoon. The
man had both hands pressed to his face.
the woman was wiping her eyes on q
handkerchief, and all the children were
squalIing.
What seems to be the mattcr?' in
quircd the officer as he halted among
them.
ooh, nothing much" answered the
man. "I'ye got the iumpin' tooth-ache,
but it aIIus Stacks up on me about mid
night"
What ais your wifc?'
"Oh, she's kinder tired out and ncry-
GUS, but as soon as she gets 4 good rest
for her back agin the wood-pile she'll 90
to sleep and forget all about it. She's
all right, she is"
"But the children are crying" con-
tinucd the officer.
"Yaas, kinder crying" replied the
man, "but that's nothing. That boy
Augustus Cpsarhe wants a stick Of gum,
but he'll soon chaw himself to sleep on q
silver. The next one, Charles Henry,
he's howlin' cause | won't buy him Il
rockin' horse, but soon's [ get time to
spank him he'll curl down and go to
dreamin' of angels. That gal, Minerva,
has got her mouth up for fried cakes and
milk, but I'll give her & bite O portland
bread from the trunk and she'll neyc
know the difference. We are kinder
sprawled out here, and we seem to DO
afflicted, but we are a reg'Ias
family.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-10-30

A theological dispute between a Chris
tian and an infdel was settled the other
day in a very practical, otf-hand way
The former based his arguments on the
Bible, and expressed his belief in God
as the creator of all things, and in
Christ as the Savior of the world. The
latter swore by Darwin's " Hypothesis of
Man." IngersolPs mistakes of Moses
and his book on "The Gods They laid
their creed and books before a becr-drink-
ing Tcuton, who declared that his re-
ligion was to eat, drink and be merry,
and he did not care about any other.
Taking up the inidel's book on the "The
Gods" he asked who was the author?
Bob Ingersoll,"
Where does he Iiye?'
"Peoria, Illinois"
Taking up the New Testament he
asked the name of its author, and was
answered:
Jesus Christ"
Where does He livew
"In heaven"
Then turning to the infdel he said:
" You be governed by the book on De
Gods and ven you die you go to Bob
1ngcrsoIl, Peoria, Illinois" And to the
Christian, "You be governed by de
New Testament, and ven vol die 90 to
Jesus Christ in heaven"
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Not in fhA Bills.

The Omaha Herald gives this decsrip-
ton of decidedly animated scene which,
though not on the house bills, was en-
acted on the stage at Denver, Colorado,
not a great while ago: The play was
Buffalo Bills. There are several pic
lures as the profession terms them
%tableauX, the spectators call them
during the play. One of these is the
Mountain Meadow massacre, which is il
Illuminated and intensified by all the
glory and glare Of red and blue fire.
Some one surreptitiously mingled a guam
tlty of red pepper with the material for
producing tinted flame, and the result
was somewhat surprising, and created
CONSERVATION among the temporary
corpses. The mixture, instead of burn
ing with serene halo, went on a tear,
sputtered, flashed, splashed, sparkled,
Kissed, cracked and few in fiery, bis
tering showers over the hands and faces
Of the boys who held the pans, and over
those of the dead, whose vitality was re-
stored in a miraculously natural manner.
One Of the murdered women, who Law
prone upon her back with her head hor-
ribIy gashed and a yaWning bleeding slit
across her beautiful throat-dead as a
door nail-was splashed, and revived with
startling ~suddenness. She howIed,
groaned, and Topped over, exclaiming:
Obi Obi My Godl My eyes are burned
outl I'll die!' Other corpses writhed,
rolled Topped, howled, and groaned.
An ~immoderate amount of profanity
dubbed from ~resurrected lips, and resur-
rected lungs poured out vast volumes of
hard, hoarse coughs as the curtain cut
the sight from the auditorium. Several
Of the stage people suffered many small
blisters, but non were seriously burned.
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Poor Girl.

