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Year: 1878

Having been bound up in Paris during
the seige, the editor of the London
Truth ought to know something about
the taste of the meat of the various kinds
of animals which were then used for
human food. A shop for the sale of
horsehesh having been recently opened
in London, he writes apropos of it: GA
contemporary calls upon me to give my
experience in horsehesh. 1t is like third
rate beef. 1t cannot be said to have a
disagreeable taste, for it has no taste at
all. Donkey, ON the other hand, is de-
licious, and infinitely better than beef
or mutton. This the French soon dis
covered during the siege of Paris, for a
portion of donkey cost about six times
as much as portion of horse. Cats
taste exactly like rabbits; it is impossi-
BILE to distinguish between them. The
objection to rats is that when cooked
their flesh is gritty. This objection,
however, is somewhat epicurean, for, ex-
cept for this grittiness, they are a whole
some end excellent article of food. lam
surprised that there is not a society for
the promotion of eating rats"
Year: 1878

Some people believe they can think
faster on railroad trains than anywhere
else, the theory being that the rapid
motion quickens the action of the mind.
Some influence of that kind may have
affected a man and woman who met for
the first time while travelling from
Elmira, N. Y, into Pennsylvania. They
sat in the same seat, fell into converse
ton, were irresistibly attracted toward
each otner, and at the end of seven
hours were married.
Year: 1878

An American merchant in Paris has
issued a small blue book of fourteen
pages, on "Three Works of Art, manu-
factured in San Francisco expressly for
the international exhibition. The first
is "a massive and elegant porte-monnaie
and card case made of gold and quartz
from the mines of two States and two
Territories. The second is ladies'
powder-box and puff, surmounted by
grizzly bear in the act of crossing the
great overland railway. The third is
jewel casket, Representing the substan-
tial mines Of the Pacific coast" On the
cover is ga pictorial and historical re-
presentation of buffalo hunt on the
plains, with big trees and railroad
track with two bulls dashing across it to
evade the hunters who are in close pur.
SUIT. The casket contains nearly nine
teen pounds of solid gold and auriferous
quartz, and with the other pieces is
valued at $4,000. The case is made Of
different species of wood grown on the
Pacific coast.
Year: 1878

Gov EMERY, of Utah, in his annual report recommends that provision be made for the selection of jurors in that territory in precisely the same manner as in states of the union. As matters now stand, he says, legisla- ture by congress is so hampered by territorial legislation as to render con viction in certain cases almost i'm possible. In the next place he recom- mends that woman suffrage in the territory should be abolished, and polygamy in the territory should be made by act of congress continuing offence, based on rehabilitation rather than the marriage ceremony, as now provided by the United States law.
Year: 1878

THE Haukeye says: Probably tie best way to get stop 10 this grave robbery business would be, in every case where a grave is rihed, to fill the vacancy promptly with medical student.
Year: 1878

1T is altogether likely, say Washington
dispatches, that a Senate committee will
undertake an investigation of the cipher de.
spatches, whatever the course of the other
committee in regard to the matter NAV be.
1t is conceded by the friends of Senator
Gordon that he must promptly rise to a per-
sonal explanation upon the assembling of the
Senate, and ask to have his connection with
the counting of the electoral vote in South
Carolina fully investigated. The late publi-
cation in the New York Tribune, pointing
him out as the person in Columbia to whom
Smith Weed was telegraphing in regard to
the arrival of Colonel Pelton at Baltimore
with $4,000 for the purchase of the return
ing board, places him in a position which
cannot tail to draw speedy request from
him for an inquiry at the hands of the Sen.
ate. The natural reference of resolution
covering his case would be to the Allison
committee.
Year: 1878

