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Year: 1879

A denizen of the vicinity Of Ninth
and Walnut streets complained to us
this morning against officer Richards.
His feelings were outraged and between
the putfs and blows we managed to
learn the drift of his assertions.


1t was to the effect that the above
named officer instead of taking disor.
derly white man to the hall let him go.
This the complainant thought would
not have been the case ii the
offender had been black. This dis
elimination was what he wanted tt
complain of. We refer the matter te
the officer in question.
Year: 1879

nounced him as one Ford, who had
skulked away from the police out
to the Livermore valley in the
times when a warrant hung over
the head of every WorkiDgman.
Mr.. Linehan blasphemes with the
easy grace which formerly charac.
terized the great Denis himself.
He was sensible of the indecorum
and told a story which was not
without humor. His wife asked
him, he said, why he blasphemed
SO much since he had become a
Workiagman. In reply he said
that II st. Peter could come down
from heaven and be made witness
of the hypocrasy and treachery of
Kearney he would blaspheme.


Liuehan has far more of the ma
terials Of the orator about him thu n
Kearney. He has energy and con.
viction. All he needs is a little
coaching" The fact that he can
already outswear Kearney is q
strong card In his favor.
Year: 1879

DEEP AND SHALLOW PLoUGHING.-
Few subjects attract more attention and
give rise to more discussion and want Of
agreement than that of the depth of plough
ing Many do not consider the very i'm
portant fact that deep or shallow ploushing
depends upon the nature of the soil. The
truth is, there arc many soils in which if
one ploughs deep he may find great profit
in SO doing; but, on the other hand, there
are thousands and thousands of acres of land
where it is sheer madness to plough deep.
On fiat clay land, where water cannot drain
rapidly away, and whore the lack of drain
age il the banc of the cultivator, it is found
by experience that shallow but rich sur
face soil is much better than deeply STIR
red one. And the reason is obvious If
water be an injury, and it cannot get Into
the soil by reason Of the hardness of the
subsoil the rain will pass over the surface
to the open bitches, which always have to
be made in fiat country. If we loosen
such soil deeply we only harbor moro of
our liquid enemy, and this counterbalances
what otherwise might be good thing in
deep soil. Besides these, there arc other
considerations IF the surface soil be poor,
and we turn this down into still poorer
subsoi We bury what little good there might
have been in the surface soil far below tho
reach of the roots.


A little learning is undoubtedly a dan
gcrous thing in farming. There is no de-
partment of industry where circumstances
alter cases more than 10 this While deep
ploughing is an excellent thing when cir
cumstances suit, there are nnumerabe casos
when it is wise to 60 on tho other way


Germantown Telegraph


This ends this column. Look above
Year: 1879

Let us suppose that householder on
the first day Of October in the year before
the civil war went out and bought bar
rel Of pork, pound of lard and bushel
each Of corn and wheat. Discarding
ractonal parts Of a ceit, We ,hall find
they would have cost him $20.0j. II the
same man had set out to buy the same
commodities on the first day of last Oc-
tober they would have cost him S9.14.
He would, therefore have gained $lO.S1,
or about fifty-four per centum. We OF
course do not pretend to say that the
head OF family is either apt to 90 into
the market and buy a. bushel of wheat, or
that if lie buys 4 barrel of flour or a
pound of lard he will find prices fifty-four
per centum less than they were in the
year before the war; but it is evident
that so large a decline as We have figured
in the wholesale cost of four articles OF
present necessity, in which competition
is evidently uni mited, must tell first Oh
last, aid has already told III many plac,
on TIE cost Of living.


But to show still further HE charg
in retail prices, let us take the following
quota ior 5, oblaiI ed few weeks ago il
a city Of 1000 inhabitants. in Massa
chus etts
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR TIE HERALD


In a tersc communication to the Telegram of last
FRIDAY evening stated that if Professor King would
itiingly instruct in aeronautics, and would turn
over to me--sorue time in the fall when the winds
blow strong aud continuously to the southeast-his
balloon, the Pioneer that would do all in my power
to make the first air trip to Europe.


