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Year: 1879

When Jere Black was asked, "Are
you q Tilden man 2" he replied "No
am not a Tilden man; am for the
nominee of the National Convention.
My personal preference would be
General Hancock, because he was the
first officer of his rank in the regular
army that lifted his voice to say n good
word for constitutional liberty, and as
long as live will be grateful to him
for that, If nobody else is."
Year: 1879

A long standing order Of the Post
Office Department has required that
all postal cards having any portion OF
the message written on their face
should be treated as unavailable. First
Assistant Postmaster General Tyner
has rescindetl this order to tho extent
Of holding that such writing shall not
render them unmailable per- sc nor
prevent their being forwarded unless
1t makes the address illegiblc.
Year: 1879

San Antonio, Texas, has little girl
who receives her food in a strange
fashion. Jessie Lumley drank u solu-
tfon of concentrated iye about two
years ago, and the food passage into
her stomach became so contracted that
she could take nothing but liquids for
days at a time. She grew very thin,
and finally, to save her from starva-
ton, the doctors sewed her stomach to
the walls Of the abdomen and now put
finely chopped beefsteak into the
stomach with forceps through small
incision In the stomach. The child is
gaining strength, and is likely to be-
come a thriving young woman. ...
Year: 1879

TARIFF OF ADVERTISING RATES.


Advertisements will be inserted at one
dollar and fifty cents per square Zone inch
OF space or less) for the first, and seventy
five cents for each subsequent insertion, for
any time under one month. For longer
periods as follows:
Year: 1879

NEW YORK, April 23-Edward Atkinson of Bos-
ton, in tour in Georgia and North and South Caro-
lima, found the negroes industrious and anxious 10
acquire property, and the poor quarters Of the ne
gro in Savannah and and other places much cleaner
than the poor quarters 10 New York and Boston. In
Georgia the negroes are rapidly accommodating land,
cotton il increasing In production in that State and
there has been more suffering from hard times among
the poor whites than among the negroes, and the
stue is true of the whites in Virginia and the Caro-
linas.


From what he observed Mr.. Atkinson is convinced
that the new industrial cement developing in the
South wi the increasing educational facilities will
in few years, work complete revolution. As to
the political outlook, he says the arrogance OF the
s'Sod South lately exhibited by some foolish mem-
bers from this section is the last gasp of dead past
The "Solid South" so called, is honeycombed by
forces that are dsintregang and reconstructing it
This pendulum swung too far one way and placed
dishonest men in power in macy States by means of


ignorant ballots. NV it has swung far the other
way. and has sent to Wa hington men who think
they are still representative men, but they are only
the galvanized corpses of dead past ard they are
banging tbemsev with their own ropes and digging
their own graves.


| The new wealth that is accommodating in new
hands, the new education that is pervading the land,
the new ndust that is building up ates will soon
| assert their power. What asubiime bsurdity for
Virginia to contend against common schools and yet
assume to control the nation in minute degree
Tue representative Of party that opposes common
schools may well ponder the saying Of the negro in
Columbia 5 G, who said TO me ''tbat it was useless
to put ignorance intelligence and expect it to
stay The census will transfer at least twenty
members from the Slave States to other sectious and
| yet more from the Atlantic States to Texas. If we
can hold five years as we are, not attempting to
cure by fruit ie legislation the evils which are the
necessary result of ignorance, if give time for
these great industrial forces to work, we need not
| fear the future,
Year: 1879

HENRY KIBBLE. Superintendent of
Public Schools in New York, has
written letter to the Times, in which
be tries to reconcile his reputation for
intelligence with his belief in Spirit
ualism-a rather diflicalL task.
Year: 1879

SENATOR CHANDLER ssser,s very
positively that the President will not
sign the Democratic caucus bill. Other
prominent Republicans are of the
same opinion. Senator Edmunds says
be would better have signed the Army
Appropriation bill than to sign this.
Year: 1879

