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New-York tribune., 1886-01-18

day-school and said that he sympathized with
them In their sad affair He told them that gatherings
OF that kind often resulted In large congregations Deh
organized by malcop from certain chrrcn ana eo
to entire satisfaction not only to the church from wnere
tbey ed hut ali TO themselves He admonished
thep 10 abstain rom evil and make the best OF their
situation and also never to forget the church lFom
whose school they separated. -, a.,
Ex-superintendent Murphy followed and advised MS
follower to RENE what the clergyman had said ava
ended by asking ali present to endeavOr 10 get as many
scholars as tney could who has lett old Bushwick on
account of the rupture and bring them TO that hall
next Sunday, when they will decide upon FORMING u
permanent organization. . ..
large audience again present In the church last
evening in the expectation that the pastor would ele
discourse on the discovery of incubation for the pre-
yention Of hydrOphoba.
New-York tribune., 1886-01-18
KEEPING UP III

KgEPIy0 UP TIE FIGHT AGAINST THE PASTOR
The split in the Old Bushwick Sunday
school. Brooklyn. by which majority Of the scholars
and teachers including exsuperinendeDt samnel Mur-
phy are arrayed against tho OF the church. the
Rev Robert H. Barr, because. they say he and the con-
sstory OF the church tried to neddle In the affair. OF the
school was continued yesterday and the Bacontcnts
who last Sunday numbered nearly one hundred OF the
scholars teachorsm again In Prohibition Hail. No.
800 (;rands There was large increase in the number
Of the ma,conteps, who VOW not 20 return until Mr..
Barr gets out The Rev Cbristopher Rhodes. pastor
New-York tribune., 1886-01-18

AID FOR SERrIAY AND BULGARIAy SOLDIERS
--.BosToN, Jan. 17.-Miss Clara Barton, presi-
dent OF the American Association OF Geneva at wash
ngton, reports generous contributions from the local
societies throughout the country for the relief OF the
sufering sick and wounded solders IN Bulgaria and
seryia, from which countries the auxiliary Red Cross
associations lately issued an appeal for aid.
New-York tribune., 1886-01-18
sye,vonrp RY "A PeLLow.LUyArrC.

CINCINNATI. Jan. 17.-Jacob Leeper, the
uuatc who was found dead in his bed at the Longve~
Insane Asylum yesterday morning with marks OF s'o
epce on his person. died from sirangaatlon I'll H.
been earned that he had quarrel ana nxht VIII s.
roon,-mate Joseph Butler ON Friday ngnts ana D""'
undoubtedly strangled him IN bod.
New-York tribune., 1886-01-18
FASHION NOTES.

Handsome walking costumes are made OF
dark croy plush without trimmings Of any lind.
bedrooms with low ceilings papered may DO seen In
macy c'ry houses.
New picture frames made OF mahogany without
arv,g nnd many OF tho pictures are framed with
out ants.
Prety rrs screens OF black satin embroidered In
rilt and mounted Oh gilt frames.
Mask wells OF black red net without dots arc stylish
yolov IL the color OF the moment Curtains are tied
haos with It. and furnitare. hats and bonnets are
adorned with ~.
The hair 1. orn high on tho Of tho head Tho
hang may be -traight erlr1ped.
Trnnsparnnt fans OF gsuzc crape have painted DC
,Ipn. of hIrds and landscapes upon them. anu arc
nonn,e ,e1 ou shell. gilt or pearl sticks
Tho caprice ~ fashionablc young ladies' Is 10
have numerous sma, JNweed pins fastenoi eareesay
IN Tho drrss waist Soma OF these little pins represent
butereS hoes errsceuts and horscshoes, ana no Two
OF thcui should match
Short wraps OF sealSkln, velvet ana push are worn
an occasions hut the LONG seal plush dolmaEs
mr. partots arc preferred for shopping and the prone
made
Japanese slippers worn by ladies' ana children arc
mad. Of doyccoored kid with birds. fishes and fans
painted npon them In colors The heels OF thoSo
sllpper, are low and Bs but the toes run down 10
sharp point which must make tho slipper ahcomforlaDo
for wear.
We are informed that q number OF Russian Jews have
been ferw arded by the Alliance Israeo Untyerseo to
Mexico. where they will form colony II remains to DO
how these natives OF the Cars d0minl0ns III fare
IN tho land Of the Montezumas and IA hoped that the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
Pies and Ciyilizat on.

