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Year: 1879

For some days past an unusually
large quantity of ice for so early in the
season has been passing over the falls.
The mill machinery both above and
below the falls has been greatly inter-
fered with, some of the races aud


wheels being completely blocked up.
The great jam eliminated on Satur-
day night and Sunday last in the form
alton of the finest ice bridge just be-
low the great cataract that has been
seen for many years. The ice is no
doubt in many places forty to fifty
feet deep. The jam is SO complete be-
low the falls. that farther down the
river the water on Monday was OBJ
seaved to be some eight or nine feet
below the ordinary level. On the af
ternoon of Saturday last the ice had
jammed to auch an extent at the head
of Goat Island that there was not q
particle of water running between
Goat Island and the first of the Three
Sisters, place where there is usually
q very swift, deep current. A party of
sight-seers walked along the bed of
the river at this island, up the head of
Goat Island. If the ice above had
given way just at this time the party
might have gone dashing among the
mountains of ice into the roaring
abyss q short distance below. The ice
scenery on Goat Island is very beauti-
full. The trees near the Horseshoe fall
are bending and breaking under their
loads of crystal. The ice mounds in
front Of the American fall are alreany
nearly their usual height, while every
sprig and bramble in the southweste
ly part OF Prospect park is dropping
with its icy burden. 1t is quite unu.
sual for the ice scenery to be SO per.
feet here at this season of the year
and it is particularly Observable JUS


now, as the early part of the wintel


was 80 mild.-[Toronto Globe.
Year: 1879




They had a quarrel Sunday evening
He got mad and swore he'd leave her.
Then she got vexed and told him he
could do as he pleased. He left. The
next night he came around again. He
asked to see her alone. She readily
complied. She was all of trem0r.
Her heart went out to him in a gush
of sympathetic love. She stood ready
to throw both her arms around his
neck and cry out her JOY. There was
not much color in his face and his
voice was husky when he said.


L have been with you six months,
Matilda, and tried all that time to do
what was right He paused an in
slant to recover the voice which was
faltering rapidly, while her trembling
increased. Il know that l have got
considerable temper, and that do not
control it always as 1 ought. But I
have tried to be faithful TO you, tried
to do everything that 1 thought would
tend to make you happy. And feeling
.his I have called te-night to see il
Year: 1879

Diphtheria is disease which springs
from the growth of real fungus on
some of the mucous surfaces of the
system, more generally of the throat.
1t may be spread by contact of the
mucous surfaces of q healthy person,
as in kissing, and is to a limited de-
gree epidemic. From the local parts
affected it spreads to the whole body,
affecting the muscular and nervous
systems, vitiating the lymph and nu-
TRENT fluids, and producing paralysis.
AS soon as the bacterium or fungue
appears in white patches on the throat.
it should no more be neglected than q
bleeding cash or broken arm, and
there is almost as little need of fatal
termination of one incident as of the
other. 1t has been found by actual
experiment, both in and out of tho hu
man system, that bacteriam is killed
by several drugs, the safest and most
certain of which is chlorine water, di-
luted with the addition of from two
or four times the volume of water.
This wash is harmless even when
swallowed, and is pretty certain to ar
rest the disease.


The great cyclop@dia of Ziemessen,
on the practice of medicine, gives the
highest place to this method of treat
ment. To keep the patient we'll housed
and warm, with additional flannel
clothing if necessary, and to keep the
system we'll nourished and the bowels
open are matters of nursing often ne
elected; but, with care in these res
poets and early applications of the
remedies above suggested d, there is no
need of the disease producing fatal
termination, Or even the debilitating
illness and painful cauterizations
which 60 together in its later stages.
AS to the origin of diphtheria. the
weight Of testimony is that it belongs
to the class of filth diseases, but fur
ther than that it's source is not clear.
Families which would be scandalized
at the suggestion of untidiness are At
tackled, while others of filthy sur
roundings escape. This simply shows
that our sense Of cleanliness needs cul-
tivation, SO that we may discriminate
between what Is offensive to our false
ly educated tastes. The farmers wife
to whom the closed and carefully
dusted parlOr or the preternaturally
scrubbed floor are the essentials of
neatness, may endure the proximity
of a sour swamp or of the kitchen
cesspool for years without taking Of
fense. To many careful and labori-
Gus housekeeper, q chance cobweb or
the little children's sitter of few
hours play will outrank in heinous'
ness a defective drain for the cellar or
a badly conducted privy.-Springield
(Mass.) Republican,
Year: 1879

