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Year: 1878

A popular doctor of Utica, while
cscorting a lady home the other even
ing, attempted to relieve her cough
and sore throat by giving her n tro'
chco. lie told llor to allow it to dis
solve gradually in her mouth. No
relief was experienced, and the doc
tor felt quite chagrincd the next day
when the lady sent him pantaloon
button, with a note, saying he must
have given her the wrong kind of u
trochcc, and might need this ono


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A woman was offered thousand
dollars if she would remain silent for
two hours. At the end OF fifteen
minutes she asked; "Isn't the time
nearly upp'
Year: 1878

A little fellow being told by q
young man to get of his knee, that
he was too heavy to hold in that way,
made quite a sensation among the
persons presently yelling back-"To
hcavey, hey? Sister Sal weighs a
hundred pounds more than 1, and
you held her on your knees for four
hours last night"
Year: 1878

A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIoNALsa at Flor
ence has been killed in duel by an officer of
the bersaglere, causing intense excitement
against the military, in consequence of which
they are confined to their barracks
Year: 1878

A DELEGATION of Pittsburg republicans
called Oh Secretary Schurz today to request
him TO repeat his Cincinnati financial speech
In that city: 1t is not at all likely that the
Sgeech will be repeated.
Year: 1878

THE FALLING OFF in the receipts of nation
al bank notes for redemption since the order
Of the department making the senders pay for
their transportation, is shown by the following
comparative statement of the receipts for the
week ending to-day, as compared with the
corresponding week last year. The order
that caused this falling Off went into effect
last Monday:
Year: 1878

Pursuant to adjournment on Wednesday last the
trial of Jacob d. Otis, broker, charged with having
feloniously received portion of the bills stolen
from the Office of the Receiver General of Canada in
July last. was continued in the Court of Oyer and
Terminer yesterday morning. before Judge Noah
Davis and jury. The prosecution represented
by Assistant District Attorneys Lyons and Bell and the
prisoner by Messrs Beach and Howe Judge Davis hav
ing denied the motion of the counsel for the
cused to withdraw the case frcm the jury the
grounds that the indictment was defective and even
If valid the evidence was insufficient to sustain
II, testimony test was then given given on on. the part
4th of July, when the larceny committed, Otis
in this city part of the day and the remainder
ut his home in Orange. y. j. 1t was also proven by
other witnesses that small bills desirable in
making purchases in Canada and that it nothing
uncommon to obtain them in Wall street for that
purpose. This was substantially all the testimony
given the part of the accused. Some few facts
then testified to in rebuttal as to the transmits
sion of portion of this money through the Bank OF
North Americs and with this the evidence closed
both sides. Mr. William A. Beach then summed up
the the part the accused and Assistant Dis
rct Attorney Bell followed the part of the prose
eution.


THE JUDGES CHARGE


Judge Davis in charging the jury instructed them,
matter of Law, that there evidence to sus-
tain the count In the Indictment that Otis was en-
gagged i'll the larceny but on the contrary there was
evidence against such theory. AS to the count
charging him with having received the money know
ing ii to have been stolen the Judge reviewed the
evidence great length. pointing out those portions
which it would be proper for the jury to weigh in
their deliberations and also the weight which they
would be entitled to give to the absence of testimony
by the accused on points where. in their judgment,
an explanation on his part was possible.


After being out some time the jury came into
court to ask instructions whether if they should find
that at the time the prisoner attempted to dispose OF
the property he knew it to be stolen, although he
did not know at the time he received it, they could
find him guilty charged The Judge at the re-
quest of Mr.. Howe instructed them that under the
Indictment they must fnl that at the time he
ceved the money he knew it to be stolen but added,
i'll determining that fact they could take into consid
Grafton all the circumstances attending his mode OF
disposing of it,


Alter some further deliberation the jury brought
in a verdict of acqutta and melton Of his coun-
sci. Mr.. Howe the prisoner discharged from that
court. He still retained in custody of the United
States Marshal however, in the civil suit.
Year: 1878

