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Year: 1879

There was some disappointment among the
Saratoga scientists yesterday at the inability
of Professor Peirce on account of temporary
illness to give his promised paper on the
Cooling of the Earth. The various depart
ments of the Association were busily engaged,
however and several valuable papers and
discussions marked the days proceedings.
Among these may be particularly noted the
warning voice of Professor Schaefier on
the Exhaustion OF the Pennsylvania Coal
Mines and the new light thrown by Profess
sor Morley on the composition of the atmos-
phero, and the relation between its tempera-
ture and the supply of oxygen. The Associa-
ton also elected officers for the ensuing year,
aud fixed upon Boston as the point for its
next meeting.
Year: 1879

Let's often talk of noble deeds,


And rarer of the bad Onea,
And sing about our happy days,


And not about the sad ones.
We are not made to fret and sigh,


And when grief sleeps, to wake it;
Bright happiness is standing by


This life is what we make it.
Let's find the sunny side of men,


Or be believers in it;
A light there is in every soul,


That takes the pains to win it.
Oh! there's a slumb'ring good in all,
And we Perchanee may wake it;
Our hands contain the magic wand
This life is what we make it.
Then here's to those whose loving hearts
Segd light and joy about themI
Thanks be to them for countless gems
We ne'er had known without them
Oh this should be a happy world
To all who may partake it;
The faults our own, if it is not


This life is what we make it.
Year: 1879

I repeat the following rccommenda-
ton made to the FOrtieth General As
sembly:


Citizens of the State complain that
the cost of litigation Is so considerable
that they are in many cases deferred
from asserting their rights in the Courts
of the State The complaint is a we'll
founded one, and / know of no more
acceptable service to the public than
the correction of this evil Costs paid
by litigants in the Courts of Tennessee
are largely in access of the costs paid
Year: 1879

greatest prostration in business, the
personal property of the State was as
sessed at $37 ,231 ,908. tits very clear
that the shrinkage in the value of
personally is out of all proportisn to
that in reality, and that in fact not
more than One-half Of it is assessed.
Real estate pays the largest part of the
revenue; it can be reached at all times
no evasions can conceal it. Justice
to the landowner demands that the
holder of personal property should be
made to bear his part of of public bur
den.
Year: 1879

The Peabody Trustees feel that they
have exhibited unusual liberality in
establishing the College in Tennessee
and in providing the money for the
maintenance of the Faculty, and l
agree with them in the belief that the
time has come for the State to extend
its benefits and to aid in its support.


The fund, amounting to $26, ,256 81,
recently apPropria ted +: the State by
the Federal Government for the care
Of prisoners, can with great propriety
be appropriated to this purpose. This
fund is paid for a service for which the
State expected no compensation when
it was rendered, it is u recovery that
vas not anticipated, and if it iS now
invested in the bonds of the State and
the interest applied to the support of
Year: 1879

The State is infested with class Of
vagrants who have grown to be an in
tolerable nuisance, especially in the dis
tricts remote from the towns They
are represented to be persons of u
vicious character who refuse employ
ment, and who rely for subsistence
upon whatever they can extort by iu-
timidation from unprotected citizens,
Existing statutes afford no sufficient St
curity against this growing evil. Leg
islation sohuld be provided for a sums
mary riddance of the country of these
marauders.
Year: 1879

State Banks and Savings Banks
should be required by law to make
quarterly statements under oath TO the
Controller of the Treasury for publIca-
cation. This is matter of grave CON
Germ to the public and the State owes
it to the citizens to compel these insti-
tutions to give information rs TO their
condition and operations.
Year: 1879

There IS nothing more trying to wide |
awake, ambitious boy who has obtained a |
place in large establishment, than the |
humble work he is obliged to do for SO |
many long months before he is promoted |
A lad said the first thing he did in a store
was to pick up and assort a keg of nails Of
different sizes which his employer turned
out on the floor. 1t did not seem much
like beginning "to learn store-keeping,"
but it was an important stepping stone.
He learned one lesson, if nothing more.
When Erastus Corning was a little lad, and
seeking Tor place in a store, he was asked
with 4 smile, What can you do?' can
do what | am told," said the child. lie
was engaged and proved most worthy Of
the confidence placed in him. That was
his stepping stone TO fortune. Doing as he
was told. That was one lesson the boy
learned over the disagreeable task of pick
ing up the nails. a boy from wealthy
family was received into large establish
mcnt, but found no royal road to business
Advancement He had to begin at the
bottom of the ladder Just as the poorest
boy in the store did. lie often wondered
why his employers kept him two long years
asserting shoes and handling great sides Of
leather. But when he became a salesman
all was plain, for he was able at a glance to
tell almost the exact worth of a pair Of
shoes, or the quality of side of leather


