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Year: 1877

70 an invalid, mealtime is the great
event of the day; and he is surely to be
pitied who has not kind mother or sis
ter or dexterous handed wife to prepare
for him some Of those simple, wholesome
and yet dainty dishes which are so CRATE.
fully received if served in an attractive
manner. There are many women whC
can prepare palatable dishes for those III
health, but practically know nothing
about the needs Of the sick. 1t is mainly
for the benefit of these that the following
suggestions are made F.:


In the first place, do not ask sick
person what he will have to eat.
The very effort Of coming to q decision
will often destroy his appetite. Next,
remember to have the food served on
the best and finest ware in the house.
Many a good cup of tea has been spoiled
for patient by being handed to him in
q common or cracked cup. Never allow
q bit of food to remain in the sick room
after the meal is finished; it is another
sure means Of Weakening the appetite of
delicate sufferer. il toast is offered see
to it that it is evenly Drowned on both
sides, has the crust cut off aud that il is
crisp and fresh from the fire. A thick
piece Of toast unevenly Drowned on the
outside and doughy i'll the center is ex-
tremely indigcstihle.


Always remember that i'll cooking rice,
oatmeal, wheat or any of the other
grains, salt boiling water should be used.
BY this means the kernels remain whole
and the flavor is much improved.


Pork in all its forms rs well as veal and
all fatty substances are especially to be
avoided in the diet of an invalid. The
best modes of cooking beef are by roast
ing and broiling. Potatoes that are
baked or roasted are much easier of di-
gestion than those that are boiled. Gra-
ham bread, cornbread and rice biscuit
are all more nourisling than bread made
from bolted wheat flour.


A very nourishing and acceptable dish
for invalids is fresh egg which has been
broken into boiling water and cooked
until the albumen has just "set while
the yolk remains raw. This should be
served on a piece of toast and garnished
with parsley.
Year: 1877

An investigation was held in New
York city on the death of infant children
SO common there. Among the witnesses
was one, an old and it is believed reli'
abl6 nurse, who in her evidence told the
following story;


Two years ago l cndeavored to have m
investigation made, for ] believe the
child was murdered, and am now pre-.
pared to tell you all about the case. You
must know, then, That it was in the sum.
mer Of 1875, when was called to attend
n Miss -, who is now the wife OF
Mr.. and resides in - street.
1t was on the fifth of July that went
to the house. The young woman and
/ her mother were there, the former was
bout to be delivered. Well, the child
was bornnAa was about to take the
usual course in such cases, when the
girls mother took me aside and told me
to let it bleed to death.


81 will pay you WE'LL" said she, "and
no one will be the wiser"


at once refused this offer, but she re-
peated it. 81 will give you fifty dollars
to do this" she said; and seeing that 1
still declined she grew quite excited.


"Kill it !" she cried; "kill it Twill
give You anything to kill it,"


From her bed the daughter urged me
to do as her mother bid me. I was hor-
rified at her proposal and alarmed at the
vehemence of the mother, told her
that my business was not to Kill but to
cure. ] was only midwife and that
alone / proposed to be. My duties in
that respect We're finished andnothing
remained for me but to leave the house.
Well, J. went away, but on the following
day l had to call and see how the patient
was getting on. A strange woman was
sitting in the parlor when I went in,
and as L was about to leave the young
womah's mother said


You can go now. Wev.haye some
one who will do as she is bid to-"


A few days later + learned that the
child was gone. J. inquired about this
and discovered that the strange woman
who had taken charge of it was the pro-
prietor OF Il well known baby farming
home. l have to report my patients at
the central Office, and the next time [
went there I told Captain Irving about
the case and told him to look after it. l
knew that would lose my pay by so
doing, but felt for the poor Gtil6 jnno-
cent and determined to save its life if l
could.


/. went to the house and asked after
it. [ was told that it was there, but
was refused admittance to see it. Cap
tain irving, too, made some inquiries
about it, believe, but he Jared no bet
ter
Year: 1877

to $50, 600 to have an extra session,
and, unless it is positively ksaOscn that
further concession viii be made it is
that much money thrown away.