We have received several letters, says
the n. Y. Telegram, not on the whole
meritOriouS specimens of composition,
intended to reflect severely upon our
recent animadversiOns with respect to
reformed bummerS. a correspondent,
however, is by no means disenttled to
respectful attention merely because he
is bad speller, a worse grammarian,
and an eXecrable penman. We are glad
of the opportunity thus given us of re-
peating what we lately said, namely,
that tthoughreformedb bummers are very
good people in their way, and doubtless
contribute in some small degree to the
population of the kingdom of heaven,
yet the only way for them to secure the
respect Of sensible people is to say as
little as possible about their past and
future careers, their repentance over
the one and their intentions about the
other. Especially should their ostenta-
tiOT5 piety not be fcu-ished on a pub
lie platform. In a mixed assembly
there are always ignorant people who
viii be caught by the morbid flash and
glare of this pandemonium penitence,
and who lose sight of the fact that the
only thing a gross sinner who wishes to
do better can do with grace, is to work
for himself and others and say nothing
about it. Too many so-called reformed
inebriateS ''blow" too much about their
past vileness. Let them have the de-
cency to keep quiet. Then they will
learn in time the exceeding beauty of a
silent religion, which speaks, as the
flower speaks by its perfume.
Year: 1878

\ good story is told by the Glasgow


News of q recent performance in a


provincial church which occasioned


not q little talk as we'll as amusement


III the eneighbOrhoOd. The organiSt of


the church is Il very clever performer,


but unfortunately for himself he is


sometimes dominated by a spirit of


mischief which leads him into awkward


S,UvteDIvItopuy lb-oCUIAI-y.


slyly played scraps from operas. at the


close Of the service instead of the vol


untaries or chorales which are alone


permissible during canonical hours.


This, it may be said is not an uncOm-


mon liberty which church orgaEists


take, for in Scotch churches Operatic
nl0rcedur are often played on an after


noon, while the douce Presbyterian


minister doubtless imagineS that only


the harmonies of the angels are being
interpreted to his flock. But the Epis-


cOpal clergyman now in question found
out the trick the organiSt was playing,
and told him not to repeat it, and the
expert performer promised to regard
the prohibition. On the following Sun
day, however, he broke out worse than
ever. He began to play out the con-
gregatiOn to the grand strains of Lu-
theirs Elm feste Burg" which was
given fortissimo on the grand organ;
but applying one of the soft stops of


the pedals, he played in slow time,
Tommy make room for your uncle"
The effect, as may be imagined, was
cOmical in the extreme; but if the
wicked organist had not carried his
funning any further he might have


been pardoned. Not contented in hav
ing his revenge in pianissimo, he grad


ually diminished the tune of chorale
and increased that Of the music hall


melody, and ended by extinguishing
Luther altogether, and bursting out on


the grand organ with Tommy make
room for your uncle" a member of


the congregation, and himself musi-


clan, says the performance was one of


the cleverest things he has heard for
| long time, though the joke was too
profane. Need it be said that the or
ganiSt is now ont of a situation.
Year: 1878

The American woman is being formed
for a citizen Of the world. 1t is not
merely as teacher that the spirit of
the New World seeks to prepare for
woman freer development and Il wider
sphere Of activity; it SEEKS to open
for her free paths i'll arts ana m2nufac-
lures. "If [ must choose between CIV
ing education to the men or the women
Of a country, [ would leave the men
and begin with the women," said one
Of the Legislators of this country to me
one day; and this is the thought Of
large number of men in the United
States. The advancement of the high
er development of woman is one of the
most remarkable features of the New
Worlds cultivation, its greatest merit,
and its principal labor for the future.
All that is now wanting is merely that
it shall not stop halfway. do not be-
lieve the right-mindedness of the men
will fail, if the women will, with dis
cretion and earneStneSS, take the place
which society here is willing to assign
them. 1t is with justice that we are
accustomed to estimate the measure Of
nations cultivation by the estimation
in which woman is held, and the place
which she occupies in society, because
it requires no small degree Of spiritual
culture to value being whose highest
power is of spiritual character. The
people of America have shown them
selves to be possessed Of this, and it
will increase in the same proportion as
the women of the country make them
selves deserving of it.
Year: 1878

The following are few specimens of


rabbinical regulations for the Sabbath:


