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Year: 1878

THE Rev. Mr.. Mcleod, Of Philadelphia,
has been talking to Philadelphia audi.
ence on funeral reform, and the ideas
advanced in regard to the service and
burial of-the dead, are very sensible.
Firstly, he points out some of the evils
Of going into mourning, one of them be-
ing that many times the family of the
deceased are deprived of the necessaries
of life for months for tie sole purpose of
keeping up this foolish custom. He be-
lieved that funeral services of grown
people especially should be holden in
church, as many times there were those
who would follow the lifeless remains of
friend there who could not be induced
to 60 to church to hear the Gospel, and
II there was ever an occasion when the
heart is susceptible to the truths of the
Gospel 1t is when in the presence of the
dead. Then. while funeral services
should be conducted in the church, the
coffin should never be opened there, but
the ceremony of leave-taking should be
over before the remains are brought from
the house. There is one other point par
ticularly in unison with our feelings:
"Atter the funeral services are over the
relatives bury their own dead" Surely
no hands could so softly or tenderly let
the earth fall upon the coffln-lid as near.
est and dearest friends; and while, with
tears they were mingling dust to dust,
might not there be a mora perfect con.
secration to better life which should
afterward bring forth fruit-even 10 an
hundred fold. . --s1....
Year: 1878

AND now there Is report that the in.
ven,or IF the Glihden Darbed wire has
wor a suit establishing his right and title
to the barb business and all intringers
and all users OF other makes ct barbed
wire are to be hauled over the Goals and
made to sutfer-Erchange.


If Gliduen has established, in the
courts to a monopoly Of the sale OF
barb-wire it is probably all right, but it
is certainly unjust to make the innocent
purchaser and user Of other makes Of
wire suffer. The manufacturers are the
ones which should be made to bleed. 1t
is their business to know whether they
are infringers or not.
Year: 1878

The Preston Republican, says it is likely
Minnesota will have nearly million in.
habtants in 1890, which will entitle her
to some eight congressman. IT'S nice to
have large family, but saddening to
contemplate that the congressman must
increase in the same ratio with the
Year: 1878

The Question is being agitated now IN
regard to removing the location of the
camping ground from Clear Lake, Iowa,
to some point in Minnesota. The pur-
pose is 20 establish park or summer
resort for the use of religious, temperance,
musical, scientific and other associations
of like character. The park is to be SINH.
lar in its appointments to that at Chau


tauqua Lake, N. Y. The prospect is
that the location will be made either at
Lake City or Lake Minnetonka. Taking
into consideration the convenience of
Austin people alone, we have no desire
for change to either of the points
Year: 1878

We see that many Of the Minnesota
railroad companies positively refuse to
employ men in their service who are not
strictly temperate. IT there ever was a
move made in the right direction this Is
one, and the railroad companies will re-
ceive the hearty cooperation OF the
travelling public.
Year: 1878

Joiner, one of the Cleveland (Ohio) re-
surrectionists, has turned States evil
dence, in which he duplicates DIR. Carlisle
and q man named Minor, who are
charged with raising the body Of MI.
Edwin French from its grave, near


Willoughby. The description given by
the witness of their many fears while en-
gagged in the nefarious work was very in
teresting. AT one time, after the body
had been taken from the grave, Carlisle
and Minor came in hot haste to him and
said that the town had been aroused, and
that they would be discovered. lie was
told 10 drive away as fast as possible. He
told them he must have his money first.
They told him he would get no money I'M
| less they got something to sell for money.
He sad he would 60 and get the body
himself, for he must have money, and
would as soon die in getting the body as
to 90 home to starving wife and chill
dren and thus die. One Of the others
then went up the street short distance,
and came back and reported that 1t was
false alarm. Men were simply at work
on the decoration of the town for the
next day, when the President was TO be
"A hack street while they bagged the
body and dragged it through cornheld
to the buggy. 1t was shown by the testi'
mopy that the tools with which the corpse


was raised were obtained at the college.


and returned there when the job had


been done, and that the janitor was IN
} waiting to take the body when they ar
rived.


