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Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


If the al" roads allowed to cross each others
tracks they should be compelled to put on an "H
before the L to designate their destination. in order
that the unwary may know the danger they incur in
riding thereon Joking aside, 1t to the writer
that IL the managers were convinced that
cautious people would avoid them, and that life
insurance companies would make travelling thereon
exception to their risks they will look at the profit
and loss account before proceeding further. Corpo
ratons little for loss Of hfe but loss of profits
Is another matter. CAUTION.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


desire to call tho attention Of the IL" roads to
growing nuisance-a want of proper ventilation of
their cars. The smell is sometimes fearful to one
going into the cars out Of the fresh air. We shall
miss one day the stages, which have the recommen-
dation at least of good ventilation. ! now riding
down town in the morning in the stage. for the
fresh air get than the saving of the five over
the IL" price. If you will observe the windows at
the tops of the cars you will find them nearly or
quite all closed. Let them be opened.


TWENTY-EIGHTH STREET
Year: 1879

REAL E>TATK.-The Ledger says.-No-
where do the owners Of land and houses
appear to be anxious to sell, and yet all
the while there is an increasing dema and
Tor property of this kind. Another fea-
ture OF the rising movement, and a nat
ural one in the circumstances, is that the
present demand seems to be largely for
small houses, such as small tradesmep,
aud men on salaries may safely attempt
to buy for actual occupation. A little
later, after .he gigantic speculations now
going on in our stock and other market +
have brought fortune to the comparative
ly few successful takers of suck risks, 1t
Is altogether likely that the dealings In
real estate will also assume speculative
character, and the fancy prices for choice
pieces of land, which characterized the
market before the panic of 1873, will
again be asked AID paid.
Year: 1879

From the Boston Post.


Senator Bayard's tribute to Senator
Thurman does honor to both gentleman.
Ohio will not soon fill this Senatorship
so ably and honorably again, certainly
not as long as she has TO depend upon
Republican Legislature to do it.
Year: 1879

Horse traders were surprised in this
city 4 couple of days ago because a
horse which they had refused to buy
at twenty-five dollars, trOtted under
80 and made couple hundred dol
lars for his impecuniOus looking own
er. Graves and a few others were
standing ont at the corner of Third
street when a rustic appearing chap
drove up in a rickety rig. patched up
harness and banged wagon: two
horses were hitched in and one of
them seemed about ready to Law down
under load Of years and short grass.
This horse the fellow tried to sell. lie
was very hard up and wanted TO dis
pose of him the worst way. In his
recommending he did not forget that
the old horse had 20" in him. But
the lockers on didn't think that plug
could go and some of them were rash
enough to bet he couldn't 90 a mile in
four minutes. They put M money on
it and kept betting on time clear
down to 80. The owner then want
ed to bet five hundred dollars his
horse could make a mile on our track
in 2:22. The exceedingly willy horse
men in the crowd got scared about
this time and refused to invest any
more money, preferring to see hOW the
old nag could 90. They all adjourned
to the fair grounds, where rusticuS,
hitched to an old su!ky, drove around
Il few times to Timber up. and then got
the word go" Away he went like
the wind, in a cloud OF dust, by the
stand and down the first quarter; past
the half mile in - and never skipped
as he came down the home stretch and
passed under the wire in 2:J0. The
boys hayn't got so much money as
they had. but they found out some
thing.-DeS H0iHsS Leader.
Year: 1879

y heartIess Old fellow writing 10. a
magazine says:-"I have seen women
so delicate that they were afraid u
ride for fear Oi the horses running
away; afraid to sail Tor fear the boat
would upset; and afraid 10 walk for
fear the dew might fall upon them
but 1 never saw one who was afraid To
get married"
Year: 1879

At a meeting OF the veterans Of the war with
Mexico, held yesterday at the arsenal of the
Washington Artillery. a resolution was adopted
rendering the arnestthanks Of the association
in Louisiana and the parent association at
Washington Ito the. press Of New Orleans and
the country generally for their advocacy of their
claims upon the government for pension. and
also to those members Of Congress- who sus-
tanned those claims by their votes
Year: 1879