Water may be sprinkled in a house


to prevent the dust from rising; but
because filling bitches is deemed un-
la awful, some Tabbis have forbidden the
sweeping of room on the Sabbath, lest
any furroW in the floor should be filled


by the operation. Walking over ground


newly digged or plowed is also pro-
hibited, lest pit or hole should be
filed by treading on it. Leaping over
ditch is allowed, but not wading
through water, lest occasion should be


given for drying stockings. Dirt on
the shoes may be scraped off against a
wal, but not on the ground, lest it seem


to till any ditch or hole. Dirt on the
coat Or cloak or stockings may be
scraped off with the nails while it is
recent and moist: but if it is dry it must
remain until the Sabbath is over. No
command is so strictly adhered to as
the one: "Ye shall kindle no fire."
Hence the orthodox Jew will under nc
circumstances whatever light fire or
camille on the Sabbath-all must be done


on Friday.
Year: 1878

Few people know the value Of lemon
juice. A piece of lemon bound upon a
corn Will cure it i'll few days; it should
be renewed night and morning. A free
use OF lemon juice and sugar will al
ways relieve a cold. Most people feel
poorly III the spring, and take medicine
for relief, but if they would eat q lemon
before breakfast every day for week
with or without sugar as they like-they
would find it better than any medicine.
Lemon juice used according to this re-
cipe will cure consumption even after
the doctors have given it up as not to
be benefited: Put a dozen lemons into
cold water and slowly bring to a boil;
boil slowly till the lemons are soft, but
not too soft: then squeeze until all the
juice is extracted, and sugar to your
taste and drink. In this way use one
dozen lemons day. If they cause pain
or loosen the bowels too much, lessen
dhas ths qH4iatntity and gse 9nly y FIVE Ssh 9r six


with a dozen a day. After using five or
six dozen, the patient will begin to gain
flesh and enjoy food. Hold on to the lem
ons, and stilluse them very freely several
weeks more. Another Use for lemons
is for a refreshing drink for summer,
or in sickness at any time. Prepare as
directed above, and add water and SUI
gar. But in order TO have this keep
well, after boiling the lemons, squeeze
them and strain carefully; then to every
pint of juice add two pounds of loaf or
crushed sugar, boil and stir few min
utes more until the sugnr is dissolved,
skim carefully, and bottle. You will
get more juice from the lemons by boil
ing them, and the preparation keeps
better London Lancet.
Year: 1878

They were telling yarns about good
shooting out i'll Virginia, New, the
other day. Said one Of the marksnen:
Some years ago l was out in New
York state hunting grouse. There was
an Old fellow along who was some What
near-sighted. We We're just at the edge
Of the farm, when suddenly one Of my
favorite game-cOcks jumped up on the
fence and he drew a bead on it, mistak-
ing it for grouse. / had not a second
to lose, and So l threw up my rife and
quietly knocked off the left nipple of
his shot gun at fifty yards, so that when
the hammer fell the nipple and cap
wouldn't be there-see:" You saved
the bird then?7 Clipped in an attentive
listener. NO" said Austin, sadly,
Il picked out the wrong nipple; the
fellow fired the right barrel and blew my
ffty-dollar game-cock all 70 blazesl"
The crowd quietly dispersed.
Year: 1878

A reading farmer, a book farmer, Is
SIMPLY he who avails himself of facts
already demonstrated by men OF thought


and practice, thus giving him greater
strength and capacity in life'S work,
| and saving to him the chagrin Of fail
| ure, the loss of valuable time in labor
ing to solve problems by himself alone.
And how shall this best be done? Plain
! ly by reading standard books and we'll
conducted agricultural journals, as well
as by meeting together and discussing
methods Of culture and practice. The
accumulated knowledge of the world
should be utilized as far as possible by
eachindividual. Man is superior to the
lower animal mainly from the fact that
he can avail himself Of the recorded ex-
perience of others, who have preceded
him, for his guidance, and hence does
not need to commence at The bottom


round of the ladder each time. The


man who does not thus avail himself of


such opportunities. signifies his willing
ness to be a child Of knowledge, to be


slave to ignorance, to spend his life and


strength in vain battling with natures
forces, which wiser heads have learned


to conquer in q far easier manner. The


onward march Of thought and progress


has cheapened every other production,


has improved every other manufacture.


Why not admit the invigorating life of


investigation and advance into agricul-


ture?
Year: 1878

Yesterday evening stranger, clad in
duSter and carrying carpet-sack, en-
tered hotel on Delaware avenue. He
marched straight up to the counter,
where the amiable landlord stood pick
ing his teeth, and the moment he set
his bag down the amiable landlord
whisked it off and set it down with the
pile of other baggage i'll the rear of the
bar


''Please register your name" said the
landlord, passing him a pen.


