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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-01-14


How TO illuminate road in front Of the
horses in driving at night is an important
matter. st
The usual side lamps on carriages, OF
the attachment of u lantern to the dash
board, fail to reflect the light where it is
most wanted, aud the suspension Of o Ian
tern to the front axle is Objectionable for
many reasons, but it is the best plan for
shedding the light where it is most need
ed that we have seen tried
But Philadslphia physician suggests
the attaching Of the lantern TO the breast
collar Of the harness, which he says be
has tried with perfect satisfaction; he has
evidently had some experience with the
ordinary methods Of lighting, for he says
the various forms Of dash lights are pref
ty much the same, In that they put the
light Just where 1t Is not wanted, illumi-
mating the horses tail and hips and the
buggy tbills with brillisnce quite I'M
necessary, which intensif1es the blackness
Of the shadow cast by them just where
one most wishes TO see clearly.
my light is common tubular lantern.
with reflector, and spring for attach
ment to the dash. In place Of putting it
on the dash, | slipped the spring over the
middle Of the breast collar, directly in
front Of the horse. Every part Of the
road in front Of me was plainly seen, ~ !
could drive with as much confidence ~ in
broad daylight The conditions necessary
for success are level headed horse. with
fair breadth Of chest, and shoulder strap
attached to the check hook, to prevent the
lantern ssgging down between the horses
legs when for any reason the traces slack.
1t wonld be well to havea short strap
sewed to the inside Of the breast cellar, TO
slip. the spring through. 80 Is to prevent
any lateral motion. Scientific american.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

One " the features Of life in the tene-
ment districts In hot weather has long
been the use Of the roofs AS dormitorles,
The practice has extended to the French
Hat district. The tenants Of many vi
these buildings turn their roofs into
moonlight picnic grounds and eat. drink
and make merry under the stars as gaily
rs II they were miles away from town
They sling hammocks between the posts
10 which the clothes. lines are strung and
make collches against the chimneys. The
pet pug and the toy terrier chase the cats
and Irritation goes ON right merrily amid
the twinkle of cigarettes aud the popping
VI champagne corkS y now extinct mag
azine once published an essay ON what to
do with our roofs, Suggesting their con
version into gardens that the tenants
could enjoy life out Of doors without 10
ing to the country for It, The gardens
have not been laid out yet, but now that
the charms Of the roof have been diseov'
cred it is not unlikely that some builder
will take the idea up. The biz Chelsea
flats In Twenty-third street have, by the
way, a play round for the children Of the
house up where the windows Of the TWEEN
ty.tifth story look out among the clouds.
New York News ltabble
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
Don't l,eli,N. In summer Vacations.

The Rev VI T. PRESLEY of Phila.
delphia says th tn. custom OF clergymen
In taking long >unner vacations has be
come not only an abuse but scandal. lie
said In q recent sermon. 1T seems strange
that ministers of religion ARE alone those
who insist on this annual vacation. The
doctor does not take "A vacation rs n rule.
because he is loyal to the sick and the dy-
ing, neither, as rule, does the lawyer
Editors do not 90 away in the summer, or,
If they do. they leave behind them the
brain work that controls the mighty arm
Of civilization the press II the doctors
and editors left there would he no one 10
cure the sick or minister to the needs oil
our intellectual life and II the reporter
loyal to the public aud to his duty re
mains and plods about III storm anu ram
and la snow and In heat, how much more
reason IL there that those men who pro
fess 10 be Gods people and the emboti-
ment Of every thing good, should walk
about in our midst, IN this season of evil,
and carry ont the work for which they
were ordained New York sun.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
THE WINDS.

