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Year: 1877

The New York Evening Post says: Every
man who has ever been in the thick of a
fight knows that, to all appearances, the es-
cape of any man so placed is utterly improb-
able, if not we'll nigh impossible also. Bull
lets fly around him thick as hail; shells burst
and solid shot scream around him for hours.
That some one of the thousand missils shall
hit him seems inevitable, and yet in very few
battles does one man in ten sustain any sort
of injury. The writer of this article has
seen 13-inch mortar shell fall and explode
in mortar pit Is feet square, in which eight
men were standing, without doing harm to
any one of them. Ninety-nine times in a
hundred such an occurrence would kill every
man so exposed, but in this case the utterly
improbable thing happened. In another case
within the writer knowledge caisson with
seventy pounds of powder in it, exploded
without injuring man who was sitting on
it at the time. Improbable things of a con-
trary sort happen not less frequently. To
draw still from the writer's observation, a
man lying in mortar pit fourteen feet deep,
lying close to the revetement too, was killed
by musket ball which came not less than
thousand yards, and passed through the mans
lungs. 1t had probably struck pebble or
some other object which caused it to fly up
ward, and afterward to fall behind the high
parapet At any rate it killed the man.
Year: 1877

Those who have had experienc in raising
chickens know how uncertain o business it
is. They have been told not to count their
chickens before they are hatched but they
know by sad experience that it is not safe
to count them after they are hatched-often
not until they have reached considerable size.
It is not unusual in some cases for half the
brood to die before they are two weeks old,
and no man, or woman either. can guess at
any reason that satisfies as to the reason why.
May it not be from a deficiency of animal
food? Corn-meal, boiled potatoes, and simi-
lar substances compose the leading articles
for young chickens; but there is no reason
why these birds should be exceptions to the
ordinary rule with birds in general. Almost
all young birds are fed chiefly on animal
food. Even those birds which, when they
become matured, live chiefly ON fruit or
seeds, feed their young on worms, grubs or
insects. All day long the parents fit back
ward or forward in attendance on their
young /; but always in connection with ami
NAL food. At least so nearly always that it
establishes the rule We are not sure but we
have seen catbirds with cherries once in a
while about their nests; but even this, if so
at all, is very rare. The bulk of all the food
of young birds is animal food. Germantown
TeleQrUDh.
Year: 1877

Record Union.


The question is now whether the Comstock
mines shall compromise with Sutro for the
use of his tunnel. At present there is good
deal of reluctance to come down to his terms,
but it looks as though the "Assyrian" had
rather the whip-hand of the mine owners. In
the event of refusal on their part he can
put in his dam, shut off the escape of all
the water now flowing through the Tunnel.
and await the consequences calmly. What
these consequences would be the mining
superintendent best know but we are in
clined to think that even the mines which
are claimed to be ''Quite dry" " and which are
therefore said to have no need OF the Tunnel,
might, in such case, prove to be rather un-
comfortable for the miners to work in. OF
course it is not difficult to settle the question
whether the Comstock can get along without
Sutro, and from present appearances he in
tends to settle it by practical experiment, if
the mine owners are obstinate. Meantime
he will have resort to the Courts, and will no
doubt insist upon all that is nominated in
the bond" despite opposition and expostula-
ton.
Year: 1877

lSan Francisco Post]


The other day a groceryman at Vallejo
gave large party, at which the daughter OF
the carriage painter, who lived next door,
created decided sensation. 1t was not that
she was more handsomely attired than the
other ladies present, but that when she gy-
rated in the "dance of death she was OBJ
served to display the only pair of piok silk
stockings in the room. She left the house
for few moments at the expiration of the
dance, and in the next waltz exhibited pair
of light-blue dittoes. An hour later her
crushed and exasperated female friends be-
held these supplemented by further hose of a
delicate chocolate shade. And so it went on
until her miserable rivals determined to fol-
low her the next time she disappeared. They
traced her to her fathers paint shop in the
back yard, where she was discovered, brush
in hand, and about ornamenting her neither
extremities with fine artistic coat of light
salmon. The exulting spies rushed back with
the damaging news, but it was too late. The
men were all too tight to understand, the
music had gone home and the lights were
being put out Thus it is that fraud and du-
plicity triumph while honest simplicity
walks around with a darn on its calf and q
hole in its heel.
Year: 1877