A Norwich man put up twelve bot
ties of cider against the no-license
law this season, and when he went
down cellar to get bottle for friend
the other night he found that five OF
them had burst. He picked up q
sound one, and returned above stairs
He held the bottle at an angle of 621a
degrees north latitude, between his
knees, and cut the wires that girt the
cork. There was . flash and report.
the cork struck the northern brink of
his wife's left ear, while the entire
pint of cider, making nearly as good
time as the cork, struck the expectant
friend full in the mouth. Never hav-
ing accustomed himself to drinking
cider in this way, that is, on the fly,
he reminded the detected possessor OF
the bottle that he had been able to get
only smell of the liquor, and advised
HIM to open another bottle. The re-
quest was complied with, and tho host
brought up another bottle, and in Or
der to avoid accidents and also save
the cider, he turned the neck of the
bottle into q pitcher before he cut the
wires. Then he severed the cords in
the presence of small but highly ap-
preclative and attentive audience.
The second maneuver, a. far as getting
the cider out of the bottle and into the
pitcher was concerned, was complete
success, but the idea that it might re-
fuse to stay there does not appear to
have struck him half 80 fiercely as did
the cider when, with unimpaired agil-
ity and strength, it shot forth and
raked him from the bottom button Of
his vest to the back part of his hair.
About thimbleful Of the liquid re-
mained in the bottom of the pitcher,
and this was drank in solemn silence
by tho guest, who pronounced it to be
exceedingly good, but nervousIy,


mustered something about setting the
children a bad example of extrava-
gance and waste when the opening of
third bottle was suggested.-Nor-


wich (Conn.) Bulletin.
Year: 1879

WHY ARE SO MANY THINGS so.


Why is it right to steal from the
Government


Why is it wrong to kill the man who
says he told you SOP


Why people always discussEuropean
politics a. though they understood
them?


Why a man should always get mad
if you frankly and for his own good
tell him he is making an ass Of him
self?


Why is it so hard to find q man
when you want to borrow money from
him2
Why 10 it SO hard to borrow the
money after you have found him2
Why a man always wishes he had
chosen some other profession2
Why man is always going to take
q vacation next summer?'


Why a man thinks every year that
he won't be as big q fool this year as
he was last7
And why he is, though, all the
same?
Why a man never tries to beat
down the price of q railroad ticket?


Why everybody affects profound
knowledge of growing crops and
crop prospects7
Why men always lie about the size
of the fish they catch and the number
of ducks they shoot2


What girl even sees in great sell
fish decietful hulking animal of mar
to marry him for, any how?


Why it takes five grown people te
take one sleeping infant to the circus
to 'see the animals = Burlington
Hawk Eye.
Year: 1879

A CERTAIN professor was noted for
having a certain set of illustrations,
from which he could not well deviate
without running the risk ofa blunder.
In illustrating the powerful effects of
prussic acid, he was wont to inform
the class that a drop placed on
dogs tongue was sufficient to kill him.
On one occasion, when lecturing to
his class, he said, Mr.. Smith, ad-
dressing young man whose chance
Of passing was very slender, what can
you say of prusslc acid2 Is it power
full or otherwiseT tIt is rather pow
erful,' said the student, dubiously.
8 Rather powerful ? said the professor
Indignantly; put q drop on your
tongue, and it would kill q dogl' The
shout of laughter which followed and
Smiths confusion, revealed to the pro-
fessor that his illustration had served
q double purpose.
Year: 1879

E Prince Bismarck's mode of life is
peculiar He gets up late, toward ten
O clock, because he does not succeed in
going to sleep till toward morning. At
breakfast he takes tea and two eggs, and
after that nothing until dinner, when he
eats AMI drinks freely Bismarck him
self complains of such a regimen, but
the habit is formed. In one of the con-
versations he tells how the nights pass,
"My brain," he says, sis necessarily at
work All the combinations of politics
come back to me as in nightmare, and
l see everything on its dark side. fall
asleep as soon as nv head is on its pill
low, but soon awake and remain awake
until dawn. Now and then a dream
gives me rest for a while see Varzin
ALI the trees that know so well, and
the blue sky. and I fancy that I am en-
loving it all" /" Little wonder that sleeE
should Gee from the Chancellor's couch
Year: 1879

