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Year: 1879

TRYING TO EsCAPE.-Joseph Ban
croft Il Sons have appealed to the City
Council again to appoint committee to
consider the propriety of changing the
water supply Of this city. They urge the
city to purchase cite for water works
near their factory on the Brandywine
and erect works there, and lead the
wster through a SO inch main to the
present city reservoir. BY this move
ment they no doubt hope to escape the
consequences of suit which has been
pending against them, and was postpon-
ed at the last term Of Court on the Pc
tition Of their counsel. The suit was
brought by the Board of Health of Will
mington, and is for having damaged the
otherwise healthful drinking water of
the Brandywine by emptying the refuse
snbstance..of their dye houses into the
stream. The water which we drink
is pumped from this stream, and the re-
fuse matter is said to be poisonous, hav-
ing killed dogs, 1t is said, that drank OF
it. 1t discolors the water in the Brandy.
wine for miles after it is put into tht
stream. This firm has been threatened
with prosecution for this violation o
law for some seven or eight years, ant
1t was hoped that the courts would b
allowed to test their right to endange
the health of our people any Longer
The penalty is heavy one and shoul
be enforced. The Council may have II
power over the suit. We do not know
But we do hope that they will never a
low the right of the city to control Il
supply of the water to be put in al
questionable shape. Water should
as free as it is possible to have it. v
therefore hope the present hold on t


supply will be kept, and that Coun


will not be led to 60 into further de


and perhaps risk or lose something


this most valuable franchise.
Year: 1879

Farmers are complaining greatly OF
the lack of grain, aud the trouble is be-
coming quite serious With some Of them
as the pssturiuR Is getting so short that
the cattle can not get good 81 zed mouth
ful. Rain is very badly needed.
Year: 1879

PREVENTIVE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES sUG-


GEsTED IN NEW JEIkxY--EssEx COUNTY UNDER


QUARANTINE


General william H. Sterling. Inspector of Cattle
for the State of Now Jersey has placed Essex county
under quarantine. There is no epidemic
but few In South Orange. West
Orange and Waverly have been reported.
The quarantine is more preventive than remedial.
NO cattle can be removed from or into Essex county
without his permit, nor can they be removed from
place to another inside the county limits Under
the law any transgression Of the Quarantine rules il
punishable q nisdemcanor.


THE GOVERNORS ORDERS.


Governor Mcclellan recently sent to General Ster-
ling the following orders:-


have request you will your endeavors
to upon the owners cattle whether infected
not that these Instructions and the law known the
Of State in general and that their hearty
is asked and desired in carrying out tho necessary
Il is my that while the provisions of the law are
this should Be one IN .peh as o
amum state
In this spirit further advert TO certain precautions
prompt eradication Of the disease cattle in tho
cheerful and Intelligent assistance of the Of cattle
and a OF al Is~, good .ra ris,Iens ,%n ;,,,o,nr


who are no. employed in the care of the cattle
No animal fowls should bo allowed 10 such
promises for the reason that even when not liable to tho
infection themselves they its seeds to neat
cattle.


The clothing of all persons engaged in the slaugh
rendering Of diseased exposed cattle in
employment WHICH brings them in with such dis
eased animals should be before they leave the
promises where such animals are.


Persons employed in the of infected animals should
stables yards premises where sound cattle
kept without dss thoroughly disnfec,ing their cloth
ing.


Manure forage and litter upon infected premise. should
disposed Of us to prevent the spread Of infection.


You instructed not only to take smch in
your judgment will the observance of these and all
similar precautions but will also
convince those that It is their
best interest such observance by all in
thcir power.


