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Year: 1879

Washington, April 24-The princi-
pal feature of the senatorial proceed
ings to-day was the great speech of
Roscoe Conkling on the army bill. The
following is synopsis:


In the course of his remarks, he said
the effect of the army bill is to prevent
the suppression of any violence by any
armed men, acting under national au-
thority on election day. In
New York, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hit
ter, carrier of the dirk or bowie knife,
every graduate of rat pits, bucket
shops and slums, the nurseries of what
Is nowadays called the democracy,
and every man from Kings bridge to
the battery, is advised before hand that
no enormity of his will be checked by
the law officers Of the government.
(sensation). Another bill to be brought
forward provides that even if the cleo
tions are turned into bloody burlesques,
the national authority must keep away,
though the white leaguers may take an
active part, armed perhaps with bull
let's furnished by the government. If
there ever was time when such law
would be safe, that time is not now.


He declared the bill, as presented for
action, contained a huddle of incon-
gruities, Objectionable as independent
measures even. The evident design is
to coerce the president into violating
his sense of right that the government
might live. The democrats had got
themselves into predicament from
which they must back out, unless the
executive led them out.


The majority had threatened to va
cate their seats and leave the country
moneyless If the president vetoed the
bill. If they did SO, he trusted they
would be called back immediately, un-
til they relinquished their monstrous
pretensions.


He then made long constitutional
argument, fortified by various authori-
ties, as to the right to use troops at the
polls conferred by the constitution. He
referred to Gen. McClellan's orders to
preserve peace at the polls during the
war, and said he never knew demo-
crat during the rebellion who did not
profess an intimate knowledge of the
constitutional requirements, even if he
could not read the title Of the constitu-
tion. He quoted from history to show
the inconsistency of the democrats on
this question; the act to which the
election law was attached, was passed
while the rebellion was in its last
throes, and was not war measure in
operative in peace.
Year: 1879

E%The effect OF mingling with new
people, who have new methods OF
thought, is very salutary. Always to
see the same people, do the same things,
feel the same way, produces stagnant
condition of the mind and heart that is
very distressing to behold. There are
thousands of invali,is who might be
greatly benefited bS getting away from
home, to mingle with the magnetism OF
the great world as it courses in its ac-
customed rounds. And there are men
lal invalids who need the same change,
to get their minds and hearts enlarged,
and let in little more of the great light
of life. Outside Influences are very val
liable to those who at home have been
we'll trained by health 'ul influences in
early youth, so that they can avoid the
snares and pitfalls into which they so
often blindly fall.
Year: 1879

We have read a story of little boy
who, when he wanted a new suit of
clothes, begged his mother to ask his
father II be might have it. Tne mother
suggested that the boy might ask for
himself. II would" said the boy, "but
l don't feel well enough acquainted with
him." There is sharp reproof to the
father in the reply of his son. Many
father keeps his. children 50 at distance
from him, that they never feel confident
ly acquainted with him They feel that
he is a sort OF monarch in the family -
They feel no familiarity with him. They
fear him and respect him, and even love
him some, for children ca1not hslp 10 ,
ing some, everybody about them, but
they seldom get near enough to him to
feel intimate with him. They seldom go
TO him with their little wants and trials.
They approach him through the mother


They tell her everything They have q
highway to her heart on which they 90
10 and out with perfect freedom. In this
keeping-off plan, fathers are to. hlame.
Children should not he beld off. Let
them come near Let them be as in,i-
mate with the father as mother, Let
their little hearts be freely opened 1t
is wicked to freeze up the love fountains
of little ones hearts, Fathers do them
an injury by living with them as stran.
gers. This drives many a child away
from home for the sympathy his heart
Graves, and often into improper society


