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The New York herald., 1879-03-27

bureaus, the simplihoation of the govern
ment machinery and the stoppage of the
great leakages that are to be found in almost
all the supplies furnished and work done
for the city.
The Mayor thinks that the salaries of
the Police and Fire departments ought to
be fixed by law, and in this the HEnALD
concurs 1t would be unad dvisable to allow
the politicians to bid for the support of
these departments with promises Of in
creasing the pay. In the Educational de-
partment the Mayor believes that the sala-
ries should be under the control of the
Board of Education, because the differences
in the grades and qualifications Of teachers
make it inexpedient for the Legislature to
attempt to fix their respective salaries by
law. But the salaries might be graded by
law, leaving the Board of Education to
classify the teacf@rs in accordance with
their qualifications The people have not
much confidence in q Board which has cut
down the teachers salaries without reduc-
ing tho total cost of the department, and
with no other effect than to leave large
amount to be squandcred on book jobs,
supplies, repairs and similar expenditures.
No doubt the salary account of our city
government is extravagant and ought to be
in some manner reduced and limited but
there is little prospect that a Legislature
which wastes its time in sqnabbling over
insignificant economies will afford any sub
stantial relief to the overburdened city.
The New York herald., 1879-03-27
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

PARK THEATRE-ENGAGED
BROADWAY THEATRE-Ii. VI. S. PISAroRK
NEW YORK AQUARIUM-Rsp RIDING IIooD.
FIFTH AVENUE THEArRE-wnss.
WALLACK'S-A SCRAP OF PAPxn.
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-DAvr CROCKETT
BTANDARD THEATRE-H NJ. s. PINAroRE.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-TnE RANxER's DAucHrER
BOOTHS TIEATRE-LrrrLK DUKE
EIBLO'S THEATRE-BLAcK CROOK.
ST. JAMES OPERA HOUSE-DuNDRxARv.
BOwERY TIEATRE-CusrER
GERMANIA THEATRE-H NJ. S. PINAFoRG
LYCEUM THEATRE-THE MASKED BALL
MASONIC HALL-TuE MDcErs.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs-MuD scow PISAFonS.
AMERICAN MUSEUM-CuRIoslriEs.
TONY PASTOR'S-PINAFoRE BUILKsoUE.
THEATRE COM1QUE-MULLIGAN GUARD BALL
STEINWAY HALL-SyMPHoNY CONCERT.
HILMORES OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TOURNAMENT.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05
The Romance Of Penny Postage.


It is strange, but true, that a love af-
fair should have developed the present
system of postage stamps. But Glove
rules the camp, the court, the bar" and
why not the post office? Sir Rowland
Hill, whose death was announced re-
Gently, when on one of his philanthrOpic
and discovery tours through England,
stopped one evening at a north country
inn. While sitting with other travellers
warming himself at the kitchen fire, the
pOstman brought in the mail. Among
other persons who received a letter was
kitchen lassie. She took the letter
from the carrier, turned it over and over
in her hands, looking wistfully at it all
the time, and at last handed it back to
the postman, remarking: " | have no
money to pay the postage on a letter
from india" Rowland Hill stepped for
ward and said: q will pay the postage
rather than have you deprived of the
pleasure of a letter." and handed her the
required sum, which she received with
evident gratitude and surprise. After
she left the kitchen another traveller
said: "That is her game; she knew all
that was in that letter from certain
marks that was on the outside. It was
from a sweetheart in India, and before
he went off they agreed upon some sign
by which she was to learn if he was we'll,
prosperous and when coming home, and
when letter is brought to her she ex-
amines the outside and knows all that she
wants to, but makes that excuse in re-
turning it. Mr. Hill went in search Of the
girl and by adroit questioning, found his
fellow travellers guess to be correct. The
girl also showed him how she deciphered
the signs, telling him at the same time
that she was too poor to pay the post
age, and that was the reason she and
her lover had agreed upon this plan.
From these facts Mr.. Hill inferred that
the Government must annually be de-
frauded by such articles of large sums,
and he began planning q system Of
stamps which would secure to the Gov
ernment a certain postal revenue. The
present postal system is the result.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05
An Arkansas Romance.

