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The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-22
MAYBE.

She leant across the stfle
With her merry, golden smile,
And her bonny brown eye glancing
Through the green leaves all the lille
And he who loved er SO
Watched from the path below:
But she tossed her head so daintily,
And laughed and babe him go.
Maybe Maybe! We cannot know;
Maybe Maybe! twas better so
When the winds of March were loud,
And the skies were da with cloud,
He had won her love forever,
And she trusted all he vowed,
But she wept against his heart;
"Oh, my darling. we must part,
For barrier lies between W,
Forever more, sweetheartm
Maybe! Maybe! We cannot know.
Maybe! Maybe! twas better so.
And the years have passed away
And they are both old and gray,
But the same sweet dream is in their hearts
Forever and for aye.
Oh, sweet and sad the pain
Ofthe love that will not wane;
SO sweet because SO true;
SosWeet and sad in vain.
Maybe! Maybei We cannot know;
maybe May be it shall be better so.
-NeaO Orleans Dem ocrdt
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-22
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The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-22

A ouerist in the English Mechanic
recently raised the question how much
farther a mans head travels than his
feet in going round the world on
great circle, the man being six feet
tall. Of course his head or the top of
it, goes through circle twelve feet
more in diameter than that traversed
by his feet, and the difference in cir
conference is found to be about 37.7
feet. One matht NAUTICAL idiot appears
to have made out that the difference
would be 1000 miles
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-22
VOLUME U.--NO. so.

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than any aoeekly paper published in this
stty (utth one erception). IHis statement
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Adpertisers aoiH do aoell to remember this
tact, as our dduertassng rates are loaoer
than those Of any other newspaper Of equal
circulation.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-22

If religion could be made part of
life, people could enjoy any proper
amusements and be made better by
them.
The jury in the United States Dis
trict Court at Charleston, s. c., is out
ON the Acton election cases.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-22

The ambition of man of parts is
very often disappointed for the want
OF some common quality, by the as
sistance OF which men with very
moderate abilities are capable of ma
king great figure. "
Nothing can be great which is not
right"
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
Neglect of the Study Of Insanity.

In paper read before the National
Association for the Protection of the In
sane and the Prevention of Insanity,
DR.. Nathan Allen, of Lowell, Massachu-
sets, calls attention to the neglect in
which the study Of insanity is left by
the medical profession generally. Ac-
knowledging that the study Of the func-
tions and disorders of the brain presents
more difficulties than any other branch
of medical science, but seemingly con-
sidering this as only stonger reason
why more attention should be given to
it, he finds that in very few instances is
insanity mentioned as one of the sub
jects in the annual circulars Of medical
schools advertising their lectures. In
only three Or four schools is there a pro-
fessorship or course of lectures devoted
exclusively to mental disorders. The
subject is sometimes introduced under
the head OF theory and practice of med
lcine. but IS more often re,aanded to the
lectures on medical jurisprudence; and
hardly ever IS a book on this subject in
clusied among the standard works of
study ard reference proposed tor
students.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
Margaret. the Mother of Criminals.

In an article in the Century Mago-
zine, by E. '. Smalley, the influence of
heredity in crime is forcibly illustrated,
as follows:
At one Of the meetings of the New
York Charities Aid Association, when the
subject of preventing pauperism by Civ
ing a proper training to children of
paupers was under consideration, DR..
Elisha Harris related the terrible story
of Margaret. the Mother of Crimi-
nals." 1t has been published in the
newspapers, but can proftably be read
again to illustrate the great Importance
of one branch of the associations work.
Margaret was a pauper child, left adrift
In one of the villages of the Upper Hud-
son, about ninety years ago. There was
no almshouse in the place, and she was
made subject of out door relief, receiv-
ing occasionally food and clothing from
the town officials, but was never edu-
Gated or sheltered in proper home.
She became the mother of long race of
criminals and paupers, which has cursed
the county ever since. The county rec
ords shows 200 Of her descendants who
have been criminals. In one generation
Of her unhappy line there were twenty
children, of whom seventeen lived to
maturity. Nine served terms aggregat-
ing fifty years in the State prison for
high crimes, and all the others were fre-
quent inmates of iails and almshouses.
1t is said that of the 623 descendants of
this outcast girl, 900 committed crimes
which brought them upon the court
records, and most of the others were
idiots, drunkards, lunatics, paupers or
prostitutes. The cost to the county of
this race Of criminals and paupers is es-
timated as at least 100000, taking no
account Of the damage they inflicted
upon property, and the suffering and de-
graduation they causedin others. Who can
cay that all this loss and wretchedness
might not have Leen spared the COM
munity if the poor pauper girl Margaret
had been provided with good moral
home life while she was growing up to
womanhood?
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
Dickinson and Jefferson.

