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Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


Coming from the Grand Central depot about two
weeks ago and climbing the stairs to the Forty
street IL" depot few minutes past eight learned
that no trains from there after eight p. NJ Last
Saturday evening (beng up there again). hurried
back the depot before eight to be in time as sup
posed, for the last train. People going up and
coming down as usual when trains are running
Reaching the top of the long stairway and going to
the door l found 1t locked. The depot was
lighted up and the ticket agent in his Office
After rapping the door several times, but failing
to get any answer from the agent (who there
with others trying to get n we concluded that only
went down, and crossing the street through the mud
and water went up the stairs to .he other sde only
to find that door locked. While pounding on the
door TO gain admittance man with lantern came
from the and informed that the time of trains
had changed. and left there after seven r.
NJ. We Indignantly asked HIM why notice was not
placed at the bottom of the stairs, board laid
across, something done to prevent the crowd going
up stairs TO find themselves locked out. The
answer he gave was Its mono of my bus-
ness; ] have had orders do it," As
we away saw quite . number
of ladies and gentlemen going up the stairway on
both sides of the depot to 20 through like expert


ence. and 1 suppose this had been going on for
nearly hour, as it was then nearly eight o'clock
good deal of profanity indulged in by some OF
those who evidently had just arrived on some train
at the Grand Central Depot and did not enjoy hurry
ing the stairs to the depot with heavy vaises aud
bundles, and then being Obliged to come down aud
to reach train, and then find. did, the first train
going down completely packed ~ to be unable to
get standing room and having to wait for the next
train. j. Ed.
Year: 1879




Bottled soda is sold by the manufacturers at three
bottle and is reailed at all the restaurants
ten cents thus clearing to the landlord
glass Lager and cider sold at Ave cents glass,
and the landlord is satisfied with three cents
profit II soda sold at the rate of five six
cents glass ten times the amount now sold would
not supply the demand, that the retailers would
have larger profits than realized at ten cents
l do not know why the lovers of temperance bever-
ages should not be accommodated well the
guzzlers OF lager. TEMPERANCE
Year: 1879

[NorK.-Letters intended for this column must be
accompanied by the writer's full name and address to
insure attention Complainants who are unwilling to
comply with this rule simply waste time in writing
Write only on one side of the paper.-ED. HERALp.l
Year: 1879

To THE EpIroR OF THE HERALD
wish to call the attention of the authorities to
the cutters in Seveniyffth street. the south side
of the street, between Second and Third avenues
They have not been cleaned the whole winter.


HONESTY.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


and live in sfour story house in Fifty-second
street. between Broadway and Eighth avenue. I
built the house four years ago. when the water
the fourth floor, but il does not the
second floor, thus leaving half the house without
water. W. G. L.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Win you advise the IL" lines to copy the ferry
system of paying when you pass the gate. without
any tickets II It works for three cents why not for
five? THIRTY-THIRD STREET.
Year: 1879

and that he had established paper called the Spec
taoy. which was said not to be financial success
indeed considering the short period 1t has been in
existence. it could scarcely have had the success
which think 1t merits and which sincerely hope
1t may have. With regard Mr.. Perrault's objection
to the connection. based the difficulty of trading
with foreign nations. owing the wantof power to
make treaties. probably did not explain myself
fully as l should have done. There conflict
ing interests between Great Britain and Canada
gardng trestes. In tho of the United States
1t is notorious that the imperial government has
afforded every facility to tho Canadian government
TO negotiate on the subject Of reciprocity In the
case of France have always held that Canada has
herself to blame for being placed in the disadvan-
tageous position which she occupies She admits
French merchandise on tho same terms Us tho most
favored nations. while France does not feciprocate
Canada has only to place extra duty on French
imports until France sees ft to change her policy.
1t must be borne in mind that the subjects discussed
with your reporter all introduced by
himself He must have misunderstood my
remarks regarding the of Lieutenant
Governor Letellier. as ! certainly did not
mean to convey the idea that anything con-
nected with his had led to antiBritish senti
ment Like all other questions that arise the people
Of Canada can settle it for themselves. just your
people can settle the Maine controversy. is pos
sibls that the remarks about sending representa-
ton to the English Parliament may be misunder-
atood They wero not meant to apply to the sending
of Minister TO represent the Canadian government
but to parliamentary representation am reported
having said that there considerable dissatis
faction with the policy Of the government at Ottawa
This simply had reference the fact that there is


regular opposition. which is of course dissatshed
but did not intimate that thought there any
probability Of split in either of the parties have
ventured though much hurried to-day. to trouble
you with the foregoing remarks. +. HINCKS.
Year: 1879

