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Year: 1878

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


Some time ago Mr.. Aldrich. receiver of the Mutual
Benefit Savings Bank died. leaving the affairs of that
institution in an unsettled state. Why does not the
Court appoint another receiver to examine and settle
the affairs OF the concern up? The depositors would
like to get the remainder Of their money il possible
The complaint Book has helped MS to get two
dividends, and we hope through it to get another,


WIDGEON.
Year: 1878

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


There mas been great deal of talk lately about
heating the cars the New York Elevated Railroad
came down the whole length OF the road Wednesday
morning, aud failed to observe anything that was
worth making such an ado about. READER.
Year: 1878

To THE EDITOR HERALD


Fully agreeing with Box Holder" that charging
SIG for Post Once box is outrage and that So
per annum would be ample. the writer would in
quire to whom petition, having for its object the
above reduction, should be addressed? VINDEX.
Year: 1878

tNorE.-Letters intended for this column must be
accompanied by the writer's full name and address to
insure attention. Complainants who unwilling to
comply with this rule simply waste time in writing.
Write only one side of the paper.-ED. HERALD
Year: 1878

No habit is more offensive, or more ut
tsrly useless than profanity. 1t never did
any man the least good. No man is the
richer or happier or wiser for 1t. 1t com.
mends no one to society. It is disgusting
to the refined; abominable to the good; in.
sulting to those with whom we associate
degrading to the mind; Improbable, need
less, and injurious to society.
Year: 1878

According to the best scientific authoIi-
is, the small boy becomes Boy at tbe age
Of sixteen. At that age he ought to put
away mall-boyish things and to but on
the bashful aWkwardness Of semi-intelli-
gent boyhood. At all events, he ought TO
know that his presence is not desired by
young men who come t0see his sister. We
do not expect this amount Of intelligence
in the small boy, and it is often necessary
to bribe him with candy or to persuade
him with clubs before he will consent to
treat his sister with common humanity :;
but the slXteen-ye boy usually per
eelves when an area OF courting, accom-
panied with gradually increaing pressure
in the region Of the waist and marked de-
preston Of the parlor gas, is about to set
in, and thereupon discreetly, even ifsneer-
ingly, withdraws. n. Y. Times.
Year: 1878

The Post Office Department probably
started the paragraph about the mucilage
on postage stamps being made Of pota-
toes and peach brandy in order to increase
the sale Of stamps in Maine.
Year: 1878

The art of making coffee consists in
observing one or two simple things.
First of all it should be freshly ground ;
the next thing is to draw out the full
strength and aroma, and at the same
time preserve the fluid perfectly clear
and fresh from grounds. On the COD
tinent it is boiled for short time but
in England it is usually soaked in water,
kept as near boiling point as possible.
The French are generally allowed to be
the best coffee makers in the world, and
they allow one ounce of coffee to each
cupful of water. Two pots are used in
the making. Into one, boiling water is
poured on the ground coffee and allowed
to remain four or five minutes, when it
is poured off as clear as possible. The
grounds are then boiled with the re-
naming water for two Or three minutes,
and both lots mixed together. A shred
of saffron or a little vanilla is often
added, and to make the grounds settle,
half q cupful of cold water is sprinkled
over the decoction ; this descends to
the bottom, carrying the grounds with
it, Coffee may be clarified also by add
ing q shred of isinglass or little white
of nm egg. The great fault of English
coffee making is the failure to draw out
the full strength, and this arises, in
most households, from the use of the
water which has not reached the boiling
point, or the too great haste with which
the infusion is made. The best safe
guards against the latter mishap is the
q nse of the French - tetieres, which aro
now every consmon and cheap, and by
the aid of which coffee can be made in
great perfection and with the greatest
Of ease, and without any risk or failure
through carelessness or inattention.
Year: 1878

1t is to the eye that searches into the
heart of things that the snow reveals its
most wonderful beauty, for it is OF that
truest kind which bears the closest in
spection. Take one of the myriad snow
fakes which obscure the atmosphere
as they fall, and put it under the micro
scope. It melts almost instantly, but
not before you have caught glimpse
of loveliness that astonishes you. It is a
perfect crystal, consisting of six rays,
spreading in the most symmetrical man
ner from the entire, and often provided
with smaller rays. Formless and uni
form as a wreath Of suow looks, it is COM
posed of myriads Of such crystals, whose
shape are so exquisite that the eye is
never weary of looking at them. Their
variety is most wonderful. Thirty
different kinds may be observed during
any Of our toWn snow storms while in
high Northern latitudes upwards of a
hundred varieties have been delineated
that looked as if designed from a
kaleidoscope, yet all based upon the
simple plan of the six-rayed star.
Year: 1878