Glow much is it, mister?n


''That depends Oh what you get
We keep hotel here on the European
plan"


Il sa5, mister" said the countryman,
all in a tremble, please give me that
bag, and III get right out and not say
wOrd.n
Year: 1878

Jennie June, in one or her gossIpy
letters, undertakes to explain why it IS
that so many young women marry elder
ly men. She looks away from money
which has so generally been brought
into consideration of such alliances
for the principal reason. The young
man Of to-day, according to this author
ity, is not the desirable young man OF
fifty years ago; he is not SO thoughtful,
sober, painstaking and conscientious;


he lives at a club, has no love of home
life nor desire to build up character and
reputation as a man and citizen; his
ideas Of life are bounded by the theatre
and the doings Of his little set; and in


too many cases his ambition is to own


racer and be on intimate terms with
the ballet. Naturally mothers shrink
from entrusting their daughters to such
youths rs these, even if they have the
opportunity, and are better pleased to
bestOW them on older men-men who
have sown their wild oats; who know
how little of real value there is in the
temporary excitement of pleasure;
who have, perhaps, been married once,
and have learned to value home and the
guarantee it affords for permanent hap
pineSS.
Year: 1878

4 process is announced in a Belgian


journal by which ordinary wood has
impaired to it the appearance of our
most beautiful specimens of walnut,


adapted TO the very finest cabinet work.


The wood, first thoroughly dried and
warmed, is coated once or twice with a


liquid composed of one part, by weight,
Of extract of walnut peel. dissolved iii
six parts of soft water by heating it to
boiling and stirring. The wood thus
treated is, when half dry, brushed by g


solution of one part, by weight, of
bichromate of potash in five parts of
boiling water, and, after drying thor
oughly, is rubbed and polished. The
color is thus fixed in the wood to a
depth of one or two lines, and, in the
case of red beech or alder, for instance,
the walnut appearance is most perfect.
Year: 1878

10 soften putty slack three pounds of
qulekst0ne lime in wate., then add one
pound of pearlash and make the whole
about the consistency of paint. Apply
1t to both sides of the glass and let it
remain for twelve hours, when the
putty will be so softened that the glass
may be easily taken out of the frame.
Year: 1878

a bashful man will sometimes
get terribly mixed in his speech.
A blushing youth turned from
pink to carnatlon, and wished
himself in an early grave, when,
IN his excitement, he said, " That
man can tell a bigger lie than
any one [ know" and then think
ing an apology necessary, added,
"of course, present company ex-
cepted."
Year: 1878

A Washington dispatch states that the
government has received two propositions
from Gov. Wace Hampton to collect
whatever tax the United States may claim
should be paid by South Carolina and
turn it over to the general government
This curious offer arose in the course of
the movement of the commissioner of in
temal revenue against Illicit distillers in
South Carolina. These gave Gov. Hamp-
ton much annoyance, aud finally he sent
word that for the purpose of avoiding all
such troubles as those then pending, he
would agree, # the government was will
ing, to hold himself responsible for what
ever sum it might decide should be paid
by South Carolina on account Of inter
nal revenue and collect it and pay it
over.
Year: 1878

Yesterday being the time for the
annual visit Of the Grand Jury of this
county o the Aims House, thirteen Of
the members were present after inspect
ing tho building, Mr.. j. f. Williamson,
the foreman of the jury made speech in
which he congratulated Mr.. Barlow, the
Superintendent on the condition of
the building. The G;aad Jury will
sabmit their report to the Court at the
coming November Term.
Year: 1878

The ladies of Trinity Church are fur
nishing another box for the sufferers of
the yellow fever, and they earnestly in
vite assistance in making up the new
material sent in by the charitable. Gar
ments cut and ready for the needle can be
obtained at the rectory, 502 King street,
and at Mrs. Andersons, 7O7 Market
street The ladies will gladly receive
contr buttons Of new material, clothing,
bcdddinR, etc, or any old or new article
| serviceable to the sick and the destitute
Year: 1878

He is fool. We mean the man who
lets his baby cry all night in the arms of
its mother, and does not sleep wink +,
when DIR. Bulls baby syrup will quiet
the baby by relieving its pain; bottle
costing only % cents.
Year: 1878

THEIR ANNUAL BALL LAST N1GHT-How


THEY TREAT A HERALD REPORTER.


