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Year: 1869

To ne Edftor Of The TriSNne


SIR: A correspondent in your paper of Mon
day falls into singular error in making your editorial
on electricity subject Of complaint No patent covers
the ideas and principles forth in the article in ques-
ton; and this correspondent IN common with the public
generally Is entirely free to avail himself OF tine informa
ton contained therein to tho proper mode OF con.
structing and applying llghtningrods.


III Is notable fact that people who have patent
insulaors or insulated lghtnngrods to sell meet such
arguments Ouy by assertions that certain other
people and especially telegraph OPERATORS think light
nlng-rods should he insulated.


Constant iteration and assertion Of interested opinion
cannot diminish the force Of the seteydent statement
that nsuators only be effective in arresting the
sage from the rod to the building from the building TO
short distance which the rod sets off from the wall
ana hence that an insulated rod cannot silently with
draw the excess Of electricity from positively electrified
building supply the deficiency TO building negatively
electrified but necessarily permits the electrical disturb
ance induced within the building by the proximate
thunder cloud to continue and increase in intensity un
vi the discharge ~ lightning takes place, when the equ


hrium Of the building can only be restored by the ex
posOn from into OF the deficiency OF cleo
trGity required to give II its due proportion.


ota ndaTrs so ar Us tney operate a. ~ a O3er
storm the glass asenngs become wet and the rod then


Your correspondent is mistaken rs to the weight OF
opinion on this subject The views expressed IN your
editorial conform TO those Of the late DIR. William King OF
Boston and his present successor. William A. Orcut and
OF the late NJ Quimby Of this city, the father OF the
writer who made the subject lifelong study with pa
uen investigation. observation and experiment, and OF
Sir William Snow Harris of England. who is the recog
nlzed authority on the subject abroad


hghtningrods are extensively sold at wholesale 10
itneran vendors, and dealt IN sort Of specific
lghtnng-the very natural consequence ofwhich
+ their frequent failure afford protection. Success in
the business demands the exercise of Judgment founded
upon such acquaintance with the laws 0t electricity
aud thunder will enable the practitioner TO
determine correctly the nature and extent OF the expo
sure regards lightning. and to prescribe the appca


On OF lgtning rods according to the requirements OF
the particular building designed TO be protected Very
respectfully yours, EDWARD f. QUIMBr.


No. 81 TGTk-rOp. NeU- York
Year: 1869

Yes, there's another of 'em up stairs
now! l know it, cause pa told me
must be quiet, and sit down in the cor
ner with my book, and mustn't play
ball nor ask Willie Stuart to come and
help me to put my puzzle together.


Then there's a cross nurse that's al
ways scolding me for getting in her


way, no matter where l get. Besides


Miss Gadall was here TODAY. and she


took me on her knee, patted me on the


back just like cook does when Pm
choking, and said my nose was another
degree out of joint; but l know better


for this is the third time she has told
me so, and it is no more out of Joint
than it ever was. She's hateful, cog
gle-eyed old maid, that's what she is.


saw it, too. It's got little, round
red head; witho2t any hair, with great
deep wrinkles instead of eyes: and
when it cries it opens its mouth as wide
as though it meant to swallow itself.
Pa helped me up on the side of the
bed and told me to kiss my dear, pretty
little sister; and when l wouldn't and
called it a horrible, ugly little thing, he
said ought to be ashamed. l didn't
getto kiss my ma at all; knew better
than to try it, for once when another
baby came, l climbed upon the bed,
putting my arms around her neck,
hugged and kissed her, but all the
time had my knee right on the baby's
head, so was whipped and put in my
crib without any supper because 1
didn't know it was there.


Little Annie thinks it's so nice to
have new sister, but she was baby,
before, and don't know anything
about it. l can remember. long, long
ago, ma used to call me her "sweet lit
tie darling" and pa dandled me on his
foot, and said was ga fine fellow" and
Julia declared that | was ''perfect
little angel" but then Tom came, and
all my pretty toys were given to him
cause he was baby, and l was cuffed
and seolded by everybody 'cept grand
ma--and she's good to me yet, though
there's been two other new ones since


l wonder where all the babies come
from? Ma says the Lord sends them.
| wish he wouldn't send any more to
our house; we've got MORN enough
now. 1t might be a nice thing for
them if they could stay little always;
but they have to grow big after awhile,
and they amt no better off than the
rest of folks l rather think if l was
baby, I'd ask the Lord to send me
where I'd not grow any bigger, and
then I'd have nothing to do but lie on
my back and chew my toes, and have
folks say l was the ''darlingest, cum
ningest little creature they ever laid
eyes on"
Year: 1869