No theoretical knowledge can take the
place of practical knowledge. We must
put our own hands to the plow and 60 over
the ground time and again, before we can
make straight furrow. 1t is astonishing
what skill comes by practice. Repetition
makes the most difficult matters easy and
seems almost to add a sixth sense. The
old tellers in banks can count off with the
greatest rapidity vast piles of coin, casting
aside, as if by intuition all the light pieces.


Their fingers have learned to weigh like
the incest balance. Remember the stepp-
ing stones, boys and girls, if you would ever
make any true Advancement in life. All
this humble, hard work is as needful as the
separate bricks of building.
Year: 1879

Everybody is willing to say his prayers
when he is in tight fix and sees no other
way out. The Lord is the last resort of
some people, and their religion is after the
fashion Of the sailor, who prayed and said,
40 Lord, haven't asked anything of you
for fifteen years, and if you'll get me ashore
l won't ask anything for fifteen years
more" The little shoeblack also had a
system of theology after which a great
many take pattern. He told an inquiring
missionary that he always said his prayers
at night, because he was asleep and did not
know what might happen; but never in
the morning, because any bright boy can
take care of himself in the daytime.
Year: 1879

REMEDY FOR DEAFNEss.-Drop three or
four drops of glycerine in the ear before
retiring at night; in the morning syringe
the ear with warm water, and continue
this practice faithfully for some time. The
deafness and stinging often result from a
collection of wax on the tympanum or
drum of the ear, and the glycerine has the
effect to loosen it, while the water removes
| Il. I have known this experiment to be
successfully tried on persons eighty years
old, when the hearing would naturally be
very imperfect.
Year: 1879

WELL TO REMEMBER.-" Did you ever
know a man who grew rich by fraud con-
tinue successful through life, and leave a
fortune at death p The question was put
to gentleman who had been in business
forty years. After rejecting awhile, he re-
piled " Not one. 1 have seen many men
become rich as if by magic, and win golden
opinions; when some little thing led to an
exposure of their fraud, and they have
fallen into disgrace and ruin. Arson, per
jury, murder and suicide are common
crimes with those who make haste to be
rich, regardless of the means"
Year: 1879

Insuring ones life is getting to be de-
cidedly a risky piece of business. Aside
from the chances of losing by failure of the
company, after one has made numerous
annual payments, the chance of being sud-
denly knocked over by some one being eager
to pocket and spend the amount of the in
surance is by no means small. Hunter is
hardly cold in his grave for having caused
the murder Of Armstrong, in order to get
the amount for which his life was insured
when six men in Lebanon county, Pa, are
arrested and lodged in Jail for a similar
offense. 1t will be we'll in the future for g
man to make his will soon as he takes out
an insurance policy upon his life.
Year: 1879

SEVENTEEN SERMoxS.-The perfectly con-
tented man is also perfectly useless.


Try to see yourself through the eyes of
those around you.


The ideal saint Of the young moralist is
cut from sappy timber.


The vigorous idea keeps warm though
wrapped i'll few words.


Great powers of acquisition are common to
millionares and hogs.


Faith that asks no questions kills the
soul and stihes the intellect.


He who thinks poorly Of himself cannot
win the respect of his fellows.


Happy is the man who has neighbors
willing to forgive his mistakes.


Appear to be better than you are: and
aim to be what you appear to be.


The trouble with many communities is
that their dead men refuse to be buried.


Only infinite wisdom can distinguish
the difference between some men and
beasts.


Man believes that to be lie which con-
tradicts the testimony of his own igno-
rance.


The gilded calf, having wealth without
soul, finds more worshippers to-day than in
the days of Moses.