Mother" said a spirituelle creature,
lounging in the kitchen, 81 don't think
Pm long for this world. know I amt
very old, butTye got a presentiment That
I must 0 die!!n
Nonsense!" said the mother, as She
wTestled with the pots; " nonsense, GIRL
don't be foolishl"
Just then the bell rang, the supposed
to-be-dying creature leaped like a fawn
to the front Of the house, peered through
the blinds, M discovered q young man
witha buggy in the street.
"Sal," yelled the girrs brother, verdi
better hurry up and bang yer hair. Bill
Wilson wants yer to go out ridin'. You
girls got n regular circus on lis bows.
hayin feilers take yououtlo
Unjust seven minutes the girlappeared,
her hair banged, her cheeks rouehed. and
dressed, in the language of her brother,
like q " daisy" She didn't feel much
like dying just then, either.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-10-30
Expensive Dresses.

Dress, indeed, must have swallowed IN
almost everything at time when James
/. and his courtiers set the fashion Of
appearing in a new garb almost everv
day. When the Duke Of Buckingham
was sent to France to bring over Hem
rietta Maria, he provided, among others.
onesuit Of white uncut velvet and a cloak
set all over with diamonds, valued at
$4,000, besides a feather made of great
diamonds, and a sword, girdle, hatband
and spurs, thick set with the anne
Another suit Of purple satin, embroid-
cred all over with pearls, was valued at
100000, At the marriage of the Prin-
cess Elizabeth with the Palatinate, LADY
Wotton wore 9 gown profuseIy orns-
mcnted with embroidery that cost $50 a
yard, and Lord Montague spent 81, 800
on the dresses of his two daughters for
that occasion. BY this account it would
seem that the ladies were, at all events.
not more expensive in their attire than
gentlemen.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-10-30
pODUIarjfy of RppT.

Wine maketh glad the heart" said
the King of Israel; and the Hebrew
heart Of David's day was ~giaddened by
a real wine, the wine of grapes; while
the ancient Egyptian heart rejoiccd in
wineof barIey-that is, beer. Theinven-
ton of beer as a beverage is ascribcd to
Osiris, twenty centuries before the Chris
ton era, and it was known in the ancient
world as wine of barley. In the modern
time, the nationalist of Latin origin
drink wine more freely than those of
Saxon origin, who consume much beer.
The agriculture of European countries
is largely influenced by the popular de-
mand for beverages. Within the last
two decades beer has been rapidly gain
ing favor in Latin countries. Beer sa-
looms now flourish in Paris, Rome and
Madrid, as well as in Berlin, Vienna and
Hamburg. In Paris, for example, the
annual consumption of beer has risen to
over n hundred million liters (about
100000 gaIlons), and many PariSians
have come to the conclusion that beer,
though inferior in attractiyeness to wine,
allays thirst, stimulates digestion, re-
freshes the system, and is nutritiye.
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Ia Districts Formerly Raysged

Byfever and ague, immunity from the dread.
ed scourge is enjoyed by those who have
rendered their systems malaria proof with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the best pre-
v~entive and remedy. Quinine cannot COM
psre with it in efficacy, and is anything but
safe. Physicians commend the bitters for
its remedial and resuscitating properties and
the closest analysis reveals nothing in the
composition of a deleterious nature. L does
not deteriorate, is an agreeable cordial as
well as a potent medicine, and when mixed
with brackish or unwholesome water neu-
t~ralizes its hurtful properties. The denizens
of malarious localities, not only in the Unit.
ed States, but the tropics, regard it as an in
valuable protection, and in hosts of families
it is kept constantly on hand. As the. tide
of emigration spreads farther westward the
demand for it among those compelled to ems
counter the Vicissitudes of climate, constant
" increase.
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WOman's Business

