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Year: 1878

The real truth is, farming is noble and
attractive pursuit; but 80 also is the law, so is
mechanical labor, 80 is the calling Of good
preacher or good novelist. Nature Is not so
limited IN resources that she exhausted her
imagination when she invented plow. Ma
ture has a broad mind and heart, and was as
delighted when she made pen or piano as
when she made harrow or a planter.
Having ordered all the family Of man to go to
work, nature was under some obligation 10
make all work honorable, and to forbid the man
who might own reaper to look with any con-
tempt upon him who might run locomotive
or fire engine. There is no respect Of per-
SONS as general rule IN this little earth on
which we all move to and fro. Thus broad
minded nature tells us that we need not sigh
for farm II we are preachers or lawyers, and
that the farmer need not mourn because he is
not in the courthouse or the church. for in
each lot there lie, as 8 general law, one happi-
ness and one misery. ID. s. in Alliance.


To preserve butter-we add two teaspoonfuls
of powdered saltpetre and two tablespoonfuls
Of granulated sugar to ten pounds Of good


weIl-worked butter, when we put II away in the
Fall to keep all Winter. 1t will keep good and
Year: 1878

The majesty OF deaths dread hour
Repentance bids with awful power;
But health restored, what change between
The forward hfe and death-b scene
Tis late, when Death knocks at the door,
And time to err will come no more,
With promises and prayer to pave
The way on both sides OF the grave.
But rather, while thy life is strong,
With time and chance for right and wrong,
So hve that thou dare say at Night
Lord, look on me and judge Alright.
Year: 1878

The volumes of the Magazine begin with the
Numbers for June and December OF each year.
When no time is specified, 1t will be under
stood that the subscriber wishes to begin with
the current Number.
Year: 1878

1t is to be expected from the magnitude OF
our purchases that the people will find some
thing more than ordinory assortment to make
their purchases from, and further. 1t is reason
able to suppose from the position which l oc-
cupy in the merchantile market. that bargains
can be offered and will be daily exhibited at
the LONG BRICK STORE. sufficiently great
to awaken an interest in the minds of every
purchaser and throw around the LONG BRICK
STORE charm that none can dispe.


Low PRICES, snd strict adherence to fair
and honorable dealing, is the magnet which
attract and retain large concourse of people.
and in the end will secure to me triumphant
and envlable position from among the good
and bad Of the fraternity at the present day.
A large line OF LADIES BEAVER CLOAKS,
Cheap. / cannot stop TO enumerate goods and
prices. you mnst come and see for yourselves.
FIFTY PIECES PERCALS,


PRINTS 30 INCHES WIDE,


dare not name the price outside the
counter.


For the first time, have been able to pur-
chase a


PURE RUBBER BOOT,
And warrant them not to crack. if 30. a new
pair is given in their place. Now come and
buy RUBBER BOOTS.


Remember where you can buy
SHIRTS AND DRAWERS,
For 20 cents each.


And those


ALL WOOL FILLING TWEEDS,
For 25 cents yard.


o


So don't delay a moment longer.


Epducements never can be stronger,
Year: 1878

On looking over the Post-eror's gush of
nonsense about the Stalwart programme for
capturing the administration of President
HAYES, by demanding the retirement of
"sCHURz EvARTs, and KEY from the Cab
met" &c, &C., the reader is led to the
opinion that they most assume who know
- the least II would be prudent In the
Post.eror to consult its hindsight. instead
OF its foresight in yentilating its wisdom
otherwise it may reveal to what degree of
sottishness and confirmed ignorance men
may sink themselves.
Year: 1878

THE accumulation of evidence regarding
the conduct of the late elections IN the
Southern States, by which it appears that
the Ku-Klux Democracy spared neither
honor nor blood in their efforts to overcome
legitimate Republican majorities, has had
the effect to confirm public opinion in the
North in support of the assumption that
Cancellation Is a failure. The man who
fails to see and admit the logic of this situ-
alton will probably contend that the Demo
cratic party is yet national organization !
but to those who truly understand the bear
ings of the case it appears that in 1880 the
great issue will be the supremacy of Con-
iederute or Union power in the General Gov
eTumeut
Year: 1878

As matters settle down since the late
election, it Is made apparent that Solid
South. win make q Solid North. OF tho
States which have voted this year the Re-
publicans carry a sufficient number to give
them l9s electoral votes, not counting Cali
fornia and New jersey, enough and to spare
to elect Republican President
Year: 1878