AT about 2:30 o'clock yesterday morning
Michael N. Walsh fell from a cage in the
main shaft of the Imperial Consolidated
mine, Gold Hill, and was instantly killed.
He is supposed to have fallen about 600 feet,
no one being with him on the cage at the
time of the accident His mangled remains
were found in the sump at the 1300-foot level.
The top of his head was cut off, also his left
foot and one arm, and hardly q bone was
left unbroken in his whole body. His body
was wrapped in canvas, fastened to plank,
and thus brought to the surface, while the
several limbs, and what ever else could be
collected were sent up in box. In falling
his body doubtless bounded from side to side
in the shaft, striking against the timbers.-
Virginia Enterprise, 18th.
Year: 1877

1t is foolish plan to be seeking the best
method for putting down eggs.'' This used
to be deemed one of the first tests of thrifty
housekeeping the number of eggs put down
for winter use. But much better way is to
have your eggs the year round. If the hens
have enough to eat and of the right material,
they will lay in winter as we'll as summer.
Farmers always expect to feed some grain to
the fowls; then if they would save all of the
waste meat that accumulates in the fall to
feed the hens in the winter, they would be
repaid in fresh eggs. This makes good work
for boys. in saving such refuse in some out
building, to chop up and use when needed
american Poultry Journal.
Year: 1877

COMMENTING on recent statement in this
column to the effect that Prof Hall, the dis
coverer of the moons of Mars, began life as
a carpenter, correspondent says: ''Tbat is
very probably the reason why it was he who
first saw the satellites, and it not only adze to
his honors, but augurs we'll for future aspir-
ants to astronomical fame though tbs plane
that his case is the exception, rather than the
rule. We square away to let any other
craft compass this that can. We have done
our level best.
Year: 1877

We are very reluctantly
compelled again, to call the
attention of those of our
friends who are in arrea ars to
the SENTINEL, to the fact, and
to remind them that it is as
necessary for a NEWSPAPER to
receive a generous support,
in order to subslst, as it is for
human nature to be provided
with the nccessaries of life to
preserve existence. To those
whose accounts are unpaid we
would respectfully say, please
change the sTATU QUO.
Year: 1877

AS We are ON the point of
going to press, we receive
through the New Orleans
papers conflicting advices in
regard to the vote of the
grand Commission on the
question of opening the oor
to evidence in the case of
Florida. There seems to have
been great misaprehension at
first, in regard to the true ex-
tent and meaning of the decis>
ion. 1t was thought that the
Commission had determined
to reject ALL evidence, and
decide the question simply
upon the gubernatorial certi-
ficate. Such, however, is not
the case. The decision
amounts to this, tha3 the in
quest will consider all testimo-
ny that is contained in the re-
cord and that has been placed
before them. This consists of
the QUO wARRANTo proceedings
in the Supreme Court of
Florida, the order for a re-
count, and certificates two and
three, the one from the Su-
preme Court of the State and
the other from the Demo-
cratic Gov. Drew.


Not having time to discuss
the matter fully, we simply
express the opinion that this
decision is by no means adj
verse to Democratic interests
and MAY be far better than to
have opened the door to an
endless flood Of testimony, in
which event, other States
might have been brought in
que> ton by our adversaries.


The Commission also agreed
to take testimony in the case
Of the alleged ineligibility of
the republican elector Hum
phrey.
Year: 1877

