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The New York herald., 1879-02-02
WHAT rs A TRAMP?

To THE EDITOR HERALD
letter in the HERALD, signed "Pro Bono Pub.
hco," complains of tramps being admitted into the
reading room of the Cooper Union. Have wa
come to this that every man is considered tramp
who cannot dress ir the latest fashion? The person
W no signs "Pro Bono Pubico'' must be that
the renowned and venerable Peter Cooper in
tended that noble institute for the public good and
never intended that poor men out OF employment
and having good conduct should be debarred the
privilege OF seeking information in their leisure
hours from the library purchased for such pur-
poses. Rather than spend said hours in tho
porterhouse. or in other places OF bad repute,
too many do whose education and habiliments and
not their good conduct screens them from the mpu-
tation OF ramps these poorly dressed men prefer to
read and study This person, so desirous of eject
ing tramps and seeking respectable society has fac
ties sufficient in the Cooper Union to learn that it
what is termed respectable and high toned society
that have produced the tramps in this well in
every other country, but if correspondent had
his way there would be no Cooper Unions where poor
men could discern the OF their misery or be-
sufficiently enlightened to peaceably apply
remedy. Persons of extensive and practical know-
edge have learned long time ago not to judge Of
men by their outward appearance.
ONE OF THE TRAMPS.
The New York herald., 1879-02-02
WHOSE BusrNEss?

To THE EDITOR HERALD:.-
When in front of your Office. about six o'clock
last evening noticed man vino apparently in
distress. approached him and found that he was
suffering from deep wound inflicted in his head.
His head. face and neck were covered with blood
and his shirt saturated He sober man. but
was in semi-conscious condition account OF
loss of blood. l Immediately called policeman.
whom l requested to for the by.
stander suggested that the injured man be
taken to police surgeon, to which the officer
replied why don't you take him % Throughout
the whole of the matter the officer grossly
civil only to myself but to the others who urged
upon him the necessity of the man receiving imme-
diate attention. Finally after considerable delay and
parley during which the wound bled profusely the
officer prevailed upon by the crowd to take the
man in charge. The number of this brilliant
ment to the best police III the world" is 2060 This
matter should receive the attention or the proper
authorities. HUMANITARIAN.
The New York herald., 1879-02-02
THE COOPER UNION READING ROOM.

THE COOPER UNION READING ROOM.
To THE EDITOR THE HERALD
You have admitted in your widely read paper .
compliant against the Free Reading Room of the
Cooper Union signed "Pro Bono Publico." AS usual,
only side is by the complainant.
The Cooper Union Free Reading Room is visited
by average of three thousand people daily. 1t
being literally "free reading room there only
three dsquali6cations for entrance into the room.
which placed among the rules-uncleanliness.
ntoxication and disorderly conduct. 1t was not
thought necessary by the trustees TO place reading
and writing among the qualifications for entrance
into this free reading room The rules enforced
by good faithful and tried officers appointed by tho
city we'll by the institution. 1t would be
prising il some oversights not made among
large a number as tbrong the reading room daily;
but the rectication of any mistakes is in the hands
of every respectable visitor, because this reading
room, being free gift to the public of
New York by its benevolent founder.
thus put virtually under the protection OF
cry who resorts to it, and il is thus made the
duty of every gentleman in the room to protect him
self and the reading room from any violation of its
rules by informing the officers who provided to
enforce them.
Instead, therefore, of rushing to the HERALD this
gentleman who signs himself "Pro Bono Publco''
would have found his remedy by simply informing
officer of the institution that a person intox-
oated uncleanly disordery had got into the read
ing room and was offending him and others.
J. {. ZACHOS, Curator.
COOPER UNION, NEW York, JAM 81. 1879.
The New York herald., 1879-02-02
TO SUIT THE PRISONER.

"vhy don't you behave ycurseIf?" asked Justice
Flainmcr ot the strange looking hobblc,ohoy before
him at Jcforson Market yesterday.
''Dcy want TO drive me OF de corner, dey does,
dem oiicorsl" blubhercd the fellow. "pcy don't
want me to black boots. dey don't"
''fhc officer says you were drunk.
81 more drunk den dan am now
"Well, then, YOU must have been drunk. You are
Ten dollars or ten days
"say, why don't YOU make IL thirty DAYS aud I've
done wid IL! Say, why don't your said the fellow
half dsdainfully and halt rcproachfully.
"Wel, III do 50 ~ please yVa."
!. .lIoly smokSI"
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WATER IN WEST rn1RrY-sEcoND STREET.
A. G. u.
WHOSE FAULT Is THIS ?