John Dickinson, Mr.. Moore said, was
unquestionably the author of that great
document, the Declaration of Taking
Up Arms in 1775." The claim that
Thomas Jefferson was the author Of the
most important part of it was made pub
lie only after both Jefferson and Dickin-
son were in their graves. It had been
generally accepted, and he had gone
into the histories even of men like BAN
croft, "who," the speaker said, "seemed
to have suffered syncope in the presence
of the chief of American Democracy. l
PROPOSE" Mr.. Moore continued, "to
settle the question, now and here, OF the
absolute, sole and undivided right of
John Dickinson to that imperishable
product of his pen, the original of
which l hold in my hand. I
am indebted to the late DIR.
John d. Logan, of Baltimore, a de-
scendant of Nh. Dickinson, for this docu-
ment, which I contribute to this socie-
tv. r. must forever settle this question.
TIis document, every line of it, with its
erssures, interlineations, corrections and
editions, is in the handwriting of John
Dickinson, and proves him to have been
the author of that document. I'D
dress [. tite NIeeg Yog;k HiStorica! Sc
eiety.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
A Woman Aged 107.

There is now living in the little will
age of Bakersville, in Coshocton county,
Ohio, lady whose age dates back of
the Declaration of Independence by at
least one year, and probably more. Her
name is Catharine Albert. Mrs. Al
bert's maiden name was Cutshell, and
she was born in Reading. Pa, in Its,
although the month is not exactly
known, as the old German family Bible,
in which the records were kept, was lost
when the family removed 20 Ohio. She
had seven brothers and three sisters,
and, although not the youngest, she is
the only one surviving in this family of
eleven children. When % years old
Catharine was married to John Albert,
four years her junior, by whom she had
eleven children. Her husband died in
1861 at the age of 80. Mrs. Albert's
Oldest child is about so years old. Her
hair is as white as the driven Snow, and
her face considerably wrinkled. She is
totally blind, can hear very little, and
has almost lost her speech, as she can
not be understood by any one except
her daughter Elizabeth and her grand
daughter Fanny, who are her constant
attendants. Up to about one year ago
she always enjoyed coed health, and
just before she took to her bed she
dried, without assistance, five bushels
Of apples. Since that time she kept her
bed, and her only food is pap prepared
from milk. She is probably the Oldest
woman in Ohio, If not In the country,
being LOT years OF age.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
How to Escape Nervousness.

The first prescription is sn ample
supply OF pure, fresh and cool air. The
nerves will always be weak if the greater
part Of the day and night be passed in
close, ill-ventilated and oyerheated
apartments. The nerves, more than the
rest OF the body, to be properly nour-
ished, require a full supply of oxygen.
Theywill not endure vitiated air, wheth-
er the impurities come from sewers, gas
lights, subterranean furnaces or the in
dividuaPs own person, without making
an energetic protest. A gas burner
consuming four cubic feet an hour pro.
duces more carbonic acid in a given
time than is evolved from the respira-
tion of eight human beings. Bear this
in mind you who suffer from nervous
ness, that when you have shut your
selves up In your rooms and lighted all
argand burner (Which consumes about
twelve cubic feet of gas per hour You
are to all intents and purposes immured
with twenty-three other persons, all
taking oxygen from the atmosphere. Is
itawonder that in several hours exposure
to the depraved air your nerves should
rebel, as far as their weak state permits,
and that your head should ache, your
hands tremble, and that your daugh-
ter's playing on the piano almost drives
you wild?
An overheated apartment always en-
ervates its occupants. It is no uncom-
mon thing to find rooms heated in win
ter by an underground furnace up to 80
degrees. Fights and murders are more
numerous in hot weather than in cold
weather, and the artifcially-heated air
that rllshes into our room, deprived as it
is of its natural moisture by the baking
it has undergone, is even more produc-
tive OF vicious passions. It is no sur
prising circumstance, therefore, to find
the woman who swelters all day in such
temperature, and adds to it at NIGHT by
superfuous bed clothing, cross al dis
agreeable from little every day troubles
that would scarcely ruffie her ten; per if
she kept her room at IS degrees and
opened windows every now and then
Dr.. Rananeo oad, asa Our Continent.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11