The South Haven Sentinel says: In Paw
Paw, Decatur and some other towns in the
State temperance leagues have been organized,
and pledge their members to vote at the Spring
elections olyn for outspoken temperance candi-
dates. Our advice to them is to see that they
are not handled in their nominations by people
who are not interested in their work. The IN
tenfion Of our temperance friends is for good,
and we hope their ideas may be successfully
carried out
Year: 1879

TIE Berlin newspapers direct attention
to the appearance which the planet Jupi-
ter just now presents. A vermilion. coll
ored spot covers a space equal to about
one fltieth o: The whole visible surface.
1t is situated in the northern hemisphere
of the planet, and is e!liptcal in shape,
and the astronomers declare that it is an
affection Of the planetary body itself and
not of its atmosphere. There is no record
of a similar phenomenon having teen
previously observed, and the explanation
generally given is that it indicates that
some great disturbances are in progress
within the planetary substance. We may
obtain some notion of the extent of the
disturbance by noting that the size Of the
spot with reference to the whole area OF
Jupiter's surface is as large as the whole
of Europe is with reference to The surface
Of the earth.
Year: 1879

HELP ONE ANoTHER.-Ths little sen>
tence should be written on every heart
stamped on every memory. 1t should be
the golden rule practice, not only in every
household, but throughout the world. BY
helping one another we not only remove
the tborns from the pathway and anxiety
from the mind, but wo feel a sense Of
pleasure in our hearts, knowing we are
doing a duty to fellow creature. A
helping hand or an encouraging word is
no loss to us, yet it Is a benefit to others.
Who has not felt the power of little sem
tence Who has not needed the eneour>
sgemeEt and aid of friend? How sooth-
ing when perplexed with some task that
is both difficult ard burdensome, to feel a
gentle hand on the shoulder, and to hear
kind voice whispering, "Do not be dis
couraged l see your troubles, let me
help you" What strength is inspired,
hope created, what sweet gratitude is felt;
and the great difficulty dissoves as dew
before the sunshine. Yes, let us help one
another, by endeavoring to strengthen
and encourage the weak and lifting the
burden Of care from the weary and op-
pressed, that life may glide smoothly on,
and The fount of bitterness yield sweet
waters ; and lie whose willing hand is
ever ready TO aid us, will reward our
humble endeavors, and every good deed
will be bread upon the water, to return
after many days" if not to us, at least to
those we'love.
Year: 1879

OUR INsI0NIFICANCE.-A the trials of
life thicken, and the dreams Of other days
fade, one by one, in the dim vista OF dis
appoin!mented hope, the heart grows
weary Of long continued struggle, and we
begin TO realize our insignifcance. Those
who lave climbed to the pinnacle Of fame
or revel in luxury and wealth, go to the
grave at last with the poor mendicant
who begs by the wayside, and like him
are soon forgotten. Generation after gems
Grafton, says an eloquent writer, have felt
as we feel, and their fellows were as ac,
tive in life as ours are now. They passed
away as vapor, while nature wore the
same aspect of beauty as when the Creator
commanded her to be. The heavens will
be rs bright over our graves as they are
now around our path ; the world has the
same attraction for offspring yet unborn
that she once had for ourselves, and that
she now has for our children.
Year: 1879

AN ESSAY ON WoMAN.-Alter man
came woman.


And she has been after him ever since.
She is peason of free extrac tion, being
made Of man s rib.


don know why Adam wanted TO
fool away his ribs in that way, but sup
pose he was not accountable for all he
did.


1t costs more to keep a woman than
three dogs and a shotgun.


She is handy to swear at, whenever
you cut yourself with razor and don't
feel like blaming yourself.


Woman is the superior beng in
Massachusetts.


There Is about sixty thousand more
of her sex than males in that State.


This accounts for the terrified, hunt
ed down expression of the single man
who has emigrated from the East.


Woman is not created perfect.


She has her fauits--such as false hair
false complex ion, and So on.


But she is great deal better than
her neighbour, and she knows it.


Eve WAS y woman.


She must have been a model wife,
too, for it cost Adam nothing to keep
her in clothes.


Still | don't think she was heppy.


She couldn It go TO sewing circles and
air her information about everybody she
knew, nor excite the envy Of other la
dies by wearing her new winter bonnet
to church.


Neither can she hang over the back
fence and talk with her near neighbor.


All these blessed privileges were de-
aied her.