Permit me, sir, before closing this
already too long letter, to tender
you my thanks for your kindness on
former occasions, and to assure the
people of Gibson county through you
that / have eRdeavored faithfully to
serve them as law maker, and my
greatest pride and highest ambition
has been to study this interest, and
vote for such measures as l believe
would contribute most to their pros
perity and happiness.


Your friend and obedient servant,


q. w. DAY.
Year: 1877

Tin the margin Of your paper indi-
Gates that your time is out, or will ex.
pire with the next paper. Remember
our rnle-cAsH ALWAYS N ADVANCE.


If not renewed, we take it for granted
yan do not want the paper any longer,
and your name win be dropped from
our list. We intend to publish the
best paper in West Tennessee, and
the more subscribers we get, the bet
ter we can make the paper. Let eve
nv one renew and bring another with
him.
Year: 1877

tile to the policy which the Republican party
had pursued. and is still pursuing, and led
them to attribute their personal losses and IN
dustra troubles to the attempt to meet the
nations honest debts. There was no logical
reason why workingman, who believes that
he is oppressed by banks, railways and the
exacton of interest, or laborer ont oi
work, vino believes that the resumption
act has closed mines or mills, or any per-
son, who believes that resumption, with
out reconciliation of silver, is robbery OF
the poor, should vote Republican ticket
in Ohio. These and other notions of the same
sort had been distinctively Democratic. They
were hostile to the whole financial policy of
the Republican patty. The demand for re-
monetizaton of silver, though made by both
parties, was but the echo OF the Bland bill,
introduced by Democrat, passed in Demo-
cratic House mainly by Democratic votes, and
stopped in Rep1bhcal Senate. The repetl-
ton of tn 1t demand, wlen legll-tenders had
become worth four or five cents on the dollar
more than silver, was exactly calculated to
encourage those who resist the faithful per-
formarce of public pledges. As for the resolu-
ton in regard to railroads, it was meant to
catch votes, bat, like many other pieces of
demagogism, defeated itself. If men were
impressed with the belief that extraordinary
remedies were made necessary by the oppres-
sion of labor by corporations, they were sensi-
bic enough to ask why the Republican party,
during sixteen years of almost unlimited power,
had never done anything to check that oppres-
sion.


Weak yielding to every gust of popular feel
ing does not make a party strong. Perhaps
the Republicans OF Ohio ii they had realized
that it was necessary to fight the Communlstlc
split this year and every year, in order to
win at all, would have spared themselves some
humiliation. As long as they forfeit the CON
GGence of sound and sincere men by such
yielding, and stimulate the very spirit which is
at the bottom of the most intense hostility to
Republican measures and principles, they Will
richly earn defeats. Opposition to the Presi-
dents Southern policy will pass away. Real
reform in the public service will commend
itself to public approval a. fast as its fruits
are seen. But the spirit of imitation, repudia-
ton, and hostility 20 the rights of property. is
one which h to be fought continually and
without compromise.
Year: 1877

The meeting last night at the Cooper lnst-
tute showed the temper of the best elements
of the Republican party in this city. 1t was
a very large gathering, filing the bail to Its
utmost capacity, and it fairly represented the
respectabic educated and well-tO-do classes,
while its high places were occupied by men OF
culture and good social position, who, if they are
not always the real leaders of public opinion,
at least ought to be. These gentlemen came
together with the conviction that the Roches-
ter Convention had seriously misrepresented
the sentiments of the party; but, in making
their protest against its treatment OF the Pres


dent, they recognized the right Of RepubllcanS
to differ IN opinion without qlarlelllng
they studied moderation of language, and. as
one of the speakers well expressed it, they
were resolved that there should be no fac
tions in the Republican party. This was WISE
and reasonable, and their action ought not
only to encourage Mr.. Hayes, but to help the
Rochester ticket during the present campaign.


