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Year: 1878

We shall be curious to see what the MOI
risyille Citizen has to say to the statement
elsewhere copied from the Brattleboro Re
former. That the support given to Mr. Bar
low by some of his papers was purchased
outright, We suppose TO intelligent citizen
doubts In view. however, of the oil aniinos-
ity of the editor of the Ctr.en to General
Grout, We had not supposed that it could be
necessary Tor Mr.. Barlow to bribe that paper.
and We have never attributed merceuary mo
tiyes to the Cih-tH for its course in the
canvass. But the charge that Mr.. Earle has
admitted that he received five hundred dol
lars for his support of Mr.. Barlow is too
direct and too well supported to be turned
aside by Joke. If the editor Of the Cuil-n
received none of Barlow's money, and never
made the admission attributed to him in
Mr.. lloldens affidavit, he will not only
give this story an unqualified denial, but
should promptly prosecute Tor libel and per-
jury the paper and persons that have pro-
mulgated it. We say no more till We see
what the CifseH says.
Year: 1878

The absence Of Chief Justice Comegys
from the bench at: the New Castle Court
for Monday, was perhaps noticed by the
readers Of the HERALD yesterday. An m
quiry at the time elected the fact that he
was feeling decidedly unwell. Since then
q rumor is go,ter out to the effect tsat ne
illness of the Chief Justice was owing to
something resembling smallpox. Whether
this is true or not we do not pretend TO say,
and are only able to give the matter as
rumor. 1t Is known to be fact that Miss
Maggie Douglass, Chi. A. Justice ComeeyS
niece, has been attacked with something
strongly resembling varioloid. As he Is
stopping at her house at present, 1t Is
likely that he also has been affected.


Yesterday the Chief Justics sent . note
to the judges in which he said that ne felt
somewhat unwell, and woald not be able to
be present that day. '010'''' 80"
Year: 1878

DanbAry News.I tgltfk fk.J aT,.


He had been in the habit Of
standing on the curbstone in front
of the church after service and
waiting for his girl As he prided
himself greatly upon bis politenesa
in public places, he invariably, even
after their betrothal, stepped up to
her, and dofing his hat requested
permission to see her home. The
first time that they went to church
together after they were married
they were unable to secure seats TO-
gether. This, however, did moi
worry him. He secured a seat fol
his vile, and at once sought his olC
quarters by the stove, and among
some of his old cronies. After ser
vice was over he absent-mindedly
walked out with the boys and took
his old stand on the curb-stOno
With flashing eyes and glowing
cheeks out came his wife. Sh,
would have passed him in indig
nant and scornful silence, had h,
not stepped up to her as OF yore
and, raising his hat, said: "Mis
L., may / have the pleasure o
walking with you2' He had III
pleasure of knowing that he wa
very much married when she ex
eSciaimoti "Yon idiotic fool, pu
on your hat and come along"
Year: 1878

The recent failures Of carrier
pigeons to carry out their tasks in
dictate that these sagacious birds
have at last begun to discover that
man is using them merely for the
furtherance of his own selfish de-
signs. When they stop over at
points along the route to gossip
with their fellow pigeons, they
doubtless feel fully justified.
Year: 1878

/ HE HOWARD ASSOCIATION asks and
enjoins it upon all citizens as special and
personal duty, to watch and report to us all
nurses who fail Of their duty in the least par
ticular, or who give the least evidence Of be-
ing addicted to drunkenness, neglect. or any
other failing or bad habit that would inter
fero with the proper performance Of duty to
which the members Of our Association have
pledged their lives. Our reputation depends
upon the faithful performance of duty BY the
nurses we employ, hence our anxiety to have
every case of neglect or inattention promptly
reported to US. -


A. D. LANGSTAFF.


Vice President and Acting President.
| 1b7
Year: 1878

The committee charged with the duty
are now prepared to receive orphans and
destitute children, and transfer them TO
the Garfield Asylum, on the Louisville
railroad Application should be made
at BAG Poplar street, to which address
also all contributions of clothing, etc ,
should be sent.
Year: 1878

THE FUTURE OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE AssoCIA-


TIoN DIscUssED-wLL CREEDMooR RANGE


BE GIVEN UP?