Last evening called upon Mr.. King at his balloon
repository at Coney Island and announced myself
willing to undertake this seemingly dangerous feat.
BY his reception of my uttcrances quickly con-
cuded that despite his frequent public boasts
intention to attempt next year the crossing of the
Atlantic he would never dare verify his statement.
He remarked -


''Do you suppose would entrust ten thousand
dollar balloon to an inexperienced aeronaut y To
which responded 'Why not Besides, have over
two months In which to learn whatever little is
necessary. Then. give me one OF Paul Boyton's
suits and hoatable car. and If don't reach the
other side IL will be because the balloon will have
collapsed


one of his declarations was that four years study
of acronautics would hardly tit man tor the great
feat; TO which laconically replied. "Bosh!"


Now am confident in my opinion that with o
properly equipped air ship the 5000 miles
dividing New York and the cont nent east may be
overcome. FRANCIS REED PORTER.


NEW York, July 13, 1870.
Year: 1879

FAILURE OF FEMALE ADMIRATION IN AN


SHOT IN THE BACK BY ANOTHER.


Thomas Kenney and Patrick Costello were rivals.
The one lived No. 80 East Twenly fifth street. the
other ut No. 2l3 East Thirteenth street. Both had
affection for Josephine Conroy, and each had
inkng Of the others weakness in that respect. For
a long time the swains kept up an appearance
of friendliness but on Saturday some tancied
slight or unknd insinuaton ON the part of
one of them led to open rupture The maiden
fair forthwith became object OF contention aud
there was much .wordy strife between tho pair.
which finally resulted in an agreement to lay their
differences before her and invite her to arbitrate.
This way settling the difficulty appeared practical
IL did not give satisfaction. The young woman
either declined interfering their quarrel took
position which aggravated 1t, for both rose in an
ungente frame of mind to leave her house, whittier
they had repaired to adjust matters. Before bidding
their adieux, however words high, and Costello
suggested that their quarrel could only be settled by
resort to tine somewhat obsolete practice of
hghtng IL out. Rapiers seemed impracticablo
and pistols did not suggest themselves to
dent OF repairing to the dock aud using
their fists determined on. So both cham pions
bowed themselves out of the lovely Josephines
presence and went of prepared to do their stic de-
voirs good men and true" 1t Glanced, however,
that Costello. the challenger, had not been pre-
pared to sec his proposition accepted so
came to the conclusion that he had better
have recourse to moro summary way of ending
the difficulty No sooner was this conceived than Il
was executed aud out from his pocket came a vii
famous looking scvcn-shooter, which ne deliberately
lcveed at konney. The latter was on the stairs
below him when lac pulled the trigger, and the
port rang through the house he staggered down to
the door with bullet In his back. There
tumult in the house at once. aud the jealous swain
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


On the 2sth of June last my little girl. three and
half years old. playing among other children In
the front Of my residence in the Seventh ward she
being cleany dressed and with gold necklace on her
neck. While in the midst of the enjoyment large
glr approached the child and took her to the next
corner. tore the necklace from ner neck threw her
in the gutter and then away. This act
committed in the presence of larger
children, from whom / got description OF
the girl that committed the theft. / then
went up to the station house aud presented
myself to the sergeant ut the desk. aud stated the
case to him and politely requested him to aid me in
recovering the gold necklace to arrest the thief
He ans wered me. cool manner. that should lind
the thief and bring her 10 the station house. He
neither asked me my name. where when it hap
pened, and would not take the least interest ia IT,
Now. Mr. Editor. will yon please inform me. through
your valuable paper whether the citizens To play
detective. do police duty and protect the police
force. IA SUFFEkEk.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HnnLD;-


Will you kindly consider the many hours the dry
goods clerks OF the east side establishments from
avenue A to G, are compelled to work. through the
excessive love of money of their employers and in
consequence of few customers patronizing those
stores in tho evening. when the heat in the store is
overpowering and uncomfortable from the effects of
the gaslights?


