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The New York herald., 1879-01-03
THE CENSUS OF 1880.
al wAsH1SeroS, Dec. %, 1873.

tst G WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 1873.
To THE EprroR OF THE HERAID;-- 9tnyt
As it is ever. the aim OF the HEHALp to dssemi-
nate the truth respecting matters discussed in it's
columns I doubt not your disposition to indulge
in venturing to suggest that in lato article on
the tenth census you expressed some opinions
whicn arc susceptible Of modification 1t does not
follow that change in the present law is impossible
if not effected prior to January /, 1850. nothing
is moro certain than that Congress at any time
repeal part or all, OF law existing. The enact
of law ut variance with any thing the stat
ute books necessarily repeals that whereto it is
pugnant. anu no one Congress can bind or tram
mel its successors; so 1t is not essential that
law be passed the present session to have effect
in the execution of the Of $780, which IL not
to be commenced until June. and 1t were much bet
ter to abide by law. which has worked well, con-
siiering all things. than have one hastily enacted
which might defeat tile scientific and practical aims
OF census in long series of important elementary
facts obtained with such uniformity at stated
periods as will admit Of the establishment
of statistical truths. The gencraties Wherein you
of expression, faults are very easily attached
to almost any Of public administration aud,
while nothing is simpler than the proposition to en-
danger that inexperienced hands may. in its
rather than remedy. and the prcposterous in
the last census referred to may possibly have been
the consequence of imperfect administration OF
the law than of the laws insuti0iency. The illus
tration Of ..tAe factory in subdivision and the
Office in another is q fiction OF imagination and
could never originated in the mind Of capa-
BILE of preparing proper instructions to the census
takers. 1t is easy to write about experts in mining
and other statistics but to know at the national capt.
tel who in the distant mining regions. they are and
who would vacate present permanent occupation for
few weeks employment. is not what sensible man
would claim. No census can be perfectly accurate,
and no law can be framed which shall be beyond the
imputaton OF defect, especially by pretcnders to
knowledge. who willing to tear down that
which they could never have budcd
My object is merely TO warn Legislators not to be
uufOuuded ttI
irremediaby impair the value OF the by hasty
legislation. J. q. Il. X.
The New York herald., 1879-01-03
UNMIXED CHEER.

"Ah Patrick. you very drunk, the officer tells
me-. said Judge flammer to the young fellow before
him at jefferson Market Police Court yesterday.
II was making calls. sir
''what, and drunk by noon, ch?"
Eyes, sir. l had been making calls from eight
o'clock.
"Havc you of your cards left?"
'I had cards, sir"
"How did you become so drunkg"
"rook on load ut every place. SIR"
"What at the first placer
"whiskey straight
''NcxtY
"Straight whiskey %
"Agan"
"Whiskey.''
"And then ?'
"A little rye"
"Oncc more p
"Uld rye"
"Keep on"
IL did for sixteen times, SIR"
"And then q
Invoke up in the station house."
"Tcn dollars or ten days."
The New York herald., 1879-01-03
FIELDS MONUMENT TO ANDRE.

To THE EDITOR HERALD--
1t appears. from the virucnt attacks made In
morning contemporary, that the proposal of Cyrus
w. Field to erect monument to Major Andre. the
British spy is not favoraby received by the so-callec
American people. 1t is strange that people such aa
the Americans, who the riiirah ard descendants
unent raised to the memory of good English.
who used all his efforts to help the supremacy
of British power i'll this country. And had the
English been then successful had they subjugated
the colonists there would not be to-day such vii.
lany and corruption in this upstart, mushroom
horseback &c.. is applicable to the people Of
this country. Having obtained their independence
they anger the gods by their national inpudence ant
pomposity. Yours respectfully. A Britisher.
HENRY L. PAliSrON, 23j East Forty eighth st.
The New York herald., 1879-01-03

rules of the law viii permit. The objections urged
against plaintiffs conviction and expulsion are not
based upon his innocence, but upon an rlleged mis-
construction and invalidity of article 20 They
are. therefore. of somewhat technical character.
and as their determination not only involves consid-
cradle labor but the whole ISSUE they should be de-
termined upon a regular trial and not upon mere
motion The granting Of an injunction before trial
always rests in the sound discretion OF the Court.
and upon the whole case. it appears at present
can iins nothing which calls for summary inter-
ference. Motion denied with $40 costs"
The New York herald., 1879-01-03
PLAYFUL MOORE.