The state of business just now recalls TO the


words of the old comedy, "There's nothing
stirring but stagnation." In itso trade, es.
pecially, it finds the season of activity is
drawing to close, and expects for few


weeks relapse into dullness and vapidity.
The change will not be without its cou1pen-
sations. The paramount necessity in our
line," it says, sis the essential cheapening of
the commodity which constitutes the ground


work of every branch of our diversified indus.
try. "The producers of leather are profitipg
by the pause-n the easier terms on which
they find themselves able to procure the raw
material they require. What they will save
IN this way will greatly exceed anything thew
may lose by the temporary interruption of
their accustomed traffic. They have never
stood in the slightest need OF stimulants to
energy. Their danger has always been of
going too fast. Sedatives are what they
require, and a period OF commercial
lethargy is the best possible anodvne
which could be administered to them. If it
lasts long enough, it may battle complaint
that has, thus far, proved impervious to every
form of medcament. 1t must astonish eyery-
body, when they reflect upon it-whether
participants or spectators-to what an ex-
tent, and for what a length of time, leather
was made in enormous quantities, at cost
considerably exceeding its market value
When the transactions were begun. We have
looked in vain for any previous example of
such persistent continuance in course of
action that seemed fraught with inevitable
disaster.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and commun
;ations The anne and address of the writer are i,
s indispensable, not necessarily for publication
out guaranty OF good faith.


We cannot undertake to return Or preserve CON.
municauons chat are not used.
Year: 1878

Our beautiful Maggie was married today
Beautiful Maggie, with son brown hair
Whose shadows fall DER face as fair
As he snowy blooms OF the early Nay:
We have kissed her lips and sent her away
With many blessing and many prayer.
The pet OF our house who was married to-day
The sunshine is gone from the old South room.
Where sh sat through the long, bright summer


hours


And the odor has gone from the window flowers,
And something Is lost OF their delicate bloom
And shadow ereeps over the house with its gloom;
A shadow that over our paradise lowers
For we see her no more In the old South room
Thought that the song Of the robin this eve
As he sang 70 his mate on the sycamore tree,
Had minors sadness to temper his glee.
As If he for the loss OF our darling did grieve,
And asked, "Where is Maggie ?" and why did she


leave


The maiden who carrOlled sweet duets with me -
For she mockednot the song of the robin this eve
The pictures seem dim where they hang on the wall;
Though they cost but q tribe, they always looked


fair,


Wnelher lamplIght or sunlight numined them
think twas her presence that brightens them all;
since Maggie no longer can come to our call,
with her eyes full Of laughter. unshadOwed by


care,


The pictures seem dim where they hang on the wall
lounge through the garden. I stand by the gate
She stood there to greet me last eve at this hour,
Every eve, through the summer, In sunshine or


shower,


Just stood BY the postern, my coming to wait,
Dear Maggie, her heart with its welcome elate,
Togiveme smile. and kiss, and flower
Obi when will she meet me again by the gatef
she loved Us nd left us-she loves, and Is gone
With the one she loves best as his beautiful bride
How fOndly ne called her hisJOy and his PRIDE
Our oy and our pElde. whom he claims as his own !
But ean he, like Us, prize the heart he has won
The hear that now trustingiy throbs by his side :
COD knows! and we know that she loves and h


Ronei
Year: 1878

Every being exists not only for him
self. but forms necessarily portion OF
vrest whole, of which the plan and the
idea 90 infinitely beyond it, and in
which It is destined to play q part. II
Is thus that inorganic nature exists moi
only for itself, but to serve as a basis fol
the life of the plant and the animal


and in their service it performs functions
of kind greatly superior to those as
signed to it by the laws which are purely
physical and chemical. In the same
manner all nature, our globe, admirable
ss is its arrangement, is not the hnal emo
of creation but it Is the condition OF


the existence of man. 1t serves as an
instrument by which his education Is
accomplished, and performs in his ser
vice functions more exalted and more
noble than its own nature, and for when
it was made. 1t is, then, the superior
being that solicits, so to speak, tne


creation of the inferior being, and asso- 2.
ciates IL to his own functionsi and II Is
correct to say that inorganic nature Is
made for organized nature, and the


whole globe for man, as both are made
for God, the origin and end Of al things
Year: 1878

THE CHINESE SoLoNoN.-A version OF
the real Solomonie story is TO be focnd
in China. As in the Hebrew tale, TWO
women had each of them an infant one
of which died by misadventure, the Pc
reaved mother claiming the SURVIVING v
child. The official before whom they
came did not suggest so cruel measure
as the division of the infant, Dut SIMPLY
SoTestic In his vamen to be brought up
for official life. He rightly surmised
that the real mother would gladly &C
cent so good chance for her offspring,
while the pretended mother, who only
wanted the child in order to dispose Of
it, would demur. Judgment was accord
ingly given in favor of the fearful &C
ceptor Of the proposition. The story,
which is alleged to be historical, Is
widely believed.
Year: 1878