He whose only claims to the title oi
"Centleman is in his clothes must neces
sarily be careful as to what he wears.
Whether he is great or small, set that
man down for fool who boasts that he
does not read the local papers.


The Lord can more easily have faith IN
religion that wears an old coat to church
than the man in the coat can.


1t is better to arise from your knees and
shut your hens out of your neighbor's yard
than to indulge in long prayers.
Year: 1879

A St. Louis cat has so far forgotten her
self as to suckle a rat after her kittens
were drowned. A Union City Mich COW
allowed pig to suck her milk. When the
porker was found out and removed, the
cow beloved after it for several days, as if
it had been her own offspring.
Year: 1879

A mule in Salt Lake City, driven on
the horse cars there, has five trips
to make. He has so far learned to count
that he knows when he has made his five
trips, and after that limit he cannot be
persuaded to bulge.
Year: 1879

A stingy husband accounted for all the
blame Of the lawlessness of his children
in company by saying his wife always
gave them their own way. "Poor things,
It's all l have to give them," was the
prompt reply.
Year: 1879

FORGIVE AND FORGET
Forgive and fOrget-it is better


To fling every feeling aside
Than allow the deep, cankering letter
Ofrevenge in thy breast to abide.
For thy step through life's path will be lighter,
When the load from thy bosom is cast;
And the sky that's above thee be brighter
When the cloud of displeasure has passed"
Year: 1879

Slopkins was returning home with a
friend, and he was telling him. Said he,
-" I've made resolution not to fail down
on the ice this winter. Last winter fell
and nearly broke my neck-all through
carelessness. l tell you, it's all careless
ness, anyhow; a man wouldn't fall down
if" And his feet slipped from under
him, his heels flew into the air, and both
splashing mud all over him. Blast the
ice on that blasted old blasted brick, any
how" and as he picked himself up he
went off muttering about how he'd I" give
ten cents to see some other blasted man
fall in the same blasted slippery place"
Year: 1879

LET IT DRY.-Mr. Spurgeon once went to
preach in church little outside of Lon
don. The day was wet and muddy, and
the pants Of Mr.. Spurgeon was plentifully
covered with dirt. A good deacon in the
vestry said Brother Spurgeon, let me get
a brush and take off some Of that mud !;
you can't so into the pulpit in that state"
" Don't be foolish, deacon y said Mr..
Spurgeon in his usual, good-humored way !;
don't you, see the mud is wet. and if
you try to brush it off now, you will rub the
stain into the cloth. Let it dry, and then
it will come off easy enough, and leave no
mark" There is an admirable hint here
for every one. When evily spoken against,
as we may be for the sake Of truth, and
men throw mud at US, don't be in a hurry
about brushing it off. Too great eagerness
in this respect is apt to rub the stain into
the cloth. Let it dry, and then, by-and-by,
| if need be, it can be removed hy little
effort. If there is a little trouble in the
church, don't foster it by haste and hurry


in doing something. Let it alone-let it
dry, and it will be more easily settled than
you think now. Time has a wonderful
power in such matters and it is surprising
how many things in the world would be
better arranged and many difficulties easily
got over, by judiciously letting them dry
| Er.
Year: 1879

Words, though changed and modified to
SUIT the changes Of time, were doubtless
gwen to man soon after the creation Of the
world, as Il medium of communication
between man and his Creator, fitting him
for the responsible position he was to occupy
upon the earth. Thus the intimate one be-
came his teacher. The confusion of tongues
at the tower of Babel-when God manfes
ted bis displeasure at mans disbelief OF
his promlsc--was another proof that
language was of divine origin.


The study of language is to the young a
dull and tedious one without knowledge Of
Its utility, and thus it often happens that
the most essential Of all intellectual acquire
ments Is neglected because it is not under
stood. Yet how often in after life is an
ignorance Of language regretted when per.
sons of superior intelligence are obliged to
occupy humble position in life, learning
then that knowledge ennobles and elevates
the mind, while ignorance has only
tendency to degrade our thoughts.