Henry Ward Beecher is credited with
a remark to the effect that pie is the
great sign of civilization. ''Where there
is no civilization" he says, "there is no
pie; but where you find civilization there
also you will surely find pie.
"This is undoubtedly true," said q
gentleman who ought to know, he being
connected with one of the largest pic
bakeries in the city. cat any rate, in
Chicago, one of the worlds greatest cen
tiers of civilization, you find pie in I'M
limited quantities. "
'Last year we made and sold 1, $685.
S42 pies of all kinds, and now can turn
out, if neces airy, 10000 per day. Apple
pie is the favorite, closely followed in the
season by whortleberry and in the winter
by mince. Cranberry pie is also great
thing in winter, and pumpkin, squash
and custard are in great demand. With
the exception of apple pies, which are
good all the year round, the people de-
mand as complete change of pie as
they do of clothing.
"Thc pie business is great institu-
ton We have eighteen wagons out all
day long, and our barn contains forty
five horses. Orders are taken by our
statesmen from their customers for the
next days supply, and the pies are, so to
speak, cooked to order, so that no stale
ones are left on our hands. We employ
about thirty-fve men and girls in our
factory, twenty-five of whom board in a
house we have erected for that purpose
ON the premises. y Chicago Herald.
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NEWSPAPER Advertising.

| should judge that the people Of thj
country expend at least thirty timsA as
much money in newspaper advertising as
they did thirty years ago. The vast in
crease OF population and newspapers ex-
plains considerable part of this, but it
mostly comes from the more general and
freer use made of the advertising col
umns by the general public. All classes
have come more and more to believe that
the newspaper is the most impersonal,
self-respecting, and effective way Of get
ting before the public with what any one
wants to say to it.
Thirty years ago a man who should
spend 81, 600 year in the newspapers
would attract attention as a large adver-
tiser; now there are houses expanding
almost as much monthly, right along
through the year, without attracting at
tention. Mr.. Robert Bonner, whose
undertakings in all directions have been
characterized by breadth, boldness, pre-
cision, and success, was the first to make
the public familiar with large advertis-
ing applied in the most original
manner, to build up the circula-
ton of his Ledger to point
never attained before or since by any
journal in this country. Although Mr..
Bonner's largest newspaper advertising
was done twenty-five years ago (for he
rapidly made his paper successful, and,
having accomplished his purpose, cut
down his expenses in that channeD, still
no one has come up TO the splendid au.
dacity' of an order for an insertion of an
advertisement to cost over $50, 900. And
yet in pecuniary matters he is very ex
act and careful man.
1t agrees with my experience that news
paper advertising is profitable. AS l lool
back over the considerable number O.
those whose advertising l have done | de
not recall single one who judiciously
perseveringly, and freely pushed gooC
articles, of whatever kind, in the news
papers, and did not make at least a fai
success, while great many have gained
ample fortunes. / will not mention
names in support of this statement, as
could easily do, but the list is larg
one. Indeed, it has been my observation
that it is easier for large advertisers t.
make money than to keep it. Often i
comes in so fast that the head gets turneC
and lavish personal expenditures and un
profitable investments swallow up tn
fortunes which, had they been longer i
making, would likely have been NOR
permanent H. Bates.
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A Book Mandatory in Ancient Rome.