The Phoenix Active Association, connect
ed with the Phoenix Fire Company, gave
their annual ball last night In the new lee
ture room in the Masonic Temple. Thirty
six couples participated in the grand march


A BERALD reporter called at the ball
room about 10 80 o'clock, young man tnvi-
ted to come in. The door was opened but
as the representative of the press was about
to enter, the young man turned around,
partly closed the door and at the same
time asked whether he was an Every
Evening reporter. On being told that he
was HERALD reporter, this young man
poked his head out. saying: ",Wait out there
until this set ia finished, and man will
come out and give you report. Not being
use to such impolite treatment, the HER
AID man left. This manner of trestta
members of the press should be stopped
they are not brutes.
Year: 1878

mortality is reported, that section being
inhabited by the poorer classes. In the
invaded the better neighborhoods of the
thickly populated portion of the city. The
lighter shading will give an idea of the dis
trict but slightly affected because of its
comparative sparseness of dwellings.
Year: 1878

or deep drainage in Memphis, so that the
bayou, which extends throughout the entire
length of the city and has numerous
branches running in various directions,


is the only receptacle of most Of the
water, filth and surface drainage. In
side the heavy black line on the map
Year: 1878

The above map will give the reader a very
good idea Of the districts affected by the
scourge. Memphis is situated on the east
ern shore of the Mississippi River and ex-
tends about two miles along it's bank. To
the north of the city runs the Wolf River,


formerly called the Nesluba. About three
hundred yards from the junction of the
Year: 1878

Mississippi and Wolf rivers the Bayou
Gayoso drains into the latter. During
fifteen feet and great volume of water
passes through its channel, but during the
dry periods like the present it contains


nothing but small stagnant and fever breed
ing pools. There is no system of sewerage
Year: 1878

A Young gentleman of Carson who was in


Virginia City on last Wednesday evening, and


who is something of stock operator himself


in modest way, says the excitement was in
! tense over that day's stock board. The wall
! ing, as is usually the ease, CAME from margin
| buyers. Pale looking men stood around the
brokers' offices scarcely daring to ltok at the
list, and almost doubling their own sense Of


seeing as the long list of reduced figures met


their sight; and women with tear-flled eyes


told over and over again the old, Old story of


their losses, contrasting what they were pc


cuniarily with what they might have been had


they sold their stocks but few days before


We heard Of one case where a party with an


investment of few thousand dollars might


have got out with a reasonable fortune, but


he held for higher market, having put up
all his stock on a margin, and when the break
came he was left without dollar, besides
being in debt to his broker. The moral of all
this is as plain as is the bad policy through
which enthusiastic and over sanguine men get
into these stock entanglements. Shorting
stocks and buying on margins will work dis
aster in nine cases out of ten. The men who
make stock operations profitable are those who
only buy what they are able to pay for, invest
when the market is down, and sell at reason
able advances Carson, we are pleased to
know, has not suffered much by the recent |
break, most of our people having learned |
something by the sad experiences of former
stock market disasters. Everything goes to
show that the late break was more the result
of a job than from any unfavOrable showing
in the north end Comstocks; but this, while
;onsohng enough to safe holders of such stock,
s poor consolation to the margin victims who
laye been ruined by the soulless operators of
Pine street Yesterday the market showed a
general and healthy advance, and We can only
nope that the stock tricksters having accom-
,lished their wo.k, the ruin of many people
If moderate means, will let the Comstock
mines for a while at least stand or fal! on their
merit or their worthlessness.
Year: 1878

[oRpaINAE-.i


BEAUTY:


Or, THE
Secret q : Fair Face.
An Item of Tn4ercst to Every Lady who
Desires to be More Beautiful


than she now l..
Unfortunately rot one woman in n hundred, sub
ieced to the whms of au American climate possess
es that bass and starting pofnt OF real oeauty-a
pure and clear complexion
upon to furnish.
Haean placed beauty within the reach of every un-
blessed daughter of Eve when he discovered that
Surprising article known in fashionable cEcles as ths
true secret of beauty, and called