Governor CoIquitt spoke truly on ycster-
dav when he said from the platform at the
funeral services of Mr.. Mallon that "no
such tribute had ever been paid any man in
Atlanta" Mr.. Atticus Haygood spoke not
less truly when he said 50 that he had rather
have such tribute paid to his memory and
be followed to his grave by such children
than have the triumphs OF Cesar and march
with princes chained to his car" We have
never seen such tender and loving respect
paid to mortal remains before. There were
thousands of children in the park, clustered
around the platform, bearing tributes OF
flowers. There were long rows OF
neatly-dressed coiored children, that
seemed quite as grieved at the IRE
parable loss as their white mates. AS
the speakers paid the homage OF their hearts
to the virtues of the deceased, there were
and girls bent their young heads and cried
bitterly, while their mothers and fathers
behind them wept just as openly. The
grief was universal. White and black
Welded to its influence, and from the stand
might be seen literally thousands OF fearful
ewes and bended heads. When the an
nouncement was made that the children
might lille by the stand and place their
flowers by the coffin, it seemed rs If the
procession would never end. The flowers
fell upon the platform until the coffin
was covered and they lay in piles
upon the floor. 1t vas touching to
see these offerings. All classes OF
the children came to the front. Here
was the child Of fortune, raising her cross
Of rare flowers to the platform, sorrowful
and weeping in her rich wrapplnss-and
there came the poor boy, in his homespnn
clothes, LAYING down bis sprig OF cedar, MS
honest lace broken with emotion and bis
fist clenched in the effort to suppress his
sobs. Never was sorrow sinccrer or more
,lniyersa!-never were eulogies more tender
or more eloquent. Such tribute YOU'D
have satisfied the proudest OF men. TO the
heart of the modest gentleman to whose
memory it was paid-if he could have seen
In spirit a witness OF the scene-lt must
have been more grateful than the dew to
parched flowers. In the scenes OF that
hour in the park Mr.. Mallon would have
found the only reward that his heart ever
boDed for, and have realized 70 the fullest
the only ambition that ever inspired him.
Year: 1879

The THEATRE-MIss NEILsoN.--Rich-
mond could not easily furnish a better and
the Theatre could not hold much larger
audience than that which last night greeted
Miss Nelson as Juliet. To say that the peo-
pie were enthusiastic but mildly expresses
the admiration which found vent in calling
the lady before the curtain at the close OF
each act and in bounteous applause in par
ticular scenes. Her playing was marked by
all the greatness which has linked 5er name
the world over with The heroine OF this the
sweetest and saddest Of love stories. In the
balcony and portion scenes were contrasts
which displayed TO the fullest the versatility
of her genius.


The play throughout was very good. Mr..
Compton as Romeo gave evidence OF care
full study and excellent appreciation Of the
character. At no time overstepping the
modesty Of nature, be never wanted the
ardor or despair OF the lover.


The company go from here to Washing
ton.
Year: 1879

City CouncH.-A regular meeting Of the
City Council will be held tomorrow night
at = O'Clock in Council Chamber Hall.
There is nothing OF special Importance to
come up before the body. The committee
recently appointed to prepare statement
of the financial condition Of the city will
perhaps be ready to report. Their report
will no doubt prove Of great interest, as
our financial situation is the aIl-absorbng
tonic here.
Year: 1879

A few steps farther on was the power fnl institution whose influence Is felt in finance and trade all over the world-the Bank of England. Bounded on all four sides by the streets, all its windows open into central court, and, since the riots in 17S0, it has been occupied every night by detachment of soldiers. Its business requires working force of 1,200 men. Its bank notes are printed within the building. The same note is never paid out over it's counter twice. The new bill that is issued this morning is retired as soon as it returns, no matter If the same man pays it in this afternoon with out wrinkle in it. It is allowed to issue notes to the amount of $15,000,000 on the security of its standing loan of a much larger amount to the government, which constitutes part of the public debt For every note issued above that and it has circulation of over $40,- ,000-bullion of an equal amount must be paid into it's treasury, and must be kept there for the redemption of the note when it returns. The traveller on the continent often finds it's notes at a premium in gold. No note is issued of a less denomination than @. Every note is numbered, and the name of the party to whom it is paid out is carefully recorded The practice of keeping a memorandum which will show from whom he receives every bank note that passes through his hands is common, also, with the painstaking London trades man. It tproved a fortunate thing for a friend of mine on one occasion. He had given his wife G50 note. Their little child got hold of the portemonnaie and destroyed the note, as they supposed, by throwing it on the open fire. There would have been no hope of realizing on greenback under such circumstances. But G50 was worth trying for. The number of the note was ascertained from the parties through whose hands it came to my friend, a sworn statement of the facts was filed at the bank, and, after year or so had passed without its having been presented for redemp- ton, the bank paid over the money. The bank takes ip and pays out it's gold coin by weight Sometimes it sends out q sealed package and receives it again before the seal is broken, and yet deducts quite sum from the amount at which it paid out, to make good the loss--deteeted by the unerring scales-which occurred by the abrasion of the coins in trans- portation.
Year: 1879