The north winds bowling legious
Sweep down from l,oreal regions,
From the pallIi zone where winters
throne
Was wrought in the wide waste, wan AMI
lone,
Numbered years asa
They come on wings whose t,utterlass
Bestrew the world with snow.
And their icy breath is bitter death.
Their football only woe
The east wind comes with sadness
And pain, and midnight madness,
From solitude where curse, broud
And poisoned dews On the dales are
strewed,
And sorrow throttles sla,lness,
Ii comes like ghost from spectral coast
Where cypress branches wave,
And out Of its plumes fall CHASTITY glooms
Like those that ,ncIrcle the grave,
The south wind comes a sighlng.
To buds and blooms replying,
He comes in quest of love and rest,
And presently on roses breast
In rapture lies adyins,
He comes like dreams, aud only seems,
His cradle is his tomb,
His life is a song to murmuring streams,
His death-a rich perfume
The zephyr, fragrance laden,
Brings balm 10 man and maiden
Brings dose-eyed rest TO the troubled
breast
From the mystical regions Of the west
From loves enchanted Aldeen,
II comes with news as fresh rs the tlews
That gather in starry hours,
With wonderful store Of tender lore
From the sweet book of the lioWers
-George X, Camp in Kansas City Jour
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

|, ia noteworthy that Thackeray, III
literary sense, has no youth His literary
rnnth was probably consumed, like that
I'M. oyn philp. in the drul1ery Of
hack Paris correspondent OF newspapers
Wher "haekeray comes before rs hs an
au,hor we fnd in his great work the calm
and force, the repose and simplicity ot a
master Carlyle though scarcely III a
merely literary sense. had no youth, Dllt
nf bis case we ran Judge fully, owing 10
Tho labors Of the biographef, while Of
Thackeray We possess no biography, ah, ,
have to piece together, when we "oui,,
stndy his life and himself, mere hints ahn
glimnses -t;entleman's Magazine
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
The Western Raising Industry

The inducemcnt to engage in cattle rals-
inc in this country several years ago was
sopreat saws The Chicago Times, that
eleven companies, with capital OF w.
po.us were organized in Great Britain.
rhpy now own G12Ol3 head OF cattle, anu
lra,te or own 3. .3l9 0t2 acres OF grazing ialu
in th,. vpI In !~j3 one Of these coinpa
ME. p,id dividends amounting to ~ per
cent but for two years past they nave
maid only 10 per cent The rate OF return
i, now very low, and the whole business
seems to have suffered u serious deterlora
tiou OF nine Of these British American
c.n,,4nips in l-sl, one paid per cent.
,,np Il tvo :, one 4. and four paid nothing
AT All Last year there were nearly w.
,a, pO head Of cattle in the country, anu
of these British companies owned on!
IL, ol3 as noted above. The reasons ior
decline in profits is part due to the action
uf the president, who obliged owners u
vacate public lands and pay Tor 'heii ,I
grass BESIDES, in the year lsso the sei"
Of calves WA. behind that OF the year DC
lore The chief reason for the decline IL
Jiyil.nds i, the smaller selling price ol
-t,.pr- the falling of reaching IN soliit
,,sas .pvD a head. The immense proiit'
made at first invited excessive coinpeu
t,nu which cut down prices anu proii'a.
tIlustI,4pt
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

Ike Murphy, the jockey, who IN the esti-
nation uf those who have Won money on
his mounts is "A bigger man than old Any
body" is generally regarded rs very
tortunat. inli, idual indeed. Lucky Bald
will is to :lye him $1,000 neat year, nnd
IN addition to that comfortable sum,
which is almost equal to the average IN
come vt u newspaper reporter, he can sell
his services to any other horsemah when
they are uot needed by Mr.. baldwin No
doubt his regular income will be at least
si.u0J for every thirty days in the year
aud to this amount may be added the
winnings he is sure to earn through MS
command uf reliable tips But there -
another side to the picture that Is mol 50
rosy
I'm addition to the constant perlls of the
rae, course and the liability to accident,
Murphy is bartering ten to dozen years
of his HE for the prlncely income he l. re
,riyinv In order to ride he Is Obliged u
keep hi4 weight at least twenty I'VE
bounds below what he would nov register
if ina normal and healthy condition. III
order to Keep himself in trim he Is Obliged
To subject himself to cNhausting sweats
and deny himself much that Noulu con
tribute to health and long life. jockey
are generally short lived II they continue
in the business much beyond the perlou d
youth Twas ever thus-there Is no ros'
without a thorn and those who dance
must whack up when the fiddler brings IL
ms bill Chicago Herald.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
oLDEN TIME CHIMNEY SWEEPING.
How II Was Carried on Forty Nears
aso-Ialk With u sweep.