Whenever in your Judgment 1t becomes necessary yon
authorized. without further reference to call
upon the sherifs and deputy shers OF the wnships
concerned out and enforce the provisions Of the
law and of the Instructions received from
Year: 1879

Blessed is the man who can keep his tenn.
per. Getting angry never yet did any good,
still mankind seems to be slow in pr0tting by


the fact. Every time man loses his temper
he places himself at disadvantage with his
cooler adversary. As general thing the hot


tempered man is conceited egotist, who i'm


AGNES every persons will must give way to


his. In the outside world man of this kind


gets more than he gives. People who are
not dependent on him care little tor his high
mightiness. Here the results of his evil tem-
per rebound on himself. 1t is at home that
the quick-tempered man looms up in all his
grandeur. He can brow-beat his servants
and keep his unfortunate family in misery
with his tantrums. The recent tragedy at
Montclair, New Jersey, is a case in point. A
gentleman of high and mighty temper find
ing himself spoken to in an insolent manner
by his coachman, gets inc passion, goes up
stairs for revolver, comes down and shoots
the coachman twice. The coachman is now
dead, and the so.called gentleman is in pri-
son. Of course the latter 'sregrets" the mat
ter now that q trial for murder faces him.
This one of the traits of the man who gets
angry. He is always sorry afterwards. But
he never attempts to check his indulgence in
anger next time. The New York papers
unite in saying that if this Montclair man
had governed bis temper the tragedy would
not have occurred. They can do neither any
good now, but it is to be hoped that it will
prove startling lesson to other easily an
gered men.
Year: 1879




Young man, when you see anything you
want. ask for it like man. If you want to
borrow five dollars of man, or if you want
to marry his daughter, don't sidle up to him
and hang on to your hat, and talk politics
and religion and weather, and tell old, stale
jokes whereof you can't remember the point,
until you worry the old man into nervous
irritation. Go at him with q full head of
steam on and your bow ports open, like an
ironclad pulling for shore battery. Snort,
paw, and shake your head If you feel like it,
no matter if it does make him look astonish-
ed. Better astonish than bore him. Go in
to his heart or his pocket-book, or both, it
amounts to the same thing, like brindle bull
with curl in his forehead, charging red
merino dress, eyes on fire, tail up, and the
dust q flying. Then you'll fetch him. Or,
possibly, he may fetch you. But never mind;
you'll accomplish something and show you
aren't afraid to speak what's on your mind.
And that's great deal more than you'll &C.
complish by the other method. You needn't
be cheeky. hut you ont to be straightforward.
Year: 1879




81 haven't been in these here parts," Oh.
served grizzly old gentleman at our shoul-
der in car 124, ''for nigh on to 20 year till
now, and l love to ride up and down in these
cars to see if can set eyes on the face of an
old friend. 1t does me good to see human
faces, for believe there is something good
behind 'em. I'm forty-niner. l remem-
Der the time when was 5000 miles from
home, straight as the crow flies, without a
red cent. was hungry, thirsty, tired, miser-
able and moneyless. Hello, said voice.
Hello back, said l, and then young fellow
came down the land, and he said, old boss,
how are YEP Hearty said /, and dead
broke Then the young fellow plunged his
hand into his pocket and drew out as much
as $500 in bright gold. Help yourself, he
said. and turned his head away. L knew
you when saw you only dusty speck on
the road You gave me drink and got me
a doctor when was threatened with the tre-
mems. and there is nothing in the world to
good for you love to live my life over"
continued the old Californian, ''because see
the noble in human nature all along the line.
Let 'em say what they please, there is such a
thing as principle among men, and there are
lots of US that try to live up to it." AS the
car stopped on a switch, he stepped off and
stretched himself under an elm in numer-
Gus daisy field, beaming upon the world at
large approvingly over his gold-bowed spec
tacles.
Year: 1879

- tAAoONAS, SAiAA"S AoCS' npA


A young man who had been on a three


days debauCb, wandering into the reading


room OF u hotel where he was we'll known,


sat down and stared moodily into the street.


Presently little girl of about ten years


came in and looked timidly about the room.