Calling at farm house the other day,
says writer in an English paper. 1 was
told was Just day too late to see o
yery wonderful sight-a cat nursing
SOME little chicks. It appears the cat
had a family of dead kittens few days
before, and the same morning some five
or six chicks were Matched. As there
we're others to come out, the lady OF the
house took the just Matched chicks into
the house till all were hatched, and
placed them before the fire in the sitting
room, or, as we say here, the keeping.
room. Pussy, greatly to the horror OF
the good lady of the house, took great
fancy to them, and could not be kept away
from them. Wishing to see what would
take place the owner allowed her to come
near, when she began to stroke them
down with her paw in the most affection
ate and tender manner, and, after awhile,
lying down, gathered them well under
her. There she lay all the day; in the
evening they were taken from her, but
the next day she did the same !: but the
third day, fearful of accidents, they were
taken away from her and put under their
proper mother, who had now hatched
out her whole brood. I wonder what
pussy would have done with them?
Year: 1878

Some years ago the writer was living
in the interior Of Sicily where brigand'
age was 80 prevalent that every person
went armed at all times, and never
thought of travelling by the usual mail
diligence, after sundown especially,
without two or more gendarmes as a
guard, and 80 frequently was the dill
gence attacked that it was customary to
change the hours of passing the most
dangerous places every few days. So
numerous were the brigands that no
fewer than 10000 entered the city of
Palermo and took possession, plumber
ing everywhere and committing the
grossest outrages on all who fell into
their hands. especially women and
children. The outbreak was quelled
by troops from Naples and elsewhere,
who, after killing considerable num-
bers of the brigands and taking many
prisoners, drove the rest out Of the
city. Forty of the chief members of
these were condemned and shot at one
time.


From one of the inland towns q
company of carabinieri went out to try
to capture or destroy. gang of brigands
who were especially dangerous. These
carsbinieri made an old castle or fort,
their headquarters. Before long they
were outnumbered, and driven to take
refuge in their fort. After several in
efectual attempts at sally, they found
that the brigands were determined to
starve them out, upon which the
officer in charge held council with his
men, and, seeing they were being
weakened by a scarcity Of provisions:
and that each day lessened their chance
of escape, they decided to make final
effort to escape or die in the attempt.
As they all knew what to expect in the
event of any falling alive into the hands
of the brigands, each man resolved to
keep one charge in reserve for himself
rather than be taken prisoner by them.
Accordingly at the first favorable op-
portunity the sally was made, and the
struggle for life began, the carabinieri
using their carbines first, and revolvers
and sabres at close quarters. 1t was a
desperate struggle against fearful odds,
and all except the officer and one man
fought to the death. These two were
knocked down before they could fulfill
their desperate resolve. The man, how
ever, shortly died from the effects of his
wounds, while tie officer was reserved
for one of the most fendish and dia-
bolical deaths imaginable. He was
firmly secured to a stake and was torn
to rieces hv the months of the women
among the brigands.


There we're many horrible acts COM
mitted by the brigands, but this stood
out pre-eminent for it's fiendish cruelty,
and, 30 far as I am aware, it has never
been in print in English, I being at
that time, the only Englishman or
English-speaking person in the city in
which I then resided, or for a distance
of fifty miles.
Year: 1878

stripes, moving slowly to the opel


ground. I turned to. see II the extr


guns were handy Rajma sat with then


across his knees, with the Creedmoo


nearest, for relied on its. heavy bal


for the settling shot. had often triet


this rife on the range Of the Dearborn


Club, and knew I could rely on it. Whe1


I turned my head again the tiger wal


standing motionless with only his heat


and his great, round, glaring eyes visi


BILE, as he looked back and listened tx


the noise of the drums and the crashing


branches. I might have fred then, and
had my rifle to my shoulder, but judged
it better to wait till he came nearer an6
could see him more clearly. After 8
long pause he moved slowly on until he
was almost opposite the tree he moved
most gracefully, his long tail nervously
switching from side to side.


