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Year: 1879

IWd3HIHRCOn bDeCIdI 10 the ClncInnati Conn


merciall
Tilden's friends here are very much elated
by what they consider his vindi alton as to
his connection with the cipher dispatches.
There is strong undercurrent of feeling
here In his favor among Democrats as their
standard bearer in 1880. Southern member
OF Congress remarked to-day that In the last
two weeks he had received forty letters from
his district, in each of which it was suggested
that Sam Tilden was the best man for the
Democracy next wear
Year: 1879

day waited upon by deputation from various
French trades and In reply to an address
said the government will consider the wants
2t the country and will not sa ;ritice national
industry
Year: 1879

Reply Of President Grevy 10 the Trades
Observation-Disclosures Fears Of the
Plague.


LONDON, Feb. H-The perfect correctness
d the statements made In these dispatche.


Dncerning the action of the government re-


Mecting the importation Of cattle from the


United States was conclusively shown to- day


by the statement made In behalf OF the gov


eminent In the House Of Commons this even


Ing. News agents who failed to obtain correct


Information on this important subject, and


who have sought to cover the failure by i'm
pugninR the accuracy OF these dispatches, will
now be constrained to acknowledge their de-
feat


It was stated in the House OF Commons, on
behalf Of the government, that an order to
slaughter all American cattle Immediately
upon their arrival at any port In the kingdom.
had been issued. The reason for this was,
that among the cattle imported from the
United States three beeveS suffering from
pleuro-pnenmonia had been found The order
has no effect upon cattle imported from
Canada


1t Is considered almost certain that in
short time the order will b. so repealed or
modified that 1t will have no effect in re-
tarding trade In American cattle.


Advices from Paris state that the reply OF
President Grew to the trades deputations,
which We're received by him to-day, is favora-
ply received by the trading, industrial and
mercantile public. 1t is construed as
promise that the Republicans will not be less
solicitous for the welfare of the working
classes than the Empire was and that such
measures as are necessary for furnishing
work TO all who need 1t, and for developing
the natural and artificial resources OF the
country, shall be promated.


Inc news to-day concerning the plague Is
conflicting, but the general impression is that
lne disease is not yet under control, and
Europe stands In the presence OF q very great
Year: 1879

From the Rochester Democrat. August "a.


We have been at some pains to secure fair state
ment of the crop prospects in Western New York.
take pleasure this morning i'll laying before our
readers brief but generally accurate statement:-
The threshing thus fur done has proven the wheat
crop larger than expected. and only q small pro-
portion has been injured by wet weather harvest.
Farmers will have better quality Of wheat to hold
than they had last year. though the sales show that
many selling at present low prices. Large as
the foreign demand may bo the early calls will ap-
parently be promptly dlled without much, If any,
advance in price. II therc to be higher
prices for wheat than at present they will
not come until late in the season. and
then be largely affected by tho prospect for next
years crop. Other crops have not been threshed
yet to any extent. Oats and barley fair crop,
especially the former The early droughts. injured
all spring crops. but the damage has been In largo
part repaired by favorable weather since. Thus,
though was poor stand in June, what
then the ground is large and rapidly maturing
its under the influence of hot, moist weather.
More favorable conditions for ripcning corn could
not be asked. For the same reason the grape crop
Potatoes will be abundant and cheap. SO
far known the potato beetle has done less
damage than in any previous season. The weather
the past month has been all that could be desired
for potatoes. If 1t wore not for probable good de-
Mand from Europe potatoes in many places would
scarcely be worth digging. But whatever the for
eign demand the home crop u large that prices
will be low compared with those of the past year.
There is good prospect for apples, very uhexpect-
edly after the enormous crop Of last year. 1t is
probable that apples will bring fair price, much
Western fruit was killed by the severe cold Of last
winter. Peaches are ripening fast. and those who
have trees in bearing will have an abundance Of
home grown fruit. which is always the best
Year: 1879

LAWS WILL NOT ENFORCE THEMsELvEs.