With regard to the details Of the Presidents
plans of action and the choice ho has made
of instruments to carry them out, there is,
even among the people who woke the echoes
of Cooper Institute last evening, con-
siderable disagreement Bat 1T is PLAIN
that intelligent Ncw-Y Yorkers heartily APP
prove what they believe to be the spirit and
tendency of the Administration, and are ready,
while they think it is heading III the right di-
rection, to give it a generous support The
sense of gleat popular meeting manltests it
self in better ways than by resolutions
which are drafted beforehand and applause that
may be prearranged, and nobody who witnessed
the proceedings last night could doubt that
the audience entertained a sincere respect and
admiration for Mr.. Hayes, and sympathlzed
warmly with his patriotic PURPOSES
Year: 1877

The medical schools have opened every
where with a certain fanfare of trumpetS,
calling attention to the signal reform which
they propose to make in their system OF tram
ing. 1t was high time that such reform should
be made. The TRIBUNE year ago invited
public notice to the way i'll which doctors, espe-
cially in Philadelphia, were manufactured whole
sale out of half-cducated. sometimes llliterate
voung men, and turned loose upon the COM


munity at the rate of 5000 per annum. The
theory upon which this peculiarly American
system is founded is that a mans life IS too
short for careful study before earning his live
lhood young Bob Sawyer will not proba-
bly, have any patients for two years or so, and
he can spend that waiting time in studying
his profession, of which he knows but the
alphabet on receiving his diploma. The result
is. that while the medical fraternity in America
can boast Of many learned and skilful men at
its head who rank with any surgeons or ply
sicians in Europe, its inf rior grades are
crowded with pretenders, who would not be
thought fit to enter the lower schools of foreign
university. Nor are these NJ DIS. by virtue
of "a bought diploma they are regular graduates
of some of the highest medical schools i'll the
country, which, too often, according 10 DIR.
Wood, certify that men who have not received
a common grammar-schOO education, are quail
if d to practise in this most learned profess
sion, and to take the responsibility of the lives
of human beings into their care.


But we are told that all this is to be
changed The old University OF Pennsylvania
leads the way of reform. The grade of schOl
arship required for admission is raised the
curriculum demands three full years of study,
and gives instruction in clinical medicine, in
surgery, and in gynccology, with Opportuni-
ties for practical work in the dissectlng room,
laboratory. and hospitals, such as have never
been included in the course before. Nothing
could promise better than tho plan. Let us
trust that it will be faithfully carried into exc
cution Reform, however will only come by
degrees The most necessary lesson for the
American TO learn just now, in any trade or
profession, is thoroughncss; 1T is also the most
difficult and the one which both his character
and the social condition of the country mako
most repugnant to him. But it is app ling TO
think of the brains, liyers and lungs of the
next generation if the mills for doctors grind
on at their present rate Cor their sake, there
fore, if too late for our own, we hope the
University may succeed in ITS experiment.
Year: 1877

Mr. Schmidt, the eccentric bOolSkeeper who
sought to indemnify himself against threatened
loss by stealing from the company by which
he was employed the exact amount which he
had invested in its stock, has walked into the
arms Of the police at last, after six thousand
miles of travel and six weeks of absence. Mr.
Schmidt will doubtless learn that stock COM
panes cannot be successfully operated on his
peculiar plan.
Year: 1877

in jail. Last year he was appointed to carry the
Electoral vote of Massachusetts, to Washington
and suppose the whole country onght 10 DO
thankful that he did not away with IT, OF alter
it, or do something to make the difficult matter OF
tho canvass still more difficult.
Year: 1877

The Duke de 3rogie's fears that Gambetta
will become President of the French Republic
should the people desert MacMahOn, may
alarm those who associate the Republican
leader with Anarchy and Communism; but
they cannot disturb intelligent Frenchmcn,
Who watching his career, saw him grow grad
ually in the esteem Of that cautious statesman
Adolpbe Tniers. The more probable effect OF
De Broglies statement will be TO make people
think of Gambetta as possible President who
have hitherto deemed him a self-disqualiiied
candidate.
Year: 1877

There has been just enough promise OF Civil Ser
vice reform to rrtate the machine man in OHIO and
enough pretcnce of the reform TO disgust the lnde-
pendent voter Very rarely has an Administration
so dextrously contrived to got itself so loudly re-
buked from opposite points of the political compass
Year: 1877