In German publication we find an in
teresting account of the production OF
books in ancient Rome. 1t is stated
therein that, notwithstanding the Romans
had no printing presses, books were at
that time produced much more quickly
and in larger numbers than most modern
works. Paper was used which was al
most woven out of the fibre of the Egyp-
tian papyrus, VIII, oh grows to height of
ten feet ond which has given its name to
paper. A Roman residing in Egypt
assures us that the yield of his paper
mandatory would be sufficient to sup
port an army, and whole shiploads of
paper were sent from Egypt to Rome.
Before books of any description were pro-
duced in large numbers, they were read
mostly either in private circles or pub
licly, so that the author could adopt sug-
gestions for the improvement of his work.
Wealthy Romans used to own a large
number of slaves for all kinds of services,
which rendered labor cheap, as they cost
nothing in many cases, and had only to
be supported. They were mostly prison
ers of war, the pick of nations, and often
more cultivated especially the Creeks
than their masters. They were conse-
quently employed in the education of
Roman boys. The works of authors were
dictated to a number of slaves, women
also being employed for that purpose.
Even amongst freemen and liberated
slaves the desire to obtain employment
became so great that hundreds of willing
hands could be had for writing books at
very low rate of wages. The instruc-
t on impaired in the workshops of Roman
publishers necessitated a regular course
of training, which was to teach the APP
prentices an easy and elegant handwrit-
ing. If publisher had at his disposal say
a hundred writers, and reckoning the
working day at ten hours, document
which took an hour to write would
be multiplied in the course of a day
to a thousand copies. The writers
became in time experts to such a
degree that they combined quickness
with elegance. 1t must also be ad-
ded, that in cases where speed was the
first consideration, the use of stenograph-
ic contractons became general, and we
possess illustrations of their employment
in the old manuscripts still in existence.
We are also informed that other readers
and copyists were instructed and trained,
the former in the solution, the latter in
the application of contractions. The OBJ
ject was to copy works as quickly as pos
sible, the use of full words being only re-
sorted to for the best works. The above
brief account demonstrates the fact that
the Romans made the nearest approach to
the invention of printing, although they
never attained to it. The movable
stamps of iron or other metals used by
the Romans for marking earthenware
vessels or other utensils also prove this.
But the art of rapid writing, which was
: perfected by them to an unusual degree,
, counteracted further development,
while the number of slaves and other
willing hands at disposal, by which
, means the most astonishing results were
obtained, operated in the same direction.
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The Sewing Circles Noble Work.

Hobbs-'T do envy you ladies the
pleasures of the sewing circle. Just
think, too, of the vast good accomplished
by your nimble fingers, for the poor"
Mrs Fogg-"Yes, we are all so inter
ested in the work. l don't believe you
could keep any of us away from the meet
ings."
Hobbs-''What is the result of the ses-
sions of the winter, so far?"
Mrs. Fogg We'll, we've decided
that the minister's wife is lazy, good
for-nothing woman; that unless young
Spriggs proposes to Miss Brown soon,
old Brown will be justified in using stern
measures; that Mrs. Bangle is deceitful
woman in telling around that her bonnet
cost $25 when it didn't cost any such
money, for Mrs. Ham bought one almost
as good for S.; that Miss Barnes
is the homliest woman in town, and few
other things of minor Importance. Then,
beside this, we've about resolved to de-
vote two weeks of next winter to scwir g
for the poor of the village. It'd Bits
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champagne, sung themselves hoarse ane
had all the fun that can be got out of an
ordinary club, they are apt to sally forth
AID go booming up Broadway at O'Clock
in the morning, making the trip memo
rable by outraglng the law and humanity
in whatever way happens to strike their
brilliant fancy. As both of them are
very well known, men of property ana
exceedingly liberal, they are as rule al.
lowed to have their own way. A few
mornings ago they had exhausted the re-
sources of their club, tied the sleeping
night Waterman to his chair, turned out
all the gas and were roaming along Broad
way on one of their accustomed monthly
rackets when they discovered two gro
GERS wagons standing side by side on
Twenty-eighth street, near Broadway.
The drivers were in neighboring hotels
delivering their goods. 1t struck the
two elegant and accomplished gentlemen
who were ''doing" Broadway as being
an act of amazing effrontery for grocers'
clerks or anybody else to have the impu-
dence to be earning an honest living at
that hour in the morning, so one of them
stepped to the side of either horse
and after counting one, two, three, they
dealt the beasts two tremendous blows
with their canes upon the ribs. The
horses leaped forward and the next
moment were blocks away, dashing down
Twenty eighth street, with the groceries
bobbing out of the wagons and literally
bestrewing the streets. The club men
jumped into hanson and the driver,
with grin of delight, whirled them
away.
The joke struck them as being such a
good one that they told it many times
at the club, and before they were
thoroughly aware of it they were
primed for another journey up Broad
way. AS the two red faced and
jolly FOUNDERS found their way up Broad
way in the morning they presented a
picture of complacency and con-
tent They were clad in evening dress
and each had his arm around the others
neck, while the other was thrust care
lessly into the trousers pocket. Two
cigars stuck out from the corners of their
mouths, their hats were on the backs of
their heads and they were chanting a
college song with the air of men who are
at peace with all the world. 1t was then
that the grocery clerks fell upon them.
They are both of them men who talk
much of their abilities as boxers and
fighters, but it pains me to observe that
they were the most Thoroughly, completely
and generously thrashed men that have
ever seen. Their mustaches were torn,
their eyes smashed and in one case a rib
broken, and when they were taken to a
neighboring hotel, bathed, the remnant
of the mustaches shaved off and plaster
applied to the abrasions and wounds with
which their faces were despatched, they
were as sorry looking pair of fighting
men as | have ever seen. The whole on
slaught was surprise to them, but it was
not to the men who know that whoever
goes about the world looking for fight is
pretty apt to be accommodated in time,
aud singularly enough it always happens
to fall on them unexpectedly.
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"a wonderful machine" is thus de-
scribed by writer in Mechanical Pro
gresS: When l was laying the founda-
ton of my mechanical fame and fortune
a few years ago, | boarded in house
filled with locomotive engineers and fire
men. A practice prevailed there of en-
livening the supper table with social con-
versation and, the locomotive party
being in the majority the leading theme
of talk was stupendous feats performed
in railway runs, varied by minor Incl
dents and records of narrow escapes
George Dewhirst, who ran lathe in the
shop, sat opposite to me at the table, and
he got tired of being excluded from the
conversation. He became ambitious to
hear himself talk in that crowd. One
evening, catching on a lull in the con-
versation, he called out loudly to me.
"Well, went over and saw that ma
chine to-day, and it is astonishing the
fine work it doesm
elbow does it work?" I inquired.
"Well," said he, "by means OF pedal
attachment fulcrumed lever converts a
vertical reciprocating motion into circu-
lar movement. The principal part OF
the machine is a disc which revolves rap
idly on a vertical plane. Power is APP.
piled through the axis of the disc, and,
when the speed of the driving arbor is
moderate the periphery of the machine
is travelling at great velocity. Work is
done on this periphery. Pieces of the
hardest steel are by mere impact reduced
to any shape the skillful operator desires.
''What on earth is the machine2" de
manded listener.
ooh! it is new grindstone," replies
George; and silence that could be felt
passed round the supper table.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
He Had Been Invited.