From the Public Ledger tPhiladclphia). August ISL


The NEW YonK HERALD has been engaged for some
time in crusade against the authorities OF that city
who permit ana actually authorize. far thoy
can, the dumping of garbage and mud in the harbor
of New York. 1t appears from the statements of
steamship agents, captains and pilots that this prac
tico has already resulted in the formation of shoals
and the filling up OF tho channel. that the old
United States charts cannot bc taken reliable
guides, and vessels sometimes run aground where
the charts show much more water than Is required
to oat them. The result is that surveys OF the
harbor will have to be made and probably thousands
of dollars expended in removing from the bay tho
mud already drcdged from the docks of New York
and the garbage collected in its streets. For other
reasons than this the practice should bo gvon up.
Much of the garbage il dumped where IL will float
back to New York the tide or be washed
upon the shores OF New York's favorito
summer resort Coney Island. The strangcst
part of the whole thing is thnt no legislative action
is required to prevent the dumping OF mud and ashes
In the harbor The law IL exists to-day prohibits
the practice, and IN inspector Is paid hoavy salary
to that 1t s enforced It is another illustration
OF the tact that laws however good. will not enforce
themselves, and that TO make them effective thero
must be determined and vigilant executive.
Year: 1879

CHILDREN's RIGHTS. Every child has
right to the best food, the most comfort
able clothing, and the best home that his
parents can afford him. When he is old
enough he has right to such enjoyments
and amusements as will keep him from
idleness and vice. The child has right
to the companionship of the pure and inno-
cent of his own age, but above all to that
of his father and mother. The childs
right of property should be respected.
Let him feel that whatever he has is his
very own; not in name only, and that
father, mother, sister or brother cannot
take possession of it when so disposed.
BY respecting his rights in this matter, he
will learn to respect the rights of others.
When a child is old enough to enter school
he has right to a pleasant school room.
to comfortable seat, to good ventilation.
and to such attention from the teacher as
shall prevent his stay in school from being
II physical calamity. The child has a
right to such mental training as shall tend
to the development of all his faculties
If one is cultivated to the exclusion of the
other, he is defraudod of his right to the
full use of all his powers. The child has
a right to be taught how to think; how to
find out for himself ways of doing things
How little originality We find among
school children! Half the time they study
and recite their lessons without giving 4
thought to their meaning. Their essays
are sketches taken from some history, OF
extracts from the cyclopedia. The child
has a right to its own individuality.
bright little girl was put into one of oui
model city schools. After attending the
school few weeks. she was asked how
she liked It, WE'LL" said she, II suppose
il is very nice, but wish there were som,
Marys and Jennies and Toms and Dick'
and Harrys there"
Year: 1879

/ wish to state what five cents worth oil
molasses has done for me in clearing the
house of cockroaches. take any queens
ware bowl or vessel with vertical smooth
sides, not less than two inches in hight
and, placing it in such spots as the reaches
run, put in it about a tablespoonful of mo-
lasses. Then | lean six or seven small
pieces of boards or sticks, eight or ten
inches long, against the upper edge of the
vessel, making Il bridge, as it were, from
the floor to the top of the bowl. The
reaches, attracted by the smell of the mo-
lasses, run up these sticks and tumble
down into the molasses, and, being unable
to climb the smooth sides of the bowl, are
safely ensconced for dose of boiling hot
water next morning. A nightly repetition
of this trapping process for ten days or
two weeks will effect complete radiance
of these abominable nuisances. l have
cleared two different houses of them by
this means, and unhesitatingly recommend
it as "sure cure to all who have suffi-
cient patience and perseverance to enable
them to set the trap as directed. Two
weeks trapping is too long for the
average servant. and the mistress will be
obliged if she wants to catch all the "var-
mints," to see to the trapping process
herself.


When l moved into my present resi-.
dence its kitchen, after dark, would be
alive with reaches, and the trap, for few
nights, would have hundreds of them in
it next morning. But inside of fortnight
the numbers lessened to point where my
fun ceased-my game was gone. Little
and big all disappeared, and, what is
more, judging from former experience
years will elapse before the house will
again be stocked Five cents worth O.
molasses rid my house of roaches-that il:
what it did for me.-CorreSponde,1 o.
Scientific Record
Year: 1879

All mellow many tales | could tell, if
l chose. I've swung on this old bureau
so long, and seen so many people come
and go before my face, that seem to
know the secrets of many of them. I've
kept the secrets well, too,-no fear of my
telling them now; only while am in the
mood for talking, let me give you the
history of one halliday, and you can judge
for yourself if do not sometimes reflect
character rs we'll rs faces, and learn quiet
secrets at the same time. FIRST, after the
family dinner hour of quiet talk, came
Miss Mary, the young lady of the house,
hold. She might have gone to my larger
and handsomer neiehbor in the parlor. but
she has kind heart and will not slight
her old-times acquaintance. And sure |
am that if light and truthfulness were de-
sired, she could find no truer face than
mine.