Now was my time. Aiming for hia
shoulder, I pulled the trigger and gave
him two shots from the Evans iufquick
succession. He answered the shots : ith
Q sharp, sudden roar, and the poise from
the tom-toms redoubled. When. the
smoke cleared away the tiger had van
ished, a slight waving of the grass show
ing where he had retreated.. I was on
the point OF firing again at the spot
where the grass was swaying to and fro,
but the Malay laid his hand on my arm
and whispered, "Wait," at the same
time putting the Creedmoor rifle in my
hand.


He was Just in time. At that instant
the grass parted, and, with a loud roar,
a huge black and yellow beast hurled
itself through the jungle and came
straight at the tree-his broad face all
ablaze, his great white teeth cleaning,
and his big eyes sparkling green fire.
the most perfect picture Of mad, con-
suming, animal fury have ever seen.
There was no appreciable danger, for
our platform was nearly fifteen feet
above ground, and no tiger can Jump
that height. Still, my nerves were
tinging, and it was an impressive mo-
ment, literally only moment, for I
threw up the Creedmoor instantaneously
and fired, without drawing the sights
very fine. The shot took effect, how
ever, for when the smoke rose there was
the tiger almost under the platform,
with the heavy bul LET through his spine,
writhing conVulsively and biting des-
perately at the grass and twigs in his
death agony. Another cartridge was
slipped speedily in the breech, q more
careful aim, and bullet sped through
his neck. A shudder ran over the mighty
limbs, the head dropped, and the great
beast was dead.


now felt safe to descend, and the
natives soon came up. The dead tiger
was Immediately the center of an admir-
ing group, and comments on his size,
ETC., passed freely. he was fine beast,
with long, thick hair, amounting to a
regular name about his neck, and we'll
defined stripes on a ground of deep,
tawny, reddish yellow. There was q
vast amount of hauling and shouting
before he was slung on poles and started
in triumph to the village. Arrived there,
I duly measured him, and from nose to
tip of tail he proved to be an inch and
half over ten feet.
Year: 1878

And now Rumor has it, that the
actual holder of the bonds SO far sold is a
wealthy Insurance Company, and not
August f. Post are there any more com
mission men in the deal?


The citizens of Des Moines-the tax
payers and better class generally, have
nominated a citizens ticket under the be-
lief that the welfare of the city is of more
Importance, than that a few politicians
should hold the Offices.


If Mr.. Curtis received a commission
of Il per cent for his in-J1oo-ence in nego-
tiating the city's bonds, why was the
mayor obliged to 90 to New York to find a
purchaser-and how much in florence did
it take generally to arrange the various
negotiations?


john Corbey a drunken tramp. hail
ing from Ohio. was walking on the Peoria
track yesternoon in the lower part of the
city. when he was knocked off into the
ditch by the out going Mercer county train.
He was so stupidity drunk that he could
not hea the whistle The only injury done
was to sprain his ankle little. He wa.
sent to the Union House by Supervisor
Aster to sober up.
Year: 1878

Before you begin your heavy spring
work, after a winter Of relaxation, your sys-
ten needs cleansing and strengthening to
prevent an attack of, ,Ague, Bilious or Spring
Fever, or some other Spring sickness that
will unfit you for seasons work You
viii save time, much sickness aud great
expense if you will use one bottle of Hop
Bitters in your family this month. Don't
wait. See other column.
Year: 1878

We stated some time ago, that we
would postpone our political articles for
time but that things were working. We
were taken bad with it in this issue, as
this page will show. We promise that we
will tone dow9to reasonable quantity
of political news. Still the political
questions IF the day, whether Of nation,
territory, or county, are vital to every
citizen having at heart the welfare of his
country, and right management of
affairs by the servants of the people, and
it is their duty to post themselves that
they may understandingly cast their
suffrages this fall.


