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Year: 1879

THE New York Star says Archbishop Pur-
cell seems to be in fair way 10 getout of
his present difficulties through the help Of the
Catholic Church of America. The plan Of re-
lief proposed by Cardinal McClosky and other
prominent prelates is to have the case of the
Archbishop taken up in every diocese
throughout the Union, and thus raise by gen
eral subscription, the money necessary to
meet the debts.
Year: 1879

At an early hour yesterday morning
y woman called at the pO,tOfice and
purchased three-cent stamp,and had
it already clicked" to paste on her let
ter when she discovered that she had
left the letter at home. She received
the heartfelt syIDpathies of the stamp
clerk and went home for the letter. At
IL o'clock, when the stamp window
was besieged by crowd, the woman
returned, having the letter in one
hand and a minute fragment of post
age stamp in the other.


''Stand out of the Way for poor dis
tressed wOman!" she called out as she
made for the window, and those who
didn't obey were pOked aside in way
to be remembered by their ribs The
change which one buyer was about to
pocket was swept of the board on the
floor by her arms, and she held the
fragment of stamp and exclaimed to
the clerk;


"Do YOU dare deny, sir, that you
sold me three-cent stamp two hours
ago?"


II think sold you stamp" he re-
piled.


"And l didn't have my letter here
After I'd eaten all the paste off the
stamp 1 couldn't find my letter. You
remember"


"Yes, ! remember"


"Wel, sir, / carried that stamp all
the way home on the tip OF my finger,
and l laid 1t down on the windy sill
till l could find my letter, and what
did my little Clarence do but pick It
up and begin to chew away, and by the
time I could choke his mouth open
nothing was left but this little Bit"


"And you want another?"


"I demand another, sir, In place OF
this!'


81 couldn't do that.


"But you'll have tol This is the
stamp bought of you! Look for your
self and see. / make oath that / never
put it ON letter. Am ] to be cheated
out of my three cents in a back-handed
way?"


The crowd began to call out and ics-
tie her, but by vigorous cse OF feet
and elbows she cleared the space again
and said:


"I demand a new stsmpw


The clerk tried 10 explain how she
couldn't get one in exchange, but she
interrupted:


Have / got to murder my child to
get the rest of the stamp? Never! I'll
never leave this windy till | have g
new stamp to put on my letter to
Thomas"


The clerk tried to explain again, but
she brought the letter down with a
thump and said:


al leave this letter here. IL is to my
Thomas in Port Huron. III he doesn't
get 1t in three days you'll here from me
and my four big girls and three sons,
and when our family gets started on q
row we never stop for the biggest post
Office in America"


Atdarb last night the clerk was un>
decided. He doesn't like to be bluffed
into going down for bis small change,
but In dim future be sees a solemn pro-
cession, headed by determined old
lady, marching down the corridor to
make vacancy in the ranks OF govern
ment.-Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1879

Inc issue before the Country.


The Democratic majority in the late House
have forced an extra session of Congress that
will cost, directly, not less than half million
dollars, by attaching to the Appropriation
Bill three partisan measures. One 10 the re-
peal of the test oaths, which Is matter not,
under the circumstance, worthy much at
Year: 1879

A correspondent in a letter from China says: We passed two of the substantial stone mausoleums in which are thrown, tied up in red bags, the collected ashes of cremated priests; but these are no longer ip use, each having already received it's full complement of ,, ,048 bags, and the lit tie square port-holcs at the side have been bricked up for the last time. Meanwhile, such remains of charred bones as are now gathered together after every cremation are reverently deposited in small urns and piled in temporary shed, with a slip of paper or memorandum attached to each, until sufficient money can be scraped together for the building of new mau- solcum. We had now arrived in front of the furnace, low, brick building, quite open on one side, and with aper- lures in two of the other three, for the purpose, we presume, of creating proper draught. ..-..... ..-.