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
send you by todays mail two papers just re-
ceiyed dripping wet. out OF ten daily HERALDs
should have got only two have come to hand.
told that at the Post Office, Silver City. there
hundreds OF papers that have been destroyed in
transit by the conyeyances OF the New Mexico Mail
and Transportation Company, so as to make the ad-
dresses uErecognIzable.
Can there be anything done TO oblige mail carriers
~ cover the mails? MALCOLM McGHEGOR.
GEoEGEroS, ~ NJ, Jan. l6, 1879.
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OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.

lNorE.-Letters intended for this column must be
accompanied by the writer's full name and address to
insure attention Compainans. who are unwilling TO
comply with this rule simply waste time in writing.
Write only one side of the paper.-ED. HERALD
WATER IN WEST THIRrY-sEcoND STREET.
To EDITOR TIE HERALD;--
VIII you have the kindness to your influence
that the Croton Department will see that water is
supplied the third story in houses in my neighbor
hood: Ii is perfect outrage that cannot have IL
on the third story after the frost sets in.
J. A. q. u.
The New York herald., 1879-02-02

porters lawyers. &C. but always carried on his per-
son brace OF trusty revovers and threatened any
one with death who would attempt his arrest. He
has been captured at last and will doubt hang AS
the evidence is yoluminous against him.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05

RECENTLY the first cotton mill ever run
in the Chinese empire, has been chartered
by the government ut Shanghai, and the
machinery ordered for eQuipping eight
hundred looms. The promoters OF the mill
are Of opinion that the fabrics which
China requires Of foreign countries, and
for which she pays immense sums every
year, can be made as well il not better
within the empire, and the profits o iman.
ufacture kept at home. The exquisite
skill with which the Cinnamon accomplish
all varieties Of hand work furnishes a sui.
iicient basis for such an opinion, even
though their lack Of inventive genius has
so long kept them from rivalry with the
manufacturing nations OF the world. The
plan OF the promoters Of the first Chinese
cotton mill is to employ skilled English
wOrkmen in the art of weaving by ma.
chinery; and under the government pat.
ronage the mill is thenceforth to become a
sort of school for the instruction Ofthe ma.
ton. This first mill may easily become
the germ Of a great industrial revolution
in the Celestial empire. As other mills
spring up around it, making goods which
are protected against foreign competition
by an exorbitant tariff, Great Britain will
have reason to bemoan the loss OF anoth-
er market for the products Of her myriad
looms.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05

"""# ~ - -
tJustiee Miller o. the tinIted BATES Supreme cour.
addressing the Iowa Bar AssOclatOu.l
The practice OF the law is an art. There
is no question that, like painting or sculp-
ture, there is necessary to its perfect at.
tainments a certain native genius for its
pursuit. But this does not mean, as in
those arts, Imagination, taste, a delicate
sense OF beauty in form and color. In the
law n much more useful, anda much more
common quality, Is the native foundation
Of success. II Is a sound judgment, aclear
head, a strong development Of the reason.
ing faculty, a capacity TO reduce all prOpo-
sitions to the test Of sound logic, without
regard 10 the syllogisms Of Aristotle or
Whately, and independent OF rhetoric rs
a science or an establishment. But this
natural faculty, like all other gifts Of ma
ture, Is susceptible Of vast Improvement
in It's use BY cultivation, by polish,
and, above all, by cultivation. con-.
fine myself ut present to the latter.
And by this training mean the OK.
ercise Of the faculties in the best mode
possible, OF presenting your case to the
tribunal which must decide 1t; mean the
restraint which Use enables you to impose
on an exuberant Imagination, the caution
which experience teaches otcareful state
ment and safe movements, the courage
which familiarity inspires In battling for
the right, and above all the skill which is
acquired BY constant observation, practice
and correction in setting forth your Case in
the strongest light and the most inviting
aspect. II is a very common error, when
a lawyer has Rdroitly made an unwilling
witness tell the truth; or more frequently,
when he has made a telling argument to
court or jury, delivered with a captivating
ease and grace, for the ordinary listener to
imagine that It cost no labor or trouble. l
have heard men who had the sense and
taste to admire such n speech, declare in
the utmost good faith that they were
themselves intended by nature for law.
yers because they caught with such readi.
ness the force and beauty OF the argu.
ment, and saw with Clearness the PROPOSE.
ton 1t sustained. But the experienced op.
ponent, or the observing judge, could see
without difficulty that the apparently art.
less imPromptu address was the periec.
ton OF art itself, ~concealing the long and
laborious study previously given to the
case, and careful systematic mode Of pre-
senting it, determined on before the ora.
tor had opened his mouth. All the i'm.
portant propositions maturely considered,
and in the critical e~xigenCy Of the argu.
ment, the very words selected in which it
is to be expressed. all this is the result
Of training, Of constant and thoughtful
criticisms Of your " style, OF careful
preparation for every occasion, OF II re.
view, after the effort is over, OF the man.
ner in which it has been made, and a con.
siderate resolution to profit in future by
any failure or defects that may be dis
| covered,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05

