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Year: 1877

ps The proprietors invite an inspection OF
then works, and a comparison of their tile
with the tile OF any factory in Ohio or the
United States They claim for their tile
superior solidity. fineness of material, less
warping and cracking and are more suitsbl
| in every way for the purpose of those desir-
ing good drainage.
Year: 1877

Edward Southworth, late treasurer of the
Boston. Mass Savings Bank. departed this life
man of 'unimpeac liable integrity" The di-
rectors recently found tange in the accounts
discovered that the institution was short about
100000 and that Southworth was the author Of
the shortage, He work ed the thing is this way:
His custom was to take notes running to the bank
for certain per cent interest accompan ed by
other notes for an additional interest which was
to be pa in installments. When the interest
on the banks note was paid in this way he OBJ
tanned an extra interest which he put in his own
pocket. While paying depositers per cent he
received and 10 per cent on his loans, besides
bonuses. The books of the bank are so mis-
titled that it is impossible to determine the ex-
every six months he credited to interest ac-
count the amount due deoo=itors at the rate
the bank was paying without regard to the
amount earned, the surplus going into his own
pocket
Year: 1877

woodpecker bored hole in the spire of a
church In jackson, Miss, last spring, and
made his nest within it. In the summer
however, swarm of bees flew to the spire,
filled the interior with honey And now man,
the sovereign despoiler, has discovered the
hoard, and resolved to exhibit the spire, with
Its novel contents, at the State fair.
Year: 1877

lower lakes has left long record of shipping
disasters. There is probably no record of o
cyclone In this country that was SO rapid In its
approach. so brief In duration and so violent
while IL laatnH.
Year: 1877

WARRINGTON. Nov. Sit is generally believed
here chat the very large vote by which the silver
blu was passed in the House Today will insure
its prompt passage in the Senate.


TOE President it is believed, will sign the bill.
Year: 1877

IT OUR good friends of the intelligence
and of the several papers now lsboring
to carry the Capital Ct the State from
Wheeling 10 Clsrksburg, did not feel
deep shd genuine interest in us we are
sure they would not worry themselves SO
much this hot weather about the consis-
.ency-or, as they mistakenly spell IT.
lnconsistency-of the REGISTER on the
Capital question. We know there
is nothing they admire so much
ss consisten ~ in others, nothing 80 near
their hearts IS an eternal Interchangeable
ness, SO to speak, IN their neighbors. 1t
pains their dear souls to find anything
in the columns of the REGISTER that they
can, BY the most unfair construction,
torture into an appearance Of tortuous
course of the paper they so fondly love-
Therefore, when, in searching the files OF
the REGISTER, they find printed
in It's columns circular from
q Wheeling committee, or even an
editorial on the subject, contrast
ing the advantages of Wheeling over
Charleston as q place for tee location OF
the Capital of the State, it fills their
souls with anguish to And that we are
no. willing to strike out Wheeling and
insert Clarksburg and then repeat the
contrast liz the same language.


The fact is, what We said OF the sd-
vsntages of Wheeling over Charleston
WAS true when we wrote it and is true
to day. What we write OF the advsn'
tsges to the people of the State
OF Charleston as their capital
over Clarksburg, Is equally true now,
and will be more marked and emphatic
in the year 1885, when the Capital goes
to ,hs, place by the voice of the people


II the editor of the Inteltigeneer finds
no Inconsistency in having defended and
spnlsuded GRANT's brutal course toward
the Sou.h few months ago, and 10 now
.pplsuding the opposite c'ursein HAYES
we are left to infer that it is only the
sins of its nsighbors that frsts its pure
soul "And there are Phsrisees in these
DAYS Also" ..s..
Year: 1877

The insurance companies, largely
British, are badly bit by the s.. John
fire. The total loss IS near Ms can be
now sscertsined will range from fifteen
to twenty millions, while the total
amount of insurance Is not less than
seven millions of dollars.
Year: 1877

Since the Russians have crossed the
Danube the prices of fbresdstuffs have per-
ceptably stifened. This shows strength
ening of belief in general and pro-
tracted war in Europe. Last spring,
when appearances first indicated that q
war was imminent between Turkey
and Russia, wheat and -four shot up to q
figure that was not warranted by the
situation and was only made possible be
cause the bulk Of the bresdstuffs Of the
country was then IN the hands Of specu-,
lstors, but it was confidently believed
that, even should war become reality,
with good crops in this country the ex-
travagant prices could not be maintained