[Philadelphia Recofd.] otqesq


The newspaper carrier who serves pa
pers to the attendants in the Permanent
Exhibition building goes his rounds at
the rate of twelve miles an hour He
travels on machines not unlike roller
skates, which are called pedomotors, ac-
cording to the inventor, Mr.. j. H. Hobbs,
an architect, on Walnut street, above
Fifth The day is not far distant when
the whole city will be on wheels, when
pedestrians will be skimming through
the streets at the rate often miles an
hour without any more effort than is nov
put forth in perambulsting half that dis
tance.


The pedomotor consists Of four tough,
light wooden wheels, supplied with an
outer rim of tough Indiarnbber. These
wheels are secured TO q frame the shape
of the feet, which is strapped to the
pedal extremities ID the usual manner
Unlike roller skates, the wheels of these
little vehicles are not under but are
placed on each side OF the foot, thus
giving the wearer good standing q
well as a solid footing The rear wheels
are three inches in diameter, while those
in front are but two and halr incbes.--
This gives the foot slight incline. and
when in motion has much to do in i'm.
pelling the pedestrian forward, Extend
ing from the toe, with slight curl to.
ward the ground, is piece OF casting
termed the pusher, which is simply used
in mounting an elevation or steep incline
From the center of the heel q small
brass wheel extends backward, serving
as guide as well as brake. The whole
scarcely turns the scale at pound
weight. In using them no more effort
is required than in ordinary walking
The wearer steps with his regular stride
and is amazed to find himself skimming
over the ground 80 rapidly with 80 little
muscular effort. MI. Hobbs explains
the mystery Of the rapid movement in
this manner: A man whose stride IL
thirty two inches will traverse forty EIGHT
inches, or one-half farther, with the PEI
domotor. This is because the body is
in constant motion. For instance, says
he, the traveller starts, and while he raises
one foot to step he continues rapidly
onward until that foot is set down and
the other raised to make another step.
This gives him more momentum, and
away he goes over two miles in the same
time that it would take him to accom-
plish mile with the feet No effort Of
the body is required for their use. as in
skates The traveller simply plants one
foot before the other and finds himself
whizzed along at lively rate.
Year: 1879

OF General Grant and his wife in
their poverty stricken days of 1861, "A
picturesque little story is told. He had
gone from Galena to Springfield to get
captaincy in regiment then being
organized, aud in his absence Mrs
Grant went to one of the Galena shops
and asked for barrel of flour on credit,
as she had no money. Her request was
refused, when a bystander, who wat
also a merchant, approached and told
her she could have anything she wished
from his store. This kindnes in time
of need was never forgotten lv Grant,
and after he became Preside { be be-
slowed substantial favOrs upon f1is good
hearted and patriotic grocer.
Year: 1879

A Virginia lady writes: ''And now
few words to the girls who may read
this. Be careful to whom you write
aud what you write. Many a loving,
trusting letter is sent by a true-hearted
girl, aud is read by the receiver to u
laughing crowd Of men, and various re
marks are passed about the silly girl
I can conscientiously say, on the other
hand, that have never seen nor heard
of girl showing letters prom iscnOusly.
even from man she did not care for,
though they are often shown 20 the one
dear friend in strict confidence.
Year: 1879

THEN AND NOw.-Fred Douglass, in
letter TO the men who placed his bust
in the University of Rochester, says
that II amazes him To look back over his
life He says: at seems only a little
while ago, when child, l might have
been seen fighting with old Nep, my
mothers dog, for small share Of the
few crumbs that fell from the kitchen
table; when | slept on the hearth, COW
eriug my feet from the cold with warm
ashes and my head with a corn bag;
only a little while ago dragged TO prison
to be sold TO the highest bidder, exposed
for sale like a beast of burden; later on
put out to live with Covey, the negro
breaker; heaten aud almost broken in
spirit, having little hope either for my
self or my race; aud yet here l am, alive
and active, and with my race enjoying
in the freest and prospect
lively the most powerful nation on the
gIObeu
Year: 1879