Bear thee up bravely,
Strong heart and truel
Meet thy woes grAvely,
Strive with them too!
Let them not win from thes
Tears OF regret,
Such were a sin from thee,
Hope for good yet
Rouse then from dropping,
Care-laden soul
Aournfally STOPPING
Meath griefs control!
Far Ger the gloom that lies,
ShrOuding the earth,
Light from eternal skies
show Us thy worth.
Nerve thee yet stronger.
ResOlute mindl
Let care no longer


Heavily bind,
Rise on thy eagle wingz
GloriOusly feel
TIL from material things
Pure thou shalt be.
Bear ye up bravely
Soul and mind .Ool
DroOp not 50 gravely
Bold heart and true
Clear rays OF streaming light
Shine through the gloom,
Gods love is beaming bright
Zen round the tomb.
Year: 1878

-Qaarrels, like thunder storms, would
end ia sunshine if it were not for the
deteFmiAStion to have the last word. If
you are seolded or criticised Just bite
your lips and keep still, and it will soon
ba over but il you retort you are in for
three years or ne war. Many man
who pours himself IN torrents Of rain
the sunshine of good temper again, viii
settle down into q three days dismal
drizzle IL he is weak enough to insist on
having that last word.
Year: 1878

RAT-PRooF PAINT.-BIix finely pow
dered glass with pitch or coal tar and
rosin, and paint your grain bin with two
coats, and it will be too much for rats
teeth. They don't like the tar, and the
sharp glass is still more disagreeable.
Year: 1878

Tho second exhibition was given
Thursday afternoon. The weather Was
far from favorable. The wind came in
quite sharp gusts, and there were threat
cnings OF II coming storm. Nevertheless
the ascent was made. Little Qunlan,
even if he does only weigh 0G pounds,
has confidence and nerve enough to
90 up in gale. Some time was spent
in getting the weight aud lifting power
so neatly balanced as to show that the
machine could exert II lifting power OF
its own. When this had been effected
to Pref. Rjtchcll's satisfaction, the ap.
paratus rested quietly ON the grass, but
could be lifted or set back with the light
pressure OF one finger. Then the word
was given to go" Quinlan began
turning the wheel, the horizontal fan
revOlvcd with noise like Il buzz saw,
and the machine dOrtcd up almost vert
lcally to the height Of abOat 200 feet.
There q strong, steady current of wind
setting toward the southwest was en-
countercd, and the machine was swept
away by it, hroadside on to tho specIa-
tors. Then the operator WAS seen throw.
ing his vertical ian into gear and by its
aid the aerial ship turned around, point
ing its head in whatever direction he
chose to give it. All this was the work
of but few seconds. Although Quin-
Ian could move the apparatus about, he
could not make any headway against
the strong wind. Reversing the motion
of his horizontal fan, he decended appar,
emily about one hIndred feet to get out
OF the current, but, finding that imprac-
ticablc, reascended to much greater
height than he at first reached. Still he
was swept off toward New Haven, and
after little time went out of sight. He
had vanished behind distant hill, and
for while it was supposed he had
alighted. Then he was again sighted,
far away and not less than one thousand
feet above the earth. The cylinder of
the machine looked no larger than an
orange. At length he disappeared al
together.


At Ct o'clock, having been up battle
ing with the wind very nearly an"..hour,
he descended safely at Newington, and
at 10 o'clock was back IN Hartford. He
said that at one time he was eight or ten
miles away from his starting point, but
by tacking and working between the
gusts of wind, won his way back as far
as Newington, only five miles from
Hartford. He says that the working of
the machine is so easy that he could
continue it for four consecutive hours
without fatigue, in quiet atmosphere


MIR. Lord, The, Superintendent Of the
Colt Arms Factory, has watched the cx-
periments with much interest, and his
opinion as practical scientist is of val
ne. He says that while he does not see
an immediate practical use in this flying
machine, he cannot but regard it as 81
great stepin progress s-one which should
be recognized as OF immense Importance
and encouragement for hope OF speedy
good results in the way of aerial travel.
Year: 1878

""ulN Nue ltItN-uoCk, or neg tobacco


under the shadow OF the Soldiers Monu-


ment, write il down on the tablets of


your memory that if YOU come here


again this year you'll get lift in the


world that will made your heads swim I"


An Extraordinary Point of Law.


