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Year: 1878

The effort m ade to terrorize the


people of Europe because an en-
thusiastic Socialist has chosen to
fire shot ut The old Emperor of
Germany, in his way very good
man, is supremely ridiculous. a
lunatic is at any time liable to
commit suicide, and the wonder TO
US is that more of them who have
this impulse do not shoot OF stab
other men instead of themselves.
Misery is unfortunately a condi-
tion of human life, and the specta.
Gle of men rolling in hereditary
splendor is one calculated to excite


the spleen of jaundiced and impe-
cunious men. Death is said to love
a shining mark, and the crown of
a King or Emperor is more likely
than anything else TO attract the
shaft of the grim old monarch.
There were probably a dozen at.
tempts to assassinate the first Ma
poleon and nearly as many to do
to death Napoleon III. The repres-
sive measures-the wholesale ar


rests-which are now being inau-
gurated in Germany, are a
mistake. They are the extreme
of childishness. Tho Republican
element in the German Empire is
certain to make itself heard. Such
attempts as those of DR.. Modelling
are not the outgrowth of Socialism.
They are simply q voice of the


misery which must weigh down
the peoples of Europe, who are
crushed by heavy standing armies
and oppressed by the spectacle of
hereditary splendors which are ac-
cepted by their possessors as of
right divine and a matter of course.
Year: 1878

From the New Haven Union


When the parent went into the
parlor to look for his newspaper, he
came suddenly upon his daughter
and her young man with their
faces so tightly glued together that
they didn't notice his entry.


"Ahem" he observed.


The twain started, and came to
the light with faces that bore every
appearance of having just been
drawn out of furnace.


"Anything the matter grimly
asked the old gentleman.


II think we must have fainted,u
said she in whisper.


"Humph! What made YOU
faint?" he inquired suspiciously.


This was such poser that she
sank back exhausted, leaving her
companion to carry them safely
forth. With an awful wrench at
his faculties he gulped out:


II think there must be poison In
the wall-paperW


The old gentleman collapsed.
Year: 1878

The Virginia Enterprise says:
"Extravagance is the cause of hard
times" said capitalist yesterday.
eve must be more economical.
Ten years ago / commenced work.
ing In a mill in Gold Hill at a
small salary, and in less than a
year 1 owned the mill and had
some money in bank" "You are
right" returned q listener, with
great enthusiasm. ''It is possible
for man to lay up two or three
thousand dollars a month on sala-
ry of five dollars q day; but he
must be very economical and have
the handling of the amalgum."
Year: 1878

The Herald steam Printing House Is
not surpassed by any Job Printing office
on the Pacific Coast, outside of San Fran
cisco, in facilities for doing job work
Low prices, good work and expedition
may be relied upon at this office.
Year: 1878

THE HITCH AT THE q. S. TREASURY.


The differences between the Treasury officials
and the District commissioners, as to the con-
struction of the law in relation to the powers
and functions OF the latter, have not yet been
settled. The main point at issue is that the
Treasury officials take the ground that the
District Government is merely bureau of the
Ileasary l,ae department, and that the. District
commissioners are diSburSing officers merely
While the commissioners hold that their duties
are ministerial, and that if there Is any dis
buosing officer in the District Government, it is
the District auditor, who. although he does not
have custody OF the funds OF the District, yet
ne draws all warrants, which are certified by
the commissioners on vouchers.


THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS HOLD
that in reality the U. s. Treasurer is the dis
bursting officer for the District and that such
was the intention OF the trainers OF the law,
The principal purpose OF the law was to make
the U. 5. Treasury depository for District rev.
enueS instead of having them farmed around
among irresponsible banks of the District, and
that tne commissioners were to draw upon such
funds in the hands OF the Treasurer through the
proper forms and safeguards, which they claim
they have done. A requisition of 5000 900 recent
~ made upon the Treasurer, the first controller
refused to honor on the ground that the vouch-
ers had not been properly rendered for the last
quarter, and the charge was made by the con-
troller that the books in the Commissioners
once were kept In such manner as to render
IL impossible FOR them to furnish vouchers This
statement the Commissioners characterize as
entirely grouGdless, and an inspection OF their
BOOKS oy any expert from the Treasury depart
ment is invited on their part Yesterday the
commissioners forwarded the vouchers asked
for, amounting to nearly as much as the reoui-
s1tiOn. 1t is not improbable the Commissioners
may appeal to the President for reference of
the disputed points OF law to the Attorney GEN
era! for his opinion. The question as to honor
ing the requisitiOn by the Treasurer is still open
and the commissioners are doing all In their
deadlock


THE-DEAD LOCK WILL PROBABLY BE OVER TO-


MORROW.