John Moore. of Fifth and 137th street. on
New Years night amused himself by executing gym.
nastic feats ON Third avenue Harlem Bridge.
Officer Montgomery reminded Mr. Moore that he was
not in a circus, whcreupOn the latter who was vcry
playful, rolled Montgomery in the snow and after.
ward tore of his collar Mr. Moore passed the night
In the 2dt street station house and yesterday stood
before Judge Duffy, In the Harlem Police Court The
magistrate told the prisoner that policemen have
rights which inebriates were bound to rcspcct
and asked Mr. Moore to pass $40 grcenback to Chif
CLARK Inuo-
The New York herald., 1879-01-03
THAT CHURCH SCANDAL"
Tor1ESvrLLE. 8. l.. Jan. /, 1879.

ToT1ESvILLE 8. l., Jan. I, 1879.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
You were kind enough to give space in your col
umns of to-day to notice that the treasurer of Bethel
Methodist Episcopal Church, A. W. Joline under
arraignment for conversion of $500 church funds to
his own use. Will you be so kind now as TO give
space enough TO say that committee of said church
have carefully investigated the charge and after hear
ing all the evidence, pro and fully exonorate Mr.
Jciinc. 1 may add that needless and wanton
charya NADIA a. CLARK. PASTOR.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-01-30
A Wonderful Rat Story.

While workmen were tearing up the
old floor of the Central freight-house at
Auburn, N. Y, lately, preparatory to
relaying, they came across an unused
scale-box some eight inches deep and
about four feet square. TWAS pried up
from it's position, and as it was being
raised rafting sound was heard inside.
The men broke it open, when out jump
ed a monstrous rat. Chase was given
the rodent, but the animal managed to
escape by running into pile of freight.
The rat was as large as a good-sized kit.
ten, and SO gray from age that he was
almost white. The bottom of the box
from which it emerged was found to be
completely covered to the depth of an
inch or more with peanut shucks, corn.
corn-cobs, and the like. The only open
ing that could be discovered was a
small hole about an inch and three
fourths in diameter, through which a
rod had passed. When young
and small, the rat, it is sup
posed, crawled into the box, and,
after gorging itself with plumber, was
unable to get out, and thus became a
voluntary prisoner. 1t gradually grew
until it reached enormous proportions.
The materials found in the box indicate
that other rats fed it, and thus kept it
from starvation. The rodent was un-
doubleday confined for several years,
and the action of the other animals in
supplying it with means of subsistence
shows degree of intelligence that the
rat has rarely been given credit for.
How the imprisoned rat obtained water
or other liquids to quench its thirst is a
mystery; but that it was in the box for
several years there can be no doubt.
Its long Imprisonment did not impair
its physical qualities to any extent, as
was evidenced by the sprightly manner
in which it lodged about to get away
from the workmen when it was re-
leased.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-01-30
What Birds'-Nest Pudding is Made of.

Eatable BIRDS nests are found for the
most part in the islands of Java, Bor-
neo. Sumatra and the Celebees. The
bird which produces the nest is called
the Salaugane swallow. It flies with
wonderful speed and precision, and on
the Javan coast, where the surge breaks
wildly against the precipitous cliffs and
governed rocks, these birds may be
seen in swarms darting hither and
thither. Their nests are fixed to the
cliffs or just inside the caverns. What
sort of thing, then, is the eatable
birds nest that the wealthy Chinese are
so fond OFF 1t is that portion of the
fabric which serves as sort of bracket,
on which the real nest (made of grass,
seaweed fibers, small leaves, etc., is
built. 1t is transparent, somewhat like
isinglass. 1t was formerly supposed
that this gelatine-like substance was pre-
pared by the bird from seaweed and
other marine plants. This, however, is
a mistake. DR.. Bernstein has found
that the glands under the tongue of the
bird are of great size. On opening the
bill they are seen as two large swellings,
one on either side, and these chiefly
supply the material for making the
brackets. The bird secretes in hem a
soft gum-like substance, which can be
drawn out of the mouth in long threads,
and in the air it soon dries and is found
to be the same, even when viewed
through the microscope, as the brack-
ct material. Such is the demand for
this dainty and so high is its market
value that hundreds of men spend their
lives in the perilous work of collecting
these so-called nests from the frightful
cliffs, precipices and caverns; and the
Chinese spend about a million and a
half of dollars annually in the purchase
of this dainty, which, when rendered in
to soup or jelly, they regard as the most
delicious of food.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-01-30