Roughly speaking-and the statement
IS based upon varied experience the
cost. of living in France is third higher
than IN England; probably more, only
Ii remote country districts less. Take,
for instance, foremost necessity
OF existence in a country where
winter is long and severe-namely, fuel.
We all know the exorbitant price of fuel
IN Paris, but we do not find in the prov
inces at all the. ..diminution in price that
might be expected. Burgundy is a
wooded country, and wood is the prin-
clpal fuel used, yet the csot of firing is
enormous. An English traveller was
lately at Autun, and complained to the
iandlady Of the hotel that the charge
OF three francs day for the small fire
was excessive: whereupon the hostess
explained that the actual cost to herself
OF i've small logs of wood was l franc.
Now we could hardly credit such state
ment, and referred the matter to coun-
try gentleman living near, well able to
Judge. He assured us that the charge
was by no means exaggerated, and that
at Dllon five small pieces of wood would
cost franc. One moderate fire, there
tcre, In The heart of Franc costs one half
crown day, whereas even seaside land
ladies in England give a decent coal
fire for five shillings a week.
Why jams and jellies made of fruits
| should be SO exorbitant in France seems
strange, considering that it is the coun-
try par excellence Of fruits. Yet, ordi-
rary preserve costs more than double
the price we give here, for which reason
1t figures on the dessert table as lux
ury. True, the sugar costs more than
II England; but, on the other hand.
fruit Is cheaper. When we come to
minor necessaries we find them all con-
8iderably higher in price. Haberdashery
ior instance: why should ribbons, pins.
needles and tapes be SO absurdly dear in
France? Why should ladies be able to
purchase ru1fles OF Breton lace at Hast
in9s Cor one-third of the price demanded
over the water? And to come to the
merest tritles, why should a French
ChIisGnas card cost 8 pence-no whit
better IN design and getting up than
the Eqgl,sh card sold at penny? Why
should tine-scented soap cost double
the price in France? House rent in
towns Is quite as dear as with us-in
certain large towns dearer-perhaps
IN isolated country places cheaper, but
ID no marked degree. Servants wages,
even In the provinces, are rising to the
Paris and English standard, while the
cost OF manual labor is very high. In
The nelghborhood of Dijon the pay of a
day laborer Is francs day with wine;
and this will give as some idea of the
cost of keeping up house and garden.
as gardening, carpentering, etc, have to
be paid for at the same rate.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
TrPeIess Regions.

The steppes of Asia are the grandest
OF all in extent, and perhaps the most
varied in character; for not only are the
vast areas of that nearly-level and tree
less country, which lie along the north
ern and northwestern side of all the
great central elevated mass of that con-
tinent, usually designated as steppe, but
q large part of that central region itself
is described urder that name by recent
eminent geographical authorities, so
that we may include in the various forms
OF steppe existing in Russia and Central
Asia the grass-covered plains of the low
er regions, and the almost entirely-b bar
ren valleys lying between the various
mountain ranges which are piled up over
SO large portion of High Asia. Alb
sence of trees is the essential feature in
both the s'steppe" and the "high
steppe," as these regions have been, and
may perhaps with propriety be desig-
mated but the lower regions are In
large part well covered with grass, and
suitable for occupation by pastoral
people, dependent chiefly for the means
of sustenance on their hocks and herds,
while the higher valleys are almost un-
lnhabitable, very sparsely covered with
shrubby vegetation, and both too cold
and too dry to offer any attractions ex-
cept to the adventurous geographical
explorer, who has still much to accom-
plish on the great plateau of High
Asia before its topography and natural
history will have been anything like sat-
isfactorily made out, even in their most
general features. The vastness of the
area which may be designated as steppe
On the Asiatic continent is almost over.
whelming. Nearly half of the 18, 600, 600
square miles which Asia covers is essen
TALLY a treeless region, and perhaps a
half of that half belongs to the high
steppe division, in which cold and dry
ness are the predominant characteristics.
From the fact that the steppes of Rus
sian Asia have been longer known, and
more written about than any others in
the world, the term steppe has been
most ordinarily applied to similar areas
In other countries. This is especially
the case because such use of the word
has been sanctioned by Humboldt, who
was the first to draw popular attention
to this variety OF surface as feature of
Importance in physical geography. In
North America, where the treeless re-
gions occupy so large an area, and where
many OF the physical conditions SO close
ly resemble those prevailing on the
Asiatic continent, the use OF the term
steppe has never been introduced among
the people. Here, in fact, the charac
ter Of the surface, and distribution of
vegetation over it, as well as it's climatol-
oglcal peculiarities, have all been more
satisfactorily and fully made out than in
Asia, in spite of the fact that the latter
country has been so much longer an OBJ
ject of scientific study.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
THE MILKMAN,