Inc accounts and accompanying vouchers of
the District Commissioners were handed over
haste possible with a proper Examination Of
them is being made. 1t Is thought that the
work will be finished to-day, and that the Dis
trlct commissioners can draw money from the
Treasury tomorrow.
Year: 1878

THE CAUSE OF DIPHTHERrA.-The principal
causes OF diphthera, as prevailing I'm this CITY, is
TO be found, undoubtedly, In impure air, and
the greatest causes OF bad air are the under
ground ducts particularly the sewers. The soil
on which the city stands has been sufficiently
lmpregnated with animal matter TO make it
more or less poisonous, and at certain seasons
OF the year 1t is hardly advisable TO open UNDER
ground ducts or even the pavement OF a street
unneces esSar1ly. That large part OF sewer-gas
enters houses, especially OF the wealthy, is
hardly open TO doubt, and as rule it may be
said that sleeping rooms should never connect
directly with the sewer. The foul odor which
emanates, especially now, for numerous sewers
is positively Sickening. The evil is so great
that the public authorities cannot give it too
early or too careful attention. Providence
Press.
Year: 1878

POISONED BY A CoRPsE-James o'Brien had
been employed till ten days ago as cook at
BelleNGe hospital when he was transferred 10
the Moigue 10 take charge OF the dead bodies
While engaged in sewing up corpse in a sack
one day last week he pricked the first finger OF
his right hand with needle Some of the poi-
son from the body entered the wound. and yes
tcrday he was brought TO DR.. McCreery the
surgeon on duty. He found that poison had
pelmeated his system through the arm and the
latter was much swollen. Dr. NcCreery said
last night that his arm would have TO be ampII-
tated and the man would probably die. This is
the first case OF the kind that has occurred at
Bellevue Hospitality \. HerOld lItH,
Year: 1878

AT CONFERENCE OF greenbackers held here
yesterday, it was resolved to strengthen 1.-The
party" In view OF the late elections the more
sensible thing to do would be TO hire an under
taker and remove the remains.-lN. Y. Herald.
Year: 1878

Ecpl. ~, lo1O'


The nomination of Gen. Butler by
a Democratic meeting-claiming to be
State Conventiou-at Worcester yes
terday was. not unexpected. The peo-
pie of the whole country expected
such action since the Democrats of
Maine SO generally voted for the only
candidates in the field who could hope
to defeat Radical nominees. The
Democratic party ought to b, con-
virced by this time that the chief de-
sire of the people is to get rid OF the
Radical party, and the Radicals may
as well understand that fact too. If
Gen. Butler can do in that matter what
better men cannot do, then the people
will vote for Gen. Butler. There are
numerous instances, even in sacred
history, where the wicked were used
to confound the wicked. Whether
the regular Democratic Convention
nominates u candidate or not it is now
settled beyond question that the bulk
of the Democratic votes will 20 Tor
Butler. 1t is now more than likely
that he will he elected, Indeed the
overturning in Maine gave the Re
publican party a shock it will not
soon recover from, and it will he most
severely felt in Massachusetts.


As | have before said, one newt
able and happy result of these things
is to attract the attention of Radical
leaders to afflirs in their own States.
and to compel them to cease the sec
tional agitation which has been their
stock in trade for the past ten years.
Butler once seated in the State House,
the ruling classes of Massachusetts
would have enough to think of at
home without troubling themselves
about the rights of Southern negroes
or the fiction of Southern claims.


Wells and Anderson, of the New
Orleans Custom House, propose TO
manage the Republican party of Lou
isiana, and make no secret of it. The
eminent unfitness of these men for re-
spCnsible employment should have
caused their dismissal from Federal
position long ago. But not having
had any effect it may be that Mr..
Hayes will put in force his civil SER
vice rules, and let these traders in
politics share the fate of Filley, OF
Missouri, and the New York Custom
House officers. Anderson proposes TO
ran for Congress. Perhaps Secretary
Sherman will permit him TO hold his
place in the Custom House. even if
elected to Congress. He held his
place in the Custom House and place
in iail at the same time. Great Is re-
form, and great is the party of great
moral ideas.