The great difficulty Of access to the Creedmoor
Range has for long time been the cause of much
complaint among the rifemen residing in this section
Of the country. and during the latter part of the
shooting just expired the various matches
attended with but little success while numerous
entries made in all the matches at Brinton Range.


AT the last meeting Of the directors OF the National
Association Colonel E. II. Sanford proposed that an
effort be made to obtain . site for range in
some convenient locality than the present one.
and committee appointed to attend to the mat
ter Several proposals have come from various quar-
ters for the establishment of the range. One comes
from Staten Island, another from the peighborhood
of Copey Island All offer superior advantages


General Martin L. MacMahon, who was formerly
treasurer and is now life member of the National
Rifle Association told the reporter yesterday that he
thought the association ought not TO own any range.
He advocated the holding Of tho spring meeting at
Brinton, it would be much more convenient to
rnemen and their friends to go there than to Creed
moor. and it would show more national spirit on the
part Of the association.


General John B. woodward, the State Inspector Of
the National Guard. and director % the National
Rifle Association. asked what he thought of sell
ing the Creedmoor Range and converting the Ma
tiona Rife Association into central Legislative body
and he replied :1 think it must come to that at last
That is the idea conveyed in the title OF the assoca
tion, and that has always been it's aspiration" He
specially favored the proposition to hold the spring
meeting at Brinton.


The matter will come before the directors for dis
cussiCn at their next meeting
Year: 1878

Captain Mcdonnell. Of the Eighth precinct, ap-
peared before the Police Board yesterday to answer
the charges brought against him of having selected
for polling purposes No. 203 Spring street Mr.. John
d. Townsend. who appeared for the defendant, said
tho complaint was not tenahe. as the Captain was
shielded from any blame III the matter by
the general order issued by the chief Of
the Bureau of Elections. That directed all
captains OF precincts to choose places for polling in
the various Districts and in every to give prefer
ence to such had been used for that purpose the
previous year. II in accordance with this that
Captain Mcdonnell had selected No 23 Spring street
which has been used as polling place for the last
seventeen years. ana is familiar to the people OF the
locality as such The case adjourned until Fri
day next at half past ten A. M.
Year: 1878

The Cincinnati Times tells the follow
ing on the authority Of a physician in that
city, who says the incident happened on
the 4th, Of September, last: a lady drove to
my office door about 8 $40 o'clock, and
asked me to visit her sick child. In
order to learn of the cbild's illness
questioned the lady as to the symptoms,
and she stated that she had not seen the
child in four months, and that when she
last heard from it it was we'll. l then
asked why she wished me to go to the
house. She said, because it is sick
now. You can see her in the cab. She
got in at the depot with me, and her face
is pinched and pale, and she seems to be
in great pain" I took seat beside her
and examined the carriage closely, but
could see no child or shadow of a child


The lady stated that DR.. NJ. was her fam
lily physician, but that she knew she
would be unable to find him at his office
at that late hour, and she had no wish to
be delayed, as she feared the child would
die. On arriving at her home, I found
that an hour or more previous the little
girl had been taken with severe pains in
the stomach, and was crying terribly


The father asked his wife how she came
to return without letting them know, and
asked who her companion was. She
stated that he was a physician she hao


brought to treat the child, and then pro


ceeded to tell her husbrnd the same story


she told me. She had no means of know


ing that her child was i'll, and had n,
Year: 1878

their own hands who fry the doughnuts,
and peel the onions, and wash the pota-
toes, and scrub the pots and kettles, and
attend to things generally? Labor of
that kind will harden and blacken the
loveliest hands in the world In week;
and 1t is no use to talk about rubber
gloves, and lemon juice, and glycerine to
woman who has the work to do for six
in family, and baby to tend into the
bargain.


And so it appears that Our best house
keepers, the women who make the homes
OF their families places of neatness, peace
and contentment, cannot be ladies. cannot
be beautiful, because their hands are not
white.