Chimney sweeps long since found their
occupations gone said dealer in fur
naceS. who makes "a speciality of the clean
ing uf moderlzed ehlmneys, 10 a reporter
over forty years ago the trade Of chin
ney sweep was good paying one, Atthat
time nothing hut soft coal and wood was
burned The ehimneys were then made
large enough To allow the passage Of a
mans body, But few chimneys are now
ma, over two feet square. Chimneys are
now cleaned by the means Of huge brushes
which reach from kitchen to roof Many
tenants believe they suffer from smoke
caused by defective tiues. when the real
cause is clogged chimney. Hard coal
makes little else than dust. but II a chin
ney i> uncleaned for many years the aeeu
mulats,i dust drops down and interferes
with the burning Of the fire Prices paid
for cleaning ehimneys are much smaller
than in former years, Formerly 8 WAS
charged Now the work is done for half
that sum"
Chimney sweeping forty years ago was
monopolized by the colored people. who
made it fine art The manner In which
chimney sweep heralded his approach
was novel Sometimes, il the block was
short, he would commence to sing in low
tome which increased with every step, and
when the end of the block was reached he
would break out in volume Of sound.
In many instances chimney sweeps had
good voices, and their singing WAS greatly
appreciated by the children along their
routes This class has wholly disap-
peared Colored men who formerly
earned their liyelihoois as chimney
sweeps have engaged In other lines of
trade.
The reporter called on AN aged colore'I
man recently, who many years ago car
ried ON the trade of chimney sweep In this
city. He has changed his occupation To
that OF whitewashing lie said
"Chimney sweeping Is played out.
When l started in the business nearly
fifty year. ago good sweep could MAKE
so and sl5 a day The kind Of fuel used
nowadays and the size Of the chimney'
has ruined the business Before the us,
vi hard coal became general chimney'
were 50 arranged that they might be eas
ily cleaned Steps were made upon
which the sweep might stand while per
forming his work. narrowly escape,
death many times while at work ohte
was precipitattd down Il chimney OF fiftl
feet After bouncing from side to side
reached the bottom with confused body
and broken leg In the olden time IRE
place. and chinneys were used as hid
ing place for valuables. Brooklyn Eagle
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
What Watterson says Of Englishmen.

The average Ensllshman Is shop'
From the duke to the costetmonger, each
order In this vast series Of so 'al strata
licks the foot of the order abov II. The
English male is a selfish bully The Eng
lish woman Is slave The warp and
woof Of English society is a sham But,
while the purse holds out It Is rcsplehdeht
indeed The bully in the men makes
good soldiers The power OF England is
undepiable The slave in the woman,
when she does not elope makes excellent
housewifery. The domestic fabric of Eng
land is respectable and orderly. But the
church, the state, and the home pnii.
upon complex feudal SYSTEM depeh'
upon the pulse and balance OF classes IN
the relation which now exists, ana when
With trifnv incidents not seriously dis
turbinp the personal life of Eng ahh, has
existed since Magma Charta Louisville
/ Courier Journal
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