~ DAMON AND PYTHIAs IN CoLoRs.--
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle ant
Sentinel reports the case in that city Of
Daniel Turner, colored, sentenced to
two months hard labor on the Macon
and Augusta railroad, for petit larceny
After the sentence, the prisoner
brother accosted the court as follows:


Negro-Judge, amt there no way
you can fix it SO that can go on the
chain-gang in place of Dan?


The Justice-Is the prisoner rela-
tive of yours?


Negro--I'm his brother, an want
for to work out his time, cause he's
older than me, an have a wife, an
his wife is sick. l amt married, an
am willin' to work on the gang in his
place, an let him stay wild his wife.


The Justice-But l cannot allow an
innocent man to suffer for a guilty one.
You cannot take your brothers place
unless you swear that he is innocent,
and that you stole the dog.


Negro-I can't swear to that, Judge;
but l am willing to make his crime
mine, and suffer in his place, SO it don't
make no difference.


The justice finally succeeded in
making the faithful brother understand
that it did make difference, and, evi-
IDENTIFY feeling greatly disappointed, he
left the courtroom, and Dan was taken
to Jail.
Year: 1869

A late number of Packard's Maga-
zine has an article by Oliver Dyer,
on domestic Infellcities and Home
Discomforts," attributing many of
these to the indulgence of the not
unnatural desire of ENJOYING pleas
ures before they are earned, and o Z
stunning honest labor as at best a
necessary evil. He says:


1t is this general prevalence ofthe
spirit of idleness-this rampant de-
sire to shirk the duties appertainine
unto ones station in life, which
makes bad servants and bad en-
ployers, and plays the mischief gen.
orally with our domestic comfort.
And it all comes from the same
source. The servant who sights
her work, in order that she NAV get
on to party, or to street corner
chat with her beau, or to a stroll in
the Bowery, is animated by precise
ly the same selfish sentiments and
the same lack of principle which
lead her mistress to shirk her duties
perhaps to leave her children to
the care of an incompetent hireling
lin order that she may go to par
ty, or indulge in debasing gossip, or
take q stroll in Broadway.


The shirking of ones duties in or.
der to tester in the delights of idle
ness, whether it be done by ladies
and gentlemen, or by their servants,
has its origin in the same common
evil source, to wit: the desire to eu-
joy a privilege which has not been
fairly earned. And this leads US to
the fundamental proposition thatany
person, whether rich or poor,
whether employer or employed,
whether living in the city OF in the
country, that cherishes a desire to
enjoy anything which he or she has
not fairly and squarely earned the
right to enjoy, is doomed to unrest,
infelicity, discomfort and unhappi-
ness in the world, and to a sharp
chance for residence in this torrid
zone of the future. There is no dis
count on this--not mill, not mo-
ment. Let the reader look honestly
into his or her own heart and life
and experience thus far in the world,
and see how absolutely and relent-
lessly true this is.
Year: 1869

"A very pretty incident is re-


lated of canary bird by a Georgia


paper. The door of the birds cage


was occasionally left open that he


might enjoy the freedom of the


room. One day he happened to
light upon the mantel shelf where
upon was mirror. Here was a new
discovery of the most profound in
terest. He gazed long and curious
ly at himself, and came to the con-
clusion that he had found q mate
Going back to his cage, he selected q
seed from its box, and brought it in
his bill as an offering to the stran-
ger. In vain the canary exerted
himself to make the new found
friend partake, and, becoming weary
of that, tried another tack. Step
ping back a few inches from the
glass, he poured forth his sweetest
notes, pausing now and then for a re-
ply. None came, and moody and
he flew back to his perch,
hanging his head in shame and si-
lence for the rest of the day, and al
though the door was repeatedly
opened, he refused to come out
again.
Year: 1869