The dialect we speak in youth remains
through life, and, though we may modify it,
yet 1t is essentially the same, and though
in conversation or elOcution mistakes in
pronunciation or misplaced accent may not
often occur, yet the force of early habit
will assert its power, and like a note of dis
cord in finely executed piece Of music,
they fall unpleasantly upon the ear.
Unless knowledge of words and their
correct classification into sentences and
their definition is known much of the wis.
dom of past ages is lost to us. The sermons
of eloquent diyines coming to US from the
sacred desk, warning and intreating us to
prepare for the better land, are not needed
| if not understood and are spoken to the
ignorant in an unknown tongue. And too
often man denies the eXistance of his God
because through ignorance he fails to re-
cognize his Divine power in his attributes
for no can not look from nature up tc
natures God.


Words in their influence are as limitles;
as widening ripples Of the sea, extending
through time and far into the long eternity
The words of the dying, when faith tri
umphs over the last conQueror, are better
than words Of the living, and hope is evel
painting upon the tablet of our hearts the
happiness and JOY we shall experience
when sweet words of greeting shall fal
upon the ear in heaven.


If the Creator was mans first teacher, i
it not our duty to speak the language h


taught as correctly as our advantages will
enable us? Let our words then be pure tina
our thoughts may be pure also. Pure t
perform all He requireth Of us on earth
and pure to worship our Father who is il


heaven. NJ. n.
SMYRNA, Feb. l4th, 1879.
Year: 1879

On Friday afternoon. at Mount Yer
non M. X. Church, Baltimore, Mr..
Moody preached on Christian work. lie
said the question has often been put to
him: "Will the converts made this
winter be faithful; will they net go
back to the worldi" His answer was
not If they at once proceed to work in
tho cause which they have espoused.
Let them SOW good seed, and assist in
reaping the harvest from seed hereto
fore sown, and they will not have time
to backslide, no time to doubt, and no
time to give to the races Or theatres.
He did not believe there was any set
time" in which to have revivals. Gods
time was always and at all times when
ever th. Church would labor. The re-
ward for Christian labor was the luxury
of doing good, but many Christians are
willing to reap who neglect to sew. The
command is to SOW the seed and leave
the result with the Lord Of the harvest.
Don't be discouraged, there is no heart
so hard, no one so depraved but that
Gods grace can reach and save. Work
in the sunday school, in the hospitals.
The ladies can give their talents to the
work, and preach with offerings Of flow
ers 20 the sick, and soothe their weary
conches of pain with the sweet songs Of
Zion. At night Mr.. Moody repeated his
discourse. "No Room for Christ"
Year: 1879

Bishop Becker celebrated mass at the
Catholic Church, in Elkton, last Sun
day, and after reading portion of the
22d chapter of the Gospel according to
St. John, delivered a forcible and in
structive discourse to the large and at
tentive audience that filled the church.
The Bishop remained with the Elkton
congregation till Wednesday morning,
holding services twice in the morning
and once in the evening. His principal
objects in visiting the church there were
to urge the people to perform their Eas
ter duties of confessing and commun-
ing, and also to proclaim the jubilee in
comnemoration of the anniversary OF
the ascension of Leo NH to the Papal
throne.
Year: 1879

The Middletown "Transcript" says
experienced fruit growers do net hesi'
tate to say that the prospect this sea
son for the largest peach crop even
produced in this section was never
brighter. The trees are loaded with
healthy germs and the season of great
est danger is pat. There is little
doubt that the crop will ex iced that Of
1875, the largest heretofore produced
on the Peninsula.
Year: 1879

Atlanta, July 26.--The bloodhounds that were
securing the country to-day in search Of the muir
derers Of the Defoor couple, struck the trail Of
suspicious negro at about daybreak, and after a
chase Of ten miles stopped At small hay house
and bayed furiously. The men entered furiously,
commenced stamping through large hay rick.
At last the foot OF one Of the men struck some.
thing in the pile, and reaching in he caught q
mans nose. The dog plunged In and caught his
leg, and the negro called out from the straw,
'Tm the wrong man, didn't kill him."