1t nurses disconlent and distrnst, which
many a child does not out-grow in his
lifetime Open your hearts ard yonr
arms, oh, fathers; be free with your
children, ask for their wants and trials;
play with them; be fathers to them truly,
and then they will not need a mediator


between themselves and you
Year: 1879

EEA vast number OF oranges are
eaten by the Spaniards, it heing, in fact,
no uncommon thing for the children O.
q family to consume ten or dozen or
anges each befo.e breakfast, gathering
them fresh for this purpose from the
trees Such wholesale consumption Of
wtat is commonly looked upon as lux
ury appears to have no unhealthy effect
upon The system. On the contrary. the
testimony Of late eminent physician
authorizes the use Of fruit as most whole
some Immediately upon waking in the
morning he indeed, prescribed such a
regimen to friend as the only invigor-
ating and permanent cure for indiges
tion, faceliously remarking at the time
that he gave her piece Of advice which,
if it were known TO his dyspeptic pa
tients, would cost him his practice, as
they might prefer s, simple remedy to
his professional visits.
Year: 1879

1t does not always follow that mans
bare assertion is the naked truth.


The very best and kindest way in
which 10 look at the faults of your
friends is to shut your eyes.


No jest can be quite 80 bitter as that
one which runs laughiDgly along on the
edge Of an ugly truth.


1t is Cotton who says that "men will
wrangle for religioE-write for it, fight
for it, die for it; anything but-live for
it,"


If man is honest he does not need to
tell of it, Sterling virtue can afford to
keep still, but sly dishonesty has very
busy tongue.


Fuller very beautifully said that che
who spends all his life in sport is like
one who wears nothing but frinees and
eats nothing but sauces"
Year: 1879

No Home But Has Some Darling


There.


Longtellow never wrote more truthful
or touching poetry than that inspired
poem entitled Resignation
"There is no flock however watched and tend


ed,


But one dead lamb is there;
There is no fireside, howsoeer defended,


But has one vacant chair.
'The air is full Of farewells to the dying,
And mourning for the dead;
The heart Of Rachel for her children crying,
Will not be oomforted."


What family is there that does not find
its complement in one or more who
dwell on the hither side OF the river
amid the glory ineffable2 What family
is there that holds not broken harp,
the string of which was once swept by
little fingers, now cold and pulseless, hut
whose hearts now make music in the
heavenly choir2


We know that "it is well with the
child.' But that does not gil the void.
We know that the Father doeth all things
well, but there is river that separates
the pet and idol and joy Of the house.
hold from US, and we know that it will
never be crossed from the hither side -
The silver cord has been snapped and it
will never be reunited on this side. Put
away sacredly the little remembrances
they will never be called for. Tears are
the gift which love bestows upon the
memory of the absent, and they will
avail to keep the heart from suffoca-
ton.
How Pierpont must have suffered be-
fore he gave voice to that sad rerain:


II cannot make him dead
His fair sunshiny head
Is ever bounding round my study chair;


Yet when my eyes now dim,


With tears, turn to him,
The vision vanishes-he is not there!
walk my parlor floor,
And, through the open door,
I hear a football on the chamber stair.


And I am stepping toward the hall,


give the boy CALL
And then bethink me that-he is not there!'


Well, well! 1t is for some good pur.
pose that the little human angels OF the
ho usehold come and 60. God knows
all about it; we do not
Year: 1879

In speaking of persons faults, Is
Pray don't forget your own;
Remember those with homes of glass
Should seldom threw stone. i
If we have nothing else to do &
Than talk of those who sin,
'Tis better we commence at home,


And from that point begin.
We have no right to Judge man


Until he's fairly tried,
Should we not like lis company,
We know the world is wide;
Some may have faults, and who has not9
The old as we'll as the young;
Perhaps we may, for all We know,


Have fifty to their one.
I'll tell you of better plan,


And find it works full we'll, =
To find your own defects to cure.