From every quarter comes the most
cheering accounts of the large yield of
crops of most excellent grain. No such
crop has been hsi vested in this country
since the famous wheat year of 1854
now nearly a quarter OF century ago.
1t is believed that the acreage of wheat
is greater than ever known before; that
the yield per acre will be considerably
beyond the average, and that the quality
will be up TO the highest standard of the
best years. So far as we have been
able to learn, no enemy Of this import.
ant crop has yet made its appearance.
The fly did not disturb 1t, the weevll
seems to have become almost extinct,
and the crop Is already too far advanced
toward maturity for the rust
to do much damage. Through
out the southern and CEN
tral belt OF the country, the harvester
is already at work gathering the precious
grain; and it is only In the
more northerly latitude and in
low lands where the wheat
has an unduly rank growth or where the
atmosphere is more humid, that any dam
ger from rust may bs apprehended.
With nights which bring fogs or dews
and mornings with scorching sun, rust
might yet blight much wheat; but the
present weather, slthough h characterized
with some dsmpness and good deal of
hotness of sun, has also stirring air
which dries the wheat almost as rapidly
as the dsmpness falls. Altogether we
may conclude that the most extraordi.
nary wheat crop ever grown ia this
country is now about mstured and is
almost beyond danger of injury.


The corn crop, notwithstanding it got
q bad start from defective seed and un-
favorable weather, is coming on finely
and promises we'll. Oats, hay, pasture
and potatoes, all are doing well; and
with wool and beef cattle yielding good
prices, the farmer has cause to be the
hsppiest of mortsls.
Year: 1877

The epidemic of fires that is sweep
ing the country should be not passed oy
unheeded by the citis ,ns OF Wheeling,
The supply of water in some sections ot
this city is limited, especially IN the after
part Of the day and fore part oil the
night, and the mesns OF conveying lire
alarms are not the most speedy and eth
cisnt. We have plenty of food for the
flames; and slight spark may become
dsluge of ire. Keep q sharp eye out
for the small boy aud the hre cracker
The day drsweth nigh when his patriot.
ism must and vent in the explosion OF
powder.
Year: 1877

In st. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday Rev. Father
Kearney selected the subject OF his discourse tho
text, "How this man give US His flesh TO eatY"
and said:--Tho multitude that had been listening 10
the Redeemer Tor three days beng very hungry lilo
asked If any among them had something TO eat On
being told that Ave loavos and few small fishes were
DO found lie called Tor them, and, blessing them,
they became so multiplied that after all had eaten
heartily there was moro left than mad been at nrst


This miracle was to prepare them Tor what was
take place day. Every miracle wrought by the
saviour had Two oDJcctsrst, the cure; aud second,
the application. In giving sight 10 the blind man
He also showed that lie would give hight to MS soul
and to learn the truths that II needed Tor It's
salvation la giving hoaring TO the deaf lie gave II to
DO understood that He would ~ The same time give
Year: 1877

the soul the power OF hearing and listening TO divine
wisdom aud truth In curing the ieprous he let to
be inferred that He would the soul OF the disease
inflicted by sin and II to It's former health and
purity The day following the miracle OF the multi
plicaton OF the oavcs and fishes the Jews on hearing
Him say that He would give them HIS flesh to eat aud
His blood to drink. left Him. saying, How car this
man give his aesh 20 eatY' The mira
clio which they had recently seen performed
did not convince them that such WAS possible,
answered that they believed Him to be the son OF
God aud would follow Him. That great miracle vi
His love which He left the night HIS passion COM
mencea still being perpetuated, and will be 10 The
end. In II we really and truly partake OF His body
and blood for the nourishmont of our souls He Is
ever really present altars and Ia our iabcr-
nacles, and desrous that approach Him with con-
tre hearts and purpose 10 receive Him into our souls.
lie declares that unless oil HIS flesh and drink
OF His blood we cannot have life In us Why. then,
should we allow our souls 10 die when such lfe- giving
food Is at hand
Year: 1877

President Hayes is already gathering
the harvest of his persevering efforts in
favor of reconciliation and reform. The
politicians find it safe to follow where
the people lead, and the people are with
the man who steadily pursues the path
of. principle and honestly fulfils the
pledges of himself aod his party. Penn
sylvania spoke a manly echo to this
popular expectation last "Wednesday.
Ohio had gone before with a more in
eisive emphasis. Many Democratic
quent in his behsff. The Democratic
Senator from Delaware, Mr. Bayard,
says of the Hayes policy: "I thank God
for it," Signs like these in the first seven
months of the administration Of our Re
publican President indicate a revolution
before its close that will SO incorporate
his example into our political system as
to make it impossible for any future pal ~
to desert il. And what more can true
patriot desire?-PreSS.