The Red River Independent, Chas.
A. Carson, editor and publisher, is an.
nounced to make its appearance as Fargo
member If the press gang on the 2Sth of
this month.
Year: 1878

With many people who are
past the meridian of life, it often
becomes difficult to obtain a good
nights sleep; indeed, the habit
of lying awake for several hours
becomes fixed, and one which is
very difficult to throw Off. There
may be various causes which will
produce this effect; but there is
one very prominent cause, and
that is indigestion; and indiges-
tion is often caused by the habit
of drinking too much tea and
other fluids at supper. The con-
sequence is that steady and
sound sleep through the night
becomes impossible without the
use of some means which will
overcome this propensity to lay
awake. To do this and go to
sleep in five minutes is not a very
difficult thing, and may be done
by applying friction to all parts
of the body and limbs. TO ac-
complish it. take crash towel,
and give it a lively motion in
rubbing downward from the head
until the blood will be put in ac-
tive circulation, rubbing hardest
upon the chest. If a towel is
not handy, the hand may be
used for the purpose.
Year: 1878

A very singular case of sui
eide occurred at Wheeling,
West Va, on the 4th inst. A
we'll known resident of that
city, named Henry Daub, who
was once immensely wealthy,
who had been married twice,
quarrelled with his wife, who
finally turned him out of the
house, which was owned by her,
and it is said began to lead an
immoral life. This worked on
Daub's mind, until yesterday
afternoon. when he told a friend
that he intended to commit sui
eide on his first wife's grave, and
taking a revolver from his pock-
ct said that was the weapon he
would use. His friend thought
he was joking, but as he could
not find Daub next morning, he
went to Mount Calvary ceme-
terry, and there, under a foot of
snow, his body was found
stretched across his first wite's
grave, with a bullet hole
through his heart. Daub was
about As years of age and bore
a good character.
Year: 1878

A Washington dispatch says
there is unquestionably an ugly
feeling among some republicans
there towards the president, and
besides certain well arranged at
tacks to be made on Secretaries
Evarts and Schurz, tis intended
not to stop short Of the presi-
dent himself. This latter part
of the programme is to be car
ried out by Senator Spencer as
chairman of the senate military
committee, who has arranged to
investigate the recent payment
of $4,000 to Major Benjrmin p.
Runkle as back pay in the army
and the presidents connection
with it.
Year: 1878

Some men, when in the company
of rich man, are the empty echo
of the rich mans voice. If he says,
SIT is very like a whale;;" or, "It is
bumped like camel" they are sure
to swear that he is right, though
the subject under discussion may be
a sewing machine or a stick Of can
dy or anything else. We de-
light to fawn in the presehce of q
millionaire. whose very contempt is
gsft ne highly prize. Some one
has artly called this 'serpentine
prudence" and Columbian simplic-
ity" We are too much like the
poor fool. who in the presence of
the king


Would not, with peremptory tone,


Assert the nose upon his face his OWL.
Year: 1878

A Scotch paper says General
Grant lost two fingers at the
battle Of Michigan. Yes; it was
q tough fight, that, but the Gen
eral never cared a cent for the
loss. He merely remarked, as
he sent a boy after the missing
fingers: II only take three fin
gers at a drink, anyhow"
Year: 1878

The confession is generally
being made that if there had
been ITO politicians on either side
TO interfere with the armies the
civil war in America would have
been ended in a short time. The
politicians commanded the gen
erals.
Year: 1878

An organization has just been ef-
fected in Massachusetts, whose o6-
ject it is to promote the relief
of the surplus industrial population
of the community by offering prac-
tical help in settling on farms in the


West. The association is composed
OF the hest citizens of Massachu.
setts, and it sets forth its design by
saying it is ''to promote associate
emigration to fertile unoccupied
lands, and to aid in their develop
ment into agricultural townships
and homesteads, by these means
contributing to a redistribution of
labor and its diversion from trade
and manufactures where in surplus,
to the tillage of the earth, the basis
of all industries and the primary
source OF all wealth. The associa-
.ion is to consist of twerty-one
members, in addition to which there
is to be an advisory board of some
two hundred citizens, AMI an Office
is soon to be opened for business in
Boston. Land is to be purchased in
large tracts and sold at cost in alter
nate sections, to settlers; and the
settlements are to be made under
the direction of competent superin-
tendents, who will show those who
are ignorant the true method of cul-
tivating the soil. The class chiefly
to be benefited is that OF poor work
ingmen who now find it difficult to
obtain living from lack of work.
A committee is about to go West and
South to examine lands which have
already been offered to the board.
Year: 1878

WHATEVER love the southern lead
ers had for the president on account of
his ''hands-off'' policy toward the
south. has now been absorbed by their
anger at the message for treating facts
30 plainly. fsF
Year: 1878