[NorE-Letters intended for this column must be
accompanied by the writer's full name and address
insure attention. Complainants who are unwilling "a
comply with this rule simply waste time in writing
Write only on side OF the paper-ED. HEsALo.l
Year: 1878

To THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD:-


Pardon my intruding upon your space, but was il
not understood that the the Third Avenue
Elevated Railroad all TO have partitions between
the seats? Tho first lew had partitions, but
they put with ono long bench. and allow
many wish to crowd into them. The being
crowded and straps when the train stops
starts the people standing are thrown upon you Ia
this what we want for rap:d transit2


WOULD BE COMMUTER.
Year: 1878

To EDITOR THE HRRALD:-


bog to call attention to the dangerous condition oil
the are telegraph pole in front Of my promises
northeast corner OF 129h street and Third avenue.
Tue pole least forty five feet height is rotten
to the and liable to fall at any moment have
made frequent complaints to the police, but atten.
ton has been paid TO them J. II. ROSEN.
Year: 1878

To EDITOR HERALp:-


am stranger here and would like TO ask one or
two questions. Two three days ago politely IN
quired OF policeman at the corner OF third avenue
Fourteenth street the elevated railway went
far the city Post Oce and he told me in vcry orci-
bio lang aage TO move Gu. The following morning l
asked policeman corner OF Eighth avenue and
twenty third street was going right for the Firm
Avenuo Hotel, and he told me to 20 right to --v
is this tho custom hero, or arc these gentlemanly
officials exceptions TO The rules NEW ORLEANS.
Year: 1878

There are 100000 bushels of barley
imported into the United States every
year. As the successful cultivation OF
barley is only possible with good farm
ing the reason of this large importation
must lie with our poor farming. It is
both spring and winter grain, but in
this country it is generally sown in the
spring, In selecting seed choose that
which Is of pale, lively yellow, intermix-
ed with bright, whitish cast, and free
from blackness at the tail if the rind be
little shriveled it indicates thin skin,
which Is desirable. 1t is necessary to
change the seed from time to time for
that grown IN a different soil, as this
gram becomes cOarser every year. The
principal varieties are the two and six
rowed; in Europe the latter is preferred
Tor Its productlveneSs and hardness. In
this country the two-rowed is generally
cultivated on account of its superior full
ness and freedom from smut. Of the
subvar1etles the Hudson's Bay is very
produ ctlve and ripens early; the Cheva-


ler and Providence are both luxuriant
growers. The soil for barley should be
a rich loan, between light sand and heavy
clay and well drained. Sow in the spring
as soon as the ground is dry, on grass
or clover lay turned over the preceding
fall it may also follow a well manured
and cleanly herd crop. If sown on sod
plow in lightly, and afterwaId harrow or
roll. See that the soil be well pu,verized,
and sow from one and half to two and
q half bushels per acre. Barley should
never follow or precede the other white
grains. A lengthy departure from this
rule will cause serious detriment to soil
and crops. On Indifferent soils light
dressing of compost may be applied, or
in moderate quantity after the plants
have commenced growing in the spring,
If the ground is dry and not compact
rolling will be of service when the plants
are four or five inches high. 1t gives
support to the roots, destroys insects,
multipies seed stalks and increases their
vigor. When too luxuriant barley may
be fed of, but not too closely. Cookie,
wild mustard and other weeds should
be pulled before they are in blossom.
Barley is inferior in nutriment to wheat
and rye, but superior to oats. There is
no better feed for horses; when ground,
it is excellent feed for COWS, producing
rich milk. When barley is mixed with
boiled potatoes and fed to pigs it pro-
duces more pork, and of a better flavor,
than any other food. 1t is also excel
lent for poultry.
Year: 1878

Pay your way. Wherever you 60, pay
it in kindness, IN courtesies, In pleasant
chat, and by contributing of your store
to the enjoyment of others. Do not be
churlish. Do not hug yourself for some
pitiful bit of affectation which you have
christened difidence or mOdesty. This
sort of paying ones way may come in
and be balm and soothing to some stur-
Oily independent natures, which in Gods
providence are placed where they must
temporarily depend. Is is worth while,
under such circumstances, to grow NOR
bid, despairing, and unthankful, making
every one wretched because, OF your
grievance? ? There are times in life when
It is quite as clearly your duty to depend
as to be independent. When God puts
YOU where you cannot help yourself take
the help he sends and do not fret. 1t is
right to help yourself with both hands
as YOU can, and with one hand whenyou
cannot use both; but if God bids both
lie folded and still, accept his decision
and remember, ''They also serve who
only stand and wait"
Year: 1878