Senator Bayard said he thanked God
that Hayes had adopted the Democratic
policy" He might now add that he was
glad to find the Press giving up its en-
nifty to the and sustaining Hayes
in bis efforts to be impartial, and give
the people in each section the equal
rights to which they were en,-tled. SEN
ator Bayard thanked God that Hayes
was, too, carrying with him to the Demo
cratic policy rs per cent. of the Republi-
can party. But the thieves in the Senate
will hardly stand by Hayes. They will
not unite his hands unless compelled to
do so by the Democratic Senators.
Year: 1877

TO rHE EDITOR os THE HERALD


While driving down Lexington avenue last night my
horse took fright ut Fity-nnth street. Thinking be
was shyng a something in the street pulled him
back, when all OF q sudden horse wagon and myself
Top Of large pie of dirt and stones, without
a hight 10 warn people OF their danger. think tina
thing ought 10 bo looked nto by The police II some
thing Is not done somebody Will DO killed or badly
hurt. Il. b. Jf.
Year: 1877

Tho succeeding sales were made at auction on tho
Real Estate Exchange yesterday. Tho sale OF the
seven houses and lots by order OF the LONDON Liver


pool ana Giobo Insurance Company, plaintiffs. at
tracted many real estate dealers. All the houses
were by the plaintiffs except the corner, which
was purchased for Sixth National Bank Tor bank.
Year: 1877

Next to being married to the
right person, there is nothing so
important in ones life as to live
under ones own roof. There is
something more than poetical
charm in the expression of wife
writing to a friend, who said:


"We have our cozy house; it is
thrice dear to US because it is our
own. We have bought it with
the savings OF our earnings.
Many were the soda fountains,
the confectionery sal l9ons, and the
nece Ssaries of market we had to
pass, many a time my noble hus-
band denied himself of the com
fort of tobacco, the refreshing
draught of beer, wore lis old
clothes and even patched up boots;
and |, oh, me! made my old bon.
net do, wore the plainest clothes,
and did the plainest cooking.
Saving was the order Of the house,
and to have a home of our own
has been our united aim. Now
we have it. There is no landlord
troubling US with raising the rent
and eXacting this or that. There
is no fear harbored in our bosom
that in sickness or old age we
will be thown out of bouss and
home, and the money which 9TH
erwlse would have gone to pay
rent is sufficient to keep comfort
in the winter days of Iife."
Year: 1877

By about the middle of next
May the public will have seen the
last of the present three cent pos
tage stamp, and begun to get &C
customed to one that is red or pos.
sibly new tint. This change has
been rendered necessary as stamp
washers take off the oily cancel,
lation without acid or alkali and
use the stamp again. A series of
experiments just completed con-
vinces the Postal Department that
green is the poorest color to lie
found. With the change of color
there will be & change of design.
The medallion head of Wash.
ington will be retained, but it will
be relieved by an open scroll Of
white, and the scroll work will
have a different pattern.
Year: 1877

If there is anything in the world
that will make a boy feel badly,
except pinching his fingers in the
crack Of a door, it unqnestionably
is quarrel. No boy ever fails to
think less Of himself after it than
before. WHAT'S worse,it blunts his
senslbilitjes on the one hand, and
increases the power OF passionate
irritability on the other. The
truth is, the more peaceably we
geton, the better for our neigh
bors. In nine cases Out of ten,
the best course is, if a man cheats
you, cease to deal with him; if be
is abusive quit his company, and
pay no attention to him, for it is
very true ''that ifa person throws
salt at you, if you have no sore
places it will not smart" and ii he
ISLANDERS you, take care to live so
that no one will beiete him. No
matter who be is, or how he mis-
uses you, the wisest course is moth.
ing better than this cool, calm, and
quiet way of dealing with the
wrong we meet.
Year: 1877