The "eel-sBin" dress is now the great
rage both in London and Paris. In
the widest days Of the tie back or
pin-bGek mania, there never was seen
such tigbtDess in the matter OF skirt
as now prevails. Whatever the
palcity of folds in the pin-baek In its
frontier part, Ia the enormous exub-
erance Of the pannIer or bustle the
balance was struck. But now, not
only is the hustle a thing OF honor,
but even the necessary under-clotbing
is considered de trOp. TO lengthen
the waist far beyond its natural pro-
portions, stiff webbing Of elastic IL
fastened to the stays to the depth OF
half foot and TO this, at first, mar
row skirts were buttOned. But even
this is now abandoned for another
scheme to acquire slenderness. Mrs.
SWisshelm's mueh-ridiculed chemi-
loon il IN demand, and garments
made in this way are sold st the fur
nishing shops, and patterns Of It pass
eagerly from hand 70 hand among la
dy friends. Some ladies have had
regular stage tights made 10 thick
webbing and over these they wear
nothing but the outer dress, under
skirts being simulated by pleated
rufIlss OF white muslin, sewn TO the
edge of the dress, which Is then tied
back till the woman within is shack
| led almost like q convict in q chain
gang. No more uncomfortable fash
ion ever was devised for not only
are the limbs confined by the binding
dress, but the wearer must constantly
concern herself about the condition OF
bodice, that portion being in ineesssnt
danger Of turning itself up behind
wrong side out, like an umbrella In 8
Windstorm. The desired effect oI
youthful slendeTness is generally OBJ
tanned by the "eel-skin," but 1T 8
good deal Of sacrifice Of personal ease.
/ -P.ITis Letter.
Year: 1877

him yesterday morning that it would
be weak and uumanly to yield to her
request.


They found him there an hour
afterEard, but he asked no questions,
made no reply to their attempts at
consolation, and they left him alone
with his dead.
Year: 1877

We find this story In Al exchange
and print It as terrible warning:


A good story comes TO rs about .
young gentleman OF this city Who re-
Gently went out to see ibis girl" he
called at her home about 8 o'clock in
the evening, and In the presence OF
the beautiful and accomplished young
lady spent two hours very pleasantly.
It was after ten O'Clock when the
young man concluded to go. The
isold foIks'' had retired The young
lady bade her admiring friend good
night at the door and immediatsiy
passed up to her room. Hall an nour
after she had occasion 20 20 down
stairs, and, as she passed into the din
ing room, Imagine her surprise when
she beheId her friend in one corner
Of the room, holding on bis lap the
servant girl. We are unable 70 des-
eribe the scene that followed.
Year: 1877

Have courage enough to review your
own conduct, to condemn it where you
detect fault, to amend 1t to the best of
your ability, to make good resolves for
the future guidance, and to keep them.
Year: 1877

We are surprised that the Democrats do not
make more frequent and joyful reference to
the wonderful revival in Mississippi Over
80, 600 men. it appears, were suddenly con-
verted from the error of voting against the
persons who distinguished themselves by the
Fort Pillow massacre and the Vicksburg mas
sacre, and awakened to a full appreciation of
the beauty and glory of Tilden and Reform
That nearly all of them must have been color
ed men renders the miracle still more astound-
in. No doubt it is a most unreasonable
prejudice which has led colored men to vote
against those who massacred so many helpless
eoiored men, women, and children in order to
get control of the offices in Vicksburg, or who
shot down in cold blood so many nnarmed
and defens less colored soldiers after they had
surrendered But we all know that such
blind prejudces are uncommOniy strong in
ignorant minds, and it is therefore the more
remarkable that over one-third of the ignor
ant colored men of Mississippi have suddenly
risen to moral grandeur of Christian forgive
ness which, We venture say, no class of wh;><
men has ever surpassed. The following shows
the vote in that State at the last and the pre-
ceding elections
Year: 1877

And all eruptions OF the SIX N this Ointment is
most Invaluable II does not heal externally
alone. but penetrstes with tie most searching
effects to the very root of the evil, Gov l
Year: 1877

The great difficulty that presents itself in
dealing with the city garbage is in the selec-
ton of suitable place of deposit where it
cannot be injurious to public health, offen-
sive to the senses of sight and smell, and
will not be used as filling on lands that arc
destined to become the sites of dwellings or
other buildings. AS manure the garbage
of New York proves very valuable, but its
use for that purpose involves q careless sys-
tenn Transportation to more or less thickly
settled districts near the city. 1t is useless
to expect that the Street Cleaning Bureau
will comply with its own rules regarding the
separation by householders of the ashes and
garbage The employees of tho bureau inva-
riably remix tho two by dumping the con-
Something must be done with the garbage,
so that our active and intelligent Officials
will not any longer make it source of
danger to the public health md its disposi-
ton an outrage on public decency.