A CHICAGO railroad manager gives it
as his opinion that the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific will yet be CONSOLE
dated, and that the result will be vast
increase of shipments. Speed the con-
solidation.
Year: 1878

IN GERMANY, the members of the
reichstag are not exempt from criminal
process. Herr Most, a member, is now
serving out a term Of imprisonment for
being a socialist. He and several 9TH
ers, who have all been notified to quit
the country, will come to the United
States.
Year: 1878

way hoIne," and she vent off into en-.
other peal of laughter


Hiram did not wait to say good
night. Whether he slept or said bis
prayers that night is not recorded, but
it is an established fact that s o'clock
the next evening found him n Deacon
Bates's parlor. The interview was a
long ana probably interesting one, and
its immediate result was that before
Thanksgiving the deacon had neither
a Jenny in the hous" nor in the barn


That was year ago, and Hiram
has since dore the town some service
as selectman, and is likewise d dign-
fed justice of the peace, But III the
midst of all his dignities and honors.
if he ever happens to insist upon hav-
ing his own way. the threat of telling
about the horse barn brings him to
terms at once. 1t is the one check of
his independence-tbe magic charm
10y which Mrs. Hiram Jenkins wields
the household scepter.
Year: 1878

NEW York, Aug. l9.--Gen. Butler ad-
dressed a meeting of several hundred
workingmen this afternoon.


BUFFALO, Aug. 19.-Poslmaster Cen
eral Key says he never seriously thought
of running as the aDti-infation Democratic
and Republican Governor of Tennessee.
They would have to find something's a great
deal worse to say than to associate his
name with that of Gen. Grant for the
Presidency in order to make him angry
The Southern Democracy was tending to
ward an exclusive legal-tender currency
and Reputation. The success of tht
Year: 1878

Southern Democracy would doubtless re-
suit in the repeal of the resumption act
and general financial Decentralization. He
looked for fair elections throughout the
South and for Republican Congressional
gains. Democratic control of the govern
ment would not materially increase the
Southern war claims. He left for New
York this morning,
Year: 1878

Government bonds were uncommonly dull NJ the
Stock Exchange Boards and In the offices OF the
Great dealers The tone Of the market was weak
far 1867. and only steady for the rest OF the list
We annex current quotations:
Year: 1878

A German physician recommends powdered quinine very highly as a local application for neuralgia tooth ache. The sufferer should dip finger into fresh water and then into the quinine powder, and rub il thoroughly on the gum in the neighborhood of the painful truth. The application should be repeated two or three times in sue. cession. The bitter taste of the medi cine should be borne as long as pos sible. Dr. Darvsris tried this remedy first on himself, and then on numerous other persons; among the number were many who had tried other remedies in vain. It invariably produced rapid alleviation of the pain.
Year: 1878

THE little daughter of a leading physician in a certain country towr presented the following as her frs school essay: There was little girl and she was very sick; they sent fol my papa, and she died very quick
Year: 1878

Chicago, Jan. 30.-The Chicago
mining exchange was finally organized
this morning and directors appointed
to act until the first election is held. A
prospectus was agreed on for publica-
tion and circulation In the country.
Membership was limited to so, and the
fee for the present fixed at $50, and a
certificate of organization was for
warded to the Secretary of State. The
belief was expressed that the exchange
would draw to Chicago much business
which now goes east and to the Pacific
coast. Not much enthusiasm was man
ifest, and the infancy of the organiza-
tion does not appear to be vigorous
one.
Year: 1878

English Appeal to Irish Honor.


London, Jan. 30.-Gladstone in ac-
cepting an address from the Liberal
Association at Oxford to-day, said he
considered the sending of a fleet into
the Dardanelles an act of war-a breach
of neutrality. e6,000,000 would be
taken by Turkey as encouragement to
prolong the war. He feared the vote
would be carried by the failure of Irish
members to oppose it, though he hoped
for Ireland's honor that those who had
themselves been struggling for freedom
would respect and sympathize with the
freedom of others. He said the Libe-
rails were in the minority in the House
of Commons, but they had the country
with them on this question. 1t rested
with the country to-day whether it
would incur the burden of this vote
and encourage Turkey to persevere in
prolonging the cruel and bloody strug-
gle which has already brought her we'll
nigh to destruction.