Ere others faults you tell,
And though I sometimes hope to be


No worse than some l know,
My own shortcomings bid me let


The faults of others go.
Now let Us all, when we begin


To slander friend or foe,
Think of the harm one word may do


To those we little know.
Remember curses, chicken-like,


Sometimes to roost come home;
Don't speak of others faults until


You have none Of your own.
Year: 1879

EThe millers of the country are
nightly rejoiced over the decision in
the United States Circuit Court at st
Louis that the Cochrane patent for bolt
ing a ,ur is void This was hard fought
contest between the mill owners and the
American mid'ilinss purifier company.
for if the patent had been sustained, the
millers would have had to pay S6 600
royalty for each run of stone, and the
amount at stake was $40, 600, 900 to $50,
100000 The court room at st. Louis
was turned into regular machine shop
by the exhibition OF motlels necessary
10 explain The patent Tie case has
been before the United States Supreme
Court once. when the patent was sus
tanned against the charge that it was
procured by collusion, but there is so
much capital involved that it will prob
ably be brought before the Court again
on this new issue
Year: 1879

EFA good way to clean teeth is to
dip the brush in water, run it over gen.
uine CASTLE soap, then dip tin prepared
chalk. A lady says: 81 have been com.
plimented upon the whi,eness of my
teeth, which were originally anything
but white, I have used the soap constant
ly for two or three wears, and the chalk
for the last year. There is no danger
of scratching the teeth as the chalk is
prepared, but with good stiff brush
and the soap, it is effectual as soap and
sand on ff,or.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Permit me to say few words in reference to the
accident on the elevated railroad-the sup
posed to be misplaced SWITCH Two-thirds of
the accidents on railroads are. it would seem.
attributable to that Mr. Cyrus Field said to
your reporter that "no man is infallible" True.
But for this there is very simple remedy. Let two
men be placed on duty at every switch-one to do
tho work. the other to that IL has been properly
done. That two men would prove to be mot nfal-
hblc' is Just possible, but hardly probable. surely
not only the elevated roads, but all others. could
afford this small additional expense Let this plan
be adopted, and think in the future newspapers
would not record any accident caused by mis-
placcd switch" j. y.
Year: 1879

Don't Judge man by his clothes.
Can you tell what the circus is going
to be like, by looking at the italian


sunset pictures on the fence I Do
you value turkey for its plumage
Aud isn't the skin OF the mink th q
most valuable part OF him ? There
be men, fair to look upon, who wan.
der mp and down this country, and
sit In the coolest place on hotel. .piaz.
zas. who are arrayed in fine linens
and cardinal socks, and who have to
hold their hands over their scarf pin
when they wan. to see the moonlight,
who, unasistsd and unprompted, do
not possess the discretion TO come
in when il rains. and don't know
enough to punch Q hole in the snow
with an umbrella, New, soft snow
at that, without any crust on it.
Now and then, son, before You are
as old as Methussleh. you will meet
a man who wears Q hat that is worth
twice as much as The head Il covers


On the other hand don't fall into the
error Of believing shat al the good-


ness, and honesty, and intelligence
10 the world goes about 10 shreds and


patches. We have seen Q tramp
dressed In more rags than you could
rake out OF the family rag-bag, and
more dirt and hair on him than
would suffice 10 protect horse,
who would step up 10 the front door
and demand three kinds OF cake. half
Q pie, some black coffee, and vanilla
ice cream. and then steal every NOV.
able thing In the yard, hill the dog.
choke up the pump with sand, tramp
on the pansy bed, and girdle the
cherry trees because be eouldut oar
~ thsm Away. Good clothes or
bod, con, ere never au infallibls 10.
deg 10 man that u In thsia. --B,xri-
ix1sox HasoAsve. .sL
Year: 1879