She was dressed in rags. but she had sweet,


intelligent face that could scarcely fail to ex-


cite sympathy. There were five persons in


the room, and she went to each begging


One gentleman gave her tve-cent piece, and


she went to the person spoken of and asked


him for a penny, adding, Il haven't had
anything to eat for a whole day." The gen.
tleman was out of humor, and he said cross
ly, "Don't bother me, haven't had anything
to eat in three days." The child opened her
eyes in shy wonder and stared at him for
moment, and then walked slowly toward the
door. She turned the knob, and then, after
hesitaiing few seconds, walked up to him,
and gently laying the five cents on his knee.
and said with tone of true girlish pity in
her voice, IF you haven't had anything to
eat for three days, you take this and go buy
some bread. Perhaps can get some more
The young fellow blushed to
the roots of his hair, and lifting the sister of
charity in his arms he kissed her two or three
times in delight. Then he took her to the
persons in the room, and to those in the cor
ridors and the Office, and told the story and
asked contributions, giving himself all the
money he had with him. He succeeded in
raising over $40, and sent the little one on
aer way rejoicing.
Year: 1879

Nothing requires more care, judgment and


circumspection than the simple act of visiting


sick room. A capital book could be written


on this subject, warning people of the dan
gers of being brusque and stupid. There
ought never to be more than one spare chair
in sick room, says an authority, and nurse


who knows what she is about would do we'll
to place an ce-pilcher on that chair, so that
no one could sit in it. The most absurd thing
u person can do who calls on a sick man or


woman is to refer back to something which,
in their imagination, was The cause of this
illness, 1.-THE cucumbers of last week, or the
soft crabs of the week before" Religious
admonitIons of delicate point, though they
may save the soul sometimes, If carlessly ad


ministered certainly hurts the body. MIR.
Brickley who has written a careful book,
which he calls "Notes on the Care of the
Sick" says that he ''looks with disgust on
the person who speaks to the patient as if
the illness was a distinct punishment for
some grievious SIM" and follows it up by
sending some book, with note containing
these words 81 hope you will prayerfully
study this little book which send you"
Doctors themselves often act in exact con-
tradiction to their theories. IL must insist
on the most perfect quiet in the house; have
the children moved to the rooms below and
avoid all noise" says Esculapius. Then the
physician goes down stairs quietly enough,
but in the hall forgets all about the patient,
for he closes the door with loud bang. and
instead of moving off softly with his horse
and wagon, rattles bis eQuipage all he can
over the cobble-stones. Doctors, sometimes,
are as much at fault as visitors in sick-rooms.
Year: 1879




We are informed that gentleman residing
in Wakulla County, by the name of Cox, who
is cultivating small farm, upon arising ore
morning last week was surprised to find that
during the night his residence had been
changed from region where water could not
be seen to the border of a lake. When he re-
tired the night before his house was far away
from any pond, lake, or river; but on going
out next morning, instead of his garden. an
immense sink, fifty or sixty yards square,
filled with water, running up within Eighteen
or twenty feet of residence met his gaze.
During the night this transformation had oc-
Cured. leaving not even y vestige of the tall
est pine trees which were standing in their
full majesty only twelve hours before. These
sinks, however, are not unfrequent in that
country. 1t has only been short time since
. sink occurred near Lavender's Mil. more
remarkable than the one alluded to above. In
that it occurred upon the very top of hill
one of the highest points Of land in that
country. Will not some ne explain these
occurrences? s--s--s--s--.--- ~
Year: 1879

. wise one. If this is wise, how much more so it would be to lay the tax on railroads on their net'carnings only. For how can we ever expect manufacturing enterprise, immigra tion, or anything else to develop our State until we get more railroadsY We would consider it much wiser provision for the State to lesy taxes on the net earnings of railroads within her borders than it IS to do- nate away her lands to these roads. In fact, we. very much doubt the wisdom of thus donating the lands of the State to railroads. he l.ss..ss are in reality Of hltls s:aii to thc roads and the expense of disposing ! ,,: : ss!.svin amounts to about all the lands bring.