Poor Eve she's dead = Eureka Sen
tine,.
Year: 1879

The following is recommended as a
cure for sleeplessness: "Wet half tow
el, apply it to the back Of the neck, press
ing it upward toward The base ofthe brain
and faston the dry half of the towel over
so as to prevent the too rapid exhalation.
The effect is prompt and charming, cool
ing the brain and inducing calmer,
sweeter sleep than any narcotic. Warm
water may be used, though some persons
prefer cold. To those suffering from
over excitement OF the brain, whether
the result OF brain work or pressing anx,
iaty, this simple remedy is an especial
boon.p
Year: 1879

WAR, the disgrace Of civilization, is
threatening Europe. There is but little
doubt now that England and Russia are
about to engage in bloody conflict that
will rob the homes Of both countries. A n
international Congress may delay war
but is powerless to prevent it.
Year: 1879

THE Touching sentiment, "Our First
in Heaven" appeared after an obituary
notice in Philadelphia paper the other
day, and the father of the child came in
TO the Office hopping mad. 1t was the
third death in the family, and he desired
u know of the clerk where he supposed
the other two Lad gone.
Year: 1879

There must be something wrong with
the big penny trumpet at Fifth and
Market streets. There doesn't appear
to be a particle of malignity in the ar
ticle yesterday in noticing the second
veto OF President Hayes. Nobody is
called by harsh name, not even Sen
ator Blaine nor Logan, and what is still
more surprising, the editor has moi
fallen down on his marrow bones te
worship Bayard, and neither has he
word of praise of his great ideal states
men, Hamburg Butcher Butler, and
Fort Pillow Massacre Chalmers. We
repeat, something must be wrong with
the internal organs of the "Every Even
ing" Its swagger and bluster are all
gone. Sick at heart it surveys its par
ty discomftted, defeated and demoral-
lied, and in piteous whine it entr-ats
Congress to adjourn and 60 home. With
an aching heart the editor looks at the
White House and beholds the Presi-
dent holding the fort and calmly look
ing at the inglorious fight OF the Demo.
cracy under their rebel leaders. Well,
such sight is aggrava;ing in the ex-
treme, but as swearing would do no
good the editor very wisely conclud es
to act the role of Hebe though not so
successful as Sunset Cox, and melts
down to grief andtears over the perveser
ness of human nature as shown in
that man Hayes.


Something more;than the veto of the
non interference military bill must
have caused this sad case Of melan-
choly, if so what was it? Perhaps ii
is found in the following extract from
the Philadelphia "Times" of yesterday
speaking of the veto and the position
that Senator Bay ard was about to as.
sune:


Senator Bayard, in conversation to.
day, expressed his opinion that the ef
for: will not last much longer, and lie
did not hesitate to express his disap
proval of the whole attempt to torct
legislation on the appropriation bills
Mr.. Bayard has never felt like taking {
course in opposition to his party, but
it need not surprise anybody if ht
takes certain action within few days
that will place him in opposition to
those Democrats VINO would stop the
appropriations unless they could aftiX
such legislation as they desired on the
appropriation bills. He thinks there
was no occasion for the bills failing in
the last Congress, but he thinks the
extra session was oCcasioned by the
lobby.


There are indications of break in
the party, and it is certain that there
are some Democrats like Bayari
who think the party has already made
record before the country and that il
is not the part of wisdom to act as OBJ
structionists any longer.


Senator Bayard's position must ht
the cause Of the every Evening"
sorrow. The master has spoken anc
the slave cringes, only venturing tt
suggest that Congress adjourn and &C
home. Hand around the smelling bot
ties to the swooning man, or glass o
lager will answer.
Year: 1879

The howl about "troops at the polls
won't deceive anybody, and the less
wind the ferociOus Reform ed t'rs waste
in m ak NJ it he less will they exhaust
themselves. The whols North Under
stands this question thoroughly, and
it is the Noitn which will vote to put a
permanent muzzle on the Confederate
De no ra s tn Fall.
Year: 1879