About twenty miles from Waldron
| there lives an old man named Wayne.
Aside from hale, old-style wife, there
| belongs to the family a beautiful girl
named Lulu. A few months ago, while
the old man and lady were away from
home, young Indian named Wambo
called at the house and asked for drink
of water. Lulu invited him into the
house, where he remained in cOnversa-
satiOn for some time after he had re-
ceived the aqueous fluid. The Indian
had been we'll educated, and his hand
some face and manly form Immediately
awakened within Lulu's bosom a senti-
mental interest, while Wambo, was
pierced, as though by an arrow of his
ancient fathers, with a thrill of love- He
pressed the maiden's hand when he left,
and said that he would return. True to
his promise, he returned on the following
Sunday. The old lady and gentleman
had gone to church. Another conyersa-
tiOn ensued, and when the young Indian
left he pressed the maiden's hand with
even more ardOr than had characterized
his first visit. This time he did not
leave without remarking that he would
return. A week elapsed before the girl
saw him again. This time the old peo-
pie were at home, and, though the girl
had not spoken to her parents in regard
to the Indian, suspicion was immedi-
ately awakened. However, the Indian
and the girl spoke to each other senti-
mentally; so much so that an engage
ment of marriage was the result, the
young Indian promising to come after
the girl on the following night. The
girl knew that her father would be bit
terly opposed to the union, and warned
her lover. Next night, while the moon
was shining, while the foliage was wav-
ing, the feet of the Indian brushed the
dew from the grass. On his shoulder he
bore a light ladder. Placing the ladder
on the ground, he assembled to a window
and peered into room. In another in
slant he was tumbling to the ground.
The old gentleman had discovered the
plot, and, arming himself with a club,
stood in the window. The Indian was
not very badly hurt, and he had not
more than gained his feet when the girl
rushed from 8 downstairs room and
Joined him. Then the two began a flight
through the woods, among the bushes,
over the rocks. Afraid to shoot, the
old man ran as rapidly as his lOng-used
legs would allow him. In attempting to
climb a ledge of rocks the young Iady's
dress caught and held her fast. In
trembling haste her lover tried to olsen
gage her, but the old gentleman was
upon them.
eff you love me, Ieavep said the girl.
The Indian dashed away, and in an
other moment the girls father stood be-
side her. She was marched back home.
She is still there, but the young Indian,
by no means slow, may make an out
break at any moment.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05

The detective had struck the right
trail; but whittier was it leading him?
His blood ran cold when he thought of
the goal
He came up with tottering but eau
tious steps, and leaning against one Of
the pillars of the porch, looked in upon
the superbly-dressed woman who sat at
the piano.
A fair little girl with golden hair
the very image of Alicia Bersford at her
tenth year stood beside her.
q am at the end Of my tIa1l, said
the haggard man at the pillar Here
ends the hunt for James Holden's pois-
oner. But God pity the wretched wo-
mani She did it all for me-"
The next moment he held n revolver
in one hand against his head, and an en-
velope in the other The report that
followed drove the beautiful woman
from the piano, and the men who
hastened to the scene found the suicide
lying near the window.
"some madman," answered man, as
the white-faced lady inquired into the
commotion. "Some paor fellow has
killed himself-that's all.
But here's letter in his hand; it is
addressed to Alicia Bersford."
The lady listened to the man with as
tonishment on her face, and she stag
gered rather than walked into the par
Tor, with the crumpled letter in her hand
"Pull down the curtain, Blanche, " she
said to the child.
Then she tore open the envelope, and
with eyes that seemed about to burst
from their sockets, read;
"MY GUILTY WHE-- Guided by retribution,
I have discovered the poisoner of James Holden.
MY trail ends at your window. I know ALL
your visit to HOlden's home, in disguise how
you hid in the library everything. You did it
all for me, guilty woman tore me from Maude
Holden, and now you bring me to the last round
of remorse's ladder. Don't tell BIanch that
her mother is a murderess. May God have
mercy on ycur soul ALFRED BERsFoRD."
The woman raised her head, and
handed the letter to her child.
Burn this darling" she said, and the
little one held it in the gas-jet until it
fell in ashes from her hand.
Az the act was finished. Alicia's head
dropped upon the ivory keys Of the pi-
ano, and the music that went forth
drowned the groan that welled from her
heart.
After awhile Blanche tried to rouse
her mother; but her little hands could
not.
Alicia Bersford, the woman tracked
down by her detective husband, was dead.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05
SMOKING AND THE TEETH.
An English Scientist Thinks that fk
Laffer are EerefteCl by the Habit