The Sinking Fund Commission in July last passed


resolution to grant to General Francis B. spinola
and his associates" the right to lay mains and pipes
on all tho streets below Canal street for the trans
mission of steam. which is intended to be furnished
to public buildings as we'll private residences by
the Holly Combination system. Yesterday tho men,
bcrs. by q vote or to I, tho Mayor voting In the
negative authorized the Comptroller TO execute the
contract between the oity aud General Bpinola and
his .nssociatee."
Year: 1879

Another lady makes an article which sells


readily for $1.5O per pound, and which
experts pronounce stronger and Of superior


flavor to the imported article.


The remaining question to be solved is !:


Can tea be grown in this country as a pro-


fitable market crop? The cultivation OF the


plant is rs simple as that of the gooseberry
The plants only need TO be set In rows


thoroughly titled and properly pruned to
induce low, compact growth and abun-
dence of shoots. No leaves should be picked


until the fourth year from planting, to


insure robust, healthy aud well-established


growth so that they will endure the strain


Of successive Strippings, for under the best


conditions the leaves are picked several


times each year. What are these condi-


tions? In the first place, a rich, loamy
soil is Indispensable, and the strength Of the
ground should be sustained by fertilizers.


The climate must be warm, for although
the plant will endure zero chill, it thrives


best where the summers are long, and
where the temperature is never lower than
six or eight degs. below freezing. The
last necessary condition is abundant moist
ure. In India the rainfall is from so TO
100 inches per annum, and it is doubtful
whether the leaves would form with suffl-
cient rapidity to make this crop successful
in any part of this country where the annual
rainfall is less than 60 inches, and even
this should be diffused pretty equally over
the spring and summer months. OF course
where irrigation is possible tho rainfall is
of less importance.


There is only one way of learning whether
these and other essential conditions, if such
there be, exist together in this country to
degree which would insure success. Per
haps the Government might accomplish
something if it would cease TO rely on in
direct methods Of encouraging experiment,
which can only be desultory and unsatis-
factory, and begin some persistent trials Of
its own on a scale OF sufficient magnitude
to settle the question conclusively. An
of $50, 900 would be sufficient
TO purchase and stock farm of ample size !
in what seems favorable location, and it ,
would cover all needful expenses for
series of experiments for a term of years.
1t would then be found what quantity of
leaves an acre would yield, and what would
be the cost of picking and curing. Until
some satisfactory data on these points arc
established, private enterprise will hardly !
grapple with such an uncertain undertaking
and wait several years for results. Many |
acute observers have faith that the United |
States will yet produce its own tea, and |
better tea than is now consumed here
Year: 1879

Soda water is simply carbonic-acid gas
soaked in water. The carbonic-acid gas is
obtained by pouring sulphuric acid over
marble chips or dust. The gas is passed
through water several times to free it from
all trace Of the sulphuric acid and is then
pumped into strong steel receptacle, in
which 'pure water. The soda fountain is
generally an elaborate marble affair, costing
from $50 to $4,000. Generally a soda
fountain in drug store will pay the rent of
the store at least, and sometimes much more.
Fountains are fed from one draught tube and
five sirups to six tubes and twenty-five
sirups. At some places they have pure
fruit sirups, and at others-they say they
have. The first patent for soda water was
taken out in England in 1907, yet the soda
fountain in all its glory is only to be seen in
America. In this country there is at least
$4,000, 600 invested in soda-water manu-
factories, fountains, ETC., and yet you can
get drink for cents. The tariff used to
be ] 0 cents, and then young man with a
party of ladies dreaded the sight of foun-
tain or the sound of its sizzle, but hard times
had the same effect on soda as on every
thing else. If the price were further low
cred to cents there is little doubt but a
great increase Of consumption and profit
would result.
Year: 1879