At the tables of how many farmers
and mechanics, we wonder, is the buck
wheat breakfast gone into disgrace We
readily recall the time when uncounted
multitutes Of families broke their fast
of twelve hours and faced the work OF
clustering Winter day with nothing but
greasy buckwheat cakes and molasses /.
They might almost as well have eaten
sawdust; and what had they for dinner?
Boiled salt pork and potatoes, and for
supper boiled salt pork and potatoes
again-cold, and made palatable with
vinegar, All, we forgot the pie, the
everlasting pie, with its sugary centre
and its leathery crust-the one titilla-
tion Of the palate that made life toler-
able. Good bread and butter or milk,
abundant fruit, beef and mutton, nutri-
tious puddings-all these things have
been within the reach Of the people of
New England, for they have always
been the thriftiest people in the world !;
but they have cost something, and they
have not really been deemed necessary.
The people have not realized that what
they regarded as luxuries We're neces-
saries, and that the food upon which
they have depended for protection
from the climate, and for the re-
pair OF the wastes of labor, has
been altogether inadequate, and has left
them with impoverished blood and tuber-
culous lungs. For, after taking into ac-
count all the influence of hereditary,
which is made much Of in treating of
the causes of phthisis, insufficient nour-
ishment is responsible alike, in most in
stances, for the deposit of tubercle and
the Inflammation to which it naturally
gives rise. There are many men who,
by y change Of living, render the tuber.
cles already deposited in their lungs
harmless Vitality becomes go high in
its power that it denominates these evil
influences, and they live out fairly
long life with enemies in their lungs
that are rendered powerless by the
strength Of the fluid that fights them.
We have seen consumption cured again
and again by the simple process Of build
ing up the forces Of vitality through
passive exercise in the open air, and the
supply of an abundance of nutritious
food; and we have no doubt that it can
be prevented in most instances by the
same means No human body can long
endure the draught made upon it by "a
cold climate and by constant labor, unless
it is we'll clothed and well housed
Scribner's Monthly.
Year: 1879

A wcll-dresscd young woman entered IL
restaurant not far from the terminus of
the New Orleans railway, and told the
waiter to bring her in all haste basin of
soup, as she was about to take her depar-
turc by the next train. This was i'm
mediately done, and after having taken it
and paying the waiter she was hurrying
away, saying that she should certainly he
late, when she perceived her passage
barred by large dog, which refused to
let her pass. She attempted by caresscs
to put it aside, but the animal held firm
and opposed her way.


~ shall certainly be latc:" she cried
"Do take away that horrible dog


The waiter and the master cried out,
''Vidocq, Vidocq, give way, sir!'


But the dog never stirred. One of the
walters here whispered something to the
master, who, coming up to the young
woman said:


eff my dog prevents you from leaving
the premises the reason must be that you
have some Of the property belonging to
the house about you. You had better
give it up at once and 60 your way


The person thus addressed at first af-
fected great indignation at being so ac-
cused, but at last drew out silver spoon
which she handed to the owner of the
restaurant. The dog then allowed her to
pass, and she was hurrying off when she
was seized by her mantelet and forced to
stop. This time it was police agent,
who had been on the lookout for several
persons suspected Of being concerned in
robbery, and who was thought might
attempt to get off by the railway. She
was arrested, and on examination her
mantelet was found to be furnished with
immense pockets for receiving pilfered
goods. 1t is said that this is not the first
time that the dog belonging to the res
tauranteur has shown himself a faithful
guardian of his masters property.
Year: 1879

Vivid pictures are often drawn of the
stupidity Of children, and especially of
the ignorance which they display of the
meanings of common English words.
But such pictures are more vivid than
true. A child may understand the mean
ing Of a word perfectly without being
able to find a synonym for it. To give a
hand, is not always easy. An inspector
expressed his surprise that no child could
tell him the meaning of the word "boat,' -
and, upon being asked himself to define
1t, said:


"Why, boat is IA boat, you know.
Everybody knows what boat is.