"Good morning, Mr.. Johnson, " said a
young man to an elderly and near-sighted
passenger, who had come off without his
glasses; "going up to townW
eyes; got to do lot of trading at the
stores an | don't know how on airth I'll
get along without my glasses"
Getting ready for the wedding, I
suppose"
eyes; my darter Emmer is goin to git
married. She an that good for-nothin'
Hank Williams hev made match of it
at last. thought that young man would
never get down to business. He's as slow
as sorghum molasses in January, and as
shiftless as an Injun. don't believe he
can earn his salt, an | spose I'll have to
support him."
''But, Mr.. Johnson"
ooh, he's good enough for Emmer.
That's the worst girl ever raised. She
hain't bit like her mother, nor like me,
nuther. A fine poor mans wife she'll
make. Beside, she hez bunions on her
feet as big as early rose potaters, an she
kin eat more'n boss. An that ain the
worst ont. If twan't for her mother that
girl wouldn't keep herself clean, and she
never thinks O. slickin' up her hair nor
putin on somethin' nice 'cept when
company's expected. She's a regular
SLOUGH, Emmer is, an she kin wear out
seven pair of shoes year. But she's
good enough for that Hank Williams, an
If he only supports her I'll be glad to git
her off my hands. S'pose you've got an
invite to the weddin'?'
eyes, I'm invited You don't seem to
know me, Mr.. Johnson2"
''Yea, I do, but I can't just place you
Le' me see 1 haven't got my glasses with
ne-but know you. Your maze Is
IS"
''Hank Williams, sir. y Chicago Her.
I'D.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12

A century Of progress has not produced a
remedy co ual to Elys Cream Balm for Catarrh,
Cold in the head and Hay Fever. 1t is not a
liquid or a snuff but is perfectly safe and easily
applied with the finger. 1t gives immediate
relief and cures the worst cases. Price 30 cents.
At druggists. W cents by mail. Ely Bros"
Owego, N. Y.
"A God-scnd is Ely's Cream Balm" writes
Mrs. NJ. A. jackson, of Portsmouth, n. H., on
May %, 1882. l had catarrh for three years! had
tried nearly all remedies but to no purpose.
Two or three times a week my nose would
bleed quite freely and | thought the sores in it
would never heal. Your Balm has cured me.
This preparation is not a liquid or o snuff, and
is easily applied. Price 80 cents.
Ely's Cream Balm is the most effective, con-
venient and agreeable catarrh remedy ever
used, and have tried them all.-C. B. look,
Henning, Lauderdale Co., Tenn.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
No Chance for the Presidency.