The learned editor Of The Progress pl1
dj,ts ttat if the 'ntei states oi oouth
America should ever become iac' .ne
consolidation will be effected by hof'i
ward conquest under the hegeihohy% % VI
,,Lili or the Argentine Pepubllc he
poli,ical history Of mankind, says me-
nothing but a record If conques's ny eoi''
band nations lnlCiOncs terra ira u nc
warm land neighbors. North oi tiie elua
tnr \,r.pmpn bully the children Vi .ne
.u,u, so,,th south Of the equator 'he
hnl,ip. # ChIIi knock down the chilufen u
of the sunny north. 1t IS la" oi iia'u,e'
inst rs much as the repression Oh e4ua
turial by polar air-currents hoihe ~
hav,. beatrn Carthage with or witliou. ' t'e
Scirins The Gothic giants "ouiu n"'e
smashed the civilization OF Rome WIN VI
without an Alaric Cyrus AieAanuga ,ha
King Frederick. Ulysses Grant anu % 'ne
thiIian brigadiers were but the Ine'i'alors 81
If inevitable events From both p'les 'n'
march Of conquest moves toward Inc
pou.tor Dr. Felix l.. Oswald
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
G. P. DEVEREUX

Is now offering at a sacrifice his
large line of Summer Goods. in or
der to reduce stock before placing
orders for Fall Lines, and from Mon
day. August I'd, all goods will be
greatly reduced in price. Those who
call the earliest will of course have
the best assortment to select from.
Below will be fA,md a few of the bar
gains offered: .
a
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

The government has decided % "a a'a"aoa ma,"
the tea farm experiment IN 7ou'n Na'
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
,.,.a..ot the Alpine Giacicr..

The glaciers Of the Alps have been
,onnd hy Forel to change in size quite
regularly-a period of r2w,h ., n,'Ve" an,
to thirty years being followed ny d Th, apr
responding period Of dmuhl,lon ~
increase seems to coincde with ifr'p's
~ ~ eold and wet years, and the decrease
with periods of warm and dry sea''N'
,rL,psaw Traveller
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

A deposit of genuine metrenIn. ,,taa no
hasn tnnnl on the beach hear la9uihA
Ore.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
,,,r,. Van zandt, the singer.

Marie Van zandt, the American pfl'ha
donna is undoubtedly suffering from par
alysis though her friends have teen ~
I,,tart tn face the conclusion. II IS ~
longer expected that she VIII f.'o,s'. ,tor =,
She ia nur.ed drsotedly by her HDlhei az
Iichy
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

NLr,SS tah Nun, Nrut Ilii t"u.' II, her 10th ETC. ~
IieL, Eur tr,am Fink Whtr, Iat, m E", rr per
Ntri
Checked Naasuok>, Narrt} of lA'tru~ A -
\ rtoria Lawns tor, -. t7t pr ttt4.
S,pfsuk,r. handsome ,rtn,cu ot stripes, II 3t
,. S.r>ucL,r and n.Lau> ucty 10. ward
Lawns fine variety of patterns at '' per NAl
line M,rrmac specials, A,au and W'ut, A"N"lt'r II ~
Iles. are the best fancy prints mt',
miuo Blue l,,cs am line g! patterns At Toe \'ri
Wsrr,n,c. to wash, ot rtuiu
large ktItt}, At RS, each worth 'h
The ,nlnr. and nee S,t b. a, ,nl /" quicken their
. ,b. Al Offered lot, ot llulmtS At =" and l'
r yel worth and d assortment :" Iir'~ At t"'s
RANGING tm - ls al L. WI, pay I" call ,nl st" these
ru.nl> f, tl,N tI'ar r"t"rl
In t ,r suh # i'm, nhhou there la, been lett a
large of Ribbon X Irn"ih from y N"' h'
y,rl vii L., j.. II hollow
New-York tribune., 1886-05-07
TAXES AND RIOTS.