FEMALE FoRrIrUDE--It is a well es-
tablished fact that a man viii growl over
wearing tight boots for two hours, and
take them off with an unpardonable de-
gree of emphasis at inopportune moments.
They have been known to take them off
in church and in theatres rather than
submit to torture. But did anyone ever
hear Of such thingl There is no dis
putting the fact that q woman occasionally
wears tight shoes, but when she does shs
rises superior to them, and ats calm and
serene through the period Of torture, and
at the end takes them of caressingiy and,
gazing fondly at them, finds solacs in ths
thought that they are diminutive, even II
they are horribly affective.
Year: 1879

We can measure the quantity Of heat


that the sun constantly emite, because


we can measure the amount received
by our earth, which intercepts about


1900, ,OOO. .OOOth part of all the light and


heat emitted by the sun. We thus


find that in every second of time tho


sun emits as much heat as would re-


suit from the combustion of 11,6OO,-
100000 tons of coal. In passing, it


must be convenient 10 notice that each


portion of the suns surface as large 1t


the earth emits as much heat per Sec


ond as would result from the combus-
ton of 1.0OO,OOO,0OO tons of coal-a
simple and easily remembered rela-


ton. Now it 10 easily calculated from
this that if the suns whole mass con-
sisted of coal, and could burn right
out to the last, ton, maintaining till
then the present rcte of emission, tho
supply would not last more than 5000
years. As the sun has most certain.
ly been emitting light and heat for .
far longer period than this, the idea
that the solar fire is thus maintained
is, of course, altogether untenable.
There are however, many other rea-
sons for rejecting the idea that the sun
is composed of burning matter, using
the werd burning in its proper sense,
according to which q piece Of coal in
a fire is burning where . piece of red
hot iron Is not burning, though burn-
ing hot. In like manner we find our
selves compelled to reject the belief
that the sun may be . body raised at
some remote epoch to an intense heat
throughout its entire mass and gradu-
ally cooling. For we find that in the
course of few thousand of years such
a mass would cool far more than tho
sun has cooled Of he has cooled ap-
preciably at alD even within the his
toric period; and we have evidence
that he has poured his heat on tho
earth during periods compared with
which the duration of the human race
is but second amid centuries, while
the duration of historic races is utter
ly lost to comparison.-Cornhill Mag
zine. :4f e1 M
Year: 1879

Fate of the Nation Hung.


New York Herald.


The premium on gold reached its
highest point in July, 1864, when gold
was rated one day at the stupendous
price of 2S5, making the value of the
greenback dollar only 80 cents. This
was the darkest perion of national
gloom, the tremendous crisis when cit
izens and the Government itself came
nearest despairing of the Republic. In
those dark days steam was kept up on
q Government vessel in the Washing
ton Navy Yard on which the Presi-
dent aud Cabinet would have embark
ed with the public archives had the
Rebels under Early forced their way
into the capital. Lee, sorely pressed
by Grant at Petersburg, had sent EARLY
around into Maryland. and 1t was
owing TO mere luck and accident that
Washington was not captured and the
Government put to flight. Grant had
dispatched the Sixth corps of the Ar
nv of the Potomac to Washington and
by fortunate coincidence General
Emory, with the Nineteenth corps,
which had been ordered from New
Orleans after the failure of the Red
River expedition. had just arrived at
Hampton Roads, and without debark-
ing, it was sent up the Potomac to fol-
low the Sixth. But even that timely
assistance would have proved unavail-
ing if EARLY had not quailed in the
very pinch of the crisis. On the morn
ing of the llth of July, his van was
close up to the Notifications covering
the northern approach to Washington
and in the afternoon the Confederate
infantry had come up and were array
ed in front of Fort Stevens. They
were slightly defended and Early
might easily haye made dash into
Washington and driven out the Gov
ernment if his vigor had been equal to
his opportunity. The capture OF
Washington and the fight of the Gov
ernment would have led to the imme-
diate recognition of the Confederacy
by France and England, and the war
for the Union would have been fail
ure. On so slender thread hung the
destiny of a great nation! 1t was in
that trying time that gold reached its
highest price Of 2S5, and the greenback
dollar was worth only thirty five cents
From the calm waters to which we
now find ourselves, with gold at par
it is interesting, and, even at this dis.
tance, almost exciting, to look bach
upon the dangers we have passed.
Year: 1879