"Mamma," said little Fifth ward boy
lugubriously the other day, as he laid
down a volume of biographical sketches
of the Presidents, 81 don't believe I'll
be President. 1 amt got the chance, I
wasn't brung up right"
"Why, child, you have the same
chance that other little boys have"
''No, l amt; wasn't born in log
cabin, nor amt drove a team on the
canal nor had to read the spellin' book
by the light of a pine knot, nor had to
split rails, nor nothin' like the rest of the
boys who got there. l tell you, mother,
I'm handicapped on this Presidential
question. "-EimirG Gazette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
A Blade Of Grass.

"Gather," says Rugkin, "a single blade
of grass, and examine for moment,
quietly, its narrow, sword-shaped strip
of fluted green. Think of it well, and
judge whether, of all the gorgeous flow
ers that beam in summer air, and of all
strong and goodly trees pleasant to the
eyes or good for food, there be any by
God more highly graced, by man more
deeply loved, than that narrow point OF
feeble green. Consider what we owe to
the meadow grass, to the covering OF the
ground by that glorious enamel, by the
companies of those soft and countless
and peaceful spears"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
The Pigs and the Weather.
OF pigs, have heard it said, very fire.
nuentlY--
INSN'J
"When swine carry sticks,
The clouds will play tricks'S
"When they lie in the mud,
No fears of a flood"

The clouds will play tricksSS
but that
"When they lie in the mud,
No fears of food"
The first of these couplets is of twofold
interest. have watched them for years,
to see what purport this carrying of
sticks and punches of grass might have,
and have only learned that it has moth
ing whatever to do with the weather, or
at least with coming rain-storms. The
drought of summer is so far a conven-
fence as to throw light upon this habit,
as 1t did upon the uneasy cows. Pigs
carry sticks as frequently then as during
wet weather, or just preceding shower.
Furthermore, these gathered twigs are
not brought together as though to make
a nest, but are scattered out III per-
fectly aimless manner. For some cause,
the animal is uneasy, and takes this cur
ious method of relieving itself. The pro-
liabilities are that it is survival of some
habit common to swine in their feral con-
dition, just as we see a dog turn about
half dozen times before lying down.
In an interesting paper on local weather
lore, read by Mr.. Amos w. Butler be-
fore the American association for the ad-
vancement of science, during the Philadei-
phia meeting of 1884, the author has an
other version of this saying: "When hogs
gather up sticks and carry them about,
expect cold weather." This is wholly at
variance with what have observed, fol-
memoranda record this almost wholly
during the hot weather, and this must
necessarily be the rule with New Jersey
swine, or the local weather prophets
would not have coined the verse as l have
given it.
As to the couplet, it is about as neal
meaningless as any saying can well be.
Some rustic rhymer, a century ago, may
have added it as piece of fun, but it has
stuck most persistently. AS it stands
now, it has stood for quite one hundred
years.-Popular Silence Monthly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
A Merited Thrashing.

The man who looks for fight in New
York is pretty apt to find it. possess
the cursory acquaintance of two gentle
men of more or less distinction who in
aulge at times in the pleasant and DASH
ing habit of imparting to the town a
deep vermilion hue in the early hours of
the morning. Two better hearted or more
agreeable men never lived bit after they
lave slowed away six or eight bottles of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
FIorIdo, eth. Land Of Flowers"

e. Edi th anu iIit q 4 ,Sa s,.uorr-
tain of Youth" was once thought to be hid in
one of its forest glades. 1t is now the haven Of
many consumptives, who find benefit In her
genial warmth and fragrant flowers. The con-
sumptive invalid need not necessarily go SO far
from home and friends to get relief. For If
not in The last stages of the diseage, DR.. r. v.
Perce's Golden Medical Discovery" will re-
store to perfect health. For all chr mic throat,
bronchial and lung diseases it is a most relia-
BILE specific. By druggists.