In Tuesdays lSrELLIGEHCER we publish
ed Ingersoll's Grafton over the dead body
Of his brother which was pronounced in
the presence OF a large number OF the dis
tinguished men Of the nation. The follow.
ing passage in his weird discourse is sug.
gestive of a passage in the drama OF lon:
Life is a narrow vale between the cold
and barren peaks OF two eternitieS. We
strive in vain TO look beyond the heights.
Wecry aloud, and the only answer is the
echo OF our wailing cry. From the voice
less lips Of the uureplyingd dead there comes
no word; but in the night OF death Hope
ees a star, aud listening Love IAN hear
the rustic Of q wing. He who sleeps here,
when dying, installing the approach OF
death for the return Of health, whispered
with his latest breath, 4 am better now
Let us believe, in spite OF doubts aud dog.
mas, and tears and fears, that these dear
words are true OF all the countless dead"
1t would almost seem as il this eloquent
passage might have been inspired BY a
kindred. passage in the drama Of Ion. In
that drama, the hope of Immortality so
e~loquently uttered by the death devoted
Greek finds a ~congenial response in the
words Of Ingersoll. When about to yield
his young existence as a sacrifice to fate,
his Clemantha asks ii they should meet
again, to which he replies:
al have asked that dreadful question Of
the hills that look eternal-of the clear
streams that flow forevcr-of the stars
among whose fields of azure my raised
spirit has walked in glory. All were
dumb. But Us l gazed upon thy loving
face | feel that there is something in the
love that mantles through its beauty that
cannot wholly perish. We shall meet
again C%lemantha."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05
The Iron and steel question at Pitts.

W AENa AAAAA fNNgNA ~ ~
bargh.
sp14sl to the ChIcasO Tribune Of Tutsday.
Appointment iron manufacturer, and q
man whose knowledge Of the business Is
broad and accurate, said this morning:
There are two things that appear to be
bound up in this contest. One Is the In.
PRODUCTION Of outside labor, and the other
IL the question Of temporary lease oil lie
or the Immediate comparative death Of the
iron business. By the death Of the iron
business | mean that iron will be super
seeded by steel. This, as Is well known, Is
being rapidly done now, but this strike
will hasten the change at least five years.
Such things as horseshoes, horseshoe bars,
cotton ties, straps, and q hundred other
articles til / are now Pittsburgh's iron
specialties will be made Of steel.
Sheet iron and other specialties will
also be superseded by steel. This Is
because steel can be produced to-day as
cheap as the better grades Of iron. Them
PRODUCTION Of steel will not affect the lower
grades Of iron articles upon which there
Is little or no profit, but will confine It's in.
roads almost entirely to such articles as
are now the specialties from which our
manufactures derive the greater portion OF
their profits. This Is something that the
manufacturers have been trying 10 put of
for as long atime as possible, owing to the
large amount ..ot capital already invested
in iron.produCing machinery and works.
The question OF bringing in outside skilled
labor is also assuming formidable proper
tons. All the leading Iron Workers
Unions OF England have in their consti.
tutions what Is called an Emigration
clause" This clause provides that, II any
member Of the Union wishes 10 emigrate
to the United States or elsewhere, he Is en-.
titled to from "a to E7to pay his passage
and expenses to his new field Of labor. At
the present time there are great number
Of men idle in England because they are
crowded out. TEere is a plethora Of them,
and, II the manufacturers OF Pittsburgh
desired TO do so, they could have 1850
puddleu here ready for work inside Of
three weeks. Our manufacturers do not
desire this. They want their old men to
work, and wish to see them do well, but il
it becomes apparent that the men who live
here will not work at the wages which the
manufacturers car afford to pay them, then
there will have to be a change"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05
Mnlunl r.emlne.s IL the rnmll,,