Captain Bogardus promises to find q
rival Or his shooting feats in his own
son Eugene, who, although but thirteen
years of age, handles the shot gun with
the dexterity of an old sportsman.
Eugene is guileless young country lad,
and up to week ago had never been
out of his native village of Elkhart,
Illinois. He was habituated to the smell
Of powder from babyhood, and while
yet a creeper on all fours would mimic
with the fre-poker his fathers motions
with the gun. At the age of eleven he
went into the field, and he can now
knock over a prairie chicken or bag a
snipe without the least to do. He went
east with his father recently and has
been exhibiting his shooting talents at
the Tivoli theater in hitting glass balls
thrown from screened trap. Armed
with a straight bore Greener gun weigh
ing eight pounds, ten bore, using three
drachms of Dittmar powder and has one
ounce of shot, the little fellow fired at
seventy-siX single balls at fifteen yards,
breakingall but two, and at eight double
rises he missed but a single ball, making
in all ninety-two shots and three misses
"a record which few professional shoot
ers could hope to beat. The balls were
Of the ordinary two and one-half inch
size; the gun was held, as per rule,
below the elbow, while the trap was
hidden from view, and the direction of
the ball not known to the shooter until
sprung. The boy intends to follow shoot
ing as profession. Captain Begardus,
who is very proud of his son, is anxious
to match him against some of the older
champions,
Year: 1878

The great wall of China was meas
ured in many places by Mr.. UnthankI
an American Engineer, lately engaged
in a survey for a Chinese railway. His
measurement gave the height of eighteen
feet and a width on the top at fifteen
feet. Every few hundred yards there is
tower twenty-four feet square and
from twenty to twenty-five feet high.
The foundation of the wall is of solid
granite. Mr.. Unthank brought with him
brick from the wall, which is supposed
to have been made 200 years before the
time of Christ. In building this inn
mense stone fence to keep out the Tar
tars, the builders never attempted to
avoid mountains or chasms to save ex-
pense. For 1900 miles the wall goes
over plain and mountain, and every foot
of the foundation is in solid granite, and
the rest of the structure solid masonry.
In some places the wall is built smooth
up against the bank, or canons, or precl-
pices, where there is a sheer descent OF
loco feet, Small streams are arched
over. but on the larger streams the wall
runs to the waters edge and tower is
built on each side. On the top OF the
wall there are breastworks, or defenses,
facing in and out, so the defending forces
can pass from one tower to another
without being exposed to an enemy from
either side. To calculate the time of
building or cost of this wall is beyond
human skill. So far as the magnitude
of the work is concerned, it surpasses
everything in ancient or modern times
of which there is any trace. The pyra-
mids of Egypt are nothing compared
to ii.
Year: 1878

Three gentlemen, members of the
Rochester Amateur Rife Club, on q re-
cent afternoon were in the town of
Brighton target-shoOting The distance
was 500 yards; all three were shoot
ing Creedmoor-rifes. From the firing
point to the target the ground gradually
assembled, so that a small telescope, but
a good one, firmly fixed to a tree, at q
distance of perhaps thirty feet, made a
fine point for observation. One Of the
shooters, while looking through the glass
to mark a shot of one of his companions,
exclaimed that he saw the ball as it sped
on its mission. The announcement was
received with Incredibly; but one Of
the other shooters went TO the glass, and
he also saw the ball almost as it left the
gun. and through its whole flight, nearly
the whole line of its trajectory, until It
struck the target. So interesting and
beautiful was the sight that every shot
was watched by one or ether of the gem
tlemep; and it is an actual fact that the
point at which the ball would strike the
target could be seen before the ball
struck. 1t was even insisted upon that
the rotary motion of the ball could be
observed.
Year: 1878