At a recent meeting of the Odontolegi-
cal Society of Great Britain, Mr. Hep
burn read a paper on the result of his
Investigations on the subject of the eff
feet of smoking on the teeth. lie con-
siders that the direct action of nicotine
upon the teeth is decidedly beneficial.
The alkalinity of the smoke must neces-
sarily neutralize any acid secretion
which may be present in the oral cavity,
and the antiseptic property of the n1co-
tine tends to arrest putrefactive changes
in carious cavities. In addition, he is
inclined to believe that the dark deposit
on the teeth of some habitual smokers is
largely composed of the carbon with
which tobacco smoke is impregnated
1t is this carbon which is deposited on
the back part of the throat and lining
membrane of the bronchial tubes; and
with whatever disastrous effect it may
act in these situations, he thinks we are
justified, from what we know of its anti
septic properties, in concluding that its
action upon the teeth must be beneficial
Moreover, this deposit takes place ex-
actly in those positions where carries are
most likely to arise and on those sur
faces of the teeth which escape the or
dinary cleansing action of the brush.
1t is found interstitially in all minute
depressions, and filling the assures on
the coronal surfaces. It may be re-
moved with scaling instruments from
the surface of the enamel, but where it
is deposited on dentine this structure
becomes impregnated and stained In
deed, it is only when the enamel is
e. s- 10, Il
that any true discolorati0n of the tooth
takes place; but it is remarkable, he
says, how the stain will penetrate even
through minute cracks, provided the
necessary attention to cleanliness be not
exercised. The staining power of to-
bacCo oil may be seen when deposit
has taken place on the porous surface of
tartar collected on the posterior surface
of the inferior incisors. In this situa-
tion a shiny ebony appearance is Occa-
sionally produced. That tobacco is
capable of allaying, to some extent, the
pain of toothache, is, he thinks, true, its
effect being due not only 10 its mar
cotizing power, but also to its direct ac-
tion upon the exposed nerve; and he is
inclined to attribute the fact of the
comparatively rare occurrence of the
toothache amongst sailors, in great meas
ure, to their habit of chewing. He sas
been struck, in the case of one or two
confirmed smokers who have come IN
der his notice, by the apparent ten
dency which exists toward the gradual
production Of complete necrosis of
carious teeth, and the various stages of
death of the pulp, and death of the per-
iOsteum taking place without pain or
discomfort to the patient This condi-
tion may, of course be brought about
by variety Of influences; but in these
special cases he is inclined to think that
the presence Of nicotine in the mouth
has acted powerfully. The experience
of other speakers, in the subsequent
discussion, appeared to corroborate that
Of Mr.. Hepburn.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05
A Glover Trick

A negro was halted by rundown
white man with bad kink in his left
eye, and asked if he intended to visit the
fair
g Yes, sah-Ize gwine up dar at least
fo' times" was the reply.
Boy, are you up to snuff whispered
the stranger.
Well, sab, knows a trick or two"
Good thoughtyOu did Now then,
I want ten cents to get drink, and I'll
tell you how you can make your way
through any of the gates without the
least trouble"
Wouldn't I be cotched?'
" Not a bit Of it. I'll warrant you to
go through without word, and ! only
want ten cents for telling you how. [
wouldn't give it away to anybody but
sharp, keen man like you"
+" Well, I'll take dat in, y said the negro
as he handed over dime. Now, den,
how kin ] pass de gates?'
The white man put his mouth close to
the others ear and replied:
q Pay 'em fifty cents"
1t would have been a pretty even
fight, but an officer came along and
squelched it in the blossom.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05
Imports and ExDOrts,