The President of the Board of Educa-
ton took occ; s on at the meeting OF
the Board on Monday to say emphat-
ically that the article which appeared
in the REPUBLICAN of that date in refer
ence to the partisan action of the Board
and e, cially Lis own partisan action,
was false from beginning to end. We
have only to say that it is very easy for
the President to make an assertion, but
much more difficult to prove his asser-
ton true. This mere say SO, will not
do in the face of overwhelming evidence
to the contrary We are assured by
all the Republicans in the Board with
whom We have conversed, that every
word Of what we said was true, while
Democrats who attended the caucus
when approached in regard to it, mys
terious!y shrus their shoulders, and
say there is more truth than anything
else in the article. We stated that one
Democratic member of the Boald, up
until two o'clock of the afternoon pre-
ceding the meeting, swore he would
not vote for the reelection of the pres
ent President. The same member has
since not only verified the truth OF
what we said, but went farther, and
said that up to five o'clock he swore ht
would not vote for him. Before tht
President denies this lie had better
consult the member alluded to. We
have not much faith in tricky politi
cans, but if he denies what he i:
Charged with saying, there are other:
to fall back upon, who overheard the
remark. But that Democratic caucus
settled all that business, and dose o.
soothing syrup from the President tc
tne stubborn member in the shape o
the book committee, and chairman OF
the visiting committee on No. l school,
rendered him as docile as Mary's little
lamb, and like the lamb he will run tc
No. | school, and afford infinite amusr-
msnt for the young ladies by affecting
French manners. 1t was no trouble
after ne had the promise of being mad,
chairman of those committees, in max
ing up his mind to vote for the re
election of the old President. But th'
amocratic caucus, Low about it, ant
who called it? Will the President de
nv that he called it, or at least that h
ur red the calling Of it 1t will not d
for the President to assert with tn
expectation Of being believed tha
there gas no truth in our Monday
article, xhen the refusal of the Repub
lican members of the Board to accep
appointments by the President, simply
because he lad converted the Boart
into political machine for the further.
ance OF his own ends. Perhaps thu
Prest lent the next time he denounces
what we say upon this subject as un
true, will give his reasons for saying
80, as a very large number of the mem
bers Of the Eoard say that what w
said was true, and that much NOR
might be truthfully said equally q
damaging.
Year: 1879

y In reply to numerous inquiries about the
new paper to be started in Troy, We can say tn at
it is now ofhsially announced by the Troy cor
respondent of the st. Joseph Herald, that the
paper will soon be started.
Year: 1879

2 A man and his wife, in Kansas City, last
week fell victims to the same old mistake. They
got hold of the wrong package, and drank tea
made from stramonium ("jimson weed") instead
of boneset, as they intended. Stramonium is
said to be more fatal than pointing empty
gun at q person.
Year: 1879

Nothing is more easy to an expert
enced nurse or more difficult to an in
experienced one than to change the bed
linen with person in bed. Everything
that will be required must be at hand,
properly aired, before beginning. Un,
tuck the lower sheet and cross sheet and
push them toward the middle OF the
bed. Have sheet ready folded or roll
ed the long way, and lay it on the mat
tress, unfolding it enough to tuck it in
at the side. Have the cross sheet pre-
pared as described before, and roll it
also, laying it over the under one aud
tucking it in, keeping the unused por-
tion of both still rolled. Move the pa
tient over to the side thus prepared for
him; the soiled sheets can then be drawn
away, thecl ones completely unroll-
ed and tucked in on the other side.
The coverings need not be removed
while this is being done; they can be
pulled out from the foot of the bedstead
and kept wrapped around tie patient.
To change the upper sheet take off the
spread and lay the clean sheet over the
blankets, securing the upper edge TO
the bed with couple of pins; standing
at the foot, draw out the blankets and
soiled Sheet replace the former and
put on the spread. Lastly change the
pillow cases. --Scri6ner.
Year: 1879

A writer in 50. Nicholas answers the


question which arises in the mind oi


most people, when annoyed by a perti


nacious fly, Of 'What use were flies ere


atedP as follows: Well, this fly, ol
course, had mother fly, and she laid
lot OF very small, shiny, brownish.
white eggs, and when each one of these
little eggs hatched, there came out q
funny little yellowish white maggot,
not very active, but very, very hungry.