 Within was already prepared funeral pyre consisting of billets of thick wood, and on the top of these the coffin was placed ready for the fire. The priests ranged themselves in the form of a horse shoe before the opening of the furnace, and once more began to chant some pas sage from their sacred books; and it was not until some ten minutes had elapsed that novice lighted long handled torch and handed. it respectfully to the abbot. The latter then stepped forward to position immediately in front of the furnace, and there he slowly wavel the torch several times round and round, uttering at the same time an invocation to Buddha and all the saints on behalf of the dead mans soul. While this was going on the novice had crept into the furnace; and after gently raising the upper lid of the box, was busily engaged in inserting therein pieces of wood, ap- parently well oiled, together with other combustible material.

 By the time the abbot had finished his prayer, everything was in readiness; he | then handed the torch back to the novice, who forthwith placed it below the pyrc, where oil had evidently been poured over the dry twigs used for lighting the fire. In moment arose a blaze, and the flames | began almost simultaneously to roar fiercely upward, devouring the thin blanks of the box in which the dead man was sitting. This was the signal for de- parture. One by one the priests stole away, not caring to participate too closely in the last scene of all, until at length only few were left behind to collect with pious hands the shc-H of their de- parted brother. In less than two hours the fire had burnt itself out The earthly remains of United Wisdom J were placed in the customary urn, and de posted in the temporary mausoleum while his immortal soul had scared alofl to the promised land, there to partake ol the infinite beatitude of Nirvana
Year: 1879

man may eat and drink heartily all day, and sit and lounge about, doing nothing," iii one sense of the word but his body must keep hard at work all the time, or it will die. Suppose the stomach refuses to work within ten minutes after a hearty dinner; the man would die in convulsions in Q few hours, or cholera or mp-colic would rack and wreck him. Suppose the "pores" of the skin-mean- ing thereby the glandular apparatus with which they are connected-should go on strike,n we would in an hour be burning up with fever, or "oppres- sion would weigh down the system and soon become insupportable. Sup pose the liver become "mulish ;'' appe- tite would be annihilated, food would be loathed, torturing pains would invade the "sma l of the back'' and the head would acle to bursting," Suppose the kidneys 1" shut up shop,h and dangers more imminent, sufferings more unbear- able and death more certain would be the speedy and inevitable results. 1.-the title workshops of the eye should "close,'' in an hour we could not shut or open them without physical force, and in another we would be blind; or of the tongue, and it would become as dry as a bone and as stiff as steel. To keep such 8 complication of machineries in work ing order for lifetime is miracle of wisdom but to work therln by the pleasures of eating and dsinking is a miracle of beneficnnee. Bsalts and Home.
Year: 1879

An army officer who arrived in Chi cago from the Yellowstone valley re- gently, tells story of what happened to q herd of buffaloes that were migrating southwark The herd numbered 2,500 head. They had been driven out of the Milk river country by the Indian hunt CTS belonging to Sitting Bulls band. The erd struck the river near Cow island, and ventured upon the ice with their customary confidence. Tine animals came upon the river with a solid front, eud began the crossing with closed ranks The stream at the point of cross ing was very deep. When the front file, which was stretched out a quarter of a mile in length, had nearly gained the op- posite shore, the ice suddenly gave way under them. Some trappers who were eYe-witnesses of the scene said it seemed as if trench had been opened in the ice the whole length of the column. Some four or five hundred animals tumbled into the opening all of a heap. Others fell in on top of them and sunk out of sight in a twinl<ling. By this time the rotten ice was breaking off short under the still-advancing herd. The trappers say that in less than minute the whole body of bufTsloes had been precipitated into the river They were wedged in so thickly that they could do nothing but struggle for second and then disappear beneath the cakes of ice of the swift cur rent. Not beast in all that mighty herd turned tail and tried to escape when the ice began breaking up. In solid phalanx they marched to their fatal bath in the Big Muddy" In 8 minute from tie time the first ice broke not a buffalo eud or tail was to be seen.
Year: 1879

A correspondent of the Boston Journal writes: Apropos of the Turks, I have somewhere in my library an old book which claims that the downfall of the Turks as military and dominating power dates from the time when they adopted the use of tobacco; and it is to be remembered that in the early part of the seventeenth century the sultan was bitter enemy of the plant, which crept into his empire despite him and all his laws
Year: 1879