Mr. Hewitt expresses notion that taxes are
excessive. Accordingly, all the ills that flesh
is heir to seem to him to result from unremOved
or unreduced taxation. In his speech, the other
day, he mixes up dynamite bombs and pensions
riots and revenue, the cred terror" and the
tariff. His fixed idea miseads him. The truth
is that the people of this country are not suffer
ing from taxation. They are not unemployed
or starving, and riots are not prompted in any
case by suffering in any degree If Mr.. Hewitt
will open his eyes, he will STE that it costs less
to live on the same scale in this country than it
did twenty-six years ago, when the Democratic
party became disgusted with itself and con-
cluded 10 20 out of power. But the wages of
working people of every class are far higher
than they were then, and their condition has
immeasuIably improved. Riots are caused, as
Mr. Hewitt can see if he will, not by any actual
suffering, bat by false notions which, it must
with reluctance be said. Mr. Hewitt himself has
at times helped TO incllcate.
But if taxation is the source of trouble, why
does not the majority reduce 1T That is
very natural inquiry. And Mr.. Hewitt thereto
replies with considerable heat also very
natural, that the majority is failing to fulfil its
pledges, and is traitor to every Obigation,n
and that he would like to ego in sackcloth and
ashes" about it. Really, nobody prevents.
WHAT he demands is that instead of voting
away more money, the majority shall reduce
taxation. His criticism i, just. The Democrats
have made a false issue before the people. pre-
tending that taxation took 10000, 900 or
5000, 100000 n year fiOm the earnings OF
American citizens, more for monOpolies than
for government. But Mr. Hewitt's committee.
instead of cutting of this vast burden, brings
in a bill to reduce taxes $25, 900. 900, and even
that picayune and paltry excuse for measure
New-York tribune., 1886-05-07
PERSONAL

Mrs Abby Gould Wooson Will be tie poet OF the cen
tenniaI anniversary OF Portland No.. on July 4.
The younger Coquein accused OF initiating VI.
Floguet President Of the French CnanDer OF Depue5,
In his makeup In Feaillets "Cnaniliac."
The marriage Of the Princess Amele OF Orleans and
the Duke Of Bra ganza will May 23
The late Mr. II. H. Richardson's plans FOR the COM
peton OF Triuity Church. Boston, will soon he executed
Word comes Of tho death OF the venerable Bohian
Zsesk one of the most noteworthy Polish poets OF tho
century Since tho fall OF warsaw no has ved at Paris
II Is recalled that the Hon w p kellosg5 commits
sion AS Collector OF the Port OF Now Orleans was the st
civil doc inent signed by President Lincoln Mr.
Kellogg highly prizes it.
Father Hyacinthe I.oyson met with such degree
OF symp atny snpport from tho public and from
members OF the Catholic Clergy, during course of
lectures tnat Le has given his idea OF leaving
his church 1t Paris.
DR.. Cornelius Herr who has inst been made Grand
officer OF Legion Of Honor the ,ni ,on ot
the French Minister Of Posts and reegraphs for his
vices TO that department applying electrical inven
any nationality not Fronchto receive that distinction
The late Lord Chichester very proud of his descent
from Ovsr veil and OF tho possession OF the small
pocket Bible carried by the great Protector
They say Tom Reed, of Maine, has tho biggest feet
in Congress.
New-York tribune., 1886-05-07
hns so little attention that Mr.. Hewitt berate
his party about it.
DEFEAT or TIE PROHIBITION AMEND
MFAT