AS IN effort at self-protection we earnestly
advise housekeepers to burn all animal and
vegetable refuse in the furnaces of their
kitchen stoves and ranges. This can be
done without any trouble or annoyance from
unpleasant odors arising from combustion.
Let certain days be set down in each
week for garbage cremation, the oftener
the better, for tho quantity of garbage
to be burned will be less. A bright strong
fire being ready in the kitchen range or
stove, wrap the bones, potato peels and all
kinds of refuse in newspaper, taking care
that the parcel is not too large. When the
Year: 1877

In another column will be found the
documents and instruments by the opera
ton of which the State Of Louisiana has
been enfranchised from that military ty-
ranny which was stain in our history, and
which had such grave practical conse-
quences rs have recently appeared in the
nearly invalidated Presidential election.
And the principles declared in these
documents determine also the case
Of South Carolina. Many persons
with more faith than perception have
within these few years past laughed at
the fancy that an individual will might be
some time set above all the guarantees Of
American freedom but the shameful fact
that the word of one man was set against the
will of majority in two great States is sufii-
cient evidence Tor those who care to regard
the case seriously, since what could happen
in two States might happen in twenty.
Order, it is true, must be preserved
but the history of the world is before US to
show that it is in the name of order that the
foot Of the oppressor is always put upon the
liberties of the people. 1t is wise conces-
SlOu 10 uuo OpIulOu u Juc COuhpIy ouuC AAoo
determined this last important act of Presi-
dent Grants administration, and it will
always be regretted that the light which
enabled the Executive to see his way clear
to this just proceeding did not dawn
upon him earlier. There is no safety for
the States of this Union except in govern
ment by the will of the majority. Any sys-
tenn by which minority in q State is kept
in power through its relations with the
federal authority must if continued neces-
sarily lead to ruin.
Year: 1877

wrapper takes FIRE in the furnace open all
the dampers fully and allow strong draft
of air to pass through the fire and fiue' SO
that every particle of the garbage Will be
quickly consumed and the gases carried
away through the chimney as fast rs gener-
ated. If this is done with some little skill
and practice will mako perfect-not the
least odor will be perceived in the apart
ment BY this simple but effective means
the percentage of house garbage which the
employees of the Street Cleaning Bureau now
SO diligently mix with the ashes and street
sweepings will be reduced to minimum.
The offal of the streets can be easily col
lected and burned at public furnaces erected
on the water front. We would thus get rid
of one of the greatest sources of danger to
the public health next to bad sewerage and
filthy streets, and could with safety use the
street sweepings and ashes for filling low
lands near the city. Many families in New
York now burn their garbage, and we do not
see why the custom should not be generally
adopted. The experiment of cremating the
city garbage is very we'll worth n trial.
Year: 1877

The proposition embodied in the report
of Committee No. of the Commercial Asso-
citation of New York for completing the
bulkhead line with crib work is one calcu-
lated to mislead public opinion regarding
one of the most important of our city i'm
provements. Although the suggestion is
qualified in the report by reference of the
question for final decision to the Com
missioners of the Sinking Fund, still
the object seems to be to secure the
adoption by that body of the proposed plan.
Any argument that can be advanced in favor
Of crib work for the bulkhead line must
rest on the single foundation Of mere econ
omy. It cannot be made on the ground that
crib work is the best and most suitable form
of construction for the water front of this
great city. It does not require On extraor-
dinary amount of technical knowledge to
convince any one that the employment of
perishabls material in what is intended
to be permanent improvement can
have any claims on public favor.
We would beg to remind the crib
work economists that New York is not a
Nova Scotia fishing village, and that her
docks are not intended for the exclusive
purpose of drying herrings or curing cod
fish. The proposition itself is so absurd
that we fear it covers more than appears on
the face of the committees report. We hope
that in this case the public interests of New
York are not going to be sacrificed to the
private interests of any individuals who may
own large tracts Of pine forest in Georgia or
elsewhere and who would notscrupleto turn
an honest penny in the name of economy.