The New York Times of Saturday
prints column and half review of
Senator Conklng's public career and
edtorially accuses him of moral coward
ice and lack ,f political morality. 1t
tax, $ it for granted, that be will be Ie-
elt cted and says it remains to be seen
whether he will emerge IRON his second
term IN the United States Senate mere
jaded political hack or one of the fore
most and greatest figures in the public
life of his country.
Year: 1879

Kindness is fine thing, but it can be
misplaced. There are situations in this
life where politeness and suavity are
not so useful and effective as a good
club. The New York papers are busily
engaged in discussing what is the proper
thing to do when burglar enters a
house in the still watches of the night.
1t must be admitted that vast majority
are in favor of getting under the bed or
behind the door. There is also an i'm
mense preponderance of public senti-
ment in favor of lying and pretending
that a profound sleep makes us oblivious
to burglars or other doings. 1t is al
most unanimously agreed by the New
York press that the line, deal gently
with the elring," does not apply to the
case of burglar. It does not do to
accost the burglar as if he. had entered
the wrong house. Mr.. Bryant, of Har-
lem, did that the other night, and re
ceived q blow over the head from a
Jimmy forhis pains. Mrs. Hull expostu-
lated with the burglar who entered her
room and lost her life in consequence.
The general verdict is, that rs soon as a
burglar enters the house he should be
first riddled with bullets and expostu-
lated with afterward. A burglar is
always more amenable to reason when
he has from two to five ounces of lead in
him. He then begins to see the error OF
his ways, and any remarks that the
householder may see fit to bestow upon
him will make a greater impression than
at any other time. Ifany one attempts to
burglarize your house. shoot him on the
op.-Dc tr0it Free Press.
Year: 1879

Not only does our great city lay claim
to the boy with the tail, the champion
ball-tosse1s and the female blacksmith,
but we have also a female cabinet
maker in our midst. Hearing of the
iady-Mrs. Christene Olenson-a Times
reporter proceeded to her residence, No.
SOB North Halstead street. Mrs. Clemson
and her husband occupy modest uarters
and have neat workshop adjacent to
the house. The reporter found Mr..
CLEMSON at home, but his wife had gone
for a three weeks visit among Iowa
friends. The exterior of the house oc-
cupied by the couple is very plain, and
suggests nothing Of the interior. Mrs,
Clemson has completely furnished the
house, and it is most magnifcently done,
too. The husband first escorted the
scribe to the little parlor, where nearly
everything in the shape of furniture is
from the hands of his helpmate. Stand
ing opposite the door is very handsome
organ, the case ofwhich is finely finished
in a variety Of hard woods. Upon the
case is a very lifelike bird in the act o
scizing cherry in its bill. On the
front panel is an East Indiaman full
rugged ship under full sail. The wafer,
Which is most excellently represented,
is of q piece of dark wood whose grain
is wavy, and which is neatly joined to
produce the desired effect. A secretaire
occupies the other side of the room, and
is constructed of 5000 pieces of wood.
The desi gn is unique, and the manner in
which number of secret drawers are
slowed away is something marvellous.
The center table is also of her construc-
ton, and is very handsome. The cor
nices, picture frames, stools and chairs
arc all from the deft fingers Of Mrs.
Clemson. A magnifcently carved bed
stead graces their sleeping apartment,
and other articles of minor Importance
are scattered about the rooms. Mrs.
Clemson has manufactured nearly all
her wooden tools and a greater part of
her steel ones. She is thirty-six years
of age, tall and straight, fair, pleasant
and determined. She was taught her
trade by her father in the old country,
and puts it to the good use of furnishing
her own house in style that would be
envied by the majority of people in much
better circumstances in life.-Chicago
Times
Year: 1879