What fate for them! We wonder if
the majority of them have realizing
sense oft? We wonder if the majority Of
them have realizing sense of it? We
wonder if the writer of that article
for it bore man. s name-would be will
ing to eat labor's bread and milk for din.
ner, that his wife might not blacken her
hands peeling potatoes and slicing quin-
ces? We wonder if he would send his
shirts to the laundry, and clean out the
stoves himself, In order that she might
preserve her hands white, so as to be a
lady?
We admire white hands ourself; thew
are lovely, and much to be desired-and
so are pearls and diamonds; but all can
not have them. Some of the most perfect
ladies we have ever known were women
who did their own housework; who sewed
for the family till their fingers were
pricked to pieces; who had toiled for the
good Of those they loved until their
| hands were hard and brown as farmers,
and never considered that they were los
ing casteby SO doing.


The hands of our mothers and grand
| m others in this republican country are
stained with toll; but we would not wish
to hear them stigmatized as lacking in re-
fnement and loveliness because Of that
The kindly, loving hands which were so
soft when our childish heads were racked
with pain the gentle hands which knew
so we'll how to soothe care and trouble
away the hands in whose magic touch
there were strength, and comfort, and
peace for many a weary transgressor !
what mattered it if they were white or
brown?-what mattered it they were
horny with the performance of kindly
deeds, or velvet-like with the luxury Of
idleness?


1t is everv woman's duty to be beauti-
full, and if she can have white hands, let
her have them, by all means; but lady
is lady, be she found in hovel or palace
be her hands white or black; and all
creation knows her when it sees her, and
admires her accordingly.-Kate Thorn,
INN, Y. Weekly.
Year: 1878

Then he put the horn to his mouth and
blew another sonorous blast, even stron-
| ger than at first.


"Carl! Carl!' she cried, hoarsly.
sWhy will YOU not hear me, or look at
met oh, Carl, brother Carl, look upp'


But he took no notice OF her, and was
about to sound third time, when with
tearing, groaning noise, the whole ledge
where she stood slipped away from under
her, and slid rather than dashed down
into the sea.


Falling with it, she received no hurt,
but whea it suddenly ceased to move she
was flung as if from a catapult night out
upon the surface of the lord.


Of course she sank sehseless and like
stone; but as she rose again Carl and his
boat shot near, and just as she was about
to sink, his hand grasped band OF her
floating hair, and drew her towards him.
Next moment his strong arms had lifted
her into the boat, while from his lips es-
capped the cry


s.Good heavens! it is Eliner'
At his words she opened her eyes and
half rose up.
ooh, is It you, Carl Fly hy!' she cried.
ssThe cave is full of smugglers, and they
will kill you if they think you have found
out their hiding place! Fly fy!"
"Smugglers in the cave!', cried Carl.
''Then may God have mercy on their
souls! See, the fallen cliff has shut them
in forever, and they are buried alive!"
Eline started up yet more, and looking
towards the cave saw that where its
mouth had been was now round-topped
hill formed of rocks and earth, and so
large that no human hands might remove
it for years.


ooh, it is horrible horrible! Can they
not be saved?" she cried.


9'There is no salvation for them in this
world" replied Carl, solemnly, as he took
the oars and began to row towards the
beach, where stood their father, strainlng
his eyes to watch their every movements


When they reached the beach, and he
found they were both safe, though Eline q
little shaken,he wept tears of JOY again and
again. Then the three went up to their
home, and there knelt down and gave
thanks for their escape, at the same time
praying for mercy for the poor wretches
who had found living grave.


Years after, when the sea had done its
work, and washed away the hill OF loose
earth that closed the cave, Carl and Eline
ventured to visit it. The sight they saw
was enough to freeze the blood.


Here and, there, about the habitable
part OF the cave lay the bodies Of the men
as they had died. They were in all i'm
aginable attitudes of agony, despair, and
rage, and in one or two cases it was evi-
dent they had fought and slain eacs
other.