Strong, substantial and perfectly con-
structed bulkhead walls of solid masonry
and concrete can be built along the water
front for very little more than the cost of
weak, unreliable and perishable structures
of wood. Indeed, it is doubtful that if
proper system of improving the water front
were adopted the stone wall would not nc
tually cost less than the wooden one. Be-
tween the two there can be no choice, for
stone work is SO immeasurably preferable in
every way 10 crib work that We are sur
prised that any proposition to adopt the
latter should be seriously advocated, much
less entertained. If our present system Of
work on the bulkhead wall is slow and ex-
pensive it is because of maladministration
and ignorance of those in charge, and not of
the plans they attempt to follow out. One
OF the most dangerous undertakings for a
body like the Commercial Association is to
tinker plans that they evidently do not un-
derstand. Let them apply their acknowl-
edged ability to it's proper object-namely,
the abolition of the vicious system of admin
istration of the Dock Department. but
abandon their absurd advocacy of crib work
bullheads for New York
Year: 1877

On the Naval Appropriation bill new
conference has been found necessary; and
likewise on the Post Office Appropriation
bill. The Deficiency bill has been agreed
upon, and the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill has gone to the Committee on Appro-
priations. The Army bill has passed the
House, but in shape which en-
dangers it's passage by the SEN
ate This bill is loaded with the
condition that the army shall not be used as
it has recently been used in tho Southern
States without the authority Of Congress.
Republicans in the House voted for it
despite this condition. and it is likely that
republicans in the Senate may do the same,
for in fact this clause is like the bull against
the comet. In the contingencies to which it
might apply it can have no effect. Any
President determined to interfere in the
elections in Southern State will not stop
on account of one more clause in the law
against it. If such o course of action could
be prevented by law there was enough law
against it already yet this restraint has
been found imperative. Perhaps the re-
publican Senators may see in the passage of
the bill with this clause q ready way to re-
lieve President Hayes from embarrassing
relations with dangerous element in their
partv
Year: 1877

Alderman Cowing's proposition that dogs
shall submit to license and muzzles has
gone to the Law Committee Of the Board.
supported by the hopes Of all timid citi-
zens. Affection, even for o dog, is apt to
grow conservative when it reaches the
pocket of the person exercising it, and the
imposition of license fee of five dollars
will provoke many wonder as to whether
the dog is worth his cost. Should
such wonderings develop into unpre-
JUDGED inquiries there can be no doubt that
the rivers and harbor of New York would
soon resemble o miniature and thickly
studded archipelago, while sausages would
become so cheap that every tramp could
have one. Canine mortality would be largely
increased. too, by the muzzle requirement;
for when the beautiful Spitz comes to realize
that he can lunch only upon his owners
family and in the sec)usion of the family
mansion his tender heart will burst with
the agony of hope deferred.


The only weak point of the proposed or
dinance is the imperfectness of specifica-
ton. It's provisions should verbally include
puppies as well as dogs, and then kill two
nuisances with one legal stone. If all pup
pies, including those which infest society
and hang about church doors and theatre
lobbies, could be muzzled, On immense
nuisance might find temporary abatement,
and the destruction of those without licenses
would keep undertakers and gravediggers
from grumbling about hard times. The
body of the two-legged puppy is useless
for edible purposes anywhere this side of
Equatorial Africa but the charitable So
cieties could speedily put his outer covering
where it would do the most good. His con-
demned body might be given to the sur
geons for vivisection, and thus end the COM
plants of the tender-hearted against this
practice, for it is an incontrovertible fact
that no pain can be experienced by on
organism which is utterly destitute of brain.
Year: 1877

woman her little baby, pressed its lips to
his own. and in this act paid an eternal
tribute to the race for which he had lived
and loved. and then ascending the scaffold
calmly gave his soul to Heaven and be-
uuea.hed his inspiration to his country.
Year: 1877

ANOTHER GRAND REVIEW At WAsHINGToN.-
The army of the office seekers is pouring into the
capital, and competent observers declare that it
will consume four years in passing u given point
Year: 1877

GOVERNOR TILpEs is not without his victories.
Our reporter found him yesterday in good health
and fine spirits, which is more than can be said
Of many other partcipators in the late contest at
XashinpfOn.