We are obliged to report for duty at seven A. NJ.
and permitted to leave any night before ten
p. NJ. On saturday we are compelled TO remain
until the terrible hour of twelve, while many
even after that hour selling few yards of calico
or muslin, the case may be. Now not alone that
we unfortunate beings are obliged to toll behind the
counters from early morning until late at night,
but we haven't day to ourselves. Such thing ~
celebrating u national holiday IL unknown and Sat
urday and Sunday are totally ignored. Now, Mr..
Editor. isn't IL fearful to think that, not satisfied
with forcing us TO work III average of fifteen hours
per day, they also violate the fourth commandments
Cannot something be done TO lessen our hours OF
labor and thereby alleviate the sunerngs during the
hot months OF these poor eerksS Many of
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


live within q couple of blocks of the Central
Park, and it has always been customary for my
children to there in the early morning and play
OF late they have been approached by who
has grossly insuted them; and only this afternoon
my two little girls. aged eight and four years.
home and had the story of the disgusting acts
and talk of this party and others like him. who tried
to induce them to 20 with him. merely wish to call
the attention of others. whose children doubt
have been treated i'll the way and to give fair
warning to these parties. whoever they may be- that
M children are going to the Park every morning
and evening. shall be within hearing distance. l
have given them signal. and the first or
woman who offers them an insult of any kind again.


will know it. will not call in the police arrest
but to carry their body from the Park will kill
sure as get at them. HENDERSON.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


We are compelled to look to the HERALD for the
relief that the inest police force in the world do
not give u.s. The front of the International Hotel,
Nos II and 19 Park row. is infested with lot of
thievng vagabonds, under the guise of bootblacks,
who do nothing but curse and swear and insult
ladies and gentlemen they pass by. When Captain
Williams was in this precinct he gave the
thieves to understand that they could not
work" Park row. but now they have charge OF that
street, the police seem to be afraid of them-at
least they never interfere with them. The ages of
the thieves range from seventeen to twenty-one
twenty-five years. We have applied to the captain
of the precinct several times, but get relief
from that source. Pocketbooks and silk handker-
chiefs fall into the hands of thieves II displayed
that street. We hope that you will do something
through your valuable journal that will rid Of
this nuisance.


J. VAN BRIMMER CO.. Proprietors.
Year: 1879

lNorE.-Letters intended for this column must be
accompanied by the writer's full name and address
to insure attention. Compainants who unwilling
to comply with this rule simply waste time in writing
Write only one side of the paper.-Ep. HERALD.l
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


Is there redress for the prudent portion of the
community against the monopoly of the elevated rail-
road companies who are running the city! Is there
protection for those who have labored hard for
fifty years to procure homes for their families to
live in? Is there municipal power to protect the
citizens from usurpation? Is there power step
this greed for gain before the city is destroyed?
That Is what the honest citizens wish to know.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


As you ready to hear the poor as well a.
the rich will you please publish the suggestion of
poor for the rich managers of the IL" roads?
notice in to-days HERALD the question OF fares
up again. wherein the company say that. while
they would like TO adopt the Ave cents fare. they
believe it will not pay. would suggest that they
try it tor one month Showing their profits to the
public then if it don't pay charge the old fares
again. FAIR PLAY.
Year: 1879


To THE EDITOR THE HERALD
would be pleased il in your journal you would
call the attention Of those in authority to the intol
cradle nuisance made by the Metropolitan Elevated
Railroad at the terminus in Sixth avenue:--
Frst-The cleaning and tinkering of after ten
M.


Firty-ninth street.


Tntrd-The constant kissing Of steam in front of
residences from five A. NJ.


Fourh-The impossibility of opening the windows
for breath of fresh air without being constantly
under the impertinent staring OF the employees OF
the road.


fitM-The raking of fires and allowing the live
Goals to fall in the street.


iSirlh-The storing of cars the whole day Sun
days.


The road is a great public convenience. doubt,
but for those unfortunately residing on the line,
particularly the upper terminus. it is perfect nui
Cannot these objections be remedied and all
be stored and cleaned ut the lower terminus in
Church street, where there comparatively
residents? SIXTH AVENUE
Year: 1879

ma bu;ld our Tower of Babel" Yet there is
more money in the country because 1t is
accumulated damned up in one place. God
dams up the springs OF wealth that the millrace
of human progress may afterward flow. No people
is great by of its material wealth The riches
that build nation up spiritual. That is what
the pulpit does for men. That is why men meet in
church sunday after sunday %ny they 80 on sing
is how the mind Is turned from the temporal to the
eternal from the iretting OF life to everlasting rest


JOY.