"Good morning, old FRIEND" was her
greeting. 1--we come to have your pol
ished self tell me if my new spring suit
is becoming and rightly made" So she
tipped my face up and she tipped it down,
turning herself around all the while. that
she might see just how each fold hung,
and if the tit were perfect. Satisfied at
last. she restored me to my wonted angle,
saying as she did so: There, old friend,
if you've told the truth, I'm more than
satisfied with myself and you" And so
the dear girl tripped away with the JOY
business of youth, leaving all thoughts of
self.conscionsness behind and going out
to enjoy her walk. her face radiant with
happy smiles that told of contented
spirit within.


Next came the mamma, with her tired,
heated face, fresh from the kitchen, and
bringing with her odors of pickles and
spices; 50 | easily guessed what had been
her work of the morning. Looking into
my face with her kindly eyes and smooth
ing down her hair, she said softly: All,
old mirror, you show me new wrinkles
every year; but you are a truthful old
friend, and will not blame you, though
| might sigh quietly over your story"


Presently in rushed the little whirl-
wind of the family-six-year-old Carrie.
" l don't believe a word of it," she cried,
" and I'm just going to see if it is true"
So she pushed chair up in front of me,
and, climbing up, looked carefully into
my face at her own rather wrathful one
reflected there. The frowns gathered over
her pretty brow as she looked, and Jump
ing down, she stamped her little foot, and,
doubling up her tiny fist, cried ont: " Oh,
you ugly, naughty old mirror I'll never
like you again, and I've great mind to
just break you, l have" Oh, no, my little
girl, thought, what is the matter now,
that you abuse your old friend so and
threaten such dire punishment on her re-
Elective old faceP Is it because we con-
frmed mammals words that thoughtless
disobedience in leaving your hat on the
lawn, instead of on your head, as you
were told, has indeed brought out a very
dark line of freckles across the little nose
and face of which you were becoming
quite too vain? Don't blame us, little
Carrie, but stop aud think one moment if
little thoughtless self is not the one at
fault, and remember hereafter that disobe-
dience, whether thoughtless or wilful,
always brings its own punishment.-NeV
York ObSerUer.
Year: 1879

A Hot PLACE TO Work IN.-We COM
plain loudly when the murcury passes 900.
| know an establishment right in the
heart of the city, employing over a hun
drci men, where the daily average is 1909.
To partcularize the establishment would
be to hurt its business, SO | leave out both
business and location The men are
divided into gangs, one relieving another
every four hours. The only clothing each
man wears at work is Il pair of thin over
alls. The body from the waist up is
entirely naked, and oozing with perspira-
tion. The room in which the men work is
below the street level, and scores of Gas
jets are kept burning day and night, for
the work goes on by night as well as by
day. The heat of the burning gas in
creases the temperature, which sometimes
goes up to 1859. At one end Of the room
is Il large tank, constantly fed with fresh
water This is for the men to cool off in.
They may he seen tossing about in it at
any hour, pretty much as the sea lions dc
10 their tanks in Central Park. When a
man feels like taking dip, he just slips
off his overalls, jumps into the tank
splasheS about few minutes, pulls on bis
overalls again, and is back at his work in
five minutes.