A special from Washington SAYS:
The Bureau of Statistics has received
all the reports from Collectors of Gus
toms concerning the imports and exports
of the last fiscal year, ending June 80,
1879, which show the balance of trade
in favor of the United States to be
nearly $265,000, 1000, as against 1851, ,OOO,-
900 the previous year. The total value
of exports were $4,000, 900, and inn
ports $445, 100000 Nearly $1,000 600
more of coin and bullion was exported
last year than imported. For the first
nine months the imports were greater
than the exports, but in the last three
months the exports have increased very
largely, turning the balance. There was
more sugar imported than any other sim
gle article of merchandise, although the
amount was over two millions less than
the previous year The next article in
amount of importation was coffee, which
also fell off about two million dollars
worth. Imports of tea fell off two per
cent. during the year, but the imports of
fancy articles, silks, diamonds and other
luxuries increased. The imports
of fancy china and earthenware
also increased largely. The largest i'm
crease in expectation was of wheat,
which went up from 500, 900 600 in 1878
to $3.50, 0,000,0 600 in 1879 The exports Of
wheat -four increased ten per cent,
horned cattle about sixty per cent, iron
about thifty- three per cent, and tobacco
about ten per cent. The exports Of pro-
visions were about the same. but the ex-
ports of cotton and oil fell OF"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05

The erection of the colossal head of
Liberty designed by Bertholdi for the
New York roadstead is making rapid pro-
gress at tle back of the Palais de PIN
dustr'e, and the public will shortly be
able to visit its interior Thanks to the
success of the Franco-American lottery,
the whole of the monument will be com
pleted in less than two years, and before
its departure for its transatlantic destin-
alton will be pat together temporarily for
inspection by the Parisians. The height
of the monument, it may be remarked,
will be about that of the Vendome Col
vImu y
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05

THE infiltration system of sailing beef
by filling the blood vessels with brine is
attracting considerable attention in Aus
tralia. In some recent experiments at
Brisbane bullocks were treated as follows:
At the instant of. killing the animals
heart was laid bare and incisions were
made in both ventricles. Into the orifice
of the left ventricle pipe was inserted,
and a stream of weak brine was forced
through the blood vessels, washing out all
the blood Pressure was obtained by
having the brine in an elevated tank. At
ter the expulsion of the blood the right
ventricle was closed by a clamp, and
stronger brine was forced in until all the
blood vessels were full. In this way the
distribution of the brine through every
part of the meat is said to be complete
and the curing perfect. 1t is proposed to
send to the Sydney Exhibition a whole
bullock thus preserved.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05

FRANCE is a happy country. While
every other nation in Europe is bemoan-
ing over deficits and financial difficulties,
her revenue is pouring in and exceeding
the estimates by large sums. The returns
for the month of September have just
been made up, and they show that the
receipts exceed the estimates by 14,000,
600 francs. The total sum received dur
ing the first nine months of the present
year exceeds the estimates by 108,000,-
600 francs So that, if France continues
to progress financially during the next
quarter of 1879 in the same ratio as she
has done during the past three quarters,
at the end she will find herself the pos
SCISSOR OF a surplus of between $20,OO0,-
600 and S3O,OOO OO0-a sum nearly as
large as the deficit which Lord Beacons-
fields government have created for their
successors to wipe Off
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05
Living In London.

The London correspondent Of the
Boston Traveller says living there is not
so cheap as in the United States. Visi-
tors have to pay right and left for every
thing, and often for nothing. England
is one vast show town. Everything is
on exhibition at from a sixpence to
shilling. IF one desires to visit the
shrines either of royalty or literature, he
must weep tears, silver tears, in every
instance. Shakspeare's grave, a six
pence; Shakespeare easy chair, shilling;
dead kings and queens, one shilling;
jewels of live one, two shillings, and
so on. Your correspondent has been
sweating sixpences and sneezing shillings
every since landing on the soil, and is
likely to till he leaves it; but after all,
there is nothing like what is to be seen
here in all the world, and if the charges
could only be put in one grand total, the
traveller would think it cheap. 1t is the
petty annoyance of drawing the purse at
every turn, and the constant demand for
a fee, that, like a nail in the shoe, keeps
one in constant irritation. For instance,
at the theatres, the American, accus-
toned to pay for his seat and have the
whole paying business over, is put quite
out of conceit before the performance
begins by the little annoyances to which
he is subjected. He pays ten shillings,
two dollars and half, for his seat; for
the privilege of securing his seat in adj
vance, say on the morning of the perfoT-
nance, and must pay an extra for
" booking" When he arrives at the
theatre, he finds his ladies must remove
their bonnets. These are to be stored In
the cloak-room, sixpence each; then a
program, fourpence each; then a glass of
water during the performance, one shil-
ling, and fee for the commissionnaire
who closes his cab door as he drives away.
As a sixpenee is fifteen cents, all this
amounts very pretty sum before he
gets through his amusement (?), espe-
cially if his party is of any considerable
size; but then it has always been the
custom, and it is probable it always will
be. What was good enough for their
great-grandfathers is quite good enough
for the present generation.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05