 It is surprising that from time to time attention is recalled to the barbarous nature of the mode of executing the death penalty in this country. Hanging by the neck till the criminal is dead is obviously relic of barbarism. It is the most primitive, the most various, the least prompt and uniform and certain of the modes of execution which have been or could be devised. If the object of ex- ecution nowadays be to insure the rapid and certain death of the criminal, with out any probability of intervening acci- dent, delay or torture, hanging by cord and trusting to the rough adjustment of weight and fall which the eye and ex- perience of an ignorant hangman can afford, is the most fallible of methods, and must, of necessity, from time to time, lead to painful scenes of torture. The garotillo is, perhaps, of all existing European methods of legal execution the most rapid and certain; but, without pro posing any one substitute on our own onsibility-whether the carbonic acid chamber, the massive electric dis charge, or any other method-it is cer- tain that any scientific man or commis- sion could very speedily devise prompt, bloodless and certain mode of execution, which would be free from the clumsiness and uncertainty of hanging. The re- tenuon of this ancient relic of past bar barism is not very creditable to our ju- risprudence.i a ..f.e rr
Year: 1879

A. large toad was found in an old ap- pie tree at Wonham Manor; it came to light when the tree was blown down. "The Memories of the French Academic des Sciences" contained description ofa living toad found in the heart of an old elm tree. Near Nantes, when an old oak was cleft open, a toad was found in the very heart wood, although no crevice or other channel of entrance could be detected; there were about ninety rings in the trunk of this oak, leading to the inference (according to one theory) that the animal must have been in his prison house ninety years. Mir. Jesse, in refer ence to frog found in the trunk of a mulberry tree, expressed belief that the annual rings had been gradually but surely inclosing the reptiles. Toads in clay have been more frequently met with than in trees; sometimes a whole family have been thus ferreted out at once. In 1856 toad was found at a considerable depth at Benthali, near .Brosely, Shropshire. Mir. Bathurst, .earthenware manufacturer at Benthall, 'ascertained that the creature was met with about six feet beneath the surface, in layer of tough clay ,customarily used for making coarse brown ware. Above this layer, in successive strata, were fer ruginous coal of poor quality, clay, a loam of clay and gravel, and meadow turf at the top. The, toad was found filling cavity as wax does seal. A minute examination of the superincum- bent strata failed to detect any Assure through. which the animal could have entered. The light of day seemed at first to distress it, but this it soon be- came accustomed to; the eyes were brilliant, the skin moist,tne mouth quite closed
Year: 1879

~ I. mSICuISs u

 It is not every one who asks himself this question, because, strangely enough, it is the belief of most persons that their lives will be exceptional lengthy. How ever, life assurance companies are aware of the credulous weakness of those whose lives they assure; and have, there fore, compiled numerous tables of ex- pectancy of life for their own guidance, which are carefully referred to before q policy is granted.

 The following is one of those well au- thenticated tables in use among assur- anee companies, showing the average length of life at various ages. In the first column we have the present ages of persons of average health, and in the second column we are enabled to peep, as it were, behind the scenes of an as- urancc office and gather from their table the number of years they will give us to live. This table has been the re- suit of careful calculation, and seldom proves misleading. Of course sudden and premature deaths, as well as lives unusually extended, occasionally occur, but this is a table of the average expect ancy of life of most any ordinary man ar woman.
Year: 1879

RACE horses are decidedly uncertain. Spendthrift beat Lord Murphy, then Lord Murphy beat Falsetto, who beat Spendthrift, and both beat Monitor, and now Monitor conquers Lord Murphy. Who has the crack three-year old of 1879 is a question that is not very easy to decide.
Year: 1879

A singular coincidence recently oc- cured at Lafayette, Ga. Miss Wilson, an elderly lady, while out at her COW pen, by some mishap fell over rail and broke the knee-cap of her thigh-bone Soon thereafter she sent for her sister, Mrs. Greer, of Chattooga county. This latter lady went out the next morning to perform the same duty, and had the misfortune to fall over the same rail, breaking bone just exactly as her sister had done, They both now lie in beds in the same room, without the hope of ever again being able to walk 'F@~
Year: 1879

AT a pawn Office on the Bowery, yesterday after
noon, O boy attempted to pledge valuable camels
hair shawl for small amount The CLERK, suspecting
that the article had been stolen. questioned the lad
who said it had been given him by his mother to
pledge. He then told to send his mother and
the advance would be given her on the shawl. The
boy left the pawnbroser's and in half An hour re-
turned with the following notc--


SR--i'caso give the bearer $50 my camcls hair
shawl, AS / am in need OF the money. and obiigc