A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston IrdVet
Ter gives in brief form these useful facts
about lightning-rods: l. The course of
lightning is constant or prearranged, and
if building should be struck twice in
the same place the course would be the
same both times, no matter how crooked
its path, providing everything was in
precisely the same position throughout
the house; hence its path can be sup
piled by a proper arrangement OF metal;
Q. A very small amount OF connected
metal, no larger than telegraph wire,
willconductan an ordinary lightning stroke.
8. Lightning seldom if ever goes below
the top floor of a house provided with
gas or water pipe, or below the upper
most floor that contains them. In a
wooden house not provided with pipes,
it is more difficult to state its course be-
forehand, although it will generally
strike the chimney and end at the well
or drain if near the house; its course
through the house being governed by
the amount of moisture in the different
timbers, plaster, etc., in the absence OF
any metal conductor. A lightning-rod
does not attract lightning, strictly
speaking; it simply conducts it like any
other metal. A great many people will
put zinc fashings, copper CUTTERS, iron
cresting and metal of all forms on their
buildings, and never fear lightning, but.
make that same metal in the form OF
a lightning-rod. and they would not stay
inside the building during a thunder
shower. A tin roof connected with the
earth by water spouts. or metal in any
form, makes an excellent lightning-rod; I;
there is no need of separating your tin
roof from the wood with glass the elec--
tricity will never leaYe metal for wood
if the metal continues to moist earth.
All metals conduct sufficiently well foE
a lightning-rod. The principal requisi-
ton is a perfectly contiguous rod going
in the most direct line from the highest
points to the moist earth. Theoreti-
cally copper is six times better as con-
ductor than iron, but practically, for a
lightning-rod, iron is nearly as good a
conductor as copper. 1t makes very lit
tie difference what shape or form the
metal is worked into, provided it is
strong and substantial. Sir W. Snow
Harris is perhaps the best authority on
lightning rods. but, probably to be on
the safe side, herecommends large rod.
He advises the use of rod three-quar-
ters of an inch in diameter, although he
admits that probably never in the ex-
perience of mankind has rod one-half
inch in diameter been melted, and in
every case where a rod a quarter inch
in diameter has been melted it has been
in the form of O chain, this, of course,
giving small connecting points between
the links, offer great resistance, conse-
quently great heat and explosions at
every link. There is little doubt but
that solid iron wire, one-quarter
of an inch in diameter, will conduct any
ordinary charge of lightning in safety,
observing the necessary arrangements,
the most important of which is the
ground connection.
Year: 1879

They have n new game in Virginia
CITY, New. 1t is called "the pot game. >
The Chronicle of that city says it is very
simple; that almost anybody who has
pair of legs, big club and a p.s can
play it. "1n the first place you lay an
earthen pot on the grass, next you blind
fold lady and give her a scven-foot club
You then lead her off about twenty PAGES
and turn her round and round until she
thinks that northeast is southwest. Hav-
ing collected her senses, she begins to
hunt the pot, and when she gets on to the
patch of grass, where she supposes it is,
strikes vigorously with her club, geHer-
ally missing it by about twelve yards.
The other day a lady who was taking, a
hand in the pastime struck blindly in the
air, knocking down faro dealer. He
was completely stunned for few Sc
conds, and, as his back was turned to-
ward the woman when the blow was
struck, he had no idea of what had hit
him. When he recovered his senses,
however, the woman had handed the
club to the master of ceremonies, who
was holding the bludgeon in his hand
when the faro man turned round. The
faro man assaulted the master OF cere-
monies. The pot game soon became q
riot, and the faro expert and his crowd
had thrashed seven men before the sport
yyas satisfactorily explained"
Year: 1879

It is well said that it is not necessary
to be euncomfortably hot because the sun
beams come down with summer heat.
Correct habits of body and mink, rea-
sonable employment, will 60 far to an
taeonize and overcome the most per-
sistent efforts of the sun. Here are some
sensible hints that may be readl with
profit:


To begin, avoid heating food; most
people allow the palate to determine what
they shall eat and how much, which IS
as foolish as to allow the family fire to
select such fuel as best pleases it-gun-
powder, nitro -glycerine, etc. DO not in
crease your physical temperature, par
ticularly that of your head, by drinking
alcoholic beverages; when water does
not suffice as Il drink, consult Il physi-
clan instead of bartender. Use water
externally with frequency; no one can
get rid of superHuous heat through a
Skin the pores of which are tightly
sealed. =,


IF YOU have great many cigars that
ought to be smoked before they grow
dry and tasteless, give them to your en-
emy: it is better that his liver should be
deranced than yours, for Il torpid liver
produces Il weak, hot head. At least
once day take exercise enoughto cause
free perspiration; the man who pcrspires
the most is always the coolest; the IL
borer at work in woolcn clothing under
a hot sun, with the thermometer among
the nineties, is more comfortable than
the lounger in white linen and sun um-
Y