 We don't suppose it requires any argument to cousiace ali that the great need of our State today is more railroads s--tlias railroads ar,. doing more to day, anj will do more for years to come, for the develop mcnt of our State, than any thIpg cise. We believe the greatest in ducemeDt we can offer to induce the investment of money in railroad building in our State is tn tax only the net earnings of the roads for the next ten years.

 We doubt very seriously if the stockholders in any road in our State are getting sufficient dividends Ton their stock to pay the tax on the same. The people of the State and the State itself are the only ones who are being benefited by the in vestment and we believe it would be an act of justice to exempt all but the net earnings of the road.

 We are well aware of the wide prevalence of the prejudice in the tpopular mind against railroads, but this is our stand on this question, whether it be popular or unpopular. It is just, whether 1t be popular or not. We are well aware, also, of the very great benefit, of the vital i'm portance, se might say-of rail roads, and hence we think we are not only on the side of justice, but also we feel that we are un the side of sound policy for the ultimate best interests of the State.
Year: 1879

seem to have been in n state of mental
Confusion, but felt that they could not
renl;lin longer Starting up n winze
which connects with the LOO level one
man fell on the way, and the others
were afraid to stop to help him, but
pressed on, reaching the LOO level in
half an hour from the time they left it..
They were very confused and nearly
speechless, and hardly realized what
had occurred. Three men went down
to the rescue and found the fallen man
still alive. Clearing the pump they got
into the car and signaled to hoist, but
on the way up the winze the man they
had gone to rescue reeled and fell off.
The car was stopped at once, but he
was jammed between it and the brat
.tice so fast that the others left him and
went for help. They all gave out,
two half,i] way up, and the 9TH
er, just as he reached the LOO level,
Where a friendly hand pulled him up. A
newrescue party went down and found
two men dead, and the third died soon
after. The shift boss reports that 8" the
accident was due solely to the heat, as
the air is good enough and pure enough,


barring the heat :" The winze was not
an abandoned one, but in daily use. A
heavy volume of steam is reported to
rise through it from the 1900 level, the
temperature of which, at the time of
this accident, is given at 1882 Fab. Mr..
Church gathers from the detailed ac-
count that the death of the men is pos
sibly attributable to the fact that when
the miner fell off the car the latter was
stopped ina place thatliwas hotter than
the rest of the winze. .nf,4.. tas.s,f


1t is to be regretted that no adequate
studies have been made upon the pre-
else physiological phenomena presented
by death under these circumstances.
The legal :requiremei1ts' are satisfied
when it is proved that the casualties are
due to heat.-Scientifc .An,ericd,i. 50
Year: 1879

for long time drag and perpetual an- noyance to him.

 The fall season was then at hand, and his customers, the country merchants) began to drop in as they arrived in town in pursuit of new goods. He had tried all of them on their former visits, but ndTy button would they purchase, hence it would not be polite to repeat the operation now and risk another refusal, so he supplied them with all the dry goods and Yankee notions they were in quest of, at the same time directing his shipment, to slip into each box so many gross of the old buttons, taking particu- lar care to charge in the bill rendered, for only one hatf of the number sent, and to let no mortal know it; so away went the boxes, south and west, with the poor buttons snugly secreted llike the silver cup of Joseph i'll the sack of Benjamin. The sequel proved that the old shoemaker had this time taken the right measure" of the majority of his customers, for HedLIy every one lO a uldH WdS chuSuS III the trap. The mistake of sending double the quantity charged, was supposed to be a little bit of carelessness on the part of the clerk, and that inasmuch as one half cost nothing, it would be wise policy to liquidate the bill promptly, and say noth- ing about it.

 | Whether they ever got clear of them, | MT. M. never yentured to inquire the little game he had played Was an original one, to say the least, and he was greatly relieved to find that he had played it with so much success.