The Manchester Guardian is rosponsi-
bile for very laughabc account Of n
lawsuit which was decided before the
juge de pair of village near Toulouse.
As narrated by our contemporary the
facts would seem to hc these: A certain
peasant in the vicinity of Toulouse
bought COW from one of his neighbors
for the sum OF GOO The bargain
having been made the two specula-
tors retired to a quiet spot TO complete
the transaction-th one To give The
money and receive the COW, and the
other 10 give the COW and receive the
money. The buyer, with an amount of
caution which would argue Scottish de
scent, held his new purchase by n ropc.
while he carefully counted down upon
a wooden log or stump twenty pieces
of twenty francs gold and bank note
of one hundred francs. At this point
the COW, being of an enterprising and
speculative turn of mind, suddenly
interfered in the matter and, TO
use diplomatic phrase good
deal used of late, altered the situa-
tion by making a totally unexpected
dive at the stump and swallowing
the bank-note. Naturally Il row at once
took place between buyer and seller.
the one maintaining that he had paid
for the COW, and the other as stoutly
asserting that he had not received the
price of her, clinching his argument
with the crushing statement that as the
COW now belonged to the buyer and had
pockcted the note in her way the said
document was still in the possession of
the purchaser. The unfortunate Judge
to whom they appealed has asked for
time to think the matter out, and do his
best to cut the GOrdian knot. As our
contemporary remarks the learned
Judge will find it even more Il flicuit TO
decide than the dialectcians of the
Middle Ages-or, as a gentleman of our
acquaintance was once heard TO call
them, the middle-aged dialecticians-
found the celebrated dispute Of porous et
sdccus. The question was this A sack
containing pig WAS carried TO market
by n peasant, and it was sought TO know
whether the man or sack carried the pig.
For fifty, years at least the scholastics
wrote numerous folios ON the subject
without being able tosettle the problem
And yet that was trifling matter com
pared with the present COW and bank
Year: 1878

During the past month we have been
clearing our stock of old goods, and are
now left with line of new and desirable
styles for the Spring trade. Our store,
which is the most commodious in the city
or State, occupying three floors, and with
enterprise back of it. Our intention is this
season to outdo all former efforts to make
the Boston One Price Clothing House the
place to buy Clothing and Gents Furn-
ishing Goods. With the confidence of the
public that FIVE YEARS SQUARE
DEALING has not impaired, and our es-
tablished system of Cash and One Price
to all, we feel assured the present season
will prove successful one. Visit our store
and look at our immense stock of Ready
Made Clothing for Men, Youths, Boys
and Children.
Year: 1878

Charles Kali n butcher employed at 4l0 Eas,
FortyfouIh street. tied ~ an ugly bullock slaughter
ins yesterday afternoon, and then turned away Fet
the axe. lie stood with his back ANIMAL for an in.
sant he spoke to the other nd OF tho
slaughter hous Then he turned and shout to raise
the axe iu-t hs the bullock lowered IFS head und with
below. made plunge At him The attack sudden
hat Nail I'D not have time L. strike the animal blow OF
get out OF his way one Of the horns Kas len
breast passed through the hody aud protruded on tho
other SIDE Asquck had been attack the bullock
withdrew IN" horn. rnarrins the wound he did s,
and va about % strike again, when another butcher
stunned MIN wih a blow The rope with which the ani.
maj WAS urd was lus slack enough him swing his
head kai was taken 10 Bellevue Hospital where the
injury was pronounced fatal
Year: 1878