More than fifty thousand per-
sons are out of employment in
New York city alone. A large
proportion Of the number are poor,
even in destitute circumstances,
and the citizens and employers
of the city are at their wits end
to devise means for their relief
during the cold winter weather.
The spectacle is a sad one to con-
template The largest liberality
that can be hoped for will not be
sufficient to supply their necessi
ties.
Year: 1877

The Sacramento Record Union
says: Some time since little boy
in the npper portion of the city
was vaccinated,an itproved asuc.
cess. About two weeks since while
be was changing his clothing, the
scab was knocked from bis arm
and fell to the floor. A small dog,
the pet OF the family, discovered
and swallowed it, and is now SO
completely broken out with small
pox or kinepox that one can hard.
ly put his finger on place on the
animals s skin that has not "got it
bad"
Year: 1877

Why is it that at III o'clock
P. IN. a man will go to the cup
board and collar Il piece Of chicken
or a fragment Of steak that he
smiled at in lofty dIsdain. and
~ouldn'ttouchal at the table, and will
gnaw and pick and snore over il,
until every bone is as white ahd
glisteniug as an ivory sleeve but
ton? We can't tell, unless IT is an
Indication Of the same plrvrrsiiy
ihat leads hin, when the bone is
finished, to stand before the towel
rack and wipe his greasy fingers
on his coattGil.
Year: 1877

A bit of Texan humor: ga
young man at Kember's Bluff, in
this State" says a Texas paper,
acquired the habit of tossing a
cooked pistol in the air and catch
ing it by the muzzle as it fell. Tue
last time he caught it was just a
moment before be died."
Year: 1877

On the closing up of the Smith & Roger
silver plating concern in New Haven, a
few days ago, preparatory to removal to
Meriden, the floor of the plating room was
taken up, burned, and the ashes analyzed,
with the result of procuring pure silver to
the amount of 1891. This result is not SO
strange as it appear at first sight. The
precious metals are capable Of extreme
volatiization under heat, becoming mere
vapors, which may be condensed, resulting
in the production of the metal in a pure
form. But. even without heat. the parti-
cles of gold and silver are made so exceed
ingly fine, in the process of the manufac-
ture of gold and silver goods, whether solid
or plated, that no device for saving the ma
terial, abraided or thrown off in the various
manipuiations, are entirely effe stual. Even
in the government assay Offices the SCOT
deposited in the chimneys from the melt
ing of the crude materials is valuable; and
in most manufactures of articles of gold
and silver the proprietors do not allow the
workmen to retain their work clothes when
worn out, but pay them a price generally
sufficient to procure new garments-an old
tattered vest belonging to bench work
man being valued by his employers, even
when worn to rags, ut $20.-HGrJord
Comm Times.
Year: 1877

The surging of human life forever onward rolls
And bears to the eternal shore its daily freight OF


souls
Though bravey sails bark to day. pale Death sits


at the PROV,
And few shall know we ever lived a hundred years


from now.
mighty human brotherhood! why fercely war and


and strive,
While Gods great world has ample space for every


erything alive?
Broad fields, uncultured and unclaimed, waiting


for the plow
OF progress..tha shall make hem bloom hundred


years frcm now.
Why should try SO earnestly in llfes short, mar


row span,
On golden stairs to climb high above our brother


man?
Why blIndly at an earthly shrine in slavish homage


bow
Our gold will rust ourselves be dust hundred


from now.
Why prize so much the worlds applause? Why


dread so much its blame?
feeting echo is its voice of censure or of fame
The praise that thrills the heart the that dyes


with shame the brow,
VIII De as long-IorSOIL0h ureiIns q hunufeu Jeais


from now.
patient hearts that meekly bear your weary load of


wrong!
earnest hearts, that bravey dare, and, striving grow


more strong!
Press on till perfect peace is you'll never dream


of how
You struggled DER fes thornv road hundred years


from now.
Grand lofty annls who live and toll that freedom,


right and truth
Alone may rule the universe, for you is endless


youth!
When mid the best with God you rest, the grateful


land shall bow,
Above your clay in reYrent love hundred years


from now.
Earth's empires rise ana fall Time! like breakers on


thy shore;
They rush upon thy rocks of doom, 60 down and are


more;
The starry wilderness of worlds that gem nights ra


diant brow
will light the skies for other eyes hundred years
from now.
Our Father to whose seepess eyes the past and fu-
ture stand
An open page like babes cling TO thy protecting
hand;
Change. sorrow. death are naaght to us If we may
safely bow
Beneath the shadow of thy throne hundred years
from now Mrs. Mary A. Ford.
Year: 1877