MORE BODY SNATcHING IN OHIo.-A
dispatch from Cleveland. Ohio, states
that the body of a son of Prof. kuppe
, not quite nine years old, who had showl


himself q prodigy in music, and VINO u'e'
on the 18th of August, was taken from
its grave recently, and has just been dis


covered buried a short distance beneath
the surface of the ground in a shed in TIL
, ward of the Cleveland Medical College
The body was quietly surrendered by TN
college authorities and replaced in II
, | former grave.
Year: 1878

GENERAL STONE, now in the SER
vice of the Khedive, has sent to
the Commissioner of Agriculture
at Washington, quantity Of the
seeds of the date tree, and accompa-
MES the contribution with letter
in which lie says:


From what / have seen of the
date-producing regions in this part
Of the world, and from what know
of the Desc of the Colorado be-
tween Carriso Creek and Fort
Yuma, l am inclined to believe
that the greater portion of the lat
ter region can be made productive
and very valuable by making plan
tations of the date palm. This tree
not only does not require much
water, but much water is prejudi-
cal to it, and the climate of the
Colorado Desert is singuIarly SINH
lar to that of some of the best date
producing districts here. In any
case feel assured that all the New
River portion of the Colorado Des-
ert would grow the date-tree with
out difficulty.
Year: 1878

There is one fact from which Los
Angeles county will ultimately
bsnefit greatly, and that is that the
discriminating people of California
are slowly settling down to con-
viction that this is the only place,
with a definite and imm ediate flu
ture before it, fit to live in. OF
course, Santa Barbara and San
Diego counties are charming places
for residence, but they have not
yet attained sufficient population
or activity in business for busy
men to thrive in, and there is no
imm mediate prospect of their doing
so. Our unlimited sunshine will
yet prove mint Of money to us.


The funeral Of the late Louis A.
Richter, who was buried by the
Turn-Verein Germania yesterday
afternoon, was one of the most i'm
posing we have seen in Los Ange-
les. The Society, headed by a
band composed of nearly all the
musicians in the city, assisted in
uniform. The remains were buried
In the city cemetery.
Year: 1878

EDITOR HERALD: While our
City Fathers are expending the
public funds in needed improve
ments and endeavoring in a lauda-
BILE manner to keep pace with the
progressive spirit of the age in
things municipal, there is one
point which fails to receive its
proper share of consideration and
action. That is, the necessity Of
providing some adequate means of
drainage for certain densely popu.
lated districts in the heart of the
city


Take, for example, that section
which would naturally drain into a
sewer laid along Alameda street,
from Macy street south. This is
very thickly settled locality and
one of the oldest in the city; espe-
cially between Los Angeles and
Alameda street, and has "borne
the heat and burden of the day"
In the matter of paying taxes.
This alone should entitle 1t to at
least fair consideration at the
hands of our city authorities.
1t is undeniably wrong for prop
erty holders to be subject to the
penalties of ordinances and laws
with which circumstances render
it utterly impossible to comply.
Still this is the case in the locality
above referred to, as was shown in
case in Judge Peels Court, the
other day, in very strong light.
The clear aud succiuct statement
made by the Judge in summing up
the case developed state of facts
about as follows: The sewerage
matter and waste water of the ten
auts and the rain which fell on a
certain piece of property-to which
no sewer could be coDnected-bad
for II long series of years been con-
Quoted iutO cesspOOls-at present
there is no room for more de-
positories of this kind, and the filth
and sewerage matter accumulated
in unabated ratio. A nuisance of
the gravest character was created
If it remained there; if it was
turned iuto the zanja or ths street
gutter the nuisance was simply
changed in character, aud the
property owner was still subject to
The penalties of the laws with
which he cannot comply. The
manifest injustice of this state of
affair calls loudly for correction.
Cess-pools, at best are but tenn
porary makeshift, aud very poor
one ut that.


The Only way for u practical and
just solution of this question is the
construction of a sewer which will
draiu this locality, and which has
been largely petitioned for. Unless
this is. done there will be results
come of this neglect of 50 dire u
character as to cost the city far
more than u dozen sewers.