Who comes at morn with battered quart,
Which holds less liquid than it ought!
By whom is milk and water brought?
The milkman.
Who wears on thumb mitten thick?
Who holds it in his quart so slick
And measures thumb for milk so quick?
The milkman.
Who wakens thoughts of gentle kline?
Whose milk comes by the railroad line?
Who skins the cream from it so fine?
The milkman
Who whitens it with chalk when blue?
Who sweetens it with sugar? Who
Puts in the ''aqua pura' too?
The milkman
Who keeps behind the kitchen door
His ever lengthening lacteal score?
Who chaks you terra alba'' for?
The milkman.
Whose cart goes rumbling through the street
Who rouses you at times unmeet?
Who wakens you from visions sweety
The milkman.
Who goes about from house to house,
Apparelled in his ample blouse?
Who maketh everywhere touse?
The milkman.
In fixing milk, who's ne'er behind?
Gin it quite many things You'll find),
Who sells it for the udder kind?
The milkman.
Who pours his milk from can to can
According to well-known plan!
Who is milk -and-water man?
The milkman.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
ThOreau.

Thoreau was, probably, the widest
civilized man this country has produced,
adding to the shyness of the hermit and
woodsman the wildness of the poet, and
to the wildness of the poet the greater
ferity and elusiveness of the mystic. An
extreme product OF civilization and of
modern culture, he was yet as untouched
by the worldly and commercial spirit Of
his age and country as any red man that
ever haunted the shores of his native
stream. He put the whole of nature be-
tween himself and his fellows. A man
of the strongest local attachments-not
the least nomadic, seldom wandering be-
yond his native township, yet his spirit
was as restless and as impatient OF re-
straint as any nomad or Tartar that ever
lived. He cultivated an extreme Wild
ness, not only in his pursuits and tastes,
but in his hopes and imaginings. He
says to his friend, "Hold fast your most
indefinite waking dream" Emerson says
his life was an attempt to pluck the
Swiss edelweiss from the all but inaces-
slble cliffs. The higher and the wilder,
tha more the fascination for him. In
deed, the loon, the moose, the beaver
were but faint types and symbols of the
w1ldness he coveted and would have re-
appear In his life and books not the
cosmical, the unlversal-he was not great
enough for that-but simply the wild as
distinguished from the domestic and the
familiar, the remote and the surprising
as contrasted with the hackneyed and
the commonplace, arrow-heads as dis
tinguished from whetstones or jack
knives.
Thoreau was French on one side and
Puritan on the other. It was the wild,
untamable French core in him-a dash
OF the gray wolf that stalks through his
ancestral folklore, as in Audubon and
the Canadian voyageurs-that made him
turn with such zest and such genius to
aboriginal nature and it was the Puri-
tan element In him-strong, grim, un-
compromising, almost heartless-tkat
held him to such high, austere, moral
and ideal ends. His genius was Saxon in
its LONELINESS and sincerity, in it's direct
ness and scorn of rhetoric but thatw
revolutionary cry of his and that sort of
restrained ferocity and hirsuteness are
more French.-JoIaa Burroughs, I'm Cent
atg,y Magazine.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
The Horse in E;O,iou.

George Z. Waring, Jr., contributes to
the Century AdgGzine al Illustrated re-
view OF DR.. Stiliman's remarkable book
On the Photographic studies of animals
II motion, which were made under the
patronage of Gov. LELAND Stanford, OF
California. Col. Waring does not look
for radical changes in art methods as q
result of these discoveries, for he SAYS of
the horse in motion, eve must see him
On tie canvas as we see bi.n IN life. not
as he is shown when his movements are
divided by the five-t -thousaIdth part OF a
second" OF the illustrative pictures he
says:
The method by which these photo
graphs have been taken-the result of
years OF experiment-is substantially as
follows: At one side of the track is
long building arranged for Photographic
work, containing battery of twenty
four cameras, all alike and standing one
foot apart. On the other side of the
track is screen of white muslin and
foot-board. The screen is marked with
vertical and horizontal lines, and the
foot-board bears numbers Indicating
separate intervals of one foot each. The
instantaneous shutters of the cameras
are operated by electricity, and THAR
movement is governed by such powerful
springs that the exposure is estimated to
be about five thousandth of second.
The contact by which the shutters are
sprung is made by the breaking of
thread drawn across the track at about
the height of the horses breast, there
being one thread for each camera. In
his flight through the air, therefore, he
brings each of the twenty-four cameras
to bear upon him at the moment when
he passes in front of it, and that camera
represents his position at that instant.
The series OF representations indicates
the consecutive positions at each OF the
twenty-four feet covered by the instru-
ments. In series showing a horse
trotting at speed the spokes OF the sulky
are shown as distinct lines quite to the
felloe of the wheel, indicating an ex-
tremely short exposure. In fast run,
the t!ltts Of +he horses tail, as it waves
with his stride, are clearly marked.