1t may be that the Patent Office ire was a
blessing in disguise. 1t has at least had the
good effect of arousing Government officers to
the necessity OF making the buildings
fire-proof which contain valuable public
records. The investigation ordered by Che Pres
ident has already disclosed. the startling fact
that the War Department buildings nave
little or no defence against fire, and That the
records of the four great wars in which the
country has been engaged might at any time
be swept out of existence. Congress ought not
to delay taking proper precautions against
such loss. The documentary history OF these
four great periods in the life Of the Nation
ought not to be in danger for lack of suit
able accommodations.
Year: 1877

class Power. Since this ~ not in English
blood, then let us welcome trumpet call
like this in the Truth. If the press OF Eng.
land; if, more especially, a journal with
the Olympian power of the Times we're to
speak In this tone, there would be an
awakening in England that would recall
Cromwell's days-the proud days when an
Englishman reigned and Englishmen were
in arms and the voice of England was
menace and warning to tyranny throughout
the world, and statesmen did not rant about
prestige, and seriously propose to defend
a mighty empire by subsidized alliances
and an army recruited from the slums. We
welcome this manly spirit in our old mother
land, and we hope to see it become q
national spirit and England vindicate o
name which shopkeepers and parish beadles
and sentimental statesmen ore bringing into
grievous peril.
Year: 1877

Stanley telegraphs from Alden his arrival
there from Zanzibar and his departure for
Suez, 30 that he will be in England in a
very short time, where he will be lionized,
perhaps, more enthusiastically than he was
when he returned successful from the search
for Livingstone. since the solid results Of
his present triumph will overtop in enlight-
ened estimation the brillancy Of that first
happy stroke for fame. At Zanzibar he paid
his respects, in an interview with the Sui
tan, to the slave traders, who put some
difficulties in his way up the country, and
secured promises Of the suppression of the
traffic and the recall Of the offenders,
promises which, perhaps, may not be long
remembered by him who gave them. The
discharge Of his expedition and paying off
his men brought the explorer in Immediate
relation with the relatives Of all those who
perished by the way, whom he was happily
able to satisfy equally perhaps. with the
money due and with q history of the
eataStrophes
Year: 1877

The readers of the HERALD will remem-
ber that we have frequently called attention
to the fact that the excise moneys were being
handled by the Board in loose and suspi-
cious manner. They placed large sums in
city bank to the individual credit Of their
Treasurer, without interest, and excused
this extraordin ary proceeding by stating
that the money had been received from
liquor dealers who had not yet OBJ
tanned icensess. conseque atty it did not
belong to the city. That this was an
illegal procedure the HERALD expressed a
decided opinion in the affirmative, md we
now find tho folly Of it in the fact
that there seems to be little doubt that
Owen Murphy, Commissioner and Treas
urer of the Excise Board, has abb
seconded witMfrom thirty-tive to forty thou
sand dollars Of the moneys intrusted to his
care and keeping SO strong is the evil
dence against the Excise Treasurer that the
police were notified last night, by general
alarm, and instructed to find and arrest
him. In this, we suppose, they will
be unsuccessful, for if Murphy has
run away with the public funds he
probably took every precaution to cover his
tracks arom the purszlit he must have known
would.ensue. 1t is o.be hoped, however,
that q persistent effort will be made to
overtake him. The fact that the Examiner
Of Accounts was. to overhaul the books OF
the Excise Board to-daysis supposed to have
furnished the motive for Murphy's sudden
departure. This. alleged defalcation by
member of the Excise Board adds
another reason to those already existing
for the recent action of Mayor Ely,
and shows how loosely these Commissioners
transacted theil- business When it be-
came known that the Excise Commissions
ers had the srun Of seventy-ive thousand
dollars deposi ted in the Germania Bank
in the name of their Treasurer the
HERALD was prompt to point out the
entire irregul lrity of that proceeding, the
fruits Of viii I'll are now apparent in the
strange abser.ce of the Excise Treasurer.
This disappe, france Of Owen Murphy brings
the whole Ex else question to APPOINT demand
ing immedia se action, and it cannot fail to
strengthen layor Ely's hands in his praise
worthy effol is to purify the Police and
Excise conn lssions.
Year: 1877