 This article must close for the present

 my scribblinss for the BEE, as it would

 be fruitless to continue them with merely anecdotal sketches of old mercantile eel

 ebrities, who, (although their names were

 familiar as household words on change

 in their day and generation) would be quite unknown to your readers, for they have long since closed their stores and

 passed away. c.
Year: 1879

We all know him: The editor was sit- ting in his sanctum when man. labor ing under considerable apparent excite ment. walked in with the paper in his hand, and pointing to a small paragraph. read The genial "Colonel Mumblechock thinks of taking an Eastern journey soon. May he enjoy pleasant trip, is the wish of his many friends "Now, sirr' said the excited man, ''I am Colonel Mumble- chock, and have called to inquire by what authority you make this use of my name in your paper?" First time I ever saw it." replied the editor, glancing at the item, but I suppose it is all right. My local reporter is quite enterprising i'll his pursuit of news" "Bat never gave him permission to use my name in this man. ner, persisted the Colonel. "Very like ly," said the editor. "But you are going East ain't your Certainly" And you haven't any objection to your friends wishing you pleasant trip?" That is paper, and in the future you will oblige me by leaving ii out" ''Of course" said the editor, eff you desire it," and the Colonel bowed himself stiffiy out. John. :" said the editor to his office boy, follow that man and see where he goes and come back and report" John did as he was requested and shortly after he came back and reported that Colonel Mumble- chock went to the counting-room and bought twenty-five papers which after marking something in them, he ordered put in wrappers and was busy in direct ing them.
Year: 1879

Major Williams, of West Kansas, who keeps the Railroad House, (says the Kan sas City Journal. gave reporter the fol- lowing account of phenomenon that oc- cured during storm I had been asleep about two hours and half when was awakened by an outer door slamming vio- lently, as ifburst open by something heavy thrown against it. hurried to close it. when, on looking out, saw a sight that can never forget, and which was so strange that I never could have believed the like if ha in't seen 1t. The air about the house seemed to be perfectly full of balls of fire raining down from the clouds, the bright ness of which even the vivid flashes of lightning could not hide. called my wife to witness the wild and te rrible scene. and we viewed the phenomenon for about five minutes. One ball of fire fell about twen- ty paces distant and about the size Of 8 pigeons egg, which was visible quite q while I marked the place where it fell as nearly as possible from where l stood. but on account of the wind, which blew almost with the force of a hurricane, and the rain which had begun to fall. iid noe venture outside. This morning. however. about six o'clock, I went out and looked around carefully for long time for what might be left. but cold find nothing.
Year: 1879

lows just lightly kiss the shores. to the champion swimmers riding like dolphins where the greatest breakers flash up their spray in the sunlight. In the middle grounds are thousands jumping, playing, rolling, swimming, trying to swim, practic- ing fraud by digging the toes of ones foot into the sand. Artemus Ward would say this is a great place to study nature, particularly that portion of it that relates to the anatomy of the human leg. The first thing that strikes the students who is able to grasp the subject in all It's bearings is the melancholy fact that so many girls with pretty faces have such awfully thin thin legs. Here are legs whose .calves make no more graceful contour than would red beet nailed to bean pole, legs without any calves, and and legs whose calves look as if by some freak of nature they mad been put on the shin bones. The sight of these things alone would make you sad, incline 10 a life of celibacy, or dive down to the bot tom of the deep blue sea and become a prey to melancholy and the sharks, were it not for the view of the really handsome legs that you see around you.

 The police regulations of the island Is such Tn surf-bathing there is perfect free dom and abandon to the the delights of Neptune's embrace without license. A pretty girl screams and clutches your arm, and you are at perfect liberty to half embrace her while guiding her shore

 ward, only don't attempt tu embrace pretty girl before she gets scared at ! Neptune's pillows. The fact is, that Is

 to say, an old batchelor friend of mine sasserts it as fact, that the pretty girls

 scream, not becavse they are alarmed, but to secure some attention from the

 sterner sex. The assertion may be true

 or false, but one thing is very certain, I propose to give myself the benefit of the

 doubt as long as my freedom of bathing

 lasts at Brighton Beach, with the promise

 however that no old females nor thin

 ones nor very fat girls grab me in the

 expectation of being lowed ashore. In

 such an emergency I have resolved to dive. AUGUST.