With the slightest attention paid
to sanitary needs this city has no
superior in the world, but such
cases as this must be attended to at
once or disease will make its APP
pearance and cast "a cloud upon the
fair fame of our lovely city.
Year: 1878

Judge Donohue yesterday gave his opinion
on the question brought before him by the
writ of certiorari in the police court pro-
ceedings against Receiver Jewett. The
Judge in few plain words says that inas-
much as the sole object of an examination
before police justice in such cases is to
find out whether the accused should be
held to bail, when both prosecution and de-
fence admit that on the papers as they
stand there is cause for holding, that
ends the magistrates right to proceed. It
has been the invariable practice in this city
to hold defendants to bail on their waving
an examination, and the District Attorney
does not claim that any different course
should be taken. Indeed, Judge Donohue
points out that to concede the police JUS
tices right to proceed with an examination
at his will, after the admission Of all he
seeks to find out, would be simply to allow
him to examine "all the world, to know not
only what they knew but what they thought,
as the magistrate is not bound by the strict
rules of evidence prevailing in jury regular
trials" The. Judge courteously refrains
from making an order in the case until the
police justice has had time to correct his
singular error by discharging the defendant
or admitting him to bail. This is only an
net of fairness TO Police Justice Morgan,
whose anxiety to proceed with the examina-
ton might be liable to an unfavorable inter-
pretation
Year: 1878

It appears that the cruel fuffian, George
Green, who after having deserted his
wife visited her on Wednesday last at Coney
Island. where she is employed as a house.
keeper, and, failing to induce her to give
him money, knocked her down, beat her
and finally fred at her a gun which He sup
posed to be loaded. with the intention of
taking her life, is likely to escape by the
refusal of the poor woman to prosecute.
mitted the community at large is quite as
much interested in bringing the perpetra-
tor to justice as is the person against whom
the lawless violence is used. There has
recently been vastly too much trifing with
justice in regard to felonious acts. Banks,
insurance companies and other institutions,
which have been robbed by dishonest en-
ployes, have been too ready to ''settle"
with the thieves, and to refrain from
prosecuting in consideration of a re-
turn Of q part Of the stolen money.
Persons who have been feloniously
assaulted have too frequently been COM
pensated or Influenced by the friends Of
their nssailants, and have failed to appear
against the accused. The police in too
many instances favor such compromises Of
justice, and not always without being paid
for the service. There is a statute against
compounding felony, and if it should be
sometimes put in force and the penalty of
its violation exacted the example would be
salutary. In the case of this Long Island
ruffian and would-be murderer it is clearly
the duty of the District Attorney to press
the prosecution with energy, despite the
forgiving disposition of the poor wife.
Such criminal as George Green ought not
to be at large.
Year: 1878

four-6fths of them live in the upper part
of the city. The Third avenue cars run as
crowded between twelve at night and five
in the morning as during the daytime. The
elevated roads will in great measure drive
the horse cars out of existence, and are
therefore bound to give the people oil the
accommodation they require. There is
just as much need of trains between mid
night and five o'clock in the morning as
during any other portion Of the twenty-four
hours, and it is in the apprehension that the
rapid transit companies may fail to under
stand this fact that we have insisted upon
the expediency Of positive legislation cover
ing the subject.
Year: 1878

A petition was presented to the Senate
yesterday asking that the elevated railroads
in New York be compelled to run steam cars
during the night up to twelve o'clock and
the crosstown horse car roads to run horse
cars between midnight and six A. M. If
the petition is genuine one, which is
doubtful, the petitioners know very little of
the necessities and demands of the people
of New York if they suppose that the run
ming of steam cars on the elevated roads up
to midnight would be sufficient and salts
factory accommodation. Many hundreds
of persons are employedsjn the lower part
of the city during the night, and probably
Year: 1878

Plus.


A mournful interest attaches to the grace
full and feeling sketch Of the life of the
dispatches in to-day's HERALD announcing
his death. 1t was penned for the HERALD
nearly FIVE years ago by the great German
authoress, Mme Mundt, better known to the
literary world as Louisa Muhlbach, through
her. novels and the fascinating works in
which history and personal reminiscence
were SO happily mingled. This sketch of
the career of MastaY Ferretti was among the
last work that came from her tai
ented pen, for death came to claim her
q few months later. Curious, indeed, that
she should tell from the grave, as it were,
derly rs it does upon the early life
and idyllic love of the young noble,
ere he found his way into the priesthood, it
will be valued for showing how common
chord tingles, through all human hearts.
Painting in graphic lines the story of his
rapid rise to power, playing around his
sunny days upon the Papal throne and
picturing in strong colors the trials, the
dangers, the vicissitudes Of his troubled
reign and the proud isolation Of the sad
closing days in the Vatican, it will
be read for its inherent literary
value by all. 1t is the sketch
of the Supreme Pontif of the Catho-
lie Church traced by the hand of Protes-
tant woman, whose sympathies were catho-
lie in the best sense of the term. It makes
one wonder that men cannot. overstep the
dividing lines Of sect when the child Of one
creed sees so much that is beautiful and
admirable in the chief type of another.
Peace to the ashes of both.
Year: 1878