Celia Logan explains the origin of the
phrase, ssWake me when Kirby dies.
Kirby was the leading man of the old Chat
ham street theater, and, although good
actor of his type and a fayorite with the
boys, he made no especial fame until
melodrama was produced entitled . Mike
Martini in which he played the character
Of I1under6olt. It fell on him TO be shot
on the roof of a house. When lie received
his death wound he leaped from the roof to
the stage. In order TO make realistic
scene. hs concealed in his sleeve small
sponge soaked with red paint When the
shot was fred he instantly clapped tho
sponge to his forehead, and the red drops
running over his face gave the appearance
of ghastly wound and that, coupled with
his bold leap and well acted death, made
great sensation. He was nightly encored
and compelled to die over again. The
boys would often fall asleep in the early
part of the play, with a request to COM
panion to wake them up when KIRBY
died.
Year: 1877

From the Republican, January 8;


The House congressional committee TN
ished their labor here last Friday, and left
Saturday for Mansfield, Louisiana. The
White League Democracy are welcome to
all the testimony they got here in their IA
yor by the weakened and milk and water
Republicans, and also the colored men who
testified before that committee. We are
fully satisfied and so was the Republican
member of that committee, that they could
not do otherwise and live in ward five,
for if they had testified the truth in
reference to their vote in that ward they
would have been driven from their homes,
and, perhaps, murdered. No Republican
could go before that committee and testify
to the truth and remain here in peace.
The colored men from ward five who
testified that they voted the Demo-
cratic ticket of their own free will knew
that they did not do any such thing, for we
had one or two to tell us after the election,
and not only cOlored men but white men,
too, that they wanted to vote the Repub-
liean ticket but could not vote it and live
there. The eshmOny of one of the Demo
cratic witnesses from ward five goes to
show that there must hRvs been intimida-
ton in that ward on the part of the Demo
Gratis toward the oolored men, or that no
colored man could live in ward five unless
he was q Democrat, or voted the Demo
cratic ticket. If not why did that cOlored
man have to get Q certificate that he had
voted the Democratic ticket in ward twelve
to go back to ward fvef 1t was to keep
the poor, helpless creature from being foully
dealt with. We are satisfied that the testi
mony given in reference to the election in
ward I've can be sustained by the Repub
lieans, and so you can make all you car
out of the testimony given by your OWL
marty.
Year: 1877

Superintendent Brown has made the
usual apportionment of school funds, and
is ready to issue certificate in favor of
the public schools of New Orleans for the
amount due-$2O,lsl 60. But it appears
the money is locked up in the hands of the
Fiscal Agent by an Injunction obtained at
the instance of some Democratic pretended
official, and can not be applied to the pay
ment of the teachers. Those of that hard
working and poorly paid GLASSES who can
neither draw their money for services rem
dered, nor realize anything on their certif-
Gates, may thank the oficious Intermediates
for the deprivation. They know they have
earned the money. Nobody else can show
the slightest claim to a cent of it. And yet,
in consequence of this Democratic injunO-
ton, not dollar of the pubic money can
be paid out on the order of the State Treas
urer for any purpose. This is emphatically
making war on helpless women.
Year: 1877

General William L. McMillen received
Yesterday at the hands of Governor Pack
ard a commission as Paymaster General on
the staff of the chief. Ordi-
narily, perhaps, this might be considered a
mere compliment or barren honor; but in
this case it possessed greater significance.
The detaChments of State militia on duty
at the State House received yesterday their
warrants for months pay, which were i'm
mediately cashed at par. The gallant boys
are in corresponding good spirits, and look
forward to the completion of the statu quo
with a good deal of patience.
Year: 1877

The Statu Quo at tho state Library


The attention Of General Augur having
been called to the violation of the statu quo
by the Nichols people in displacing the
State librarian, he yesterday addressed a
communication TO General Nichols requir-
ing the restoration of the library to the
keeping of the legal custodian. General
Nichols complied with the suggestion with
nut dAlav