A woman, Notwithstanding she is the
best of listeners, knows her business
and it is a woman's business to please.
l do not say that it is her business to
vote, but [ do say that the woman who
does not please is a false note in the
harmonies of nature. She may not
have youth or beauty, Of even manners,
hut she must have something in her
expression, or both;
wa feel better disposed X
race to look at or lis@t
She knows that as well as we do, and
her first question after you have been
talking your soul into her conscious
ness is: Did I please? A woman
never fOrgets hersex. She would rather
talk with a man than an angel any time.
Womanly m are very kindly critics,
except to themselves, and now and then
to their own sex. The less there is of
sex about a woman the more she is to be
dreaded.
But like a real woman at her best
moments-well dressed enough to be
pleased with herself, not so splendid as
TO be a show and a sensation, with the
FdIitQ OltSluG 4iIuCuCCS tlEdb SET WIDTH
ting the harmonious notes of her nature
stirring in the air about her-and what
social life to compare with one Of those
vital interchanges Of thought and feel
ing with her that makes an hour men,
orable? What can equal her tact, her
delicacy, her subtlety Of apprehension,
her quiCkness to feel the changes of tenn
ppTaturp 9S tbn warm md cool currautq
of thought blow by turns? At one mo-
ment she is m~icroscopicaIly intellec-
tual, critical, scrupulous in judgment as
an analysts balance, and the next as
sympathetic as the open rose that
sweetcns the wind from whatever quar-
ter it finds its way to her bosom. 1t is
in the hospitable soul of woman that
man forgets he is a stranger, and so be-
comes natural and truthful; at the
same time he is mesmerized by all those
differences that make her a mys-
terry and bewilderment.
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Every one has some popularity of
speech. The Yorkshire man is known
all over England by his curious accent,
and the cockney has for centuries been
the butt of ridicule for his unkind treat
mcnt Of his " aitches'' and his transposi-
tions of V and W. Our S~outherners call
Us all " Yankees" above Mason and Dix
on's line, and accuse us Of saying al
guess and calculate" and we ~retaliate by
saying 81 reckon that's sop l have a
lady friend who has a weakness for say
ing II say!" and begins most of her SEN
fences in that manner. One day some
person was asking a mutual friend what
Mrs. q Say" called her husband when
she addressed him familiarity. His Chris
tian name happened to be Hezekiah, or
Ebeneczcr, or Jehosaphat, or some other
Biblical name hard to shorten into a pet
name, as for example, "Ebby," or
made answer, ooh, she merely calls him
[ saw"
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Filling a Nameless Grave,

Strange things happen in the world.
At Atlanta, Ga, a few days ago, a
mysterious life wa ended by suicide.
For over forty years an old German OF
reserved habits and fine manners and
education has lived alta German farmers,
about three miles in the country. He
declined to give any name, and at first
paid for his board. During the war he
did not receive his regular r~emittances,
and has had none since. He never wrote
or received letters. The family with
whom he lived could never discover his
name, although deeply attached to the
kindly old fellow. He said on Friday to
a child that Uncle Henry ought to die,
as he was too old to live, and then placed
a musket to his face and sent the ball
through his brain. He died with his
secret, and was buried without name.
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The Sarcastic Trnmn.

AAAtA4thytN EAN4 Din
On the wall Of the woodshed which con-
s%titutes the station at Dorsey's on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, the follow
ing has recently been written III 4 fair
commercial hand. "Bound fer Virginia
in search Of employment. Lodged here
night and breakfast on dandelion
salad and peas-a delightful dish. The
polite attention of the walters at this
establishment / a not too highly com.
mend TO my followers. Edgar A. Wiki
ms, Of Bristol, England" The sarcasm
Of this can be appreciated when 1t is re-
membered that the dandelions ana meas
had to be piueked from a neiahorinr
field, and that nobody lives within half
mile Of the station. But if MI Wilkins
tramps much longer in this country. he
viii demand bread, ham, and coffee for
breakfast instead of being c5ntented
with q strictly vegetarian diet