No wonder that foreigners complain
of the difficulty of learning the English
language, for our spelling is wofully bad.
Why do We need phi to produce the
sound we give to I, when will do as
wellP OF what use is in would, could
and should? Why not put K, y and Z,
and call them silent letters2 Is b any
benefit in doubt, or in double? So it
is all through the wide range Of the
English language. We are hampered
and bound to the discordant cord Of Gus
tom, yet we must follow the rules We
must be governed by the standards;
Why do we drag out p-h-t-h-i-s-i-c and
then call it tiZzik2 We write through
when thru would be better. We langn
at Englishmen because they omit tlie
sound of h where il is written and apply
the letter where it does not exist: Inus:
iaThe hox it is orn and broke hit hon"
instead of; "The OK hit his horn" etc,
and vet we pronounce honor as though
h were spelled onuT. If We pronounce
Il onur, according TO Webster, why not
write it soP Either our pronunciation
or spelling, in thousands Of instances, is
wrong. Because of this, photographers
are obliged to spell many common words
for us, that we may know their correct
pronunciation. We need rules in spell
ing.
Year: 1878

Once, in discussing "The Raven" Poe
observed that he had never heard it cor
rectly delivered by even the best readers
that is, not as he desired that it should
be read. That evening, a number of Wis
itors being present, he was requested to
recite the poem, and complied. His i'm
pressiYe delivery held the company
spell-bound, but in the midst of it, I,
happening to glance toward the open
window above the level roof of the
greenhouse, beheld a group Of sable
faces. the whites of whose eyes shone in
strong relief against the surrounding
darkness. These were number Of our
family servants, who, having heard
much talk about "Mr. Poe, the poet"
and having but an imperfect idea Of
what poet was, had requested permiss-
ion of my brother to witness the recital.
As the speaker became more impasS-
ioned and excited, more conspicuous
grew the circle Of white eyes, until
when at length he turned suddenly
toward the window, and, extending his
arm cried, with awful vehemenee:
Get thee back into the tempest, and the nights


Plutonian shore


there was a sudden disappearance Of the
sable visages, a scuttling Of feet, and the
gallery audience was gone. Ludicrous as
was the incident, the final touch was
given when at that moment Miss Poe,
who was an extraordinary character in
her way, sleepily entered the room, and,
with a dull and drowsy deliberation,
seated herself on her brothers knee.
He had subsidized from his excitement
into q gloomy despair, and now, fixing
his eyes upon his sister, he concluded:
sand the raven. never fitting, still is sitting. EE Is


sitting,


On the paliid bust of Paas, Just sbove my chamber
And its eyes have all the seeming Of demon that


is streaming"


The effect was irresistible; and as the
final "nevermore" was solemnly uttered
the halfsuppressed litter of two very
young persons in corner was responded
to by a general laugh. Poe remarked
quietly that on his next delivery of
public lecture he would take Rose along,
to act the part of the raven, in which she
seemed born to excel"
Year: 1878

The danger of preaching purchased
sermons has had very remarkable and
curious illustration recently in small
town in Sussex. The curate had been
absent for week or so, taking his holi-
days. The first Sunday after his return,
he took the morning service, while the
rector oficiated for friend in neigh
boring church; but the rector was pres
ent in the evening to preach after the
curate had read prayers. The sermon IN
the morning was considered so good that
the congregation congratulated them
selves upon the effects which the change
of air had on the preachers style and
power generally. In the evening the
rector assembled the pulpit, and gave out
the same text which had formed the
subject of the curate's discourse in the
morning. Very soon, however, those
who were there in the forenoon found
that it was not only the same text, but
the same sermon, and their faces assum-
ed a variety of expressions. There
were not many placid countenances in
the whole church, with the exception of
the preachers, who went on quite un-
consciously. There was one face that
bore upon it painful expression, and
that was the curate's. The more he tried
to appear severe and Indifferent, the
more he looked abashed and intensely
horrifed. In short, the two worthy per
sonages had, unknown to each other,
purchased a copy of the same sermon,
and they had the ill-luck to deliver it
without communication with each other.
Nothing, it is said, has come of this little
misadventure beyond a harmless joke or
two. How the rector and curate got on
is not stated, but the villagers are good
natured people, and the sexton = of
course regular attendant at church
declares that the oftener he hears a ser
mon. the better he likes it.
Year: 1878