In this District. in August. the an
nual death rate among the whites was
about twenty-one per thousand.
Amony colored people it was about
sixty per thousand. This is about the
usual discrepancy, the negroes dying
nearly three times a. fast as the
Year: 1878

VALUE OF SINGLE LETTER.-In an in
teresting book eff travels Count Won Thele-
mann, who pass through the Caucasus
about two years ago, states that he was in
formed by more than one Russian official
that it was only through a mere slip of the
pen that the harbor of Batoum remained in
the possession of the Turks on the conclu-
sion of peace after the campaigns of 1928
and 1899. According to the story which
was repeated to him, it was laid down in
the original draft of the treaty of Adriano-
pie that stream named the Tschoroch,
which flows into the Black Sea to the south
OF Batoum, should form the new boundary
line between Turkey and Russia. In MAX
ing the fair copy of the deed, however, the
scribe employed mistook the ''r'' for 81, :"
and so wrote Tscholoch, word which
chanced to be the name at that time of a
stream some twelve miles to the north of
Batoum-a clerical error which consequent
ly allowed the Turks to retain possession of
the only good harbor at the east end of the
Black Sea-
Year: 1878

How TO MAKE TREES FRUIT EARLY
The Vineyard Gazette reports cases where
the removal of earth over the roots of trees
fastened the period of ripening of the fruit
several weeks. In one instance earth was
removed from an early pear tree eight weeks
defore the normal period of ripening, for
the space of thirteen to fifteen feet in diam
eter, and to such an extent as to leave
depth of earth over the roots of only about
two or four inches, so they could be thor
oughly warmed by the sun. The expert
menter was surprised not only by the ripen-
ing of the fruit in the middle of July, but
also by its superior juiciness and favor
In another experiment, the removal of the
earth from the north side of tree alone
caused the fruit on that side to ripen sever
al days earlier than ON the south side.
Year: 1878

A REMEDY FOR WEAK EYEs.-A simple
remedy for weak or sore eyes is RECON-
mended, as follows: Get five cent cake
OF elder flowers at the druggist and steep
in one gill of soft water-It must be stepped
in bright tin or earthenware; strain nicely,
and then add three drops laudanum; bottle
it tight, and keep in a cool place; then use
it as wash, letting some of it get in the
eyes. Follow this and relief is certain. If
the eyes are painful or more sore, make
small soft congresses, wet in the mixture
and bind over the eyes at night. can war;
rant the above as harmless ard sure, having
tried it in a number of cases where other
skill and remedies have utterly failed. If
the eyes are badly infamed, use il very
freely; and tea made of elder flowers, and
drunk, will help cleanse the blood. Pure
rock salt and water will strengthen your
weak eyes if you battle them daily in it.
wonld earnestly advise you to avoid mix
lures or washes containing mineral or other
poisons Doctor.
Year: 1878

Deep-down upon the tangled sedge


The meadow-lark sings all the day,
And bursts at times from out the hedge
The mimic chatter of the jay;
And here and there Il wandering note.


cricket'S chirp comes sweet and clear
Where dreamy mists of summer float


At noon upon the grassy mere.
Afar away below the hill


see the noisy mill-wheel 90,
The smooth broad lake above the mill,
The flash of foam that roars below;
And on the even slopes that rise


So gently toward the mountains brow.
The cattle watch with sleepy eyes


The lazy ploughboy at the plough.
My soul is sleeping, and it dreams


All! sad and sweet that dreaming thrills
For there are other valeS and streams,


And other fiocks on other hills
The hills whereOn l climbed to pull


The golden-rodS and weeds of May,
When all the world was beautiful,


And all my life summer day
Year: 1878

The quicknesss of wit, or, as it is eener-
ally called, presence of mind, which is equal
to an emergency, intellectual or practical,
is one of the most valuable qualities, as well
as one least common, with which man
has been endowed. 1t makes all the differ
ence between the deft and blundering-
those on whom one can rely in the hour of
need, and those who are as broken reeds,
piercing the hand which trusts them. 1t is
the quality of the commander the leader,
the explorer, the conqueror; all the posi-
bilities of time and circumstances are in the
power of the man who can make use of
them by the readiness of his wit; the orderly
arrangement of his facultes-and the posi-
bilities of circumstances do not often run
dry.in hands which know how to deal with
them.
Year: 1878