1t is a terrible place for person moi
accustomed to hot air to enter, but the
workmen don't seem to mind it much
They look just as strong and healthy as
other men, but the fact that they have tc
be relieved every few hours shows that the
high temperature has weakening effect
on them. One point in their favor is thai
the temperature is always about the same
Perhaps with so little clothing on, and the
frequent refreshing dips in the tank O
Croton, they don't feel 1859 much more
than others feel 95o in the street. Thou
sands of men work hard out of doors, ever
with the thermometer at that figure ol
higher Gn the sun) and stand it very well
-NesD York Letter.
Year: 1879

One of the shrewdest and aueerest of
corners" was put up recently by party
OF speculators, who quietly bought up all
the grain sacks in the California market.
estimated at about fifteen millions. As
the farmers must have them or lose theil
grain, it is estimated that the speculators
Will bag net profit of nearly half II
million dollars.


| NONSENSE IN SPELLING.-The history
of our spelling is in no small number ol
instances the history of blunders which
originatingin illiteracy almost scandalous
have now become thoroughly sanctioned
by custom and consecrated by time. And
yet there are people who honestly believ,
there is something peculiarly sacred abou
the present photography of the Engisl
tongue, who look upon this creation o
type settlers as the crowning mercy to our
race of an all-wise providence, and actual


y shudder when new spelling is employ
ed, as if the fountains of the great deep
were breaking up and the civilization OF
the world were threatened with q second
deluge of barbarism.-ScriJner for Sep
tem6er.


A TERRIBLE DISEASE of the diseases
incident to humanity none is more appall-
ing than the ganders. A dreadful case
appeared in London recently. a physician
reported that be saw the young girl in the
hospital. a portion of her head was eaten
away and the bone exposed to view in
two places. The magistrate who examined
the case said he knew an engineer who
died from glanders in consequence of the
hnr ,,tk hal -. IL. L.
conveyed throwing off some matter which
fell upon him. Twenty years ago lady
of rank in Paris was caressing her beauti-
full carriage horses. She had tiny wound
in her hand, and little glandered matter
from the horses nostrils got upon it. She
died in dreadful commissions. 1t is much
better to put a piece of plaster near the
broken skin, however small.
Year: 1879

TIE STORY OF A PRISON REVOLT
More than fifty years ago revolt at the
Charlestown (Mass.) prison assumed such
proportions that squad of marines from
the navy yard had to be called in to quell
it. Major Wainwright, the commanding
officer, marched his men into the dining
room, in one end of which the convcts
had gathered with knives, files and other
weapons such as they could reach. They
swore they would rather die than surren-
der The major ordered his men to load
holding up the bullets to view; then ia
take aim. Then taking out his watch, he
gave the convicts three minutes in which
10 retire to their quarters. For the first
minute there were jeers and execrations
the next minute an oppressive silence fel
on The angry group, and the last minute
they began to slide out at the rear door
ending in panic-stricken rush. This wa!
the way the tirmness of Major Wainwright


backed up by muskets. prevailed.
Year: 1879

A NERVOUS PEoPLE.-EXcelent medi-
cal authority asserts that the constant
strain of business. added to the dryness oil
our climate, has so changed the constitu-
ton that it is impossible for us to do what
our fathers did before us safely. 1--WE
are" says DR.. Beard, ten degrees more
sensitive to heat and cold than they we're, y
as the cases of sunstroke and heat pros.
tration bear evidence. There is an i'm.
mense increase in neuralgia, sick head
ache, hay fever, nervous exhaustion and
especially dyspepsia, in itself the potent
source of a host of physical and mental
irritants and distresses. Now with such
systems as we have, high strung, nervous
and irritable, the use of stimulants cannot
be otherwise than injurious. 1t is impos
sible to use them as they were used in the
days gone by. There is hardly man Of
middle age who does not remember thai
hospitality and sideboard of wines anC
liquors were synonymous terms. Boil
men and women drank freely, and profes
sional men and the clergy indulged in the
same habit. 1t would be folly to say thai
what was Il virtue then is vice now, bu
it can be safely asserted that people die
indulge then without the same injurious
effects that follow the practice now. The
predominant nervousness of the present
time had not been developed.