The democrats of Indiana have a majority
on joint ballot in their Legislature, and
they can, if they desire, elect Senator
Voorhees, to the United States Senate. If
they do SO they will please Mr.. Voorhees,,
but they will deal the democratic party in
the country at large damaging blow be-
tween the eyes. 1t is Tor them to decide,
whether they want to do that. They prob
ably hope to help elect democrat to the
Presidency in 1880. but they ought to see by
this time that their party is already carry
ing heavier load than some time ago they
imagined. They ought to see, too. that the
imitation movement is not so sweeping as
they believed. If they do not see that now
they will know it in November. 1t is very
certain already that if the democratic party
goes into the next President canvass rs
the party of imitation it will get badly
beaten, as it will deserve. But if they
make Mr.. Voorhees, Senator the Indiana
democrats by that much pledge themselves
to the widest and the most ignorant kind
Of imitation. We advise them to be careful.
They can send Mr.. English to the Senate,
who will represent their State we'll, or they
can send Mr.. Hendricks. They do not lack
for men better than Mr.. Voorhees,, and ne,
in the interest of the democratic party,
ought to be carefully kept at home.
Year: 1878

Some Of the horrors of the Brooklyn
Theatre fire will be vividly recalled by our
despatch relating the sad and utterly need
less result of quarrel in the Colosseum
Theatre at Liverpool. The audience heard
noise. some foolish or vicious person
shouted "fire," a panic ensued and nearly
forty persons were crushed or smothered
to death To guard against repetitions
of these causeless but terrible panics
the managers of places of amuse-
ment should either post regulations
and suggestions or embody them in
the programmes. One fact which should be
forced upon the attention Of the public is
that if neither smoke nor flame is visible
on the stage, which is always in sight, there
is no likelihood ofthere being fire elsewhere
in the heuse. The audience should also be
informed that if each member of it, in
case of alarm, will not only go out, but 60
from the building, SO that no crowd about
the doors can impede exit, neither fire nor
smoke can spread rapidly enough to injure
any one
Year: 1878

This case was given to the jury yesterday,
and they are still out. In the number Of
recent murder cases few have received more
continued attention than this and it has
been the fortune Of this trial to fall in
period when the papers are literally
crowded with criminal chronicles and in
quries of the most intense interest But
neither the Silver Lake inquiry, nor the
Stannard case, nor the strange develop
ments of the Bridgeport slaughters, nor
dozen other current narratives scarcely
away from the semi-savage domestic
drama unfolded in the story Of the North
cumberland murder. Husbands and wives
at war are, unfortunately, not unfamiliar
figures to the reader who gives any atten-
ton to the court reports but this husband
and this wife were apparently at war with
vigor and viciousness not common, and,
while the husband did not appear to adver-
tise the domestic dissensions, the wife
fairly carried them into the street, made
them noisy and coarse scandals, talked of
them in terms which it is generally un-
derstood decent people do not use, and
filed the mind of an only daughter
with that fierce feminine hate against her
father which the mother herself apparently
felt. AS soon as this woman was slain sus-
picion was directed against the husband,
and the general assumption that he had a
motive for so great crime was an uncon-
scious evidence of the opinion entertained
of the wife's acts. No other conceivable
person was known to have any motive what
ever, and this common thought has kept
interest alive through many phases of the
case. With the evidence tor the prosecu-
tion put in it was generally believed
that Billings was dead man but when
the evidence for the defence came it was
conceded that the facts sworn to established
a clear alibi. In his address the counsel
for the prosecution has somewhat revived
the first impression against the prisoner,
and has shaken the dependence upon the
alibi; yet it remains the great feature and
hold of the Defence and stands upon the
straightforward evidence of some sincere
witnesses. The cloud raised as to the mis-
sile with which the murder was done has
been also all in favor of the prisoner, and
in virtue of these two great points there is
fair ground for doubt Of the prisoners
guilt, and this doubt might we'll vitiate a
clearer case than that made out for the
prosecution. There seems very little like
lihood, therefore, that the verdict will be
that the prisoner is guilty, but there may
be disagreement.
Year: 1878

murder. torture and the apathy of the au-
thorities are the materials mingled in this
remarkable story. That husband, ac-
companied by the relatives of his
wife, should, in Tennessee or elsewhere,
pursue and slay the man who had dishon-
ored him is not SO far out Of the range OF
ordinary human impulses as to bo remark
able in itself; and, supposing this man to
be a negro, it is conceivable that the state
of opinion in the South would readily in
cline the officers of the law to turn a deaf
ear to all reports on the subject. But the
GOODNESS with which in the story before us
the injured husband is represented as able
to suppress his fury during pending cleo
ton gives to the narrative spice of the in
credible which might seem to qualify it
rather for romantic fiction than for an every
day chronicle.