A simple device is within the reach of
every one having an ordinary window in
his room, by which fresh outer air can be
admitted in small quantity with such an
upward current as will prevent its being
felt as an injurious draft by the inmates.
1t is particularly adapted to sleeping rooms
when the weather Is to" cold to admit of an
open window. Thus, start both top and
bottom sashes of the window half an inch,
which is not quite enough to clear the re-
bate or stop-beads at the top and bottom,
but which leaves an opening of an inch be-
tween the meeting rails, through which a
current enters, but diverted upward by the
glass as it should be, so as not to fall dir
ectly to the floor, as its GOODNESS might
otherwise induce it to do. 1t thus becomes
well mixed with the air of the room with
cut being felt as draft.
Year: 1879

Often has lake or stream been dragged
and cannon fired over the water to cause a
dead body to rise that lay quietly on shore.
Just so it is with many who are constantly
buying patent medicines at high prices,
when they could get the same thing at their
own doors almost To commence Just here.
Not ten PAGES from my door grows the
plantain, a universal companion of tho tiller
of the soil, usually destroyed as a mean
weed, which it ia, but give the devil his
due" as they say, and let us take out o
this plant what we can. If a shoe has
rubbed foot (and it often happens with us
poor clodhopp9rs,) just slip a clean fresh
plantain leaf between the sore place and the
leather and then think Of this. Lay the
plants on hot stove until wilted and lay
them as poultice, on q sore or intlamma-
ton and it will give relief. Not far off is
the detestable jamestown with its snowy,
trumpet shape flower, into which the sphinx
tobacco bird, delights to poke its long pro-
bOscis in the shade of the evening. Bruise
its leaves and pour little whisky on them,
strain il and you have a wash for rubbed
shoulders or back of horse, and no other
wash can excel in the way of healing. The
seed of it fried in lard and the grease used
as an application for the piles will give re-
lief equal to anything that can be bought.
The burdock and nettle both denominations
to the husbandman, have their good quail
ties. The roots will make a tea that will
purify the blood, and put a stop to the big
gest nest of boils ever Matching on a mans
body. The tea is bitter and not pleasant to
take, but this is the case with nearly all
medicine. The leaves of the common
privet are a sure cure for sore mouths,
simply by chewing the leaves and letting
them rest on the sore in the mouth, and is
not half as nasty as chew of tobacco. If
this is not on the grounds, piece of peach
leaf will be often quite relief.
Year: 1879

A New York paper says: An eminent physician in England has recently pub lishcd q work on longevity, in which, 1 after showing what has often been shown before, that the average life of man has been somewhat extended during the present century, he gives many reasons for thinking that this is but the begin ming of a decided prolongation in human existence, and that in no remote future it may be as common to hear of men living to period between eighty and ninety years of age, as in the past it has been to have them reach the limit of three score years and ten. To those who are not too far advanced in life, informa- tion of this kind cannot be other than pleasing, but there is one financial class to which such a charge must be of the highest importance. This is life insur- ance companies. There are many things beside old age of which men die, but as a rule the men from whom insur- ance companies draw their support are likely to exhibit to the full the results of more healthy modes of life. As the actuaries' tables now in use, which give the worth of an average human life, are based upon efforts made nearly genera tion ago, under conditions which differ from those now in force, and still more from those which are to prevail, the companies have the chance of adding

 argely to their surpluses, iftheir invest ments have been prudently made, or, on the other hand, of making good losses due to injudieious investment. which, under ordinary circumstances, would in time have driven them into bankruptcy This would be the immediate result, but ultimately this reduction in hazard will show itself in a lessening of the existing rates of premium on what are known as simple life policies
Year: 1879