A REMARKABLE RIVER AND SUR
PRIsING EcHo.-Colonel Powell, in let
ters describing his exploration of the
Colorado river, says that at the point
where the Yampa river enters the
Green, the river runs along a rock
about seven hundred feet high and
mile long, then turns sharply around
to the right and runs back parallel to
It's former course for another mile,
with the opposite sides of this long mar
row rock for its bank. On the east
side of the river, opposite the rock and
below the Yampa, is little park just
large enough for farm. The river
has worn out hollow domes in this
sandstone rock, and standing opposite,
words are repeated with a strange
clearness. in sof:ened mellow tone.
Conversation in a loud key is trans
formed into magical music. One can
hardly believe that it is the echo of his
own voice. In some places two or
three echoes come back, in others the
echoes themselves are repeated, pass
ing forth and back across the river,
for there is another rock making the
eastern wall of the little park. Some
thought they could count ten or
twelve echoes.
Year: 1869

MIs-sPEYT EvENINGs.-The boy whe
spends an hour of each evening loun-
ging idly on a street corner, wastes in
the course of a year, three hundred
and sixty-6ye precious hours, which,
if applied to study, would familiarize
him with the rudiments of almost any
of the familiar sciences. If in addi-
ton to wasting an hour each evening,
he spends ten cents for cigar which is
usually the case, the amount thus
worse than wasted would pay for ten
of the leading periodicals of the coun-
try. Boys, think of these things
Think how much precious time and
good money you are wasting, and for
what? The qualification afforded by
the lounge on the corner, or by the ci
gar, is not onl y temporary, but posi-
lively hurtful You cannot indulge in
these practices without seriously in
juring yourselves. You acquire idle
and wasteful habits, which will cling TO
you through life, and grow upon you
with each succeeding year. You may
in after-life, shake them off, but the
probabilities are that the habits thus
formed in early life will remain with
you till your dying day. Be warned
then in time, and resolve that as the
hours spent in idleness are gone for
ever, you will improve each passing
one, and thereby fit yourselves for use
fulness and happiness.
Year: 1869

sELECTED-BY REQUEST.
A thought! 8 thought for the rosy morn,
That comes through the gates of devil
But I'll keep kinder, happier thought
For rtwilight and for you.
A word a wortli for the humming-bird,
tilt on the jessamine new;
Will my lip let slip, but my heart will keep
Its softest word for you.
A song! song! for the mocking- bird,
In answer to his so true;
But you know right well always keep
My sweetest song for you
A kiss! kiss for the sweet red rose
And one for the violet blue!
But standing here at the garden gate,
I'll keep one back for you.
A sighl a sigh for my pale white rose,
I That the chilling night wing slew!
But answer you, when the lilies say
> L am signing most for youp'


KATE.
Year: 1869

HLord Rosse's large telescope has
recently had attached to it an ingen-
ious system of ciock-work, which
moves It so as to keep the eye of the
observer upon the moving planet, and
has been ascertained that the moon
either reflects or radiates heat upon the
earth to a very considerable extent
The tube of this telescope is fifty feet
long, and tall man can walk through
it. The metallic speculum weighs sew
eral tens.
Year: 1869

70 the Editor Of the v. y. Herald


Iwish to say few words IN refer
ence to the marriage ceremony which
ySur paper Of yesterday announced as
having taken place on Friday in St.
Peters Church, Jersey City. As it
NAV seem strange that such cere-
mony should have taken place here
after it had been refused in New York,
| wish to state that it took place with
out the consent of the Bishop or the
knowledge of the pastor. When the
Prince and lady applied to me on
Thursday, sent messenger to the
Chancellor of the Diocese asking per
mission to perform the ceremony with
out the publication of the banns. L
received in answer that the Bishop
absolutely prohibited the marriage.
This / made known to the parties,
who, however, returned on the fol-
lowing morning. l then told them
that after they had made the confes-
sion and received the HelY Eucharist
[ would go to the Bishop and try to
prevail upon him to perform the mar
riage, or 10 bless the ring. 1t was du-
ring my absence, and after l had given
most positive orders that no step
should be taken before my return,
that the ceremony of blessing the
ringv was performed by one of the
assistant priests. p. CORRIGAN,