Our ancestors could drink freely, smoke
extravagantly, indulge to excess in tea
and coffee, and yet live to serene ole
age; now it is simply impossible. True
the traffic in ardent spirits has enormously
increased, but so has the population; true
people yet drink to excess, but they do no
do it with impunity. Circumstances have
altered cases, and two-thirds of the presen
terrible effects flowing from intemperanct
are due to the changed conditions of tht
human race, ,and especially in this country
where people are strung up to tension
that will no more allow free use O
strong drinks than barn filled with straw
will permit the Introduction of fire.
NeWark AdCcrtiScr.
Year: 1879

Women are shy, as men are, of going
alone and of doing new duties. 1t is their
duty to be eager to vote, no doubt; but
there is an eagerness of courtesy, not so
much of men toward women as of old and
experienced voters toward new and mex
perienced ones. l notice that if an igno-
rant person wishes to send a telegram or
to obtain money order. the bystanders
are unusually kind and helpful, and do. not
regard him as fool because he has to
ask few questions and is easily dis
couraged. Why not treat women in the
same wayp Our editors and public func-
tionaries sometimes remind me. or the
contrary, of the mastering officers at the
beginning of the civil war, who often
seemed to regard it as suspicious cir
cumstance if u man volunteered in the
service of his country; and who, if he
proved at the last moment to have de-
fective front tooth or to be a day older or
younger than he claimed, would dismiss
him with as much contempt as if he had
tried to pick pocket.-T. W. Higginson,
IN WonsGn's Journal.
Year: 1879

Capacity is the gift of God, but charac-
ter represents the conquest of men; and
from this standpoint of view no wonder
that with no spur to extraordinary effort
the natural capacity of rich mems sons
seldom comes 10 any consummate flower
of practically useful and energetic char
acter. If to be usefnl and efficient in your
day and generation be the desire of the
Vermont boy to-day scratching the rocky
hills for meagre harvest, he has no need
to envy the boy who is born very rich, for
such boy is born to dire temptations,
with no opposing influences TO help him
keep his feet. .-Erchange.
Year: 1879

Many people who boast of being
"plain and " blunt" are merely coarse
and boorish. Such persons are constantly
inflicting wounds which neither time nor
medicine can ever heal.


The step mother problem is solved by
lady in Ashland, Mich, as follows: Il
have been step mother for nearly thirty
years, and my motto has been, DO to your
step children as you would that others
should do to your children then leave the
rest with our Father"


Many cities are starting cooking clubs.
That is move in the right direction.
Good cooking is better than poor poetry.
1t is solemn fact. that the girl who
knows how to grease the frying-pan is
worth more about dinner time than the
one who can fluently conjugate all the
French verbs, and who can begin with
Omega and sing the Greek alphabet back
ward.-ModerD Argo.


State Assessor Briggs says that if the
board of which he is member were per-
mitted to tax humbugs, enough money
could be raised in one year to wi pc out all
the state, county, city and village debts.
refund all the money contributed to build
the Midland railroad, and give to every
man, woman and child in New York
bull pup, a velocipede and a silver-plated
assegai.


A man living near Charlotte, N. c.,
who was married in 1913, lighted fire
on his hearthstone as soon as he carried
his bride to his new home, and has kept it
burning ever since, period of thirty-six
years. He has formed for it a strong at
tachment. Around it his children have
grown up into manhood and womanhood,
and their children have gazed into its
light 1t was the last light that fell upon
the eyes of his wife, and he hopes that it
will he the last that will fall upon his.
Year: 1879

Powell has a splendid variety of fish
OH his stall in the Third street market,
and is already beginning to make ar
rangements for the first shad of the
season. Call and take look at his
stall
Year: 1879

THE Mobile Register thus tells Of
three things that are likely to prove
obstacles to Democratic success: "rhe
adherence of any considerable part of
the party to the soft money dclusioD,
the discord of the party in New York,
and the recurrence of the performan-
ces in Yaz0o county,"
Year: 1879

scith the gloss and freshness Of youh.
Thin hair is thickened, falling hair
checked, and badness often, though
not always, cured by its use. Moth
ing can restore the hair where the
follicles are destroyed, or the glands
atrophied and decayed. But such as
remain can be saved for usefulness
by this application. Instead of foul
ing the hair with pasty sediment, it
will keep it clean and vigorous. Its
occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances
which make some preparations dan
gerous, and injurious to the hair, the
Vigor can only benefit but not harm
it. If wanted merely for
Year: 1879

A LITTLE MIXED.-Thines are GER
tainly . little mixed just now. Here is
the Philadelphia Times charging the
Pre0.with being Democratic organ AID
the New York Star charging the New
York Times with being the organ of
Hayes's administration and yet selling
itself to Mr.. Tilden to defeat Cornell.
Some OF these gentlemen should GER
tainly rise and explain.