If YOU have first-rate thing to get
angry about. lay it carefully away until !!
cold weather. Do not worry; 1t is
frightfully heating as well as physically,
extravagant. Sleep regularly and full
hours, resisting the temptation to sit up
late because the evening is the only cool
part of the day.
Year: 1879

A few DAYS ago Mr.. Andrew Daily, q
fireman on the middle division, had oc-
casion to move his quarters, and, there
fore, rented house on Sixth avenue.
The house was good one and the rent
extremely low for the character Of the
premises and the rate of rents in this
city, being only four dollars a month:
Mr.. Daily was wondering to himself
why he was so fortunate in this respect.
Last week he went to the house with an
assistant for the purpose of putting 1t IN
"apple-pie order" preparatory to taking
up his abode therein. While thus en-
gagged some of the neighbors startled him
with the information that the house was
haunted that no one could live in it,
and that was the reason why the rent
was put to him at such low figure. 10
an ordinary man this would have been
enough, but Mr.. Daily was made OF
sterner stuff. and went on with his clean
inc operations all the same, inwardly
resolving to solve the specter in the
house if it was within the compass OF
human prowess and skill. While at
work he and his companion heard pc
culiar noise proceeding from the aper-
ture between the roof and the ceiling.
Armed with light and strong cudgels, 1t
was but the work of moment to mount
through the trap door into the loft.
Here they were confronted. in .peerlng
around in the darkness. by n snake with
a large flattened head Kissing furiously
at the intrusion into his domains: A
blow was struck at his snakeship, which
missed its mark, when it disappeared in
one corner of the attic beneath the caves
of the roof. Mr.. Daily determined that
he would not live in the same house with
such venomous dweller, and proceeded
to dislodge the reptile. He tore away
the cornice and discovered not only a
blowing viper two feet in length, but
also large house snake, both of which
were killed. There have been no spec,
ter noises around the house since, and
this resolute work has completely solved
the mystery of the haunted house on
Sixth avenue. How the reptiles got in
to such a lofty retreat is now more OF a
mystery than was the occasion of the
strange noises that have frightened away
every tenant who has essayed to occupy
the premises for good while past
Johnston (Pd.) Tribune.
Year: 1879

Reedy river, in Laurens county, 5. g.,
is a poor stream for fish. Perhaps by, a
whole days fishing the angler may be
rewarded by one-half dozen little cat
fish. We had a visit last week from the
Raburn's creek otter, William Vaughn.
He said there were fish in the river and
he he had come after them. 1t was
amusing to see him in the shoals, diving
under therocks and bringing up the cats;
sometimes he would come up with one
in each hand, and occasionally with
three fish, one in his mouth and one in
each hand. After fishing the shoals he
tried his hand on the suckers and red
horse in the deeper water, diving down
under the banks and bringing up the
fish in his hands. He caught about
twenty fine suckers, weighing one, two
and three pounds each. Vaughn has
been known to catch rs many as six
suckers Mt one time in his hands. He
saws when under water he can rub q
sucker on the side and it will lie as still
as pig when you are scratching it.


Letter TO Charleston NeWs.
Year: 1879

Never want anything that you cam
buy.


Forgiveness and smile are the best
revenge.


Absence destroys triding intimacies,
but it invigorates strong ones.


Ths higher up the mountain you
climb, the higher you can see.


Ifevil be said of thee. and it be true,
correct it; if it be lie, laugh at it.


No one will dare maintain that it is
better to do injustice than to bear it.


1t is more profitable to look upon our
defects than to boast of our attainments.


That laughter costs too much which
spurchased by the sacrifice of decency.


He that never changed any of his
opinions never corrected any of his mis-
takes.


A mans good breeding is the best Sc.
curity against other peoples i'll man
ners.


You need not tell all the truth, unless
to those who have right to know it all
But let all you tell be the truth.


To everything there is season, and
time to every purpose under tn.
heaven-a time to keep silence and {
time to speak.