legislators? These lawmakers are not
the proper result of our political sys--
tenn, but of our political machine. And
here again the young man has the pre-.
cocious wisdom of his generation. II
he determines to 90 into politics, or to
enter the civil service of this country, he
does not prepare himself for the duties
of the one nor for the position coveted
in the other; he makes himself an adept
in the manipulation of caucuses and the
securing of the favor of those who can
help him. If he seeks Consulate at
Naples, he does not study Italian; he
carries his ward. Here, again, the
American is more eager to get some
thing; and yet it should be said in re-
spect to the civil service that there is
this excuse for the young man: there is
no other way to get into it than that
named.
The country in the future is to be not
so much what the young men think
they will make tiff they trouble them
selves with the problem-as what they
themselves are.
This would be a dark picture if it
WcIc Uuc WuOIC SGdtCluCut VI Jul cioue1-
ton, and if it were not relieved
by more encouraging signs. But
it must be remembered that in the past
hundred years we have accomplished a
good deal of permanent work, as the
world views it. If we are all in debt,
we have built some splendid cities; con-
structed great bridges; Melted the land
with railways and telegraph wires; dot.
ted the coast with lighthouses and har.
bors; built at enormous and sinful ex-
pense great public edifces-most Of
them ugly and inconyenient; got
steady market for our increasing crops
of grain and cotton; and, after long
struggle, established manufactures thai
compete the world over with our ancient
and most skillful rivals. We can sci
American cambrics in London because
they are better than the products of the
Lancashire looms; and the Germans car
sell iron.ware in South America anC
sewing-machines in Italy only by coun
terfeiting the American trademarks
Charles Dudley Warner, IN the January
! atlantic.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-01-30
A Generous Partner.

"Have you seen my pardner?" asked
an excited man on Virginia Street this
forenoon of every other person he met
The man was red with rage and the
CLEAN of battle shot from his eye. An
other man came along with his hat on
the back of his head and his hair down
on his forehead. His face was pale, his
eyes infamed, and his step unsteady.
The first darted at him, seized his arm,
shook him vindictively, and bawled:
$50 here ye are, eh?'
"Ullo, JIM" said the captured one,
waking up and running his hand across
his eyes.
"Don't Jim me, blast ye!'' roared
the other. "Iknow what ye've been at.
Drinkin' an gamblin' agin, I'll bet.
knowed you would, torment We fur the
darnedest fool in Nevayday. How much
did ye lose?"
"Cleaned out Slick" admitted the
culprit, hanging his head and splitting
in confusion.
"Cleaned out!" screamed Jim,
"Cleaned out! Now what in blazes am
l agoing to do this winter? Gentle
men," he said, turning to the crowd, 81
was sick in Arizona, when took up
with this Teller for pardner; I had no
money, an he stood by me, and it
made sort o. grateful, fur I'm one o. the
soft hearted kind. Well, gen'men, we
hoofed it together all the way to Reno,
living together like brothers. He got
work here an could mt get none, an
he's been the only thing between
me an starvation sence we came here.
An now what does he 60 an do with
his first months wages? Drinks an
CANDLES 'em, by! What am goin'
to do this winter, ye bloody villain?"
he cried, selling the wasteful wretch
with both hands this time.
"Dern it, Jim, ole man," he whined,
ready to cry, "don't be too rough on a
teller. I'm no count, 1 low, an ye
ought to belt the stuffin' outen me; but
don't you feel skeery, kin rastle yer
hash if 60 with nothin' under my own
belt, We kin bet yer boots on that
"Well, if you gimme yer word on
that" said James, softening consider a.
bly,, "dern my hide if l don't stick by
ye. Gimme yer hand, Bob; I don't go
back on no old pard. Shake! Why,
why l know how it is with whisky an
keerds. I've been one o. the boys my
self.''
They shook hands, and Bob, over
come at the generosity of Jim, shed
grateful tears as he led the way to sa-
loon.-Reno (Nev.) Gazette.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-01-30

Curry.-Take chicken, turkey, or
cold lamb, cut in small pieces, and put
in frying-pan with about a pint or more
boiling water,let it stew a few moments,
then take the meat out, thicken the
gravy with little flour, add teaspoon
full of curry powder, pepper and salt to
taste, and let it boil up once; have some
rice boiled whole and dry; put it around
the outside of the platter, and in the
center put the meat, and throw the
gravy over the meat, not the rice, and
serve.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-01-30
The Bad Aspects of American Life.