service ana unsuEIied national honor, it is
certain that just now the latter is in infinitely
t greater danger than the other, and outranks
\ it as an immediate question. With the ap-
pointing power in thu hands of a President
like Mr.. Hayes we need feel no great alarm
about official corruption while his term
lasts but we are in imminent danger that,
in spite of his veto. the public credit and
private confidence will be destroyed and
the country plunged into calamities from
which it could not recover in long period.
That side of fortress is most important
for the time being on which the enemy is
making his most formidable attack. The
Southern policy of the President, though
. it was of the first rank last March,
calls for little attention and no anxiety at
present. Neither he nor the republican
party can reverse or overthrow it, With one
branch of Congress democratic now, and
both likely to be within two years, the
President need borrow no trouble about the
success Of his Southern policy. The civil
service cannot be very corrupt during his
time if there is proper vigilance at Wash
.ington. We hope, therefore, that he will
mot squander any Of his strength in fighting
shadows when he is likely to need it all for
protecting the national credit and tho
slowly reviying business Of tho country
against the most formidable attacks ever
made upon them by set of financial luna
tics in Congress.
Year: 1877

The world is indebted to the Protestant
districts Of Northern Germany for the
Christmas tree. There it was first planted,
as it were, and its seeds scattered over all
the earth wherever the Christian name has
been heard. No sweeter custom ever grew
up among people, and the universally OF
its observance to-day at the end of hundreds
Of years is the best proof, if proof were
needed, of it's moral beauty and loveliness.
The whole world has made it its own, and
the world is all the richer and the better
that it has done SO. In the old German
days the illusions Of the Christmas tree and
the Christmas gifts were more complete
than now. Knecht Rupert, the modern
Santa Claus, was veritable parsonage, who,
Enthusiastically disguised, went on Christmas
Eve with train Of curiously arrayed at
tendants from house to house, bearing the
Christmas tree and distributing the pres
ents to the little ones of each household
after rigid inquiry as to their
merits and demerits during the year.
All this has been changed, not only
here but even in the older countries on the
European Continent, but the soul of the
custom has been kept alive in the tree
which each house for itself erects and dec
crates. With us it is well for the sake of
the preservation Of the custom that it has
been changed. Young America could not be
deceived very often by disguised Knecht
Ruperts. The first visit he may get along
we'll enough, but the second or third he
would be certain to be put to some severe
tests, which would, sooner or later, dispel
the mystery of his existence. Modern in
ventions have marvellously sharpened the
wits of all of US, even OF the three-year-
olds who remorselcssly dissect their first
talking automaton to solve the problem of
its loquacity. Knecht Rupert would never
do in this evening Of the nineteenth CEN
tury, with it's railroads and telegraph lines,
and it would be hazardous to attempt to
make of him a living entity. Far better
keep him coursing over the housetops with
his tiny sleigh and reindeer, dropping gifts,
as he flies, through the cavernous chimney,
or even through the red hot stove. May he
come in his most attractive way to each and
every little one and gladden. them one and
all.
Year: 1877

great discovery. She has had three Presi-
dents, but the administration of each was a
failure, and none of them was reelected.
1t was Cooper and Irving that first made
our literature respectable. but it must be
acknowledged that New England has given
CANT authors Hawthorne is the only one OF
marked originality. In mere literature,
however. the palm must be conceded to her,
but the commanding, inventive minds that
have led us to greatness may be Justly
claimed by other parts of the country.
Year: 1877

No New LIGHT was thrown on the origin of
tho Barclay street fire by the work in the ruins
yesterday. To the surprise of those who clung
to the belief that tho disaster was in some
way caused in the flue, d large portion Of that
part of the building found intact, SO that the
mystery is still unsolved.
Year: 1877

The INCOMPETENT Police COMMISSIONERS
cpdcavorcd 10 secure as many arrests ms pos
siblc yesterday for violations of the Excise law,
n the hope of turning the tide of opinion in their
favor and securing their retention in office. What
is wanted aud what the public will have in the
Police Board is n steady and impartial dis
charge of their dnics-somcthng winch tho
present officials seem incapable Of understanding
Year: 1877

ALTHOUGH JUDGMENT has not been given in
the suit Of the Countess Lambcrtini to establish
her claim us the daughter of the late Cardinal
Antonel there seems to be little doubt in Rome
that the decision will be against her. The arau-
mcnts Of counsel, elsewhere printed. will be
found interesting.
Year: 1877

THEARcnEs OF THE BROOKLYN 3 RIDGE which
fell last week are not, 1t is to be hoped a fair
specimen of the rest Of tho work upon that struc-
ture. If they are the sooner the city stops
throwing away money it the better. A rigid
investigation is in order.