DEAD LAwYERs.--We hate to have a
lawyer die. Not that we think any more of
lawyers than we do of any other class of
people, but we know there has got to be
injecting of the bar" and resolutions are
going to he drawn up (they ought to be
drawn up clear out sight, and left there),
and speeches made eulogizing the deceased,
principally by rival attorneys, who hated
him like sin when he was alive, and who
were never, known to say anything good of
him until he was laid away under the sod
Then these resolutions and speeches must
be printed in the daily papers, and the COM
munity discovers when too late, what a jew
Ell they have had among them.-Read5ng
EagIe.
Year: 1878

HoT WEATHER PRECAUTIoNs.-The New
York Herald, Of the 18th inst, has the fol-
lowing appropriate suggestions regarding
the severe weather we are doubtless about
to experience:


"People, therefore, who would guard their
lives against the effects of day of exces-
sive heat must begin far off if they propose
to protect themselves radically; but if a
man is conscious of shattered nerves and a
system beyond remedy in that respect he
must be particular only to keep out of the
fight. He must keep quiet and in the shade,
and venture no eXcesses of drink or diet.
lie must make those days his holidays.


sit would not be bad for such person to
act as if one of the medical theories where
a known fact. 1t is the view of this theory
that sunstroke is only more sudden and
formidable attack of the same nature as
that which in its milder form is called ma
larious fever. Against such an access he
might legitimately defend himself with his
daily reasonable dose of quinine.''


Where quinne is found to be too expen
sive, some of the other and similarly effec-
tive principles of the Peruvian barks may
be used, among which may be mentioned
cinchonidia, quinidia and cinchonia.


Sulphate of cinchonidia, an article costing
not more than third or one fourth the
price of quinia. has within the last two OF
three years, been largely used in place of it,
and in about the same dose.
Year: 1878

General Washington, 100 years ago passed
through Newark with several detachment.
of his army. His appearance was picture
sque, but hardly beautiful-for citizen of
that town says that his grandmother used
to tell him that on that day the mosquitoes
were very numerous and troublesome, and
the great General in order to protect him
self from them had placed checked hand
kerchief in his hat, leaving it hanging down
over his shoulders.
Year: 1878

The Bible as book stands alone. There
never was nor never will be another like it.
As there is but one sun to enlighten the
world naturally, so there is but one book to
enlighten the world spiritually. May that
book become to each of us the man of our
counsel, the guide of our journey, and our
support and comfort in life and in death -
4. Galloaoay. ..i..s..-
Year: 1878

A family from Newark arrived at Ocean
Park on Wednesday, prepared to occupy
their cottage for the season, and found that
during the winter every article of furniture
had been stolen, excepted the embroidered
motto, ''The Lord is my Shepherd
Year: 1878

\ writer in the Country Gentleman
says a sure way to have good seed corn is
TO go into the cornfeld before frost and
before the corn is all ripe and select tho
rlpeSt and fairest ears. BY pursuing this
course year after year Improvement in
quality and time of ripening will follow.
II It is gathered before the cob is dry it
should not be piled up in heap to heat
ana spoil. Seeds of any kind thoroughly
heated will not germinate have picked
seed corn from late corn lust fit for boil
ing, and tied it up by the husks n loft,
and have also spread it out thinly Oh q
sca1iold, and never had any trouble about
lis not growing 1t VIII shrink up some
what, but that does not hurt it, Ii corn
Is picked before ii is thoroughly ripe ii
viii come up stronger than if left until it
Is dead ripe, and when planted the kernel
Will rot sooner and the birds and cut
worms will not trouble the field SO long.
It takes little more time to select the
seed ears before huSking time but it Mil
pay Here in Central Iowa | generally
gather seed corn from the I3th to the 10Th
oi September.
Year: 1878

Men feel but contempt for woman
who may chance to love them if they love
not in return but woman to the day of
her death feels a tender pity, amounting
almost to love, to the man who once hon
ored her by desiring to make her his wife.
Emma Wilmot.
Year: 1878

heap apples and cheap cider says the
Springfield Republican, come together as
4r as apples are concerned, but the
callers propose to hold good cider at
-aout the usual price this fall They


that from now till Thanksgiving the


Ng price for first quality cider made
Hom sound apples in nut-mills will be 81
q - j0 a barrel though an inferior arti-
-le from the new gratermills may go for
? barrel. The nut-mills require about
,e1 bushels Of apples to make barrel Of
CIDER though the others do it with eight.
hl the cider made this year will be poor,
because the fruit is unusually large and
ley. The general rule is, the drer the
apple the better the cider.