ANDERSON, the member of the Louisiana Re-
turning Board, has been found guilty. This
result was almost certain from the first, not SO
much because the prejudices of the jury and
public sentiment were against him, as that the
evidence of his guilt was clear and almost in
disputable. 1t is very probable that Wells will
share his fate.
Year: 1878

TIE SouTn is waking up to the necessity of
education. Congress is asked to sell all the
wild land and create fund for the purpose.
But if Congress cannot find purchasers for the
god land Of the government how is it to dis
pose Of that which is worthless?
Year: 1878

In THE ABSENCE OF anything more interest
ing or exciting the politicians in Rhode Island
have made an tissue over miscegenation. The
miscegenation party was beaten in the Legisla-
ture yesterday.
Year: 1878

We have every spring many modes
offered of protecting furs and woolens
against the destructive attacks of the
moth during warm weather. We have
seen various preparations sold for this
purpose, with long accounts appended
of their being perfect remedies hed
cedar chests and closets are recommend
ed and many people cumber their houses
with them at considerable expense only
to find out how grievously they have
been disappointed.


The best protection we ever tried has
been to tie up in close cotton bags all
furs and woolens at all convenient to be
SO treated, after giving them thorough
shaking and cleansing, and letting them
remain there until they are again want
ed. These bags can be hung anywhere
out of the way. If there are no moths
in the articles when tied up there GER
tainly can none get in afterward it the
bags are sound. All can see that. But
when the clothes or articles are too num-
erous to make this convenient or desir-
able, hang up in the wardrobe, after a
good shaking, and place little bags OF
camphor all over the wardrobe, laying a
few in the bottom. Then about every
throe weeks, take out qhe clothes and
shake them up we'll. No moths will ever
disturb them. - Germantown Iete-
QrGph
Year: 1878

A young French lieutenant, who was


serving in lancer regiment, and who


was much liked by his comrades on &C e
| count of his sunny ways and upright
character, found himself suddenly visit
ed by the systematic spiteof sn uncouth
bully, his superior. This fellow, a
captain, was never tired of vexing the
lieutenant, and one day, in the course OF
discussion at table, he gave him the
lie direct, and followed it up with box
on the ears. The lieutenant left the
room, and by and by, to the consterna-
ton of his friends, announced that
his religious principles forbade him to
fight duels. In vain was it pointed out
to him that he would be taxed with
cowardice and sent to Coventry he
held good until the colonel summoned
him. and gave him his choice between
fighting and sending in his papers at
once. Then the lieutenant (whose
bravery had been proved in battle)
agreed to duel but, as the insulted
party, he stipulated that he and his ad-
versary should fire over handkerchief,
one holding loaded pistol, and the
other one that was not loaded.


The captain pulled q face at this
arrangement, but he had to submit !;
and the two men met accordingly at
daybreak. The choice of pistols was
drawn for by lot, and each holding the
end of q handkerchief, the signal to fire
was given. The captain at once pulled
his trigger, but there was no report,
and it was seen that he held the empty
pistol. Thereupon the seconds looked
at the lieutenant making sure that he
would evince his magnanimity by
sparing his aggressor's life. But he
did nothing of the sort. Coldly, he
pulled his trigger and blew out the
bully's brains, then STOPPING over the
weltering body he dipped his hand in
the blood and smeared his face with it.
"There. do you consider that I have
wiped out the blow received ?" he ex-
citedly cried to the Mortified bystanders;
aad throwing down his pistol he strobe
from the ground. The same day he
sent in his resignation, and soon after
wards became monk but he left in
his regiment legend which is always
recalled when it is sought TO point a
moral as to the fate which may over
take bullies.
Year: 1878