The Mexican volcano Orizaba, 1900
ect above the sea level, has been ascended
by NJ. Alfalfa, resident in Pueblo.
Thirteen persons accompanied him, one
of whom died at the top from rarefac-
ton of the air, and another few days
afterward from erysipelas, caused by the
reflection of the sun on the snow. Sew
oral thousands steps had to be cut in the
snow to gain the summit, and the expe-
dition occupied four days, one of which
was blank owing to rain and snow.
Baron Muller, in 1859 first made the
ascent, and he has had very few success
SprS
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05

FORTUNE, never tired of favoring the
Irish, has bestowed upon them another
distinction In the hands of one of their
race is at last the largest diamond One
Mr.. O'Flaherty has found, we are told,
at the Cape Fields, no tiny gem, but
huge mass of brightness weighing one
hundred and fifty carats, and promising
to be very mine of wealth. The largest
every known before when cut proved
only to weigh one hundred and eighteen
and a half carats; the Koh-i-noor does
not boast of more than two-thirds that
weight; yet an Irishman, whose claim is,
it seems, in the very middle of the
diamond mud, has quietly lifted this
large and brilliant stone from the earth
and taken it down to the Cape. He is
said to have three courses open to him
he can dispose Of it at once to SPECTATORS
on the spot; or, bringing it to England,
he can sell it to be cut; or he may have
ii cut at his own expense, and take his
chnnce Of a colossal fortune or compare
lively little,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05
The Cause Of Crime.


1t is shown in prison registers that
crime is generally co-existent with ig-
norance and an Unbalanced brain, in
which the faculty of arithmetical calcu-
lation is almost wholly lacking. Spo-
radio crime among the educated and
those Of honest parentage amounts to but
two per cent. This is an overwhelming
argument in favor of preventive meas
ures and their value above corrective
penalties-in fact, in favor of general
and, as far as circumstances Will permit,
thorough education.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05

A WEST HILL man invented fire ex-
tinguisher, but was unable to get a
patent on it. However, he changed the
name of his invention, and got patent
on it ds a churn. This answered his pur-
pose quite as well, and it would amaze
you to see how the country rights are
going of. Burlington Haackeye.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05
aAla4EGIANCE.
BIZ LILA n. cUsHMAN.

0 gentle eyesl that look me through and through,
Reading my s0uPs sweet secret eYern0re!-
Eyes so eerenel Of Heavens intensest bluel
Sweet violet eyes that saints would fain adorei
w hat magic spell have ye around me east7
What gentle force making willing slave,
To loves sweet dream while life itself shall last
To loves sweet dream, that ends not in the gTaveT
Fain would flee thy presence, but in vain
/ try; We hold me ever by some spell;
BY bonds unseen, some power / cannot tell;
Yet fleeing thee forever would be pain.
Ogentle, violet eyesl serene and pure
am thy faithful subject eyermorei
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05

THE owners of the Great Eastern have
at last determined to convert the great
ship into a meat-carying trader between
London and Texas. The requisite alter
ations, which include new boilers, vii
involve an outlay of 100000; but as
tile vessel can carry 1000 head of cattle
or 5000 sheep the speculation should
prove remuneratiye.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05

SOME day woman of noble impulses
and strong right arm viii be granted
to earth, and then the man who is in the
habit of looking back over his shoulder
at ladies he has passed on the street will
try it once more and then quit, because
that woman is born to hithim; and when
she does do it, he viii be only good for
the doctors to practice on for the next
si < months. Il Steuben1ille Herald.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-05

TIE South will raise this year abo ut
5000, 900 bales of cotton, 100000 hog s
heads of sugar, and very nearly 600,ss
100000 pounds of tobacco. This will be
half million more bales of cotton, twice
as much sugar, and 100000 more
pounds of tobacco~than she ever raised