The MeXicans have a method of subdu-
.n5 tractious horses and such as are in
a.lned to run away, which might be in
lloquced here with profit. A hood or
Wlnker is 50 arranged that the driver or
rider can in an instant draw it directly
over the eyes OF the animal, effectually
uundtolding him. When this is done the
horse instantly becomes quiet, and a
repetition Of the blind folding two or
three times gradually results in his be-
coming quiet and docile. Such an ap-
pendage should be applied to the head
gear OF such horses as are disposed to run
away.
Year: 1878

The recent performance OF Dr. Fowler
an American dentist, Who walked across
the British Channel in pair of boat-lille
shoes which he had invented, recalls to q
correspondent of the Hudson, \ y, Re
publican another adventure Of the doctor
In Isis lie was in Paris and joined tile
mob who were rushing into the Tuileries
after the flight Of Louis Philippe. He
followed the crowd to the cellar and help
ed himself literally to choice wines, un-
til, overcome by drink, he reeled into a
room in the palace and tumbled into a
magnificent bed, boots and all. After a
long sleep he aWoke to find everything in
darkness, and fearing lost he might set
into trouble he hastened home. At break
fast the next morning, he put bis hand in
his pocket to draw out his handkerchief,
but instead produced a lady's nndergar-
ment, in one corner Of which he found the
orleans monogram, surmounted 10y a du-
cal coronet. He had evidently graced
the abandoned bed OF the Duchess Of Or
leans, and had somehow got an article Of
her wardrobe in his pocket.
Year: 1878

secretary III the Treasury sherman had a
conference with Collector Merritt at the custom
house to-day, when an informal discussion was
had over finance matters. There were present
at the conference Assistant Treasurer Hill
house, treasurer Gifillan. Naval Officer Burt
ana President Brye. or the Bank OF New York
collector Merritt stated that nothing had trans
pTed AT the conference OF any public import
Year: 1878

eember, 1873 young lady of COoperstown
Pa, met on a railroad train lady who was
very ill, and she kindly ministered unto her,
taking care OF her and accompanying her to
the sick woman offered to reward the young
lady for her kindness and attention, but she
would take nothing. The old woman wrote
ly TO- her and said: - You will be paid some
day. The young lady never saw her chance
acquaintance again, but the sum of 500, 600 has
recently been bequeathed to her. The old wO-
man had no relatives i'm this country aud left
all her money to the girl who had befriended
her
Year: 1878

The QUEBEC LEGISLATURE was prorogued
on Saturday by the lieutenant governor A
scene occurred in the assembly, portion Of
and members of the new government into the
upper house when summoned by the black
rod to attend for the purpose of listening to
the speech OF the lieutenant governor He
said that being desirOus of ascertaining i'm a
constitutional manner the sentiments OF the
people regarding ministerial changes, he had
determined to prorogue the legislature with a
clared the assembly prorogued to the llth day
of April ~
Year: 1878

DISCHARGE OF EMPLOYEs.-The Baltimore
and Ohio railroad company are reducing the
forces employed in the several shops located
along the line OF the road, owing to the lack of
work in the shops. We do not know whether
the reduction is only temporary or not
fCUTlbeTiunG Times 9TH
Year: 1878

Miss BOUTWELL,. the young lady who kille
herself with laudanum, in Portsmouth, Va.
last week, is said TO have been engaged TO be
married to a young man who went TO sea on
the United States ship Hartford last fan. She
pined away for her sailor boy.
Year: 1878

CoNsoLING.-Some one has discovered
that short young ladies generally get mar
ried quicker than tall ones, and that the
former make the best of wives. This will
be source of great consolation to the
four-feet-fve young ladies who have been
looking gloomy and sad because their
new bonnets don't show above the pew
back at church.
Year: 1878

AN Iri.hman, fresh from the sold coun-
thry,r saw a turtle for the first time, and
at once made mp his mind to capture it.
The turtle caught him by the finger, and
he, holding it out at arms length, said
Faith, and ye'd better loose the how'll ye
have, or I'll kick ye out Of the very box
ye sit in, be iabersW