Leadville has again begun to increase i'll population (writes a correspondent sojourning in the great Colorado mining town), though the steady flow of men to the hills in search of "pros- pects'' and to the mines for work keeps down the tllrong in Chestnut street. It is possible now to walk from Harrison avenue to Pine street without being elbowed of the sidewalk There are enough bystanders left, however, to afford some very striking physiognomi- cal studies. As rule, steady, sober men get employment within a week of their arrival here, and disappear from the street. Those who remain are chiefly gamblers, faro-bank keepers, bunko men, confidence operators and thieves. No rogues' gallery in the world can exhibit such collection of villain ous faces as may be seen any day in Chestnut street. And these gentry are not idle. Scarcely aday or night passes that some one is not openly robbed in the street. It is utterly unsafe to travel the side streets or the roads to the mines after dark. There are thirteen policemen here. but the robbers are

 eldom traced, much less arrested. Public opinion charges the authorities with being in sympathy with them. So strong has this feeling grown of late that there is quite a general talk of a vigilance committee after the California fashion, with . gallows in the widest part of Harrison avenue. The difficulty would be to find men who could be trusted to administer the duties of such a body. A member of one of the best families here in dispute with q man about a lot deliberately, in broad daylight, in pres ence of many persons, shot him dead The grand jury found an indictment for manslaughter, the judge admitted the prisoner to bail in the sum of $3 900 and granted q change of venue, which will probably be the end of the case. San Francisco could find in her hour of dan ger body of men withcourage and judg- ment, in whom everybody had confi- dence, and in whose hands revolutionary and dictatorial powers were safe. It is extremely doubtful whether any such body could be found here.
Year: 1879

Probably the annoyance to which peo- pie are subjected in shops when sales men insist that different colors or diff ferent shades match, in spite of all that the buyer can say to the contrary, is often due to color blindness. There are well-attested stories of Quakers who have bought scarlet cloth for drab, and of painters who have given green faces to their portraits, or pea-green dress. thinking the flesh tints and crimson were all right. In every case, among paint CTS, the man saw clearly different shades of color. It was only in the red he blundered. He could not see that; but if the red and green were marked for him, his work was correct. So in en- broidery; there are men for whom the colors must be marked, and buyer of silks and ribbons for great dry goods house, who had the most delicate per ,ception of all other coiors and tints, saw pale blue and rose alike.
Year: 1879

Sir Henry Bessemer has had an ex- perience that few inventors are allowed to have, in living to see the worldwide results of his invention, and to realize the economy in resources which has been made possible by it's use. The sewing machine and electric telegraph have been labor-saving in their effect to an enormous extent, but with these it would have been difficult for their orig inators when alive to estimate the mon- etary value to mankind of the discover ies. With the making of steel the case,

 however, is different, for the saving can be figured down to a nicety on every ton made, and the annual product of the various civilized countries is pretty ac- curately known. From data thus col lected it is estimated that in labor and
Year: 1879

Life is teeming with evil snares,
Tho gates Of sin are wide,
The rosy fingers Of pleasure wave
And beckOn the young inside.
Man OF the W rid with open purse,
Seeking your own delight,
Pause, ere reason Is wholly gone
Where is your boy tonight?
Sirens ore singing on every hand,
Luring the ear OF youth,
t}ilded ialsehood with silver notes
Drowneth the voice of truth.
Dainty ladies In costly robes,


Your parlors CLEAN with light,
Fate and beauty your senses steep
Where is your boy TO- night?
Tempting whispers Of royal spoil
Flatter the youthful soul
Eagerly entering into life,


Restlve OF all control.
Needs are many, and duties stern
Crowd on the weary sight
Father, buried In business cares,


Where Is your boy to.night'
Pitfalls lurk in the fiowery way,


Vice has golden gate,
Who shall guide the unwary feet
Into the highway straight?,
Patient worker with willing hand


Keeping the home hearth bright,
Tired mother with tender eyes,


Where is your boy tonight?
Turn his feet from the evil paths


Ere they have entered In,
Keep him inspected while yet ye may,
Earth is so stained with sin.
Era ha bA a learned TO follow wrong,