Over all their bodies was a white coat
ing, like polished marble, formed by the
dripping from 1.-THE roof: and a fancitul
person might easily imagine them to he
the magnificent but horrifying products
Of a sculptor's chisel rather than the figures
of real men buried alive.
Year: 1878

HOsc John Wenttcorth Once Did a Man a


Fdror.


Long John was lightly resting on the
simple but substantial chair which sup
ports his ethereal form III his office yes
terday afternoon when there entered..a
with slow but certain step an elderly
man who looked as if he had never seen
better days


Il KEN up to thank ye, Mr.. Went
worth, for a favor ye done the first time
you was Mayor. I've had it upon my
mind for some time, an thought I'd
come down an tell you. But maybe ye
don't remember me.''


"No, DON'T said Ma. Wentworth.
"You see I've been Mayor several times,
and as I gave my time to the business
and have been very busy ever since,
can't remember every one met What
did I go for you?"


'sIt was just like this: The fust time
you was Mayor started down to your
Office one day to ask favor l met you
on the street an said was goin' to the
Mayors office; an'says yeo, This is the
Mayors ofice;I take it right around with
me. What do you want?' says you, Says
I, i want a pardon for my boy, who is in
the Bridewell, an then told you how
he kun there


'You just took a piece OF paper an
reached down an wrote on my shoulder
and gev it to me.


II went to the Bridewell an gave it to
the man an sat down. When I saw the
boy wasn't comm l asked why they de.
layed, and said I'd brought a pardon
from Long John. They asked me if I'd
read the paper, an said Mo- They
gev it to me an it read:


Give this man his son when his term
is out


j. WENTWORTH, Mayor.


$50 went home, an the boy came
when his term was out. He hadn't been
long home till made up my mind tha
you was right in not letting him go soon
er, and since then I've kim to the con
clusion that it 'ud have been better i
you'd ordered him kept there ever since
So thought I'd just drop in an thanl
you for not lettin' him out when I asket
you Chicago 1Sscce SS:s:cce.
Year: 1878

STATISTICS prove that 96n per cent.
OF all infants are born after candle.
light and before dawn. by far the
greater number are born between !
and o'clock rather than at an earlier
or later hour, arc Mt least seven to one,
while the chances Of being born in the
daytime is so small that no one need
feel any anxiety about il.
Year: 1878

ABOUT thirty additional men were
Put t" work in the Con. Virginia and
California mines Thursday-principally
on the 1850 level More will be put on
III " few days but they arc all old ON.
ployos Of those companies. and heads
Of families. They have already been
advised to hold themselves ready. This
statement il made to save those IN
search Of employment useless trip to
the mines. All those who will be put
on arc already notified. asa couse-
qu"nce OF this increase in the force the
shipments OF bullion will Lo much
heavier henccforth than they have been
during the past thirty days.
Year: 1878

n simple act of justice, called attention TO
the circumstance that the President had
yielded obedience to the dictum Of Demo-
cratic investigator, an had suspended two
employees of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, under an expressed suspicion on
his rart that something was wrong with
them, and without specific charges
to that effect. We regarded that
act as involving serious injury to
those employees, neither of whom
we knew personally, and we promptly said
so, with such comment rs we thought the
case justified. We have nothing to --call
in that behalf Now, IL "SAM" VIZ


forth from his hiding-plnce and gir


interview of five minutes we wiz


take to convince him that he does n,


what he is talking about; and further that
he can never establish character for man
illness by writing abusive letters 10 those
who may disagree with him in the matter
of conducting public Journal and conceal


ing himself behind fictitious signature
Come up, SAM" and let US confer to-
gether.
Year: 1878

THE push for Investigations, based upon
MclIN's flight of reconstructed imaginings
does not take very deep hold upon the
average intelligent Democratic mind. Tn,
Democrats know too much of their own
political iniquities to enthuse very warmly
over the idea of having them laid bare
The impending cloud is only a wind gust
or white squall. 1t will not prove much o
q shower after ALL The Democrats ar,
afraid of thunder, and hence they viii
avoid stirring the elements except super
ficially
Year: 1878