AA So = NAtAAAAIN
The cooperative principle in education
is nowhere seen to better advantage than
in the family. The girl is strengthened
and vivified by the bat and ball, the oars,
the bow and arrow, or the skate. as much
as is the boy, and she needs, and her
family need, the sparkling v~ivacity which
only outdoor anusements can give; but
the girl who has two beds TO make has
not so much time for recreation as the
boy, who uses, but who makes none. The
care Of one room for each would be a hap
pier adjustment. At q school which |
lately visited, the boys, under the care Of
a matron, were taught to make their beds
and to keep their rooms in order. They
showed no incapacity for the work. Their
clean beds with white covers were as well
made as though done by their sisters.
Neither boots, stockings, jackets, shirts
or collars We're on the floor for some
body else to pick up. What has been
done by a matrOn with a largo number Of
boys, could be done by any mother with
her sons, not only with positive advantage
to them, but with justice to their sisters.
Not long since met a judicious mother
who had resolved to abate the nuisance Of
careless, wastful and expensive servants,
and instead, to ask OF each member OF her
household, sons and daughters alike, a
sufficient contribution to the days work
TO complete all which the daily necessi-
ties Of the family demanded. She had
tried the plan for several months and had
found it to work admirably. Her own
cares had lessened in proportion to the in
hold aid given BY men will, Of course, find
its complement in that offered BY NO.
men in the field, the workshop, or the
office. In families trained to mutual
helpfulneSs, the girls will plant corn, rake
hay, or transact important business as
faithfully as would their father or their
brOtheE,-SaeckSd.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05
ohio a. a rresIdentlal Leader.

New York Tribune.
Since 1855 it has happened in every in,
stance that the people Of Ohio have cor,
rectly t%oreshadOwed their vote in every
Presidential election by their choice Of
Governor in the year preceding. In eve.
~ election since that Of 1856 the choice Of
Ohio for President has also been the
choice Of the country. 1t is known. too.
that the decision Of the States in which
elections are held in October has a bower.
iul influence upon the floating or doubtful
vote Of other States in November, and OF
the October States Ohio is the most i'm.
portant. Hence men look to the verdict
81 that State both as an indication Of pnb.
lie opinion and asa manifestation ofa force
which Is certain largely to affect and shape
public opinion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05
EASY writing Cursed Hard Reading.

Easy writing Cursed Hard Reading"
Few people conceive that incessant au-
thonhip, it pursued without due relaxa-
ton, will wear a man out, down 10 the
point Of killing him. They are oblivious
Of the sad and sudden way in which the
careers Of Scott, Southey, Thackery, Dick.
and Others have come to a close.
They cannot connect labor with literary
works over which they shake with laugh.
ter or smile with delight. 1t all reads so
easy and natural. The most they concede
is that "it is a gift" which to certain ex-
tent is true. For the rest, authors. thew
fancy, write as spontaneously and with as
little trouble as thrushes and blackbiris
sing in q grove. ut is like picking up
money in the street" says a slightly edu-
Gated person, on behoIding a check for
contributions to a popular periodical.
Perhaps the belief that no trouble need
be taken is one cause OF the failure
Of many would.be authors. ''Your easy
writing. said Byron, sis cursed hard read.
ing" Editors OF magazines could contri.
Oute volume lull OF instances, some pro.
yoking, some laughably absurd, and some
simply contemplate. OF this last class are
the hideous wisps OF slOvenly manuscript.
destitute OF q single finished English sen.
tence-those wretched, sloppy compounds
OF crude ideas and careless dictiou which
make one think sadly OF wasted life. What
a museum OF literary curiosities might be-
collected from rejected manuscripts
among which colorless ink, iIlegible hand.
writing, illogical p~unctuations and crowd.
ed interpretations would conspicuousIv
figure. The transcription Of a fair copy
seems held to be a needless labor. the
compositions eyesight hardly worth re.
garding. Luckily, this class Of copy" does
% otten,-&sa rule, so to press. But il
such authors complain OF being poor, the
publisher may well reply, yes; because
you are such very poor GuthoE."-London
Scidy, tt
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05
The Bird OF Ill.Omen for Dcmoera,.