The appetite that these little fellows
have is something really wonderful,
and this it is that helps them to be Of
such good use to man. For while they
are maggots they live around the barns,
and eat up old decaying material that is
filling the air with poisonous gases
which might bring sickness to great
many of us. One little maggot could
not eat very much of course; but there
are so many Of them, that what they all
eat amounts to great many wagon
loads every year. This is the good
work that the fly spoke OF when he said
that he had done a great deal for us
before he became fly; and yol see he
is right. After the little maggot has
eaten all he can and has grown all he
can, he is about third OF an inch long.
He then becomes shorter and stouter,
stops eating, remains quiet, and in
few days changes into small dark red
dish-brown chrysalis, about quarter
OF On inch long. He only lives from
eight to fourteen days as a chrysalis,
and then, some bright morning, the
skin cracks all along the back, and out
comes Mr. Fly. He is little stiff and
lazy at first; he comes out drowsily,
stretching his legs, and slowly waving
his wings, after his long sleep of nearly
two weeks. But the warm sunlight
soon takes the cramps out of all his
JOINTS and, spreading his wings, he
takes his first flight. sa 2 ..A s.tr
Year: 1879

One Of the appurtenances of the show
OF Bailey's mammoth menagerie travel.
ing through the country, is an immense
electric apparatus which is used in con.
nection with the electric light that sup
plies illumination for the entire canvas
Of the circus. This machine consists OF
a large magnet and an immense arma-
ture, which is made to revolve two hun
dred and fifty times in a minute, by
means of a thirty.five horse power en-
gine. The apparatus is of intense cleo.
trical power, a knife-blade held within
two feet Of it becomlngs SO heavily charg-
ed with the current that it can be used
thereafter as loadstone. When getting
ready for q performance in Bonneville,
Mo-, the man in charge fired up the
boiler and put the machinery in motion,
and strolled OF, and had not his atten-
tion called to the machine again until
he heard an unearthly roar and a crash
coming from the direction Of the batte-
ry. He was startled, as was also the
small army of workmen inside the tents
and the large army Of boys and idlers
on the outside. Everybody rushed to
the spot.


On approaching the vicinity Of the
electric machine Romeo, the favorite and
most docile OF the ten performing ele-
plants, was found in the throes OF the
death agony, aud with his trunk torn
away by the roots from it's base. The
poor beast lay there shorn ofits strength,
and presenting q horrible, mutilated
appearance. Everything was done that
it was possible to do for the dying ami
NAL, but its agonies were terrible, and
when at length it gasped its last there
was feeling Of relief among those who
surrounded its mountainous corpse.


The leader of the band, who witnessed
the accident, says that Romeo, who was
roaming around in the tent with his
nine giant companions, shambled up to
the machine, and was shifting at the ar
mature when its trunk was caught in
the revolving apparatus, and the animal
was thrown violently to the ground and
the trunk carried away by the whirling
machinery.
Year: 1879

Rose Terry Cook, breaches this little
lay sermon on household industry that
ought TO make an impression upon every
girl in the land. She says Il shall
never forget my own childish tears and
sulks over my sewing. My mother was
perfect fairy at her needle, and her
rule was relentless. Every long stitch
was picked ont and done over again, and
neither tears nor entreaties availed TO
rid me Of my task till it was properly
done; every corner Of hem turned by
the thread; stitching measured by two
threads to astitch; telling Of absolutely
regular width, and patching done in
vlsibly; while fine darning was sort Of
embroidery, I hated il then, but ! have
lived to bless that mothers patient per-
sistence, and I an prouder to day Of the
six patches in my small girls dress,
which cannot be seen without searching,
than Of any other handiwork except,
perhaps, my bread
Year: 1879

A strange method of retaliation as
practiced by gentleman who had been
despoiled Of his wife's affection, is told
by private detective: A couple Of years
ago well-known vocalist ran away with
an equally prominent artists wife, and
for time the guilty couple could not be
found. Finally the husband came to
me, and, by aid of my books, traced the
wife and her paramour to street not
far from the Albany depot. From there
they fed to Chicago, and now the hus-
band keeps track OF that singer, and
wherever he has an engagement he
writes to the manager detailing the facts
in the case. This usually terminates
the vocalist's engagement, and day he
can hardly get a chance to sing in any
first class concert. The artist is not
altogether vindictive In this matter, for
he has notified the destroyer Of hishome
that when he will leave the woman, re-
turn to his own deserted wife, and make
o written acknowledgment Of the wrong
he has done, he will cease his persecu-
tions.' This story is undoubtedly true
in its essential details, and is now given
to the public for the first time. All the
parties are well known in Boston, and
one Of them has stood very high in
public favor, kf GA t