Teach him to love the right,
Watch, ere watching Is wholly vain
Where is your boy to night
Year: 1879

in the Senate Chamber. No! we scorn
this empty Of fsring. Turn out these
rebels! Tear down their flags! Send
traitors where they belong; and dod
will carry the flowers in the deft fingers
of the sunshine and the raindrop, and
will weave wreaths and garlands by
the agency Of the winds, and will make
melody by the orchestra Of all nature.
Until then we shall leave our harp on
the willows, and continue to cry out
"How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost
thou not Judge and avenge our blood
on them ?'
Year: 1879

Workmen are to-day engaged in clean
ing out the second compartment Of the
Cool Spring Reservoir, the other COM
partment having been cleaned out few
days ago.


The duplex Wor'hi~gton pump that
worked 90 faithfully at Tenth and Mar
ket streets for . number of wears, has
been entirely removed to the Cool Spring
reservoir pump house. 1t will be put In
thorough working order and held as a
reserve
Year: 1879

In the money market to per cent was the ruling
rate for call loans until the afternoon. when the
market became easier and in the closing dealings as
low as per cent was taken. On government bonds
or security the rate about 1 per cent lower
than on stocks. Time loans made at 6 q per
cent. and discounts of good commercial paper were
mado at the figures
Year: 1879

He has probably liking for society fo
III own sake, and it is at once his pleas
ure and his duty to 1eel the pulse OF soc,-
ETY. for himself, in place of trusting, like
his English confrere, to the secondhand
reports Of intimates who are mixing in
the world at any rate. Then he never
need have the sense of working at high
pressure. Far more often than not, he
writes on the domestic subjects which
are always on his mind; and when he
has occasion to treat some sudden ques-
ton of foreign policy, he does SO deliber-
ately, after ripe consideration. The mi
nor contents of his meagre sheet demand
comparatively little supervision, and that
little may be confded to intelligent su


bordinates. With the exception of the
Temps, there are few Partisan papers that
take any great trouble about their for
eign correspondents; and tho sum total
ot the mechanical labor must, of course
be proportionately small.
Year: 1879

THERE is startling news from Europe
TO the effect that the Russians are ad-
vanclng upon Afghanistan. That Eng
land is preparing for the conflict and
that diplomatic negotiations are sup
posed to have almost been exhausted.
The terrible business depression in Eng
land may possibly be an lnteger in Eng
lands present warlike attitude, and she
may prove that she can again enter the
arena as first-class war power, a role
that Of late years has not been particular
ly shown. The condition Of Europe since
tho Turkish war has constantly pointed
to the fact that great military struggle
for supremacy was not far distant.
Year: 1879

The old powder magazine built by
the Union forces, which stood on Main
street in the edge Of the old cemetery at
Va, has been torn down. This is the
last OF the works left from the war. The
Notifications which were around the
grounds now occupied by the megnif-
cent buildings OF Central University have
long since disappeared.


HE deficit in the sug :r-beet crop is
reported as between 25 and so per cent.
less this year than last. It will have an
important bearing on the price of cane
sugar, when it is remembered that beet
sugar is identical with that of cane sug-
ar, and that the beet sugar manufacture
covers about one third of the sugar pro-
duct Of the world.
Year: 1879

IT seems fact that the great cattle
feeding districts of the West, and especi-
ally of Illinois, raise less and less of the
cattle they fatten year by year. The
amount of corn raised increases steadily.
On the other hand, the breeding of swine
keeps pace more nearly with the produc-
tlon of fat hogs. Would 1t not be q good
plan to breed more and buy less, and be
more protita BILE IN the end.
Year: 1879

IT is said that the Emperor Alexander
OF Russia has become confirmed hypo-
condriac. He shuts himself up for days
and can with difficulty be persuaded to
take food, which must be left ut his
chamber door. He frequently bursts in
to tears, and is afflicted with strange
dreams. On the nights when these seize
him two doctors sit up in his bedroom
In short, it is supposed he is mentally
affected, and his long seclusion at Liva-
'lia, it is believed, is to he devoted to a
system of treatment which Will either
kill or cure.