Pastor st. Peters Church, Jersey City.
Year: 1869

FTNHESE celebrated Springs. so favorably


known for their valuable ALFKRAIrYE
WATERS, charming Summer climate and as
one of the most fashionable resorts in the
country. win be open for COMPANY
Year: 1869

close Of business at the second CALL when Newfork Gen.
tra declined to 1871 and the balance Of the market fell
off from ala per cent The temper Of the market is fe-
versh and unsettled The activity IN money has caused


large short be made in the active soeKs both
speculative and also by brokers' who have
sold their stocks in preference to borrowing
money. This taken advantage Of during the MORN
ing and resulted advance Of from 294 per cent up
on the leading shares After the demand for delivery
was over the market became unsettled again. and prices
were from per cent lower At the close the market
had steadier tone, closing dull -


The following were the closing quotations Of Govern
uent honds.
Year: 1869

The New York Sun says'-"It is well to look
at certain established landmarks in the opi-
nionR and characteristics of the new President,
which Will afford unerring guides to those VINO
are In search of valuable Information. They
are few, but trustworthy, and may be summed
up thus:-First, he always stands by his
pledges; second, he never deserts his friends.
In accepting the nomination of the Chicago
Convention he emphaticaliy approved its plat
form of principles, and pledged himself to
carry them into effect II elected. He is elected,
ducing his creed to practice. To do this he Will
require the aid of numerous subordinate OFF,
GERS. While In the army he was never known
10 voluntarily employ agents to execute his
plans who did not thoroughly concur with him
in opinion respecting the matters in hand, and
in whose sagacity and fidelity he had not the
most implicit confidence. Doubtless these
salient traits of character will follow him from
the field TO the Cabinet"
Year: 1869

The Albany argus says:--"The Court OF Ap.
pesls, at its last sitting, has decided a case OF
great interest to resldeLts of cities and munlcl.
pr officers. 1t was the case of Wendell against
the City of Troy. The Common Council had
permitted citizen TO Construct a drain from
his house 70 q street sewer. After the work had
been done, and appeared to be in good order,
the drain caved In, and the plaintiff, Wendell
in driving over 1t, was thrown from his wagon
and severely injured. At the trial 1t was
claimed that the city was not responsible for
the negligence or unskilfulness of a nriyate
citizen in constructing drain. where the street
was not apparently dangerous and out of re-
pair at the time and place Of the accident A
nonsuit was refused, and the jury brought in a
verdict against the city for $1,000.


IAN appeal was taken to the General Term OF
the Supreme Court, and that court affirmed the
judgment, holding that municipal corporations
charged with the duty of keeping streets in re-
pair and exercising a general oversight in re
gard 10 their condition and safety are liable for
all injuries happening by reason of their negli
gence; holding also that the city was liable be-
cause 1t was Illegal and improper and breach
of duty on the part OF its officers to allow q pub
lie thoroughfare to be thus diverted to mere
private use. From this decision the defendants
appealed to the Court OF Appeals. decision
hasj just been rendered in that court Affirming
the Judgment"
Year: 1869

A few days since the daughter OF Mr. Tate,
son-in- law OF Rev. William Stone, of Water
that village, and the body being prepared for
burial, was placed in the Rensselaer, and
Saratoga cars to be conveyed to Waterford for
interment Instead of placing the coffin con-
tanning 1t in the baggage car, 1t was deposited
on the front platform OF the car, In rear of
from Saratoga a spark from the locomotive
lodged upon The pine box inclosing the coffi o.,
and the wind created by the passage of the
cars soon famed II into a flame. nearly destroy
Ing the box and coffin, burning the face of the
corpse very badly, and also destroying the
clothes with which 1t was shrouded. Arrived
at Waterford, 1t was necessary TO call in the
services OF an undertaken to supply another
box and coffin for the proper interment of the
body, and the satisfaction which the last
look, the parting farewell would have afforded
account of the shocking mutilation of the body.
The sorrow occasioned by the death of the little
girl was doubly heightened by the sad mlshap
which occurred to her remains on the Journey
TO The
Year: 1869

The Chicago Times (Democrat) welcomes back
the exiles VINO are included in the Presidents
Christmas proclamation. OF Breckenridge,
however, 1t says-


"One among The Confederates now in exile
will not be very likely to take an active part in
public affairs after his return. lie was guilty
of base ingratitude and treachery to the grand
old Democratic party, which showered honors
upon him from boyhood to prime; and, what
Is OF far more consequence, he was thus guilty
to the nation which nonored him with next TO
the highest office within Its gift. and placed
him in the line of successioD.' The qualities
which procured for him sucn distinction had
about them enough OF true nobility to beget re.
morse for his black desertion of friends and
principle, although they could not keep him
from falling Let him bury himself In privacy,
stung by an ambition burning for distinction,
and governed by an intellect not inferior To
that OF any statesman now In active life in this
country. How art thou fallen, Lucifer, son oi
INC morning ~
Year: 1869

From Jasper (IadJ Courier.