There is no one in the community
who holds more despicable position
than the common slanderer, and strange
to say, there is no offender who receives
a smaller measure of well-deserved pun
ishment. This social assassin seems to
enjoy species of immunity in the pros
ecution of his nefarious designs, and by
implication claims an unquestioned
right to play the villain. In rare cases a
jury is obtained which has the good
sense to impose marked punitive
damages; but the majority of these
scoundrels either escape entirely unpUn-
ished, or have merely nominal damages,
with costs, decreed against them. And
yet, properly considered, the crime of
SANDER is one of the most offensive of
which men or women can be guilty; it is
a social murder, for its object is the
slaughter of individual character, or the
destruction of domestic happiness. In
fact, it is an offence that "stinks to
heaven" as going directly, with persis-
tent malignity, to impair the best in
terests of society. To a greater or less
extent, it tends to poison the fountains
of the public health and the harmony
of the domestic circle. 1t assails every
class in the community-youth and man.
hood alike; and even palsied old age is
unprotected from the venom of its pois-
oned shafts. Its malicious, vindictive
attacks spare none. But in no instance
is SANDER more abhorent than in its con-
ducing as it does, to domestic unhappi-
ness and the disruption of family
relations setting husband against wife,
child against parent, and friend against
friend. We view it as pre-eminently a
crime, detestable in the sight of mar
and notably condemned of Heaven.
1t is an offence that stands arrayed
against the eternal canon promulgated
amid the thunders of Sinai-''Thou shalt
not bear false witness against thy neigh
bor;" and if it be not in this world pun
ished as it deserves, inevitably it will be
in the next. But for the conservation
of the best interests of society, the
operations of this insidious fend-this
social assassin-should be visited with
condign punishment, of such character
as in the future may decisively arrest
the spread of its pestiferous influence.
Year: 1878

GLASGOW, Nov. 20.-A working man
now on strike, says the resolution of the
Clyde ship builders engineers association,
which went into force the 2lst of October
reducing our wages not less than seven and
half per cent, has been the cause of the
bitterness of feeling between master aud
men; their motto toward US has been no
mercy" and we will give as good as we
get. We number over 10000 members in
England, ireland and Scotland, and we
have at the present time over 100000 in
the general fund. ] see dark days ahead
for us all, the ship building trade on the
Clyde will suffer heavily; many one of US
With our wives and BARNS will soon know
once more what hunger means;
some of the men are gloomy,
for they fear our trade will be
killed when the employers committee
meet; the 25th of last month we sent in
four petitions asking if they would COM
promise with us on FIVE per cent reduction
with price workand time wages as before
but they were to stiff necked to heed US,
| hope we shant see labor riots, but things
look as if they were drifting that way
very quietly,
Year: 1878

The attempted assassination of the En-
peror Of Germany seems to have been the
work Of crazy Socialist, acting, probably,
without any authorization from the party
with which he was identified, but not the
less inspired by a creed which teaches,
with Seneca, that no sacrifice can be Of
fered more acceptable 10 humanity than
the blood of the kings. The tinsmith
Hoedel is not the first Socialist that has
attempted the. life of the Kaiser. If we
mistake not, a son of the eminent exile,
Karl Blind, some years ago, was guilty Of
the same execrable blunder, and with
eqaal lack of success. One would have
thought that by this time even the most
mole-eyed revolutionist in Europe would
have learned that assassination is the
mast unsatisfactory weapon that can be
employed to advance a cause. Even the
usurper Napoleap, execrated by the sober
sense of Paris, came near being the idol
of the capital after Felix Orsini threw the
murderous bombs under bis carriags.
Year: 1878

The only security for the public peac'
is to rigidly exclude from trade and work
ipgmen's organization professed working
men who will no. work when they can ge
work, and secure the enactment of laws
for employing undoubted tramps and out
laws in compulsory labor for the State
Until such measures shall be taken, society
in this country will be constantly disturbed
by senseless agitation that cannot fail tc
result in popular disorder.
Year: 1878

site the building in which the fire broke out say
that on rising from the tea-tabe, and going into inc
front room, they saw distinctly flames and smoke
bursting out from one of the windows ci
the top floor on the southeast SIDE.
son OF one of the infOrmants, who was Just
entering the front door of his house, declared
that he saw flames in the second story OF
the building at the same time. Many expressed
the opinion that the building had been set on y
fire. The 9Th Regiment had given notice that It
wonld leave The building on May |. AS the rent OF
the armory rooms was $4,000, and large part OF
the remainder of the building was unoccupied, this
removal would have cut down the receipts Iroin Tue
building very seriously.