The story is too good, perhaps, to be
true; but it points moral neverthe-
less.
Year: 1879

A man at South Bend, Ind, buried his
wife in nice style, but after the crowd had
dispersed from the grave he sold the Sill
yer handles of the coffin back to the un-
dertaker at reduced rates.
Year: 1879

Harry Hampstead, farmer living on the
Illinois shore, near the East St. Louis stock
yards, while walking along the road, on tbe
18th inst. suddenly came upon the body of
a man found frozen into solid cake of ice
which covered little pond of water. A
few feet away from the body was a well.
filed sack, also frozen into the ice. The
body was lying face downward, almost
totally submerged, but what little could be
seen of the clothes showed quite plainly that
the dead man was not tramp. Investiga-
ton showed the body to be that of James
w. Caldwell
Year: 1879

Governor CARRIER, of Nebraska, offered a
reward of $4,000 for the apprehension of
the gang of villains who burned ketchum
and Mitchell alive in Custer county recent.
ly. Additional news received from Borden
county stamps the outrage as the worst
ever known to have been perpetrated by
civilized men. The two men were chained
to pole extended horizontally, with their
ieet barely touching the ground. In this
manner they were slowly burned to death.
People in the western par. of the state are
fearfully excited, and the country will be
secured for the apprehension of the gang.
Year: 1879

The secretary of the treasury authorized
the payment OF coupon interest on the pub
lie debt falling due January 1879, without
rebate, an in cola or currency as the claim
ant may prefer. Registered interest viii be
paid III like manuer as soou as schedules
can be prepared.
Year: 1879

BEN WADE was the most original pre-
siding officer of the United States senate
1t is related that one warm spring day
when he occupied the chair and his col
league was absent, dinner time drew
nigh and he wanted to leave. Garrett,
of Kentucky, had the floor, and at last
Mr.. Wade could stand it no longer.
Giving rap with his gavel, he said: ''The
senator from Kentucky will suspend his
remarks for moment. The senator
from Chic moves that the senate do now
adjourn. Those in favor will say aye
contrary minded, no-and the senate
stands adjourned until tomorrow at IL
o'clock. The prssiding officer was the
'nly senator from Ohio present, and he
not only put his own motion but cast
the cnly vote on it and then announced
the resalt.
Year: 1879

AN ingenious substitute for illuminat-
ed tower-clocks is the use of magic
lantern, sometimes employed for street
advertising. A small lantern could be
30 arranged as to throw the picture of a
common watch or chronometer upon a
suitable white screen in places much fire.
auented at night. The movement of the
hands would be quite as distinct as those
of real clock with transparent face
and strong light behind it; while it
would have the advantage over many of
these that the axis to which the hands
are attached would not throw shadow
often mistaken for one of the hands
themselves. The project recommends
itself to smaller cities unable to bear the
expense OF costly clock with illuminat-
ed face,
Year: 1879

ALTON.


The Cooperative Colony Aid Association of this
CITY, has determined to establish its first colony in
the Cumberland Plateau of East Tennessee. This
location has been chosen account of the health
funess of the climate the oheapness of lands their
comparative nearness 10 the Eastern market, and
their adaptation to the methods of Northern fam
ing. Cereals fruits and root crops flourish in that
region and there is excellent pasturage for sheep
aud cattle. The Winters are so short ana mild that
expects TO purchase suitable tract before the lst
of January and send OH pioneer force TO prepare
for the coming of the main body of cOlOnlsts in the
Spring The financial plan is for the Aid AssocIa-
ton To buy the land and furnish capital for build
ings, stock aud implements, and deed the property
to the coionisis IN separate tracts from time to
time as fast as its advances are repaid with "a low
rate of interest. Experiments IN cooperative farm
fiOa for pasturage and fuel which will be the
mon property OF the colony. A village will be es-
fablished in the centre of the domain with CO.
operative store school and machine shops.
Year: 1879

Private dispatches recently feceNed III THIS
city announce that the pier OF the Pacific Mai Steam
ship Company Aspin wall had been carried away In


Storm Several cOlliers which were lying Ia tae dock
were sunk Fun particulars Of the disaster have not
been received BY friends of the company II IL believed
that the loss Will not exceed that caused Dy similar