Joy is the first boon that Christianity adds to
national life All nations born in the midst of
Thanksgiving. Every time that France is regen-
Grated there new bursts of acclaim. Think of
the joy felt by men OF the Revolution. Imagine the
thrill that passed through the land when the articles
80 should churches. II we so manage our church
to make 1t stupid and spritless let us shut
slavery they won't 60 to theatres. they don't enjoy
their church services ''Something wrong" you
say. and SO there is II every Christian would 90
from to-day he might be soldier the battalions
of God he would know himself to be the happiest of
men.


HOW THE WORLD GROWS RICH.


Material growth is the corollary of spiritual
growth. Rome had command of the world-then
why did she perish? Because the sinews OF her arms
were paralyzed and her wealth fell away Look at
our strikes. our war, and think what riches per-
ished there. II each Of these strikers had known
the spiritual peace ana JOY he would have turned
back to his labor and would have been patient
England owes more to John Wesley than to all her
Prime Minister'S. Wesley taught the miners Corn
wall to descend the shaft with OF thanksgiving
on their lips.


Americans. on the other hand, are perhaps the
most vicious reformers in the world Radical
should be the name OF o man who digs down. not OF
one who digs up. Instead OF haranguing the people
about their rights and wrongs harangue them by
leading life of holiness. Supplant the evil by
planting the good. If man is angry don't curse
him; il child s abrupt don't turn on 1t sharply.
What want more both in politics and pulpit is
less preaching of and preaching of truth
Let every man and woman be tree of God. rpening
and bearing good fruit.


Nations are monumental. You walk through the
ruins and say. "Here was Babylon. here Assyria,
here Greece" Each Of them stands upon the plain
of time q monument to God. who draws in hero
glyphics a special lesson upon EACH The time may
cone when our Republic shall have passed away
and whose comes after shall read epitaph,
Year: 1879

Minister stoughton is reveling In the delights
and hanors Of his position in the diplomatic ser.
vice Of his country. He is the alleged Minister
to Russia but as he did not agree with the climate
of the country. nor the language and customs of
lhe people, aod was not Of any consequence at st..
Petersburg, and had no influence when he hap
pened 10 be there, he has come home to spend
his money and the summer This modern reform
civil service Republican Administration evidently
has aeorner in Ministers and COnsuls and such
thinga.-NetO York Express
Year: 1879




The Nail Manufacturers here held their
regular weekly meeting yesterday, and
among other things discussed the new
Pittsburgh card. They did not deem it
judicious for the present to advance the
card here, especially in view OF the fact
that the general meeting OF the Western
Nail Association takes place at Pittsburgh
tomorrow. Mr.. S. H. Woodward, who
has been absent for two months past in
the East, was present at the meeting. He
thinks that the present boom in bust.
ness may carry prices in iron and other
merchandise still higher than at present,
but at the same time does not feel that
anybody can see very far ahead these
days, He shares in the apprehension ex-
pressed by many that we may carry them
to point where importations may again
become large, and thus make this country
once more what it was prior to the panic,
agoOd country to sell to but poor one to
buy from.
Year: 1879

GEN. GARFIELD is to speak Saturday
evening next mot in the aiternoon) over
in Etnaville. He will make a speech
worth hearing In the discussion OF the
financial issue he has no superior in the
country. Added to extraordinary ability,
he possesses an extraordinary amount OF
information on this intricate question.
Year: 1879

An English couple have recently
been sentenced to matrimony in rather
a curious way. A young man and a
young woman were cOntesting posses.
sion OF a piece OF property, the one
claiming under an old lease, the other
under an old will. "It just strikes
me-" said the justice, "that there is a
pleasant and easy way to terminate
this lawsuit. The plaintiff appears to
be respectable young man, and this a
very nice woman. (Laughter) They
can both get married and live happily
on the farm. If they go on with law
proceedings it will be all frittered away
between the lawyers, who, | am sure,
are not ungallant enough to wish the
marriage not to come off," The lady
blushed and the young man stamered
they "liked each other little bit," SO
a verdict was entered for the plaintiff
on condition of his promise to marry
the defendent within two months, a
stay of execution being put to the ver-
dict till the marriage ceremony should
be completed. About the first match
ever made in court of law.
Year: 1879