MARY OiNEfL, 45 Carrninc Vt.
Still suspecting that the shawl had been stolen and
that the note bogus, the clerk for detectives
Lyons and King. of the Central Office. who took the
boy to Police Headquarters. where he gave his name
as Charles Carrigan During the evening the officers
learned that Carrigan was employed by Broadway
shopkeeper. He had been sent TO deliver the shawl
at customers house, and had dccamped with it, He
WAS locked M
Year: 1879

carriage which rolled up to the New York Hospi-
tai last night had two lady occupants. of whom
alighted and hurredly announced to the physician
IN waiting that her mother. who was with her. had
been stricken with paralysis and was utterly uncon.
scious The hospital attendants went to the coach TO
remove the old laiy, but too late. She was
leaning back in the carriage and hurried examine
ton showed her to be lfelcss. The dcccase WIS Mrs


Adams, of Boston Mass. Fog some time past she had
bccn an inmate of Boston hospital, but, dosirous
OF reaching friends in this city, she LETT it, and
accompanied By her daughter can,c here. Tho latter
on her way TO Join her husband in Japan, and
when her mother prostrat,d By incipicn paralysis
at Springfield she thought it best to hurry this
Year: 1879

To THE EDIroR on THE HERALp:--


VIII you kindly allow me little of your valusble
space to vindcato myself and reply 10 the letter of
Miss Minnie Cummingss The statement of Miss
Cummings is to the effect that engaged by her
to construct the requisite scenery and effects neces-
sary TO produce the plays she desired At her perform
ances in the Drawing Room Theatre. The truth and
"my plain unvarnished tale is simply this:--I
entered into an Sngcmcnt with Miss Cummings for
. stated salary per week to make and work the
Year: 1879

In the keepers Office is partly fln-
ished pack of cards which one of the
convicts was caught making. 1t he
had succeeded be would have been able
to enjoy the exciting sport of game OF
solitaire. A few years ago he could
hardly become interested in game
where blue chips predominated; now he
was ready to become excited over
game between his right hand and his
left for imaginary stakes. The cards
we're made of shipping tags which he
had smuggled from the shoe shop, and
the suits were marked in blood. The
face cards were ingeniously figured.
One bore the figure of police officer.
OF course the maker intended this for
knaye. But the pack was not complet-
ed, for it found its way into the keepers 8
desk before the cards were more than
half marked. A chapter written on the
expedients of the prisoners for killing
time.


There is caste in Sing Sing prison
At the head of the elite stand the bank
robbers. The man who enters as the
hero OF a daring and successful bank
robbery, and was given away by some
faithless pal, finds his reputation al
ready established. The seums of prison
society are those who are under sent>
ence for rape. They are ostracized by
the other prisoners. No other prisoner
will speak to them; they are Stunned
even by the most hardened criminals.
The manner in which murderers are re-
earded is dependent upon the circum-
sances of the killing. The convict who
has killed his man in cold blood does
not enjoy tho esteem of his fellow con-
yicts. If he shot down a man in order
to make his way out of trap INTO
which he had fallen while attempting
a daring thing in the burglary line. the
affair ia considered one attended by
extenuating circumstances. As rule
murderers do not rank very high-us-
ing the expression in its prison sense
among those belonging to the criminal
classes. They are not often profession
al criminals. Their criminal history is
frequently summed up in the one act
which was done in heat of passion, and
which sent them to prison. Thus it is
that murders are not regarded by the
keeper as very dangerous class Of pris
oneIs.


Cast in prison is wholly dependent
upon the prisoners past. A man once
in gentle society may be employed on
the most d,stasteful Of prison drudgery.
and a social outcast may be- IN the en-
joyment of a position that is almost
commanding; yet the status OF a pris-
oner among his fellows was fixed before
he entered there, and nothing can
change it, unless it is daring and mas,
terly strike for liberty.
Year: 1879

An old-fashioned citizen of Detroit
who has been having a fireplace put in
his house yesterday called on a dealer
in wire goods aud said:


"My wife has been teasing me for a
whole week to call and look at what she
calls spark arrester for our ne~ fire.
place. What is the burned thing, and
what good is it?''


The dealer brought ont one, showed
how it fitted around the CRATE and as
serted that no fire could reach the oar
pet through it.


"Don't want one; wouldn't take it as
a gift, was the decided reply.


"Why, what's the matter?"


"Matter enough. If I'm sitting on
the lounge and want to throw quid OF
tobacco into the fireplace I've got to get
np and move that blamed thing away OF
else let down window from the top.
Spark arresting be hanged! I put thai
fireplace in for solid comfort?'
Year: 1879

That word home always sounds like
poetry to me. 1t rings like peal OF
bells at wedding, only more soft and
sweet, and 1t chimes deeper into the
ears OF my heart.


Wives should feel that home is their
place and their kingdom. the happiness
of which depends mostly upon them.


Husbands should try to make home
happy and holy.


Married life is not all sugar, but grace
in the heart will keep away most of the
sours.


In a true home all the strife is,
which can do the most to make the fans
lily happy.


Home is the grandest of all institu>
tions.