The proposed amendment to tho Constitution
to prohibit the manufacture or sale OF "ooAi-
eating liquors was defeated In the Assennpy
Yesterday. On its final passage 1t received %
votes to 63 in the negative. NOT Single
Democratic vote was recorded in its favor. Al
but eighteen of the negative votes were cast ny
Democrats The eighteen Republicans were
Baker. Gallagher and Kraus, Of Erie; Berry, "f
Fulton and Hamilton Binder, Smith and Win
dolph, of New York Dcmers and Dickson, OF
Rensselaer,; Donald of Saratoga; Evans, Hall
and White, of Oneida, Mccarthy and Stacey,
of Cnondaga OBren. Of Albany; Pratt, OF
Monroe Van Buskirk, of Cayuga.
THE TRIBUNE need not say that it regards
the defeat of the amendment as grave mistake
alike on public and party grounds. 1t ought to
be clear 10 all our friends in the Legislature. as
it is to eve ybody elsc that the temperance
question is7here and that it has come to stay.
The Republican party must meet it sooner or
later, and it is the part of wisdom't to meet it as
soon as possible Nothing is to be gained by
delay. Besides, our party faces direct unre.
deemed pledge touching prohibition. In 1888
the Rep pubcan State Convention placed plank
in its platform which favored the submission of
a prohibition amendment to a popular vote.
No valid leason can be urged why the people
who few years ago voted on the convict con-
tract labor question should not be afforded An
opportunity to pass upon prohibition. They
must pass upon it some of these days. The
defeat of the amendment unnecessarily post
pones the day, and that too in the face of this
specific party pledge.
An analysis Of the vote is instructive as ex-
hibilng the character and tendency of the two
parties in relation to this reform. OF the fifty
three voters for the amendment hot one was
Democrat. The exhibit is not an unusual one,
and yet fanatics of The Voice school argue that
when it comes TO temperance there is nothing
to choose between the two parties. 1t is true
that if all the Republicans in the Assembly had
voted for the amendment it would have sue
cceded. And it is equally true that if the Re-
publicans who did vote for it had been given
little help by the minority it would not have
failed. y
New-York tribune., 1886-05-07
3Iew2lprk Dailp Gribs1,le'
rouNDFD BY HORACE GREELEY.
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1856.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGN-Reply of Greece to the collective note
NJ the Powers. - Perdita III. and Corace WIN
ners at the Chester meeting in England. Pho
mier Beernaert. of Belgium, spoke on the labor
agitation. =- Election Of Cuban Senator'S
CO<GHEss-Both branches IN session. - Sen
ate: Debate over the Interstate Commerce bill
continued 80 House: The River and Harbor
bill passed. - In Committee: Pan-Electric in-
vestigatIou continued.
DoNcsTIC.-Searching the hiding places of the
Anarchists In Chicago; arms internal machines
and ncendiary papers found trains stopped at the
Town of Lake - Removing the militia
from East st. Louis. - ProbibitOry Amend
ment bill defeated in the Assembly
e. The New Aqueduct Commission bill passed
with an amendment. - Governor Foraker on
Jefferson DAVIS Argument begun IN the
New-York and New-Encland bond case. -
Governor Pattson concludes his investigation of
the soft coal strike - The Rev. Phillips
Brooks chosen assistant bishop of the diocese
of Pennsylvania.
CITY AND SuBURB,N.-George s. Coc, jr., shot by
burglar at Enalewood. - The Third Avenue
strike not settled. 80 Conference OF citizens
- Six Aldermen pleaded not guilty. - New
Yorks. Metropolitans and Brooklyns won at base
ball 60 Probable poisoning in a drug store.
- Gold value of the egal-tender silver dollar
(412l2 gIain), 77.54 cents - Stocks, after
opening strong suffered material declines with the
coal stocks leading, and closed unsettled.
The Observation-Disclosures for to-day: Partly
cloudy, with nearly stationary temperature.
Temperature yesterday Highest. ZAP; lowest,
55o; average, 6O4o.
New-York tribune., 1886-05-07

profano word III 'daun,'" II says " Is AZ rssn...
o ~ the popular verd'et nskes It. PVT down the bar,
and lot 1t In tn good see!stg Beng the dctionarv
to dato mako iss definitions with tns usars !,
the people strike ono tho definition which says damn,
Profs"e; uske qu'te secondary and the 10. Al
the wordm tbe sense of To condemn and give the
word all the proper Gpton which the fond a,
tachsent Of She Eusshspeakng race would .ecn.
to entitle It,"
crc1afional minister's at Boston vest lay that fbo
Churches OF America arc hundred years nj m.
political organization NJ the country and amszs ,hsns
by declaring that the ebnrc pattern in the Nv Tesra
mont was not the complete pattern for all time Mr.
Dixie held that the Clrs,ian church WIS mo-, doing "a,
general society what political are dotns
for the development OF national nfs. - l5prngasI
Union.