Peter Igo, of Lawrence, Mass, was
very poor and very proud. Being out
of work and money, he did not make
his plight known, but fed his wife and
child on bread and water, and went
without any food at all himself. A mes
senger, who went to tell him of a
chance for work, found him dead from
starvation
Year: 1879

A man in Baltimore is holding baby
as security for debt Of SIS, and as tho
child's mother Ia dead. the prospects are
that be will continue to hold 1t until he
is ready to give SIS to have it taken of
his hands.
Year: 1879

The bill to provide for the emancipa-
ton Of the slaves in Cuba is a very CON-
Portable one for the owners. The pres
ent generation Of slaves are to be kept in
ssrvitude until their best working days
are over and then will be LETT to look out
for themselves, tho Government paying
the owners price that is NOT small for
wutksd.out man.
Year: 1879

Our people are beginning to realize
In earnest that the Inauguration Of the
Independent Greenback movement is
nothing but the reorganization Of the
worst type Of the Radical party. Their
emissariss are travelling in every d.
rsction, ,studiously deavoring to hood
wink and deceive our people. They
are promoters Of disoord and fomenters
Of sedition in our midst. We must
arouse from our lethargy and, II ne
cessary to the success and vindication
of the Democratic party-the great par
ty ofthe people-resort to desperate
measures. BE- not deceived. Let not
the bayonet accents Of those false
prophets throw you of your guard. Arm
for the conflict and wage the war to tho
bitter end. Pass the watch word along
the lines and let the battle cry be,


"death TO tho traitors and enemies Of
our people," Our brethren below are
already in the field, and you will soon
hear that they are marching on to GER
tain and glorious victory. The NUT
terings Of the coming storm are audi.


BILE in the distance, and II the lesson Of
1875 has to be repeated the sooner We
begin the better. Let rs cry aloud and
spare not.-"Corinth, Miss, Record"
Year: 1879

The horses stomach has a capacity of
only sixteen quarts, while that of an OK has
two hundred and fifty. In the intestnes
this proportion is reversed, the horse having
{. capacity of one hundred and ninty quarts,
against one hundred Of the OK. The OK and
most other animals have a gall bladder for
the retention of a part of the bile secrcted
during digestion. The horse has none, and
the bile flows directly into the intestincs
as fast as secreted. This construction of
the digestive organs indicates that the
horse was formed to eat slowly and digest
continually bulky and nutritious food


When fed OF hay, it passes very rapidly
through the stomach into the intestine
The horse can eat but five pounds of hay in
an hour which is changed during mastica
tion, with four times its weight of saliva


Now, the stomach, to digest it well, will
contain but about ten quarts, and when the
animal eats one third of his daily ration, or
he has swallowed at least two stomachfuls
of hay and saliva, one ofthese having passed
to the intestine. Observation has shown
that the food is passed to the intestine by
the stomach in the order in which it is re.
ceived. If we feed horse six quarts of
oats, it will just fill his stomach, and if as
soon as he finishes this we feed him the
above ration of seven pounds of hay he will
cat sufficient in three.quarters Of an hour to
have forced the oats entirely out Of the
stomach into the intestines. AS it is, the
Office of the stomach to digest the nitroge.
nous parts of the feed, and as the stomach
full of oats contains four or FIVE times as
much of these as the same amount of hay,
it is certain that either the stomach must
secrete the gastric juice five times as fast,
which is hardly possible, or it must retain
this food five times as long. By feeding the
oats first, it can only be retained long
enough for the proper digestion of hay
consequently, is seems logical, when
feeding concentrated food like oats with
a bulky one like hay, to feed the latter first
giving the grain the whole time between
the repasts to be gested.-Colvn.
Year: 1879

Did you ever know barber to own up
that he had cut you? They never do it ];
they simply go for a chunk Of alum and
casually remark, "Well, guess ! shaved
that spot trihe too close."- Waterloo
Observer