W NgAAAVEEAtss
ST. TAUl Pioneer Press (Rep.)
The United States d%ecennial census has
never been attractive literature for the
Democratic party, 1t has always been the
ill.omened perched on the clock Of
History, and hoarsely croaking out pres.
ages Of its coming doom. The Rebellion
was fought against the foreshadowings Of
the census, which, with each successive
decade, registered the long strides Of a
silent but mighty revolution, that had
transferred the scCptre OF political power
from the Slave States Of the South TO
the Free States Of the North and was
rapidly increasing the relative political
weight OF the latter. Under all the schem.
ings OF politicians and parties for the
mastery OF the Government, this silent
revolution has been going on, like the
building OF coral reefs under the waves.
Whatever party rules this Government
after the next Rpportionment, It will bold
its power by the will Of the patriotic States
Of the North, in which the sentiments Of
Nationality and the principles Of Free
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05

Az English journal, commenting on the
annoyances with servants girls, describes
America as a country "where the 'domes-
tic service difficulty assumes proportions
as far beyond our little troubles Of the
sam kind here in England as the volume
of the Mississippi is beyond that Of the
Thames"
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DIED.

CElARNOCE.-0n Tuesday, June J, IS0, Al 80
\, NJ, MAuALA CIILRNOcE, widow Of the late John
ChArnOek, In the sevCnty-ninth year Of her age.
Funeral from the residence Of her sOa.in-law, NJ.
John MO'rsy, No, lis Fifteenth street, Thursday, the
9Th Inst, at 5O'elOck =. ". Friends Of the family are
.
wOOD.-At Martins Ferry, Ohio, June list, 1879,
IrpsoN WOoD, daughter Of Joel aud Elizabeth
Wood, 10 the nineteenth year Of her age.
Funeral from the residence Of her parents, Thurs-
day, June Sth, al 10 O'Clock a. N.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05

VICTOR HU0o gravely asserts that the
destiny Of man is in tile South, aud that,
therefore, France, in company with
Greece, Spain, Italy and England, should
go to Africa. Take African he exClaims!
take it! From whom? From nobody!
Take that land from God. God made
earth for man. God offers Africa to Flu.
rope. Take IT,"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05

I~IPRorEssoRT YxpALL sthat il EdisOn's
telephone there Is no action which men Of
science would not at one time have pro.
nounced possible in theory but impossible
Of realization and a mere dream. 1t was
through experimental tact alone that so
great things had been brought about.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05

Government prevail; and no party can
hereafter maintain It's hold on Congress
or the Executive branch Of the Govern.
ment unless II be NoFthern-that Is TO
say National-m is spirit, principles and
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05

As q valuable remedy for Dyspepsia
Sick Headache, Torpid Liver, and such
like diseases we can recommend DR.. Bulls
Baltimore Pills. They are for sale BY all
druggists. Price only o cents,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05

TuE Boston shoe and leather trade re-
ported over 100 buyers in town at the
close Of last week, against 40 at the same
time in 1878. The shipments Of boots and
shoes last week were 2O,9l4 cases, or over
1000 cases more than for the correspond
ing week last year, and the shipments
since January | amount to GSl,57S cases,
against ISL ,253 cases for the corresponding
period in lSsS ard 6l9, 74G in 1877. The
South and West are buying freely, and it
is expected that a third more heavy boots
will be disposed OF this year than last.