The Northern papers which attrib-
ute the negro exodus to bad treatment
at the South dwell particularly upon
the local attachments and love of
home of the poor African. The
negroes ought to love the old cabins
their masters furnished them before
the war, for they have not lived in any
as comfortable of late years. As a
matter of fact and of history, however.
the love Of home was not so deeply
planted in the negro breast as to keep
many of them from pulling up stakes
as soon as.they were free and moving
about ever since Some of them have
bought land and secured homes of
their own, as all who are able to work
could do. These have an idea of a
local habitation and home, but the
masses change places every year, and
no offers or wages can keep them from
rowing about.
Year: 1879

We certainly commend Judge FL


bridge for enforcing the law against


carrying concealed weapons. An ap-
peal was taken upon the grounds that
the pistol carried was army size and
not concealed. Be that as it may, this
Judge and other judges will soon find
cases that come within the letter of
the law. There was a time soon after
the war when the country was full of
men just out of the army, or from be-
hind it, turned loose on society when
1t was in some instances justifable to
go armed. But that time has passed
away 1t is we'll enough to have a
doubled -barrelled shotgun, a Henry
rife or navy-six in every man s
house to use against burglars or despe-
rate tramps, but it is rarely necessary
for citizen to go upon the streets or
highways with a pistol in his hip
pocket. The fact that one man is so
armed will cause dozen Others to
take like precaution lest they should
get into trouble and be taken at a dis
advantage. Public sentiment can be
brought to bear upon the courts and
upon the community SO that this
disreputable and outrageous practice
shall be broken up almost entirely.
We are glad that Judge Eldridge has
taken this stand, and hope that he
will enforce the law without favor or
fear, and that the judges throughout
the State will be moved by the ex.
ample. The people have fair warn
ing the press has given notice that
the law will be enforced, and no man
can put up the plea that he was
picked up by surprise with his pockets
bristling full of the implements of
murder.
Year: 1879




The following are sections of an act
passed by the present legislature of
Tennessee:


Section |. Be it enacted by the GEN
eral assembly of the State of Tennes.
see, That whosoever shall buy any
cotton, tobacco or other produce, mer.
chandise or property, for cash or
otherwise, or who shall raise any cot.
ton, tobacco or other produce or prop
erty, and shall procure an advance
upon such produce, pledging the de-
livery Of such produce or property to
the person or persons making the ad-
vance, and shall sell, hypothecate or
pledge the same to another person and
use the proceeds thereof for any other
purpose than the payment of the seller
vendor or person advancing thereon.
or shall ship, carry or otherwise make
way with, or shall deliver to another
any such cotton, tobacco or other pro.
duce or merchandise without paving
such seller, vendor or person having
made advances thereon, shall be guilty
OF misdemeanorand upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by imprison.
ment in the county Jail not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days.


Sec. 2. BE it further enacted, That
the courts in the county wherein is
situated the Office or place Of business
of the person or persons having made
advances on such produce or property
shall have jurisdiction of the eases
arising under this act and Of the per-
son so violating IT,
Year: 1879

A WEEKLY journal called Around
the World will be printed by the
Woodruff scientific expedition on
board their vessel, the Werder. A
hand press is being constructed for the
ship and blow winds, come rock, the
paper, It is said, will always appear on
fine.
Year: 1879

IT will be bleeding" Kansas sure
enough when the people of that State
realize that they have to feed and
shelter the thousands and tens of
thousands of thriftless pauper negroes.
who are bound to 80 to Kansas or
perish in the attempt. Old John
Browns soul is still marching on with
vengeance.
Year: 1879

MIR. Gilbert and Mr.. Sullivan have
designed new operetta especially for
production ia New York They will
come over with their manuscript,
select their company in New York,
choose their theater and have the
new piece produced under their own
superintendence.
Year: 1879

After friendship and love come benevolence and that compassion which unites the soul to the unfortu- nate.

 How contagious the laugh of some people; how jarring that of others, like playing on worn out piano.
Year: 1879

One smle for the living is better than dozen tears for the dead.

 Laziness: is a premature death. To be in no action, Is not to live.

 The man owes his success in his life work to the woman who walks beside him.

 The sweetest thing on earth is a little child when it has learned to know and love.