An enormous eagle, measuring seven
feet from tip to tip of the wings, was
captured near Atlanta, Ga, recently.
An old colored man was carrying baby
in his arms, and his wife was walking
close behind him, when the bird sud-
denly descended and made swoop for
the child. The father warded off the
assault by we'll directed blow, but the
eagle returned to the attack with re-
uewed vigor. The colored man kicked
and fought with all his might while
clinging desperately to the child, and
his face was scratched by the claws OF
the bird. His wife screamed for help,
and farmer who was chopping wood
close by ran forward and with stroke
of his ak laid the bird senseless on the
ground The eagle was stunned but
not killed by the blow, and the farmer
now hos him under bonds.
Year: 1878

A good man is kinder to his enemy
than bad men are to their friends.


Sinful pollution is much easier COM
municated and spreak than holiness.
When man is happy, every effort to
express his happiness mars its complete
ness.


Men do not have their choice whether
they will accept life or not, but they can
choose how they will live.


Frugality is good, if liberality be
Joined with it. The first is leaving off
superhuous expenses; the last is be-
slowing them to the benefit of others
that need. The first without the last be
gets covetousnSss, the last without the
first begets prodigality.


There is beautiful precept which
he who has received an injury, or who
thinks that he has, would for his own
sake do we'll to follow: Excuse half,
and forgive the rest.
Year: 1878

RUSSIA Is negotiating for separate
treaty with Turkey. which will contain
all the points of the San Stefano treaty
not covered by that Of Berlin. Greece
is in fair way Of obtaining that which
the Berlin treaty denied. These two
facts prove that congresses cannot set
tie the eastern question. The arbitra-
ment Of war only will end it. for the


way to settle that question is to wipe it
Year: 1878

BUTLER has been observing an om-
inous silence for the past few days.
He Is evidently concocting some horri-l
BILE conspiracy to engulf the people of
Massachusetts. Until after election
day the citizens of that state will daily
take an inventory to see whether they
belong TO themselves or to Ben. Butler.
Year: 1878

1nSS O3nke, anu 1resiOtot VI uAC l"
surance company.


sWhat a record 1t is!' exclaimed the
Creditor. pausing in admiration, and
as he made the entry an approving
smile over spread his face.


The wife whose money was the
cornerstone of my fortune, have not
even been grateful to. have chilled
her whole life and made it as wretched
as possible by my sneering indiffer-
ence.'


Go on the Creditor said gleefully


sNotwithstanding the wrong l have
done her am so selfish that feel my.
self wronged In being bound for life
to q woman whose mind is as gross as
her body


Body said the Creditor, writing
/ Il have DO love, even for my child,
and care for her only as something
may sell, as l sold myself, for a for
tune. There, have you noted all the
items?
can the items answ e. ed the Cred
itor, looking up with pleased smile ;
and l have seldom had a finer record.
John Hathaway paid no attention to
the compliment. He merely leaned
back in his chair aud said, with an air
of being weary of the conference:


Now please take the trouble to find
the sum of those items, subtract the
total from the amount of the original
capital, and see how much Soul is
LETT


1t was terrible, and at the same time
pitiful, to see the change that came
over the Creditors face as he heard
his Debtors words. There was wrath
mingled with humiliation in the look
with which he regarded the sheet OF
paper before him.


Understand said John, I do not
dispute your Claim in the least. aud
arm entirely willing to make over to
you all the soul have left after suc',
q course o: business as you have re
corded


WIN an angry dash OF the pencli
the Creditor wrote on the margin OF
the paper the words, No assets


There is not enough for collateral
on the debt of nature he said, sana
that is the safest debt that's known.
should have foreclosed earlier. Well,
| shall have to charge the whole thing
to Profit and Loss, and call the ac-
count balanced Good night And
be arose and tore his carefully gather
ed papers into fragments.
sGood night said the Debtor, also
rising. Il am sorrg can do no bet
ter by you, but l assure you. you fare
as well as any of my creditors have
ever done.'


The next moment the light John
Hathaway's daughter had left shone
over only one evil presence, instead OF
two. John Hathaway's Creditor had
gone.