Juvenal, the great censor of Roman
morals, says in his Tenth Satire: "The
prayers that are generally the first put
up and best known in all the temples
are that riches, that wealth, may in
crease; that our chest may be the larg-
est in the whole forum" This was the
state of devotion in Rome in the first
century of our era. We do not sup
pose it was new condition, and it is
certain it did not pass away with the
fall of the empire. We do not to-day
pray aloud in our churches that we may
have more United States bonds than our
fellow-worshipers; but if prayer is the
souls sincere desire, unuttered or ex-
pressed, we fear that the mighty petit
ton daily going up from the American
people was described by Juyenal. If it
took the form of a cloud over Wall
Street, over State Street, over our man.
ufacturing and mining districts, and
over large portion of our agricultural
regions, probably we should not see the
sun oftener than once in seven days !;
perhaps it would be visible only Sun
day, between the hours of half-past 10
and II, through the smoked glass of the
church windows.
The American is spendthrift. He
works as hard as any people, and with
less relaxation; but he has little thrift
and little notion of economy. He has
little independence in regard to his ex-
penditure, and regulates it often by
what others about him spend
rather than by his own in
come. He is not so solicitous to live
within his income as he is to raise his
income to cover the extent of his desires
and extravagances. The average con-
dition and the happiness of Americans
would be much improved if they ex-
pended half as much care upon saving
money as they do upon making money.
bankruptcy seems to be sort of &C
cepted incident in successful career
If one were asked to name charac-
teristic of American life which is very
prominent, he might say it is the desire
to get something rather than be some
thing. This desire is not by any means
confined 10 Americans, but it is more
marked here than elsewhere because of
the absence of traditions; and because
of our flexible social condition. 1t con-
stitutes special danger in view of the
coming struggle for material advantage
and prosperity. 1t is a desire which
can not be too seriously considered by
those who are getting the elements of
their education and preparing for their
careers; for it neglects ihoroughness in
education and preparation for the ca
reer. This desire, which is more than
tendency, may be described as dis
position to get place and rank, with lit
tie regard to fitness for them. 1t re-
verses the natural order, and presup-
poses that success in life is not due to
training and discipline so much as it is
to opportunity.
OF course we know our laws are made
by our Legislature. And who are the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-01-30
The Alchemist's Dream a Scientific
Fact.

The following paragraph is taken
from the London Daily Ne,Os of Nov.
Goth:
Mr.. Norman Lockyer has realized the
alchemist's dream, the transmutation of
metals. In the presence of a small par
ty of scientific men, Mr.. Lockyer, by
the aid of powerful voltaic current,
volatilized copper within glass tube,
dissolved the deposit formed within the
tube in hydrochloric acid and then show
ed, by means of the spectroscopc, that
the solution contained no longer copper,
but another metal, calcium, the base Of
ordinary lime. The experiment was re-
peated with other metals and with cor
responding results. Nickel was thus
changed into cobalt, and calcium into
strontium. All these bodies, as is well
known, have ever been regarded as ele-
mentary-that is, as incapable of being
resolved into any components, or of be-
ing changed one into another. 1t is on
this basis that all modern chemistry is
founded, and should Mr.. Lockyer's dis
covery bear the test of further trial, our
entire system of chemistry will require
revision. The future possibilities of the
discovery it is difficult to limit The
great object of the old alchemists was, of
course, to transmute base metals into
gold, and so far as our knowledge goes
there is no reason why copper should
not be changed into gold as well as into
calcium.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-01-30
FARM TOPICS.

ROLL BUTTER.-We offer q few d.
rections to part les shipping roll butter
which, if followed, will serve to enables
parties interested in obtaining the best
market prices. A practice that should
be abolished by country shippers is that
of working low grades of packed into
roll, and packing them in with fresh
made roll, with the intention of palm
ing it all off as fresh-made. This decep-
ton is always detected, and such lots
are invariably sold at same prices that
low grades of packed command. Care
should be taken in packing; country
shippers and dealers are in the practice
of sending roll butter to this market in
barrels, pine boxes, etc. The above
named packages should be entirely
avoided. New tubs or hard wood boxes
are the most desirable, while half bar
rels or kegs will do equally as well, and
these only should be used. Care should
also be taken before putting the butter
in packages, that all the sides and ends
of the package be lined with new white
muslin, thus keeping the butter from de-
Placement by touching the wood. Anoth.
er bad practice is in putting the butter
up in paper; this should not be done,
as the paper sticks to the butter and
damages the appearance. Each roll
should be placed in a piece of new mus
lin cloth, wet in good brine. The rolls
should also be of moderate size and not
too large. Then again, the rolls should
be OF uniform color, not packing the
light and fresh made with other colors.
Chicago Commercial Bulletin.
SELECTING SEED CoRN.-Two ears or
more, regularly to a stalk, is a great
desideratum in corn, and should be an
essential point in selecting ears for seed.
Size, however, is of secondary impor-
lance, the almost universal practice of
farmers to the contrary notwithstand.
ing. If the reader will take long ear
almost any one-he will observe that
the kernels are rather loosely set on the
cob, and are roundish in form. Then
take an ear of ordinary length (o to 10
inches long, 8 or 10-rowed), well filled
out at both ends, having small cob,
and the butt no larger than the middle
ON such an ear the kernels will be so
close set as to be fiattened by the pres
sure, and often all sides will be COM
pressed and angular, and the texture of
the grain will be more compact than on
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-01-30

Handsome Rugs may be made in the
same way from worsted goods, broad
cloth and other heavy goods, cut about
1 an inch in width and or 81 inches
long. Merino, fannels and other thin
goods must be cut little wider. Knit
with good carpet warp in strips and sew
together. Use two coarse steel needles
in knitting. These rugs must not be
swept, but shook and hung on the line,
where the wind will give them good
airing.