LET the Democrats enter upon their work
Of revolution with as many resolutions as
they please, it is no part Of Republican duts
TO stand in the way OF fair and just investi.
cation. The Republicans in the House
should make for themselves good record
by an honest endeaypr to open the door OF
Investigation so broad as to cover the whole
case, and then let tho Democrats defeat
that if they choose to do so. Let that b,
their record, while that OF the Republicans
must be fearless, fair and unshrinking
Give the Democrats all the investigation
lry dcsire-and more too
Year: 1878

I" IT Is a suggestive tact that the White House
Fraud has not a single upholdcr in the New
York daily press-unlcss II be the EreHihg
iOd."-Ncr YORK SiU.


A very suggestive fact, indeed; for it re-
calls the opposition of the self-styled Great
Dailies to the silver bill. The truth is, the
New York dailies are without any influence
whatever in and around Congress, and Presi-
dent HAYES can afford to remain placid in
the face of their silence. indifference, or out
right opposition. Wall street is not the
centre of public opinion in the United
States, although it does inspire the policy
of New York journalism. Nor are the self
ish and greedy interests of mercantile and
other jobhcrs Of the metropolis safe guides
TO the public pulse, although the advertis-
ing and other patronage of this class is
effective in molding the course of the afore-
said journals The President and Congress
look to other sources for reflex of public
thought.
Year: 1878

THE outhe.n Democrats don't like the
paopo.ition of the Republican Campaign
Congressional Committee to send political
campaign. They say it will interfere with
the cotton-pirking. Precisely; but it may
also do something in the direction of get
ting full and unntimidated vote of the
COIinl- nickcrs
Year: 1878

A MILLION and half of bushels ofgrain
were brought into New York on Monday
last, the largest receipt ever known there.
done by the canals Just now, some idea may
be had from the fact that more than 70 per
cent. of this large amount was shipped by
that source. This shows an encouraging
revival Of business
Year: 1878

THE brethren are not agreed as touching
one thing. The Buffalo Courier, one Of the
most sagacious, intelligent, and reliable
Democratic journals in the State of New
York, charactcrizes the late double-leadcd
bugbear of the Democratic organ of this
city, relating to TTLDEN's not taking the
oath of Office on the 18th Of March, 1877, be-
cause he learned of GRANTS determination
to arrest him us un instigntor Of sedition,
&c, as neither true nor well invented" 1t
says:


THE story Is made out of whole cloth. Mr.
TILDEN's real attitude Is too well known for
successful Misrepresentation Of the real facts
He did not take the oath of office because he
had not been declared President Of the United
States under the forms of law"
Year: 1878

POsTMAsrER.GENERAL KEYS problem.
attic contribution to the Republican cam.
paign funds is the subject of much specula.
tion among his fellow Democrats. In the
Interest OF Concilintion and of his personal
welfare, we suggest that he should make it
in Confederate money The sacrifice would
not be great, 81 his pocket-book would not
suffer except in the absence of souvenirs OF
his salary as II Confederate colonel, while


the value of the contribution would be en-
bleinatic of the worth Of his services TO the
Republican "arty whose success two years
Year: 1878

THE Republican caucus resolution dcclar-
ing the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to the Constitution TO be the irref-
ragable and underlying principles of our
pOst-Jciium governmental system should lie
presented without delay. The debate it
will provoke will bring forth from the
Southern Democracy great deal Of gush,
sham contrition, and bogus patriotism; but
it will also develop their deep-seated belief
that the amendments were unconstitution-
ally adopted That they are in violation Of
the sacred principle Of State rights that
they should be treated, as they really are in
all of the Southern States, as dead letters
and that they do not give TO the General
Government any authority to enforce their
provisions granting new rights and privi-
legcs to ncw-madc citizens But the pro-
vision they contain against the payment OF
any debt for the emancipation Of slaves or
incurred by rebel communities rs the result
of their treason will prove to be the most
important topic Of discussion, and it will
have pertinent bearing upon the issues OF
the coming campaigns.