Christmas week stranger was found dead on
the highway leading from Ray lorsville TO Pike
Vile, with bullet hole through his head and la
knife stab in his body He was supposed to be
Kentuckian, whose father had purchesei
real estate in the neighborhood and died IN
Kentucky without entirely paying for it, and
the son had promised to take the money and
complete the payment. The dead mans pockets
were rified, and no clue left to identify
him or his murderers. During the
same week the body of another man
was found hid in a stump in the woods near the
Taylorsvile and Huntingburg road, frozen
stiff, with no clue as to how 1t got there; and on
Saturday last, Mr. Mori,Z Williams. of
Huntingburg, was riding home from Taylors.
Vile, where he had been to collect some money
due him from one iof the Rlces, he was as
saulted on the road by three high way men, who
comman ded him 10 surrender, but he put spurs
to his horse and broke from them, at the same
time firing tw o shots at them with a revolver,
but without hitting either OF them. He was SO
badly scared he was glad to get away with q
whole hide himself.
Year: 1869

The night gangs of men employed in the Sill.
yer mines near Virginia City, Nevada, wit
O'clock on the morning of the 9Th November.
The sky was perfectly clear in every direction,
and the eastern horizon was peculiarly blue
the ridges or the distant eastern ranges; yet the
morping star rose of q blood red color, and with
a bright white halo, apparently i've or six feet
in diameter. surrounding IT, From the lower
part of this halo extended downward n tail
apparently eight feet long and two In breadth
at the upper part. This tall was slightly curved
of o sabre shape, bluntly rounded at the lower
end, and both 1t and the halo appeared to be
filled with thousands OF small and exceedingly
brilliant stars. This strange light lasted some
fifteen or twenty minutes or until the star had
risen SO high that the tail of the halo appeared
distant range, when IL suddenly faded out
The phenomenon was witnessed by hundreds
of persons.
Year: 1869

ORDERS were yesterday given TO mount and
arm the Assistant Assessors of Internal Revenue
throughout the South wherever il is necessary to
use force in carrying out the revenue laws.
Year: 1869

Gov.JEwELL, of Connecticut, is here and had
a long interview with the President this morn
ing. and with the Congressional delegation from
that State. Gen. Butler also had An interview
with the Executive.
Year: 1869

THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF Co
LUNBIA of the House of Representatives this
morning determined, by unanimous vote, to
press a resolution through that body setting
apart one day in each month for the considera-
ton Of District business exclusively.
Year: 1869

The NATIONAL EIGHT Hour EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE held q meeting yesterday and
agreed upon bill TO be brought before Com
gress TO amend the eight hour law SO as to make
II imperative on public officers to have all public
work done at eight hours a day, whether under
contract OF by superintend ent. The bill win be
presented i'm a day or two. A mass-meetine of
the workingmen will be held here Tomorrow
evening, at which the committee will be present.
Speeches will be delivered I'm favor of the eight
hour movement, and a draft of the bill mem
toned above will be read,
Year: 1869

On Tuesday morning week, a terrible accl-
dent occurred at Mr. Clcland's farm, on the
Newport pike, near Wilmington, Delaware, by
which the wife Of Mr. Hurst, the farmer Of the
place, lost her life. There is a well on tho
place which adjoins the house and into the top
Of which there is an opening from the cellar TO
permit things to be lowered in order to keep
them cool. The we'll is thirty feet deep below
the level Of the cellar floor On Tuesday NOR
ming week Mrs. Hurst, in lowering some but
ter or something Of the kind from the cellar
down into the well, lost her balance and fell
down the WELL She gave an alarm and her
husband ran to her assistance. He managed
to get her to the top Of the we'll when her hold
gave way and she fell back again. A second
time he raised her slowly almost to the top,
and once more she fell back into the water and
by the time that assistance had arrived and
she was hoisted for the third time she was found
TO be dead. Deceased was a woman Of about
middle age Wilmington Com.