After being croBR examined he confessed that
be was preeent at the murder and held the light
while two tTamps-a white and colored man
killed the old people with an ak. BE says he
never aaw his accomplices before that evening,
and that he didn't know whore they were going
to lead him to when he agreed 10 join them He
says the old folks were asleep when they were
killed, and that the white man proposed killing
them so that they could search the house with
out any trouble or hindrance


He gave the course taken by these parties after
they left him early Saturday morning, and the
detectives are in close chase after them. They
will probably be captured. He says they got about
$500 In money. The tramps were strangers in the
community, but 1t isthought they were Western
men,. A copy Of the Cincinnati Gazette was
found In the room they occupied in the evening.
Year: 1879

Mrs. Smith and Bennett Get New Lease Of Life


New York. July 26-The New Jersey Court Of
Errors and Appeals reversed decision sustain
ing the points taken by the counsel Of Mrs Smith
and Covert D. Bennett now under sentence Of
death. Chief Justice Beaseley read an elaborate
opinion reviewing the whole case, and coming to
the conclusion that the charge of the Judge on
the trial was misdirection on the testimony.
Four Judges voted for reversal on the ground that
the charge in reference to the letter was errone.
Gus. This reversal makes the trial and It's results
Of no effect and II the State desires to move urth-
er In the case there must be new trial.


Ex Senator Winfield, OF counsel for Mrs Smith
and Bennett returned from Trenton this morn.
ing to inform the prisoners Of this decision in
their favor. Winfield was provided with q copy
Of the decision, which he read to Mrs. Smith and
Bennett in their cells The prisoners received the
intelligence with great Joy, II Is not known
when the new trial will take place, but probably
II will be at the next term Of court to be held in
September, though p Bsibly 1t may not as counsel
will apply for change of venue.
Year: 1879




A chapter might be written on the in
consistencies Of the dinner table. No
body has patience to listen to the speeches
and general tendency to sidle toward
the door when the toast list is opened;
yet there is universal grumbling if the
speeches are not brilliant---which, by the
way, they are not. Gentlemen rarely
appreciate the music after dinner they
talk incessantly; but on one occasion
when the songs were omitted great
disgust was expressed, and the speeches
appeared to fall more fatty than usual.
People who dine regularly cannot taste o
quarter of the good things; but they
make unpleasant remarks about "econ-
omy" and "hard times," if any of the
usual delicacies are omitted. The favor
ite argument on behalf of pubic dinners
is that they promote sociability; but dur
ing the half hour (it is often mole than
the traditional quarter,) before dinner,
you stand awkardly with your hands be-
hind your coat tails, and are hungry,
and Immediately on the removal of the
cloth you are in hurry to catch that
"last train" which always starts Sin ten
minutes;" or the bus which will Gust
bring me home in nice time, for, do you
know, I've forgotten my latch key, and
mustn't be late.-- University Magazine
Year: 1879

WHITE DEMOCRATS certainly were


summoned upon the Jury in the Federal
court at Charleston, but the precaution
was also taken to summon none who had
not served in the Confederate army, and
SO, being unable to take the test oath,
were ineligible. 1t is worth remarking
that the oath was administered by clerk
and marshal who could not take it them
selves, being Confederate soldiers, at
the request Of a District Attorney, who
could not take it, being an ex-Confede-
rate soldier, and upon the order of a
Judge who lent the Confederate navy aid
and comfort in the person of his son,
Year: 1879

WHEN THE Herald attempts to correct
the GAZETTE it should do so In man
ner that may be to Its credit. We say
that there are courts in Philadelphia
where the Judges are all Republicans
We did not use the words "the entire ju-
dietary of Philadelphia are Republicans" ;"
And as there are only two Democratic
Judges out Of twelve on the bench there,
we were sufficiently correct. As to the
juries, it only happens now that the De-
mocrats are permitted to have reasona-
BILE proportion in that city because by a
streak of luck Democratic Sheriff was
elected
Year: 1879

IT Is A NATTER of extreme regret to
the Democratic people, as we'll for the
interests of the city as the party, that the
majority of the City Council cannot con-
centrate on contract and susl ain it,
1t is also little too bad to find members
of the Republican party voting to abro-
gate contracts by which the city is made
to lose the advantage that it had secured
TO put money in the pockets of con-
tractor. Aud this is certainly the case,
if what Mr.. Paynter said ,ast night was
true.


The City Solicitor ought to be ordered
to prosecute the contractor for non-fulfill-
ment of his contract. It,. is pity that
differences in political sentiment should
be allowed to cause the public interests
TO be trihed with and the city be mad,
the loser in case so plain as the one in
volyed in the removal Of the dirt from til
old quarry lot on Eleventh street.